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CONTENTS DECEMBER 2018 VOL 61/ISSUE 10

DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 6 THE BROCK TALK 8 FLORIDA FOCUS 12 DONALD R. DIZNEY IS THE TOBA —By TOBA Press Office

NOVEMBER MEMBER OF THE MONTH

30 DOWN MEMORY LANE: 1989 —By JoAnn Guidry

53 FLORIDA-BREDS AROUND THE COUNTRY Country-wide Florida-bred statistics

61 EL POTRO —By Roberto Rodriguez

62 LEADING SIRES 64 FARM MANAGEMENT —By Caitlin Bainum

66 FTBOA MEMBERSHIP UPDATE —By Tammy A. Gantt

FEATURES 14

MILLIONS PREVIEW: GULFSTREAM PARK WEST

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Q&A WITH FTBOA CEO LONNY POWELL

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BREEDERS’ CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP

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MIGHTY MITE: ROMAN BROTHER

Florida-bred Mr. Jordan claims his third victory in Millions Classic Preview—By Brock Sheridan

The Florida Horse Editor-in-Chief Brock Sheridan sits down with CEO Lonny Powell Accelerate Delivers as Favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Classic—Breeders’ Cup Press Office In 1965, Roman Brother became the first Florida-bred and the first horse sold at public auction to be named North American Horse of the Year.

—By JoAnn Guidry

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hile Florida breeders were not romp discussed by many as one of the more impressive races of the able to add to their 28 career season, and the Grade 1 Vosburgh at Belmont on Sept. 29.

Unfortunately, Imperial Hint and jockey Javier Castellano broke Breeders’ Cup wins this year, two Florida-breds in World of Trouble and Imperial out at the start of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint which cost the FloridaHint ended the season on high notes with good, bred important position. Although he won the Vanderbilt and True in-the-money performances in the Thorough- North coming from two lengths off the pace, in the Sprint he was was Brock Sheridan bred World Championships at Churchill more than six lengths off the lead after the first two furlongs and out Editor-in-Chief of his comfort zone. Although Imperial Hint rallied to finish third beDowns on Nov 2-3.

Florida Equine Communications JOHN D. FILER PHOTO World of Trouble finished second in the $1 hind winner Roy H and second-place Whitmore in the Sprint, the bad million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (Grade 1) and Imperial Hint was start appears to have cost him.

Bred in Florida by Bert and Martha Pilcher’s Shade Tree Thoroughthird in the $2 million TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1).

Bred in Florida by Daryl S. Clark of Plantation, Fla., and owned by breds Inc., located in Reddick and owned by 86-year-old Raymond MaMichael Dubb, Madaket Stables LLC and Bethlehem Stables, World mone, Imperial Hint is trained by Santiago, Chile native Luis Carvajal Jr. Pilcher is a native of Ocala and is the son of the late Hubert “Red” of Trouble finished the year with three wins from six starts and $449,000 in earnings. For his career, the 3-year-old son of Kantharos and Docia Pilcher. “Red” came to Marion County as a teenager and worked for Ocala Stud and managed several other farms in the area insports four wins from eight starts and $503,400.

While he was the 2-1 favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, he cluding Meadowbrook Farm. In 1980, the family founded Shade Tree was relatively unknown by Breeders’ Cup standards with victories in Farm and continues to operate today with Pilcher and Martha at the the $100,000 Quick Call Stakes at Saratoga and in the $100,000 Al- helm. Prior to Imperial Hint, the Shade Tree label was best known as the breeder and co-owner of 2016 Florida-bred lied Forces Stakes at Belmont Park among his There should be no Horse of the Year Three Rules. most notable efforts. His best efforts against questions as to the positive Mamone is a resident of Somerville, N.J. who Graded-stakes company came when third in the impact Florida breeders have has been in the thoroughbred game for 42 years and Grade 2 Tampa Derby won by Quip and fourth had on the Breeders’ Cup. has worked with Shade Tree for “about 30 years,” in the Grade 2 Woody Stephens Stakes behind winner Still Having Fun. There was no past performance page filled according to Pilcher. Carvajal, 46, has a 20-horse barn based in New Jersey whose best year before Imperial Hint was 2008 when he won 16 races. with Grade 1 and Grade 2 stakes for World of Trouble.

Imperial Hint, a 5-year-old son of Imperialism out of Royal Hint, However, the Jason Servis trainee and Turf Sprint winner Stormy

by Lahint, started six times in 2018 with four wins and a third with Liberal made history together.

After a stretch long battle, Stormy Liberal hit the finish a neck in earnings of $767,500. He has an outside chance at the Eclipse Award front of World of Trouble in a time of 1:04.05 over the yielding turf as champion sprinter, but will likely yield that title Roy H who also has course. The Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint has been run eight times now two Grade 1 wins and a Grade 2 victory but holds the obvious headbut only twice at five and one-half furlongs. Mongolian Saturday won to-to head advantage.

There were 10 other Florida-breds in this year’s Breeders’ Cup with the Turf Sprint at Keeneland in 2015 in a time of 1:03.19 over a turf Firenze Fire’s fourth-place finish in the Dirt Mile coming in as the course labeled as good.

What made the performance so special was the Beyer Speed Fig- best of the rest. That equates to 357 Florida-bred starters in the 35ure assigned to the pair. Stormy Liberal received a 119 Beyer and year-history of the Breeders’ Cup, the second most by a state behind World of Trouble a 118—the two highest Beyer numbers ever assigned only Kentucky with 2,273 Breeders’ Cup runners. California breeders have produced 126 Breeders’ Cup participants and New York 82. In on grass according to Dick Jerardi of Daily Racing Form.

Beyer told Jerardi that while the figure appears to be an anomaly, fact, Florida has more horses with multiple Breeders’ Cup starts (51) the seven and one-half lengths between the top two and third-place than most states have horses with one Breeders’ Cup start. Virginia finisher Disco Partner and the fast time over the off course justifies the (53), Pennsylvania (43), Maryland (37), Illinois (15) and New Jersey (13) are the only other states with double digit Breeders’ Cup starters high numbers.

Like World of Trouble, Imperial Hint was sent to the post as the outside of Kentucky, Florida, California and New York.

So, despite missing the winners’ circle on one of thoroughbred racfavorite in the Sprint with 8-5 odds but with very different credentials. Imperial Hint went into the Breeders’ Cup Sprint with a three- ing’s biggest stages this year, there should be no questions as to the race win streak having taken the Grade 2 True North Stakes at positive impact Florida breeders have had on the Breeders’ Cup—not Belmont in June, the Grade 1 Vanderbilt at Saratoga in July in a only this year, but throughout its 35-year history. ■

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Trainer John Sadler, who saddled Accelerate to a length victory

by Brock Sheridan over Gunnevera in the $6 million Classic, said the 5-year-old, a winner of four consecutive Grade 1 races, will be shown as a stallion in Lexington before being sent back to his stable in California.

“If all is good, we’ll probably go in the Pegasus, kind of our all-out Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner Accelerate, Runner-Up Gun Runner of last year, and then he’ll go off to stud,” Sadler said.

Gunnevera Target $9 Million Pegasus World Cup Gunnevera, trained at Gulfstream by Antonio Sano and a winner Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade 1) winner Accelerate, runner-up of more than $4 million, is also targeting the Pegasus after finishing Gunnevera, Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner Monomoy Girl and second in the Classic. “He’s going to race in 2019 and will point to the Florida Derby (G1) winner Audible are all strong possibilities to com- Pegasus,” Sano said.

After watching their filly win the Breeders’ Cup pete in the richest race in North America – the $9 Distaff for her ninth victory in 11 starts, the conmillion Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. nections of Monomoy Girl said they would con26 at Gulfstream Park. sider running against the boys in the Pegasus.

Other horses considering the third running of “I think we will take a look at the Pegasus,” said cothe Pegasus include Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) owner Sol Kumin. “I think it’s a good distance for winner City of Light and runner-up Seeking the her…speed-favoring track at Gulfstream. She’ll get obSoul. Arklow, fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf viously a little bit of a weight break. I think that would (G1), is a possibility for the $7 million Pegasus be the only race that we would probably look at.”

World Cup Turf Invitational (G1), the richest turf Brad Cox, trainer of Monomoy Girl, said; “Rerace in North America also being run on Jan. 26.

Accelerate ally, right now, in the near future that would be the In just two years, the Pegasus has become one of the sport’s biggest events. In 2017, the Pegasus brought together two- race we would target. Beyond that, it will be the Breeders’ Cup next time Horse of the Year California Chrome and 2016 Breeders’ Cup Clas- year at Santa Anita. We would have plenty of time to come back and sic winner Arrogate, who won the inaugural running by four and prepare for the Distaff if there is a run in January in the Pegasus. three-quarter lengths. Earlier this year, Horse of the Year Gun Runner She’s worthy of a break and some time. When we give that to her it ended his career with a two and one-half-length victory in the Pegasus will be up to what we decide to do with the Pegasus.”

Cox also said Arklow, fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf, will be over West Coast and third-place finisher Gunnevera.

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First Win for Trainer David When Alta Bambina captured the third race at Gulfstream Park West Nov. 7, Carlos David hardly had a difficult time finding the winner’s circle to celebrate his first victory as a trainer.

The 35-year-old native of Cali, Colombia certainly was no stranger to the winner’s circle during his five years as assistant to trainer Jason Servis in South Florida and New Jersey.

Rodrigo Cunha’s Alta Bambina, a homebred daughter of American Lion, provided David with a memorable first victory while breaking her maiden by 10 and one-quarter lengths in a mile maiden race for $10,000 claimers while racing with ‘blinkers off’ in her fourth career start.

“It felt great,” said David, who notched his career milestone with his 14th starter. “I’m happy I got it done. I’m happy for Rodrigo, who has given me a chance. I really appreciate it.”

David, a self-described city boy, took weekend trips with an uncle to polo farms, where he learned how to ride horses.

“I got the bug,” he said.

At 16, he immigrated to the U.S. and found his way to Belmont Park, where he started his racing career as a hotwalker and groom for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. Wanting to ride horses, David moved on to Stonerside’s Aiken, S.C. training center before returning to work for Mott as an exercise rider. He subsequently went to work for other trainers, including Seth Benzel and Servis.

“Jason is a great trainer. He’s on it every day. He doesn’t slack,” said David, who has become a U.S. citizen and purchased a home in Lake Worth, Fla., with an eye toward training year-round in South Florida.

David is prepared to follow Servis’ example as he works to build his stable.

“I only have four horses right now. I have to keep working and get a few more wins and, hopefully, get more clients,” said David, whose cousin, trainer John Ortiz, has been enjoying success in Kentucky, where he recently saddled his first graded-stakes winner, Zulu Alpha, in the Sycamore (G3) at Keeneland. ■

homebred Gusty Wind during Gulfstream Park’s Summer Meet this year. “I’ve known him since I began riding here at Calder. He was a good horseman and a really, really good gentleman.”

Bozzo, who was a graduate of Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became the oldest trainer to win a race June 3, 2017 when he sent out Cotton Tooyah for a four and one-half-length victory at Gulfstream Park. He surpassed the record of the late Noble Threewitt, who visited the winner’s circle for the last time two months after celebrating his 95th birthday. Threewitt, who was born Feb. 24, 1911, was credited with being the oldest trainer to win a race when Threeatonce captured a maiden claiming race at Santa Anita on April 22, 2006.

Bozzo had already become the oldest trainer ever to saddle a stakes winner when homebred Flutterby won the Sea Lily at Gulfstream on May 30, 2015 before going on to finish second in the Princess Rooney (Grade 2) and win two more stakes.

Panici, who rode Flutterby to three stakes victories in 2015, enjoyed Bozzo’s company as much as riding horses for him.

“I was more happy for him than for me when Jerry Bozzo we won a race,” Panici said. “Training a horse, having a winner, kept him in good shape,” Panici said. “He had an amazing history, being in World War II and his business. He was always a pleasure to be around. More than business, it was a pleasure to talk with him and have a conversation in the mornings.”

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considered for the inaugural running of the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational. “We might also might take a look at the Pegasus turf race with him as well. We’ll give him a few days to come out of his race and we’ll go from there.”

Florida Derby winner Audible, who was sidelined earlier this year after finishing third in the Kentucky Derby (G1), returned from a sixmonth layoff Saturday for trainer Todd Pletcher to impressively win the Cherokee Run on Breeders’ Cup Day. After the 3-year-old’s performance, Elliott Walden, President and Racing Manager of WinStar Farm, said: “I think Audible could be Pegasus-bound after that.” ■

Bozzo, Oldest Winning Trainer in History, Passes Away at 98 Jerry Bozzo, who passed away Nov. 11 at the age of 98, will be remembered as the oldest winning thoroughbred trainer in history, as well as a gentleman and a scholar.

“He was a great gentleman. It was a pleasure to ride for him, but it was also a pleasure to know him,” said jockey Luca Panici, who rode frequently for Bozzo, including back-to-back victories aboard

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The retired aeronautical engineer, industrialist and World War II veteran sold his Pennsylvania bottle manufacturing company in 1969. He has been breeding and training thoroughbreds in South Florida since the 1970s.

“My favorite times with Jerry had nothing to do with the horses. We were baseball fans and we talked baseball right up to a month ago. He was as sharp as a tack right up to the end,” trainer and longtime friend Phil Combest said. “It’s hard to be a Marlins fan, but we both kind of hung in there with them.”

Bozzo celebrated his 98th birthday Oct. 25, two weeks after winning the fifth race at Gulfstream Park West with his recordbreaker, Cotton Tooyah.

At Bozzo’s request, a memorial service was not scheduled. ■

Record Yearling Price of $340,000 at OBS October The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company saw a record yearling price of $340,000 and increases in gross sales during their October Yearling Sale as 436 yearlings generated $5.7 million in gross sales during the three day auction that ran Oct. 9-11 in Ocala.

At the Oct. 9 Selected session, 139 horses sold for a total of $5,698,000 compared with 115 yearlings bringing $4,959,400 at the 2017 Selected Sale. The average price was $40,993, compared with $43,125 last year, while the median was $28,000 compared with $30,000 last year. The buyback percentage was 25.3%; it was 33.9% a year ago. Nine horses sold for $100,000 or more compared with six a year ago.

For the two Open sessions, 294 horses sold for a total of $3,870,250, compared with 291 horses selling for a total of $3,126,100 in a single session a year ago. The average was $13,164, up 22.5%, compared with $10,743 in 2017 while the median was rose to $7,000 compared to $5,000 last year. The buyback percentage was 24%; it was 23.4% in 2017.

The sale topper was Hip 138, the colt that garnered the OBS yearling record final bid of $340,000 from John C. Oxley. Consigned by Stuart Morris as an agent, the gray or roan colt is by Cairo Prince out of Minutia, by Concord 10 THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2018

Point. Minutia is also a half-sister to stakes first crop of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, brought a bid of $130,000 from First winner and stakes producer Mykindasaint.

Dropping the gavel at $210,000 was Hip 145 Stop Stable as one of the first to sell in the supon a last bid by Stonestreet Stables. Consigned plemental catalog. Consigned by Taylor Made

by Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck’s Sum- Sales Agency as an agent, the filly is out of Toast merfield, the Florida-bred filly is from the first to Ashley, by First Defence. Toast to Ashley is crop of Ocala Stud stallion Uncaptured out of also a half-sister to stakes-placed Moka Jumble.

Three hips later, a colt by Lemon Drop Kid the My Rolex, by Proud Accolade. The bay filly is also a half-sister to stakes winner It’s High sold as Hip 195 for $115,000 to Calumet Farm.

Time. She was bred in Florida by Tracy Pinchin. The bay colt is also from the Taylor Made conAnother Florida-bred yearling drew good at- signment and is out of You Hear Us Coming, tention in Hip 128, a bay colt by first crop stal- by Stormy Atlantic. You Hear Us Coming is a lion Commissioner out of the stakes winning half-sister to Graded-stakes-placed Quiet Meadow and stakes producer Yes It’s True mare Lunarlady.

Sister In Arms.

Consigned by First Finds, the Another Florida-bred from bay colt was purchased by de the Summerfield consignment Meric Stables as an agent for sold well as Hip 153 went to $200,000. Lunarlady is also a Tracy Farmer for $100,000. full-sister to stakes winner LuThe chestnut colt is by Kannargal and the colt is a halftharos out of Orchid Isle, by brother to stakes producer Bella Zamindar and he is a halfCardella. The colt was bred in brother to stakes-placed runthe Sunshine State by Francis ners J Isle and Mystical Myles. and Barbara Vanlangendonck.

He was bred by Dr. Derek Paul.

Hip 516, Our Time, a chestHip 311 sold for $100,000 nut colt by Kantharos conto Ann Maher-Springman as signed by Summerfield, agent, went to Stonestreet Stables Hip No. 138 topped the sale an agent for Rashed Yousef at $340,000 Boursely. The dark bay or LLC for $190,000 to top the first Open session. He’s out of Golden Trum- brown colt consigned by Woodford Thoroughpet, by Formal Gold, from the family of Grade breds, agent is by Kitten’s Joy out of Thebignbadestbunny, by Smart Strike making the colt a 1 winner Wilderness Song.

Hip 177 also went to de Meric Stables full-brother to stakes winner Kuwait Currency.

LLC as he went to $170,000 on the bay filly. Thebignbadestbunny is also a half-sister to two From the consignment of Select Sales as an stakes-placed runners in Silent Fusaichi and Caagent, the filly is by Into Mischief out of the percaille and stakes producer Gold N Eskimo.

Hip 102, Heavenly Capture, is a FloridaGiant’s Causeway mare She’s a Rainbow.

Hip 36 was a dark bay or brown colt by Kit- bred filly that brought $95,000 from Bruno ten’s Joy out of Blue Grass Music, by Bluegrass DeBerdt, as an agent. By Ocala Stud first crop Cat. He was consigned by Woodford Thorough- sire Uncaptured out of the Saint Anddan mare breds and de Meric Sales bought the colt as an Heavens to Beauty, who is a half-sister to Grade 2 winner Trippi’s Storm, the bay filly agent for $150,000.

The gavel dropped at $140,000 for Hip 69, was consigned by Beth Bayer as an agent. The a dark bay or brown filly from the consign- filly was bred in Florida by Judy Bassett.

Hip 677, a son of City Zip consigned by ment of Francis and Barbara Vanlangendonck’s Summerfield consignment. She is by Summerfield as an agent, was sold for Take Charge Indy out of Divine Heart, by Di- $95,000 to Tracy Farmer to top the second vine Park and she was purchased by H.H., and final Open Day of the auction. The dark Agent. Divine Heart is a half-sister to Grade bay or brown colt, out of Prettyatthetable, by 1 stakes winners Include Me Out and Check Point Given, is a half-brother to graded stakes winning OBS Yearling Sale graduate the Label and stakes winner On the Menu.

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Florida-bred Congrats Gal proved her last race was no fluke after she took the $100,000 Smart Halo Stakes at Laurel Park Nov. 10 for owner Charles L. Biggs. In her previous start, the 2-year-old daughter of Congrats had won an entry level, $50,000 optional claiming race by 14 lengths at Laurel on Sept. 14 before bouncing back to win her first stakes race.

The Smart Halo was for 2-year-old fillies going six furlongs and featured a field of seven.

Trained by Cathal Lynch and ridden by Trevor McCarthy, Congrats Gal won her first race by six and one-quarter lengths over special weight maidens at Laurel in June before finishing third behind winner and fellow Florida-bred Catherinethegreat in the Grade 3 Schuylerville Stakes at Saratoga on July 20.

She returned to finish second behind eventual Tito’s Handmade Vodka Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Jaywalk in the $50,000 White Clay Creek Stakes at Delaware Park on Aug. 22 before her optional claiming romp in September.

While she was hesitant to load into the from five starts with earnings of $134,740. starting gate before Smart Halo, Congrats Congrats Gal is out of G City Gal, by Elusive Gal broke sharply from post five and was Quality and is a graduate of this year’s Ocala able to find a comfortable position behind Breeders’ Sales April Sale where she brought frontrunners Mae Never No (Ire) and Ques- $57,000 on a final bid by Biggs. She was contionoftheday as those two led the field signed by Grassroots Training and Sales.

She also passed through the OBS ring in through a :22.56 first quarter-mile and a October of 2017 were :46.11 half-mile.

Cool Hill Farm picked her Congrats Gal made a from the Woodford Thorthree-wide move around the oughbreds consignment. far turn to challenge for the “Very impressed. Very lead and was able to race out professional filly that’s of the bend with a clear addone everything right from vantage. She began to create Day 1. Just happy to get more distance between her Florida-bred Congrats Gal the first stakes winner for and her rivals with each stride and had more than three lengths on them in mid- Charlie Biggs here. We’re very pleased for stretch and hit the wire nearly seven lengths in him. We were with him when he bought her down in Ocala and we all liked her a lot,” front in a time of 1:10.94.

“She’s something special,” Biggs said. Lynch said. “I’m going to give this one to my “We’ll see how she comes back and decide what uncle Kevin, who died on Thursday. We’ll we’re going to do with her, look for another race dedicate this win to him. He was my godfather and they buried him today. We had a litor give her the winter off. It’s good stuff.”

Congrats Gal was bred in Florida by Wood- tle bit of an angel on our shoulder.”

Congrats Gal was the odds-on favorite at 3-10 ford Thoroughbreds and earned $60,000 for the win. She now has a record of three wins and returned $2.60 to win, $2.20 and $2.10. ■ MCCUE PHOTO

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Churchill Downs because “she was beautifully-bred, and she was running and beating the horse I was running,” he quipped.

He bred her to Stephen Got Even, a son of A.P. Indy, to produce First Dude. A strapping colt, First Dude “was big and fun to be around, so we liked him pretty well,” Dizney said. He added, “And every time we went [to the track], I thought we were going to win. He was just a big, old horse that had a huge stride. He’d take off and when he took off he’d

hirty-five years after entering the thoroughbred business, Donald R. Dizney is still breeding and racing top-flight runners in his native Florida. Most recently, Dizney, founder and chairman of Orlandobased United Medical Corporation, bred multiple graded-stakes winner Skye Diamonds.

The mare is a daughter of his homebred, Grade 1 winner First Dude, who stands at his owner’s Double Diamond Farm in Ocala.

Born in Pensacola, Fla., Dizney fell in love I bought my first thoroughbred with horses and the Bluegrass State while atin approximately 1983. I was like tending Eastern Kentucky University. Decades later, Dizney and wife Irene—now full-time most of the beginners in this busiresidents of Palm Beach, Fla.,—are generous ness. My horse couldn’t beat donors to his alma mater, as well as to multiple me and you. programs at the University of Florida.

—Donald R. Dizney “I bought my first thoroughbred in approximately 1983,” Dizney remembered, adding jovially, “I was like most of the beginners in this business. My horse couldn’t beat me and you.” He said, “What kept me going? I had a horse farm [Double Diamond] and it’s like having a new house—you have to fill it up with furniture, I Double Diamond Stallion First Dude and Donald Dizney (inset) thought.”

Dizney’s equine accomplishments are run as far as he could. Sometimes he lasted; many. He bred and co-owned millionaire sometimes he didn’t.” In 2010 alone, First Wekiva Springs, sold a $4.2 million Seattle Dude hit the board in five grade 1 races, garSlew yearling colt in 2000, and received the nering a second in the Preakness Stakes (G1) FTBOA’s 2007 Bruce Campbell Award for his and a third in the Belmont Stakes (G1). contributions to breeding and racing in the At four, First Dude went to Bob Baffert Sunshine State. A Jockey Club member, on the West Coast and began to excel. In Dizney also held the presidency of the Florida 2011, he won the Alysheba Stakes (G3), then Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Asso- crowned his career with a triumph in the ciation three times and served on the boards Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) over Game On of Breeders’ Cup Limited and the Thorough- Dude. After pulling a ligament, he was retired to Double Diamond. “Making a stalbred Owners and Breeders Association.

Dizney claimed First Dude’s dam, the lion…is hard work,” Dizney observed, Smart Strike mare Run Sarah Run, at “because you really never know and you’re

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trying to find out how they made out and trying to get horses to him.”

Nevertheless, Dizney had kickstarted the careers of successful sires Runaway Groom and Northern Afleet, and supported First Dude with some of his 40 mares. “It’s exciting and it’s really an accomplishment of our team at the farm,” he said, citing son-in-law Roger Brand, a vice president and general manager at Double Diamond, as a key influence.

“We were really nervous about First Dude because all of his races, his best races, were a mile-plus and so we thought that’d be—Florida loves speed horses—so we were a little concerned at first that we wouldn’t get the speed out of him,” Dizney said. He needn’t have worried; First Dude-sired Mom’s On Strike captured the 12-furlong Bewitch Stakes (G3) in April, while his Madame Uno won the mile and onesixteenth Pleasant Acres Stallions Distaff Turf Stakes on Florida Cup Day at Tampa Bay Downs in March.

Florida’s leading sire by earnings in 2018, First Dude has three graded winners this year, highlighted by Skye Diamonds, whom Dizney bred. Claimed by her current owners in 2016, Skye Diamonds took the 2017 Great Lady M Stakes (G2) and Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3). Most recently, the five-year-old mare annexed the Oct. 4 L.A. Woman Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita. Skye Diamonds’ dam, Exonerated (by Johannesburg), has a First Dude weanling and is in foal to Candy Ride.

Dizney shares his thoroughbred successes with Irene and their three children and 10 grandchildren. “When you look back at it—my involvement that I’ve had with my family and these races and breeding horses, et cetera—has been the highlight for me.

You’re right—it has been a bunch of highlights for me.” For family man Dizney, that makes the challenges of racing and breeding all worth it. ■ COGLIANESE PHOTO

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Mister Millions Florida-bred Mr. Jordan claims his third victory in Millions Classic Preview

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r. Jordan won the Millions Classic Preview for the third consecutive year and remained undefeated in five starts at Gulfstream Park West Nov. 10 for owners David Melin, Leon Ellman and Laurie Plesa.

The $75,000 Millions Classic Preview was one of nine stakes for Florida-breds on the card at Gulfstream Park West and saw five 3-year-olds and older go a mile and one-sixteenth on a fast main track. The 6-year-old gray or roan gelding also won the $100,000 Juvenile Sprint and the $94,000 Smooth Air Stakes at Gulfstream Park West in 2014 as a 2-year-old.

Most recently, the Florida-bred son of Kantharos out of Miss Skeetd, by Cloud Hopping was second in the $150,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Wildcat Heir behind winner and fellow Preview Classic entrant Noble Drama at Gulfstream Park on Sept. 29.

Mr. Jordan broke out and into Noble Drama at the start of the Millions Classic Preview but was able to settle in behind early leaders Jay’s Way and Weisser. After a quarter-mile in a leisurely :24.31 and a half-mile in :48.20, jockey Paco Lopez began to urge Mr. Jordan into 14 THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2018

contention around the far turn but was stopped by traffic as they began to turn for home.

Coast is Clear Stakes winner Deland took advantage of Mr. Jordan’s traffic problems and emerged as the leader for the run down the stretch. However, Lopez swung Mr. Jordan to the outside for a clear run and was able to catch Deland in the shadow of the wire to win by nose in a running time of 1:45.21.

Deland was second and a length and one-half in front

Florida-bred Mr. Jordan (No. 1) winning the Millions Classic Preview over fellow Florida-bred Deland

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of Noble Drama in third. Weisser and Jay’s Way completed the order of finish.

Mr. Jordan is trained by Eddie Plesa, who was not discouraged after the slow start.

“He’s a little on the slow side breaking, but Paco got him up there and on the turn he had him in good position,” Plesa said. “[Jay’s Way] dictated the pace and it looked like Paco was in a little tight around the threeeighths pole. When he had no place to go, he swung him

to the outside and he ran the horse down. It was a great effort on the second horse’s part. It was a greater effort on our part. He loves this racetrack.”

Bred in Florida by Philip and Karen Matthews of Ocala, Mr. Jordan earned $46,500 for the win to push his career earnings to $827,335. He has now won 10 of 34 career races. He paid $4.60 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.10 to show as the 6-5 second choice behind even money favorite Deland.

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At the wire, Galleon Mast was able to put a nose in front of Class and Cash in second with Archer Road third, another two and three-quarter lengths back. The final time was 1:43.84. Swagger Jagger, GALLEON MAST GETS REVENGE IN MILLIONS Salute the Colonel and Seattle Treasure completed the TURF PREVIEW order of finish.

Galleon Mast won for the ninth time in 29 career Anne D. Scott’s Galleon Mast avenged his loss to Archer Road when second in the $75,000 Mr. Steele starts and earned $46,035. That pushed his lifetime earnStakes at Gulfstream Park on Sept. 29 by taking the ings to $539,050. He is by Mizzen Mast outo P.J. Eskimo, by Eskimo and was bred in Florida by H & A $75,000 Millions Turf Preview.

Stables LLC. The Millions Turf Preview fea“[Lopez] told me coming out of tured a field of six Florida-bred 3Ride your race. Warm the paddock, ‘No one’s going to year-olds and older going a mile and him up good and remember want the lead except [Clash and one-sixteenth on the firm turf that when he gets the lead Cash] and [Swagger Jagger]. I’m course. going to stay right behind them,’” Trained by David Fawkes and he tends to wait. ridden by Paco Lopez, Galleon —trainer David Fawkes on Galleon Mast Fawkes said. “I said, ‘Ride your race. Warm him up good and reMast sat in a stalking position behind Class and Cash and Swagger Jagger through pedes- member that when he gets the lead he tends to wait.’”

Galleon Mast paid $5.20, 2.60 and $2.20. trian fractions of :25.21 for the first quarter-mile, :50.40 for the half-mile and six furlongs in 1:14.50.

Around the far turn, Class and Cash shook free from KROY LEADS SPRINT PREVIEW Swagger Jagger and led the field into the stretch. FROM START TO FINISH Galleon Mast moved into second out of the turn before After putting in the worst performace of his career brushing the inside hedge as he passed the quarter pole. Sept. 29 at Gulfstream Park when eighth in the However, Lopez was able to recover with Galleon Mast $75,000 Mr. Steele Stakes won by Archer Road, and they swung to the outside for a run at the leader.

Florida-bred Kroy bounced back strong to win the Plesa said the $200,000 Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park Jan. 19 would likely be targeted for Mr. Jordan’s next start.

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$75,000 Millions Sprint Preview. The Millions Sprint FIRST STAKES WIN FOR PICARA Florida-bred Kroy wins the was for Florida-bred 3-year-olds and older going six P & G Stables LLC’s Picara picked up her first Sprint Preview in furlongs on the main track. stakes win after leading from start to finish in the wire-to-wire fashion After breaking from post three with Paco Lopez $75,000 Millions Filly and Mare Turf Preview. The Filly aboard, Kroy led the field of six through a first quarter- and Mare Turf Preview featured a field of eight Floridamile in :22.15 and the half in :57 flat. Splash Rules bred distaffers going seven and one-half furlongs on the pressed Kroy throughout but could not keep up in deep turf. stretch and had to settle for second, a length and oneRidden by Edgard Zayas for trainer Todd Pletcher, half behind Kroy. Field Trip was third with My Boy Picara broke well from post four and went right to the Lenny, Game Day Drama and Particularly finishing in lead after angling over to the rail. Southern Sis and Reathat order. The final runI know he can run on dirt, but short only. Long on dirt is too far for him. ning time was 1:09.81.

“I know he can run on He finished second to Mr. Jordan going long. He ran good, but it was too far dirt, but short only,” trainer Armando De La for him. I told Paco [Lopez] don’t take a hold of him. This horse doesn’t like it.

Cerda said. “Long on dirt You have to go.

—trainer Armando De La Cerda on Kroy is too far for him. He finished second to Mr. Jordan going long. He ran good, gan’s Rose followed in second and third respectively but it was too far for him. I told Paco [Lopez] don’t through a quarter-mile in :24.34. Reagan’s Rose could take a hold of him. This horse doesn’t like it. You have not keep up after a half-mile in :49.03 as Picara began to to go.” extend her lead as they turned for home.

Bred in Florida by Machmer Hall and Milan Southern Sis made a mild run at Picara in deep Kosanovich, Kroy now races for Midwest Thorough- stretch but was never a threat as Picara ran under the breds Inc. He is by The Factor out of Pieria, by Atticus wire in 1:30.28 and almost two lengths in front of Southand earned his sixth win in 15 races. He now has career ern Sis in second with Warranty third. earnings of $253,950.

Picara was bred in Florida by P & G Stables. The 3The 4-year-old Kroy paid $5.20, $3 and $2.20. year-old filly is by Turbo Compressor out of La Catira

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Jatar, by Best of the Bests (Ire). It was her third win from eight starts and she now has earnings of $117,775.

She paid $10.60, $6.20 and $3.40.

LOVESICK GETS STAKES WIN IN SECOND START

After breaking her maiden at Gulfstream Park on Aug. 19 in her first race, e Five Racing Thoroughbreds’ Lovesick remained undefeated by winning the $75,000 Juvenile Fillies Sprint by three lengths as the 9-5 favorite. The Juvenile Fillies Sprint was for Florida-bred 2-year-old fillies going six and one-half furlongs.

Ridden by Paco Lopez from the inside post, Lovesick broke a bit slow but was able to race to the front to lead the eight fillies through fractions of :22.57 and :45.99 with her closest rival being 16-1 shot Micah’s Girl a length off in second. However, Lovesick was able to draw clear in the stretch and pull away to a three-length victory over Starship Nala is second with Busy Signal third in a final time of 1:18.

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Lovesick paid $5.80 to win, $3.80 and $2.40.

Lovesick is by Ocala Stud stallion Adios Charlie out of Almost A Valentine, by High Cotton. She was bred in Florida by Ocala Stud and now has earnings of $86,105 from her two wins in two starts.

She is trained by David Fawkes, who won his second stakes on the afternoon.

JACKSON RALLIES TO WIN JUVENILE SPRINT

After the first four races on the day were won by horses on or near the lead, Tracy Pinchin’s homebred Jackson rallied from off the pace to win the $75,000 Juvenile Sprint over nine other Florida-bred 2-year-olds at six and one-half furlongs.

Ridden by Emisael Jaramillo, Jackson went to the post as the 1-2 favorite after finishing second in his last start in the $82,000 Hollywood Beach Stakes won by Bulletin on Sept. 29 at Gulfstream Park.

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runners while racing in sixth early in Juvenile Sprint as 50-1 longshot Fast Andrew went the first quartermile in a :22.15. Max K.O. a six-length winner against $25,000 maiden claimers in his only other start, took over from Fast Andrew moving into the far

turn but was unable to hold off several late runners inside the final eighth.

Jackson emerged as the leader under the wire as he finished a neck in front of Maddy’s Last Dance in second with Chinomado another five lengths back in third.

The final time was 1:18.83.

Trained by Jose Pinchin, Jackson won for the second time in four starts and pushed his career earnings to $112,875. Jackson is by Kantharos out of Deposit Only,

by Put it Back and paid $3 to win, $2.40 to place and $2.10 to show.

Florida-bred Lovesick (above) stayed unbeaten by winning the Juvenile Fillies Sprint Florida-bred Jackson (below left) rallies to take the Juvenile Sprint

VOW TO RECOVER IS PROMISING IN JUVENILE FILLIES TURF

Imaginary Stables and Paul Braveman’s Vow to Recover lived up to her name as she came back after a slow start to win the $75,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf for Floridabred 2-year-old fillies at one mile on the turf.

The dark bay or brown daughter of Broken Vow has now won two consecutive races after subpar starts after she broke her maiden after being bumped at the beginning of her second race on Oct. 11 at Gulfstream Park West, a race she won by a length and one-half.

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Florida-bred Vow to Recover wins the Juvenile Fillies Turf

noon, Vow to Recover established her position in sixth as the field of nine went into the first turn led by 2-1 favorite Lovely Luvy. After a first quarter in :24.72 and the half-mile in :50.05, Lopez gave Vow to Recover the cue in the far turn as she and Lovely Luvy and Decorated Ace raced into the stretch as a threesome.

Vow to Recover and Decorated Ace hooked up in the drive for home with the former getting a half-length advantage at the finish in a time of 1:38.41. Decorated Ace finished another length ahead of Miss Mariu in third with Lovely Luvy fourth.

Vow to Recover is out of the Hard Spun mare My Best Ten and the win was her second in three starts. She now has earnings of $72,890 and she paid $8.80, $4.80 and $3.60. She was bred in Florida by George and Karen Rissell’s Rustlewood Farm.

Heaven’s Pulpit, a longshot at 33-1, led the field through fractions of :22.73 for the first quarter and a half in :45.52 with Heiressall and Shanghai Starlet giving chase in second and third respectively.

Heaven’s Pulpit and Shanghai Starlet came out of the far turn together as Heiressall tired in third.

Heaven’s Pulpit maintained a narrow margin past the eighth pole but Shanghai Starlet resiliently drove past to win by nearly two lengths in a time of 1:23.75.

Heaven’s Spirit was second, three lengths in front of Heiressall in third.

Shanghai Starlet paid $8, $5.20 and $3.40, earned $44,640 and has career earnings of $155,318 from four wins in seven starts. She was bred in Florida by Carlos Rafael and now races for King of Prussia Stable. She is out of Jeannie S, by Sky Mesa.

SHANGHAI STARLET TAKES MILLIONS PREVIEW DISTAFF

STIRLING DRIVE PAVES WAY TO VICTORY IN JUVENILE TURF

Florida-bred Shanghai Starlet gave trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Edgard Zayas their second stakes win on the afternoon as the 3-year-old filly won the $75,000 Millions Distaff Preview over eight other female rivals going seven furlongs on the main track.

N T S Stable Inc.’s Stirling Drive stalked early leader He’ll Do in the first stages of the $75,000 Juvenile Turf before taking over midway around the far to turn to win the one mile turf race in 1:38.79.

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Florida-bred Shanghai Starlet (left) takes the Million Preview Distaff while fellow Florida-bred Stirling Drive (below) captures the Juvenile Turf

son, Stirling Drive defeated runnerup Lucky Mike by a length with Mr Wrench It just a head further back in third.

Stirling Drive is by Verrazono out of La Presidenta (Arg), by Candy Stripes (Arg) and was bred in Florida by Farm III Enterprises LLC. As the 3-1 third choice, Stirling

Drive paid $8.20 to win, $5 to place and $3.40 to show.

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LONNY POWELL LP- First of all, I do want to wish all of our FTBOA members and Florida Horse readers and their families a very blessed, happy and much earned Holiday Season. Thoroughbred people love their horses, families, friends and community. This is such a great time of year to particularly bring those intimately important things into clearer focus.

Second of all, I’d like to wish everyone a healthy, happy and successful New Year at home, work, on the farm, at the sales and at the tracks.

I’d also like to take the opportunity to salute our Florida-breds and their connections as well as our members, supporters, FTBOA and Florida Equine Communications staffs and board members and officers for their hard work and contributions to our industry and community during this past year. Also much appreciation to our industry co-stakeholders Tampa Bay, Gulfstream, their respective HBPAs and our good friends at OBS and their exciting new facility for the high degree of industry cooperation and support.

Now that the dust has settled on Florida’s mid-term elections, can you share any thoughts on the results, particularly on the two gaming-related amendments that passed: Amendment 3, which removes the state legislature’s power to approve new 24 THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2018

forms of gaming and instead requires Florida voters to approve them in a statewide election; and Amendment 13, which will end pari-mutuel greyhound racing within the next two years?

LP- We obviously weren’t big fans of either amendment and would have written them much differently if we were the authors. At the end of the day, both offered potentially positive and negative consequences, much of which would have depended on subsequent actions taken by the Florida Legislature and by the tracks. Amendment 3 in particular was surrounded by a lot of conflicting claims on both sides of the issue. Certainly, hopes that Amendment 3 would forever eliminate all future threats by gaming interests to the economics of the state’s thoroughbred industry, whether through the legislature or the courts, were likely a bit optimistic. At the same time, claims that passage would be a mortal blow to our thoroughbred industry were also a bit over the top. I guess rhetoric like this is to be expected in any election these days. I suppose if you woke up the morning after Election Day and you were a soon-to-be decoupled dog track without slots (thanks to concurrent passage of Amendment 13) or a marginal match-race quarter horse track without slots, you had to feel like you just got dealt one of the worst hands possible by the passage of Amendment 3 as you now have no realistic prospect to offer anything other than a card room. I would guess that the next most unhappy group would be those tracks of various breeds that have slots already and were hoping to get involved in more expanded forms of gaming like sports betting or table games.

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Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association CEO and Executive Vice President sat down with The Florida Horse editor-in-chief Brock Sheridan to discuss the state of the Florida thoroughbred Industry.

It’s that time of year, so along with holiday hopes and New Year wishes, comes our December issue of The Florida Horse and, of course, our annual “what’s happening in the industry” chat with you. Before we dive into some details, would you like to say anything in general to your members and our readers?

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LP- This year was really exciting in that we had the plan, funding, and resources to roll-out several new programs to encourage the breeding, owning, and racing of Florida-breds. Our ultimate goal with these programs is to increase interest and demand for our Florida-breds, whether it be on the farm, in the sales ring, or on the track.

On the racing front, thanks to collaboration with and support from our two tracks and their respective horsemen’s groups, we were able to fund a new Florida-bred Purse Supplement Incentive Program that was designed to financially reward winning Florida-breds in open company at Gulfstream and to make state-bred purses worth more than in similar open company races. To say that this program was well received by the owners and trainers of FloridaBreds at Gulfstream this year would be an understatement! You can’t think Florida-breds and racing and breeding success in 2018 without reflecting upon so many successes and you from the 18 Florida-breds were a soon-to-be decoupled dog track without slots (thanks to concurrent pas- pre-entered for the Breeders Cup, the First-Time Florida sage of Amendment 13) or a marginal match-race quarter horse track without TOBA Broodmare of the slots, you had to feel like you just got dealt one of the worst hands possible by Year and Large Breeder of the passage of Amendment 3 as you now have no realistic prospect to offer the Year following the January 2018 presentation at anything other than a card room.

Gulfstream to two Floridathose additional gaming products was always going to bred Eclipse Award winners and all the other races at be highly speculative. all levels from all parts.

As far as the passage of Amendment 13, which On the promotional side, we ramped up a major will soon make dog racing illegal, I see no significant digital advertising campaign (complimented by our upside to the Florida thoroughbred industry, and there Florida Equine Communications’ social, digital and will be some possible downside in that these former printed platforms), focusing on three separate themes: dog tracks may be in a better position to upgrade fa- (a) generating excitement about owning a Florida thorcilities and offer enhanced player rewards programs, oughbred; (b) explaining why you should do your thorthus making them more competitive with thorough- oughbred business in Florida; and (c) promoting the bred tracks like Gulfstream. Though there was a lot of Florida-Bred stakes program and Florida Sire Stakes. animal rights sentiment behind this vote, we cannot I imagine virtually all the readers of this interview have forget that the owners of many greyhound tracks long seen this content on websites and other digital media. ago publicly turned against their own product in a We have received phenomenally positive feedback and quest for higher profits. At the end of the day, those widespread notice of these campaigns. We are hopeful profits will expand as dog tracks and the expenses re- that our tracks, the horsemen, and the sales companies lated to live dog racing disappear. The big losers were will consider joining us in this effort in the future, parthe greyhound breeders, owners and trainers. ticularly in our owner recruitment efforts.

Of course, our nationally acclaimed and lucraThere was much buzz around the country on the tive Florida Sire Stakes (“FSS”) program had a very exciting breeding, promotional and racing incentive strong showing in terms of noticeable increases in programs the FTBOA was offering this year. Can you FSS-eligibles and in field sizes for our core 2-yearsummarize some of the key elements of these initiatives? old stakes races at Gulfstream, as well as an exIn our experience, many of the gaming interests urging a “no” vote on Amendment 3 were generally the very same folks who would basically tell the FTBOA and the horsemen to “go pound salt” anytime we tried to negotiate a split of any expanded gaming revenue to benefit thoroughbred breeder awards and purses. As I believe the FHBPA also observed in a recent article, it’s not like those eager to legalize legitimate sports betting or new slots casinos were knocking down the door of the Florida thoroughbred industry to discuss such a move and potential revenue sharing, whether prior to or during the Amendment 3 campaign.

At the end of the day, if you were a gaming facility or internet gaming company wanting to lobby the Florida legislature to let you offer as many gaming products as possible, then you were against Amendment 3. On the other hand, if you were a thoroughbred horseman, owner, or breeder, any benefit from

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pansion to eleven stakes races for , many of the gaming interests urging a “no” vote all ages between Gulfstream and Tampa Bay Downs. Our recently on Amendment 3 were generally the very same folks who would basically completed FSS 2-year-old stakes tell the FTBOA and the horsemen to “go pound salt” anytime we tried to series at Gulfstream resulted in six fields averaging twelve negotiate a split of any expanded gaming revenue to benefit thoroughbred horses per gate and a whopping breeder awards and purses.

23.4 percent increase in handle over 2017 across the three FSS days at the track. many of those exciting racing and breeding incentive All this has been done against the backdrop of the programs from 2018 I just talked about would surely FTBOA offering, for the third consecutive year in a row, have to be scaled back in future years. If The Stronach the highest breeder and stallion awards expressly au- Group, FHBPA, and FTBOA are not successful in prethorized by law, as well as funding stakes purses for venting Churchill Downs from walking away from thorFlorida-Breds significantly above statutory minimums. oughbred racing in Florida, then by 2021, and very likely Thanks to the current Florida model, which features in the years leading up to it, there could be a significant thoroughbred purse and awards revenue streams from downward pressure on South Florida purses for horseboth Calder and Gulfstream, we have been able to im- men and owners, on breeder and stallion awards, and on plement and aggressively expand these forward-looking Gulfstream race dates and the number of races. Thorand impactful programs. We invest in programs like oughbred racing in South Florida has long consisted of these today in the pursuit of positive market reaction in at least two live thoroughbred racinos -- Gulfstream and the future, always looking ahead and “playing the long Calder -- with both tracks contributing to purses and game,” a fundamental outlook that is shared by all those breeder awards. If one racino (Calder) vanishes from the in the thoroughbred business. thoroughbred economic pipeline, along with the over $10 plus million they contribute to purses and awards annuSo many in the Florida thoroughbred industry ally, something has to give. The math just cannot sustain and around the country are total racing opportunities, reading and talking about , purses, or awards at current levChurchill Downs’ effort to poels if Gulfstream is left as the we ramped up a major digital tentially abandon thoroughbred only racino in South Florida and advertising campaign (compli- Calder’s operation no longer racing at Calder and turn it into a “jai alai fronton/casino.” Can mented by our Florida Equine contributing to thoroughbred you explain how these moves by purses and awards from their Communications’ social, digital Churchill might impact purses casino revenues. and breeder awards?

We still want to believe that and printed platforms), focusing on three separate themes: (a) Churchill Downs, as a historic LP- Unfortunately, I’m a thoroughbred industry leader in generating excitement about little limited on what I can say the US and in Florida, will ultihere because the FTBOA, owning a Florida thoroughbred; mately do the right thing and FHBPA, and OBS are involved (b) explaining why you should do choose not to economically in a number of legal cases surabandon its Florida horsemen your thoroughbred business in rounding this issue. Suffice it and breeders. Churchill’s board to say that the potential loss of Florida; and (c) promoting the of directors includes bona fide thoroughbred people. Regardpurse and breeder award funds Florida-Bred stakes program less of what Churchill may or from Calder’s racing and slots and Florida Sire Stakes. may not do, I do know that the operations in 2021 would have FTBOA, FHBPA, and The a significant negative impact. It is very important that all Florida breeders and owners, as Stronach Group will individually and collectively do well as Gulfstream Park and its horsemen and employ- everything possible to mitigate the negative conseees, join together and do everything possible to keep quences and to continue our efforts to build upon the these funds flowing into purses and awards. Otherwise, many strengths of our resilient and respected Florida

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thoroughbred industry. Again, let’s all encourage Churchill Downs to do what they know is the right thing and not hurt the good people of the Florida thoroughbred industry. I am sure that horsemen, breeders, regulators, and legislators around the country, including in places like Louisiana, Illinois, Kentucky and elsewhere are all watching closely to see what kind of precedent Churchill Downs will set in Florida regarding the support live racing. Dealing with this issue will remain a top ongoing priority of FTBOA as we move into 2019.

You’ve mentioned “legislation” multiple times so far. Any specific plans you can share regarding 2019 in terms of legislation and other dealings with the various levels of government?

nothing to our breeders, and we suspect that the Florida horsemen should be getting much more, particularly based on current uncertainty if the day is near when Calder is no longer contributing to our industry. Things like state-wide source market fees, geo-location of bettors, and ADW audit compliance and stakeholder access to all ADW handle numbers could all be things that a potential ADW bill in 2019 might address. We shall see.

On a lighter and totally different train of thought, how did you get involved in horses and how did it evolve into where you are today?

LP- I was lucky-It was mandatory, my late father was a former quarter horse/turned thoroughbred jockey, so I grew up primarily on or around the race tracks in SouthLP- As a highly regulated industry, much of what we do ern California with stops in Chicago and South Florida has some direct or indirect connection to government and as well. In fact, I went to Hialeah Presbyterian Elemento the legislative process. In light of the competing interests tary School in first grade. I’m actually 4th generation in involved in Tallahassee, we certainly can’t put all our cards that my great grandad owned and worked his farm with on the table just yet. Suffice it to say that, as always, we will Percheron draft horses (ironically, he died as a result of go into the 2019 Session with a comprehensive strategy a kick from one of them with his farm being nowhere that includes multiple options and hybrid approaches. As in near any medical facilities). My grandad for many years any state capitol, the FTBOA must remain engaged, ac- ranched with quarter horses. My dad started out by leavcessible, flexible, and quick on its feet. Relationships and ing school at 14 and match-racing quarter horses in Mexhard work are everything. ico while riding bulls, We never stop preparing and Our Florida Sire Stakes (“FSS”) pro- saddle bronks and cutting tweaking. horses on the California gram had a very strong showing in An example of somerodeo circuit. He broke thing the FTBOA, the terms of noticeable increases in FSS-eli- his jockey maiden at horsemen, and the tracks gibles and in field sizes for our core 2- Caliente and brought a have discussed in the past is longshot home on his first year-old stakes races at Gulfstream, as a need to overhaul how apprentice ride at HollyADW is handled in Florida well as an expansion to eleven stakes wood Park. and to ensure that a fair I worked as a track races for all ages between Gulfstream share of all bets placed via maintenance worker, asADW are going to purses, and Tampa Bay Downs. Our completed sistant starter and jockey breeder awards, and the live FSS 2-year-old stakes series at Gulf- valet throughout high Florida host tracks Tampa school and college in stream resulted in six fields averaging Idaho and Arizona. My and Gulfstream. This discussion likely escalates par- twelve horses per gate and a whopping college education was in ticularly now as we face the race track management.

23.4 percent increase in handle. uncertainty and possibility From there I went on to of Churchill Downs halting Calder’s payments to thor- serve as a track president, state regulator, advanced deoughbred purses and awards, it begs at least two questions. posit wagering operator and trade association CEO. I was First, how many Florida wagers are being placed via the first named shareholder in Magna Entertainment Churchill’s ADW platform (Twin Spires) and others. Sec- where I served in the triple capacity as Santa Anita CEO, ond, is the State of Florida and the Florida thoroughbred Executive VP-Operations of MEC while also overseeing industry getting its fair share of these wagers? For exam- the track presidents, facilities and budgets of Gulfstream, ple, we understand that Twin Spires intentionally pays Golden Gate fields, Bay Meadows, Remington Park,

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Thistledown and San Luis (Should Calder become a jai alai and stop thoroughRey Downs training center.

On the political and governbred purse and awards payments) There could be a sigmental side, I have served as a nificant downward pressure on South Florida purses for state agency director, adminhorsemen and owners, on breeder and stallion awards, istrative law judge, member of a governor’s cabinet, lobbyist and on Gulfstream race dates. Thoroughbred racing in and university faculty memSouth Florida has long consisted of at least two live ber. It’s been one great, memthoroughbred racinos with both tracks contributing to orable and wild ride so far.

My late father-in-law was purses and breeder awards. If one racino (Calder) vana thoroughbred owner, breeder ishes from the thoroughbred economic pipeline, along and trainer as was my wife. with the over $10 plus million they contribute to purses Two of my three children also have horse-centric careers. and awards annually, something has to give.

We have owned race, hunter jumper and trail horses. This January will mark my defending and promoting our industry, they also conseventh year at FTBOA. I really am fond of our indus- tinue to remain focused on exploring opportunity and try, this state, our community and its people. I call upon re-tooling. That was how we approached 2018 and will my past equine and management experiences every be the foundation of our ongoing and continued efforts day as FTBOA CEO and love my work, team and in the coming New Year!

Again, Happy Holidays to all of our valued members Florida-breds! and readers and all of their families, coworkers. ■ Any closing thoughts?

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LP- I would like to repeat an observation I made to our members during our Annual Meeting this past October. Those of us in this industry, no matter it be on a local, state or national level, know first-hand that nothing comes easy or automatic in the thoroughbred business. Challenges abound at all levels, risks are frequently taken and margins often tight. The one certainty is we get up each day, asses our challenges and look for opportunities.

In Florida, we often blaze the trail in dealing with the latest and greatest curveballs and challenges including, but not limited to, ongoing decoupling battles, previously unrecognized forms of “racing” by other breeds and now Calder wanting to be, of all things, a jai alai fronton.

At FTBOA, job-one for us is to take on these challenges, formulate solutions and options, leverage our relationships, talents and resources to take on each and every threat to our breeders, owners and farms….as well as tracks as we are all collectively in this industry together. To date, our track record in this regard has been We still want to believe that Churchill Downs, as a historic thoroughbred pretty good. Not only are our efforts in South Florida, industry leader in the US and in Florida, will ultimately do the right thing and Tampa, Marion County and choose not to economically abandon its Florida horsemen and breeders.

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rized became the eighth Florida-bred to win a Breeders’ Cup Championship Day race when he captured the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) at Gulfstream Park. Winning by a head over Sierra Roberta (Fr), Prized defeated a stellar field that included 1988 Eclipse Turf Champion Sunshine Forever, Arc de Triomphe (G1) runner-up Behera and Grade 1 winner El Senor.

The victory by Prized was even more impressive considering it was his first start ever on the turf. Prized covered the mile and a-half in 2:28, collecting $900,000 for the win.

By Kris S. out of My Turbulent Miss, by My Dad George, the 3-year-old colt was bred in Ocala by Barbara LaCroix’s Meadowbrook Farm. Trained by Neil Drysdale, Prized was raced by Clover Racing Stable and Meadowbrook Farm.

The BC Turf win was no fluke as Prized turned in an overall outstanding season. He also won the Molson Export Million (G1-Can) and the Swap Stakes (G2). In the Swap Stakes (G2), he defeated eventual North American Horse of the Year Sunday Silence. He also won the Bradbury Stakes and was third in both the Tropical Park Derby (G2) and Silver Screen Handicap (G2). On the season, he banked $1,888,705.

Prized was named the 1989 Florida-bred Horse of the Year, as well as Florida-bred champion 3-year-old colt and turf horse.

For Meadowbrook Farm, it was indeed a prized year.

Named the 1989 Florida Breeder of the Year, Meadowbrook Farm’s Florida-bred runners earned $2,766,509.

Meadowbrook Farm also stood Kris S. and owned My Turbulent Miss, the sire and dam, respectively of Prized. Kris S. was the year’s leading Florida general and juvenile sire

Prized became the eighth Florida-bred to win a Breeders’ Cup Championship race by winning the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf in 1989.

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by progeny earnings. My Turbulent Miss was named the Florida Broodmare of the Year.

In addition to Prized, the roster of 1989 Florida-bred champions was comprised of: Proper Reality (handicap male); Aptostar (handicap female); Coolawin (3-year-old filly); Grand Canyon (2-year-old colt); Cheval Volant (2year-old filly); and On the Line (sprinter).

Grand Canyon ran the fastest mile ever by a juvenile in winning the Hollywood Futurity (G1) in 1:33. Bred by LinDrake Farm, Grand Canyon was also the leading moneyearning juvenile in North America for the season with a bankroll of $1,019,540.

Proper Evidence, bred by Dr. Edward Wiest, became the first Florida-bred to receive a Canadian Sovereign Award. She was named the champion older filly in Canada after winning the Seaway Stakes (G3-Can) and finishing second in the Ontario Matron Stakes (G2-Can). She also won the Ballerina Stakes (G1) at Saratoga and was second in the Maskette Stakes (G1) at Belmont to earn $214,760 on the year.

Prized, Grand Canyon, Proper Reality, On the Line and Judy’s Red Shoes became millionaires. The addition of those five brought the total number of Florida-bred millionaires to 21. On the season, Florida-breds won more than $122 million in North American purses and 373 stakes races worldwide.

Tartan Farms, which had dispersed in 1987, was the leading Florida-based breeder with earnings of $3,094,111. Tartan Farms bred 15 Florida-bred stakes winners which won 29 stakes races. Florida-based breeder John Franks was the leading breeder by stakes races won in North America. He bred 21 stakes winners which won 33 stakes races on the season.

In addition to Tartan Farms, Meadowbrook Farm, Harry T. Mangurian Jr. and Arthur I. Appleton also broke the $2million mark in Florida-bred earnings. Another six Florida breeders posted earnings of more than $1 million with their Florida-bred runners: Farnsworth Farms, Lin-Drake Farm, Fred Hooper, Glen Hill Farm, John & Sandy Hartigan and Newchance Farm.

Florida-based sire Premiership, who stood at Franks’ Southland Farm in Ocala, was the leading Freshman sire in North America by number of winners (20) and stakes winners (5).

A total of 34 Florida-breds were weighted on the 1989 Experimental Free Handicap for 2-Year-Old Males & Females. Leading Florida sire Kris S. was represented by four juveniles while Baldski had two on the list. Meadowbrook Farm, Glen Hill Farm and Harry T. Mangurian Jr. were each represented by two juveniles.■

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Accelerate Delivers

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By BREEDERS’ CUP PRESS OFFICE LOUISVILLE, Ky.– ronis Racing’s Accelerate ($7.40) took command at the head of the stretch, turned back a bid from Thunder Snow at the three-sixteenths pole and then held off Gunnevera by a length to win the 35th running of the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade 1) for 3year-olds and older before a crowd of 70,423 to climax the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs run Nov.2-3.

Trained by John Sadler and ridden by Joel Rosario, Accelerate covered the mile and one-quarter in 2:02.93 over a fast main track.

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“That was about as good as it gets,” Rosario said. “That horse is simply unbelievable. I’m so happy for the owners and John. It was a great performance. He has so much heart.”

The victory gave Sadler his first Breeders’ Cup triumph. It was the ninth for Rosario and first in the Classic. It was the third victory of this year’s Championships for Rosario who won the previous day’s Sentient Jet Juvenile (G1) on Game Winner and the Tito’s Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Jaywalk.

“He ran a great race and Joel [Rosario] rode him perfectly,” Sadler said. “We were really thrilled. He did such a good job, kept him clear.

"We thought that post might be a bonus on the

Accelerate (opposite page) holds off Gunnevera to take the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Classic.

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outside. He never got in trouble and never had anything in front of him. He just stayed a little wide and won the race.”

Accelerate is a 5-year-old son of Lookin At Lucky out of the Awesome Again mare Issues. It was the fourth consecutive Grade 1 victory for Accelerate who has compiled a record of six wins from seven starts with a second in 2018.

Mendelssohn led the field of 14 through fractions of :22.68, :46.46 and 1:10.61 with McKinzie and West Coast stalking to his outside and Thunder Snow saving ground along the rail.

Rosario had Accelerate in the clear and approaching the far turn made his move at the leaders. At the head of the stretch, Accelerate swooped to the lead with Thunder Snow moving to second to mount a short-lived challenge.

Gunnevera, trained by South Florida-based Antonio Sano, closed late to get second by three-quarters of a length over Thunder Snow, who saved third place by a nose over Yoshida.

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ond and had lost a couple lengths at the start. They sandwiched my horse. Every time we are closer and closer to winning a Grade 1. He’s going to race in 2019 and will point to the Pegasus.”

Florida-breds Discreet Lover and Axelrod finished eighth and ninth respectively.

“It has been a great experience and I am happy we came,” said trainer Uriah St. Lewis.

SHAMROCK ROSE RALLIES TO WIN FILLY AND MARE SPRINT,

Grade 1 Winner for Florida Sire First Dude Conrad Farms’ Shamrock Rose ($53.80), split horses in deep stretch and nailed Chalon in the shadow of the wire to win the 12th running of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (Grade 1) by a head to kick off the second day of the 35th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs on Nov. 3.

Trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Shamrock Rose covered the seven furlongs in 1:23.13 over a fast main track. It is the fifth Breeders’ Cup victory for Casse and Ortiz and the second consecutive win

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in the race for Ortiz, who rode Bar of Gold to her upset victory at Del Mar last year.

“Was I surprised we won? It was a tough race, but she’s a good horse,” Casse said. “I told Irad [Ortiz Jr.] I don't know if she's good enough, but she'll give you everything she has. And, she's good. It goes back to Allen Jerkins who always said ‘run them when they're good' so we came back in two weeks.”

“I let her be happy,” Ortiz said. “She settled nice for me. She was like fourth and when I dropped in and got through horses, she came running.”

Now a winner of four consecutive starts, Shamrock Rose is a daughter of Double Diamond Farm stallion First Dude out of the Elusive Quality mare Slew’s Quality. It is her first Grade 1 victory. She was bred by Tommy and Lori Fackler’s Best A Luck Farm LLC located in Reddick.

Selcourt shot to the lead from her inside post and led the field of 14 through fractions of :21.89 and :44.99. Going into the far turn Happy Like a Fool took over for Selcourt with Chalon moving three wide to challenge and Ortiz beginning to pick off horses from the back of the pack on Shamrock Rose.

Chalon spurted to the front at the eighth pole and appeared home free until Shamrock Rock emerged from the onrushing pack to prevail at the wire.

Anonymity was neck behind Chalon in third with favored Marley’s Freedom another head back in fourth.

“She had a great trip and Javier [Castellano] gave her a great ride,” trainer Arnaud Delacour said of Chalon. “The seven-eighths [of a mile) may have been a touch too far, but you can’t take anything away from her. I’m very pleased.”

Florida-bred Stormy Embrace was never a factor and finished 11th of 14.

First Dude was also represented by Skye Diamonds, who was making her second start in the Filly and Mare Sprint after finishing fourth last year but was tenth this year.

SUPERSTAR FILLY ENABLE WINS TURF IN HISTORIC FASHION

Juddmonte Farms’ homebred Enable ($3.60) outdueled Magical through a stirring stretch drive prevailing by three-quarters of a length to win the 35th running of the $4 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (Grade 1) for 3-year-olds and older.

Trained by John Gosden and ridden by Frankie Dettori, Enable covered the mile and one-half on a turf course rated as good in 2:32.65. The victory is the fifth for Gosden in the Breeders’ Cup; first in the Turf.

“She was wonderful,” Gosden said.“I thought com-

ing into the straight when Ryan [Moore on Magical] came up on her, we had a race on our hands. She’s had a hard race and as usual she showed enormous courage to go and win. I’m just delighted for her owner and breeder, Prince Khalid who is such a great supporter of the Breeders’ Cup.” For Dettori, who earlier Saturday won the Mile (G1) for Juddmonte on Expert Eye, it is his 14th Breeders’ Cup victory and fifth in the Turf. His previous winners were Daylami in 1999, Fantastic Light in 2001, Red Rocks in 2006 and Dangerous Midge in 2010.

“On the first turn I was trying to get position and then I went right,” Dettori said. “I went four-wide. She was moving well. I knew she was fighting for me. She was strong today.”

Now a winner of nine consecutive races that includes back-to-back victories in the Prix de l’Arc de

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Magical split horses and the two fillies hit the stretch in their own match race.

Enable pulled away late with Magical easily holding the place spot over Sadler’s Joy, who was nine lengths back in third and two lengths ahead of Arklow.

MONOMOY GIRL DELIVERS AS FAVORITE IN DISTAFF

Monomoy Girl captures the Distaff

Michael Dubb, Monomoy Stables, The Elkstone Group and Bethlehem Stables’ Monomoy Girl ($5.60) shook off a challenge from Blue Prize in the upper stretch and then held off Wow Cat by a length to win the 35th running of the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (Grade 1) for 3-year-olds and older.

Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Florent Geroux, Monomoy Girl covered the mile and one-eighth on a fast main track in 1:49.79. The victory is the first for Cox in the Breeders’ Cup and fifth for Geroux.

"She ran the way she was training,” Cox said. “She was training like a monster and she ran like a monster.

She is a special filly, one of a kind, an unbelievable filly."

A 3-year-old daughter of Tapizar out of the Henny Hughes mare Drumette. It was her fifth Grade 1 victory of the year and comes after being disqualified from victory in the Grade 1 Cotillion.

Wonder Gadot set the pace in the field of 11 with fractions of :23.39, :47.57 and 1:12.11 with Monomoy Girl tracking just behind. Midway on the far turn, Geroux sent Monomoy Girl to the front with Blue Prize launching a bid to her outside.

In the lane, Monomoy Girl never yielded the lead, disposing of Blue Prize at mid-stretch and having enough left to fend off the late bid from Wow Cat. Wow Cat finished a half-length in front of Midnight Bisou, who rallied to get third by a head over Blue Prize.

“It was a great trip. She was super-sharp,” Geroux said. “I was able to lay second off Wonder Gadot. I went to the lead past the three-furlong mark and from there she just kept on going all the way to the wire. This is a filly with great tactical speed and she loves to win. She’s just unbelievable.”

Triomphe (G1). Enable is a 4-year-old daughter of Nathaniel out of the Sadler’s Well’s mare Concentric.

She is the first horse to win the Arc and Breeders’ Cup Turf in the same year.

Glorious Empire set the pace with Enable racing about four lengths back. On the far turn, Dettori moved Enable to the outside while Ryan Moore on

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ROY H CAPTURES SECOND CONSECUTIVE SPRINT

Rockingham Ranch and David Bernsen’s Roy H ($7.40) swept past front-running Promises Fulfilled at the top of the stretch and cruised to a three and one-quarter-length victory over a rallying Whitmore to win the 35th running of the $2 million TwinSpires Breeders’

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Cup Turf Sprint (Grade 1) for 3-year-olds and older.

Trained by Peter Miller and ridden by Paco Lopez, Roy H covered the six furlongs on a fast main track in 1:08.24. The victory is the first in the World Championships for Lopez and fourth for Miller, who earlier in the program repeated in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint with Stormy Liberal.

“It was a good race, fast horses,” Lopez said. “He did everything I asked him to do. I thought the jock rode him great and I am proud. The winner is a fast horse and today was his day.”

A one-length winner of this race last year at Del Mar, Roy H joins Midnight Lute (2007-08) as the only repeat winner of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint. Miller is the first trainer to saddle back-to-back winners of the same two races in Breeders’ Cup history.

“He's really training good and doing good,” Miller said. I just can't say enough about this horse. Paco Lopez gave him a great ride. Just unbelievable. I can't believe it. Too good to be true. Words don't express how special this is – to win the same race with the same horse back to back. It's just fantastic.”

A 6-year-old Kentucky-bred son of More Than Ready out of the Elusive Quality mare Elusive Diva, Roy H has won four Grade 1 races.

Promises Fulfilled rocketed to the lead with an opening quarter-mile in :21.35 with Roy H racing third and in the clear on the outside. By the time the field

Roy H (inset) wins second straight Sprint while Stormy Liberal (above) duplicates the feat in the Turf Sprint

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Sister Charlie wins the Filly & Mare Turf

reached the top of the stretch in :44.21, Roy H had swept past Promises Fulfilled and Florida-bred Distinctive B and quickly drew clear.

Whitmore closed from last place early to get second by a length and one-quarter over favored Imperial Hint, who was bred in Florida, with Promises Fulfilled finishing another three-quarters of a length back.

“The horse ran a magnificent race,” trainer Luis Carvajal Jr. said of Imperil Hint. “Before we had a doubt if he liked the track or not. He seemed like he handled it well in the morning. Javier [Castellano] said he was trying, but when he asked him to run, he was spinning wheels. He ran well and I’m proud of him, but it seems like he doesn’t handle Churchill Downs’ track very well.”

Distinctive B finished seventh with Always Sunshine, the third Florida-bred in the Sprint, coming in ninth.

STORMY LIBERAL DEFENDS TITLE IN TURF SPRINT

Rockingham Ranch and David Bernsen’s Stormy Liberal prevailed by a neck over favored World of Trouble after a stretch-long duel to win the 11th running of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) for 3-year-olds and older.

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Winner of this race last year at Del Mar, Stormy Liberal joins Mizdirection (2012-13) as the only repeat winner of the race.

Trained by Peter Miller and ridden by Drayden Van Dyke, Stormy Liberal covered the five and one-half furlongs on a turf course rated as good in 1:04.05. For Van Dyke, it is his first Breeders’ Cup victory and the third for Miller.

“The emotions and the highs and lows I have gone through in this game in the past year are indescribable,” Miller said. “I am just thankful to be back here. It is amazing to win this race two years in a row with this horse. It is a dream come true.”

Bred in Kentucky, Stormy Liberal is a 6-year-old gelded son of Stormy Atlantic out of the Royal Academy mare Vassar.

Florida-bred World of Trouble assumed the lead after a quarter mile with Richard’s Boy in closest pursuit and Stormy Liberal fourth and in the clear. On the far turn, Van Dyke moved after the leader and two hooked up at the top of the lane and dueled to the wire with Stormy Liberal easing clear in the final yards.

It was another seven and one-quarter lengths back to Disco Partner in third.

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SISTERCHARLIE WINS FILLY AND MARE TURF

Peter Brant’s Sistercharlie ($8.60) caught favored Wild Illusion in the final yards to win the 20th running of the $2 million Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (Grade 1) by a neck.

Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by John Velazquez, Sistercharlie covered the mile and three-eighths on a turf course listed as good in 2:20.96.

It is the second victory of the 2018 World Championships for Brown, who won the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) Friday with Newspaperofrecord. It was his 12th overall and fourth victory in this race with others coming in 2012 with Zagora followed by Dayatthespa in 2014 and Stephanie’s Kitten in 2015.

“She's all class this horse and she knows where the wire is,” Brown said. “She showed her heart there in the last stages.”

On third-place finisher A Raving Beauty: “She ran terrific. I'm very proud of her. She managed to stay the whole mile and three-eighths. Good filly, that horse.”

For Velazquez, it is his 16th Breeders’ Cup victory and third in this race with others coming in 2002 with Starine and in 2011 with Perfect Shirl.

“We broke well and got a good position,” Velazquez said.

“They kind of bunched up in there to get to the first turn and then everyone started to crowd up because the pace wasn’t very fast. I liked where I was.

She relaxed well where I was and was moving well past the wire the first time. From there I just bided my time with her. I followed (Wild Illusion) and she won.”

It is the fourth Grade 1 victory for Sistercharlie who is a 4-year-old Irish-bred daughter of Myboycharlie out of the Galileo mare Starlet’s Sister.

A Raving Beauty, one of five entrants in the race for Brown, led the field of 14 through a leisurely mile in 1:43.98 as Sistercharlie raced in the clear about five lengths off the pace.

On the far turn, A Raving Beauty was joined by Magic Wand with Wild Illusion attacking three wide and Sister-

charlie moving four wide. The quartet raced as a team to midstretch with Magic Wand ducking out first. Wild Illusion took over past the sixteenth pole but was nailed late by Sistercharlie.

A Raving Beauty finished another three-quarters of a length back in third and a length and three-quarters ahead of Magic Wand in fourth. Floridabred Mom’s On Strike finished eighth.

City of Light (inset) breezes to a 23⁄4 length victory in the Dirt Mile while Expert Eye (above) claims the victory in the Mile

EXPERT EYE IS KEEN IN MILE VICTORY

Juddmonte Farms’ Expert Eye ($13.80) closed with a rush to edge Catapult by a halflength and win the 35th running of the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) for 3-year-olds and older at one mile on the grass.

Trained by Sir Michael

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Bill Shoemaker Award Winners: 2003: Alex Solis 2004: John Velazquez 2005: Garrett Gomez 2006: Frankie Dettori 2007: Garrett Gomez 2008: Garrett Gomez 2009: Julien Leparoux 2010: Garrett Gomez 2011: John Velazquez 2012: Mike Smith 2013: Mike Smith 2014: John Velazquez 2015: Ryan Moore 2016: Mike Smith 2017: Javier Castellano 2018: Irad Ortiz Jr.

Stoute and ridden by Frankie Dettori, Expert Eye covered the mile on a turf course labeled as good in 1:39.80.

The victory was the eighth in the Breeders’ Cup for Stoute and 13th for Dettori. Dettori won his first Breeders’ Cup race in 1994 in the Mile with Barathea at Churchill Downs.

“He’s run a great race,” Stoute said. “Last time at Chantilly, he did not get the rub of the green. I’d like to thank James Savage, who rides him out every day. He’s done a great job with him. I thought down the back

straight that Frankie (Dettori) may have just had him two slots behind, but was in control. We love coming to the Breeders’ Cup. It’s always great coming here.”

“I’m thrilled with the win,” Dettori added. “[Trainer Sir] Michael [Stoute] deserves the credit for the training of the horse. He finished his race off so strongly.”

Expert Eye is a 3-year-old Great Britain-bred son of Acclamation out of the Dansili mare Exemplify. The victory is his first Grade 1 triumph.

Analyze It set a pressured pace as Expert Eye raced

Irad Ortiz Jr. Wins Bill Shoemaker Award

Irad Ortiz Jr., who won two races and finished in the top four in five other races from 13 mounts, won the 16th Bill Shoemaker Award, given to the most outstanding jockey of the World Championships hosted by Churchill Downs.

The Shoemaker Award is based on a 10-4-2-1 scoring system on first- through fourth-place finishes in each of the 14 Breeders’ Cup World Championship races.

Ortiz collected 35 points to edge Joel Rosario (32) and Javier Castellano (30).

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the Juvenile Fillies Turf and Shamrock Rose in the Filly & Mare Sprint. He finished second three times with Uncle Benny (Juvenile Turf), World of Trouble (Turf Sprint) and Gunnevera (Classic). He also had one third-place finish (Analyze It in the Mile) and a fourth (Firenze Fire in the Dirt Mile).

Rosario rode three winners headed by Accelerate in the Classic and 2-year-old winners in the Sentient Jet Juvenile with Game Winner and the Tito’s Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies with Jaywalk. He also had a thirdplace finish in the Turf Sprint on Disco Partner.

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in mid-pack. At the head of the stretch, Dettori swung Expert Eye into the middle of the course for clear sailing as Analyze It battled to fend off Catapult and Divisidero.

Inside the sixteenth pole, Catapult gained a brief advantage only to have Expert Eye surge past just before the wire.

Catapult finished a neck in front of Analyze It, who saved the show spot by a nose over Divisidero.

“It feels great. I’ve been part of a lot of these with Todd Pletcher, so it’s great to have one of my own. It means a lot to me. I wish my father in law was here to see it because we spent a lot of nights talking about this horse. We loved the post, Javier (Castellano) rode a great race and it was no secret that we were going to run away from there. At the three-eighths, I knew it was over.”

Newspaperofrecord (opposite page) claims victory in the Juvenile Fillies Turf while Game Winner (below) takes the Juvenile

CITY OF LIGHT ROMPS IN DIRT MILE

Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren Jr.’s City of Light ($7.20) grabbed the lead after a four-horse scramble in the first quarter of a mile, put away challenges from Florida-bred Firenze Fire and favored Catalina Cruiser on the far turn and rolled to a two and three-quarterlength victory over Seeking the Soul in the 12th running of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) for 3year-olds and older.

Trained by Michael McCarthy and ridden by Javier Castellano, City of Light covered the mile 1:33.83 over a fast main track. The victory is the first for McCarthy in the Breeders’ Cup and 10th for Castellano, who also won this race at Keeneland in 2015 with Liam’s Map. City of Light is a 4-year-old son of Quality Road out of the Dehere mare Paris Notion. Now with a record of 10-5-4-1, Saturday’s victory is the third Grade 1 triumph for City of Light.

Seeking the Soul rallied from the back of the pack to grab second by two and one-half lengths over Bravazo who was six lengths in front of Firenze Fire.

“I can't tell you how long I have been waiting for this,” McCarthy said. “I always thought this would be a mismatch. I have been looking forward to this for quite a long time. I thought he would love this racetrack.

Backing up to one turn where his best races were, I thought he would run away and hide and he did just that.

Two other riders won two races: Castellano with Bulletin (Juvenile Turf Sprint) and City of Light (Dirt Mile), and Frankie Dettori with Enable (Longines Turf) and Expert Eye (Mile).

The Shoemaker Award is named in honor of one of the greatest jockeys in the history of thoroughbred racing. Shoemaker, who captured the Kentucky Derby four times, won more than 8,800 races in a career that spanned more than 40 years. In 1987, at age 56, Shoemaker won the Breeders’ Cup Classic aboard Ferdinand at Hollywood Park. ■ THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2018 45

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GAME WINNER STAYS PERFECT WITH JUVENILE WIN

Gary and Mary West’s Game Winner surged past longshot Knicks Go in deep stretch and went to score a two and one-quarter-length victory in the 35th running of the $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) for 2-year-olds on Nov. 2 at Churchill.

Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Joel Rosario, Game Winner covered the mile and one-sixteenth in 1:43.67 over a fast main track. For the Kentucky-bred son of Candy Ride, it was his fourth victory in four starts and third Grade 1 victory.

"Talk about a rough trip! I was glad [jockey Joel Rosario] was patient with him,” Baffert said. “I felt a lot of pressure coming here because I have really thought a lot about this colt. I know he is a really good horse. He showed it today; he was much the best. I am so happy for Gary and Mary West. I felt more pressure because I told Gary 'I don't think they can beat us.' They have put a lot into the game. This horse likes Churchill Downs; that's a good sign. These races are hard to win. I have great crew and a great team and we got it done."

For Baffert it was his 15th Breeders’ Cup victory and fourth in the Juvenile. Previous Baffert winners were Vindication (2002), Midshipman (2008) and New Year’s Day (2013).

For Rosario, it was his eighth Breeders’ Cup victory and second of the afternoon with the previous victory coming in the Tito’s Handmade Vodka Juvenile Fillies (G1) on Obviously, I am relieved Jaywalk. that we have kept the race. He “He broke fine but it looked has put up a great performance one-quarter lengths back in fourth. like they took my spot and I had to go on and win. to go wide,” Rosario said. “He Jaywalk High Steps To Juve—jockey William Buick on nile Fillies Victory seemed like he didn’t mind that.

Juvenile Turf victor Line of Duty He was comfortable. That’s why Cash is King and D J Stable’s we got him moving at that point, instead of getting inside Jaywalk ($13) won the race to the first turn and never reand taking back. Turning for home the more I rode him linquished the advantage thereafter in drawing off to win the more he gave it to me.” the 35th running of the $2 million Tito’s Handmade With the victory, Game Winner assumes the role as Vodka Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) for 2-year-old the early favorite for next May’s 145th running of the fillies by five and one-half lengths over Restless Rider.

Kentucky Derby.

Trained by John Servis and ridden by Joel Rosario, Second-choice Complexity assumed the early lead Jaywalk covered the mile and one-sixteenth in 1:43.62 and maintained a daylight advantage in the run down the over a fast main track. It was the seventh Breeders’ Cup backstretch with Knicks Go in closest pursuit and Game victory for Rosario and first for Servis who is the only Winner racing in the clear in mid-pack. trainer in history to win the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Turning for home, Knicks Go blew past Complexity Kentucky Oaks (G1) with a single starter in each race. but Rosario had Game Winner in high gear on the out“I was looking for a big effort from her, but I didn't side. There was a brief bump between the two at mid- expect for her to go to the lead again,” Servis said. “I restretch before Game Winner drew off. ally thought there was enough speed in here that she'd Knicks Go, sent off at 40-1, held the place by a length probably be sitting off it a bit. But, Joel [Rosario] said over Signalman with Mr. Money finishing another six and when she left the gate, he knew right then she had run-

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ning on her mind. And, he just took it from there. Once she got the front, she started flicking her ears and looked nice and relaxed."

“It was a perfect trip,” Rosario said. “She broke and she wanted the lead. She just improved her position. She really relaxed. She broke really sharp and wanted one thing – she wanted to go, so I dropped my hands and let her be happy and let her do it the rest of the way.”

With the victory, Jaywalk assumes the role as the early favorite for next spring’s 145th running of the Kentucky Oaks.

“That's a long way off, but that would nice, yes,” Servis said of returning to Churchill for the Oaks with Jaywalk.

A Kentucky-bred daughter of Cross Traffic, Jaywalk has won her past four starts with a victory in the Grade 1 Frizette preceding Friday’s triumph.

In a dash from the gate, Jaywalk beat Serengeti Empress to the first turn and opened a clear advantage going into the backstretch with Serengeti Empress and favored Bellafina in closest pursuit.

Approaching the stretch, Jaywalk disposed of those two pursuers only to be confronted briefly by Restless Rider. She eliminated that threat in deep stretch and drew off with Restless Rider holding second by a halflength over Vibrance with Bellafina another three and one-quarter lengths back.

Line of Duty held on the win the Juvenile Turf after an inquiry

NEWSPAPEROFRECORD ROMPS IN JUVENILE FILLIES TURF

Klaravich Stables’ Newspaperofrecord ($3.20) took the lead soon after the break and went to post a devastating six and three-quarter-length victory over East in the 11th running of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) for 2-year-old fillies on Nov. 2 at Churchill Downs.

Trained by Chad Brown and ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Newspaperofrecord covered the mile on a turf course labeled as good in 1:39.00.

The victory marked Brown’s third consecutive score in the race following on the heels of New Money Honey in 2016 at Santa Anita and Rushing Fall last year at Del

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Mar. In all, Brown has five wins in the race having scored with Maram in 2008 and Lady Eli in 2014. Overall, it was his 11th Breeders’ Cup win, moving him into fourth place all time.

“I give credit to Mike Ryan. He’s my partner going over to [Europe] to look at these horses and he found her in Newmarket. My whole team; everyone put a lot of time into this horse and Irad [Ortiz Jr.] rode a beautiful race. Seth [Klarman] has been such a wonderful sup-

Breeders’ Cup Handle Dips, 112,672 Attend

Following back-to-back Breeders’ Cup wins by Roy H and Stormy Liberal and a history-making win in the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf by 4year-old European super filly Enable, Accelerate’s victory in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic capped a perfect day of racing at Churchill Downs in the 35th Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

Total handle for the two-day event of was $157,445,841, the fifth highest since Breeders’ Cup adopted a two-day format in 2007. Total handle on Saturday’s nine Breeders’ Cup races was $96,018,060, a four percent decrease from the $99,833,643 bet on the nine Breeders’ Cup races in 2017.

Common-pool handle on Saturday's 12-race Breeders' Cup card was $105,229,197.

Saturday’s attendance was 70,423 and the two-day attendance total was 112,672, the third highest in Breeders’ Cup history. (Attendance in 2017 at Del Mar was capped at 37,500 each day for the comfort of Breeders’ Cup guests.)

“Once again the Breeders’ Cup proved a fitting showcase for world championship performances and the best in international racing,” said Breeders' Cup President and CEO Craig Fravel. “We want to thank our gracious hosts from Churchill Downs, the greater Louisville community, our fans around the world as well the owners and breeders who participate in our racing programs for an incredible week capped by two extraordinary days of racing.”

This year was the ninth time the Breeders’ Cup has been held at Churchill Downs. The Breeders’ Cup will return to Santa Anita in 2019, and will be held at Keeneland in 2020 and at Del Mar in 2021. ■

Breeders' Cup Two-Day Attendance and Handle (common-pool) History: 2018, Churchill Downs . . . . . . . . . . . .112,672 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$157,445,841 2017, Del Mar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70,420 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$166,077,486 2016, Santa Anita Park . . . . . . . . . . .118,484 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$156,861,811 2015, Keeneland Race Course . . . . . . . .94,652 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$149,869,035 2014, Santa Anita Park . . . . . . . . . . . .98,319 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$151,158,813 2013, Santa Anita Park . . . . . . . . . . . .94,628 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$160,704,877 2012, Santa Anita Park . . . . . . . . . . . .89,742 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$144,272,332 2011, Churchill Downs . . . . . . . . . . . .105,820 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$161,512,867 2010, Churchill Downs . . . . . . . . . . . .114,353 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$173,857,697 2009, Santa Anita Park . . . . . . . . . . . .96,496 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$153,271,176 2008, Santa Anita Park . . . . . . . . . . . .86,588 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$155,740,328 2007, Monmouth Park . . . . . . . . . . . . .69,584 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$129,197,262 48 THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2018

porter of our stable since the very beginning.”

For Ortiz, it was his fourth Breeders’ Cup victory and second in the Juvenile Fillies Turf. He rode Lady Eli. “I got a perfect trip,” Ortiz said. “She broke good and pulled me to the lead. I just held her together and she relaxed. When I asked her, she exploded for home. It was the easiest Breeders’ Cup I ever won.”

The Irish-bred daughter of Lope de Vega is now perfect in three starts with the victories coming by a combined 20 lengths.

Newspaperofrecord spurted to an uncontested lead and led the field of 14 through fractions of :24.06 and :48.58. Turning for home, she repelled a brief challenge from Concrete Rose and quickly drew off.

East rallied from last to grab second by a neck over longshot Stellar Agent who held the show spot by threequarters of a length over Just Wonderful.

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Florida-bred Musical Romance

Florida-bred winners by Track Santa Anita – 7 Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup winners Churchill Downs – 6 Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup winners Aqueduct – 4 Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup winners

Florida-bred winners by Race Distaff (5) – Beautiful Pleasure (1999), Ginger Punch (2007), Hollywood Wildcat (1993), Jewel Princess (1996), One Dreamer (1994) Sprint (5) – Big Drama (2010), Cherokee Run (1994), Eillo (1984), Precisionist (1985), Smile (1986) Juvenile Fillies (5) – Awesome Feather (2010), Brave Raj (1986), Caledonia Road (2017), Meadow Star (1990), Twilight Ridge (1985) Classic (3) - Mucho Macho Man (2013), Skip Away (1997), Unbridled (1990) Juvenile (3) – Brocco (1993), Gilded Time (1991), Tasso (1985) Mile (3) – Cozzene (1985), Miesque’s Approval (2006), World Approval (2017) Turf (2) – Little Mike (2012), Prized (1989) Filly and Mare Sprint, – Dubai Majesty (2010), Musical Romance (2011)

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LINE OF DUTY SURVIVES INQUIRY TO WIN JUVENILE TURF

Godolphin’s Line of Duty ($9) survived an inquiry and objection involving runner-up Uncle Benny to win the 12th running of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) for 2-year-olds.

Trained by Charlie Appleby and ridden by William Buick, Line of Duty covered the mile on a turf course labeled good in 1:40.06. The victory was the third for Appleby in the Breeders’ Cup and second in this race having triumphed in 2013 with Outstrip. It was the second Breeders’ Cup victory for Buick.

“It’s lovely to be here,” Appleby said. “[Jockey] William [Buick] gave him a great ride. He managed to get him wide and come with a clear run. It’s great for the team and especially Sheikh Mohammad.”

Somelikeithotbrown led the field of 14 from shortly after the start and maintained that advantage into deep stretch when Line of Duty swooped past on the far outside while Uncle Benny challenged down the middle of the course.

Buick guided Line of Duty back toward the inside, making contact with Uncle Benny and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., prompting the objection and inquiry that were disallowed by the stewards.

“Obviously, I am relieved that we have kept the race,” Buick said. “He has put up a great performance to go on and win.”

The Irish-bred son of Galileo has compiled a 5-32-0 record that now includes a Grade 1 victory.

Somelikeithotbrown finished a neck in back of Uncle Benny and saved the show spot by 1¼ lengths over Arthur Kitt.■

Breeders’ Cup Fun Facts Most Breeders’ Cup Starts by a Florida-bred Precisionist (4) –1984 Classic (7th), 1985 Sprint (1st),1986 Classic (3rd), 1987 Sprint (5th) Aikenite (3) – 2009 Juvenile (5th), 2010 Dirt Mile (8th), 2011 Sprint (4th) Beautiful Pleasure (3) – 1997 Juvenile Fillies (10th), 1999 Distaff (1st), 2000 Distaff (6th) Bet On Sunshine (3) – 1997 Sprint (3rd), 2000 Sprint (3rd), 2001 Sprint (13th) Bridgetown (3) – 2009 Juvenile Turf (2nd), 2010 Turf Sprint (4th), 2012 Turf Sprint (14th) Flat Out (3) – 2011 Classic (5th), 2012 Classic (3rd), 2013 Classic (8th) Forbidden Apple (3) – 2000 Mile (7th), 2001 Mile (2nd), 2002 Mile (4th) Jeramino (3) – 2011 Mile (10th), 2012 Mile (6th), 2013 Turf Sprint (7th) Pure Sensation (3) – 2015 Turf Sprint (8th), 2016 Turf Sprint (3rd), 2017 Turf Sprint (5th)

42 Florida-breds are tied with two Breeders’ Cup Starts

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Appealing Skier, Awesome Feather, Big Drama, Big John B, Birdonthewire, Brilliant Speed, Cozzene, Delaware Township, Fatal Bullet, Gate Dancer, Get Funky, Gilden Time, Great Attack, Hollywood Wildcat, Honor Glide, Icy Atlantic, Imperial Hint, It’sallgreektome, Jewel Princess, Jolies Halo, Little Mike, Meadow Star, Meafara, Midas Eyes , Mucho Macho Man, Musical Romance, On the Line, Pleasant Prince, Shot Gun Scott, Skip Away, Smile, Solar Spendor, Successful Appeal, Sultry Song, Supah Gem, Teaks North, Tightend Touchdown, Turbulent Descent, Twilight Ridge, Unbridled, Val’s Prince, Who’s for Dinner

Florida-bred Precisionist in March 1986

Breeders’ Cup Starters by State/Province Kentucky – 2,273 Florida – 357 California – 126

Ontario - 118 New York – 82 Virginia – 53

Pennsylvania – 43 Maryland – 37 Illinois – 15

New Jersey – 13 Texas – 9 Louisiana – 8

Ohio – 8 Oklahoma - 5 Indiana - 4

Arkansas – 2 Iowa – 1 Minnesota - 1

New Mexico - 1

Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup Winners (28) Awesome Feather (JF, 2010) Beautiful Pleasure (D, 1999) Big Drama (S, 2010) Brave Raj (JF, 1986) Brocco (J, 1993) Caledonia Road (JF, 2017) Cherokee Run (S, 1994)

Cozzene (M, 1985) Dubai Majesty (FMS, 2010) Eillo (S, 1984) Gilded Time (J, 1992) Ginger Punch (D, 2007) Hollywood Wildcat (D, 1993) Jewel Princess (D, 1996)

Little Mike (T, 2012) Meadow Star (JF, 1990) Miesque's Approval (M, 2006) Mucho Macho Man (C, 2013) Musical Romance (FMS, 2011) One Dreamer (D, 1994) Precisionist (S, 1985)

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t 15.1 hands and never weighing more than 925 pounds, Roman Brother was often described as weedy, small and plain. But he was also called quick, shifty and very competitive. That combination of traits and his racing prowess led the turf writers of his day to dub him “Mighty Mite.”

From 1963-1966, Roman Brother made 42 starts, hitting the board 31 times and earning $943,473. He won 16 times, including 10 stakes races, with 10 seconds and five thirds. Of the latter numbers, he In 1965, was stakes-placed 13 times. Roman Brother competed against the best of his times, including Northern and Dancer, Hill Rise, Quadrangle and the legendary Kelso. And in 1965, the first horse sold he was deemed the best, being at public auction to named the champion older horse and Horse of the Year. be named North Not bad for a $23,500 FloridaAmerican Horse of bred 2-year-old in-training purchase. Bred by Ocala Stud, Roman the Year.

Brother was by Three Brother out of Roman Zephyr, by Roman. Consigned by his breeder to the 1963 Florida Breeders' Sales Company juvenile spring sale, Roman Brother was bought for that aforementioned price by Farnsworth Farms. He would later be sold privately to Louis Wolfson and raced for his Ocalabased Harbor View Farm.

Roman Brother was the second-highest priced juvenile of that 1963 FBSC sale. As fate would have it, Wolfson bought the sales-topper, paying $48,000 for Gray Leader (Rough'n Tumble—Iltis, by War Relic). The colt was a full brother to My Dear Girl, the 1959 Florida-bred national champion 2-yearold filly. Gray Leader's purchase price was also at the time a record paid for a Florida-bred at public auction. And here's the tale of Wolfson's two colts.

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Roman Brother became the first Florida-bred

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Roman Brother, who was reported as weighing 871 pounds as a two year old, broke his maiden at first asking on July 25, 1963, at Aqueduct. He came up lame after the race and then it was discovered he was a ridgling. After being gelded, Roman Brother won two allowance races before finishing second to Hurry to Market in the Garden State Stakes. That September, Roman Brother was supplemented to the Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct. He won by four and a half lengths, beating Traffic with Bupers finishing third. Wolfson's colorbearer closed out his season with $228,333, the most earned by any two year old in the country.

What about Gray Leader? He never made a start, ever.

STELLAR SOPHOMORE

Roman Brother was the little engine who could in 1964, winning six stakes and being stakes-placed eight times in 20 starts. His victories included ROMAN BROTHER the inaugural $125,000 New Hampshire 1961 bay gelding by Third Brother Sweepstakes at Rockingham Park, where —Roman Zephyr, by Roman Breeder: Ocala Stud he set a track record of 1:55.80 for the mile Owner: Harbor View Farm (Louis Wolfson) and one-sixteenth. Roman Brother also Trainer: Burley Parke visited the winner's circle in the $100,000 American Derby, $100,000 Jersey Derby HIGHEST HONORS 1965 North American Horse of the Year at Garden State Park, Bahamas Stakes at 1965 Champion Older Horse Hialeah Park, Discovery Handicap at Aqueduct and Everglades Stakes at CAREER RACE RECORD/EARNINGS Hialeah Park.

42-16-10-5/$943,473 Trained by Burley Parke, Roman CAREER STAKES RECORD Brother was fourth in the Kentucky Derby 1st and fifth in the Preakness Stakes to North1965 Jockey Club Gold Cup 1965 Woodward Stakes ern Dancer. In the Belmont Stakes, he was 1965 Manhattan Handicap second to Quadrangle with Northern 1964 Jersey Derby Dancer third. He closed out the season 1964 American Derby with a second to the great Kelso in the 1964 New Hampshire Sweepstakes 1964 Bahamas Stakes $100,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup, raced 1964 Discovery Handicap then at the distance of two miles.

1964 Everglades Stakes He also posted seconds in the 1963 Champagne Stakes Lawrence Realization Stakes, Chicagoan 2nd Stakes, Derby Trial and Fountain of 1964 Belmont Stakes Youth. Additionally, there were thirds in 1964 Jockey Club Gold Cup the Dwyer Handicap and Wood Memo1965 Brooklyn Handicap 1965 Michigan Mile and One-Eighth rial. Roman Brother banked $449,350 on 1963 Garden State Stakes the season.

1964 Lawrence Realization Stakes 1964 Chicagoan Stakes EARNING DUAL CROWNS 1964 Derby Trial Stakes 1964 Fountain of Youth Stakes After several poor performances to start the 1965 season, Roman Brother was 3rd discovered to have a serious hoof infection 1965 Washington D.C. International and given time off to heal. He returned in 1965 Aqueduct Stakes 1964 Dwyer Stakes mid-summer to the races healthy and at his 1964 Wood Memorial Stakes top fighting weight of 925 pounds.

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In the $100,000 Brooklyn Handicap on July 24 at Aqueduct, Roman Brother was second to Pia Star with Kelso third. That effort was followed by a third in the $100,000 Aqueduct Stakes on September 6 and a second in the $75,000 Michigan Mile and One-Eighth Handicap on September 18 at Detroit Race Course.

Back at Aqueduct in October, Roman Brother put together a three-race, season-defining winning skein. On October 2, he won the $100,000 Woodward Stakes by 10 lengths over Royal Gunner with *Malicious third.

Next up was an eight-length victory over Hill Rise in the $50,000 Manhattan Handicap on October 12. Roman Brother put an exclamation mark on the month, capturing the $100,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup by five lengths over *Berenjenal. His winning time for the two miles was 3:22.60.

Despite not being a turf horse, Roman Brother closed out his season with a third to *Diatome in the $150,000 Washington D.C. International at Laurel Park. He banked $257,520 on five wins, two seconds and two thirds in five starts.

Prior to the advent of the Eclipse Awards in 1971, season championships were determined by several polls.

The Triangle Publications poll was organized by the Daily Racing Form. There were also the Thoroughbred Racing Association and Turf and Sports Digest polls.

Roman Brother was named the country's champion older horse in all three polls. He was named 1965 North American Horse of the Year by the Triangle Publications poll.

But the TRA and the Turf and Sports Digest poll tabbed the 2-year-old filly Moccasin as their Horse of the Year.

Roman Brother became the first Florida-bred to be named a North American Horse of the Year. And the little gelding bought for $23,500 also became the first horse sold at public auction to be so honored.

OFF TO THE FARM

Roman Brother made but two starts in 1966, winning a seven-furlong allowance race at Hialeah Park on Jan. 25. In the Seminole Handicap on Feb. 5 at Hialeah, he injured an ankle and was subsequently retired to Wolfson's Harbor View Farm. When the latter was sold in the late 1970s, Roman Brother was moved to Ocala-based Happy Valley Farm, which was owned by Steve and Gary Wolfson.

Roman Brother died on March 8, 1991, from a severe bout of colic. He was three months shy of his 30th birthday. ■ Editor's Note: Burley Parke, who trained Roman Brother, was inducted to the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in 1986.

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■FLORIDA-BREDS AROUND THE COUNTRY ————By Race Type/Grade ————

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—STAKES RACES Win/Place/Show Horse Name St. Joe Bay Curlin’s Honor Sir Bronx Summering Shes a Bullet Birthday Letter

Sex Age Sire

Grade/ Value

Earnings

Comma to the Top S. Ontario Derby Harvest Plate S. Surfer Girl S. Clasico Dia de la Raza S.

$78,845 3/$126,750 $100,000 $100,345 2/$43,920

$9,420 $25,000 $18,460 $12,000 $25,474

2 3 3

Clasico Dia de la Raza S. Swingtime S. Indian Summer S.

2/$43,920 $76,870 $200,000

$8,784 $8,976 $20,000

2 3 3 1

Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational S. Woodford S. Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Juvenile S.

1/$300,000 $151,500 2/$200,000 $100,400

$60,000 $18,000 $20,000 $60,000

Breeder

Date

Bonnie Heath Farm LLC Miller Racing LLC Kinsman Farm & John R. Murrell Glen Hill Farm Weeks M Weeks A. Francis and Barbara H. Vanlangendonck & Haras Buen Borincano Farm III Enterprises LLC Dr. Michael Rotstein Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds, Charlie Dobbs & Frank Berris Patricia Generazio Vicino Racing Stable Woodford Thoroughbreds

10/28/18 10/13/18 10/8/18 10/8/18 10/7/18

SA WO CTD SA CMR

3 2 2 3 1

10/7/18 10/7/18 10/7/18

CMR SA KEE

10/6/18 10/6/18 10/6/18 10/4/18

SA BEL KEE PID

G C G F F F

6 3 5 2 2 2

Saint Anddan Curlin Bellamy Road War Front Brethren Atreides

Dream Ride Franscat Tiz de Mayo Wishing Gate Boston Maggie By the Shore

Way to Versailles F Reward the Miracle G Distinctive B G

4 2 7

Tizway Reward the Cat With Distinction

Belle a Versailles Final Assault Anythingispossible

Pure Sensation Extravagant Kid Big Drink of Water

7 5 2

Zensational Kiss the Kid Soldat

Pure Disco Pretty Extravagant Vindi Princess

G G G

Track Off ID Pos Race Name

Dam

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show Polar Jet Golden Treasury Woman At the Well Borg Inky Dinky Do Levitation Pure Lemon Souper Tapit Pango Bankingonthedude Mr Lightning Boy Charleston Pier Qualifly Wicked Kisser Blue Raptor Mr. Buck Zero Gravity Pleasure Trip Souper Echo Kingofalldiamonds Mo Town Kat

Sex Age G F F C G G M C G G G G C F C C G F F G M

4 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 3 3 6 6 3 2 2 2 3 4 3 8 5

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Maclean's Music Brilliant Speed Old Fashioned Candy Ride (ARG) J P's Gusto With Distinction Eskendereya Tapit Artie Schiller First Dude Discreetly Mine Circular Quay Exclusive Quality With Distinction Bucket Head Fort Larned Orb High Cotton Macho Uno Giant's Causeway Cowtown Cat

Fleet Ryan She's Indy Money Scoot On By She's Sensational Cheeky Monkey Magical Masquerade Unicorn Kid Zo Impressive Angapanga Bankabet Unhurried Perfectly Wild Fly Express Queen of Swords Desdemona's Dream Aunt Augusta Freedom Rings Gottcha First Seasoned Warrior Queenofalldiamonds Mo Rogue

Stan Uragami Live Oak Stud Gail Rice Farm III Enterprices LLC Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung Hartley de Renzo Thoroughbreds Sally J. Andersen, L. Richard Kent & John Waterman Live Oak Stud Bonnie Heath Farm LLC Emily Goodell Vegso Racing Stable William P Sorren Herman Wilensky Stonehedge LLC Luisa Degwitz & Ric-Deg Farm Northwind Thoroughbreds LLC Peter Berglar Ocala Stud Live Oak Stud Live Oak Stud Steve Schriever

10/25/18 10/24/18 10/23/18 10/23/18 10/23/18 10/22/18 10/21/18 10/19/18 10/17/18 10/17/18 10/17/18 10/17/18 10/17/18 10/16/18 10/14/18 10/14/18 10/14/18 10/13/18 10/13/18 10/13/18 10/13/18

LRL MNR ZIA PM PRX TUP CMR KEE TDN MNR TDN TDN TDN MNR CMR CMR KEE PEN PEN MID TDN

3 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2

Big Drink of Water/Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Juvenile S.

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Horse Name

LIKE

US ON

Grade/ Value Earnings $42,000 $20,286 $35,000 $6,700 $49,774 $14,500 $12,936 $69,438 $24,000 $16,038 $28,000 $26,000 $28,000 $15,390 $14,896 $14,896 $70,810 $42,924 $43,680 $20,000 $28,000

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$4,620 $2,070 $21,000 $1,340 $9,200 $8,630 $8,526 $5,680 $14,400 $3,240 $5,600 $2,400 $2,800 $3,240 $3,040 $1,520 $5,840 $25,200 $25,200 $3,600 $5,600

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show Horse Name Over Exposed Big Changes Lyons Bay Vista Sister Sunday Roman Around Atta Boy Henry Analyze Your Life Forever Wandy Collection Mrs. Ramona G. Raise a Warrior

Sex Age F G F F F G F M C F C

3 6 4 3 3 4 3 5 2 3 3

Sire

Dam

Breeder

It's No Joke Midshipman Put It Back Denman (AUS) Roman Ruler Hal's Image Overanalyze Hold Me Back Two Step Salsa Kantharos Poseidon's Warrior

Photo Session Colorama Vista Del Mar Crystal Minuet Fireinyournewshoes Good Dancing Smok'n Revel Advance Glory Mean Reversion Barbarella Schutz and Wheels

Burnham Stable & Linda Lowe Joanne Crowe & Joe Pickerrell Casey Seaman & Steve Harner Kinsman Farm Blacktype Bloodstock LLC Rose Family Stables LTD Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC Pamela Edel Lisa Benton & Roberto Hernande Virginia Tracy Bregman Joseph Barbazon & Helen Barbazon

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earnings

10/13/18 10/12/18 10/10/18 10/8/18 10/8/18 10/6/18 10/5/18 10/5/18 10/5/18 10/3/18 10/3/18

PEN KEE MNR BEL MNR FL CMR CMR IND BEL TDN

3 1 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 3

$43,680 $65,500 $17,480 $77,770 $15,714 $18,000 $10,340 $10,340 $32,500 $77,501 $26,000

$4,620 $36,000 $1,840 $42,350 $3,240 $1,980 $6,380 $2,200 $3,250 $42,350 $2,400

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show Horse Name Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

La Parota Seismic Jolt Reverend Aj Merada Arrivederla Mega Bucks Universal Payday Sweet Hitch Hiker Red Fog Live for the Day Valley Date Gone Blues Lady Nicolette

Astruggleforbeauty Valid Concorde She's a Ketch Lady Clara Donna Marie Winning Doe Our Candy Striper One Oh Eight Fog Dance Live Every Day Fairy Valley Capote Blues Crowninshield

Stonehedge LLC Ocala Stud Westbury Stables LLC & Alfonso Figliolia Hardacre Farm LLC Champion Equine LLC Live Oak Stud Live Oak Stud Tim James Mawhinney & Karen Faye Mawhinney Arindel Get Away Farm Harvey Diamond & Kevin Warner Harriet Finkelstein & Hartley de Renzo Thoroughbreds Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung

F C G F C C G F C C F F F

2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2

Factum Kantharos Stormy Atlantic Speightstown Adios Charlie Hat Trick (JPN) To Honor and Serve Take Charge Indy Brethren Two Step Salsa Drosselmeyer Curlin J P's Gusto

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Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earnings

10/29/18 10/28/18 10/27/18 10/27/18 10/27/18 10/27/18 10/27/18 10/27/18 10/27/18 10/27/18 10/27/18 10/27/18 10/26/18

MVR GPW RP RP GPW GPW GPW GPW GPW GPW GPW WO CMR

3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 1

$31,100 $46,100 $33,000 $34,815 $48,300 $60,800 $48,300 $48,800 $60,800 $48,300 $48,800 $72,480 $15,200

$2,210 $12,000 $19,647 $19,545 $27,500 $38,000 $8,200 $11,600 $11,600 $3,500 $5,600 $6,710 $8,816

Gulfstream Park • Michael Costanzo – Stakes Coordinator • Peter Aiello IV – Track Announcer

Ocala Breeders’ Sales • Tom Ventura–President • Kevin Honig–Mutuels

Breeder • Rick Heatter

Tampa Bay Downs • Allison DeLuca – Racing Secretary • Autumn Charley – Racing Office

Trainers • Toodd Pletcher • Chuck Simon

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show Horse Name Salt Pond Saint Tropez Goals and Dreams Filly Joel Val’s Distinction Syrup My Black Beauty Mo Moxie Grayjavu Oceans of Love Beyondelle Vantastic Mertz Gump Beso Rhythmia Distinct Flirt Naughty Me Southern Spirit Dusty Miller Premier D. Princess Trina Smart Daddy Olive Kat Irish Princess Creative Contessa Sneakiness Vow to Recover Take the Over Double Medal Savvy Ally Savage Music Oblio’s Wish Dizzy Wills Boost High Francesco Zeroed In We Will Shine House Key Micah’s Girl Brunette Princess Pudding Stronger Kat Bankingonthedude Miss Auramet Off to the Beach Gerrys Big Win Procuradora Liam Lets Go Lucky Runs North Gearhead My Black Beauty Brazilian Princess Viola’s Legacy Followhisfootsteps Sugar Bolt Saint Tropez Dearborn Dobby Hasno Master He’ll Do Whisper Barrow Gerry Lynn Mexgua

Sex Age Sire F F F F F C F F F F F C F C F G F F G F C F C F F F C F F F F C F F F G C G G F F G F G F C F F C C C F F F G F F F C C G F C

3 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 5 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 3 2

Soldat Midshipman Mach Ride Dialed In With Distinction Two Step Salsa Flashpoint Uncle Mo Graydar More Than Ready Biondetti Dialed In Ghostzapper Brethren Big Drama Majestic Warrior With Distinction Handsome Mike Southern Success Rattlesnake Bridge Brethren Congrats Handsome Mike Drill Bernardini Creative Cause Into Mischief Broken Vow Overanalyze Medaglia d'Oro Brethren Paynter Big Drama Curlin J P's Gusto High Cotton Kantharos Kantharos Keyed Entry Kantharos Bodemeister Two Step Salsa Reward the Cat First Dude Uncaptured Treasure Beach (GB) Winslow Homer Bodemeister He's Had Enough Lookin At Lucky City Zip Flashpoint Soldat Corfu Field Commission Can the Man Midshipman Malibu Moon Revolving Mark Valeski City Place Factum Aikenite

Dam

Breeder

Rare Elegance That's So Funny Dr Megann Sally's Song Mothra Star of the Town Grand Kisses Shop for Gold Courante Tsunami of Love Bandelle Lemon Secretary Vitameta Jitterbug Blues Lake Louise Mystic Rhythms Flashy Flirt Naughty Matilda Trojan Victory Bailey's Machogirl Ellerubiniere Timuquana Moral Code Kalambaka Queen Rare Bit Marquise Miss Marie's Rose My Best Ten Raffica Double Tapped Indian Heat Ashlee's Lady Ride a Wave Justmissedthetrain (IRE) Honorable Finale My Friend Melini La Catira Jatar Bodua It's Krista Jen's Halo Giant's Princess Jozi's Turn Slammin Rose Bankabet Hello Rosie West Texas Girl P. S. I Love You Real Clever Trick Romantic Cuvee Branding Dynamotor Grand Kisses Hong Kong Lake Chandeleur Give Glory to God Pi Bella That's So Funny Atrea Cat in the Tree Enchant Soiree Stunner Win Gera Lyn River Rhythm

Marion G. Montanari Lybby F. Gay & Ronald B. Gay Rustlewood Farm Inc. Arindel Mr. & Mrs. Tom E. Lewis Jr. Get Away Farm Loren Nichols Pauleeanna Thoroughbreds LLC GoldMark Farm LLC Live Oak Stud Goldmark Farm LLC David Berman Arindel Arindel Harold L. Queen Vegso Racing Stable Stonehedge LLC Beth Bayer Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc. April Mayberry & Kim Harrison Mr. & Mrs. Michael McDaniel Ramac Farm Inc. Donald R. Dizney LLC Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon Get Away Farm Dr. Robert H. Hathaway & Darley Brereton C. Jones Summer Mayberry Rustlewood Farm Inc. Equest Thoroughbreds Inc. Bridlewood Farm James F. Webb Bull Dog Racing Hallmarc Stallions LLC Arindel William Forsyth Marion G. Montanari P & G Stables LLC Murray D. Stroud Heather Hurlbut J&J Stables LLC John David Zuidema Jr. JSL Thoroughbreds Dr. Michael Rotstein Emily Goodell Marion G. Montanari Cynthia M. Kowall Stonehedge LLC Carlos Rafael Woodford Thoroughbreds Glen Hill Farm Live Oak Stud Loren Nichols Woodford Thoroughbreds Green Key Farm Pamela Edel Loren Nichols Lybby F. Gay & Ronald B. Gay Glen Hill Farm Stonehedge LLC Brereton C. Jones McLaughlin Family Limited Partnership Stonehedge LLC Adam Parker & Suzette Parker

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earnings

10/26/18 10/26/18 10/26/18 10/25/18 10/24/18 10/22/18 10/22/18 10/21/18 10/21/18 10/21/18 10/20/18 10/20/18 10/20/18 10/20/18 10/20/18 10/19/18 10/18/18 10/18/18 10/16/18 10/16/18 10/14/18 10/13/18 10/12/18 10/12/18 10/12/18 10/12/18 10/12/18 10/11/18 10/11/18 10/11/18 10/11/18 10/11/18 10/11/18 10/11/18 10/10/18 10/9/18 10/9/18 10/9/18 10/8/18 10/8/18 10/8/18 10/8/18 10/8/18 10/7/18 10/7/18 10/7/18 10/7/18 10/6/18 10/6/18 10/6/18 10/6/18 10/6/18 10/6/18 10/6/18 10/6/18 10/5/18 10/5/18 10/5/18 10/3/18 10/3/18 10/3/18 10/1/18 9/30/18

LRL CT CMR BEL MNR MNR MNR KEE BEL WO FL SA GPW GPW GPW HAW DED DED TDN IND CMR BEL HAW LRL GPW SA BEL GPW HAW GPW HAW DEL GPW LRL MNR TDN IND TDN MNR GPW GPW DEL GPW MNR GPW MNR GPW CT GPW GPW LRL TDN TDN CT GPW IND CT SA MNR DEL PID MNR CMR

1 2 3 1 3 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 2

$40,000 $23,000 $15,200 $75,000 $13,395 $13,536 $13,677 $64,274 $75,000 $76,980 $19,000 $51,380 $48,100 $40,350 $48,100 $20,300 $35,210 $35,210 $22,500 $31,000 $11,000 $75,000 $21,800 $45,720 $42,450 $51,035 $75,000 $47,100 $20,000 $47,100 $20,000 $39,100 $47,100 $51,360 $13,818 $22,500 $31,000 $22,500 $14,100 $46,050 $46,050 $34,250 $46,050 $13,536 $47,050 $13,536 $47,050 $23,000 $46,750 $46,750 $63,072 $22,500 $22,500 $23,000 $46,750 $31,000 $23,000 $51,725 $13,395 $34,500 $26,930 $13,959 $15,200

$22,800 $4,540 $1,520 $41,250 $1,410 $8,178 $2,820 $10,740 $9,000 $6,710 $11,400 $30,000 $12,000 $4,800 $6,000 $4,000 $21,000 $3,850 $13,500 $3,100 $2,200 $15,000 $12,000 $22,800 $9,800 $10,000 $9,000 $27,500 $4,000 $9,000 $2,000 $3,740 $4,500 $5,280 $2,820 $4,500 $6,200 $2,250 $8,178 $27,500 $9,400 $3,740 $4,900 $8,178 $12,400 $1,410 $6,400 $13,740 $27,500 $9,000 $10,080 $2,250 $2,250 $2,290 $4,500 $18,600 $4,560 $6,000 $8,178 $20,400 $5,400 $1,410 $3,040

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By HEATHER SMITH THOMAS any young racehorses are bred and raised to be sold at yearling sales—as prospective racehorses or breeding stock. Every sale prospect is thoroughly checked by a veterinarian to assess health and soundness.

“In February of their yearling year, these horses are usually checked to see if there are any issues that need to be addressed,” says Bill Casner, a longtime horseman in Flower Mound Texas. He has owned and trained racehorses all his life, and for many years he was co-owner of WinStar Farms in Kentucky.

Today he continues to raise and train a few racehorses on his ranch in Texas.

“A young horse might have a bone chip or an OCD lesion. In March or April, any necessary surgeries would be done and then the veterinarians do the repository x-rays for the sale, with a full shot of all the joints,” he says.

“They also scope sale prospects and rate the throat.

People thinking about buying that horse may just refer to the repository x-rays and scoping, but sometimes want to have their own done—especially scoping.

Most horses get scoped multiple times. Consigners frequently put a limit on that, since it’s hard on those youngsters to scope them too much,” says Casner.

“Sometimes people x-ray yearlings again in May after they’ve done any necessary surgeries, and then hope they don’t have any more problems before the veterinarians do the repository x-rays. These youngsters are always at risk for dinging themselves, and often they do it out in the pasture and you don’t know exactly what happened. They like to run, and may run up to a fence and stop hard, and get ankle chips,” he says.

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EVALUATING POTENTIAL FOR RACING

When young horses are evaluated and checked before sale, prospective buyers scrutinize them closely. Every horseman has a picture in his/her head of what they consider the perfect horse to look like. “At the sales you can’t watch a yearling jog or gallop; you really don’t know how he moves unless you’ve been to the farm where he grew up. You don’t have any idea how he will run. But if a young horse has good biomechanics when he walks, hopefully it translates into being a racehorse,” he says.

Casner says that what really makes a racehorse are things we can’t see. “Speed is probably the most important, but we cannot look at a horse and tell if he will have speed. I’ve seen a lot of beautiful horses that didn’t have speed. A horse like Justify is not only beautiful but he has tactical speed. He demonstrated that on two muddy tracks (Kentucky Derby and Preakness). He came through both races clean, while horses behind him were covered with mud and probably carrying an extra 10 to 12 pounds of mud by the end of the race!

They also have to run farther; generally the speed horse has the shortest path to the wire.”

The veterinarian doing a pre-purchase exam can determine if a horse is medically and physically sound, but no one can truly predict if the horse can run. Duncan Peters DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVSMR, co-owner and founder of East-West Equine Sports Medicine in Lexington, Ky., does a lot of pre-purchase exams. “The buyer of a horse is making a decision, and we as veterinarians are there to assist with the medical aspects,

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Equine Care

and what we see at that particular time. It’s similar to a home inspection, if you were buying a house, in terms of trying to find any flaws. We are trying to see if there is anything that may affect the intended use of that horse. For racing, we look closely at the musculoskeletal system, respiratory system and cardiovascular system, in terms of being successful as a racehorse, and to perform optimally and stay sound,” says Peters.

“The hardest thing to predict is how those horses are going to do, a year or so down the road. Racehorses have a short window of athletic performance, compared with sport horses where we are looking for longevity in a lifetime career. In either case, however, we want a horse that is solid and sound from a medical standpoint, respiratory standpoint and cardiovascular standpoint, as well as muscles and skeleton,” he says.

“The pre-purchase exam is basically a physical exam looking for flaws in that horse’s athletic ability that may hinder or not allow him to be the best he can be. Luck has a lot to do with it along the way,” says Peters. Even though good conformation is important, sometimes you can’t predict how successful a horse will be, based on what he

The pre-purchase exam is basically a physical exam “ looking for flaws in that horse’s athletic ability that may hinder or not allow him to be the best he can be. Luck has a lot to do with it along the way. —Dr. Duncan Peters

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looks like. Sometimes the good-looking horse won’t run as well as the one with poorer conformation that has a lot of heart. That’s the unpredictable part of selecting a horse.

CONFORMATION

“One of the first things we look at is conformation,” says Peters. “Does this horse look like an athlete? Does he look like he can do the job? For sales horses and young racehorses, this can be hard to determine. In many cases, the potential buyer or the agent doing the buying has already decided that this horse—because of his looks and/or bloodlines and physical exam—seems athletic and should be able to do the job. When we look at a sport horse, by contrast, he is usually older and already has a career—which tells us more about whether he can do the job. We may not worry if he has a few blemishes, because he’s already shown he can do the job.

When looking at young racehorses, however, we are just hoping we can predict that future, based on certain parameters such as lineage and the physical attributes in front of us,” he says.

“We look at conformation, especially feet and legs.

We want to make sure their conformation will allow them to run at speed. Angular limb deformities or hoof abnormalities are scrutinized. Is this horse put together well enough to deal with the forces and stresses that come with training and running?”

General conformation is also important, looking at length, depth and angles in the body. “Is the horse well-

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balanced from front end to hind end? Is he strong through the top line? Does he have the musculature as well as the bone mass to support the body and to develop into an athlete that can do the job?

“Then we start looking at medical specifics such as how the heart and lungs sound. Can the horse see?

Does he have good jaw and dental conformation? Many things are included in a general exam,” says Peters.

“If everything is fine in a general exam, we look at muscles and skeleton, palpate joints, and look for any increased fluid, or abnormalities associated with fluid or tissue enlargements around the joints. We check for soreness by palpation, flexion of joints, putting pressure on them to see if the horse reacts abnormally. All of these things are important, to give an indication whether there may be a potential joint problem,” he says.

“We also palpate ligaments and tendons—flexor tendons, suspensory ligaments, sesamoidean ligaments, etc.

We are looking for any enlargements or abnormalities, and any sensitivity or tenderness. Even at a very young age we sometimes find abnormalities in some horses that might interfere with being an athlete down the road,” he says.

“With young horses, especially racehorses, usually we don’t get the chance to evaluate them at different gaits. With yearlings and some of the sales horses we only get to evaluate them at the walk. We can only speculate and make projections as to what they may do at the trot or gallop. This can be difficult and takes a welltrained eye-- someone who has been around these horses and seen them develop as they get older and go into training, and see the type of walk that may project or correlate with the ability to run,” Peters says.

“Some people have a tremendous eye and a knack for that, but in many cases this evaluation/projection has been done by the agent or potential buyer. They like a certain young horse because of what they see in that walk and how the horse carries himself in terms of body language. As veterinarians, we are mainly just looking to see if that horse has any physical impairment such as tightness behind the knee. This might indicate that he could have problems with the flexor tendon down the road,” he says.

If a horse is bench-kneed (offset cannons) this might make him prone to splints or medial suspensory problems on the inside of the leg. “Those are the types of things we look at, from a little different perspective than the person looking at lineage or focusing on how the horse looks (a nice body and how he is put together and how he moves). As veterinarians we may see something lower; the horse might have a nice body but he’s a little abnormal on one leg; it’s built a little bit differently and

may result in soundness issues later,” explains Peters.

“In many cases we don’t want to see bumps and bruises in racehorses because their career is short. We can’t afford for them to have much time off for healing, since that cuts into their earning ability in that short window,” he says.

Future Selection Tools

Some people are doing heart scans on sales prospects, and there will be other techniques available in the future that can aid buyers and breeders. “There will also be genetic testing; some of this is already being done.

We look at bloodlines, but eventually we may be looking at types of muscle fibers, percentages of types of muscle fibers, to know if this horse is a sprinter or a distance runner, etc. We’ve done this a little already with selective breeding, but once genetic testing is more available and more refined, we will be looking at things like that, to give us indications of muscle make-up or weakness of bone tissue, etc. We may be more able to predict some of this with genetic testing,” says Peters.

“With a better understanding of the equine genome, in the future we may be selecting horses based on genetic markers for stamina, muscle types, laryngeal concerns, bone strength, tendon/ligament composition and a myriad of other characteristics that people desire. Some people are already looking at genetic aspects of horses that are roarers or have a problem with their respiratory system. Researchers have isolated a gene, and there are ongoing studies looking at these things in Thoroughbreds because they have found it in other breeds, including Belgian draft horses. Genetic testing may be commonplace in the future; we can pull some blood and see if this horse has a gene for more likely being a roarer. Some of these things can be very important to that horse’s ability to run, later in life,” he says. ■ THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2018 59

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Equine Care

CHECKING FOR PROBLEMS

later when these horses start training and racing. We “Most sales have repository x-rays on file. During a look at size and shape of the larynx and any early inpre-purchase exam we look at those repository x-rays dications of inflammation or irritation, or abnormaliand look for any problems that may show up in the bones ties. Many of these horses are scoped and looked at in that are not showing up clinically when we look at the the barn alley at sales,” he says.

“With young racehorses we generally don’t have the horse itself. There may be subtle changes associated with option to see them working at the sesamoid bones, or little cysts in joints or osteochondral You can watch their movement the level we’d need to see, to fragments (chips). This makes and biomechanics a little better, to know whether or not they will have noisy breathing or some us reconsider what we saw in our physical exam regarding know how feet and legs are mov- hindrance of the respiratory the potential for that horse,” he ing and swinging—how they are system. So we have to scope says. reaching underneath themselves, them and make some kind of Sometimes additional x- how they are using their back and projection regarding whether rays are taken. “The veterinarthe airway is large enough. Is neck.

You can evaluate their effiian may see something on the the arytenoid cartilage abnorciency of movement versus just mally shaped? We can look at older x-rays and want to take a little different view of it, since watching them walk around as a this visually (by scoping) or we this might indicate a little sometimes ultrasound the laryearling. —Dr. Duncan Peters roughness, or a bony problem ynx and get indication of probstarting. We have the option to re-shoot radiographs of lems that may not show up when the horse is just that area and take another view. This can be revealing, walking around,” says Peters. in some cases,” says Peters.

The veterinarian may also use ultrasound to check a BLOODWORK joint. “It’s not unusual for some of these babies to go to “We may also do bloodwork in a pre-purchase exam. a sale and bang themselves. They are in an unfamiliar If a horse looks a little unthrifty or not quite up to what environment, with a lot of activity going on. They may he should be in your mind’s eye, we may pull some get upset and rambunctious, or get cast in the stall—or blood and check to see if there are any indications of jump up and kick out and hit themselves and get a lump problems. There is also some drug testing that can be on a leg. If there’s a soft tissue swelling, we can check done, to look for things that shouldn’t be there. That’s it, using ultrasound to determine if there is any damage not as widely done with yearlings as it is with sport or just a little temporary swelling,” he says. horses. A drug screen may be indicated for a lot of the sport horses but may not be for the yearlings.”

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RESPIRATORY TRACT

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2-YEAR-OLD SALES AND TRAINING SALES

You can get a little more indication of horses’ athletic ability when they are a little older, at a 2-year-old sale, because by that time they are working and training. “We can watch them work or gallop if a buyer wants us to watch a certain horse. We can get an indication regarding ability and soundness if we can watch horses perform and assess how they are moving and how they handle it, their running times, etc. This is an advantage if you want to try to predict what that horse will do once he gets into a full racing career,” Peters says.

“You can watch their movement and biomechanics a little better, to know how feet and legs are moving and swinging—how they are reaching underneath themselves, how they are using their back and neck. You can evaluate their efficiency of movement versus just watching them walk around as a yearling.” There are several advantages to evaluating the slightly older horse. ■

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Batalla de pesos pesados por el Caballo del Año

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l 2018 ha sido otra temporada de ensueño para todos los amantes del apasionante deporte de los reyes, desde el propio “momento de la partida” del promisorio calendario, disfrutamos de la dominante victoria del campeón Gun Runner (Candy Ride (ARG)) en la segunda edición de la Pegasus World Cup Invitational Gr-1 celebrada en el hipódromo de Gulfstream Park. Un par de meses más tarde dio inicio la cadena de siete lauros Grado 1 alcanzados en el 2018 por la formidable yegua australiana Winx (Street Cry (IRE)), ejemplar que extendió a veintiocho las victorias consecutivas iniciada el 16 de mayo del 2015, es decir, tres años y medio saboreando la victoria o desconociendo la derrota. En el viejo continente han brillado varias estrellas de las pistas, sin embargo, las temporadas del “demoledor” Cracksman (GB) (Frankel (GB)) (ganador de 3 en 4 salidas) y de la reina Enable (GB) (Nathaniel (IRE)) (único ejemplar en la historia en ganar el Arco de Triunfo Gr1Turf y la Breeders’ Cup Turf Gr1-Turf el mismo año) sobresalen del resto de los magníficos puransagres que cumplen campana en estos momentos en Europa. Desde Sur América, específicamente desde Chile recibimos a su consentida Wow Cat (Lookin At Lucky), yegua que en cuatro presentaciones en la tierra del Tío Sam, ya es ganadora Grado 1, además de un segundo lugar en la Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff Gr-1.

Sin embargo, nuestra última entrega del 2018 a través de Florida Horse, estará concentrada en lo que para muchos han sido los mejores ejemplares en los Estados Unidos este año, se trata del triplecoronado Justify (Scat Daddy) y el no menos campeón Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky). Ambos ejemplares reúnen todas las credenciales para ser considerados como el “Caballo del Año” de esta temporada, a pesar de que todo parecía inclinarse hacia el ex pensionado en el establo de Bob Baffert, el cierre de campaña de Accelerate una vez retirado Justify a la cría, fue simplemente fantástico. El alazán entrenado por John Sadler ganó el TVG Pacific Classic Gr-1, el Awesome Again Gr-1, finalizando con broche de oro apoderándose de la Breeders’ Cup Classic Gr-1 en Churchill Downs.

Otros opinan que el longshot de Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) podría mezclarse en la lucha por este premio Eclipse en particular. La “yeguita” de Brad Cox abrió la temporada ganando el Rachel Alexandra Gr-2, luego acumuló cuatro Grado Uno de manera consecutiva: Central Bank Ashland Stakes, Longines Kentucky Oaks, Acorn Stakes y el Coaching Club American Oaks. Todo esto antes de ser distanciada de la primera a la segunda posición en el Cotillion Stakes Gr-1 después de interferir durante la recta final con el accionar de MIdnight Bisou.

Sin embargo, Monomoy Girl tomó revancha en la Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff Gr-1 derrotando a la misma Midnight Bisou, Wow Cat (CHI) y a la campeona defensora de este

evento, Abel Tasman. En pocas palabras, Monomoy Girl participó en 7 eventos en el 2018 ganando 6 (5 Grado 1) y produjo $2,818,200… nada mal para un “longshot”.

Regresando al veterano de cinco años Accelerate, su temporada en el 2018 dio un giro de 180 grados en comparación a la del 2017, el caballo propiedad del Hronis Racing alcanzó tan solo una victoria ocho presentaciones, esta fue en el recordado San Diego Handicap Gr-2, carrera que dejó al mundo hípico mudo debido a la inexplicable actuación del para ese entonces campeón Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song). Descansado y transformado, Accelerate inició el 2018 ganando el San Pasqual Stakes Gr-2 y el Santa Anita Handicap Gr-1 antes de perder en el Oaklawn Handicap Gr-2 ante City of Light (Quality Road), ya sabemos el resto de la historia. Estoy de acuerdo con aquellos que opinan que este ejemplar reúne los requisitos de un “Caballo del Año”, su récord habla por si solo, enfrentó a los mejores caballos maduros del momento y en los mejores escenarios, sin embargo, para mí “eligió” la temporada equivocada.

Cuando Justify debutó ganando en una carrera de Maiden Special Weight el 18 de febrero en Santa Anita Park, su entrenador Bob Baffert inmediatamente se comunicó con Elliot Walden (CEO de WinStar Farm) y copropietario de este potro, diciéndole: “tenemos uno de los buenos acá”. Si podemos interpretar a lo que Baffert de refería seria algo como: “tenemos una superestrella y posible aspirante a la triple corona.” Obviamente conocidos ya los hechos, es fácil para mi interpretar esa conversación. Lo cierto es que Justify certificó la declaración de su preparador ganando una carrera de Allowance y luego el Santa Anita Derby Gr-1 asegurando su cupo en la edición 144 del Kentucky Derby Gr-1.

La expectativa crecía y el hechizo de Apollo que databa de 1882 temblaba ante la presencia en el Derby de Justify, se dio la partida de los 2 minutos más emocionantes entre todas las disciplinas deportivas y Justify cruzaba la meta acabando con el mencionado hechizo al mismo tiempo que traía nuevas esperanzas a sus conexiones. El sueño se hizo realidad seis semanas más tarde cuando el gigantón alazán unía la salida con la llegada en el famoso “test de los campeones” en la milla y media del Belmont Stakes Gr-1 convirtiéndose en el decimo tercer triplecoronado de la historia.

No es fácil ganar en tu carrera de debut, mucho menos viajar a Louisville y derrotar a 19 rivales en el Kentucky Derby.

Tampoco es nada sencillo atravesar la neblina para conquistar el Preakness Stakes Gr-1 y luego invadir la gran manzana ganando con autoridad su carrera insigne, el Belmont Stakes Gr-1. Estas credenciales de un tresañero como Justify (6-6), estoy convencido que son suficientes para llevarse el título en esta “Batalla de pesos pesados por el Caballo del Año”. ■

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

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The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through November 5, 2018.

Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

LEADING FLORIDA SIRES Sire Name

NA Stk Gr Earnings Strtrs Wnrs SW's Wins SW's Earnings

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

Shamrock Rose

$848,076

8

$13,563

5

$17,100

Pay Any Price

$186,640 4

$7,625

19

$26,289

5

$11,540

8

$26,875

1

$1,000

Name

Farm Name

First Dude

Double Diamond Farm

Stephen Got Even

$4,596,860

152

82

8

13

3

$4,596,860

Wildcat Heir

Deceased

Forest Wildcat

$3,448,804

179

93

4

6

0

$3,594,620

Adios Charlie

Ocala Stud

Indian Charlie

$2,790,101

100

58

5

6

1

$2,813,514

Dugout

$272,495

Two Step Salsa

Get Away Farm

Petionville

$2,281,822

135

65

1

1

0

$2,302,886

Fully Loaded

$106,900

High Cotton

Pensioned

Dixie Union

$2,069,754

120

69

0

0

0

$2,122,728

Very Very Stella

$114,895

2yo Avg

Brethren

Arindel Farm

Distorted Humor

$1,874,523

61

23

3

5

0

$1,881,561

Cookie Dough

$372,500

1

$27,000

5

$10,100

Songandaprayer

Journeyman Stud

Unbridled's Song

$1,780,428

120

57

1

1

0

$1,799,792

Abbaa

$131,279

5

$17,500

5

$18,200

Soldat

Woodford Thoroughbreds

War Front

$1,383,453

82

43

1

3

0

$1,394,439

Big Drink of Water $204,490

19

$3,906

7

$30,786

Big Drama

Prestige Stallions

10

$77,900

Montbrook

$1,373,747

80

43

1

1

0

$1,381,007

Mr. Kisses

$94,390

9

$5,222

Awesome of Course Ocala Stud

Awesome Again

$1,250,820

73

41

1

1

0

$1,252,229

Awesome Anywher $125,420

8

$10,063

Prospective

$135,400

5

$7,940

9

$36,333

$94,850

6

$4,616

16

$12,156

$111,342

5

$2,320

1

$4,500

1

$2,000

2

$9,750

Malibu Moon

$1,248,586

49

29

3

3

0

$1,248,586

Broadway Run

Treasure Beach (GB) Pleasant Acres Stallions

Ocala Stud

Galileo (IRE)

$1,081,329

130

38

2

2

0

$1,188,668

Treasure for Gold

Field Commission

Service Stripe

$947,640

52

27

1

1

0

$1,058,982

Drafted

Solera Farm

Exclusive Quality

Journeyman Stud

Elusive Quality

$948,832

80

35

0

0

0

$948,832

Qualifly

$71,687

Greatness

Prestige Stallions

Mr. Prospector

$817,455

38

26

0

0

0

$831,018

Red Shelby

$69,450

In Summation

Ocala Stud

Put It Back

$818,317

60

26

1

1

0

$827,073

Final Forum

$76,810

J P's Gusto

Bridlewood Farm

Successful Appeal

$690,104

37

19

0

0

0

$690,104

La Key

$106,110

10

$20,150

Backtalk

GoldMark Farm

Smarty Jones

$530,492

28

12

1

1

0

$530,492

Starcloud

$140,665

2

$6,000

Yesbyjimminy

Bridlewood Farm

Yes It's True

$501,733

19

12

1

3

0

$514,329

Miz Mayhem

$212,975

Uncaptured

Ocala Stud

Lion Heart

$450,929

16

6

2

2

1

$452,216

Catherinethegreat

$138,939

Telling

Prestige Stallions

A.P. Indy

$443,432

24

15

0

0

0

$443,672

Telling You Twice

$54,035

31

$39,977

28

$114,500

10

$5,070

10

$29,200

5

$14,400

24

$83,583

16

$44,844

1

$50,000

13

$23,038

1

$20,000

1

$3,000

1

$12,000

1

$155,000

Rattlesnake Bridge

Hartley DeRenzo T'breds

Tapit

$443,088

46

16

0

0

0

$443,088

Showit

$66,132

Winslow Homer

Journeyman Stud

Unbridled's Song

$442,168

23

13

0

0

0

$442,168

Blazing Brooke

$97,050

He's Had Enough

Woodford Thoroughbreds

Tapit

$388,162

38

9

0

0

0

$415,822

Elgin Escape

$50,500

25

$10,996

Hear No Evil

Ocala Stud

Carson City

$380,922

27

9

1

1

0

$380,922

Brighton Lane

$84,100

2

$3,850

Brooks 'n Down

Ocala Stud

Montbrook

$378,642

9

6

1

1

0

$378,642

Garter and Tie

$228,000

Drill

Get Away Farm

Lawyer Ron

$364,206

18

6

1

2

0

$364,206

Drillit

$175,500

6

$7,867

Cajun Breeze

Stonehedge Farm

Congrats

$332,020

6

3

1

1

0

$332,020

Cajun Firecracker

$145,000

Silver Tree

Vegso Racing Stable

Hennessy

$327,209

16

10

0

0

0

$327,209

Cowgirl Tough

$64,520

Iqbaal

Ward Ranch

Medaglia d'Oro

$261,226

14

8

0

0

0

$261,226

Riv

$66,930

Anthony's Cross

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Indian Charlie

$259,733

16

8

0

0

0

$259,733

Yeehaw

$46,890

Wagon Limit

Bridlewood Farm

Conquistador Cielo

$232,066

11

5

1

2

0

$232,066

Delta Bluesman

$111,996

Dark Kestrel

University of Florida

Stormy Atlantic

$221,712

6

5

1

1

0

$221,712

Buckeye Bullet

$64,260

Handsome Mike

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Scat Daddy

$218,489

17

5

0

0

0

$218,489

Running for Riz

$45,000

Hello Broadway

Ups and Downs Farm

Broken Vow

$211,350

8

5

0

0

0

$211,350

Harryhee

Burning Roma

Prestige Stallions

Rubiano

$193,344

11

8

0

0

0

$193,344

I Zoom

West Acre

Stonehedge Farm

Forty Niner

$181,913

4

3

1

2

0

$181,913

Always Sunshine

$130,000

Rock Hampton

Ric Deg Farm

Storm Cat

$159,682

18

9

0

0

0

$164,246

Free for Nothing

$25,500

Montbrook

Deceased

Buckaroo

$145,089

18

11

0

0

0

$156,288

Collin's Smile

$24,210

Vineyard Haven

Pensioned

Lido Palace (CHI)

$152,593

16

8

0

0

0

$155,786

Ginger Rose

$29,455

Mach Ride

Bridlewood Farm

Pentelicus

$151,454

5

4

0

0

0

$151,454

Body High

$89,084

Lifestyle

Ward Ranch

Indian Charlie

$149,034

10

7

0

0

0

$149,034

Her Wild Lifestyle

$40,070

Beau Choix

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Elusive Quality

$147,124

6

3

0

0

0

$147,124

Spicy Nelly

Doneraile Court

Prestige Stallions

Seattle Slew

$140,307

18

7

0

0

0

$140,594

Scherer Magic

The Green Monkey Deceased

Forestry

$139,859

5

4

0

0

0

$139,859

Belle Meade Dancer $66,560

Forty Grams

Distorted Humor

$130,338

10

3

0

0

0

$130,338

Forty's Sweetheart

Valdes Farm

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$106,470

1

$1,500

4

$15,125

$42,225

$101,420 $41,256

$64,300

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Name

Farm Name

Sire Name

Uncaptured

Ocala Stud

Lion Heart

LEADING FLORIDA 1ST CROP SIRES

NA Stk Gr Earnings Strtrs Wnrs SW's Wins SW's Earnings $450,929

16

6

2

2

1

$452,216

Leading Earner Catherinethegreat

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

$138,939

31

$39,977

2yo Sold

2yo Avg

28 $114,500.00

He's Had Enough

Woodford Thoroughbreds Tapit

$388,162

38

9

0

0

0

$415,822

Elgin Escape

$50,500

25

$10,996

24 $83,583.33

Drill

Get Away Farm

Lawyer Ron

$364,206

18

6

1

2

0

$364,206

Drillit

$175,500

6

$7,867

16 $44,843.75

Cajun Breeze

Stonehedge Farm

Congrats

$332,020

6

3

1

1

0

$332,020

Cajun Firecracker

$145,000

Handsome Mike

Pleasant Acres

Scat Daddy

$218,489

17

5

0

0

0

$218,489

Running for Riz

4

$15,125

13 $23,038.46

The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through November 5, 2018. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

1 $50,000.00

LEADING FLORIDA 2ND CROP SIRES

Name

Farm Name

Sire Name

NA Stk Gr Earnings Strtrs Wnrs SW's Wins SW's Earnings

Brethren

Arinel Farm

Distorted Humor

$1,874,523

61

$45,000

23

3

5

0

$1,881,561

Leading Earner Cookie Dough

Leading Earnings $372,500.00

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

1

$27,000

5

2yo Avg $10,100

Soldat

Woodford Thoroughbreds War Front

$1,383,453

82

43

1

3

0

$1,394,439

Big Drink of Water $204,490.00

19

$3,906

7

$30,786

Prospective

Ocala Stud

Malibu Moon

$1,248,586

49

29

3

3

0

$1,248,586

Broadway Run

$135,400.00

5

$7,940

9

$36,333

Treasure Beach (GB) Pleasant Acres Stallions

Galileo (IRE)

$1,081,329

130

38

2

2

0

$1,188,668

Treasure for Gold $94,850.00

6

$4,616

16

$12,156

Rattlesnake Bridge

Hartley DeRenzo T'breds

Tapit

$443,088

46

16

0

0

0

$443,088

Showit

$66,132.00

10

$5,070

10

$29,200

Winslow Homer

Journeyman Stud

Unbridled's Song

$442,168

23

13

0

0

0

$442,168

Blazing Brooke

$97,050.00

5

$14,400

1

$155,000

Anthony's Cross

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Indian Charlie

$259,733

16

8

0

0

0

$259,733

Yeehaw

Beau Choix

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Elusive Quality

$147,124

6

3

0

0

0

$147,124

Spicy Nelly

The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through November 5, 2018. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

$46,890.00

1

$1,500

$101,420.00

LEADING FLORIDA 3RD CROP SIRES

Name

Farm Name

Sire Name

NA Stk Gr Earnings Strtrs Wnrs SW's Wins SW's Earnings

Overdriven

Ocala Stud

Tale of the Cat

$1,202,230

73

27

0

0

0

$1,204,884

Biondetti

Woodford Thoroughbreds Bernardini

$1,115,405

62

31

1

1

0

$1,120,653

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

Driven by Thunder $127,980

3

$6,500

5

$29,400

Bella Vincenza

17

$6,241

1

$47,000

$151,420

2yo Avg

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HorseHay How To Select

F

eeding our horses is typically the largest expense in horse ownership, but feeding them according to their nutrient demands could offer some cost savings. Selecting a good quality hay for our horses often becomes a battle of which product is the greenest color and smells the “best”.

However, these are merely clues and actually tell very little about the nutritional quality of the forage.

by Caitlin Bainum, Farm Management Agent

HAY QUALITY

but also an estimate of intake based on digestibility, thus provides a good index to compare potential animal performance between forages. There are many factors that affect the composition of forages used for hay, these include the type of forage (legume vs. grass), warm-season vs. cool season grasses, and the stage of maturity at harvest. In general, a hay considered “high quality” would be high in protein (>14%), have a low NDF/ADF ratio and be low in lignin. These forages will be less mature, more digestible and highly palatable, and horses with high nutrient requirements would benefit from these hay types.

On the other hand, low-quality forages and hay can be an option for horses that need to lose weight or have low maintenance requirements. The idea that the only quality hay available are those that are not grown in Florida such as alfalfa, orchardgrass, or timothy is a misconception. While these hay types generally have high nutritional value, they may not always be worth the higher price tag that comes along with them if you can meet nutritional goals with hay types harvested more locally, such as bermudagrasses or perennial peanut in the warm-season, or oat hay in the cool-season. In fact, bermudagrass hay can have high protein as well (see range on Table 1). Using the “scale of greenness” to gauge hay quality can be quite misleading, many times a lab analysis will reveal forage quality of Table 2. Average nutrient less aesthetic hays to equal or requirements per animal class. greater value than similar types that Nutrient Requirements per Category of Horse appear better because they possess Class DE CP (Mcal/day) (%) a darker shade of green.

Maintenance 17 10-12% To further explore this concept, Growing 15-19 12-14% Gestation 17-21 14-16% 32 hay samples which represented Lactation 32 16% 23-27 12-14% a range of hay types on the market Training were obtained from local feed stores, from imported legumes and grass hays to hay types produced in state. The goal was to quantify the key nutritional components provided by each hay in a comparative manner to allow horse owners to better evaluate their purchases on a nutritional requirement basis and an economic basis. ■

The idea of “forage fed and grain finished” should be the forefront of decision making when evaluating the equine diet.

Forage and pasture can provide a significant portion of the nutrition required for most classes of horses, however, under many circumstances some of this forage inevitably must come in the form of hay. If pasture management is prioritized and stocking rates are adequate, horses can consume 1.5-2.0 percent of their bodyweight with full time grazing; which satisfies many classes of nutritional requirements (notably digestible energy and crude protein) for various horses such as those at maintenance, in light to moderate exercise, and even early-mid gestation.

The choice of hay has to take into account the horse diet requirements (see Table 2), which is different for each horse category, and all other components of the diet (i.e. pasture, concentrate, minerals, etc.). The only way to assure hay quality is through laboratory testing. Visual and olfactory cues can help determine if the hay is clean of weeds and free of mold, but will not give much further information. Good quality horse hay should be mold and dust-free and should not contain extraneous materials such as weeds and poisonous plants. Hay quality is variable from specie to specie as well as cutting to cutting, seldom will you receive an exactly uniform product each purchase.

Key nutritional measures of harvested forage include; crude For more information contact: protein, digestible energy, crude fiber, non-structural carbohy- Caitlin Bainum drates, and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber UF/IFAS Extension Marion County (ADF). The Relative Forage Quality (RFQ) is a parameter that 352-671-8400 cbainum@ufl.edu can be used to compare different forage analyses. It Figure 1. Average crude protein (CP, %) and digestible energy (DE, kcal/lb) for hay samples from includes not only information on the nutritional value regional feed stores on August 2018. Error bars indicate one standard deviation from the mean.

Table 1. Sample size (N) and ranges for crude protein (CP, %) and digestible energy (DE, Mcal/lb), and average and range for relative forage quality (RFQ) of hay samples taken from regional feed stores, on August 2018.

ID

Composition

N Range CP Range DE Average Range % Mcal/lb RFQ RFQ

Alfalfa Coastal O&A O,T&A Orchard T&A Timothy Brome Peanut

Alfalfa Coastal bermudagrass Orchardgrass & alfalfa Orchardgrass, timothy and alfalfa Orchardgrass & alfalfa Timothy and alfalfa Timothy Brome Perennial peanut

5 7 5 4 3 3 1 1 3

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20 - 24 8 - 18 16 - 21 8 - 19 15 - 19 12 - 21 12 17 15 - 16

1.17 – 1.28 0.93 – 0.99 0.98 – 1.11 1.03 – 1.10 1.04 – 1.12 0.99 – 1.15 1.00 0.98 1.05 – 1.23

206 122 100 131 137 165 146 116 138

180 - 246 83 - 126 122 - 145 128 - 150 143 - 195 98 - 167 116 122 143 - 175

Labels and sample size can be found in table 1.

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Upcoming Events & Deadlines Tammy A. Gantt

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FTBOA TOY DRIVE

The FTBOA has partnered with the Marion County Boys and Girls Club along with community partners DeLuca Toyota, Showcase Properties of Central Florida, The Zone Fitness Center and CenterState Bank to collect toys. The toy drive kicked off in November and runs through Dec. 7 at the FTBOA and through Dec. 15 at the other locations. An unwrapped toy of $5 or more in value is encouraged. Toys can be for boys or girls ages six to 18 years of age. Good ideas for toys include crafts, art supplies, sports equipment and board games which can be enjoyed and shared by the whole family.

FLORIDA SIRE STAKES UPCOMING DEADLINES

The two-year-old payment for foals of 2017 is due by postmarked date of Jan. 15 and is $250 for those horses that the yearling payment was previously made. If this date is missed, there is a deadline of Feb. 28 and it is a $500 fee, again the yearling payment must have been previously made.

FLORIDA-BRED REGISTRATION DEADLINE

The Florida-bred foal registration deadline was August 31; however, there is a deadline of December 31 if the August deadline was missed. Both are postmarked deadlines, and please keep in mind some rural routes and postal stations do not postmark the same or even next day depending on their procedures.

FTBOA WELCOMES RED BRAND

Red Brand has joined our growing list of corporate sponsors who support the Florida thoroughbred industry. An NTRA Advantage Partner, Red Brand offers discounts to FTBOA members when they purchase items with the company. Red Brand is proud to be an “NTRA Designed” especially for horses fencing supplier. Red Brand’s Keepsafe® V-mesh horse fence and non-climb horse fence are among the safest in the industry and preferred worldwide by stable managers, breeders, veterinarians and horse owners. Use your current FTBOA membership to save up to $400 per year on your purchase of Red Brand horse fence. Call

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NTRA at 866-678-4289 or visit https://www.ntra.com/ntraadvantage/red-brand/ to get your Red Brand NTRA rebate form. Be sure to designate you are an FTBOA member so the Florida thoroughbreds receive NTRA recognition and in turn NTRA supports our industry.

HOLIDAY EVENT IS DECEMBER 7

Mark your calendar for Santa’s Jazzy Pink Flamingo FTBOA Member Holiday Open House at the FTBOA offices in Ocala from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Bring a toy ($5 value or more) for the Boys and Girls Club toy drive. Enjoy food stations, a gourmet coffee bar, complimentary beer and wine tickets and a cash bar. The event, held in the museum and gallery and outside on the lawn, is open to FTBOA members and a guest. Enjoy live jazz music by the campfire, along with a wine and cheese tasting, silent auction and door prizes.

Pastel or pink attire is optional. Showcase Properties of Central Florida is sponsoring signature cocktails. ■

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