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September 2021

VOL 64 / ISSUE 7

DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 6

THE BROCK TALK

FLORIDA FOCUS

FLORIDA-BREDS AROUND THE COUNTRY

National Florida-bred statistics

FTBOA MEMBERSHIP UPDATE — By Tammy A. Gantt

FEATURES 20

FLORIDA SIRE STAKES WINNERS

Cajun’s Magic and My Sassenach tops in Dr. Fager and Desert Vixen

— By Brock Sheridan

FTBOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANDIDATE BIOS

2020 FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY LEADERS AWARDS

Hock Injuries

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The Florida Sire Stakes Has Proven To Be Gateway

he Florida Sire Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup are nearly the same age with the first running of the former coming in 1982 at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Fla. That same year, a group of prominent thoroughbred breeders in Kentucky announced a plan to create the Breeders’ Cup and in November of 1984, thoroughbred racing had a year-end championship event that attracted the best horses, trainers and jockeys from around the globe. While the two events began on opposite coasts with the first Breeders’ Cup being run at Hollywood Park near Los Angeles in 1984, there has been a strong link between the two annual affairs which were both created to promote thoroughbred breeding.

In the 37 runnings of the Breeders’ Cup, 28 starters in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies have been alumni of the Florida Sire Stakes, which was known as the Florida Stallion Stakes from its inception until 2014 when the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association moved the series to Gulfstream Park after assuming management of the lucrative series in 2012. Although no Florida Stallion Stakes grads made it to Hollywood Park in 1984, a pair of Florida-breds ventured to Aqueduct for the 1985 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (Grade 1) after competing in the FSS earlier that year and several have followed since. After winning the $400,000 Florida Stallion Stakes In Continued on page 37

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Florida Focus

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Honey I’m Good Holds On to Win Regret After Starting Gate Gaffe Honey I’m Good burst from post four twice July 3. Before the start of the $75,000 Regret at Monmouth Park, Honey I’m Good broke through her starting stall prematurely as the six fillies and mares were loading for the six furlong test. But the assistant starters reloaded the Florida-bred mare and regardless of her mishaps moments before, she responded by breaking best of all in the race to carry jockey Gerardo Corrales to an early lead they would never relinquish. Let go at 6-1 with Grade 3 Bed of Roses Stakes third-place finisher Bayerness the heavy favorite at 2-5, Honey I’m Good took advantage of her fast start to produce a clear lead down the backstretch. Bayerness and 7-2 choice Bronx Beauty, who was second to Florida-bred Miss Auramet last time out in the $76,000 Politely Stakes at Monmouth on May 30, ran together in second as Honey I’m Good finished the first quarter-mile in a fast :22.29 and a length-and-a-half in front. Florida-bred Honey I’m Good Bill Denver / EquiPhoto Honey I’m Good extended her lead to two lengths around the far turn to quickly complete the half-mile in :44.94 as Bayerness OBITUARY tried to close the gap with a three-wide move that left Bronx Beauty four lengths back turning for home. WALTER “BUZZ” BURKE Honey I’m Good continued to lead by two lengths in deep stretch before Bayerness began to close on the outWalter “Buzz” Burke passed away on July 9 at side. Bayerness was able to get within a neck before runage 78 after a several-year battle with cancer. He ning out of ground as Honey I’m Good finished in and his wife, Jean, owned Valley View Farm in 1:09.28 on the fast track. Reddick after moving to Florida in 1973. They Bronx Beauty was five lengths farther back in third bred and raced thoroughbreds and were agents at followed by Sonar, She’smysunshine and Oceano Rosso. sales in Saratoga, N.Y., Maryland, and Florida. He Alandra was scratched by the trainer. Walter “Buzz” Burke and Jean were leading consignors for many years “I was worried when she broke through the gate. I at Ocala Breeders’ Sales. Turnback the Alarm was one of the farm’s top horses knew I needed to break on top,” Corrales said. “That’s selling for $700,000 to Haruya Yoshida of Japan. The multiple graded-stakes where she is at her best and it was the best way to beat winner earned more than $960,000. [Bayerness]. My horse was very comfortable. I saw [BayIn 1998, Burke served as president of the Florida Thoroughbred Farm Manerness] coming at us late but my filly had enough left.” agers’ Inc. and vice president of the board of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company. Honey I’m Good paid $14.40 to win. He also served on the board of directors of the Florida Thoroughbred BreedHoney I’m Good is trained by Steve Asmussen for Alers’ and Owners’ Association from 1988-1994 and 1998-2001. most Heaven Stables. For the last few years, he enjoyed photography and loved taking photographs “I don’t think [Honey I’m Good] cared for the track in of a variety of subjects. her last start and she needed to settle in here a little bit to He is survived by Jean, his wife of almost 58 years; son Jeff Burke and wife train,” Asmussen assistant Mitch Dennison said. “She has Angie of Wisconsin; daughter Liz and husband Glenn of Utah with a grandbeen working well here, calm and quiet, and that’s imporson, Ryan, a pilot training in Utah; and granddaughter Rachel in college in tant with her because she can be a nervous filly—as we Orlando. saw when she broke through the gate before the start today. As per his wishes, his ashes will be sent to Wisconsin and family will spread “She was a little more nervous than we’d like her to be them in their private lake. There will be no local service. In lieu of flowers, but she settled in and handled the track well.” please donate to the Hospice of Ocala, 3231 SW 34th Avenue, Ocala, FL 34474. It was the second start of the year for Honey I’m Good, Cards for the family may be sent to 10890 SW 63rd Ave, Ocala, FL 34476. ■ who was sixth in the Politely in her only start since fin■

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ishing second to Honor Way in the $100,000 Garland of Roses going six furlongs at Aqueduct on Dec. 6. In three other starts last year, Honey I’m Good won the $80,000 Honey Lodge Stakes at Belmont Park on June 5 over a muddy six furlongs and split a pair of second condition, $62,500 optional claiming allowance races. She was second to Piedi Bianchi on Jan. 26, 2020 in her first race of last year before winning

on March 13, 2020, both going six furlongs at Aqueduct. Bred in Florida by Ann Fostock, Honey I’m Good is by Shackleford out of American Queen, by Quiet American and she won for the sixth time in 13 starts. She also has two seconds and three thirds with earnings of $302,053 including her $45,000 first-place check for winning the Regret. ■ Florida Focus continues on next page

Our Flash Drive Files Selene Stakes Victory Florida-bred Our Flash Drive started a big day for her owner Charlotte Weber and her Live Oak Plantation as she won the Grade 3 Selene Stakes with stablemate Sweet Souper Sweet third at Woodbine Racecourse on July 10 before Live Oak Plantation’s Souper Sensational won the Grade 3 Victory Ride at Belmont Park approximately 20 minutes later. It was also a record victory for trainer Mark Casse, who won his fourth consecutive Selene, a US$125,000 test for 3-year-old fillies going a mile-and-a-sixteenth on Woodbine’s Tapeta main track. Casse, who has won the Selene a total of seven times including last year with Florida-bred Two Sixty for Gary Barber and with Floridabred Dark Ending for Mockingbird Farm Inc. in 2001, has also teamed with Husbands to take four editions of the race. They combined for past wins with Dark Ending, Dixie Strike (2012) and Miss Mo Mentum (2018). Casse also won the 2019 with Power Gal (2019). Casse, who is a Hall of Fame member in both Canada and the United States, also trains Souper Sensational. California Lily broke quickly from post two in the Selene and went right to the front while Our Flash Drive started a bit slower from post three. However, Our Flash Drive and jockey Patrick Husbands quickly hustled up to challenge the leader as they went around the clubhouse turn. California Lily and Our Flash Drive finished the first quartermile in :24.78 before the former began to extend her lead to a length down the backstretch to finish the half-mile in :49.03 as Our Flash Drive continued to stalk in second. As they went around the far turn, Husbands cued Our Flash Drive to challenge for the lead and she responded with a two-wide move to draw even with California Lily while they completed six furlongs in 1:12.87. But Our Flash Drive continued her momentum and rolled to a clear lead turning for home as Munnyfor Ro took second after a slow start while Sweet Souper Sweet continued in third. Our Flash Drive drew off down the stretch under a hand ride from Husbands and finished in 1:44.69 on the fast track with Munnyfor Ro finishing second, two-and-a-quarter lengths clear of

Florida-bred Our Flash Drive ■ Michael Burns Photo

Sweet Souper Sweet in third. California Lily was fourth followed by Gote Go and Danger. Il Malocchio was scratched. Our Flash Drive returned $4.70 to win. Making only her fourth career start in the Selene, Our Flash Drive was coming off of her first career win when she defeated special weight maidens by three-and-three-quarters lengths going seven furlongs on Woodbine’s synthetic surface on June 19 in her first start of the year. Last year, the bay filly finished seventh and fourth in two tries in maiden special weights at Saratoga in July and August. Our Flash Drive is by Ghostzapper out of Dynamotor, by Dynaformer and the US$72,312 first-place check increased her career bottom line to $110,744. Our Flash Drive is the first foal from Dynamotor. She also has an unraced, 2-year-old colt named Engine’s Ready by Hard Spun, an unnamed yearling filly who is a full-sister to Our Flash Drive and a weanling filly by Omaha Beach. ■

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Golden Pal Cruises in Quick Call Victory Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (Grade 2)-winner Golden Pal horse he has ever trained, continued to praise his young sprinter. “He’s so extremely talented and quick,” Ward said. “He’s a big was head-turning impressive in his first start of the year as the Florida-bred colt drew off to win the Grade 3 Quick Call Stakes at horse and he moves like a cat and that’s where he really has an adSaratoga by three lengths as the 1-5 favorite on July 15, Opening vantage. I was a little concerned going into the race that I didn’t have a gate work into Day at the Spa. Golden him, but he’s so smart Pal defeated five other 3that he overcame that in year-old rivals over fivethe first jump. When they and-a-half furlongs on said ‘go,’ he was gone. the grass in the $120,000 “I like sprinters off Quick Call. layoffs,” Ward continued. Golden Pal also be“I think they run their came the fourth Floridabest races off layoffs, bred in the last seven more so than the distance years to win the Quick horses. I think they need Call following Pure Senspacing in between besation in 2014, Holding cause they are so fast and Gold (2016) and World put so much into it, espeof Trouble (2018). It was cially the first part of the also his second victory at race.” Saratoga having won the Florida-bred Golden Pal Susie Raisher Photo Ward said the long $85,000 Skidmore there by three-and-a-quarters lengths going five-and-a-half furlongs on term goal for Golden Pal is the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) on Nov 6 at Del Mar. the turf on Aug. 21. “The bigger races are here in the next months and heading into In his first start since Nov. 6 when he won the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland, Golden Pal broke evenly from post three the fall and then the Breeders’ Cup, so this is when you want to see but shot to a sudden one length lead in the initial strides with regu- them do this,” Ward said. Golden Pal, who was the 2020 Florida-bred champion 2-yearlar rider Irad Ortiz Jr. aboard. They continued to hold that margin through a blazing first quarter-mile in :21.92 as Chick Lang Stakes old male, won for the third time in five career starts. His losses came (G3) and $126,000 Woodstock Stakes runner-up Jaxon Traveler in his first two career starts when second to Florida-bred Gatsby in a four-and-a-half furlong maiden special weight on the dirt at Gulfgave chase in second alongside 12-1 choice Kentucky Pharoah. Golden Pal extended his lead to a length-and-a-half turning for stream in April of last year before again finishing second in the home while keeping the blistering pace and finishing the half-mile Group 2 Norfolk won by The Lir Jet at Royal Ascot going five fursplit in :44.82 as Jaxon Traveler now maintained pursuit alone in longs over a good turf on June 19, 2020. Bred in Florida by Randall E. Lowe, Golden Pal is by Uncle Mo second. Golden Pal cruised down the stretch without a threat and finished in 1:02.99 on the good turf as Omaha City rallied from last out of the graded stakes-winning mare Lady Shipman, by Midto get second at odds of 36-1. Jaxon Traveler was a half-length far- shipman and the $66,000 Quick Call check increased his earnings ther back in third followed by Rebel Posse, Second of July and Ken- to $902,387. Golden Pal currently races in the colors of Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor, Derrick Smith and Westerburg. tucky Pharoah. Lady Shipman, who was second to Mongolian Saturday in the “He’s a nice horse. I’m happy he came back where he left off,” Ortiz said after also piloting Charlie’sarchangel to victory in the first 2015 Twinspires Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, was also a multiple race on Opening Day. “He broke really nice for me. When I asked stakes-winner at Saratoga and won the Grade 3 Royal North at him, he responded really well. I didn’t want to ask too early. I did- Woodbine among her 11 career stakes victories. She has one other reported foal, a weanling colt by Omaha Beach named Lieutenant n’t want him to do too much, he’s been off for a long time.” Trainer Wesley Ward, who has said Golden Pal may be the best General. ■ Florida Focus continues on page 12 ■

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Casse Inducted into National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Mile (G1) winner, champion turf horse and Florida-bred Horse of the Year World Approval; Jack and Debbie Oxley, owners More than a year after being elected for of recent Tampa Bay Derby (G2)-winner induction into the National Museum of RacHelium and Arkansas Derby (G1)-winner ing and Hall of Fame, trainer and longtime Classic Empire; Tracy Farmer for whom Ocala, Fla., resident Mark Casse, 60, was Casse won the Belmont Stakes (G1) with recognized Aug. 6 at a ceremony at the Sir Winston; longtime friend David Fasig-Tipton Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, Greathouse and Robert Masterson, who N.Y. Casse, who along with jockey Darrell respectively bred and owned Queen Anne McHargue, two-time Horse of the Year Wise (Group 1)-winner and champion Tepin; Dan, horse of yesteryear Tom Bowling and Gary Barber, owner of Preakness (G1)industry icons Alice Headley Chandler Jr., J. winner War of Will, his current and former Keene Dangerfield Jr. and George D. staff members among others. Widener Jr., was part of the Hall of Fame Born in Indianapolis, Ind., Casse has class of 2020 and whose ceremony was enjoyed a career of consistent excellence postponed until this year because of the in both the United States and Canada. In Covid-19 pandemic. The Aug. 6 ceremony 1978, at the age of 17, Casse took out his also recognized the 2021 class of Hall of Mark Casse Coglianese Photo trainer’s license in Massachusetts. He was Fame inductees that included trainer Todd Pletcher, steeplechase trainer Jack Fisher and 2015 Triple Crown 18 when he won his first race as a trainer with Joe’s Coming at Keeneland on April 14, 1979. winner American Pharoah. Although Casse won a training title at Churchill Downs during This is the second thoroughbred racing Hall of Fame for Casse, who was honored with induction into the Canadian shrine in 2016. the 1988 spring meet, he did not achieve a high level of success Although Casse was honored alongside two Hall of Fame until 2001 when he won the Grade 1 Selene Stakes with Dark Endclasses filled with renowned figures, his impassioned acceptance ing at odds of 20-1 and that year’s Metropolitan Handicap with Exciting Story at 56-1. speech was among the highlights of the commemoration event. Shortly thereafter, his career launched into an elite level that has Casse said as he began his speech that Fox Sports horse racing analyst Jonathon Kinchen had set the over under on him crying at resulted in a record 12 Sovereign Awards as Canada’s top trainer, a minute and 30 seconds. “I won’t make it past the introduction,” 11 training titles at Woodbine and eight Canadian Triple Crown Casse said. “I have a better chance of winning the Kentucky Derby races—the Queen’s Plate (2014, 2018), Prince of Wales Stakes (2009, 2012, 2013, 2018), and Breeders’ Stakes (2007, 2018). than getting through this speech without losing my composure. In 2019, he won his first American Triple Crown races with War “I’ve been very fortunate in my life to win many big races and awards, but none greater than this honor. The last few weeks, I of Will in the Preakness and Sir Winston in the Belmont. Casse spent reflecting on various past in my life. Who would have thought has won Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup races with Catch a Glimpse (Jufifty years ago… that I would be standing here today. Horse racing venile Fillies Turf), Tepin (Mile), Classic Empire (2016 Juvenile), World Approval (2017 Mile), and Shamrock Rose (2018 Filly and has always been my life.” Although Casse’s voice cracked from the beginning, he made it Mare Sprint). Classic Empire, Shamrock Rose, Tepin, and World 3 minutes before his emotions forced him to pause when he began Approval all won Eclipse Awards. He considers his career highto thank his mother. After Casse’s wife, Tina, took to the podium light to be winning the Queen Anne at Royal Ascot with Tepin. Through Aug. 7, Casse has won 3,127 races from 19,096 starts to read a few lines from the speech, Casse resumed to thank many of his longtime supporters including his late father Norman Casse; with earnings of $191,078,186. He has been ranked in the top 10 his son, former assistant and current trainer Norman Casse; Tina nationally in wins and earnings each year since 2016 and by earnand other family members; the late Harry T. Mangurian Jr., who ing since 2011. Casse maintains his home in Ocala where he also owns the employed Casse at a young age to manage the renowned Mockingbird Farm; Charlotte Weber; for whom he trained Breeders’ Cup Casse Training Center. ■ ■

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Sutherland Caps Four-Win Day With Key Biscayne in Monroe Stakes Chantal Sutherland’s well-timed ride aboard Key Biscayne gave the jockey her fourth victory on the day and the Florida-bred filly her first black type triumph in taking the $75,000 Monroe Stakes at Gulfstream Park on July 24. The Monroe was originally scheduled for a full gate of 14 fillies and mares to race a mile-and-one-sixteenth on the turf but was moved to one mile on the main track. That prompted six “off the turf ” scratches in addition to a “veterinarian” scratch and left a field of seven. Key Biscayne was off a bit slow from post four and was sixth of seven early behind 3-5 favorite Thissmytime, who sprinted to a clear lead from the rail. Florida-bred Thissmytime clicked off a first quartermile in :22.60 with apparent ease ahead of Elusive Molly on the outside in second and Florida-bred Mo of the West between horses in third. Meanwhile Key Biscayne patiently raced five lengths farther back in sixth with Global Brand trailing from another three lengths in arrears. Thissmytime took a one length lead into the turn but Starship Nterprise progressed to the front with a two-wide move after a half-mile in :46.10 as Global Brand suddenly advanced on the rail and Key Biscayne also began to threaten from the four path. Starship Nterprise turned for home in front and pulled away to more than a one-length margin past the eighth-pole as Global Brand chased in second ahead of Key Biscayne third on the outside. Starship Nterprise appeared the winner 100 yards from home when Key Biscayne produced a sudden acceleration to get the lead in the final jumps and finish a neck in front of Starship Nterprise in 1:36.90 on the fast track. Global Brand was another two-and-a-quarter lengths back in third followed by Thissmytime, Mo of the West, Elusive Molly and Florida-bred Heiressindy. Drapes, Eskimo’s Boss, Kahiko, Lovely Luvy, Shifty She, Sky Chaser and Snow Shower (GB) were scratched. “I had worked her and I worked another horse I’ve won on for Arindel. I loved how they worked,” Sutherland said. “I had so much confidence going into the race. I just love the way [Key Biscayne] handles everything.” Sutherland, who is riding at the Gulfstream Spring/Summer Meet for the first time, won earlier on the card with Florida-bred Hot Babe ($5.20) in Race 3, Hard Ten ($2.80) in Race 8 and Florida-bred Clapton ($20.20) in Race 9. Key Biscayne paid $14.40 to win. “I’m so grateful. I’m grateful to God, and I’m grateful to Gulfstream for being so amazing,” Sutherland said after the Monroe. “I’m so happy it’s worked out the way it did. Thanks to [trainer] Kenny McPeek, who helped me get fit to do this during the winter.” After taking a break during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sutherland

Florida-bred Key Biscayne ■ Ryan Thompson Photo

galloped horses for McPeek at Gulfstream this past winter during the track’s Championship Season. The 4-year-old Key Biscayne has now won four races with two seconds and two thirds from 14 lifetime starts while earning $244,190 from the barn of trainer Juan Alvarado. Slow to develop, the Arindel homebred daughter of the farm’s stallion Brethren out of Boa Twelve, by Lemon Drop Kid did not win until her sixth career start against state-bred, special weight maidens at Gulfstream in May of last year. She won her next start against first condition, $16,000 optional claiming allowance runners on the turf before later taking on the Grade 2 Lake Placid going a mile-and-one-eighth on the turf at Saratoga in July where she finished fourth behind winner Speaktomeofsummer. She was then third in the mile-and-three-sixteenths $500,000 Saratoga Oaks won by Antoinette on grass in August and fifth in Magic Attitude’s Belmont Oaks (G1) going a mile-and-one-quarter on the turf on Sept. 19. She then won a first level allowance race taken off the turf at Belmont in October in her last race of the year. In her first start of 2021, she finished seventh in the $75,000 Ginger Punch won by Shifty She over a mile-and-one-sixteenth on the turf at Gulfstream on June 12. ■

March to the Arch Rallies for Niagara Stakes Score Florida-bred March to the Arch chased down the pacesetters to win the US $84,842 Niagara Stakes on July 25 over Woodbine’s E.P. Taylor Turf Course. The stakes feature for 4-year-olds and older was run at a distance of about a mile-and-one-eighth on the grass. With Patrick Husbands up for leading trainer Mark Casse, multiContinued on next page THE FLORIDA HORSE • SEPTEMBER 2021

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In winning the Niagra, he notched his eighth career win from 27 starts while pushing his bankroll to $921,659. He also has four seconds and three thirds. ■

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ple graded stakes-winner March to the Arch settled back in fifth early on behind Belichick and Theregoesjojo as a front-end duel ensued between Admiralty Pier and Primo Touch. The battle for the lead persisted through early fractions of :23.14 and :45.32, and continued all the way into the stretch, with the top pair as much as 10 lengths in front of rivals approaching the turn. However, March to the Arch saved ground on the bend then rallied outside of Belichick down the stretch. He reeled in the tiring leaders and went on to score by a widening four-and-a-half lengths in 1:45.15 over the ‘good’ course, with Belichick finishing second. Theregoesjojo edged out Primo Touch in a photo for show while Current was fifth followed by Sir Sahib, Admiralty Pier, Woodbridge and Mnemba Island. “He’s classy. Everybody would like to ride a horse like him,” Husbands said. “He’s got a serious, serious turn of foot.” Fresh off a runner-up performance in the Grade 3 Dominion Day at the start of July to open his six-year-old campaign, March to the Arch was sent postward as the 6-5 favorite and paid $4.40 to win. “In the last race, from reading the Form, I could see that there was no pace and he’s a closer. When we got to the first turn, I saw it and I thought ‘oh my god.’ So I had to press that horse [winner Mighty Heart] the whole way and he still hung in there, you know,” said Husbands in reference to March to the Arch’s season’s debut when he forced the pace early down the backstretch. “It wasn’t his style, but he still came back today and showed you he was a good horse.” Owned by Live Oak Plantation, the homebred son of Arch out of Daveron (Ger), by Black Sam Bellamy (Ire) won the Grade 2 King Edward Stakes over the E.P. Taylor turf last year in August prior to his second-place effort to fellow Florida-bred champion Starship Jubilee in the Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile on Sept. 19. His 2020 campaign, which also included a victory in the Sunshine Millions Turf at Gulfstream Park in January of last year, resulted in him being named by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association as their Florida-bred Champion Turf Male. 14

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Shea D Summer and Competitive Speed have exchanged wins against each other in their last two starts but the Florida-bred Shea D Summer took the rubber match Aug. 7 at Gulfstream Park in the $75,000 Azalea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at seven furlongs. Shea D Summer won the first meeting between the two stakes winners on June 5 when she won the $75,000 Game Face Stakes by twoand-a-half lengths ahead of Competitive Speed in second going six-and-a-half furlongs at Gulfstream. Then Competitive Speed evened the score in an overnight handicap at Gulfstream going seven furlongs on July 10 after Shea D Summer broke in the air at the start and compromised her ability to use her front-running style. While Shea D Summer came back in deep stretch to take the lead, Competitive Speed rallied to win by a length ahead of Coach Jer’s Joy in second while Shea D Summer finished two-and-a-half lengths back in fourth. In the Azalea, however, Shea D Summer and jockey Emisael Jaramillo broke best of all from post four and went right to the front with fellow Florida-bred and 4-1 third choice Kmar Taj to her inside as Competitive Speed and Leonel Reyes chose to sit behind those two in third. Shea D Summer raced through the first quarter-mile in :22.97 while a half-length in front of Kamar Taj, who took a short lead from the outside as the two fillies raced around the turn a length-and-a-half faster than Competitive Speed. But Shea D Summer was just beginning her run when they turned for home as they finished the half-mile in :45.36 with Florida-bred Restofthestory now joining the fray as Competitive Speed could not keep pace. Continued on page 16

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Shea D Summer drew off in the run for home as Restofthestory used a ground-saving trip to take over the second spot from the resilient pair of Competitive Speed and Kamar Taj. Shea D Summer cruised home to finish with a three-and-a-quarter-length advantage in a final time of 1:23.11 on the fast track. Restofthestory was second, a head in front of Competitive Speed in third with Kamar Taj fourth. Coach Jer’s Joy and Florida-bred Princess Secret completed the order of finish. “I think everything was in the break today. I just told Jaramillo, ‘Let’s just have a better break and get early position and go from there,” winning trainer Carlos David said. “I expected a little more pressure

early from [Kamar Taj] and [Restofthestory]. [Kamar Taj] did come up and challenge her, but she responded really well.” Shea D Summer, who also won the $60,000 Juvenile Filly Sprint at Gulfstream Park West in November in her second start, has now won half of her eight career starts with a second and earnings of $170,071. Owner Shea D Boy’s Stable purchased Shea D Summer out of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale last June for $35,000 from the consignment of Ocala Stud, who also bred the dark bay or brown filly. Shea D Summer is by Summer Front out of Empress of Gold, by Empire Maker and paid $5.20 to win as the 8-5 favorite. ■ Florida Focus continues on next page

Fortuitous Florida-bred Pappacap Impressive in Best Pal George and Karen Russell breed to sell their Florida-breds as yearlings. And like most of their other homebreds, the Russells did not intend to keep their current 2-year-old star Pappacap. But in a story of good intentions gone awry gone to unforeseen fortune, they unintentionally kept the son of Gun Runner only to see him win the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar Aug. 7. “We send [our yearlings] to Keeneland to sell in September,” George Russell said on TVG from the Del Mar paddock before the race. “Then there wasn’t enough [expected value at the time] to run him through the [Keeneland September] sale, so we scratched him out. So we had another plan—a 2-year-old in-training sale. So we sent him to [trainer] Mark [Casse] and we’d go watch him work. Then Mark says ‘he needs more time. You need to put him in the next sale.’ Then the next sale comes along and Mark says ‘he still needs more time.’ And then obviously, we didn’t sell him. Keeping Pappacap, whether by design or despair, proved prosperous as the bay colt won the $200,500 Best Pal by four-and-threequarters lengths against five other juvenile foes in the six furlong traditional prep race for the Grade 1 Runhappy Del Mar Futurity to be run at the seaside oval on Sept. 6. After breaking his maiden while leading from start to finish against special weight maidens going five furlongs at Gulfstream Park in his career debut on May 14, Pappacap, who is trained by recent Hall of Fame inductee Mark Casse, went to the post in the Best Pal as the 2-1 favorite and did not disappoint. Ridden by Joe Bravo from post three, Pappacap broke evenly but was unable to get the front-running position he took in breaking his maiden as fellow Florida-bred Bet On Mookie sprinted to the lead from post one while being joined by Everett Nevin Stakeswinner Thirsty Always to his outside. Meanwhile a confident Bravo kept Pappacap tucked in just behind the two frontrunners, who clicked off the first two furlongs in a quick :22.11. 16

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Bet On Mookie and Thirsty Always continued their battle in tandem around the turn as Pappacap saved ground in third before tipping out to the three path as they came into the stretch after a half-mile in :45.79. Pappacap took a short lead as the trio passed the eighth-pole together but shook free with a sudden acceleration in the final furlong before easily winning by four-and-three-quarter lengths in 1:11.66. Finneus made a late run to get second and finish a length-and-a-half in front of Bet On Mookie in third followed by Thirsty Always, Aquitania Arrival and Florida-bred Our Empire, who broke slow at the start. “I was glad to see how well he settled in behind those two up front,” Bravo said. “His race in Florida, he just was pure speed. You don’t know if that’s the way they like to go. But he showed another dimension today. Mark Casse sends them out ready.” “He ran different. He stalked, which was a little concerning. But Continued on next page

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once he came around the turn there, he started his run and I think this is better,” George Russell said after the race. “Better finish. Better win. He’s maturing and getting better. I think he’s going to do what Mark expects of him.” Casse assistant Allen Hardy-Zukowski gave credit to Bravo for the patient ride that he said showcased the colt’s promise. “Joe [Bravo] gave him such a great ride coming out of the gate,” he said. “[Pappacap] seemed loaded and when Joe asked in the stretch he responded. I was glad to see that, especially coming off a layoff. It was great.” Pappacap earned $120,000 for winning the Best Pal and increased his bankroll to $165,762. He paid $6.60 to win. Pappacap is out of the graded stakes-place Pappascat, by Scat Daddy, who was second to Strike Charmer in the 2014 Cardinal Handicap (G3) at Churchill Downs. She has two other foals of racing age, both winners including Redrock Trail, by Trappe Shot; and Tynan, by Liam’s Map. She also has a yearling colt by Bolt d’Oro and a wean-

ling colt by Omaha Beach. She was bred to War of Will in 2021. TVG personality Brittney Eurton also asked Russell on air about the TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1), which will be run at Del Mar on Nov. 5. “It’s on the radar,” Russell said. “He needs to show us he deserves to be there and if he does, we’ll be there.” But Karen Russell said she had more short term plans for Pappacap to show her appreciation. “This is most exciting thing we’ve done in probably our lifetime,” Karen Russell said. “It’s fabulous. It’s very, very important to us and we are very happy. I can’t wait to feed him some carrots.” Pappacap is the fourth Florida-bred to win the Best Pal. The Mark Glatt-trained Collusion Illusion, who was bred by Donald R. Dizney, won in 2019 and the Suzanne Collins-bred Flame Thrower won in 2000 from the barn of Bob Baffert. Florida-bred Spanish Way, who was trained by Laz Barrera, won the second running of the race in 1977 when it was the Balboa Stakes. Spanish Way was bred by Forty Oaks Ranch. ■

Florida-breds Run 1-2-3 on the Fourth in Bob Umphrey Warrior’s Pride topped a Florida-bred trifecta and earned an additional $25,000 win bonus to boot July 4 at Gulfstream Park as he took the $100,000 Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint by a neck ahead of Tiger Blood in second, who was another length-and-a-quarter faster than third-place finisher Yes I Am Free. Tiger Blood and Yes I Am Free are also Florida-breds. The Bob Umphrey attracted a field of 11 sprinters, 3-years-old and older who went five furlongs on the turf and the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association presented a win only bonus of $25,000 to a victorious Florida-bred. Trained by Antonio Cioffi, Warrior’s Pride also won his second stakes of the year in four starts having also taken the $75,000 Texas Glitter Stakes going five furlongs on the Gulfstream Park turf on March 20. Warrior’s Pride and jockey Emisael Jaramillo took up their familiar position in front as they quickly had daylight on the foursome of Tiger Blood, Nitro Time, Yes I Am Free and Brother Satchmo, who were together in second. After two furlongs in a quick but expected :22.02, Warrior’s Pride and Emisael Jaramillo extended their lead to two lengths around the turn as Yes I Am Free gave chase in second with Tiger Blood and Citrus Burst another two lengths back. Warrior’s Pride appeared strong down the stretch while keeping a safe, two length margin on Yes I Am Free before Tiger Blood appeared in the middle of the track full of run.

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Warrior’s Pride had a length on Tiger Blood with 50 yards to run but that frame vanished as they finished in :57.30 on the turf labeled as good. Citrus Burst was fourth followed by Harry’s Ontheloose, Romario, Florida-bred and 8-5 favorite Caribou Club, Ete Indien, Sovereign Warrior, Brother Satchmo and Nitro Time. R Mercedes Boy and Ournationonparade were scratched. A Just for Fun Stable Inc. homebred, Warrior’s Pride is a 3-year-old by Poseidon’s Warrior out of Florida-bred Sophia’s Pride, by Pleasant Tap. He has now won four of nine starts while earning $170,232. ■ THE FLORIDA HORSE • SEPTEMBER 2021

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BY BROCK SHERIDAN Cajun’s Magic paid $15 to win. Following the race, trainer Michael Yates said he was not surprised by the close finish and revealed his prophetic conservation with Marilyn Campbell in early July after each had completed their first victories. “After they broke their maidens, Mrs. Campbell asked me which one I liked best,” Yates said. “I said, ‘Personally, at this point,’ I feel like we have the exacta. I don’t know which one’s the best.’ “It’s quite a thrill. [The Campbells] have been such a big part in the Florida breeding industry. To be a part of the team is an honor, for sure.” Both Cajun’s Magic and Dean Delivers are by Cajun Breeze, who Continued on next page

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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — Gil and Marilyn Campbell won and Owner’a Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Florida Sire Stakes for the 17th time and the Dr. Fager division for the fifth time July 31 when their Cajun’s Magic defeated stablemate Dean Delivers by a neck to complete the homebred exacta. A field of seven 2-year-olds by registered Florida sires went six furlongs for a purse of $100,000 in the 39th running of the Dr. Fager. While running in the name of Gilbert C. Campbell or under their long time stable name Stonehedge LLC, the Campbell’s green and white silks have also been carried into the winner’s circle following the Dr. Fager by Blazing Sword in 1996, Two T’s at Two Bs in 2012, My Brown Eyed Guy in 2013 and Breeze On By last year. On a day when total handle on Gulfstream races hit a Dr. Fager/Desert Vixen day record $10,136,959, Dean Delivers and Hope in Him were both sent to the post at 8-5 with the latter getting the slight edge as the wagering favorite while Cajun’s Magic was 6-1 at post time. After a good start by all, 9-1 Laki Lio shot to the front from post one and had a length advantage on Hope in Him in second with Dean Delivers another half-length back in third while Cajun’s Magic and jockey Jesus Rios were mid-pack. Laki Lio raced into the turn after a quarter-mile split of :22.10 as Dean Delivers ranged up to challenge on the outside at the five-sixteenths pole and Cajun’s Magic began to pick up horses while racing three-wide. As Dean Delivers and Cajun’s Magic raced in tandem past the quarter-pole while ticking off a half-mile in :45.42, Laki Lio surrendered into third with Hope in Him completing his best running while two lengths farther back in fourth. Dean Delivers was able to hold off Cajun’s Magic until they had just more than an eighth of a mile to go when Cajun’s Magic took to the front on the outside. The tenacious Dean Delivers never quit and came back again on the rail but was repelled by his stablemate as they finished in 1:11.02 and ten lengths better than a late running Golden Special in third. They were followed by Merlin, Big and Classy, Hope in Him and Laki Lio. Lightening Larry and Palimonium were scratched.

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lion’s first crop in 2018. Cajun Breeze also sired Dr. Fager-winner Breeze On By last year. Breeze On By, who was trained by Ralph Nicks, also won the $200,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Affirmed on Aug. 29 last year. Running in either Campbell’s name or under their stable name, Stonehedge LLC, they have now won the Desert Vixen three times with Scandalous Act (2033), Lenzi’s Lucky Lady (2019), Go Jo Jo Go (2020); the Dr. Fager five times with Blazing Sword (1996), Two T’s at Two B (2012), My Brown Eyed Guy (2013), Breeze On By (2020) Cajun’s Magic (2021); the Susan’s Girl twice with Ivanavinalot (2002) and Scandalous Act (2013); the Affirmed four times with Blazing Sword (1996), My Brown Eyed Guy (2013), Liam’s Lucky Charm (2019) and Breeze On By (2020); the My Dear Girl twice with Ivanavinalot (2002) and Scandalouis Act (2013); and the In Reality once with Well Defined. MY SASSENACH NO SURPRISE FOR CONNECTIONS IN DESERT VIXEN DESPITE 9-1 ODDS

Florida-bred My Sassenach was sent to the post as a 9-1 outsider for the $100,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Florida Sire Stakes Desert Vixen at Gulfstream Park on July 31, but the dark bay or brown filly and jockey Miguel Vasquez dominated the six furlong dash, winning by eight-and-a-quarter lengths. My Sassenach paid $21 on a $2 win ticket.

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Yates trained and co-owned owned with Robert Eversole at the end of the stallion’s racing career. Cajun Breeze is now co-owned by the Campbells and has stood throughout his tenure as a stallion at their Stonehedge Farm South in Williston. “It’s pretty surreal. [Cajun Breeze] is throwing some nice horses. I think the best is yet to come from him,” Yates said. “His first couple crops, he had some pretty small numbers from some pretty ordinary mares. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have bought half of him and have bred a decent number of mares to him. The proof’s in the pudding.” Cajun’s Magic has more Florida breeding on his bottom side as he is out of the Campbell’s homebred mare Mollie’s Magic, by Factum, who has produced two other horses of racing age. Both siblings are winners including Turn on the Magic, by Journeyman Stud’s leading Florida sire Khozan and an earner of $112,179; and Poseidon’s Magic, by Poseidon’s Warrior. She also has an unnamed weanling filly by Journeyman Stud stallion St. Patrick’s Day. The Campbells also own a portion of Khozan. Cajun’s Magic was second to Of a Revolution in his first start against special weight maidens going five furlongs at Gulfstream on May 29 before winning a state-bred maiden special weight going fiveand-a-half furlongs at Gulfstream July 3. His first-place check in the Dr. Fager increased his career revenues to $112,900. Cajun’s Magic gave his sire Cajun Breeze his third winner in the $100,000 Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager in the last four years including the Michael Yates-trained Cajun Firecracker, who represented the stal-

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The annual Florida Sire Stakes series is for juveniles sired by accredited Florida stallions. Trained by J. David Braddy, My Sassenach finished second to Queen Camilla in a five-and-a-half furlong maiden special weight against fellow Florida-breds on July 1 in her only other start, which did not deter the connections going into the Desert Vixen. “I thought she was a real good filly the first time we ran her,” Braddy said. “We worked her nine days in front of the race, scoped her, and she was clean. We ran her in that race and she scoped with a lung infection. I think that cost us the first race, but we’ve been high on her all along.” Owner Michael Sucher purchased the filly for $152,000 in the name of his Champion Equine LLC at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales April Sale from breeder Craig L. Wheeler’s consignment. “Her first race she had a mucous infection and blockage and she still only lost by a length,” Sucher said. “So we felt high coming into this race. She’s been working lights out and she ran that way. Also we put blinkers on her to keep her more focused and that seemed to work.” My Sassenach broke well from post six and was quickly in a fourhorse battle for the early lead with Rufa Red Knot, on the rail; Stone Beauty to her inside and Demurely on her right. Rufa Red Knot, who was making her career debut in the Desert Vixen, was able to put a length advantage on Stone Beauty in second with 7-5 favorite Noble Dreamer and My Sassenach a joint third as they finished the first quarter mile in :22.13. Rufa Red Knot extended her lead to a length-and-a-half as she took the field of eight around the turn but My Sassenach began to makeup ground and was only half-length off the lead as they clicked off a half-mile in :45.74. My Sassenach took over at the top of the stretch and continued to draw away while drifting out to win in a final time of 1:12.17 on the fast track. Demurely rallied from her seventh position earlier in the race to get second, three-quarters of a length ahead of Rufa Red Knot in third. They were followed by Noble Dreamer, Silver Smile, Soul Flight, Ukiyo and Stone Beauty. Rachel’s Rock, Royal Rocker and Solar Girl were scratched. “It’s good for me. I’ve won this race four or five times, but not recently. It’s good to be back with a nice filly,” Braddy said. “She’s kind of a thick filly. We liked her at the sale. She breezed well and she galloped out well. She acted like she could run.” All of Braddy’s other victories in the series came when the races were known as the Florida Stallion Stakes and run at the now shuttered Calder Race Course. Braddy trained Stacie’s Toy, who won the Desert Vixen and Susan’s Girl divisions in 1989. He also won the Desert Vixen in 1991 with Mystic Obsession and the 1998 Affirmed with Sly Rajab. Braddy has saddled 47 starters in the series with his first trainee being Elusive Agenda, who was unplaced in the second division of the 1984 Susan’s Girl. My Sassenach worked an eighth-mile in :10.20 at the under tack session for the OBS April Sale where Sucher said he purchased her

with the Florida Sire Stakes in mind. “I feel great,” Sucher said. “We bought her for the Florida Sire Stakes. She ran like we thought she would. We’re looking forward to the [Florida Sire Stakes Susan’s Girl] division. Hopefully, she stays sound and she’ll make her next start there. We’re excited. We have a good horse and a good trainer so we’ll keep our fingers crossed.” “I think the seven-eighths might be all right. I’m not so sure about the long [My Dear Girl at a mile-and-one-sixteenth on Sept. 25 at Gulfstream]. We’ll just have to see,” Braddy said after winning for the fifth time in the series. My Sassenach is by Uncaptured and is the first foal out of Cynthia’s Fury by Utopia (Jpn). Cynthia’s Fury also has an unnamed yearling filly by Double Diamond Farm stallion First Dude and a weanling colt by Pleasant Acres Stallions’ Bucchero. The dark bay or brown My Sassenach earned $60,000 for winning the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Desert Vixen and increase her earnings to $71,900 in two starts. The Florida Sire Stakes has a storied history dating back to 1982, when it was created by Ocala breeder and owner Dan Lasater. The sixrace series has produced six Eclipse Award champions: Awesome Feather (2010 Juvenile Filly), Big Drama (2010 Sprint), Holy Bull (1994 Horse of the Year and 3-Year-Old Male), Smile (1986 Sprint), Brave Raj (1986 Juvenile Filly) and Not Surprising (1995 Sprint Champion). ■

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From coast to coast, Florida’s tax-friendly, pro-business environment is poised ■ ■

No tax on stallion seasons ■ No personal state income tax ■ No individual capital gains tax Florida’s greenbelt exemption provides property tax breaks 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 Emily Hetherington (850) 617-7291 (Office) Emily.Hetherington@FDACS.gov • www.FDACS.gov

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and ready to attract new companies and create new employment opportunities. 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 ■ National leader in veterinary and equine research ■ Ranks second in the U.S. for number of thoroughbred horses ■

FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Lonny T. 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

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FTBOA Board of Director Candidate Biographies

Following is more information about the candidates.

FILE PHOTO

Laurine Fuller-Vargas Fuller-Vargas has devoted her entire life to thoroughbreds and the racing industry. She’s a third generation horsemen, and as a child, spent every moment possible in the barn or at the racetrack. She learned everything from picking feet, walking hots and rolling bandages to rehabbing injured horses and galloping racehorses. At age 12, Fuller-Vargas became Massachusetts’ youngest licensed owner and in 2008 her dreams came true when she saddled Ask Queenie, the richest Massachusetts-bred in history, to her first win as a licensed trainer. From that point on, there was no looking back… she knew she would never go a day without horses in her life. She moved to her family farm in Florida in 2006. Her duties included all aspects of the industry including breaking/training babies, sales prep, breeding mares, foaling, race training and racing horses year round in Florida to aftercare of retired racehorses. Today, after many years of devotion and leadership, her grand26

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father’s legacy, the 65 acre Cedar Lock Farm is still a successful and thriving farm home to more than 25 thoroughbreds. It is also home to the local beloved Run for the Ribbons. In 2014, she founded Run for the Ribbons Inc., a 501(c)3 program dedicated to improving the lives of OTTBs after their racing careers. Fuller-Vargas truly cares about the horses and the integrity of the industry and feels she has a lot to offer the FTBOA and its members. She lives in Morriston with her three children. She is currently serving her first term on the board and has dedicated time to thoroughbred retirement programs and assisted the FTBOA charity and social committee.

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The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association will hold its annual meeting on Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. Due to the COVID19 pandemic, the meeting will be held via Zoom only. Regular members will receive notice by email with instructions on how to register for the meeting. If you are a regular member and you have not provided the FTBOA with your current email address, please contact the FTBOA immediately. For 2021, there are five director vacancies on the FTBOA board to be filled for three-year terms running until October 2024. Pursuant to the Association’s bylaws, the current board of directors nominated the following five candidates for these vacancies: 1.) Laurine Fuller-Vargas; 2.) George Russell; 3.) T. Paul Bulmahn; 4.) Nick de Meric; and 5.) George Isaacs. Each candidate agreed to run and to serve as an FTBOA director. The FTBOA bylaws also allow a candidate to self-nominate by circulating a petition and obtaining 25 member signatures. No such person was filed. As provided in the Association bylaws, because there are only five candidates for five director vacancies, members will not be required to cast ballots and these five candidates will be deemed elected to office upon the presiding officer calling the FTBOA’s annual meeting to order. Current board member Richard Kent ends his term at the start of the annual meeting.

George Russell, FTBOA Treasurer A past president of FTBOA, Russell was born and raised in South Florida. He and his wife, Karen, visited the area and were impressed with the area’s beauty, the slower paced lifestyle and the beautifully manicured horse farms. In 1987 they purchased 158 acres on Hwy. 225A and established

Rustlewood Farm. Their initial purchase of four yearling fillies from neighbor Elmer Heubeck yielded Rustlewood’s first stakes winner. All Considered won the I Guarantee It Stakes at Gulfstream Park and produced a number of winners for the Russells, including Consider the source, winner of the 2005 Florida Stallion Stakes My Dear Girl. In addition to these black type winners, Rustlewood has also bred, raised and/or raced stakes horses All Milady, All in the Book, Blue Pepsi Lodge, Inside Affair, as well as multiple Grade 1-winner Chaposa Springs, Grade 1-winner You and I, Group 2-winner Distinctly North, Grade 2-stakes winner Mach Ride, Grade 3-winner Prudhoe Bay, Grade 2 stakes winner El Kabeir, and current Grade 2-winner Pappacap. Russell is the founder and current president of Russell Engineering, Inc. He is a past chairman of the board of the Florida Transportation Builders’ Association. He currently serves on Ocala Thoroughbred Racing Association’s board. Russell has been instrumental in FTBOA’s legislative role, governance and racing program development, is past chair of the charity/social committee, and a strong advocate of Florida Thoroughbred Charities. Russell is currently the chair for FTBOA Farmland Preservation Work Group.

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Nick de Meric Nick grew up in England, showing ponies as a youngster and graduating to three-day eventing and point-to-pointing when he turned sixteen. After graduating from Bradfield College, he worked as a journalist in London for The Field magazine, before studying Rural Estate Management at Cirencester Agricultural College in Gloucestershire. He then did stints with English trainers R. C. Sturdy, Brian Swift and Roger Stack before moving to Australia and working for the legendary trainer Tommy Smith. Later he became interested by North American racing and sales, and in the early 1980s worked for Clay Camp, Mason Grasty, Lee Eaton and Fred Seitz before settling in Ocala by way of Louisiana, where he met his future wife, Jaqui. He and Jaqui rode for a number of farms in the Ocala area before marrying in 1983. Nick and Jaqui had their first two-year-old consignment that year and the fledgling business quickly grew into

a major two-year-old training operation. Their graduates include You and I, Chaposa Springs, Smokin’ Frolic, Wallenda, Forty One Carats, Ask The Moon, Capo Bastone, Northsider, Subordination, Central Banker, Housebuster, Sharp Azteca, Champagne Room, Paid up Subscriber, Fashion Plate, Currency Swap, Materiality, Annals of Time, Dream Rush, War Story, Practical Joke, Successful Appeal, Separationofpowers and Knicks Go. Nick has also served on the board of OBS since 2001. Mostly recently, he has produced OBS sales toppers with a colt by Into Mischief out of Dixie Song for $1.3 million, a colt by Quality Road out of Wasted Tears for $1.5 million and a filly by Ghostzapper out of Palanka City for $445,000. In 1992 they bought Eclipse Training Center adjacent to their Manuden Farm, now an totaling 240 acres. Both their children; Ali, now married to Brandon Rice and running their own business, and Tris, who with his wife Valery, have become crucial partners in the operation, are accomplished horse people in their own right. Nick serves on the FTBOA Farmland Preservation Work Group and is on the board of Horse Farms Forever and the NATC. He also dedicates time to the Ocala Farm Ministry where his wife serves on the board as Vice President. George Isaacs A past FTBOA board member, George Isaacs grew up with livestock on his grandparents’ Kentucky farms. He started as a groom (Stanley Petter’s Hurricane Hall). In 1981, Isaacs worked for the late Joe Taylor at John Gaines’ Gainesway Farm as a stallion groom, assistant stallion manager and yearling manager. In 1989, Isaacs became stallion manager at Arthur Appleton’s Bridlewood Farm in Ocala. In 1992, he was general manager for Allen Paulson’s Brookside South Farm. In 1996, Isaacs returned to Bridlewood as general manager, overseeing the farm’s operation ever since. During that time, much more than 100 Florida-bred stakes winners and 12 Grade 1 winners have been bred by the farm, including Florida Champions Jolie’s Halo, Wild Event, Forbidden Apple, Southern Image, David Junior and Eden’s Moon. Isaacs helped manage the career of Kentucky Derby/Preakness winner Smarty Jones for the Chapmans. Leading Florida stallions Skip Trial, Stormy Atlantic, Halo’s Image, Put It Back and Big Drama all have stood at Bridlewood. Isaacs continues to manage Bridlewood’s operations for John and Leslie Malone who purchased the farm in 2013. Isaacs is the chair of the Equine Studies Program at the College of Central Florida, a Horse Farms Forever board member, and an Advent Health Ocala Foundation board member. “The industry has been very good to me. I would like to give back to Florida by having a small part in ensuring the next generation’s future legacy.” ■ SERITA HULT PHOTO

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T. Paul Bulmahn An entrepreneur in various industries, Paul Bulmahn grew up with a love of horses. He opened GoldMark Farm, a 2,600 acre commercial thoroughbred training center with a three-quarter mile track, barns designed to stay cool, an equine saltwater spa, and Equivibe vibration plates in Ocala in 2006. His homebred, Soutache, won two legs of the 2017 Florida Sire Stakes and top graduates of breaking, training, and rehabilitation include Cross Traffic, Mylute, Shackleford, Dullahan, Karlovy Vary, Pluck, Gypsey’s Warning, Mr. Sidney, Backtalk, Elusive Lady, Timber Reserve, It’s Tea Time, Silver Max, and Private Zone. At GoldMark Farm, Bulmahn created a Triple Crown Museum with memorabilia from each of the 13 winners. He pioneered the invention of a biomass reactor to turn horse manure into energy and is working to make the process useful for large and small horse farms alike. He supports many equine causes and community events, including hosting the Ocala Symphony at the farm and a Florida Horse Park fundraiser featuring Kate Chenery Tweedy. He has also contributed a positive industry voice to television interviews and is producing a documentary movie about the living Triple Crown jockeys. He serves on the Texas State University board of directors of the College of Business Foundation and also on the Skywave Network LLC board. Paul earned a J.D. from University of Texas School of Law; and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business, Texas State University, which in 2000 named him a Distinguished Alumnus. Paul is currently serving his first term on the board.

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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 Emily Hetherington • (850) 617-7291 (Office) Emily.Hetherington@FDACS.gov • www.FDACS.gov

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FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION

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

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2020 FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY LEADERS AWARDS

2020 Florida Broodmare of the Year - PERFECTLY WILD

2003 Bay Mare by Forest Wildcat – Perfect Arc, by Brown Arc

PERFECTLY WILD, the dam of 2020 Florida-bred Grade 1 stakes winner Starship Jubilee, was named the 2020 Florida Broodmare of the Year by the FTBOA board of directors. Unraced Perfectly Wild was bred by William P. Sorren, who also bred Starship Jubilee. Starship Jubilee, a 2013 Florida-bred bay mare by Indy Wind, won five blacktype stakes races in 2020. Included in that number were four graded stakes wins: a Grade 1, two Grade 2s and a Grade 3. After opening the season with a her third win in the Sunshine Millions Filly & Turf Stakes on Jan. 18 at Gulfstream Park, Starship Jubilee went on a tour de force. The Kevin Attard trainee then notched victories in the Suwanee River Stakes (G3) on Feb. 8 at Gulfstream Park and Hillsborough Stakes (G2) on March 7 at Tampa Bay Downs. Raced by Blue Heaven Farm, Starship Jubilee then moved on to Saratoga, where she captured the Ballston Perfectly Wild Wendy Ke Photo Spa Stakes (G2) on July 25. Her next stop was Woodbine where the 2019 Canadian Horse of the Year won the Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1). Her winning time of 1:32.06 was just .31 of a second off Wise Dan’s course record. Starship Jubilee earned $921,682 on the season, retiring with career earnings of $2,093,069. Starship Jubilee was named the 2020 Florida-bred champion older female, Florida-bred champion female turf horse and Florida-bred Horse of the Year. ■

2020 Leading Florida Trainer of Florida-Breds by Earnings & Black Type Stakes Wins RALPH E. NICKS

Ralph Nicks ■ Horse Photos

Ralph E. Nicks was the leading 2020 Florida trainer by Florida-bred earnings ($1,766,659) and Floridabred black type stakes wins (5) at Florida racetracks. Nicks saddled Florida-bred stakes-winners Breeze On By, Shivaree and Liam’s Lucky Charm to five black type stakes wins at Florida racetracks. Breeze On By, a Gilbert and Marilyn Campbell Stonehedge LLC homebred, captured the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager and the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Affirmed at Gulfstream Park. Breeze On By was also second in the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes In Reality to earn $303,000 on the season. Shivaree, a Fred and Jane Brei Jacks Or Better Farm homebred, scored a pair of stakes wins at Gulfstream Park. The colt won the Limehouse Stakes and the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Marion County. In winning the latter race, Shivaree set a stakes record of 1:21.68 for the seven-furlong test. Shivaree was also second in the Curlin Florida Derby (G1) and Swale Stakes (G3) to bank $334,355 on the year. Liam’s Lucky Charm, also a Stonehedge LLC homebred, won the Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs and earned $109,000 on the season.

2020 Leading Florida Trainer of Florida-Breds by Wins

KATHLEEN O’CONNELL

Kathleen O’Connell was the leading 2020 Florida trainer by Florida-bred wins at Florida racetracks with 60. This is the 13th time that O’Connell has collected the award in this category. Among the 60 Florida-bred winners that O’Connell saddled in 2020 was Florida-bred black type stakeswinner Thissmytime. The 2017 bay filly by Carpe Diem out of Seraphic Too, by Southern Halo, won the Millions Filly And Turf Preview Stakes at Gulfstream Park West. Bred by Katherine S. Devall and raced by Windylea Farm LLC, Thissmytime was also second in the Sheer Drama at Gulfstream Park. On the season, Thissmytime earned $139,402.

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Kathleen O’Connell ■ Coady Photo

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2020 Joe O’Farrell Memorial Award - CONSIGNOR: MAYBERRY

HORSE: Collusion Illusion

THE 2020 JOE O’FARRELL MEMORIAL AWARD was presented to Mayberry Farm (Jeanne, Summer and April Mayberry), the original consignor of Grade 1 Florida-bred stakes-winner Collusion Illusion. Bred by Donald R. Dizney, Collusion Illusion was consigned by Mayberry Farm to the 2019 OBS April 2-yearolds in training sale. The 2017 colt by Twirling Candy out of Natalie Grace, by First Dude, Collusion Illusion was purchased for $300,000 by Mark Glatt, agent. In 2020, Collusion Illusion won the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar and the Lazaro Barrera Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita. The Mark Glatt trainee was also third in the Malibu Stakes (G1) and Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes (G2). Collusion Illusion banked $301,800 on the season for owners Dan J. Agnew, Jerry Schneider, Rodney E. Orr and MyRacehorse.com. Collusion Illusion was named the 2020 Florida-bred champion 3-year-old colt. The Joe O’Farrell Memorial Award is presented annually by the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company to the Summer, Jeanne and April Mayberry OBS Photo original consignor of the year’s best Florida-bred racehorse offered at an OBS public auction. The award is named after Joe O’Farrell, who was part of the nine-man syndicate that founded Ocala Stud in 1956 and who was a pioneer in establishing public thoroughbred auctions in Florida. ■

Needles Award - GAIL RICE

THE 2020 NEEDLES AWARD was garnered by Gail Rice, who as a breeder recorded Florida-bred earnings of $509,683. As a breeder, Rice was represented by six Florida-bred starters, who made 26 starts, posting four wins, eight seconds and one third. Leading the way was Florida-bred Grade 1 stakes winner Speech. A 2017 filly by Mr. Speaker out of Scribbling Sarah, by Freud, Speech won the Ashland Stakes (G1) on July 11 at Keeneland. Her winning time of 1:41.26 was a new track record for the mile and one-sixteenths test. Speech was also second in Santa Anita Oaks (G2) and Santa Ysabel Stakes (G3) to earn $428,000 on the season. Trained by Michael McCarthy, Speech was named the 2020 Florida-bred champion 3-year-old filly. Speech raced in 2020 for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Madaket Stables LLC and Heider Family Stables LLC. Consigned by Summerfield, Speech sold for $65,000 at the 2018 OBS Winter Mixed Sale to First Find. At the 2018 OBS March 2-year-olds in training sale, Speech was consigned by S B M Training & Sales and was purchased Gail Rice Serita Hult Photo for $190,000 by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. The Needles Award was established by the FTBOA to honor Florida breeders who own small thoroughbred operations and have made outstanding contributions to the Florida thoroughbred industry. ■

2020 Florida Owner of The Year - LIVE OAK PLANTATION 2020 Florida Breeder of The Year - LIVE OAK STUD

Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation led all Florida owners by 2020 Florida-bred earnings with a total of $2,085,446 to win the award for the fifth time. Live Oak Plantation’s Florida-bred runners posted 39 wins, 25 seconds and 35 thirds in 199 starts on the season. Live Oak Plantation was represented by seven Florida-bred black type stakes winners, including four graded stakes winners. That latter group also included a 2020 Floridabred champion and a Grade 1 Florida-bred stakes winner. All of Live Oak Plantation’s runners were bred by Weber’s Live Oak Stud, which was named the breeder of the year for the fourth time with earnings of nearly $2.5 million with 58 wins, 43 seconds and 41 thirds from 301 starts. March to the Arch, a 2015 bay gelding by Arch out of Daveron (GB), by Black Sam Bellamy (Ire), posted a career best season in 2020. He won the King Edward Stakes (G2) at Woodbine and the Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Park. March to the Arch was also second in the Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1) to bank $346,691 on the season. He was named the 2020 Florida-bred champion turf male. Win Win Win entered the elite club of Grade 1 stakes winners with a victory in the Forego Stakes (G1) at Charlotte Weber File Photo Saratoga. The 2016 bay colt by Hat Trick (Jpn) out of Miss Smarty Pants, by Smarty Jones, earned $179,300 on the year. Souper Escape and Salute With Honor scored graded stakes wins at Woodbine. Souper Escape, a 2016 mare by Medaglia d’Oro out of Cry and Catch Me, by Street Cry (Ire), won the Trillium Stakes (G3) and Seaway Stakes (G3). Salute With Honor, a 2014 gelding by To Honor and Serve out of Snow Cone, by Cryptoclearance, captured the Durham Cup Stakes (G3). Rounding out Live Oak Plantation’s black type stakes winners were: American Giant (Cellars Shiraz Stakes), Sweet Souper Sweet (Presque Isle Continued on next page Debutante Stakes) and Inthewinnerscircle (Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes). ■

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2020 FTBOA Horse of the Year, Champion Older Female and Champion Turf Female Starship Jubilee

Starship Jubilee ■ Michael Buns Photo

BY BROCK SHERIDAN Starship Jubilee was named the 2020 Florida-bred Horse of the Year by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association in addition to her being named for the third time in four years as the Florida-bred Champion Older Female and Florida-bred Champion Turf Female. The well-decorated mare added to her long list of championships that also included Canadian Sovereign Awards in 2019 as that country’s Horse of the Year and Champion Female Turf Horse. She was the first Florida-bred to be named the Canadian Horse of the Year since Fatal Bullet in 2008. She is also the only mare to be named the Florida-bred champion older mare and champion turf female three times having achieved each of those titles in 2017, 2019 and 2020. The only other mares who have won the FTBOA champion older mare crown more than once include Ta Wee (1969-’70), Susan’s Girl (1973 and ’75), Honey Fox (1981-’82), Buy the Firm (1982-’83), Halo America (1995-’96), Beautiful Pleasure (1999-2000), Ginger Punch (2007-’08), Dubai Majesty (2009-’10), Musical Romance (2011-’12) and Sheer Drama (2015-’16). Only Bay Town has been named FTBOA champion turf female more than once having garnered the title in the first two years of award in 2011-‘12. The FTBOA annual awards were announced Aug. 27 on a Horse Capital TV broadcast of the presentations. In addition to her taking home multiple honors for the second consecutive year, she also generated an award for her dam, Perfectly Wild, by Forest Wildcat, who was named the FTBOA Broodmare of the Year. Bred in Florida by William P. Sorren and raced in the powder blue 32

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silks of Adam Corndorf and Bonnie Baskin’s Blue Haven Farm, the then 7-year-old bay daughter of Indy Wild started 2020 by defending another title as she won the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Stakes for the second consecutive year over a mile-andone-sixteenth on the grass at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 18. The Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf also started a four-race winning streak for Starship Jubilee that continued with victories in her native Florida in the Grade 3 Suwannee River Stakes at a mile-and-an-eighth on the turf at Gulfstream on Feb. 8 and in the Grade 2 Hillsborough going the same distance at Tampa Bay Downs on March 7. Trainer Kevin Attard then gave Starship Jubilee a four-and-a-half month break before returning to win the Grade 2 Ballston Spa Stakes going a mile-and-one-sixteenth on the inner turf at Saratoga on July 25. She suffered her first loss of the year in her next start when she finished fourth in the Grade 1 Diana Stakes at Saratoga won by 2020 Eclipse Award-winning champion turf female Rushing Fall. But she rebounded with fervor in her next start as she overcame a rough start and traffic down the backstretch to win the Grade 1 Ricoh Woodbine Mile on the turf at Woodbine. In the final race of the year, Starship Jubilee completed her stellar career under unfortunate circumstances as she stumbled at the start of the $2 million Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mar Turf (G1) at Keeneland and lost rider Florent Geroux. Starship Jubilee he finished 2020 with five wins in seven starts with earnings of $921,682. She finished her career with 19 wins, five second and three thirds from 39 starts and her career bankroll of $2,093,069 has her ranked as sixth richest female Florida-bred of alltime and the 35th richest Florida-bred. ■

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Leading Florida Sires Name

Farm Name

Sire Name

NA Earnings

The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through August 1, 2021. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

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

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

2yo Avg

Khozan

Journeyman Stud

Distorted Humor

$1,881,214

$2,022,570

Background

$153,536

$23,786

Brethren

Arindel

Distorted Humor

$1,575,990

Bimini

$108,130

$3,082

$38,040 $13,250

First Dude

Double Diamond Farm

Stephen Got Even

$1,399,792

$1,399,897

Ray Arewethereyet

$72,800

$2,850

$93,667

Adios Charlie

Ocala Stud

Indian Charlie

$1,191,936

$1,196,984

R Adios Jersey

$117,300

$29,000

$24,300

Treasure Beach (GB)

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Galileo (Ire)

$1,149,479

152

$1,178,580

Imperador (Arg)

$104,455

$2,750

$17,643

The Big Beast

Ocala Stud

Yes It's True

$1,165,324

Livingmybestlife

$91,320

$7,500

$51,000

Jess's Dream

Ocala Stud

Curlin

$838,008

$838,108

Chess's Dream

$124,455

$9,820

$25,411

Awesome of Course

Ocala Stud

Awesome Again

$709,089

$724,254

Awesome Annmarie

Songandaprayer

Pensioned

Unbridled's Song

$717,466

$722,097

Classy John

$27,000

Handsome Mike

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Scat Daddy

$691,037

$697,825

Here Comes Jackie

$73,910

$12,000

$14,500

Big Drama

Deceased

Montbrook

$672,938

Mamba On Three

$71,840

$6,000

Field Commission

Deceased

Service Stripe

$652,200

$659,383

Lil Commissioner

$48,400

$3,675

Bahamian Squall

Double Diamond Farm

Gone West

$555,148

$570,682

Running Memories

$105,975

$4,000

$112,900

$5,250

$71,850

$4,414

$49,600

$2,675

$34,600

$8,500

$17,800

$7,000

$16,711

$62,000

$14,283

$49,375

$76,130 $108,860

Cajun Breeze

Stonehedge Farm South

Congrats

$560,722

$569,789

Cajun's Magic

Chitu

Bridlewood Farm

Henny Hughes

$496,587

$513,651

Foreman

Wildcat Heir

Deceased

Forest Wildcat

$482,718

$487,635

Heiressall

Overdriven

Retired

Tale of the Cat

$383,562

$385,480

Fulmini

High Cotton

Pensioned

Dixie Union

$357,291

High Five Cotton

$47,050

Fury Kapcori

Deceased

Tiznow

$266,385

$267,021

Hot Babe

$51,660

Backtalk

Stormborne Stallions

Smarty Jones

$246,009

Backsplash

$57,812

Amira's Prince (Ire)

Amira's Prince

Teofilo (Ire)

$237,109

Complex System

$71,490

Greatness

Solera Farm

Mr. Prospector

$226,624

$231,871

Lady's Island

$61,380

Ride On Curlin

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Curlin

$155,138

$160,104

Laki Lio

$43,000

$40,605 $110,493

Hear No Evil

Private

Carson City

$140,834

Joyful Noise

$50,940

Fort Loudon

Ocala Stud

Awesome of Course $138,282

$138,282

Grainger County

$37,720

In Summation

Ocala Stud

Put It Back

$137,068

Awsum Roar

West Acre

Deceased

Forty Niner

$120,360

Always Sunshine

Noble Bird

Ocala Stud

Birdstone

$111,928

Noble Dreamer

$58,900

Global Response

Coco Ranch

A.P. Indy

$99,145

Jupi's Lightning

$39,260

Black Onyx

Oakton Farm Stallions

Rock Hard Ten

$99,106

Proper Manners

$58,935

Neolithic

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Harlan's Holiday

$97,950

Stone Beauty

$39,000

Young Brian

Stormborne Stallions

Hard Spun

$97,184

Katiesdreamgirl

$40,940

Hello Broadway

Ups and Downs Farm

Broken Vow

$93,002

Dem a Wonder

$32,230

Iqbaal

Ward Ranch

Medaglia d'Oro

$85,413

Lime

$60,920

Leading Florida 2YO Sires Sire Name

NA Earnings

$58,435 $120,360

The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through August 1, 2021. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

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

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

2yo Avg

Name

Farm Name

Cajun Breeze

Stonehedge Farm South

Congrats

$208,670

Cajun's Magic

$112,900

$5,2500

Brethren

Arindel

Distorted Humor

$197,100

Octane

$50,000

$3,081

$13,250

Noble Bird

Ocala Stud

Birdstone

$111,928

Noble Dreamer

$58,900

$16,710

$62,000

The Big Beast

Ocala Stud

Yes It's True

$99,430

Big and Classy

$51,000

$7,500

$51,000

Neolithic

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Harlan's Holiday

$97,950

Stone Beauty

$39,000

$14,283

$49,375

Chitu

Bridlewood Farm

Henny Hughes

$96,948

Dear Mama Mia

$43,880

$4,414

$49,600

Jess's Dream

Ocala Stud

Curlin

$63,480

Gold Special

$32,700

$9,820

$25,411

First Dude

Double Diamond Farm

Stephen Got Even

$61,420

Fulton Street

$46,450

$2,850

$93,666

Greenpointcrusader

Ocala Stud

Bernardini

$55,545

Robbing Robin

$39,000

$6,388

$14,190

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Hock Injuries By Heather Smith Thomas The hock is one of the largest, most complex and hardest worked joints in the horse’s body so it must be strong and sturdy to avoid injury. The hock is often under great stress because of the strenuous work we ask the horse to do, and may be injured during high speed performance. Dr. Olivia Rudolphi (Rudolphi Veterinary Services, in Noble, Ill.) says some injuries may be due to developmental/congenital lesions such as an OCD within the joint—that might not show up until the horse is put into training and doing more exercise. “Lameness causes can vary between the young horse and the more mature horse. In the young horses we may see a puffy hock or even a foal with some sort of insult to the joint. As young horses start training, we may see the hock become swollen if there is something like an OCD lesion, and there may be lameness,” she says.

Depending on where the injury is located—which bone and surface within the hock—the horse might need arthroscopic surgery. “There might be interference with joint articulation. Some cases are more involved than others. If we see a problem in one hock we definitely want to check the other one because these conditions can be bilateral, just at different extents,” she explains. “If an OCD fragment is removed, then afterward we may put in a biologic product like IRAP to help heal those—to help the joint surface improve and ultimately have fewer problems on down the road,” says Rudolphi. Other injuries may be due to a simple blunt trauma or a puncture if the young horse runs into something while running around the pasture. “In the older horses with hock changes we may see a narrowing of the joint due to arthritic changes. Some of this could be due to how

HOCK JOINT Talocalcaneal & DIT anklylosis PHOTO BY JILLIAN MILLS

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they were used as a young horse (how much stress on the joints in an athletic career). If those early problems are not seen and addressed, there may be some cartilage weakening later on and arthritic changes later in life,” she says. Some hock problems may be due to conformation, and how straight or angled the hind leg is, and which stresses are put on the hock joint. “Poor hoof management and shoeing can also have repercussions on up the leg. Sometimes arthritic hocks are simply due to overwork and overuse, with lots of wear and tear.” Fortunately there are many treatments today that can help. “We have several types of therapeutic modalities that can be used if we know there are changes going on, and if there is pain in the joint. We also use a variety of biologics like IRAP, stem cells and PRP to help improve the joint environment and to manage or decrease the pain and damage. The world of biologics is constantly evolving, therefore we are able to continually provide more effective and successful modes of treatment,” she explains. Sometimes with these horses it may be time to find a new job, if the hock joints can’t stay sound in a strenuous athletic career. “Horses that have been racing, for instance, can be hard on high motion joints such as the hocks. They may need a different job. Also, within the hock, some of the small bones can fuse together and sometimes this can decrease the pain. This is not always the case but is possible. Ideally the horse upholds its normal joint space and function,” says Rudolphi. With some hock problems it’s wise to monitor the changes and take radiographs annually. “This can help guide the management of these horses; your management will probably change over time. If you have been treating the hock condition, it may become non-responsive to that particular treatment and you may have to try something else or add in a different anti-inflammatory or joint therapy,” she explains. There are some topical approaches like use of shock wave therapy or magna waves. “These can be a useful secondary therapy, as well as making sure the horse is on a good exercise and conditioning program. It is helpful to keep the hind end strong so the horse can maintain adequate functional muscle mass. If the muscles, tendons and ligaments are strong and correctly conditioned, there is less risk for damage,” she says. Shoeing can also make a major difference. Shoeing can help or hinder a hock problem, so you want a good farrier who can keep the feet well balanced. “Sometimes we have to take radiographs of those feet to make sure we have them balanced in the hind end. We sometimes miss that when looking at the hind feet. If there is an imbalance or incorrect angle on the hind feet, it puts more stress on the hock joints,” Rudolphi explains. If the hind feet are not balanced, both the joint and soft tissue structures surrounding the hock will be stressed. There may be some soft tissue tears on the ligaments around the hock. These can also be due to abnormal work or strain. Continued on next page THE FLORIDA HORSE • SEPTEMBER 2021

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Joint health is very important in the equine athlete, and many people use joint supplements to try to help protect the joints from wearand-tear damage. “Some types of joint supplements are fed (added to the grain ration) and some are injected intravascularly or intramuscularly. Horses are all a little different in terms of what they respond to, and what works best, for these complementary therapies,” she says. Dr. Jillian Mills, Presidio Equine Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Encinitas, Calif. says the hock is a combination of high and lowmotion joints. “These joints can undergo different pathological changes. Often with hocks we see either acute traumatic injuries, DOD (developmental orthopedic disease) or fatigue-related injuries. Acute injuries often involve fractures which may include the tibia and cannon bones, as well as collateral and intra-articular ligament injuries,” says Mills. “The upper joint (the high-motion joint) more often has developmental issues such as OCD fragments and subchondral bone cystic lesions. If there is an OCD fragment, the horse may need surgery to have the fragment removed,” she says. “The joint environment is not as healthy as it would be if an OCD

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lesion was not present. On a pre-purchase exam, osteochondral fragments can be difficult to determine whether surgery may be indicated in the horse’s future. For a young horse that hasn’t had the opportunity to prove itself, if we find an osteochondral fragment in a joint that carries excess fluid, where the horse trots off lame following flexion testing, there’s a higher probability that it will need surgery to remove that chip. The presence of the OCD fragment is an indication that the joint is less healthy, and the horse is more prone to developing arthritis,” says Mills. By contrast, if the horse is 10-years-old and has already proven itself in competition, the OCD lesion on a pre-purchase exam might not be an issue. “With racehorses, however, we are generally dealing with a significantly younger population of horses with a shorter prospective career, so surgery is often recommended,” she says. “Fatigue-related problems might include subchondral bone disease and breakdown of the joint’s cartilage. When that happens we have to manage these horses for arthritis. We sometimes see arthritis in the upper joint, but this is significantly less common than in the lower joints and often results in debilitating lameness. Usually when we’re talking about fatigue-related injuries in the hock we are dealing with arthritis in the lower hock joints rather than the upper joint.” If there are changes in the upper joint, clinical signs generally include significant increase in joint fluid and pronounced swelling. “If there is an osteochondral fragment in there, there is often joint swelling and the horse may be positive to flexion testing. However, when a horse reacts positively to hock flexion, this is not a specific finding and pain could be originating from either the high or low-motion joints.” says Mills. “With the lower joints, sometimes we can palpate thickening of the joint capsule, but you cannot determine an increase in joint fluid. It’s more of a clinical assessment, especially if we are not doing blocks. In cases of under-performance, we might see that the horse is a little short-strided in both hind limbs and a bit worse on the inside versus the outside of a circle, and positive to flexion. We might consider medicating the joint as a diagnostic therapeutic, which is essentially a treatment trial to see if the horse improves. Bilateral hind-limb asymmetry is most common in an arthritis type of presentation versus something acute, where you might see pronounced joint or soft tissue swelling. In those situations, we often see a unilateral lameness, meaning only one limb is affected.” One hock may have suffered traumatic injury. “Between the talus and the calcaneus, within the high-motion tarsocrural joint, there is another articulation called the talocalcaneal joint. This is a low-motion articulation that can also develop arthritis. When this occurs, the pain can be quite debilitating and extremely difficult to manage, but this is also relatively rare,” says Mills. ■

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Reality at Calder in 1985, Scat Dancer went to Aqueduct for the Juvenile and responded with a third-place finish as fellow Floridabred Tasso nosed out Storm Cat for the victory. Florida-bred Real Courage, who was 13th in the FSS In Reality that year, also started in the Juvenile but stumbled badly leaving the chute and was eased. A year later, owner Dolly Green and trainer Melvin Stute shipped Brave Raj east from California to Calder to win the $75,000 Florida Stallion Stakes Susan’s Girl and the $400,000 FSS My Dear Girl before returning to Southern California to win the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Santa Anita and later be honored with an Eclipse Award as the 1985 Champion 2-Year-Old Filly that year. A race earlier in the 1986 Breeders’ Cup, Florida-bred Smile, who swept the FSS Dr. Fager, FSS Affirmed and FSS In Reality in 1984, became the third Florida-bred to win the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) following Eillo in 1984 and Precisionist in 1985. In 2010, the FSS produced the second graduate to win a Breeders’ Cup race in the same year when Fred Brei went to the Breeders’ Cup with his undefeated filly Awesome Feather, who won that year’s J J’sdream Stakes, FSS Desert Vixen, FSS Susan’s Girl and FSS My Dear Girl in the name of his Jacks or Better Farms. By Brei’s Floridabased sire Awesome of Course, the homebred Awesome Feather did not disappoint in the Grey Goose Juvenile Fillies, winning by twoand-a-quarter lengths and later taking home the Eclipse Award as the

Champion 2-Year-Old Filly. She would retire as a Grade 1 winner of the Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct with earnings of more than $1.9 million. In the last 10 years five FSS alumni have taken on Breeders’ Cup company after local success including Scandalous Act, who had won all three divisions of the FSS against fillies in 2013; and Three Rules, who swept the male divisions of the FSS in 2016. Scandalous Act finished sixth to winner Ria Antonia in the 2013 Juvenile Fillies and Three Rules duplicated that placing in the 2016 Sentient Jet Juvenile won by Classic Empire, both run at Santa Anita. Two Sixty was the most recent Florida-bred to use the FSS as a springboard to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2019, but she finished out of the money at Santa Anita. Like Smile in 1986, there are other FSS graduates who went on to compete in the Breeders’ Cup after their juvenile year. Unbridled, winner of the 1990 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1); Hollywood Wildcat, who won the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Distaff; Big Drama, winner of the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1); and 2012 Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1)-winner Little Mike are all graduates of the FSS program. This is not to say that one should run off to bet the futures in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile after any of this year’s FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes, but don’t rule out one of this year’s Florida Sire Stakes contenders should they make it to Del Mar for the Breeders’ Cup in early November either. ■

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JULY 2021

Florida-breds Around The Country By Race Type/Grade FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS — STAKES RACES Win/Place/Show Horse Name Sex Age Sire Beantown Baby M March to the Arch G Key Biscayne F Proven Strategies C Cajun Casanova C Double Blessed F Max K. O. H Golden Pal C Queen Nekia M Our Flash Drive F Sweet Souper Sweet F Real Talk C Shamrocket C Firenze Fire H Warrior’s Pride C Tiger Blood G Yes I Am Free G Sound Machine F Chance It C Mia Martina F Honey I’m Good M Always Sunshine G Last Judgment G March to the Arch G

5 6 4 4 4 3 5 3 6 3 3 3 4 6 3 8 5 4 4 3 5 9 5 6

Dam

Artie Schiller Ms Bernadette Arch Daveron (GER) Brethren Boa Twelve Sky Mesa Stormbeforethecalm Cajun Breeze Theladysaidno Treasure Beach (GB) Points of Grace J P’s Gusto Funky Fraulein Uncle Mo Lady Shipman Harlington All Night Labor Ghostzapper Dynamotor First Samurai Our Candy Striper Gemologist Woodland Park Tonalist Zehoorr Poseidon’s Warrior My Every Wish Poseidon’s Warrior Sophia’s Pride Cowtown Cat Sarah Cataldo Uncaptured Yes It’s Valid Into Mischief Ava Pie Currency Swap Vagabon Diva Not This Time Proud and Charming Shackleford American Queen West Acre Sunny Again Congrats Fantasy Forest Arch Daveron (Ger)

Breeder

Date Track Finish Race Name

Endsley Oaks Farm Inc Live Oak Stud Arindel A. Francis & Barbara H. Vanlangendonck & Etarip Stables Inc. Shadybrook Farm Inc. Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon Span Investments Randall E. Lowe Porter Racing Stable LLC Live Oak Stud Live Oak Stud Ocala Stud Rustlewood Farm Inc. Mr Amore Stables Just For Fun Stable Inc. Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis Farm III Bett Usher CESA Farm Ann Fostock Gilbert G. Campbell Woodford Thoroughbreds Live Oak Stud

7/26/21 7/25/21 7/24/21 7/18/21 7/17/21 7/17/21 7/17/21 7/15/21 7/10/21 7/10/21 7/10/21 7/10/21 7/5/21 7/4/21 7/4/21 7/4/21 7/4/21 7/3/21 7/3/21 7/3/21 7/3/21 7/3/21 7/2/21 7/1/21

CNL WO GP WO MTH AP GP SAR DEL WO WO GP BEL BEL GP GP GP GP GP DEL MTH DEL PRM WO

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

Grade/Value

Andy Guest S. Niagara S. Monroe S. Connaught Cup S. Wolf Hill S. Hatoof S. Mr. Steele S. Quick Call S. Delaware H. Selene S. Selene S. Carry Back S. Grand Couturier S. John A. Nerud S. Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint S. Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint S. Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint S. Princess Rooney Invitational S. Smile Sprint Invitational S. Christiana S. Regret S. Alapocas Run S. Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H. Dominion Day S.

$100,000 $106,600 $75,000 2/197050 $100,000 $75,000 $75,000 3/120000 2/400000 3/156000 3/156000 $75,000 $150,000 2/250000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 2/350000 3/200000 $75,125 $75,000 $59,000 3/300000 3/171300

Earnings $11,000 $60,000 $45,570 $17,500 $10,000 $8,085 $14,700 $66,000 $40,000 $90,000 $16,500 $14,700 $18,000 $50,000 $58,280 $18,800 $9,400 $34,500 $38,000 $8,250 $45,000 $10,000 $60,000 $30,000

FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS — ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show .Horse Name Glamorous Thunder Notacatbutacard Prospective Forum Dramatized The Train Night Cap Always Sunshine My Uncle Titan Fast Charra Band Sweetheart Herecitykitty Inthewinnerscircle Miss Auramet Tracy Ann’s Legacy Drill’s Li’l Man Centerfoldprospect Passionfortreasure Tweet Away Robin Paranoia Doc Meeks Professor Dave Double the Laugh Pepper Sea and Sand Yerosilverbiz Hay Hay My My Una Luna Creekmore Memorable Angel

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

6 6 3 5 6 3 9 3 3 4 6 3 5 5 5 6 4 4 6 4 4 6 4 3 3 4 6 4 6

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track

Sweet Return (GB) Discreet Cat Prospective Big Drama Distorted Humor J P’s Gusto West Acre Bahamian Squall Fast Anna J P’s Gusto City Wolf Medaglia d’Oro Uncaptured Shackleford Drill Prospective Treasure Beach (GB) Khozan With Distinction Hat Trick (JPN) Get Rich Quick It’s No Joke Tapiture Treasure Beach (GB) Fed Biz Turbo Compressor Dunkirk The Big Beast Sky Mesa

Thunderous Gal Taylors Irish Strict Forum Beautiful One Justmissedthetrain (Ire) Midnight Sunny Again Silk Ridge There I Go Great Chance Kit Kats Luck Sweet Bernardini Hello Rosie Tenacious Tripp Sister Nan Centerfold Exchangeable Brown Eyed Sue Lady Cheryl Susan Elaine Tayler’s Destiny Bronx Cheer Doctor Doctor Now and Forever Street Sailing Oatka Idas Rose Eleven Moons Halo’s Helen’s Jet Memorable Affair

Red Oak Stable Liam Benson WK France & Cheryl McGuire Hallmarc Stallions LLC Arindel Lonnie Stokes Gilbert G. Campbell Maura R. Welsh & Cedar Gate Farm LLC English Range Farm Pine Branch Stable Elissa Christine Roberts Live Oak Stud Marion G. Montanari Bridle Oaks Farm Inc. Gerald Bennett & Mary Bennett Antonia Noonan Joseph Barbazon & Helen Barbazon Stonehedge LLC Richard E. Wilson Mary K. Haire Guillermo Morales Lori A. Smock & Donna M. Burnham Keith C. Dickey & T. J. Dickey Sabana Farm LLC Destiny Oaks of Ocala Martin Goodell & Emily Goodell Caroni Stable Judy Karlin Sandra McKinney

7/28/21 7/28/21 7/28/21 7/27/21 7/27/21 7/27/21 7/26/21 7/26/21 7/26/21 7/24/21 7/24/21 7/23/21 7/23/21 7/23/21 7/23/21 7/22/21 7/22/21 7/21/21 7/21/21 7/21/21 7/21/21 7/20/21 7/20/21 7/20/21 7/20/21 7/18/21 7/17/21 7/17/21 7/17/21

PRX PID TDN PRX PEN FL PRX CMR CMR MTH FAR WO MTH MTH PRM DEL TDN PEN PEN PEN FL TDN PID MNR ASD FAR MTH CT FAR

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Finish 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 3 3 1 1 2

Value

Earnings

$46,500 $38,440 $25,500 $46,750 $29,120 $24,100 $54,702 $11,000 $11,000 $71,425 $3,000 $73,407 $63,750 $63,750 $31,500 $40,375 $25,500 $28,616 $28,000 $28,000 $24,870 $36,500 $32,640 $18,048 $16,570 $3,750 $57,625 $30,800 $3,000

$9,000 $3,200 $2,550 $4,950 $3,080 $13,740 $28,800 $6,380 $2,200 $5,750 $750 $40,500 $13,000 $6,500 $3,750 $8,000 $15,300 $5,600 $5,600 $3,080 $2,508 $2,950 $6,400 $10,904 $1,500 $450 $34,500 $18,324 $750

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FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS — ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show .Horse Name Sweetonthegents Hooked a Goodwin Chick’s Shadow Night Cap Written Permission Our Little Jewel Morality Clause Canelita Kashan Nurse Judy Mason A. P. Herecitykitty Distinct Flirt Primal Destiny Empress Alexandra Rogallo Light Us Up Ceviche Si Es Goya Sister Otoole Spicy Shot Freret Tiz Showbiz Heir Horse One Wonder In Sun Squall Drill’s Li’l Man Lights Down Low Treasured Info Super Brady Replete Hauntedbythemusic King Nekia

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

4 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 3 6 6 5 4 3 5 3 3 5 4 6 4 10 6 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 5

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track

Twirling Candy Morning Line Seek Again J P’s Gusto Uncaptured Hat Trick (Jpn) Verrazano In Summation Khozan J P’s Gusto Brethren City Wolf With Distinction Poseidon’s Warrior Jess’s Dream Curlin Upstart Brethren Uncaptured Amira’s Prince (Ire) Trappe Shot Senor Swinger Hello Broadway Wildcat Heir Uncaptured Bahamian Squall Drill Cross Traffic Treasure Beach (GB) Sky Mesa He’s Had Enough The Big Beast Uncaptured

Double Fancy Tinca’s Sky Dick’s Chick Midnight Take Me to Zuber Yourmajestyscrown Gran Pashita Kat of Kilkenny Unwooed Toto Cor Broad Picture Kit Kats Luck Flashy Flirt Awesome Thrill Grey Empress Via Veneto Ukraine Villa Villa Coola Gottcha First O’ Toole Entice Adelaide’s Mink Valley Queen Switchin Lanes Cold Forest Jade’s Rainbow Sister Nan Slammingpartygirl Pomeroy’s Info Winey Taylor Discreet Chat Usual Manner All Night Labor

Carolin Von Rosenberg, Brett Shine & Mary Shine Farm III Enterprises LLC David McGinn Lonnie Stokes Ocala Stud Live Oak Stud Off The Hook Partners LLC Joel Covarrubias Brent & Crystal Fernung, Mike Sebastian Jr. & Mike Sebastian Gem Holdings Inc. Mikhail Yanakov Elissa Christine Roberts Stonehedge LLC Ponder Hill Inc. Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC Donald R. Dizney LLC Craig L. Wheeler Arindel Ocala Stud Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon Sharon Biamonte Michael Laurato Porter Racing Stable LLC Carl Walker Craig Lawrence Wheeler Sunshine Thoroughbred Corp. Gerald Bennett & Mary Bennett Off The Hook Partners LLC Patricia Generazio Red Oak Stable Woodford Thoroughbreds Sorrento Oaks Farm Inc Porter Racing Stable LLC

7/16/21 7/15/21 7/14/21 7/13/21 7/13/21 7/12/21 7/12/21 7/12/21 7/10/21 7/8/21 7/8/21 7/8/21 7/8/21 7/7/21 7/7/21 7/7/21 7/6/21 7/6/21 7/6/21 7/5/21 7/5/21 7/5/21 7/4/21 7/4/21 7/3/21 7/3/21 7/3/21 7/3/21 7/3/21 7/2/21 7/2/21 7/1/21 7/1/21

CT TDN DEL FL FMT PID MNR FE DEL TDN BTP FAR FAR MNR TDN TDN PEN TDN FMT BEL PID FE LAD WYO PIM PRM PRM CMR CMR LS LS DEL DEL

Finish 1 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 2

Value

Earnings

$30,800 $27,000 $46,125 $25,800 $18,304 $31,680 $18,424 $17,305 $45,125 $27,000 $17,200 $5,250 $5,250 $27,456 $27,000 $25,500 $28,616 $25,500 $19,360 $92,000 $32,680 $19,016 $20,000 $8,000 $50,880 $31,500 $31,500 $10,340 $10,340 $40,800 $40,800 $42,375 $42,375

$18,324 $16,200 $4,400 $15,480 $3,484 $6,400 $1,880 $9,840 $9,000 $16,200 $3,440 $2,625 $630 $16,588 $5,400 $2,550 $5,600 $2,550 $10,452 $50,600 $3,200 $1,640 $2,200 $1,600 $28,800 $6,300 $3,780 $6,380 $1,100 $8,060 $4,433 $24,000 $10,000

FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS — MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 6

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track

He’s Had Enough First Dude Nyquist Super Saver Brethren Baletmeister Adios Charlie Cairo Prince Nyquist Flatter Tonalist Wicked Tune Benny the Bull

Gambler’s Cove Maria’s Dance Sophie’s Meatball Ballad Nevelee Love Me Or Leave American Swagger Pyrite Storm Polish a Diamond Wildaboutshopping On Golden Pawn Kayla’s Song Over the Top K

J. Andrew Burns Sally J. Andersen George J. Kerr English Range Farm Arindel Glockenburg LLC Four Horsemen’s Ranch Dion Atchison & Stori D. Atchison Westbury Stables LLC Craig Wheeler John Burton Penn Patricia Generazio Mario Zacco & Karon Zacco

7/30/21 7/28/21 7/27/21 7/27/21 7/27/21 7/27/21 7/26/21 7/26/21 7/25/21 7/25/21 7/25/21 7/25/21 7/25/21

FAN FL PRX PEN MNR MNR CNL ASD SAR DMR MTH MTH GPR

March to the Arch/Niagara Stakes

Key Biscayne/Monroe Stakes

Finish 3 1 3 3 1 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 1

Golden Pal/Quick Call Stakes

Value

Earnings

$13,200 $28,800 $53,080 $31,436 $15,840 $15,840 $50,500 $16,180 $100,000 $70,500 $56,125 $53,750 $3,900

$1,000 $15,960 $4,620 $2,981 $9,570 $1,650 $10,000 $1,600 $20,000 $8,400 $5,750 $11,000 $2,067

CHELSEA DURAND PHOTO

G F F F F F G F F C G F M

Sire

LAUREN KING PHOTO

Wildwood’s Gamble Victoria’s Dance Nyssa Song Saver Sky Unique Girl Swift Dancer Hatshepsut Lemieux Affable Golden Tone Prudent Song Benny’s Girlfriend

Sex Age

MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO

Horse Name

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FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS — MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show Horse Name Clapton Nipawin Winging It Nepoti Pete the Beast Bringthewine Uncaptured Spirit Seeking Violet Feelthebeat C My Meister Harry’s Onthebeach Globes Octane Fishing for Fun One More Score Castle Born Royal Rocker Fulminate Opalina Stone Beauty Bembe Flor de Plata Baby Mo Romantic Tale Golden Hughes Microbiome Outfoxed Chaco Spirit Boo Boo Kitty Sky Emirates Affair Venezuelan Talent Years Ago Soul Flight Luli’s Dancer Toppsgoldenticket Queen’s Mission Solar Reflection Gayelette Society Boy Kissmelips Flight to Paradise Boss Lady Kim Whistler Dixie Onward Austin Canelita Hatshepsut Jess’s Stride Twice too Many My Dawn Abe Honestly Hype Man Cajun’s Magic Spuntacular One More Score Willy the Cobbler Queen Camilla My Sassenach Mackenzie’s Girl Frankly My Dear Romantic Tale Mish Timberfell Dreaming of Audrey

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

2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 3

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track

Brethren Gone Astray Into Mischief Greenpointcrusader The Big Beast Flintshire (GB) Uncaptured First Dude Cupid Bodemeister Treasure Beach (GB) Brethren Brethren Uncaptured Noble Bird Vancouver (Aus) Noble Bird Get Stormy Optimizer Neolithic Gone Astray Uncaptured Upstart Kantharos Chitu Twirling Candy Valiant Minister Adios Charlie Poseidon’s Warrior Brethren Handsome Mike Outwork Mineshaft Social Inclusion Tapiture Prospective Noble Mission (GB) Creative Cause He’s Had Enough Social Inclusion Prospective Temple City Street Boss Vancouver (Aus) Jess’s Dream In Summation Cairo Prince Jess’s Dream The Big Beast Goldencents Pharaoh Bob Awesome Again Cajun Breeze Hard Spun Noble Bird Jess’s Dream Connect Uncaptured Take Charge Indy Jess’s Dream Kantharos Field Commission Tapitgold Field Commission

Alexandra Rylee Cold Forest Campionessa Gina’s Kitten Raebear Humoristica Spirited Storm Sola Gratia Shelby’s Song C Note Fly Express Pink Poppy Star Recruit Joann’s Wildcat The Shady Lady Grenobloise Rockandrollqueen E Built This City Go Kitten Go Nefer Nefer French Politics Mesa Legs Mojito Magic Doc’s Stormy Girl Golden Cities Sonja’s Angel Savingtime Popularafterschool Seductive Lady Nevelee Emirates Girl Downtown Diva More Royalty Henrya Jubilant Vision Ring and Run Evil Queen Solar Echo My Michelda Perfect Maria Missmollybygolly Bird of Paradise Ima Jersey Girl Skip the Storm Perfect Biscuit Kat of Kilkenny Pyrite Storm Plain Brown Bag Almost a Valentine Vibrant Ms Bernadette Golden Finish Mollie’s Magic Pomeroys Pistol The Shady Lady East Lake Classic And Away We Go Cynthia’s Fury Yankee Victoria Signora Gina Doc’s Stormy Girl Wicked Great Soaring Princess Dash It Dreamer

Arindel Craig Lawrence Wheeler Hickstead Farm Gina D’Amato Christy Whitman Bishop Racing Inc. TAG Stables David A. Dizney Brad Grady & Misty Grady Bridlewood Farm Herman Wilensky Arindel Arindel Frank Bertolino Ocala Stud, Joseph M. O’Farrell III, David O’Farrell, et al. Carolin Von Rosenberg DVM Dr. Tiffany A Atteberry & Scott Brown D’Oyen Thoroughbreds LLC Teneri Farms Inc. & Bernardo Alvarez Calderon Mary K. Haire & Maria M. Haire GDS Racing Stable Courtney Meagher Beth Bayer Kristine L. Mitchell Steve A. Dye & Kim Y. Dye John B. Penn Baoma Corp Helen Y. Painter & Shirley I. Gay Stonehedge LLC Arindel Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon Orlyana Farm Donald R. Dizney LLC Katherine Wheeler, Vinny Gravina & John Wellman EVS Corp Rick Rudman Janet Erwin Wind Hill Farm Eric Reller & Michelle Reller Stanley Moles & Starr Stables LLC Pete Mattson Live Oak Stud Red Oak Stable Angela Ingenito North Marion Equine Joel Covarrubias Dion Atchison & Stori D. Atchison Whitney Racing Stables Inc. Ocala Stud Brad & Misty Grady Endsley Oaks Farm Inc Carole A. Rio Stonehedge LLC Hardacre Farm Ocala Stud, Joseph M. O’Farrell III, David O’Farrell, et al. Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis Sally J. Andersen Craig L. Wheeler Kris R. Del Giudice Juvenal L. Diaz Kristine L. Mitchell Joyce Mary Kielty Bart Brookshire Hope Kurth & Garry Kurth

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Value

Earnings

$64,000 $3,500 $51,000 $51,000 $34,000 $50,500 $38,375 $29,250 $77,590 $65,000 $65,000 $65,000 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $51,000 $51,000 $63,000 $63,000 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $51,300 $51,300 $29,700 $100,000 $100,000 $24,000 $29,700 $24,000 $43,750 $43,750 $55,000 $55,000 $55,000 $29,700 $11,200 $40,800 $16,125 $30,300 $30,000 $30,500 $38,125 $30,500 $19,510 $16,160 $15,680 $50,600 $50,600 $48,140 $43,250 $40,800 $60,000 $60,000 $60,000 $45,000 $60,000 $60,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $25,300 $25,300 $25,100

$46,000 $753 $13,450 $6,500 $6,800 $10,000 $5,890 $3,000 $43,200 $41,000 $13,450 $6,500 $39,000 $11,000 $5,500 $13,450 $6,500 $41,000 $13,450 $39,000 $11,900 $5,950 $31,900 $10,850 $5,914 $55,000 $12,000 $2,400 $6,000 $4,800 $27,000 $9,000 $34,000 $11,450 $5,500 $2,918 $1,000 $4,444 $3,300 $6,000 $3,000 $6,000 $22,800 $3,000 $11,400 $8,640 $3,200 $31,900 $5,200 $2,500 $27,000 $8,140 $39,000 $11,450 $5,500 $27,000 $39,000 $11,900 $30,500 $10,900 $5,900 $5,200 $2,600 $2,600

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Breeder • Rick Heatter

Gulfstream Park • Michael Costanzo – Racing Secretary • Peter Aiello IV – Track Announcer

RACE TRACK INDUSTRY PROGRAM International Sound Corp. • James Pelrine – Vice President, Business Operations

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

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Membership Update

Tammy A. Gantt Associate Vice President, Director of Membership Services & Events, FEC Contributing Editor and FTC Industry & Community Affairs JOHN D. FILER PHOTO

Upcoming Deadlines and Events T he FTBOA Champions Award Show aired August 27 on the Horse Capital Television. If you missed it, you can view it at https://www.horsecapitaltv.com/episodes. Sept. 29 - The Florida Equine Institute and Allied Trade Show features the latest science-based information on horse and pasture care. Hosted by UF/IFAS Extension Central Florida Livestock Agents Group and equine industry partners around the state including the FTBOA, the full-day in-person event includes educational seminars, live animal demonstrations and a trade show. It runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion, 2232 Northeast Jacksonville Road in Ocala. FTBOA members receive a $7 discount when booking at Eventbrite under the show name using promo code FTBOA upon checkout. Oct. 8 - The Florida Thoroughbred Charities golf tournament presented by Advent Health Ocala will be held at the Del Webb Stone Creek Golf Club in Ocala. The day’s activities include a breakfast co-hosted with the Florida Thoroughbred Farm Managers’ with seminars on equine management topics. Mid-day activities

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include an original Florida thoroughbred art show by Alaura Allen; an FTC charity silent auction; and a Fred Hooper book signing by author Bill Heller and Wanda (Hooper) Quigley. A luncheon co-hosted by the Florida Thorobred Fillies will feature Kentucky Derby winning breeder Gail Rice as the speaker. Golf kicks off after lunch. For sponsorship, event tickets, or golf information, call 352-639-2160 or email tgantt@ftboa.com. Oct. 22 - The Annual Membership meeting will be held virtually on Oct. 22. Regular members watch your e-mail for details. Nov. 15 - The Florida Sire Stakes deadline is for yearlings whose May 15 payment was not made. It is $500. Missing this yearling deadline means a $5,000 fee on January 15. Do not assume a horse you purchased in a sale or privately has had a payment made. Sales catalogs list horses who are FSS eligible at the time of the sale because the deadline had not passed yet, meaning a payment may still be due. Contact FTBOA at 352-629-2160 to check. The two-year-old payment deadline is Jan. 15. Nov. 23 - Horse Farms Forever is hosting “Conservation Summit: Conversations about Conservation” at Ocala Breeders’ Sales from noon to 1:30 p.m. The educational workshop is about balancing growth while preserving Marion County’s 193,000-acre Farmland Preservation Area. The purpose of the Summit is to inspire the preservation of the horse farms and agricultural lands that are fundamental to Marion County’s global brand as the Horse Capital of the World®. Speakers include John C. Malone, the largest private landowner in North America and historic Bridlewood Farm owner, and Ocala Metro Chamber and Economic Partnership CEO Kevin Sheilley. The results of the county-wide “Quality of Life” survey will also be presented. FTBOA members receive 10% off with code FLTB2021 at https://www.horsefarmsforever.com/conservationsummit/.

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