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CONTENTS November 2020 VOL 63/ISSUE 9

DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 6 7 33 38

THE BROCK TALK FLORIDA FOCUS LEADING FLORIDA SIRES FLORIDA-BREDS AROUND THE COUNTRY

National Florida-bred statistics

FTBOA MEMBER UPDATE —By Tammy A. Gantt

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Putting 2020 and the pandemic into perspective while envisioning the path ahead for the Florida thoroughbred industry

FORWARD MOTION

—By FTBOA CEO Lonny T. Powell

Starship Jubilee, March to the Arch complete Florida-bred exacta in Woodbine Mile

A JUBILANT MILE

—By Tammy A. Gantt

Boca Boy foils sweep in taking the FSS In Reality

SPOILER

—By Tammy A. Gantt

Princess Secret takes second Florida Sire Stakes

TAKE 2

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Farnsworth Farms, which garnered the 1996 Eclipse Award as Outstanding Breeder, is one of only three Florida breeders to date to have bred two Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup champions.

FARNSWORTH FAME

—By JoAnn Guidry

Minimize Medication to Prevent Dehydration and Bleeding

EQUINE CARE

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COVER PHOTO OF STARSHIP JUBILEE WINNING THE WOODBINE MILE: MICHAEL BURNS CONTENTS PHOTO OF FIRENZE FIRE WINNING THE G2 VOSBURGH: CHELSEA DURAND

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Florida-breds in the Breeders’ Cup

s I head into my ninth Breeders’ Cup as the editor-in-chief of Florida Equine Communications, it is with a sincere gratefulness that I can look Brock Sheridan back at some of the great Florida-bred performances durEditor-in-Chief ing my tenure so far. Florida Equine Communications JOHN D. FILER PHOTO Florida-breds Little Mike, Mucho Macho Man, Caledonia Road and World Approval have all won Breeders’ Cup races since my arrival in Ocala in 2012. Live Oak Plantation’s homebred World Approval was named the champion turf male after winning the Breeders’ Cup Turf (Grade 1) at Del Mar in 2017 while Caledonia Road, who also won at Del Mar in 2017 by taking the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), was honored with an Eclipse Award as the champion 2-year-old filly that year. With two wins and two future champions, 2017 ranks high on my list of favorite Breeders’ Cup weekends. Caledonia Road raced in the pink colors of owners Zoom and Fish Stable Inc., Charlie Spiring and Newton Anner Stud and was bred in Florida by Peter Vegso in the name of his Vegso Racing Stable. After finishing second, a half-length behind winner Fort Larned in the 2012 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), the Reeves Thoroughbred Racing-owned son of Macho Uno returned to win the 2013 Classic with a thrilling nose victory ahead of runner-up Will Take Charge, who was just

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a head better than third-place finisher Declaration of War in one of the more exciting finishes in the mile-and-onequarter event. However, one my favorite Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup horses during my tenure at FEC has been a gray turf sprinter who is zero-for-four at the Breeders’ Cup. While Pure Sensation does not sport a Breeders’ Cup trophy and was never a finalist for an Eclipse Award, he is one of two Florida-breds (Precisionist is the other) with four trips to the Breeders’ Cup. The Patricia Generazio homebred was eighth in the 2015 TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) won by Mongolian Saturday, third behind winner Obviously (Ire) in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1), fifth in Stormy Liberal’s 2017 BC Turf Sprint, and fifth again in the BC Turf Sprint won by Belvoir Bay (GB) in the 2019. Regardless of results, four appearances to the Breeders’ Cup is special in my book. Since the Breeders’ Cup began in 1984, there have been 363 Florida-bred starters, far more than any other state or province outside of Kentucky with their 2,371 BC competitors. Next is California with 130 starters and Ontario with 121. It appears that Florida may add another 10 to that list at this year’s Breeders’ cup with Starship Jubilee and March to the Arch listed as possible for the Fan Duel Mile (G1); Rushie in the Big Ass Fans Dirt Mile (G1); Extravagant Kid and Imprimis possibly headed to the Turf Sprint; Firenze Fire, Collusion Illusion and CZ Rocket listed as possible for the Sprint; Speech in the Distaff (G1) or Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) and Princess Secret in the Juvenile Fillies (G1). Whether any of our 2020 representatives add to the list of 28 previous Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup winners is yet to be seen. But I raise a glass to their already impressive accomplishments and extend many wishes for good luck and safe racing. ■

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Ambassador Luna Captures Unbridled Sidney

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Voodoomon Racing’s homebred Ambassador Luna surged to the front in the upper stretch and went on to post a two-and-one-quarterlength victory over Tomlin to win the 10th running of the $145,500 Unbridled Sidney for fillies and mares at Churchill Downs on Sept. 2. Florida-bred Rushie Trained by James Gulick and ridden by three-wide move at the head of the stretch and Julien Leparoux, Ambassador Luna covered cruised to a length-and-three-quarters victory the five-and-a-half furlongs on the fast main over Sonneman to win the 96th running of the track in 1:03.56. The race originally was $500,000 Pat Day Mile Presented by LG&E and KU (Grade 2) for 3-year-olds on Sept. 5 scheduled for the turf. “It was a good race for her. It was a short at Churchill Downs. Trained by Michael McCarthy field, first time on dirt,” Leparoux and ridden by Javier Castellano, said. “The two speed [horses] went Rushie covered the mile on the on and we sat right behind them. fast main track in 1:34.41. She was striding very good on it.I Rushie raced three-wide and in was patient. When we turned for the clear in the run down the home, she finished very good.” backstretch through fractions of Making her first start on dirt in :23.14 and :46.22. Castellano her 12-race career, Ambassador began to move on the far turn and Luna sat just off a speed duel bequickly took command in the tween favored Break Even and stretch. The victory, the first Stonewood through an opening stakes triumph for Rushie, was quarter-mile in :21.55. At the head worth $303,800 and increased his of the lane, Ambassador Luna Florida-bred moved by the leaders and had Ambassador Luna career bankroll to $493,151 with a record of three wins from seven starts with enough in the tank to repel all challengers. “We are so thrilled for the owner and for this a second and a third. Rushie is by Liam’s Map out of Conquest horse,” Gulick said. “We have some options now moving forward with her taking to the dirt. Angel, by Colonel John and was bred in the She ran a really solid race last time out at Ellis Sunshine State by Ocala Stud. Rushie paid $7.80. and returned today with a really strong effort.” Sonneman finished a half-length in front The victory was worth $93,000 and increased Ambassador Luna’s earnings to of Tap It to Win and it was another length$202,558 with a record of four wins, two sec- and-one-quarter back to Shashashakemeup onds and two thirds in 12 lifetime starts. Am- who was followed in order by Echo Town, bassador Luna is a 4-year-old Florida-bred Vertical Threat and Digital. ■ daughter of Arindel stallion Brethren out of the Spanish Steps mare Spanish Ambassador. Raymundos Secret Becomes Graded Ambassador Luna returned $17. Tomlin Stakes Winner With Mabee Victory finished two-and-one-quarter lengths in front Rider Flavien Prat won four races at Del of third-place finisher Change of Control. ■ Mar on Sept. 5, the last time in the $150,000 John C. Mabee Stakes (Grade 2) with FloridaRushie Much the Best in Pat Day Mile bred Raymundos Secret. In doing so, the 28Jim and Donna Daniell’s Florida-bred year-old Frenchman tied the Del Mar record Rushie overtook dueling leaders Vertical for most stakes wins registered in a season by Threat and Florida-bred Tap It to Win with a a jockey and forged ahead in his see-saw race

for the 2020 riding title with Umberto Rispoli. Sierra Racing and Sterling Stables’ Raymundos Secret, who went wire-to-wire in the nine-furlong turf test to just hold off Lady Prancealot by a neck. She set fractions of :24.87 for the first quarter-mile, the half-mile in :48.60 and six furlongs in 1:12.52 while leading Lady Prancealot in second by as much as two lengths. Finishing third in the 63rd edition of the filly/mare stakes was Amerman Racing’s Catch the Eye. “The plan wasn’t necessarily to go to the front; just to break her out of there and see what happens. She broke super sharp and we were on the lead. From there I just tried to get her to relax and to slow it down as best as I could. Then when we went for home, she gave me a good kick. She just had enough at the end.” Raymundos Secret is a 4-year-old filly by the Pleasant Acres Stallions resident Treasure Beach (GB) out of Paulette Caveat, by Greatness who now has won five of her seven lifetime starts. The $90,000 winner’s share of the purse pushed her bankroll up to $188,971. Phil D’Amato trains Raymundos Secret, who paid $4.80 and covered the nine furlongs in Florida-bred 1:48.60. Raymundos Secret Raymundos Secret was bred by Edward Selzer, Beverly Anderson and Joe and Helen Barbazon. ■ BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO

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Monforte Dominates in Bear’s Den Florida-bred Monforte ran like a 1-2 favorite while dominating seven rivals by a length-and-a-half in the $75,000 Bear’s Den Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Sept. 5. The Bear’s Den was offered to 3-year-olds who went seven-and-a-half furlongs on the turf. Ridden by Hall of Famer Edgar Prado, the gelded son of Carpe Diem set uncontested fractions of :22.99 and :46.11 for the first half-mile and drew off to his fifth victory in THE FLORIDA HORSE • NOVEMBER 2020 7

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his last six starts. Trained by Ruben Gracida for Rancho Alegre, Monforte finished in 1:27.66 over a firm turf. Lure Him In saved ground and closed mildly to finish second, a length-anda-half ahead of Citrus Burst in third. Monforte was claimed for $35,000 out of a victory Sept. 29 before scoring three straight wins for his new connections. He returned off a six-month layoff to finish second in the Not Surprising Stakes on Aug. 8 before returning to winning form in the Bear’s Den. Monforte is out of the Rahy mare She’s A Ketch and she was bred in Florida by Westbury Stables. ■

Grade 1 Winner Win Win Win Retired From Racing

Florida-bred Win Win Win

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Live Oak Plantation’s homebred Win Win Win, impressive winner of the Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga in his most recent start, Aug. 29, has been retired from racing due to a tendon injury. A versatile 4-year-old son of Grade 1 winner Hat Trick (Jpn), Win Win Win was rounding into the best form of his career for trainer Michael Trombetta and was targeting a start in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Keeneland. Stud plans will be announced at a later date. “I would like to thank Mike Trombetta and his staff and the Live Oak Stud crew for all

All told, Win Win Win lived up to his name, capturing five of his 12 starts, placing in four others, and earning $601,600 in his accomplished career. Win Win Win is the seventh Grade 1 winner to represent his sire and he is produced from the winning Smarty Jones mare Miss Smarty Pants, a half-sister to Graded stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed Unbridled Humor. ■

Heiressall Makes Pompay’s Labor Day Weekend Even Better A day after saddling Cool Arrow for a victory in the $100,000 Smile Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park, trainer Terri Pompay made

Florida-bred Heiressall

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Florida-bred Monforte

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the care they gave Win Win Win,” said Charlotte Weber. “He provided us a lot of thrills on the racetrack and I am looking forward to his future as a stallion.” In a deep and contentious Forego, Win Win Win circled the field at least eight-wide around the turn and finished with a dramatic flourish, going from last to first in the sevenfurlong event to win in 1:21.71, leaving in his wake four Grade 1 winners—Complexity, Whitmore, Mind Control, and Firenze Fire. Last season at three in his sophomore bow, Win Win Win set a new track record at Tampa Bay Downs in winning the Pasco Stakes, an early prep for the Tampa Bay Derby (G2). He drew off with authority in the seven-furlong test, speeding to an eye-catching seven-andone-quarter-length score in the stakes and track-record time of 1:20.89, smashing the previous record of 1:21.40 set by Catalina Red in the 2014 renewal of the Pasco. Demonstrating his versatility, Win Win Win also annexed the Manila Stakes at one mile on turf at Belmont Park after finishing third in the Tampa Bay Derby and second in the Blue Grass Stakes (G2). In the latter, he picked up 40 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby leaderboard, securing him a spot in the gate for the first Saturday in May. He ultimately finished 9th in the Derby and seventh in the Preakness Stakes (G1) before his win in the Manila. Win Win Win won two of his three starts as a 2-year-old, taking a six-and-one-half-furlong maiden special weight at Laurel in his career debut. He crushed allowance foes by six-and-a-half lengths at five-and-a-half furlongs in his next start and concluded his juvenile season with a second-place finish in the seven-furlong Heft Stakes at Laurel.

a return visit to the winner’s circle Sept. 6 following Heiressall’s triumph in the $75,000 Sheer Drama at the Hallandale Beach track. Heiressall, a multiple stakes-placed 5-yearold daughter of Wildcat Heir, notched her long-overdue first stakes victory in the sevenfurlong sprint for Florida-bred fillies and mares. Ridden by Miguel Vasquez, Heiressall scored by a length ahead of Thissmytime. “I love this filly. She tries every single time. Sometimes the race doesn’t unfold for her,” Pompay said. “Today, she kind of got shuffled back. I was a little worried, but he got her out. She kicked in and did her job. She always gives you 100 percent. She’s pretty cool.”

IN MEMORIAM Thomas Root Retired trainer Thomas Root Jr. passed away Sept. 4 in Ocala. Root, 87, trained in New York and Florida and had his greatest success in the 1970s. Best known as the conditioner of multiple graded stakes-winner Redundancy, he also trained 1977 Withers Stakes (G2)-winner Iron Constitution to a secondplace finish in the 1977 Preakness Stakes (G1) behind winner Seattle Slew. Root was 17 when he saddled his first horse in 1951. In addition to winning 199 races during his training career, he also worked alongside his father, Root Sr., and his brother, Richard, for Harry Mangurian, Jr.’s Mockingbird Farm in Ocala for more than two decades. According to his son, Tom, Root retired 25 years ago and moved to Ocala 15 years ago. ■

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Noble Drama Takes Benny the Bull Stakes

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Two races after the Sheer Drama Stakes on the Sept. 6 program, Harold Queen’s Noble Drama, who is out of a full-sister to Sheer

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Drama, overcame a bad start to capture the $75,000 Benny the Bull Stakes, a seven-furlong sprint for Florida-bred 3-year-olds and older. The multiple-stakes-winning 5-year-old gelding by Gone Astray out of Queen Drama broke last and trailed the eight-horse field early as Travy Boy, a 25-1 long shot, set a swift and uncontested pace while posting fractions of :22.48 for the first two furlongs and :44.53 for the half-mile. Noble Drama recovered from his troubled start and circled

horses on the turn into the homestretch under Hector Berrios. The pacesetter continued strongly in the stretch but was unable to hold off Noble Drama, who drew off to score by two-and-a-half lengths. Trained by David Fawkes, Noble Drama completed seven furlongs in 1:22.09. Travy Boy held second, a length ahead of a late-running Garter and Tie. Noble Drama paid $8.80. ■

Florida-bred Imprimis Earns Breeders’ Cup Berth Birth With Turf Sprint Victory If Imprimis’s performance in the Grade 3 Troy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 8 told bettors anything, it was not to ignore the form of the Broken Vow gelding coming into the $700,000 Runhappy Turf Sprint Stakes (Grade 3) on Sept. 12 at Kentucky Downs. While crossing the wire first by twoand-a-quarter lengths in the Troy, the 6-yearold was disqualified to third after an incident at the eighth pole with eventual second placed Shekky Shebaz and making American Sailor the eventual winner. “None of us were happy about it. I’d say 90% of the people, because they’re my friends or trying to make me feel better, they all thought we got a bad deal,” trainer Joe Orseno said. “But it is what it is. You can’t take the win away from the horse. He ran his heart out off a 10-month layoff. Went up there and won that. We’re going to get to our goal, that’s the Breeders’ Cup. He loves Keeneland. So we’re pretty excited.” However, it was a different story in the Turf Sprint. Sent off as the 3–1 favorite, Imprimis did not bump coming out of the gate like he had in the Troy. Instead he stalked the pace early with Front Run the Fed, Tiger Blood and Renaisance Frolic following pacesetter Bombard to an early fraction of :22.39. He also did not bother another horse in the stretch instead he got down to business coming down the stretch going five wide from behind a wall of horses. The final time was 1:09.93 on the soft course on the showery day. Under a long drive, the Florida-bred prevailed at the wire by a neck over frontrunner Bombard and Front Run The Fed. Both finished in a dead heat for second. It was redemption for Imprimis, who was a beaten favorite

finishing sixth the previous year in the race. “A year ago [when fourth as the favorite], it was his first race since Royal Ascot,” Orseno said. “He wasn’t quite back to himself. We tried to rush him along for the Breeders’ Cup. We probably made a couple of bad moves.” Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. also said he was happy with the outcome. “[Imprimis] ran big. I rode him before on the soft turf at Pimlico, and I knew he handled it pretty good. So I wasn't afraid,” Ortiz said. “I rode him with confidence. They moved outside of me, and I didn’t want to see that, but they moved so I said let me just wait because it was a little early. When I tipped him out, he responded really well. He was coming.” As part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series, his six-furlong win earned him a “Win and You’re In” berth in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) to be run on Nov. 7 at Keeneland. The win is just his second start of the year and his first win since the 2019 Shakertown Stakes (G2). Imprimis now boasts eight wins from 15 career starts with $759,948 in earnings. Bred in Florida by Craig Wheeler, the gelding is out of Shoppers Return by Put It Back. Imprimis is owned by Mike Hall and Sam Ross of Breeze Easy LLC, who also won the $500,000 Bal a Bali Juvenile Turf Sprint Stakes with Outadore on the same afternoon. Hall gave credit to the breeders, saying, “We bought the horse from Craig Wheeler and his wife Liz Wheeler. They’re awesome people. They told me they were selling me a good horse. Some people you can believe and I have a lot of respect for them. They sold us a good horse. We’ve had a lot of success with him, the most fun horse I’ve ever owned. It’s really great and now we’re off to the Breeders’ Cup.” Hall was just sorry that his Breeze Easy partner Sam Ross was home in Parkersburg, W.V. and not at the track. “I know he’s jump-

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Heiressall was bred and is owned by Wanda Polisseni’s My Purple Haze Stables LLC, which also campaigns Cool Arrow. “The good thing is she’s a homebred. Wanda bred her. It’s not often we have a homebred that is her caliber,” Pompay said. “So, it’s fun.” Heiressall, who finished second in last year’s Sheer Drama, raced a few lengths off the pace set by Cookie Dough and pressed by Liza Star past fractions of :22.38 and :44.95 for the first half-mile. With nowhere to run behind a tiring Cookie Dough and Liza Star, Vasquez swung Heiressall threewide on the turn into the homestretch. Liza Star moved to the lead in the stretch under Santiago Gonzalez but was unable to hold off the favorite’s late bid. Heiressall ran seven furlongs in 1:22.79 to notch her sixth victory and 13th in-the-money finish in 18 starts. Thissmytime closed from mid-pack to defeat Liza Star for second money by a head. Heiressall paid $5.60 to win. The Sheer Drama was named in tribute to Harold Queen’s multiple Grade 1 stakes-winning Sheer Drama. ■

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Banking $82,500 in victory, Firenze Fire moved his lifetime earnings past the two-million dollar mark at $2,038,250. The Florida homebred returned $7.20 for a $2 win bet. He is by Poseidon’s Warrior out of My Every Wish, by Langfuhr. Boasting an overall record of 12 wins, three seconds and two thirds from 29 races, Firenze Fire has won three of his six starts this season, all of which took place against graded stakes company. Two starts prior to the True North, Firenze Fire won his 2020 debut in the Grade 3 General George on Feb. 15 at Laurel Park. ■

Quinoa Tifah Wraps Up Our Dear Peggy Arindel’s homebred Quinoa Tifah took the $75,000 Our Dear Peggy Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Sept. 26 winning by three lengths over Con Lima and Happy Constitution. She has two wins on dirt in four starts after finishing fifth in the Bolton Landing Stakes on turf on Aug. 9 and the Schuylerville Stakes (G3) on July 16–both at Saratoga Race Course. Returning to Gulfstream Park where she won on debut against special weight maidens on April 16 going four-and-a-half furlongs, Quinoa Tifah was never threatened in the Our Dear Peggy, which was originally scheduled for the turf. She had a length-anda-half on Con Lima in second after a quarter-mile in :23, and a length lead after half-mile in :46.12. Quinoa Tifah and jockey Emisael Jaramillo finished up with a three length lead in 1:10.82. Con Lima was second, followed by Happy Constitution in third. They were followed in order by Battle Cry, Marvelous Marlene, Mashugana, Viburnum, Can’t Buy Love, Special Inclusion and Romantical Note. I Get It was scratched when the race was taken off the turf. Quinoa Tifah is by Gemologist out of

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Funny Guy finished second, a length-anda-quarter ahead of third-place finisher Share the Ride. True Timber and Engage completed the ing up and down,” Hall said. “I love him like order of finish. Stan the Man was scratched. The Vosburgh score was redemption for my dad, and if it wasn’t for him, we probably wouldn’t be here. He makes this whole game Firenze Fire, who was a narrow runner-up in for us much more exciting than what I could last year’s edition where he was beaten a nose by winner Imperial Hint. do by myself.” ■ Firenze Fire, who was making his fifth start Firenze Fire Brings the Heat for conditioner Kelly Breen after assuming in Vosburgh training duties earlier this year, earned an auMr. Amore Stable’s Firenze Fire once tomatic entry into the $2 million Breeders’ Cup again established himself as a horse-for- Sprint (G1) to be run on Nov. 7 at Keeneland course, notching a seventh graded-stakes vic- in taking the Vosburgh via the Breeders’ Cup tory by capturing the 81st running of the “Win And You’re In” Challenge Series. “He ran a nice race. Jose [Lezcano] took $150,000 Vosburgh Stakes (G 2) at Belmont off the speed a little bit but he had plenty of Park Sept. 26. It was the third consecutive year in which horse,” Breen said. “I can say he doesn’t like a Florida-bred won the Vosburgh after Impe- the mud. You can put a line through his last race and he really performed today. He loves rial Hint won in 2018-19. The 5-year-old son of Poseidon’s Warrior Belmont. We’ll have to get him as used to scored his fifth victory in eight starts over Keeneland as he is to Belmont. I’ll bring a Big Sandy, which also included the Grade 1 couple of buckets from here and put it down Champagne in October 2017, the Grade 3 the Keeneland stretch and bring our track to Dwyer in July 2018, the 2019 Runhappy and Keeneland. He’s doing great. He looked the Grade 2 True North on June 27. He ar- great today and we’re on to the Breeders’ rived at the six-furlong event off an 11th- Cup [Sprint].” Lezcano said a sharp break was crucial in place finish in the Grade 1 Forego over a sloppy main track at Saratoga Race Course. securing the victory. “Today, it was a small field, so Piloted by Jose Lezcano, I wanted to break good and he was Firenze Fire broke sharply in the bridle the whole way,” Lezfrom post four and was forcano said. “When I asked him at wardly placed as Monmouth the quarter pole, he took off.” Park invader Share the Ride Mr. Amore Stable’s Ron Lomcontrolled the pace of the bardi said he is relishing the optightly packed field with portunity to return to the Breeders’ Firenze Fire one path to his Cup with Firenze Fire for a fourth outside in second through an straight year after previous apopening quarter-mile in pearances in the 2017 Juvenile :22.33 on the fast track. Florida-bred Firenze Fire [seventh], the 2018 Dirt Mile Around the far turn, Lezcano asked his charge for more as he [fourth] and 2019 Sprint [fifth]. “I think he’s right there [with the best inched his way closer to the front. Past the quarter-pole, through a half-mile in :45.53, sprinters in the country]. There’s no question Firenze Fire was on even terms with the fron- about it,” Lombardi said. “Kelly has done a trunner and established command around the fantastic job with him. It’s our second win three-sixteenths, with multiple stake–winner after everything [trainer change] and he’s a Funny Guy making his bid to the outside. In solid horse. He always delivers and he recovthe final half-furlong, Firenze Fire continued ers well. We’ll decide after the Breeders’ Cup to find more and powered home to win by what we’re going to do, there’s a lot of options two-and-three-quarters lengths in a final time but I love racing. If he does well there, it will be a tough decision [to send him to stud].” of 1:09.74.

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No Drama For Noble Drama In Wildcat Heir

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Atrea, by Storm Cat and won for the second time in four starts for trainer Juan Alvarado. Quinoa Tifah was let go with odds of 7-1 and she paid $17.20 to win. ■

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Noble Drama won the Sept. 26 Florida Florida-bred Poppy’s Pride Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ AssoPatriotic Poppy’s Pride Wins ciation Florida Sire Stakes Wildcat Heir at Armed Forces Stakes Gulfstream Park for the second time in three years on Sept. 26 as the 5-year-old gelding Florida-bred Poppy’s Pride took the held off a late run by Garter and Tie to win by $75,000 Armed Forces Stakes on Sept. 26 at a length as the even money favorite. Gulfstream Park by a length and three-quarIt was also the second consecutive stakes ters over fellow Florida-breds Fulmini in secvictory for the David Fawkes trainee who had ond and Castle King in third. won the Benny the Bull The Armed Forces atStakes at Gulfstream on Sept. tracted a field of nine 2-year6 in his previous start. olds who went seven furlongs Owned and bred by on the main track. Harold Queen, Noble Drama The dark bay colt by hot and jockey Emisael Jaramillo Florida sire Khozan out of were patient early in the one Lovely Lexi by With Distincmile Wildcat Heir as they sat tion is a homebred of Gil and fourth behind Jackson, who Marilyn Campbell’s Stonewas a length better than Just hedge LLC. Khozan stands at Kidding in second after a Brent and Crystal Fernung’s quarter-mile in :23.26 on the Journeyman Stallions and is Florida-bred Noble Drama fast track. owned in part by the Campbells. Jaramillo had Noble Drama a bit closer in Originally scheduled for one mile on the third as they went around the far turn after a turf, the Armed Forces saw Poppy’s Pride led half-mile in :45.46 but an athletic accelera- from start to finish with fractions of :23.10 for tion on the bend had them more than three the first two furlongs and the half-mile in lengths in front of Garter and Tie when they :45.68 while leading by a length ahead of Raiturned for home. son d’Air in second until the head of the Garter and Tie was able to make up some stretch when Fulmini moved ahead to the secground in the stretch but was never closer ond spot. than a length as they finished the $150,000 Those two pulled away from the field as Fulevent in 1:35.34. mini was nine lengths better than Castle King Noble Drama now sports a record of seven in third. They were followed in order by Raison wins from 22 starts with five seconds and two d’Air, Top Boss, Kicks on Sixty Six, Oxbow Pithirds while banking $596,837. oneer, Mister Leonardo and Catching Fish. He is by Gone Astray out of Queen Poppy’s Pride finished in a final time of Drama, by Burning Roma. 1:24.10 on the sloppy and sealed main track. Noble Drama has made a career out of He has won two of four starts with earnwinning Florida Sire Stakes events. In addi- ings of $94,640. ■ tion to winning the Wildcat Heir twice, the dark bay gelding also won the $125,000 CZ Rocket Stamps BC Ticket With FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Marion County Santa Anita Sprint Championship Win and the $100,000 FTBOA Florida Sire In a head and head thriller, trainer Peter Stakes Silver Charm at Tampa Bay Downs in Miller’s C Z Rocket prevailed by a hard fought 2018. ■ head over John Sadler’s Flagstaff in the Sept.

27, $200,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (Gr 2), the final prep to the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Keeneland on Nov. 7. Ridden for the first time by Luis Saez, C Z Rocket, who is now unbeaten in five starts with Miller since being claimed for $40,000 last April at Oaklawn Park, covered six furlongs in 1:09.14. Breaking sharply from his number four post position in a field of five 3-year-olds and older, C Z Rocket was immediately into contention and while under restraint, sat three quarters of a length off Flagstaff as they left the half-mile pole. Turning for home, Flagstaff, with Victor Espinoza up, drifted out a bit, carrying C Z Rocket into the three path and from there, it was game on in the run to the wire, with neither horse giving an inch in a great stretch duel. “I didn’t expect to be that close, but he broke so sharp and he took me there,” said the eastern-based Saez. “I decided to let him settle and keep him happy. When I pulled the trigger turning for home, he took off. I love this horse, now he’s ready for the real deal.” A winner of the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien Stakes going seven furlongs on Aug. 29 at Del Mar, C Z Rocket, a 6-year-old Floridabred gelding by City Zip out of Successful Sarah, by Successful Appeal, was off as the 7-5 favorite and paid $4.80. With his second consecutive graded stakes win in-hand, C Z Rocket, who is out of the

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Successful Appeal mare Successful Sarah, now has nine wins, a second and two thirds from 22 races and with the winner’s share of $120,000, he has earnings of $551,641. Flagstaff finished second, a length-and-aquarter in front of Florida-bred Collusion Illusion in third. The Santa Anita Sprint Championship is a Breeders’ Cup “Win & You’re In” Challenge Race qualifier, with the winner earning a fees-paid berth to the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint. ■ THE FLORIDA HORSE • NOVEMBER 2020 11

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Putting 2020 and the pandemic into perspective while for the Florida thoroughbred industry, the following article highlights some of FTBOA’s CEO Lonny Powell’s most pertinent comments during his CEO Update as presented at the Oct. 23, 2020 virtual Annual Member Meeting.

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By LONNY POWELL

Dear FTBOA Members & Friends: irst and foremost, to our members

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across the county, state and nation, let me extend to you our sincerest empathy, sympathy, support, thoughts and well wishes in terms of whatever negative impact the pandemic and related economic downturn and uncertainty may have caused to you personally or professionally, your family, business and employees. We pledge to you our ongoing pandemic and post-pandemic efforts to stay informed, keep you informed, and to support, advocate for and represent you—our member breeders, owners and farms—during these challenging times. When it comes to facing the numerous challenges associated with this pandemic you are not alone. It is an understatement to say that the year 2020 has been an incredibly challenging year, not just for our industry, but for our state, nation, and the entire world.

Back in mid-March, it became apparent to me and our management team via medical and scientific reporting at the time that the COVID-19 virus was not only a credible threat to our health, but to the economy as well. In addition to trying to get our arms around indescribable uncertainty, the FTBOA management team, after numerous

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Forward Motion discussions took actions by our phenomenally engaged and responsive Executive Committee, advisors and staff. Under these extreme circumstances, we tackled some tough conversations and decisions including a number of pro-active/ahead-of-the-storm moves: •Our Annual Awards Gala planned for March 16 was cancelled on March 12. •We closed the FTBOA offices to public access in April with employees in the offices only under strict protocols that are still in place today. •We swiftly put into place certain operational savings and efficiencies while assessing possible impacts and attempting to mitigate any negative impact on our member programs, services and communications. •We made the extremely tough, but necessary decision at a special public that meeting of the Executive our Association operations and our Committee on March 24 to seek state approval to breeder and stallion awards funds remain suspend breeder award strong, even under these ‘COVID times’, payments for second and and that our industry relationships and third place finishes and to reduce stallion awards. partnerships with tracks, horsemen, and The request was apothers also remain strong. —Lonny Powell proved by the State as the State of Emergency for Florida began, with those award modifications taking effect on April 3, through today and on into 2021. When addressing the topic of our breeder/stallion awards and FTBOA-sponsored, state-bred purses, it is critical that our breeder members, many of whom are based in Marion County, Fla. keep in mind that Florida awards and purses are primarily funded by pari-mutuel wagering and other on-track gaming in Tampa and to a much larger extent in the Miami area. With Miami being one of the long-running national COVID-19 hot spots, our funding sources of on-track wagering racino slots and cards were suspended due to public health regulations for much of the past six months. During much of that time, the ability for our Florida tracks to even offer racing without fans literally came under intense review and scrutiny on an almost a daily basis. In other words, for three or four months, our Florida industry and racing thankfully continued—but on a day-to-day and fingers-crossed basis. As we all understand by now, this is a fragile and fluid situation even today because of the pandemic. Through all of this uncertainty and strife, FTBOA acted early, swiftly, and decisively in order to keep the following key priorities in place (happy to say with great gratitude that we have been successful to date):

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1) Keep the Florida-Bred awards and purse incentive funds viable and out of jeopardy so that we continued: •Performing on-time and uninterrupted in terms of breeder and stallion award payments •Remaining fiscally sound for 2020 and 2021 by maintaining a reasonable balance to assure fund solvency and real payments versus issuing ‘IOUs’ 2) Keep our primary Member Service programs inplace and uncompromised, and our Association operations strong and effective in representing, promoting and advocating for the interests of our industry and members. 3) Keep our Florida-Bred racing programs like the Florida Sire Stakes and Florida Cup in place and without substantial change for 2020-2021. It should also be mentioned that, as often is the case during the darkest of times, there were some positive or encouraging developments and ‘shining stars’ that give us reason for future hope. 1) Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs (even without fans) were the only two major tracks to run without interruption during most of the peak COVID19 window. 2) Due in large part to that development, television coverage, simulcast signal demands, advance deposit wagering participation and handle actually reached historic levels. The unique set of circumstances that evolved before our very eyes these past few months, along with the related media and industry attention, gives us even more hope and encouragement for the sport’s future and highlights the importance of a re-tooled revenue model, particularly when it comes to ADW. The tremendous visual and interactive nature of thoroughbred racing gives us a great opportunity when technology is embraced in a sports betting environment. 3) Tampa Bay Downs actually increased racing dates twice due to lucrative simulcast demand and horsemens’ and their horses’ needs with 12 additional days in May and eight added days in June. 4) Ocala Breeders’ Sales kept their March Sale in place while many sales throughout the country and world were canceled or rescheduled. They were also the first auction house to open for business again when they offered their Spring Sale in June and their June Sale the following month. 5) Breeding farms in Marion County, as well as training centers and other equine support services in Marion County and South Florida kept to their normal course of business as best they could during a very uncertain and distracting time.

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6) The FSS racing program for 2-year-olds at the current Gulfstream Park meet remained strong from field size, wagering and competition standpoints. The FSS for older horses now moves on to Tampa Bay Downs in December. To all of these industry participants and partners and to each of you, we say, “Thank you”. Thank you for doing your part to keep our industry and economy in business during such a crazy time. Special kudos to the ownership, management and horsemen at Gulfstream and Tampa Bay for keeping the show going on the track during the pandemic. In looking ahead, which is not an easy or exact science for any of us, we do find opportunity and reason for hope if we, as an industry and as individuals, are willing to do the work. 1) Breeder and stallion awards We are still facing and navigating around one of several ‘800 pound gorillas in the room’—the January 2021 Churchill-owned Calder racino abandonment of the Florida thoroughbred industry to become the most marginal of jai alai operations in order to avoid contributing to breeder awards and horsemen’s purses. The negative yearly impact to breeder awards exceeds $1 million, and to purses exceeds $10 million. Despite this setback, we at FTBOA believe, barring some unforeseen catastrophe, that not only can we hold serve on current award levels through 2020-2021, we are hopeful that we will be able to begin enhancing awards, hopefully, in 2022. Fingers crossed! 2) ADW and increased revenue As I stated previously, it has never been more clear and more demonstrable to elected officials, horsemen, breeders, tracks and others that the time has come for ADW providers (particularly those who are not involved in live racing in Florida) to pay an increased share of betting revenues to breeders and horsemen. This is a big deal for breeders and horsemen. Stay tuned. 3) Florida racing and breeding remain ‘stronger than most’ Though the negative COVID-19-related impacts on the revenue numbers, sales, foal crops, stallions, and the number of tracks will and have been materially impact-

ful to virtually every aspect of our state, national and global industry, ‘pound for pound’ Florida is poised to come out in better shape than most, with an industry that remains resilient, opportunistic and strategically wellpositioned nationally. All this being said and placing aside COVID-19 and its impacts, we as a thoroughbred industry must also remain ever-vigilant and step up our continued priority efforts and energies in advocating for the safety and welfare of our beloved and valued thoroughbred horse and also that we keep the cheaters and bad apples out of all aspects of the horse racing business, thus keeping the integrity of the sport a top priority. In closing, I would like to re-emphasize that our Association operations and our breeder and stallion awards funds remain strong, even under these ‘COVID times’, and that our industry relationships and partnerships with tracks, horsemen, and others also remain strong. Due to the pandemic and out of an abundance of caution in the interest of the safety and health of our employees, members and public, our FTBOA offices will remain closed to the public through the end of the year and until further

behalf of all of us involved “withOnFTBOA, I wish each and every member a safe and peaceful end to 2020 – a year so many in the world would like to forget but will always remember – and an even healthier, more hopeful and closer to normal 2021. —Lonny Powell

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notice. We remain accessible, fully operational, and open to the needs and questions of our members and potential members. We even have an outdoor undercover member service table at the side north entrance. Please feel free to contact associate vice president member services & events, Tammy Gantt, or my executive assistant, Becky Robinson. If they don’t know the answers (they usually do), they know where to find them and will be happy to help and follow up. On behalf of all of us involved with FTBOA, I wish each and every member a safe and peaceful end to 2020 – a year so many in the world would like to forget but will always remember – and an even healthier, more hopeful and closer to normal 2021. ■

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World Approval (2017)

Caledonia Road (2017)

Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup Winners Eillo 1984 – Breeders' Cup Sprint Precisionist 1985 – Breeders' Cup Sprint Cozzene 1985 – Breeders' Cup Mile Tasso 1985 – Breeders' Cup Juvenile

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Twilight Ridge 1985 – Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Smile 1986 – Breeders' Cup Sprint Brave Raj 1986 – Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Prized 1989 – Breeders' Cup Turf Meadow Star 1990 – Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Unbridled 1990 – Breeders' Cup Classic Gilded Time 1992 – Breeder's Cup Juvenile

Brocco 1993 – Breeders' Cup Juvenile Hollywood Wildcat 1993 – Breeders' Cup Distaff Cherokee Run 1994 – Breeders' Cup Sprint One Dreamer 1994 – Breeders' Cup Distaff Jewel Princess 1996 – Breeders' Cup Distaff Skip Away 1997 – Breeders' Cup Classic

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Little Mike (2012)

Musical Romance (2011)

Beautiful Pleasure 1999 – Breeders' Cup Distaff Miesque's Approval 2006 – Breeders' Cup Mile Ginger Punch 2007 – Breeders' Cup Distaff Big Drama 2010 – Breeders’ Cup Sprint Awesome Feather 2010 – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Dubai Majesty 2010 – Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint Musical Romance 2011 – Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Little Mike 2012 – Breeders’ Cup Turf Mucho Macho Man 2013 – Breeders’ Cup Classic FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Caledonia Road Lonny T. Powell, CEO 2017 – Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillie Tammy A. Gantt, Associate Vice President Membership Services & Events World Approval 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 2017 – Breeders' Cup Mile 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 • www.ftboa.com • info@ftboa.com LITTLE MIKE/BENOIT; WORLD APPROVAL/MICHAEL BURNS; MUSICAL ROMANCE/COGLIANESE; CALEDONIA ROAD/ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE

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Starship Jubilee, March to the Arch Complete Florida-bred Exacta in Woodbine Mile By TAMMY A. GANTT

dding another chapter to her amazing rags-to-riches story, Starship Jubilee crossed the wire first in the $1 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1) on Sept. 19 at Woodbine followed by fellow Florida-bred March to the Arch in second. Given little respect by the bettors with odds of 6-1, the only mare in the race showed once again why she is one of the world’s best turf milers. Only the third filly in the history of the race to win, she rebounded from a 18 THE FLORIDA HORSE • NOVEMBER 2020

fourth in the Aug. 23 Diana Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, her only loss in six starts in 2020. “Just an unbelievable feeling,” trainer Kevin Attard said. “This mare doesn’t get the respect she deserves. She’s a winner of 18 or 19 races out of 38 starts, I was really disappointed to see her at 6-1 on the board—just kind of forgotten about. Time after time, she comes up and proves that she’s a top horse in North America.” Starship Jubilee crossed the finish line ahead of Grade 2 King Edward Stakes-win-

ner March to the Arch followed by 2019 Preakness Stakes (G1)-champion War of Will. They were followed in order by Olympic Runner, Armistice Day, Admiralty Pier, Shirl’s Speight and Value Proposition. With Justin Stein in the irons, Starship Jubilee broke well and sat just off a moderate pace set by Admiralty Pier and Value Proposition, who led through an opening quarter in :23.66 and a half in :46.14. Starship Jubilee was behind horses and flanked by War of Will coming out of the last turn as the field spread across the course. Stein threaded the needle through horses, tipped out Starship Jubilee five wide and sprinted home a half-length in front of March to the Arch in second.

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Florida-breds Starship Jubilee (above) and March to the Arch (inset) shown finishing 1-2 in the Toronto Cup

“Sitting around the five-sixteenths pole, I had tons [of horse] and I waited for a chance to tip her out and ask her to run,” Stein said. “She’s so honest and wants to win more than anybody else out there. I watched her replays. She’s just gritty. She just waited for her cue and took off like a scalded cat. She was gone.” The final time for the mile was 1:32.06 on a turf course rated firm, just .31 of a second off Wise Dan’s course record set in 2013. Starship Jubilee, who is the reigning Canadian Horse of the Year, multiple Soveriegn Award winner and 2019 Florida-bred champion older mare and champion female turf horse, paid $13.50 on a $2 win ticket.

The race was a “Win and You’re In Challenge Series” Breeders’ Cup race giving her a automatic fees-paid berth in the Fanduel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 7 at Keeneland. “I’m just going to enjoy the moment right now, but it’s obviously a special feeling to know that this race has produced so many horses that have gone on to win the Breeders’ Cup,” Attard said. “So I’m really ecstatic right now, and that’s somewhere we’ve been aiming to go to all year long. This is just one step closer.” Claimed for $16,000 in February of 2017 at Gulfstream Park by Kevin Attard’s father,

Tino Attard, Starship Jubilee has won 19 of 38 career starts with five seconds and three thirds for career earnings of $2,093,069. She was bred in Florida by William P. Sorren of Miami Beach. Entered in the 2018 November breeding stock sale at Keeneland, Starship Jubilee failed to meet her $425,000 reserve and was subsequently sold privately to her current owner, Bonnie Baskin’s Blue Heaven Farm. By Indy Wind out of Perfectly Wild by Forest Wildcat, she was consigned by Bill and Lyn Rainbow of The Acorn to the 2014 Ocala Breeders’ Sales August yearling sale where she sold to Laurence F. Leavy for $6,500. ■ THE FLORIDA HORSE • NOVEMBER 2020 19

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By TAMMY A. GANTT reeze On By had dead aim on Boca Boy and a historic sweep Sept. 26 of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings. With a furlong to the wire, he had pulled to within two lengths of the frontrunner, but Boca Boy refused to allow the 1-5 favorite to get by and held on for the two-length victory in the $400,000 In Reality division of the annual series for offspring of registered Florida sires, springing the upset at odds of 12-1. Ridden by jockey Edgard Zayas, Boca Boy – who was coming out of a mile-long turf stakes – took well to the sloppy going, assumed early command of the mile-and-one-sixteenth stakes, and maintained his lead to the wire, defeating the heavy favorite in the process. He was a length in front of Breeze on By through two furlongs in :23.54 before Breeze on By was shuffled back to fifth in traffic as they straightened away for the run down the backstretch.

Boca Boy Foils Sweep in Boca Boy continued to show the way through a half-mile in :47.21 and six furlongs in 1:11.38 before drawing off to a two length victory in 1:46.34 on the sloppy and sealed track. Boca Boy, trained by Cheryl Winebaugh for owner Kenneth E. Fishbein, is a 2-year-old son of Prospective out of Baliwink, by Gimmeawink. He was making his fourth career start in the In Reality and the victory was his first since breaking his maiden over a sloppy track at Gulfstream on July 17. The two geldings met in the first leg of the series, the six-furlong Dr. Fager division, on Aug. 1, with Boca Boy finishing more than nine lengths back in third. But he was a new horse in the In Reality and both the slop and added distance proved to his liking. “I came into the race planning to make the best out of my horse and, at the same time, find a way to beat Breeze on By,” Zayas said. “I was trying to get the trip I wanted and put him in the spot to control the race from there. My horse kept on fighting and relaxed very well on the lead, which helped him a lot in the stretch.” Boca Boy has now won two of four career starts while earning $301,400 for owner Kenneth E. Fishbein. He was bred in the Sunshine State by Carol Hershe. ■

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rincess Secret didn’t sweep the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes for eligible 2-year-old fillies, but she did the next best thing. The Florida-bred daughter of Journeyman Stallions resident Khozan won the final two legs of the rich series including the $400,000 My Dear Girl Division at Gulfstream Park on Sept. 26 after winning the $200,000 Susan’s Girl division on Aug. 29, also at Gulfstream. Princess Secret ran down Restofthestory in the stretch of the mile-and-one-sixteenth stakes to take the third and final leg of the annual fixture for offspring of registered Florida sires. “This is what horse racing’s all about,” said winning trainer and owner, Daniel Pita. “It’s about trying to get the one horse that will put you on the map.” With jockey Miguel Vasquez in the irons, Princess Secret settled into a stalking position, several lengths behind a determined Restofthestory, before making her move in the final turn and pulling off late to win by a half-length. “She fights every time. She’s all heart,” Pita said. “The pace set up exactly how we thought it would be. We knew Restofthestory was

Princess Secret Takes Second Florida Sire Stakes going to be the pace setter. It was smart of Miguel to sit back and save the horse for the end.” Big Rings, the 6-5 favorite, ran third. Princess Secret was making her fifth career start and her first in a two-turn event. She finished second to Go Jo Jo Go in the first leg of the series, the Desert Vixen division on Aug. 1, before winning the Susan’s Girl. She has never finished worse than second in any of her races and now has career earnings of more than $430,000. She has three wins from five starts with two seconds. “Every single time she shows up, and you can see what kind of special filly she is,” Pita said. The question now becomes whether Pita decides to continue racing her this year or give her some time off to freshen up and prepare for a 3-year-old campaign in 2021. A possible date in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Keeneland in November has not been ruled out. “She’s run hard all summer,” Pita said. “We won’t know, probably, until the beginning of next week if she’s going to remain in training for the rest of the year. She probably deserves a rest. She’ll tell us if she can give us another effort and, believe me, Keeneland’s in the back of my mind a little bit. But I’m not going to commit to anything just yet.” Princess Secret is out of the Belong to Me mare Golden Horseshoe and she was bred in Florida by Brent and Crystal Fernung. The Fernungs sold Princess Secret to Pita for $30,000 from their Journeyman Bloodstock Services consignment as a yearling at the 2019 Ocala Breeders’ Sales October sale. ■ 22 THE FLORIDA HORSE • NOVEMBER 2020

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Princess Secret on her way to winning the FSS My Dear Girl

“She fights every time. She’s all heart.”

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— owner/trainer Daniel Pita

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Breed,Own&Race No tax on stallion seasons No personal state income tax No individual capital gains tax National leader in veterinary and equine research Ranks second in the U.S. for number of thoroughbred horses Feed and animal health items, along with other specific items, are also exempt Horses are exempt from sales tax when purchased from their original breeder Florida’s greenbelt exemption provides property taxbreaks for Florida horse farms Physical climate allows for year-round training, racing, showing and business opportunities

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES Nicole “Nikki” Fried, Commissioner www.FDACS.gov

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Florida-breds Equine State Economic Impact

$11.7 billion economic impact Third largest state in horse population 113,079 jobs 717,000 acres $1 billion in thoroughbred sales

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES Nicole “Nikki” Fried, Commissioner www.FDACS.gov

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Lonny Powell, CEO Tammy A. Gantt, Associate Vice President Membership Services & Events 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 • 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 • www.ftboa.com • info@ftboa.com 20724

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By JOANN GUIDRY

oston manufacturing businessman Isidore Sherman founded Farnsworth Farms in 1961 in a bit of a roundabout way. Longtime family friend Louis Wolfson, who owned Ocala-based Harbor View Farm, called up Sherman one day and informed him that he was the new owner of a 500-acre farm. Wolfson had apparently put a $10,000 deposit on the farm and if Sherman wanted it, the farm was his. Sherman and his son Michael, who had just graduated with an economics degree from Bowdoin College in Maine, took a trip down to Ocala to check out the farm. The Sherman duo, who had always enjoyed going to the races with Wolfson, decided to buy the farm and become involved in the Florida thoroughbred industry. The new acquisition was named Farnsworth Farms, after Farnsworth Street on which Shermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farnsworth Fibers was lo-

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Isadore Sherman

cated in Boston. The farm would be owned by the Isidore Sherman Trust with the main beneficiaries being Michael

Jewel Princess

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Farnsworth Farms, which garnered the 1996 Eclipse Award as Outstanding Breeder, is one of only three Florida breeders to date to have bred two Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup champions. BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE: MICHAEL MARTIN PHOTO / JEWEL PRINCESS: FILE PHOTO

Beautiful Pleasure

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and his sister Dayle. In 1962, Michael Sherman became president of Farnsworth Farms and ran the operation out of his Miami Beach corporate offices for the next 40-plus years. Isidore Sherman died in 1988. Farnsworth Farms was established from day one as a commercial breeder, selling their annual foal crop as 2-year-olds in training at public auctions. Those horses that didn’t sell were raced, moved on through claiming races and/or sold privately. Farnsworth Farms

Operating for more than four decades, Farnsworth Farms bred an estimated 220 Florida-bred stakes winners solely and in partnerships combined.

JEWEL PRINCESS 1996 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) 1996 Eclipse Award – Champion Older Female At the 1991 Keeneland November breeding stock sale, Farnsworth Farms bought Jewell Ridge, a 1985 mare by Melyno (Ire) out of Say What You Mean, by Judger, in foal to Key to the Mint for $14,000. On April 22, 1992, Jewell Ridge foaled a bay filly who would be named Jewel Princess. When she failed to meet her reserve at the 1994 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2-year-olds in training sale at Calder, Farnsworth Farms sold Jewel Princess privately to Richard and Martha Stephen and Prince Ahmed Salman’s The Thoroughbred Corp. Whatever the price, it was likely a bargain. Trained by Wally Dollase, Jewel Princess came into the 1996 season already a graded stakes winner and would end it as Grade 1 Eclipse Award-winning champion. She opened the season with consecutive graded stakes victories at Santa Anita, the El Encino Stakes (G2) on Jan. 20 and La Canada Stakes (G2) on Feb. 11. After a third in the Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (G1) at Santa Anita, Jewel Princess shipped to Churchill Downs. In the Louisville Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G2) on May 3, she she prevailed by a neck over Serena’s Song, who had earned the 1995 Eclipse Award as champion 3-year-old filly. Back at Hollywood Park, Jewel Princess notched a pair of seconds in the Hawthorne Handicap (G2) and Milady Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G1). Then on July 21 at Hollywood Park, she notched her first Grade 1 victory, defeating Serena’s Song by three lengths in the Vanity Invitational Handicap (G1). At Santa Anita on Nov. 6, Jewel Princess was second to Florida-bred Top Rung in the Lady’s Secret Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G2). Three weeks later at Woodbine, Jewel Princess earned her tiara in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). She bested Serena’s Song by a length and a half in 1:48.40 for the nine furlongs. It was the grand finale to a season where Jewel Princess made nine graded stakes starts, winning five with three seconds and one third. She banked $1,150,800. Jewel Princess. She garnered the 1996 Eclipse Award as champion older female. In 1997, Jewel Princess won the Santa Maria Handicap (G1) and Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (G1) and was Grade 1 stakes-placed four times. She was retired with career earnings of $1,904,060. At the 2000 Keeneland November breeding stock sale, Jewel Princess, in foal to Storm Cat, was purchased for $4.9 million by John Magnier on behalf of Coolmore. As a broodmare, she produced stakes winner One Nice Cat, graded stakes-placed Maristar and stakes placed Home Court. ■ 30 THE FLORIDA HORSE • NOVEMBER 2020

broodmares, numbering 200-300 at the height of the operation’s success, were bred to Farnsworth Farms stallions. The farm, which grew to 700 acres, produced on average 200 Florida-bred foals per year through the 1990s. And beginning with Bolinas Boy in the 1960s, Farnsworth Farms stood a parade of leading Florida sires: Diplomat Way, Night Invader, Baldski, Jeblar, Maudlin, Fortunate Prospect, Double Honor, Line In The Sand, Sir Leon and Suave Prospect. The Farnsworth Farms business plan worked exceedingly well, yielding two Eclipse Award-winning Florida-bred North American champions in Jewel Princess and Beautiful Pleasure. Named the Florida Breeder of the Year three consecutive years (1994-96), Farnsworth Farms was the leading breeder in North America by number of stakes winners bred in 1994 and 1995 with 21 each year. The pinnacle of Farnsworth Farms’ success came when it garnered a 1996 Eclipse Award as Outstanding Breeder in North America. On the season, Farnsworth

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Jewel Princess winning the 1996 Breeders’ Cup Distaff

Among its many successes, Farnsworth Farms is one of only three Florida breeders to date to have bred two Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup champions. honored as the 1996 Florida-bred cochampion turf horse, sharing the title with Diplomatic Jet. Operating for more than four decades, Farnsworth Farms bred an estimated 220 Florida-bred stakes winners solely and in partnerships combined. Included in that group are Florida-bred Grade 1 millionaires Beautiful Pleasure ($2,734,078), Mecke ($2,470,550), Jewel Princess ($1,904,060) and Frisk Me Now ($1,727,707). In May 2005, Michael Sherman announced that Farnsworth Farms was ceasing operation for estate planning purposes. The FILE PHOTO

Farms was the leading Florida breeder by money earned with $6,941,411. An additional $2.2 million was earned by Florida-bred runners bred by Farnsworth Farms and its various partners. Farnsworth Farms was also the leading Florida breeder by stakes races won (24) and races won (360). The operation tied with Harry T. Mangurian Jr. for most Florida-bred stakes winners with 11. Included in that latter number were Grade 1 Mike Florida-bred stakes winners Jewel Sherman Princess and Mecke, as well as Florida-bred graded stakes winners Notagoldbrick, Ski Dancer and Dr. Abraham. Jewel Princess was named the 1996 Floridabred champion handicap female and collected the Eclipse Award as champion older female. Mecke was

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FAME

BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE Beautiful Pleasure was Farnsworth Farms bred top and bottom. The 1995 bay filly was by Farnsworth Farms stallion Maudlin out of Beautiful Bid, by Farnsworth Farms stallion Baldski. She was sold by Farnsworth Farms for $480,000 to John C. Oxley at the 1997 Keeneland April 2-year-olds in training sale. Trained by John T. Ward Jr., Beautiful Pleasure signaled right out of the gates that she was going to be a serious racehorse. She broke her maiden at first asking, winning by five, on Aug. 25, 1997, at Saratoga. In her next start, she became a Grade 1 stakes winner when she won Matron Stakes (G1) by four and a half lengths on Sept. 21 at Belmont Park. After making only three unsuccessful starts in 1998, Beautiful Pleasure returned on the bit for the 1999 season and posted three consecutive Grade 1 wins at three different tracks. On Aug. 27, she captured the Personal Ensign Handicap (G1) at Saratoga. She defeated Banshee Breeze, the 1998 Eclipse Award-winning 3-year-old champion filly, by two and half lengths. Next up was the Beldame Stakes (G1) on Oct. 10 at Belmont Park. Beautiful Pleasure bested Silverbulletday, the 1998 Eclipse Award-winning 2year-old champion filly, by four-and-three-quarter lengths. Beautiful Pleasure marched on to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) on Nov. 6 at Gulfstream Park. Once again she beat Banshee Breeze, this time by three-quarters of a length in 1:47.56 for the nine furlongs. It was the perfect ending to the 1999 season in which Beautiful Pleasure earned $1,716,404. She was named the Florida-bred Horse of the Year and her dam Beautiful Bid was honored as the Florida Broodmare of the Year. Beautiful Pleasure garnered the Eclipse Award as champion older female. Beautiful Pleasure returned to have another stellar year in 2000, winning the Personal Ensign Handicap (G1) and Hempstead Handicap (G1) to bank $730,000. She repeated as Florida-bred Horse of the Year and Beautiful Bid was also Florida Broodmare of the Year again. Beautiful Pleasure retired in 2001 with six Grade 1 stakes wins and a career bankroll of $2,734,078. As a broodmare, Beautiful Pleasure produced Grade 1 stakes-placed Dr. Pleasure, who finished third in the 2006 Travers Stakes (G1). Beautiful Pleasure died in September 2011 due to the complications of laminitis. ■ 32 THE FLORIDA HORSE • NOVEMBER 2020

Florida-bred Beautiful Pleasure winning the 1999 Breeders’ Cup Distaff

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1999 Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) • 1999 Eclipse Award – Champion Older Female

farm’s two parcels of 427 acres and 203 acres were put up for sale; all of its bloodstock sold at public auction and its stallions were sold privately. thoroughbred horseman and real estate developer Robert L. Schultz bought the 203-acre parcel for a reported $3.2 million in July 2005. The father-son duo of Robert and Myron Miller’s Main Street Management purchased the 427-acre parcel for an undisclosed price in July 2006. The Millers also bought the Farnsworth Farms and Farnsworth Stables names to operate their thoroughbred business as those entities. Michael Sherman died on May 7, 2011, at the age of 71. Among its many successes, Farnsworth Farms is one of only three Florida breeders to date to have bred two Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup champions. The other two Florida breeders with that distinction are Meadowbrook Farms (Prized & Brocco) and Live Oak Stud (Miesque’s Approval & World Approval). ■

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The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through October 13, 2020. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

LEADING FLORIDA SIRES

Name

Farm Name

Sire Name

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

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

Khozan

Journeyman Stud

Distorted Humor

$2,769,416

$2,778,115

Brethren

Arindel

Distorted Humor

$1,806,489

$1,873,689

First Dude

Double Diamond Farm

Stephen Got Even

$1,805,291

113

$1,826,394

Ready to Runaway $166,150

Adios Charlie

Ocala Stud

Indian Charlie

2yo Avg

Princess Secret

$434,300

$23,667

$42,625

Key Biscayne

$135,770

$4,838

$2,850

$20,083

$1,576,864

$1,578,166

Jean Elizabeth

$189,398

$40,000

$10,500

Treasure Beach (GB) Pleasant Acres Stallions Galileo (Ire)

$1,313,517

187

$1,351,111

Sugar Fix

$170,293

$2,750

$12,400

Big Drama

Oakton Farm Stallions

$1,291,261

$1,293,806

Inter Miami

$45,000

Wildcat Heir

Deceased

Forest Wildcat

$1,140,215

$1,142,240

Heir Ball

$126,420

The Big Beast

Ocala Stud

Yes It's True

$1,111,768

Up in Smoke

$173,318

$33,500

Handsome Mike

Pleasant Acres Stallions Scat Daddy

$1,021,902

$1,024,318

Sir Seamus

$75,030 1

$16,000

$19,900

$17,000

$37,750

$10,500

Montbrook

$92,580

$7,300

Awesome of Course Ocala Stud

Awesome Again

$909,146

$911,176

Shivaree

Field Commission

Solera Farm

Service Stripe

$801,891

$861,891

Lil Commissioner $82,860

$1,750

Cajun Breeze

Stonehedge Farm South Congrats

$784,145

$790,845

Breeze On By

$6,000

High Cotton

Pensioned

Dixie Union

$428,415

$429,060

Lilac Lace

Chitu

Bridlewood Farm

Henny Hughes

$354,218

$362,650

Exhalting

Greatness

Solera Farm

Mr. Prospector

$349,847

$355,328

Lady's Island

Bahamian Squall

Double Diamond Farm

Gone West

$301,497

$338,148

Assertiko

Fury Kapcori

Journeyman Stud

Tiznow

$274,448

Napa Rules

$64,290

$1,850

$2,500

Jess's Dream

Ocala Stud

Curlin

$253,330

Restofthestory

$135,400

$10,625

$25,455

$244,789

Sister Otoole

$44,125

$21,000

Amira's Prince (Ire) Pleasant Acres Stallions Teofilo (Ire)

$271,385

$303,000 $40,500 $43,900

$7,500

$69,490

Hear No Evil

Private

Carson City

$200,871

Toni Ann's Miracle $62,373

Iqbaal

Ward Ranch

Medaglia d'Oro

$193,447

Johnny Cab

$57,605

Brooks 'n Down

Private

Montbrook

$100,180

Garter and Tie

$53,155

Young Brian

Oakton Farm Stallions

Hard Spun

$98,574

Heavenly Blessing $26,150

Fort Loudon

Ocala Stud

Awesome of Course

$97,658

Happy Loudon

$43,660

Ride On Curlin

Pleasant Acres Stallions Curlin

$91,970

Sophisticurl

$48,250

Gary D

Ming Farm

Successful Appeal

$91,770

Midtown Rose

$47,320

Finale

Oakton Farm Stallions

Scat Daddy

$88,747

Masterclass

$29,360

The Big Mystery

Gelfenstein Farm

Warrior's Reward

$86,490

Mystery Bank

$85,690

Hello Broadway

Ups and Downs Farm

Broken Vow

$79,025

Dem a Wonder

$32,200

In Summation

Ocala Stud

Put It Back

$73,824

Awsum Roar

$34,665

Burning Roma

Pensioned

Rubiano

$72,523

Sizzling Roma

$27,850

Thoreau

Ocala Jockey Club

Gone West

$56,641

Jonathantoquick

$24,911

The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through October 13, 2020. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

$158,020

LEADING FLORIDA 2YO SIRES

Name

Farm Name

Sire Name

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

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

Khozan

Journeyman Stud

Distorted Humor

$1,001,489

Cajun Breeze

Stonehedge Farm South Congrats

$483,930

Brethren

Arindel

Distorted Humor

$343,225

Gatsby

Jess's Dream

Ocala Stud

Curlin

$253,330

Restofthestory

The Big Beast

Ocala Stud

Yes It's True

$247,921

Adios Charlie

Ocala Stud

Indian Charlie

$150,675

Chitu

Bridlewood Farm

Henny Hughes

$143,565

First Dude

Double Diamond Farm

Stephen Got Even

$123,054

Ride On Curlin

Pleasant Acres Stallions Curlin

$91,970

2yo Avg

Princess Secret

$434,300

$23,666

$42,625

Breeze On By

$303,000

$6,000

$94,000

$4,837

$135,400

$10,625

$25,454

Big Rings

$80,000

$7,300

$33,500

Psychic Ability

$36,750.

$40,000

$10,500

Exhalting

$43,900

$7,500

$37,750

Famous Gent

$48,100.

$2,850

$20,083

Sophisticurl

$48,250

$21,000

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Dehydration and

By HEATHER SMITH THOMAS ehydration can be a serious issue in racehorses, especially in hot weather. Exertion produces body heat; working muscles create heat that must be dissipated. The major way a horse’s body gets rid of heat is through sweating. The evaporation of sweat helps cool the body. Sweating takes fluid and electrolytes from the body, however, and excessive fluid loss creates dehydration—which can be detrimental in many ways. If the horse loses too much fluid he can no longer sweat and becomes seriously overheated. Bill Casner of Flower Mound, Tex., (former co-owner of WinStar Farm, in Versailles, Ky.) has been working with horses all his life. Much of his career has been involved with racing—breeding and training top athletes. He says that much of the dehydration encountered is due to overuse of medications like Lasix and bute. “I first started working on the track in 1963 when I was 15-years-old and began a career training horses. This was the era before permitted medication. We used a lot of ice because butazolidin was not a permitted drug when racing. Everyone used it during training, however,” he says. “There are always consequences when using medication. Not many people understood how toxic some of the side effects can be for butazolidin. It’s been well documented that as little as two consecutive administrations may initiate stomach ulceration. It is also a blood thinner and one of the primary causes of ‘bleeding’ in running horses,” says Casner. “We had a ‘perfect storm’ in the 1970s when butazolidin was the first permitted medication. The flexible endoscope came along in the 1980s. Initially those were expensive and very few veterinarians had 34 THE FLORIDA HORSE • NOVEMBER 2020

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them—and the technology wasn’t very good yet. A few vets, however, started seeing blood in some of these horses when using the endoscope to check the airways,” he says. Then endoscopes became cheaper and more vets had them, and suddenly people were seeing more bleeding in racehorses. “It led to a huge campaign for Lasix to be a permitted medication, to help reduce bleeding from the lungs when horses were running. Lasix gained favor and most race trainers use it. New York was the last state to authorize use of Lasix—in 1995. Up until about 1996 the majority of the Kentucky Derby winners ran without it and since then almost every horse runs with it,” Casner said. “I was no different than any other trainer. I thought these meds were necessary and beneficial, and never thought about the consequences of long-term use. It wasn’t until our horse Well Armed won the Dubai World Cup (Group 1) by 14 lengths without any medication that I realized horses didn’t need it. After he won [a race in which medication was not permitted] I began to reflect on my own training career when I ran horses without medication,” Casner says. “We ran our horses about every two weeks and competed in about 18 races per year. With the advent of medication the number of annual starts per horse was reduced dramatically because of the dehydration effect of Lasix (a diuretic—used medically to reduce excess fluid/edema in the body—which makes horses urinate more). It takes horses a minimum of three weeks to recover from administration of Lasix and most trainers prefer to give a horse five weeks off before racing again,” he says. If they don’t have that much time off, especially in hot weather with excessive dehydration, horses don’t run very well because they are not totally recovered from the previ-

ous race. “That never happened when we were running horses without meds. They held their form and ran well and recovered well,” he explains. “After Well Armed won the World Cup without Lasix, I started to question whether medication was in the best interest of our horses. I started weighing horses. We’d weigh them the morning before they ran, and the morning after the race, to see what their weight loss was,” he says. “We had one filly that lost 100 pounds! It took her six weeks to fully recover. The dehydration, inability to dissipate body heat, etc. was hard on her,” Casner says. “If medication was causing horses to lose that much weight, we needed to ask whether this was in the best interest of our horses. So we weighed them all, and discovered that these horses had lost a lot of weight by the morning after a race. We started running some of them without Lasix, but continued to use bute. My trainer at that time used a lot of bute in his barn. He’d use it before they worked, after they worked, before they raced and after they raced for a couple of days. So I asked him to back off the bute and see what happens,” recalls Casner. “We’d been running some horses without Lasix but continued giving them bute, and had some that bled. So in subsequent races we withheld bute as well as Lasix. Every one of those horses ran their races well, without these medications and did not bleed.” Butazolidin is no longer used in human medicine because it is considered a precursor to leukemia. “When you look at the list of side effects bute can have, it’s huge. Every horseman knows that if you give a horse an injection of bute in the vein and you get a little outside the vein it is very irritating to the tissues. The neck will ‘blow up’ and the horse has a blocked vein. Sometimes it takes a long

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Equine Care time to get over that. This in itself tells you it is very caustic,” says Casner. A study at the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center showed that administering butazolidin results in suppression of inflammatory factors for about 24 hours. “After that, there’s a big rebound and a spike in the pro-inflammatory cytokines. No state allows bute to be administered to racehorses less than 24 hours before a race, and most of the time it’s 36 hours. So when those horses go into a race after they’ve been given bute the day before, the bute is no longer producing any anti-inflammatory effects, but still has a negative effect on clotting and platelets (just like any NSAID) for 72 hours. If you take aspirin and cut yourself, you bleed excessively. No surgeon will perform surgery on a person who has had aspirin within the preceding week,” he explains. One of the side effects is bleeding and bruising. “After looking into this, we ran a horse without Lasix but still on bute. It ran a good race, but the horse bled a little. I fully expected my trainer would want to run the horse on Lasix, for the next race, but he didn’t. Instead, he ran that horse without Lasix and without bute. He ran a good race and scoped clean.” A veterinarian in the late 1990s was the first to alert Casner to the negative effects of bute. “At that time I had a good stakes filly named Victory at Sea, but she would bleed through Lasix. I asked the veterinarian if there was anything we could do for her. He said, ‘Ah hell, don’t give her any bute next time and see what happens.’ The next time we ran her, she won—and not a drop of blood.” Then Casner did an experiment with a stable pony. “We weighed the pony, then gave him one cc of Lasix, tied him in the barn and caught all his urine and weighed it. He had urinated off about 25 pounds of body weight when we weighed him four hours later. The next morning we weighed him again and he’d returned to his normal weight. I wanted to know if the dosage of Lasix we were giving our horses was the optimum therapeutic amount. It seemed to me that Lasix was being overdosed,” Casner says. 36 THE FLORIDA HORSE • NOVEMBER 2020

“There was never any clinical establish- and our win percentages have improved. ment for proper dose; it was all done at the We’ve found that if you run horses without veterinarian’s discretion. The common prac- bute and Lasix they do better and feel better. tice, if horses bleed through three cc of Lasix, They are eating well the night after a race, is to give them five cc. If they bleed through and kicking and bucking the next morning. five cc, you give 10. What people don’t un- By contrast the horses you medicate are genderstand is that if you give a horse 10 cc of erally dull and a lot of them won’t clean up Lasix, he is still only going to urinate off 25 their feed that night. They don’t feel good pounds of fluid because that’s all he has. It’s and it takes several days for all that medicalike squeezing the lemon; after a certain point tion to get out of their system, before they there is nothing left. The horse is just really start to feel good again,” he says. “Our horses recover dehydrated. And the dehyquickly. When we started dration from the higher If they don’t have that running them without doses will continue longer— and be a lot harder on those much time off, especially medication they’d be five or six pounds lighter the horses,” Casner said. in hot weather with following morning, com“In running horses we excessive dehydration, pared to 35 to 50 pounds sometimes experience heat stroke, but it’s nothing more horses don’t run very well lighter when they were on medication. The most than the negative effects of because they are not a horse might lose now, dehydration and loss of the totally recovered from after a race, is 10 pounds, horse’s ability to cool itself. and the morning after It’s counterproductive to dethe previous race. that he’s right back to hydrate a horse just before —Bill Casner where he was. It’s amazsubjecting him to a high level of athletic performance. Yet many training how quickly horses are able to recover ers truly believes that horses cannot run with- when you don’t medicate them,” he says. Equine athletes have a tremendous out it—that they would all bleed without amount of heart and willingness to run. They Lasix,” he says. “We have reduced the bleeding in our own can be a little stiff and still give a great perhorses down to about 3%. It is rare now for formance. “When you load them into a startus to have a horse bleed. We do this by man- ing gate, they forget that little bit of stiffness aging them without bute and without Lasix and are feeling no pain at all. Their natural endorphins from excitement and adrenalin overpower a little discomfort, and those horses are running big. I’m not talking about lame horses. If they are so lame they need to have medication, they shouldn’t be running,” Casner said. Horses ran races for decades without it, however, and performed well, at a higher level than they are now. “I look at the races run by Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Alydar, etc. We had more Triple Crown winners back then. American Pharoah was the first for a long time, and he was just such an exceptional horse that he was able to deal with everything. Metabolically he was just a superior athlete,” Casner said. We tend to hinder horses more than help them when we use medications like NSAIDs and Lasix, and often contribute to serious dehydration. ■

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EL Potro

Una Esperada Breeders’ Cup Classic en un Año Inesperado

as Breeders’ Cup 2020 estarán marcadas, como tucky Derby, Authentic, otro que estuvo desde inicios de año muchas cosas de la vida diaria por la pandemia de disputando las mejores carreras para los potros de su edad, COVID-19 que asoló el mundo este año. Para bien con victoria además en el Haskell Stakes. Authentic, derrotó o para mal, el calendario hípico se vio alterado en buena en el Kentucky Derby a Tiz The Law, potro con campaña en parte del año, causando esto, el desplazamiento en las fe- la costa este en donde alcanzó 4 triunfos, tres de ellos grado chas de algunas de las carreras más importante del calen- uno, (Florida Derby, Belmont Stakes – primero de la triple codario, trayendo como consecuencia que algunos ejemplares rona este año – y Travers Stakes), siendo su segundo lugar en perdieran protagonismo al reiniciar actividades, debido a el Kentucky Derby su única derrota en este año. Entre los maduros, Maximum Security con todo y los lesiones como en el caso de los potros Maxfield, Nadal o Charlatan, para nombrar a tres que perfilaban como grandes matices a su alrededor, lidera el lote, el compitió a inicios de aspirantes a ganar el Kentucky Derby, pero que al final, el año en la Saudi Cup, logrando una victoria aún bajo escrucalendario no los favoreció. O como aquellos maduros que tinio, a su regreso, después de un descanso en Kentucky, reaestaban al máximo de sus capacidades, pero que en el paro pareció en julio con nuevo entrenador (Bob Baffert), de las actividades disminuyeron un tanto sus condiciones, ganando 2 de 3, incluyendo el Pacific Classic G1. Improbcomo, por ejemplo, Tom’s d’Etat, el cual llegaría tercero en able, también entrenado por Bob Baffert, es otro de los ejemsu reaparecida en el Whitney Stakes G1, detrás de Improb- plares que ha estado compitiendo antes y después del paro, able y By My Standards, dos rivales que había vencido con con 3 triunfos grado uno de manera consecutiva (Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes, Whitney Stakes, Awesome Again Stakes), comodidad a inicios de temporada. Pero las cosas fueron lo que fueron y debemos aceptarlas, luego de su debut este año en abril, donde secundaba a Tom’s así como el caso anterior que vimos perder protagonismo a d’Etat en el Oaklawn Mile Stakes. By My Standards ha sido algunos ejemplares, surgieron otros que no habrían tenido la otro sólido corredor a lo largo del año, conquistando 4 vicoportunidad de disputar las grandes pruebas si el calendario torias – 3 de ellas grado dos – en 6 actuaciones, siendo suhubiese sido el tradicional, como el caso de Gamine, la veloz perado solamente por Tom’s d’Etat e Improbable. Todos estos, a excepción de Nadal, Charlatan, Maxfield potra que debutó en marzo no habría estado lista para las Kentucky Oaks, si las cosas hubiesen sido normales y ella es (alejados por lesión) y Gamine (participará en la Filly Mare sólo un ejemplo, en menor medida podemos decir lo mismo & Sprint), se verán las caras en lo que será una de las edide Happy Saver, el invicto de Todd Pletcher apenas debutó en ciones más pareja y de mayor calidad presentada para una junio y realizó su carrera preparatoria antes de competir al Breeders’ Cup Classic, que a pesar de todos los inconvemáximo nivel, en el Federico Tesio Stakes, el 10 de octubre, nientes presentados a lo largo del año se mantuvo en su una carrera que normalmente se realiza en mayo; en términos fecha original y con los premios de las carreras inalterados, normales difícilmente se encontraría una carrera exclusiva lo que habla muy bien de la organización, sabiendo que los para potros de 3 años en esa fecha, lo que le habría obligado ingresos por público y toda la mercadotecnia alrededor del correr contra los maduros en cualquier prueba, subiendo así espectáculo disminuirá. La Copa de Criadores del 2020 dará la oportunidad a el grado de exigencia de esa preparatoria, lo que no hubiese todos los participantes de demostrar su calidad, este año, sido lo mismo antes de correr un grado uno. También hubo ejemplares que estuvieron presente en las como en muy pocas oportunidades se ha presentado, en una mejores carreras antes y después del paro, en el renglón de los sola carrera estarán en juego los títulos para el Campeón de potros de 3 años los máximos exponentes de este grupo serían 3 años, Campeón Maduro y el Caballo del año. ■ Swiss Skydiver, la potra líder de la generación, con una dura campaña de 9 actuaciones en 9 pistas diferentes, recorriendo Editor’s Note: If you would like an English translation of el país de costa a costa, venciendo en gran demostración en su this column, please contact Brock Sheridan, Editor-in-Chief última salida en el Preakness Stakes, sobre el ganador del Ken- at 352.732.8858 or email at: bsheridan@ftboa.com

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

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—STAKES RACES Win/Place/Show Horse Name

Sex Age Sire

C Z Rocket Collusion Illusion Firenze Fire Restofthestory Big Rings Princess Secret Seazan Breeze On By Boca Boy Noble Drama Garter and Tie Just Kidding Souper Escape Windy City Red Aqua Seaform Shame Hall Rich Legacy Big Daddy Dave Poppy’s Pride Fulmini Castle King Quinoa Tifah March to the Arch Starship Jubilee Day by Day Imprimis Lontano Awesome Anywhere Shamrocket Beautiful Lover Bienville Street Kelsey’s Cross Galleon Mast Lady’s Island Thissmytime Heiressall Liza Star Travy Boy Noble Drama Garter and Tie Tap It to Win Rushie Raymundos Secret Abiding Star Lure Him In Monforte Extravagant Kid Ambassador Luna

G C H F F F G G G G C G F C F C G G C G F G M M G C G C F M F G M F M M G G C R C F G G C G F

6 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 8 4 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 7 6 6 3 6 3 4 5 4 7 6 3 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 7 3 3 7 4

City Zip Twirling Candy Poseidon's Warrior Jess's Dream The Big Beast Khozan Khozan Cajun Breeze Prospective Gone Astray Brooks 'n Down Kiss the Kid Medaglia d'Oro Chitu Kantharos Field Commission Khozan Khozan Overdriven Verrazano Gemologist Arch Indy Wind Awesome of Course Broken Vow Street Boss Awesome of Course Tonalist Arch Street Boss Anthony's Cross Mizzen Mast Greatness Carpe Diem Wildcat Heir Cool Coal Man Gemologist Gone Astray Brooks 'n Down Tapit Liam's Map Treasure Beach (GB) Uncle Mo Khozan Carpe Diem Kiss the Kid Brethren

Dam

Breeder

Date Track Finish

Successful Sarah Natalie Grace My Every Wish Holiday Flare Alotofappeal Golden Horseshoe Sea Lady Miss Primetime Baliwink Queen Drama Garter Belt Catomaria Cry and Catch Me Gator Hall Chandeleur Rose Frances Alluring Lady Lovely Lexi Gina's Kitten Joyful Wager Atrea Daveron (Ger) Perfectly Wild Dobra Shoppers Return Woodland Park Baby Doll Zehoorr American Skipper Milk Run Amy's Allie P. J.'s Eskimo Broadway Martha Seraphic Too All Bridled Sweet Chantal Bon Caro Queen Drama Garter Belt Onepointhreekarats Conquest Angel Paulette Caveat Abiding Alluring Lady She's a Ketch Pretty Extravagant Spanish Ambassador

Farm III Enterprises LLC Donald R. Dizney LLC Mr Amore Stables Ocala Stud Ocala Stud & Edward Wiest & William J. Terrill Brent & Crystal Fernung Susan Kahn Stonehedge LLC Carol Hershe Harold L. Queen Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Steve Tucker Live Oak Stud Dr. & Mrs. James Gamble Green Key Farm Edward A. Seltzer Stonehedge LLC Stonehedge LLC Gina D’Amato Mary Ellen Coenen Arindel Live Oak Stud William P. Sorren Mr Amore Stables Craig L. Wheeler Ocala Stud Edward Seltzer Beverly Anderson Joseph & Helen Barbazon Rustlewood Farm Inc. Thomas Coleman Double W Thoroughbred Racing Inc. T. Wynn Jolley & Mary Jolley H & A Stables LLC Bailey Bolen Katherine S. Devall Purple Haze Stable Pedro Maestre Rick Sutherland Harold L. Queen Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Live Oak Stud Ocala Stud Edward Seltzer Beverly Anderson Joseph & Helen Barbazon Gilbert G. Campbell Stonehedge LLC Westbury stables LLC Vicino Racing Stable Voodoomon Racing

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SA SA BEL GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP WO SA SA GP GP GP GP GP GP WO WO MTH KD WO MTH KD LRL GP GP GP SAR GP GP GP GP GP GP CD CD DMR MTH GP GP CD CD

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

Grade/ Value

Race Name

Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. 2/$200,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. 2/$200,000 Vosburgh S. 2/$145,500 FTBOA Florida Sire My Dear Girl S. $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire My Dear Girl S. $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire My Dear Girl S. $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire In Reality S. $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire In Reality S. $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire In Reality S. $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Wildcat Heir S. $150,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Wildcat Heir S. $150,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Wildcat Heir S. $150,000 Belle Mahone S. $112,200 Speakeasy S. $102,000 Unzip Me S. $94,000 Hollywood Beach S. $75,000 Hollywood Beach S. $75,000 Armed Forces S. $75,000 Armed Forces S. $75,000 Armed Forces S. $75,000 Our Dear Peggy S. $75,000 Ricoh Woodbine Mile S. 1/$1,000,000 Ricoh Woodbine Mile S. 1/$1,000,000 Regret S. $75,000 Runhappy Turf Sprint S. 3/$581,440 King Corrie S. $102,600 Mr. Prospector S. $100,000 Gun Runner Dueling Grounds Derby $707,625 All Along S. $96,000 Monroe S. $75,000 Monroe S. $75,000 Mr. Steele S. $75,000 Honorable Miss H. 2/$150,000 Sheer Drama S. $100,000 Sheer Drama S. $100,000 Sheer Drama S. $100,000 Benny The Bull S. $100,000 Benny The Bull S. $100,000 Benny The Bull S. $100,000 Pat Day Mle S. pres. by LG and E & KU 2/$500,000 Pat Day Mle S. pres. by LG and E & KU 2/$500,000 John C. Mabee S. 2/$151,500 Red Bank S. 3/$152,500 Bear's Den S. $75,000 Bear's Den S. $75,000 Twin Spires Trf Sprt S. pres. by Sysco 2/$250,000 Unbridled Sidney S. $150,000

Earnings $120,000 $24,000 $82,500 $80,000 $44,000 $240,000 $44,000 $80,000 $240,000 $90,000 $30,000 $16,500 $11,000 $12,000 $15,800 $7,275 $14,550 $44,640 $14,400 $7,200 $44,175 $200,000 $600,000 $7,500 $291,400 $20,000 $20,000 $34,875 $10,000 $14,700 $7,350 $7,275 $30,000 $14,550 $70,105 $7,275 $14,550 $70,105 $7,275 $49,000 $303,800 $90,000 $15,000 $14,550 $45,105 $46,500 $97,500

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show 4 6 6

Point of Entry Macho Uno Tiago

Starship Jubilee/Ricoh Woodbine Mile S. / G1

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Dam

Breeder

Guard the Empire Olgamar Hip Hop Girl

Date

George Kerr & Tim Odonohue Tanourin Stable GreenwoodFarm.biz

9/28/20 9/28/20 9/28/20

Rushie/Pat Day Mile S. / G2

Track MNR MNR GRP

Finish 3 2 2

Value

Earnings

$17,800 $17,444 $7,500

$1,780 $3,560 $1,500

C Z Rocket/Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. / G2

BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO

G M M

Sire

CHURCHILL DOWNS PHOTO

Imperial Guard Olga Again Chase the Music

Sex Age

BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO

Horse Name

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show Horse Name Wildwood’s Beauty Our Slick Chick Tappitty Tappitty He’s One Wild Dude Infuriated Scared Warior Leombruno Cerrado Wild Medagliad’oro Glamorous Thunder Unnamed Soldier Heraclitus Press My Bets Glittering Judy Powerful Venezuela Thousand Percent That’s Buckbeak Corey Feets of Feather Icy Dude Whiskey Moment Ty Ran a Homer Final Form Our Slick Chick Powerfully Built Dirtyfoot Bankx Turbo Free Dancer Doctor Uptown Striking Moon Cucina Proven Strategies Scared Warior Prince Blue Peace Seeker Lil Commissioner Analyze Your Life Miss Auramet Hauntedbythemusic Petulant Delight Homers Magic Flight Risk

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

4 5 4 7 5 3 8 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 5 4 5 2 4 3 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 3 5 4 6

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Kantharos Eskendereya Tapit First Dude Big Drama Poseidon's Warrior Discreetly Mine Treasure Beach (GB) Medaglia d'Oro Sweet Return (GB) Soldat Wicked Strong Uncaptured Kantharos Poseidon's Warrior Goldencents With Distinction First Samurai Fort Larned First Dude Treasure Beach (GB) Winslow Homer Point of Entry Eskendereya Big Drama Tiz Wonderful Turbo Compressor Uncaptured Doctor Peach Palace Malice Northern Afleet Sky Mesa Poseidon's Warrior Soldat Heatseeker (Ire) Field Commission Overanalyze Uncaptured The Big Beast First Dude Winslow Homer Unbridled's Song

Miss Propitious Wicked Uno My Typhoon (Ire) Glen Wilding Lake Louise Sasha's Fierce Miss Pine Top Az. Firey Glow Unbridled Humor Thunderous Gal Ardara Shelby's Song Suite Ten Glittering Georgia Gold Point Gal Ricki S Miss Primetime Gospel Girl Jade's Rainbow Harbin Lady Samira Tyrana Berlin Beauty Wicked Uno Thunderous Waves Dixie Dudette Lady Untouchable Sainted Dancer Rosiesuptown Roxie Fast Moon Il Mulino Stormbeforethecalm Sasha's Fierce J. L.'s Princess Helsingfors Petite Riviere Smok'n Revel Hello Rosie Usual Manner Shining Moment Forest Magic And Away We Go

Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews GoldMark Farm LLC Live Oak Stud Wheelock Whitney Harold L. Queen Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon John A. DeVault & Sue S. DeVault Stroud Lane Farm Live Oak Stud Red Oak Stable Woodford Thoroughbreds Brad Grady & Misty Grady John B. Penn Linda Schall Pastor Orlyana Farm Carlos Rafael Stonehedge LLC Rustlewood Farm Inc. Sunshine Thoroughbred Corp. Donald R. Dizney LLC Just For Fun Stable Inc. Nicholas John Downes Woodford Thoroughbreds GoldMark Farm LLC Red Oak Stable Mike Mareina & Nathan Mitts Mighty White Stallion LLC Oakleaf Farm Liz & Norman wilson Sharon Biamonte Southwind Stables Inc. Donald R. Dizney LLC A. Francis & Barbara H. Vanlangendonck & Etarip Stables Inc. Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon CESA Farm Donald R. Dizney LLC Edward Seltzer & Krista Seltzer Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC Marion G. Montanari Sorrento Oaks Farm Inc. Ocala Stud Stonehedge LLC Sally J. Andersen

9/26/20 9/26/20 9/24/20 9/24/20 9/23/20 9/23/20 9/21/20 9/20/20 9/20/20 9/20/20 9/19/20 9/18/20 9/16/20 9/16/20 9/16/20 9/16/20 9/16/20 9/15/20 9/15/20 9/14/20 9/14/20 9/13/20 9/12/20 9/12/20 9/11/20 9/11/20 9/8/20 9/8/20 9/8/20 9/7/20 9/7/20 9/7/20 9/5/20 9/5/20 9/4/20 9/4/20 9/4/20 9/3/20 9/2/20 9/2/20 9/1/20 2/27/20

Gulfstream Park Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association • Lonny Powell – CEO, Executive Vice President • Brock Sheridan – Editor-in-Chief • Tammy Gantt – Associate Vice President, Membership Services & Events Director • E. Jane Murray – Assistant Vice President, Administration & Operations

• Michael Costanzo – Asst. Racing Secretary • Peter Aiello IV – Track Announcer

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

Breeder • Rick Heatter

Double Diamond Farm • Bob White – Farm Manager

continued

Track AP LAD WO PIM PRX TDN TDN WO BEL MTH CT ALB DEL DEL PRX PRX PID IND PID FL MNR MTH RP LAD LRL LRL MNR MNR FE WO SAR SAR TDN CMR WO MTH CMR LRL DEL PRX MNR LRL

Finish

Value

Earnings

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

$65,000 $20,830 $70,310 $55,188 $45,250 $24,000 $32,000 $71,127 $65,000 $47,950 $25,000 $23,800 $42,250 $41,625 $40,500 $40,500 $31,880 $32,500 $31,680 $20,500 $16,554 $46,125 $34,000 $20,500 $44,226 $44,226 $18,786 $18,786 $17,840 $92,963 $74,000 $74,000 $23,000 $14,288 $70,791 $45,125 $12,936 $54,065 $42,125 $41,000 $21,660 $45,612

$7,150 $4,100 $40,500 $8,820 $9,000 $13,800 $2,300 $13,500 $7,800 $4,700 $14,775 $2,380 $25,200 $4,510 $24,000 $4,400 $6,400 $6,500 $3,200 $3,620 $1,780 $28,500 $20,145 $4,100 $4,620 $23,940 $2,020 $11,716 $9,840 $13,500 $40,700 $40,700 $4,600 $8,816 $40,500 $28,500 $2,940 $31,350 $8,400 $4,510 $13,224 $6,006

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

Trainers • Todd Pletcher • Chuck Simon • Matthew O’Connor

International Sound Corp. • James Pelrine – Vice President, Business Operations

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show Horse Name Waterloo Sunset Gran Edition Lynard South House Can’t Kats a Moose Pleasant Value Diamond General Bunchkins Cajun Commander Big Thorn Little Demon Superhelpful Exhalting Good Fight Lugamo Mackenzie’s Girl Esor Tapsasional Souper Energizer Wonder Blondy Honey Beest Pepper Fury Song Catch On Emotional Glamour Girl Mona Stella Jess’s Stride Jade Empress Change of Custody Wise Khozan Doctor Doom Andres Roman Gran Edition Mor Breeze Khozana Joyful Jill Osmi Slew Doo Wop Don Carson City Kid This Dudes No Fool Tappingintosuccess Briella Romantical Note Dem a Wonder Matheson Aizu Raspberry Ballet Goodbye Gaby Carismatica Heals the Soul It’s Summer Magicallydelicious Diamond Lydiamarie Ceviche Orange Theory Souper Boom Busch Latte Super Brady Captain Yenner My Uncle Titan Frankly My Dear Big Rings Battle Cry Real Talk Politikum The Red Man Magic Moonstar Exhalting Windy City Red Nakibeya Light Us Up Tannin Timetastic Daddy’s Joy Avuncular Chess’s Dream Felon No More Minetta Wyatts Warrior Catholic Girl Pepper Osmi Slew

Sex Age F C G F F G C F C C C F R F C F G C G F F F F G F F C F F G C G C F F F C C G C F F F F C F M F F G H F F F F C G G G C F F F C C C F R C F C G F F F C G F G F F C

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

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Congrats First Dude Khozan Palace Katz My Song Ride On Curlin You Luckie Mann Biondetti Cajun Breeze The Big Beast Awesome of Course Violence Chitu Afleet Alex Chitu Take Charge Indy Rattlesnake Bridge Tapiture Hat Trick (Jpn) He's Had Enough The Big Beast Tapiture Fury Kapcori Uncaptured Tonalist Will Take Charge Jess’s Dream Shanghai Bobby Will Take Charge Khozan Hit It a Bomb With Distinction First Dude Exclusive Quality Khozan Flintshire (GB) Freud Dialed In Uncaptured First Dude Tapit Cajun Breeze Two Step Salsa Hello Broadway City Zip Japan Backtalk Adios Charlie Flashstorm Maclean’s Music Spring At Last Poseidon's Warrior You Luckie Mann Brethren First Dude Ghostzapper Cairo Prince Sky Mesa Bahamian Squall Bahamian Squall Jess’s Dream The Big Beast Prospective Gemologist Gone Astray Chitu Uncaptured Chitu Chitu Bismarck Tullio Upstart Mineshaft Fury Kapcori Daddy Long Legs Uncle Mo Jess’s Dream Strong Mandate Khozan Poseidon's Warrior Chitu Tapiture Freud

Lava Falls Grey Appeal Precious Lady Sextant A Moose in Love Sensational Value Party of Eight Love You Bunches Bella Capri Z Save a Rose Evil Dame Franscat British Event Gospel Girl Shegoestoeleven Yankee Victoria Karen’s Joy Indian Colors Earth Shaking Our Kitten Bop She Bop Doctor Doctor Wishful Melody Arrumosis Rare Bit Divine Trick Plain Brown Bag Guard the Empire Janetstickettocats Wise Cookie Port Au Princess La De Andrea (Ven) Grey Appeal Peakaboo Irish Cause for Repent Empire Beauty Pretty Squall Pleasant Ring Classy City Lady Pyrite Grand Slam Slewfoundmoney Clara Bow Profile Aiden's Lil Devil Snagglepuss Red Baroness Oceanic Queen Inpending Danger Bhangaloo Ruby Heavenly Gift Wild Warm Wind Libby'sluckycharm Suzanne Villa Villa Coola Chippi Victorious Won Day of Obligation Winey Taylor Silk Ridge Silk Ridge Signora Gina Alotofappeal Fort Carillon Woodland Park For the Win Miss Rhonda Grazioso British Event Gator Hall Caughtnthemoment Ukraine Irish Lute Ma'am Maw Rockin Mandy Eileen's Dream Achalaya Torchme Battling Brook Command Perfection Relentless Storm Doctor Doctor Pretty Squall

Arindel Ponder Hill Inc. Etarip Stable Inc Jean D. Rice Bruno Schickedanz Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon George T. Gurrola Fred Yutani & Sara Lynn Yutani Shadybrook Farm Inc. Alex Lieblong & JoAnn Lieblong Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Miller Racing LLC Christine Weiss Rustlewood Farm Inc. Tanma Corp. Kris R. Del Giudice Eduardo Soto Don L. Ming Live Oak Stud RGP Ocala Holding Inc. Gail Rice Keith C. Dickey & T. J. Dickey Charlie Runion Dani Dougherty Jacalyn Tillman Bridlewood Farm Whitney Racing Stables Inc. George Kerr & Tim Odonohue Destiny Oaks of Ocala J D Farms Penny Lopez & Angel Lopez SJT Racing Stable LLC Ponder Hill Inc. Arboritanza Racing LLC Lisa McGreevy & Jerry Alampi Stonehedge LLC Mary Ellen Coenen & Bobby Dodd John B. Penn Wendy Christ & Kathie Haines Lynne Boutte & Linda Schroetlin Live Oak Stud Shadybrook Farm Inc Wilson Colindres & Dean Miller Rohan Crichton Milan Kosanovich Dr. Jerry Bilinski & Tropical Racing Martin J. Keogh & Tanya Johnson Joanne Margaret Crowe Inversiones FI LLC Rick Sutherland Maurice Miller LLC Ruben Valdes George T Gurrola Arindel William P. Sorren Live Oak Stud SJT Racing Stable LLC Red Oak Stable Hi-Tide Farm LLC Maura R. Welsh & Cedar Gate Farm LLC Juvenal L. Diaz Ocala Stud & Edward Wiest & William J. Terrill Amalio Ruiz Lozano Ocala Stud Kathleen Amaya Alexandro Centofanti & Raffaele Centofanti Craig L. Wheeler Christy Whitman Christine Weiss Dr. & Mrs. James Gamble Abdul Williams & Omani Williams Craig L. Wheeler Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC Wendy Pape John Ocasio CESA Farm Loren Nichols Hidden Point Farm Inc. Al Shaqab Racing Casey Seaman Robert Dalton Keith C. Dickey & T. J. Dickey Mary Ellen Coenen & Bobby Dodd

9/29/20 9/29/20 9/28/20 9/28/20 9/28/20 9/27/20 9/27/20 9/26/20 9/26/20 9/26/20 9/26/20 9/26/20 9/26/20 9/26/20 9/25/20 9/24/20 9/23/20 9/23/20 9/23/20 9/23/20 9/23/20 9/21/20 9/21/20 9/20/20 9/19/20 9/19/20 9/19/20 9/18/20 9/18/20 9/17/20 9/16/20 9/16/20 9/16/20 9/15/20 9/15/20 9/14/20 9/14/20 9/13/20 9/13/20 9/13/20 9/13/20 9/12/20 9/12/20 9/12/20 9/12/20 9/11/20 9/10/20 9/10/20 9/10/20 9/10/20 9/10/20 9/8/20 9/8/20 9/8/20 9/8/20 9/7/20 9/7/20 9/7/20 9/7/20 9/7/20 9/6/20 9/6/20 9/6/20 9/6/20 9/6/20 9/6/20 9/6/20 9/5/20 9/5/20 9/5/20 9/4/20 9/4/20 9/3/20 9/3/20 9/3/20 9/3/20 9/3/20 9/2/20 9/2/20 9/2/20 9/1/20 9/1/20

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Track Finish MNR MNR PRX PID FE MTH MNR WO GP GP GP PIM GG LAD PIM IND PRX DEL PID MNR MNR PID MNR GP CD GP GP BEL BTP AP PRX MNR MNR TDN MNR DEL MNR GP GP GP MTH GP GP GP RP GP GP GP GP PID BTP PRX TDN TDN ASD PID PID LAD MNR CMR GP GP GP GP GP GP MTH GG GG CT MTH CTM GP GP GP GP PID IND TDN CMR PID MNR

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

Value

Earnings

$15,345 $15,035 $43,450 $36,440 $19,032 $44,750 $15,190 $78,523 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $49,640 $31,980 $20,190 $54,440 $31,000 $41,000 $40,500 $29,700 $15,345 $15,035 $29,900 $15,500 $40,000 $60,192 $54,000 $44,000 $63,000 $21,100 $44,712 $50,600 $14,415 $14,415 $20,000 $15,190 $40,625 $15,190 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $45,550 $55,000 $55,000 $55,000 $29,001 $41,400 $45,000 $45,000 $45,000 $36,150 $14,100 $40,500 $20,000 $20,000 $14,652 $30,500 $30,500 $20,280 $15,190 $11,000 $55,000 $55,000 $55,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $44,750 $31,170 $31,170 $27,000 $43,750 $18,670 $45,000 $45,000 $45,000 $44,000 $29,250 $31,000 $20,000 $11,000 $30,100 $15,035

$1,550 $1,550 $4,400 $3,600 $2,880 $4,500 $8,990 $7,700 $37,000 $12,500 $6,500 $4,400 $18,000 $11,700 $8,400 $6,200 $8,000 $8,000 $3,000 $8,990 $3,100 $18,000 $1,550 $8,800 $30,464 $38,000 $12,000 $7,560 $1,410 $4,918 $8,000 $1,550 $3,100 $2,000 $8,990 $8,000 $3,100 $5,000 $31,000 $10,000 $27,000 $36,000 $5,000 $10,000 $17,196 $9,400 $4,900 $9,400 $27,500 $6,000 $8,460 $8,000 $12,000 $2,000 $1,440 $6,000 $3,000 $11,700 $1,550 $6,380 $10,400 $36,000 $5,400 $31,000 $5,400 $10,800 $4,500 $6,000 $18,000 $5,375 $27,000 $11,400 $4,500 $27,500 $9,400 $12,000 $18,000 $6,200 $12,000 $1,100 $6,000 $3,100

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FTBOA Membership Update

Tammy A. Gantt

Associate Vice President, Director of Membership Services & Events, FEC Contributing Editor and FTC Industry & Community Affairs

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Upcoming Events & Deadlines MEMBER SERVICES

The FTBOA and FEC building at 801 SW 60th Avenue in Ocala is following CDC guidelines and is not open to the public through December. However, all services are being provided to members in person just outside the office in a member foyer area, and by mail, e-mail or phone call. For members visiting in person, please go to the northeast side of the office and ring the doorbell for service if needed. It will take a few moments but an FTBOA team member will arrive to assist you. You will find an outside picnic table under the eave along with clipboards, pens and forms. Sales catalogs, condition books and publications are also available for pick-up. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily Monday through Friday and closed noon to 1 p.m. A dropbox is provided outside the office for contactless service also. To assist members, all forms are also available at www.ftboa.com. If you have any questions, please call me at 352-629-2160 ext 239 or e-mail tgantt@ftboa.com. My cell phone is 352-598-6832 and you are welcome to call or text. We want to continue to offer you seamless service so feel free to reach out if you have any questions. We’ve also launched a Member Spotlight program to showcase our members and their diverse walks of life. To have yours added or to view others, visit FTBOA.com, select the Member Benefits column and then scroll down to Member Spotlight. We think you will enjoy the stories.

https://www.32auctions.com/horsecapitaloftheworld. Thank you to Kathleen O’ Connell racing stables who joined us as the first sponsor. FSS RACING CONTINUES

The Florida Sire Stakes continues with stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on December 12. Check their schedule for details. WINTER EVENTS

The holiday open house will not be held in 2020, however, the annual Boys and Girls Club toy drive will be held with a drop-off location at DeLuca Toyota in Ocala. Some farms are encouraged to join in a farm challenge to see which farm collects the most toys for the program. If your farm is participating, be sure to let us know and we can schedule a pick-up or drop-off. Be sure to take photos. If you cannot make it to a drop-off but wish to participate, contact me and I will assist you. ■

FTC VIRTUAL SILENT AUCTION ENDS NOV. 8

From coveted racing memorabilia, halters of champions and unique gifts to original art, handcrafted goods, quality services, and one-of-a-kind experiences, we have something for everyone to show support of Florida Thoroughbred Charities. Sponsored by the FTBOA and our media partners Horse Capital Television and Florida Equine Communications, you can bid, buy it now, donate or sponsor to help us raise funds for retired thoroughbreds and women in our life-changing program. Funds raised also go to youth education. To bid, go to

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Christina Fisher accepting her Run for the Ribbons show award among her thoroughbred friends at the stable. She was presented the award last month by FTBOA board member Laurine Vargas who also is the founder of the Run for the Ribbons show series designed to showcase the versatility of retired thoroughbreds.

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