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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS

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MARCH 2011 •VOL 54/ISSUE 3 President’s Report

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By Fred Brei

Editor’s Welcome

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Passionate Pursuit

Amy Tarrant, who owns Ocala-based Hardacre Farm, is enjoying success as a Thoroughbred owner, breeder and trainer.

38 Leading Florida Sires Florida Focus 10 42 Florida Thoroughbred Farm Manager’s Annual stallion showcase, silent auction and cocktail party Florida News 17, 46 47 Editor’s Note Lightning strikes at Gulfstream Park 20 By Summer Best Florida-bred R Heat Lightning rolled to a 7 ¼-length victory in the Davona Sale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park last month to 48 Florida Horse Council News notch the second graded stakes victory of her career.

49 News Bits A Parade of Hits at OBS 22 For the first time, OBS has consolidated the February and 51 Practically Speaking

By Michael Compton

March selected two-year-old sales and the result is a strong catalog of quality racing prospects looking to continue the success of previous sale graduates.

Leading the Way

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Florida-based juvenile consignors again star in 2010 national standings.

2011 Florida-bred Triple Crown nominees

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Dynaplint Technology for Foals

By Denise Steffanus

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Lame in the Mouth

By Saundra TenBroeck, Ph.D.

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A total of 32 Florida-bred runners were nominated to the 2011 Triple Crown. All told, 364 horses were made eligible to this year’s classics.

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Feasibility Fred Brei, President/ Board Chairman

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Of Gasification

By FRED BREI ver the course of the last eight years we have been looking at ways to meet our responsibilities under our bylaws as contained in the original articles of incorporation of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’and Owners’ Association in addressing the issue of waste disposal.

Article II of the articles of incorporation, entitled “titled nature and purpose of corporation,” reads as follows: “the particular purpose and object of this Corporation being the promotion and close cooperation in promoting the Thoroughbred horse breeding industry in Florida and the country at large, and, to this end, by mutual helpfulness and cooperation to gain a greater knowledge of the soil analysis of the state of Florida, and by the same cooperation, gain a greater scientific knowledge of the most beneficial grasses, feed, care and water most suitable to the successful and profitable breeding of Thoroughbred horses.”

Clearly, part of our responsibility as an association is to take care of the land and the water that sustains our animals.

From that premise, how do we get rid of mountains of manure? In 2003 the board of directors determined it had to try to come up with a cure for the problem of waste disposal. At that time, the association went into the hiring of engineers, examining of research and started up what we hoped was a long-term cure for the problem. Faced with raising money, the FTBOA, from funds available, put up $250,000, OBS put up $250,000, Black Kow invested $150,000 and numerous individuals put up $25,000 each.

I’ve heard complaints over the last couple of years about individuals that invested in the project. I assure you they were trying to help our industry and possibly help themselves. When you are raising stock funds, there are laws to abide by, and you have to make sure you are in compliance and do not violate them. At that time, we were only allowed to approach high- net- worth individuals or companies. We were not allowed to advertise to the general membership.

That would have been viewed as soliciting. Thus, I can assure you that original funds raised were not based on favoritism, but based on those individuals who fit the criteria and asking them for $25,000 each. Members who have any concerns about not being invited by advertisements or otherwise should understand that how we sought investors was

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done solely to stay in compliance with state and federal laws.

The board of directors has been made aware on numerous occasions over the last five years that I have been on the board, and I’m sure prior to that, on progress or lack of progress on the project at any given time. I would also like to tell you I have spoken to all of the people that invested $25,000 each, Ocala Equine Power, LLC (OEP) and none are dissatisfied with their decision to invest in an effort to do their part on behalf of the industry to resolve the issue. Like any investors, they only regret the fact that the project did not work to solve the industry’s waste disposal problem and that they lost their money. The $1,262,000 raised under OEP was invested in various attempts at curing the problem. All attempts failed to achieve the goal.

After several years of exploring options, in 2008 a company, MaxWest, believed it had a viable technology to once again hopefully take care of the waste problem. Those presentations were made at a time when oil prices were even higher than they are now. There also was much conversation at the time about tax credits for green fuels and technologies.

The output capability of MaxWest’s gasification process, combined with the reimbursement for the energy created, as of this day, isn’t financially feasible. Maybe in the future it will be. Who knows? Today it is idle and not going anywhere until something comes forward with improved technology and support from the State of Florida in green- energy credits.

The association received a grant in 2009 from the State of Florida pursuant to the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Technologies Grants Program to explore MaxWest’s technology to see if the technology worked and if the project was financially feasible. As of this day, there is more than $1 million in unspent grant money available should a viable solution surface in the future. In the meantime, I can assure you that the FTBOA has statements from accountants and general counsel that declare that the FTBOA has no liability as it relates to any operations to date in trying to get rid of muck. ■

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By MICHAEL COMPTON he annual battle for racing dates in South Florida has been resolved for the year.

The Department of Business and Professional Regulation Division of PariMutuel Wagering verified Feb. 28 that Gulfstream Park has applied for 87 racing dates that begin on Dec. 3, 2011 and run through April 8, 2012.

“We’re excited to add December to Gulfstream’s existing schedule,” said Tim Ritvo, MI Developments’ vice president of racing on the east coast. “We know this will enhance our stakes schedule and the overall quality of our product. Gulfstream has a history of developing champion 3year-olds who excel in the Triple Crown.

Racing in December will only add to the excitement of racing at Gulfstream Park.

We also know it is in the best interest of South Florida racing. We want to thank the horsemen for their continued support of our racing product.”

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We’re glad the parties reached a consensus and “ worked out something reasonable for all the horsemen involved. The most important thing is that this issue is settled and we can all move on and focus on being breeders and owners.

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—Fred Brei, Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’Association president The Division also verified Calder’s filing. Calder’s dates for the upcoming year from July 1 through June 30, 2012, include 112 days of racing. The upcoming meet, which starts in April, will run through Sept. 30. The Calder Tropical meet begins Oct. 1, 2011 and runs through Dec. 2, 2011 8 THE FLORIDA HORSE • MARCH 2011

with 45 performances. The 2012 Calder meet will begin April 9, 2012, the day after Gulfstream concludes its meet.

“Every thoroughbred racetrack in the country plays a role in contributing to the greater good of the industry,” said John Marshall, vice president and general manager of racing. “One role Calder plays is developing young horses to go on to be world champions. We will be doing our very best in 2011 to do even better at what we already do well which is propelling juvenile horses to national and global stages.”

The filings mean there will not be head-to-head racing in the coming year.

“Many have asked us about our views regarding both Calder and Gulfstream Park running year-round schedules,” Marshall said. “We are of the opinion that such an outcome at this time would mean the end of the South Florida racing circuit and deny local horsemen the chance to make a living as they currently do. Tracks running head to head would lead to a compromised racing product that would be of little interest to horseplayers across the country. While South Florida racing may one day face this outcome, Calder and CDI would view that approach as a tragedy for the tens of thousands of families that depend on Florida’s horse racing industry to make a living.”

Fred Brei, Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association president, said of the filings: “We’re glad the parties reached a consensus and worked out something reasonable for all the horsemen involved. The most important thing is that this issue is settled and we can all move on and focus on being breeders and owners.” ■

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Mucho Macho Man Scores in

Florida-bred Mucho Macho Man winning the Risen Star by 1 1/2 lengths.

Mucho Macho Man entered the $300,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds Feb. 19 with only one win to his credit, but the Florida-bred colt had run well in three consecutive graded events.

The fourth try was the charm for the son of Macho Uno, who powered his way to a 1½-length victory and stamped his ticket to the Kentucky Derby (G1) on the first Saturday in May. Mucho Macho Man, bred by Ocala’s John D. and Carole A. Rio, had Rajiv Maragh aboard for the first time in the Risen Star, but the pair seemed like a natural fit. Maragh placed Mucho Macho Man in second place early while Florida-bred Decisive Moment led the field of 10 3-yearolds through a quarter-mile in 24.67 seconds and a half-mile in 49.24.

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at Churchill Downs in November, at the head of the lane before edging away and finishing the 1 1/16-mile test in 1:43.98.

“My horse cooperated and settled in

well behind the leader, and once he settled, I expected him to make a big finish, and he sure did,” said Maragh. “In the post parade he did everything right that you would ask from a horse. He settled, but he was pretty focused, so he was giving me all the right signals. I had been on him already in the morning, so I am a little bit familiar with the horse. I’ve seen him run many times, so it wasn’t hard to get acquainted with him.”

Kathy Ritvo became Mucho Macho Man’s trainer last year after her husband, Tim, accepted a management position at Gulfstream Park’s parent company, MI Developments. Kathy Ritvo said she believed in Maragh, who was filling in for Mucho Macho Man’s regular rider, Eibar Coa, who was injured in a race at Gulfstream.

“I had a lot of confidence in Rajiv,” she said. “He’s been on him before with my husband in Saratoga, when my husband

Salty Wave Springs Upset at Oaklawn Salty Wave gave her connections a win they’ll always remember Feb. 20 at Oaklawn Park, where the Florida-bred mare scored a front-running, 1 ¼-length victory in the $60,000 Spring Fever Stakes. It was the first stakes victory for the mare’s owner and trainer, Jack Frost, and 18-year-old jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. Frost had claimed Salty Wave for $35,000 from H and H Ranch and trainer Karl Broberg out of a third-place finish in a race at Remington Park last September.

The 6-year-old daughter of Salty Sea made her 2011 debut in the Spring Fever and earned her second stakes victory, having captured the $55,000 Ravolia Stakes on

Calder’s turf course in September 2008.

Salty Wave, bred by Tampa’s William A. Myers, has won 13 of her 39 starts for $296,986. But to Frost, The victory was easily the biggest of her career.

“She’s got a lot of heart,” he said.

“Like all of them, she’s got some issues that needed to be addressed, but with all the weather this year, hoping for a claiming race or optional race to go was just so iffy, we just decided to point for this. We knew this was the kind of race where she could give her best, and the timing worked out great for us. I claimed her because of her consistency. Her numbers were pretty much the same every time,

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Risen Star trained him, and Rajiv’s a professional, a great rider. And I want to wish Eibar Coa a speedy recovery. I’m very concerned about him, and I wish him all the best.”

Mucho Macho Man broke his maiden with Coa aboard in his third career start,

ishes behind To Honor and Serve in the Remsen (G2) and Nashua (G2) stakes at Aqueduct in November. In his 2011 debut, he was fourth in the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream after a troubled trip.

Mucho Macho Man has two wins from seven starts My horse cooperated and settled in well be- and has earned hind the leader, and once he settled, I expected $310,643 for owners him to make a big finish, and he sure did. In the Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and post parade he did everything right that you Dream Team One would ask from a horse. He settled, but he was Racing Stable. He’s pretty focused, so he was giving me all the right out of the Ponche signals. — jockey Rajiv Maragh mare Ponche de Leona.

Ritvo said Mucho Macho Man might taking a $50,000 maiden special weight race at Monmouth Park last September make his next start in the $1 million by four lengths. He concluded his juve- Louisiana Derby (G2) going 1 1/8 miles nile campaign with second-place fin- at Fair Grounds on March 26.

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and that’s what caught my eye.”

Frost owned horses for about seven years with trainer Stanley Roberts before

becoming a trainer himself several years ago. The Marianna, Ark.-based agricultural pilot and business owner put in more than 23,000 hours of agricultural flying before branching out into selling planes and parts.

The win improved Salty Wave’s record on fast dirt tracks to 4-for-10, but she’s also been solid on turf, going 6-for17. She won four consecutive races at Lone Star Park last year, including three on grass, all at the $35,000 optionalclaiming level or lower.

Florida-bred Salty Wave (left) gives Jack Frost his first stakes win.

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Heading into the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1) Feb. 5, jockey Jose Valdivia Jr. believed he was on a live underdog in Teaks North. But after the Florida-bred gelding rallied to beat Smart Bid by a nose for his first graded stakes victory, even he was a bit surprised.

“It’s unbelievable,” said Valdivia after scoring with the 25-1 long shot. “I just think he’s really coming into his own and is a really good turf horse. I couldn’t have had a better trip. I just tipped him off horses, and he finished up really strong.”

Teaks North, a 4-year-old son of Northern Afleet bred at Brylynn Farm Inc. in Reddick, made his 2011 debut in the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap. He had a strong 2010 campaign, with four wins in eight starts, including victories in the $96,000 Restoration Stakes on the Monmouth Park lawn in August and the $60,000 Big Brown Stakes on the New Jersey venue’s main track in October.

In making his Gulfstream Park debut, Teaks North took his game to the next level for trainer Justin Sallusto. As the longest shot on the board in a field of eight 4year-olds and up, Teaks North ran in sixth place early in the 1 1/8-mile affair on a firm turf course. Floridabred Little Mike, Florida-bred Teaks North who had wired the Fort Lauderdale Stakes (G3) by a nose at Gulfstream, once again was on the lead through a quarter-mile in 23.52 seconds and a half-mile in 47.40.

Teaks North reached the top of the stretch in sixth place but was full of run, getting up just in time and stopping the clock in 1:46.39.

“We were between running him in the Sunshine Millions Turf or this race and decided this race might come up easier, and it looks like we made the right decision,” Sallusto said.

Teaks North, out of the High Honors mare Teaksberry Road, has won five of his 12 starts and earned $364,400 for owner Jules Boutelle.

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Bridgetown began his 2011 campaign with an exclamation point Feb. 19 at Tampa Bay Downs, setting a stakes record while winning the $75,000 Turf Dash by a neck over fellow Florida-bred Great Attack.

Bridgetown, a homebred for Eugene Melnyk of Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala, covered the five furlongs on firm turf in 55.28 seconds, besting the stakes record of 55.75 seconds set by Castles in the Sky in 2009. The 4-year-old son of Speightstown earned his fourth stakes victory, having taken the Summer Stakes (G3) at Woodbine in 2009 and the $70,000 Latham Stakes at Saratoga and the $104,000 Gilded Time Stakes at Monmouth Park last year.

While breaking from the far-outside No. 10 post, Bridgetown used his usual front-running style to build a 1 ½-length lead through three furlongs with Willie Martinez aboard for the first time. He covered the first quarter-mile 20.93 seconds and the half in 43.32, reaching the top of the lane with a 1 ½-length lead over Great Attack.

The fast pace almost caught up with Bridgetown, but he had just enough left to hold off Great Attack in the final strides.

“Man, they told me he was quick, but he was quicker than quick,” Mar-

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Bridgetown Wires Tampa’s Turf Dash

Florida-bred Bridgetown wins the Turf Dash in stakes record time.

tinez said. “He broke out leavMan, they told me he was ing the gate, and he wanted to quick, but he was quicker than go, so I gave him his head, and we just zipped past some very quick. He broke out leaving fast horses. Was it really 20 and the gate, and he wanted to go, 4? But he relaxed nicely on the so I gave him his head, and lead into the turn. He was just we just zipped past some very cruising getting into the stretch. fast horses.

I knew they would be coming, —jockey Willie Martinez so I had to get after him, and he was still giving enough for us to be there.”

Bridgetown has five wins and a pair of runner-up efforts from 10 starts and has earned $609,021. He made his first nine starts for trainer Ken McPeek before being transferred to the barn of Todd Pletcher.

Pletcher’s assistant, Michael Dilger, was on hand for the race. “He’s been training very well, and we’re very happy with the way he went, running his first time back in a stake,” he said. Dilger said he wasn’t sure where Bridgetown would make his next start. “That’s something Todd and Mr. Melnyk will discuss,” he said.

Bridgetown has made two appearances in Breeders’Cup races, finishing fourth in last fall’s Turf Sprint (G2) and second in the 2009 Juvenile Turf (G2) after leading most of the way.

Great Attack, a 4-year-old son of Randolph Thoroughbreds stallion Greatness bred by Edward Seltzer and Murray Durst, has four wins from 10 starts and has earned $159,418. A $37,000 purchase at OBS as a 2-year-old in April 2009, the colt is trained by Wesley Ward for owner Houyhnhnm Stable.

Great Attack closed out his 2010 campaign by winning allowances at Keeneland and Churchill Downs. He began his 4-year-old season with a second-place finish behind Florida-bred Stradivinsky in the $58,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint last month.

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Pleasant Strike, trained by Todd Pletcher, finished his career with six wins from 33 starts. In addition to his two stakes victories, he placed in nine other stakes races, including second-place finishes in 2009 in Monmouth’s Red Bank Stakes (G3) and The Meadowlands’ Cliff Hanger Stakes (G3) and third-place finishes in the 2009 River City Handicap (G3) at Churchill Downs and last year’s Miami Mile (G3) at Calder.

“He has a very nice conformation and a lot of muscle,” Ronso said. “He’s very goodminded, and he was a nice racehorse. He’s a nice stallion with a lot of size and good bone. I think he will throw very nice babies.”

Pleasant Strike is out of the Pleasant Colony mare Colonella.

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Pleasant Strike, a son of Smart Strike who earned $453,399 at the racetrack, will begin his stallion career this year at Alfredo Ronso’s Mighty White Stallion Farm in Ocala. A stud fee hasn’t been set.

Pleasant Strike earned his biggest victory as a 3-year-old in the 2007 Arlington Classic (G3), taking that 1 1/16-mile turf test by 3 ¾ lengths. Two years later, the turf specialist won the $50,000 Daniel Van Clief Stakes on the Colonial Downs lawn after finishing second in that race in 2008.

Empire in the Hal’s Hope Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park after bobbling at the start.

He returned Jan. 29 to wire the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Classic by 2 ¼ lengths at odds of 27-1 at Gulfstream.

In the seven-furlong Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship, Tackleberry avenged his only recent loss, defeating 4-5 favorite Soaring Empire, who finished second, a nose in front of Caixa Eletronica.

With usual rider Javier Santiago aboard, Tackleberry ran in second place as Gaucho led the field of eight 4-year-olds and up through a quarter-mile in 22.84 seconds and a halfmile in 45.86. Tackleberry rallied to take the lead leaving the far turn and reached the head of the lane with a two-length advantage.

Soaring Empire, who had reared up in the starting gate prior to the race, unseating jockey Jose Lezcano, rallied from last place but couldn’t catch the winner, who stopped the clock in 1:22.84 on a fast track.

“The one thing that had me scared was the big cutback in distance,” Santiago said after the win. “At seven furlongs, you have to put a little more speed into the race. This is his moment. He’s just winning at every distance. A mile and an eighth, seven furlongs, six furlongs, it doesn’t matter.”

“He just loves to run,” said Olivares. “He came bouncing out of his last race ready to do something the next day. I had to do something with him or I was afraid he might hurt himself in his stall.”

Tackleberry, bred by Ocala Stud Farm, has seven wins and two runner-up finishes from 11 career starts for $577,225 in earnings. Olivares said the horse likely will run in the one-mile, $300,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (G2) on March 12. The horse is out of the Concerto mare Box of Joy. COGLIANESE PHOTO

Tackleberry, named for the quirky Hooper Handicap (G3) at 1 1/8 miles in firearms aficionado in the “Police Acad- December, both at Calder Casino and emy” movie series, has been taking dead Race Course. Those wins followed scores aim at his rivals lately, reeling off six wins in a $30,500 allowance and a $25,000 opin his last seven starts. The most recent of those tallies came Feb. 12, when the Florida-bred gelding took the $150,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship (G2) by two lengths.

Tackleberry, a 4-year-old son of Ocala Stud Farm stallion Montbrook, got his Florida-bred Tackleberry fourth stakes victory for trainer and owner Luis Olivares. He won tional claimer earlier in the fall at the the $125,000 Jack Dudley Sprint Cham- Miami Gardens oval.

On Jan. 8, Tackleberry began his year pionship going six furlongs against Florida-breds in November and the Fred with a fourth-place finish behind Soaring

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Cool Coal Man to Hartley/De Renzo

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Cool Coal Man

Cool Coal Man, who won the 2008 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park on his way to $929,718 in earnings, will stand at Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds in Ocala this year for a $5,000 stud fee. The 6-year-old stallion is a son of 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft, who earned $2.26 million, and the Rubiano mare Coral Sea, who earned $130,087.

Cool Coal Man finished his career with 10 wins, including five stakes victories, from 30 starts. He won two of five starts as a juvenile, then returned in 2008 to capture the Fountain of Youth and the $70,000 Spend a Buck Stakes at Monmouth Park.

He also finished third behind Big Brown in that year’s Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth.

Racing for owner Robert V. LaPenta and Hall-of-Fame trainer Nick Zito, Cool Coal Man earned two more stakes victories at age 4 in 2009, taking the $71,750 Albert the Great Stakes at Saratoga and the $69,150 Lord of the Night Stakes at Belmont Park.

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He also placed in two graded events that year.

Last year, Cool Coal Man won the $100,000 Skip Away Stakes and placed in two more graded events. For his career, he earned 14 triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures in races

ranging from 6 ½ furlongs to 1 1/8 miles.

A $200,000 purchase as a yearling at Keeneland, Cool Coal Man was bred by W.S. Farish and the E.J. Hudson Jr. Irrevocable Trust. LaPenta offered him at the 2007 Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of selected 2-year-olds in training.

“Mr. LaPenta found himself just too fond of the horse to let him go,” said Zito.

“By deciding to purchase the horse back at $850,000, this proved to be a very rewarding decision by Mr. LaPenta.”

Rebecca Hayden, Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds’ director of stallions, said, “Not only is he nearly a millionaire, being a son of Mineshaft and a grandson of A.P. Indy, this is a sire line that is proving over and over to be the sire of sires. As word has traveled, we have had an immediate response to this horse and believe that he will spark a new Florida breeding market. We couldn’t be more pleased to have him with us.”

Tampa Bay Downs Boosts Some Purses As a result of an overall handle increase of five percent as well as the most successful Festival Preview Day, presented by Lambholm South, to date, Tampa Bay Downs announced last month that there will be a purse increase for the remainder of the racing season.

An average of $5,000 a day will be allotted to all claiming races run for a $12,500 claiming tag or less. This includes maiden, never-won-two, never-won-three and since-adate conditions. Wide-open claiming races run for a $5,000 tag will now carry a purse of $10,500, and wide-open $12,500 claiming races will now boast purses of $16,000 (including money from Florida Owners’Awards).

Tampa Bay Downs’ vice president and general manager, Peter Berube, said, “We are pleased to be able to offer increased purses for our lower-level claiming races. We could have done a $500-per-race across-the-board increase, but we felt at this time the increase would be better served in select classes of races.” —Tampa Bay Downs Publicity

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Florida-bred filly wins by 71⁄4 lengths

Florida-bred R Heat Lightning

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R Heat Lightning Strikes for Second Time

R Heat Lightning proved that lightning can indeed strike twice. The Florida-bred filly romped to a 7 ¼-length victory in the $250,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 26 to get the second graded stakes win of her career.

R Heat Lightning, a daughter of Trippi and a homebred for E. Paul Robsham Stables, captured the Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga last September after finishing second in Monmouth Park’s $94,000 Colleen Stakes the previous month. The filly, out of the Gold Fever mare Yellow Heat, concluded her juvenile campaign with runner-up finishes in the Frizette Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park in October and the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Churchill Downs in November.

R Heat Lightning and jockey John Velazquez settled into fourth place early as Hot Summer led the field of eight 3-yearold fillies through a quarter-mile in 23.92 seconds and a halfmile in 46.53. After Florida-bred Pomeroys Pistol briefly took the lead, R Heat Lightning began to pick it up, surging to a 1 ½-length lead at the top of the lane and drawing off under a strong hand ride.

R Heat Lightning, trained by Todd Pletcher, finished the one-mile test in 1:36.25. The win helped R Heat Lightning atone for a fourth-place finish in the Forward Gal Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream on Jan. 30, the only time she’s finished out of the exacta. She has three wins and three runner-up finishes from seven starts for $772,800 in earnings.

“She had a much smoother trip,” Pletcher said. “Last time, she got bumped pretty hard at the start and never settled down

in the backstretch. She had a clean trip, relaxed and then went on with it. We’ll naturally consider the Gulfstream Oaks here (April 2). The main goal is the Kentucky Oaks (May 6). She’s run well at Churchill.”

“She settled really well,” Velazquez said. “Maybe she learned something from her last race, when she was a little rank. We were between horses, and she relaxed, and when I asked her at the quarter pole, she responded. It was a big difference from her last race.”

The favored Dancinginherdreams, the winner of the Pocahontas Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs in October, finished a head in front of Pomeroys Pistol.

Pomeroys Pistol, a homebred for trainer Amy Tarrant’s Hardacre Farm, has won three of her six starts for $213,990.

Flashpoint Wins Hutcheson To Stay Unbeaten Florida-bred Flashpoint is kind of like a concertgoer who gets to the event about an hour late – he skipped the opening act but hasn’t missed anything important.

Flashpoint, a son ofVinery stallion Pomeroy, didn’t race as a juvenile and made his career debut Jan. 15 atAqueduct, romping to a 6 ¼length victory in a $41,000 maiden special weight race. He earned a 91 Beyer Speed Figure for that six-furlong test on the inner dirt track.

Following that impressive victory, trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. entered Flashpoint in the $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes (G2) Feb. 26 at Gulfstream Park, and the colt remained perfect, cruising to a 7 ¼-length win.

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FLORIDA NEWS Flashpoint from age 17 a horse does that,” Dutrow said. “I thought he’d be in front, but he broke a step slow and sat off Todd (Pletcher’s) horse, so I’m happy to know that he can do that.”

In the Hutcheson, Flashpoint ran in second place early as Pletcher’s 7-10 favorite, Travelin Man, carved out fractions of 22.16 seconds for a quarter-mile and 44.53 for a half-mile. With Cornelio Velasquez aboard, Flashpoint made his move while going around the turn to reach the top of the lane with a 1 ½-length lead, and he drew off down the stretch, stopping the clock for seven furlongs in 1:22.03.

Flashpoint, bred by Silverleaf Farms Inc. and owned by Peachtree Stable, was sent off as the third choice in a field of nine 3-year-olds. Travelin Man finished three lengths ahead of Florida-bred Little Drama.

“The only other horse I was concerned about was (Travelin Man),” Velasquez said. “We broke good, had a good trip. I didn’t want to move too soon because this horse likes company. In the stretch, I didn’t really hit him. He was very good.”

Flashpoint, a $100,000 purchase as a yearling at Keeneland in September 2009, has earned $115,200 through two starts.

Dutrow said Flashpoint, out of the Two Punch mare Two Punch Lil, might be pointed toward the Triple Crown races, though shorter races might be more to his liking.

“We’ll discuss the options, including the Florida Derby,” Dutrow said. “Personally, I like the seven-eighths to a mile-andan-eighth angle, but we’ll see. I would say his next start will be here. You never know if they can go long until they do it, but naturally with the (Kentucky) Derby coming up everybody thinks about it.”

Little Drama, a son of Rising Hill Farm stallion Burning Roma and a homebred for Ocala’s Harold Queen, was making his 2011 debut. The winner of the $97,000 Frank Gomez Memorial Stakes at Calder last year has won two of his six starts for $128,490.

Concorde’s Tune Dies at Age 22

BY MICHAEL COMPTON

Longtime Ocala Stud Farm stallion Concorde’s Tune died last month at the age of 22. According to Ocala Stud’s J. Michael O’Farrell Jr., the stallion, who entered stud in 1995, died as a result of complications from cancerous tumors.

“He was one of those sires that never really got a big horse, but he consistently sired good runners,” said O’Farrell. “He sired a goodlooking horse, and he sired runners. His horses sold well for the amount of money that was invested in them, and they ran well for the amount of money that was spent on them.”

By Concorde Bound—Parisian Tune, by Tunerup, Concorde’s Tune sired more than 290 winners and had progeny earnings of more than $21 million.According to statistics from The Florida Horse’s 2011 Stallion Register, Concorde’s Tune had average earnings per runner of more than $61,000 from 13 crops to race, and he sired 24 stakes winners.

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stakes winners Sara’s Success, Mr. Silver, Run Kush Run and Formal Concorde, a champion in the Dominican Republic.

As a racehorse, Concorde’s Tune won 12 of 28 starts and earned $242,585 in a career that spanned four seasons. He won the Mendham Stakes at The Meadowlands at age 3 in 1992. That same year, he equaled a track record of 56 2/5 seconds for five furlongs at The Meadowlands. At age 4, he captured the Thomas Edison Stakes at the New Jersey track for his second stakes victory. ■

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Florida-bred R Heat Lightning

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rolled to a 7 ¼-length victory in the Davona Sale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park last month to notch the second graded stakes victory of her career.

A homebred for E. Paul Robsham Stables, R Heat Lightning covered the one mile distance in 1:36.25.

She is a daughter of former Ocala Stud stallion Trippi.

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A Parade of Hits For the first time, OBS has consolidated the February and March selected two-year-old sales and the result is a strong catalog of quality racing prospects looking to continue the success of previous sale graduates. he March Sale of Selected Two-YearOlds in Training gets the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s juvenile sale season off and running on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 15-16. There are 490 horses cataloged, with both sessions beginning at 11 a.m.

The March Sale Under Tack Show is set for Thursday and Friday, March 10-11, beginning each morning at 8 a.m. The sale includes the ongoing Gulf Coast Farm Dispersal, consigned to OBS by Jerry Bailey Sales Agency. Best known as the breeder of champion Lookin at Lucky, Gulf Coast was North America’s fourth leading breeder in 2010.

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The OBS Championship Day of racing is slated for Monday, March 14, the day before the sale.

The sale’s theme, “Hits Keep Coming,” is a reflection of another year of tremendous racing success by OBS juvenile sale graduates, culminating in Mark Dedomenico LLC, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo & Jerry Hollendorfer’s Blind Luck winning the Eclipse Award as 2010’s champion 3-year-old filly. The fourth OBS graduate so honored, Blind Luck follows in the footsteps of Yanks Music (1996), Xtra Heat (2001) and Wait a While (2006).

Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Blind Luck won five graded stakes in 2010, including victories in the Alabama Stakes (G1), Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Las Virgenes Stakes (G1). The daughter of Pollard’s Vision was consigned to the 2009 OBS April Sale by Omega Farm, Agent.

For the first time, OBS has consolidated the February and March Selected TwoYear-Old Sales into one, and the result is a strong catalog with even greater depth of quality racing prospects.

The March Sale carries on a legacy of achievement, as OBS selected two-year-old sales have produced 34 millionaires, winners of 17 Eclipse Awards and nine Breeders’ Cup races.

Horse of the Year titles for Florida-bred Skip Away and Favorite Trick are included, along with the three Dubai Golden Shaheen scores for Caller One (twice) and Saratoga County, as well as championships for Florida-breds Lost in the Fog, Cherokee Run, Gilded Time, Jewel Princess, Brave Raj, as well as Fleet Indian.

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at OBS The March Sale enjoyed one of its greatest days at OBS juvenile sales graduates were rewarded for the Breeders’ Cup in 2008, as graduates Forever To- their racetrack success, dominating all juvenile gether (Filly and Mare Turf), Midnight Lute (Sprint) and sales. OBS graduates Kantharos and Florida-bred Comma to the Top are the only colts in the top 10 Stardom Bound (Juvenile Fillies) all raced to victory.

In 2010, OBS two-year-old sale graduates per- from a two-year-old sale.

Nine of the top 20 fillies are OBS graduates: Floridaformed where it counts, winning or placing in 373 breds Turbulent Descent, Rigostakes races, and winning them at letta, Tell a Kelly, Wickedly an average of nearly three per In 2010, OBS two-year- Perfect, Indian Gracey, and Deweek. They won 47 graded stakes, lightful Mary, Jordy Y, May Day 14 of them grade one events, inold sale graduates perRose and Neversaidiwassweet, cluding the Alabama, Arkansas formed where it counts, while all other juvenile auctions Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, Cashwinning or placing in 373 combined for just one.

Call Futurity, Darley Alcibiades, The roster of other major Hollywood Starlet, Kentucky stakes races, and winning winners includes Arkansas Oaks and Oak Leaf Stakes. The them at an average of Derby winner Florida-bred Line 47 graded stakes wins represent of David, Tampa Bay Derby winmore graded victories by OBS junearly three per week. ner Odysseus and Humana venile graduates than all other Distaff winner Mona de Momma.

North American two-year-old sales combined.

The OBS Hit Parade has especially accelerated Stars from last year’s March Sale included Stonestreet Stables LLC’s Kantharos, now a Vinery stallion, since the conversion to its all-weather Safetrack surand Ike & Dawn Thrash’s Sunshine State product Tell a face in 2008. Since then, Safetrack graduates have Kelly. Kantharos, sold by Eddie Woods, Agent, for won or placed in 547 stakes races, 142 of them graded $250,000, scored in the Bashford Manor Stakes (G3) at stakes. They’ve accounted for 24 grade one victories Churchill Downs and then took the Saratoga Special (G2). Undefeated in three races, he romped by a combined margin of 28 1/2 lengths before being retired to stud.

Tell a Kelly jumped from a maiden win into the Darley Debutante Stakes (G1) in August, then stormed from next to last to first to win by 4-1/2 lengths. She was consigned by Southern Chase Farm (Greg and Karen Dodd), Agent.

In all, 33 OBS two-year-old graduates won graded stakes in 2010, including Eclipse Award finalists Majesticperfection, Rightly So and Florida-bred Turbulent Descent.

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including two wins in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and wins in the prestigious Spinaway, Champagne and Ballerina Stakes.

The 2011 March Sale features a strong stallion line up from the general sire leader board to North America’s most promising young guns.

Giant’s Causeway, Distorted Humor and Malibu Moon, 1-2-3 on the 2010 Blood-Horse general sire list, are represented by youngsters in the sale, as are Smart Strike, Medaglia d’Oro, Street Cry (Ire), Tapit, Indian Charlie, Candy Ride (Arg), Tiznow, Unbridled’s Song and More Than Ready.

Proven sires like Speightstown, Elusive Quality, and Empire Maker, have offspring in March, as well as Mr. Greeley, Pulpit, Stormy Atlantic, Dixie Union, Awesome Again, Lemon Drop Kid, Harlan’s Holiday, Lion Heart and Ocala Stud Farm’s Montbrook.

2010’s top four leading first crop sires Congrats, Bluegrass Cat, Bernardini, and War Front have offspring in the sale, along with up and coming sires Street Sense, Afleet Alex, Hard Spun, Corinthian, Any Given Saturday, Rockport Harbor, Wildcat Heir and Lawyer Ron. ■

Live racing returns again to Ocala/Marion County when the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company holds its 22nd annual Day of Champions on Monday, March 14.

A total of $300,000 in purses is up for grabs during the four-race program, restricted to three year olds which have gone through the OBS sales ring. The $50,000 OBS Sprint for fillies kicks off the card at 1:00 p.m., followed by the $50,000 OBS Sprint for colts and geldings.

Both races are at six furlongs. The day concludes with the colt and filly divisions of the $100,000 OBS Championship Stakes, both at a mile and a sixteenth.

The races annually attract large crowds eager for the opportunity to see high quality racing close to home. What they’ve seen is two decades of top-class horses, riders and trainers competing for big purse money in a country fair atmosphere.

Tailgaters come early to picnic in the parking areas, and autograph seekers mill around the paddock and jock’s room, hoping to meet some of racing’s biggest stars. They’ve been rewarded with appearances by Hall of Fame riders Angel Cordero, Pat Day, Earlie Fires, Chris McCarron, Mike Smith and Kent Desormeaux, as well as current stars Julien Leparoux and John Velazquez.

Eibar Coa, Edgar Prado and Jorge Chavez share the all-time OBS lead with nine wins apiece, surpassing early leader Pat Day, who scored seven OBS victories before hanging up his tack.

The father-son duo of Ben Perkins Sr. and Jr. dominated the first few years of racing at OBS, training the winners of five races between them, and Cam Gambolati, Dale Romans, Dan Hurtak, Eddie Plesa, Manny Tortora, Frank Gomez, Jorge Romero, Jose Pinchin, Ken Wirth, Leo Azpurua Jr., Manny Azpurua, Marty Wolfson, Todd Pletcher, Eliott Walden, Billy Badgett and Bill White have all saddled at least two. Kirk Ziadie leads all trainers with five, followed

by Luis Olivares and Mark Casse with four apiece.

Public awareness of racing at OBS has gone from one extreme to the other. Chris McCarron thought he was on his way to a race in Orlando when his agent gave him the riding assignment aboard Glass & Boyce Racing Stable’s Doc of the Day in the 1991 OBS Championship Stakes. Once at OBS however, he found his way to the finish line first.

The story was different in 1997, when word leaked that trainer Mary Eppler was considering using the OBS Championship as the first stop on the Kentucky Derby trail for Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s Champagne Stakes winner Traitor. OBS, deluged with requests from the media for information about OBS and its races, grabbed a little bit of the spotlight.

Traitor did his part, scoring a narrow victory and the race was shown on tape nationally on ESPN and the NYRA simulcast network. Although injury kept Traitor out of the Derby, the OBS races had arrived.

Other horses, however, used the races at OBS as a springboard to bigger and better things. Arthur Appleton’s Dixieland Gold went on to win graded stakes after besting Hilmer Schmidt’s Golden Bri in the 1995 OBS Sprint for fillies. Golden Bri rebounded from that loss and won the prestigious Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Belmont, defeating champion Serena’s Song.

New Farm’s Meadow Monster developed into a graded stakes winner after his victory in the 1994 Sprint. J.J. Balsamo’s Plenty of Light (2000) and Hardacre Farm’s Florida-bred Bold World (2002) won graded stakes after wins at OBS and Mac Fehsenfeld’s 1995 Sprint winner and Florida-bred Valid Video defeated future Horse of the Year Ghostzapper in Saratoga’s King’s Bishop Stakes (G1).

Wins on the dirt preceded success on the grass for a pair of OBS winners in 2007. Ol Memorial Stable & C.E. Glasscock’s Buffalo Man became a graded stakes winner on turf after winning the Championship Stakes and Augustin Stable’s Forever Together scored in the Sprint for fillies before earning more than $2 million in an Eclipse Award-winning career on North American turf courses. —Jay Friedman ELEANOR HANCOCK PHOTO

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g eadin L Florida-based juvenile consignors again star in 2010 national standings.

By JO ANN GUIDRY hen all the 2010 sales statistics were tallied up, Eddie Woods (at left) was once again the leading juvenile consignor in North America. It was the second consecutive year that Woods has led a parade of Florida-based juvenile consignors in the Top 10. To earn the top spot, Woods sold 82 head for a total of $8,662,200.

Woods sold two of the 10 highest-priced juveniles for 2010, both at the Fasig-Tipton February Calder sale. The highest priced juvenile sold by Woods was a colt by Smart Strike out of Southern Swing, by Dixieland Band, who went for $825,000 to Demi O’Byrne. Also at the FTF sale, Woods sold Pumatic, a colt by Indian Charlie out of Uncommon Queen, by Seattle Slew for $675,000 to Katsumi Yoshida.

At the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s March juvenile sale, Woods sold a colt by Lion Heart out of the Southern Halo mare Contessa Halo for $250,000 to Jess Jackson’s Stonestreet Stables. Named Kantharos, the colt won the Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) and Bashford Manor Stakes (G3). Retired due to an injury, Kantharos will stand the 2011 breeding season at Vinery Florida in Summerfield.

In addition to graded stakes winner Kantharos, Woods’ sales/training program was represented by 11 other stakes winners and 24 stakes horses in 2010. The stakes winners included graded stakes winners Concord Point, Grand Rapport, Haynesfield, Jeran-

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imo, Line of David, My Jen and Secret Gypsy. Notably, Haynesfield won the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) and Florida-bred Line of David captured the Arkansas Derby (G1).

Here’s a look at several other Ocalabased 2010 leading juvenile consignors.

NIALL BRENNAN STABLES (bottom left)

Coming in second in the national rankings was Niall Brennan Stables, having sold 62 head for $6,543,700. The operation’s toppriced sale horse in 2010 was Kalavinka, a gray/roan filly by Bernardini out of the Unbridled mare Tap Your Heels and who sold for $520,000 to Katsumi Yoshida at the Fasig-Tipton February Calder sale.

Of note in 2010, Niall Brennan Stables sold eventual Florida-bred Grade 1 stakes winner Wickedly Perfect. Bred by Y-Lo Racing Stable, the filly was consigned by Brennan as agent for her breeder to the OBS April 2-year-old sale and where she sold for $70,000 to Dennis O’Neill. Raced by the partnership of Peter Moehrke, Rafter JR Ranch and STD Racing Stable, Wickedly Perfect won the Darley Alcidbiades Stakes (G1) and Sorrento Stakes (G3).

Niall Brennan Stables was also represented in 2010 by 11 other sales/training stakes-winning graduates, including Grade 1 stakes winner Afleet Express, who won the Travers Stakes (G1). Other 2010 graded stakes winners included Air Support, Blue Laser, Just Louise, Mythical Power and Together Indy.

At this writing in 2011, Brennan is already represented by sales/training stakeswinning graduates Mendip and Super Espresso. Mendip won the Al Maktoum Challenge (UAE-G3) and Super Espresso captured the Sky Beauty Stakes.

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Eisaman Equine Services, owned and Ciaran and Amy Dunne’s Wavertree Sta- operated by Barry and Shari Eisaman, was bles was the third-leading juvenile consignor, the leading consignor at the OBS March selling 60 head for $6,539,000. Wavertree sale with 15 head sold for $2,537,000.

Stables sold Malibu Star for $575,000, the Eisaman also sold its highest-priced juve10th-highest priced juvenile on the season. nile on the year at that sale, getting Consigned to the Keeneland April juvenile $400,000 for a colt by Indian Charlie out of sale, the colt by Malibu Moon out of Whirl- Teak Totem, by Northern Afleet. The colt wind Charlotte, by Real Quiet, sold to Kat- since named Adios Charlie was bought by sumiYoshida.To date, Malibu Star is unraced. Stanley M. Hough, agent for Robert Sahn.

Recent outstanding Eisaman Equine Wavertree Stables sold the Barretts March sales topper, getting $475,000 for a Services sales/training graduates include colt by Unbridled’s Song out of the Storm Atomic Rain, Bee Cee Cee, Dances With Cat mare King Shooting Star. Subsequently Ashley, Don’t Forget Gil, First Passage and named Uphill Tigger, the colt sold to Nar- Gozzip Girl. vick International.

Sales/training graduates representing Wa- NICK DE MERIC (bottom right) vertree Stables in 2010 included Grade 1 Rounding out the top five juvenile constakes winners Devil May Care and E Z’s signors was Nick de Meric with 64 head Gentleman. Wavertree sold for $4,724,500.

2010 Top 10 was also represented by Leading Juvenile Consignors De Meric was the multiple stakes winner (By Total Sales) leading consignor at Inglorious and Grade 1 Consignor the OBS February sale Total Sales stakes-placed Tidal Pool. Eddie Woods . . . . . . . . . . .$8,662,200 of selected 2-year-olds Devil May Care was Niall Brennan Stables . . . .$6,543,700 in training, selling Wavertree Stables . . . . . . .$6,539,000 one of the most accom- Eisaman Equine . . . . . . . .$5,154,000 eight for $664,000. But plished 3-year-old fil- Nick de Meric . . . . . . . . . .$4,724,500 his highest-priced juvelies of the season, Scanlon Training Center . . .$3,220,000 nile for the year came All In Sales . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,852,000 winning a trio of graded Hartley/DeRenzo . . . . . . . .$2,776,000 at the Fasig-Tipton stakes. She won the Murray Smith . . . . . . . . . .$2,674,000 Calder sale, selling a McKathan Bros . . . . . . . . .$2,502,700 Coaching Club AmeriWar Front out of Crescan Oaks (G1), Mother Goose Stakes (G1) cent Moon, by Seeking the Gold, colt for and Bonnie Miss Stakes (G2). A West Coast $375,000. Subsequently named Marston standout, E Z’s Gentleman captured the Moor, the colt sold to John Ferguson Triple Bend Handicap (G1).

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In 2010, de Meric sales/training graduEISAMAN EQUINE SERVICES (right center) ates included graded stakes winners In the fourth spot on the 2010 leading Odysseus and Phola. Odysseus won the juvenile consignor national rankings was Tampa Bay Derby (G3) while Phola capEisaman Equine Services with 64 horses tured the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2) and Hillsborough Stakes (G3). ■ sold for $5,154,000.

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A total of 32 Florida-bred runners were nominated to the 2011 Triple Crown. All told, 364 horses were made eligible to this year’s classics.

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Frank Fletcher Live Oak Plantation Lanni Famil Trust, et al Pegram and Weitman Barber, Birnbaum & Tsujihara

W.T. Howard Tom Albertrani Bob Baffert Bob Baffert Peter Miller

With Distinction Just for Fun Stable (Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds)

Juan Arias

Wildcat Heir (Journeyman Stud)

George Arnold

Wind River Stables

Bob Baffert

Economic Summit Fairview Heights Flashpoint

Malibu Moon Distorted Humor Pomeroy (Vinery)

Klaravich & Lawrence Melnyk Racing Peachtree Stable

Richard Violette Todd Pletcher Richard Dutrow

Free Ticket Gourmet Dinner Grande Shores I’m Steppin’ It Up Leave of Absence Manicero

Freefourinternet Trippi Black Mambo Congrats Harlan’s Holiday Mass Media (Journeyman Stud)

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With Distinction Donver Stable (Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds)

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By JO ANN GUIDRY hen it comes to her involvement in the Florida Thoroughbred industry, Amy Tarrant considers herself a late bloomer. Make that a successful late bloomer.

Since buying her first Thoroughbred to race in 2001, Tarrant has been represented in different roles by such outstanding racehorses as Bold World, Indy Wind, Kiss the Kid and Pomeroys Pistol. Tarrant owned stakes winner Bold World; owned and trained stakes winner Indy Wind and graded stakes winner Kiss the Kid. And with Florida-bred Pomeroys Pistol, Tarrant hit the trifecta: She bred, owns and trains the 2011 graded stakes winner.

“Pomeroys Pistol is my first homebred graded stakes winner,” said Tarrant, 67, and who was 56 years old when she bought her first Thoroughbred to race. “I’ve owned and trained some nice racehorses, but winning a graded stakes with a homebred is very special.”

Pomeroys Pistol, a 3-year-old bay filly by Vinery Florida stallion Pomeroy out of the unraced Point Given mare Prettyatthetable, captured the Forward Gal Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 30. The filly won by three-quarters of a length over Dancinginherdreams with Evil Queen third. Winning time for the seven furlongs was 1:22.89.

Prior to that victory, Pomeroys Pistol finished second to Final Mesa in the Old Hat Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 5. As a two year old, the filly broke her maiden at Monmouth Park by an impressive six and three-quarters lengths. Bred and raced in the name of Tarrant’s Ocala-based Hardacre Farm, Pomeroys

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Pistol has career earnings to date of $188,990.

“Pomeroys Pistol was always a nice filly,” said Tarrant. “But until you get them to the races, you really don’t know what they’re going to do. Now we’ll see how she goes on from here.”

Tarrant bought Prettyatthetable, the dam of Pomeroys Pistol, for $75,000 at the 2004 Keeneland September yearling sale. Never raced, Prettyathetable is also the dam of D’cats Meow, who earned $70,630. She had a 2009 Wildcat Heir colt, who Tarrant sold for $77,000 at the 2010 OBS August yearling sale. Prettyatthetable has a 2010 Indy Wind colt and is in foal for 2011 to that stallion as well.

Tarrant’s journey to the winner’s circle came after raising five kids and then deciding to rekindle her passion for horses.

“I was a horse-crazy kid,” said Tarrant, who grew up in Burlington, Vermont, and still owns a home there.

“Some of my neighbors had horses and I’d ride them bareback. I just wanted to ride. And then my parents finally bought me a pony of my own.”

As Tarrant grew up, other things besides horses and riding became a priority. Then marriage and taking care of her children took precedence; horses disappeared from her life. But kids have a way of growing up and when Tarrant’s did, she began thinking of what she wanted to do with the next stage of her life.

“I decided I wanted horses back in my life,” said Tarrant. “So I began buying former racehorses to retrain and sell as show horses.”

It was that venture that led Tarrant to Ocala and Horse Shows In The Sun (HITS). The latter has

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success as a Thoroughbred owner, breeder and trainer.

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been staged in Ocala for the past 30 years, bringing in the best in the equine show world. For Tarrant, another door opened.

“I fell in love with Ocala right away,” said Tarrant.

“And since I had been buying former racehorses, I thought maybe I’d try buying some to race.”

At the 2001 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April 2-year-olds in training sale, Tarrant paid $475,000 for a Florida-bred filly by Fortunate Prospect out of Worldly Bold, by World Appeal. Bred and sold by Farnsworth

fell in love with Ocala right away, and since I “I had been buying former racehorses, I thought maybe I’d try buying some to race. ”

—Amy Tarrant

Florida-bred Pomeroys Pistol

Farms, Tarrant named the filly Bold World. Then in what seemed like the blink of an eye, Tarrant owned her first stakes winner and then graded stakes winner.

Bold World won the 2001 Susan’s Girl Stakes of the Florida Stallion Stakes Series at Calder Race Course.

Then she encored that with six more stakes wins at four different tracks in 2002, including the Azalea Breeders’ Cup Stakes (G3). In 13 lifetime starts, Bold World

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posted seven wins, all of them stakes wins, and earned $376,710.

“Of course, it was wonderful to do so well so quickly with Bold World,” said Tarrant. “But then reality sets in and you realize it’s not always that easy.”

While Tarrant didn’t train Bold World, she did obtain a trainer’s license shortly after and has been training her horses since then. She established her first Hardacre Farm in Ocala 12 years ago, then five years ago bought 158 acres at the Nelson Jones Training Center. Hardacre Farm serves as the base of her breeding and training operation, while she travels the racetrack circuit. In the winter, Tarrant trains at Palm Meadows Training Center and ships to Gulfstream Park. Come summer, she takes a string of 20 horses to Monmouth Park.

Tarrant is now also involved in the stallion business.

She stands graded stakes winner Kiss the Kid and stakes winner Indy Wind at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Ocalabased Journeyman Stud. Tarrant raced and trained both Indy Wind and Kiss the Kid. “Even though I have what was the old Hooper Farm stallion barn on the farm,” said Tarrant. “I just didn’t think I wanted to stand stallions there. I thought it was best to stand stallions with people who do that for a living.”

Tarrant purchased Indy Wind for $150,000 at the 2003 Keeneland September yearling sale. By A.P. Indy out of the Kingmambo mare Zagora, Indy Wind won five stakes and was stakes-placed four times to earn $392,900. Racing for four seasons, Indy Wind won the Alysheba Stakes, Skip Away Stakes and twice captured the Frisk Me Now Stakes. He was also graded stakes-placed twice, tallying thirds in the Philip H. Iselin Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G3) and Salvator Mile (G3). Indy Wind entered stud at Journeyman Stud in 2009 and his first foals are 2011 yearlings.

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numbering 16, Tarrant plans to support both Indy Wind and Kiss the Kid. She currently has six Indy Wind offspring, some she’ll race and others will be sold.

“I love what I’m doing,” said Tarrant, who has eight grandchildren. “It’s a bit of a gypsy’s life since I train my own horses and spend a lot of time at the racetrack.

But I consider myself fortunate that I got a second chance to pursue my passion.” ■

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Florida-bred Bold World (above) and Kiss The Kid.

multiple graded stakes winner of $820,873. By Lemon Drop Kid out of Black Tie Kiss, by Danzig, Kiss the Kid raced for five seasons, posting four stakes wins and was stakes-placed 13 times. Kiss the Kid won the Cliff Hanger Stakes (G3) and Appleton Stakes (G3). He was graded stakes-placed 10 times, including a third in the Donn Handicap (G1). Kiss the Kid entered stud in 2011.

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Leading Florida Sires The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through February 28, 2011. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

MONTBROOK

POMEROY

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

Leading Earnings Earner

Leading Yrlg Earnings Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

5

$13,500

13

$50,461

19

$28,200

26

$67,642

$18,522.37

36

$24,881

8

$27,625

38

$47,873

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Sire Name

Farm Name

Montbrook

Buckaroo

Ocala Stud

$626,649

36

9

2

3

2

$626,649

Tackleberry

$370,000

Wildcat Heir

Forest Wildcat Journeyman Stud

$484,203

81

20

2

2

0

$486,479

Breathoffreshheir

$52,000

Pomeroy

Boundary

Vinery Florida

$495,870

29

8

3

3

2

$465,870

Pomeroys Pistol

$165,000

21

Graeme Hall

Dehere

Winding Oaks

$439,840

67

13

0

0

0

$442,239

Duke of Mischief

$100,000

With Distinction

Storm Cat

Hartley/De Renzo

$409,334

31

10

1

1

0

$409,334

Decisive Moment

$156,000

47

$17,434.04

2yo Avg

Chapel Royal

Montbrook

Signature Stallions

$392,288

77

19

0

0

0

$394,372

Dahlgren Chapel

$51,600

37

$5,859.46

14

$22,500

Consolidator

Storm Cat

Journeyman Stud

$309,165

63

20

0

0

0

$335,564

Fist of Rage

$35,500

38

$5,931.58

18

$33,660

Concerto

Chief's Crown Ocala Stud

$311,793

39

13

1

1

0

$312,457

Dream Maestro

$58,000

2

$6,000

9

$20,888

Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Candy Stripes Stonewall Farm Ocala $282,091

29

7

1

2

1

$312,192

Always a Princess

$180,000

7

$6,882

5

$13,000.

Greatness

32

9

1

2

0

$310,889

Wiredfortwotwenty

$75,000

3

$3,566.67

9

$22,633.33

Mr. Prospector L. W. Randolph

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2003 Dark Bay or Brown - Dosage Profile: 7-15-20-0-0; DI: 3.20; CD: +0.69 Boldnesian Bold Reasoning Reason to Earn Seattle Slew Poker My Charmer Fair Charmer A.P. Indy (1989) Bold Ruler Secretariat Somethingroyal Weekend Surprise Buckpasser Lassie Dear Gay Missile A. P. Warrior

Mr. Prospector Fappiano Killaloe Quiet American Dr. Fager Demure Quiet Charm Warrior Queen (1997) Mr. Prospector Afleet Polite Lady Call Me Fleet Northern Answer Ocean’s Answer South Ocean

RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD Age

Starts

1st

2nd

3rd

Earnings

2 3

5 8 13

2 2(2) 4(2)

1(1) 1(1) 2(2)

0 3(3) 3(3)

$118,435 430,160 $548,595

At 2, WON an allowance race at Oak Tree at Santa Anita (1 mi., by 4 lengths, defeating Bob and John, Da Stoops, The Five J’s, etc.), a maiden special weight race at Hollywood Park (5 1/2 fur., by 4 lengths, defeating Jitterbug Ball, Gold Maker, Metalmon, etc.), 2nd Norfolk S.-G2 at Oak Tree at Santa Anita (1 1/16 mi., to Brother Derek, defeating Jealous Profit, Plug Me In, etc.).

At 3, WON San Felipe S.-G2 at Santa Anita Park (1 1/16 mi., defeating Point Determined, Bob and John, Racketeer, etc.), La Jolla H.-G2 at Del Mar (1 1/16 mi., turf, equal top weight of 120 lbs., defeating Porto Santo (FR), Get Funky, Arson Squad, etc.), 2nd Affirmed H.-G3 at Hollywood Park (1 1/16 mi., to Point Determined, by a nose, defeating Arson Squad, Cause to Believe, etc.), 3rd Santa Anita Derby-G1 at Santa Anita Park (1 1/8 mi., to Brother Derek, Point Determined, defeating Sacred Light, etc.), Swaps Breeders’ Cup S.-G2 at Hollywood Park (1 1/8 mi., to Arson Squad, Point Determined, defeating Potential), Oak Tree Derby-G2 at Oak Tree at Santa Anita (1 1/8 mi., turf, to Dark Islander (IRE), Obrigado (FR), defeating Icy Ridge (IRE), etc.).

IN THE STUD A. P. WARRIOR entered stud in 2007.

CROP ANALYSIS YR

FLS

08 09

27 39 66

RNRS WNRS

16 0 16

5 0 5

SWS

1 1

$ CROP AVG EARNINGS PER RNR

181,420 0 181,420

11,339 0 11,339

A. P. WARRIOR HAS SIRED FAISCA (2008 f., dam by High Yield). 2 wins at 2, 2010, $63,320, Phil D. Shepherd S. Hawk Warrior (2008 c., Roar). Winner in 2 starts at 2, 2010 in Japan.

Megalithic (2008 c., Chief’s Crown). Winner at 2, 2010, $34,870.

A. P. Song (2008 f., Songandaprayer). Winner at 2, 2010, $27,850.

Enable (2008 c., Polish Navy). Winner at 2, 2010, $22,954.

2011 Fee: $6,000 Due when foal stands and nurses

MALE LINE

FEMALE LINE

A. P. WARRIOR is by A.P. INDY, classic winner of 8 races, $2,979,815, horse of the year, champion 3-yearold colt, Belmont S.-G1, Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1, etc.

Leading sire twice, sire of 136 stakes winners, incl.-BERNARDINI. 6 wins in 8 starts at 3, $3,060,480, champion 3-year-old colt, Preakness S.-G1, Travers S.-G1, Jockey Club Gold Cup-G1, Jim Dandy S.-G2, Withers S.-G3, 2nd Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1. Sire.

MINESHAFT. Winner at 3 in England; placed in 1 start at 3 in France, 3rd Prix Daphnis-G3; 9 wins in 11 starts at 3 and 4, $2,256,046, in N.A., horse of the year, champion older horse, Jockey Club Gold Cup-G1, etc. Sire.

RAGS TO RICHES. 5 wins in 7 starts, $1,342,528, champion 3-year-old filly, Belmont S.-G1, Kentucky OaksG1, Santa Anita Oaks-G1, Las Virgenes S.-G1, etc.

MARCHFIELD. 7 wins, 3 to 5, $1,135,401, champion older horse twice in Canada, Sky Classic S.-G2, Autumn S.-G2, Dominion Day H.-G3, Breeders’ S.-LR, etc.

EYE OF THE LEOPARD. 4 wins at 3 and 4, 2010, $892,807, champion 3-year-old colt in Canada, Queen’s Plate-LR, Plate Trial S.-LR, 2nd Valedictory S.-L, etc.

TEMPERA. 3 wins, $670,240, in N.A., champion 2-yearold filly, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies-G1, etc.; placed in U.A.E., 2nd Melbourne Racing Club U.A.E. Oaks, etc.

SERENADING. 6 wins, 3 to 5, $561,599, champion older mare in Canada, Falls City H.-G2, Maple Leaf S.-L, Belle Mahone S.-L, 2nd Doubledogdare S.-G3, etc, CATCH THE THRILL. 3 wins to 4, $316,425, champion 2year-old filly in Canada, Princess Elizabeth S.-LR, etc.

GABRIEL’S HILL. 3 wins to 6, 2010, $272,170, in N.A., 2nd Brooklyn H.-G2, etc.; winner in Ecuador, champion imported older horse, Clasico Fundacion de Guayaquil.

FESTIVAL OF LIGHT. 3 wins in 5 starts at 4 in U.A.E., horse of the year, Jebel Ali Hotel & Resort Godolphin Mile-G3; placed at 3, $9,145, in N.A. Sire.

Sun Sprinkles. 5 wins at 4 in Saudi Arabia, champion imported older mare; placed at 3 in U.A.E. GOLDEN MISSILE. 7 wins, $2,194,510, Pimlico Special H.-G1, Stephen Foster H.-G2, Widener H.-G3, etc. Sire.

APTITUDE. 5 wins at 3 and 4, $1,845,410, in N.A., Jockey Club Gold Cup-G1, Hollywood Gold Cup-G1, etc. Sire.

LU RAVI. 11 wins, $1,819,781, Molly Pitcher Breeders’ Cup H.-G2, Cotillion H.-G2, Delaware H.-G3, etc.

MUSIC NOTE. 7 wins in 12 starts, $1,615,000, Coaching Club American Oaks-G1, Mother Goose S.-G1, etc.

1st dam WARRIOR QUEEN, by Quiet American. 2 wins at 2 in Ireland, hwt. filly at 3 on Irish Hand., 5 - 7 fur., Go and Go Round Tower S., etc.; placed at 2 in England, hwt. filly at 3 on English Hand., 5 - 7 fur., 3rd Queen Mary S.-G3. Dam of 5 foals, 3 to race, 2 winners-A. P. WARRIOR. Subject stallion.

Queen of Troy (f. by Storm Cat). Winner at 2 and 3, 2010 in Ireland.

Broodmare Sire QUIET AMERICAN, 1986. Sire of 268 dams of 984 foals, 613 rnrs (62%), 434 wnrs (44%), 140 2yo wnrs (14%), 1.98 AEI, 1.50 CI, 51 stakes winners.

2nd dam CALL ME FLEET, by Afleet. Unraced. Dam of 5 winners, incl.-WARRIOR QUEEN (f. by Quiet American). Stakes winner, above.

TIGER'S ROCK (c. by Giant's Causeway). 4 wins to 4, 2010, $130,985, Gallant Fox H., Coyote Lakes S. Rapid Ransom (f. by Red Ransom). Winner at 3 in Ireland, 3rd Robert H. Griffin Debutante S.-G3. Dam of Rare Ransom (GB) (f. by Oasis Dream (GB), 3rd Ballygallon Stud Debutante S.-G2), Ransomed Bride (f. by Cape Cross, 2nd Carlingford S.).

3rd dam OCEAN'S ANSWER, by Northern Answer. 3 wins at 2, $58,062, Natalma S., 2nd Ontario Damsel S.-R, etc.

Half-sister to NORTHERNETTE ($404,914, champion twice in Canada), STORM BIRD (champion in England and Ireland), LET'S GO SOUTH (sire), South Sea Dancer, Stormette. Dam of-Soundings. 2 wins at 4, $26,005. Dam of PAS DE REPONSE (champion 2-year-old filly in Europe, dam of SUNDAY DOUBT; SAYING), GREEN TUNE (hwt. in Europe and France), ECOUTE ($181,355, in N.A., dam of Listen Indy, $145,536; granddam of ENTICEMENT (GB); Surfrider, at 2, 2010), DIDYME ($101,450, in N.A.), Ne Coupez Pas (sire).

Tiramisu. Winner in France. Dam of LAC DESSERT. Devil's Oceanette. 4 wins at 3, $79,894. Dam of Miss Oceanette ($102,277; granddam of DR. ZIC, to 4, 2010, $328,199). Granddam of Who's Stayin On (champion imported 3-year-old colt in Jamaica).

Speak Softly to Me. Unraced. Dam of HIGH MAINTENANCE (GB), Charlotte Bronte, Sweet Answer.

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1) Cheryl Breitenbecker of Kinsman Farm was named Farm

Employee of the Year. She joined Kinsman Farm in 1988 and is the caretaker of the Steinbrenner familyʼs riding horses and other animals. 2) Brent and Crystal Fernung of Journeyman Stud in Ocala accepted the award for Stallion of the Year for Wildcat Heir, Floridaʼs leading sire in 2010. 3) Amanda Thompson-Gonzalez was named Farm Manager of the Year. She and husband Gerardo Gonzalez manage Oak Vale Farm in Morriston, which is owned by her parents, Richard and Linda Thompson. 4) Bobby Jones was presented with the Carry Back Award.

Bobby and wife Toni manage Brylynn Farm Inc. in Reddick, owned

by Toniʼs parents, Joe and Phyllis Bryant. The Joneses also own Lynndale Farm in Reddick, an 80-acre operation for raising yearlings and training young horses. 5) Rebecca Hayden accepts the Best Booth Award for Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds in Ocala.

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1999 Chestnut - Dosage Profile: 21-11-23-2-1; DI: 3.00; CD: +0.84 Polynesian Native Dancer Geisha Raise a Native Case Ace Raise You Lady Glory Mr. Prospector (1970) *Nasrullah Nashua Segula Gold Digger Count Fleet Sequence Miss Dogwood Greatness

Nearctic Northern Dancer Natalma Danzig Admiral’s Voyage Pas de Nom *Petitioner Harbour Club (1987) *Ribot Graustark Flower Bowl Over Your Shoulder Bold Ruler Overpowering High Voltage

RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD Age

Starts

2 3 4

3 7 10

1st

2nd

unraced 2 0 0 1 2 1

3rd

Earnings

0 2 2

$52,800 26,790 $79,590

At 3, WON an allowance race at Belmont Park (6 1/2 fur., defeating Amjaad, Bucksweep, Stone Age, etc.), a maiden special weight race at Belmont Park (6 fur., defeating Garnered, Pricedale Kid, Pull Over Please, etc.).

IN THE STUD GREATNESS entered stud in 2004.

CROP ANALYSIS YR

FLS

05 06 07 08 09

39 39 26 35 14 153

RNRS WNRS

35 31 18 19 0 103

31 20 13 11 0 75

SWS

3 1 1 5

$ CROP AVG EARNINGS PER RNR

2,351,772 1,523,429 933,352 314,005 0 5,122,558

67,193 49,143 51,853 16,527 0 49,734

GREATNESS HAS SIRED SPECIAL GREATNESS (2006 c., dam by Fortunate Prospect). Winner at 3 in Dominican Republic, champion imported 2-year-old colt, champion 3-year-old colt, Copa Felo Flores, 3rd Copa dia del Trabajo-G3, Copa Asociacion de Cronistas y Comentaristas Hipicos.

AMAZING (2005 f., Awesome Again). 5 wins at 3 and 5, placed at 6, 2011, $412,435, Elmer Heubeck Distaff H.LR, Sunny Issues S., 2nd Stage Door Betty H.-G3, Sunshine Millions Distaff S.-LR, Elmer Heubeck Distaff H.LR, Regal Gal S., Cinnamon Girl S., 3rd Sabin S.-G3.

JENNY’S SO GREAT (2007 f., Lost Soldier). 4 wins at 2 and 3, 2010, $362,202, Carotene S.-LR, 2nd Ontario Colleen S.-L, Swynford S.-L, Fanfreluche S.-LR, 3rd Glorious Song S.-L. IMMORTAL EYES (2005 c., Private Terms). 4 wins at 4 and 5, 2010, $196,547, Charles Town Invitational Dash H.-L, 2nd HBPA Jefferson County Commission H. WIREDFORTWOTWENTY (2005 c., Birdonthewire). 5 wins, 3 to 6, 2011, $189,764, Phoenix Gold Cup H.-L, Budweiser S. PULGARCITO (2008 c., Storm Cat). 2 wins at 2, 2010, $63,705, Governor’s Cup S. 2011 Fee: $2,000 Due when foal stands and nurses

Red Leader (2006 c., Golden Act). 2 wins at 3, placed at 5, 2011, $252,691, 3rd Display S.-L. Great Attack (2007 c., Storm Cat). 4 wins at 2 and 3, placed at 4, 2011, $159,418, 2nd Turf Dash S.-L, Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint S. Good Lord (2007 c., Whadjathink). 3 wins at 2 and 3, placed at 4, 2011, $120,222, 3rd OBS Sophomore S.LR, Pelican S. Besitos (2007 f., Riverman). 2 wins at 3, 2010, $48,917, 2nd Hatoof S. Carson the Great (2005 c., Mt. Livermore). 3 wins, $39,825, 2nd South Mississippi Owners and Breeders S.-R. Original Runner (2006 c., Din’s Dancer). Winner at 2, $15,583, 3rd Clasico Jose Coll Vidal S.-G1.

Caerus (2006 c., Alydar). Placed to 3 in England; 3 wins at 3 and 4, 2010 in Norway; winner at 3, placed at 4, 2010 in Sweden, 3rd Tattersalls Nickes Minneslopning.

Silver Lulu (2006 f., Skip Away). Placed at 3 in Dominican Republic, 3rd Clasico Kalil Hache-G1.

Blizzard Buddy Ben (2005 c., Valid Wager). 5 wins, 2 to 5, 2010, $201,687.

Lord of Greatness (2006 c., Whadjathink). 4 wins, 2 to 4, 2010, $172,097.

Lady of Greatness (2006 f., Belong to Me). 7 wins, 3 to 5, 2011, $148,849.

Softly Spoken (2006 f., Dawn Quixote). 6 wins, $146,370.

Grayness (2005 f., Runaway Groom). 8 wins, 2 to 6, 2011, $141,874.

Ring of Greatness (2006 c., Phone Trick). 3 wins at 2 and 3, placed at 4, 2010, $146,332.

The Great Gypsy (2005 c., Devil’s Bag). 6 wins, 3 to 5, 2010, placed at 6, 2011, $131,830.

She’s Yummy (2005 f., Golden Act). 4 wins at 4, $105,216.

Masterwork (2005 c., Lord Avie). 4 wins, 3 to 5, 2010, $102,770.

The Great McGee (2006 c., Blair’s Cove). 2 wins at 4, 2010, $92,523.

Cargo Mate (2005 c., Wild Again). 4 wins, 2 to 4, $95,034.

How Far Heaven Is (2006 c., Siphon (BRZ)). 3 wins at 3 and 4, 2010, $81,483.

Greatbillsoffire (2006 c., Golden Act). 3 wins at 3, placed at 5, 2011, $79,090.

Homeroom Angel (2005 f., Saint Ballado). 6 wins, 3 to 5, 2010, $75,667.

Little Somethin (2005 f., Temperence Hill). 5 wins at 2 and 3, $73,868.

Seed of Faith (2005 f., El Prado (IRE)). 4 wins to 5, $72,424.

MALE LINE GREATNESS is by MR. PROSPECTOR, stakes winner of 7 races, $112,171, Gravesend H., etc. Leading sire twice, sire of 181 stakes winners, 16 champions, incl.-GULCH. 13 wins, $3,095,521, champion sprinter, Breeders’ Cup Sprint-G1, Metropolitan H.-G1 twice, etc. Sire.

FORTY NINER. 11 wins, $2,726,000, champion 2-yearold colt, Travers S.-G1, Champagne S.-G1, etc. Sire.

ALDEBARAN. Winner at 2 in England, 2nd Jersey S.-G3, etc.; 7 wins, 3 to 5, $1,682,926, in N.A., champion sprinter, Metropolitan H.-G1, Forego H.-G1, etc. Sire.

DANCETHRUTHEDAWN. 7 wins, $1,609,643, champion 3-year-old filly in Canada, Go for Wand H.-G1, etc.

RHYTHM. 6 wins, $1,592,532, champion 2-year-old colt, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile-G1, Travers S.-G1, etc. Sire.

AFLEET. 7 wins to 4, $995,235, horse of the year, champion 3-year-old colt in Canada, Jerome H.-G1, etc. Sire.

GOLDEN ATTRACTION. 8 wins in 11 starts to 3, $911,508, champion 2-year-old filly, Frizette S.-G1, etc.

IT’S IN THE AIR. 16 wins, 2 to 5, $892,339, champion 2year-old filly, Vanity H.-G1 twice, Ruffian H.-G1, etc EILLO. 12 wins, $657,670, champion sprinter, Breeders’ Cup Sprint-G1, Hialeah Sprint Championship H.-L, etc.

FEMALE LINE 1st dam HARBOUR CLUB, by Danzig. 6 wins, 3 to 5, $344,426, Marion H. Van Berg Memorial S.-L-ntr, 2nd Hempstead H.-G1, Shuvee H.-G1, etc. Half-sister to SHINKO SPLENDOR, GINGER FOX. Dam of-HOLZMEISTER (c. by Woodman). 5 wins, $356,468, Hawthorne Juvenile S.-L, Swynford S.-L, Harry Henson S.-L, 2nd Grey Breeders' Cup S.-G3, etc.

Overlord (c. by Nureyev). 3 wins at 2 and 3, $108,595, 2nd Bahamas S.-L, 3rd Surfside S. Galleon of Gold (f. by Gone West). Unraced. Dam of GAME FACE (f. by Menifee, 8 wins, $799,348, Princess Rooney H.-G1, Honorable Miss H.-G2, etc.).

True Legacy (GB) (f. by A.P. Indy). Unraced. Dam of VERDANA BOLD (f. by Rahy, $331,297, Selene S.-G3, Star Shoot S.-L, 2nd Duchess S.-L, etc.).

Broodmare Sire DANZIG, 1977. Among the leading broodmare sires 3 times in Canada and N.A.. Sire of 468 dams of 3534 foals, 2529 rnrs (72%), 1701 wnrs (48%), 448 2yo wnrs (13%), 1.64 AEI, 1.49 CI, 191 stakes winners.

RANDOLPH THOROUGHBREDS, INC.

4101 NW 89th Place, Ocala, Florida 34482 Inquiries to: Leroy Randolph (352) 427-6608 or (352) 895-6515 e-mail: leroyrandolph@msn.com

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New Benefits For FTBOA Members Effective immediately, FTBOA members are eligible for additional purchasing discounts on Toro mowers, Exmark mowers, and Boston tanks, thanks to a new partnership with Innovative Equine Marketing and its Equine Savings program.

The new agreement adds to markdowns already available to members through the NTRA Advantage Program, where discounts are offered on John Deere, Office Depot, Equine Travel Advantage, Hallway Feeds, Sherwin Williams and the NTRA Rx Discount Card.

“We’re excited to offer our members even more opportunities for savings,” said Richard E. Hancock, executive vice president of FTBOA. “This is a program that will pass benefits on to members as well as raise money for our charities, specifically the Florida Thoroughbred Retirement Farm, for the care of Florida thoroughbreds that come off the racetrack.”

Steve Anderson, founder of Innovative Equine Marketing, is a familiar face in the thoroughbred industry, having worked as senior director of sales at NTRA for 10 years before founding Innovative Equine Marketing.

“We have harnessed the purchasing power for all breeds and disciplines,” Anderson said. “We have numerous groups including many quarter horse, thoroughbred, standardbred and equestrian associations with many more being aligned.” Our discounts can be utilized in conjunction with the low rate financing in your area, and we make it easy for the member – with the same price for everyone from the largest track to the smallest equine farm or participant. Quality and pricing must be at the forefront to partner with us.”

For the OBS Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, held March 15-16, Equine Savings has donated a Toro mower that will be raffled off, with proceeds to benefit the Florida division of the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm. A representative from Equine Savings will be available at the sale to provide more information.

Anderson is currently negotiating with additional companies that offer quality and pricing. Visit equinesavings.com for details.

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t was the first time I’d ever saddled up a serious reining horse.

“When you’re ready to hit the brakes, just say the magic word,” said my friend, who owned the horse and was helping me with research for a story about the reining industry.

So we got started slowly and did a few simple turnarounds (I was dizzy in a second and thought I was flying off the earth), loped a few circles, then gathered up a little speed as we headed towards the end of the arena. And… “Whoa.” I barely whispered it.

What happened next was a hard-to-describe, smooth-as-silk moment that can only be the culmination of top training, athleticism, genetics and management. That handy sorrel mare tucked her hindquarters down, slid delicately through soft dirt and came to an even stop just a few feet from the arena fence.

Exhilarating. Ten minutes later when I could breathe again, you know what struck me most? The power of that one little four-letter word. Whoa.

I respect words. A lot. I respect their power to inspire, coax, teach and to improve, to empower and to bring justice. They remind, comfort and cajole, whether written or spoken or implied. When we work with horses, our words and tone have the power to calm or motivate them, or to elicit fear.

Thinking about words is a full-time fervor for me, and I’m the nut who has random notes with barely legible scribbles and phrases stuck on my computer monitor, on the dash of my vehicle, the kitchen table and sometimes the bathroom mirror. I’m also guilty of talking often when I should be listening, and I’m not proud of times I’ve used words that hurt, whether intentional or out of thoughtlessness.

This month, during a time of beautiful Florida weather and nonstop horse shows, racing, trail rides, driving events, ropings and at any equine activity, I hope we’ll all pause and find that magic word for that very moment. A word that will uplift others and help us grow together, for good. That’s my plan. I hope you’ll join me.

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Summer Best/COOKIE SERLETIC PHOTO

Thinking about “ words is a full-time fervor for me, and I’m the nut who has random notes with barely legible scribbles and phrases stuck on my computer monitor, on the dash of my vehicle, the kitchen table and sometimes the bathroom mirror.

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Summer Best

It’s a privilege to journey with you.

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1099 Reporting Repeal Amendment Passes In early February, the Senate approved an amendment to the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act that will repeal the recent 1099 paperwork mandate. The amendment was offered by Senator Debbie Stabenow (DMI).

The 1099 paperwork mandate was a provision of the health care bill passed last year that imposes new tax reporting requirements, on every business in the U.S., including those in the horse industry, beginning in 2012.

There were several attempts to repeal the 1099 requirement last Congress, which failed.

“We are glad the Senate has taken this step towards repeal of the new 1099 requirement,” said AHC president Jay Hickey.

“There is wide agreement that this is a burdensome requirement for businesses. However, during the last Congress disagreement over details got in the way of repeal. We hope the overwhelming support of this amendment is proof that everyone is now on the same page.”

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Health Care Bill”) that was signed into law last year included a provision broadly-expanding 1099 IRS form reporting requirements starting in 2012.

Currently the law requires 1099s to be sent to any independent contractor that receives $600 or more from a business in a year. The new requirement requires 1099s be sent not only to independent contractors but also to any individual or corporation from whom a business purchases a total of $600 or more in goods or services in any given year. Its stated purpose is to identify unreported taxable income, fraudulent tax deductions, and

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increase tax compliance.

This new requirement will greatly increase the administrative burden on all businesses, particularly small businesses, including those in the horse industry. For example if a horse farm buys $600 worth of hay and grain from a particular retailer, or purchases buckets and bridles for a total of $600 from a tack shop, or an even buys office supplies of $600 from a supply store over the course of the year, or an individual buys a computer for $700 from a local store, they are required to issue each business a 1099 form that must be completed and returned to the IRS. This reporting mandate places an added burden on each business involved. The horse businesses would have to collect information and tax identification numbers for every entity they do $600 worth of business with and mail them

forms and the business receiving the forms must complete them.

The Stabenow amendment repeals only the new reporting requirements. Businesses would still have to send 1099s to independent contractors.

The Senate must now approve the FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act which will then be considered by the House. Repeal of the 1099 provision has broad bipartisan support.

But the larger bill may or may not pass both the Senate and the House. Therefore, repeal at this juncture is not assured.

Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE), Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Congressman Dan Lungren (R-CA), and Congressmen Steve Scalise (R-LA), have each introduced stand alone bills that would also repeal the 1099 provision.

“The AHC will continue to work in support of repealing the new 1099 paperwork mandate,” Hickey said. “Repealing the 1099 mandate has broad bipartisan support and we are very optimistic that a fix will be in place before the new requirement goes into effect in 2012.”

Take Action to Protect Important Funding For Trails and Recreation This week the House of Representatives is expected to approve a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year. This bill contains many cuts to programs that are important to recreational riders like the Land and Water Conservation Fund and funding for the Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.

It is hoped that the Senate will take a more measured approach to spending cuts when it debates the CR in the coming weeks. Now is the time to contact your Senators and let them know these programs are important to you.

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From Track to New Careers The American Association of Equine Practitioners has developed guidelines to help veterinarians and adoption groups successfully transition retired racehorses to new homes and new careers. “Transitioning the Retired Racehorse: Guidelines for Equine Practitioners, Adoption Organizations and Horse Owners” provides an overview of the common physical challenges affecting some former racehorses and helps establish expectations for a horse’s future capabilities.

Developed by the Transitioning Subcommittee of the AAEP Racing Committee, the guidelines grew from a need expressed by rescue and retirement organizations at the 2010 Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit. In addition to criteria for physical assessments, the guidelines include estimated cost-of-care data from CANTER, a non-profit organization that provides retiring Thoroughbred racehorses with opportunities for new careers.

“TheAAEP is pleased to assist and is proud

NEWS BITS of the many veterinarians and adoption groups who are committed to helping racehorses enjoy new careers,” said William A. Moyer, DVM, 2011AAEP president. “The guide is intended to be a resource to enhance decision making in the best interest of the horse.”

The guidelines are available on the AAEP website (www.aaep.org). Members of the AAEP’s Transitioning Subcommittee are Reynolds Cowles, DVM, chair; Jay Addison, DVM; Foster Northrop, DVM; Mary Scollay, DVM; John Stick, DVM; and Carol Swandby, VMD.

Lynn Palm Named to Advisory Board Florida horsewoman Lynn Palm was recently named anAdvisory Director forWestern DressageAssociation ofAmerica. The mission of theWestern DressageAssociation of America (WDAA) is to inspire and enlighten western riders and their horses to a higher level of horsemanship and partnership through the use of dressage and to create an educational environment and competitive format within the horse industry for the western dressage horse and rider.

Palm is a natural fit with the WDAA as she and her husband and co-instructor, Cyril Pittion-Rossillon, use dressage principles as a basis for their training and teaching in their Ride Well Clinics for all breeds of horses and all disciplines. In addition, Palm and PittionRossillon were delighted to support western dressage at the World Equestrian Games through clinics and demonstrations with other representatives of the WDAA. Palm foresees Western Dressage as the “next best thing for the industry since it is all about developing willing horses and correct ethics of horsemanship.”

ABOUT LYNN PALM

Palm’s career highlights include 2007 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Horsewoman of the Year, a record four AQHA Superhorse wins, AQHA Fe-

male Equestrian of theYear by the Women’s Athletic Association, named one of the top United States clinicians by Horse & Rider magazine, over 34 AQHA World and Reserve World Champions, over 50 bridleless dressage exhibitions at events including the National Horse Show, 1989 World Cup and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and World Cup. Palm and Cyril Pittion-Rossillon are

co-founders of three horse industry companies: Palm Partnership Training, Women LUV Horses, and Alliance Saddlery USA. Palm is the author of the new release, The Rider’s Guide to Real Collection. Being the first female with an equine educational TV show, Palm’s training show airs on HRTV Dish 404 Tuesday evenings with additional airings throughout the week and on demand at HRTVlive.com.

New Chairman at UF Vet College

by Sarah Carey Paul S. Cooke, Ph.D., has been named chairman of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine’s department of physiological sciences, following a national search.

He began his new job Feb. 1.

Formerly, Cooke was a professor and held the Billie A. Field Endowed Chair in Reproductive Biology in the department of veterinary biosciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign. He has been on faculty at Illinois since 1987. Named the Billie A. Field Endowed Chair in Reproductive Biology in 2004, Cooke also received the Dr. Gordon

and Mrs. Helen Kruger All-Around Excellence Award that same year. He received the Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence in 2001 and numerous other acknowledgments for his research in previous years.

Cooke’s professional interests include reproductive biology, companion animal contraception and developmental toxicology.

“This is an exciting time for the College of Veterinary Medicine here at the University of Florida,” Cooke said. “The opportunity to come to Gainesville and be a part of this college and to lead this department into the future is an exciting one for me.”

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MacKays Join CTF Board

The Conservation Trust for Florida, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Gov. Buddy MacKay to its advisory board at the annual meeting of the organization on Jan. 23 at the Barr Hammock Preserve, owned by Alachua County.

Gov. MacKay’s wife, Anne MacKay, will also join the advisory board. Gov. MacKay, who grew up near Ocala on a citrus farm, was a state legislator (serving in the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives), a U.S. Representative, and Lt. Governor. Mrs. MacKay is a former school teacher and an active board member of the Florida Wildflower Foundation. Anne also served on the state board of HIPPY: Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters.

The board also appointed forester Ed Montgomery to the board of directors and ecologist Bob Simons to the advisory board. The officers for 2011 are: Kathleen S. Williams (retired biologist with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission) will serve as president, Marlene Conaway (retired planner, former Chief of Comprehensive Planning for the Florida Department of Community Affairs) will serve as vice-president, Michael Campbell (private forestry consultant and seedling nursery owner) will serve as treasurer, and David Pais (owner of Pais Realty and Pais Landscapes) will serve as secretary.

Ed Montgomery joined Rayonier, Inc. in 1979 after graduation from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Forest Resources and Conservation. Ed has held various positions with Rayonier and is currently director, real estate sales and marketing for TerraPointe Services. A native of north Florida, Ed enjoys boating on Florida’s waterways with his wife Jennifer, playing folk music and serving on praise music and prison ministry teams.

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Bob Simons is a professional forester and private consultant who conducts ecological inventories and writes forest management plans and scientific papers. Bob has taught courses at Santa Fe College and the University of Florida. He is the manager and part owner of private forest land in Suwannee and Alachua Counties. Bob currently serves on the Florida Silviculture Best Management Practices Technical Advisory Committee, the Suwannee River Water Management District Land Management Review Team, Florida Defenders of the

Environment, and the Alachua County Land Conservation Board.

One of CTF’s core programs is supporting the implementation of the Florida Greenways System. While in office, Gov. MacKay supported the formation of the Florida Greenways System and the Office of Greenways and Trails (OGT) located within the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. CTF and OGT co-submitted the Camp Blanding to Osceola National Forest Greenway to the Florida Forever program in 2004 and have been working together since to protect the Greenway.

Academic Awards Offered through IHSA Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Announces National All-Academic Award. Nominations Deadline: April 1.

Because achievements in education are as important as in equitation, the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) has launched the IHSA National AllAcademic Award to annually recognize the individual academic achievements of its participating undergraduate and alumni members.

IHSA members will be named to the All-Academic First Team or All-Academic Second Team when they have been nominated by their coach, advisor, or designed representative, and have met the following criteria: First Team: achieving a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.8 or higher (based on a 4.0 scale).

Second Team: achieving a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher (based on a 4.0 scale).

A nominee must be a full-time undergraduate student or alumni rider who is a paid member of the IHSA (and USHJA as per rule 1202 B).

A nominee must have participated in a minimum of two regular season IHSA horse shows during the academic year (as defined by IHSA rules).

The nomination process will involve a team’s coach, designed college representative, or advisor, nominating an eligible student or alumni member using the All-Academic Award Reporting Form. The student’s cumulative GPA is based on fall semester grades. The All-Academic Award Reporting Form is to be signed by a college Registrar, or official documentation must be attached, (colleges and universities may require student authorization to release academic records).

Nomination forms must be postmarked by April 1, 2011, and mailed to Patte Zumbrun, Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, Md., 21204.

Questions may be directed to Patte Zumbrun, IHSA Education Committee Chair, at pzumbrun@goucher.edu.

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PRACTICALLY SPEAKING

Reliable Sources ot long ago, I was in a local barn at feeding time and noticed one of the grooms mixing feed for the afternoon feeding. He parked his wheel barrow next to the feed room door, opened two bags of commercial feed and poured the contents into the wheelbarrow. Next, he mixed two bags of steamed crimped oats with the feed he had just put in the wheel barrow. I asked him why he was mixing oats with the feed. He said he wasn’t sure. It’s just what the broodmare manager had told him to do. My curiosity got the best of me and I asked the manager why she was having the crew mix oats with the feed. She said they mix in oats because that’s the way her Daddy did it.

As I was leaving, I ran into her dad at the front gate and asked him why they were mixing oats with the feed. He told me they mix oats with the feed because that’s what they did on the farm he worked on when he got started.

A few weeks later, I ran into the broodmare manager’s dad at the OBS yearling sale. He said our conversation about mixing oats with the feed had peaked his interest and prompted him to call his old boss. His old boss told him they used to buy a pre-mix in bulk and all they had to do was mix in oats to complete the ration.

As fate would have it, I saw the broodmare manager a few weeks later at one of the local restaurants. She said after talking with his old boss, her dad realized mixing oats with a commercially prepared complete feed was not only unnecessary, but was also thinning out the guaranteed analysis printed on the feedbag tag.

The point is, be sure to know the reason(s) why you’re doing something and always seek advice from reliable sources. What works well in one situation could actually be detrimental when applied in another.

The Internet can be a great source of information, but be careful. Recently, I typed “horse” into

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my web browser and got 331,000,000 results.

“Equine” yielded 18,900,000. From blogs and personal web pages to detailed articles and professional-looking multimedia presentations, anyone with opinion can post on the web.

GO WITH THE PROS

For reliable, nonbiased online information, check university websites. The University of Florida has several equine, animal science and pasture management publications. Publications of a wide variety can be found at “EDIS” Electronic Data Information System http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu .

by UF/IFAS Marion County Livestock Agent Mark Shuffitt

Regardless of the form communication: written, spoken, viewed or texted; consider the source, experience and track record of those from which you seek advice.

Additionally, livestock, horse and pasture management information can be found on the Central Florida Livestock Agent’s Group website http://cflag.ifas.ufl.edu/. UF Extension Equine veterinarian, Amanda House, DVM, also maintains a very informative website. Other University of Florida sites include weed science, agronomy, Florida Equine Extension and HorseQuest.

In addition to your local extension service, other reliable sources of information include experienced trainers, farriers and veterinarians. The American Association of Equine Practitioners (www.aaep.org) is a reputable source, as well Additionally, many reliable equine publications like the one you are reading are available online. To research past articles in The Florida Horse, Wire to Wire and Horse Capital Digest, visit www.ftboa.com.

Regardless of the form communication: written, spoken, viewed or texted; consider the source, experience and track record of those from whom you seek advice. ■

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horse to move its joint naturally. When the horse is at rest, the splint applies a low-load, prolonged stretch to the tissues.This encourages use of the joint, which is better for the horse than a static splint that holds the joint rigid.

By DENISE STEFFANUS plinting and bandaging has historically been the only way to conservatively treat foals born with contracted tendons, a condition that causes the legs to fold up similar to the position assumed by a horse while lying down. One or more joints in the forelegs or hind legs may be affected.

On a typical farm, those caring for the foal help its legs to straighten by applying splints and bandages that exert tension on the leg to stretch the foal’s tendons. Tetracycline is often administered by the farm veterinarian to soften the tendons and allow them to stretch.

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Unfortunately, traditional treatment can inhibit the foal’s activity (in some cases, even preventing the foal from standing).

Make-shift splints fashioned from PVC pipe or other material often cause skin sores. Tetracycline may cause serious allergic reactions.

For the past 30 years in human orthopedics, a special apparatus developed by Dynasplint Systems of Severna Park, Md., has been in use to aid patients who have lost range of motion due to contracted tendons and ligaments. That technology has been adapted to treat foals with contracted tendons, and the device now is widely accepted in the horse industry as an alternative for conservatively treating contracted tendons in foals, and in some cases as an alternative to surgery. Dynasplints also help young horses overcome valgus (knock-kneed) and varus (bow-legged) deformities without surgery and help adult horses during rehabilitation to recover from tendon and ligament injuries.

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THE DYNASPLINT

Dynasplint is a brace comprised of jointed, stainless-steel tubing that allows the patient to move its limb in a biomechanically correct manner. Cuffs fit the Dynasplint to the limb and are secured by Velcro straps.

FIELD TRIALS

Charles Haugh III, D.V.M., of Equine Veterinary Associates in Phoenix, Md., and Dan Flynn, V.M.D., of Georgetown Equine Hospital in Charlottesville, Va., were the first vet-

Spring-loaded Dynasplint exerts tension The key part of the steel framework is an adjustable, spring-loading device that maintains pressure on the limb to gradually stretch the contracted tendons.The tension can be adjusted from zero to 12, with 12 being the highest setting. For use to correct bow-legged or knockkneed horses, the spring loading is on either side of the splint, and the tension is adjusted accordingly to draw the limb into correct position.

Pieces of sponge padding contoured to fit the curves of the limb are attached to the inside of the steel tubes to prevent skin sores. The sponges, placed where the individual needs them to promote a comfortable fit, can be replaced with fresh sponges or removed entirely if they are no longer needed. The splint allows the

erinarians to work with Dynasplint to develop an equine splint. Subsequently, formal trials were conducted in Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, and Texas. But not until Nathan Slovis, D.V.M., an internal medicine specialist at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute in Lexington, Ky., began experimenting with the apparatus did it attract the attention of major horse breeding farms in Kentucky.

At Hagyard, more than 30 successful test cases in a month relating to contracted tendons in foals pleased Slovis enough that he issued a memorandum to the other Hagyard veterinarians, recommending the use of Dynasplint and asking them to refer similar cases to him.

Slovis applied Dynasplints to sick foals

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apply the splint every 12 hours. So we get continual improvement from day to day.”

A Dynasplint also can be helpful during rehabilitation from other injuries when a limb needs support while it heals. Ruptured tendons, tears to suspensory ligaments, and injuries to the tendons and ligaments in the knee are the most common uses.

that arrived at the clinic that also had contracted tendons, because the combination of contracted tendons and physical weakness made it difficult for them to get up or stand.

“When these foals aren’t able to, or have difficulty, getting up, it often increases hospital stays and, naturally, the hospital bills,” Slovis said. “We see more than 450 foals in a five-month time frame, and 10 percent are going to have some flexural limb deformities, be it mild or major.”

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Valgus and varus deformities usually are addressed early in a foal’s life by one of two surgical procedures, transphyseal bridging or the less radical periosteal stripping, that even out the growth process to straighten the foal’s legs. Both processes achieve basically the

Veterinarians often supervise use of the Dynasplint, but having a veterinarian involved is not necessary. Horsemen may contact the company directly. A Dynasplint representative then comes to the farm to perform a custom fitting on the horse and instruct the caretaker how to apply and use the splint. All cuffs are labeled to minimize confusion when reapplying them. There is virtually no daily care required other than putting on the splints and taking them off.

The splints are not worn 24 hours a day.

Wear time is case-specific and usually can be adjusted to the caretaker’s schedule. Use of Dynasplint is by lease and currently costs $450 for the first month, with the option of extending the lease up to six months at $250 per month for the remainder of the lease agreement. Most cases require less than one month’s application.

Dynasplint representatives estimate typical duration of treatment for contracted tendons, depending on the age of the foal and severity of the contracture, to be: ■ Over at the knee (one to six weeks) ■ Upright pasterns (less than a week in newborns; two weeks in older foals; more than a month if chronic) ■ Deep digital flexural tendon contractures (less than one week) The sooner the need for a splint is identified and it is applied, the quicker results may be achieved. For contracted tendons, ideally a Dynasplint should be applied the day the foal is born because the tissues are very pliable at birth and much easier to stretch. Young horses with varus or valgus deformities can benefit from Dynasplint through their yearling season.

Adult horses with injuries that respond favorably to gentle tension of the tendons or ligaments or those that need support while healing can benefit from a Dynasplint at any age. ■

to stretch tendons and ligaments easily and safely. same results: Transphyseal bridging uses staples or screws and wires to inhibit the side of the growth plate that is progressing too quickly; periosteal stripping encourages the slower growing side to catch up by releasing the tension on it created by the periosteum, the membrane that covers the growth plate.

Besides the inherent risks of surgery and its cost, most sales companies now require the consignor to disclose any corrective limb surgeries for a horse offered at public auction. So splinting rather than surgery could deliver more bucks when the hammer falls.

“If there is a varus-valgus condition we can fix with a splint, that’s not something that needs to be announced at a sale,” said Steve Vargas, Dynasplint’s veterinary product specialist for Central Florida. “I think there is a cost benefit as well. If it’s an issue that you can fix with the splint, you don’t have the concerns that you do with surgery. Any time any animal goes under anesthesia, there’s a concern, and there’s always risk of infection. We don’t have those issues if we can correct the condition with a splint.”

Historically, contracted tendons in foals were treated with Tetracycline and splints/bandages.

Thanks to technology borrowed from human orthopedics, a special apparatus has been developed to helped foals recover safely and conservatively, often without surgery.

In older horses, the device has been successful in resolving contractures that result from injuries. A horse with a bowed tendon often cannot put its heel down because of the stricture in the tendon, so it may develop a way of going on the tiptoe with the knee slightly bent because of the stricture.

“Tendons have to maintain tension on them, like a cable, or they contract,” Vargas said.

“With the use of two different splints, we work on the fetlock joint for a short period of time and then we go to the knee. In a particular case we had, an older horse, we worked in conjunction with a farrier, and the two [splinting and therapeutic shoeing] worked out quite well.”

Vargas said the benefit the Dynasplint has over a static splint is that, unlike a static splint that extends the leg fully and holds it there under force, the Dynasplint gradually stretches the tendon in a biomechanically correct way and only to the extent that the horse can withstand at that time.As the tendon gently stretches, the Dynasplint tension is gradually increased.

“That’s the way a tendon is intended to be stretched rather than taking it from one extreme to the other,” Vargas said. “In most protocols, we have the horse wear the splint from six to eight hours. Then it’s removed and the tendon can relax and heal. It usually takes it another eight to 10 hours to recover, so we

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Pain in your horse’s mouth can contribute to a variety of training and performance problems.

Saundra TenBroeck, Ph.D. Extension Horse Specialist Department of Animal Sciences/University of Florida ead bobbing is a widely recognized indicator of lameness, as a horse will lift the head in order to shift weight off a lame foreleg as it strikes the ground. A horse with a loose tooth or retained cap may show a similar behavior, raising the head in rhythm while trotting, in response to pain elicited from a tooth being jarred. Though most observers would agree that the headbobbing horse is lame, few would consider that the horse might actually be lame in the mouth.

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Similarly, when bitting a horse, excessive head tossing is often interpreted as the horse being unwilling to accept the bit. Consider, however, that the time frame when the Before putting a horse into horse is shedding baby teeth (deciduous) training, it is wise to prepare and permanent teeth are erupting cointhe mouth with some funda- cides with the time we are placing a bit in the horse’s mouth and asking the horse to mental dentistry practices. submit to pressure. Head tossing might be explained as a pain response to bit pressure applied over a small, sharp tooth just below the surface of the gum.

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It is helpful to understand eruption patterns of consequence to the young horse going into training. Horses have both temporary and permanent incisors (six pairs top and bottom, front) and premolars (three on each side top and bottom, cheek). Deciduous incisors erupt around 6 days (centers), 6 weeks (intermediate), and 6 months (corners) and are successively shed around 2 ½, 3 ½, and 4 ½ years old, starting with the centers and moving outward to the

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corners. Premolars come in by 2 weeks of age and are the first premolar. Wolf teeth are typically quite small, replaced front to rear between 2 and 4 years of age. Mo- occurring on the upper jaw of some horses and more lars (three rear cheek teeth on each side, top and bot- rarely on the lower jaw between 6 months and 3 years of tom) occur only in the permanent form and erupt at 1, 2 age. Wolf teeth can cause a number of problems for the and 3 ½ to 4 years of age front to rear. horse that is beginning to carry a bit.

Baby teeth are pushed out by the erupting permanent teeth. Some baby teeth are slow to fall out and are referred WHAT TO DO? to as retained caps. It is not uncommon to see lumps deBefore putting a horse into training, it is wise to prevelop on the lower jaw of 3-year-olds because pressure pare the mouth with some fundamental dentistry pracfrom retained premolar caps causes bone remodeling. tices. If the horse has wolf teeth, they should be When the caps are lost and the permanent tooth breaks extracted. This is a fairly simple process in young horses, through the gum, the lumps typically go away. A retained even if the tooth is still below the gum. After removing but loose cap can cause significant irritation to the surrounding Like small children cutting teeth, a young horse with gum, which can be exaggerated teeth erupting may simply not feel well. as the horse is asked to work. In addition, inflamed gums can lead to secondary sinus in- the wolf teeth, a “bit seat” should be created on the front flammation that could be mistaken for an infectious res- edge of the first cheek teeth. A bit seat is simply a roundpiratory disease. Like small children cutting teeth, a young ing or contouring the edge of the tooth to prevent pinchhorse with teeth erupting may simply not feel well. ing of the cheek or tongue by the bit. Retained caps Another concern is wolf teeth, which are technically should be taken off so that the permanent teeth can come

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in unimpeded. Because the upper jaw is wider than the lower jaw, sharp edges often develop on the outer edge of upper teeth and the inner edge of lower teeth. These should be filed so that they do not cut the tongue or cheeks and so the horse can chew more efficiently. Filing the teeth is referred to as floating, because the traditional hand tool used is called a float. Horses that receive dental care early on are much less likely to develop dental problems like wave mouth later in life. The equine dentist is much like a skilled farrier who balances a horse’s foot, allowing for more even weight distribution and wear.

WHO CAN PERFORM DENTAL WORK?

Some confusion exists over who is allowed to perform dentistry. Because human dentistry requires a professional degree, many would assume equine dentistry would require the same. Though equine dental schools do exist, they differ from human dental schools in that they are trade schools, not professional schools. Certainly dentistry is taught in the curriculum of veterinary schools, but the broad scope of veterinary training does not afford students time to perfect the skills necessary to be proficient right out of school. Most veterinarians who specialize in dentistry seek additional training in certification programs or intern with veterinarians who specialize.

Non-veterinarians who perform basic dentistry practices are called lay denFiling the teeth is referred to as float- tists. Because they are not ing, because the traditional hand tool licensed veterinarians, they cannot sedate horses, used is called a float. Horses that reuse controlled substances ceive dental care early on are much nor diagnose diseases less likely to develop dental problems and/or prescribe antibilike wave mouth later in life. otics. Some lay dentists work under the direct supervision of veterinarians and some work as independent contractors.

In understanding what is legal, it is good to look at current Florida Statutes. The Veterinary Practices Act provides some clarity.

474.202 DEFINITIONS

(13) “Veterinary medicine” includes, with respect to animals, surgery, acupuncture, obstetrics, dentistry, physical therapy, radiology, theriogenology, and other branches or specialties of veterinary medicine.

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herd and flock animals, including castration, dehorning, parasite control, and debeaking, or a person hired on a part-time or temporary basis, or as an independent contractor, by an owner to provide farriery and manual hand floating of teeth on equines.

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Historically, floating of teeth was done exclusively with hand tools, many of which were fabricated by the dentist himself. Using hand tools is physically demanding and time consuming. Excellent horsemanship skills, strength and stamina, as well as being ambidextrous are hallmarks of the person using hand tools. Most veterinarians were happy to have lay dentists perform routine dental care when hand tools were the only option. Today, with the advent of power tools, more veterinarians are working in this specialty field. In order to use power tools, the horse must be sedated and fitted with a mouth speculum so the dentist can view the teeth and file with an electric dremel.

On the positive side, the process is more rapid and the mouth is easier to view. On the negative side, sedation is required, heat generation from the tool could damage the pulp of the tooth and over-zealous practitioners could take off more tooth than necessary.

If you live in the Marion/Alachua County area, there are many options available for dental care. If you hire a veterinarian, they will often use power tools. Prices vary, but in general, you pay for sedation ($25 – $45), the performance float ($85 - $200, which should include a bit seat), wolf tooth extraction ($15 -$30/tooth) and sometimes a trip charge ($0 - $45).

If you hire a lay dentist as an independent contractor, he/she will use hand floats with no sedation or speculum. Most charge a standard fee for a performance float, bit seat and wolf teeth extraction $60 - $90). A $5 - $20 fee may be added for mileage depending on your location and the number of horses on your place.

A third option is the lay dentist who works in partnership with a veterinarian who can sedate the horse so that power tools can be used. Some have specialized trailers, complete with stocks that they haul to venues.

Cost for a performance float is typically around $150.

BOTTOM LINE

For the young horse, performing routine dentistry prior to the bitting process may be one of your best training techniques. Hiring an experienced professional is crucial. As in so many aspects of the business world, price and value are not always synonymous. The lowest price may not be the best value and the highest price does not assure the best quality. ■

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Work For the Common Good heard an allegory recently about a young girl who was lost in a swamp. Searchers combed the woods for hours looking for the young girl. They struck off on their own, wandering far and near without any luck.

After hours of looking for the girl they reconvened and reevaluated their efforts. After some discussion, a member of the group said, “As individuals looking by ourselves, we will never find her – we must hold hands and search the swamp again as one.”

The others agreed and all the rescuers held hands, combing the swamp inch by inch as a group. Some short hours later, but all too late, they found the lifeless body of the girl in the swamp. As they carried her away, one of the searchers said, “If we had only held hands and worked together sooner.”

We have to work together, and our opportunity is at hand. We have a window to make the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority a viable function of the state and county economy and area culture.

Differences and individualism are not uncommon in anything. It’s how those differences are managed that is important. Think of it as a relationship – you and your partner are surely not exactly the same and agreeable on every miniscule detail of life. But – a successful relationship will work through those differences and make it work. It takes communication, the occasional improvisation and of course, compromise. The key to this is working together for the common good.

What is the common good of the Florida Horse Park?

A haven for equestrians and outdoor enthusiasts of every sort. From world-class equestrian events and agricultural interests to RV owners, dog trainers and festival organizers, we are by design, a host for all of those and more.

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The Florida Horse Park, whether directly or indirectly, affects us all! It is not uncommon for a person who works in the Thoroughbred industry to compete in team roping or enjoy trail riding or be an avid runner.

Thoroughbreds retired from the racing industry are often re-homed to individuals who take them on to another competitive show career. The entire horse industry is interconnected. Not a simple end-to-end connection, but a complicated web of connections that demand we all work together to keep each other afloat as a community within horses and without.

Here is my invitation to work together for the common good and betterment of the area’s equine industry through the communal thread of the Florida Horse Park.

Be a part of the solution. Support the horse park to move it forward towards completion. It will serve as a catalyst for long-term job creation that will aid in improving the economy throughout the state. The horse park will also serve our community as a facility that offers a competitive and recreational hub in an ecofriendly atmosphere for residents with all sorts of interests – not just horses. ■ The Florida Horse Park is an opportunity for us all.

Let’s work together now.

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You have options to reduce your property taxes by 50 percent, or even 100 percent.

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ello to all! As we get into March, it is that dreaded tax time again. For land owners, even with an agricultural exemption, property taxes can amount to a significant burden. Did you know that you have options to reduce your property taxes by 50 percent, or even 100 percent? And you can continue to use your land, protect it from development pressure, and potentially write off 50 percent or even 100 percent of your income taxes for up to 16 years?

Got your attention?

The ConservationTrust for Florida, a private, non-profit organization, works to protect working, rural Florida lands. Responsibly-managed agricultural lands provide irreplaceable “ecosystem services” – clean air, water, and soil. The ConserJamie Cohen (top) vation Trust for Florida champions the fact that the traditional and Brian Block and historical uses of these lands hold them together, keeping them productive for the landowner and benefiting the communities around them. These lands are a cornerstone of Florida’s economy, which provide hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Utilizing the land owner’s own land management consultants, tax and legal advisors, local University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences extension agents, the United States Department of Agriculture and other industry experts as needed, a conservation easement will be custom tailored alongside a land management plan, especially suited to your traditional and intended future uses, to then have flexibility built in, accommodating the changing times ahead.

Those who own land covered by these conservation easements still privately own their land, and can sell it or pass it on to their heirs. The farmer, equestrian, rancher, forester and hunter can still do what they always have, usually with minor or even no changes to their current land use practices, and the public has no increased rights to enter upon these private, protected lands. Depending on how large the property, a few residential rights and all reasonable and customary agricultural structures can also be reserved and written into the easement. In every case, development pressure from the land is permanently eliminated, alleviating the stress it

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creates on families, especially as it passes from one generation to the next, often triggering crushing taxes, sometimes forcing a premature and ill-timed sale.

Conservation easements are not new, but the way the state and federal governments treat them surely is new. Until the end of 2011, donations of conservation easements are rewarded at substantially increased levels by the Internal Revenue Service. The value of a donated, qualified conservation easement can be used to write off half of the donor’s adjusted gross income over a period up to 16 years, up from 30 percent, and over a period of up to six years. Furthermore, if at least half of the donor’s income comes from bona fide agriculture (in the year of the recording of the easement), then the donor can be fully income tax exempt for up to 16 years (or until the value of the easement is used up, whichever comes first).

More importantly, Florida voters passed a law in 2008 creating a new classification for lands protected with conservation easements, including working agricultural lands.

For landowners who make no profit from their land, or those who return any profits made back into the land through approved land management practices, zero property taxes are due. And, take any income made from these protected lands and the property taxes will be cut to half the just value (which is in most cases the “greenbelt assessment”). The level of property tax exemption is made yearly through the local county Property Appraiser’s office. “Non-conservation” uses on the land, like a residence, will still be subject to ordinary assessments and property taxes.

To learn more about these options, contact the Conservation Trust for Florida. Whatever your plans for your farm, keep up the good management practices! ■ Jamie A. Cohen Farm Outreach Coordinator UF IFAS/Marion County Extension Service 352-671-8792 • jamiecohen@ufl.edu Brian Block • Executive Director Conservation Trust for Florida 352-466-1178 • brian@conserveflorida.org

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2. Ashley Hartman is a 13-year-old junior rider from Doylestown, Pa. She is pictured with Miles, her 8-year-old Welsh gelding. Ashley’s favorite thing about Ocala is the sunshine…and she plans to visit Walt Disney World. 3. French saddle maker Devoucoux custom fits every horse and rider for high quality hunter/jumper, dressage, and eventing. The company has been serving HITS Ocala for four years.

4. Tracy Magness and Tarco Van Ter Moude after a win in the grand prix ring.

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It’s All About

Being There

by Paul Moran

For all the 21st Century advantages that have been adopted by horseplayers scattered all over the landscape, there is no way a computer will replace a spot on the paddock rail alongside kindred spirits on a sunkissed afternoon.

perators of racetracks grapple with many of the same issues they have faced for decades, one of these the task of drawing neophytes through the admission gates and keeping the established horseplayer coming back. This is accomplished more readily in some places than others but the making of a new fan, and then a new horseplayer is a slow process.

The atmosphere of a racetrack, the social aspect and the majestic allure of the elegant animals around which a day at the races revolves is to many seductive. The learning process, however, is endless and daunting. Confronting a set of past performances is either a life-long commitment or an exercise in frustration, at times both.

A person is either drawn toward immersion in the unique mystery posed by every field of horses, or chased to endeavors more easily understood.

The digital age, though it has expedited wagering and opened an array of simulcast options to every player including those involved at very high levels, has also eroded the live audience, which is now robust only at a handful of seasonal venues – Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs in winter, Saratoga and Del Mar in summer, Keeneland in the spring and autumn. Otherwise, large live audiences, with the occasional exception, are limited to the season’s important events – the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup. The teenager accompanying a father, uncle or older sibling for an afternoon at the races – the way many life-long fans and players were first exposed to the experience – is rare nowadays.

So, where do new players come from? And what about the next generation of owners and breeders?

If one begets the other, the future of racing is indeed a muddled picture.

The aging of racing’s core audience is not a recent phenomenon. Those in regular attendance at racetracks have always come from a population free from the constraint of gainful employment. But even this segment of the audience is now scattered at simulcast facilities or at home, wagering through advance-deposit platforms and watching races on television. The evidence is anecdotal, gathered primarily from social networking sites, message boards and discussion forums but many young people

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with jobs, families and responsibilities are keenly interested in racing. The extent to which they are involved in wagering or the depth of their interest in other areas of the sport is unclear. What is clear is that they are not present at the nation’s racetracks often or in large numbers.

They are, however, present if not altogether accounted for, loosely knit and bound only in the Internet. Facebook embraces more than 100 racing-related pages, some with tens of thousands of fans. Dozens of blogs are published by fans and bettors who are a long way from Social Security eligibility. Many racing organizations and publications have effectively reached out to this audience, taking advantage of the digital zeitgeist. Still, efficient utilization of the very thing that enables the splintering of an increasingly mobile audience does not bring people back to the races in meaningful numbers.

If there is a solution to this quandary it has been elusive. Small-market tracks devote marketing budgets to promotion of alternative gaming and have begun to treat racing like the redheaded stepchild. The marketing and promotion of racing even in large markets have been generally ineffective. With rare exception, live attendance is at best stagnant.

The sport viewed exclusively on television or via streaming video lacks the sensory appeal and the social aspect of live racing – you cannot lament a tough beat or go out for a beer after the last race with a computer and a television—but many of those who have become involved during the last two decades know little else. They point to the advantage of being able to stay at home with a menu of race cards – Dubai, Gulfstream, Tampa Bay, Aqueduct, the Fair Grounds and Santa Anita and, later, Australia—on a typical winter Saturday afternoon. Past performances and printable programs are readily available online as is an array of handicapping products.

For all the 21st Century advantages that have been adopted by horseplayers scattered all over the landscape, there is no way a computer will replace a spot on the paddock rail alongside kindred spirits on a sun-kissed afternoon and even a 50-inch, high-definition flat screen is no substitute for the view through a pair of 10x50 binoculars.

It really is about being there. ■

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