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Immensely popular Holy Bull left an impact on horsemen as well as his legion of fans — By Mike Mullaney
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HOLY BULL: PASSING OF A LEGEND
GRAND OAKS EQUINE TRAINING CENTER
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Florida-breds shine while winning four of seven stakes —By Brock Sheridan
SUMMIT OF SPEED
HIALEAH: MAINTAINING A NIGHTMARE —By Bill Finley
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ALL IN REMOVAL —By Ben Baugh
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EQUINE CARE: PREDICTING RACING ABILITY —By Heather Smith Thomas
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Reigning Florida-breds By BROCK SHERIDAN
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hile rain fell on the Gulfstream Park oval July 13, Florida-breds also reigned that day. Thoroughbreds bred in the Sunshine State won nine of the 10 races offered that day at Gulfstream, of which eight were progeny of Florida sires. Double Diamond Farm’s First Dude sired four winners on the card with the late Wildcat Heir producing two victors. Hartley DeRenzo Thoroughbreds’ With Distinction and Ups and Downs Farm’s Hello Broadway also produced one winner each. One other Florida-bred, by Tizway, also won. Star Gala, a 3-year-old filly by Wildcat Heir, got the day started by winning the first race, a $30,000 claiming race that was moved to the main track from the turf course because showers had pelted the Hallandale Beach area. Star Gala is a Helen and Joseph Barbazon homebred trained by Ian Hemingway and was ridden in the stalkwon nine of the ing victory by Luca Panici. She paid $35.80. 10 races offered on July 13 at Florida-bred Tizablizzard Gulfstream, of which eight were took the second half of the Daily Double with jockey progeny of Florida sires. Miguel Vasquez aboard paying $11.80 to win. Bred in Florida by Annunucio Stanchieri, the 3-year-old filly took the $16,000 maiden claiming event for owner Four Horsemen Racing Stables Inc. and Lady Lindsay Racing Stables and trainer Henry Collazo. The Hello Broadway sired Harryhee won race three over other optional claiming, starter allowance runners for trainer Ralph Nicks and owner Brett McLellan. He was bred by Ups and Downs Farm and was gave Panici his second victory on the day. Supporters got back $5.60 to win for backing the 9-5 favorite. The initial First Dude progeny to make it to the winners’ circle was Diplomatic Way for owner BLC Stable Inc. Trained by Bernardo Lopez, the 4-year-old filly won the $6,250 claimer as the 4-5 favorite and paid $3.60. She was bred in Florida by Hickstead Farm.
Thoroughbreds bred in the Sunshine State
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First Distinction took race six for her sire With Distinction. The Florida-bred filly went wire-to-wire and won by 13 ½ lengths against other $6,250 claimers over the sloppy going. Bred in Florida by Freddie Hyatt and owned by Acclaimed Racing Stable, First Distinction was ridden by Luis Castillo. She was also an odds-on favorite and paid $3.20. Gran Cherry was the second winner for First Dude as she came from off the pace to win the seventh race, an optional claiming race as the 5-2 second choice. Two Step Blues (Two Step Salsa), Publicist (Cowtown Cat), and Morena Mia (A.P. Warrior) completed the Florida-bred superfecta. Jockey Jorge Ruiz rode Gran Cherry for Granpollo Stable and trainer Victor Barboza. She was bred in Florida by Murray Stroud and paid $7.20. Dressed in Heels went a step further for sire First Dude as she won the next race under jockey Jocelyne Gomez. The 3-year-old filly also went gate to finish in defeating seven other $12,500 claimers, eventually running under the wire 2 ½ lengths in front. Owned and trained by Gilberto Zerpa, she was bred in Florida by David J. Palmer and Teresa Palmer. She paid $5 as the 3-5 favorite. Princess Victoria sat just behind frontrunner Kizuna until midway on the turn when she took the lead on her way to a 5 ¾ length victory over eight other mid-level, optional claimers. Ridden by Emisael Jaramillo for trainer J. Assimakopoulos and Lioni Racing Stable LLC, the 3-year-old filly was bred by Milton S. Hendry, Beth Hendry and Norman Hendry. She paid $4.70 to win. Noble Venezuela completed the day by taking the tenth and final race, giving Jaramillo his second win on the card. By Wildcat Heir, Noble Venezuela also led from start to finish as she prevailed by more than 10 lengths over ten other $12,500 claiming fillies. Zerpa picked up his second win of the day as the trainer of the Noble Venezuela, who is a homebred of Orlyana Farm. She paid $11.00. So while the track maintenance crew was sealing the racing surface from the weather throughout the day, Floridabreds were finishing off their rivals. ■
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Florida-bred Matt King Coal
Call Him ‘Mountainview Matt’
Lowering the track record while bagging a six-figure prize June 3, Matt King Coal served notice to the handicap division that his accomplishments may soon match the expectations of his connections, who put down a quarter-million dollars to buy him two years ago at OBS.
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That sale was the second time that the now 4-year-old colt had gone through the OBS ring; the John Shaw-bred son of Cool Coal Man was pinhooked as a yearling in 2014 by Eisaman Equine for $25,000. The price multiplied 10-fold the next year when trainer Linda Rice took him out of the spring sale of 2-year-olds in training. The June proclamation came in the nine-
furlong, $200,000 Mountainview Stakes at Penn National, part of a program that included the $500,000 Penn Mile (G2), $200,000 Penn Oaks and $200,000 Penn Governor’s Cup. Leading all the way under Irad Ortiz, Matt King Coal won the Mountainview as the 2-5 favorite by 3¾ lengths over Page McKenney, with fellow Florida-bred Discreet Lover third, another 2½ lengths back. Whatsthequestion completed the order of finish. “This horse just keeps going, he doesn’t slow down,” Ortiz said of the winner. “I worked to keep his attention in the stretch. He was kind of waiting on horses.” Ortiz had partnered with Matt King Coal to win the colt’s ’17 bow; Ortiz’ brother, Jose, had ridden him in his first six career starts. After clicking off fractions of :23.41, :47.69, 1:11.33 and a mile in 1:35.98, Matt King Coal hit the wire in 1:48.93, clipping more than a fifth of a second off the previous track record, set by Tobey’s Corner in
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Gotta Like He Hate Me The 2-year-old Florida-bred He Hate Me made a lot of friends June 9 with his impressive victory in Belmont Park’s $150,000
Tremont Stakes, a non-graded race whose list down DePaz spine before getting the job done. “He lost his marbles in the post parade, he of winners includes the names of Man o’War, Buckpasser and Foolish Pleasure through its was hollering,” said DePaz, a former assistant to Todd Pletcher. “They loaded them in the 119 previous runnings. The colt’s name harkens back to how Lake- gate. He broke, and he didn’t leave.” Ricardo Santana Jr. had the mount for land, Fla. native Rod Smart wanted to be identified when he had the words “He Hate Me” the Tremont, and, while coming back on stitched to the back of his Las Vegas Outlaws short rest, the colt’s composure improved jersey when suiting up for the first nationally from paddock to post, although he still didn’t break sharply. televised XFL football game in 2001. “It was kind of a mirror image of what Smart’s confidence in his abilities was well known and the words were pointed not he did last time. Obviously, this is kind of toward anyone in particular, but toward any his style, to make a run,” DePaz said. “He frustrated defender and their sentiments was really professional, so that’s why we once hit by the realization that the flashy running back could not be stopped. The league could have used Smart in its marketing department: It was a quick bust but his jersey became a best seller. The phrase lingered through the years and Carolina Panther quarterback Jake Delhomme liked it so much that he named one of his racehorses “She Hate Me.” Florida-bred He Hate Me The four-legged He Hate Me was bred by Mike Mareina and brought him back in two weeks. We’re hopNathan Mitts and sold for $90,000 yearling at ing that running him will mature him. Once last year’s Fasig-Tipton select yearling sale, he’s running, he’s really professional.” Every horse in the Tremont had won his purchased by Kevin Plank’s Sagamore Farm on the recommendation of well-known talent one and only previous outing and favoritism went to Salmanazar at 8-5, and it was that scout Stanley Hough. The running of the Tremont was reminis- Pletcher-trained colt who had a pre-race cent of the race in which He Hate Me broke meltdown. “He acted like he didn’t know what he was his 4½-furlong maiden at Pimlico on May 26: Hesitant at the start, he spotted his field a few doing,” said Salmanazar’s discouraged rider, lengths, patiently awaited his cue, and rolled John Velazquez, who had ridden the favorite to a professional tally in his maiden at past the competition. A couple guys named Horacio teamed up Keeneland on April 26. But on the day of the Tremont, Salmanazar for that 1¾-length maiden breaker, with trainer Horacio DePaz giving a leg up to rider got spooked during the post parade and acted bratty during the load-in, forcing handlers to Horacio Karamanos. Off at 2-5 for that maiden, he sent chills back him in from in front of the starting gate. COGLIANESE PHOTO
the Mountainview’s 2012 renewal. The Wood Memorial (G1) was among the successes of Toby’s Corner, but Matt King Coal had to settle for fourth to Outwork when his turn came over a muddy track last year. It’s the only race in which Matt King Coal finished out of the money. Although ultra-consistent, it took a while for Matt King Coal to get going: Outfinished in his first start, and nosed in his second, he broke his maiden in his third try, going a mile on the main track at Belmont against specialweight company as a 2-year-old. He jumped into the then-Grade 1 Wood off an entry-level optional-claiming tally and, after his springtime meeting with Outwork, Rice gave him a break, bringing him back in late fall to run second, again over a sloppy track, in another optional-claimer at Aqueduct. Rice has had lots of luck this year shipping to Maryland from her New York base, and Matt King Coal was part of that success, winning against optional-claiming company at Laurel in February, then winning his first stakes, the Harrison Johnson, there in March. He was nipped by graded-stakes veteran Imperative when that old warrior repeated in the $1 million Charles Town Classic (G2) on April 22, his last start prior to the Mountainview. Matt King Coal’s task was made easier when Madefromlucky, the Todd Pletchertrained multiple graded-stakes winner, was scratched by the track veterinarian. Owned by Sheila Rosenblum, Matt King Coal now has a 5-3-1 record from his 10 starts. The $117,200 first prize pushed his earnings to $596,150 and he paid $2.80. Out of the Came Home mare Donna Marie, Matt King Coal comes from the family of multiple graded-stakes winner Bioggio’s Rose and Arthur Appleton’s Grade 1 winner My Gallant. n
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Florida FOCUS Jewel and stakes winner Charlies Paradise. In addition to He Hate Me’s second dam, Chasenthebluesaway, Miss Gibson County produced multiple California stakes winner Gibson County. n
First Winners for Pleasant Acres Stallions
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Two promising young stallions standing at Joe and Helen Barbazon’s Pleasant Acres Farm recorded their first winners in June, with Brethren’s daughter Feisty Embrace winning the first race at Evangeline Downs on June 16 and the Poseidon’s Warrior colt Firenze Fire taking the fifth race at Monmouth on June 18. Both Feisty Embrace and Firenze Fire scored in five-furlong maiden-special-weight races for 2-year-olds. Feisty Embrace is a daughter of the Langfuhr mare Appalachianna. She got the distance in 1:00:02, winning by a length. Brethren Runner-up in her only previous outing, she went off the 1-2 favorite Friday. The filly is owned and bred by Matalona Thoroughbreds, trained by Al Stall and was ridden by Colby Hernandez. Her sire Brethren was a graded-stakes winner who, at 2, was undefeated at distances of six furlongs, winning his maiden in 1:08.88 at Belmont, then winning again at a mile. He is by Distorted Humor out of Supercharger, by A.P. Indy. Brethren, a half-brother to Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, won or placed in stakes at 3, 4 and 5, taking the Sam Davis Stakes (G3) by four lengths in his sophomore debut before running third in the Tampa Bay Derby (G2). The son of Distorted Humor stands for $6,000. Firenze Fire was making his debut Sunday at Monmouth. While he went off the fourth choice at 11-2, he ran like a seasoned pro, pressing favored pacePoseidon’s Warrior maker Phonemyposseagin through the first three furlongs, then easing by to win as he liked, finishing 3½ lengths ahead of his nearest pursuer under Antonio Gallardo. n
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Meanwhile, He Hate Me patiently waited and, when the break finally came, he sat back as second choice Direct Dial led an impetuous Salmanazar through a quarter-mile in :22.09 and a half in :45.56. He Hate Me ranged up and strolled away when the field straightened for the run to the wire. He hit the line 3¼ lengths in front with the 5½-furlong distance in 1:04.47. Direct Dial nosed Admiral Jimmy for second in the field of eight. Salmanazar faded badly and checked in seventh. He Hate Me, the third choice at nearly 6-1, paid $13.80. The $87,000 first prize boosted his earnings to $109,800. “This is a really nice horse,” Santana said of his mount, who gave the veteran rider his first career stakes victory at Belmont. “The first time he ran, he broke bad and he still won the race. He’s a class horse,” Santana added. “At the three-eighths, I just tapped him on the shoulder, and then I waited. Turning for home, I took him to the outside and, the second that he saw he was in the clear, he took off running again. This is a good horse.” DePaz said the Saratoga meet has been penciled in as the next move for He Hate Me, a son of the Bernardini stallion Algorithms out of the Harlan’s Holiday mare Quiet Holiday. Miss Gibson County, He Hate Me’s third dam, was a stakes winner and a full sister to New York graded-stakes-winning sprinter Big
Summertime is Faypien’s Time
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It might be argued by non-believers that Faypien once again got lucky June 17 when she won her graded-stakes debut, while racing around two turns for the first time, but what cannot be argued is her determination and grit after emerging best from between horses in a tight
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IN MEMORIAM
Manny Azpurua
Trainer Manny Azpurua, a fixture on the South Florida Thoroughbred racing scene since 1980, passed away June 13 at Florida Medical Center. The native of Caracas, Venezuela, who started the last horse of his training career at Gulfstream April 29, 2016, was 88. Azpurua is survived by his wife, Sonia; two daughters, Teresa and Maria Margarita, and a son, Manuel, as well as his brother Eduardo and nephews Eduardo Azpurua Jr. and Leo Azpurua Jr., who are both trainers. Azpurua saddled several graded-stakes winners, including 2006 Smile Sprint (G2) winner and Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) third-place finisher Nightmare Affair and 2004 Carry Back (G3) victor Weigelia, but attracted the most national attention while campaigning graded stakesplaced Social Inclusion in 2014. Social Inclusion began his career with two straight victories, including a 10-length allowance triumph over Honor Code while breaking the Gulfstream track record for 1 1/16 miles with a 1:40.97 clocking. The son of Pioneerof the Nile went on to finish third in the Wood Memorial (G1) and third behind California Chrome in the Preakness Stakes (G1). Azpurua was born into a racing family in Venezuela, where his father, Manuel Azpurua, was a prominent owner and a founding member of the country’s Jockey Club, as well as a director of El Paraiso Racetrack. His brothers, Leo and Eduardo, were also trainers. After saddling more than 3,500 winners in Venezuela, Azpurua followed his brothers to South Florida to pursue a training career that would yield 984 winners. n 12 THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017
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Tiz Well in the stretch. Their decision elevated Majestic Quality to third and the favorite to fourth. It Tiz Well’s rider, Mike Smith, had all he could handle in taming his mount’s rakishness early, steadying on the first turn, then on the backstretch and again in the stretch run. You can count him among the unconvinced in terms of Faypien’s superiority in this race: “I was much the best,” he declared after dismounting. Longshot Sheza Chattykat took the field through the first six furlongs of the 1 1/16mile Summertime Oaks, posting fractions of :23.14, :46.95 and 1:11.02 with Faypien and Spooky Woods her nearest pursuers, never more than a length astern. Rafael Bejarano gave Faypien her cue turning for home, moving simultaneously with Spooky Woods and It Tiz Well, as Mopotism rallied from farther back in the field of eight 3-year-old fillies. In a heated battle, Faypien never relented under a superb ride from Bejarano. “She really ground it out and is tough,” Baffert said. “She’s all heart and she was all heart that last hundred yards.” Sheza Chattykat finished sixth, followed by Goseecal and Noted and Quoted, a Grade 1 winner who many thought was best after she encountered traffic trouble while finishing second, beaten a half-length, in the May 14 Angels Flight Stakes, her previous meeting with Faypien. Faypien paid $9 as the second choice in the Summertime Oaks and got the distance in 1:43.17. Her third straight victory from four career starts earned $120,000 for Baoma Corp., which is owned by Susan and Charles Chu of North Andover, Mass.
“She never stopped and tried every step,” Bejarano said. “She deserved to win because she was working really hard.” The daughter of Ghostzapper out of Mighty Eros, by Freud, bred by Off the Hook LLC, was the fourth-highest purchase – selling for $720,000 – at last year’s OBS April sale. Her career earnings stand at $205,680. n
Somethingelse in the Ginger Punch Somethingelse held off a two-pronged challenge in the stretch to register a narrow, emotion-charged victory in the $100,000 Ginger Punch Stakes for Florida-breds at Gulfstream Park June 17. The Leo Azpurua Jr.-trained filly collected her first career stakes victory while honoring the memory of her trainer’s uncle, Manny Azpurua, the beloved 88-year-old South Florida trainer who passed away four days earlier. “I want to dedicate this race to my uncle, Manuel Azpurua. He was very supportive, along with my father, in my racing career,” said Azpurua, who was joined by many friends and family members in the winner’s circle. “I want to make sure this race is dedicated just to him. To me, this was more than just winning. It was winning for him.” Also on the card was the $100,000 Soldier’s Dancer, also for Florida-breds, and the upset winner was Mystic Sky. Somethingelse, the 9-5 second choice, finished a half-length in front of Bitacora, who was another neck ahead of Family Meeting, the 7-5 favorite in the Ginger Punch, a 1 1/16mile turf race for fillies and mares. After finishing in the money in three-
Florida-bred Somethingelse
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finish, taking down top honors in the Grade 2, $200,000 Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita. At the end it was the Florida-bred’s hooded head that hit the line first with Mopotism second and Spooky Woods third, a halflength farther back. The latter was disqualified from the show spot after stewards determined she had roughed up the favored fifth-place finisher It
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IN MEMORIAM
Alfred Pendray
Alfred Horace Pendray, a 70-year resident of Williston, passed away June 27 at Haven Hospice Care Center in Chiefland. He was 80. Survivors are his wife, Bonnie; a son, Brian and his wife Teri; two brothers, James (Barbara) and Edward (Billie Kay) and a grandson, Clay. He was preceded in death by his son, Christopher. The reputation of his late father, John, a blacksmith, extended far beyond Florida’s horse country, placing him in the Farriers Hall of Fame. Like his father, Alfred Pendray was a wellregarded blacksmith who found an area in which to excel: He became a master smith and eventually an inductee into the American Bladesmith Society’s Hall of Fame for his work creating knives. n 14 THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017
porter of Zayas during his apprenticeship. “This is very special to me. Manny was a great man and a great trainer. When I got to the U.S. he was one of the first guys to help me,” said the Puerto Rico native, who won his first stakes aboard the Florida-bred Mystic Sky Manny Azpuruatrained Street Girl in the 2013 Calder Oaks. placed fourth for interference in the stretch. “He was a special person.” Two Step Time was placed second and Somethingelse collected her fourth victory fourth-place finisher Galleon Mast was of her 12-race career, during which she has placed third. finished off-the-board only once and has finOdds-on favorite Enterprising finished ished in-the-money in all 10 races over the sixth following a troubled trip in which he had Gulfstream turf. to be steadied in traffic on several occasions. Her first stakes victory for owners Randy Mystic Sky was patiently rated off the Bradshaw and Commonwealth Stable was pace by jockey Luca Panici before swinging worth $60,760, which boosted her career wide into the stretch and powering to his first earnings to $209,040. By Leroidesanimaux stakes victory, covering the 1 1/16-miles in out of the Maria’s Mon mare Gamecents, 1:43.42. Somethingelse was bred in Florida by Fam“Luca gave him an excellent ride. He ily Broodmares III, LLC. rode him like a European horse. He cov“This was a milestone that we wanted to ered him up all the way. He didn’t let him get through,” Azpurua said. “She’s been a see any daylight until he turned for home bridesmaid, close but no cigar. Now we have and he came flying. It was wonderful,” the cigar, so we’ll look and see what we have Gleaves said. and keep our options open. I just want to keep Mystic Sky won one of his first seven her record going strong and put her in the starts while dropping into $30,000 claiming right places.” n company last year before coming back from a four-month layover like a new horse. The homebred colt has won four of his last seven starts while finishing in the money in his other three races. “We made a big turnaround with him. Vegso Racing’s Mystic Sky closed with a late kick to pulled off a 20-1 upset in the He had a breathing problem and last year, before the Gulfstream Park West [meeting], Soldier’s Dancer, June 16 at Gulfstream. The Phil Gleaves-trained 4-year-old we did a throat operation on him, a tie-back ($42.60) prevailed over pacesetter My Point operation, which is a normal procedure Exactly by a neck after trailing the 10-horse with breathing problems. Since then he’s been a monster,” Gleaves said. ”Now he field early. My Point Exactly, a 25-1 longshot ridden can finally breathe.” Mystic Sky is by Sky Mesa and out of by Jose Batista, finished second, three-quarters of a length ahead of Two Step Time and jockey Mystical Woman, by Smart Strike. She was Emisael Jaramillo but was disqualified and bred in Florida by her owners. n
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straight stakes, Somethingelse registered a breakthrough victory under a well-judged ride by Edgard Zayas, who positioned the 4year-old daughter of Leroidesanimaux perfectly outside longshot pacesetter My Little Princess during pedestrian fractions of 26.57 seconds and 52.83 for the first half-mile. “I told him, ‘If there’s pace, it’s in your hands. If there’s no pace, make a run after stalking, and make a run like she always does. When the fractions are :26 and :52, you can’t be waiting for anybody,” Azpurua said. Somethingelse took the lead on the far turn and showed the way into the stretch under a confident Zayas, as Family Meeting, who edged the Azpurua-trained filly by a head in the Distaff Turf at Tampa Bay Downs April 2, looming dangerously to her outside under Tyler Gaffalione. Zayas asked Somethingelse for her kick, and she responded holding off the favorite, as well as a late-charging Bitacora and jockey Roberto Alvarado Jr., who had to settle for second money. Somethingelse’s triumph, accomplished in 1:44.68 for over a turf course upgraded to firm, was an emotional one for her jockey, as well as her trainer. Manny Azpurua was a strong sup-
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Florida-bred Choctaw Chuck
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The keen eye of the late local horseman Clyde Rice paid dividends to his family June 22 at Presque Isle Downs where Choctaw Chuck, making his try in the $100,000 Karl Boyes Memorial Stakes, came from last in the field of 12 to finally win the 5½-furlong dash by three-quarters of a length. A pioneering pinhooker, Clyde was 79 and the patriarch of a family with extensive interests in the thoroughbred industry when he passed at his home on Indian Prairie Ranch in Anthony on Jan. 30. A native of Wisconsin, and a childhood friend of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, he became a high school science teacher, but he never shook his love of horses, or the action that comes from their trading and training. In 1986 he moved the family to north-central Florida and became a full-time horseman, building upon a regional, and eventually, a national reputation. While at the fall mixed sale in Ocala in 2011, he spotted a weanling in the Beth Bayer consignment, bred in Florida by Virgilio Lopez, and bought it for $4,000. A
son of Bwana Charlie out of Taylor’s Choice, by 1982 Horse of the Year Conquistador Cielo, the young horse grew up to do business as Choctaw Chuck and, under the training most recently of Clyde’s grandson Kevin, he came into this year’s running of the Boyes a winner of eight of his 32 career starts, often ridden by another granddaughter, Taylor Rice. Among Choctaw Chuck’s previous
races were a second to Dazzled Saint in the 2015 Boyes and off-the-board showings in that race to Stormofthecentury in ’16 and Sharp Sensation in ’14. New York-based Jose Ortiz had been scheduled to ride the 6-year-old gelding for this year’s Boyes, but Mario Pino stepped in when Ortiz became unavailable and Pino, who had ridden Choctaw Chuck to an offthe-board finish against allowance company in their only previous outing, judged his mount perfectly. Stormofthecentury was back for a repeat bid in the Boyes and he took the field through a contested opening quarter-mile in :21.62 before fading to ninth. Challenges came from all directions turning for home but it was Choctaw Chuck with a powerful outside run who emerged from the scrum. Bucchero was second, a nose in front of Copperplate, who had a neck on fourth-place Yeah Rocky. Choctaw Chuck paid $9 and got the distance in 1:02.82. Racing under the red, blue and white colors of Clyde’s widow, Jean, Choctaw Chuck has earned $361,434. He had tasted success at Presque Isle before, winning the $100,000 Tom Ridge Stakes there in 2014, when Kevin Rice took over the training from Clyde’s daughter Linda, who had gotten the horse from Clyde’s son Wayne. Choctaw Chuck’s dam Taylor’s Choice is a daughter of Darley Dancer, a multiple stakes winner of listed events in the Midwest. Her second dam, Cusmet, was a multiple stakes-producing mare in Canada who dropped black-type winners Hinemoa, Cusmax, Tana and Park Romeo. Cusmet’s dam, Bolaris, dropped Canadian stakes winners Bold Scholar and Menaris. n
Magnificent 7 for Gaffalione; General McGooby Wins Not Surprising Jockey Tyler Gaffalione provided the fireworks during Gulfstream Park’s Freedom Fest July 4, tallying seven wins on the card, including a score aboard Adorable Miss in the co-fea-
IN MEMORIAM
Jackie Wall
Jackie Doyle Wall, local breeder and thoroughbred owner for more than 50 years, passed away from injuries suffered in a car accident in Fort McCoy on June 23. A resident of Eureka, he was 81. Officials with Marion County Fire Rescue said the accident involved two cars and that the drivers of both cars were forced off the road and needed to be extricated from their vehicles. Mr. Wall died at the scene. The date of the services has yet to be determined. Shirley, his wife of 46 years, said services will be conducted at Mill Creek Baptist Church in Eureka in late August or early September. Mr. Wall owned new- and used-car dealerships in Key West and along US 1 from Homestead to Miami. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Sheila, and a son, Gary. He was predeceased by daughters Susan and Sherrie. n tured $100,000 Martha Washington Stakes. The Martha Washington shared top billing on the program with the $100,000 Not Surprising Stakes, won by Florida-bred General McGooby and rider Ramsey Zimmerman. Both races were for 3-year-olds at a mile on the turf, with the Martha Washington limited to fillies. General McGooby is owned by George Carr’s No Palla Stables and is trained by Lilli Kurtinecz, who won multiple stakes – including back-to-back editions of Gulfstream’s Sunshine Millions Turf – with her popular Florida-bred Manchurian High, a gelding she purchased from Carr, with a loan from her parents, in 2013. Bred by Tim James and Karen Faye Mawhinney, General McGooby was entered into last year’s Fasig-Tipton Maryland sale but did not meet his reserve even though his third dam is multiple graded-stakes winner Easy Now, a half-sister to Hall of Famer Easy Goer and Grade 1 winner Cadillacing, they being out of the Phipps family’s Eclipse-winning racemare and Broodmare of the Year Relaxing. THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017 15
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No Palla purchased General McGooby privately. He came into the Not Surprising on a fiverace losing streak after breaking his maiden first time out, under a $25,000 claiming tag, at Gulfstream last November. In his only two front-running efforts, he won his maiden and ran well to be second two starts back in the English Channel Stakes, and so Zimmerman and Kurtinecz determined to try the same tactics in the Not Surprising. General McGooby held a clear advantage at every pole through fractions of :23.89, :47.03, 1:10.76 and he and Zimmerman turned for home two lengths in front before getting seven furlongs in a brisk 1:22.59 over the firm course. The 6-5 favorite Bronson closed well but at the wire General McGooby held a threequarter-length edge, with the mile in 1:34.65, thereby denying Gaffalione a record-breaking eighth win on the day.
“[General McGooby] never runs the same race twice so you never know what you’re going to get. He tries every time. For him to hang on was awesome,” Kurtinecz said. Bronson had 1½ lengths on third-place Coleman Rocky with Squadron fourth in the field of 10. The winner’s share of $58,900 boosted General McGooby’s earnings to $107,070 while raising his record to 2-2-0 from seven starts. n
Shane’s Girlfriend Finds Her Form Unbeaten in two starts as a juvenile last autumn, a season that concluded with a 13¼length tally over fellow Florida-bred Cajun 16 THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017
Delta Dawn in Delta Downs’ Grade 3 Princess Stakes, Shane’s Girlfriend made amends on the evening of July 6 for what been a rocky 2017 with a 2¼-length win in the Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows. The Ocala Stud-bred had been purchased by the sharp-eyed Dennis O’Neill at OBS’ June sale of 2016 for $95,000. O’Neill co-owns the filly with Colorado Avalanche defensemen Erik Johnsen’s ERJ and WC Racing. She is trained by O’Neill’s brother, Doug. Shane’s Girlfriend was handily beaten by a couple of talented 3-year-olds in her two previous starts this year, running third to Unique Bella in the Santa Ynez (G2) Jan. 8 at Santa Anita, then fifth to Farrell in the Rachel Alexandra (G2) at the Fair Grounds on Feb. 25. She prepped well for the Iowa Oaks, however, breezing six furlongs in a thirdbest-of-22 1:13 at Santa Anita on June 25, and then showed that same zip in the Oaks, breaking well from the gate before ceding the lead to Swing and Sway first time past the stands. Kyle Frey had Shane’s Girlfriend in good position just off the rail and, after getting jostled on the clubhouse turn by Chanel’s Legacy, who snuck up along the rail and nudged Shane’s Girlfriend out of the way, the Florida-bred settled into a comfortable pace as the two leaders fought it out down the backstretch and around the far turn. Frey needed to encourage his mount a bit early in the stretch run but, once her rider’s intentions became clear, she eased past while running a bit greenly. “Around the first turn, it was a little shaky,” Frey admitted to the media later. “We broke quick, which I knew we were going to, but I did have a little trouble in that first turn to get her relaxed and off the bit. After that she just relaxed completely. From there I knew, as long as she had the turn of foot from the last time I worked her, it was over.” The 50-1 Babybluesbdancing rallied for second, 2¼ lengths behind the winner and 1½ lengths ahead of Jordan’s Henny,
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Chanel’s Legacy and Mo’s MVP, who finished noses apart in that order. Fractions for the race were :24.12, :48.01 and 1:12.07 with a final time for the 1 1/16 miles of 1:43.94. Shane’s Girlfriend is a daughter of Adios Charlie out of the unraced Proud Citizen mare Western Tornado. Critical Crew, the third dam of Shane’s Girlfriend, produced the multiple New York Grade 1-winning racemare Critical Eye, whose successes included the Hempstead and Gazelle. Also in the family is the multiple stakes-winning turf horse Takeover Target. Victory raised Shane’s Girlfriend’s record to 3-0-0 from five starts. She has earned $418,600 and she paid $5.60. n
Purely Sensational in Dash Pure Sensation checked off a few boxes July 8: repeating his victory in the Grade 3, $200,000 Parx Dash; extending his unbeaten streak to three in that track’s five-furlong turf races, and becoming the most recent addition to the lengthy list of Florida-bred millionaires. Patricia Generazio’s homebred gelding has won four races by a neck or less, including Parx’s Turf Monster of 2015 by a nose over subsequent Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Mongolian Saturday, but this most recent success was emphatic, a 5 ¾-
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Redneck Humor Wins Another Vanessa and Justin Evans, parents of new-born twins, received some much-needed financial help July 8 from their personal ATM, Redneck Humor, who took down the $33,000 first prize after easily winning the $55,000 Budweiser Special at The Downs at Albuquerque. The 6-year-old gelding is owned by Vanessa, in partnership with Earl Neugebauer and K.W. Sharp, and is trained by Justin. The Florida-bred, a half-brother to statebred champion Ballet Diva, was bred by Reddick’s Jacks or Better Farm. Redneck Humor’s 2¼-length victory came at the direct expense of another Evans-trained
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length tally with Mongolian Saturday again running second. The latter won a five-horse photo for the runner-up spot, with he, Bold Thunder, Pool Winner and Platinum Prince necks apart, the latter a head in front of 7-2 second choice Richard’s Boy. Pure Sensation went into the gate the even-money favorite. Breaking from post 9 in the 11-horse field under Kendrick Carmouche, the 6-year-old gray gelding stalked Bold Thunder through a :22.72 opening quarter-mile, then took over and romped home in a dominating performance. He got the half in :45.62 and completed the race in :57.24. Karmouche was also aboard for last year’s Parx Dash victory, a 2¼-length win over Power Alert. Last year, Pure Sensation paid $5.60; this time around he returned $4.20. Pure Sensation is a son of Zensational out of Pure Disco, by Disco Rico. Pure Disco was a six-time stakes winner in New Jersey. Raising his record to 8-4-3 from 22 starts, the $120,000 first prize boosted Pure Sensation’s career earnings to $1,073,540. He is trained by Christophe Clement. While Pure Sensation had clear sailing up front, two other Florida-breds, the thirdchoice Amelia’s Wild Ride and Always Sunshine, lost all chance on the turn, the latter unable to navigate the bend, forcing the former, who had been running to his outside, extremely wide. Losing all chance, they finished ninth and 10th. n
horse, the graded-stakes winner Toews on Ice, who has been the punch line to his entrymate’s current five-stake winning streak, which began with last year’s running of the Budweiser. Takeit Tothe Limit led the field early in the 6½-furlong race for older horses, leading the field into the stretch before the entrymates, who had been vying for second and third early, swept past. Toews on Ice was game, but Redneck Humor had no trouble edging past him at the sixteenth pole. The 125-pound highweight – who spotted his entrymate four pounds and the rest of the field from five to eight – won with complete authority and paid $3.20. He was ridden by David Lopez. The 9-1 Toews on Ice was a head in front of third-place Ziptime, with J Serino and Takeit Tothe Limit completing the order of finish. Bombay Bob fell but walked off uninjured. Fractions for the race were :21.86, :44.82
and 1:07.25. The final time was 1:14.79. Redneck Humor is a son of Da Stoops out of Dame Sylvieguilhem, by Nureyev. He has won 13 of 27 career starts and has earned $392,720. n
D’boldest Wires Turf Stakes The 7-year-old mare D’boldest played her part in upending the expected order of finish to the Jill Jellison Memorial at Suffolk Downs July 8, winning the $77,500 event with a front-running effort as the longest shot on the board. D’boldest was sent off at 13-1 in the five-horse field assembled for the Jellison, an “about” five-furlong turf race open to older fillies and mares who had not won a graded stakes. Although she was a nine-time winner from her previous 24 starts; a winner of half of her 14 previous turf starts, and she was coming into the Jellison off a best-of-27 breeze at Churchill Downs June 25, D’boldest was overlooked largely because she ran sixth in her most recent race, a five-furlong main-track optional-claimer at Evangeline Downs on April 28. The trip from Louisiana to Massachusetts must have done her good, however, and she was rarin’ to go against a field headed by 710 favorite Portmagee, a promising filly who this spring had won the License Fee Stakes at Belmont and finished third most recently in the Intercontinental (G3) there. In his first mount on D’boldest, Abel Lezcano got his Florida-bred mare out of the gate smoothly, quickly opening a lead that the opposition never came close to overcoming. Turning for home four lengths in front, they crossed the wire under wraps 4¼ ahead of Cali Thirty Seven, with Wild About Harry a half-length farther back in third. The field finished in reverse order according to their odds to win, as second choice Nite Delite was fourth, a neck behind Wild About Harry and 2¾ lengths ahead of lastplace Portmagee, who chased D’boldest through the first three furlongs before fading. Final time for the five furlongs was :58.17. THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017 17
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Spring Up Bounces Back Gary Barber’s 7-year-old gelding Spring Up gained fans almost as soon as he joined trainer Mark Casse’s Florida division this spring, and the affection his handlers have for him likely deepened after he won his fourth race in five starts July 9, taking down first prize in the $50,000 Mecke Stakes at Gulfstream. Bred in Florida by Haras Santa Maria de Araras SA, the son of Spring at Last didn’t make his first start until he was 3, contesting a 5½-furlong maiden-claiming race over a sloppy main-track at Oaklawn in which he finished last of nine after being tagged for $40,000. Taken to California, he was claimed for $20,000 out of another maiden-claiming event, this one over the turf at Del Mar, and 18 THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017
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earned the praise of Nick Tomlinson, who is in charge of Casse’s Florida decision. “[Diamond Bachelor] has so much speed and our horse was so far back, but Miguel rode a great race,” he said. Spring Up was purchased by Bill Stiritz out of Bridlewood’s consignment at the OBS
August sale of 2011 for $14,000. His Brazilian-bred dam Orma Giusta was a listed winner in her native country, where her dam, Special Lady, won a championship and became a multiple Grade 1 winner at 3. Spring Up’s record is 10-1-2 from 23 starts and his earnings are $314,892. “This horse is a barn favorite,” Tomlinson said. “Everybody loves him. He’s so good to us.” n
Bernick to Serve on Breeders’ Cup Board The Breeders’ Cup announced on July 12 the election results to its board of directors by the 44 Breeders’ Cup members. Craig Bernick of Glen Hill Farm in Ocala, Anthony Manganaro of Siena Farm and Roy Jackson of Lael Stables were elected as Directors. Mr. Jackson won re-election to his position. Each will serve a four-year term. Following the election, the Board of 14 Directors is as follows: Barbara Banke, Stonestreet Stables; Antony Beck, Gainesway Farm; Craig Bernick, Glen Hill Farm; Bobby Flay, Owner, Chef and Restaurateur; William S. Farish, Jr. (Chairman), Lane’s End Farm; Craig Fravel, President & CEO of the Breeders’ Cup; Fred Hertrich, Owner/Breeder; Roy Jackson, Lael Stables; Bret Jones, Airdrie Stud; Anthony Manganaro, Siena Farm; Clem Murphy, Coolmore Stud; Dan Pride, Darley; Mike Rogers, The Stronach Group and Elliott Walden, WinStar Farm. “We welcome our new Directors, Craig Bernick and Anthony Manganaro, to the Breeders’ Cup Board and congratulate Roy Jackson on his re-election,” said Bill Farish, Breeders’ Cup Chairman. “On behalf of all of us, we also extend great thanks and appreciation to Bill Oppenheim and to Dr. J. David Richardson for their outstanding service and commitment to the Breeders’ Cup during their time as Directors.” n
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The winner paid $28 and she earned $45,500 for winning the first stakes race of her career. Jose Cameo has trained D’boldest since she was a 3-year-old. She’s run at eight racetracks, often in Louisiana but with forays into the mid-Atlantic and Texas as well. The only horse in the Jellison field with a win at Suffolk Downs, scoring at the course and distance in 2014, she came into the Jellison off a best-of-27 five-furlong work at Churchill Downs June 25. A daughter of D’wildcat out of Boldest of All, by Bold Executive, she was bred by Soundview Farm and is owned by Antonia Noonan, Crush Management and DJ Stable. Boldest of All’s second dam was the very talented, Florida-raced multiple stakes-winning filly Mar Mar. Her record reads 10-4-0 from 25 starts and she has career earnings of $204,325. n
he then won three of his next four before returning to Florida for a fifth-place showing in Star Channel’s Sunshine Millions Turf in January, 2014. After another stint in California, highlighted by a Grade 1 placing to Tom’s Tribute in the Eddie Read at Del Mar for trainer John Sadler, he was sent east to the Casse operation. Spring Up won under a $20,000 tag in his first start for the barn, then won again against optional-claiming company at the $50,000 level, dropped an overnight race, then beat optional-claiming company again at the $62,000 level June 22 leading up to the Mecke. Multiple stakes winner Diamond Bachelor broke best and ran out to a five-length lead after a quarter-mile, and nearly tripled that advantage to 13½ lengths after six furlongs, with fractions of :23.53, :46.87 and 1:09.97 for the 11⁄8-mile Mecke. The early exertions to their toll on the leader however, and Spring Up, who had dogged Diamond Bachelor, eased past the rapidly fading pacemaker and tallied by threequarters of a length over Galleon Mast with favored Two Step Time third, another length back. JR’s Holiday was fourth and Diamond Bachelor fifth, 2¾ lengths behind the winner. The final time was 1:46.48 and Spring Up returned $9.80. Miguel Vasquez was the winning rider while up on the horse for the first time, and he
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hile the policy of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’Association (“FTBOA”) is to refrain from engaging in public dialogue on matters that are the subject of pending litigation, the FTBOA has released the following public statement in an effort to keep its members informed. In early 2016, SCF, Inc. (“SCF”) filed an administrative complaint against the FTBOA and Florida’s Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering (the “Division”), challenging the sufficiency of the FTBOA’s 2016 annual plan for distribution of breeders’ and stallion awards, the parameters of which are set forth in Florida Statute § 550.26165 (the “Annual Plan”). The Annual Plan was reviewed and approved by the Division, which oversees horse racing in Florida, before it went into effect. The administrative tribunal dismissed SCF’s action on the basis that SCF lacked standing to sue the FTBOA and the Division with respect to the Division’s approval of that Annual Plan. SCF appealed the dismissal of its administrative complaint to the appellate court in Tallahassee, Florida’s First DCA. On July 24, 2017, Florida’s First DCA issued an order reversing the administrative court’s determination that SCF lacked standing. All this means is that the parties will now be able to present their substantive cases to
the administrative law judge, apparently with respect to a 2017 or later awards plan since the 2016 plan year has closed. FTBOA’s 2016 Annual Plan awarded $8.3 million, which represented a 3.2% increase from the 2015 annual plan and either the maximum or near maximum amount of award allowed by statute for each type of award, taking into account the 10% of the “permitholder’s payments” that the FTBOA is permitted by law to withhold for “administering the payments of the awards and for general promotion of the industry.” Fla. Stat. § 550.2625(3)(h). Based on the underlying facts and law, the FTBOA is confident that it will prevail on the substantive arguments raised by SCF and looks forward to presenting its case before the administrative tribunal. The officers and presumed owners of SCF are Dr. Robert and Belinda Kitos. In 2014, Mrs. Kitos was expelled from the FTBOA’s membership for conduct contrary to the best interests of the association and its mission. Through SCF and through SCF’s attorney, David Romanik, numerous lawsuits have been filed against the FTBOA in the past few years, costing the FTBOA substantial legal fees – funds that may otherwise have been available to further the FTBOA’s legislative mission of promoting Thoroughbred racing and breeding in Florida. n
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Florida-bred Matt King Coal
Lo Llaman ‘Mountainview Matt’ Matt King Coal, que batió el récord de la pista y se llevó un premio de seis cifras el 3 de junio, hizo saber a la división de handicap que sus logros pronto estarán a la altura de las expectativas de sus conexiones, quienes desembolsaron 250,000 dólares para comprarlo en OBS hace dos años. Esa venta fue la segunda vez que el potro, que ahora tiene 4 años, pasó por la pista de OBS: el hijo de Cool Coal Man, criado por John Shaw, fue escogido cuando tenía un año, en 2014, por Eisaman Equine, que pagó $25,000. El precio se multiplicó por diez al año siguiente, cuando la entrenadora Linda Rice lo compró en la venta de primavera de ejemplares de 2 años en entrenamiento. La proclamación del sábado se dio en el clásico Mountainview Stakes, de nueve furlongs y $200,000, en Penn National, que forma parte de un programa que incluyó la Penn Mile ($500,000), la Penn Oaks ($200,000) y la Penn Governor’s Cup ($200,000). Siempre a la cabeza bajo el mando de Irad Ortiz, Matt King Coal ganó la Mountainview como el favorito con 2-5 por 3¾ cuerpos, mientras que Page McKenney quedó segundo y Discreet Lover, también criado en la Florida, quedó tercero, 2½ cuerpos más atrás. Whatsthequestion completó el orden de llegada. “Este caballo sigue adelante, no baja la velocidad”, dijo Ortiz acerca del ganador. “Tuve 20 THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017
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que esforzarme por mantenerlo concentrado en la recta. Parecía estar esperando a los demás”. Ortiz había formado equipo con Matt King Coal para ganar en 2017; el hermano de Ortiz, José, lo había montado en sus primeras seis carreras. Después de marcar las fracciones de 0:23.41, 0:47.69, 1:11.33 y una milla en 1:35.98, Matt King Coal llegó a la meta en 1:48.93, con lo cual obtuvo 0.2 segundos menos que el récord anterior, logrado por Tobey’s Corner en la renovación de Mountainview de 2012. La Wood Memorial fue uno de los triunfos de Toby’s Corner, pero Matt King Coal tuvo que conformarse con el cuarto puesto ante Outwork en una curva fangosa el año pasado. Es la única carrera donde Matt King Coal terminó sin premio en dinero. Aunque fue ultraconstante, a Matt King Coal le tomó un rato ponerse en marcha. Tras no haber entrado al podio en su primera carrera y haber sido superado por muy poco en la segunda, ganó por primera vez en su tercer intento a la edad de dos años, en la pista principal de Belmont, contra competidores de peso especial. Entró a la Wood, por entonces de grado 1, con reclamo opcional de nivel inicial y, tras su reunión de primavera con Outwork, Rice le dio un descanso y lo volvió a hacer correr a fines del otoño en otra carrera de reclamo opcional en Aqueduct, donde quedó segundo en una pista barrosa. Rice ha tenido mucha suerte este año al viajar a Maryland desde su base en Nueva York,
y Matt King Coal formó parte de ese éxito, ya que ganó contra competidores de reclamo opcional en Laurel en el mes de febrero y, luego, ganó su primer clásico, el Harrison Johnson, en el mismo lugar en marzo. Tuvo una competencia muy reñida con Imperative, experimentado en clásicos de grado, cuando este viejo guerrero participó en la Charles Town Classic de $1 millón el 22 de abril, su última carrera antes de la Mountainview. La tarea de Matt King Coal se vio facilitada cuando Madefromlucky, el múltiple ganador de clásicos de grado entrenado por Todd Pletcher, fue cancelado por decisión del veterinario de la pista. Propiedad de Sheila Rosenblum, Matt King Coal ahora tiene un récord de 5-3-1 de sus 10 carreras. El primer premio, de $117,200, llevó sus ganancias a $596,150, y pagó $2.80. Hijo de la yegua Donna Marie —hija de Came Home—, Matt King Coal proviene de la familia de la múltiple ganadora de clásicos de grado Bioggio’s Rose y de My Gallant, ganador de la Arthur Appleton de grado 1. n
Imposible no Querer a He Hate Me He Hate Me, ejemplar de 2 años criado en Florida, se hizo muchos amigos el 9 de junio con su impresionante victoria en Belmont Park, el clásico Tremont Stakes de $150,000, una carrera sin grado cuya lista de ganadores incluye a Man o’War, Buckpasser y Foolish Pleasure en sus 119 ediciones anteriores. El nombre del potro hace referencia a cómo Rod Smart, originario de Lakeland, Fla., quería ser identificado cuando tenía las palabras “He Hate Me” bordadas en la espalda de su jersey de Las Vegas Outlaws mientras se preparada para el primer partido de fútbol de la XFL televisado en todo el país, en 2001. La confianza que Smart tenía en sus capacidades era muy conocida, y las palabras no apuntaban a nadie en particular, sino que estaban dirigidas a cualquier defensor frustrado al darse cuenta de que no podría detenerlo al volver.
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DePaz dijo que Saratoga había sido provoritismo se inclinó por Salmanazar con 8-5. Fue este potro, entrenado por Pletcher, el que gramada como la nueva movida de He Hate Me, hijo del semental de Bernardini Algofalló antes de la carrera. “Actuaba como si no supiera lo que estaba rithms y de la yegua Quiet Holiday, hija de haciendo”, contó el decepcionado jinete de Harlan’s Holiday. Miss Gibson County, la tercera madre de Salmanazar, John Velazquez, que había montado al favorito en su carrera inaugural en He Hate Me, era una ganadora de clásicos, hermana de Big Jewel —ganador de carreras Keeneland, el 26 de abril. Pero el viernes, Salmanazar se asustó du- de grado de Nueva York— y de la ganadora rante el desfile y se mostró malcriado durante la carga, lo que obligó a los entrenadores a contenerlo en el cajón de salida. Mientras tanto, He Hate Me esperaba con paciencia y, cuando finalmente llegó la salida, se relajó mientras la segunda opción, Direct Dial, lideraba al impetuoso Salmanazar en el cuarto de milla, en 0:22.09 y en la mitad, Florida-bred He Hate Me en 0:45.56. He Hate Me de clásicos Charlies Paradise. sacó ventaja y se alejó en la recta final. Además de la segunda madre de He Hate Llegó a la meta 3¼ cuerpos por delante, habiendo cubierto la distancia de 5½ furlongs Me, Chasenthebluesaway, Miss Gibson County produjo a Gibson County, ganador de en 1:04.47. Direct Dial le ganó a Admiral Jimmy por múltiples clásicos en California. n un hocico y quedó en segundo lugar de ocho. Salmanazar mostró un desempeño bastante El Verano es el momento de Faypien malo y quedó séptimo. Los escépticos podrían decir que Faypien He Hate Me, la tercera opción con casi 6- tuvo suerte una vez más el 17 de junio, 1, pagó $13.80. El primer premio, de cuando ganó su debut en clásicos de grado al $87,000, aumentó sus ganancias a $109,800. correr en dos curvas por primera vez, pero no “Este caballo es muy bueno”, dijo Santana puede negarse su determinación tras haberse de su ejemplar, que le concedió al experi- alzado victoriosa en una reñida final y mentado jinete su primera victoria en un obtener un alto reconocimiento en la Sumclásico de Belmont. mertime Oaks de grado 2 y $200,000 en “La primera vez que corrió, salió mal, Santa Anita. pero aún así ganó la carrera. Es un caballo de Al final, fue la cabeza encapuchada de la nivel”, añadió Santana. “En los tres octavos, criada en Florida la que llegó primero a la meta, apenas lo toqué en el hombro y, luego, esperé. con Mopotism en segundo lugar y Spooky Al dar la curva, lo llevé al exterior y, en el se- Woods en tercero, medio cuerpo más atrás. gundo en que vio que tenía vía libre, salió disEsta última fue descalificada después de parado de nuevo. Es un caballo formidable”. que los comisarios hubieron determinado COGLIANESE PHOTO
La liga podría haber contratado a Smart en su departamento de marketing: Fue una decepción, pero su jersey se convirtió en un éxito en ventas. La frase sobrevivió con los años, y a Jake Delhomme, mariscal de campo de Carolina Panthers, le gustó tanto que le puso ese nombre a uno de sus caballos de carrera, “She Hate Me”. El He Hate Me de cuatro patas fue criado por Mike Mareina y Nathan Mitts, y se vendió por $90,000, con un año de edad, en la selecta venta de potros Fasig-Tipton el año pasado. Lo adquirió Sagamore Farm, de Kevin Plank, siguiendo la recomendación de reconocido cazatalentos Stanley Hough. La Tremont se pareció a la carrera donde He Hate Me obtuvo su primera victoria, de 4½ furlongs, en Pimlico el 26 de mayo. Dubitativo al principio, midió a sus competidores desde algunos cuerpos, esperó el momento ideal con paciencia y los terminó pasando. Dos Horacios aunaron esfuerzos para lograr esta victoria por 1 cuerpo y ¾: el entrenador Horacio DePaz le dio ayuda al jinete Horacio Karamanos. En esa carrera inaugural salió con 2-5, pero puso muy nervioso a DePaz antes de hacer lo suyo. “Se volvió un poco loco en el desfile, estaba quejoso”, relató DePaz, quien solía trabajar como asistente de Todd Pletcher. “Les cargaron el peso en la largada. Se plantó y se negó a salir”. Ricardo Santana Jr. lo montó para la Tremont, y, aunque regresaba tras un breve descanso, la compostura del potro mejoró desde el potrero hasta la meta, aunque no salió de inmediato. “Fue como un reflejo de su desempeño anterior. Obviamente, este es su estilo al correr”, explicó DePaz. “Fue muy profesional, por eso lo trajimos de nuevo en dos semanas. Esperamos que, al seguir corriendo, pueda madurar. Una vez que está corriendo, es muy profesional”. Todos los caballos de la Tremont habían ganado su única carrera anterior, y el fa-
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Somethingelse en la Ginger Punch Somethingelse luchó contra doble competencia en la recta y registró una victoria ajustada y cargada de emoción en la Ginger Punch Stakes de $100,000 para criados en Florida que tuvo lugar en Gulfstream Park el 17 de junio. La potra, entrenada por Leo Azpurua Jr., cosechó su primera victoria en un clásico al tiempo que rindió homenaje al tío de su entrenador Manny Azpurua, el querido entrenador del sur de Florida de 88 años que falleció cuatro días antes. “Quiero dedicar esta carrera a mi tío, Manuel Azpurua. Él me brindó un gran apoyo, junto con mi padre, durante mi carrera como jinete”, aclaró Azpurra, que estuvo acompañado por varios amigos y familiares en el círculo de ganadores. “Quiero asegurarme de que esta carrera esté dedicada solo a él. Para mí, esto fue más que una victoria. Fue una victoria para él”. Además, en la tarjeta se encontraba la Soldier’s Dancer de $100,000, también para criadas en Florida, donde la ganadora fue Mystic Sky. Somethingelse, la segunda opción con 9-5, terminó a MARTIN PHOTO
Florida-bred Faypien
que, en la recta, había marcado con dureza a la favorita It Tiz Well, que quedó quinta. Su decisión elevó a Majestic Quality al tercer lugar y a la favorita, al cuarto. El jinete de It Tiz Well, Mike Smith, hizo todo lo posible para dominar el carácter libertino de su ejemplar desde temprano, ya que se puso firme en la primera curva, luego en la recta opuesta y de nuevo en la recta. Él es uno de los que no están tan convencidos sobre la superioridad de Faypien en esta carrera: “Yo fui mucho mejor”, declaró al desmontar. La improbable ganadora Sheza Chattykat lideró la competencia en los primeros seis furlongs de la Summertime Oaks de 1 1/16 millas, donde logró fracciones de 0:23.14, 0:46.95 y 1:11.02, con Faypien y Spooky Woods siguiéndola de cerca, siempre con menos de un cuerpo de distancia. Rafael Bejarano le dio a Faypien la señal al tomar la curva, en simultáneo con Spooky Woods e It Tiz Well, mientras Mopotism venía más atrás en el campo de ocho potras de 3 años. En una reñida batalla, Faypien nunca cedió ante la genial montura de Bejarano. “Se esforzó mucho, es muy fuerte”, afirmó Baffert. “Es muy valiente, y lo demostró en esas últimas cien yardas”. Sheza Chattykat terminó sexta, seguida por Goseecal y Noted and Quoted, una ganadora de grado 1 que muchos pensaron que era la mejor después de terminar segunda, por medio cuerpo, en la Angels Flight Stakes del 14 de mayo, su anterior encuentro con Faypien. Faypien pagó $9 como segunda opción en la Summertime Oaks, y cubrió la distancia en 1:43.17.
En su tercera victoria de cuatro carreras ganó $120,000 para Baoma Corp., propiedad de Susan y Charles Chu de North Andover, Massachusetts. “Nunca se detuvo y se esforzó en cada paso”, afirmó Bejarano. “Se merecía ganar, porque estaba dando todo de sí”. La hija de Ghostzapper y de la yegua Mighty Eros —hija de Freud—, criada por Off the Hook LLC, fue la cuarta compra más alta en la venta de OBS del pasado abril, donde se vendió por $720,000. Las ganancias de su trayectoria ascienden a $205,680. n BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO
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medio cuerpo más adelante de Bitacora, que se encontraba un cuello por delante de Family Meeting, la favorita con 7-5 en la Ginger Punch, un carrera sobre hierba de 1 1/16 millas para potras y yeguas. Después de haber calificado en tres clásicos, Somethingelse, de 4 años, registró su primera victoria con la conducción criteriosa de Edgard Zayas, que posicionó perfectamente a la hija de Leroidesanimaux en el exterior de la improbable ganadora My Little Princess durante fracciones de 26.57 segundos y 52.83 en la primera media milla. “Le dije que si se marcaba el ritmo, estaba en sus manos. Si no se marcaba el ritmo, debía correr después de acechar, y correr como lo hace siempre. Cuando las fracciones son 0:26 y 0:52, no se puede esperar a nadie”, dijo Azpurua. Somethingelse se puso a la cabeza en la curva más lejana y se mantuvo al entrar a la recta bajo la dirección de Zayas, muy seguro, mientras Family Meeting —que le había sacado a la potra entrenada por Azpurua una cabeza en la Distaff Turf que tuvo lugar en Tampa Bay Downs el 2 de abril— se acercaba peligrosamente a su lado exterior, montada por Tyler Gaffalione. Zayas apuró a Somethingelse, y ella respondió despegándose tanto de la favorita como de Bitacora y su jinete, Roberto Alvarado Jr., que tuvieron que conformarse con el segundo lugar. El triunfo de Somethingelse, logrado en 1:44.68 en una pista de hierba convertida en pista firme, fue emotivo tanto para el jinete como para el entrenador. Manny Azpurua
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Mystic Sky gana la Soldier’s Dancer Mystic Sky, de Vegso Racing, se llevó el triunfo en la Soldier’s Dancer con 20-1 con una jugada de último momento. Este ejemplar de 4 años ($42.60), entrenado por Phil Gleaves, superó por un cuello a
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respaldó mucho a Zayas durante su aprendizaje. “Esto es muy especial para mí. Manny fue un gran hombre y un gran entrenador. Cuando llegué a los Estados Unidos, él fue uno de los primeros en ayudarme”, explicó el portorriqueño, que ganó su primer clásico con Street Girl, entrenada por Manny Azpurua, en la Calder Oaks de 2013. “Era una persona especial”. Somethingelse cosechó su cuarta victoria en su trayectoria de 12 carreras, durante la cual terminó fuera del podio solo una vez, y llegó entre los tres primeros en las 10 carreras que corrió sobre la hierba de Gulfstream. Su primera victoria en clásicos para los propietarios Randy Bradshaw y Commonwealth Stable tuvo una ganancia de $60,760, con lo cual su historial de ganancias asciende a $209,040. Hija de Leroidesanimaux y de la yegua Gamecents —hija de Maria’s Mon—, Somethingelse fue criada en Florida por Family Broodmares III, LLC. “Este era el hito que queríamos alcanzar”, declaró Azpurua. “Siempre quedaba segunda... casi, pero no. Ahora que lo logramos, veremos qué tenemos y no descartaremos ninguna opción. Solo quiero mantener el nivel de desempeño que ha tenido hasta ahora y hacerla correr en los lugares correctos”. n
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My Point Exactly, que un procedimiento normal para este tipo de marcaba el ritmo, de- problema. Desde entonces, ha sido una besspués de haber salido tia”, concluyó Gleaves. “Ahora por fin puede temprano en compara- respirar”. Mystic Sky es hija de Sky Mesa y de la ción con sus 10 competiyegua Mystical Woman, hija de Smart Strike. dores. My Point Exactly, un Fue criada en Florida por sus dueños. n improbable ganador con 25-1 montado por Jose La Cuarta es la Vencida para Chuck Batista, terminó segundo, El ojo avezado del difunto criador local de tres cuartos de un cuerpo caballos Clyde Rice pagó dividendos a su fapor delante de Two Step milia el 22 de junio en Presque Isle Downs, Time y su jinete Emisael donde Choctaw Chuck, en su participación en Jaramillo, pero fue descalificado y ubicado en el clásico Karl Boyes Memorial Stakes de el cuarto lugar por haber interferido en la recta. $100,000, pasó de ser el último de los 12 Two Step Time fue ubicado en segundo competidores a ganar la carrera de 5½ furlugar, mientras que el cuarto, Galleon Mast, longs por tres cuartos de cuerpo. fue asignado en el tercer puesto. Cazatalentos pionero, Clyde tenía 79 años El favorito de las apuestas, Enterprising, y era el patriarca de la familia, con amplios terminó sexto tras una carrera con problemas, intereses en la industria de los pura sangre, donde tuvo que ser encaminado varias veces. cuando falleció en su casa de Indian Prairie Con paciencia, el jinete Luca Panici man- Ranch en Anthony el 30 de enero. tuvo a Mystic Sky un poco rezagado antes de Originario de Wisconsin y amigo de la inabrirse en la recta y lograr su primera victoria fancia del entrenador D. Wayne Lukas, incluido en clásicos, donde cubrió las 1 1/16 millas en en el Hall of Fame, se desempeñó como profe1:43.42. sor de ciencias en escuelas secundarias, pero “Luca lo montó de forma excelente. Cor- nunca abandonó su amor por los caballos, ni las rió como un caballo europeo. Lo cubrió du- operaciones comerciales y los entrenamientos rante todo el trayecto. No lo dejó distraerse relacionados. En 1986, se mudó al norte-centro hasta que dieron la curva, y lo hizo a toda ve- de Florida con su familia y se dedicó de lleno a locidad. Fue maravilloso”, dijo Gleaves. su pasión, donde forjó una reputación en la Mystic Sky ganó una de sus siete primeras región y, más tarde, en todo el país. carreras entre competidores de reclamo de En la venta mixta de otoño de 2011 en $30,000 el año pasado, antes de regresar de Ocala, le echó el ojo a un ejemplar recién una parada de cuatro meses como un caballo destetado de la consignación de Beth Bayer, nuevo. El potro, criado localmente, ganó cuatro de sus últimas siete carreras, y calificó en las otras tres. “Logramos un cambio radical con él. Tenía un problema respiratorio y, el año pasado, antes de Gulfstream Park West, lo operaron de la garganta; le hicieron una Florida-bred Choctaw Chuck laringoplastia, que es THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017 23
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que había sido criado en Florida por Virgilio Lopez, y lo compró por $4,000. Hijo de Bwana Charlie y de la yegua Taylor’s Choice (hija de Conquistador Cielo, Caballo del Año en 1982), este joven caballo fue criado para correr como Choctaw Chuck y, con el entrenamiento más reciente del nieto de Clyde, Kevin, salió victorioso de la Boyes de este año. Ganó ocho de sus 32 carreras, por lo general montado por otro de los nieta, Taylor Rice. Entre los logros de Choctaw Chuck en carreras anteriores se encuentran un segundo puesto después de Dazzled Saint, en la Boyes de 2015, y actuaciones donde no calificó contra Stormofthecentury (2016) y Sharp Sensation (2014). Jose Ortiz, que vive en Nueva York, debía montar al capón de 6 años en la Boyes de este año, pero Mario Pino tomó su lugar cuando Ortiz manifestó no estar disponible. A Pino, que había montado a Choctaw Chuck en una única colaboración anterior, donde no calificaron contra competidores condicionales, evaluó perfectamente su montura. Stormofthecentury participaba de nuevo en la Boyes y lideró la pista en un disputado cuarto de milla, con 0:21.62, antes de terminar noveno. Los desafíos se plantearon desde todos los flancos al dar la curva, pero fue Choctaw Chuck, con una impresionante corrida exterior, el que se destacó del grupo. Bucchero quedó segundo, un hocico más adelante de Copperplate, que le sacó un cuello al cuarto puesto, Yeah Rocky. Choctaw Chuck pagó $9 y completó la distancia en 1:02.82. Llevando rojo, azul y blanco, los colores de la viuda de Clyde, Jean, Choctaw Chuck ganó $361,434. Había probado el éxito en Presque Isle antes, donde ganó la Tom Ridge Stakes de $100,000 en 2014, cuando Kevin Rice se hizo cargo del entrenamiento en reemplazo de Linda, la hija de Clyde, que había recibido al caballo de parte de Wayne, su hermano. La madre de Choctaw Chuck, Taylor’s Choice, es hija de Darley 24 THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017
Dancer, ganador de varios clásicos en eventos del Medio Oeste. Su segunda madre, Cusmet, dio a luz a varios ganadores de clásicos en Canadá: Hinemoa, Cusmax, Tana y Park Romeo. La madre de Cusmet, Bolaris, también dio a luz a Bold Scholar y Menaris, ganadores de clásicos en Canadá. n
Siete Magníficas Victorias para Gaffalione; General McGooby gana la Not Surprising Durante la Freedom Fest del 4 de julio, en Freedom Fest, el jinete Tyler Gaffalione se llevó siete victorias, incluida una sobre la montura de Adorable Miss en el clásico Martha Washington Stakes de $100,000. La Martha Washington fue una de las carreras más taquilleras del programa junto con la Not Surprising Stakes, de $100,000, donde ganó General McGooby, criado en la Florida, junto con el jinete Ramsey Zimmerman. Ambas carreras fueron de una milla sobre hierba para ejemplares de 3 años, y la Martha Washington estuvo limitada a potras. General McGooby es propiedad de No Palla Stables, de George Carr, y es entrenado por Lilli Kurtinecz, que ha ganado varios clásicos —incluidas ediciones consecutivas de la Sunshine Millions Turf en Gulfstream— con su popular Manchurian High, un capón criado en Florida que le compró a Carr, gracias a un préstamo que le hicieron sus padres, en 2013. Criado por Tim James y Karen Faye Mawhinney, General McGooby participó de la venta de Fasig-Tipton Maryland del
Florida-bred General McGooby
año pasado, pero no llegó a su reserva, aunque su tercera madre fuera la múltiple ganadora de clásicos Easy Now, media hermana de Easy Goer (incluido en el Hall of Fame) y del ganador de grado 1 Cadillacing; todos hijos de Relaxing, yegua de carreras ganadora de Eclipse (de la familia Phipps) y elegida Broodmare of the Year. No Palla compró a General McGooby de forma privada. Participó de la Not Surprising tras haber perdido cinco carreras después de romper su maiden al primer intento, con un reclamo de $25,000, en Gulfstream el pasado noviembre. En sus únicos dos esfuerzos destacados, ganó su carrera inaugural y quedó segundo dos carreras atrás, en la English Channel Stakes, por lo cual Zimmerman y Kurtinecz decidieron emplear la misma táctica en la Not Surprising. General McGooby mantuvo una clara ventaja en cada poste y marcó fracciones de 0:23.89, 0:47.03 y 1:10.76, y Zimmerman y él dieron la curva dos cuerpos por delante, antes de cubrir los siete furlongs sobre pista firme en solo 1:22.59. Bronson, el favorito con 6-5, terminó bien pero, en la meta, General McGooby demostró una ventaja de tres cuartos de cuerpo y marcó la milla en 1:34.65, con lo cual Gaffalione no pudo lograr el récord de obtener una octava victoria ese día. “[General McGooby] nunca corre la misma carrera dos veces, así que nunca sabes con qué va a salir. Siempre se renueva. Es admirable que haya resistido”, manifestó Kurtinecz. Bronson le sacó 1½ cuerpos a Coleman Rocky, que llegó en tercer lugar, mientras que Squadron quedó cuarto entre los 10 competidores. El premio de $58,900 que se llevó el ganador elevó las ganancias de General McGooby a $107,070 y, a su vez, llevó su récord a 2-2-0 en siete carreras. n MARTIN PHOTO
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By MIKE MULLANEY ot long after hearing of Holy Bull’s passing, Kim Heath went over her memories of the gray champion, remembering a huge foal who developed into a clever and kind horse to those he favored; a tormentor to those he didn’t, and a fan favorite from north to south and east to west. Rachel Carpenter bred a legend when she mated the nondescript sprinter Great Above with Sharon Brown, a daughter of the classy racehorse Al Hattab. The product of that pairing was foaled Jan. 24, 1991, at Bonnie Heath’s farm in Ocala, and that’s where the Heaths – a family that in itself is legendary in Florida racing circles – broke and trained the future champion. “He was huge,” Kim told Florida Horse. “When he first stood up, his withers nearly reached my shoulders.” His breeder, an heiress to the A&P supermarket chain, and Jimmy Croll, Holy Bull’s trainer and the man to whom she would bequeath the horse upon her death in 1993, had been in business since 1957. “You would never know she had a dime,” he once said of his unassuming longtime client, for whom he trained Al Hattab, one of the top 3year-olds of 1969 and Holy Bull’s grandsire; the turf champion Parka, whom he claimed for Carpenter before turning into a stakes-class horse, and the very fine multiple stakes-winning filly Herecomesthebride. Making his first career start on the day after his owner’s passing on Aug. 14, 1993, Holy Bull carried Luis Rivera Jr. to victory as the even-money favorite in the seventh race at Monmouth Park. It was Holy Bull’s only start under Targan Stable silks, and he came home 2½ lengths in front. The winning ride was also Rivera’s final on Holy Bull; a promising young jockey named Mike Smith would take over, and the two of them would go on to win
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12 of their 15 races together, putting together a few winning streaks that were broken by bewildering clunkers. Smith and Holy Bull won their first four races, a streak that included an upset of eventual juvenile champion Dehere in the Grade 1 Futurity at Belmont Park, followed by a 7½-length tally over sloppy going in the Florida Sire Stakes’ In Reality to close out his juvenile campaign of ‘93. Holy Bull opened ’94 with a tally in Gulfstream’s Hutcheson (G2), but Dehere had his revenge in the Fountain of Youth (G2) two weeks later, which he won by less than a length from subsequent Kentucky Derby winner Go for Gin, with Holy Bull sixth. The race was a puzzler but it was brushed off by his supporters, who three weeks after that debacle sent him off at 5-2 for the Florida Derby (G1), and a 5¾-length romp. He then won Keeneland’s Blue Grass (G1) comfortably by 3¾ lengths a month later, and then came another flop, a 12th-place finish in the 14-horse Kentucky Derby as the 2-1 favorite. Redemption came Memorial Day when he beat a good field of older horses in the Metropolitan
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on horsemen as well as his legion of fans Mile (G1) at Belmont, winning by 3½ over Cherokee Run, a Florida-bred who would win an Eclipse Award as the nation’s top sprinter that year. The Met Mile started an historic run that included victories in Belmont’s Dwyer (G2), Monmouth’s Haskell (G1), Saratoga’s Travers (G1) and the Woodward (G1) back at Belmont. Not nominated to the Breeders’ Cup, he did not run in the Classic, won that year by another quality 3-year-old, Concern, whom he had beaten in the Travers and Haskell. Holy Bull started his campaign at 4, prepping for the Donn Handicap (G1) – and a tilt against an THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 201731
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Holy Bull: Passing of a Legend as-yet heralded colt named Cigar – with a handy victory over the good sprinter Birdonthewire in Gulfstream’s Olympic Handicap. Favored at 3-10 against eight others in the Donn, Holy Bull contested the early pace with Cigar but pulled up after less than three-eighths. Lame in the left foreleg, Smith eased on the brakes and Holy Bull was returned to Croll’s Gulfstream barn with no further damage beyond a strain to the superficial flexor tendon. To this day, Smith remains convinced he had the measure of Cigar and rider Jerry Bailey before misfortune struck. Maybe Holy Bull did, too. “Kim and I went to the race, and afterward we went back to the barn to see how he was doing,” Bonnie Heath told Florida Horse. “He was a terror, brutalizing everybody, really upset that he didn’t get the chance to run.” He retired a winner of 13 of 16 starts with earnings of $2,481,760. Shortly thereafter he was sent to stud at Godolphin’s Jonabell Farm in Kentucky, where he made a new set of admirers. Godolphin USA president Jimmy Bell, in a statement issued the morning after his passing, said: “If you were putting together your fantasy horse stable for the last 25 years, you’d have to have Holy Bull in your Top 5. Just a fantastic racehorse. ‘You can’t mention his name without using . When he first such words as ‘fighter,’ ‘deterand ‘guts.’” stood up, his withers nearly mination’ Irony and coincidences have reached my shoulders. a way of surfacing in racing, —Kim Heath and two of Holy Bull’s sons, Giacomo and Mucho Uno, come into play when one thinks of his more than 50 stakes winners. The former, ridden by Smith, avenged his sire’s loss, taking the 2005 Kentucky Derby at 50-1, and the latter won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, a race in which Holy Bull was ineligible. Like all grays, Holy Bull turned white with age and, like all grays, he was susceptible to melanoma, which he contracted 10 years ago. “He was in really bad shape last September and we thought that might be it,” Kim Heath said. “The farm suggested I go over because it might be the last chance to say goodbye, so I went. He came around. When I walked in to see him, he perked up his ears when he heard my voice. He put his head on my arms and he licked me. I never needed to feed him carrots to get him to do any of that. When I saw him, his eyes brightened and I just knew that he wasn’t ready to go yet.” The rapport between his wife and the champ didn’t escape her husband’s attention. “It was always that way,” Bonnie said. “They had a special relationship. There were two people Holy Bull really loved, and those two people were Kim Heath and Mike Smith.” Holy Bull, 26 at his passing, was buried at Jonabell in Lexington, Ky. ■
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Texans Brad and Misty Grady expand their business ventures to an Ocala-based pinhooking, training and breeding operation By JOANN GUIDRY
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rad Grady has always been a bit of an eclectic entrepreneur. At 19, he left college and moved to Mexico to start a cattle selling and shipping business. The cattle were Mexican
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roping cattle, also known as Corriente cattle, which are a hardy breed much sought after by competitive team ropers in the United States. In his 20s, Grady became involved in the oil and gas industries, laying the foundation for Grady Reynolds LLC. Today, the Grandview, Tx.-based company, which leases equipment to oil and gas fields, has grown to doing business in half a dozen states.
By his early 30s, lifelong horseman Grady had become involved in thoroughbred pinhooking. Early success in that venture led to he and wife Misty buying a thoroughbred farm in Ocala in 2012. A mere two years later, Grady pinhooked his first million-dollar horse. That feat was encored by the sale of a $2.4 million colt at the 2017 OBS April juvenile sale. For Grady, a self-described ADD (At-
tention Deficit Disorder) individual, all of these entrepreneurial ventures have suited him just fine. “I’ve always liked having a lot of action going on,” said Grady, 37. “And I’m a competitive person, so I like businesses that are competitive too. The thoroughbred business is very competitive. I love all aspects of it. There’s a lot of action and it’s a lot of fun.” THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017 35
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Grady grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Girvin, a true speck on the map in West Texas. The last census generously gave Girvin a population of 30. The nearest actual town, 11 miles to the southwest, is McCamey, population 1,800 plus and officially known as the ‘Wind Energy Capital of Texas.’ “I went to school in McCamey,” said Grady. “But I spent most of my time on the ranch. I grew up on horseback and rodeoed as a team roper right into college.” It was during his one year at South Plains College in Levelland, Tx., that Grady met wife Misty. From central Texas, Misty also grew up with horses. Her parents raised and trained cutting and barrel racing quarter horses. “My roommate was on the college rodeo team with Brad and she introduced me to him,” said Misty. “It might not have been love at first sight, but I’d say there definitely was an instant attraction.” The attraction was strong enough to last even when Grady quit school and headed to Mexico. While Grady ran his Mexican cattle business, Misty transferred to Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. By the time Misty graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology, Grady
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was back in the Lone Star State for good. “We got married in 2001, right after I graduated from college,” Misty said. “Brad went into the oil, gas and cattle business and we started our family.” Besides marrying him, Misty also can be credited with Grady getting into the thoroughbred pinhooking business. “Dr. Joe Cannon had been Misty’s family’s veterinarian for years,” said Grady. “Dr. Cannon and I became friends and hunting buddies. On our hunting trips, he would tell me about being involved in pinhooking. I thought it sounded like a lot of fun. But I was still growing my business, so I knew I needed to wait until I could afford to give pinhooking a try.” That day came when Grady Equine paid $90,000 for a 2010 filly by Malibu Moon out of More Than Pretty, by More Than Ready, at the 2011 Keeneland September yearling sale. Then, consigned by Eddie Woods, agent for Grady Equine, the filly was sold for $490,000 at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton Florida February juvenile sale. “That was it. I was hooked on pinhooking,” said Grady. “It was so exciting to buy and sell that filly.” The rest of the story of that pinhooked filly is that
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she became multiple-graded stakes winner Kauai Katie. Raced by Stonestreet Stables, Kauai Katie earned $716,500. AN OCALA CONNECTION
Through Cannon, Grady met veteran Ocala horseman Bobby Dodd. The latter has been in the pinhooking business since 1980. For 28 years, Dodd and partner Tony Bowling were well-known and successful pinhookers. To this day, while no longer business partners, the duo remain longtime friends. “I had been selling horses for Dr. Cannon for several years when he introduced me to Brad Grady,” Dodd said. “After Brad got involved in pinhooking, he and his wife Misty thought it might be a good idea to buy a farm in Ocala. So Brad came down in late 2012 to look at some farms.” Grady recalled that he “flew into Ocala to shortlist some farms for Misty and I to consider.” But when Dodd took him to what was then Gulf Coast Farm, Grady knew he didn’t have to look any further. “I liked everything about that farm,” said Grady. “It was everything we were looking for, so we bought it pretty quick in December 2012. And then we hired Bobby to be the farm’s general manager and trainer. We renamed the farm Grand Oaks Equine Training Center.” Located in the Reddick area of northwest Marion County, the 415-acre farm features six barns with 144 stalls, a seven-furlong training track and swimming facility. Dodd utilizes two barns for the Gradys’ pinhooking and training
operation while leasing out a barn to Albert Davis’ Old South Farm. During the peak training season in the fall into winter, Dodd oversees 50-60 head and noted that he couldn’t do his job without Mary Ellen Coenen, the assistant farm manager. Also in residence at Grand Oaks is the Gradys’ broodmare band of 18-20. The first crop bred by Brad and Misty Grady are 2-year-olds of 2017. The Gradys are breeding to race and sell. “We love the farm in Ocala,” said Misty, who takes dressage lessons on Fuji, her Hanoverian warmblood. “We have riding horses at home on our cattle ranch in Grandview, but the thoroughbreds are so different. I really enjoy coming to the farm, particularly seeing the broodmares and the babies. It’s a great thing for us to enjoy as a family.” The Grady family includes sons Braeden (20) and Mason (6) and daughter Mikala (15). Braeden and Mikala are both champions in livestock showing while Mason is just getting started. At the 2017 Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, Mikala showed the eventual grand champion steer and which was then sold for $240,000. THE PINHOOKING BUSINESS
Grady and Dodd attend all the yearling sales together. When necessary, such as at Keeneland’s massive sale, they hire trusted horseman and horsewomen to help with yearling inspections. “We’re looking for the same kind of horses that everyone else is looking for,” Dodd said. “We like big, strong
Grady Hired longtime Ocala horseman Bobby Dodd (inset) as the farms general manager and trainer
I liked every“ thing about that farm. It was everything we were looking for, so we bought it pretty quick in December 2012. And then we hired Bobby to be the farm’s general manager and trainer. We renamed the farm Grand Oaks Equine Training Center. —Brad Grady
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I love the “ thoroughbred business. All of it, the pinhooking, the racing and the breeding,” Grady said. “We’ve made a significant investment with the Ocala farm. We intend to be in the thoroughbred business for a long time to come.
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athletic-looking horses who are structurally sound and have as much fashionable pedigree that we can afford.” “We all come up with our shortlists,” Grady added. “Then we compare them and vet the horses. The ones who pass the vet check, we bid on. Probably our upper limit is $200,000 with the average price we pay being $100,000. Under the Grank Oaks name, we generally buy 30-40 yearlings a season.” Once back at the Ocala farm, Dodd oversees the breaking and training process and preparing for the juvenile sales. At the OBS and Fasig-Tipton Maryland juvenile sales, the horses are consigned by Dodd. “The most important thing that I’ve learned is that you have to pay attention and listen to the horses,” Dodd said. “Sure we make our plans about which horses we think will go to which sale. But often things change because the horses make us change our plans. If you don’t pay attention to what the horses are telling you, you’re going to stub your toe. And in this business, that means losing money or ruining a good horse.” Dodd credited the Gradys with “understanding the process and being very patient. Even when it’s bad news, Brad will just stay calm about it. That’s a great attitude to have in the thoroughbred business and working with the Gradys has been a wonderful experience.” For a relatively new partnership, the Gradys and Dodd have notched some significant milestones. The first came at the 2014 OBS March juvenile sale when a colt by Malibu Moon out of Layreebelle, by Tale of the Cat, sold for $1.3 million. The colt had been bought for $200,000 at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale. Sold to Coolmore, the colt was named One Point Three. “That was a nice rate of return on that colt,” said Grady. “Unfortunately, he never did race. But that’s part of the game. You want the horses you sell to go on and do well at the racetrack, but that doesn’t always happen.” At the 2017 OBS March sale, a colt by Union Rags out
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of Alexandra Rylee, by Afleet Alex, was sold for $950,000 to Dennis O’Neill, agent. Dennis generally buys horses that race for clients of his two-time Kentucky Derby (G1) winning trainer, Doug O’Neill. The colt, since named Pitino, was bought by Grand Oaks for $135,000 at the 2016 Keeneland September yearling sale. Then came the OBS April auction and an eye-opening, record-breaking sale. A colt by Tiznow out of Moonbow, by Distorted Humor, fetched $2.45 million from bloodstock agent John Moynihan, who was buying for Michael Vincent Magnier’s Coolmore. The colt had been purchased by Grand Oaks for $125,000 at the 2016 Keeneland September sale. “Selling that colt was very exciting,” Grady said. “We knew he was a nice colt and he worked fast, but you just don’t go in with that kind of expectation. Hopefully, he will go on and be a good racehorse for Coolmore.” THE DEFAULT OPTION
About the same time that Grady entered into the pinhooking business, he also began racing horses through the claiming ranks. But as the pinhooking business grew, Grady discovered he had another avenue to be in the racing game. “Sometimes horses don’t get to the sales. They might get sick or hurt at just the wrong time,” Grady said. “Or they just don’t sell at the sales. So then we started racing those horses. I call it racing by default.” The Gradys’ racing stable currently includes 15 horses and the majority are those that for various reasons didn’t change hands in the sales ring. The horses are split between trainers Joe Sharp and Bret Calhoun. Prime examples of the default option currently carrying the Gradys’ burnt orange and black silks are stakes winners Cool Arrow and Supermason. Cool Arrow, a 2014 bay colt by Into Mischief out of Phoenicia, by Mr. Purple, was purchased by Grand
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Oaks for $120,000 at the 2015 FasigTipton Saratoga August yearling sale. Trained by Sharp, Cool Arrow has won to date three stakes and banked $333,815 for the Gradys. Supermason, a 2012 bay gelding by Grasshopper out of Folksky, by Midway Road, was a $25,000 purchase at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton Texas yearling sale. Named after the Gradys’ son Mason, Calhoun-trained Supermason is a multiple stakes winner to date of $284,580. “While it wasn’t our intention to race these horses, we are definitely enjoying it,” said Grady, who also races 2017 graded stakes-placed Mayla in partnership with Carl R. Moore Management LLC. But without a doubt the Gradys’ star default racehorse is Girvin. Purchased by Grand Oaks for $130,000 at the 2015 Keeneland September yearling sale, the colt by Tale of Ekati out of the Malibu Moon mare Catch the Moon never made it to the sales ring. “The colt sustained a cut on an ankle. It wasn’t anything really bad, just bad enough to keep him out of the sales,” Grady said. “Bobby thought he was a nice horse, so we decided to go ahead and race him. I named him Girvin after the area where I grew up on my family’s cattle ranch. Of course, we had no idea of where he would take us.” After winning the Risen Star Stakes (G2) and Louisiana Derby (G2), Girvin took the Gradys to the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (G1). And just for good measure, Grady and Dodd were also represented by Irap in the Kentucky Derby. Bought by Grand Oaks for
$100,000 in a private sale at the 2015 Keeneland September sale, Irap was sold by Dodd for $300,000 at the 2016 OBS March juvenile sale. The 2014 colt by Tiznow out of the Storm Cat mare Silken Cat had earned his way into the Kentucky Derby by winning the Blue Grass Stakes (G2). Results wise, Joe Sharp-trained Girvin finished 13th and Irap wound up 18th. But those outcomes did not dampen the Run for the Roses experience. “The whole Kentucky Derby experience was absolutely surreal,” Grady said. “It was such a great experience for the whole family. We were so fortunate to have had that experience.” Misty agreed and added, “It was most certainly something that’s difficult to put into words because it was such a unique experience. It was truly very special for our family.” As fate would have it, Girvin and Irap squared off again in the Ohio Derby (G3) on June 24 at Thistledown. And at the wire, Irap just caught Girvin to win by a scant nose. Irap then came back on July 15 to win the Grade 3 Indiana Derby. At this writing, Girvin has earned $974,400 and Irap has banked $1,357,600. And Irap earned the distinction of becoming the first millionaire graduate of the Grady/Dodd pinhooking operation. “I love the thoroughbred business. All of it, the pinhooking, the racing and the breeding,” Grady said. “We’ve made a significant investment with the Ocala farm. We intend to be in the thoroughbred business for a long time to come.” n
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By BROCK SHERIDAN HALLANDALE BEACH, FL– n a warm and muggy afternoon in South Florida on July 1, many people were surely looking for some shade to escape the direct assault of the hot sun. Meanwhile, those that were looking to wager on Shade Tree Thoroughbreds at Gulfstream Park were likely pleased to be hot, but in a wagering sense. Florida-bred Three Rules returned to the winners’ circle during Gulfstream Park’s annual Summit of Speed after winning the $150,000 Carry Back Stakes (G3). Just a few races later, Florida-bred Imperial Hint took the Smile Sprint (G3). Both were bred by Bert Pilcher’s Shade Tree Thoroughbreds located in Ocala. He bred Three Rules in partnership with longtime friends Geoff Roy and Tom Fitzgerald and Imperial Hint alone. But for Pilcher, who owns Three Rules in the name of his Shade Tree Thoroughbreds, winning the Carry Back was like taking a much richer race – for a number of reasons. First, it was the colt’s first win since winning the $500,000 In Reality Stakes thus completing the sweep of the Florida Sire Stakes at Gulfstream Park last summer.
Second, there was a $25,000 bonus from the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association for the Florida-bred, Florida Sire Stakes-eligible contender who finished best and in the top three of the Carry Back. “That extra [$25,000] is fantastic,” Pilcher said. “That was just a big bonus. As a matter of fact, I wasn’t aware of that. It was [co-breeder Geoff Roy] who called me and said, ‘I think if we win this race, we get an extra $25,000 from the FTBOA.’ So it was a $150,000 race, but for us it’s like winning a $200,000 race.” Three Rules broke mid-pack with jockey Cornelio
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Velasquez while Florida-breds Mo Cash and Sweetonthladies went for the lead shortly after the start along with Blind Ambition. Down the backstretch, Mo Cash got to the front under jockey Robbie Albarado with Sweetontheladies another length back in Three Rules winning the Summit of Speed’s Carry Back Stakes
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against the best in the country. I tell you what though, [Mo Cash] scared us. He ran tough too. He is a nice horse. But we are real happy. [Three Rules] is now a graded stakes winner. He is the first graded stakes winner I’ve ever owned. I’ve raised some, but never have owned one.” Three Rules picked up $112,420 for the victory including the $25,000 FTBOA bonus. It was his sixth win from 11 starts and he now has lifetime earnings of $949,160. Three Rules is by the Northwest Stud stallion Gone Astray out of Joy Rules, by Full Mandate.
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third. Meanwhile, Three Rules was bidding his time in mid-pack as the leaders finished the first two furlongs in :22.64. Moving into the far turn, Mo Cash began to separate himself from the others until Velasquez suddenly had Three Rules up to challenge him from the outside. Those two came out of the turn together but Albarado kept Mo Cash on the rail while Velasquez moved Three Rules out into the four path for the run for home. With an eighth-mile left to run, it appeared Mo Cash had the edge but Three Rules continued to wear him down and as they ran under the wire, Three Rules put a nose in front of Mo Cash in second with Benefactor in third. The final time for the seven furlongs was 1:22.63 on the fast track. “Well, we have a win streak started again here at his home track,” Pilcher said. “He loves that distance [seven furlongs]. He loves [jockey] Cornellio [Velasquez] and he ran a big race. I liked the way he relaxed behind horses. He made his run when it was time. [Trainer] Jose [Pinchin] has done an unbelievable job keeping [Three Rules] at a peak performance. He’s run a good race every time we take him to the post. Even when he doesn’t win, there was no disgrace. He runs well every time—and sometimes
Since winning an optional claiming race in her third career start in July of last year, Curlin’s Approval has set a pattern of winning two races then losing two races, winning two races then losing two races. After winning the Hurricane Bertie (G3) and Royal Delta (G2) at Gulfstream last winter, she finished fifth in the Grade 2 Inside Information at Gulfstream and seventh in the Grade 3 Matron at Churchill Downs in May. So it was no surprise that she won the $250,000 Princess Rooney Stakes (G2) in her next start to continue her career pattern. The Princess Rooney was for fillies and mares, 3-years-old and older going seven furlongs on the main track. The Princess Rooney is also a Breeders’ Cup “Win and Your In” race which qualifies her for the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) to be run at Del Mar on Nov. 4. Kinsely Kisses broke on top but Curlin’s Approval was never far away as those two led the field of 11 through a first quarter in :22.71. The pair continued to fight each other for the lead around the far turn until Curlin’s Approval began to separate from her rival with three furlongs left to run. Curlin’s Approval coasted home in 1:21.68 and 4½ lengths in front of Distinta in second with favored Lightstream in third. Curlin’s Approval is co-owned by Happy Alter and Bridlewood Farm. She was also bred by Alter. She is by Curlin out of Withmom’sapproval, by With Approval. “She made us proud, like she has in her other graded stakes,” Alter said. “We put the speed back in her with the [work] in 57 and change. We wanted her to go about 59 but she’s such a special filly that she went faster than
extra [$25,000] “is That fantastic. That was just a big bonus. As a matter of fact, I wasn’t aware of that. It was [co-breeder Geoff Roy] who called me and said, ‘I think if we win this race, we get an extra $25,000 from the FTBOA.’ So it was a $150,000 race, but for us it’s like winning a $200,000 race.
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the designed time, but it didn’t hurt her. Then she blew out in 35 for the race and just has been showing all the class a filly could show. We’re proud of her. It’s nice to win here, in front of people that we know. I know they’ll be rooting for us when we go to the Breeders’ Cup, too.” Curln’s Approval pushed her bankroll to $560,015 with her win in the Princess Rooney. She has won six of eleven starts. Luis Saez was the winning rider. SMILE
Florida-bred Imperial Hint broke a bit slow and had to be checked by jockey Javier Castellano approaching the half-mile pole, but once he found room on the rail, he drew off to win the Grade 3 Smile Sprint by more than four lengths. The Smile offered a $250,000 purse to the field of 3-year-olds and older who went six furlongs on the main track. Awesome Banner, who was also bred in Florida, got the best start and led the field down the backstretch with Delta Bluesman, another Florida native, giving chase from the outside. After a quarter-mile in :22.31 Awesome Banner continued to show the way with Delta Bluesman keeping the pressure on the leader as Castellano and Imperial Hint continued to look for room in third. As they approached the stretch, a narrow hole opened on the inside for Imperial Hint who shot through to take the lead before they reached the three-eighths marker. Castellano had only to tap Imperial Hint a few times as they coasted to the finish in 1:09.23. Awesome Banner held on for second with Very Very Stella getting up for third. Delta Bluesman was fourth. It was the fourth consecutive win for Imperial Hint, a son of Imperialism out of Royal Hint, by Lahint. He had
won the Grade 3 General George at Laurel Race Course on Feb. 17 before traveling to Dubai for the Golden Shaheen. While training in the Middle East however, he developed pneumonia and was unable to start. Trainer Luis Carvajal Jr. nursed Imperial Hint back to health then sent him to Hallandale Beach for the Smile where he returned to his winning ways in impressive fashion. He is owned by Raymond Mamone and was bred in Florida by Shade Tree Thoroughbreds. “It was awesome” Carvajal said. “I knew he was doing really good, and I wanted to see him win like this. He’d been training super. I was very confident coming into this race. We don’t have plans [for his next race]. It could be Saratoga, but we’ll go back to the barn and see how he came back and make plans from there. It was very disappointing not being able to compete over there [Dubai], but at the same time it was a good experience. It might have helped him out in the end to give him time to refresh.” Imperial Hint earned $150,350 for taking the Smile. He now has a career bankroll of $500,155. It was his seventh win from 11 starts. The Smile is a Breeders’ Cup “Win and Your In” race which qualifies Imperial Hint for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) to be held at Del Mar on Nov. 5.
(above) Florida-bred Imperial Hint takes the Smile. (below) Florida-bred Who’s the Lady wins the Azalea
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(above) Florida-bred Pay Any Price wins the Bob Umphrey. (below) Diamond Oops wins the Kiss A Native
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South Florida for New Jersey when trainer Kathleen O’Connell moved her stable North. The 4-year-old filly has not been nearly as successful since the move finishing 11th in the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 19 and seventh in the $63,000 Crank It Up Stakes at Monmouth on June 10. However, she returned to Gulfstream Park for the $75,000 Azalea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies going seven furlongs on the main track. There was also a $25,000 bonus offered by the FTBOA for any Florida Sire Stakes-eligible Florida-bred filly that won the Azalea. Who’s the Lady was not eligible as she was not eligible for the Florida Sire Stakes. At the start, Florida-breds R Angle Katelyn and Fergielicious broke best of all and both went for the lead
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while Who’s the Lady bided her time in third, about two lengths behind the two frontrunners. They raced that way through a first quarter-mile in :22.67 as R Angle Katelyn and Fergielicious kept at each other around the far turn. Down the stretch, favored Firefoot joined the fray from the outside and it looked as though those three would battle it out for the victory. But Luis Saez and Who’s the Lady found a dream trip on the rail and snuck up in the final yards to get the victory by a head over the late-running Liraca, who was charging from the far outside. R Angel Katelyn got nosed out for second but was still third over Firefoot in fourth. Who’s the Lady runs in the name of Daryl and Sandy Clark’s Darsan, Inc., who also bred her in Florida. “She worked great at Monmouth Sunday and I want to thank Gulfstream Park for allowing us to fly down,” Daryl Clark said. “We were trying to go long with her in the last few races. There was no race for her [at Monmouth Park], but Gulfstream had this race and she is a Florida-bred so we brought her down. I was walking away at the half-mile marker thinking she just wants to go longer but [Saez] didn’t give up on her. And you can’t ask for anything more than that. He is a great, Hall of Fame rider. And a great job by Kathleen [O’Connell]. I just can’t say enough about her. This horse has a lot of heart. She’s won two stakes on this track and we just can’t ask for more.” Who’s the Lady picked up $44,640 for the win which pushed her lifetime earnings to $157,360. It was the fifth win in seven starts for the daughter of Munnings and the Star Gallant mare Nicole Kathryn.
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BOB UMPHREY TURF SPRINT
During his 15 race career, Pay Any Price has only once gone more than one race without a victory and the 7-year-old gelding kept to that trend in winning the $75,000 Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint for 3-year-olds and older going five furlongs on the grass. After winning the $75,000 Silk Run Stakes at Gulfstream on March 11 three races back and an optional claiming race at Gulfstream on April 14, the Floridabred son of Wildcat Heir traveled to Pimlico on May 19 to finish second to Richard’s Boy in the $100,000 Turf Sprint in his most recent try. But Pay Any Price was not going to be denied in the Bob Umphrey as he broke on top and led from start to finish through fractions of :21.41 and :43.05 with an eventual final time of :54.30 and 3¼ lengths ahead of Partly Mocha in second with Padilla third. Ridden by Edgard Zayas for trainer Ralph Ziadie and owners Matties Racing Stable LLC and Averill Racing LLC, Pay Any Price was bred in Florida by Brent and Crystal Fernung. He is out of the Naevus mare One to Five. “Definitely, it feels great coming back,” Zayas said. “This horse is a very fast horse. I just helped him to get out of the gate and put him on the lead and from there he just traveled on his own, cruising, very easy.” It was the ninth victory from 16 career starts for Pay Any Price who picked up $45,105 for the win pushing his career earnings to $199,438. KISS A NATIVE
Diamond Oops ran just behind the speed dual between Florida-bred Uncle Runt and Dial One down the backstretch, moved up to challenge around the far turn and fought off a challenge by Dial One at the eighth pole to win the $100,000 Kiss A Native by 3¼ lengths. The Kiss A Native featured a short field of five 2-yearolds going 5½ furlongs and the final time was 1:05.34. Patrick Biancone trains Diamond Oops for Diamond 100 Racing Club LLC and Amy E. Dunn while Luis Saez was the winning jockey. It was the second win in as many starts for the son of Lookin At Lucky out of Patriotic Viva, by Whywhywhy. He had won a maiden special weight event at Gulfstream Park on June 1 in his first start. The victory was worth $62,000 which pushed his career bankroll to $86,000. BRAVE RAJ
Rose to Fame got off to a slow start in the $100,000 Brave Raj but recovered well enough to sit behind early leading Florida-breds R Paper Chaser and Go Astray as they raced down he short backstretch and around the turn.
As the field entered the stretch, jockey Edgard Zayas asked Rose to Fame to pick up the pace as they made their move 3-wide with Go Astray still on the lead with Diamonds R Trump giving chase from the inside. Go Astray kept the lead inside the sixteenth pole with Diamond R Trump pushing through on the inside to momentarily take the lead. But Rose to Fame got up in the final jumps to win by a neck over Diamonds R Trump in second with Di Maria third after a making a late run on the far outside. The final time was 1:07.41 for the 5½ furlongs on the main track. Rose to Fame earned $61,380 for the win and increased his lifetime bankroll to $85,380. Rose to Fame is trained by Antonio Sano for Sano Racing Stables LLC. Sano purchased the son of Gemologist for $65,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sale April auction from the consignment of J.J. Crupi’s New Castle Farm after working an eighth-mile in :10 1/5 at the Under Tack program. He is out of the Vindication mare Dazzler. n
Rose to Fame takes the Brave Raj
Record Handle
Gulfstream Park set a record on Summit of Speed Day with total handle of $12,660,617. The July 1 handle eclipsed the previous handle of $9,702 million by 30 percent and the 2015 handle of $8,071 by 50 percent. In its last year at Calder in 2013, total handle on the Summit of Speed program was $4.678 million. After Calder did not run the Summit in 2014, Gulfstream focused on rejuvenating summer racing and the Summit of Speed. “We want to thank the fans throughout the country for making Saturday’s Summit of Speed a success,” said P.J. Campo, Vice President of Racing for The Stronach Group and General Manager of Gulfstream Park. “Horsemen continue to support our summer program with great racing. We witnessed some incredible performances today by our equine and human athletes.n THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017 47
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By BILL FINLEY Reprinted with permission from Thoroughbred Daily News
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s you enter through the gate and drive toward the clubhouse entrance there’s an instant where you can imagine Hialeah as it once was. The palm trees and shrubs still line the grand entranceway, just as they did when Winston Churchill, Jackie Kennedy, the Vanderbilts, Palm Beach society and every notable trainer and owner in the East made their way toward a racetrack that typified beauty, class, history and great racing. But turn a corner and you are jolted, face to face with the reality of what Hialeah has become: a nightmarish freak show. The parking lot is empty, the entrance into the clubhouse appears abandoned, untouched and unattended to for who knows how long. Keep going, out to the apron and there you will see racing that has been called ‘a sham,’ and ‘fake racing.’ Hialeah’s owner, John Brunetti, himself, once called the sort of racing that has been going on for a while at backwoods “racetracks” in Northern Florida the “Mickey Mouse circuit.” Here’s a better way to describe it: grotesque. What else would you describe something where the competitors include a 22-year-old horse, a poor thing named Miss Minnie Matt? The ancient mare was there to take part in what Hialeah management passes off as quarter horse racing. It is not. To say it is quarter horse racing, or any kind of real racing, is a mockery. It is, instead, a farce that allows Hialeah to maintain its license to have slots, poker and simulcasting. The concept was created by devious, but creative, individuals. In order to have various forms of gaming, Florida racetracks must have, according to law, “horse racing.” Which means what? An argument was made that as long as any kind and any number of horses were pitted in a competition against one another that was
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Hialeah Casino entrance (above) and a postcard with illustration depicting Hialeah in better days (below)
“horse racing” and that was good enough to have a gaming license. A 22-year-old horse racing 110 yards against some other animal? Why not, or so said the Florida courts and the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel racing. It began at a place called Gretna Racing and spread to places named Oxford Downs and Hamilton Downs. At first, Gretna conducted pari-mutuel barrel racing, but someone actually put their foot down and said that was not “horse racing.” Little did it matter, as the rogue tracks just took the same horses and riders and conducted short match races. During the fiscal year that ended in June, 2016, the handle at Gretna was $73. That’s not for a race or even a card, but for the entire meet. Hialeah was late to join the party. Squeezed out by
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competition from Calder and Gulfstream, Hialeah ran its final thoroughbred race in 2001. With slot machines having come onto the table, Hialeah re-opened in 2009 with quarter horse racing, which allowed it to have gaming. And while purists may not have appreciated a track with such a rich Thoroughbred history running quarter horse races, at least they were “real” quarter horse races. Hialeah paid out $140,000 a day in purses, had a 40-day meet, and entered into a contract with a legitimate quarter horse horsemen’s association. That was the situation until Hialeah management saw the light or, perhaps, the darkness. If Gretna, Oxford and Hamilton could do it, why couldn’t they? A tremendous amount of purse money could be saved if Hialeah ran fake quarter horse races rather than real ones. So they pushed aside the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association and signed an agreement with a previously unknown horsemen’s group that has ties to Gretna. It’s a Sunday and the Hialeah program kicks off at noon with the first of 16 races. In order to satisfy the requirement of having to run a 40-day meet, the Hialeah card is divided into two programs of eight races each. They’re taking advantage of a loophole so they can really operate only 20 days instead of 40. Another rule that requires a minimum of five entrants in a race is also conveniently overlooked. The program lists two horses in each race, plus three also-eligibles. The same three horses are the also-eligibles in all 16 races. About 25 people are watching as the races begin,
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but virtually all of them appear to be involved with the race. With apparent compassion for her elderly partner, horses in some manner. It’s quite possible I am the Wintermute does not push her to run as she is badly beaten on her way to making an easy $750 for Handley. only “spectator.” Intimidating Jess beats This Star Is Shining in the It’s the right and the wrong thing to do. A joke or not, opener and the races keep going and going, each one there is betting on the race. But does anybody care? Obvilooking exactly like the one beously the Florida Division of Parifore it. Two horses break from Mutuel Wagering doesn’t–nor do something resembling a starting or past performances in Florida politicians. The same can gate and run for seven seconds the program but I’m told be said for Brunetti, who has or so. The jockeys, all of them that the winner of each signed off on the desecration of female, all wear jeans, have his once proud racetrack Western saddles, and their legs race gets $2,000 and the It is one thing to have this are fully extended as they ride. loser $750. It seems like an sham go on in a cow pasture The silks are red for the one, astonishing amount of somewhere out in the middle of white for the two. There are no money for horses that nowhere at a place that never was purses or past performances in might otherwise be sitting and never will be a racetrack. the program but I’m told that the This is Hialeah. Poor old, tired winner of each race gets $2,000 in someone’s backyard. Miss Minnie Matt traversed the and the loser $750. It seems like an astonishing amount of money for horses that might same hallowed dirt that Citation, Seattle Slew, Northern Dancer, War Admiral and so many other greats thunotherwise be sitting in someone’s backyard. Horse racing has its roots in match races, one horse dered over on their way to victory. Slot machines and horse racing have always had an owner challenging another, convinced his horse was faster than his rival and willing to bet his money that he uncomfortable marriage. But it was never supposed to is right. But there’s nothing quaint, historic or charming come to this. Slots, and other forms of gambling, came to racetracks and the deal was not meant to merely make about these races. Nothing at all. Starter Smokeking Enterprise is 17. Matts Red Cloud track owners even more wealthy. The machines were is 18, the same age as Impressive Hipockets. Thirteen also supposed to benefit the sport of horse racing and races down, three to go, the 22 year-old Miss Minnie no one was supposed to be able to have alternative gamMatt comes on to the racetrack to take on the 5-year-old bling at the tracks without racing. Real racing, that is. Frank Stronach would never do this at Gulfstream. Smokeking Rosa. Along with her age, all the program tells us is that she is owned and trained by Jim Handley But he could. In the Hialeah management offices, they must be havand the rider is Marni Wintermute. The horse is registered with the American Quarter Horse Racing Associ- ing a good laugh as the slots whirl, the money rolls in ation but has never run in a sanctioned race. Everything and Miss Minnie Matt keeps showing up in the entries. Not only did Miss Minnie Matt lose on this day. else about her life is a mystery. The 22-year-old has a tired countenance on her face as she prepares for the So did decency. n
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ever underestimate the importance of communication in developing relationships. When you’re fully invested in something, you go all in. A successful business model, strong work ethic, patience and integrity are things that have served All-In Removal’s Don Emrick well, not only professionally but personally throughout his life. More than a decade ago, Emrick and his wife, Stephanie, made the decision to start their own company, Emrick Hauling, a manure removal business servicing area horse farms with 12 roll-off dumpsters and one truck. But slowly the company grew, leading to the purchase of additional dumpsters. It was that gradual progression from the time the business opened its doors in 2006 with a steady increase in revenue, one that saw double-digit growth annually even during the
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comfortable in doing. His success as a salesman provided him with additional confidence. However, the transition to the new deepest part of challenging economic times. phase of his life was baptism by fire. “When we got into this business, there “The recession happened early on in the company, so there was a lot of the market wasn’t a lot of time to sit around and make a share to be gained,” Emrick said. “It wasn’t plan,” Emrick said. “We basically made a decompletely surprising to grow even through cision over supper one night and decided we a recession period. We weren’t a big company. were going to do this.” It was Emrick’s wife’s grandfather, who We had so much room for growth.” Before starting his own business, Emrick owned a small roll-off business, and they purhad been working for a company in Ocala, chased his dumpsters, 12 in all, and within a Quality Trailer Products, initially driving a week they were operating the company. It would become a labor intensive propositruck, an experience that proved to be transforming, as it allowed him to develop a rap- tion, but one in which Emrick was fully committed, and mornings would find him visiting port with the customers. “When there was an opening for an out- farms, making appointments, engaging the side salesman, I took that spot,” said Emrick. prospective clients, telling them about All-In Removal’s plan and develBoth he and his wife had oping those relationships shown quarter horses where they would become during their youth, but there customers. they hadn’t been inwasn’t a lot of time to sit After placing an emvolved with any type of agricultural business around and make a plan. phasis on building sales previously. “Those were We basically made a deci- relationships in the morning, the afternoons found two key positions that prepared me to be suc- sion over supper one night Emrick driving the trucks cessful in this business,” and decided we were going and removing the full conhe said. to do this. —Don Emrick tainer and replacing it with an empty one, while A fleet of vehicles was hardly foreign to Emrick, having been continuing to develop a rapport with the cusaround them his entire life, his father having tomers Emrick Hauling was serving. During the nascent stages of the business, had them, so transitioning into the trucking industry after obtaining his commercial dri- the company was taking the used bedding in ver’s license was something he was more than the full roll-off containers to a couple of
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local farms and compensating them to take the material from them. “They were kind of composting it and using it on their farms, on their crop plants,“ Emrick said. It was that profitability that led to the acquisition of a competitor in 2011, which had some built-in growth, Emrick said. At that time Emrick was approached by a horseman, whose business acumen and entrepreneurial enterprises are the stuff legends are made of, inquiring about the prospect of purchasing the company and it would be the start of a relationship that would be built on mutual respect and understanding. That horseman was thoroughbred trainer and owner Reid Nagle. “It was an eight-month negotiation process,” Emrick said. The parties would agree on a purchase price, and the terms and conditions of the sale would have Emrick retained as the president and chief executive officer of All-In Removal. The acquisition took place in the latter part of 2012, and the business experienced a period of rapid growth. An infusion of capital as a result of the transaction allowed for expanding the business in other areas, said Emrick. The eight-month negotiation was more about the parties getting to know one another more than hammering out the terms and conditions of the sale, said Emrick. However, Emrick and Nagle were rivals for a time. In 2011, Emrick was in the process of acquiring a competitor, and was working
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toward purchasing another competing service, the same company responsible for the manure removal from Nagle’s farm, when fate stepped in. “Before I could get the deal done, this guy opened his mouth to Reid that I was interested in buying him out,” said Emrick. “Reid wrote him a check on the spot for his company, hired a couple of guys to run the company, with the instructions that he was going to compete with us in the manure business. For about a year, we did some battle in manure. I think at the end of that time, Reid realized that we had such a great and loyal customer base, the wise move was to join forces and to do this the right way.” The change in ownership didn’t mean an overhaul of the company; it meant expanding upon the successful formula previously implemented by Emrick. “We didn’t get away from the roll-off dumpsters, we added to our roll-off dumpster fleet, and added tractor trailers with walking floors,” Emrick said.
A large part of their clientele is still serv- the business more efficient, and that iniced by the ubiquitous orange and black roll- cluded looking at the numbers regarding off dumpsters, but that doesn’t apply to all of transportation costs. “It’s fuel, labor, the cost of the equipment their customers, such as larger scale farms, that comes with running those with a deep voltrucks up and down the ume of horses, and a venue the size of Tampa , this guy opened road,” Emrick said. “So, when we were hauling Bay Downs. The economically his mouth to Reid that I was manure out of a farm, friendly company found interested in buying him out. every time we go to a that there were options Reid wrote him a check on farm, the truck is empty, and we say to ourselves for using the material the spot for his company, this is such a huge exthey would collect in the dumpsters, one where it hired a couple of guys to run pense. We’re running our would be recycled, and the company, with the in- trucks empty half of the time.” began partnering with In knowing that he composters around the structions that he was going state in 2013. to compete with us in the ma- had a strong business, “This happened at nure business. —Don Emrick one that provides an important service, Emrick the same time we started to use the tractor trailers to haul the manure,” wanted to keep things affordable, make the operation more efficient, and pass along those Emrick said. Emrick is someone who has always savings to the horsemen. He spent time looking at ways to improve taken the approach of finding ways to make
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All In Removal the business, and it was from that attention to detail he was able to find a way to optimize the undertaking with outstanding results, mitigating expenses. “We looked at a number of things, having better computer systems, hiring good drivers, having good equipment, so you don’t have breakdowns and repair bills,” Emrick said. “The one thing that kept on coming back to us was that our trucks run empty half the time. So, the natural fit was, every time we go to a farm, we need to be hauling shavings in, the fresh bedding, so that’s what we did.” There were already a few shavings companies doing business in the area, but the one Emrick approached was renowned for its integrity and reputation. “There was a company called American Shavings owned by Michael Earnest and his wife Carly,” Emrick said. “The reason we approached them wasn’t because they were the largest company, but in my opinion they were the best company. They were a growing company. They had great relationships with their customers. They were good honest people.” After the acquisition of American Shavings, All-In Removal re-
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ing knowing what we started off with was a tained Earnest as their operations manager. The combination of hauling shavings to company that did a couple of hundred-thouthe farms and removing the used bedding sand dollars a year in revenue, and now does more than $6 million a year in revenue, and made an immediate impact, Emrick said. “We were providing two jobs with one trip in the last four years we’ve grown 700 %. of the truck,” Emrick said. “So, when we re- In two short years in the shavings business, alized the savings, we passed it along to the we have moved to being the biggest shavcustomer, the horsemen, and that was at the ings provider in the area.” The success of business stems from havend of 2014. Our shavings [orders] have douing a competent staff in bled the past two years. place, outstanding equipThe growth has been ment, and most importantly more than I had expected. an owner who takes the I always set very lofty . He wants to grow business seriously, isn’t goals for the company, a good solid business afraid to invest money and and our shavings growth exceeded those goals.” that’s going to provide an has a long-term vision, Emrick said. All-In Removal is also affordable service to the “He’s not just worried environmentally friendly, has all new rigs, trucks horsemen for many years about making a buck,” Emthat are fuel efficient, to come. —Don Emrick rick said. “He wants to grow a good solid business that’s leaving less of a carbon going to provide an affordable service to the imprint, Emrick said. The company’s success and continued horsemen for many years to come.” Future plans call for expansion and the comgrowth is a point of pride with Emrick, and it’s a labor intensive position he’s passionate about, pany is looking at a number of options to see running the company as if he still owned it. It’s how they might be beneficial to the business, that sense of being invested and a commit- their customers and vendors, Emrick said. “I don’t know what that’s going to be in, but ment to the business that has grown the it will be something to take advantage of our bond between Nagle visibility and transportation,” Emrick said. “We’re in so many places, it just makes sense and Emrick. “It’s very satisfy- for us to think of something else we can do.” ■
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WILDCAT HEIR
LEADING FLORIDA SIRES
FIRST DUDE
HIGH COTTON
Farm Name
Sire Name
NA Stk Gr Earnings Strtrs Wnrs SW's Wins SW's Earnings
Wildcat Heir
Deceased
Forest Wildcat
$2,967,399
183
85
6
7
0
$3,010,899
Pay Any Price
$146,758
11
$26,727
16
$45,219
High Cotton
Ocala Stud
Dixie Union
$1,835,392
130
52
2
4
0
$1,837,483
R Angel Katelyn
$169,700
10
$11,270
12
$35,167
First Dude
Double Diamond Farm Stephen Got Even
$1,830,966
104
49
1
1
0
$1,830,966
Skye Diamonds
$168,920
12
$5,233
16
$71,500
Adios Charlie
Ocala Stud
Indian Charlie
$1,342,036
62
31
2
3
0
$1,342,417
Mo Cash
$160,684
15
$5,907
6
$45,833
Gone Astray
Northwest Stud
Dixie Union
$1,129,031
85
34
2
2
1
$1,129,031
Three Rules
$213,520
9
$7,311
4
$32,750
Distinctiv Passion
$81,860
9
$5,189
8
$10,875
Calculator
$77,600
1
$10,000 1
$72,000
$8,600
13
$43,769
Name
With Distinction
Hartley/DeRenzo Tbreds Storm Cat
$1,003,698
91
36
2
2
0
$1,004,015
In Summation
Ocala Stud
$894,082
83
33
1
1
0
$896,149
Put It Back
Leading Earner
Leading Earnings
Yrlg Sold
Yrlg Avg
2yo Sold
2yo Avg
A. P. Warrior
Prestige Stallions
A.P. Indy
$776,855
71
31
2
2
0
$799,480
Annie Rocks
$97,200
Two Step Salsa
Get Away Farm
Petionville
$718,255
86
31
0
0
0
$723,602
Master Mick
$42,600
20
Overdriven
Ocala Stud
Tale of the Cat
$656,902
41
20
1
1
0
$716,462
Overnegotiate
$97,850
10
$8,400
13
$25,615
Big Drama
Prestige Stallions
Montbrook
$697,585
66
25
1
1
0
$701,700
Sadie Be Good
$106,000
5
$14,480
6
$33,533
Awesome Again
$690,418
76
26
0
0
0
$692,968
Awesome Banner
1
$2,000
3
$19,167
Awesome of Course Ocala Stud
$92,275
Exclusive Quality
Journeyman Stud
Elusive Quality
$538,569
70
25
0
0
0
$540,805
Dreaming of Neno
$58,000
Greatness
Prestige Stallions
Mr. Prospector
$529,779
41
22
0
0
0
$539,139
Mr Manning
$66,000
Yesbyjimminy
Bridlewood Farm
Yes It's True
$484,414
36
16
0
0
0
$488,649
Clowney
$80,920
1
$1,000
1
$10,000
Biondetti
Woodford Thoroughbred Bernardini
$455,360
39
20
0
0
0
$455,360
Te Amo Mamo
$41,880
6
$8,333
8
$29,125
Flashstorm
Northwest Stud
Storm Cat
$377,720
33
18
0
0
0
$379,915
Cinderela El Crome
$63,690
5
$7,220
4
$18,750
Backtalk
Bridlewood Farm
Smarty Jones
$318,960
25
13
1
1
0
$318,960
Boa Sorte
$41,780
2
$5,500
4
$3,000
2
$32,500
2
$32,000
J P's Gusto
Bridlewood Farm
Successful Appeal
$305,679
26
14
0
0
0
$305,679
White Smoke
$41,850
Montbrook
Deceased
Buckaroo
$269,316
31
14
0
0
0
$275,939
Schivarelli
$46,248
Crown of Thorns
Woodford Thoroughbred Repent
$243,949
20
9
0
0
0
$243,949
Major Key
$57,140
4
$26,500
Hear No Evil
Ocala Stud
Carson City
$238,525
26
10
0
0
0
$238,525
Diamonds R Trum
$53,800
2
$6,750
Iqbaal
Ward Ranch
Medaglia d'Oro
$219,481
10
6
0
0
0
$219,481
Lifelong Dreamer
$45,840 6
$5,100
3
$22,000
1
$2,500
1
$7,500
4
$7,850
11
$37,818
4
$8,750
2
$5,250
1
$7,000
1
$9,000
Field Commission
Solera Farm
Service Stripe
$215,987
20
9
0
0
0
$215,987
Baba Tobi
$33,200
Silver Tree
Vegso Racing Stable
Hennessy
$200,735
19
9
0
0
0
$200,735
Tree Fire
$33,415
Hello Broadway
Covington Oaks Farm
Broken Vow
$179,093
9
7
0
0
0
$181,465
U and Tequila
$56,405
Telling
Prestige Stallions
A.P. Indy
$169,667
23
9
0
0
0
$169,667
Hotty Toddy
$23,130
Factum
Stonehedge Farm South Storm Cat
$154,952
26
10
0
0
0
$154,952
Jockey Jills Dream
$23,160
2
$4,000
Burning Roma
Prestige Stallions
Rubiano
$150,741
15
9
0
0
0
$150,741
One Buck Roma
$32,091
1
$2,000
Wagon Limit
Bridlewood Farm
Conquistador Cielo
12
$14,042
1
$10,000
$142,135
12
3
0
0
0
$142,135
Delta Bluesman
$58,625
Treasure Beach (GB) Pleasant Acres Stallions Galileo (IRE)
$113,445
7
3
0
0
0
$113,445
Seattle Treasure
$44,400
Dark Kestrel
University of Florida
Stormy Atlantic
$108,625
3
1
1
1
0
$108,625
Buckeye Bullet
$107,820
Concorde's Tune
Deceased
Concorde Bound
$101,165
10
6
0
0
0
$105,585
Grey by You
Rock Hampton
Ric Deg Farm
Storm Cat
$84,521
17
2
0
0
0
$84,521
Stone Heart
$31,610
Doneraile Court
Prestige Stallions
Seattle Slew
$81,801
19
5
0
0
0
$81,801
Scherer Magic
$33,209
Revolving
Stonehedge Farm South A.P. Indy
$75,946
8
3
0
0
0
$75,946
Revolving Storm
$27,281
West Acre
Deceased
Forty Niner
$75,882
7
4
0
0
0
$75,882
Always Sunshine
$28,200
Gary D
Ming Farms
Successful Appeal
$72,629
4
2
0
0
0
$72,629
Fergielicious
$46,992
Boastful
Covington Oaks Farm
Cozzene
$71,107
9
3
0
0
0
$71,107
Determinator
$35,592
Hal's Image
Get Away Farm
Halo's Image
$68,000
5
1
0
0
0
$68,000
Jamie's Dancer
$26,350
$51,350
1
$3,000
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Heart Scan for Sales Yearlings Helps Predict Racing Ability S
ales yearlings go through several evaluations to ensure that they are healthy and sound. Feet and legs are examined and x-rayed, airways are scoped, and general health is assessed. One of the latest tools for evaluation is ultrasound heart scan, to determine whether the heart is healthy but also to know if it is average, above-average or below average in capacity. Without a good heart (which means a fairly large heart for the age, sex and size of that animal), even the
President of EQB Jeff Seder
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most well-conformed, ideal-looking young race prospect will likely not be a winner. The size and strength of a young horse’s heart (all other attributes being relatively equal) has proven to be a reliable predictor of future racing performance. Today there are ways to measure the size and quality of the heart muscle with ultrasound, and this technology is being utilized to examine sales yearlings to help access their potential. Several companies are now providing the technology and technicians to do these scans.
DATATRACK takes an ultra-sound heart scan to generate a Cardio Score based on the size, age and fitness of individual horses, whether it’s a sales yearling, a 2-year-old in training, a horse that is currently racing, or breeding stock. These comparisons can also be made by sire of that horse. This type of heart scan is not a diagnostic tool for evaluating health of the heart; the Cardio Score is simply a relative measure of the heart’s capacity to supply oxygen needs to that horse, and this score can be compared to that
PHOTOS COURTESY JEFF SEDER & PATTI MILLER
By HEATHER SMITH THOMAS
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of the horse’s peers. The images from this ultrasound, such as one frame of the scan (frozen when the heart is at its maximum capacity to hold and pump blood to the rest of the body) can be compared to other hearts at that phase of function. This view is similar to what your own heart looks like when your cardiologist performs an ultrasound on your heart. DATATRACK has conducted several studies of the Cardio Scores that their technicians have taken for yearlings, 2-year-olds, racehorses and breeding prospects over the past decade and compared those scores to the race records of each of those horses. The comparison charts for yearling colts and fillies are based on more than 800 Cardio Scores. The range of Cardio Scores goes from A to D, with A being the highest range, and D the lowest. In other words, a horse with a Cardio Score of A, B+, or B has likelihood of a far greater chance of winning at distances of a mile or further; a horse with a score of C+ would probably be better off at distances less than a mile, while horses with C or D Cardio Scores are rarely winners in either category.
“Only one-quarter of one percent of racehorses become graded stakes horses,” says Seder. These are the ones you are trying to find when selecting a racing prospect. “In order to get several really good graded stakes racehorses in the database to compare to when they were young, you must have hundreds of horses (in each weight/age/sex/height category. This means you need many thousands of horses in a database, or you won’t have accurate comparisons,” he says. In order to have an adequate database it’s also necessary to train technicians to do the measurements. “You need technicians who have done this thousands of times, like you’d find in a good hospital. So we’ve had the same person (Patti Miller) doing all of these horses. We started in the early 1980’s so we’ve been doing it more than 30 years. We needed to do enough horses to show that the data would be reproducible; we had to do studies to show that we got the same results every time we did the same horse, for instance, and the results of these studies are in our published papers,” he says.
EQB CONSULTING
HOW IT WORKS
Jeff Seder and Patti Miller (president and vice-president of EQB, a thoroughbred consulting firm at West Grove, Pa.) have spent many years perfecting their methods for taking accurate measurements of horses’ hearts using echocardiography (ultrasound). “We image the heart with ultrasound and take various measurements. With those measurements we can compare that individual heart to our large databank,” Miller says. She has now taken measurements of more than 50,000 racehorses, comparing horses of the same age, sex, size and similar degree of training. From these measurements she can compare the horses and try to predict what their abilities will be, later on in life. “You can’t compare a 900-pound 14month old filly to an 1100-pound 16-month old colt,” says Seder. “These young horses are different by sex, size and age. You can’t just do ‘yearlings’ and accurately compare them. They have to be the same in all aspects, to be able to compare them accurately,” he says.
Miller says one of the things that is unique about EQB’s approach is that even though they use a lot of scientific technology they have not thrown out common sense. “If a person is looking at a first grade class in terms of future sports ability, you look first at the kids who appear to have or have a history of having athleticism. We do a lot of work at yearling sales, trying to pick out the individuals that look like they can run. A big heart, in a horse that can’t run, is just a big heart—and that
horse will never be a winner,” she explains. “We actually have declined working with farms that don’t already have a good method of trying to select athletes. The other thing that is important for the database, we use for research and comparisons only data from horses that went on to have enough starts. In other words, we try to look mainly at horses we think have potential and who stayed sound enough to have a 3-year-old career,” she says. Some horses for various reasons have not had enough starts or are unsound. “These things can affect the database. Our database only includes previously selected athletes that can run—that can go on and train and are able to train. The heart scan is simply an additional selection tool. This is a much stronger approach, involving a more comprehensive genetic package for selection. It doesn’t matter how many hearts you have in your database if these are not the hearts of horses that were pre-selected as athletes. You’ll get the wrong formulas,” Miller explains. Seder says they don’t even look at the heart of a horse until it has passed three or four of their other tests. Heart measurement is the frosting on the cake; this is how you separate the good horses from the potentially great horses. “We are trying to distinguish between allowance horses and graded stakes horses. They all had good conformation, good throats, good pedigrees, etc. The difference between them is in the heart,” he says. If a horse isn’t sound enough to race or doesn’t have the conformation to run well, it won’t be in this group. It’s not just about big hearts. It’s also all about having the right heart, for the size, age and sex of the horse. “It has
Heart Measurement Related to Age
The heart continues to grow as the horse matures and ages. Thus you can’t compare the heart of a yearling with the heart of an older horse. “The heart you’ll see in a 5-year-old horse versus the cardio you’d see in a yearling is significantly different,” says Miller. “With a 20-year-old horse, like when they were doing the autopsy on Secretariat, or even if you were looking at a 20-year-old claimer, you will see a big heart, because it continues to grow. We have that data now, and know that older horses have bigger hearts, even if they are not great athletes. We were looking at older racehorses and a lot of them had efficient, big hearts. Then I looked at horses in a riding school—retired from race training due to lack of talent on the track. We then saw hearts that were significantly smaller for their age and sex, compared with the successful racehorses,” she says. n
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Equine Care to be a big heart, a strong heart, and we measure size and quality of the muscle; there are about 10 variables we evaluate. Of all the thousands of super graded stakes winners, however, we’ve never seen one with a really tiny heart,” says Seder. EXAMINING YEARLINGS AT SALES
Heart scanning is becoming routine at sales and there are several people doing it. Seder says some of them don’t have enough database and some technicians don’t have enough experience. Miller compares it to having a human ultrasound. “They tell you to have the same technician do it each time, and if possible the same machine—to have consistency. I am still dragging around this same old machine but it gives a very clear image and it’s consistent. It is very hard to compare heart sizes using two different kinds of machines. Any ultrasound tech will tell you that they become very comfortable with the machine they have, and they don’t want to keep changing,” says Miller. You also want someone who is an expert handling horses and knows how to keep that horse calm. “You can’t just send two people and an electrical machine into a stall with a
It’s Just a Measurement
The heart scan simply evaluates size and strength of the heart. “It tells you nothing about the health of the heart,” explains Miller. “A horse can have a septal defect that affects certain flow factors through the heart, or a heart murmur, but we don’t evaluate these things. We are not veterinarians and we don’t diagnose anything. On my machine the sound is turned off, so we are not doing any form of veterinary medicine. We are simply measuring the size, wall thickness, etc.” she says. “We simply act as an agent. All of our vets listen to the heart, because we don’t. We are always working with veterinarians who do that. We are only looking at the left side of the heart, and what we do is not in any way a veterinary examination of the heart,” she explains. n
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A Great Heart Does Not Guarantee a Great Racehorse
Miller points out that you first need a system for selection (looking at conformation, health, pedigree, soundness, stride, etc.). “From that selection, evaluating the heart is an add-on tool. A horse that can run, with a smaller heart, will beat a horse that can’t run, with a larger heart,” she explains. The heart measurement is simply part of a larger focus after you’ve already weeded out some of the candidates. To get the most benefit from cardiovascular measurements, you add this into a program that already works. People are trying to select the best possible horses at auction, and using the heart measurements to maximize their chances. “Though all horses don’t have great hearts, many of them can still race effectively. It doesn’t mean the horse can’t run, it just means that he probably can’t run as well in lead company,” says Miller. A good horse also needs the will to run. “If they quit when they are tired, they are done,” says Seder. A great horse has the drive to excel, to be out in front, even when it’s difficult. They have to want to run,” he says. That desire can make all the difference. An illustration of this is a story he tells about a claiming race he watched. Normally as horses come around the turn in a 6furlong race they are all strung out. At this particular race a dog ran out on the track and all the horses sped up. “The dog chased them up the stretch and they finished as a tight bunch! That’s what happened when they were all trying! But at the top level, horses already want to run. Good racehorses want to be in the lead,” he says. n yearling,” says Seder. “You can walk into the stall and the resting heart rate can jump from 30 to 120 beats per minute if the horse gets upset. You may not be able to detect any outward sign yet the heart rate jumps to four times normal rate. You must have people who know how to not let that happen or else your data is no good,” says Seder. “One of the reasons we’ve succeeded in what we do is that I hired statisticians from major universities, doctors and engineers, and veterinarians from New Bolton to design and write the studies. All of these experts were important, but we also had Patti Miller to do the horses, and Billy Turner working with us when he was training Seattle Slew. Lifetime racehorse people kept us grounded; they have been the reality check. We would have made a lot of errors without them. It was the combination that made this successful. In the early years, before we got horse people involved, we did a lot of technical things well and a lot of basics very badly. The team effort is crucial,” he says. Miller says they’ve also spent a lot of time understanding how the sale system works. “We do these measurements at a sale and
have to be in the stall long enough to have the horse comfortable and get the heart rate below 40 beats per minute. We are quick, because we’ve done tens of thousands of these. We can probably do one in 4 to 5 minutes if the horse is agreeable,” she explains. To make sure the horses are calm, they often do the measurements at night, when there are fewer people around and less distraction for the horses. “Anything that changes blood pressure can change the accuracy of the exam because we are looking at the left ventricle at peak diastole. Tranquilizing the horse changes the data. Anything that influences peripheral dilation, or if the Vice-president horse has been scared or had of EQB a bad experience a few minPatti Miller utes before we come into the stall, it won’t be accurate,” Miller says. “The interesting thing about this examination is that it can err on the side of being wrong, but if a horse has a great heart it stays a great heart on our exam unless there’s some kind of stress mechanism involved.” You can get a false negative (a good heart might show up as a poor one if the horse is stressed) but you’ll never get a false positive (a small heart will never show up as a large one). n
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FIRST DUDE Sire Name
LEADING FLORIDA 3RD CROP SIRES
GONE ASTRAY
ADIOS CHARLIE NA Stk Gr Earnings Strtrs Wnrs SW's Wins SW's Earnings
Leading Earner
Leading Earnings
Yrlg Sold
Yrlg Avg
2yo Sold
$168,920
12
$5,233
16
2yo Avg
Name
Farm Name
First Dude
Double Diamond Farm Stephen Got Even
$1,830,966
104
49
1
1
0
$1,830,966
Skye Diamonds
Adios Charlie
Ocala Stud
Indian Charlie
$1,342,036
62
31
2
3
0
$1,342,417
Mo Cash
$160,684
15
$5,907
6
$45,833
Gone Astray
Northwest Stud
Dixie Union
$1,129,031
85
34
2
2
1
$1,129,031
Three Rules
$213,520
9
$7,311
4
$32,750
Big Drama
Presitige Stallions
Montbrook
$697,585
66
25
1
1
0
$701,700
Sadie Be Good
$106,000
5
$14,480
6
$33,533
Backtalk
Bridlewood Farm
Smarty Jones
$318,960
25
13
1
1
0
$318,960
Boa Sorte
$41,780
2
$5,500
$71,500
J P's Gusto
Bridlewood Farm
Successful Appeal
$305,679
26
14
0
0
0
$305,679
White Smoke
$41,850
4
$3,000
2
$32,500
Crown of Thorns
Get Away Farm
Repent
$243,949
20
9
0
0
0
$243,949
Major Key
$57,140
4
$26,500
2
$32,000
Iqbaal
Ward Rand
Medaglia d'Oro
$219,481
10
6
0
0
0
$219,481
Lifelong Dreamer
$45,840
Field Commission
Soldera Farm
Service Stripe
$215,987
20
9
0
0
0
$215,987
Baba Tobi
$33,200
6
$5,100
3
$22,000
Telling
Presitige Stallions
A.P. Indy
$169,667
23
9
0
0
0
$169,667
Hotty Toddy
$23,130
1
$2,500
1
$7,500
Factum
Stonehedle Farm South Storm Cat
$154,952
26
10
0
0
0
$154,952
Jockey Jills Dream
$23,160
2
$4,000
4
$7,850
Vineyard Haven
Woodford Thoroughbreds Lido Palace (CHI)
$89,414
13
4
0
0
0
$91,035
Sweet Tooth Haven
$22,950
Legendary Hearts P
the average size, and a third larger than any equine heart I'd ever seen. And it wasn't pathologically enlarged. All the chambers and the valves were normal. It was just larger. I think it told us why he was able to do what he did.” It has also been reported that EQB’s Jeff Seder once convinced owner Ahmed Zayat to not sell future 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, who at the time was catalogued in a Saratoga yearling sale, because Seder had scanned American Pharoah and calculated that he had an abnormally large heart. Eclipse, the famous British racehorse of the 19th century who retired undefeated from 18 races American and whose name lives on each year Pharoah when North American thoroughbred racing champions are awarded Eclipse Awards, is also believed to have had a larger than normal heart. Some reports say his heart weighed in at 14 pounds, more than twice the size of an average equine heart in 1879 when he passed. —Brock Sheridan
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MCCUE PHOTO
erhaps three of the most well-known examples of thoroughbreds with larger-than-normal hearts come from horses who also have larger-than-normal legacies. Secretariat, who won the 1973 Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont and whom many consider to be the greatest thoroughbred of alltime, was said to have a larger-than-normal heart before horsemen began scanning and measuring the equine hearts of live thoroughbreds and long before the veterinary characters did so on the current “Audi S5 Sportback” television commercial you may have seen recently. Dr. Thomas Swerczek, a professor of veterinary science at the University of Kentucky at the time of SecreSecretariat tariat’s passing, performed the necropsy on the champion shortly after his death in 1989. He was quoted by Sport Illustrated’s Bill Nack in his 1990 article Pure Heart: “We were all shocked, I've seen and done thousands of autopsies on horses, and nothing I'd ever seen compared to it. The heart of the average horse weighs about nine pounds. This was almost twice
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Pan Am Kicks Off Global Aftercare T By TAMMY A. GANTT
Florida-bred Silver Charm is homed there currently. Representatives from prominent groups such as the Amerihe Pan American Conference held May 17 through 20 was hosted by The Jockey Club and the Latin American Racing can Association of Equine Practitioners (Kathleen Anderson), Channel with the action packed schedule featuring promi- Au-delà des Pistes in France (Lisa-Jane Graffard), International nent industry leaders. Topics included an international trainer panel, Federation of Horseracing Authorities, Japanese Racing Associ“The Horseplayer Perspective”, “The Racino Experience”, “Race- ation, Racing Queensland (Dr. Eliot Forbes), Racing Victoria track & Facility Design”, “Ownership, Syndicates & international (Raelene Harrison), Retired Racehorse Project (Steuart Pittman), Racing”, “Racing on TV: An Inside Look”, “Attracting New Fans: Retraining of Racehorses in the United Kingdom (Di ArbuthA Marketing Perspective”, panels on Korea, France, Brazil and not), The Humane Society of the United States (Wayne Pacelle), The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (Kristin other South American countries, a racing integrity panel. Leshney), and Thoroughbred AfterA highlight of the conference was care Alliance (Stacie Clark Rogers) the final keynote speaker Belinda provided their perspective insights Stronach, Stronach Group chairman during the event. and president. She shared the vision IFAR was set up as an independand outlook for racing and details ent forum that recognizes geographiabout the Pegasus World Cup, the cal and industry differences among world’s richest horse race. Another racing countries and is designed to highlight was the newly formed Inenhance thoroughbred aftercare ternational Forum for the Aftercare worldwide. Working with the Internaof Racehorses (IFAR). Kicked off a tional Federation of Horseracing Auday before the Pan Am event, IFAR thorities, IFAR’s mission is to raise provided an in-depth look at many awareness of the importance of welaspects of thoroughbred aftercare and fare for thoroughbreds, improve eduwelfare, from promoting and retraincation on lifetime care, and help ing to connecting aftercare to bettors increase demand for former raceand developing non-racing agreehorses in other equestrian sports. ments for owners. “We hope to promote the versatilWorld class three-day event rider ity and adaptability of thoroughbreds Boyd Martin shared his experience globally,” said Di Arbuthnot, Chief with his high profile horse BlackExecutive, Retraining of Racehorses. foot Mystery, an off-track thoroughwant the world to know that thorbred. Martin has finished in the top We hope to promote the versatility “We oughbreds can excel in other eques10 at every four-star event in the world except one. Michael Blowen, and adaptability of Thoroughbreds trian sports as well as they excel in founder and president of Old globally. We want the world to know that racing, and they also make fantastic companions, hacks, therapeutic Friends, shared his experiences at Thoroughbreds can excel in other equeshorses – the list goes on.” ■ the thoroughbred retirement facility trian sports as well as they excel in racconsisting of two farms, one in Kentucky and one in New York, that proFor more information on IFAR, visit ing, and they also make fantastic vide homes for pensioned stallions internationalracehorseaftercare.com companions, hacks, therapeutic horses – and for more information on raceand other thoroughbreds whose cathe list goes on. reers in racing and breeding have horse retirement groups, visit their come to an end. Most notably famed —Di Arbuthnot, Chief Executive, Retraining of Racehorses prospective websites.
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Dam
Breeder
Elusive Quality Indy Blaze Tizway She's Sensational Leading the Parade Bing Girl Shakespeare Cent Nouvelles Cowtown Cat Sarah Cataldo Northern Afleet Win Approval Adios Charlie Mo's Prize Any Given Saturday Brown Eyed Woman High Cotton Send for an Angel Sky Mesa Family Plan Hard Spun Baldomera Lido Palace (CHI) Lady of Prestige Medaglia d'Oro Mediation (IRE) To Honor and Serve Snow Cone General Quarters Local Gossip Big Drama Miss Grandiose Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Gamecents Wagon Limit Smoke Alarm Wildcat Heir Soldier Girl Soaring Empire D' Country Tiznow Scolara Yes It's True Walkinforkisses Warrior's Reward Inspirational Lonhro (AUS) In the Gold Awesome Again Slewfoundmoney Scat Daddy Indy Groove Closing Argument Untamed Passion Wildcat Heir Vee Cee Dancing Gottcha Gold Star Brook Exchange Rate Chirimoya General Quarters Flip the Stone Cool Coal Man Donna Marie Mineshaft Ava Pie Cowtown Cat Rational Velvet Eskendereya Unicorn Kid Graeme Hall Lilly Marlene A. P. Warrior Awesome Medicine Soaring Empire D' Country D'wildcat Cuckoo Sue Wildcat Heir Vee Cee Dancing Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Gamecents Awesome Again Slewfoundmoney General Quarters Local Gossip City Place Chelle Spendabuck Graeme Hall Lilly Marlene Overdriven Back to Basics Wagon Limit Smoke Alarm Ghostzapper Mighty Eros The Factor Silver Cub City Zip La Defense Society's Chairman Lady Natalie War Front Mutually Benefit Wildcat Heir One to Five D'wildcat Amelia Island
Glen Hill Farm 4/1/17 Farm III Enterprices LLC 4/1/17 Dr. K. K. Jayaraman & Dr. V. Devi Jayaraman 4/1/17 Kathleen A. Taylor 4/1/17 Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung 4/2/17 Live Oak Stud 4/2/17 Amanda Thompson Gonzalez & Gerardo Gonzalez 4/2/17 Gilbert G. Campbell 4/2/17 Craig Lawrence Wheeler 4/2/17 Glen Hill Farm 4/2/17 Brylynn Farm Inc. 4/2/17 Lynne M. Scace 4/2/17 Vegso Racing Stable 4/2/17 Live Oak Stud 4/2/17 Tim James Mawhinney & Karen Faye Mawhinney 4/2/17 Carl Bowling 4/2/17 Family Broodmares III LLC 4/2/17 Denis A. Dwyer 4/2/17 Tom McCrocklin & Frank Mermenstein 4/2/17 John Ropes 4/2/17 Haras Santa Maria de Araras S. A. & Tiznow Syndicate 4/2/17 Dorothy Raffa 4/2/17 Woodford Thoroughbreds 4/2/17 Live Oak Stud 4/8/17 Live Oak Stud 4/8/17 Glen Hill Farm 4/8/17 Craig L. Wheeler 4/9/17 A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara Vanlangendonck 4/13/17 Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis 4/16/17 El Batey Farm LLC 4/16/17 Shadybrook Farm Inc 4/22/17 John E. Shaw 4/22/17 Farm III 4/22/17 Blackacre Farms Inc. 4/22/17 Sally J. Andersen L. Richard Kent & John Waterman 4/23/17 Dee-Ellen Cook 4/23/17 R. C. Van Voorhees & Liz Steinbach 4/23/17 John Ropes 4/23/17 Carol Kemp 4/29/17 A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara Vanlangendonck 4/29/17 Family Broodmares III LLC 4/29/17 Live Oak Stud 5/6/17 Tim James Mawhinney & Karen Faye Mawhinney 5/6/17 Maria M. Haire 5/7/17 Dee-Ellen Cook 5/13/17 Ocala Stud 5/13/17 Denis A. Dwyer 5/13/17 Off The Hook LLC 5/14/17 Gilbert G. Campbell 5/14/17 Sally J. Andersen 5/14/17 Pamela Edel 5/14/17 Glen Hill Farm 5/19/17 Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung 5/19/17 Red Oak Stable 5/19/17
Holding Gold/Shakertown S. G2
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Date
Track Off ID Pos Race Name FG GP SA GP TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM SA TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM KEE KEE SA AQU OP CMR WO CT CT LRL GP CMR HST CMR AQU FON CD GP CD GP BEL HST SA MTH SA SA GG WO PIM PIM PIM
1 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 2 3
Grade/ Value
Earnings
Muniz Memorial H. 2/$300,000 $180,000 Appleton S. 3/$200,000 $19,800 Santana Mile S. $83,295 $9,360 Sir Shackleton S. $100,000 $9,600 Hiltn Grdn In/Hmptn Inn & Suites Sprnt $100,000 $60,000 EG Vodka Turf Classic S. $100,000 $60,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Sophomore S. $100,000 $60,000 14 Hands Winery Sophomore Turf S. $100,000 $60,000 Stonehedge Fm Sth Sophm Fillies S. $100,000 $60,000 Pleasant Acres Stallions Distaff Turf S. $100,000 $60,000 Tokyo City Cup S. 3/$100,345 $20,000 Hiltn Grdn In/Hmptn Inn & Suites Sprnt $100,000 $20,000 EG Vodka Turf Classic S. $100,000 $20,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Sophomore S. $100,000 $20,000 14 Hands Winery Sophomore Turf S. $100,000 $20,000 Stonehedge Fm Sth Sophm Fillies S. $100,000 $20,000 Pleasant Acres Stallions Distaff Turf S. $100,000 $20,000 Hiltn Grdn In/Hmptn Inn & Suites Sprnt $100,000 $10,000 EG Vodka Turf Classic S. $100,000 $10,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Sophomore S. $100,000 $10,000 14 Hands Winery Sophomore Turf S. $100,000 $10,000 Stonehedge Fm Sth Sophm Fillies S. $100,000 $10,000 Pleasant Acres Stallions Distaff Turf S. $100,000 $10,000 Shakertown S. 2/$200,000 $120,000 Commonwealth S. 3/$250,000 $150,000 Providencia S. 3/$150,345 $18,000 Danger's Hour S. $100,000 $10,000 Bachelor S. $150,000 $30,000 Clasico Jose de Diego S. 3/$42,560 $24,685 Star Shoot S. $102,200 $60,000 Sugar Maple S. Prsnt by CANTER WV $100,000 $62,000 Charles Town Classic S. 2/$1,250,000 $244,000 Weber City Miss S. $120,000 $25,000 Game Face S. $75,000 $7,275 Clasico Vuelve Candy B S. 3/$41,740 $24,209 Brighouse Belles S. $50,000 $29,500 Clasico Vuelve Candy B S. 3/$41,740 $4,174 New York Stallion S. $100,000 $10,000 Bosselman Pump and Pantry/Gus Fonner S. $75,000 $9,000 William Walker S. $100,000 $9,800 Powder Break S. $100,000 $9,300 Churchill Dns S. Prsnd by Twinspires.co 2/$500,000 $91,000 English Channel S. $75,000 $14,400 Diablo S. $100,000 $60,000 Vancouver Sun S. $50,000 $28,500 Desert Code S. $79,190 $47,100 Wolf Hill S. $59,400 $6,000 Angels Flight S. $78,345 $46,800 Angels Flight S. $78,345 $15,600 Alcatraz S. $75,675 $9,000 Ballade S. $125,000 $12,500 Hilltop S. $100,000 $20,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint S. $100,000 $20,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint S. $100,000 $10,000
World Approval/Longines Dixie S. G2
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Enterprising Our Way Clever Royal French Quarter Tiger Blood World Approval Mo Cash Muggsamatic R Angel Katelyn Family Meeting Big John B Palace Barista Go Around Salute With Honor General McGooby Sadie Be Good Somethingelse Delta Bluesman Favorite Heir Reason to Soar Prize Fight Yes I’ll Go My Girl Corey Holding Gold Awesome Slew Emphatically Cage Fighter Conquest Wildcat Deland R Naja Mia Torri Matt King Coal Forever Liesl Rashette Pure Lemon Dear Lilly Awesome Warrior Reason to Soar Tiger of Wales Conquest Wildcat Somethingelse Awesome Slew General McGooby Stallwalkin’ Dude Dear Lilly Arms Runner Delta Bluesman Faypien Noted and Quoted Anyportinastorm Code Warrior Compelled Pay Any Price Amelia’s Wild Ride
Sex Age Sire
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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—STAKES RACES Win/Place/Show Horse Name World Approval Quijote Reporting Star Mo Cash Sunnysammi Aquamarine Awesome Banner French Quarter Three Rules Starship Jubilee Money Or Love R Kinsley Doll Somethingelse Eva London Souper Tapit Blue Bahia Starr Bear Matt King Coal Dear Lilly Discreet Lover Code Warrior He Hate Me Stallwalkin’ Dude Mia Torri Holding Gold Super Dude Big City Dreamin Sadie Be Good Faypien Somethingelse Mystic Sky Bitacora Two Step Time Perhaps a Pie Family Meeting Galleon Mast Talk Logistics Choctaw Chuck Wild and Funny Storming My Way
Sex Age Sire G G G G M C C G C F M F F F C F F C M C F C G F G C F F F F G F C M F G C G F G
5 4 7 3 5 3 4 6 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 7 4 4 2 7 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 6 2 3
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Northern Afleet Win Approval Pomeroy Soi Disant Circular Quay Classic Beauty Adios Charlie Mo's Prize First Defence In Awe Gemologist April True Awesome of Course Miranda Stands Shakespeare Cent Nouvelles Gone Astray Joy Rules Indy Wind Perfectly Wild J Be K Meets Expectations Big Drama Honest Gold Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Gamecents Adios Charlie Ennuhway Tapit Zo Impressive Wildcat Heir Chocolate Brown Broken Vow Aidan Cool Coal Man Donna Marie Graeme Hall Lilly Marlene Repent Discreet Chat Society's Chairman Lady Natalie Algorithms Quiet Holiday City Place Chelle Spendabuck General Quarters Flip the Stone Lonhro (AUS) In the Gold First Dude Dark Rhythm Iqbaal Teriffany Big Drama Miss Grandiose Ghostzapper Mighty Eros Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Gamecents Sky Mesa Mystical Woman Dominus Shrimp Tempura Two Step Salsa Money Peg Tale of Ekati Royal Stimulus Sky Mesa Family Plan Mizzen Mast P. J.'s Eskimo High Cotton Alotofappeal Bwana Charlie Taylor's Choice Kitten's Joy Unbridled Humor High Cotton Picturemewithroses
Breeder Live Oak Stud Ramiro Rosas Medina Gilbert G. Campbell Amanda Thompson Gonzalez & Gerardo Gonzalez Rick Sutherland H & A Stables LLC Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Kathleen A. Taylor Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc Geoff Roy & Tom Fitz William P. Sorren Darsan Inc. Palm Beach Racing Family Broodmares III LLC Ocala Stud Live Oak Stud Dennis A. Drazin Donald R. Dizney LLC John E. Shaw Dee-Ellen Cook Woodford Thoroughbreds Pamela Edel Mike Mareina & Nathan Mitts Maria M. Haire Shadybrook Farm Inc Live Oak Stud Moreau Bloodstock Int’l Inc Wesley Ward Carl Bowling Off The Hook LLC Family Broodmares III LLC Vegso Racing Stable Brenda K. Jones Chessmate Thoroughbreds International LLC & Peter Kristine L. Mitchell and McKathan Bros. Glen Hill Farm H & A Stables LLC Ocala Stud & Edward Wiest Virgilio Lopez Live Oak Stud Marion G. Montanari
Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’s Associattion • Lonny Powell – CEO, Executive Vice President • Brock Sheridan – Editor-in-Chief • Tammy Gantt – Associate Vice President, Membership Services, Events Director, Contributing Editor, Industry and Community Affairs • E. Jane Murray – Director of Administration & Operations 64 THE FLORIDA HORSE • AUGUST 2017
Date 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/28/17 5/28/17 5/29/17 6/3/17 6/3/17 6/3/17 6/4/17 6/9/17 6/9/17 6/9/17 6/10/17 6/10/17 6/10/17 6/11/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/18/17 6/19/17 6/24/17 6/24/17
Track Off ID Pos Race Name PIM GP CD GP PIM PIM PIM GP PIM WO GP GP GP GP WO MTH CBY PEN HST PEN WO BEL BEL BEL BEL DEL MTH BEL SA GP GP GP GP EMD GP GP MTH PID WO MTH
1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 2 3
Gulfstream Park •Michael Costanzo – Claims Clerk •Peter Aiello IV – Tr Track Announcer Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park •Heather Belmonte – Executive Assistant Ocala Breeders’ Sales •Tom Ventura–President • Kevin Honig–Mutuels
Longines Dixie S. Big Drama S. Louisville H. Big Drama S. The Very One S. Chick Lang S. Maryland Sprint S. Big Drama S. Chick Lang S. Nassau S. Musical Romance S. Musical Romance S. Christmas Past S. Musical Romance S. Marine S. Blue Sparkler S. Northbound Pride Oaks Mountainview S. Strawberry Morn H. Mountainview S. Hendrie S. Tremont S. True North S. Bed o' Roses Invitational S. Jaipur Invitational S. Stanton S. Crank It Up S. Jersey Girl S. Summertime Oaks Ginger Punch S. Soldier's Dancer S. Ginger Punch S. Soldier's Dancer S. Washington State Legislators S. Ginger Punch S. Soldier's Dancer S. Betfair.com Pegasus S. Karl Boyes Memorial S. My Dear S. Jersey Shore S.
Grade/ Value 2/$250,000 $100,000 3/$100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 3/$150,000 $100,000 $200,000 2/$177,500 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000 $100,000 3/$134,250 $65,400 $50,000 $194,240 $50,000 $194,240 3/$129,050 $150,000 2/$250,000 3/$250,000 3/$300,000 $50,125 $63,000 $150,000 2/$201,035 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 3/$99,000 $100,800 $101,400 $58,200
Tampa Bay Downs •Allison DeLuca – Racing Secretary Breeder •Rick Heatter Trainers •Todd Pletcher •Chuck Simon
Earnings $150,000 $59,520 $18,600 $19,200 $20,000 $40,000 $15,000 $9,600 $20,000 $105,000 $60,760 $19,600 $7,200 $9,800 $75,000 $36,000 $10,000 $117,200 $10,000 $23,120 $75,000 $87,000 $50,000 $50,000 $36,000 $5,500 $6,000 $15,000 $120,000 $60,760 $58,900 $19,600 $19,000 $7,500 $9,800 $9,500 $20,000 $60,000 $20,000 $6,000
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Sex Age
Remember Willy King J Forge Ahead Franki Laugh It Up Backsplash Darnells Spirit Hissy Fit Corner the Market Map Room Rosie''s Faith General Council Gone Away Whogoosedthemoose Woolley Allen Montauk Cove Master Ruler Regal Daysi Real Coal Lucky Light Atlantis Romance Remember Willy Caribou Club Mystic Strike Aquamarine De Chera Curves That Kick C C''s Warrior Regal Sabellina Victory to Victory Ten Hut Rick''s Boy Hissy Fit Glory Stars My Awsome Alie Woolley Allen General Council Charleston Pier Luna''s Key Overture The Boot Wildcat Hiram''s Mistress Malibu Charlie Annie Rocks Tutti Sanno Salt On the Rim Aragorn''s Quest Vision of Blue Quick and Silver Real Coal Dero D Hoot and Holler Crown of Ambition It''s All Up to You Backsplash Sadie Be Good Montauk Cove Past Talk Fancy Man Joe Pike Pink Cotton Habilidoso Remember Willy Delantera Buch of Daisies Starship Mischief Forever Wandy Puerto Plata Kyle Regal Sabellina Rick''s Boy Bayshore Boy Gray Dude General Obvious Derek Adrian Salt On the Rim Specialcnsydration Noble Quest Lucky Light O. K. Kay Teufles and Roses Storming My Way
G G G M F G F M G M G F M G G C F F F F G C H C G C C F F G G F C F G G G F F G F G F H M M G G F G F G G F F G F G H C C G M F F F H C F G G G C C M F C F F F G
3 4 5 6 4 8 4 6 4 6 3 4 5 3 4 2 2 4 2 4 3 3 8 3 11 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 5 4 3 6 4 7 4 5 7 7 4 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 6 3 3 3 6 3 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 3 3 7 4 3 2 3 4 3
Sire J P's Gusto Einstein (BRZ) Mass Media Straight Faced Backtalk American Spirit Yesbyjimminy With Distinction Artie Schiller One Nice Cat Big Drama Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Spring At Last Gary D Circular Quay Overdriven Regal Ransom Cool Coal Man Colony Light Cowtown Cat J P's Gusto City Zip Smart Strike Gemologist Deputy Commander Fairbanks A. P. Warrior Regal Ransom Exchange Rate Field Commission Flashstorm Yesbyjimminy Repent Patriot Act Gary D Big Drama Circular Quay Wildcat Heir Congrats Wildcat Heir Bring the Heat Wildcat Heir A. P. Warrior Mass Media Keyed Entry Aragorn (IRE) Factum Dunkirk Cool Coal Man Northern Afleet Awesome of Course Crown of Thorns Graeme Hall Backtalk Big Drama Circular Quay Backtalk Wildcat Heir Benny the Bull High Cotton Greatness J P's Gusto Bernstein Mass Media Gone Astray Hold Me Back Saint Anddan Saint Anddan Regal Ransom Flashstorm Cool Coal Man First Dude Dialed In In Summation Keyed Entry Artie Schiller Gone Astray Colony Light English Channel Teuflesberg High Cotton
Dam
Breeder
Date
From Behind Louisiana Song Sanctioned E Major Pasarela Doug's Bettyboops Sing That Song Legacy's Silver Holidaysatthefarm Minstrel Blues Graceful Ace Miss Tullamore Dew Melo Sophie Shesagoodacre Awanda Way West Dolly Dottie's a Hottie For Real Life Lucky Colors Command the Waters From Behind Broken Dreams Mystic Rhythms April True Torchera Lunachick Allen's Ms Sabellina Points of Grace Hustle Repentina Sing That Song Lilly Marlene Frappay Shesagoodacre Graceful Ace Perfectly Wild Mitasunke Toccet Over Sally Got the Boot Bell's Dreamboat Gold Bag Lady Five Star Annie Town Secret Club Meeting Mossy Bank Blue Eyed Sweetie Royal Confection For Real Life Acadia Breeze Let It Roar Ambition Unbridled Howaboutrightnow Pasarela Miss Grandiose Awanda Pasarela Clandestine Allofeverything Lady in Pink Southern Dance From Behind Golden Silk Greek Key Will I Do Advance Glory West Acre Waltz Kitty Kitty Kitty Sabellina Repentina La Raine of Terror Gray Delta Sally's Song Petunia Face Club Meeting Luna Dorada Concert Quest Lucky Colors My Secret Brook Ski Sky Picturemewithroses
Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews Amaury Piedra Verbarctic Farm Adam Parker & Suzette Parker GoldMark Farm LLC Volusia Groves & Cattle Co. & Randall E Seaman David Melin & Eddie Plesa Kelly Warhurst Glen Hill Farm IWIN Farms LLC Joseph Barbazon & Helen Barbazon Dianne D. Cotter Ric Deg Farm & Luisa Degwitz Don L. Ming Janet Erwin Kevin O''Gorman Hidden Point Farm Inc. Paul Mouttet J D Farms Red Oak Stable Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews Glen Hill Farm Peter Vegso Racing Stable H & A Stables LLC Hidden Point Farm Inc. Rick Rudman William Crigler & Beth Bayer Woodford Thoroughbreds Live Oak Stud Edward Seltzer Northwest Stud David Melin & Eddie Plesa Dee-Ellen Cook Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc & Mark Pilcher Don L. Ming Joseph Barbazon & Helen Barbazon William P Sorren Phil Matthews & Karen Matthews Hickstead Farm Frank Bertolino Steven Michael Bell Ken Breitenbecker Jr. & Cheryl Breitenbecker Brenda Jones & Silver Oaks Farm Michael F. Feriole Bridlewood Farm Gilbert G. Campbell Gilbert G. Campbell Elizabeth P. Whelan David J. Whelan Teresa Murphy Paul Mouttet Dizney Double Diamond LLC Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung Woodford Thoroughbreds Norman Casse & Mark Casse GoldMark Farm LLC Carl Bowling Janet Erwin GoldMark Farm LLC Allen Amato & Mike Galinski Joanna Reisler Winchester Baye Acres Inc Seymour Cohen Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews Haras Santa Maria de Araras S.A. Kathleen Amaya Alexandro Centofanti & Raffaele Cen Freddie Hyatt Pamela Edel Mr. & Mrs. Marty Hershe Mr. & Mrs. Guadalupe Olvera Woodford Thoroughbreds Northwest Stud John Barberino & Hartley-DeRenzo Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC Arindel Farm Dennis E Foster Bridlewood Farm Farm III Enterprices LLC W. K. France & D. S. France J D Farms George Vires D. Michelle Landry Marion G. Montanari
4/2/17 4/5/17 4/7/17 4/8/17 4/8/17 4/8/17 4/8/17 4/8/17 4/8/17 4/8/17 4/11/17 4/14/17 4/15/17 4/15/17 4/15/17 4/16/17 4/16/17 4/16/17 4/16/17 4/18/17 4/19/17 4/20/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/23/17 4/23/17 4/26/17 4/26/17 4/27/17 4/29/17 4/29/17 5/1/17 5/1/17 5/1/17 5/3/17 5/3/17 5/5/17 5/5/17 5/5/17 5/5/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/7/17 5/7/17 5/8/17 5/8/17 5/8/17 5/9/17 5/10/17 5/10/17 5/10/17 5/10/17 5/11/17 5/11/17 5/11/17 5/12/17 5/12/17 5/12/17 5/12/17 5/13/17 5/14/17 5/15/17 5/15/17 5/17/17 5/18/17 5/19/17 5/19/17 5/19/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/21/17 5/21/17 5/22/17
Track ID
Pos
Off Value
Grade/ Earnings
CMR PEN KEE SUN MVR TAM CT FON TAM PEN SUN KEE PEN MVR MVR CMR CMR WO CMR PRX CMR KEE GN KEE GN CT PEN CMR KEE CT PEN CT PRX MNR MNR SRP TDN CMR BEL HP TAM LS BEL TAM HP HP TAM GG WO MNR MNR SRP LAD TDN BEL MNR TDN CMR CMR PRM CMR CMR BTP IND CBY CMR TDN TDN CMR PEN HP AP GP CMR HP WO CMR CMR MTH MTH PRX
1 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3
$10,340 $30,680 $66,736 $37,700 $19,300 $20,250 $24,500 $8,000 $20,250 $30,680 $27,900 $71,384 $29,500 $19,300 $19,900 $9,680 $9,680 $73,447 $9,680 $51,260 $15,200 $68,040 $14,550 $57,552 $20,000 $24,500 $30,680 $14,288 $61,920 $24,500 $30,149 $24,500 $47,500 $15,936 $14,308 $19,500 $24,000 $10,340 $77,000 $8,820 $21,750 $22,000 $76,000 $22,000 $8,910 $8,910 $22,000 $40,920 $67,489 $16,038 $17,848 $19,494 $21,310 $24,000 $77,000 $20,079 $24,000 $10,780 $10,780 $31,500 $14,896 $14,896 $15,500 $32,500 $30,000 $12,936 $24,000 $24,000 $14,288 $30,149 $8,910 $35,340 $37,000 $10,340 $8,910 $66,111 $10,340 $11,000 $40,000 $40,000 $63,040
$6,380 $17,700 $11,040 $22,620 $3,860 $4,000 $4,900 $960 $2,250 $3,245 $6,138 $5,690 $17,700 $3,860 $3,980 $6,380 $2,200 $12,200 $1,100 $28,200 $8,816 $11,040 $9,000 $33,120 $4,000 $4,900 $3,245 $8,816 $33,120 $4,900 $5,900 $2,450 $28,200 $1,660 $8,468 $11,700 $2,400 $6,380 $15,400 $5,400 $13,750 $12,900 $48,000 $13,750 $1,800 $900 $2,250 $3,960 $6,710 $3,240 $3,680 $3,990 $3,800 $14,400 $46,200 $4,140 $2,400 $6,380 $2,200 $3,735 $8,816 $3,040 $3,100 $6,500 $6,000 $2,940 $14,400 $4,800 $3,040 $5,900 $1,800 $5,700 $8,140 $6,380 $1,800 $12,200 $1,100 $1,100 $8,000 $4,000 $5,170
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Breeder
Date
Bootscutenboge Salsa Dog Pink Cotton Forge Ahead Franki Philoctetes We Deer You Stately Defence Salsa Bay Lyons Bay Vista Glorious Ride Save the Drama Joe Pike Video Mov Romantic Music Unbridled Courage One of a Kind Siralfredthegreat Downtown Cowboy Swipernoswiping Princess Salimah Takeit Tothe Limit Emily''s Entourage She Kant Miss Slot Player Fresh Hoofprints S Starship Mischief Paynes Prairie Master Ruler Pure Lemon Awesome Warrior Special Rage Persian Poet Spiritofgreatness Flibbertigibbet Ms. Scarlet Fever Lucky Light Salsa Dog A Great Vice Patternrecognition Rick''s Boy Two to One Total Joint Crown of Ambition Vanter Remember Willy Habilidoso Bet On Jack Bet On Jack J Z''s Diva Past Talk Appealing Julia Miss Pow Wow Storming My Way Dero D Chilito Piquin Town Policy Sir Bronx Scorpion Dancer Our Carly Mai Ty One On Princess Salimah Kyle Pacific Image Elnath Salsa Bay Twirling Princess Baby Cat Kantune E Z Entry Regal Sabellina Hot and Heavy Nerai The Cookie Man Man About Town Hard Knocks Rock Slow Dance Scorpion Dancer Pyrite Adios Johnny Obvious Lake City
Cadillac Mountain Homesteader Lady in Pink Sanctioned Grand Episode Winning Doe Stateliness Franconia Vista Del Mar Mossy Bank Powerful Two Punch Allofeverything Betsy Blue Heathersdaddysbaby Unbridled Temper Come a Callin Pretty Ready Darlin Dixie Ruby Land Parvati Miss Shoplifter Kat of Kilkenny Iceman Miss Bal Harbour Baby Brunilda (ARG) Will I Do Prayfromthewordgo Way West Dolly Unicorn Kid Awesome Medicine Blue Rage Kitti Lake Thruforthenight Tapitude Frontier Franny Lucky Colors Homesteader Small Vices Almost a Valentine Repentina Stop the Wedding Major's Girl Ambition Unbridled Storm Prospect From Behind Southern Dance Rokyjam Rokyjam Starship Diva Pasarela Successful Verdict Exclusive Pow Wow Picturemewithroses Acadia Breeze Missmil I. P. C. Baby Tiz de Mayo Straight Fama Run Carly Run Kristy Lynn Parvati Kitty Kitty Kitty Dixie Image Moralap Franconia Twirl Bridge to Gold Our Tune Buttonhook Sabellina Miss Kenai Krista Mamma Lina Atticus's Woman Heaven Sent Dance Special Straight Fama Wild in Manila Lanzada's Sonata Regal Snicker
Darryl Epting Manuel Andrade Winchester Baye Acres Inc Verbarctic Farm Tim James Mawhinney & Karen Faye Mawhinney Live Oak Stud McKathan Bros. Michael Vincent Laurato Casey Seaman & Steve Harner Gilbert G. Campbell Kirk Laneve Joanna Reisler Michael T. Beach B.P.N. Family Broodmares III LLC Vegso Racing Stable Hartley De Renzo Thoroughbreds Jacqueline J. Diamond & Gary L. Mahon Robert Elliott VanWorp & Anne Rose Adametz Beclawat Stable Craig L. Wheeler & Barry Berkelhammer Joel Covarrubias JJ Brevan Stable LLC Red Oak Stable Woodford Thoroughbreds Freddie Hyatt McKathan Bros. Kevin O''Gorman Sally J. Andersen L. Richard Kent & John Waterman R. C. Van Voorhees & Liz Steinbach George & Tania Heatherly GT Farm LLC & Heather Ru Donna Wormser Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon Goldmark Farm LLC Arboritanza Racing LLC Jolane Weeks & Barbara Reh J D Farms Manuel Andrade Edward A. Seltzer Beverly Anderson & Marc Haisfield Ocala Stud Northwest Stud Robert B. Tillyer & Dr. Chet Blackey Kinsman Farm Woodford Thoroughbreds Sienna Farms LLC Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews Seymour Cohen Gilbert G. Campbell Gilbert G. Campbell Laurence Leavy GoldMark Farm LLC Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds LLC Fran Thompson Marion G. Montanari Dizney Double Diamond LLC Tanourin Stable Cindy Harries Kinsman Farm & John R. Murrell Santa Cruz Ranch Inc. John Patitucci George Vires Beclawat Stable Mr. & Mrs. Guadalupe Olvera Bridlewood Farm Tanourin Stable Michael Vincent Laurato Joseph Barbazon & Helen Barbazon Carlos Munoz Susan Kahn Freddie Hyatt Woodford Thoroughbreds Thomas L. Croley Inversiones FI LLC John Santina Big C Farm Molly Mae Mackenzie & Jeffery Gutapfel Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung Santa Cruz Ranch Inc. Dr. D. W. Frazier Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung Hidden Point Farm Inc.
5/24/17 5/24/17 5/25/17 5/25/17 5/25/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/28/17 5/28/17 5/28/17 5/28/17 5/29/17 5/29/17 5/29/17 5/30/17 5/30/17 6/2/17 6/2/17 6/3/17 6/3/17 6/3/17 6/3/17 6/3/17 6/3/17 6/3/17 6/4/17 6/4/17 6/4/17 6/4/17 6/5/17 6/6/17 6/6/17 6/7/17 6/7/17 6/7/17 6/7/17 6/8/17 6/8/17 6/9/17 6/10/17 6/10/17 6/10/17 6/11/17 6/11/17 6/11/17 6/11/17 6/12/17 6/12/17 6/12/17 6/12/17 6/13/17 6/13/17 6/13/17 6/13/17 6/14/17 6/14/17 6/15/17 6/15/17 6/16/17 6/16/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/17/17 6/18/17 6/18/17 6/19/17 6/19/17 6/20/17 6/20/17 6/21/17 6/21/17 6/21/17 6/21/17 6/22/17 6/23/17
G G C G G G M G F F G H G F M C G G G F G F F G F F C C F M F G F F F F G F C G F G G F G C G G F F M M G G G G G F M G F C G M G F G H G F G F G G G M F F G G
3 5 3 5 5 4 6 4 3 4 4 6 5 3 5 3 5 5 7 4 6 3 4 3 3 4 4 2 4 5 2 5 3 3 4 2 5 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 3 3 8 8 4 3 5 7 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 6 5 4 4 6 5 7 3 3 3 3 5 3 5 4 4 3 4
Two Step Salsa Two Step Salsa High Cotton Mass Media A. P. Warrior Hat Trick (JPN) First Defence Two Step Salsa Put It Back With Distinction Big Drama Benny the Bull High Cotton Maclean's Music Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Lemon Drop Kid Belgravia Cowtown Cat Graeme Hall Majestic Warrior Wildcat Heir Causeway's Kin Kantharos Cowtown Cat Biondetti Gone Astray Tale of Ekati Overdriven Eskendereya A. P. Warrior Soldat Shakespeare Greatness Midshipman Value Plus Colony Light Two Step Salsa Greatness Adios Charlie Flashstorm Yesbyjimminy Tiz Wonderful Crown of Thorns Flatter J P's Gusto Greatness With Distinction With Distinction Cowtown Cat Backtalk With Distinction Mr. Livingston High Cotton Northern Afleet Awesome of Course Cowtown Cat Bellamy Road Scorpion Value Plus Put It Back Majestic Warrior Saint Anddan Mr. Sekiguchi Stephen Got Even Two Step Salsa Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Cowtown Cat Kantharos Keyed Entry Regal Ransom Yesbyjimminy Trappe Shot Wildcat Heir Montbrook Adios Charlie Mass Media Scorpion Adios Charlie Wildcat Heir Big Drama
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Track ID MNR PID PRM CD CD WO TDN WO TDN MNR PID CMR CMR MTH PID CD PRX PID HP MD SRP CBY HP NP HP CBY GG CMR CMR CMR CMR FL MNR MNR DEL CMR PID LAD BEL PEN BTP MTH SRP LS CMR CMR FE FE MNR TDN MNR TDN PRX MNR IND PRX NP MNR CT DEL MD TDN TDN PEN WO BTP LRL BEL CPW CMR DEL PRX PID PID ASD MNR MNR TDN CD MD
Off Pos
Grade/ Value
Earngs
3 3 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 1 2
$15,876 $28,120 $31,500 $44,112 $44,112 $66,591 $25,000 $66,591 $24,000 $19,665 $28,275 $12,936 $12,936 $38,000 $39,210 $50,342 $53,578 $28,275 $9,215 $3,800 $17,900 $30,000 $8,910 $24,825 $8,910 $30,000 $30,006 $10,340 $13,818 $13,818 $10,340 $17,000 $15,552 $15,552 $36,000 $13,376 $28,960 $19,090 $90,000 $30,680 $16,500 $40,400 $14,500 $22,000 $15,200 $15,200 $16,988 $16,988 $17,848 $24,000 $17,848 $31,000 $52,010 $15,552 $32,500 $52,010 $19,594 $15,714 $24,500 $36,125 $3,800 $27,000 $24,000 $30,149 $64,167 $15,500 $49,182 $77,000 $2,600 $13,376 $36,375 $61,098 $32,760 $32,760 $11,520 $15,552 $15,552 $34,500 $49,908 $3,700
$1,620 $2,800 $18,825 $25,920 $8,640 $36,600 $4,800 $12,200 $2,400 $12,006 $17,400 $2,940 $1,470 $8,000 $3,300 $4,320 $28,200 $5,800 $5,700 $342 $10,740 $18,000 $1,800 $4,040 $900 $3,300 $3,240 $6,380 $8,526 $2,940 $1,100 $1,870 $9,396 $1,620 $21,600 $3,040 $5,600 $2,090 $18,000 $3,245 $9,300 $8,000 $1,450 $2,387 $3,040 $1,520 $1,550 $1,550 $10,672 $14,400 $3,680 $2,400 $28,200 $3,240 $6,500 $5,170 $12,120 $1,620 $4,900 $3,960 $342 $2,700 $4,800 $5,900 $12,200 $1,550 $4,620 $7,700 $650 $1,520 $21,600 $9,400 $5,600 $2,800 $6,600 $3,240 $1,620 $2,550 $28,500 $703
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Grade/ Value
Earngs
2 3 3 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 3
$31,500 $5,500 $12,100 $10,340 $8,730 $10,340 $20,286 $2,700 $28,275 $16,200 $21,490 $63,290 $16,038 $31,000 $31,000 $24,500
$6,275 $495 $1,210 $2,200 $900 $1,100 $12,006 $324 $17,400 $1,620 $2,090 $5,170 $3,240 $4,800 $2,400 $2,450
Off Date Track ID Pos
Grade/ Value
Earnings
4/1/17 4/2/17 4/2/17 4/2/17 4/2/17 4/2/17 4/2/17 4/2/17 4/3/17 4/4/17 4/5/17 4/5/17 4/5/17 4/5/17 4/5/17 4/7/17 4/7/17 4/8/17 4/8/17 4/8/17 4/8/17 4/9/17 4/11/17 4/14/17 4/14/17 4/14/17 4/15/17 4/17/17 4/18/17 4/19/17 4/19/17 4/20/17 4/20/17 4/20/17 4/20/17 4/21/17 4/21/17 4/21/17 4/21/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/22/17 4/23/17 4/23/17 4/23/17 4/23/17 4/24/17 4/26/17 4/26/17 4/28/17 4/29/17 4/29/17
$23,600 $21,750 $38,000 $38,000 $38,000 $38,000 $38,000 $55,380 $18,800 $18,800 $36,000 $60,000 $36,000 $60,000 $36,000 $41,720 $41,720 $21,500 $36,000 $36,000 $36,000 $42,000 $29,300 $6,200 $20,500 $36,000 $36,000 $12,446 $18,800 $40,000 $40,000 $50,000 $56,049 $50,000 $50,000 $21,000 $21,750 $21,750 $56,070 $6,200 $12,065 $36,000 $36,000 $61,800 $36,000 $36,000 $40,000 $36,000 $36,000 $57,105 $36,000 $55,380 $36,000 $36,000 $11,811 $12,065 $49,137 $56,164 $40,000 $36,000
$12,000 $13,550 $22,800 $7,600 $7,980 $4,180 $4,180 $6,480 $3,760 $3,760 $21,600 $36,000 $7,920 $12,000 $3,960 $22,800 $4,400 $12,900 $21,600 $7,560 $3,960 $27,600 $1,880 $3,720 $4,700 $7,920 $21,600 $1,270 $1,880 $8,400 $4,400 $34,000 $32,400 $8,400 $4,400 $12,240 $13,750 $13,750 $6,480 $3,720 $7,366 $21,600 $21,600 $36,600 $7,560 $7,200 $8,400 $3,960 $3,600 $6,480 $21,600 $32,400 $7,560 $3,960 $1,270 $1,270 $4,470 $10,700 $22,800 $3,960
Horse Name Sex Age Sire
Dam
Breeder
Date
Dupree Aztec Key Fire the Nurse Tiger of Wales Fresh Hoofprints S Joe Pike Unbridled Courage Mr. Obeso Red Hot Looks Admiral''s Bride A Great Vice Ben of the Bridge Enjoyable Journey Mama Splash Catchumdenae American Luxury
Readybdancing Aztec Sally River Forest Cuckoo Sue Brunilda (ARG) Allofeverything Unbridled Temper Worldona Take a Look Stack Bride Small Vices Countess Avie Strawberry Vixen Perfect Marriage Pearl Esque Tips On Tipping
Fernung Sebastian Flanigan & Cahalan Nick deMeric Jaqui deMeric & Prestonwood Partnersh Glen Hill Farm Carol Kemp Woodford Thoroughbreds Joanna Reisler Family Broodmares III LLC Rafael Obeso Jared Cheeks Santa Cruz Ranch Inc. Edward A. Seltzer Beverly Anderson & Marc Haisfield Joseph Barbazon & Helen Barbazon Marc J. Sharp Irish Eyes Stable LLC & Verbarctic Farm Rachel Kimbell Northwest Stud
6/23/17 6/23/17 6/23/17 6/24/17 6/24/17 6/24/17 6/25/17 6/25/17 6/26/17 6/26/17 6/26/17 6/27/17 6/28/17 6/28/17 6/28/17 6/29/17
Horse Name Sex Age Sire
Dam
Breeder
AMiz Clipper Mr Sheen Driven by Thunder My Man Jax Entangled Big Exchange Blinding Sergio Why Not Now Rock On Dude Overture Patternrecognition Lady Racer Blessed Halo Day by Day Super Dude King of Night Pink Cotton Kroy Dopo Lavoro Di Maestro R Next Roll Rock On Dude Adios Maria Exclusive Package Pure Cotton Cashless Society O Ganador Rock On Dude Pantyhose La Chica Ripool Slacks of Course Arms Runner The Chamo Rocky Strange Conquest Goinggone Torch Bearer Rruntoperfection Te Amo Mamo Hotterthanapistol Spiritofgreatness Dr. Corday Equity Yes Darlin Dopo Lavoro Fort Liberty Honor and Blessing Shiny Copper Penny Florida Cotton Red Lightning True Motion Faypien Valiant Princess Who''s Calling Autumn Leaf Fall O Ganador Pete Marwick My Man Jax Contrarity Three Star Stone
Silver Clipper Rose Bay My Friend Melini Caitrionell Spun Gold Clandestine Deseada Silver Breeze Princess Quinn Fog Dance Toccet Over Almost a Valentine Fantasy Forest Halo's Mirage Dobra Dark Rhythm Saoirse Cat Lady in Pink Pieria Danseur Chaud Beauty Queen Valid Silk Fog Dance Silly Cat Powerful Package Jacqueline Gail Hopi Poseida (CHI) Fog Dance Garter Belt Free Slam Ladyinareddress Back to Basics Launch a Double Green Door Courtly Choice Zen and Now Reeyre Spanish Gem Gentle Wave Thruforthenight Sumthingtotalkabt Deposit Only Darlin Dixie Danseur Chaud Chancey Light Daveron (GER) Langworthy Silk Concorde She Too Motion Miss Mighty Eros Sevruga Morethanamiracle Mons Meg Poseida (CHI) Days Like This Caitrionell Time to Be Great Valuable Storm
Alfonso N. Figliolia Ocala Stud Marion G. Montanari Get Away Farm Sally J. Andersen Allen Amato & Mike Galinski David Char Sally J. Andersen Fools on a Hill Farm Arindel Farm Hickstead Farm Ocala Stud Woodford Thoroughbreds Curtis Mikkelsen & Patricia Horth Mr Amore Stables Moreau Bloodstock Int''l Inc Live Oak Stud Winchester Baye Acres Inc Machmer Hall & Milan Kosanovich Barry Berkelhammer & Veronique Berkelhammer Joe Serena & Vivi Serena Ocala Stud Arindel Farm J D Farms Angela M. Ingenito Steve Tortora & Richard Tortora J. Andrew Burns Gerry O''Meara Arindel Farm Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Carlos Munoz Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Ocala Stud Blitchton Breeding LLC Arindel Versatile Thoroughbreds LLC Michael Crowe & Judy C Lucio Servin Mendoza Loren D. Nichols Irish Eyes Stable & Verbarctic Farm Dr. John Logan Peterson Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon Randall E. Lowe Tracy Pinchin Gary Lee Mahon & Jacqueline Jane Diamond Barry Berkelhammer & Veronique Berkelhammer Norman Dellheim Peggy Dellheim & Pete Mattson Live Oak Stud Susan F. Woods Ocala Stud Susan M. Green Alan Benning Inc. Off The Hook LLC Robert Dabdoub & Stonewall Farm Ocala Kathy Machesky Sharon Elizabeth Hodges & Michael Bannester Gerry O''Meara Woodford Thoroughbreds Get Away Farm Tricia Zimmerman Jeffrey Wong
C G F H F H M G G M F G G M F G
3 5 4 5 3 6 5 6 4 6 4 3 8 5 4 4
Caleb's Posse Circular Quay Misremembered D'wildcat Biondetti Benny the Bull Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Benny the Bull Bring the Heat Admiral's Cruise Greatness High Cotton Proper Texan D'wildcat Mass Media United States
Track ID PRM MD ARP CMR HP CMR MNR CPW PID MNR LAD PRX MNR TDN TDN CT
■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show F C C C C C C C F G F C F C F C G C G C G F G F C G F G G F F C C C C C G F F G F C G G C C F C G C F F F F C G C C F C
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 4
Circular Quay Adios Charlie Overdriven Midshipman Discreet Cat Exchange Rate Wildcat Heir Broken Vow Kantharos Hard Spun Congrats Adios Charlie Biondetti Kantharos Awesome of Course First Dude Mineshaft High Cotton The Factor Harlan's Holiday Crown of Thorns Overdriven Hard Spun Adios Charlie Wildcat Heir High Cotton Temple City First Dude Hard Spun Awesome of Course Soldat Awesome of Course Overdriven Turbo Compressor Lonhro (AUS) Gone Astray Wildcat Heir Majesticperfection Biondetti High Cotton Greatness Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) High Cotton Yesbyjimminy Harlan's Holiday First Dude To Honor and Serve Sweet Return (GB) High Cotton Midshipman Munnings Ghostzapper Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Dialed In Value Plus First Dude Soldat Midshipman Yesbyjimminy A. P. Warrior
HAW TAM GP FG GP FG GP SA MVR MVR GP AQU GP AQU GP LRL LRL SUN GP GP GP GP MVR FON TAM GP GP MNR MVR GP GP GP SA GP GP LS TAM TAM SA FON MNR GP GP WO GP GP LRL GP GP SA GP SA GP GP MNR MNR KEE KEE LRL GP
1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 1 3
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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show Horse Name Sex Age Sire
Dam
Breeder
Off Date Track ID Pos
Grade/ Value
Earnings
Kingston Pike P J Tour Chasenthisdream Tipsy Kitten Royal Commish Genau Lyons Bay Vista Tink''s Twirl Seeyalaterbye Why Not Now My Little Princess She''sashocker American Raisa Illmatic Cagey Baby Celestial''s Drama U. S. Point Sweet Distinction Crystal Avalanche Twotimingdancer Blinding Uncle Runt Entangled Florida Cotton Frankie Apps Fresh Hoofprints S Blessed Halo Rosie Appeal Magnificent Sword Mr. Smarty Pants De Chera Who''s Calling Our Precious Day by Day Former Empire Katy''s Cooper Diamonds R Trump Shiny Copper Penny Amazing Belle Pete Marwick I''m the Candyman Pantyhose Hard Knocks Rock West Coast Bias Seeyalaterbye Baba Tobi Yeehaw Particularity Mr. Lickety I''m Corfu My Little Princess Nerai Summer Passport Tigerbeach Tamarack Wild Idea Chilito Piquin Celestial''s Drama Red Hot Chile My Solitude Sammy Be Cool Maria He Hate Me Dirtyfoot Holy Diver Status Quo Remarqued Higuey Dubull Bird Orr Brady Red Lightning Adios Muchacho Go Astray She''sashocker Forty Kilos Fableofthefeline Humorous Kitten Cliffed Mr. Benjamin Goody Incredible Warrior Successful Roman
Sequoyah Hills Siber Tour Chasenthebluesaway Chianti Red Storm Royale Stellar Strength Vista Del Mar Dancing Rage Shaquita Princess Quinn Treasured Freedom Rate Shock Popularafterschool Granny's Kat A Splash of Class Wildly Celestial Point Lily Aly Sweet Brooke's Valentine Orchid Isle Deseada Now and Always Spun Gold Silk Concorde Stormy Love Brunilda (ARG) Halo's Mirage Tax Day Slew Poise Miss Smarty Pants Torchera Morethanamiracle Now My Precious Dobra Maliziosa Catriana Camille Diamondaire Langworthy Queenie Belle Days Like This Jeekers Garter Belt Heaven Sent Closeout Shaquita Ok Let's Rock Breathtakingly Berkette Sugah Sugah I'm Blooming Treasured Freedom Krista Heavens Passport Cold Blooded Wild Meggie Meg Reveal Missmil Wildly Celestial Ellenville Siena's Splash Samantha G Celtic Song Quiet Holiday Dixie Dudette Wild Bubbles K. O. Kitty Citizen Advocate Silky Noon Rainbow Wish Gracious Assault She Too Pleasant Thunder Soi Disant Rate Shock Get Your Shine On Whattacapote Shaaraat Annies Fuse Sextant Dat You Miz Blue I'm Incredible Too Cesar's Choice
Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Julio Manuel Garriga Seclusive Farm LLC and Chester Prince Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey Edward Seltzer Beverly Anderson Joseph Barbazon & Carolin A. Von Rosenberg DVM Casey Seaman & Steve Harner Mr. & Mrs. Annuncio Stanchieri Margie M Webb Fools on a Hill Farm Group 2 Racing LLC Chester A. Bishop Shirley I. Gay Ben-D Farm South LLC Gilbert G. Campbell Beth Bayer Dr. Myron R. Wilson David J. Palmer & Teresa C. Palmer Arindel Farm Dr. Derek Paul David Char Flying Finish Farm Sally J. Andersen Ocala Stud Ben-D Farm South LLC & Vicino Racing Stable Woodford Thoroughbreds Curtis Mikkelsen & Patricia Horth Ernesto Leon Scarpetta & Kathy Anne Beam Stonehedge LLC Live Oak Stud Hidden Point Farm Inc. Kathy Machesky J J Brevan Stable LLC Mr Amore Stables Haras Santa Maria de Araras S.A. Linda Sims & Jack Garey Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Susan F. Woods Vegso Racing Stable & Seidler Racing Stable Woodford Thoroughbreds Edward Seltzer Beverly Anderson Helen Barbazon & J Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Molly Mae Mackenzie & Jeffery Gutapfel Glen Hill Farm Margie M Webb Pat Bosley & Field Commission Partnership Fastponies LLC GoldMark Farm LLC Cathy Rountree Donna M. Burnham Group 2 Racing LLC Inversiones FI LLC Dr. K. K. Jayaraman & Dr. V. Devi Jayaraman John C. Pereira Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC Tanourin Stable Beth Bayer Deborah Shaffer River Run Farm Anthony Calascibetta Bonnie Heath Farm LLC Mike Mareina & Nathan Mitts Mike Mareina & Nathan Mitts C & G Thoroughbreds Moreau Bloodstock Int''l Inc & Thomas Kutsukos Whitehall Lane Farm SJT Racing Stables LLC Peter David Knoll Carol Knoll & Hammond Pat Christy Whitman Susan M. Green Rowling Oaks Farm LLC Ramiro Rosas Medina Chester A. Bishop Drake Smith John B. Penn Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey Barbara Anderson Clyde Rice Arindel Glen View Oaks LLC Gary Mesnick Norman Dellheim & Walmac LLC
5/3/17 5/4/17 5/4/17 5/5/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/6/17 5/7/17 5/8/17 5/8/17 5/9/17 5/10/17 5/11/17 5/11/17 5/11/17 5/12/17 5/12/17 5/12/17 5/12/17 5/12/17 5/13/17 5/13/17 5/13/17 5/13/17 5/13/17 5/14/17 5/14/17 5/14/17 5/14/17 5/16/17 5/18/17 5/18/17 5/18/17 5/18/17 5/18/17 5/18/17 5/18/17 5/19/17 5/19/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/20/17 5/21/17 5/21/17 5/21/17 5/22/17 5/22/17 5/23/17 5/23/17 5/23/17 5/24/17 5/24/17 5/24/17 5/25/17 5/25/17 5/26/17 5/26/17 5/26/17 5/26/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/27/17 5/28/17 5/28/17 5/28/17 5/29/17 5/29/17 5/29/17 5/30/17 5/30/17 6/1/17 6/1/17 6/1/17 6/2/17 6/3/17
$40,000 $10,780 $31,000 $61,186 $9,500 $22,000 $22,500 $54,345 $9,500 $13,113 $22,000 $54,345 $11,000 $23,500 $13,677 $14,100 $13,395 $36,000 $36,000 $36,000 $36,000 $50,000 $36,000 $36,000 $50,000 $8,330 $75,000 $8,075 $10,780 $42,520 $13,950 $36,000 $36,000 $36,000 $48,540 $36,000 $50,000 $36,000 $50,000 $92,500 $36,000 $50,000 $11,960 $50,000 $11,020 $42,000 $40,000 $40,000 $14,550 $31,790 $36,000 $50,180 $13,677 $31,000 $13,818 $26,930 $31,000 $13,818 $31,000 $26,930 $40,000 $28,000 $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 $31,000 $75,000 $22,500 $36,000 $54,690 $54,690 $76,289 $40,000 $56,070 $40,000 $13,677 $18,690 $42,000 $28,950 $40,000 $31,000 $36,000
$8,800 $1,100 $3,690 $5,460 $5,700 $13,350 $13,500 $32,400 $1,900 $1,410 $2,250 $6,480 $1,100 $4,500 $1,410 $1,410 $2,820 $21,600 $7,560 $3,960 $21,600 $34,000 $7,200 $3,600 $4,000 $5,100 $45,000 $1,700 $1,100 $4,400 $2,700 $7,560 $3,600 $3,600 $9,200 $21,600 $34,000 $7,920 $8,800 $20,000 $4,320 $4,400 $7,200 $10,500 $5,700 $27,600 $8,800 $4,800 $9,000 $5,400 $3,960 $27,600 $2,820 $18,600 $2,820 $5,400 $18,600 $1,410 $3,100 $16,200 $22,800 $16,800 $22,800 $8,400 $4,000 $6,150 $15,000 $2,250 $3,960 $32,400 $10,800 $6,710 $8,400 $10,800 $4,000 $8,178 $1,980 $27,600 $2,700 $4,400 $3,705 $21,600
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Awesome of Course J P's Gusto Tale of the Cat Kitten's Joy Field Commission Into Mischief Put It Back Twirling Candy Jagerman Kantharos Gone Astray First Dude Montbrook Kantharos Factum Big Drama United States With Distinction Dialed In Two Step Salsa Wildcat Heir First Dude Discreet Cat High Cotton Kantharos Biondetti Kantharos J P's Gusto Factum Congrats Deputy Commander Dialed In Kantharos Awesome of Course Bodemeister Kantharos Hear No Evil Sweet Return (GB) Midnight Lute Soldat Candy Ride (ARG) Awesome of Course Adios Charlie Unbridled's Song Jagerman Field Commission Anthony's Cross Old Fashioned Powerscourt (GB) Corfu Gone Astray Trappe Shot Summer Bird Treasure Beach (GB) Giant Oak Wildcat Heir Awesome of Course Big Drama Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Biondetti Cool Coal Man Hansen Algorithms Tiz Wonderful Hat Trick (JPN) Super Saver Arch Haynesfield Benny the Bull Kantharos Midshipman Adios Charlie Gone Astray First Dude Forty Grams Tale of the Cat Kitten's Joy Hull Benny the Bull Brethren Poseidon's Warrior Successful Appeal
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Way to Versailles Green Mansions Dancin for Dollars Benny Special Miz Mayhem Rupp Tequila''s Chance Lonesome Palm Our Precious Bells Irish Fancy Who''s Calling Whitegate Blonde Bomber Friends Talk Dun Charming Stormy''s Song Manana Majestic Secret Dunk Justa Halfer Entangled Yoly Luckey Day by Day Dubull Stickman Buck I''m the Candyman True Blue Diamond Shari''s Time Her Wild Lifestyle Status Quo Mr. Smarty Pants Little Lawyer My Little Princess Seattle Treasure Illmatic I''m Majestic I''m Corfu O Ganador That''s Buckbeak Lady O''Toole Amazing Belle Lipman Mel''s Gone Wild Go Astray Incredible Warrior Miz Mayhem Gracias Adios Carson City Coin Old Time Revival Denver Firenze Fire Florida Cotton Whataclassyladdy She''sashocker Rupp Goody Golden Treasury Sito''s Boy Providence Road Animauxselle Roman Around Madeye She Might Tell Socially Driven Bells Irish Fancy Florida Fuego Spectre Bond Pantyhose Dance Majestic Secret Nonsuch On the Right Dunk A. P. Liz Time Rock Overcame Petulant Delight Lyrical Value Sophie''s Prize Blue Sky''s Above Dopo Lavoro Blind Ruckus Archer Road
Belle a Versailles Jungle Love Jovial Girl Color Me Special Forest Retreat Youbetshecan Tequila Ruckus Gale Warning Now My Precious Listed City Morethanamiracle Honour Isabel Girl Can Rock Best Friend Gentle Charmer Stormy Tak Senorita Beitz Cotulla Feline Story Fabulously Spun Gold Marvelous Me Dobra Rainbow Wish Put It Down Jeekers Tale of Love Lil's Time Porticipation K. O. Kitty Miss Smarty Pants Born to Jazz Treasured Freedom Seattle Showers Granny's Kat Cherokee Crossing I'm Blooming Poseida (CHI) Miss Primetime O' Toole Queenie Belle Kiss for Kris Melrose Soi Disant I'm Incredible Too Forest Retreat Lady of Long Ago Lucky of Course Diary Ditch the Act My Every Wish Silk Concorde Whataclassybroad Rate Shock Youbetshecan Dat You Miz Blue She's Indy Money Stand By Brandon's Ride Ashley and I Fireinyournewshoes Absolute Madness She Did Tell Social Security Listed City Almost a Valentine Awesome Alexandra Garter Belt Fiery Dancer Cotulla Truly Loved Patrica's Right Feline Story Pitch a Penny Time in the Sun Sliver of Silver Shining Moment Song and Delight Prizes of Gold Make Note of Me Danseur Chaud Daylight Time Baggio
Farm III Enterprises LLC Carolin Von Rosenberg DVM Saronda Smith Robert Smith & Marilyn Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Greg James Laurie Plesa Arindel Farm Michael Bogdue Woodford Thoroughbreds J J Brevan Stable LLC Victor Adoue DVM Kathy Machesky Craig Wheeler Thoroughbreds Arindel Marion G. Montanari Tanourin Stable Pauleeanna Thoroughbreds Tanourin Stable George Klein Arindel Molly M. Mackenzie & Jeffery Gutapfel Sally J. Andersen Destiny Oaks of Ocala Mr Amore Stables Peter David Knoll Carol Knoll & Hammond Pat Odalie Arnold Sebreth Edward Seltzer Beverly Anderson Helen Barbazon & J Marilyn McMaster Harold Queen Wesley Ward Moreau Bloodstock Int''l Inc & Thomas Kutsukos Live Oak Stud Wayne McFarland Group 2 Racing LLC Just For Fun Stable Inc. Ben-D Farm South LLC Craig L. Wheeler & Barry Berkelhammer Donna M. Burnham Gerry O''Meara Stonehedge LLC Lansdowne Thoroughbreds Vegso Racing Stable & Seidler Racing Stable Bruce Tallisman Milton S. Hendry & Tiffany Atteberry DVM Ramiro Rosas Medina Glen View Oaks LLC Laurie Plesa Mr. & Mrs. Angel Lopez Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Arindel Mr Amore Stables Ocala Stud English Range Farm Chester A. Bishop Arindel Farm Arindel Live Oak Stud Northwest Stud Dianne D. Cotter Mary Jean Bonfili Blacktype Bloodstock LLC Stonehedge LLC Firefly Farm Racing LLC Dr. Myron Wilson Victor Adoue DVM Ocala Stud Miller Racing LLC Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Centaur Farms Inc. George Klein Elizabeth P. Whelan & David J. Whelan Twin Stars Equine LLC & Dr. Alfonzo Martinez Arindel Roger Block Luisa Degwitz & Ric-Deg Farm Southern Chase Farm Inc. Karen Dodd & Greg Dodd Ocala Stud Tax-Free Strategies LLC FBO Craig L. Wheeler Harold L. Queen University of Florida Foundation Barry Berkelhammer & Veronique Berkelhammer Vaughan Heard Arindel Farm
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$66,818 $36,000 $8,415 $8,640 $35,640 $36,000 $13,959 $36,000 $36,000 $36,000 $36,000 $19,000 $40,000 $39,350 $15,200 $85,000 $15,200 $40,000 $40,000 $12,300 $36,000 $29,500 $34,560 $36,000 $23,000 $36,000 $22,500 $22,500 $30,240 $31,000 $46,840 $11,000 $36,000 $40,000 $22,500 $13,536 $27,130 $13,536 $27,130 $42,201 $75,000 $34,920 $48,790 $50,000 $37,484 $48,790 $50,000 $46,840 $49,360 $50,000 $35,280 $36,000 $40,000 $55,725 $36,000 $40,000 $27,130 $13,395 $29,127 $34,375 $32,190 $29,500 $38,440 $23,000 $35,280 $50,000 $75,000 $50,000 $46,060 $50,000 $50,000 $55,035 $50,000 $27,330 $14,100 $34,000 $46,500 $31,000 $22,500 $27,130 $36,000 $36,000 $36,000
$36,600 $7,560 $637 $800 $3,600 $3,600 $8,178 $21,600 $7,920 $7,200 $3,960 $3,800 $8,400 $3,740 $8,816 $51,000 $3,040 $8,400 $4,000 $7,200 $21,600 $4,500 $7,200 $7,920 $2,290 $3,960 $4,500 $2,250 $16,800 $6,150 $8,400 $1,100 $3,960 $4,400 $13,500 $8,178 $16,200 $2,820 $2,700 $24,180 $7,500 $21,600 $27,600 $34,000 $6,175 $9,200 $8,000 $4,400 $4,400 $4,000 $21,600 $7,200 $8,400 $10,800 $3,600 $4,400 $5,400 $1,410 $17,100 $20,400 $2,700 $2,250 $3,100 $13,680 $21,600 $34,000 $45,000 $8,400 $4,030 $34,000 $8,400 $10,800 $4,400 $16,200 $2,820 $3,740 $5,060 $3,100 $2,250 $2,700 $21,600 $7,560 $3,600
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Tizway Kantharos Priceless Coin Benny the Bull Yesbyjimminy Dialed In R. Cooper Biondetti Kantharos Dunkirk Dialed In Desert Party Fort Larned Backtalk Dunkirk Unbridled's Song With Distinction Kantharos Brethren First Dude Discreet Cat Blame Awesome of Course Benny the Bull Straight Man Candy Ride (ARG) Gemologist Big Drama Lifestyle Super Saver Congrats New Year's Day Gone Astray Treasure Beach (GB) Kantharos Majesticperfection Corfu First Dude With Distinction Colonel John Midnight Lute Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Wildcat Heir Gone Astray Poseidon's Warrior Yesbyjimminy Adios Charlie Hear No Evil Brethren Awesome Again Poseidon's Warrior High Cotton Paddy O'Prado First Dude Dialed In Brethren Brilliant Speed Flashstorm Bellamy Road Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Roman Ruler Factum Passion for Gold Overdriven Dunkirk Kantharos Trappe Shot Awesome of Course High Cotton Kantharos Kantharos Gone Astray Brethren A. P. Warrior Rock Hampton Put It Back First Dude Exchange Rate Big Drama Adios Charlie Harlan's Holiday Da Stoops Leroidesanimaux (BRZ)
WO GP HP FP MTH GP MNR GP GP MTH GP FL GP DEL CMR BEL CMR GP GP ASD GP TDN MTH GP CT GP TDN TDN AP PRM LRL CMR GP GP TDN MNR PID MNR PID CD BEL MTH PRX GP PRM PRX GP LRL LRL GP MTH GP GP SA GP GP PID MNR PEN DEL PID TDN IND CT MTH GP BEL GP CD GP GP SA GP PID MNR DEL PRX IND TDN PID GP GP GP
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por Roberto Rodriguez Apasionado con los caballos de carreras Editor de la plataforma informativa de los hípicos de habla hispana Sirviendo como puente para que nuestras culturas conozcan más del hipismo en los Estados Unidos
uando Rick Porter, propietario del Fox Hill Farm adquirió a la potranca castaña hija de Medaglia d’Oro en Ivanavinalot por West Acre en la subasta selecta de potros de un año en el 2014, es probable que otro sueño haya nacido en ese momento, como lo es usual cada vez que alguien adquiere un purasangre de carreras. Pero, más allá de la importancia que de ganar en los grandes eventos hípicos, existe algo que no todas estas sensacionales criaturas establecen al momento de ser retiradas de las competencias públicas, hablo de dejar un legado. Songbird, así como Zenyatta, Rachel Alexandra, Royal Delta y Beholder por mencionar las mejores de la última década, ha establecido un nombre que seguramente quedará grabado en los libros como una de las más aguerridas y nobles competidoras en la hípica norteamericana. A pesar de que solo cuenta con cuatro años y pocos meses de edad, Songbird ya es reconocida incluso hasta por esos fanáticos que solo se acercan a las carreras de caballos en días como el del Kentucky Derby o la Breeders’ Cup. Esta noble yegua entrenada por el miembro del salón de la fama Jerry Hollendorfer ha tocado el corazón de una afición que parecía adormecida y que ha despertado gracias a Songbird, hasta llegar al punto de declarar cada día donde esta participa, en el día de Songbird. ¿Pero, que debe hace run ejemplar para ganarse no solo el cariño y la admiración del público, sino también el respeto de sus rivales? No es fácil llenar todas o la gran mayoría de las exigencias dentro de una disciplina deportiva de tan alta demanda como lo es el hipismo. Pare ello, Songbird ha tenido que brillar al punto tal, que a pesar de tener hasta el momento 13 victorias en 14 presentaciones, aún existen críticos que dudan de su calidad corredora, a los cuales Songbird ha callado con cada presentación, incluyendo su único revés ante Beholder el 4 de noviembre del 2016 en la Breeders’ Cup Distaff donde fue vencida por la cuatro veces ganadora del premio Eclipse por tan solo una nariz. Siempre he elegido disfrutar de los ejemplares de calidad, le he dado rienda suelta al corazón y le he permitido celebrar cada victoria y llorar en las derrotas. Al final, cuando hago un análisis entre la “lógica” y la “pasión” por el hipismo, he llegado a la conclusión que aquello que viví sin criticar, pesará más que lo que critiqué sin vivir. Songbird ha devuelto a muchos, incluyendo a su jinete Mike Smith, el deseo de permanecer de una manera u otra involucrado al deporte de los reyes. Para los que desconocen la noticia, a principios del año 2012, Michael Earl Smith
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(mejor conocido como Mike Smith) había manifestado su deseo de ponerle fin a su exitosa carrera profesional, meses más tarde, julio 26 para ser exactos, uno de sus compromisos a la altura de la séptima competencia del programa durante la jornada dominical en el hipódromo de Del Mar, el carismático fusta debía que conducir a una debutante que según los entendidos, sería una de las mejores potrancas de la generación. Bien, tal y como fue pronosticado, la hija de Medaglia d’Oro galopó a sus rivales ganándoles por 6 largos y ½ en tiempo de 1:11.03 para 6 furlones. A partir de ese momento, Smith sabía que no se trataba solo de otro ejemplar que, ganada en el primer intento, su experiencia y corazonada le confirmaban que esta yegua sería el motivo que lo mantendría por un tiempo más sobre los estribos. Después de dos triunfos en competencias de Grado 1 selectivos consecutivos, Songbird se apoderaba de la 14 Hands Winery Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies G1 ante un público en Keeneland que no solo se dio cita para ver en acción al triplecoronado American Pharoah, sino que también querían presenciar a esta para entonces potranca de dos años y comprobar por ellos mismos que algunos purasangres “visten alas”. Aunque una lesión le impidió a Songbird competir en el Kentucky Oaks G1 en mayo (una de las carreras más importantes de yeguas de tres años), la pensionista de Jerry Hollendorfer regresó por lo suyo en la segunda parte del 2016, ganando el Summertime Oaks G2, Coaching Club American Oaks G1, Alabama Stakes G1 y Cotillion Stakes G1, victorias que le garantizaron su segundo premio Eclipse. En lo que va del 2017, Songbird ha podido superar algunos problemas físicos que la han limitado a solo dos presentaciones, sin embargo, el corazón, la clase y la garra de esta yegua han sido puestos a pruebas en estos eventos, pero, Songbird ha mostrado una capacidad corredora increíble ganando el Ogden Phipps Stakes G1 en Belmont Park en tiempo de 1:42.24 para una milla y un dieciseisavo después de ocho meses sin correr y el 15 de julio otorgando entre 9 y 13 libras de hándicap a sus rivales, dos mil metros por recorrer y bajo altas temperaturas, Songbird unió partida con llegada en el Delware Handicap G1 ante un público que colmó las tribunas de Delaware Park, entre los cuales se encontraba su propietario Rick Porter, para quien esta victoria representó mucho más debido a sus problemas de salud física. Esto deja claro que las actuaciones de Songbird valen más que simples números, la clase de esta yegua impacta corazones. ■
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Equine Operations was developed by stakeholders including the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), the University of Florida, local water management districts, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. This manual lays out the best ways to manage your farm while reducing costs, maximizing efficiency, and minimizing the degradation of natural resources, specifically water. The manual is available at the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ & Owners’ Association office and online at ftboa.com under Member Benefits, the Education Station. Rainbow Springs and Silver Springs have Basin Management Action Plans in place to monitor nutrient loading with hopes of major nutrient reduction in coming years. Every five years these plans are revised, and likely with the next revision the BMPs outlined in the equine manual will become regulatory. Before that occurs I encourage you to contact me or your county agent to schedule an informal farm visit as your first stop. During the visit, I can offer knowledge on how to develope your BMPs. I encourage you to take advantage of this service. This ensures your farm meets BMP standards. n
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American Horse Council National Equine Economic Impact Survey
outs on the track, Behind-the-Scenes of the Jockeys’ Room, VIP luncheon at the races with admission, seating, racing program, buffet, a chance to meet track announcer and hear a race call live from the announcer booth and discounted pricing for the host hotels (Beachwalk Resort and Hollywood Beach Marriott). CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
By the time this issue is out, the survey will be wrapping up with a deadline of Aug. 18, however, if they extend the deadline, please take a moment to complete the survey. The last survey was an industry saver many times as it showed the deep and wide impact of the industry state-wide and particularly Marion County. The few minutes you spend now can lead to a lasting impact for our industry. FOAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE
The foal registration deadline is postmarked date August 31 BUS TRIP
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The Florida Thoroughbred Charities golf tournament has been set for October 6 at Candler Hills in Ocala. The tournament features 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. shotgun starts, a luncheon and awards reception. Sponsorship and team opportunities are available by calling 352-629-2160 or email info@ftboa.com for a packet. The prices have been reduced thanks to the new venue. Sponsorships range from $250 to $2250 and it is $100 per player. FTBOA members play for $75. EARLY REMINDER
Florida Sire Stakes $500 late yearling deadline is Nov. 15 (if you missed the May 15 deadline) DISCOUNT PROGRAM UPDATES
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works the FTBOA to create series that promote the role of the Florida thoroughbred, thoroughbreds in general, and the role all equines contribute to the fabric of the community. The summer series titled, “ The Ocala Horse Industry: Then & Now” featured Bonnie Heath, whose historic family with Jack Dudley campaigned the first Florida-bred Needles to win the Kentucky Derby in 1956. The second class, “A 1950’s Old Timer’s Perspective” moderated by FTBOA’s Tammy Gantt featured horseman for life storyteller Gus Gray. Gray grew up in very poor family in 1950’s rural Alabama, one of 14 children in a time of discrimination. When he came to Florida, he worked for the famed thoroughbred breeder and owner Fred Hooper for over 30 years as a stallion manager and tour guide at Hooper Farms. His book, “They Call me Gus” shared the stories of his everyday life and his work with famed horses including Tri-Jet, the great grandsire of Triple Crown champion American Pharoah. He currently works at Double Diamond Farm. An avid thoroughbred history buff, Gantt presented current trends in the Florida industry comparing it to historical markers in the industry. In addition, Paul Bulmahn of GoldMark Farm also presented “Trends of the Thoroughbred Equine Industry TodayHorse Care, Philosophy and Giving Back” and “State of the Art GoldMark Farm.” ■
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raining a horse good enough to run in a stakes race is satisfying, and having three or more starters in the same stakes is an accomplishment in itself. When those horses are the first three across the wire, by Mike Mullaney that indeed qualifies as a special achievement. It’s happened, rarely, and most recently July 8 when Managing Editor for Florida Equine Chad Brown sent out the first three fillies across the wire Communications in the Belmont Oaks. Naturally, history buffs and writers brushed the dust off their memories. I was one, and a little research reminded me that Charlie Whittingham was a Southern California serial sweeper, saddling the first three in the 1970 Oak Tree Invitational (Daryl’s Joy, Fiddle Isle and Cougar), the first three in the 1973 Hollywood Gold Cup (Kennedy Road nosed Quack with Cougar third), and the first three (Caucasus, King Pellinore and Riot in Paris) in the 1976 Sunset. Buffs may argue that the most famous sweep came in the 1947 Washington Futurity, when the Calumet Farmowned, Jimmy Jones-trained trio of Bewitch, Citation and Free America swept the top three spots. Jones’ sweep was similar to that of Jim Maloney’s in Hollywood’s 1968 Vanity, in which his trio (Gamely, Princessnesian and Desert Law) went … that 1-2-3 under William Haggin was for the grooms, the hot walk- Perry’s silks. Dick Mandella dominated ers, the owner. At the wire, where So Cal’s older main-track diyou actually win the race … that’s vision in the spring of ‘97, where I found my greatest joy. saddling South American—Tom Skiffington breds Siphon, Sandpit and Gentlemen to run 1-2-3 in the Santa Anita Handicap, then a few months later Gentlemen beat his mates in the Hollywood Gold Cup. The biggest stage for a sweep was the 1988 Breeders’ Cup program, in which Wayne Lukas sent out Open Mind, Darby Shuffle and Lea Lucinda to run 1-2-3 in the Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs. Lest it forgotten, there was a sweep in Florida 30 years ago – April 25, 1987 – when Tom Skiffington, three-time steeplechase riding champion-turned-trainer, sent out the winning trifecta of Iroko, Akabir and Glaros in the thenGrade 1 Pan American Handicap.
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All three were European-breds and none was favored. “And the winner, Iroko, wasn’t even supposed to run,” Skiffington told Florida Horse. “He was supposed to run [in the Riggs Handicap] in Maryland but the Fed Ex plane that was to take him there originated in South America and, when it stopped in Miami, it was full of cargo. There was no room for him, so I ran him in the Pan Am.” The well-backed Mighty Memory went out to a lengthy, early lead in the 1½-mile Pan Am, but Iroko, stalking from off the pace, made the first move, jumping to the front at the head of the stretch, opening a lead, then holding off the closing charge of Akabir to win by a neck. Third-place Glaros was 2½ lengths back. A fourth Skiffington starter, Palace Panther, was eighth. “That’s the horse I thought would win it,” Skiffington said. Never one for the limelight, he said he quietly enjoyed the moment in private while ceding the stage to others. “The winner’s circle … that was for the grooms, the hot walkers, the owner,” he said. “At the wire, where you actually win the race … that’s where I found my greatest joy. “I think I celebrated the Pan Am by playing golf the next day with Shug [McGaughey, the now-Hall of Fame trainer].” A native Virginian – son of an Air Force colonel and former fighter pilot in WWII, Korea and Viet Nam – Skiffington was the nation’s top steeplechase jockey in 1976, ’78 and ’79. He trained his first winner in 1980. “There were three things a kid from Middleburg grew up to do: 1.) get involved in show horses, 2.) get involved in steeplechasing or racing, and/or 3.) drive a horse van,” he said. Now 67 and several years away from training thoroughbreds, Skiffington lives the quiet life with his wife, Jennifer, a small-animal veterinarian, on their seven-acre Wellington farm. “The Pan Am was a highlight, and being involved with horses like Anka Germania, Fieldy, Mourjane and Spook Express was a great experience,” he said, “but to train horses at that level these days … it’s a big business, and that’s not for me. “But, while I say that, I still look keep in touch with racing and I’m looking at the Saratoga entries as we speak.” ■
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