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FAVORITE SON CATCHING UP WITH MINE THAT BIRD, PAGE 2
BARBARA D. LIVINGSTON
SOUTHWEST REGION
GAMING HELPS LOUISIANA RISE TO THE TOP, PAGE 4
PROFILES OF LEADING GENERAL, JUVENILE, AND FRESHMAN SIRES, PAGES 6-11
THOROUGHBRED SIRES MAKE A MARK ON QUARTER HORSES, PAGE 15
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DRF BREEDING
Catching up with MINE THAT BIRD
UNDERDOG STORY STILL HITS HOME By Joe Nevills Every year, thousands of fans descend upon central Kentucky to admire their favorite Kentucky Derby winners as they enjoy their post-racetrack lives on the farm. As it turns out, quite a few visit Roswell, N.M., to do the exact same thing. As travelers enter the southeast New Mexico town, they are greeted by a sign welcoming them to the home of 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, who resides at co-owner Mark Allen’s Double Eagle Ranch. The 7-year-old Birdstone gelding won over the hearts of fans and made the cover of Sports Illustrated with his lastto-first, rail-skimming win in the Kentucky Derby under Calvin Borel, after being universally panned by experts and horseplayers alike and sent off at odds of 50.60-1. Mine That Bird went on to finish second in the Preakness and third in the Belmont en route to being named an Eclipse Award finalist for champion 3-year-old male. Nearly four years later, the gelding’s underdog story still hits home with fans. “A week ago, we had a lady from Maryland ride the bus all the way out here,” said Leonard Blach, D.V.M., one of Mine That Bird’s co-owners under the nom de course Buena Suerte Equine. “[The bus ride is] three and a half days. She stayed here for three days, and then took three and a half days back on the bus. She came only to see Mine That Bird. She was in love with that horse and it was just the trip of a lifetime.” Blach, whose Buena Suerte Equine Clinic is across the road from the farm, said Mine That Bird gets about ten to 12 visitors per week from across the country to his paddock, which is adorned with a replica of Churchill Downs’ signature Twin Spires over his shaded area to commemorate his biggest win. “He sure does have a lot of visitors, and he knows it,” said Blach, who noted that the gelding’s treat of choice is peppermints. “He poses for pictures, and he loves visitors.” Mine That Bird’s day typically begins around 7 a.m., when he is let out into his two-acre paddock after being groomed. He is joined in an adjacent paddock by a
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retired Quarter Horse that Blach and Allen campaigned to keep the classic winner company. Around sundown, Mine That Bird is taken back to his air-conditioned stall for the night and fed. On especially hot Southwest days, the gelding is sometimes brought in early for a bath. “He’s just taking retirement really well,” Blach said. “He’s mellowed down. When he first retired [after the 2010 racing season], we took him to the training track and galloped him maybe twice a week just to let him down, but now he’s settled down well and is taking to his retirement.” While Mine That Bird has been taking it easy, his story is in the midst of a multipronged renaissance, led by the upcoming feature fi lm “50-to-1.” The feature is produced and directed by Jim Wilson, whose production credits include “The Bodyguard” and “Dances With Wolves.” It is currently in postproduction and is expected to be shopped around to distributors in April, with a release scheduled for later this year. As with most racing films, Mine That Bird was portrayed by other horses for the majority of the production, aside from the live footage of the Kentucky Derby and a few scenes at Double Eagle Ranch.
“We didn’t haul him off or use him for any particular shooting with the actors or anything,” said Blach, who will be portrayed in the fi lm by veteran character actor William Devane. “They had another horse that looked exactly like him, with the size and the markings. They had a perfect match for him. The only person in the movie that’s going to play himself, other than a little bit of Mine That Bird, is Calvin Borel.” In addition to getting the Hollywood treatment, Mine That Bird’s story has become the subject of a children’s graphic novel trilogy written by Price Hall and Rod McCall, who also illustrated the series. The books follow Mine That Bird’s journey with several animal friends from his early life as a foal, to being voted Canadian champion juvenile male at two, and through his Kentucky Derby win. “[The books have] gone over really well,” Blach said. “I don’t know how many they made, but I know the supply’s getting low. It’s a cute little story.” Blach and Allen also announced on March 7 that Mine That Bird will soon be returning to the site of his historic win, enabling fans to visit him in the Kentucky Derby Museum’s paddock at Churchill Downs during the iconic
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Mine That Bird under Calvin Borel in the 2009 Kentucky Derby (top) and with owner Leonard Blach last month. racetrack’s spring meet. The gelding is scheduled to arrive on April 14, and will remain at the museum through July 4. “They let us fi lm there, and gave us the rights to the Kentucky Derby fi lming, and have been so nice to us the whole time, and we feel like it’ll help us with this movie too,” Blach said. “It’ll be a little promotion.”
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DRF BREEDING
Southwest: Gaming helps Louisiana rise to the top By Mary Rampellini
SALES: THREE-YEAR HISTORY
There has been a distinct power shift in the Southwest breeding market since the advent of gaming at tracks in the region. Louisiana has risen to the forefront with slot machines helping the state build an incentive program that paid out more than $25 million in 2012. Texas, meanwhile, has no gaming and has seen its foal crop disintegrate over the past decade, from a region-high 2,013 back in 2001, to 679 in the most recent report by The Jockey Club. In between are programs in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, all of which receive some form of supplements from gaming. Arkansas breeders can shoot for $53,000 maiden special weights at Oaklawn. Oklahoma horsemen compete for record purses at Remington Park. And breeders in New Mexico have a serious new stallion launching his career in the Grade 1 winner and former world-record holder Bob Black Jack. But the Southwest standard remains Louisiana. The state, based on 2011 figures from The Jockey Club, leads the region in stallions, with 238; in mares bred, with 2,942; and in foals produced, with 1,851. Louisiana’s breeder awards and purse supplements have risen from $2,115,753 in 2001 to a peak of $26,503,915 in 2011, according to figures provided by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association. “We have one of, if not the, strongest programs in the country,” said Roger Heitzmann, secretary-treasurer of the LTBA, “and because of that we’ve had an influx of new stallions, we’ve had better mares entering our program, and therefore, we’re producing better horses.” Louisiana’s surge started in 2002, when slot machines first came on line at Delta Downs. Louisiana Downs and Evangeline Downs opened on-track casinos in 2003 while Fair Grounds added slots in 2007. Louisiana was actually the second state in the region to install such gaming. New Mexico first installed slot machines at tracks in 1999. The Arkansas breeding program began benefiting from Instant Racing, a pari-mutuel game at Oaklawn, following its introduction in 2000, but gaming itself did not start in earnest there until 2008. Electronic gaming for Oklahoma’s tracks began at a high level in November 2005, with the opening of the casino at Remington. “The gaming certainly has helped the money that went into the program,” said Oklahoma horseman C.R. Trout, who bred the Sovereign Award-winning sprinter Hollywood Hit. “As far as being a breeder, it saved us. It
FASIG-TIPTON TEXAS SUMMER YEARLING SALE AT LONE STAR PARK YEAR
NO. OFFERED (% CHANGE)
NO. SOLD (% CHANGE)
TOTAL RECEIPTS (% CHANGE)
AVERAGE (% CHANGE)
MEDIAN (% CHANGE)
2012 .......155 (-52.2%) .........113 (-49.8%) .........$1,150,000 (-51.9%) .............$10,177 (-4.2%) ........$6,000 (+20%) 2011 .......324 (+0.9%) ...........225 (+5.1%) ...........$2,391,200 (+0.5%)..............$10,628 (-4.4%) ............$5,000 (0%) 2010 .......321 (+0.6%)...........214 (+15.7%) .........$2,379,400 (+25.9%) ...........$11,119 (+8.9%) ............$5,000 (0%)
EQUINE SALES OF LOUISIANA INAUGURAL YEARLING SALE AT COPPER CROWNE YEAR
NO. OFFERED
NO. SOLD
TOTAL RECEIPTS
AVERAGE
MEDIAN
2012 .......264 .........................152 .........................$1,268,700 ...........................$8,347 ....................................$4,200
BREEDERS SALES COMPANY OF LOUISIANA YEARLING SALE AT IKE HAMILTON EXPO CENTER NO. OFFERED NO. SOLD TOTAL RECEIPTS AVERAGE MEDIAN YEAR .... (% CHANGE) ........ (% CHANGE).........(% CHANGE) .....................(% CHANGE) .............. (% CHANGE)
2012 .......155 (-24.4%)..........113 (-16.3%) ..........$1,119,400 (-24.3%) .............$9,906 (-9.6%) .........$4,500 (-4.3%) 2011 .......205 (-35.5%) .........135 (-31.5%) .........$1,479,400 (-3%)..................$10,959 (+41.6%) . $4,700 (+34.3%) 2010 .......318 (-17.8%) ..........197 (-17.6%) ..........$1,525,000 (-22%) ...............$7,741 (-5.3%) ...........$3,500 (-30%)
completely saved us,” said Bill McDowell, president of the Arkansas Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Horsemen’s Association. Arkansas has seen its total incentive awards jump from $435,956 in 2001 to $905,665 last year, according to the ATBHA. New Mexico, meanwhile, has been able to avoid the higher percentage of foal crop declines being seen on a national level, said Anna Fay Davis, executive director of the New Mexico Horse Breeders Association. “We haven’t seen the extreme decrease in our breeding program because of the amount of races we have and the purse money we have,” said Davis, whose organization represents both Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses. New Mexico’s purses for Thoroughbreds have risen from $13,585,781 in 2001 to $32,387,338 in 2012. Breeder incentive awards have followed suit, with $2,281,143 paid out to Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses in 2001 and $4,139,638 in 2012. Last year, there were 288 race dates in New Mexico, said Davis. Heitzmann said the growth of his state’s program is due in large part to the foresight of lawmakers in Louisiana. “We’re very happy with the way the state has worked with us,” he said. “Any monies that come in through racing, there’s always a trickle-down effect. Breeders have to buy feed, buy fence posts, buy trucks and trailers, and those monies are distributed throughout the state. The economic impact is quite large. In their wisdom, our [lawmakers] did not want to hurt an industry that produces so much revenue for the state of Louisiana.” Texas for years has been unsuccessfully lobbying to get some sort of legislative sup-
port for its breeding and racing programs. Over the past decade, the number of stallions standing in the state has plummeted from 439 to 188 between the years of 2001 and 2011, according to The Jockey Club. The drop in the amount of mares bred is just as sobering, from 3,643 in 2001, to 1,168 in 2011. The declines are due in large part to horsemen moving their operations to surrounding states for richer purses, wealthier incentive programs, and more racing opportunities. In a recent survey conducted by Texas HORSE, which represents a vast number of equine interests, 50 percent of the 287 breeders, owners, and trainers said that 75 percent or more of their racing is conducted out of state. In addition, 43 percent of respondents indicated they are reducing their investment in Texas racing in 2013. “This is very clear proof that our Texas racehorse breeders, owners, and trainers are moving their racing operations primarily to the surrounding states of Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, where purses and breeders awards are significantly increased by slot machines at the racetracks,” said Dan Fick, executive director of Texas HORSE. “It’s a business decision,” said Mary Ruyle, executive director of the Texas Thoroughbred Association. “Back in 2002, we had 223 Thoroughbred race dates and we had an average purse per race of $15,712,” Ruyle said. “Now, in 2012, we have had a 48 percent decline in race dates, to 117 for Thoroughbreds, and an average purse per race of $14,674. In order to keep purses pretty close to where
they were back then, we really reduced the number of race dates. I don’t know if that was intentional. The problem is the purse money is just not there.” Texas in 2001 paid out $30,330,783 in Thoroughbred purses, according to the Texas Racing Commission. Last year, it was about half that amount, $15,543,450. As for the breeding incentive program, awards have fallen from $3,275,158 in 2001 to $1,501,525 last year, according to the TTA. But there is some hope. Ruyle noted some of the state’s tracks now have “stronger financial partners” with Global Gaming, the owner of Remington, buying Lone Star Park; Penn National Gaming buying into Sam Houston Race Park; and Pinnacle Entertainment buying majority interest in Retama Park. Ruyle also noted that Saddle Brook Park, a yet-to-be constructed track in Amarillo, is now conducting pre-opening simulcasting. And perhaps the best news of all is that a bill was recently fi led calling for a referendum on video lottery terminals at horse and dog tracks in Texas. “We really don’t feel, without legislative help, that we’re going to be able to turn this thing around,” said Ruyle. Through it all, Texas continues to have a successful yearling market. Last year, the Fasig-Tipton auction at Lone Star averaged $10,177 per lot, while sales in Louisiana saw yearlings average $9,906 and $8,347. “Our Texas market has been the leader in the Southwest pretty much every sale,” said Tim Boyce, director of sales for FasigTipton Texas. “The average of the Louisiana-breds was higher at my sale, even though the Louisiana-bred average for the first time in seven years was less than the Texas-breds. But it was still higher than any average of any sale in the Southwest.” Boyce also sees an uptick in averages for Oklahoma-breds at Fasig-Tipton Texas. “The Oklahoma breeders are somewhat similar to the Texas breeders of old,” he said. “It wasn’t a real strong commercial market. They weren’t breeding for sales, they were breeding to race. I think that commercial market is developing now. People are seeing results. The average for Oklahoma-breds is going up. You’re seeing more sire power being developed there.” Still, the strongest sellers remain horses coming from the program in Louisiana. “Louisiana-breds, they’re what everybody’s looking for right now if you’re looking for a particular state-bred,” Boyce said. “Louisiana-breds sell better if they are equal on pedigree, on physical [conformation], and everything else, because the Louisiana-bred has more earning potential.”
BREEDING: 10-YEAR GLANCE ARKANSAS YEAR
NO. OF NO. OF STALLIONS MARES BRED
LOUISIANA FOAL CROP
2011 ..........43 .............. 443 ............. 256 2006 ..........64 ...............553 ............. 303 2001 ..........73 ...............569 ............. 312
YEAR
NO. OF NO. OF STALLIONS MARES BRED
NEW MEXICO FOAL CROP
2011 ........ 238 ............2,942......... 1,851 2006 ........ 301 ............3,995.........2,360 2001 ........ 205 ............2,221..........1,417
Source: 2013 Jockey Club state fact books. Figures as of Jan. 4, 2013.
YEAR
NO. OF NO. OF STALLIONS MARES BRED
OKLAHOMA FOAL CROP
2011 .........150 ............1,264............ 712 2006 .........196 ............2,050......... 1,039 2001 .........149 ............ 1,214 ............ 550
YEAR
NO. OF NO. OF STALLIONS MARES BRED
TEXAS FOAL CROP
2011 .........146 ............ 1,164 ............ 690 2006 ........ 220 ............1,620............ 926 2001 .........240 ............1,955......... 1,069
YEAR
NO. OF NO. OF STALLIONS MARES BRED
FOAL CROP
2011 .........188 ............ 1,168 ............ 679 2006 ........ 353 ............2,689......... 1,476 2001 ........ 439 ............3,643......... 2,013
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DRF BREEDING
LOUISIANA
Songandaprayer
Fappiano Unbridled Gana Facil
Mr. Prospector Killaloe Le Fabuleux Charedi
Unbridled’s Song
Leading general and juvenile sire
Caro
Fortino II Chambord
Trolley Song Lucky Spell
By Glenye Cain Oakford Songandaprayer relocated from Kentucky’s Walmac Farm to Louisiana’s Copper Crowne this year and arrived as the state’s leading general sire with 2012 progeny earnings of $6,180,000, and as their leading juvenile sire with earnings of $1,197,868. He also led North American sires by winners with 179, and he led in Louisiana by stakes winners with 11, and by stakes wins with 17. Songandaprayer’s main flag-bearers in 2012 were Reveron, the Gulfstream Park Derby winner and runner-up to Take Charge Indy in the Florida Derby; Say a Novena, who won the Miss Woodford Stakes and also placed in two graded stakes; British Columbia Oaks winner Evelyn’s Dancer; My Dear Stakes winner Just Got In, his leading juvenile earner; and seven other stakes winners. “It doesn’t hurt to get this quality of horse as your first stallion,” said Copper Crowne owner Harold Forman. “This year so far, he has five stakes horses.” One of those was Singanothersong, runner-up to Clearly Now in the March 2 Swale Stakes. In February, Caballo del Cielo ran third in the San Vicente, and in January Celtic Chant won the Cagey Exuberance Stakes at Aqueduct. Florida-bred Song of Humor won the Grasmick Stakes at Fonner Park in February, and also that month Streakin’ Mohican, who set a track record for six furlongs in 1:07.24 at Hollywood Park last spring, took the aptly named Swift Stakes at Turf Paradise. Songandaprayer, a 15-year-old Unbridled’s Song horse, was bred to be precocious, and so he proved in both his racing and his stud careers. In 2000, he sold for $1 million to former Duke basketball star Bobby Hurley at Fasig-Tipton’s Florida se-
lect 2-year-old auction. Songandaprayer went on to win his only two starts at two, including Aqueduct’s Huntington Stakes in his second start. At three, he stamped himself a Kentucky Derby contender with a 2 1/2-length score in the Fountain of Youth. After a fi fth in the Florida Derby, he came back to finish second behind Millennium Wind in the Blue Grass Stakes. His Florida Derby vanquisher, Monarchos, ultimately won the Derby as Songandaprayer finished 13th, and he ended his career that July with a third in the Grade 3 Jersey Shore Breeders’ Cup Stakes, bringing his earnings to $380,480. Songandaprayer retired to stud in Florida, first standing at Marablue Farm. He moved to the Walmac Farm South division at Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds for the 2005 breeding season, just as his first juveniles were heading to the races. By mid-July that first crop had yielded four debut winners, led by graded winner What a Song, and Walmac Farm summoned Songandaprayer to Kentucky for the 2006 season. His first crop went on to include: Grade 2 winner Songster; Grade 3 winner and track record-setter He’s Got Grit; Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed Praying for Cash; multiple stakes winner and major earner Stolen Prayer; and several other stakes performers. “He was a great spring 3-year-old, and he was by a stallion that looked like he was going to be a sire of sires though he wasn’t yet at the time,” said Walmac’s managing director, Johnny T. L. Jones III. “He was out of a Premiership mare, and if you look back, Premiership led the 2-year-old sires’ list in winners way back when. “Songandaprayer is a strapper of a horse,” Jones added. “I’m an apples-to-apples kind of guy, and I think he needs to be bred to a pretty good-sized mare. He’s 16.3 [hands], and even though he’s a big horse
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Raise a Native Exclusive
Premiership Reminiscing
Never Bend Straight Deal
Alizea Well Decorated
Paris Breeze
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that stands over a lot of ground, he’s a heavily muscled horse, too, so I wouldn’t be afraid to breed a big mare to him. If you’re going to try to get away from just having a precocious 2-year-old, you’re going to have to breed a little more stamina into him, probably. “If you look back at the really good horses he’s had, most of them have been out of mares that were a little more stout as far as stamina in their pedigree,” he continued. “His typical thing is to get a horse smaller than he is that is very powerful and built to run early, with powerful hindquarters.” Songandaprayer stood at Walmac in Lexington through the 2012 breeding season, when Forman spearheaded the effort to buy him. Twenty-two of the original syndicate members remain in the new syndicate, Forman said, and Songandaprayer will be the Copper Crowne operation’s first stallion. Songandaprayer stands this year for $6,000 stands and nurses or $5,000 live foal (due November 15). Copper Crowne will stand Songandaprayer at the Louisiana Center for Equine Reproduction in Sunset, La. To Forman, Songandaprayer represents a chance for Louisiana to get a stallion with a national record at a time when slots-enriched purses are focusing more attention
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Diplomat Way Old Bess
on the state. “The opportunity to get ‘Song’ was to bring this quality horse that is ranked number one in the nation by winners, has very solid 2-year-olds and progeny, and has five or six horses competing that have done very well in graded races in California, at Gulfstream, and at Aqueduct,” said Forman. “It was an opportunity for us to take Louisiana to the next level. “We’ve got probably 95 or 98 mares booked right now, and the season just started,” Forman added. Forman said Quarter Horse breeders also have expressed interest in Songandaprayer because of his speed, and, although Copper Crowne has not bred him to a Quarter Horse yet, Forman said that he is leaving that possibility on the table. Precocity, both in the sire and his progeny, will be popular in Louisiana, Forman predicted. “[His foals are] lightning fast, and at the Barretts sale, one of his broodmares’ foals worked in 9.60 and brought $250,000,” he said, referring to an Exchange Rate–Perfect Paula colt that McCalmont Bloodstock bought at the March 4 Barretts March select 2-year-old auction. “So I think not only does he have potential as a top sire, but he’s potentially a very effective broodmare sire, also.”
DRF BREEDING
LOUISIANA
Salute the Sarge Leading freshman sire By Glenye Cain Oakford Salute the Sarge got off to a fast start last year when his Kentucky-sired first crop produced 13 winners and a $490,733 progeny bankroll, enough to put him on top of Louisiana’s freshman sire ranks. He got a big boost from stakes winner Fishin Frank, who contributed $113,760 to the total. Fishin Frank, out of the Blushing John mare Easytoblush, won Evangeline’s D. S. Shine Young Memorial Futurity and also finished second in the John Franks Memorial Sales Stakes. And he’s getting some national attention this year, too, thanks to his talented 3-year-old son Salutos Amigos, whom Salute the Sarge’s owner, Mike Moreno, campaigns in partnership. Salutos Amigos broke his maiden at Santa Anita in February by 3 3/4 lengths and was part of a strong early pace in last week’s San Felipe Stakes before tiring in the stretch to finish fi fth. Salute the Sarge, an 8-year-old Forest Wildcat horse, stood his first two seasons at Walmac Farm, as did Louisiana’s leading general sire, Songandaprayer. He moved to Louisiana for the 2011 season and now stands for Walmac at Jay Adcock’s Red River Farms, which also has the state’s second-ranked freshman sire, Private Vow. Salute the Sarge has a $2,500 fee this year. Bred by Gulf Coast Farms, Salute the Sarge set a Hollywood track record when he won his five-furlong debut in 58.29. He jumped right into graded company and won immediately, taking the Grade 3 Hollywood Juvenile Championship and Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes in his next two starts. After seconds in the Del Mar Futurity and the Norfolk, both Grade 1s, he was ninth in War Pass’s 2007 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. At three, he won the San Miguel Stakes. Both his race record and his pedigree—which combines the speed of Forest Wildcat with the toughness of Silver Ghost on the female side—appealed to Walmac, said the farm’s managing partner, Johnny T. L. Jones III. “Forest Wildcat has been percolating along, getting several sons that appear to be pretty good stallions, and he’s always gotten a very typey sort of horse,” said Jones. “He’s had a lot of great sprinters: D’wildcat, Wildcat Heir, I can go down the list. Salute the Sarge was a typical Forest Wildcat in that he was a very typey horse, but he stood over a bit more ground, and he was able to win really good races at more than six furlongs. He could carry his speed two turns. “And Silver Ghost got a lot of pretty tough racehorses that were not just sprinters,” Jones added, referring to Salute the Sarge’s broodmare sire. Salute the Sarge’s dam, Dixie Ghost, was multiple graded stakes-placed and made 25 starts, and also produced Grade 3 winner Chelokee and Grade 2-placed Mymich. “Silver Ghost had a lot of things in his pedigree that said he wasn’t just going to throw a bunch of sprinters.” Another plus: Salute the Sarge’s owner, Moreno, had invested in a lot of broodmares. “When we bought half of the horse from him, we knew that he was going to support him, which made it very appealing,” said Jones. “When we moved him, we’d already gotten two good books. They weren’t big books, but there were some very good mares bred to the horse, so the ones he has out there have more of a license to be good than a typical 40-foal crop by a $5,000 horse.” Salute the Sarge also is getting some chances in the Southern Hemisphere. Walmac’s Brazilian partner, homebreeder Jorge Cima, has stood Salute the Sarge for several breeding seasons. Salute the Sarge had his first Southern Hemisphere winner in Montevideo, Uruguay, last month when Grand Salute won his debut at Maroñas, Jones said.
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DRF BREEDING
NEW MEXICO
Desert God Leading general sire
Attila’s Storm Raise a Native
Mr. Prospector Gold Digger
Native Dancer
Nashua Sequence
Fappiano Dr. Fager
Rough’n Tumble Aspidistra
Killaloe Grand Splendor
Correlation Cequillo
DESERT GOD B. h. 1991 Red God
Nasrullah Spring Run
Blushing Groom Runaway Bride
Wild Risk Aimee
Blush With Pride Traffic Judge
Stolen Hour
By Joe Nevills Over the past decade, Desert God has been linked in one way or another to the best New Mexico’s breeding program has to offer. In the mid-2000s, his greatest daughter, Peppers Pride, grabbed national headlines for her record-setting undefeated streak that reached a dizzying 19 races before retiring with a perfect record and earnings of more than $1 million. Through the fi rst half of the current decade, Desert God has reached the top of the mountain on his own, fi nishing atop New Mexico’s general sire list by earnings for the third straight year. Desert God, a 22-year-old son of Fappiano, wrapped up his third title with 29 winners from 58 starters for progeny earnings of $2,055,901. He had six stakes winners in 2012, with a combined 12 stakes wins. Standing for a private fee in 2013, Desert God has been the cornerstone sire for Fred and Linda Alexander’s A&A Horse Ranch since moving to the Anthony, N.M., farm in 2001. “He’s definitely one of the foundations of our farm,” Fred Alexander said. “We started 11 years ago and he was the first guy we had, and we didn’t know what we had. It’s been fantastic.” Desert God’s progeny was led in 2012 by Our Choice, who won seven of 12 starts for earnings of $284,411, highlighted by victories in four stakes races on the statebred circuit. The veteran campaigner has continued to improve over his seven seasons of racing, and has become his sire’s second-highest career earner, with 15 wins in 55 starts, including six stakes wins, for $641,778. Desert God took the long way to the top of the sire list in New Mexico. Bred in Virginia by Morven Stud, Desert God is out of 1982 Kentucky Oaks winner Blush With Pride, whose produce features nine winners, including 2007 Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour, French Group 2 winner Smolensk, and Irish Group 3 winner Turnberry Isle. Desert God, who was unraced, ended up at the University of Arizona’s breeding
Alibhai Traffic Court
Best in Show
Leading juvenile sire
Raise You
Mr. Busher Late Date
program, where he spent his first eight years at stud. He was purchased by owner and breeder Joseph Allen and sent to A&A Horse Ranch in 2001. A year later, Allen sent broodmare Lady Pepper to his new sire for the mating that produced Peppers Pride. “Fappiano’s probably the best sire by Mr. Prospector, and his mother comes from a fantastic family,” Alexander said. “We’re very fortunate to have a guy bred like him in this part of the country. He easily could have been standing in Kentucky just by his bloodlines.” It would still be a few years before Peppers Pride started winning races, and until then, Desert God was left with his work cut out for him to establish himself in a new market. Even during the glory days of his star offspring, Desert God never cracked the top five on New Mexico’s general sire list, but in time, the light bulb came on for breeders. “It took a while for everyone to catch on around here,” Alexander said. “He didn’t have a race record, and he started his breeding career at the University of Arizona. Being at the university, the quality of the mares wasn’t very good, pretty much donation mares, so he got off to a tough start. “He’s not an attractive horse to look at,” Alexander continued. “He just looks like a big, old plow horse. So, his offspring had to prove it on the racetrack before anybody caught on. Nobody paid attention to his bloodlines around here. That’s just the way people are around here—they like to breed to something with a race record.” Desert God finally broke through in 2010, finishing atop New Mexico’s leaderboard by earnings, and he has yet to give up his spot. Paradoxically, Desert God’s success has come at the twilight of his stallion career. Alexander said that he planned to send only 12 to 15 mares to him in 2013, following a year where illness hindered the number of mares he could cover. “He’s getting some age on him now,” Alexander said. “Last year was a tough breeding season for him. He got two mares in foal. He came down with pigeon fever before the breeding season, so that definitely didn’t help. ... Everybody’s kicking themselves that they didn’t get to him earlier.”
By Joe Nevills A successful 2012 season by Fred and Linda Alexander’s A&A Horse Ranch stallions included sires in the juvenile rankings, with the farm standing New Mexico’s top two stallions. The leading juvenile sire in 2012 was Attila’s Storm, an 11-year-old son of Forest Wildcat who topped the state-bred list with total progeny earnings of $696,528 from 17 starters and 13 winners. His crop of 2-year-olds featured four stakes winners who tallied six stakes wins on New Mexico’s state-bred circuit. Attila’s Storm stands at A&A Horse Ranch in Anthony, N.M., for a $2,500 fee. The success of Attila’s Storm capped off a banner year for A&A Horse Ranch, which also stood New Mexico’s top two sires by general earnings, Desert God and Roll Hennessy Roll. Attila’s Storm bested fellow A&A stallion Roll Hennessy Roll in the juvenile category, with the latter finishing the year at $591,783 in 2-year-old earnings. “It’s going to be a tough year for us to ever top,” Fred Alexander said. “We had a fantastic year. 2011 was great and I didn’t think we’d top it, but 2012 was fantastic.” Last year’s juvenile class was the second crop for Attila’s Storm, who began his stallion career at JEH Stallion Station’s New Mexico division in Hondo, and was relocated to A&A Ranch in 2012. His progeny’s performances represented a dramatic turnaround from his freshman season, when
he finished 11th in New Mexico by juvenile earnings. “He got off to a little shaky start,” Alexander said. “His fi rst crop of 2-year-olds was the year before, and he didn’t have a whole lot going on. His second crop did really well, and a few of the 3-year-olds did well. It looks like they just needed a little time.” Attila’s Storm’s juveniles were led by Thermal, the winner of four of eight starts in 2012 for earnings of $173,847. His biggest wins came in the New Mexico Classic Cup Juvenile Colt and Gelding Stakes and the Mountain Top New Mexico Bred Thoroughbred Futurity. The gelding has followed up with a second-place effort in his 2013 bow, the Pepsi Cola Stakes at Sunland Park. “It looks like [the Attila’s Storms] want to go the distance,” Alexander said. “It looks like they want to get the mile, so that’s good.” Attila’s Storm specialized at six furlongs, winning five of 18 starts over four seasons of racing for career earnings of $534,983. His on-track résumé was highlighted by a win in the Grade 3 Toboggan Handicap in 2007, as well as in-the-money efforts in the Malibu Stakes, Vosburgh Stakes, and Forego Stakes, all Grade 1 events. Out of the winning Magesterial mare Sweet Symmetry, Attila’s Storm is one of three winners from as many starters out of his dam. “He’s definitely got a lot of heart, and he was a heck of a racehorse,” Alexander said. “We’re fortunate to have him here.”
Rocket Included Leading freshman sire By Joe Nevills Led by a precocious state-bred, Rocket Included shot to the top of New Mexico’s freshman sire list for earnings in 2012. The freshman season for the 8-yearold son of Include featured three winners from five starters and progeny earnings of $185,183. He was well clear of second-place Real Dandy, who finished the year with progeny earnings of $88,337. Leading the way among the sire’s progeny in 2012 was the gelding Jenson’s Miracle, who won three of eight races and earned $147,070 highlighted by a win in the New
Mexico Eddy County Stakes and a secondplace finish in the Totah Stakes. Rocket Included stands for a private fee at Lucky Six Ranch in Sunland Park, N.M., which also bred Jenson’s Miracle. A local product, Rocket Included won one of three starts, all at the Downs at Albuquerque or Zia Park, for earnings of $19,365. He turned in a runner-up effort in the A. C. Kemp Handicap in his second start. Rocket Included is out of the winning Bold Ruckus mare Accadia Rocket, who produced seven winners, including Canadian Grade 3-placed winner Paco El Prado and stakes-placed winner Gotta Jiboo.
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OKLAHOMA
Read the Footnotes
Toccet
Leading general sire
Vice Regent Deputy Minister Mint Copy
Northern Dancer
Bunty’s Flight Shakney
Awesome Again Blushing Groom
Red God Runaway Bride
Primal Force Prime Prospect
Mr. Prospector Square Generation
TOCCET B. h. 2000 Caro (IRE)
Fortino II Chambord
Cozzene Ride the Trails
Prince John Wildwook
Cozzene’s Angel Trepan
Charming Doll
By Patrick Reed Toccet arrived in Oklahoma for the 2012 breeding season carrying a portfolio with a coast-to-coast reach, having sired stakes winners from Tampa to Vancouver during his first seven seasons at stud. Standing at Dr. Warren Center’s Mighty Acres in Pryor, Okla., Toccet finished last year as the state’s leading general sire with $2,069,883 in earnings, more than $200,000 ahead of Latent Heat. The 13-year-old son of Awesome Again also led Oklahoma-based stallions with four stakes winners and six stakes wins among his progeny in 2012. His leading performers for the year included Canadian Derby winner Toccetive, Pacific Northwest mainstay Winning Machine, and Arizonabased stakes winner Az Ridge, along with a bushel of winners mainly from the MidAtlantic and Midwest circuits. Toccet was recruited to Mighty Acres in order to serve as a stalwart presence for the farm, which stands four young stallions— Air Commander, Save Big Money, Ra Ra Superstar, and The Visualiser—and welcomes back former Oklahoma top sire Kipling for 2013. Toccet fit that role perfectly in 2012 and quickly became one of the most popular stallions in the state. He was bred to 52 mares last year according to The Jockey Club, second only to Mr. Nightlinger’s 57 in Oklahoma, and Mighty Acres manager Randy Blair expects a similarly sized book in 2013. “We’ve had several babies by him already this spring, and they’re all looking really nice,” Blair said. “Most of our clientele are people that are breeding to race, and, you know, he’s a proven sire, he’ll get you a racehorse. “Oklahoma still has a lot of Quarter Horse background, and [the breeders] want an early-maturing horse that can get a winner at 2 or at least early on in their 3-yearold career,” he added. “That’s what Toccet was himself, and that’s what he seems to be producing.” Toccet indeed was one of the best 2-yearolds of his crop, and memories of his racing career recall both his explosive talent and his owner’s confidence in running him early and often. Out of the stakes-placed Cozzene mare Cozzene’s Angel, Toccet was
Breakspear Quiriquina
Charming Pan
Leading juvenile sire
Victoria Regina
Don Charming Friend
bred by owner Dan Borislow, who made a fortune in the telecommunications business during the late 1990s and now owns the Internet long-distance phone device magicJack. Toccet remains Borislow’s most successful runner, breaking his maiden by 10 lengths in his second career start in August 2002 and then winning an allowance by 8 1/2 lengths. Then came a 1 1/2-length score in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes, which led to a start in the 2002 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Arlington Park, but Toccet disappointed in a ninth-place finish. Borislow then drew attention by taking out an ad in Daily Racing Form to challenge Padua Stables, the connections of Juvenile winner Vindication, to a rematch. Although that never took place, Toccet won three more graded stakes over the next eight weeks, culminating in the Grade 1 Hollywood Futurity. That brief span turned out to be Toccet’s career peak as a racehorse, although Borislow kept him busy with 15 starts at ages 3 and 4 despite nagging injuries. He won only one more race, retiring in October 2004 with seven wins from 23 starts and $931,387 in earnings. Dr. Tony Ryan’s Castleton Lyons in Lexington, Ky., promptly bought Toccet for $3.35 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale for stud duty, and over the next half-decade he developed a solid reputation for siring versatile runners without ever coming up with a breakthrough Grade 1 horse, his arguable best being Grade 2 winner Ventana and Winning Machine. Toccet departed Castleon Lyons for Gayle Gerth’s Dana Point Farm in Lenhartsville, Penn., in 2010 and stood two seasons there before Dr. Center bought him in the summer of 2011. Toccet’s brilliance on the racetrack as a 2-year-old, the popularity of Awesome Again as a sire of top-class racehorses, and the stallion’s own solid record made him appealing, and Blair sees Mighty Acres’s acquisition as a cog in the farm’s continued growth for 2013 and beyond. “We wanted to bring in an established horse when we bought Toccet, because so many people here breed to race, and they like an older, more proven horse,” Blair said. “That’s why we brought Toccet to Oklahoma, and we’re very pleased with the response we’ve had.”
By Patrick Reed River Oaks Farm in Sulphur, Okla., welcomed multiple Grade 2 winner Read the Footnotes to its stallion roster for 2012, after the 12-year-old Smoke Glacken horse had established himself as a productive sire in New York. He finished 2012 atop the state’s juvenile sire list with $371,110, although virtually all of those earnings came from runners based in the Empire State. According to River Oaks co-owner Francisco Bravo, word of mouth about their new addition was somewhat slow in spreading after his arrival in late 2011 and resulted in 30 mares bred to the stallion during his first season in the Southwest. Those who did book to Read the Footnotes were satisfied, however, and interest has picked up for 2013. “The people who have started to have babies [by him] are very happy with the babies, so I think we really got lucky when we got him,” Bravo said. “He’s doing a great job. I think that this year he’s going to have a really good book — I think [the number of mares] is going to pick up some…. And we’re having a lot of repeat customers. We had one party that brought one of their client’s mares here last year — now they’re bringing five. We’re seeing quite a bit of that.” Read the Footnotes arrived in Oklahoma having already sired a Grade 1 winner: 2010 Ballerina Stakes victor Rightly So, who also won the Grade 3 Bed o’ Roses Handicap and two other stakes races. His overall leading earner in 2012, the 6-year-old mare Opus A, won three stakes races in New York and placed in four others, earning $206,500. Meeker Avenue, a gelding out of the Silver Deputy mare Age of Silver, was Read the Footnotes’s top juvenile earner in 2012 with $112,972. Racing for MeB Racing Stables
and Brooklyn Boyz Stables, Meeker Avenue won his first two career starts last year, his second coming in the New York Stallion Series Stakes at Aqueduct in November. Read the Footnotes was also represented by 12 other juvenile winners last year, including the intriguing Escapefromreality, a colt out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Queen of the City. Escapefromreality won first out at Aqueduct on Nov. 25 and then finished second by a neck in a December allowance race. In his first start of 2013, the colt again finished second by a neck, this time to the impressive maiden winner Revolutionary in the Grade 3 Withers Stakes. In his most recent start, he checked in ninth in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes to undefeated Vyjack after being bumped and clipping heels during a decidedly rough trip. Out of the Al Nasr mare Baydon Belle, Read the Footnotes began his racing career in the summer of 2003 after turning heads with a blazing three-furlong workout in 33.20 prior to the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale and subsequently selling for a sale-topping $320,000 to Klaravich Stables. Trained by Rick Violette, Read the Footnotes took his workout form to the track, winning his first two starts by a combined 11 3/4 lengths. He later racked up three consecutive graded stakes wins during winter 2003-2004 in the Nashua, Remsen, and Fountain of Youth but developed a nagging knee problem and was retired to Sequel Stallions in Florida after finishing fourth in the Florida Derby and seventh in the Kentucky Derby. He won at distances ranging from five furlongs to 1 1/8 miles, and from a breeding perspective carries no less than seven crosses through his first five generations, including both Mr. Prospector (3x4) and Northern Dancer (4x4).
Liquor Cabinet Leading freshman sire By Patrick Reed Liquor Cabinet led Oklahoma freshman sires in earnings for 2012 by nearly $5,000 over Air Commander. The Irish-bred 12-year-old Hennessy horse, who stands at Oklahoma Equine in Washington, Okla., for a $2,500 fee this year, sired two winners from nine starters last year, Irish Dancer and Yonder. Both Oklahoma-bred geldings broke their maidens last fall at Remington Park, and Irish Dancer picked up his second win on Feb. 24 in an optional claiming race at Sunland Park. An Edward P. Evans homebred, Liquor Cabinet won five of 12 starts and earned $234,968 in five seasons of racing. A gritty competitor on the New York circuit, he also finished second five times. Liquor Cabinet saved his best race for his last, unleashing a front-running, nine-length romp in the Grade 3 Aqueduct Handicap in January 2007 and earning a 113 Beyer Speed Figure. He
was retired that April after an ankle injury. Liquor Cabinet proved to be versatile as a racehorse, displaying his sire’s penchant for speed in his Grade 3 score but also winning races from a stalking position. He made his first six starts at sprint distances before stretching out to a mile or longer in his last six, with four wins. Both of Irish Dancer’s wins have come at 5 1/2 furlongs after racing on or near the early lead. Yonder is winless in seven sprints but took a mile maiden special weight event from off the pace last November. The stallion is out of Grade 1-placed stakes-winner Key Hunter, by Jade Hunter. Key Hunter is a half-sister to turf sprint stakes winner and Grade 3-placed Hatfield and to Cabo de Noche, dam of sharp middledistance performer and 2011 Louisiana Derby winner Pants On Fire. Interestingly, Liquor Cabinet has no inbreeding through his first five generations, making the stallion an attractive prospect to breeders seeking to develop new bloodlines.
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DRF BREEDING
TEXAS
Oratory
Too Much Bling
Leading general sire
Seattle Slew A.P. Indy Weekend Surprise
Bold Reasoning
Secretariat Lassie Dear
Pulpit Mr. Prospector
Raise a Native Gold Digger
Preach Narrate
Honest Pleasure State
ORATORY B. h. 2002 Deputy Minister
Vice Regent Mint Copy
Dehere Sister Dot
Secretariat Sword Game
Arrested Dreams Timeless Moment
Had to Buy
By Nicole Russo Eureka Thoroughbred Farm manager Bill Tracy describes Oratory as an “eyecatching” stallion who passes his good looks on to his offspring. “I always joke [to people who own his foals], ‘If you don’t want to run them, you can always take pictures of them,’ “ Tracy said. “And they look really good in a win photo.” Oratory, currently standing his second season at the Fredericksburg, Texas, farm, is now turning heads for a reason other than good looks. The 11-year-old Pulpit horse has quickly risen to prominence, leading the Texas general sire list in 2012 for the second time. Oratory recorded 33 winners, including 18 repeat winners, from 62 starters in 2012 for seasonal earnings of $1,486,771. That total outpaced Lane’s End Texas stallion Too Much Bling, whose runners earned $1,340,082. Oratory was represented on the track in 2012 by a pair of stakes winners in the Mid-Atlantic region. Tujoes captured the Roanoke Stakes at Parx before fi nishing third in the Maryland Million Classic. Pagan Priestess gave her sire a victory on that card, winning the Maryland Million Ladies Stakes. Miz Maggie Mae was Oratory’s chief earner in 2012, bankrolling $139,330 while winning four of 14 starts in her 5-year-old campaign. Now in her fi fth season of racing, the mare has amassed $359,580 for her career. From his fi rst three crops of racing age – excluding juveniles of 2013 – Oratory is the sire of 75 winners from 99 starters through March 10 for total earnings of $4,966,774. His average progeny earnings are $50,169. Oratory won three of five career starts, capped by a 4 3/4-length score in the Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park in his stakes debut. He suffered a condylar fracture while pointing for the Grade 2 Dwyer Stakes, forcing his retirement. Never worse than second, he retired with earn-
Damascus Hour of Parting
Moment to Buy
Leading juvenile sire
My Charmer
Sadair Had Gadya
ings of $189,000. “I think that his will to win was very present in his racing career, and I see that with some of his runners,” Tracy said. “They’re hard triers.” Oratory entered stud in 2006 at Country Life Farm in Maryland, leading that state’s freshman sire list in 2009. He moved to Eureka Thoroughbred Farm for the 2012 season, and will stand for $3,500 this year. Oratory is a son of the late Pulpit, who, following in the footsteps of his sire, A.P. Indy, developed into a sire of sires. The Claiborne Farm homebred is represented by popular commercial sire Tapit, with his other sons at stud including Sky Mesa, Parading, Corinthian, Stroll, Purge, and the late Sightseeing. “I think that with the success of Tapit and some of the other Pulpit sons, that bodes very well for Oratory,” Tracy said. “The trick, of course, is to get some nice mares to him, and we’ve been doing that so far. “The babies we’ve got on the ground so far look very much like him,” Tracy added. “They have long necks, big shoulders, good hindquarters.” Oratory is out of the Dehere mare Arrested Dreams, a four-time stakes winner who fi nished second in the Grade 1 Matron Stakes in 1998. Arrested Dreams, also the dam of stakes-placed winner Preach It, is out of Grade 1 winner Moment to Buy. It is the family of dual Grade 3-winning sprinter Ravalo, as well as Dolce Vita Yug, a champion in Yugoslavia and the Slovak Republic . Too Much Bling, who finished second on the general sire list, was Texas’s leading juvenile sire for the second time in 2012. He led the state with six stakes winners in 2012. Valor Farm stallion Early Flyer, third on the general sire list by earnings, led the state with 44 winners. Checking in fi fth on the list was state stalwart Valid Expectations. Now in his 14th season in Texas, the Lane’s End Texas stallion became the all-time leading Texas-based sire by progeny earnings in February 2013.
By Nicole Russo A number of quality runners helped propel Too Much Bling atop the juvenile sire list in Texas for the second year in a row. The 10-year-old Rubiano horse, who stands at Lane’s End Texas in Hempstead, led the state with six stakes winners, including four juveniles, for 10 total stakes victories in 2012. His quality runners helped push him to the top of the juvenile earnings list with $648,729 on the season, easily outpacing Intimidator, who stands at the Asmussen Horse Center, with $381,677. Too Much Bling, who also finished second on the Texas general sire list, sired eight juvenile winners from 16 starters, compared with six winners for Intimidator. The stallion’s chief earner in 2012 was Texas Bling, who captured two of his 10 starts as a juvenile, including the Remington Springboard Mile Stakes, for seasonal earnings of $209,483. Texas Bling defeated the regally bred Will Take Charge in the Springboard Mile; he then finished second to that rival by just a neck in the Smarty Jones Stakes in his 3-year-old debut. Blazing Bling won four of her eight starts, missing the board only once, for earnings of $137,305 in 2012. The fi lly captured the Miss Ohio Stakes, John W. Galbreath Stakes, and Hoover Stakes, along with two other stakes placings. Too Much Bling was represented by another multiple stakes-winning juvenile fi lly in Significant Bling, who won the Mountaineer Juvenile Fillies Stakes, Cleveland Kindergarten Stakes, and Tah Dah Stakes. The stallion was also represented on the track last year by juvenile
stakes-winner Falling Star and stakesplaced winner Pop Chart. Too Much Bling, who was purchased by Stonewall Farm Stallions at the conclusion of his racing career, entered stud in 2007 at Sequel Stallions near Ocala, Fla. He moved to Lane’s End Texas the following season and has remained there since, leading the state’s freshman sire list and finishing second among juvenile sires in 2010 before climbing atop the juvenile sire list in 2011. He will stand for a fee of $4,000 this season. From his fi rst three crops of racing age – excluding juveniles of 2013 – Too Much Bling is the sire of 41 winners from 57 starters for total earnings of $2,525,964 through March 7. He is the sire of nine stakes-winners overall. Bred in Ohio by Destiny Farm LLC, Too Much Bling won five of 11 career starts, earning $509,674. Grade 1-placed as a juvenile, the colt followed in the footsteps of his sire, champion sprinter Rubiano, by developing into a standout sprinter as a 3-year-old. The colt won graded stakes events on both coasts, capturing the Grade 2 Carry Back Stakes at Calder Race Course; the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes and the San Miguel Stakes at Santa Anita Park; and the Grade 3 Bay Shore Stakes at Aqueduct. He also finished second in the Grade 2 Woody Stephens Breeders’ Cup Stakes at Belmont Park. Out of the stakes-winning Formal Dinner mare Rose Colored Lady, Too Much Bling is a half-brother to four winners, including stakes-winners Barnsy, Ready for Roses, and Littlebitabling, and stakes-placed Got Bling. Their dam is a full sister to multiple stakes-winner Forest Picnic and a half-sister to stakes-winner Pyrite Springs.
Gaff
Leading freshman sire By Nicole Russo Gaff recorded a runaway victory to lead the Texas freshman sire standings for 2012. The 11-year-old son of the late Maria’s Mon, who stands at the Seguin Horse Center in Seguin, Texas, was represented by four winners from 11 starters in 2012 for seasonal earnings of $119,796, easily outpacing the other handful of freshman sires in Texas. The stallion’s chief earner, and only repeat winner, was the Florida-bred fi lly Bloody Smart, who won two of her eight starts for earnings of $49,918. Gaff’s other winners in 2012 were Nilsa M and Alinator, neither of whom was unplaced while making three starts each, and Body by Gaff.
Bred in Kentucky by Earle Mack, Gaff won eight of 23 career starts, earning $569,513 over four seasons of racing. He began his career in Ireland, where he was a stakes-winner as a juvenile and twice Group 3-placed. Sent to the U.S., Gaff was a Grade 3-winning sprinter on multiple surfaces, taking the 2006 Mr. Prospector Handicap at Gulfstream Park and the 2007 Aegon Turf Sprint Stakes at Churchill Downs. He also won two stakes races at Fair Grounds. Out of the winning Tunerup mare Ionlyhaveeyesforu, a full sister to multiple Grade 3 winner Ifyoucouldseemenow, Gaff is a half-brother to eight winners, including stakes-placed Christina d’Oro and stakes producers Chasing Lightning and Takealookatmenow. Gaff is standing for a fee of $1,500 in 2013.
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ARKANSAS
The Daddy
Brahms Leading general sire
Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma
Nearco
Native Dancer Almahmoud
Danzig Admiral’s Voyage
Crafty Admiral Olympia Lou
Pas de Nom Petitioner
Petition Steady Aim
BRAHMS Dk. b. or br. h. 1997 Raise a Native
Native Dancer Raise You
Mr. Prospector Gold Digger
Nashua Sequence
Queena Blushing Groom
Remedia
By Mary Simon Brahms has become a kingpin in the Southwest since the former Kentucky-toAustralia shuttle stallion moved to Louisiana in 2008. He led the 2009 general sire standings in the Pelican State and in 2012 topped the same list in Arkansas, where Brahms currently holds court at Richard and Frances Hessee’s Trophy Club Training Center in Royal. He may be a regional dynamo these days, but from the start he could have been anything, anywhere. A son of three-time leading sire Danzig, out of champion Queena, by nine-time leading broodmare sire Mr. Prospector, he easily had the looks and the lineage to command a $1 million bid at Keeneland’s 1998 July yearling sale. For Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier, Brahms was multiple group-placed at 2 in Europe, including a second-place finish to future Horse of the Year Giant’s Causeway. Purchased privately by an American partnership late in 1999, he was turned over to trainer Elliott Walden for a North American 3-year-old campaign. It went smashingly — he was unbeaten in four starts while racing strictly on the turf, and he scored his biggest lifetime victory as result of a disqualification in the $500,000 Grade 1 Hollywood Derby. Brahms never won again but placed in several important grass stakes at 4 in 2001 before retiring to Vinery Kentucky in Lexington with a 17-5-4-4 record and bankroll of $843,050. Americans have never been particularly keen on turf runners as sires, and Brahms was most certainly a specialist in that arena. Still, he had shown exceptional class and possessed a stallion’s pedigree, which, along with a reasonable $12,500 introductory fee, made him attractive to breeders. Brahms’ first crop of 140 foals arrived in 2003 and eventually produced 81 winners, six stakes winners — including multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Arson Squad — and combined earners of $6,350,402. He ranked 17th among North American freshman sires of 2005 (by progeny earnings), 10th among second-crop sires of 2006, and 11th among third-crop sires of 2007. It was a solid, quite respectable record, but apparently not enough to keep him residing in the heart of the Bluegrass much longer.
Red God Runaway Bride
Too Chic
Leading juvenile sire
Lady Angela
Dr. Fager Monade
In 2008, Brahms was sent to Elite Thoroughbreds in Folsom, La., on a lease agreement. His first two crops there — foals of 2009 and 2010 — would include a pair of 2012 stakes winners in Look At the Time (three stakes wins) and Sunbean (Louisiana Futurity winner). The offspring of this now-16-year-old stallion have proven capable over most major distances and, despite their sire’s affection for grass, have performed well over every type of racing surface. Nineteen of them so far have won in stakes company; in addition to Arson Squad and the two previously noted Louisiana-breds, his runners include Australian group winner Real Mak, U.S. Grade 3 winner Bad Action, and notable North American stakes victors Test Boy, Sea Rescue, and Up an Octave. Twelve of the 19 won exclusively on dirt or synthetic surfaces and five scored only on turf while two won over both surfaces. An interesting observation regarding Brahms’ offspring is how tough and durable they appear to be — quite an asset at a time when soundness appears increasingly harder to come by. Not all racehorses can be superstars, so it makes sense that the longer a runner can stay in training, the more purse money he or she has the opportunity to compile. To date, nearly 28 percent of Brahms’ runners from his first five crops (2003-2007) have started 30 or more times. Fifty-four have made it to the gate more than 40 times; 26 have run upward of 50 times; and 12 have started at least 60 times. Of his 46 Northern Hemisphere winners in 2012, 25 were at least 5 years old. Eleven of those were 6 years old; four were 7 years; and three were 8-year-olds, from the long-ago crop of 2004. While this may tell us that his offspring are not particularly precocious, it also indicates that they stick around tenaciously, earning money season after season. With his arrival in Arkansas, Brahms shot straight to the top of several categories of the state sire standings — not only did he topple Storm and a Half from the moneywon perch he had owned the previous four seasons, but he also proved best as well by winners (46) and stakes wins (four), and was co-leader by stakes winners (two). For 2013 Brahms joins 2005 Super Derby winner The Daddy at Trophy Club, where his 2013 fee has been set at $2,000.
By Mary Simon Richard and Frances Hessee have big plans for their Trophy Club Training Center, a 160-acre operation in Royal, Ark.—a dot on the map a few miles due west of Oaklawn Park. Since acquiring the property in 2009 from the late Arkansas Hall of Fame trainer Bob Holthus, they have strived to make it a go-to place for Southwest breeders looking for quality. That they’ve succeeded is evident with a glance at Arkansas’ 2012 general sire standings, in which Trophy Club stallions occupy three of the top five spots. The Center’s current marquee attractions are 2012 leading sire Brahms and 2011 and 2012 juvenile leader The Daddy, a young stallion of high regional promise. Though he did not run at two, The Daddy’s performance as a sire of early runners is no anomaly. He is a half-brother to two graded stakes-winning juvenile runners, and is a son of North America’s 2001 leading freshman sire, Valid Expectations. The Daddy was conceived in Texas, foaled in New York, and sold in Kentucky by breeders Will Farish and Gaillardia (for $60,000 as a Keeneland November weanling). In August 2003, the big, dark bay sold again, for $125,000 to Greg Norman at FasigTipton Saratoga. When he finally reached the races midway through his sophomore season and won his first two starts spectacularly, The Daddy looked like a world beater—but his inexperience showed when he then hooked a whirlwind in future sprint champion Lost in the Fog and finished unplaced in the Grade 1 King’s Bishop Stakes. He returned rather unexpectedly in the 1
1/4-mile Super Derby, but he won in near gate-to-wire fashion. A splint injury suffered in the Super Derby failed to heal satisfactorily and eventually ended a career that spanned just four starts and 11 weeks. But in that brief time The Daddy had made an impression, scoring three victories at distances from six to ten furlongs and earning $517,700. He subsequently stood his first three seasons (20072009) at Martin Stables South in Florida, then moved for 2010 and 2011 to Airdrie Stud in Kentucky, before arriving at Trophy Club in time for the 2012 breeding season. The Daddy brought with him numbers good enough to rank not only as Arkansas’ leading second-crop sire of 2011, but best by winners (29) in the entire Southwest region. His lone stakes winner to date is Puerto Rican-raced My Doctor Waleska, but others by The Daddy have come close: In 2012, Youcan’tcatchme came up a nose shy of winning the $156,153 Ontario Fashion Stakes at Woodbine, while Manchurian High finished a neck back in third in the $103,000 Laurel Turf Cup Stakes. Additionally, Daddy’s Honor ran third behind champion Awesome Feather in the Nasty Storm Stakes at Belmont Park. Six of The Daddy’s nine juvenile starters last season were winners, and several looked promising in winning at tracks in California, Florida, Kentucky, and Canada. His year-end juvenile progeny earnings of $143,233 put him safely ahead of runner-up Brahms, with $107,784. The Daddy stands his second Arkansas season in 2013 for $1,500 live foal.
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DRF BREEDING
2012 SOUTHWEST LEADING SIRES ARKANSAS GENERAL RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Brahms (1997, Danzig) Trophy Club Training Center ....................................... $2,000 ......... 101 ........ 46 ......... 2 ........... 4 Storm and a Half (1997, Storm Cat) McDowell Farm ...........................................1,500 ...........85 ........ 43 ......... 2 ........... 2 The Daddy (2002, Valid Expectations) Trophy Club Training Center ..................1,500 ...........60 ........ 39 ......... 0 ........... 0 Proudest Romeo (1990, Proud Truth).......................................................... Died 2009 ........... 21 .........12 ......... 0 ........... 0 Midway Road (2000, Jade Hunter) Trophy Club Training Center ...........................750 ...........38 .........14 ......... 1 ........... 1 Father Steve (1999, Pulpit) ..........................................................................Died 2012 ........... 39 .........17 ......... 0 ........... 0 Primary Suspect (2001, Hennessy) McDowell Farm ...........................................1,000 ........... 23 ...........8 ......... 2 ........... 2 Hesabull (1993, Dispersal) Lake Hamilton Equine Associates............................1,000 ........... 31 .........11 ......... 0 ........... 0 Explosive Truth (1999, Proudest Romeo) McDowell Farm ................................Private ............. 6 ...........5 ......... 0 ........... 0 Mi Cielo (1990, Conquistador Cielo) Against The Wind Farm ............................1,500 ........... 12 ...........4 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Look At the Time-$223,600 ............$1,616,398 .............................. $16,004 Storm Tuner-$93,037 ........................1,362,518 ................................ 16,030 Youcan’tcatchme-$112,057 .............. 1,164,923 .................................19,415 Summer Robin-$58,010 .......................287,545 ................................ 13,693 Badness-$38,460 ............................... 280,022 .................................. 7,369 Bubba’sthreeangels-$25,414 .............. 264,634 .................................. 6,785 Primetime Dreamer-$97,235 ............... 263,297 ................................ 11,448 Sunday Grace-$44,344 ........................ 240,190 ...................................7,748 Explosive Disco-$40,225 ....................106,069 .................................17,678 Gold Cielo-$44,976 .............................104,042 .................................. 8,670
ARKANSAS JUVENILE RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The Daddy (2002, Valid Expectations) Trophy Club Training Center ................$1,500 ............. 9 ...........6 ......... 0 ........... 0 Brahms (1997, Danzig) Trophy Club Training Center ..........................................2,000 ........... 15 ...........2 ......... 1 ........... 1 Primary Suspect (2001, Hennessy) McDowell Farm ...........................................1,000 ............. 6 ...........1 ......... 0 ........... 0 Midway Road (2000, Jade Hunter) Trophy Club Training Center ...........................750 ............. 5 ...........1 ......... 0 ........... 0 Hesabull (1993, Dispersal) Lake Hamilton Equine Associates............................1,000 ............. 4 ...........1 ......... 0 ........... 0 Morluc (1996, Housebuster) ............................................................................... Died ............. 6 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0 Portobello Road (2004, Storm Cat) Anderson Farms ..........................................1,000 ............. 3 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0 Storm and a Half (1997, Storm Cat) McDowell Farm ...........................................1,500 ............. 3 ...........0......... 0 ........... 0 Proudest Romeo (1990, Proud Truth).......................................................... Died 2009 ............. 1 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0 District (1997, Broad Brush) ................................................................................ Died ............. 1 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Atticus Apple-$37,837 ...................... $143,233 .............................. $15,915 Sunbean-$71,169 ................................. 107,784 ...................................7,186 Arky Bill-$14,588 .................................. 38,463 .................................. 6,411 Tarmac-$23,389 ................................... 29,580 .................................. 5,916 Valid Commander-$14,700 ....................24,055 .................................. 6,014 Flashingformorluc-$8,624 .....................18,579 .................................. 3,097 Just a Wildflower0$8,705 ...................... 14,018 .................................. 4,673 Brandon’s Way-$5,500 ..........................10,251 .................................. 3,417 Rockin Romeo-$3,755 .............................3,755 .................................. 3,755 District Appeal-$2,900 ............................2,900 .................................. 2,900
ARKANSAS FRESHMAN RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2
Portobello Road (2004, Storm Cat) Anderson Farms ........................................$1,000 ............. 3 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0 Shady Grove (2005, Two Punch) Three Boys Stables ............................................500 ............. 1 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Just a Wildflower-$8,705 ..................... $14,018 ................................ $4,673 Shady Creek-$1,925 ................................1,925 .................................. 1,925
LOUISIANA GENERAL RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Songandaprayer (1998, Unbridled’s Song) The Stallion Station at Copper Crowne ...... $5,000 .........289 .......179 ........11 ..........17 Closing Argument (2002, Successful Appeal) Louisiana Stallion Station North ..............7,500 ......... 143 ........ 85 ......... 9 ........... 9 D’wildcat (1998, Forest Wildcat) Louisiana Stallion Station South.....................4,500 ......... 115 ........ 68 ......... 5 ........... 5 Yankee Gentleman (1999, Storm Cat) Le Mesa Stallions ....................................5,000 ......... 118 ........ 69 ......... 1 ........... 2 Leestown (1994, Seattle Slew) .................................................................... Died 2008 ......... 150 ........ 72 ......... 1 ........... 1 Tenpins (1998, Smart Strike) Elite Thoroughbreds ............................................ 3,500 ......... 129 ........ 64 ......... 1 ........... 1 Gold Tribute (1994, Mr. Prospector) Red River Farms ........................................2,000 ........... 74 ........ 33 ......... 4 ........... 5 Teton Forest (2001, Forestry) Elite Thoroughbreds ........................................... 2,500 ........... 71 ........ 39 ......... 1 ........... 2 Half Ours (2003, Unbridled’s Song) Clear Creek Stud ........................................4,000 ........... 74 ........ 48 ......... 1 ........... 1 Najran (1999, Runaway Groom) ...................................................................Died 2011 ...........64 ........ 33 ......... 3 ........... 4
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Reveron-$280,000 ..........................$6,180,000 .............................. $21,384 Capital Account-$339,000............... 3,658,628 ................................25,585 Promise Me a Cat-$138,800 .............2,612,831 ................................ 22,720 Speedacious-$189,364 .................... 2,455,446 ................................ 20,809 Lee’s Spirit-$98,512..........................2,007,380 ................................ 13,383 Regal Strike-$107,950 ......................1,880,947 ................................ 14,581 Kissimmee Kyle-$128,032 ................ 1,327,046 .................................17,933 Forest Mouse-$271,937 ...................1,253,507 .................................17,655 Beggarthyneighbor-$101,330 .......... 1,230,236 ................................ 16,625 Snow Top Mountain-$193,040..........1,204,428 ................................ 18,819
LOUISIANA JUVENILE RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Songandaprayer (1998, Unbridled’s Song) The Stallion Station at Copper Crowne ...... $5,000 ...........63 .........27 ......... 2 ........... 2 Salute the Sarge (2005, Forest Wildcat) Red River Farms ................................. 2,500 ........... 29 .........13 ......... 1 ........... 1 D’wildcat (1998, Forest Wildcat) Louisiana Stallion Station South.....................4,500 ........... 21 ...........9 ......... 2 ........... 2 Private Vow (2003, Broken Vow) Red River Farms ..............................................2,000 ........... 37 .........10 ......... 0 ........... 0 Closing Argument (2002, Successful Appeal) Louisiana Stallion Station North ..............7,500 ........... 15 ...........8 ......... 1 ........... 1 Gold Tribute (1994, Mr. Prospector) Red River Farms ........................................2,000 ............. 8 ...........5......... 1 ........... 1 Sun King (2002, Charismatic) Elite Thoroughbreds........................................... 3,500 ........... 26 ...........6 ......... 0 ........... 0 Half Ours (2003, Unbridled’s Song) Clear Creek Stud ........................................4,000 ........... 19 ...........9 ......... 0 ........... 0 Run Production (2000, Saint Ballado) Louisiana Stallion Station South ........... 3,500 ............. 6 ...........4 ......... 0 ........... 0 Porto Foricos (1995, Mr. Prospector) Clear Creek Stud .....................................1,500 ........... 14 ...........4......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Just Got In-$151,197 ....................... $1,197,868 .............................. $19,014 Fishin Frank-$113,760 .........................490,733 ................................ 16,922 D’nied Permission-$109,770 ...............479,426 ................................22,830 Tiny Bear-$67,302................................385,799 ................................ 10,427 Cittadina-$88,476 ................................352,524 ................................ 23,502 Nubin Ridge-$77,447 .......................... 284,868 ................................ 35,609 Fun in D’ Sun-$93,369........................ 264,933 .................................10,190 Phantom Girl-$38,907 .........................169,879 .................................. 8,941 She Loves Runnin’-$72,932 ................. 137,932 ................................ 22,989 Kwik n’ Smokey-$41,200 .....................132,655 .................................. 9,475
LOUISIANA FRESHMAN RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6
Salute the Sarge (2005, Forest Wildcat) Red River Farms ............................... $2,500 ........... 29 .........13 ......... 1 ........... 1 Private Vow (2003, Broken Vow) Red River Farms ..............................................2,000 ........... 37 .........10......... 0 ........... 0 Chatain (2003, Forest Wildcat) Holly Hill Farm ..................................................2,000 ........... 12 ...........4 ......... 0 ........... 0 Unbridledsensation (2004, Unbridled’s Song) Louisiana Stallion Station North.................750 ............. 3 ...........1 ......... 0 ........... 0 Sequoyah (2005, A.P. Indy) Main Street Thoroughbreds ....................................1,250 ............. 4 ...........2 ......... 0 ........... 0 Gigawatt (2000, Wild Again) Louisiana Stallion Station South ..............................750 ............. 7 ...........1 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Fishin Frank-$113,760 ...................... $490,733 .............................. $16,922 Tiny Bear-$67,302................................385,799 ................................ 10,427 Pardonmecomingthru-$31,620 ..............81,406 .................................. 6,784 Impulsive Bet-$26,485 ..........................30,665 ................................ 10,222 Sequoyah Wells-$10,170 ....................... 20,185 .................................. 5,046 Two Third Bird-$9,075 ...........................13,305 .................................. 1,901
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2012 NEW MEXICO GENERAL RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Desert God (1991, Fappiano) A & A Horse Ranch .............................................Private ...........58 ........ 29 ......... 6 ..........12 Roll Hennessy Roll (2000, Hennessy) A & A Horse Ranch............................... $3,500 ........... 42 ........ 25 ......... 5 ..........10 Weather Warning (2004, Storm Cat) Double LL Farm .........................................3,000 ...........35 .........18 ......... 0 ........... 0 Attila’s Storm (2002, Forest Wildcat) A & A Horse Ranch.................................. 2,500 ........... 32 ........ 21 ......... 5 ........... 8 Devon Lane (1993, Storm Cat) .....................................................................Died 2012 ...........56 ........ 29 ......... 0 ........... 0 Silver Wagon (2001, Wagon Limit) McCallum View Farm.................................. 2,500 ...........22 ...........7 ......... 1 ........... 2 Gold Case (1994, Forty Niner) Mesa Vista Stud .................................................5,000 ........... 69 ........ 25......... 0 ........... 0 Quinton’s Gold (1997, Carson City) Doubletree Farm ........................................ 3,500 ........... 31 ...........7 ......... 2 ........... 3 Premeditation (1999, Afternoon Deelites) A & A Horse Ranch........................... 2,500 ........... 31 .........12 ......... 0 ........... 0 Suave Prospect (1992, Fortunate Prospect) Doubletree Farm .......................... 2,500 ...........43 .........10 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Our Choice-$284,411..................... $2,055,901 .............................. $35,447 Back Seat Roll-$207,689...................1,271,661 ................................ 30,278 Raincoats’ntuxedos-$179,217 ..........1,261,969 ................................ 36,056 Thermal-$173,847 ............................1,076,863 ................................ 33,652 Chuchuluco-$68,033 ........................... 672,153 ................................ 12,003 Eyes Super Freaky-$111,380 ...............659,067 ................................ 29,958 Itzacoldcase-$91,065 ..........................643,876 .................................. 9,332 That’s Who-$144,500 ......................... 559,339 ................................ 18,043 Devon’s Spirit-$68,444 ........................ 413,766 ................................ 13,347 Impadoodle-$57,060............................378,901 .................................. 8,812
NEW MEXICO JUVENILE RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Attila’s Storm (2002, Forest Wildcat) A & A Horse Ranch................................ $2,500 ........... 17 .........13 ......... 4 ........... 6 Roll Hennessy Roll (2000, Hennessy) A & A Horse Ranch................................. 3,500 ........... 12 ...........9 ......... 3 ........... 6 Weather Warning (2004, Storm Cat) Double LL Farm .........................................3,000 ........... 10 ...........4 ......... 0 ........... 0 Rocket Included (2005, Include) Lucky Six Ranch ............................................Private ............. 5 ...........3 ......... 1 ........... 1 This Way Home (2004, Giant’s Causeway) Doubletree Farm ............................. 3,500 ............. 6 ...........4 ......... 0 ........... 0 Devon Lane (1993, Storm Cat) ....................................................................Died 2012 ............. 7 ...........5 ......... 0 ........... 0 King Bull (2001, Holy Bull) Gary Balzano .........................................................Private ............. 1 ...........1 ......... 1 ........... 1 Quinton’s Gold (1997, Carson City) Doubletree Farm ........................................ 3,500 ........... 13 ...........4 ......... 0 ........... 0 Storm of Goshen (2001, Storm Cat) Bar Y Equine...............................................1,500 ............. 3 ...........2 ......... 0 ........... 0 Your Eminence (2001, Saint Ballado) ..........................................................Died 2012 ........... 11 ...........2 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Thermal-$173,847 ............................ $696,528 .............................. $40,972 Back Seat Roll-$207,689......................591,783 ................................ 49,315 Rootham Triple E’s-$104,892 ...............295,017 ................................ 29,502 Jenson’s Miracle-$147,070 .................. 185,183 .................................37,037 Way to Go Gerda-$68,849 ...................134,773 ................................ 22,462 Devons Ca Ching-$42,717 ................... 118,887 ................................ 16,984 K B ‘s Princess-$103,236 ....................103,236 .............................. 103,236 Rio El Diablo-$40,340 ......................... 101,513 .................................. 7,809 Key to the Venture-$65,195....................91,552 ................................ 30,517 Chickee Chickee-$42,714 ......................90,686 .................................. 8,244
NEW MEXICO FRESHMAN RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5
Rocket Included (2005, Include) Lucky Six Ranch ............................................Private ............. 5 ...........3 ......... 1 ........... 1 Real Dandy (2002, Yankee Victor) Weatherly Horse Farms ..............................$1,000 ............. 4 ...........2 ......... 1 ........... 1 Run Like Fire (2005, Premeditation) Sandy L. Erwin ........................................Private ............. 2 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0 Exciting Metro (2001, Carson City) Graham Farms ..........................................Private ............. 1 ...........1 ......... 0 ........... 0 Turnbolt (2001, Deputy Minister) Ramon Gonzalez Farm .................................Private ............. 1 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Jenson’s Miracle-$147,070 ................ $185,183 .............................. $37,037 Dandy Devona R F-$50,831 ...................88,337 ................................22,084 Run Like an Outlaw-$12,869 ..................16,681 .................................. 8,341 Fury Ease-$4,950 ....................................4,950 .................................. 4,950 Travieso-$2,562.......................................2,562 .................................. 2,562
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DRF BREEDING
2012 SOUTHWEST LEADING SIRES OKLAHOMA GENERAL RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Toccet (2000, Awesome Again) Mighty Acres .................................................. $2,500 ......... 104 ........ 60 ......... 4 ........... 6 Latent Heat (2003, Maria’s Mon) River Oaks Farm............................................. 3,500 ...........92 ........ 44 ......... 1 ........... 1 Read the Footnotes (2001, Smoke Glacken) River Oaks Farm ............................ 3,500 ........... 87 ........ 43 ......... 2 ........... 4 Evansville Slew (1992, Slew City Slew) .......................................................Died 2012 ...........85 ........ 50 ......... 1 ........... 1 Don’t Get Mad (2002, Stephen Got Even) Rockin Z Ranch ..................................2,000 ........... 57 ........ 39 ......... 2 ........... 3 Kipling (1996, Gulch) Mighty Acres ................................................................... 2,500 ........... 89 ........ 32 ......... 0 ........... 0 Western Expression (1996, Gone West) Kirton Farms ........................................1,500 ...........46 ........ 32 ......... 1 ........... 1 Omega Code (2000, Elusive Quality) Rockin Z Ranch .........................................2,000 ........... 91 ........ 45 ......... 2 ........... 2 Service Stripe (1991, Deputy Minister) Caines Stallion Station .........................1,000 ...........48 ........ 25 ......... 2 ........... 2 Lucky Lionel (1993, Mt. Livermore) Diamond G Ranch ......................................1,000 ...........46 ........ 30 ......... 1 ........... 1
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Toccetive-$220,865 ....................... $2,069,883 .............................. $19,903 Ciguaraya-$149,120 .......................... 1,853,474 ................................ 20,146 Opus A-$206,500 .............................1,716,500 ................................ 19,730 Two Moons-$81,497 ......................... 1,414,881 ................................ 16,646 Yeardley-$225,028 ........................... 1,327,729 ................................23,293 Kip Berries-$151,762 ...........................931,921 ................................ 10,471 Jethro Jr.-$84,320 .............................. 888,343 ................................ 19,312 Candy Coded Kisses-$87,910 ..............877,438 .................................. 9,642 Service for Ten-$73,260 ......................854,422 .................................17,800 Lucky Moon-$66,728 .......................... 791,817 .................................17,213
OKLAHOMA JUVENILE RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Read the Footnotes (2001, Smoke Glacken) River Oaks Farm .......................... $3,500 ........... 25 .........13 ......... 1 ........... 1 Latent Heat (2003, Maria’s Mon) River Oaks Farm............................................. 3,500 ........... 26 ...........7 ......... 0 ........... 0 Western Expression (1996, Gone West) Kirton Farms ........................................1,500 ........... 11 ...........7 ......... 1 ........... 1 Tactical Cat (1996, Storm Cat) Diamond G Ranch...............................................1,000 ........... 11 ...........4......... 0 ........... 0 Toccet (2000, Awesome Again) Mighty Acres .................................................... 2,500 ............. 8 ...........3 ......... 0 ........... 0 Rubiyat (1995, Rubiano) Spears Racing ..............................................................1,000 ............. 5 ...........2 ......... 0 ........... 0 Omega Code (2000, Elusive Quality) Rockin Z Ranch .........................................2,000 ............. 3 ...........1 ......... 1 ........... 1 Kipling (1996, Gulch) Mighty Acres ................................................................... 2,500 ........... 13 ...........3 ......... 0 ........... 0 Service Stripe (1991, Deputy Minister) Caines Stallion Station .........................1,000 ............. 6 ...........1 ......... 1 ........... 1 Evansville Slew (1992, Slew City Slew) .......................................................Died 2012 ............. 4 ...........1 ......... 1 ........... 1
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Meeker Avenue-$112,972 .................. $371,110 .............................. $14,844 Hot Fun-$61,770 ................................. 294,698 ................................ 11,335 L B’s Expression-$56,340 ................... 174,465 ................................ 15,860 Sonof a Monstercat-$29,495 ............... 127,534 ................................ 11,594 English Manor-$32,970 ....................... 103,074 ................................ 12,884 Gray Not Bay-$49,010 ............................ 97,539 ................................ 19,508 Candy Coded Kisses-$87,910 ............... 92,005 ................................ 30,668 Kips Calero-$26,217 ..............................91,468 .................................. 7,036 Chase the Weasel-$44,950 ................... 86,256 ................................ 14,376 Chuck-$52,093 ......................................70,352 ................................ 17,588
OKLAHOMA FRESHMAN RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3
Liquor Cabinet (IRE) (2001, Hennessy) Oklahoma Equine ............................... $2,500 ............. 9 ...........2 ......... 0 ........... 0 Air Commander (2004, Point Given) Mighty Acres .............................................2,000 ............. 5 ...........2 ......... 1 ........... 1 C’Mon Tiger (2003, Storm Cat) J.E.H. Stallion Station - Oklahoma ...................1,000 ............. 1 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Yonder-$23,412 .................................. $49,962 ................................ $5,551 Rah Rah Rachel-$37,606........................44,969 .................................. 8,994 Bear Bottom-$2,200 ................................2,200 .................................. 2,200
TEXAS GENERAL RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Oratory (2002, Pulpit) Eureka Thoroughbred Farm .......................................... $3,500 ........... 62 ........ 33 ......... 2 ........... 2 Too Much Bling (2003, Rubiano) Lane’s End Texas ............................................4,000 ...........48 .........27 ......... 6 ..........10 Early Flyer (1998, Gilded Time) Valor Farm ........................................................3,000 ........... 79 ........ 44 ......... 4 ........... 4 Scrimshaw (2000, Gulch) Double S Thoroughbred Farm....................................1,500 ........... 47 ........ 23 ......... 3 ........... 3 Valid Expectations (1993, Valid Appeal) Lane’s End Texas .................................7,500 ...........82 ........ 35 ......... 0 ........... 0 My Golden Song (2003, Unbridled’s Song) Valor Farm ......................................2,000 ........... 29 .........18 ......... 4 ........... 4 Intimidator (2001 Gone West) Asmussen Horse Center ......................................1,500 ...........33 .........16 ......... 3 ........... 3 City Street (1999 Carson City) Bullard Farms .....................................................1,500 ........... 27 .........14 ......... 0 ........... 0 Wimbledon (2001, Wild Rush) Valor Farm ..........................................................1,500 ........... 37 ........ 20 ......... 2 ........... 2 Special Rate (2000, Pulpit) Key Ranch ................................................................3,000 ...........30 ........ 21 ......... 1 ........... 2
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Miz Maggie Mae-$139,330 .............$1,486,771 ..............................$23,980 Texas Bling-$209,483 ...................... 1,340,082 .................................27,918 Sword Trick-$73,330 ........................1,071,398 ................................ 13,562 U Belong to Me-$108,289 ................... 856,002 ................................ 18,213 Safe Range-$57,159 .............................828,910 .................................10,109 Smiles Golden Song-$92,640..............581,341 ................................ 20,046 Westernator-$144,092 .........................525,494 ................................ 15,924 Last Wager-$89,295 ........................... 500,323 ................................ 18,530 Worldventurer-$127,432 .......................497,117 ................................ 13,436 Patty’s Pride-$119,590 ........................472,834 ................................ 15,761
TEXAS JUVENILE RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Too Much Bling (2003, Rubiano) Lane’s End Texas ......................................... $4,000 ........... 16 ...........8 ......... 4 ........... 8 Intimidator (2001, Gone West) Asmussen Horse Center .....................................1,500 ........... 12 ...........6 ......... 3 ........... 3 Wimbledon (2001, Wild Rush) Valor Farm ..........................................................1,500 ............. 7 ...........5 ......... 1 ........... 1 Early Flyer (1998, Gilded Time) Valor Farm ........................................................3,000 ........... 21 ...........9 ......... 0 ........... 0 Valid Expectations (1993, Valid Appeal) Lane’s End Texas .................................7,500 ........... 12 ...........5 ......... 0 ........... 0 Evil Minister (2002, Deputy Minister) Eddie George Farm ................................Private ............. 6 ...........2 ......... 1 ........... 2 My Golden Song (2003, Unbridled’s Song) Valor Farm ......................................2,000 ............. 7 ...........4 ......... 1 ........... 1 Gaff (2002, Maria’s Mon) Seguin Horse Center, Inc. ..........................................1,500 ........... 11 ...........4 ......... 0 ........... 0 Seeking a Home (1998, Seeking the Gold) Rolling Oaks Farm ..........................Private ............. 7 ...........1 ......... 1 ........... 2 Primal Storm (2002, Storm Boot) Asmussen Horse Center ................................1,500 ............. 8 ...........2 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Texas Bling-$209,483 ....................... $648,729 ..............................$40,546 Westernator-$144,092 .........................381,677 ................................ 31,806 Worldventurer-$127,432 ......................194,269 .................................27,753 Tastefullyxcessive-$47,615..................186,995 .................................. 8,905 Breathethefire-$33,294 .......................154,988 ................................ 12,916 Dread the Pirate-$124,019 ...................152,921 ................................ 25,487 Platinum Song-$85,936.......................148,566 ................................ 21,224 Bloody Smart-$49,918 ......................... 119,796 ................................ 10,891 The Drifter-$105,000 ........................... 118,337 ................................ 16,905 Primed and Ready-$31,280 ................... 74,659 .................................. 9,332
TEXAS FRESHMAN RANK
NAME (BORN, SIRE) FARM
1 2 3
Gaff (2002, Maria’s Mon) Seguin Horse Center, Inc. ........................................$1,500 ........... 11 ...........4 ......... 0 ........... 0 Drums of Thunder (2004, Concerto) Key Ranch ................................................1,500 ............. 3 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0 Curandero (2004, Storm Cat) Steephollow Farms ..............................................1,000 ............. 1 ...........0 ......... 0 ........... 0
2013 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
SW
SWINS
CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS
2012 EARNINGS
2012 AVG. EARNINGS
Bloody Smart-$49,918 ....................... $119,796 .............................. $10,891 Witt’s Got Mojo-$5,150 ............................5,750 .................................. 1,917 Briefspell-$189 ...........................................189 ..................................... 189
DRF BREEDING
Sunday, March 17, 2013
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Thoroughbred sires make a mark on Quarter Horses By Joe Nevills The law of the land in Thoroughbred breeding is simple: Cross a Thoroughbred with a Thoroughbred on a live cover, or find another registry. The rules in Quarter Horse racing allow for more creativity by breeders, which has drawn some of the Thoroughbred breed’s most recognizable names into the bloodlines of Quarter Horses. Thoroughbreds’ influence on the Quarter Horse breed trace back to Janus, a grandson of the foundation sire Godolphin Arabian who was imported to Colonial America in 1752 and crossed with the blood of Spanish Barbs—horses bred by the Chickasaw Indian tribe that were originally brought over by Spanish explorers—to lay the groundwork for the American Quarter Horse. In modern times, the impact of Thoroughbred sires such as Three Bars, Top Deck, and Beduino is still felt in today’s running Quarter Horse pedigrees, while the recent past has produced Grade 1 winners by Hennessy and 1997 Horse of the Year Favorite Trick. Even elite stallions such as Storm Cat and Alydar sired Quarter Horse runners. The American Quarter Horse Association’s Hall of Fame further displays the long-term relationship between the breeds, with seven Thoroughbred inductees. Another 18 Hall of Famers came from Thoroughbred sires or dams. As advances in artificial insemination have narrowed the gene pool in Quarter Horse breeding toward a handful of proven sire lines, Thoroughbreds have become a less popular option, but they still hold a niche in the market for their outcross potential and their ability to add stamina to a foal’s pedigree. “Nowadays, it seems like nobody wants to stick their neck out and do it,” said Fred Alexander of A & A Ranch in Anthony, N.M. “I remember back in the ’60s and ’70s, peo-
ple would experiment with Thoroughbreds. They just don’t seem to do it anymore.”
Appendix horses The AQHA has a special registry and numbering system for Quarter HorseThoroughbred crosses, referring to them as “Appendix” horses, with more than 600,000 registered to date. Appendix horses are eligible to compete in all AQHA competitions, including racing, without restriction, but they can only be bred back to a permanent, or regularnumbered, Quarter Horse. An Appendix horse cannot be bred to a Thoroughbred or another Appendix horse and still be registered with the AQHA. However, if an Appendix horse proves itself by earning a speed index of 80 or higher on the racetrack or by earning a Register of Merit in the open division of an AQHA-approved show, that horse can become eligible for advancement, loosening breeding restrictions on itself and its foals.
Stallion qualities When considering a Thoroughbred stallion, Quarter Horse breeders often look for the same qualities they would seek from horses of their own breed. “The main thing breeders look at is the sprinting ability of those horses,” said Andrew Gardiner, general manager of JEH Stallion Station, which stands horses of both breeds in Oklahoma and Texas. “They’re not so much interested in the stamina as they are the sprinting ability of those Thoroughbreds.” Another important factor identified by Gardiner is the stallion’s look. He described the late Favorite Trick, a successful crossover sire at JEH, as having a heavy hip in terms of muscling, with a good amount of bone. His Quarter Horsefriendly build, paired with his award-
winning sprinting ability, helped Favorite Trick sire a pair of AQHA champions. The most visible recent example of a successful crossover horse was a son of Favorite Trick, Good Reason SA, who was a multiple Grade 1 winner of $1,446,727 and earned the AQHA’s champion aged horse honors in 2011. Under normal circumstances, Good Reason SA would have been an ideal representative from the final crop of his sire, who died in a 2006 barn fire shortly after Good Reason SA was conceived. However, because Quarter Horse breeding allows artificial insemination with frozen semen, Favorite Trick remains available for breeding despite his onceinsurmountable setback. Through intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), breeders are able to isolate a single sperm cell and inject it into an egg withdrawn from a mare. This process can potentially increase a stallion’s ability several hundredfold and keep his breeding career going long after death. Gardiner said that Favorite Trick’s supply could be available for another five to ten years. “With Feature Mr. Jess [a prominent Quarter Horse sire who died in 2009], we took one frozen semen straw, which at best would be one-quarter of an insemination, because at the very least you’d breed a mare with four straws,” Gardiner said. “In essence, you had a quarter-dose, and we had that straw changed into ICSI doses…We got back 400 ICSI straws.” The biggest drawback to ICSI breeding is the added expense associated with the process, potentially tacking on an additional $6,000 to $7,000 to the cost of breeding. Gardiner also said that many breeders simply move on after a stallion dies, even if he is still available for service. “Once a horse is gone, barring your top individuals in the breed, they simply aren’t sought after as much once they’re dead, regardless of how good they are when they go
out,” he said. “You’re only talking about the top one or two percent which have enough draw to keep people interested enough to do something like that.”
Familiar names Every so often, horseplayers may notice a Quarter Horse by a sire based at a major Kentucky farm. Often, these matings are the result of the stallion’s owner using his or her breeding rights to bend the rules, and the farm does not openly offer Quarter Horse breeding. One of the most notable exceptions to that was Storm Cat, who was briefly advertised for Quarter Horse services the year after he was pensioned from live cover stud duty in 2008 at Overbrook Farm in Lexington, Ky. With the help of a special fertility procedure developed at Texas A&M University, Storm Cat posted a stud fee of $20,000 for artificial insemination, a king’s ransom in the Quarter Horse world, but a far cry from the $300,000 he commanded during his final year at stud. Storm Cat sired only one Quarter Horse, a colt named Stray Cat out of champion Your First Moon. Bred by Vessels Stallion Farm and country music artist Lyle Lovett, Stray Cat has won one of 13 starts over three seasons of racing, most recently finishing second in a March 8 trials race at Sunland Park. The experiment, while short lived, made sense. Storm Cat’s reputation as a sire of sires carried over into the Quarter Horse realm, with no less than 10 sons currently advertised for Quarter Horse services, along with many more from his sire line. Arguably the most successful of those sons has been the late Hennessy, who sired Grade 1 winners from both breeds. Racing Hall of Famer Alydar also briefly dabbled with Quarter Horse breeding, siring four foals, with one winner from two to race.
Three Bars: His influence is still felt today By Joe Nevills One of the most influential sires in shaping the modern racing Quarter Horse breed was, in fact, a Thoroughbred. Born in 1940 and named after the winning combination of symbols on a slot machine, Three Bars showed a lightningquick burst of speed over short distances on the racetrack, but his career was repeatedly interrupted by injury and also by the onset of World War II. The son of Percentage, out of the Luke
McLuke mare Myrtle Dee, Three Bars was a serviceable sire of Thoroughbreds, but his compact 15.3-hand frame, paired with his sprinting ability, helped him excel as a sire of Quarter Horses. From 24 Quarter Horse crops, Three Bars sired 410 foals to race with 316 winners, an astounding 77 percent. Sixteen of those foals became champions. As his progeny began to reproduce, Three Bars became one of the breed’s great broodmare sires and sires of sires. From 1940 to 1988, 287 Quarter Horses
were awarded the title of running champion. Of those award winners, 55 were sired by Three Bars, his sons, or his grandsons. Three Bars’s influence is still seen today, as the paternal great-grandsire of the legendary Dash For Cash. The son of Rocket Wrangler was a two-time world champion on the racetrack, then went on to sire five world champions of his own, making him the breed’s second-leading career earner as a sire behind his son First Down Dash. Three Bars’s storied career also included an incident in the late 1950s where he
was stolen from his barn in the middle of the night to breed mares. He eventually found his way back home with a broken nose after apparently being clubbed by his rustlers. Despite the injury, Three Bars continued his breeding career until his death in 1968. Three Bars was enshrined in the American Quarter Horse Association’s Hall of Fame in its inaugural equine class of 1989. He has five foals in the Hall of Fame, the most of any sire, and is represented by another as a broodmare sire.
Now 2 sons of GALILEO (IRE) at stud in KY One with an amazing female family Lifetime 65 Group SWrs 27 Group I Winners #1 Sire 2012 $13,000,000+ 36 SWrs, 24 GSWrs
Cummulative Leading Sire
Sadler's Wells and his sons with Darshaan mares have sired 67 SWrs
Northern Dancer Fairy Bridge Galileo (IRE) 98 Miswaki Urban Sea Allegretta (GB) MIDAS TOUCH (GB) b. 2007 Shirley Heights (GB) Darshaan (GB) Delsy (FR) Approach (GB) 00 Alzao Last Second (IRE) Alruccaba (IRE) 1st dam Crossed with Galileo or APPROACH (GB), by Darshaan (GB). 3 wins, 2 to 4 in England and NA, $187,940, Sadler's Wells has produced Lord Weinstock Memorial S., 2nd WinStar Galaxy S. [G2] (KEE, 24 group stakes winners
Champion Group II SW/ Six time Group Stakes Performer
Sadler's Wells
$100,000), Rothmans Royals May Hill S. [G3]. Sister to Intrigued (GB). Dam of 7 foals, 3 to race, 2 winners-MIDAS TOUCH (GB) (c. by Galileo (IRE)). 21 starts, 2 wins, 3 seconds, 3 thirds, $799,184, hwt. at 3 on Irish Free Hand., 14 fur. & up, 1st Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial [G2], 2nd Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby [G1], Ladbrokes St. Leger [G1], Great Voltigeur S. [G2], 3rd Underwood S. [G1], Makybe Diva S. [G2].
2nd dam LAST SECOND (IRE), by Alzao. 4 wins in 6 starts, 2 to 3 in England and Ireland, $236,155, Vodafone Nassau S. [G2], Sun Chariot S. [G2], etc. Half-sister to ALLELUIA (GB) (hwt. filly at 3 on English Free Hand., 14 fur. & up), ARRIKALA (IRE), ALOUETTE (GB). AUSSIE RULES (c. by Danehill). 4 wins, 2 to 3 in Ireland, England, France and NA, $874,570, Gainsborough Poule d'Essai des Poulains-French Two Thousand Guineas [G1], Shadwell Turf Mile S. [G1] , etc. Sire. Intrigued (GB) (f. by Darshaan (GB)). Winner at 2 in England, $42,330, 3rd E.B.F. Joan Westbrook Pinnacle S., etc. Dam of-MICHELANGELO (GB) (c. by Galileo (IRE)). 2 wins at 3, 2012 in England, $271,600, Casco Cocked Hat S., 3rd Ladbrokes St. Leger [G1], Bet365 Gordon S. [G3], Qatar Racing Newmarket S. Gooseberry Fool (GB) (f. by Danehill Dancer (IRE)). Winner in 2 starts at 2 in England, placed in 1 start at 2 in Ireland, 3rd Silver Flash S. [G3]. 3rd dam ALRUCCABA (IRE), by Crystal Palace. Winner at 2 in England. Dam of ALLELUIA (GB)-G3, hwt. filly at 3 on Eng. Free H., 14 fur. & up; ARRIKALA (IRE), ALOUETTE (GB). Granddam of ALLEGRETTO (IRE)-G1, hwt. older mare at 4 on Eng. Free H. 11-14 fur. & 14 fur. and up; ALBORADA (GB)-G1, hwt. filly at 3 Eur. Free H. 9 1/2 10 1/2 fur; ALBANOVA (GB)-G1, hwt. older mare at 4 on Eng Free H., 14 & up fur, hwt. older mare at 5 on Eng Free H., 11-14 fur, hwt older mare at 5 on Ger Free H., 11-14 fur; ALMA MATER (GB), YESTERDAY (IRE)-G1, hwt. filly at 3 on Ir Free H, 7-9 fur; QUARTER MOON (IRE)-G1, hwt filly at 2 on Ir Free H, hwt filly at 3 on Ir Free H, 11-13 fur; etc.
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