California Thoroughbred

March 2011 $5.00 MARCH 2011

CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED

VOL. 134 NO. 3

Important Legislation In 2011

From the Executive Corner

by BOB FOX The deadline for bill introduction was Friday Feb. 18, and there were over 800 bills introduced that day. While it appears that there are fewer bills than normal, primarily because of the budget crisis, there are still over 2,400 of them. Bills that contain significant costs to either state or local government will be very difficult to get passed and if they pass, they are very likely to face a Governnor’s veto.

Shown below are the details of the bills that have been identified so far, which are of interest or concern to the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA).

Many of them are “spot bills” which means that they were introduced to meet the deadline, but will be amended as the final language is developed by the author and sponsor.

The bills are listed in three catagories: CTBA Bills; these bills include several related to fairs, internet gambling and animal abuse.

Horse Racing Bills; these bills are directly related to horse racing and include bills on satellite wagering, pari-

mutuel tickets, funding for offsite stabling and problem gambling.

Williamson Act Bills; there are five bills that have been introduced that relate to the Williamson Act. Since the funding for the Williamson Act appears to have been eliminated by both the Assembly and Senate Budget Committees, there may be more bills introduced to try to restore that funding. It will be very difficult to pass a bill with funding and it is almost sure that the Governor will veto it, unless he can be convinced that the Williamson Act is worth saving.

Some of the bills have been referred to their first policy committee, but none have been set for hearing at this point. The CTBA will be meeting with the representatives of the other racing organizations to discuss the bills and to learn more about who are the sponsors and the intent of each of the bills. As more information becomes available, we will keep the CTBA membership informed.

CTBA Bills CA AB 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Solorio (D) CA AB 513 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hall (D) CA AB 1117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Smyth (R) CA SB 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kehoe (D) CA SB 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Correa (D) CA SB 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wright (D) CA SB 104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steinberg (D) CA SB 917 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lieu (D) Horse Racing Bills CA AB 270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Perea (D) CA AB 280 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Silva (R) CA AB 562 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hall (D) CA AB 707 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Garrick (R) A AB 897 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hall (D) CA HR 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hall (D) CA SB 305 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Calderon R (D) CA SB 732 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wyland (R) CA SB 855 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kehoe (D) Williamson Act Bills CA AB 1265 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nielsen (R) CA AB 1266 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nielsen (R) CA SB 618 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wolk (D) CA SB 648 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Berryhill T (R) CA SB 668 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Evans (D) Note: To access any of these Bills, go online to www.leginfo.ca.gov

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Managing Editor’s Welcome

The Dedication To Succeed Gracing the cover of this March 2011 edition of our California Thoroughbred magazine is Evening Jewel, the 2010 California Champion Three-Year-Old Female and Horse of the Year who has proved to have the dedication to succeed, just like all of last year’s other California-bred champions (The Usual Q. T., Unzip Me, Caracortado, Cost of Freedom, Bench Points and California Nectar) also featured in this issue.

Such devotion to a specific purpose is a worthy trait also found among the staff members of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA), especially those in the Publications Department. They work tirelessly on a regular basis to produce such quality products as our website, weekly newsletter, monthly magazine, and annual stallion and industry directories.

My own daily responsibilities are made all that much easier by this dedication to succeed shown by our Advertising Manager, Loretta Veiga, and the two stalwarts of our Art Room, John Melanson and Charlene “Charlie” Favata. I would also like to acknowledge all of our freelance contributors, specifically Emily Shields who is the primary writer for the magazine, for their continuously tremendous work ethic.

This current issue features additional examples of achieving success through dedication in the form of editorials highlighting both the CTBA’s Annual Awards Dinner, including coverage of the 2011 inductees to the association’s Hall of Fame, and the ninth edition of Sunshine Millions, the latter of which details the exploits of the three Cal-breds (Amazombie, Caracortado and Evening Jewel) who swept the Santa Anita Park portion of this annual $1.8 million series this year.

Our latest CTBA Member Profile spotlights Mike Machowsky, the breeder, co-owner and trainer of Caracortado, while two Barretts Equine Limited auctions receive in-depth coverage this month, with a preview of the March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training being held on Monday, March 21, and a review of the January Mixed Sale held on Jan. 24.

Horse Care provides an article titled “C-Section In Mares” and our Annual Statistical Review includes all the information one needs to know about those breeders, stallions and Cal-breds who, through their dedicated efforts, tasted major success in 2010.

California star Ack Ack, the first-ever Eclipse Horse of the Year in 1971, is the subject matter of Guest Forum, while the balance of this current publication includes all our other regular columns, features and departments that we hope will also prove to be both enjoyable and helpful.

Until next time, may you breed the best to the best and not just have to hope for the best!

—Rudi Groothedde rudi@ctba.com

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In the Company of. . .Carole and John Harris (right), whose Harris Farms Inc. became the leading breeder in California for the first time in 2010, during the CTBA’s Annual Awards Dinner at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego on February 15, 2011.

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Attention CA Breeders!

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• Champion BIOFUEL ($758,492), winner of The Selene Stakes (G3) on poly.

• CHECK THE LABEL ($493,894), winner of the Garden City Stakes (G1) on turf.

• A LITTLE WARM ($752,280), winner of the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) on dirt.

• $58,265 average earnings per starter, 78% Starters/foals, 71% Winners/starters.

2011 Fee: $6,500 (S&N) (Preferred Mare and Multiple Mare Discounts Available)

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March 2011 Contents VOLUME 134 NO. 3

On This Month’s Cover The 2010 California Horse of the Year and Champion Three-Year-Old Female, Evening Jewel, is a daughter of Northern Afleet and the Giant’s Causeway mare Jewel of the Night who was bred by Larry Mabee and his late mother Betty and whose record of 9-4-3-2 and $915,343 last year included both two grade I and grade II victories. ©Marcie Heacox

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News Bits The CTBA Working For You California Thoroughbred Foundation (CTF) Notes—March 2011 Leading Sires in California Leading Lifetime Sires in California CTBA Calendar Dates in California Classified Advertising Index to Advertisers Index to Stallions Advertised

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A Year To Remember

by Rudi Groothedde

Evening Jewel: The Glitter Of Gold

by Emily Shields

The Usual Q. T.: Better With Every Year

by Rudi Groothedde

Unzip Me: Zip-Zoomin’ Away

by Marcie Heacox

Caracortado: One Of A Select Few

by Emily Shields

Cost Of Freedom: An Abundance Of Speed

by Jackie Barnes

Bench Points: Part Of A Winning Team

by Ken Gurnick

California Nectar: The Sweetest Combination

by Emily Shields

Fillies To The Fore At Cal-Bred Champions Dinner

by Rudi Groothedde

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Departments

Cover Story – California-Bred Champions

California-Bred Champions: 1973-2010

Features Sunshine Millions IX

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Home Sweep For Cal-Breds

by Rudi Groothedde

Treats Galore For Sunshine Millions Fans

by Emily Shields

CTBA Member Profile: Mike Machowsky—A Man Of Patience

by Emily Shields

Regional Sales: A Night To Remember

by Lisa Groothedde

Regional Sales: Mixed Messages

by Lisa Groothedde

Horse Care: C-Section In Mares

by Heather Smith Thomas

Special Department – California Statistical Review

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The ninth edition of Sunshine Millions, a $1.8 million day of six stakes races for Californiabreds and Florida-breds at Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park, was held on Jan. 29, when Cal-breds swept the trifecta in the $300,000 Turf Stakes (above) and also won both the $300,000 Distaff Stakes and $200,000 Sprint Stakes at their home track in Arcadia.

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Breeders Of California-Foaled Stakes Winners In 2010 California-Foaled Stakes Winners Of 2010 2010 Stakes Horses By California Stallions Leading California-Bred Earners For 2010

Columns From the Executive Office: Important Legislation In 2011

by Bob Fox

Managing Editor’s Welcome: A Dedication To Succeed

by Rudi Groothedde

Guest Forum: Ack Ack—The First Eclipse Star

by John Califano

The April 2011 Cover Story

The Cohen Family’s Rancho Temescal in Piru, California.

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Racing In Southern California: Memorable Milestones

News Bits

California’s 2003/2004 Broodmare of the Year.

On Jan. 22, California-bred Bloemer Her stakes-winning halfGirl achieved a pair of milestones with her brothers are the grade IIIinaugural black-type victory in the $94,150 placed multiple stakes Sweet Life Stakes at Santa Anita Park. winners Rio Oro In the test for three-year-old fillies, which ($341,854) and Giovanwas conducted at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the netti ($335,575) and the track’s downhill turf course, she defeated ©Benoit photos stakes winner Guillermo nine rivals with a front-running effort as a ($182,404).

Bloemer Girl 13-1 outsider under jockey Victor Espinoza, Bloemer Girl, a $94,150 Sweet Life Stakes—January 22, 2011 becoming the 51st lifetime stakes winner for two-time winner and the Ballena Vista Farm stallion Bertrando in the process. $89,658-earner, was bred by Dr. Rick M. Arthur and She also became the fourth stakes winner out of Rio Tejo, a Michael V. Arthur. She is currently trained by Jedd Josephson 23-year-old daughter of Tsunami Slew who was honored as for owners Andrew and Christa Arthur.

NEWS FLASH: CHRB Allocates Fall Race Dates To Santa Anita At its monthly meeting on Feb. 17, the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) allocated to Santa Anita Park the fall racing dates previously operated by the not-for-profit Oak Tree Racing Association at Hollywood Park last year. By a unanimous 6-0 vote, the one-year allocation will see the Pacific Racing Associ-

ation operate this meet at from Sept. 28 to Nov. 6, at Santa Anita where Oak Tree had held this stand from 1969 to 2009.

Southern California’s 2011 racing schedule was completed when the CHRB also awarded dates to Fairplex Park (Sept. 8-26) and Hollywood Park (Nov. 9-Dec. 18).

Paradise Road Ranch Adds Two Stallions Paradise Road Ranch in Lathrop has added the stakes-winning stallions Western Fame and E Z Warrior to its roster.

The veteran sire Western Fame, a 19-year-old son of Gone West who won eight of 30 starts and placed in a pair of grade III events, has progeny earnings of more than $6 million from nine crops to race. His top runner is the group I-placed, 2005 California Cup Sprint Handicap winner Jet West.

E Z Warrior is a grade I-placed son of Exploit whose first foals arrive this year. The seven-year-old stallion won three races, including the 2006 Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes (grade III).

Both stallions previously stood at Applebite Farms, which recently closed.

The Arcadia Suite Opens At Santa Anita

Triple Crown Noms Include California Champion Among the 10 California-breds nominated to the 2011 Triple Crown, encompassing the Kentucky Derby and Preakness and Belmont Stakes, was last year’s California Champion Two-Year-Old Male, Bench Points, a dual stakes winner who remained unbeaten in four starts after an allowance optional claiming victory on Feb. 11.

The Golden State ranked fourth behind Kentucky (269), Florida (32) and New York (13) among the total overall nominations of 364.

California-Bred (Sire—Dam) Bench Points (Benchmark—Mo Chuisle) Bluegrass Reward (Good Reward—Bluegrass Belle) Burns (Unusual Heat—Little Hottie) Denny the Great (Uncle Denny—Pat’s Power) New Hyde Park (Expressionist—Sunrisa) Slammer Time (Grand Slam—Excessively Wicked) Thirtyfirststreet (Good Journey—Avian) Warren’s Dr. Yang (Doc Gus—Unusual Moment) Warren’s Knockout (Stormed—Now My Precious) What a Rush (Tribal Rule—Oh No It’s You)

Breeder(s) Gary Rocks Nick Alexander Madeline Auerbach, David Abrams & Sonny Pais Buck & Luanne Wicall John Michalik Vessels Stallion Farm LLC Doug O’Neill & Mark Gorman Benjamin C. Warren Benjamin C. Warren Pam & Martin Wygod

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In a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Santa Anita Park on Feb. 18, attended by several area politicians including Arcadia Mayor Pro-Tem Gary Kovacic, Councilman Roger Chandler and City Manager Don Penman, The Arcadia Suite—providing luxury accommodations for up to 30 guests in a private suite with spectacular views—was unveiled.

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is the sire of three crops with progeny earnings of $1,160,679, including recent stakes winner SEE I A ($173,717), Call Me Now ($156,798), Sticky Wicket ($123,728), and Rapido Star ($56,000), unbeaten in first 2 starts in Singapore.

• 76% Winners From Starters - Average Earnings Per Starter $36,270+ • Out of Champion Sprinter SAFELY KEPT ($2,194,206), winner of 24 races from 2 to 5 including Breeders Cup Sprint – GI, Genuine Risk S – GII (three times), • By sire of sires GONE WEST, his sons at stud include prominent sire ELUSIVE QUALITY, sire of champions SMARTY JONES, QUALITY ROAD, RAVEN’S PASS AND ZAFONIC. Fee $3,000—Live Foal Standing at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds

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News Bits Cont’d.

The first foals—all of them colts—by a quartet of California stallions were born within a four-day span in January.

In Kentucky on Jan. 21, the stakes-placed winner Digestivo produced her own first foal, a son of Dixie Chatter bred by H & E Ranch.

Another Ballena Vista Farm resident, Idiot Proof, had his first foal, bred by Carol and John Piantes and out of the Elusive Quality mare Battledress, in Colorado two days later.

First Foals For California Stallions On Jan. 25, foals by Papa Clem (Legacy Ranch) and Square Eddie were born in California. The former, out of the winning Slewdledo mare Candi Capri and bred by Jack Owens, was foaled at Valley Oak Ranch in Oakdale, while the latter, who made a winning return to racing this year, had a foal out of the Ten Most Wanted mare Silar Rules who was bred by Paul Reddam and born at Vessels Stallion Farm.

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Papa Clem-Candi Capri

Stallion News Birdonthewire This Madera Thoroughbreds stallion is the broodmare sire of Wiredfortwotwenty, a dual stakes winner last month. On Feb. 5, the six-year-old gelding won the $50,000 Budweiser Stakes at Sunland Park in New Mexico and then improved his record to 12-5-2-1 and $189,764 with a victory at Turf Paradise in Arizona in the $75,000 Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap on Feb. 19.

Bonnrita Retiring to stud for a $750 fee at Ridgeley Farm this year, is this nine-year-old, three-time winner by Gulch out of the winning Deputy Minister mare Icanseeyouknow, a half-sister the grade Iplaced graded stakes winners, Ifyoucouldseemenow and Doyouseewhatisee.

Gotham City Daehling Ranch is the new home to this 13-year-old son of Saint

Ballado whose four crops to race have earned more than $1.5 million and who was purchased at this year’s Barretts January Mixed Sale and will stand for $2,000 in 2011.

Safe in the U S A This 12-year-old son of Gone West and the Eclipse champion sprinter Safely Kept, is the sire of 2011 stakes winner See I A among his earners of more than $1.1 million from three crops to race and has relocated to Tommy Town Thoroughbreds to stand for a fee of $3,000 this year.

Thorn Song A grade I winner at five and six, this eight-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song and the Storm Bird mare Festal who earned $1,132,700 from a 29-8-4-4 record will initiate his breeding career at Harris Farms for a fee of $3,500 in 2011.

Southern Image Shines In Both The US & Australia The Rancho San Miguel sire Southern Image was accredited with his first graded stakes winner when the four-year-old colt Calibrachoa won the grade III, $98,000 Toboggan Stakes going six furlongs on the dirt at Aqueduct in New York on Jan. 22. The multiple grade I winner of $1,843,750 was flattered further when his three-year-old son Southern Speed (Aus) remained unbeaten in

three starts with a victory in the group III, $204,442 The Mitty’s Vanity going 1,400 meters (6.96 furlongs) on the turf at Flemington in Australia on Feb. 19.

Southern Image, an 11-year-old son of Halo’s Image and the unraced Dixieland Band mare Pleasant Dixie, has now sired the earners of more than $2.1 million from two crops to race.

Cal-Breds Countrywide California-bred Hayley’s Halo, a four-year-old filly by Sea of Secrets (Ballena Vista Farm), scored her third consecutive stakes victory and fifth win from six starts in New Mexico with a triumph in the $50,000 El Dario Stakes at Sunland

Park in her 2011 debut on Feb. 12. A dual stakes winner at Zia Park last year, this daughter of the unraced Paeks and Valleys mare Hilo Halo has now earned $202,060 from a record of 14-6-1-2 for her breeder and owner, Lathrop Hoffman.

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Hayley’s Halo

Making The Grade The following runner(s), either California-bred or sired by stallions currently based in the Golden State, won or placed in graded stakes races in North America (U. S., Canada & Puerto Rico) from January 24 to February 21 inclusive: North Rodeo m.6. Stepehen Got Even—Ecclesiastes 3rd Grade III Hurricane Bertie Stakes $150,000 6 1/2 f. Gulfstream Park February 13 Breeder: Donald Dizney

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News Bits Cont’d.

Bertrando Tops 2010 California Broodmare Sire Rankings

Bertrando, who relocated from River Edge Farm to Ballena Vista Farm for the 2011 breeding season, was California’s leading broodmare sire of last year.

The 1989 son of Skywalker had 113 winners, six of them in stakes company, from 225 runners out of 144 dams for 2010 progeny earnings of $4,588,554. His leading runner was Unrivaled Belle, the winner of last year’s grade I, $1,818,000 Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic whose dam is the dual grade II winner Queenie Belle ©Mesaros and who earned $1,614,659 in 2010.

Bertrando

Five Cal-Breds On 2010 Free Handicap Last year’s Experimental Free Handicap, the ranking of two-year-olds by weights compiled for a hypothetical race at 1 1/16 miles on dirt, included five California-breds.

The winning geldings Gab Power and Contemplated, the latter of whom was stakes-placed, were assigned 106 and 100 pounds, respectively, while a trio of Cal-bred fillies received three-digit ratings. California Nectar, the 2010 California Champion Two-Year-Old Female who won the grade II, $150,000 Santa Ynez Stakes on Jan. 15, got a 116-pound allotment, while respective weights of 106 and 100 pounds were given to the stakes-placed duo of Game to Run and Warren’s Flyer.

CURRRENTT CALIFORRNIA SIRES OF KES WIN OF STAK INNERSS Stallion Salt Lake (1989)† In Excess (Ire) (1987) Bertrando (1989) High Brite (1984)† Beau Genius (1985)† Cee’s Tizzy (1987)† Benchmark (1991) Olympio (1988) Stormin Fever (1994) Memo (Chi) (1987)• Unusual Heat (1990) Swiss Yodeler (1994) Game Plan (1993) Formal Gold (1993)• Sea of Secrets (1995) Old Topper (1995) Tribal Rule (1996) Houston (1986)† Redattore (Brz) (1995)• Siberian Summer (1989) Western Fame (1992) Atticus (1992) For Really (1987)† Kafwain (2000) Skimming (1996)•

Named Foals of SWs Racing Age 1,230 936 986 913 743 714 604 498 587 517 498 640 394 450 406 444 338 554 376 362 272 407 242 353 289

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† Indicates stallions who have died or have been retired from the stud. • Indicates stallions who have moved out of state but have California-bred two-year-olds of this year. All sires will remain on the list until the year after their last foals are two-year-olds.

PARADISE ROAD RANCH Inquiries to Doreen Spinney 3637 W. Stewart Road, Lathrop, California 95330 (916) 803-5851 e-mail: paradiseranch@wildblue.net

Sold for $200,000 from the first crop of Lion Heart at 2007 Saratoga Yearling Sale.

Sold for $320,000 at Barretts March Select Two-Year-Old Sale.

By LION HEART, sire of 16 stakes winners, including 2010 performers LINE OF DAVID ($662,000, Arkansas Derby-Gr. I), HEART ASHLEY ($395,895), PRETTY PROLIFIC ($328,051, etc.), undefeated two-year-old KANTHAROS ($185,213, Saratoga Special S.-Gr. II, etc.), also two-year-old grade I stakes-placed Valiant Passion and grade II Winning Lion.

His dam, Clever Squaw is by RAHY, broodmare sire of champions GIANT’S CAUSEWAY and RAHY’S ATTORNEY. Second dam is graded stakes winner TRICKY SQUAW, dam of TRICKY SIX, granddam of grade II STANLEY PARK, MO CUISHLE and TURF MELODY. Family of grade I winner DREAMY MIMI ($585,637).

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BRAVE CAT Lion Heart—Clever Squaw, by Rahy

2011 FEE: $500-LIVE FOAL Booking fee $150

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Those Grand Cal-Bred Mares In January, two daughters of California-bred broodmares captured stakes events.

The veteran runner Reba Is Tops concluded her 29-start career in style on Jan. 30, when she crafted a last-to-first victory in her final race: the grassy, $78,400 Wishing Well Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The seven-year-old mare, a five-time stakes winner and lifetime earner of $454,709 who placed twice in grade III company, was also named 2010 Washington Champion Turf Horse.

Reba Is Tops was produced by the Present Value mare Miss Kyama, a five-time winner who was bred by Wellman and Shoemaker.

On Jan. 23, Angel At Home won Sunland Park’s $50,000 El Paso Times Stakes for three-year-old fillies.

With a juvenile record of 3-2-1-0, including a black-type placing, the $71,080-earner is the third stakes horse out of the Corwyn Bay (Ire) mare Missy Cherub, a stakes winner who was bred by Connie A. Canales.

California Closers Pool 2 of the 2011 Kentucky Derby Wager will be held from Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13…On Tuesday, March 15, the California Thoroughbred Farm Managers Association (CTFMA) will next meet at the San Luis Rey Downs Country Club in Bonsall…The next monthly meeting of the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) will be held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, March 17, the same day that After the Finish Line will host its “Stand Up For Horses” fundraiser at the IMPROV Comedy Club in Hollywood…On Friday, March 18, Fairplex Park in Pomona will be the venue of the under-tack preview for the

Barretts March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds In Training being held on Monday, March 21, while Friday March 25 is the closing date for entries to the Barretts May Sale of TwoYear-Olds in Training…The Board of Directors of the Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC) unanimously elected California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) member Jack Owens as its Chairman on Feb. 16…On Feb. 1, The Jockey Club announced that cameras within iPhones can now be used to take and submit identification photos for foal registration following the launch of its Registry application (app) that also links to The Jockey Club’s Registry mobile app where the Online Names Book, the list of recently released names and tattoo lookup can be accessed.

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Qualifying Claiming Level s The following claiming levels for California owners premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect:

News Bits Cont’d.

March 24, 2001

©Julie LaVeck

Image of Glory $100,000 Soviet Problem Handicap

Santa Anita Park

Golden Gate Fields

$40,000

$20,000

10 Years Ago On March 24, 2001, the $100,000 Soviet Problem Handicap at Golden Gate Fields was won

by Harris Farms Inc.’s homebred five-year-old mare Image of Glory. Also a stakes winner in 2000, the daughter of Skywalker and multiple stakes winner Image of Super, by Zanthe, raced just four more times before retiring with six wins, three placings and $300,031 in earnings from 21 starts.

25 Years Ago March 15, 1986

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Halo Folks $74,550 Potrero Grande Handicap

Following a victory in the grade III, $65,750 Sierra Madre Handicap, the five-year-old gelding Halo Folks returned to Santa Anita Park four weeks later to win the $74,550 Potrero Grande Handicap on March 15, 1986. Bred in California

by Shel Medall, the son of Halo and the winning Crimson Satan mare Crimson Tune retired after two more trips to post with record of 14-8-2-0 and $231,175.

50 Years Ago March 18, 1961

Pappa’s All Richmond Handicap

The $11,050 Richmond Handicap for three-year-olds at Golden Gate Fields on Mar. 18, 1961, was won by Mr. and Mrs. Grover King’s homebred colt Pappa’s All. By Pappa Fourway (Eng) out of the His Highness (GB) mare Queen of All (GB), the multiple stakes-winning juvenile raced just once more before retiring with a bankroll of $284,386 from 10 wins and three placings in 16 starts.

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To further assist the membership of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) and subscribers of its official 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.

The CTBA Working For You CTBA Holds Its Own During Economic Downturns

At this year’s Annual Meeting of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) in San Diego on Feb. 15, numbers from the nonprofit group showed it had made a profit in 2010, despite all of the recent downturns in the local Thoroughbred industry with respect to handle, purses, incentive awards, mares bred and live foals.

The pie chart shown to the right details how the CTBA carefully managed its resources last year. That was through the hard work of the staff in its various departments, including Publications (web site, weekly newsletter, monthly magazine and annual industry and stallion directories), Registration & Incentive Awards, Sales/Auction, Membership & Subscriptions, Seminars/Events, Library and General Administration.

Dates Set For CTBA’s Nor Cal Yearling Sale This year’s CTBA Sales Northern California Yearling Sale has been scheduled for the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton on Tuesday, Aug. 16, and the closing date for its $300 non-refundable entries is Monday, April 11.

The upset price for the eighth renewal of this annual auction is $1,000 and the minimum commission charge will be $500.

Cookie Hackworth, the CTBA’s Sales Coordinator, can be contacted at cookie@ctba.com or (800) 573-2822, ext. 243, for further information about the auction.

All four of the CTBA’s official publications, the monthly California Thoroughbred magazine, the California Thoroughbred WEEKLY newsletter and both the annual California Thoroughbred Industry Directory 2010/2011 and California Thoroughbred 2011 Stallion Directory, are now all available in digital form online at the CTBA website of www.ctba.com.

CTBA To Again Support Ag Day The CTBA will once again have a booth at the State Capitol in Sacramento for Agricultural Day on Wednesday, March 23.

Assisting legislators with any questions they may have about the local Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry will be such representatives as CTBA President Leigh Ann Howard, its Event Coordinator, Christy Chapman, and the association’s Legislative Liaison, Bob Fox, as well as Victory Rose Thoroughbreds owner Ellen Jackson who generously brings a mare and foal from her farm to Ag Day every year.

Last year, 82 yearlings brought gross receipts of $357,400 at an average price of $4,359 and a median price of $3,000 with a $20,000 sale-topper. Among the 16 stakes-winning graduates of this sale are the graded stakes winners Sierra Sunset and Autism Awareness, $724,983-earner Bai and Bai, and 2009 and 2010 blacktype winner Excessive Passion. Autism Awareness and Bai and Bai sold for $1,000 and $3,200 in 2004 and 2006, respectively.

New CTBA Members The following became members of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) in January of 2011: Robert Abrams Ray Buscemi George H. Schwary Mickey Kennedy Canyon Country, CA Los Angeles, CA Martinez, CA San Fernando, CA Frank C. Aldrich III Anthony W. Cumo Jane Ann Lytle Pollyanna Simpson Hemet, CA San Diego, CA Selma, CA Shelley, ID Lorrie Anthony Alyson Harper John B. Mendenhall Virginia Faye Smith Huntington Beach, CA Arcadia, CA Clovis, CA Lincoln City, OR Kimberly Aspiranti John R. Hudkins Gregory W. Monahan Robert James Sorrentino Corona, CA Imperial Beach, CA Los Angeles, CA Irvine, CA Vince Augello Ian R. Johnson Adrienne Romvary-Kathol Karl Zappa Stockton, CA Oakland, CA Arcadia, CA Brea, CA

The CTBA Calendar Corner Event

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Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton

For further information, contact the CTBA’s Event Coordinator Christy Chapman at either christy@ctba.com or (800) 573-2822, extension 247.

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Notes — March 2011 California Thoroughbred Foundation 2011 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Mrs. Jeanne L. Canty, President Warren Williamson, Vice-President Gregory L. Ferraro, DVM, Treasurer Jane Goldstein, Secretary Peter P. Daily Mrs. Gail Gregson

Gerald F. McMahon Neil O’Dwyer Mrs. Ada Gates Patton Thomas S. Robbins John W. Sadler Peter W. Tunney

Mrs. Kenneth M. Schiffer, Director Emeritus

Generous Donors Make Foundation Projects Possible Through their generous donations in 2010, the following have supported numerous programs undertaken by the California Thoroughbred Foundation (CTF): Gail Gregson Clement L. Jr. and Candace Hirsch Lathrop Hoffman Ed Hudon Sarah Kelly Mark James Levinson Michael D. Lewis Ronald McAnally Teresa McWilliams Richard Nitta Oak Tree Racing Association Deven Owen Jay Privman Michael Reiff Tom and Missy Robbins Dana Rocheford

Alpert Racing Stable John H. Barr Randall Bassett Bertrum A. Burris Jeanne L. Canty Keith Card Bradley Carmel Judy Carmel Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Howard De Mar Gloria Elio Carole Fernandez Nathaniel J. Friedman Rita S. Godward Jane Goldstein Barrie Grant, D.V. M.

Santa Anita Park Joseph C. Shell Jr. Nicholas and Deborah Sibilio Mace Siegel Ly T. Thornburgh Alex Trebek Frank R. Troeger Truline Racing and Bloodstock Dick Van Patten Warren B. Williamson WC Racing (Josh Kaplan and Glenn Sorgenstein) Linda York S. A. Young Beverly Yuhause-Becker Karl Zappa

The California Thoroughbred Foundation The California Thoroughbred Foundation (CTF) is dedicated to the advancement of equine research and education. Since 1958, the Foundation has operated as a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation that can accept tax deductible contributions. For more than four decades, the CTF has sponsored numerous research and educational projects and awarded scholarships to veterinary students at U.C. Davis.

The Foundation maintains the Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library, one of the most extensive collections of equine

literature found anywhere. Several generous donations of book collections and artwork form the core of the library, which is housed in the CTBA offices in Arcadia. Among its 10,000 volumes are current veterinary publications, turf histories, sales catalogs, and books spanning a wide range of subjects from equine nutrition and care to fine arts. The latest instructional videos also are available for viewing in the Library.

The resources of the CTF’s Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library are available to the public for research and pleasure.

Memorial Donations The CTF accepts donations in memory of relatives and friends, with all such donations allocated to Scholarship Funds of the Foundation and to the Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library. Please remember members of our industry with a donation to the CTF Memorial Fund. Donations may be sent to CTF, P. O. Box 60018, Arcadia, CA 91066-6018.

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

J. Elliott Burch Jane Goldstein

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A Year To Remember

California-Bred Champions

by RUDI GROOTHEDDE With 17 individual California-breds winning 24 separate graded stakes races in 2010, including five grade I and 10 grade II events, it was a year to remember with all runners bred in the Golden State earning $70.3 million overall.

With respect to championship honors, last year’s California Horse of the Year title was awarded to the brilliant Cal-bred filly Evening Jewel. The Champion Three-YearOld Female of 2010, she became a millionaire last year while earning $915,343 and winning twice in both grade I and grade II company.

The runner-up to Evening Jewel in the Horse of the Year ballot was The Usual Q. T. ($1,489,320), last year’s Champion Older Male and Champion Turf Horse as a grade I winner of $912,650, followed by Unzip Me whose 2010 Champion Older Female campaign included a trio of grade III victories and earnings of $462,033.

Also honored by the members of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) were grade II

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Evening Jewel: The Glitter Of Gold

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by EMILY SHIELDS It is a tribute to Evening Jewel’s ambitious 2010 campaign that she was selected as California’s Horse of the Year.

She glittered in a season that included the exploits of grade I winners Acclamation, The Usual Q. T. and Unusual Suspect, as well as multiple graded stakes winners Unzip Me and Cost of Freedom. Any one of them deserved the title, but it was Evening Jewel’s four graded stakes wins—including two grade I victories—that earned her the honor in the eyes of the voters, who also selected her as Champion Three-YearOld Female.

Evening Jewel’s efforts on the racetrack were all the more moving given the passing of owner Tom Braly, who died just days after his prize filly won the grade I, $300,000 Del Mar Oaks last summer. His wife Marilyn now retains sole ownership of the California-bred daughter of Northern Afleet, who is trained by close family friend James Cassidy. Thanks to Cassidy’s adept handling and the Bralys’ willingness to take their filly to the biggest stages in the sport, Evening Jewel was able to have a truly memorable year.

Evening Jewel came into the 2010 season fresh off a victory in the $100,000 California Breeders’ Champion Stakes on Dec. 27, 2009. The race proved to be quite formful: second place finisher Warren’s Jitterbug has earned $239,238 and won the Sandy Blue Stakes, while the stakes winner Camille C, who finished in sixth place, has earned $302,301. Evening Jewel’s winning effort primed her for her championship season, which started a mere two weeks later.

She was sent to post in Santa Anita’s grade III, $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile contest against open

company. She finished second by a length to Crisp, who would go on to win the Santa Anita Oaks (grade I) later in the meet.

Despite that strong showing and her solid record, Evening Jewel was dismissed at 18-1 in the grade I, $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes five weeks later. She nearly won the one-mile event, but was nosed out on the line by the subsequent Eclipse Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, Blind Luck. However, Evening Jewel did finish ahead of both Crisp and also future dual grade I winner Switch.

Rather than face Blind Luck and Crisp again, Cassidy opted to ship to Keeneland Racecourse for the grade I, $400,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes on April 3. But they didn’t find the easier race they were hoping for. Instead, Evening Jewel went to post alongside Eclipse Champion TwoYear-Old Filly She Be Wild, Canadian champion and grade I winner Negligee and the dual grade I-placed Beautician.

“None of the broadcasters really gave her a chance, or even thought she should be in the race,” Marilyn Braly said of Evening Jewel. “But she just went out and gave it her all.”

Evening Jewel controlled the pace and held off the closing It’s Tea Time for the victory, finally getting the grade I that had eluded her in her previous start.

The Bralys, who had a three-horse stable at the time, would have been content with that victory, but Marilyn said, “That one race was just the start of everything.” After some deliberation, they agreed to take on the best sophomore fillies in the country in the grade I Kentucky Oaks, a $584,300 race that would be Evening Jewel’s first start on a traditional dirt surface, as her prior starts had come on synthetics. In the Oaks, the

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Evening Jewel, Bay Filly (February 26, 2007) Northern Afleet—Jewel of the Night, by Giant’s Causeway Breeders: Betty L. Mabee & Larry Mabee Owners: Tom & Marilyn Braly 2010

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game filly took the lead at the top of the stretch, and it looked as if she would win until the shadow of the wire when favored Blind Luck closed fast enough and got her nose down on the line.

Cassidy switched the filly to the grass for her next start, which came on May 31, in the grade II, $150,000 Honeymoon Handicap at Hollywood Park. This time, the photo went her way, as Evening Jewel and jockey Victor Espinoza scored by a head over grade III winner Cozi Rosie.

By this time, Evening Jewel began to gather a steady stream of admirers. Her tendency to act up in the paddock and then pour her heart out on the battlefield won the love of California racing fans and the respect of other horsemen.

She stormed through the The Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s grade II, $150,000 San Clemente Handicap on July 25, and then held off grade I winner Harmonious in the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks over the same course 27 days later, giving her the second grade I trophy of her career. She was unanimously selected as the track’s Top Three-Year-Old Filly at the end of the meeting.

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win, Tom Braly lost a long battle with cancer. “To win the Oaks was very special,” Marilyn said, “because that was the one Tom really wanted to win, and it ended up his last race.”

Evening Jewel ran twice more, first shipping back to Keeneland for the grade I, $400,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes where she finished third. She then switched up her game to sprinting on the dirt and finished third in the grade I, $909,000 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs. She finished the year with four wins, three seconds, two thirds, and earnings of $915,343 in nine starts. She and 2010 Eclipse Horse of the Year Zenyatta were the only winners of two or more grade I races in North America last year who were victorious on two different surfaces at that level.

Bred by the late Betty and her son Larry, Evening Jewel was sold for a mere $8,000 to Tim Kegel at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in 2008. The Bralys purchased her privately as a two-year-old, a decision that changed their lives. “Winning this award is very special, because it just tops off the amazing year that she had,” Marilyn noted. “I know that Tom would have been so proud of her for winning this.”

In a year when Cal-breds stood out all over the map, Evening Jewel truly dazzled.

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The Usual Q. T.: Better With Every Year

by RUDI GROOTHEDDE How does a Thoroughbred racehorse improve on being a grade I-winning champion?

In the case of The Usual Q. T., he wins another grade I race and secures two more championships.

The 2009 California Champion Three-Year-Old Male did just that last year, with an eight-race campaign that produced two wins, three placings and $912,650 in earnings to secure the titles of both Champion Older Male and Champion Turf Horse in the Golden State.

Bred by Carlee van Kempen and raced by her family’s Don Van Racing Inc. in partnership with Michael Nentwig, George Saadeh and Jeffrey Byer, The Usual Q. T. now has career earnings of $1,489,320 from a record of 20-8-6-2 following a second place finish to dual California champion Caracortado in Santa Anita Park’s $300,000 Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on Jan. 29.

After two runner-up finishes as a two-year-old in 2008, The Usual Q. T.’s nine-race sophomore season included four stakes wins with a victory in the grade I Hollywood Derby at Hollywood Park on Nov. 29, 2009, providing the highlight among his three triumphs in graded stakes company that year.

In 2010, his five races on the turf produced an even higher level of quality.

A fourth-placed effort in the $5 million Dubai Duty Free (group I) going 1 1/8 miles at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates on March 27, was followed by a onemile allowance win at Hollywood Park exactly three months later, when he defeated the subsequent grade I, $909,000 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner Dakota Phone.

The Usual Q. T. then posted his biggest win of last year, an easy two-length victory in the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s grade I, $300,000 Eddie Read Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on July 24.

Trainer James “Jim” Cassidy, the 2010 California Trainer of the Year as voted by the Board of Directors of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA), praised his charge after the race by saying, “He tries every single time. I didn’t want Victor (Espinoza) to go inside (as they turned for home). I didn’t want to get the horse stopped. Victor was smart enough to see that and he just took a hold and went outside. When he got in the clear, I looked back at the field and couldn’t see anybody coming.

If he doesn’t have any horses next to him, he can relax and that’s what he did today.”

On Sept. 19, The Usual Q. T. finished second to the four-time grade I winner and 2008 Hollywood Derby victor, Court Vision, in the $1 million Woodbine Mile (grade I)

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in Canada, before his third-placed finish to 2009 and 2010 Eclipse champions Goldikova (Ire) and Gio Ponti in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs in Kentucky on Nov. 6.

On Dec. 27, The Usual Q. T. occupied that same finishing position in the $150,000 San Gabriel Stakes (grade II) going 1 1/8 miles at Santa Anita.

The Usual Q. T.’s year had started with a very disappointing last-placed effort worth $3,750 in Santa Anita’s $500,000 Sunshine Millions Classic Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on Jan. 30, while his other 2010 start on an all-weather surface was a fifth place finish in the $1 million Pacific Classic Stakes (grade I) going 1 1/4 miles at Del Mar on Aug. 28.

By Unusual Heat, the leading sire in the Golden State since 2008, The Usual Q. T. is out of the 2001 Western Fame mare Lunge, a full sister to the geldings Western Act, a four-time stakes winner and 10 times stakes-placed, and West Saratoga, a 13-time winner who was dual stakes-placed.

After Carlee’s brother Dallas claimed her for $20,000 at Hollywood Park in June of 2004, Lunge won once from four more career starts for Dallas, Nentwig and Saadeh before retiring to the

breeding shed with a record of four wins, a second, three thirds and $73,262 in earnings from nine starts in her only season to race.

After foaling The Usual Q. T. on Feb. 5, 2006, Lunge produced four more foals, including fillies by Benchmark and In Excess (Ire) in 2009 and 2010, respectively, before she tragically died of complications from colic while in transit to be bred in Kentucky last year.

However, the good news is that another championship year for her pride and joy may be on the horizon.

Edged out for California Horse of the Year honors by joint winners California Flag and Dancing in Silks in 2009, and then by Evening Jewel last year, The Usual Q. T. is scheduled to start in Santa Anita’s grade I, $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile on March 5.

A winning effort in this prestigious race could lead to it being a case of third-time lucky for The Usual Q. T. in 2011. The three-time California champion not only seeks to add the ultimate local honor to his resumé, but may then be in a position to even challenge for a yearend Eclipse award too.

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Unzip Me: Zip-Zoomin’ Away

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by MARCIE HEACOX Next, Unzip Me’s connections shipped her to Woodbine in Canada for the grade III, $153,072 Royal North Stakes on Aug. 2. In her first race outside her home state, Unzip Me proceeded to put on one of the best performances of her career to win by two lengths, in hand.

“She just completely dominated the field,” Valpredo said.

“That race motivated us to go to the Breeders’ Cup, it was such an impressive effort on her behalf.”

After conquering Canada, Unzip Me returned home to Hollywood to score in the Oak Tree Racing Association’s grade III, $100,000 Sen. Ken Maddy Handicap on Sept. 30, then headed to the grade II, $909,000 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, Nov. 6 at Churchill Downs. In that five-furlong event, she got off to an uncharacteristically slow start but finished well to be third.

Unzip Me’s productive year yielded six wins and two thirds from eight starts and $464,508. This year, she picked up right where she left off with a win in the grade III, $100,000 Monrovia Stakes on Santa Anita’s downhill turf on Jan. 2. Her overall record now stands at 17-10-2-3 with earnings of $645,988.

Unzip Me’s a top turf sprinter, but Harris said her pedigree may open up other options for 2011. They may follow a route similar to last year, but they may also “get more adventuresome.”

“There are a few one-turn miles at Woodbine that we feel really confident she could handle, but we can also try some of the two-turn grass route races here in California,” Harris said.

Turf sprint specialist Unzip Me went undefeated against her own gender in 2010 to zip up the title of California Champion Older Female.

It’s been nearly three decades in the making for breeders Harris Farms Inc. and Donald Valpredo, who own the fiveyear-old City Zip filly in partnership with Harris Farms trainer Per Antonsen and her current racing trainer, Marty Jones.

In 1982, John Harris and Valpredo bought Unzip Me’s fourth dam, In Prime Time. She produced Nopro Blama, who produced 1994 California Horse of the Year Soviet Problem, who in turn gave birth to Unzip Me’s dam, Escape With Me. “[It’s] always fun to have a top mare that we have bred and been responsible for the female family for over multiple generations,” Harris said.

“It’s like raising one of your kids,” Valpredo said. “We looked at a photo of her the other day when she was a yearling, and she had a powerful look to her then, as a yearling, and she still possesses that today.”

The chestnut began her four-year-old campaign by winning three straight 6 1/2-furlong sprints on Santa Anita Park’s downhill turf course—a Jan. 28 optional claimer, the $100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes on March 20 , and the grade III, $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap on April 11.

She then ran in two minor turf sprint stakes at Hollywood Park, winning the $74,230 Great Lady M. Stakes on May 21 and placing third in the June 27, $75,410 Robert K. Kerlan Memorial Handicap against males.

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Caracortado: One Of A Select Few

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by EMILY SHIELDS

Breeder and trainer Mike Machowsky is quick to point out the significance of Caracortado’s award as 2010 California Champion Three-Year-Old Male. “He’s one of the few horses who have won Champion Two-Year-Old and repeated the next year,” the horseman pointed out. Indeed, Caracortado joins a list of just four other horses who have accomplished that feat since 1990: Best Pal, Bertrando, Cavonnier and Brother Derek. Considering the mark that those four stars left on the sport either on the racetrack or in the breeding shed, Caracortado is in fine company.

The son of Cat Dreams raced six times last year, and although he only won twice, he went where few Californiabreds dare to go: along the Triple Crown trail and into the Preakness Stakes (grade I). Although he finished a valiant seventh after a wide trip, he did defeat Kentucky Derby hero Super Saver in that effort.

To kick off the year and place himself in contention for a Triple Crown race attempt, Caracortado first won the grade II, $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita Park in February. He outran graded stakes winner American Lion and stakes winner Tiz Chrome that day, stamping himself as a leading contender for the Arcadia track’s important Derby preps. He finished third in the grade II, $150,000 San Felipe Stakes, then ran fourth in the grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Derby. He didn’t have quite enough earnings to make the Run for the Roses, so it was off to Maryland for the $1 million Preakness instead.

After the gelding emerged from the Preakness sore, Machowsky optioned to give him a break. “He really changed

a lot during the time off,” Machowssky said. “He grew more and filled out.”

In a shrewd move, Machowsky entered Caracortado in a six-furlong allowance race on the grass for his return. Despite the layoff, the chestnut gelding won impressively with a rocket move down the center of the track to score going away by 1 3/4 lengths. That performance indicated that the turf is Caracortado’s forte.

He finished out the year with a third-place finish in the grade I, $250,000 Malibu Stakes on Dec. 26. Despite the loss, his performance was impressive because he was still nearly eight lengths behind the leaders around the far turn on a weekend where front running speed ruled the Santa Anita ring.

Caracortado’s year ended with earnings of $217,320 from a record of 6-2-0-2. He is owned in partnership by Machowsky and Donald Blahut of Blahut Racing LLC. “We’re on top of the world,” Blahut said. “This is a tough business, so we’re really happy, and rightfully so!” He also credits Machowsky’s patience for Caracortado’s recent brilliance. “He was very good this spring but it was tough on him, and the decision to take him out of training kept him good so he can have a four-year-old year. He’s a gelding, so he will stay around for a little while, and he’s popular. People follow his horse, maybe because of his name, or because there just aren’t too many horses like him.”

After winning the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes in his four-year-old debut on Jan. 29, Caracortado could be on his way to winning a third California championship, which would truly place him in select company.

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Cost Of Freedom: An Abundance Of Speed

California-Bred Champions

by JACKIE BARNES

In the world of Thoroughbred racing, sprinters are in a class of their own. Speed is the name of the game.

Whether a horse breaks out of the gate on top or comes from behind, he needs an abundance of speed to win at the various sprint distances.

Such a speedster is the grade I winner Cost of Freedom, owned by Gary and Cecil Barber. Named as last year’s California Champion Sprinter, he was also honored as the Golden State’s Champion Older Male of 2008. Bred by Harris Farms, he won five of his eight 2010 starts and set a five-furlong track record at Hollywood Park.

Cost of Freedom began last year’s campaign at Hollywood Park in May, with a gate-to-wire allowance win by 4 1/2 lengths. His time over the all-weather surface was a scorching 1:08.36 for six furlongs. On June 5, he returned as the 122pound highweight in the grade III, $100,000 Los Angeles Handicap to win a hard-fought battle by three quarters of a length in 1:08.49 over grade I winner E Z’s Gentleman.

While Cost of Freedom failed to win at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club during the summer, he returned to form in the fall. His first start at Hollywood Park’s Oak Tree Racing Association meet was a fourth-placaed effort in the Ancient Title Stakes (grade I) which he used as a springboard to the $100,000 Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint Stakes.

The Cal Cup Sprint gave the Barbers’ prized gelding a showcase to display his talent for the racing public. Under the highwieght of 123 pounds, he merely toyed with the

field of four other runners while cruising to a 6 1/4-length victory in 1:08.58.

Cost of Freedom returned to Hollywood Park on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, with a 1 3/4-length win in the grade III, $100,000 Vernon O. Underwood Stakes in 1:08.46. He closed out his season by extending his winning streak to three-in-a-row with a 4 1/4-length win in the Miles Tyson Stakes, setting a track record of :56.14.

A son of Cee’s Tizzy, Cost of Freedom is one of 39 stakes winners and four other California Champions, including 2000 Eclipse Horse of the Year Tiznow, by this Harris Farms pensioner.

Cost of Freedom’s dam Freedom Dance, by Moscow Ballet, was also bred by Harris Farms. The nine-time winner has produced three other foals to race, all winners. She has a yearling filly by In Excess (Ire) and is due to drop a foal by leading sire Unusual Heat in mid-March.

To date, daughters of the late Harris Farms sire Moscow Ballet have produced such top runners as 2010 classic winner Drosselmeyer and grade I winner Leave Me Alone.

It has been a great ride for the Barber brothers to these championships since they claimed Cost of Freedom for $50,000 at Del Mar in July of 2008. That season, they set a record for 14 victories by an owner at the seaside track.

Cost of Freedom’s totals at the end of 2010 stood at 21-11-1-3 for earnings of $857,983. His third in the $200,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint Stakes on Jan. 29, brought his overall earnings to $879,983.

1st Cost of Freedom

2nd Unzip Me

3rd California Flag

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Cost of Freedom, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding (February 24, 2003) Cee’s Tizzy—Freedom Dance, by Moscow Ballet Breeder: Harris Farms Inc. Owners: Gary & Cecil Baarber 2010

Age 7

Starts 8

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1st (SW) 5 (4)

2nd 0

3rd 0

Earnings $290,878

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Storm Wolf

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California Graded Stakes Winner by California Leading Sire STORMIN FEVER! N Won 3 of 5 lifetime starts, including a 6-length score in the Grade 2 Lazaro Barrera Memorial S. in 1:22 1/5.

N Broke his maiden in his second start by 7 lengths at Santa Anita, posting a 104 Beyer!

By STORM CAT’s #1 leading sire son in California with 2010 earnings of $3.5 million+ and three 2010 Graded stakes winners, STORM WOLF is a full brother to G1-performing, G3 SW MISTY ROSETTE. His dam is record-setting SW EXCLUSIVE ROSETTE. Graded stakes family of MIAMI SUN, CONTACT GAME, etc.

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N Won a Santa Anita allowance by 7 1/2 lengths, setting fractions of :22, :44 4/5, : 56 4/5, and 1:09 flat for a 101 Beyer!

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Bench Points: Part Of A Winning Team

California-Bred Champions

by KEN GURNICK aborted a foal by High Brite last year, Rocks gave away the mare to Gary Broad when unable to sell her.

Yakteen said Shaun Hadley at Legacy Ranch broke Bench Points, who was ready to run when sent to the track last Spring, breaking his maiden at first asking June 5 at Hollywood Park, then got sick and needed a month off. Yakteen brought the gelding back for the $100,000 Graduation Stakes for Cal-breds on Aug. 4, which he won by 2 3/4 lengths.

The $100,000 I’m Smokin Stakes was next and Bench Points made it three-for-three in state-bred company by rallying five-wide and taking a three-way photo. But it was a tough race for Bench Points, who was jostled at the break, lost the left front shoe and soon was detected with a chip in his left knee, requiring surgery and a break at Winner’s Circle Farm in Bradbury.

Bench Points returned with a flourish on Feb. 11, in an allowance optional claiming race, beating odds-on favorite Da Ruler, who is trained by Bob Baffert. Yakteen worked as Baffert’s assistant and also for Charlie Whittingham.

“Everybody is excited at this time and looking forward to his next race, which looks like the grade II, $250,000 San Felipe Stakes (at 1 1/16 miles on March 12),” said Yakteen.

“The big question is, can he handle two turns. Until you run, you never know. With a pedigree of Benchmark and Free House, he should be able to get the distance. He’s handled everything we’ve thrown at him so far. He’s by far the best three-year-old since I’ve been on my own.”

Tim Yakteen not only has an unbeaten California-bred champion in Bench Points, he also has a fan club in the gelding’s connections.

“Give all the credit to Tim and his crew,” said Gary Rocks, Bench Points’ breeder.

“We’re all grateful for what Tim has done with him,” said Charles “Chip” Martin, one of five partners in Bench Points (the others are Donnie Crevier, Linda Mariani, Mary Jo Zuraitis and Joann Buss). “He knows how to train and it’s nice that he’s got a good one in his stable. They are so hard to come by.”

Yakteen came by Bench Points—a son of Benchmark named the 2010 Champion Two-Year-Old Male by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA)—through his long relationship with former trainer Jim Buss and Rocks, a former assistant trainer for both Buss and Laz Barrerra and now a self-described professional Keno player.

Rocks bought Bench Points’ dam, the unraced Free House mare Mo Chuisle, for $13,000 out of the Barretts dispersal for the late CTBA director Trudy McCaffery in 2007, while in utero with Bench Points, her first foal. Rock sold half of Bench Points as a yearling to Linda Mariani, Mary Jo Zuraitis and Joanne Buss and the other half as a twoyear-old to Chip Martin and Donnie Crevier.

Rocks also has a two-year-old full brother to Bench Points, named Points Offthebench, but when Mo Chuisle

1st Bench Points

2nd Thirtyfirststreet

3rd Slammer Time

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Bench Points, Chestnut Gelding (February 18, 2008) Benchmark—Mo Chuisle, by Free House Breeder: Gary Rocks Owners: Donnie Crevier, Linda Mariani, Charles Martin, Mary Jo Zuraitis & Joann Buss 2010

Age 2

Starts 3

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1st (SW) 3(2)

2nd 0

3rd 0

Earnings $144,600

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• Multiple graded stakes-placed winner of $158,556, won from 7 furlongs to 1 mile, including third place finish in the $500.000 Super Derby (G2) and the Ack Ack H. (G3).

• By Classic winner MONARCHOS ($1,720,830), sire of Champion Sprinter INFORMED DECISION ($1,954,426, G1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint).

• Out of multiple graded stakes winner FOREST SECRETS ($604,453), including Acorn Stakes (GI), Rampart H. (G2), Fall City H. (G3), 2nd Churchill Downs Distaff H. (G2), Sabin H. (G3).

• From the family of champion 2 and 3 year-old filly SILVERBULLETDAY ($3,093,207).

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California-Bred Champions

California Nectar: The Sweetest Combination

by EMILY SHIELDS When Thor’s Echo was honored as California’s Champion Sprinter of 2006, co-breeder Steve Warner was on hand to accept the trophy at the CTBA’s Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. Pablo Suarez, who owned the Breeders’ Cup winning Thor’s Echo, clearly recalls that moment and although he has reached the highest echelon of the sport as an owner, he always wondered what it would feel like to breed a top racehorse as well. Fast forward four years, and Suarez found himself unexpectedly in that position, standing on stage and accepting the trophy for his homebred California Nectar, the Champion Two-Year-Old Female of 2010.

“I was delighted she received the honor,” Suarez said.

“Her year was absolutely fantastic, and to breed a horse like that is a thrill of a lifetime.”

California Nectar showed a lot of promise before her debut, causing Suarez, his wife and co-breeder Michelle, and trainer Doug O’Neill to have high hopes for the daughter of Stormy Atlantic from the beginning. California Nectar finished second in her debut at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Aug. 14, a game performance in which she dueled through quick fractions and simply got outkicked to the wire. She ran back 14 days later, and again finished second, this time as the strong favorite.

“We were disappointed when she ran second again, and we worried that she wasn’t as good as we thought,” Suarez explained. “We decided to give her some time off at Magali Farms, and when we brought her back at Oak Tree, everything clicked.” California Nectar broke her maiden

at Hollywood Park on Oct. 3, then stretched out to two turns for the first time in the $75,000 Robert H. Walter California Cup Juvenile Fillies Stakes. Although she finished second again, California Nectar was only beaten a nose in a thrilling three-horse photo finish, and she had proven that she wasn’t exclusively a sprinter.

After finishing fourth in the grade III, $100,000 Miesque Stakes on the grass, which Suarez admits was “merely a stepping stone,” California Nectar was entered in the California Breeders’ Champion Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The $100,000, seven-furlong dash is typically the annual benchmark by which the state’s best juveniles are measured, and California Nectar was up for the challenge. She culminated her season with a victory, winning by 1 1/2 lengths under jockey Patrick Valenzuela.

At the end of the year, California Nectar’s record stood at six starts, two wins and three seconds with earnings of $123,800. She has already started her sophomore campaign in style, winning the grade II, $150,000 Santa Ynez Stakes. After emerging from a loss in the $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (grade I) on Feb. 5, “pretty tired,” she has been sent back to Magali for a freshener. “It worked last time,” Suarez joked. California Nectar, who is out of the stakes-placed winner Absolute Nectar, by Carson City, is expected to return in the grade III, $100,000 Santa Paula Stakes on March 20.

“Just to be in this spot is gratifying,” Suarez said. “Breeding is 90 percent luck and 10 percent skill. She is providing a once in a lifetime experience.”

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California Nectar, Bay Filly (January 28, 2008) Stormy Atlantic—Absolute Nectar, by Carson City Breeders: Pablo & Michelle Suarez Owner: Suarez Racing Inc. 2010

Age 2

Starts 6

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1st (SW) 2 (1)

2nd 3

3rd 0

Earnings $123,800

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California-Bred Champions

Fillies To The Fore At Cal-Bred Champions Dinner

by RUDI GROOTHEDDE Photos by RON MESAROS Just as Zenyatta reigned at this year’s Eclipse Awards banquet held in Florida during January, it was a female runner who took top honors at the Annual Awards Dinner hosted by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort on Feb. 15, when the 2010 California-bred champions were crowned in style.

Evening Jewel, already with the Champion Three-YearOld Female title to her name, was honored as last year’s California Horse of the Year by beating out the four-year-old duo of The Usual Q. T. (Champion Older Male and Champion Turf Horse) and Unzip Me (Champion Older Female), respectively.

Following a cocktail party, the sold out event also honored the 2011 inductees to the California Hall of Fame in the form of Pirate’s Bounty, Snow Chief, Brian Sweeeney and Keith Card. Just a few hours earlier, the CTBA’s Annual Business Meeting had provided a presentation which included some encouraging news amongst all the downward trends currently being experienced in the local Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry. The results of the Board

of Directors election were also announced with Jane Johnson and Bonnie Vessels joining incumbents John Barr, Sue Greene and Leigh Ann Howard as the successful candidates.

After his emotional acceptance of Evening Jewel’s first award, Larry Mabee, the co-breeder of this dual grade I winner with his mom Betty who had passed away exactly one year ago, was joined at the podium by the owners of this brilliant filly, Marilyn Braly, and her daughter Marianne.

Emotions again ran high as Marilyn recounted how Evening Jewel had proved to be a life-prolonging blessing to her late husband Tom who had succumbed to cancer in September of last year.

Also among this celebratory group was Jim Cassidy, the recipient earlier that night of the CTBA’s 2010 Trainer of the Year trophy as the conditioner of both Evening Jewel and The Usual Q. T. George Saadeh accepted on behalf of The Usual Q. T.’s breeder Carlee Van Kempen, who was on her honeymoon, while John Harris, Donald Valpredo and Per Antonsen collected the award for Unzip Me, bred by Harris Farms Inc.

The Keith Card Group

Dana and Mike Machowsky, Pete Parrella, Sally Pascoe, Evelyn Parrella and Gayle Van Leer

Brian Koriner, Julie Whitmore, Theresa Moujaes, Renee Hall, Diane Rochelle and Dane Segal

David Abrams, Madeline Auerbach, Harris Auerbach, Craig Allen and Manuel Ochoa

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and Valpredo and owned by this trio in partnership with her trainer, Marty Jones. John Harris and his wife Carole had earlier been lauded for their Harris Farms Inc.’s first-ever trophy for leading breeder by earnings of Thoroughbreds foaled in California.

Representing Gary Rocks, the breeder of Bench Points (Champion Two-Year-Old Male), were two of this unbeaten gelding’s five owners, Mary Jo Zuraitis and Linda Mariani, while Mike Machowsky, the breeder, and trainer of Caracortado (Champion Three-Year-Old Male), and his co-owner Don Blahut were on hand for that presentation.

Pablo Suarez, who bred and owns California Nectar (Champion Two-Year-Old Female) with his wife Michelle, graciously accepted for this accolade and John Harris again visited the stage as the breeder of Cost of Freedom (Champion Sprinter).

Earlier in the evening, awards were accepted by the connections of last year’s leading local sires of California conceived foals. Madeline Auerbach and trainer Barry Abrams visited the podium twice on behalf of the syndicate that owns Unusual Heat (overall earnings and turf earnings), while Manuel Ochoa and Craig Allen, the respective Farm Manager and Breeding Manager of Ballena Vista Farm, were in attendance for their resident sires Tribal Rule (two-yearold earnings) and Benchmark (overall number of winners).

On behalf of Larry and Marianne Williams, Lisa Jean Newbill collected the award for Lucky Pulpit as California’s top freshman sire by 2010 earnings.

The festivities concluded with the Hall of Fame inductions. CTBA director John Barr was on hand for Marty and Pam Wygod’s Pirate’s Bounty, California’s leading sire in 1992, 1994 and 1995, Dianne Rochelle and trainer Mel Stute received the plaque for 1986 Eclipse champion Snow Chief, Brianne Sweeney visited the podium on behalf of her late father, the General Manager of the CTBA for 14 years, and CTBA Past President Keith Card was flanked by his wife Barbara as the event was brought to an emotional close with his humble acceptance speech.

C O V E R S T O R Y Sue Greene, Nancy Easton, Leigh Ann Howard and Shirley Kimball

Frank Mariani, Mark Barmak and Al Michaels

Dan Schiffer, Carolyn and George Saadeh, Melinda Nentwig, Don Van Kempen, Michael Nentwig and Theresa, Jeff, Norton and Gert Byer

Horse of the Year & Champion Three-Year-Old Female Evening Jewel: Betty L. Mabee & Larry Mabee, Breeders Tom & Marilyn Braly, Owners James Cassidy, Trainer Audrey and Don Blahut, Mike Machowsky and Pete Parrella

Larry Mabee, Leigh Ann Howard, Gary Young, Marilyn Braly, Melanie Cassidy, Marianne Braly, Janine McCullough and Jim Cassidy

Will de Burgh, John Harris, Per Antonsen & Donald Valpredo

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California-Bred Champions Contd.

Champion Older Male & Champion Turf Horse The Usual Q. T.: Carlee Van Kempen, Breeder Don Van Racing Inc., Michael Nentwig, George Saadeh & Jeffrey Byer, Owners James Cassidy, Trainer Champion Three-Year-Old Male Caracortado: Mike Machowsky, Breeder Blahut Racing LLC & Lo Hi Racing, Owners Mike Machowsky, Trainer Bonnie Vessels and John Harris

Champion Older Female Unzip Me: Harris Farms Inc. & Donald Valpredo, Breeders Harris Farms Inc., Per Antonsen, Martin Jones & Donald Valpredo, Owners Martin Jones, Trainer Champion Sprinter Cost of Freedom: Harris Farms Inc., Breeder Gary & Cecil Barber, Owners John Sadler, Trainer

Leigh Ann Howard, Linda Mariani and Mary Jo Zuraitis

Champion Two-Year-Old Male Bench Points: Gary Rocks, Breeder Joanne Buss, Donnie Crevier, Linda Mariani, Charles Martin & Mary Jo Zuraitis, Owners Tim Yakteen, Trainer Champion Two-Year-Old Female California Nectar: Pablo & Michelle Suarez, Breeders Suarez Racing Inc., Owner Doug O’Neill, Trainer

Pablo Suarez and Don Valpredo

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Leading California Sire Of California Conceived Foals By Earnings Unusual Heat: The Unusual Heat Syndicate, Owner

S T O R Y

Leading California Sire Of California Conceived Foals By Turf Earnings Unusual Heat: The Unusual Heat Syndicate, Owner Leading California Sire Of California Conceived Two-Year-Olds By Earnings Tribal Rule: Ballena Vista Farm & Mr. & Mrs. Martin J. Wygod, Owners

John Harris, Lisa Jean Newbill and Dave McGlothlin

Leading California Sire Of California Conceived Foals By Number of Winners Benchmark: Ballena Vista Farm, Owner Leading California Freshman Sire of California Conceived Foals by Earnings Lucky Pulpit: Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams, Owners

John Harris, Dave McGlothlin, Debbie Correia, Dr. Jeanne Bowers, Carole Harris, Per Antonsen and Frank Mirahmadi

Leading Breeder Of California Foaled Thoroughbreds

By Earnings Harris Farms Trainer Of The Year James Cassidy Doug Burge and Jim Cassidy

Mel Stute, Diane Rochelle and Pete Parrella

Dan Schiffer, Rich Huffman, Brianne Sweeney and Ian and Erin Bevin www.ctba.com

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C O V E R

California-Bred Champions

California-Bred Champions: 1973-2010

Two-Year-Old Male

Two-Year-Old Female

Three-Year-Old Male

Three-Year-Old Female

Older Male

Older Female

Sprinter

Turf Horse

Horse of the Year

2010

Bench Points

California Nectar

Caracortado

Evening Jewel

The Usual Q. T.

Unzip Me

Cost of Freedom

The Usual Q. T.

Evening Jewel

2009

Caracortado

Repo

The Usual Q. T.

Excessive Blend

Dancing in Silks

Lethal Heat

Dancing in Silks

California Flag

California Flag/ Dancing in Silks

2008

Babs Moossa

Saucey Evening

Bob Black Jack

Lethal Heat

Cost of Freedom

Nashoba’s Key

Bob Black Jack

Bold Chieftain

Bob Black Jack

2007

Georgie Boy

Spring Awakening

Idiot Proof

Romance Is Diane

Lava Man

Nashoba’s Key

Idiot Proof

Nashoba’s Key

Nashoba’s Key

2006

Pirates Deputy

Romance Is Diane

Brother Derek

Bai and Bai

Lava Man

Moscow Burning

Thor’s Echo

Lava Man

Lava Man

2005

Brother Derek

Sierra Sweetie

Proud Tower Too

Leave Me Alone

Lava Man

Dream Of Summer

Bordonaro

Valentine Dancer

Lava Man

2004

Texcess

Memorette

Cozy Guy

Yearly Report

McCann’s Mojave

Moscow Burning

Bear Fan

Moscow Burning

Moscow Burning

2003

Don’tsellmeshort

Valentine Dancer

Joey Franco

Cee’s Elegance

Joey Franco

Ninebanks

Joey Franco

2002

Icecoldbeeratreds

Humorous Lady

Calkins Road

Super High

Grey Memo

Above Perfection

2001

Officer

Lady George

Romanceishope

Golden Ballet

Tiznow

Gourmet Girl

Go Go

Native Desert

Tiznow

2000

Proud Tower

Jetin Excess

Tiznow

Cover Gal

General Challenge

Smooth Player

Richter Scale

Smooth Player

Tiznow

1999

Gibson County

Cover Gal

General Challenge

Smooth Player

Budroyale

Enjoy the Moment

Big Jag

Native Desert

Budroyale

S T O R Y

House of Fortune Excessivepleasure

Disturbingthepeace Continental Red

Continental Red

1998

Daring General

Controlled

Indian Charlie

Magical Allure

Free House

Fleet Lady

Big Jag

Native Desert

Free House

1997

Ex Marks the Cop

Career Collection

Free House

Fleet Lady

Awesome Daze

Avenue of Gold

Surachai

Gastown

Free House

1996

In Excessive Bull

Starry Ice

Cavonnier

Belle’s Flag

Megan’s Interco

Cat’s Cradle

Letthebighossroll

Megan’s Interco

Cavonnier

1995

Cavonnier

Batroyale

Desert Pirate

Cat’s Cradle

Best Pal

Pirate’s Revenge

Wild Gold

Work the Crowd

Cat’s Cradle

1994

Fandarel Dancer

Embroidered

College Town

Work the Crowd

Best Pal

Soviet Problem

Soviet Problem

Soviet Problem

Soviet Problem

1993

Individual Style

Work the Crowd

Denmars Dream

Soviet Problem

Bertrando

Southern Truce

Softshoe Sure Shot

Journalism

Bertrando

1992

Moscow Changes

Incindress

Bertrando

Charm a Gendarme

Best Pal

Bountiful Native

Answer Do

Blaze O’Brien

Best Pal

1991

Bertrando

Don B’s Princess

Best Pal

Teresa Mc

Bruho

Somethingmerry

Letthebighossroll

Somethingmerry

Best Pal

1990

Best Pal

Theresa’s Pleasure

Real Cash

Materco

Flying Continental

Brown Bess

Sensational Star

Cacoethes

Best Pal

1989

Individualist

Dominant Dancer

King Glorious

Kool Arrival

Stylish Winner

Brown Bess

King Glorious

—

Brown Bess

1988

King Glorious

Approved to Fly

Aloha Prospector

Super Avie

Nostalgia’s Star

Brown Bess

Calestoga

—

King Glorious

1987

Purdue King

Variety Baby

Snow Chief

Fran’s Valentine

Zany Tactics

—

Snow Chief

1986

Flying Lieutenant

Saros Brig

Snow Chief

Melair

Super Diamond

Fran’s Valentine

Melair

—

Snow Chief

1985

Snow Chief

Lady Maxine D.

Slew the Dragon

Fran’s Valentine

Barberstown

Capichi

Debonaire Junior

—

Snow Chief

Vagabond Gal

Silveyville

Fancy Wings

Debonaire Junior

—

Silveyville

Expressman

—

Fali Time

Remember John

—

Prince Spellbound

I’m Smokin

—

Eleven Stitches

Something Lucky Perchance to Dream

1984

Right Con Fali Time

Fran’s Valentine Boo La Boo/ Bright Orphan

Fali Time

1983 1982

Aguila

Fabulous Notion

Prince Spellbound

Avigaition

Silveyville

1981

Racing Is Fun

A Kiss for Luck

Silveyville

Past Forgetting

Eleven Stitches

Avigaition Frieda Frame/ Past Forgetting Princess Karenda

1980

Bold and Gold

Astrious

Jaklin Klugman

Princess Karenda

Beau’s Eagle

Wishing Well

Beau’s Eagle

1979

The Carpenter

Hazel R.

Golden Act

Variety Queen

Jumping Hill

B. Thoughtful

—

—

Golden Act

1978

Flying Paster

Tourulla

Capt. Don

B. Thoughtful

Bad ’n Big

Grande Brisa

—

—

Flying Paster

1977

Chance Dancer

B. Thoughtful

Bad ’n Big

Don’s Music

Crystal Water

Dancing Femme

—

—

Crystal Water

1976

Fleet Dragoon

Special Warmth

Crystal Water

Any Time Lady

Ancient Title

Just a Kick

—

—

Crystal Water

1975

Telly’s Pop

Walk in the Sun

Messenger of Song

Our First Delight

Ancient Title

Modus Vivendi

—

—

Ancient Title

1974

The Bagel Prince

Hot n Nasty

Stardust Mel

Ancient Title

Impressive Style

—

—

Ancient Title

1973

Century’s Envoy Gentleman’s Sketch

Modus Vivendi Sandy Blue/ Windy’s Daughter

Royal Owl

Minstrel Miss

—

—

Windy’s Daughter

Billy Ball

Ancient Title

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Fabulous Notion Prince Spellbound

Jaklin Klugman

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NUMBER ONE IN CALIFORNIA! 2011 Leading Sire: UNUSUAL HEAT

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Perennial Leading 2yo Sire: SWISS YODELER

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BY ANY OTHER SIRE IN #ALIFORNIA %ASTERN %CHO $RAPEAU BY 2AJA "ABA s FEE: $5,000 LF PAYABLE AT FOALING

LUCKY PULPIT: $33,443 Avg. Earnings/Starter

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ALSO STANDING:

THORN SONG

TIZBUD

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STORMY JACK

Unbridled’s Song-Festal,

by Storm Bird Entering Stud: $3,500 LF

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by Seattle Song &%% ,&

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by Lost Code &%% ,&

Bertrando-Tiny Kristin,

by Steelinctive FEE: $1,500 LF

SINGLETARY

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Sultry Song-Joiski’s Star,

by Star de Naskra FEE: $1,500 LF

Cee’s Tizzy- Lucky C. H.,

by A. P. Indy FEE: $1,500 LF

Seattle Slew-Soviet Problem,

by Moscow Ballet FEE: $1,000 LF

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Home Sweep For Cal-Breds Sunshine Millions

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Caracortado

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other locally bred runners to earn wagering payoffs were The Usual Q. T. ($1,489,320) and Soul Candy, runner-up and third in the Turf, while third-placed finishes were recorded by Cost of Freedom and Ultra Blend in the Sprint and Distaff, respectively.

At Gulfstream, Tackleberry won the $500,000 Classic Stakes, Trip For A.J. won the Filly and Mare Turf and Aegean won the Filly and Mare Sprint. The latter is by Northern Afleet, a resident of Taylor Made Stallions Inc. in Kentucky and also the sire of Evening Jewel and Amazombie.

With an average field size of 9.5 for the six Sunshine Millions races, on-track and off-track racing fans— including 26,694 at Santa Anita— boosted the overall handle to almost $25 million for this popular day of racing that was the brainchild of Frank Stronach, the founder and non-executive chairman of the auto parts conglomerate Magna International (MI). On Jan. 31, it was announced by Magna International Developments (MID), a real estate spinoff of MI and the current owner of both Sunshine Millions host tracks, that the ownership of Santa Anita, Gulfstream and its other four racetracks was going to be transferred to Stronach and his family.

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At the ninth renewal of Sunshine Millions on Jan. 29, California-breds won the three Santa Anita Park legs of this annual event against their Florida-bred counterparts despite facing a disadvantage in the overall number of runners with more than three to one against them.

With just two Cal-breds facing 30 Florida-breds at Gulfstream Park and a favorable count of 16 to nine for them at Santa Anita in Arcadia, their $641,875 share of the available purse money represented an admirable showing as more than a one-third share of the total $1.8 million allocated amongst the event’s six black-type races.

With a second and two thirds to go with their three victories, Cal-breds banked $632,750 of the $800,000 in purses paid out in the West Coast leg. Across the country in Hallandale, Cal-breds North Rodeo and Bran Jammas posted respective finishes of sixth and seventh in the $200,000 Filly and Mare Sprint Stakes and $300,000 Filly and Mare Turf Stakes.

For the connections of the Cal-bred trio of Evening Jewel, Caracortado and Amazombie, it was a landmark day with wins in the $300,000 Distaff Stakes, $300,000 Turf Stakes and $200,000 Sprint Stakes, respectively. The

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New Kid On The Block The $200,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint was supposed to be something of a coronation for Cal-bred Cost of Freedom, an ageless eight-year-old coming off three straight stakes wins at Hollywood Park. He seemed to tower over the field of seven rivals and was sent off as the heavy 3-5 favorite under jockey Joe Talamo. But while Cost of Freedom ran gamely, dueling on the lead throughout and just barely missing by two heads at the wire, the race became the coming-out party for Amazombie, a five-year-old gelding making his stakes debut.

Thomas Sanford and Bill Spawr’s Amazombie had won five of his 14 previous starts, breaking his maiden in his fifth try. He raced exclusively in allowance events after that, competing against such stakes horses as Cayambe, Colgan’s Chip and Tropic Storm. Although most of his starts had come on turf, including four of his five victories, a narrow loss in a Santa Anita allowance on the main dirt track on Dec. 30, prompted the decision to run in the Sprint, a six-furlong dash over the same strip.

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Lured by the draw of both top class racing and the 20 gourmet food trucks present at Santa Anita Park’s first Food Truck Festival, fans poured in for the ninth annual Sunshine Millions event on Jan. 29. Bolstered by unusually beautiful weather in the Golden State, attendance was up from the 2009 figure of 21,487 to 26,694. Gulfstream Park’s attendance number paled in comparison with only 8,960 on hand.

Despite slim California-bred representation in the three races at Gulfstream Park in Florida, the $200,000 Filly and Mare Sprint, $300,000 Filly and Mare Turf and $500,000 Classic Stakes, state-breds dominated at their home track. The three races run at Santa Anita Park—the Sprint, Turf and Distaff— were all won by the Cal-breds Amazombie, Caracortado and Evening Jewel. In addition, Cal-breds finished first and third in both the Sprint and Distaff, and claimed the trifecta in the Turf.

The Kentucky-based stallion Northern Afleet enjoyed a spectacular day, siring 50 percent of the Sunshine Millions winners, including both Amazombie and Evening Jewel as well as Filly and Mare Sprint winner Aegean. He is currently the second leading sire in the nation by progeny earnings.

The increased number of fans on hand at Santa Anita Park were in for a treat, as all three races provided tough wagering opportunities and thrilling finishes.

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winner crept closer around the far turn, then hooked up with a game Cost of Freedom turning in the stretch. The older runner put up quite a fight, but Amazombie had his measure under the wire and scored by a head over the gaining Apriority, stopping the clock in 1:07.28.

The win, Amazombie’s sixth in total with three thirds and two seconds also to his name, increased his earnings to $308,708. Smith has been aboard for all but one of Amazombie’s last nine races, and has developed a good relationship with the son of Northern Afleet.

Co-owner Spawr also trains Amazombie, who was bred by Gregg Anderson. The bay gelding is the second foal out of Wilshe Amaze, a two-time winner by In Excess (Ire). She is a half-sister to dual stakes winner Flom’s Prospector.

The Horse For All Courses From winning on Santa Anita’s all-weather surface early in his sophomore year, to competing on dirt in the $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland, Caracortado has done it all. Thanks to trainer Mike Machowsky, he recently found a new home on the grass, a surface where his devastating turn of foot has become more readily apparent.

A six-month layoff followed his effort in the Preakness, from which Caracortado had emerged battered and sore.

Machowsky, who also bred and co-owns the gelding in partnership with Donald

Blahut, had the idea to try turf in a Hollywood Park allowance race, and Caracortado impressed with a stunning win over Cherokee Heaven and the very same Amazombie who won the Sunshine Millions Sprint. Blahut gives Machowsky credit for deciding to try turf, a decision that led to the start at Sunshine Millions.

Despite his obvious affinity for the grass, Caracortado still had something to prove in the $300,000 Turf. A strong field of competitors, including grade I winner Presious Passion, grade II winner Jeranimo and last year’s $150,000 California Cup Classic victor Soul Candy, made it a difficult race to win; and that was not to mention the presence of California champion The Usual Q. T., a dual grade I winner. Caracortado was sent off as the 3-1 third choice under jockey Joe Talamo.

As expected, Presious Passion rushed to the lead and immediately opened up a gap of five lengths on his seven rivals, but he could not hold it for the entire 1 1/8-mile race. Talamo kept Caracortado back in mid-pack, but released him entering the stretch and simply held on while the son of Cat Dreams unleashed that furious stretch drive.

In 1:46.75, he led a Cal-bred parade to the wire: The Usual Q. T. finished second and Soul Candy ran third.

“That was a strong effort on his part,” Blahut said, “because he just rolled by some very good horses, some of which had earned a lot of money.” With the victory, Caracortado increased his earnings to $491,520. “Now we are right there with the best of the division in

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earnings,” Blahut noted, “and I think we will probably keep him on the grass.”

Caracortado, whose name means “scar face” in Spanish, has seven wins and two thirds in 11 starts. He is the second foal out of the unraced Maria’s Mon mare Mons Venus, a half-sister to dual stakes winner Jaded Pleasure. Caracortado is scheduled to make his next start on March 5, on the grass at Santa Anita in the grade I, $300,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile.

A Gem In A Million Evening Jewel not only won the $300,000 Distaff Stakes, she also won a chance at a full 2011 campaign. Coming off an unusual three straight losses, owner Marilyn Braly was contemplating a new career in the breeding shed for her talented filly. “She didn’t do well in her prep race in January, so there was talk that she wouldn’t want to continue racing,” Braly said.

Evening Jewel was coming off the worst performance in her career since her maiden debut, having finished fifth of six in the grade III, $100,000 Monrovia Handicap on Jan. 2.

Despite that disappointment, she was still sent off as the 2-1 favorite in the Distaff, based on the merits of her ambitious 2009 campaign which earned her the title of California Horse of the Year.

Before the Distaff, Evening Jewel was her typical fractious self in the paddock, but settled down on the way to the gate. The nine runners, six of whom were Cal-breds, broke evenly

and the Florida-bred grade II winner Briecat moved off to set the pace in the 1 1/16-mile race. Evening Jewel and jockey Victor Espinoza lagged early, then made up ground along the rail around the far turn. Swinging into the stretch, Espinoza guided the four-year-old filly three-wide, and she responded by running down the leader, Amazing, to get the win on the line in 1:42.25. Cal-bred Ultra Blend closed strongly in the center of the track to be third.

Braly never gave up hope that the Evening Jewel of old would resurface. “I was thrilled, partly because it was the Sunshine Millions, and party because I was so worried about her,” Braly said. “But I felt that she would be back, and I spent a lot of time with her at the barn during the weeks before the race. I was so pleased when she ran well.”

Future plans for Evening Jewel will depend on her fitness and mental state, but Braly has one goal: to win a grade I on the dirt. “She would then be the only filly to have won a grade I race on all three surfaces,” Braly said, “so that’s one of our goals and to do it would be spectacular. But it’s just impressive that she’s even won on all three surfaces.” In fact, the only horse to win grade I’s on all three surfaces is also a Cal-bred, the great gelding Lava Man. Evening Jewel has earned $1,182,943 by winning seven of her 16 starts with five seconds and two thirds. She is out of the Giant’s Causeway mare Jewel of the Night, a half-sister to the 2008 California Champion Two-Year-Old Female, Saucey Evening. On Feb. 20, Jewel of the Night’s three-year-old Salt Lake filly Maggie McGowan won her debut by 2 1/4 lengths going 5 1/2 furlongs on the dirt at Santa Anita.

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Mike Machowsky: A Man Of Patience

by EMILY SHIELDS It is an understatement to say that Southern California trainer Mike Mackowsky has a grasp on the inner workings of the industry. Not only has he already made a name for himself as the conditioner of such stakes horses as Southern Image and Kelly Leak, he is also becoming more prominent as the breeder and co-owner of the two-time California champion Caracortado. Machowsky learned the trade from some of the finest horsemen in the state, and while has become a success by surrounding himself with both classy horses and owners, it is his knowledge of the equine athlete and subsequent patient handling which have earned him so many accolades.

Machowsky’s early memories of the racetrack came via his Quarter Horseowning father. “His hobby was horses,” Machowsky recalled. “He had a passion for them and passed that on to me.” As a 14-year-old, Machowsky started “walking hots and cleaning stalls” for trainer Clay Brinson. He remembers the hard work as a pleasant experience: “I loved just getting to be around the horses.”

Both Brinson and conditioner Henry Moreno helped get Machowsky started, but it was the five years spent under Racing Hall of Fame trainer Richard

Mandella that really kick-started Machowsky’s career.

“Richard is very good about letting his assistants go out on their own,” Machowsky explained. “The last few months I was with him, he let me have a few horses to train before I went out on my own in 1989.”

Training suits the 45-year-old Machowsky well. “I love getting up in the morning and going to work just to be around horses.

There’s always that passion and dream, wondering where the next nice horse is going to come from. It’s a great job to have.”

Machowsky’s enthusiasm has led to success. He saddled his first winner on Jan. 1, 1990, at Santa Anita Park, and won his first graded stake races eight years later, when Dancing Rhythum won the grade III, $108,200 Senorita Stakes at Hollywood Park on April 24, 1998. He was also the conditioner of another top filly in Fencelineneighbor, winner of the grade III, $150,000 San Gorgonio Handicap at Santa Anita Park in January of 2005.

But Machowsky’s most well known Thoroughbred to date has been the $1,843,750-earner Southern Image. The dark bay son of Halo’s Image gained national prominence when he won four

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major stakes races, including three grade I’s, in succession.

First, he scored in the $250,000 Malibu Stakes, followed by two $1 million races, the ungraded Sunshine Millions Classic Stakes and the Santa Anita Handicap, and lastly the $500,000 Pimlico Special Handicap. If it were not for Machowsky’s patience and willingness to do right by his horses, however, Southern Image’s story may have been different.

“After he won as a two-year-old opening day at Santa Anita (in 2002), we had to try one of those Derby prep races.”

According to Machowsky, Southern Image emerged from that effort, a third place finish in the grade II, $150,000 San Vicente Stakes, “sore and tired,” so the decision was made to rest the colt and instead point for a summer campaign. “I’d learned from Mandella that you have to be patient with that kind of horse and let them mature and manage themselves.”

Southern Image retired with six wins, a second and a third in eight starts, and now stands for $4,000 at Rancho San Miguel.

Machowsky’s affinity for California-breds has led to even more accomplishments. “Out here in California, we have the best horses in the country trained by people like (Bob) Baffert and (John) Sadler,” Machowsky said. “It’s nice to have Kentucky-breds, but for a trainer trying to make a living out here and do his clients right, I definitely look for Cal-breds to buy. If you can get a good one it’s great for your owners; those Cal-bred bonuses can make a real difference in the bottom line every year.” The trainer noted that in the last two decades, Cal-breds have held their own against open company more than ever. “I am definitely a big fan and wish I had more Cal-breds.”

Candy Factory, a state-bred daughter of Seattle Bound, won the $125,000 Solana Beach Handicap while in Machowsky’s barn, and Cal-bred Dance With Gable, a three-time stakes winner, was claimed by Machowsky for $40,000 in August of 2009. “Dance With Gable is just one of those fun horses,” Machowsky explained. “He got better

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with age and doesn’t owe us a thing. We’ve been fortunate to have him.” Dance With Gable, a son of Dance Floor, has earned $366,735 while winning 11 of 29 starts with six seconds and three thirds.

The California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (CTBA) member has developed a patient philosophy regarding the training of racehorses. “At the end of the day, you have to respect what the horse wants, because if the horse isn’t ready to do what you want, he’s not going to run well,” he said. “You want to try to keep your clients happy, but if you lead one over and he’s not ready, then it’s not the right thing to do. If the owner and trainer have patience, everybody benefits.”

Donald Blahut, co-owner of Machowsky’s homebred Caracortado, is one who has reaped the rewards of this patience. After winning the $100,000 California Breeders’ Champion Stakes and the grade II, $150,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes, Caracortado earned a trip to Pimlico Racecourse in Maryland for the $1 million Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the Triple Crown. He finished seventh and emerged from the race “sore and beat up,” much like Southern Image seven years prior. Since being given a break from the track, Caracortado has returned to win two of his three starts, including the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes.

“He is a May foal, so we knew that he had room to improve and grow,” Machowsky said. “He seems to be really thriving now, and we’ll just let him tell us where to run this year.”

Throughout his career, Machowsky’s runners have hit the board at a 45 percent clip and have earned more than $17.5 million in purses. The trainer has surpassed the $1 million in annual earnings benchmark seven times, and is poised for another big season. His meticulous method and understanding philosophy have proven that those who are patient are rewarded.

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A Night To Remember Regional Sales

by LISA GROOTHEDDE When darkness falls on Pomona on Monday, March 21, the spotlight will shine brightly upon a new assembly of elite racing prospects at the 2011 Barretts March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training. Moved from its traditional daytime placement to a later, 7 p.m. start time, the single session hosted by Barretts Equine Ltd. will feature a catalog of 104 youngsters, nine of whom were bred in California.

During the 2010 edition of the auction, 69 of the 100 juveniles who were led through the Barretts ring were reported as sold for gross receipts of $6,255,000, an average price of $90,652 and a median of $60,000, representing across-the-board fiscal declines from the corresponding sale in 2009. The buyback rate was 31 percent.

Last year’s sale-topper was a Japanbound colt by Unbridled’s Song who sold for $475,000 to Narvick International Inc. from agent Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables Inc. consignment. Among the 18 additional horses who sold for six figures each last March were 2010 Lost in the Fog Stakes winner Road Ready and 2010 Barretts Debutante Stakes winner True Way of Grace.

Several other recent graduates of the Barretts March sale have gone on to even greater success, including 2010 Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap (grade I) winner Awesome Gem, 2010 Triple Bend Handicap (grade I) winner E Z’s Gentleman, 2010 West Virginia Derby (grade II) winner Concord Point and 2011 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (grade II) winner Harissa.

Among the prominent national sires represented by offspring in the 2011 catalog are Afleet Alex, A.P. Indy, Awesome Again, Bluegrass Cat, Candy Ride (Arg), Congrats, Forestry, Harlan’s Holiday, Indian Charlie, Malibu Moon, More Than Ready, Quiet American, Rockport Harbor, Speightstown, Street Cry (Ire), Tale of the Cat, Tapit, War Front and Wildcat Heir, as well as the leading California stallions Bertrando, In Excess (Ire), Kafwain and Tribal Rule. Two-year-olds from the inaugural crops of grade I winners After Market, Any Given Saturday, Corinthian, Discreet Cat, Flashy Bull, Hard Spun, Invasor (Arg), Latent Heat, Stevie Wonderboy and Street Sense also will be available for purchase.

Under-tack previews will be conducted at Fairplex Park on Friday, March 18, starting at 10 a.m.

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Dunne leads the way with 15 entries under his Wavertree banner, highlighted by an El Corredor half-brother to 2010 grade I winner Mona de Momma, an Any Given Saturday half-brother to 2009 grade III winner Necessary Evil and a California-bred Rock Hard Ten colt from the family of two-time Eclipse Horse of the Year Cigar.

Bringing 13 juveniles is Callaway Thoroughbreds, whose group features a Catienus filly from the family of Eclipse champions Kitten’s Joy and Dreaming of Anna, a Cal-bred Tribal Rule colt from the family of dual grade I winner Variety Road and California champion Variety Baby, and a Bluegrass Cat colt whose dam is a half-sister to Eclipse champion Inside Information.

Also listed with 13 offerings— including a pair of fillies by Rock Hard Ten and Invasor from the immediate family of California grade I winners Fourty Niners Son and Cindy’s Hero, a Rockport Harbor colt out of a winning half-sister to the dam of 2004 California Horse of the Year Moscow Burning and a Put It Back half-brother to 2011 Santa Ysabel Stakes (grade III) winner May Day Rose—is Red Rock Training Stables.

A Corinthian filly whose pedigree features 1999 Breeders’ Cup Classic (grade I) winner Cat Thief anchors the 11-member Havens Bloodstock Agency Inc. consignment, while Scott Bergsrud’s 11-horse SAB Sales delegation includes a Soto colt who was produced by a half-sister to the Cal-bred 1998 Santa Anita Derby (grade I) winner and major sire Indian Charlie and a Tale of the Cat colt whose second dam is the grade I-winning California champion Pirate’s Revenge.

Other notable sale entries include a Wildcat Heir colt from the family of 2010 grade II winner Acting Happy, a Malibu Moon colt whose second dam is the grade I winner Halo America, a Rock Hard Ten filly whose second dam is the multiple California champion Smooth Player, a Malibu Moon filly out of a stakes-winning half-sister to the Eclipse champion juvenile filly Countess Diana, a Successful Appeal colt out of a winning half-sister to the dam of Eclipse champion juvenile War Pass and a Speightstown colt who was produced by the California champion racemare Enjoy the Moment.

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Regional Sales

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by LISA GROOTHEDDE Without the stimulus of a marquee dispersal, such as the prominent consignment that boosted its previous edition, the 2011 Barretts January Mixed Sale suffered double-digit declines in most major categories when it was conducted in Pomona on Jan. 24.

The single session served as California’s only scheduled sales venue for Thoroughbreds of various ages this year. But buyers proved they were still hesitant to invest in the bloodstock market when the final sale results were tallied.

From the 347 horses offered at this year’s auction, Barretts Equine Limited reported 256 were sold for gross receipts of $1,359,400—a 32.5 percent decrease from the $2,013,000 in sales achieved in 2010, when 275 of 447 horses were sold. The 2011 average price plunged 27.5 percent, from $7,320 to $5,310, while the median dropped 21.9 percent, from $3,200 last year to $2,500 this year. Sellers, however, were more realistic with their reserves this time around; the buy-back rate improved from 38.5 percent to 26.2 percent when 91 horses went unsold.

The 2010 auction was enhanced by a major reduction of holdings from Jenny Craig’s Craig Family Trust. The sale of 39 horses from the Craig consignment contributed $697,600 toward the auction’s total proceeds, leading to a one-year bump in gross and average.

“I thought that, overall, the sale was better than the previous year on a horse-by-horse basis,” said Barretts Vice President Bill Baker. “This is most obvious when you remove the Craig Reduction horses from the 2010 figures, although the clearance rate was much improved even without taking that into account.”

Although the statistical results were different than those realized at the 2010 mixed sale, the most coveted catalog page had a familiar look to it in 2011. Eliciting the auction’s top price of $70,000 was the four-year-old filly Smoothe as Candy, a half-sibling to last year’s $65,000 sale-topping mare, Gentlemen’s Crown.

Consigned as one of 24 offerings from Jenny Craig’s Rancho Paseana, Smoothe as Candy sold as a broodmare prospect to Narvick International Inc. The Candy Ride (Arg) filly out of the stakes-winning Seattle Slew mare Crownette is a full sister to 2009 El Camino Real Derby (grade III) winner Chocolate Candy and a half-sister to the granddam of 2010 Malibu Stakes (grade I) winner Twirling Candy.

Achieving the second-highest price at the 2011 auction was a California-bred filly from the 2009 crop of Tribal Rule. The youngster, a half-sister to two group I-winning champions out of former Argentina Broodmare of the Year Miss Peggy (Arg), was consigned by River Edge 58

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Farm, agent, and purchased for $38,000 by trainer R Marcelo Polanco.

Ranking third with his $32,000 pricetag was the six-year-old gelding Slam Slew, a two-time Hollywood Park winner by Grand Slam who was bought by agent Mersad Metanovic from Sam Hendricks’ consignment.

A bid of $27,000 from trainer Carl O’Callaghan, acting as agent for Super Horse, secured the sale’s top-priced yearling: a Cal-bred Atticus filly out of the group I winner and producer La Costa Azul (Arg) who was consigned by Havens Bloodstock Agency.

The auction’s leading sire of yearlings, by average, was Unusual Heat. A pair of the Harris Farms stallion’s 2010 offspring averaged $23,000.

Among broodmares, two Cal-bred stakes winners shared the high-water mark when they were each purchased for $20,000.

The $449,704-earner Bold Roberta, a 13-year-old daughter of Bold Badgett who was consigned by agent Harris Farms as part of a reduction by SLU Inc., was selected by Warrendale Bloodstock while carrying a foal

by Fusaichi Pegasus. Meanwhile, the productive family of 2000 Eclipse Horse of the Year Tiznow was represented by 10-year-old Tizakitty, a Distinctive Cat mare out of his graded stakes-producing full sister Tizso who was bred last year to Western Fame and subsequently acquired by Solis Bloodstock, agent, from the complete dispersal of consignor Applebite Farms.

With 62 horses sold for a collective $252,400, Havens Bloodstock Agency ranked as the auction’s top consignor by gross sales, edging out the River Edge Farm consignment, which generated $237,300 through the sale of 34 horses.

Leading the way among buyers was Dr. James Buell’s Kings River Ranch, with overall expenditures of $98,300 for eight yearlings and one juvenile. Narvick International ranked second with its sole purchase of the sale-topper, followed by agent Gary Sherlock, who bought three juvenile males for a collective $40,500.

“As long as there is racing in California, there will be a commercial market for horses who will be competitive here,” Baker said. “The demand for horses has been decreasing in the last few years with the soft California economy and other uncertainties, but I believe that the supply has been decreasing at a faster rate. Those with the foresight to stay involved and increase the quality of their product will be rewarded when the demand will significantly outweigh the supply.”

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C-Section In Mares Horse Care

by HEATHER SMITH THOMAS Sometimes it is impossible for a mare to deliver her foal normally, and it must be removed surgically. Juan Samper, DVM, PhD (Langley, British Colombia) says there are several reasons that a C-section may be needed. These would generally fall into three categories—a programmed C-section, an emergency C-section and a terminal C-section.

“There may be a pre-existing condition in the mare that makes it impossible for her to deliver vaginally, or would put the health of the mare at risk to deliver the foal.

If a mare has a fractured pelvis, for instance (that compromises the dimensions of the birth canal, even though the fracture healed), or if you have a mare with a history of problems foaling or problems with her reproductive tract in general (such as cervix incompatible with vaginal delivery, etc.), you’ll need a C-section,” he says. In those mares you must carefully time the surgery and do it when the mare is ready to foal. Taking the foal too early will generally result in the loss of the foal.

“Another situation is an emergency C-section in a mare who is in labor with a foal who’s not in proper posture.

Either the veterinarian cannot get there to correct the dystocia or the veterinarian or farm manager are unable to correct the posture and position of the foal in order to deliver it vaginally.” This puts you into an extreme time crunch because the surgery must be done immediately.

“Most of the time in these instances, it will be too late to have a live foal but the surgery is important to save the mare and must be timely in order to save her,” he says. It is preferable to bring the mare to a veterinary hospital to do the surgery, under ideal hospital conditions, but sometimes this is not possible, especially if the mare is unable to travel.

“I had one mare last year who started to foal and everything was normal except that the foal was coming backward.

We were not able to pull the foal and deliver it vaginally.

At that point, with the foal partway out, what are you going to do? You cannot get the mare up and transport her to hospital. I ended up doing a flank C-section, in the stall.

The foal was dead, but the mare survived. If you have to do it on the spot, you must do the most appropriate and safest thing—for both the mare and the people involved in the procedure—and this would be a flank incision,” he says. Normally the surgery would be a midline incision with the mare on her back.

“You have to be prepared. When someone is foaling out a number of mares, that person needs to be prepared to make a decision about what must be done (if a mare has an

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emergency dystocia), and how it needs to be done,” says Samper. There is no time for indecision.

“The other possibility that has to be considered, in the various reasons for surgery, is a terminal C-section. This would be when the foal is more valuable than the mare, and the object is to save the baby’s life.” This might be the case in an embryo-transfer situation in which a recipient mare is carrying another mare’s foal. If the mare carrying the foal has a serious problem, there may be need for a terminal C-section.

“In this instance, you would anesthetize the mare, open her up and remove the baby, and then euthanize the mare.

This would usually be done if the mare has started to foal and cannot deliver the foal,” he explains.

One of the things a person needs to keep in mind is that you cannot be caught off guard. “If you are foaling mares, you need to know what steps you will take. How far away is your veterinarian? Where is the closest place you can take the mare if she had to have surgery? How do you know when the mare is in trouble and how long do you wait before you call for help? You need a plan,” says Samper.

Monitor The Mare If you have a mare whom you know will need a surgical delivery, such as a mare with a pre-existing condition who would require a C-section, it is crucial to know exactly when she is ready to foal. “You must have several things in place, starting with an accurate breeding date. Then you need to know how ready she is to foal, and this can be done by checking the calcium levels in the milk,” he says.

When she is getting close, then you can either watch her continually for when she goes into labor, or induce her. In these situations you would want the mare to be at the veterinary hospital when she goes into labor. “Once she actually starts, then you can go ahead and anesthetize the mare and take the foal out,” says Samper.

You can’t just take the foal whenever you think it is full term; the mare’s body must be programmed for delivery, in order to have optimum chance for a live, healthy foal, which means she must be in labor when the surgery is performed. “You cannot go in and take the baby out just because you decide it’s time. The mare and the baby both have to be ready, in order for us to deliver a healthy foal,” he explains.

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Some people think that if a pregnant mare becomes seriously injured or is dying, they could have a C-section performed and save the foal. If the foal is not ready—if the mare is not actually in labor when you take the foal out— you would rarely end up with a live foal. Even if the mare is near term and has a serious colic that requires surgery, if she is not ready to deliver the foal, you are better off to just do the colic surgery and leave the foal in there.

“A person could argue that this would be a pre-existing condition that could necessitate C-section—if the mare is in a serious state of disease (such as endotoxemia or peritonitis) or has a problem such as colic or some other medical condition that is not associated with the reproductive tract or the vaginal tract for delivery. Some people wonder if it is better to take the risk of removing the baby even if it’s a little premature. If you are going to lose the mare anyway and she is more than 300 days’ gestation, you may decide to take the risk and go to the effort and expense of trying to save the foal,” he says, but it’s not always easy to save it. Intensive care units for neonates have improved a lot in the past decade, and there may be a chance of saving the foal, but it’s still a huge risk and can be very expensive. It’s best to wait as long as possible, unless the mare is actually dying.

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Have A Plan “The owners of mares who come to my clinic to foal are informed of all the possible problems that might occur, and need to decide ahead of time what they would want done with the mare. Do they want me to deal with it and see how much I can get done in trying to deliver the foal, or do they want me to refer the mare to a surgical hospital?” he says.

In some instances, an owner might choose a fetotomy if the foal is already dead by the time the realization is made that the mare cannot deliver normally. It may be cheaper to do a fetotomy (cutting off a limb or leg so the foal’s body can be delivered vaginally), but it is not always safer than a C-section. “A fetotomy is a procedure that requires a lot of skill and luck to save the mare,” says Samper. Many times it will result in a mare with a torn cervix or damaged uterus.

The veterinarian must be very good at this, to avoid severe injury to the mare.

Everyone should be prepared for all possibilities. “A mare’s foaling is such an explosive event that it doesn’t give you time to call around and try to decide what to do if there is a problem. Most of the time it will happen in the middle of the night. You need to be ready for whatever eventuality you may encounter. Having the right people available at the right time is going to be the key. This gives a much better chance for having a successful outcome,” he says.

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“You also need to know ahead of time what a successful outcome entails. Is it to have a live mare? Or baby? Or both? You need to already have your priorities established for what is more important, in this situation.”

After The Surgery “In general, a mare after the surgery would be cared for about the same as mare that had a normal delivery. The biggest thing, following the surgery, is that you want to make sure the placenta is not compromised. When you suture the uterus up, you want to make sure that part of the placenta is not caught in the stitches. Shedding the placenta is one of the key factors in the recovery/health of the mare following the surgery. After that, within a day or two of the C-section, you can start doing uterine lavage without any major risk to the mare,” says Samper.

The mare should be on systemic antibiotics for a few days,

and you should also use some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for a while. “She needs to be treated medically and have all the supportive care she needs. Sometimes these mares are a little bit shocky when they go into labor and not able to deliver, and will need some intravenous fluids for a few days,” he says. The mare has a double stress—with a compromised foaling, and then the surgery on top of that.

If the mare recovers from the surgery, she has a good chance for normal breed-back. “As long as there is no serious damage to the reproductive tract, the chances for a mare to breed back are very good, not much different than with a regular foaling. And the chances of a mare repeating the need for surgical delivery are very low, unless it is a mare with a pre-existing condition that precludes normal delivery.

The chances of a mare having a problem again are very, very low,” he explains.

The Cost Of A C-Section “The surgery in general will cost about $3,000. But this may be just the starting point if there are complications following the surgery. If the mare ends up with peritonitis there will be additional expense to treat her for that. This may depend on whether it was a really clean surgery in which there was no contamination—no one had been trying to deliver the foal beforehand,” explains Samper.

If it was a dirty C-section, meaning there were several people trying to deliver the foal and there’s contamination from vaginal manipulation, lubricants, etc., then the mare may end up with peritonitis. Or she may have a torn uterus.

These sorts of complications would entail more time in the hospital and more expense. If there’s a live foal who ends up in intensive care for a while, this would be an additional cost.

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Introducing for 2011 BONNRITA

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The Only Son of GULCH to stand in California

By GULCH (1984), champion sprinter in U. S., Stakes winner of $3,095,521, 1st Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), etc.

Among the leading sires in U. S., sire of 20 crops of racing age, 1,100 foals, 910 starters, 72 stakes winners, 1 champion, 642 winners of 2,304 races and earnings of $86,008,667 U. S., including THUNDER GULCH (Champion in U. S., $2,915,086, 1st Kentucky Derby (G1), etc.), NAYEF (Hwt. In England and United Arab Emirates, $3,594,157 USA, 1st Juddmonte International S. (G1), etc.), EAGLE CAFE ($4,227,985 USA, 1st Japan Cup Dirt, etc.), BRAVE TENDER ($2,708,334 USA, 1st Arlington Cup, etc.), COURT VISION (to 5, 2010, $2,606,521 USA, 1st Woodbine Mile S. (G1), etc.), THE CLIFF’S EDGE ($1,265,258, 1st Toyota Blue Grass S. (G1), etc.), WALLENDA ($1,205,929, 1st Super Derby (G1), etc.), ESTEEMED FRIEND ($805,237, 1st General George H. (G1), etc.).

First dam is by DEPUTY MINISTER, leading broodmare sire of more than 180 stakes winners, including CURLIN, RAGS TO RICHES, HALFBRIDLED, JAZIL, BOB & JOHN etc.

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Breeders Of California-Foaled Stakes Winners In 2010 David Abrams Unusual Suspect, 2004 dk.b. or br. h. by Unusual Heat David Abrams & Madeline Auerbach Pretty Unusual, 2006 b. f.

by Unusual Heat David Abrams & Russell Wolkoff Ballistic Heat, 2003 dk.b. or br. g.

by Unusual Heat AJM Properties Inc. El Mosquito, 2005 dk.b. or br. g. by Iron Cat Frank Alesia, Greg Vela, Joe Ciaglia & Bran Jam Stables Bran Jammas, 2005 b. m.

by In Excess (IRE) Edward Allred Newport Lulu, 2005 gr./ro. m.

by Iron Cat R. Gregg Anderson Blue Memo, 2007 dk.b. or br. g.

by Memo (Chi) Madeline Auerbach, David Abrams & Sonny Pais Brushburn, 2006 ch. g.

by Unusual Heat Blooming Hills, Inc. Dance With Gable, 2004 dk.b. or br. g.

by Dance Floor BnD Chase Thoroughbreds & Elven Adams Ultra Blend, 2006 b. f.

by Richly Blended Terry L. Brooks & McMurry Thoroughbred Services Highland Games, 2003 dk.b. or br. g.

by Game Plan Nick Cafarchia My Summer Slew, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Siberian Summer Paula Capestro & Rick Taylor Tap It Light, 2004 ch. g.

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Ronald L. & Giovanna Clark Mad About Fuzz, 2005 b. g.

by Madraar Bruce Corwin Bruce’s Dream, 2006 gr./ro. g.

by Atticus Katy Cowan Fantasy Free, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Free House Linn Davis & BnD Chase Thoroughbreds Inc. Sectaurs, 2004 dk.b. or br. g.

by Comic Strip Ed DeJoy Dotsy Jean, 2005 gr./ro. m.

by Lit de Justice Leonard Dunham & Denise Halstead Lord Latigo, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Lord Carson Geri Forrester Cayambe, 2004 ch. g. by Helmsman Forsythe Family Trust Rule the Storm, 2005 b. m.

by Tribal Rule Philip & Janice Galarneau Janzig Affair, 2000 b. g. by Anziyan Pedro Garcia Joe Black Sandy, 2006 b. g.

by Elegant Fellow Leland G. Garner No Hesitation, 2007 gr./ro. c.

by Siberian Summer Todd Gerbovaz Quisisana, 2005 dk.b. or br. m.

by Decarchy Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray Project Fifty Five, 2006 b. g.

by Champali Tornado Betty, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Comic Strip Homan Hadawi C My Secret, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Sea of Secrets Nordic Storm, 2005 b. g.

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California Statistical Review Harmony Farms & Gainsborough Farm LLC Excellent News, 2007 b. f. by Rahy Harris Farms Inc. Cost of Freedom, 2003 dk.b. or br. g.

by Cee’s Tizzy Quick Enough, 2004 dk.b. or br. g.

by High Brite River Echo, 2004 b. g.

by Swiss Yodeler Harris Farms Inc. & Donald Valpredo Unzip Me, 2006 ch. f. by City Zip Harris Farms Inc., Donald Valpredo & Rob Johnson Uncle Don, 2005 ch. g.

by Lemon Drop Kid Harris Farms Inc., Donald Valpredo & John Nicoletti Compari, 2006 b. g. by Redattore (Brz) Hi Card Ranch California Flag, 2004 gr./ro. g.

by Avenue of Flags Lathrop G. Hoffman Hayley’s Halo, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Sea of Secrets Gary & Marlene Howard & Bruce Dunmore Bob Black Jack, 2005 dk.b. or br. h.

by Stormy Jack King Edward Racing Stable Liberian Freighter, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Bertrando George Krikorian Hezamazing, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Indy Film J. Chance Kruljac La Nez, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Storm Creek Ernest L. Langbein, William Morey, Kenneth Robinson & Dwaine Hall Bold Chieftain, 2003 dk.b. or br. h.

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Earl & Sheila Larsen Relatorre, 2007 gr./ro. g.

by Redattore (Brz) Robert & Beverly Lewis Restless Youth, 2003 b. g.

by Helmsman Liberty Road Stables El Rancho, 2008 b. g. by Singletary Carol Lingenfelter Enriched, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by High Brite Terry C. Lovingier This Time Baby, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Rio Verde Dawn Lucas Tie Rod, 2004 b. g. by Old Topper Lucas Racing Inc. Republicat, 2001 gr./ro. g.

by Devon Lane Betty L. & Larry Mabee Evening Jewel, 2007 b. f.

by Northern Afleet Mike Machowsky Caracortado, 2007 ch. g.

by Cat Dreams Madera Thoroughbreds Soul Candy, 2006 dk.b. or br. g.

by Birdonthewire Todd Marshall & Andrew Molasky Hi Ho Yodeler, 2008 ch. f.

by Swiss Yodeler James & Tammy McKenney Silver Sensation, 2008 gr./ro. c.

by Marino Marini Teresa McWilliams & Peter & Ellen Johnson Alphie’s Bet, 2007 b. c. by Tribal Rule Old English Rancho Acclamation, 2006 b. c.

by Unusual Heat Perfect Curls, 2008 dk.b. or br. f.

by Perfect Mandate Old English Rancho & Berumen Excessive Passion, 2007 b. c.

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Doug O’Neill & Mark Gorman Thirtyfirststreet, 2008 b. c.

by Good Journey George F. Putnam Soulful Heir, 2004 dk.b. or br. g.

by Tactical Heir Rancho San Miguel Hot Fusion, 2007 gr./ro. g.

by Marino Marini Money Lover, 2006 gr./ro. f.

by Marino Marini J. Paul Reddam Catsalot, 2006 ch. f. by Momentum Rider’s Up Racing Stable LLC Kineticat Yankee, 2004 ch. h.

by Tale of the Cat Gary Rocks Bench Points, 2008 ch. g.

by Benchmark Rod & Lorraine Rodriguez Camille C, 2007 b. f.

by Roman Dancer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Shapiro Goggles McCoy, 2007 b. g.

by In Excess (Ire) Special T Thoroughbreds & Paula Capestro Fun and Frolic, 2007 ch. g.

by Freespool Heinz Steinmann Swiss Wild Cat, 2008 ch. f.

by Ministers Wild Cat Stein Stables Otto Von Voom, 2007 dk.b. or br. c.

by Skimming Pablo & Michelle Suarez California Nectar, 2008 b. f.

by Stormy Atlantic Superstition Ranch Cheatin a Little, 2007 b. g.

by Calkins Road R. & M. Tannyhill & G. Weeks Jane Doe, 2004 gr./ro. m.

by Cee’s Tizzy Bill M. Thomas Quick Caper, 2008 b. c.

by Score Quick Ralph & Aury Todd Ducky Drake, 2002 dk.b. or br. g.

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Mr. & Mrs. John Toffan All Saint, 2006 gr./ro. c. by Skimming Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC U R All That I Am, 2006 ch. f.

by Valid Wager You Lift Me Up, 2005 dk.b. or br. m.

by Lord Carson Michael Valpredo & Rob Johnson Little Bob Johnson, 2006 dk.b. or br. g.

by Bernstein Carlee Van Kempen The Usual Q. T., 2006 b. g.

by Unusual Heat Vessels Stallion Farm LLC Fox in the House, 2005 b. g.

by Free House Slammer Time, 2008 b. c.

by Grand Slam Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Walski Faisca, 2008 dk.b. or br. f.

by A. P. Warrior Benjamin C. Warren Warren’s Jack V., 2005 b. h.

by Rahy’s Quackerjack Warren’s Pepe, 2004 b. h.

by Rahy’s Quackerjack Warren’s Jitterbug, 2007 ch. f.

by Affirmative Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams Antares World, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Decarchy Luckarack, 2008 b. c. by Lucky Pulpit Pam & Martin Wygod Alywyn, 2006 b. f. by Benchmark Captain Crunk, 2004 b. g.

by Tribal Rule Markmelauras, 2006 dk.b. or br. f.

by Benchmark Renaissance Queen, 2008 b. f.

by Benchmark Rule by Force, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Tribal Rule Pamela Ziebarth Tizsosexy, 2007 b. g. by Tizbud An alphabetical listing by breeder of all the California-foaled runners who were stakes winners in North America (U. S., Canada & Puerto Rico) during 2010

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by Unusual Heat–Winning in Style Won Charles Whittingham Memorial H. [G1], Jim Murray H. [G2] 3rd Strub S. [G2] ALL SAINT, 2006 gr./ro. c.

by Skimming–Santa Patricia Won Hank Mills Sr. H. 3rd Caballos Del Sol S. ALPHIE’S BET, 2007 b. c.

by Tribal Rule–Miss Alphie Won Sham S. [G3], TVG Snow Chief S. 3rd Affirmed H. [G3], La Jolla H. [G2] ALYWYN, 2006 b. f.

by Benchmark–Renaissance Woman Won City of Edmonton Distaff H., Duchess of York H. 2nd John Patrick H., Madamoiselle H. ANTARES WORLD, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Decarchy–Alashir’s World Won California Oaks, Golden Poppy S. 2nd American Oaks S. [G1], Pacific Heights S. 3rd Harold C. Ramser Sr. H. [G3] BALLISTIC HEAT, 2003 dk.b. or br. g.

by Unusual Heat–Ballistic Lady Won SPRC Claiming Series Phase I S. BENCH POINTS, 2008 ch. g.

by Benchmark–Mo Chuisle Won Graduation S., I’m Smokin S. BLUE MEMO, 2007 dk.b. or br. g.

by Memo (CHI)–Distinctively Blue Won Norgor Derby 2nd Ruidoso Thoroughbred Derby BOB BLACK JACK, 2005 dk.b. or br. h.

by Stormy Jack–Molly’s Prospector Won San Carlos H. [G2] BOLD CHIEFTAIN, 2003 dk.b. or br. h.

by Chief Seattle–Hooked On Music Won San Francisco Mile S. [G2], Sunshine Millions Classic S. 2nd Berkeley S. [G3] BRAN JAMMAS, 2005 b. m.

by In Excess (IRE)–Do You Mind Won Solana Beach H. BRUCE’S DREAM, 2006 gr./ro. g.

by Atticus–Remember Dorothy Won John C. Mabee California Cup Mile S., California Dreamin’ H. 3rd Del Mar Mile H. [G2]

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BRUSHBURN, 2006 ch. g.

by Unusual Heat–Little Hottie Won March Madness Starter H. 3rd Charles Whittingham Memorial H. [G1] CALIFORNIA FLAG, 2004 gr./ro. g.

by Avenue of Flags–Ultrafleet Won Green Flash H. 3rd Al Quoz Sprint Sponsored by Emirates NBD [G3] CALIFORNIA NECTAR, 2008 b. f.

by Stormy Atlantic–Absolute Nectar Won California Breeders’ Champion S. 2nd Robert H. Walter California Cup Juvenile Fillies S. CAMILLE C, 2007 b. f.

by Roman Dancer–Paris Operetta Won Melair S. 2nd China Doll S. 3rd Hollywood Oaks [G2] CAPTAIN CRUNK, 2004 b. g.

by Tribal Rule–Love Conquers All Won “Never Miss T.V.” H. CARACORTADO, 2007 ch. g.

by Cat Dreams–Mons Venus Won Robert B. Lewis S. [G2] 3rd Malibu S. [G1], San Felipe S. [G2] CATSALOT, 2006 ch. f.

by Momentum–Clerical Error (IRE) Won Pacific Heights S. 2nd CTT and Thoroughbred Owners of California H. CAYAMBE, 2004 ch. g.

by Helmsman–Pacaya Won Ralph M. Hinds H. 3rd California Dreamin’ H. CHEATIN A LITTLE, 2007 b. g.

by Calkins Road–Our Blue Ribbon Won Colorado Derby 2nd SunRay Park and Casino H. C MY SECRET, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Sea of Secrets–Slim Gold Won Marathon Series S. COMPARI, 2006 b. g.

by Redattore (BRZ)–Southern Charm Won Budweiser Arcadia H. [G2], Crystal Water H., Sensational Star H. COST OF FREEDOM, 2003 dk.b. or br. g.

by Cee’s Tizzy–Freedom Dance Won Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint S., Los Angeles H. [G3], Miles Tyson S., Vernon O. Underwood S. [G3]

California Statistical Review DANCE WITH GABLE, 2004 dk.b. or br. g.

by Dance Floor–Garbo Won Wild Harmony S. DOTSY JEAN, 2005 gr./ro. m.

by Lit de Justice–Grandjean Won Culver City S. 3rd Daisycutter H., Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Sprint S. DUCKY DRAKE, 2002 dk.b. or br. g.

by Benchmark–Alice May Won KLAQ H., Lea County Sprint S. EL MOSQUITO, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Iron Cat–Absolute Dream Won Duncan Hopeful S. EL RANCHO, 2008 b. g.

by Singletary–Wildcat O’Malley Won ATBA Fall Sales S. ENRICHED, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by High Brite–Li’l Ms. Leonard Won Del Mar Mile H. [G2] 2nd Crystal Water H., Sensational Star H. 3rd Alysheba S. [G3], California Cup Classic S., Eddie Read S. [G1], San Diego H. [G2] EVENING JEWEL, 2007 b. f.

by Northern Afleet–Jewel of the Night Won Central Bank Ashland S. [G1], Del Mar Oaks [G1], Honeymoon H. [G2], San Clemente H. [G2] 2nd Kentucky Oaks [G1], Las Virgenes S. [G1], Santa Ysabel S. [G3] 3rd Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint [G1], Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. [G1] EXCELLENT NEWS, 2007 b. f.

by Rahy–Mstoyou Won Warren’s Thoroughbreds S. EXCESSIVE PASSION, 2007 b. c.

by Vronsky–Ms Hearts N Arrows Won Harry Henson S. FAISCA, 2008 dk.b. or br. f.

by A. P. Warrior–High Warning Won Phil D. Shepherd S. FANTASY FREE, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Free House–Cat Ballado Won Tiznow S. FOX IN THE HOUSE, 2005 b. g.

by Free House–Stonecoldfox Won Hasta La Vista H., Turf Distance Series Final S. 2nd Hank Mills Sr. H. 3rd Marathon Series S.

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FUN AND FROLIC, 2007 ch. g.

by Freespool–Western Blondy Won NTRA S. GOGGLES MCCOY, 2007 b. g.

by In Excess (IRE)–Swahili Song Won Real Good Deal S. HAYLEY’S HALO, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Sea of Secrets–Hilo Halo Won Chaves County S., Zia Park Distaff S. 2nd Sunland Park Oaks

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HEZAMAZING, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Indy Film–She’s Amazing Won Arapahoe Park Classic S., Arapahoe Park Sprint S., Bienvenidos S. 2nd Ruidoso Downs Thoroughbred Championship H. 3rd Front Range S. HIGHLAND GAMES, 2003 dk.b. or br. g.

by Game Plan–Evergreen Beauty Won Coyote H. 2nd Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile H., Wildcat H. 3rd Phoenix Gold Cup H. HI HO YODELER, 2008 ch. f.

by Swiss Yodeler–Calamity June Won Generous Portion S. 2nd California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association S.

HOT FUSION, 2007 gr./ro. g.

by Marino Marini–Squire Out Front Won Elko County Thoroughbred Derby JANE DOE, 2004 gr./ro. m.

by Cee’s Tizzy–Bobbie Jane Won B Cup Fillies and Mares Sprint S., Dating Game S., Fillies and Mares Spring S., Grand Prarie Distaff S., Hi-Tech Feature Starter S. 3rd Filly and Mare S. JANZIG AFFAIR, 2000 b. g.

by Anziyan–Giggles Won Hemandan Starter S. JOE BLACK SANDY, 2006 b. g.

by Elegant Fellow–Secret Excess Won Starter S. KINETICAT YANKEE, 2004 ch. h.

by Tale of the Cat–Never Waver Won Free Spirit H. 2nd Lea County Sprint S. 3rd KLAQ H. LA NEZ, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Storm Creek–Iza Bay Won John Deere California Cup Distaff S., Fleet Treat S. 2nd Santa Paula S. [G3] 3rd Melair S. LIBERIAN FREIGHTER, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Bertrando–Anachristina Won Harry F. Brubaker S., Oak Tree Mile S. [G2] 3rd John C. Mabee California Cup Mile S. LITTLE BOB JOHNSON, 2006 dk.b. or br. g.

by Bernstein–Nan’s Ace Won Ben Woodward Memorial S. LORD LATIGO, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Lord Carson–Bluledo Won Vernon Cup S. LUCKARACK, 2008 b. c.

by Lucky Pulpit–Tamarack Bay Won Cavonnier Juvenile S., Everett Nevin Alameda County S. MAD ABOUT FUZZ, 2005 b. g.

by Madraar–Fuzzy Side Up Won Rillito Park Budweiser Mile H. 2nd H. B. P. A. Sprint S. MARKMELAURAS, 2006 dk.b. or br. f.

by Benchmark–Gentle Words Won Sun City H. 2nd Desert Sky H. MONEY LOVER, 2006 gr./ro. f.

by Marino Marini–Affordability Won Alphabet Kisses S. MY SUMMER SLEW, 2005 dk.b. or br. g.

by Siberian Summer–My Bouquet Won Robert K. Kerlan Memorial H. 2nd Green Flash H. 3rd Los Angeles H. [G3], Wild Harmony S. www.ctba.com

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by Iron Cat–Moon Beaming Won Alyssa H. NO HESITATION, 2007 gr./ro. c.

by Siberian Summer–Fancee Bargain Won Canadian Derby [G3], Count Lathum H., Ky Alta H., Western Canada H. 2nd Baxter S. NORDIC STORM, 2005 b. g.

by General Meeting–Nordic Weather Won Monatana Distance Series S., Montana Distance Series S. 2nd Montana Distance Series Billings Division H. 3rd Thoroughbred Inaugural S. OTTO VON VOOM, 2007 dk.b. or br. c.

by Skimming–Vee Voom (NZ) Won Tempe H. PERFECT CURLS, 2008 dk.b. or br. f.

by Perfect Mandate–Curves ‘n Curls Won Juan Gonzalez Memorial S., Wine Country Debutante S. PRETTY UNUSUAL, 2006 b. f.

by Unusual Heat–Sci Fi Kin Won El Encino S. [G2] 3rd Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf S. PROJECT FIFTY FIVE, 2006 b. g.

by Champali–Hoochie Coochie Won Open S. 2nd Apex Security Feature S. QUICK CAPER, 2008 b. c.

by Score Quick–It’s a Stick Up Won Bullys Futurity 3rd Winnipeg Futurity QUICK ENOUGH, 2004 dk.b. or br. g.

by High Brite–Donna B. Quick Won Morvich H. [G3] 2nd Green Flash H., Miles Tyson S. QUISISANA, 2005 dk.b. or br. m.

by Decarchy–Mink Kiss Won Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Sprint S. RELATORRE, 2007 gr./ro. g.

by Redattore (BRZ)–Moroano Won Luke Kruytbosch S. RENAISSANCE QUEEN, 2008 b. f.

by Benchmark–Renaissance Woman Won Lassie S. REPUBLICAT, 2001 gr./ro. g.

by Devon Lane–Broad Ha Ha Won Bet the Gray Late in the Day S. RESTLESS YOUTH, 2003 b. g.

by Helmsman–Restless Appeal Won Sam J. Whiting Memorial H. 2nd Oakland S. 3rd Joseph T. Grace H. RIVER ECHO, 2004 b. g.

by Swiss Yodeler–Isleo Bebe Won Premier Cup H.

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by Tribal Rule–Smart Start Won Les Mackin H., Yavapai Downs H. 2nd Gerry Howard Inaugural H. RULE THE STORM, 2005 b. m.

by Tribal Rule–Thewholebag Won Queen of the Green H. 2nd Work the Crowd S. SECTAURS, 2004 dk.b. or br. g.

by Comic Strip–Con’s Felon Won Dr. Dale Shirley Memorial S. SILVER SENSATION, 2008 gr./ro. c.

by Marino Marini–Somewhat Special Won Elko County Thoroughbred Futurity SLAMMER TIME, 2008 b. c.

by Grand Slam–Excessively Wicked Won Bob Benoit California Cup Juvenile S. SOUL CANDY, 2006 dk.b. or br. g.

by Birdonthewire–Just Satisfaction Won California Cup Classic S. 3rd Native Diver H. [G3] SOULFUL HEIR, 2004 dk.b. or br. g.

by Tactical Heir–Flory Alma Won Support the Troops S. SWISS WILD CAT, 2008 ch. f.

by Ministers Wild Cat–I Can Yodele Won California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association S., Robert H. Walter California Cup Juvenile Fillies S. 2nd Cinderella S., Phil D. Shepherd S. TAP IT LIGHT, 2004 ch. g.

by General Meeting–Popular Opinion Won Tokyo City Cup H. [G3] THE USUAL Q. T., 2006 b. g.

by Unusual Heat–Lunge Won Eddie Read S. [G1] 2nd Woodbine Mile S. [G1] 3rd TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile [G1], San Gabriel S. [G2] THIRTYFIRSTSTREET, 2008 b. c.

by Good Journey–Avian Won California Breeders’ Champion S. THIS TIME BABY, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Rio Verde–Excessive Girl Won Inaugural S. TIE ROD, 2004 b. g.

by Old Topper–Oasis Won Turf Paradise H. TIZSOSEXY, 2007 b. g.

by Tizbud–Zero to Sexy Won San Juan County Commissioners H., SunRay Park and Casino H.

TORNADO BETTY, 2007 dk.b. or br. f.

by Comic Strip–Joyously Won Arizona Oaks, Goldfinch S. 2nd Frontier Trophy Buckles Allowance S. 3rd El Paso Times S., Fleet Treat S., Panthers S. ULTRA BLEND, 2006 b. f.

by Richly Blended–Ankha Won California State Fair Sprint H., CTT/TOC California Cup Matron S., Cat’s Cradle H. 2nd Solana Beach H. UNCLE DON, 2005 ch. g.

by Lemon Drop Kid–Soviet Problem Won Grey Memo S. UNUSUAL SUSPECT, 2004 dk.b. or br. h.

by Unusual Heat–Penpont (NZ) Won Hollywood Turf Cup S. [G1] 2nd California Cup Classic S., Cougar II H. [G3], San Luis Obispo H. [G2], San Juan Capistrano Invitational H. [G2] 3rd Sunset H. [G3], Windy Sands H. UNZIP ME, 2006 ch. f.

by City Zip–Escape With Me Won Great Lady M. S., Irish O’Brien S., Las Cienegas H. [G3], Royal North S. [G3], Senator Ken Maddy H. [G3] 3rd Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint [G2], Robert K. Kerlan Memorial H. U R ALL THAT I AM, 2006 ch. f.

by Valid Wager–Fort Silver Won B. Thoughtful S., E. B. Johnston S., Fran’s Valentine S. 2nd Irish O’Brien S., Kalookan Queen H. 3rd John Deere California Cup Distaff S., Royal Heroine Mile S. [G2] WARREN’S JACK V., 2005 b. h.

by Rahy’s Quackerjack–Grandpa’s Tay Tay Won Endowing Starter H., Mile-Hi H. 2nd Marathon Series S. WARREN’S JITTERBUG, 2007 ch. f.

by Affirmative–Jitterbug Jan Won Sandy Blue H. 3rd CTT/TOC California Cup Matron S., Cat’s Cradle H. WARREN’S PEPE, 2004 b. h.

by Rahy’s Quackerjack–Tsarina Louise Won Santana Mile H. YOU LIFT ME UP, 2005 dk.b. or br. m.

by Lord Carson–Up On Her Toes Won Work the Crowd S. 2nd Luther Burbank H. 3rd Wilshire H. [G3]

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An alphabetical listing by breeder of all the Californiafoaled runners who were stakes winners in North America (U. S., Canada & Puerto Rico) during 2010.

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California Statistical Review Affirmative WARREN’S JITTERBUG Amnesty Backstretch Gingee Anziyan JANZIG AFFAIR, Rare Sunset Apollo APOLLEAN Atticus BRUCE’S DREAM Avanzado (Arg) Shakalaka Avenue of Flags CALIFORNIA FLAG, FAVORITE FLAG, Quick Flag Beau Genius CLAIR ANNETTE, Snowdrop Benchmark ALYWYN, Barbara’s Love, Bathing Beauty, BENCH POINTS, BENCH THE JUDGE, DUCKY DRAKE, Lady Alex, Lucky Mr. K, MARKMELAURAS, Point of Reference, R Skydiver, RENAISSANCE QUEEN, Restless Style, Sax, Stariz Mark, Word Association Bertrando Contemplated, KARELIAN, LIBERIAN FREIGHTER, Lightning Tanner, Party With Brando, Perfect Vintage, Tactful, Taro, Working Capital Birdonthewire SOUL CANDY, Spanish Royalty Bring the Heat MADMAN DIARIES Calkins Road CHEATIN A LITTLE Cat Dreams CARACORTADO, Thelifeoftheparty Cayoke (Fr) Lucky Sis Cee’s Tizzy Colgan’s Chip, COST OF FREEDOM, JANE DOE, Silver Z, Tamale Molly 70 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED • MARCH 2011

2010 Stakes Horses By California Stallions Clure Clurmor Cobra King Casanova King, WON LUCKY COBRA Comic Strip Bamboleo, SECTAURS, TABLE MESA, TORNADO BETTY Cork (Fr) Star’s Promise Dance Floor DANCE WITH GABLE Decarchy ANTARES WORLD, QUISISANA, Troubletimesthree Deputy Commander Churubusco, Haddix, JACOBINO, MY MAIN STARR Devon Lane CHUCHULUCO, Fast Devon, My Picasso, REPUBLICAT, RUSSIAN LANE Distinctive Cat DERBY CAT Doc Gus Warren’s Flyer Dominique’s Cat Cat’s Gold Dumaani A Lil Dumaani, Tsunaami Stu Elegant Fellow JOE BLACK SANDY Fabulous Champ FABULOUS FIFTY Far North Sgarzulina Flame Thrower FLAMIN’ HOT Formal Gold Coalbanks Landing, Transduction Gold Free House FANTASY FREE, FOX IN THE HOUSE Freespool Boundary Lane, FUN AND FROLIC, I Can Hear, Mr Tokyo

Fusaichi Zenon (Jpn) Silent Sunday Game Plan Game to Run, HIGHLAND GAMES General Gem Charging General Meeting Favorite Meeting, NORDIC STORM, TAP IT LIGHT Gentlemen (Arg) Ginny’s Gentlemen Globalize Cell Line Forever, Glo Bou Liza Golden Gear Bad Girl Bad Girl Good Journey THIRTYFIRSTSTREET Grey Memo Telatrish Half a Year Rusty Monet Helmsman CAYAMBE, Danzgal, Guiding Hand, RESTLESS YOUTH High Brite ENRICHED, Live Sundays, QUICK ENOUGH High Demand Tommy Danzigger Hollycombe Huntersrunaway Indy Film HEZAMAZING In Excess (Ire) BRAN JAMMAS, EZ DREAMER, GOGGLES MCCOY, Jiggly, Legacy North, Mr. Excessive, Nomanisanisland, Repo, Rockin Heather, Salty Fries, STORMY EXPRESS Iron Cat EL MOSQUITO, NEWPORT LULU www.ctba.com

Kafwain Badge Bunny, BEARROCK N ROLL, DON’T FORGET GIL, KID RAMBO, Swing Dance, The Rumor’s True, THIRD CHANCE, Top Pit Boss, Wings of War Kahuna Jack COOL KAHUNA King of the Hunt King’s Water Lilly, Swift Winds Kings Blood (Ire) Northern Blood, Shady Market Kissin Kris Delightful Kiss Lil Tyler Tyler’s Jewel Lit de Justice Bestdressed, DOTSY JEAN Lord Carson LORD LATIGO, My Huckleberry, Ripe Tomato, YOU LIFT ME UP Lucky Pulpit LUCKARACK, Woodmans Luck Madraar MAD ABOUT FUZZ Malek (Chi) Patriotic Prince Marino Marini Bleach Blonde, Dinner With Dan, HOT FUSION, MONEY LOVER, SILVER SENSATION Memo (Chi) BLUE MEMO Ministers Wild Cat CAGED MISTRESS, Holy Minister, J J Minister, SWISS WILD CAT Momentum CATSALOT, No Mo Bambino, Such a Shame Mud Route Our Road Scholar Muqtarib A Jealous Woman Nineeleven Gotcher Number Northern Devil Killer Bear

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Ocean Sound (Ire) Ocean Lad Old Topper BOND JAMES BOND, Lori’s Top Hat, Meet Me At Wilsons, Newport Topper, She’s the Queen B, Shifty Time, Tail Spin Topper, TIE ROD, TOPASANNAH Olmodavor Almighty O, BRICKYARDTRADITION, Ocarson, Zlatan One Man Army Dana Dynamo, Myra G., Scofield Barracks, Woman Warrior Perfect Mandate PERFECT CURLS, Perfect Honey Phone Saga Bear’s Saga Poteen I’m Bulletproof Pulzarr NOTIAGO’S GIRL Rahy’s Quackerjack WARREN’S JACK V., WARREN’S PEPE Red Red Glo, Twenty Five Red Redattore (Brz) COMPARI, Croxie, Initial Impression, Red Sun, RELATORRE, Sweet Baguette Regal Groom Eightnchangegroom Rhythm BAD SNEAKERS Richly Blended Rich Debut, ULTRA BLEND Ride the Rails Lady Railrider Rio Verde THIS TIME BABY, Ura Star River Flyer ISLAND HOPPING Roar At the Bada Bing, Blingboy, ROARING HOME Roman Dancer CAMILLE C, Roman Account

Royal Cat Badgett’s Royal, New Citizen Salt Lake BOOMTOWN BRAT, Charlsies Girl, Hamazing Destiny, LIKELY A STAR, NICKS, No More Yogi’s, Salt Alert, SALT FLAT SPEED, Salty Time, Tiger Lake, Veronica’s Lake Score Quick QUICK CAPER Sea of Secrets Bythebeautifulsea, C MY SECRET, HAYLEY’S HALO, Hermosillo, Hidden Expense, SECRET GYPSY, SECRET KIN Siberian Summer MY SUMMER SLEW, NO HESITATION, Sibersky Silic (Fr) P D Q Kiddo Singletary EL RANCHO, SPIRITED WINNER Skimming ALL SAINT, OTTO VON VOOM, Skimasco, Skimming Song Smokester Lot a Smoke, Smokin Danielle Snowbound Bound to Be M V P, C C Bound, SNOWBOUND GINA, SNOWBOUND HERO, Snowbound Tiger Soft Gold (Brz) Soft Defense, We Got Da Feva Sought After Mom’s Intuition Soul of the Matter Lucky Soul, Mobilized Southern Image CALIBRACHOA, Mallory Square, Privilaged, SOUTHERN FIREBALL, Southern Ridge, Winning Image Souvenir Copy Souvenir Secret Stage Colony LOVE TO TELL Storm Creek LA NEZ, Stormy Seattle Continued on next page

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Stormin Fever A LITTLE WARM, BIOFUEL, CHECK THE LABEL, Jerry’s Fever, MAGICAL SOLUTION, Mambo Fever, SHEM Stormy Jack BOB BLACK JACK Swiss Yodeler Edgewick Road, HI HO YODELER, RIVER ECHO, Swiss Tart, Yodelen Dan

Tactical Heir SOULFUL HEIR Tannersmyman Autism Awareness, Develish Jack Taskmaster Thegreatcrosby Ten Most Wanted Call You in Ten, Fuzzywuzzywuzabear, TENTH POWER Terrell Sense of Humor Thunderello Monterey Jazz, Thunders Dove

Tizbud Catch Lorraine, TIZSOSEXY Town Caper See a Caper Tribal Rule ALPHIE’S BET, CAPTAIN CRUNK, Joy Boy, Miles Rules, RULE BY FORCE, RULE THE STORM, She’s Outrageous Tricky Creek Colors of Pompeii Truckee Italian Star Truly Met Cold Prince Twin Spires Jasper’s Valentine Tychonic (GB) Politicize Unbridled Native Where’s the Remote Unusual Heat ACCLAMATION, BALLISTIC HEAT, BRUSHBURN, California Heat, Hot Chaco, Juliesdiorbracelet, My Boy Walsh, My Maloof Rocker, PRETTY UNUSUAL, THE USUAL Q. T., Unusual Smoke, UNUSUAL SUSPECT Valid Wager Bullittone, She’s All Rev’d Up, U R ALL THAT I AM, Westgate Willy Vronsky EXCESSIVE PASSION, Norvsky Western Fame Chandlers Heart, Lucy Wiggles Wild Deputy Wild Alaska Wild Gold See Me Now, Wild for Glory You and I Cresent McGain, Lilly’s a Jewel, Teralisha, The Gang and I An alphabetical listing of California sires who were represented by stakes winners or stakesplaced horses in North America (U.S., Canada & Puerto Rico) during 2010. A “California” stallion is one who is currently standing in the state or was based in the state upon his retirement and/or death or is now based in another state or country but has at least one stakes performer of last year who was foaled in California.

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BREEDER(S)

Evening Jewel b. f., 3, by Northern Afleet—Jewel of the Night The Usual Q. T. b. g., 4, by Unusual Heat—Lunge Unzip Me ch. f., 4, by City Zip—Escape With Me Bold Chieftain dk.b. or br. h., 7, by Chief Seattle—Hooked On Music Enriched dk.b. or br. g., 5, by High Brite—Li’l Ms. Leonard No Hesitation gr. or ro. c., 3, by Siberian Summer—Fancee Bargain Acclamation b. c., 4, by Unusual Heat—Winning in Style Unusual Suspect dk.b. or br. h., 6, by Unusual Heat—Penpont (NZ) Cost of Freedom dk.b. or br. g., 7, by Cee’s Tizzy—Freedom Dance Alphieʼs Bet b. c., 3, by Tribal Rule—Miss Alphie Antares World dk.b. or br. f., 3, by Decarchy—Alashir’s World U R All That I Am ch. f., 4, by Valid Wager—Fort Silver Compari b. g., 4, by Redattore (Brz)—Southern Charm Caracortado ch. g., 3, by Cat Dreams—Mons Venus Soul Candy dk.b. or br. g., 4, by Birdonthewire—Just Satisfaction Swiss Wild Cat ch. f., 2, by Ministers Wild Cat—I Can Yodele Ultra Blend b. f., 4, by Richly Blended—Ankha Restless Youth b. g., 7, by Helmsman—Restless Appeal Bruceʼs Dream gr. or ro. g., 4, by Atticus—Remember Dorothy Liberian Freighter dk.b. or br. g., 5, by Bertrando—Anachristina Whereʼs the Remote gr. or ro. g., 4, by Unbridled Native—Sit Back ‘n Relax Dotsy Jean gr. or ro. m., 5, by Lit de Justice—Grandjean California Flag gr. or ro. g., 6, by Avenue of Flags—Ultrafleet Brushburn ch. g., 4, by Unusual Heat—Little Hottie Tap Tap I Win gr. or ro. g., 4, by Tapit—Kossakowna La Nez dk.b. or br. f., 3, by Storm Creek—Iza Bay Pretty Unusual b. f., 4, by Unusual Heat—Sci Fi Kin Cayambe ch. g., 6, by Helmsman—Pacaya Quick Enough dk.b. or br. g., 6, by High Brite—Donna B. Quick Ruffled Feathers ch. f., 4, by Include—Diane Again Rule the Storm b. m., 5, by Tribal Rule—Thewholebag Warrenʼs Jitterbug ch. f., 3, by Affirmative—Jitterbug Jan Amazombie b. g., 4, by Northern Afleet—Wilshe Amaze Quisisana dk.b. or br. m., 5, by Decarchy—Mink Kiss Hayleyʼs Halo dk.b. or br. f., 3, by Sea of Secrets—Hilo Halo Camille C b. f., 3, by Roman Dancer—Paris Operetta Earnednevergiven b. g., 6, by Cee’s Tizzy—Code It Nikki Fantasy Free dk.b. or br. g., 5, by Free House—Cat Ballado Bench Points ch. g., 2, by Benchmark—Mo Chuisle Unusual Smoke b. h., 5, by Unusual Heat—Smokin’ Charlotte My Summer Slew dk.b. or br. g., 5, by Siberian Summer—My Bouquet Bran Jammas b. m., 5, by In Excess (Ire)—Do You Mind Dance With Gable dk.b. or br. g., 6, by Dance Floor—Garbo You Lift Me Up dk.b. or br. m., 5, by Lord Carson—Up On Her Toes Magic Launch gr. or ro. m., 5, by Cee’s Tizzy—Magic of Sunrise Park Time Luck dk.b. or br. f., 3, by Northern Afleet—Park Avenue Lady Goggles McCoy b. g., 3, by In Excess (Ire)—Swahili Song Missdealornodeal ch. f., 4, by Benchmark—Bah Bye California Nectar b. f., 2, by Stormy Atlantic—Absolute Nectar Daylight Storm dk.b. or br. g., 3, by Stormy Jack—Daylight Thief

Betty L. Mabee & Larry Mabee Carlee Van Kempen Harris Farms Inc. & Donald Valpredo Ernest L. Langbein, William Morey, Kenneth Robinson & Dwaine Hall Carol Lingenfelter Leland G. Garner Old English Rancho David Abrams Harris Farms Inc. Teresa McWilliams & Peter & Ellen Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC Harris Farms Inc., Donald Valpredo & John Nicoletti Mike Machowsky Madera Thoroughbreds Heinz Steinmann BnD Chase Thoroughbreds & Elven Adams Robert & Beverly Lewis Bruce Corwin King Edward Racing Stable Old English Rancho Ed DeJoy Hi Card Ranch Madeline Auerbach, David Abrams & Sonny Pais Terry C. Lovingier J. Chance Kruljac David Abrams & Madeline Auerbach Geri Forrester Harris Farms Inc. Legacy Ranch Inc. Forsythe Family Trust Benjamin C. Warren Gregg Anderson Todd Gerbovaz Lathrop G. Hoffman Rod & Lorraine Rodriguez Briere Thoroughbreds Katy Cowan Gary Rocks Fast Lane Farms, Basin, Edwards & Watchorn Nick Cafarchia Frank Alesia, Greg Vela, Joe Ciaglia & Bran Jam Stables Blooming Hills Inc. Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC Harris Farms Inc. Malibu Valley Farms Inc. & Arthur & Mary Alisi Mr. & Mrs Thomas A. Shapiro Clear Valley Stables & Ron Charles Pablo & Michelle Suarez Caesar F. Dominguez & William Foltz

EARNINGS

$915,343 912,650 464,508 419,740 349,496 306,990 302,488 299,071 290,878 279,000 236,480 235,409 220,000 217,320 215,020 189,552 187,824 182,308 176,880 173,744 171,924 169,948 161,908 161,358 159,850 158,400 157,000 156,374 155,380 153,606 153,200 152,670 152,578 151,340 148,800 146,030 145,580 145,511 144,600 144,278 137,194 136,860 134,410 133,902 133,440 132,110 128,160 124,224 123,800 122,480

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Leading Sires in California

Leading Sires

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Leading Sires by Money Won Rank Sire Runners 1. Unusual Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 2. Bertrando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 3. Benchmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 4. Marino Marini . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 5. In Excess (Ire) . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 6. Cee’s Tizzy† . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 7. Siberian Summer . . . . . . . . . 26 8. Southern Image . . . . . . . . . . 35 9. Old Topper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 10. Ministers Wild Cat . . . . . . . 27 11. Tribal Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 12. Kafwain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 13. Formal Gold• . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 14. Swiss Yodeler . . . . . . . . . . . 62 15. Redattore (Brz)• . . . . . . . . . . 28 16. Atticus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 17. Tizbud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 18. Western Fame . . . . . . . . . . . 20 19. Sea of Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . 31 20. High Brite* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 21. Skimming• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 22. Salt Lake* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 23. Decarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 24. Globalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 25. Stormin Fever . . . . . . . . . . . 38 26. Freespool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 27. Memo (Chi)• . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 28. Tannersmyman . . . . . . . . . . 14 29. Momentum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 30. Suances (GB) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 31. Birdonthewire . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 32. Comic Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 33. Ten Most Wanted . . . . . . . . 27 34. Singletary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 35. Stormed† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 36. Olmodavor# . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 37. Alymagic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 38. Trapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 39. Raise Suzuran• . . . . . . . . ... 4 40. Perfect Mandate . . . . . . . . . 18 41. Vronsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 42. Lucky Pulpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 43. Capsized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 44. Michael's Flyer† . . . . . . . . . . . 3 45. Popular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 46. Game Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 47. Crafty C. T.• . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 48. Mud Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 49. Poteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 50. Muqtarib† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

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Starts 78 49 94 48 68 36 38 53 78 40 54 61 40 97 40 42 18 33 43 57 58 48 42 29 52 58 16 20 40 10 9 23 45 9 5 33 14 7 6 31 14 6 15 4 14 26 10 23 10 19

Races Won 7 15 11 11 11 7 9 10 12 6 7 6 8 6 4 9 2 4 7 6 8 5 4 6 4 4 4 3 6 1 2 2 1 3 1 4 2 2 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 1

Earnings $427,243 283,047 276,800 229,254 216,671 195,132 179,756 174,276 166,771 154,162 138,511 137,956 133,420 129,687 122,176 119,171 112,210 88,238 86,224 83,110 79,782 78,218 69,976 63,537 60,167 57,885 55,519 55,128 53,170 48,709 47,455 46,468 46,338 44,790 41,440 41,429 40,298 36,400 35,870 35,613 34,701 34,320 34,136 33,240 31,687 31,249 31,225 30,810 28,480 27,834

Rank Sire

Runners

1. Bertrando . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 2. Old Topper . . . . . . . . . . . 53 3. Benchmark . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Marino Marini . . . . . . . . . 35 In Excess (Ire) . . . . . . . . . 50 6. Southern Image . . . . . . . 35 7. Siberian Summer . . . . . . 26 Atticus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 9. Formal Gold• . . . . . . . . . 28 Skimming• . . . . . . . . . . . 35 11. Unusual Heat . . . . . . . . . 48 Cee’s Tizzy† . . . . . . . . . . 27 Tribal Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Sea of Secrets . . . . . . . . 31 15. Ministers Wild Cat . . . . . 27 Kafwain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Swiss Yodeler . . . . . . . . . 62 High Brite* . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Globalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Momentum . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Starts

Races Won

Earnings

49 78 94 48 68 53 38 42 40 58 78 36 54 43 40 61 97 57 29 40

15 12 11 11 11 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6

$283,047 166,771 276,800 229,254 216,671 174,276 179,756 119,171 133,420 79,782 427,243 195,132 138,511 86,224 154,162 137,956 129,687 83,110 63,537 53,170

Leading Sires

by Average Earnings Per Runner (Minimum 10 Runners)

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Runners

Tizbud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Unusual Heat . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Bertrando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Stormed† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Birdonthewire . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Trapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cee’s Tizzy† . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Siberian Summer . . . . . . . . 26 Marino Marini . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Singletary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Lucky Pulpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ministers Wild Cat . . . . . . . .27 Alymagic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Southern Image . . . . . . . . . .35 Suances (GB) . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Formal Gold• . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Memo (Chi)• . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Blazonry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Crafty C. T.• . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Atticus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Races Won 2 7 15 1 2 2 7 9 11 3 1 6 2 10 1 8 4 1 1 9

Average Earnings/ Earnings Runner $112,210 427,243 283,047 41,440 47,455 36,400 195,132 179,756 229,254 44,790 34,320 154,162 40,298 174,276 48,709 133,420 55,519 26,860 31,225 119,171

$9,351 8,901 8,325 8,288 7,909 7,280 7,227 6,914 6,550 6,399 5,720 5,710 5,037 4,979 4,871 4,765 4,627 4,477 4,461 4,414

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Leading Sires

by Turf Earnings

Leading Sires

by Number of Winners

(Minimum 10 Starts Lifetime)

Rank Sire

Runners

1. Bertrando ............................34 2. Benchmark......................... 66 In Excess (Ire)..................... 50 Old Topper ..........................53 5. Marino Marini .................... 35 Southern Image................. 35 7. Siberian Summer ............... 26 8. Formal Gold•..................... 28 Atticus ................................ 27 10. Unusual Heat ..................... 48 Tribal Rule .......................... 41 Sea of Secrets.................... 31 Skimming• ......................... 35 14. Cee’s Tizzy† ....................... 27 Kafwain ............................. 44 Swiss Yodeler..................... 62 Globalize ........................... 19 Momentum......................... 29 19. Ministers Wild Cat............. 27 High Brite* ...........................38 Salt Lake* ........................... 33

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Races Won

Earnings

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12 11 11 11 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5

15 11 11 12 11 10 9 8 9 7 7 7 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5

$283,047 276,800 216,671 166,771 229,254 174,276 179,756 133,420 119,171 427,243 138,511 86,224 79,782 195,132 137,956 129,687 63,537 53,170 154,162 83,110 78,218

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Unusual Heat.............. 19 Cee’s Tizzy†................. 8 In Excess (Ire) ............. 10 Bertrando..................... 6 Siberian Summer......... 5 Tizbud.......................... 2 Benchmark ................ 11 Redattore (Brz)•........... 5 Marino Marini............... 4 Skimming•.................. 9 Formal Gold• ............... 2 Birdonthewire ............... 1 Swiss Yodeler ............. 5 High Brite* .................. 3 Southern Image .......... 3 Tribal Rule................... 7 Globalize...................... 4 Atticus ......................... 4 Muqtarib† ................... 3 Decarchy ..................... 4

30 10 12 6 8 3 12 7 5 12 2 1 7 3 5 8 6 5 4 7

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Leading Sires

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Leading Sires

by Average Earnings Per Start

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(Minimum 10 Starts)

Runners

Lucky Pulpit ...................... 6 Birdonthewire ................... 6 Tizbud.............................. 12 Crafty C. T.• ...................... 7 Stormed†......................... 5 Siberian Summer ............. 26 Western Fame................. 20 Trapper ............................. 5 Capsized.......................... 9 Globalize...........................19 Alymagic .......................... 8 Bertrando......................... 34 Vronsky ............................. 9 Formal Gold• .................. 28 Southern Image ............... 35 Unusual Heat ....................48 Tannersmyman ................ 14 Marino Marini................... 35 Cayoke (Fr) ........................ 5 Atticus............................. 27

Races Won 1 2 2 1 1 9 4 2 3 6 2 15 1 8 10 7 3 11 0 9

Median Earnings/ Earnings Runner $34,320 47,455 112,210 31,225 41,440 179,756 88,238 36,400 34,136 63,537 40,298 283,047 34,701 133,420 174,276 427,243 55,128 229,254 6,633 119,171

$6,160 3,908 3,656 3,420 3,240 2,700 2,680 2,600 2,340 2,200 2,134 2,035 2,000 1,950 1,860 1,740 1,720 1,700 1,617 1,540

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Tizbud ............................ 12 Bertrando ...................... 34 Unusual Heat ................ 48 Cee’s Tizzy† .................. 27 Suances (GB) .................. 10 Marino Marini .................. 35 Siberian Summer .......... 26 Ministers Wild Cat........... 27 Memo (Chi)•.................... 12 Formal Gold• .................. 28 Southern Image ............. 35 In Excess (Ire)................. 50 Crafty C. T.• ...................... 7 Redattore (Brz)• ............. 28 Benchmark.................... 66 Alymagic ........................ 8 Poteen............................ 7 Atticus ............................ 27 Tannersmyman.................14 Western Fame ................ 20

Earnings $256,944 134,920 78,845 78,186 75,704 69,440 52,310 45,500 38,570 37,948 33,480 33,000 23,476 20,400 19,923 18,888 18,512 14,926 13,244 13,220

Starts

Earnings

Average Earnings/ Start

18 49 78 36 10 48 38 40 16 40 53 68 10 40 94 14 10 42 20 33

$112,210 283,047 427,243 195,132 48,709 229,254 179,756 154,162 55,519 133,420 174,276 216,671 31,225 122,176 276,800 40,298 28,480 119,171 55,128 88,238

$6,234 5,776 5,477 5,420 4,871 4,776 4,730 3,854 3,470 3,336 3,288 3,186 3,123 3,054 2,945 2,878 2,848 2,837 2,756 2,674

The statistics contained in these rankings are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates that a stallion has been pensioned, an asterisk (*) that he has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere, a number sign (#) that he did not stand in California in 2010 but is standing in the state in 2011, a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2011 but will stand in the state in 2012 and in bold that he is a freshman sire. In all cases, a sire will remain in the rankings until the year after his last California foals are two-year-olds. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates only.

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Available Statistics Through February 6, 2011

Leading Lifetime Sires in California Crops of No Stallion, Year Foaled, Sire

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Named Crops of Average Foals of Racing Crop Racing Age Size Age

Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev In Excess (Ire), 1987, by Siberian Express Cee's Tizzy †, 1987, by Relaunch Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat Salt Lake *, 1989, by Deputy Minister Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker Good Journey, 1996, by Nureyev Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig Memo (Chi) •, 1987, by Mocito Guapo (Arg) Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat Beau Genius †, 1985, by Bold Ruckus Formal Gold •, 1993, by Black Tie Affair (Ire) Robannier, 1991, by Batonnier Olympio, 1988, by Naskra Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run Kelly Kip †, 1994, by Kipper Kelly Redattore (Brz) •, 1995, by Roi Normand Siberian Summer, 1989, by Siberian Express Swiss Yodeler, 1994, by Eastern Echo Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View Snow Chief *, 1983, by Reflected Glory High Brite *, 1984, by Best Turn Silic (Fr), 1995, by Sillery Tizbud, 1999, by Cee's Tizzy Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time Perfect Mandate, 1996, by Gone West Stormy Jack, 1997, by Bertrando Lake George, 1992, by Vice Regent Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat Michael's Flyer †, 1986, by Flying Paster Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson Thisnearlywasmine, 1994, by Capote Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West Iron Cat, 1995, by Storm Cat Olmodavor #, 1999, by A.P. Indy Roman Dancer, 1999, by Polish Numbers Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold Crafty C. T. •, 1998, by Crafty Prospector Discover †, 1988, by Cox's Ridge Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig Latin American, 1988, by Riverman Poteen, 1994, by Irish River (Fr) Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image Gotham City, 1998, by Saint Ballado Skimming •, 1996, by Nureyev

11 16 18 6 6 16 15 6 4 14 14 10 9 18 10 12 16 11 5 8 5 10 10 5 20 20 7 4 8 8 5 12 9 4 16 4 6 7 10 10 4 5 6 5 15 12 14 6 3 5 6

45 59 40 56 10 77 64 37 16 37 18 60 65 41 45 8 31 37 71 13 94 36 64 46 13 46 19 22 56 36 25 13 45 46 7 16 13 8 27 12 41 11 10 18 10 33 22 12 79 26 48

498 936 714 338 62 1,230 966 224 64 517 246 604 587 743 450 96 498 407 353 107 376 362 640 228 263 913 132 88 444 285 123 157 406 182 106 65 80 55 272 119 162 55 59 89 148 394 307 71 238 129 289

Runners

330-66% 641-68% 483-68% 152-45% 43-69% 995-81% 667-69% 88-39% 20-31% 322-62% 176-72% 419-69% 422-72% 606-82% 335-74% 62-65% 380-76% 290-71% 224-63% 85-79% 208-55% 273-75% 463-72% 116-51% 180-68% 698-76% 98-74% 25-28% 310-70% 127-45% 40-33% 95-61% 292-72% 90-49% 48-45% 23-35% 37-46% 33-60% 178-65% 87-73% 94-58% 28-51% 27-46% 43-48% 95-64% 273-69% 200-65% 50-70% 100-42% 59-46% 182-63%

Winners

239-48% 474-51% 351-49% 100-30% 27-44% 795-65% 466-48% 44-20% 10-16% 228-44% 128-52% 307-51% 299-51% 456-61% 263-58% 34-35% 285-57% 175-43% 142-40% 69-64% 130-35% 192-53% 323-50% 73-32% 111-42% 563-62% 63-48% 10-11% 227-51% 76-27% 24-20% 57-36% 220-54% 59-32% 25-24% 10-15% 17-21% 21-38% 131-48% 72-61% 61-38% 16-29% 18-31% 31-35% 65-44% 213-54% 130-42% 35-49% 53-22% 40-31% 119-41%

2-Y-O Winners

25-5% 110-12% 58-8% 45-13% 2-3% 239-19% 112-12% 7-3% 1-2% 42-8% 37-15% 86-14% 102-17% 138-19% 76-17% 8-8% 60-12% 38-9% 57-16% 16-15% 30-8% 26-7% 140-22% 24-11% 27-10% 143-16% 11-8% 3-3% 95-21% 14-5% 7-6% 9-6% 69-17% 18-10% 5-5% 2-3% 5-6% 5-9% 44-16% 7-6% 20-12% 3-5% 9-15% 9-10% 10-7% 53-13% 28-9% 4-6% 21-9% 9-7% 19-7%

Stakes Winners

27-5% 62-7% 39-5% 14-4% 4-6% 70-6% 51-5% 3-1% 1-2% 28-5% 10-4% 30-5% 30-5% 39-5% 19-4% 3-3% 30-6% 12-3% 12-3% 2-2% 13-3% 13-4% 23-4% 5-2% 9-3% 46-5% 1-1% 1-1% 15-3% 11-4% 1-1% 5-3% 19-5% 4-2% 3-3% 1-2% 1-1% 0-0% 13-5% 5-4% 4-2% 2-4% 0-0% 1-1% 2-1% 22-6% 6-2% 3-4% 2-1% 0-0% 12-4%

Graded Stakes Winners

9-2% 11-1% 9-1% 2-1% 1-2% 23-2% 12-1% 2-1% 0-0% 9-2% 1-0% 7-1% 12-2% 5-1% 5-1% 0-0% 4-1% 5-1% 3-1% 1-1% 11-3% 4-1% 2-0% 0-0% 1-0% 9-1% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 1-1% 2-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 2-1% 2-1% 0-0% 1-0% 0-0% 2-1%

Progeny Earnings

$27,844,245 $40,626,461 $35,376,610 $7,483,157 $1,990,103 $57,725,221 $39,286,770 $2,764,127 $583,015 $17,428,596 $11,322,313 $21,581,120 $23,795,375 $34,295,768 $17,258,186 $2,834,652 $18,758,427 $11,672,925 $7,327,084 $4,190,816 $3,689,288 $11,238,893 $21,369,635 $3,982,056 $5,632,633 $34,287,963 $6,405,888 $515,640 $11,512,181 $4,669,934 $1,358,550 $4,045,292 $15,114,045 $2,345,412 $1,875,225 $526,376 $894,469 $1,211,812 $6,887,716 $3,012,356 $2,481,165 $680,725 $718,269 $1,589,089 $3,298,869 $11,539,429 $6,498,485 $1,658,747 $2,106,744 $1,560,206 $5,377,607

Average Earnings Index

2.16 1.73 1.72 1.50 1.45 1.45 1.42 1.37 1.37 1.36 1.32 1.29 1.28 1.20 1.20 1.19 1.13 1.11 1.10 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.09 1.07 1.07 1.06 1.04 1.02 1.01 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.99 0.96 0.95 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.92 0.92 0.90 0.90 0.89 0.88 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.86

Comparable Index

1.11 1.46 1.18 1.20 0.89 1.42 1.58 1.01 0.77 1.14 1.41 1.21 1.47 1.17 1.42 1.11 1.33 1.54 1.34 1.03 1.21 0.89 1.08 1.01 1.30 1.19 0.95 0.95 0.90 1.25 0.73 1.05 1.11 1.06 0.60 1.29 0.77 0.80 0.82 1.04 1.40 0.98 0.81 0.95 0.85 0.82 1.11 0.80 1.48 0.93 1.16

These statistics are for active California-based sires with a minimum of 50 foals of racing age, ranked here by lifetime Average Earnings Index (AEI). The statistics contained in these rankings are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates that a stallion has been pensioned, an asterisk (*) that he has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere, a number sign (#) that he did not stand in California in 2010 but is standing in the state in 2011, a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2011 but will stand in the state in 2012 and In bold that he is a freshman sire. In all cases, a sire will remain in the rankings until the year after his last California foals are two-year-olds. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) only. Percentages are based upon number of foals of racing age.

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Important Events, Dates and California-Bred/Sired Stakes Races

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IMPORTANT EVENTS & DATES TUESDAY, MARCH 15 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED FARM MANAGERS ASSOCIATION (CTFMA) MONTHLY MEETING San Luis Rey Downs Country Club, Bonsall, Calif.

THURSDAY, MARCH 17 CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD (CHRB) MONTHLY BOARD MEETING Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Calif.

FRIDAY, MARCH 25 BARRETTS EQUINE LIMITED ENTRIES CLOSE FOR MAY SALE OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING Fairplex, Pomona, Calif.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18 BARRETTS EQUINE LIMITED TRAINING PREVIEW FOR MARCH SALE OF SELECTED TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING Fairplex Park, Pomona, Calif.

MONDAY, MARCH 21 BARRETTS EQUINE LIMITED MARCH SALE OF SELECTED TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING Fairplex, Pomona, Calif.

CALIFORNIA-BRED/SIRED STAKES RACE(S) SATURDAY, MARCH 19 $100,000(G) IRISH O’BRIEN STAKES 4YO & UP, FILLIES & MARES, ABT. 6 1/2 FURLONGS (TURF) Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, Calif.

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Regional Race Meetings, Stakes Races and Sale Dates

Dates in California

2011 REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS Santa Anita Park, Arcadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 2010-April 17, 2011 Pacific Racing Association, Golden Gate Fields, Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dec. 26, 2010-June 12, 2011 Hollywood Park, Inglewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 20-July 17 San Joaquin County Fair, Stockton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 15-19 Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June 22-July 10 California State Fair, Cal Expo, Sacramento . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 13-24 Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 20-Sept. 7 Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 27-Aug. 14 Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 12-21 Pacific Racing Association, Golden Gate Fields, Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 19-Oct. 2 Fairplex Park, Pomona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 8-26 Pacific Racing Association, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 28-Nov. 6 The Big Fresno Fair, Fresno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 5-16 Pacific Racing Association, Golden Gate Fields, Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 19-Dec. 18 Hollywood Park, Inglewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 9-Dec. 18

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Santa Anita Handicap (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/4 m. . . . . . . . . . . . .$750,000g Frank E. Kilroe Mile (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300,000g Santa Anita Oaks (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. . . . . . . . . . . . .250,000g Santa Margarita Handicap (Gr. I) . . . . . .4-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . .300,000g San Felipe Stakes (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. . . . . . . . . . . . .250,000g Santa Ana Stakes (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . .150,000g Irish O’Brien Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up, f. & m., Cal-Bred/Sired . . .abt. 6 1/2 f. (T) . . . . . . .100,000g San Luis Rey Stakes (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/2 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . .150,000g Santa Paula Stakes (Gr. III) . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000g Tokyo City Cup (Gr. III) . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/2 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000g

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Las Flores Stakes (Gr. III) . . . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000g Potrero Grande Stakes (Gr. II) . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000g** Santa Anita Derby (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000,000g Arcadia Stakes (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000g Providencia Stakes (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000g Las Cienegas Handicap (Gr. III) . . . . . . .4-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .abt. 6 1/2 f. (T) . . . . . . . . .100,000g La Puente Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000g Santa Barbara Handicap (Gr. II) . . . . . .4-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/4 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000g San Simeon Handicap (Gr. III) . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .abt. 6 1/2 f. (T) . . . . . . . . .100,000g Golden Poppy Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . .75,000g San Juan Capistrano Handicap (Gr. II) .4-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .abt. 1 3/4 m. (T) . . . . . . . .150,000g Work The Crowd Stakes . . . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up, f. & m., Cal-Bred/Sired .1 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000g San Francisco Mile (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . .4-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000g *Purse includes money from Cal-bred Race Fund **Purse includes money from Breeders’ Cup Fund g-Purse guaranteed +-Added purse Note: The stakes schedule for the next Hollywood Park meet was not yet approved at press time.

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California-Bred/California-Sired Stakes Races—March & April SANTA ANITA PARK Saturday, March 19 $100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes Four-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares about 6 1/2 Furlongs (Turf)

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Atticus............................................17 Bedford Falls..................................23 Behrens..........................................54 Benchmark.................................OBC Bertrando ...................................OBC Best Minister..................................57 Bonnrita .........................................64 Brave cat........................................10 Cindago .........................................13 Comet Shine ..................................54 Council Member ............................35 Decarchy........................................15 Del Mar Show ................................25 Desert Code...................................41 Dixie Chatter ..............................OBC Downtown Seattle .........................41 Drum Major..............................27, 49 Forest command............................33 Game Plan .....................................29 Global Hunter.................................15 Globalize ........................................44

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Index to Stallions Roi Charmant.................................15 Safe In The USA ..............................7 Sea of Secrets ...........................OBC Siberian Summer ...........................54 Silic (FR).........................................57 Singletary .......................................41 Soul of the Matter..........................29 Spensive ..................................27, 29 Storm Wolf .....................................31 Stormin Fever ..................................3 Stormy Jack...................................41 Suances (GB) .................................11 Swiss Yodeler...............................IFC Tale of the Hills ..............................43 Ten Most Wanted...........................15 Thisnearlywasmine ........................44 Thorn Song ............................41, IFC Tizbud ............................................41 Tribal Rule ..................................OBC Unusual Heat .................................41 Whatsthescript.................................5

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Ack Ack: The First Eclipse Star

by JOHN CALIFANO

©Bill Mochon

When Thoroughbred racing’s annual Eclipse Awards began in 1971, the industry couldn’t have made a better selection for its first Horse of the Year. The honor went to a handsome bay colt, named after anti-aircraft guns in World War II, who began racing in the East and ultimately gained national prominence on the West Coast. That horse was the front-running Ack Ack. Ack Ack was bred in Kentucky by Capt. Harry F. Guggenheim, and first owned by his Cain Hoy Stable. He was sired by Battle Joined out of the unraced Turn-to (Ire) mare Fast Turn, and foaled on Feb. 24, 1966. Following his two-year-old and three-year-old campaigns, highlighted with a track record in the one-mile Derby Trial Stakes and a score in the $100,000 Arlington Classic, the colt was sent out to California to begin a long association with two legends of the sport, Charlie Whittingham and Bill Shoemaker.

After his four-year-old debut on April 10, 1970, that netted a fourth place finish in Hollywood Park’s six-furlong Premiere Handicap, Ack Ack won his next four starts (one through disqualification) from 5 1/2 to seven furlongs, culminating with a 1 1/2-length win in Santa Anita Park’s 6 1/2-furlong Autumn Days Handicap on the turf.

Beginning on Jan. 2, 1971, Ack Ack remained at Santa Anita for his next five starts. Under the highweight of 129 pounds, and after a speed duel with another horse, Ack Ack finished second to Jungle Savage, under 117, in the six-furlong Palos Verdes Handicap.

Two weeks later, in the seven-furlong San Carlos Handicap, he faced Jungle Savage again, in addition to Malibu Stakes winner King of Cricket, and the previous year’s California Derby winner George Lewis. On a good track, Ack

Ack Ack $145,000 Santa Anita Handicap—March 13, 1971

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Ack prevailed in a time of 1:21, only two-fifths of a second off Imbros’ track record, set on a fast surface. Ack Ack won his first race over a mile on Feb. 6, in the 1 1/16-mile San Pasqual Handicap, under an impost of 129. He stumbled at the start but quickly recovered to take the lead and never relinquished it. It was also his first victory for new owners E. E. “Buddy” Fogelson and his wife, actress Greer Garson, who had purchased Ack Ack after the death of Guggenheim.

In late February, the colt defeated 10 rivals, including world record-holder Figonero in the 1 1/8-mile San Antonio Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths, in the rapid time of 1:47. On March 13, Ack Ack was assigned 130 pounds in the 1 1/4-mile Santa Anita Handicap, and went gate-to-wire, repelling the late charge of stablemate Cougar II (Chi).

Moving across town to Hollywood Park, Ack Ack made three more starts while never carrying less than 130 pounds. In June, he took the 5 1/2-furlong Hollywood Express Handicap by three lengths in a time of 1:02 3/5, only one-fifth of a second off the track mark. Ack Ack returned on July 5, in the grassy American Handicap, and led all the way, finishing four lengths in front of his six opponents after covering the 1 1/8 miles in a course record time of 1:47 1/5.

On July 17, Ack Ack started in the 1 1/4-mile Hollywood Gold Cup, under 134 pounds, still the heaviest burden ever assigned in the race. Against seven runners, he broke in front to stay there and crossed the wire in 1:59 4/5, with a 3 3/4-length winning margin.

It was hoped that Ack Ack would resume racing in the East beginning with the Woodward Stakes, but after suffering from colic, and with a growing equine epidemic, he was retired. Voted the 1971 Eclipse Horse of the Year, he remains the only one to receive the honor after a campaign entirely in California. He was also named Eclipse sprint and handicap champion. Ack Ack boasted 27 career starts, 19 wins, six seconds and $636,641 in earnings.

At Claiborne Farm, Ack Ack was a productive stallion.

Among the many stakes winners he sired were grass champion Youth and 1987 Santa Anita Handicap (grade I) winner, Broad Brush. Ack Ack was also broodmare sire of Epsom Derby winner and English champion, Benny the Dip, and champion older female North Sider.

Ack Ack was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1986, and passed away four years later. In the early ’70s, this great Thoroughbred was a model of excellence and versatility, a California hero and a preeminent American star.

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