Florida Horse September 2019

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SEPTEMBER 28 Featuring:

$400,000 FSS In Reality For 2-Year-Olds at 1 / Miles 1

$400,000 FSS My Dear Girl 16

For 2-Year-Old Fillies at 1 / Miles 1

$150,000 FSS Wildcat Heir 16

For 3-Year-Olds & Older at 1Mile $75,000 Monroe*

For 3-Year-Olds & Older – F&M at 11/16 Miles – Turf

$75,000 Hollywood Beach*

For 2-Year-Olds at 5 Furlongs – Turf

* Plus $25,000 FSS Win Bonus

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CONTENTS September 2019 VOL 62/ISSUE 7

DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 6 8 14 43 44

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THE BROCK TALK FLORIDA FOCUS FTBOA BOARD SLATE LEADING SIRES FLORIDA-BREDS AROUND THE COUNTRY

National Florida-bred statistics

FARM MANAGEMENT: NO HOOF. NO HORSE. —By Caitlin Bainum

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EL POTRO —By Roberto Rodriguez

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FTBOA MEMBERSHIP UPDATE —By Tammy A. Gantt

FEATURES 22

Chance It dominates the Dr. Fager

FSS DR. FAGER STAKES

—By Brock Sheridan

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Lenzi’s Lucky Lady Remains Undefeated with FSS Desert Vixen Score —By Brock Sheridan

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Florida-bred Imperial Hint breaks Saratoga Track Record with Vanderbilt Repeat —By Brock Sheridan

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From Carry Back (1962) to World of Trouble (2019), the number of Florida-bred millionaires has grown to 172 and counting.

FSS DESERT VIXEN

BREAKING RECORDS

MILLIONAIRES ROW —By JoAnn Guidry

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EQUINE CARE: WARTS AND SARCOID TUMORS —By Heather Smith Thomas

COVER PHOTO OF IMPERIAL HINT: DERBE GLASS CONTENTS PHOTO OF WIN WIN WIN: CHELSEA DURAND

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Brock Sheridan

Editor-in-Chief Florida Equine Communications

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Million Dollar Day for Florida-breds

By BROCK SHERIDAN

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he Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association continues to boost Florida-bred bonus money in stakes races at Gulfstream Park this summer as they have added a $25,000 bonus to both the Monroe Stakes and the Hollywood Beach Stakes, both to be run on Sept. 28—the day of the $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes In Reality for colts and geldings and the $400,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes My Dear Girl for fillies. Older Florida Sire Stakes horses will also be featured on the Sept.

28 card in the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes $150,000 Wildcat Heir for 3-year-olds and older going a mile on the main track.

If you’re not keeping track, that makes Sept. 28 a $1 million day for Florida-breds and Florida Sire Stakes horses and their owners and breeders.

The $75,000 Monroe Stakes is for fillies and mares, 3-years-old and older who will go a mile-and-one-sixteenth on the turf.

The $75,000 Hollywood Beach is for 2-yearolds going five furlongs on the turf.

Each bonus will be paid to any registered Florida-breds who finish first, second or third in either the Monroe or the Hollywood Beach to be paid a basis of 70% ($17,500) to the winner, 20% ($5,000) to second and 10% (2,500) for third.

It pays to own a Florida-bred and it really pays to have a Florida Sire Stakes-eligible Florida-bred.

Last year Florida-breds had a very good season at Saratoga Race Course as five Sunshine State natives won stakes during the 2018 meeting. Imperial Hint, won the Vanderbilt Stakes

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(G1), Catherinethegreat took the Grade 3 Schuylerville, Broadway Run won the $100,000 Coronation Cup, the Tale of the Cat Stakes went to Always Sunshine and Extravagant Kid won the $100,000 Lucky Coin Stakes.

Through Aug. 19 of this year, Florida-breds have continued their success at the Spa with three stakes winners so far. Imperial Hint repeated to win the Vanderbilt, while breaking a 47-year-old track record, Mominou won the $200,000 Caress Stakes and Eyeinthesky won the $100,000 Galway Stakes.

A salute goes out to Patricia Generazio of Tequesta, Fla., for her popular Florida homebred Pure Sensation who accomplished a unique feat July 7 at Parx Racing near Philadelphia. The grey turf sprinter won the Grade 3 Parx Dash for the third time, which in itself is quite an accomplishment. On the “more to the story” angle however, the Parx Dash is not the only Grade 3 race Pure Sensation has won three times. He also has a triple in the Grade 3 Turf Monster Stakes, also at Parx. Moving on to yet “Even more to the story,” Pure Sensation is one of only six Florida-breds to have competed in the Breeders’ Cup in three separate years, all in the Turf Sprint. He was eighth in the 2015 version, third in the 2016 Turf Sprint and fifth in 2017.

He joins Aikenite, Bet On Sunshine, Flat Out, Forbidden Apple and Jeranimo as Floridabreds with three Breeders’ Cup appearances.

The great Precisionist, however, holds the record among Florida-breds with four trips to the Breeders’ Cup. ■

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Florida-bred Win Win Win

by Brock Sheridan

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Win Win Win Takes to Turf With Manila Score After spending much of his year running against some of the best 3-year-olds in North America in races leading up to and including the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) and the Preakness Stakes (G1), Florida-bred Win Win Win was shifted to stakes competition on grass where he produced a victorious response.

Racing in the famous red, white and black colors of Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation, the Michael Trombetta-trained, homebred colt won the $100,000 Manila Stakes over seven other sophomores going a oneturn mile on the turf course during Belmont Park’s July 4 holiday card.

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Win Win Win and his regular jockey Julian Pimentel were content to race in last-place early in the Manila as 32-1 longshot Ian Glass took the field through honest fractions of :22.77 for the first quartermile, the half-mile in :45.29 and six furlongs on 1:08.45 with Pole Setter and Fog of War also close.

Ian Glass, Pole Setter and Fog of War turned for home three abreast while Win Win Win and Penn Mile (G2) runner-up Casa Creed began to pick up the pace on the far outside.

Fog of War, Win Win Win and Casa Creed raced to the wire in a dramatic photo finish with Win Win Win on the outside winning by a half-length. Only a head margin separated Fog of War in second on the rail with Casa Creed between them in the show spot.

Win Win Win stopped the clock in 1:31.56 over the firm turf which was just .33 seconds off the track record set by Oscar Performance in last year’s Grade 3 Poker Stakes.

Win Win Win went off at 4-1 and paid $10.20 to win. “[Win Win Win] has really matured. He used to be playful, but now he’s gotten more focused on running,” Pimentel said. “Today, he went easy. I had a ton of horse heading for home. I was just waiting to make my move. I had so many horses in front of me, but I was just biding my time. When we got in the clear, he took off.”

Win Win Win made his 3-year-old debut in Tampa Bay Downs’

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Threes Wild as Pure Sensation Wins Third Parx Dash

$75,000 Pasco Stakes which he won in a track record time of 1:20.89 for seven furlongs. He then finished third in the Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and second in the Blue Grass (G2) before finishing tenth in the Derby and seventh in the Preakness.

Win Win Win now sports a record of four wins from nine starts with $442,000 to his credit after earning $55,000 in the Manila. He is

by Hat Trick (Jpn) out of Miss Smarty Pants, by Smarty Jones. ■

After finishing third in the 2018 Parx Dash, Florida-bred millionaire Pure Sensation won the Grade 3 turf race for the third time July 6 at Parx Racing after winning the five furlong race in 2016 and 2017. The $200,000 Parx Dash, for 3-year-olds and older, was also his third consecutive trip to the winners’ circle in three starts this year for the Patricia A. Generazio homebred who now has 13 career wins from 33 starts.

Pure Sensation exploded out of post seven with Paco Lopez aboard and put a one length lead on the field of 10 before they hit the first furlong marker. Vision Perfect, who won the Parx Dash last year, and 16-1 shot Smokin Nitro, tried to muster a challenge to his outside and were within a half-length when they marked the first quarter-mile in a prompt :22.18.

Those two pushed up to even terms with Pure Sensation around the turn but only Smokin Nitro could keep up from the three path when they turned for home as Vision Perfect dropped back. Pure Sensation raced to the finish with an easy four-and-a-quarter length margin in a final time of 1:00.42 on the soft course.

Rocket Heat made a late run from fourth to hit the finish line in second, another four-and-a-half lengths clear of Smokin Nitro in third.

They were followed in order by Fig Jelly, Completed Pass, Fielder, Snowday, Nice Tune, Vision Perfect and Long May You Run.

Ray’swarrior Goes Gate to Wire in Rumson Stakes Victory Michael Dubb’s Ray’swarrior made an easy time of the $75,000 Rumson Stakes at Monmouth Park July 4 as he won the five furlong event by four lengths while leading from start to finish.

Ridden by Paco Lopez from post two, Ray’swarrior broke evenly but was a length in front in just a few strides with 5-2 second choice Share the Ride giving chase in second.

Turning for home, Lopez looked back for any late runners and saw no one as Ray’swarrior galloped home with little urging to win in a time of :56.62 on the fast track. The quick time was just .46 seconds off the 20-year-old-track record of Florida-bred L. B. on Tour set in the 1999 My Frenchman Stakes. Wonderful Light was second by a head over Share the Ride in third with Wildwood Dancer and Pudding completing the order of finish.

“I was gravitating toward the turf with him initially because you see so many chances at five-eighths and five-and-a-half furlongs for horses like this,” Servis said. “With his speed it seemed to make sense. But it’s pretty obvious he’s a much better dirt horse.”

By Majestic Warrior out of Mary Alex, by Honour and Glory, Ray’swarrior won for the seventh time in 22 starts and paid $3 to win as the 1-2 odds-on choice. He earned $45,000 and increased his career bankroll to $363,066.

He was bred in the Florida by Alex and JoAnn Lieblong of Conway, Ark. ■

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Trained by Christophe Clement, the 8year-old, gray or roan Pure Sensation earned $120,000 in winning the Parx Dash and increased his career bankroll to $1,773,550.

Pure Sensation is a gelded son of Zensational out of the Disco Rico mare Pure Disco and he is now six for seven on the Parx turf. He also won the Grade 3 Turf Monster Stakes three times on the Parx grass in 2015-16 and 2018.

Pure Sensation went off as the 6-5 favorite in the Parx Dash and paid $4.60 to win.

Pure Disco has also produced stakes-winner Salute the Colonel, a 5-year-old son of Colonel John; and the 3-year-old winning filly Pure One, by Macho Uno. She has an unraced 2-year-old filly by Street Sense; a yearling Bodemeister colt named Pure Bode and was bred to Will Take Charge in 2019. ■

IN MEMORIAM

Ralph Clifford Voorhees Ralph Clifford Voorhees, 96, of Ocala, passed away on June 28, 2019. He was born March 26, 1923 in Wayside, N.J. to Hubert Voorhees and Matilda Steinmetz Voorhees.

He is preceded in death by his parents, sister Eleanor Mae Voorhees, brothers Russell Voorhees, Theodore Voorhees, and Howard Voorhees. Survivors include his daughter Kimberly Voorhees, brother J. Paul Voorhees and wife Carol and his sister Mildred Voorhees Worthley.

Ralph was a Captain for Eastern Airlines from 1951 to 1983. He is a WWII Army Veteran and even went on the WWII Honors Flight. After retiring from Eastern Airlines, Ralph flew George Steinbrenner and the Yankees as a private pilot.

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Since winning the Juvenile Turf Stakes at Gulfstream Park West last November, N. T. S. Stable Inc.’s Stirling Drive has had little success in his subsequent eight starts. His best race came when he was third behind winner Vow Me Now and second-place finisher Art G Is Back in the $75,000 English Channel Stakes at Gulfstream Park on May 4.

But the Milton Wolfson-trained Stirling Drive enjoyed the sweet taste of revenge at 10-1 odds July 6 at Gulfstream Park in defeating those two plus four other 3-year-olds in the $100,000 Not Surprising Stakes going a mile on the turf.

After an even start by all in the Not Surprising, Sovereign Warrior from post two and Stirling Drive from post seven went to the front and led favored Vow Me Now by two lengths as they went into and around the clubhouse turn.

Sovereign Warrior continued to lead down the backstretch after a quarter-mile split in :23.89 with Stirling Drive and jockey Samy Camacho giving chase in second. They had a clear seven-length lead on Vow Me Now in third with Scraps fourth. After a half-mile in :48.23 Sovereign Warrior continued to lead Stirling Drive as the others began to creep closer when they went into and around the far turn.

Into the stretch, Stirling Drive went to the front on the outside of Sovereign Warrior as Scraps, Forever Mo and Art G Is Back also got into the fray. However, neither Forever Mo nor Art G Is Back could find a clear path and Stirling Drive fought them all off to win in a time of 1:36.27 on the firm turf.

Art G Is Back finally found room on the rail but missed Stirling Drive by a neck to get second with Forever Mo losing the place photo by a nose to finish third. He was just a neck in front of Scraps in fourth with Sovereign Warrior, Starship Aramis and Vow Me Now completing the order.

“I tried to get the lead, but [Stirling Drive] took a good position outside [pacesetter Sovereign Warrior],” Camacho said. “At the halfmile pole, I didn’t see anyone to give us pressure [and] at the three-eighths pole I

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Stirling Drive Upset Winner of Not Surprising Stakes

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asked him to go. At the top of the stretch, he took the lead and kept on going. The last furlong, it got a little tight, but we won the race.”

Stirling Drive is by Verrazano out of the Candy Stripes mare La Presidenta (Arg), who was a graded-stakes-winner in Argentina. Stirling Drive was bred in Florida by Farm III Enterprises LLC and is a graduate of the 2018 Ocala Breeders’ Sales April Sale where N.T.S. Stable Inc. purchased him for $75,000 out of the consignment of Off the Hook LLC as an agent.

Stirling Drive paid $23.40 to win, $7.60 to place and $4.20 to show while earning $60,760 in the Not Surprising. His record now stands at three wins from 14 starts with $182,740 in earnings. ■

First Winner for Fury Kapcori Tops Journeyman Exacta Joel W. Sainer’s homebred Napa Rules became the first winner for first-crop sire Fury Kapcori July 13 at Gulfstream Park while also serving as the top-half of a Journeyman Stallions freshman sire exacta.

A bay filly, Napa Rules outlasted 9-5 favorite Sweet Belen in the $25,0000 maiden claiming and won by a length over the latter with Edgar Prado aboard. Dog Daz Racing’s Sweet Belen is by Journeyman Stud resident and leading Florida freshman sire Khozan.

Napa Rules broke on top from post two and was joined by Cookin Roses on the outside in second with Sweet Belen between them in third. Napa Rules went the first quarter in :23.08 as she and Sweet Belen had separated themselves from Cookin Roses after clocking a half-mile in :46.83.

With a furlong to run, Napa Rules began to quicken away from Sweet Belen and finished

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Mile and the Grade 3 Precisionist, both at Santa Anita, and retired with a record of six wins from 18 starts and earnings of $521,040.

Napa Rules paid $10 and the Journeyman Stallions –sired, $1 exacta returned $19.40. ■

Painting Corners Survives Claim of Foul to Win Daisycutter Stakes Painting Corners proved once again that she is a survivor.

In winning the July 20 Daisycutter Stakes at Del Mar, the Florida-bred mare had to withstand a claim of foul by a competing jockey but that was much easier than her previous test of tenacity.

According to breeder Jacquelyn A. Reinhart, of Fort McCoy, Fla., Painting Corners is also a survivor of the Lilac wildfire that burned much of San Luis Rey Downs in Bonsall, Ca., in January of 2018 and took the lives of 40 thoroughbreds.

Trained by Peter Miller for Nick Cosato’s

Slam Dunk Racing LLC of Sierra Madre, Ca., and Altamira Racing Stable, Painting Corners won the $99,164 Daisycutter Stakes for her second black type win of 2019. Two starts back, the 5-year-old Painting Corners won the $78,000 Mizdirection Stakes while leading from start to finish at Santa Anita on April 13.

Painting Corners and jockey Flavien Prat were among the nine fillies and mares who went five furlongs on the turf in the Daisycutter, which she won by three-quarters of a length.

The John Sadler-trained Kentan Road, who was coming into the Daisycutter off of two optional claiming wins at Santa Anita, shot to the front from her outside post nine as Painting Corners chased in second from post three.

Kentan Road took the field through a quarter-mile in a quick :22.48 while keeping daylight between herself and Painting Corners, who was about another length in front of Just Grazed Me and favorite S Y Sky in third and fourth respectively.

After a half-mile in :44.84, Painting Corners took over turning for home and was a length in front of S Y Sky for the run down the stretch. Painting Corners drifted out slightly inside the final eighth-mile but S Y Sky was never able to put in a serious threat as they finished in :56.21 on the firm course. S Y Sky was a half-length ahead of third-place finisher Just Grazed Me followed in order by A Little Bit Me, Kentan Road, Holly Hundy, Gliding By, Gypsy Blue and Lady Suebee.

Drayden Van Dyke, who rode S Y Sky, lodged a claim of foul against Painting Corners, but the claim was disallowed by the Del Mar stewards and the order of finish stood.

It was the second stakes win of the year for Painting Corners including the Mizdirection victory and it was her seventh win in 20

(Hat Trick (JPN)-Miss Smarty Pants, by Smarty Jones) 3-Year-Old Colt Manila Stakes (Black Type) Belmont Park ♦ July 4 Purse: $100,000 One mile turf (firm) ♦ 1:31.56 Owner: Live Oak Plantation Breeder: Live Oak Stud Trainer: Michael Trombetta ♦ Jockey: Julian Pimentel Second: Fog of War ♦ Third: Casa Creed

RAY’SWARRIOR (Majestic Warrior-Mary Alex, by Honour and Glory) 7-Year-Old Gelding Rumson Stakes Monmouth Park ♦ July 4 Purse: $75,000 5 furlongs (fast) ♦ :56.62 Owner: Michael Dubb Breeder: Alex and JoAnn Lieblong Trainer: Jason Servis ♦ Jockey: Paco Lopez Second: Wonderful Light ♦ Third: Share the Ride

PURE SENSATION (Zensational-Pure Disco by Disco Rico) 8-Year-Old Gelding Parx Dash Stakes (Grade 3) Parx ♦ July 6 Purse: $200,000 5 furlongs turf (soft) ♦ 1:00.42 Owner/Breeder: Patricia Generazio Trainer: Christophe Clement ♦ Jockey: Paco Lopez Second: Rocket Heat ♦ Third: Smokin Nitro

STIRLING DRIVE (Verrazano-La Presidenta (ARG), by Candy Stripes) 3-Year-Old Gelding Not Surprising Stakes (Black Type) Gulfstream Park ♦ July 6 Purse: $100,000 One mile turf (firm) ♦ 1:36.27 Owner: N.T.S. Stable, Inc. Breeder: Farm III Enterprises LLC Trainer: Milton Wolfson ♦ Jockey: Samy Camacho Second: Art G Is Back (Fla) ♦ Third: Forever Mo

PAINTING CORNERS (Pleasant Strike-Adorable Heidi, by Gimmeawink) 5-Year-Old Mare Daisycutter Stakes (Black Type) Del Mar ♦ July 20 Purse: $85,000 5 furlongs turf (firm) ♦ :56.21 Owner: Altamira Racing Stable and Slam Dunk Racing Breeder: Faraway Farm Trainer: Peter Miller ♦ Jockey: Flavien Prat Second: S Y Sky ♦ Third: Just Grazed Me

VANGILDER (Paynter-High Speed Goldie, by Parade Ground) 3-Year-Old Colt Charles Taylor Derby Albuquerque Downs ♦ July 20 Purse: $70,000 1 1/16 miles (fast) ♦ 1:43.38 Owner: Chuck Hovitz Breeder: Best A Luck Farm LLC Trainer: Steven Asmussen ♦ Jockey: Alfredo Juarez, Jr. Second: Walker Stalker ♦ Third: Irish Polo (Fla)

MOMINOU (Congrats-Phanie Slam, by Grand Slam)

Florida-bred Painting Corners

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Florida-bred Napa Rules

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the five furlongs in a time of :59.93. Runner-up Sweet Belen was 10 ½ lengths ahead of Cookin Roses in third followed in order by Globalprincesscoco, Little Maria and Pink.

Napa Rules is out the Roar of the Tiger Mare Perfect Stoli, who has also produced a 4-yearold winner in Pekin, by In Summation. She also has a yearling colt by He’s Had Enough named Hangar One, and a weanling full-brother.

Fury Kapcori is by Horse of the Year Tiznow out of Gin Running, by Go for Gin, making him a half-brother to graded-stakeswinner Tiz Fiz, and was a Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed on the track. As a 2-year-old, he won the Charlie Palmer Stakes at Fresno and was second in both the Real Quiet Stakes and Grade 1 Cash Call Futurity at Hollywood Park. At age four, he also won the Santana

4-Year-Old Filly Caress Stakes (Listed) Saratoga ♦ July 21 Purse: $200,000 5 ½ furlongs turf (firm) ♦ 1:01.54 Owner: Sean Shay Breeder: Woodford Thoroughbreds Trainer: James Toner ♦ Jockey: Kendrick Carmouche Second: Fire Key ♦ Third DH: Broadway Run (Fla) & Morticia

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Florida-bred Stakes Winners

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CARIBOU CLUB (City Zip-Broken Dreams, by Broken Vow)

Mominou Leads Start to Finish To Upset Caress Stakes at 29-1

Florida-bred Mominou

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The winning strategy for Florida-bred filly Mominou seems pretty straight forward: Break well and go to the front.

In two of her three previous wins, in a Keeneland allowance race two starts back on April 20 and in a Belmont Park optional claiming race in May of last year, Mominou was on the lead at every point of call.

That was exactly the game plan executed to perfection by jockey Kendrick Carmouche on Mominou when she won the $200,000 Caress Stakes at five-and-a-half furlongs on grass at Saratoga Race Course July 21. Eight fillies and mares comprised the field for the Caress.

Mominou was the first out of the gate 5-Year-Old Gelding WV House of Delegates Speaker’s Cup (Black Type) from post six in the Caress and she quickly Mountaineer ♦ August 3 Purse $75,000 sped through a first quarter in :21.94.

One mile and 70 yards turf (firm) ♦ 1:37.09 Mominou took them into the stretch with Owner/Breeder: Glen Hill Farm Trainer: Thomas Proctor ♦ Jockey: Feargal Lynch Factorofwon second and Fire Key third on the Second: More Than Good ♦ Third: Abiding Star outside while covering the half-mile in :44.50.

ALWAYS SUNSHINE (West Acre-Sunny Again, by Awesome Again) Despite the quick pace, nobody was able to 7-Year-Old Gelding threaten Mominou in the run for home and she Sen. Robert C. Byrd Memorial Stakes (Listed) Mountaineer ♦ August 3 finished in 1:01.54 on the firm turf. Fire Key Purse: $75,000 6 furlongs (fast) ♦ 1:10.62 was a length-and-a-quarter back in second and Owner: Stonehedge LLC three-quarters of a length ahead of Broadway Breeder: Gilbert G. Campbell Trainer: Edward Allard ♦ Jockey: Carol Cedeno Run and Morticia in a dead heat for third.

Second: Fairweather Friend ♦ Third: Sparticle They were followed in order by Significant Form, Miss Gossip (Ire), Jc’s Shooting Olsson Wins First Star and Factorofwon. Florida-bred Mrs. Ra- North American Races mona G. was scratched.

Scandinavian jockey Fanny Olsson moved It was the first stakes victory for Mominou, another step closer to achieving her goal of bewho also provided trainer James coming established in the U.S. Aug. Toner with his third score in the Ca2, riding her first two North Amerress. Toner also captured back-toican winners at Gulfstream Park. back editions in 2014 with Free as a The 26-year-old Sweden native, Bird and 2015 with Thieves Guild. who had ridden more than 100 winMominou had come into the ners in Sweden, Denmark and NorCaress off of a third-place finish way since embarking on her career behind winner Goldwood in the in 2016, scored her first American $78,000 Politely Stakes at Mon- Fanny Olsson victory Aug. 2 when Slingin Sammy mouth Park on May 18. In her only other start B won a one mile $6,250 claiming race by 12½ of 2019, she was fourth behind winner lengths for trainer Jorge Delgado and owner Samara in the $75,000 Captiva Island Stakes Mastic Beach Racing. at Gulfstream Park on Mar. 9.

She then had a front-running four-length triMominou earned $110,000 for Shay and it umph aboard Jorge Delgado-trained Chirping was her fourth win in 12 career starts. By Con- ($6.80) in race three, a mile-and-one-sixteenth grats out of Phanie Slam, by Grand Slam, Momi- race for $6,250 claimers. nou now has a career bankroll of $271,997. Phanie “My dream has always been to ride races Slam has also produced stakes-placed Florida- here,” Olsson said. “I’m just blessed.” bred Phaniebdancing, who is a full-sister to Olsson ventured from Sweden to South Mominou; two other winners and 2-year-old Per- Florida 10 months before her first win and fect Fanny, by Competitive Edge, an unraced colt. worked as an exercise rider at Gulfstream She also has a yearling by Smiling Tiger and was while preparing to start riding in the afternoon. bred to Lord Nelson this year.

“It’s a lot different here. They ride a lot Mominou paid $61.50 to win. tighter. The races are much faster,” Olsson Bred by Woodford Thoroughbreds located said. “The riders here are really good. I’m just in Reddick, Fla., Mominou was first con- going to have to step up my game.” ■ signed by Woodford to the Fasig-Tipton July Sale as a yearling but did not sell after gener- Caribou Club Sets Track Record in WV ating a final bid of $90,000. Woodford then House of Delegates Speakers’ Cup consigned her to the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic After two unsuccessful ventures against Sale as a 2-year-old where Mike Ryan bought Group 1 and Grade 1 horses, Florida-bred her for $150,000 ■ Caribou Club returned to more comfortable LAUREN KING PHOTO

career starts. She has now earned $319,338 in her career.

Painting Corners is by Pleasant Strike out of Adorable Heidi, by Gimmeawink and she was bred in the name of Reinhart’s Faraway Farm. Adorable Heidi is a half-sister to stakeswinner and Grade 1-stakes-producer Ruthian and she has a yearling colt by Conveyance.

According to Reinhart, Adorable Heidi is currently in foal to American Freedom.

“She’s the only [mare] I have left,” nonagenarian Reinhart told The Florida Horse.

“But every one of her foals have made it to the races and four of them [including Painting Corners] have been winners.

“If the race is short enough and the grass is firm enough, [Painting Corners] is hard to beat.”

Reinhart was quick to credit Marion County’s Bryan Rice, who provided the early training for Painting Corners and consigned her under the banner of his Woodside Ranch to the 2016 Ocala Breeders’ Sales April Sale. It was there that Miller bought her for $40,000. ■

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Carol Cendeno stalked the trio from a length-and-a-half back. After two furlongs in a break-neck :22.01, Fairweather Friend began to take over from Sparticle around the turn as Always Sunshine began to advance on the outside.

With a big run on the outside, Always Sunshine took over with a sixteenth-of-amile to run and was two lengths clear of Fairweather Friend in second at the finish. They completed the six furlongs in 1:10.62 on the fast track with Sparticle third and Share the Upside fourth.

Florida-bred Always Sunshine is trained by Edward Always Sunshine Allard for Stonehedge LLC and it was his tenth win from 29 starts. It was a big weekend for Gil Campbell’s Stonehedge, who also won the $100,000 FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes Desert Vixen at Gulfstream Park with Lenzi’s Lucky Lady.

Always Sunshine earned $48,750 in the Byrd Stakes to push his lifetime revenue to $629,600.

Always Sunshine is by Campbell’s late sire West Acre out of Sunny Again, by Awesome Again and he was also bred by Campbell.

Always Sunshine paid $6.20 to win as the 2-1 second choice. ■ COADY PHOTO

stakes company Aug. 3 to win the West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker’s Cup Stakes at Mountaineer Racetrack. The $75,000 event saw 11 3-year-olds and older going a mile and 70 yards on the turf.

The 5-year-old Caribou Club had consecutive wins against gradedstakes horses in Southern California over the winter having won the Grade 2 Seabiscuit Handicap at Del Mar on Nov. 24 and the Grade 3 Joe Hernandez Stakes at Santa Anita on Jan. 1.

Trainer Tom Proctor then sent Caribou Club to Meydan Race Course in Dubai, U.A.E. in March where he finished back in the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint won by Blue Point at six furlongs before returning to North America for the June 29 Highlander Stakes (G1) at Woodbine where he was fifth behind winner Wet Your Whistle.

But the Glen Hill Farm homebred had little trouble in the West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker’s Cup as he came from off the pace to win as the second choice in the wagering with 5-2 odds.

Glasgow Stakes runner-up Abiding Star set the pace in the House of Delegates while getting a clear lead through fractions of :22.83 for the first quarter-mile and :46.50 for the half. Meanwhile, Caribou Club and jockey Feargal Lynch remained patient while running mid-pack, about three lengths off the lead.

Into the stretch, Caribou Club took over from Swagger Jagger and Abiding Star while racing on the outside and went on to win by a length and one-quarter in a track record time of 1:37.09 on the firm course. More Than Good also came from off the pace and finished second, a neck ahead of Abiding Star in third. Big Changes, Swagger Jagger, Second Mate, Zambian, King Valero, Bandar, Judah and Runaway Posse completed the order of finish.

It was the eighth win from 20 career starts for Caribou Club who paid $7 to win, $4.40 to place and $3.60 to show. He earned $44,100 for the win to increase his career bankroll to $553,427.

Caribou Club is by City Zip out of Broken Dreams, by Broken Vow.■

Always Sunshine Rallies to Win Senator Robert C. Byrd Stakes

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Always Sunshine earned his first stakes victory since winning the $97,000 Tale of the Cat Stakes at Saratoga last summer as the 7-yearold Florida-bred won the Senator Robert C. Byrd Memorial Stakes at Mountaineer Racetrack Aug. 3.

Coming into the Byrd after finishing third behind winner Altissimo in the $97,000 Hockessin Stakes going six furlongs at Delaware Park on July 13, Always Sunshine got the best of the fourhorse field assembled for the $75,000 Robert C. Byrd at six furlongs on the main track.

Sparticle, the 9-5 secondchoice in the Byrd, led a threehorse battle for the lead along with Fairweather Friend to his outside and odds-on favorite Share the Upside on the rail as Florida-bred Caribou Club Always Sunshine and jockey

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FTBOA Board of Directors at 1 p.m. For 2019, there are five Director vacancies on the FTBOA Board to be filled, for three-year terms running until October 2022. Pursuant to the Association’s Bylaws, the current Board of Directors nominated the following five candidates for these vacancies: (1) Marilyn Campbell; (2) Joe O’Farrell; and incumbents (3) Valerie Dailey; (4) Brent Fernung, current president; and (5) Phil Matthews.

Each candidate agreed to run and to serve as an FTBOA Director. The FTBOA Bylaws also allow a candidate to self-nominate by circulating a petition and obtaining 25 member signatures. No such petition was filed. As provided in the Association’s Bylaws, because there are only five candidates for the five Director vacancies, members will not be required to cast ballots and these five candidates will be deemed elected to office upon the presiding officer calling the FTBOA’s Annual Meeting to order. Current board members Milan Kosanovich and George Isaacs end their terms at the start of the meeting.

Here is some information about the candidates.

MARILYN CAMPBELL STONEHEDGE FARM SOUTH

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Marilyn, along with her husband Gil, established the 600-acre Williston–based Stonehedge Farm South in 1988. Since then, the farm has been a perennial industry leader. In 2018, the three-time Breeder of the Year led the Florida foal crop and was ranked fifth in Florida-bred earn-

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ings of more than $1.7 million.

Grade 2 stakes winner Ivanavinalot, dam of Songbird, is among their 77 Florida-bred stakes winners. Black-type stakes winner Well Defined and Always Sunshine, a dual stakes winner were added to the list in 2018 along with millionaires Marlin and Blazing Sword. They have approximately 200 head of horses on the property and stand Cajun Breeze, a son of Congrats. Marilyn and Gil first became involved in the sport in 1982 as co-owners of the Florida-bred stakes winner Shananie.

The horse was the first stallion to stand at Stonehedge.

For decades, Marilyn has been supportive of Florida-breds and the Florida program. Her husband is a former FTBOA director and Marilyn plans to bring that same passion for improving Florida racing and breeding to the table and of supporting programs like the Florida Sire Stakes in which they are also perennial leaders. They have also been significant sponsors of many Florida Thoroughbred Charities events raising funds for thoroughbred retirement. ■ VALERIE DAILEY 3D FARM Valerie has a long history serving both the agriculture and business markets in the heart of Florida. She has a B.S. in Food and Resource Economics and Masters in Agricultural Operations Management from the University of Florida. She led the UF/IFAS College of Agriculture computer teaching labs and was the Director of Information Technology for the UF/Health Science Center Vice President’s office. In 2001, Valerie became the IT Director for Cox Communications serving their Gainesville/Ocala markets.

She was Business Development Director for the Ocala/Marion County Economic Development Corporation.

Valerie has been a Florida Licensed Realtor with Showcase Properties of Central Florida since 2005. She specializes in listing and selling equine, commercial and agricultural properties. Incoming MLS president of the Ocala/Marion County Association of Realtors®, she is on the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Board and the State of Florida 4-H Foundation Board. She utilizes extensive agricultural background and leadership positions to protect the property rights of breeders in Ocala’s deeply-rooted horse industry.

A small breeder since 1985, Valerie has bred multiple stakes winners, including a Breeders’ Cup qualifier. Together with her husband Hugh, president of Community Bank &Trust of Florida, and daughter Samantha, she operates a successful Ocala thoroughbred breeding farm. An Ocala/Marion County Chamber and Economic Partnership member, she has been an FTBOA member for 16 years and serves as charity committee chair.

Agriculture and its deep impact on Florida’s economy is a great passion and continues to be a way of life for the Dailey family. ■ FILE PHOTO

FTBOA will hold its annual meeting on Oct. 25 at the College of Central Florida Webber Center

BRENT FERNUNG JOURNEYMAN STALLIONS Involved in the Florida thoroughbred industry over 30 years, Brent Fernung and his wife Crystal own and operate Journeyman Stud, which was home to Florida’s perennial leading sire Wildcat Heir. The farm is currently home to nationally recognized stallion Khozan along with Fury Kapcori and

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Candidate Biographies

PHIL MATTHEWS CEDAR GROVE FARM

JOE O’FARRELL III OCALA STUD

A past FTBOA Board president, Dr. Phil Matthews has been a practicing equine veterinarian in Marion County for more

Past FTBOA First Vice President and Racing Committee Chair, Joe O’Farrell is the third generation of the more than 60

year old Ocala Stud where he serves as manager handling the financials of the farm. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with emphasis in Accounting from Erskine College, where he was on the tennis team. Previously, he worked for The South Financial Group and Carolina First Bank. He is the treasurer of the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority, president of the Marion County Farm Bureau, and he also serves on the Blessed Trinity School Board.

In late 2004, with his brother David and Ocala Stud as partners, O’Farrell purchased the broodmare Lady Discreet, who became the producer of the 2009 Calder Oaks winner Chary, by Montbrook.

Ocala Stud has been a perennial leading Florida commercial breeder and has either solely or in partnership bred more than 100 stakes winners, including Eclipse Award winning Musical Romance, and current graded stakes winners Patternrecognition, Broadway Run, Florida Fuego, Forevamo, Calculator, Turbulent Descent, Tackleberry, Rigoletta, Gourmet Dinner, and Shadowbdancing. Ocala Stud currently stands popular stallions Adios Charlie, Ami’s Flatter, Awesome of Course, Awesome Slew, Brooks ‘n Down, Fort Loudon, Girvin, Greenpointcrusader, Hear No Evil, High Cotton, I Spent It, In Summation, Jess’s Dream, Kantharos, Noble Bird, Overdriven, Prospective, The Big Beast and Uncaptured.

Joseph is married to Alicia W. O’Farrell and they have a son Joseph “Michael”. ■

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than 30 years, coming to Ocala in 1981 as an associate veterinarian at Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital. He became a partner in that practice in 1984 and his veterinary affiliations include the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the American Association of Equine Practitioner (AAEP). He has served on several committees for the AAEP and is a past member of the board of directors.

Dr. Matthews has been a speaker and instructor at various veterinary venues around the country and internationally. Dr. Matthews has also been involved in the thoroughbred industry in several other capacities having purchased his first thoroughbred in 1983.

As the owner of Cedar Grove Farm in Ocala, and a Florida thoroughbred breeder, Matthews and his wife Samme have had the good fortune of raising several stakes winners, including graded stakes winner Mr. Jordan, multiple grade 3 stakes winners Papi Chulo and Rizzi Girl, and grade 2 stakes winner Parlay. He has also been involved in all facets of the industry including sales and racing..

Matthews served on the FTBOA board for six years previously and was on the Executive, Governance and Marketing/Communications committees. He has remained active in the Association currently serving on the Racing Committee and Thoroughbred Retirement Committee. ■

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Winslow Homer. The broodmare band resides at the nearby 90-acre Journeyman II. Fernung’s career began at Lasater Farm during its’ heyday in the late 1970’s through 1984.

Fernung also served as Franks Farm/Southland Division farm manager and Cloverleaf Farm General Manager. In 1989, the Fernungs established Journeyman Bloodstock Services and Fernung purchased Eileen’s Moment (dam of Lil E. Tee) just months before he won the 1992 Kentucky Derby.

As an agent, Fernung purchased I’ll Get Along and her weanling that would become 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones. In 2004, Fernung, as agent, sold I’ll Get Along for $5 million, the highest priced broodmare at public auction that year. In 2006, Fernung, as agent, purchased Congrats as a stallion prospect for Cloverleaf Farms. Congrats went on to be the leading first crop sire in North America in 2010.The Fernungs established Journeyman Stud in 2008. They were in the top five leading breeders in foal crop in 2018 and were the sixth leading Florida breeder-by-Florida-bred earnings in 2018 with just over $1.5 million. Winners included Pay Any Price and Oil Money, in partnership.

Fernung is on the board of Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company and is the current FTBOA President. He was named the 2004 Florida Farm Manager of the Year. ■

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By BROCK SHERIDAN HALLANDALE BEACH, FL— hance It lived up to his pre-race billing and 1-5 odds as he dominated the $100,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager Aug. 3 at Gulfstream Park, winning by three-and-a-quarter lengths.

The Dr. Fager is for 2-year-old Floridabred colts and geldings sired by FTBOA registered stallions going six furlongs.

The Dr. Fager and the $100,000 FTBOA FSS Desert Vixen, for 2year-old Florida-bred fillies also sired by FTBOA registered stallions, are the first two divisions of the $1.4 million FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes for juveniles to be run at Gulfstream Park this summer.

Maiden special weight winner Liam’s Lucky Charm broke on top from post seven in the Dr. Fager and was quickly joined on the lead by Chance It on the inside from post one with Kodiak Island Stakes third-place

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finisher Man With A Plan also showing early interest from between those two.

Man With A Plan and Chance It separated from the others and were heads apart when they finished the first quarter-mile in :22.53 with Liam’s Lucky Charm a lengthand-a-half back in third and Absolute Grit to his outside.

Chance It began put distance between he and his rivals around the far turn when Liam’s Lucky Charm made a three-wide

No Doubt Chance It is Best

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move to pass Man With a Plan and Absolute Grit. But Liam’s Lucky Charm was never able to mount a serious threat to Chance It, who clocked the first half-mile in :45.82 while continuing to draw away in the run for home.

Chance It and jockey Edgard Zayas raced under the finish in 1:11.22 on the track rated as good with Liam’s Lucky Charm finishing an easy second, 10 1/4 lengths ahead of Absolute Grit in third.

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Chance It wins for the second time in two starts by taking the FSS Dr. Fager

CHANCE IT WINS FSS DR. FAGER

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Northbrook, Man With a Plan, One Turn Johnny, Turn On the Magic finished in that order.

“He was much the best,” Zayas said. “It was awesome. It was incredible. The post position wasn’t the best but he made the best out of it and showed that he had a lot of class. I’m looking forward to the good races he has ahead of him.”

Zayas also said that Chance It raced well after being on the lead early in the race for the first time.

“He was wondering, when he took the lead, when he didn’t see any horses around him. But he has a very long stride and I didn’t want to get boxed in. I know I’m the target in the race. But he did everything really good. He took the lead and just kept on going.

“I think after the sire stakes, I’m sure he can run Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. against anyone. He has a lot of class.”

It was the second win in two starts for Chance It, who finished second to Smash Factor in his first career start against Florida-bred special weight maidens at Gulfstream on June 1 at five furlongs. But it was his second race that turned heads as he won a maiden special weight, again against fellow Florida-breds, by nine-and-a-quarter lengths at Gulfstream on June 29. That day he covered the five furlongs on a good main track in 1:03.95 to earn a 92 Beyer Speed Figure, which remains among the best Beyer numbers by any 2-year-olds in North America.

So even before his imHe didn’t win by nine lengths today pressive win in the FTBOA like he did last time, but if you take FSS Dr. Fager, Chance It [Liam’s Lucky Charm] out of it, it was had drawn interest from poa long way back to third. This horse is tential buyers.

“We have had a little bit going to have a bright future. of interest. The phone has been ringing a few times,” said Mary Lightner with a tinge of sarcasm. Lightner heads the Shooting Star Thoroughbreds LLC syndicate that owns Chance It. She said Shooting Star is made up of “about 20 people and half of them are here today. Some live in Kentucky and flew in for this race and they’re happy they did.”

Although they have received several attractive offers for Chance It, Lightner said their plan was to continue with the Florida Sire Stakes with the bay colt.

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“It’s hard to get a really good horse,” Lightner continued. “And we wanted to to do right by all these [partners].

So that’s the direction we decided to go. To keep him and see what we can do in the Sire Stakes. I do like the Sire Stakes. I wish I could have a horse for it every year.”

Although Lightner admits to being nervous before the Dr. Fager because of the inside post, she said she had plenty of confidence in her team.

“Edgard [Zayas] knows the horse really well and he does a great job. And [trainer] Saffie [Joseph Jr.], nobody could do a better job than Saffie getting him ready.”

Joseph said he was also concerned with the inside post before the race but elated with Chance It’s performance.

“The main thing is when you draw the ‘one [post]’, you want to get away from [the starting gate] cleanly. I think that was a key moment in the race when [Zayas] had to use him a little bit to get position. After that, he did it. He didn’t win by nine lengths today like he did last time, but if you take [Liam’s Lucky Charm] out of it, it was a long way back to third.

“This horse is going to have a bright future.”

Chance It is by Currency Swap out of Vagabond Diva, by Pleasantly Perfect and was bred in Florida by Bett Usher of Ocala.

Usher got Vagabond Diva from Fred Pace, who had bred her to Jersey Town to produce Florida-bred Trenton Traveler. Lightner trained Trenton Traveler and when he broke his maiden at Churchill Downs in his first career race, Lightner went in search of Usher and Chance It. “We found [Usher], who is my friend now, and my Dad and brother went to look at [Chance It] and loved him. So we bought him and broke him right there at Oak Ridge [Training Center in Ocala] and sent him down to Saffie. So we’re happy the way the whole thing turned out. These are the things you dream about.

Chance It paid $2.40 to win, $2.10 to place and $2.10 to show and earned $60,000 for Shooting Star Thoroughbreds for winning the Dr. Fager. He now has a career bankroll of $104,150 and Lightner said the $200,000 FTBOA FSS Affirmed at seven furlongs on Aug. 31 at Gulfstream is the target. ■

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Lenzi’s Lucky Lady Remains Undefeated With FSS Desert Vixen Score

By BROCK SHERIDAN

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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL— il Campbell’s Stonehedge LLC homebred Lenzi’s Lucky Lady remained undefeated in her young career as she won her third race in as many starts and second stakes in taking the $100,000 Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Florida Sire Stakes Desert Vixen on a sloppy track at Gulfstream Park on August 3.

The FSS Desert Vixen featured a field of nine 2-year-old, Florida-bred fillies by FTBOA registered stallions who went six furlongs on the sloppy main track. The Desert Vixen and the $100,000 FTBOA FSS Dr. Fager, for 2year-old Florida-bred colts and geldings also sired by FTBOA registered stallions, are the first two divisions of the $1.4 million FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes for juveniles to be run at Gulfstream Park this summer.

It was a cavalry charge for the early lead from the start of the FSS Desert Vixen as Ms Big Spring from post nine, Two Sixty from post six, Bahamian Girl from post two, Lady

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Stanley Gold leads all trainers with 22 Florida Sire Joanna from post eight and Sonar from post five all battled for the lead in the early strides as Lenzi’s Lucky Stakes victories, 20 of which have come in the juvenile Lady remained close from post seven. Moving into the races of the Florida Sire Stakes.

O’Connell also won the 2013 FSS Desert Vixen with turn after a first quarter-mile in a quick :22.48, Ms Big Spring, got a short lead over Two Sixty, Sonar and Scandalous Act for owner and breeder Gil Campbell.

Scandalous Act went on to sweep Lenzi’s Lucky Lady as Bahamian the filly division of the FSS series Girl was forced to check after sevthat year. eral traffic problems. [winning a Florida “Jairo does a good thing as far Lenzi’s Lucky Lady and jockey Jairo Rendon began to advance Sire Stakes]. I’ve always loved as getting them out of the gate and finding some kind of position while four-wide around the turn the Florida-bred program. and gets a big view of how it’s unand led the vanguard of fillies into —trainer Kathleen O’Connell folding,” O’Connell said. “She the stretch with Two Sixty giving responds very well to Jairo. He’s been a big chase in second, a length ahead of Ms Big help with a lot of these fillies that are a bit Spring, Sweetheart Deal and Raven. difficult. He’s been a great addition to my After a half-mile in :46.83, Lenzi’s Lucky stable.”

Lady increased her lead down the stretch as “It’s always an awesome feeling [winSweetheart Deal moved into second ahead ning a Florida Sire Stakes],” O’Connell of Two Sixty in third. But nobody was going continued. “I’ve always loved the Floridato catch Lenzi’s Lucky Lady as she finished bred program and Mr. Campbell has been a four-and-a-quarter lengths clear of Sweetbig sponsor, a big help and a big boost to heart Deal in second in a final time of my career.”

1:13.55 as the 9-5 favorite.

Lenzi’s Lucky Lady is by With Distinction out of Two Sixty was another seven lengths back in third.

Bahamian Girl, Ms Big Spring, Raven, Lady Joanna, Blue Eyed Sweetie, by West Acre and she is now threeMarrens Marvel and Sonar completed the order of finish. for-three in her young career. She broke her maiden in “I knew there was going to be a lot of speed in the her first start by winning a maiden special weight for race, that they were going to fight for the lead,” Rendon Florida-bred fillies going five furlongs on June 6 at said. “So I said ‘I’ve got to take my filly a little bit back.’ Gulfstream. She first showed her affinity for the offgoing in her next start when she won the $75,000 That worked perfect for her.”

Trainer Kathleen O’Connell, who racked up her Golden Isles Stakes going five-and-a-half furlongs on twelfth career victory in the Florida Sire Stakes but only June 28 at Gulfstream. The Golden Isles was run over a her second in the Desert Vixen, was quick to credit Ren- sloppy and sealed track.

Lenzi’s Lucky Lady earned $60,000 for the victory to don with the ride. push her career earnings to $159,820.

She paid $5.60 to win, $3.20 to place and $2.40 to show as the 9-5 favorite.

According to O’Connell, Lenzi’s Lucky Lady comes by her quirky personality honestly as she also trained Blue Eyed Sweetie.

“They are both similar in that you just have to make them think that everything they do is their idea,” O’Connell said.

O’Connell won the 2010 Brave Raj Stakes and 2010 Lindsay Frolic Stakes, both at Calder Race Course, with Blue Eyed Sweetie for Campbell.

As a broodmare, Blue Eyed Sweetie has produced two other winners, both by Factum, a yearling filly by Journeyman Stud stallion Winslow Homer and a weanling colt by Vancouver. She was bred to Ocala Stud resident Awesome Slew during the 2019 breeding season. ■

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BY BROCK SHERIDAN

ast year Florida-bred Imperial Hint won the Grade 1 A.G. Vanderbilt Handicap by nearly four lengths in what many called one of the more impressive races of the 2018 Saratoga meeting. But the Little Rocket further elevated his game in a compelling way July 27 at the Spa as he won his second Vanderbilt while breaking a 47-year-old track record for six furlongs in a performance described by some as legendary and jaw dropping.

XBTV’s award winning analyst and Eclipse Award winning ex-jockey Richard Migliore tweeted that it was a top 10 all-time sprint performance. David Aragona of Daily Racing Form and the morning line maker for the New York Racing Association tweeted: “Imperial Hint just put forth one of the greatest sprinting performances I’ve ever seen.”

Let go as the third choice in the $350,000 Vanderbilt at odds of 5.8-1 after two thirds this year in the $75,000 Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Feb. 16 and another to fellow Florida-bred X Y Jet in the $2.5 million Dubai Golden Shaheen Stakes (Group 1) at Meydan

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Race Course March 30, Imperial Hint returned to the track all-time list of the richest Florida-breds.

Trainer Luis Carvajal Jr. was also very impressed but with a powerful performance that muted his doubters.

Mitole was the odds-on favorite at 5-10 in the Vander- was quick to credit Mamone with the decision to run in the bilt with his seven-race winning streak in six stakes in- Vanderbilt.

"I got to give credit to owner Raymond Mamone," Carcluding victories in the Grade 1 Churchill Downs and in vajal Jr. said. "He had a feeling that he was going to do well the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap in his last two races.

And as expected, True North Stakes (G2) runner-up in this race, even though we thought he was a little short beStrike Power broke on top from post two in the Vanderbilt cause we lost a week of training with the weather back in but was joined on the lead by Mitole to his inside. Mean- New Jersey, but he was right. This horse keeps surprising while, after a slight bobble at the start, jockey Javier Castel- me and surprising everybody.

“It's an amazing feeling. I couldn't believe what was going lano and Imperial Hint patiently positioned themselves in third, a length behind the two frontrunners and another on around the turn, but he's a really good horse. He has a lot length ahead of Florida-bred Firenze Fire and Smile Stakes of heart. He doesn't have a big body, but he has a lot of heart."

Imperial Hint has now won 12 of 22 career starts and is (G3) winner Diamond Oops.

Mitole and Strike Power blazed the first two furlongs undefeated in New York in his last four races. He also won together in a rapid :21.77 as Imperial Hint moved closer to the True North and the Vosburgh Stakes (G1) at Belmont their outside. Past the three-eighths pole, Imperial Hint shot last year with the Vanderbilt sandwiched between. His only to the lead with a sudden, three-wide move with Castellano loss in New York came when he finished 12th in the 2016 still motionless. Imperial Hint began to draw clear after a Woody Stephens Stakes.

Imperial Hint was bred in Florida by Bert and Martha :44.21 half-mile fraction as Mitole and Strike Power were Pilcher in the name of their Shade Tree Thoroughbreds and now in a fight for second.

Imperial Hint drew off past the eighth-pole with only a he received his early training there from farm trainer Gene few taps on the shoulder from Castellano and finished Corbin. He is by Imperialism out of the Woodman mare under a continued hand ride to win by four lengths in Lahint, who Pilcher acquired as a gift from Mamone.

“It was hard to get [Lahint] in foal and after she went a 1:07.92. The time broke the longstanding track record of few years without a foal, Mr. Mamone asked me if I wanted 1:08 flat set in 1972 by Spanher,” Pilcher said. “I took her because every time Mr. Maish Riddle when races were mone wanted to breed that mare, I wanted to breed her to timed only to fifths-of-a-secDanzig blood. When I got her, I was going to breed her to ond. Speightstown was also credited with the record with his 1:08.04 set in the 2004 I was crazy shocked he broke the track Vanderbilt. The performance record so easily. I can’t believe he went by Mitole earned Imperial Hint a 114 that easily. And [Imperial Hint] caught another Beyer Speed Figure. gear half-way down the stretch. I was shocked. I Diamond Oops rallied for second, three-and-a-half was so excited I stopped breathing. I’m glad I wasn’t [at Saratoga], I’m lengths ahead of Mitole in afraid I would have had a heart attack I was so excited. breeder Bert Pilcher third. Firenze Fire, Strike Power and Do Share completed the order of finish.

Concerto but he went to South America. I went to the Get Imperial Hint paid $13.60 to win, $6.20 to place and Away [Farm] stallion show, saw Imperialism and thought $3.40 to show. ‘well there’s my Danzig.’Then I won a free breeding, so I bred "He's an amazing horse," Castellano said. "He did it her to him.” Imperialism is by Langfuhr, a son of Danzig. again. It's very impressive. He did this last year in the same And like everybody else that saw the Vanderbilt, Pilcher race. It's unbelievable. He's a very good horse and I always found it difficult to describe. have a lot of confidence in him. He's a little horse with a big “I was crazy shocked he broke the track record so easheart. Turning for home, the way he did it was very im- ily. I can’t believe he went by Mitole that easily. And [Impressive. He wanted to go. He was feeling good and gave perial Hint] caught another gear half-way down the stretch. me everything he had today."

I was shocked. I was so excited I stopped breathing. I’m The Vanderbilt win was worth $192,500 and also glad I wasn’t [at Saratoga], I’m afraid I would have had a pushed Imperial Hint past the $2 million mark in earn- heart attack I was so excited.” ings to $2,034,155 for owner Raymond Mamone. He Imperial Hint becomes only the second horse to win the passes Zafolia ($2,029,396) to rank thirty-second on the Vanderbilt twice. Cognizant won in 1985 and 1986. ■ LESLIE MRTIN PHOTO

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From Carry Back (1962) to World of Trouble (2019), the number of Florida-bred millionaires has grown to 172 and counting.

By JOANN GUIDRY

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here has to be a first to everything. And when it comes to Florida-bred millionaires, the first was Carry Back, an unlikely hero if there ever was one.

The little brown colt by Saggy out of Joppy, by Star Blen, was described by sports writers of the era as “the colt from the wrong side of the tracks” and who was the result of “a chance mating.”

The backstory to that less than flattering description goes like this: In the early 1950s, Jack and Katherine Price owned Dorchester Farm in Kirtland, Ohio. When one of their boarders failed to pay his $150 bill, they acquired the mare Joppy as payment. Joppy was later sent to the stallion Saggy, a stakes winner who had actually beaten the great Citation once and stood at Country Life Farm outside of Baltimore, Md. After Joppy was bred, she was sent with other Price mares to be boarded at Ocala Stud. The Prices would soon relocate Dorchester Farm to Ocala.

Named after a tax loophole, Carry Back was a small horse of only 15.1 hands and weighing less than 1,000 pounds. Trained by Jack Price, Carry Back became a stakes winner at two with victories in the 1960 Cowdin Stakes, Garden State Stakes and Remsen Stakes. Carry Back earned $286,299 on the season, making an incredible 21 starts as a two year old.

As a 3-year-old in 1961, Carry Back would be even better. He won the Everglades Stakes, Flamingo Stakes and Florida Derby. After a second in the Wood Memorial, he became the second Florida-bred Kentucky Derby winner. Two weeks later, he became the first Floridabred to win the Preakness Stakes.

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(G1), Carry Back was given a two-month layoff. But he was back in stakes-winning form before the end of the season, winning the Jerome Handicap. On 16 starts, he posted nine wins, one second and three thirds – winning seven stakes and being stakes-placed four times – to earn $565,349. Not surprisingly, he was named the 1961 North American champion 3-year-old colt and joined Needles and My Dear Girl as Florida-bred national champions.

Apparently determined to retire Carry Back as a millionaire, Price brought him back as a 4-year-old in 1962.

On May 30, Carry Back defeated two-time Horse of the Year Kelso in the Metropolitan Handicap and became the first Florida-bred millionaire. He would also win the Whitney Stakes and Monmouth Handicap that season, setting a track record of 2:00.40 for a mile-and-a-quarter in the latter. Carry Back made 19 starts that season and earned $319,177 on the year.

After a brief return to the races and winning the Trenton Handicap in 1963, Carry Back was retired for good with career earnings of $1,241,165 on 21 wins, 11 seconds and 11 thirds in an amazing 62 career starts. He won 14 stakes and was stakes-placed 20 times.

During his career at stud, Carry Back sired 283 foals of racing age, 188 of which were winners. His runners earned a total of $5,212,406. Among his stakes winners were Sharp Gary, Taken Aback, Back in Paris, Rockem Back, Spire and Toter Back.

Carry Back was elected into the National Museum Racing Hall of Fame in 1975. He died on March 24, 1983, at the age of 25.

THE PARADE BEGINS

Carry Back would be the only member of the Florida-bred millionaire's club until the legendary Dr. Fager joined him in 1968. Susan's Girl, Foolish Pleasure and Affirmed stamped their membership cards in the 1970s. And then in the 1980s, the doors swung wide open and welcomed 16 new members, including such outstanding Florida-breds as Precisionist, Gate Dancer, Smile and Lost Code. By the end of 1989, a total of 21 Florida-breds had attained millionaire status.

As the Florida-bred industry grew and purses reached record levels, new millionaires have joined the ranks at a steady pace over the past three decades. To

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LIVING THE GOOD LIFE

Of Live Oak Stud's seven Florida-bred millionaires, Grade 3-stakes-winner Revved Up and Grade 1-stakeswinner World Approval are retired and living on the farm.

Live Oak currently stands Grade 3 stakes-winner Awesome Slew (Awesome Again—Slewfoundmoney, by Seeking the Gold), who banked $1,223,310, at Ocala Stud.

Revved Up, the elder statesman at 21, shares a paddock with High Fly, a Live Oak Kentucky-bred Grade 1 stakes winner of $927,300. World Approval, the 2017 Eclipse champion turf male and who was retired earlier this year, and Kentucky-bred Za Approval, a Grade 3 stakes winner of $1,394,666, are paddock mates.

Florida-bred Carry And in the paddock between those where the mil- Back was Florida’s lionaires reside is pensioned Florida-bred Win Approval, first millionaire

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date, 172 Florida-breds have banked at least $1 million dollars. Of that number, 33 are multiple millionaires with Imperial Hint becoming the newest member of that club after winning the Grade 1 Vanderbilt on July 27. (See story on page 26) Skip Away wears the crown as the reigning all-time leading Florida-bred money earner with $9,616,360.

When it comes to breeders who have bred the most Florida-bred millionaires, Charlotte Weber's Live Oak Stud, Arthur I. Appleton and John Franks have each recorded seven. Live Oak Stud also bred Kentucky-bred millionaire Za Approval. Ocala Stud can be credited with six Florida-bred millionaires bred solely and one bred in partnership. Ocala Stud also bred New York-bred millionaire Queen Alexandra.

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the dam of Revved Up, World Approval and Za Approval.

She is also the dam of Florida-bred Grade 1 millionaire Miesque's Approval, who won the 2006 Eclipse Award as champion male turf horse. Live Oak Stud-bred Win Approval, a 1992 gray mare by With Approval out of Negotiator, by Hoist the Flag, was the Florida Broodmare of the Year in 2006, 2017 and 2018. She was also named the 2017 National Broodmare of the Year by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

“All of Win Approval's offspring are similar to her when it comes to personality. They're all independent and persnickety,” Live Oak Stud farm manager Bruce Hill said. “They are very happy just being horses out in their paddocks. We groom them, comb out their manes and tails once a week, and keep fly spray on them. But other than that, we just let them be horses.”

Hill noted that while World Approval likes peppermints, as does Win Approval, it doesn't make either of them any friendlier.

“If you're going to offer a peppermint to World Approval, it's best to be careful because he's more than a bit nippy,” said Hill. “As for Win Approval, she won't take a peppermint from your hand. But if you leave one on the fence post, she'll take it when she feels like it, maybe.”

The retirees' paddocks have a unique location on the 4,500-acre Live Oak Stud property.

“Mrs. Weber can look out from her house and see her retired horses. She really enjoys being able to do that every day,” Hill said. “They gave her lots of pleasure as racehorses and she believes it's her responsibility to give them a good life in retirement.”

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First Dude (above) and Shake You Down (Immediate right)

Revved Up is a 1998 gray/roan gelding by Sultry Song, who is also another Live Oak Stud Florida-bred millionaire. Multiple-graded-stakes-winner Revved Up posted his best season as a 7-year-old in 2005, when he posted five stakes wins. Included in that number were the Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap (G2) and the Stars and Stripes Breeders' Cup Turf Handicap (G3). On the season, he banked career-high earnings of $576,940. He was named the 2005 Florida-bred champion older horse.

Racing as an 8-year-old in 2006, Revved Up won three stakes, including the Sycamore Breeders' Cup Stakes (G3).

Remarkably, he encored that with two stakes wins as a 9year-old and one stakes tally as a 10-year-old. He was retired in 2008 with $1,548,653 on 20 wins, 13 being stakes victories, nine seconds and one third in 43 starts.

World Approval, a 2012 gray/roan gelding by Northern Afleet, had a tour-de-force season as a 5-year-old in 2017.

He captured four graded stakes races at four different tracks: Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) at Del Mar, Woodbine Mile Stakes

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(G1) at Woodbine, Fourstardave Handicap (G1) at Saratoga and Dixie Stakes (G2) at Pimlico. On the season, World Approval earned $2,043,600 and collected the 2017 Eclipse Award as champion turf male. He was also named the 2017 Florida-bred Horse of the Year, as well as Florida-bred champion older male, turf male and male sprinter. In 2016, World Approval had been named the Florida-bred champion older male and turf male.

Making just three starts in 2018, World Approval won the Tampa Bay Stakes (G3) and then was given time off after two uncharacteristic lackluster finishes. He never returned to the races, being officially retired in February 2019. World Approval has a career bankroll of $3,062,363 on 12 wins, including nine stakes wins, two seconds and four thirds in 27 starts.

ALSO IN RESIDENCE

In addition to the aforementioned, Ocala is, at this writing, home to nine other Florida-bred millionaires.

Big Drama ($2,746,060/Stood at Oakton Stallions in

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2019): A 2006 bay colt by Montbrook out of Riveting Drama, by Notebook, Big Drama was bred and raced

by Harold L. Queen. In four seasons of racing, he won 10 stakes, including the 2010 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1).

He collected the Eclipse Award that season as the champion sprinter. Big Drama was also named the 2010 Florida-bred champion older male.

Presious Passion ($2,694,599/Retired at Pleasant Acres): A multiple-Grade 1 stakes winner, Presious Passion captured the 2009 United Nations Stakes (G1) and Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Classic (G1). A 2003 chestnut gelding by Royal Anthem out of Princesa's Passion, by Marquetry, Presious Passion was bred by Joseph and Helen Barbazon. Raced by Patricia Generazio, Presious Passion was the 2008 Florida-bred champion turf horse. In 2009, he was the Florida-bred Horse of the Year, champion older male and turf horse.

Jackson Bend ($1,806,750/Retired at Nelson Jones Training Center): Bred by Fred and Jane Brei’s Jacks Or Better Farm, Jackson Bend is a 2007 chestnut colt by Hear No Evil out of Sexy Stockings, by Tabasco Cat. A multiple Grade 1 stakes winner, Jackson Bend swept the open division of the 2009 Florida Stallion Stakes. In 2011, he won the Forego Stakes (G1) and was named that season's Florida-bred champion sprinter.

Silver Tree ($1,781,654/Retired at Vegso Racing Stable): Peter Vegso's homebred runner is a 2000 chestnut horse by Hennessy out of Blue Begum, by With Approval. A multiple-graded-stakes winner, Silver Tree's graded-stakes wins included the 2004 Bernard Baruch Handicap (G2), 2007 Fourstardave Handicap (G2) and 2008 Fort Marcy Handicap (G3).

Forbidden Apple ($1,680,640/Retired at TRF Second Chance Farm): Bred and raced by the late Arthur I. Appleton, Grade 1 stakes winner Forbidden Apple is a 1995 bay gelding by Pleasant Colony out of North of Eden (Ire), by Northfields. In 2001, Forbidden Apple won the Manhattan Handicap (G1) and Kelso

Handicap (G2). He was named the 2001 Florida-bred Horse of the Year and champion turf horse.

First Dude ($1,442,140/Stands at Double Diamond Farm): A 2007 bay horse by Stephen Got Even out of Run Sarah Run, by Smart Strike, First Dude is a Grade I stakes winner bred and raced by Donald R. Dizney's Double Diamond Farm. He was named the 2010 Florida-bred champion 3-year-old colt. First Dude was the leading Florida sire in 2017 and 2018.

Shake You Down ($1,442,014/Retired at TRF Second Chance Farm): Bred by Ocala Stud and raced by Robert L. Cole Jr., Shake You Down is a 1998 chestnut gelding by Montbrook out of Mauvin Gway, by Rajab.

Winner of four graded stakes in 2003, including the True North Breeders' Cup Handicap (G2), Shake You Down was named that year's Florida-bred champion sprinter.

Diplomatic Jet ($1,267,202/Retired at Black Diamond Farm): A Fred W. Hooper homebred, Diplomatic Jet is a 1992 chestnut horse by Roman Diplomat out of Precious Jet, by Tri Jet. In 1996, the multiple graded stakes winner won the Early Times Manhattan Stakes (G1), Man o'War Stakes (G1) and Turf Classic Invitational Stakes (G1). Diplomatic Jet was named the 1996 Florida-bred co-champion turf horse.

In Summation ($1,226,166/Stands at Ocala Stud): A Grade 1 stakes winner, In Summation is a 2003 bay horse by Put It Back out of Fiesta Baby, by Dayjur. He was bred by Arthur I. Appleton and raced by Waterford Stables Inc. In Summation won four stakes in 2003, including the Dr. Fager Stakes and Affirmed Stakes of the Florida Sire Stakes. In Summation was named the 2003 Florida-bred champion colt/gelding. ■

LEADING FLORIDA BREEDERS OF FLORIDA-BRED MILLIONAIRES LIVE OAK STUD World Approval - $3,062,363 Miesque’s Approval - $2,648,879 Sultry Song - $1,616,276 Revved Up - $1,548,653 Solar Splendor - $1,386,468 Awesome Slew - $1,223,310 Brilliant Speed - $1,203,531 ARTHUR I. APPLETON David Junior - $4,116,358 Southern Image - $1,843,750 Forbidden Apple - $1,680,640 Black Bar Spin - $1,391,999 Super Nakayama - $1,231,306 In Summation - $1,226,166 Jolie's Halo - $1,218,120 JOHN FRANKS Kissin Kris - $1,616,936 Soldier's Dream - $1,524,780 Halo America - $1,460,992 Littlebitlively - $1,303,343 Lady Tak - $1,160,782 Kiss a Native - $1,109,022 Silent Eskimo - $1,039,485 OCALA STUD Asia Express - $1,684,875 Musical Romance - $1,681,885 Shake You Down - $1,442,014 Turbulent Descent - $1,121,640 Bolshoi Boy - $1,039,702 Shadowbdancing - $1,003,530 Gourmet Dinner - $1,191,230 (In Partnership With William J. Terrill)

In Summation (above) and Diplomatic Jet (left)

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Best efforts were made to locate all Florida-bred millionaires currently residing in the Ocala/Marion County area. If anyone has additional information, please contact Brock Sheridan, The Florida Horse editor-in-chief, at bsheridan@ftboa.com or 352-732-8858.

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By HEATHER SMITH THOMAS kin growths are fairly common in horses. Warts and sarcoid lumps are some of the most common, and sometimes hard to differentiate because they can have similar appearance.

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Andrew D. Smith, DVM, PhD, DACVS-LA (Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine) says most warts occur on young horses as a temporary problem. “Most are associated with equine papilloma virus 1 but they can have several forms or subcategories. Warts that occur in older animals such as penile warts are caused by equine papilloma virus 2. Those don’t go away, and some progress into squamous cell carcinoma. Aural plaques (warts in the ears) also don’t tend to regress,” he says.

“Warts on young horses generally should be left alone; within a couple of months those warts regress and the horse will have a lifelong immunity and never get warts again,” he explains.

These warts are contagious in that they can be transmitted between horses, or spread by fomites (flies, or something else that takes the virus from one horse to another, such as grooming tools or tack used on multiple horses). “Usually if a farm has one young horse with warts there will soon be many with warts. The whole group of yearlings may have warts,” says Smith. Those warts usually don’t become a problem unless they become so large or numerous around the mouth and muzzle that they interfere with eating, breathing or use of a bit.

Warts on the penis are more problematic. “If they involve the entire glans penis. We usually have to remove those by freezing or doing a patial

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phallectomy (removal of part of the penis).

Horses with partial phallectomies do very well. Treating them any other way doesn’t get rid of them,” he explains.

“If these warts are small and localized we can freeze them, or remove them with a laser. If we do a partial phallectomy the horse would not be useable for breeding, so we do those only in geldings. A partial phallectomy doesn’t work very well in stallions. If they get an erection (increasing pressure in the penis), during the first couple months while those tissues are still healing, this increases risk for surgical site rupture, breaking the sutures,” says Smith.

“Usually you’d find the warts earlier in a breeding stallion (and be able to remove them before they become so large), because someone is looking at the penis more often than just twice a year.” A gelding is more likely to end up with larger growths or more of them. In early stages penile warts could be removed with a laser or by freezing, and the stallion would be able to continue breeding. By the time you see this in a gelding there might be 50 warts, or it has progressed to squamous cell carcinoma. A person might pull the penis out to clean it and wonder what this huge mass is.

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There is also a congenital form of warts; the foal is born with them. “Those generally don’t regress. They may be located on the forehead, nostrils, lower lip, and sometimes around the thorax or hind legs.

These need to be removed,” he says.

The only warts that regress are in young horses that encounter the papilloma virus in their first year or two of life. Those warts usually appear around the face and muzzle, grow larger for a while, and then regress as the horse builds immunity to them.

SARCOID

There are several types of sarcoid. Some are slowgrowing and some are more aggressive, but most of them do not regress.

There are six types of sarcoid: occult, verrucous, nodular, fibroblastic, mixed forms and malignant.

Sometimes these are very distinctive but often there’s a blurring of the margins; there can be mixes of each. “We rarely see these forms by themselves,” says Smith.

The occult form is flat, hairless and often small and circular, but sometimes more extensive. “They usually appear around the mouth or eyes, or on the neck or medial aspects of the limbs, or hairless regions of the body.

Sometimes they are hardly noticed; you may just see a little pigment change in the skin,” he says.

“If they are extensive or in an area that’s not susceptible to trauma, I usually leave those alone and have the owner just watch them to see if they get bigger. In an area that is likely to suffer trauma, like the girth, we try to remove them. Most of them start out small and quiescent but if they are on the face or girth or along the horse’s side, tack rubs them. Any rubbing or trauma may irritate them and cause them to grow,” he says.

Verrucous sarcoid growths are wart-like, grey and scaly but extend deeper into the tissues. “Sometimes they have a circular hairless patch around them that might look a little like ringworm, but because they are warty there may be multiple different types of lesions together. Both the occult and the verrucous sarcoid are usually slow-growing and not very aggressive, but susceptible to trauma (which may stimulate them to grow). They may be mistaken for warts.

They both have a warty appearance,” says Smith.

Nodular sarcoid can be type A or type B. “Type A has no skin involvement. They both nodular look like nodules underneath the skin (usually with hair still covering them)--like a firm lump under the skin. Yyou don’t really see anything that would make you think it’s a sarcoid. They generally form in specific locations such as around the eye or the medial aspect of the legs,” he says.

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Fibroblastic sarcoids are nodular but hairless. “They look like masses with ulcerated margins. They can either be pedunculated masses (on a stem) or have a broad base. They may be ulcerated or look like granulomatous lesions. As such, they might be mistaken for exuberant granulation tissue (proud flesh), squamous cell carcinoma, cutaneous habronemiasis, pythiosis, etc. These growths can be very large and broad-based,” says Smith.

Mixed forms are usually a mix of verrucous, nodular and fibroblastic. “Some portions may have a specific appearance, whereas others go into the other types,” he says.

Malignant sarcoid is rare. “Usually these are just a large, mixed form that is locally aggressive and continues to grow. I’ve seen some that are rapidly growing, such as all the way down a leg, or covering whole portions of the face. There is no real treatment for those and it is inhumane to keep these horses alive, since these growths are very itchy and the horse is miserable. The other types tend to be painless,” he says.

TREATMENTS FOR SARCOID

off. Because of the swelling and inflammation, the horse may be put on drugs to help control secondary inflammation. “One risk when using the BCG is possibility of side effects which could include anaphylactic reactions,” he says.

“Many of the sarcoids around the eyes involve the eyelid, which means you can’t surgically remove them, so we use localized treatment like BCG or cisplatin which is a type of chemotherapy,” says Smith.

Radiation therapy is used on some sarcoid lesions, but only a few hospitals offer this treatment. “This is an effective treatment option but the horse usually needs to be anesthetized for each treatment, so owners generally don’t choose it.” Chemotherapy has also been found useful in treating equine sarcoid.

“Most of what I do is surgical removal, followed up by chemotherapy, since I am generally dealing with growths that other people have tried to put BCG on, or 5FU (Fluorouracil, a medication used to treat cancer) or Imiquimod cream (which is used to treat certain types of scaly growths on the skin or to treat superficial basal cell carcinoma) or some other topical treatments that merely poked the bear,” says Smith.

Sarcoid tumor

It’s usually best to leave most of them alone, because if they are biopsied or removed, they often grow back in larger, more aggressive form. “In our referral hospital we see the ones that people have unsuccessfully tried to treat, that haven’t responded to medical therapy such as Xxterra.

5-Fluorouracil, Imiquimod, BCG, etc. These treatments can be effective for some sarcoids; I only see the ones that recur after these treatments have failed,” says Smith.

“Sarcoid is like a sleeping bear, and I tell people that you shouldn’t poke the bear. You need to shoot the bear, or leave it alone. If the bear is are in young horses that encounter asleep, don’t just poke it,” says Smith. Surgery is probably one of the papilloma virus in their first year or two of life. Those warts usually the more common treatments for sarcoids that have to be removed appear around the face and muzzle, grow larger for a while, and then for some reason, but the goal is to regress as the horse builds immunity to them.

— Dr. Andrew Smith remove all of it.

The size of the lesion makes a difference. “Probably “The veterinarian generally makes a treatment decision treatment based on size and form of the growth. The no treatment would work very well for a really large fifibroblastic sarcoids are more likely to be treated surgi- broblastic mass. Since sarcoids are caused by bovine pacally. Location makes a difference also, since we can’t ex- pilloma virus, treatment is not always as effective as cise the tissue around the eyes or on the eyelids,” he says. we’d like it to be,” he says.

The virus enters the skin via trauma or fly bites and For sarcoid lesions around the eyes, a common treatment is injection of BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin), may lie dormant for many years in the skin. “Studies have which is an immune stimulant. “This produces a lot of shown that biopsies from normal horses (30 to 40%) are inflammation and makes the area very angry, and hope- positive for the virus. More than 90% of sarcoids samfully stimulates an immune response so the body will pled contain bovine papilloma virus,” says Smith.

“Sarcoid masses have little fingers that go in all difight the tumor,” says Smith.

If this works, the sarcoid becomes ulcerated and falls rections. They are similar to the root system of a tree;

“The only warts that regress

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Equine Care virus. Even if you cut out the tumor with some of it is beneath the surface. The tumor and/or virus infiltrates a wide area beneath the what you think are adequate margins, you are still likely skin. If you chop a tree off at the base, you haven’t re- cutting through sarcoid tissue somewhere along the waymoved the root system. There’s a lot of treatment failure -inoculating the whole area again--so the sarcoid is more because many people simply chop off what they can see. likely to recur,” he explains.

“Sarcoids are likely to recur, regardless of the treatment They don’t treat the root system underneath, and the tree selected. Probably the most effective treatment is surgical (or sarcoid) may regrow,” he explains.

“Unlike melanomas which usually are very well cir- excision followed by some sort of chemotherapy, whether cumscribed (you can tell the limits of these growths and cisplatin or carboplatin injections, or radiation. Most peocan remove them), with sarcoids we rarely get all the mar- ple inject the chemotherapy drug of choice with sesame gins. If you don’t treat the base, they recur because the pa- oil, which increases the length of time the cisplatin or carpilloma virus is there, surrounding the sarcoid. Since you boplatin stays in the surrounding tissue. Or we can make merely excised it and created inflammation, the inflamma, regardless of the treattion stimulates more growth. In ment selected. Probably the most effective treatment is surhorses that already have the virus in their skin, we think that gical excision followed by some sort of chemotherapy, all they need is a traumatizing whether cisplatin or carboplatin injections, or radiation. event to get it going,” he says.

— Dr. Andrew Smith The virus may have entered the skin years earlier, and beads of chemo to implant, in areas you can’t excise. These later the horse starts getting sarcoids. “This is what we beads keep releasing the drug into the tissue, extending think happens with most of the cases that occur on the the length of effective treatment,” says Smith.

“There are several radiation treatments including a limbs. Horses’ legs are often getting bumped, scraped or nicked, which might stimulate the virus to create the linear accelerator and localized radiation beads (called brachytherapy). The newest way to increase the concengrowth,” he explains.

“When people ask if I want to biopsy a growth to see tration of chemotherapy within the cells is electroif it’s a sarcoid I tell them absolutely not. Either I should chemotherapy. This method uses a machine that creates remove all of it and treat the base to remove the roots as a current across the lesion which changes the polarity of well (treating aggressively) or just watch it to see if it cell membrane and increases uptake of the drug. This grows. If it starts to enlarge, that’s when you want to re- form of treatment has shown promise. In one study, more move all of it. If you traumatize it, this just turns it into than 90% of the treated horses had no recurrence in the several years following the treatment, and all of them rea more aggressive form,” he says.

“Another reason some sarcoids recur after treatment mained free of sarcoid for greater than a year,” he says.

“The problem when you simply inject the drug (withis that most practitioners don’t have use of a laser or other tools that can excise tumors without spreading out the added sesame oil), is that it just disperses very them by inoculating the tumor bed. When you cut the quickly into the body and doesn’t stay in the target area long tissue with a blade (unless you can get huge margins enough. So once you inject the area, you need to change the around it), you inoculate the surrounding tissue with the cells very quickly with current. The problem with this treatment is that the horse needs to be anesthetized.”

Some people are hoping that a vaccine might be developed. “Researchers are looking at the immune system and how we can make that work in our favor,” says Smith. Being proactive and preventing some of these problems would be much better than having to treat them. ■

“Sarcoids are likely to recur

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The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through August 7, 2019.

Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

Name

Farm Name

Sire Name

LEADING FLORIDA SIRES

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

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

2yo Avg

Adios Charlie

Ocala Stud

Indian Charlie

$2,092,616

93

50

2

2

0

$2,109,082

Patternrecognition $200,000

4

$7,625

4

$70,250

First Dude

Double Diamond Farm

Stephen Got Even

$2,053,765

114

54

3

3

1

$2,053,765

Starr of Quality

$120,151

9

$12,167

6

$29,000

Brethren

Arindel

Distorted Humor

$1,418,518

89

34

1

1

0

$1,493,670

Cookie Dough

$131,950

1

$27,000

2

$51,000

Wildcat Heir

Deceased

Forest Wildcat

$1,473,340

110

45

2

2

0

$1,490,308

Royal Squeeze

$140,150

Treasure Beach (GB) Pleasant Acres Stallions

Galileo (IRE)

$1,121,941

167

47

3

3

3

$1,228,650

Treasure Hunter

$57,960

6

$4,616

3

$30,000

Songandaprayer

Pensioned

Unbridled's Song

$1,132,378

105

51

2

2

0

$1,182,141

Laughingsaintssong $63,150

5

$17,500

3

$19,067

Soldat

Woodford Thoroughbred

War Front

$1,136,333

85

38

0

0

0

$1,151,082

Cryogenic

$65,640

19

$3,906

7

$26,857

Field Commission

Solera Farm

Service Stripe

$705,880

56

23

2

3

1

$1,150,880

Drafted

$445,000

5

$2,320

5

$15,440

Uncaptured

Ocala Stud

Lion Heart

$1,102,556

65

23

2

2

0

$1,132,411

Bye Bye J

$150,000

32

$38,838

22

$49,136

Big Drama

Oakton Farms

Montbrook

$1,059,185

77

37

1

1

0

$1,060,780

Spring Drama

$82,740

10

$5,200

7

$23,143

High Cotton

Pensioned

Dixie Union

$890,570

76

30

0

0

0

$901,073

Florida Cotton

$77,490

1

$1,000

Prospective

Ocala Stud

Malibu Moon

$854,711

53

32

0

0

0

$860,705

Tiz Possible Dear

$63,140

5

$7,940

3

$74,000

Awesome of Course Ocala Stud

Awesome Again

$721,100

52

18

1

1

0

$721,100

Positively Awesome $89,035

8

$10,063

3

$23,000

He's Had Enough

Woodford Thoroughbred

Tapit

$634,040

64

19

0

0

0

$662,937

Let's Be Honest

$51,000

25

$10,996

9

$12,278

Drill

Get Away Farm

Lawyer Ron

$606,150

43

20

0

0

0

$607,483

Destiny Over Fate

$59,295

6

$7,867

6

$20,833

Handsome Mike

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Scat Daddy

$550,973

49

22

0

0

0

$551,296

Here Comes Jackie

$55,550

5

$12,560

5

$26,000

Greatness

Oakton Farms

Mr. Prospector

$527,724

23

13

1

2

0

$533,710

Lady's Island

Khozan

Journeyman Stallions

Distorted Humor

$401,657

20

9

0

0

0

$402,914

Liam's Lucky Charm $69,800

27

$16,359

24

$47,583

Winslow Homer

Journeyman Stallions

Unbridled's Song

$300,605

31

13

0

0

0

$302,205

Home Run Trick

$62,020

1

$20,000

In Summation

Ocala Stud

Put It Back

$279,912

33

13

0

0

0

$279,912

Tearless

$37,170

Iqbaal

Ward Ranch

Medaglia d'Oro

$271,210

16

10

0

0

0

$271,210

Riv

$65,690

Backtalk

GoldMark Farm

Smarty Jones

$241,514

24

10

0

0

0

$241,514

Masterofthehouse

$37,500

Cajun Breeze

Stonehedge Farm South

Congrats

$193,100

12

5

0

0

0

$193,100

Quizzical Cajun

$57,870

1

$6,000

Council Member

Crown's Way South

Seattle Slew

$180,223

18

9

0

0

0

$180,223

Council Rules

$56,266

Hello Broadway

Ups and Downs Farm

Broken Vow

$143,261

9

6

1

1

0

$143,261

Harryhee

$67,115

Hear No Evil

Private

Carson City

$142,832

23

6

0

0

0

$142,832

Brighton Lane

$21,250

Brooks 'n Down

Private

Montbrook

$131,154

7

1

1

1

0

$131,154

Garter and Tie

$111,370 $94,704

$210,950

The Big Beast

Ocala Stud

Yes It's True

$125,638

11

3

0

0

0

$125,638

Ms Headley

$46,568

Thoreau

Ocala Jockey Club

Gone West

$97,631

7

4

0

0

0

$97,631

Music Babe

$41,502

Beau Choix

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Elusive Quality

$85,404

10

1

0

0

0

$85,404

Beau Trace

$43,620

West Acre

Deceased

Forty Niner

$83,750

1

1

1

1

0

$83,750

Always Sunshine

$83,750

Mach Ride

Pensioned

Pentelicus

$68,555

5

2

0

0

0

$68,555

Body High

$30,350

Bahamian Squall

Double Diamond Farm

Gone West

$68,320

4

1

0

0

0

$68,320

Bahamian Girl

$62,350

Senor Swinger

La Mancha Farm

El Prado (IRE)

$54,520

5

1

0

0

0

$54,520

Hoof Hoof Away

$20,770

Fury Kapcori

Journeyman Stallions

Tiznow

$53,010

7

1

0

0

0

$53,010

Napa Rules

$27,350

Montbrook

Deceased

Buckaroo

$46,932

8

6

0

0

0

$51,630

Collin's Smile

$12,640

Fort Loudon

Ocala Stud

The Green Monkey Deceased

Awesome of Course

$42,799

3

2

0

0

0

$42,799

Loudon's Song

$22,654

Forestry

$34,380

4

2

0

0

0

$34,380

Dori's Birdies

$12,690

$3,850

28

$22,054

27

1

$11,000

4

$4,600

4

$35,875

14

$7,229

11

$14,091

LEADING FLORIDA 2YO SIRES

The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through August 7, 2019. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

Sire Name

2

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

Leading Earner

Name

Farm Name

Khozan

Journeyman Stallions

Distorted Humor

$401,657

20

9

0

0

0

$402,914

Liam's Lucky Charm

Brethren

Arindel

Distorted Humor

$387,615

24

6

0

0

0

$387,615

Genghis

Uncaptured

Ocala Stud

Lion Heart

$207,610

17

5

0

0

0

$207,610

Two Sixty

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg Avg

2yo Sold

2yo Avg

$69,800

27

$16,359

24

$70,900

1

$27,000

2

$51,000

$54,000

32

$38,838

22

$49,136

$47,583

He's Had Enough

Woodford Thoroughbreds

Tapit

$150,675

12

2

0

0

0

$150,675

Let's Be Honest

$51,000

25

$10,996

9

$12,278

Awesome of Course

Ocala Stud

Awesome Again

$132,835

8

1

1

1

0

$132,835

Positively Awesom

$89,035

8

$10,063

3

$23,000

The Big Beast

Ocala Stud

Yes It's True

$125,638

11

3

0

0

0

$125,638

Ms Headley

$46,568

28

$22,054

27

$94,704

Songandaprayer

Pensioned

Unbridled's Song

$108,663

6

4

1

1

0

$108,663

Sarah's Passion

$55,000

5

$17,500

3

$19,067

Cajun Breeze

Stonehedge Farm South

Congrats

$86,030

6

1

0

0

0

$86,030

Cajun Casanova

$49,000

1

$6,000

Treasure Beach (GB)

Pleasant Acres Stallions

Galileo (IRE)

$78,635

15

2

0

0

0

$78,635

Venerate

$26,400

6

$4,616

3

$30,000

Soldat

Woodford Thoroughbreds

War Front

$72,272

7

0

0

0

0

$72,272

Two Dot

$44,677

19

$3,906

7

$26,857

Iqbaal

Ward Ranch

Medaglia d'Oro

$72,104

5

3

0

0

0

$72,104

Marva

$32,979

Drill

Get Away Farm

Lawyer Ron

$69,058

5

2

0

0

0

$69,058

Marching In

$40,750

6

$7,867

6

$20,833

Bahamian Squall

Double Diamond Farm

Gone West

$68,320

4

1

0

0

0

$68,320

Bahamian Girl

$62,350

4

$4,600

4

$35,875

First Dude

Double Diamond Farm

Stephen Got Even

$54,940

7

1

0

0

0

$54,940

Valiant Virtue

$33,100

9

$12,167

6

$29,000

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

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—STAKES RACES Win/Place/Show Horse Name Big Drink of Water Souper Escape Imperial Hint Ms Meshak Jalen Journey Amaluna Mominou Sir Bronx Haveulostyourmind Broadway Run Painting Corners Red Crescent Mai Ty One On Vincero Twirling Devon Eyeinthesky Cairenn A Bit of Both Abiding Star Una Luna Tough Irma Always Sunshine Ambassador Jim Pure Sensation Stirling Drive Art G Is Back Kelsey’s Cross Cookie Dough Glory Stars Win Win Win Mr. Buck

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

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

Soldat Medaglia d'Oro Imperialism Shackleford With Distinction Congrats Congrats Bellamy Road Street Boss Prospective Pleasant Strike Overdriven Put It Back Wrote (IRE) Twirling Candy Sky Mesa First Dude Paynter Uncle Mo Dunkirk Stormy Atlantic West Acre Treasure Beach (GB) Zensational Verrazano Exchange Rate Anthony's Cross Brethren Repent Hat Trick (JPN) Fort Larned

Dam

Breeder

Date

Vindi Princess Cry and Catch Me Royal Hint Mindy Queen Petunia Face Luckey Greeley Phanie Slam Tiz de Mayo Where's Poppa Lady Carlotta Adorable Heidi Give Glory to God Kristy Lynn The Marikutana Just Say Hey Ruliontome Expect Nothing Lizzie K Abiding Eleven Moons Dixieland Event Sunny Again Pretty Imposing Pure Disco La Presidenta (ARG) Fortune Candy Amy's Allie Brooke's Valentine Lilly Marlene Miss Smarty Pants Aunt Augusta

Woodford Thoroughbreds Live Oak Stud Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc Northwind Thoroughbreds LLC Dennis Foster & Edward Pendray Manuel Estevez Woodford Thoroughbreds Kinsman Farm & John R. Murrell Milan Kosanovich Ocala Stud Faraway Farm Pamela Edel & Edward Cahir George Vires Northwest Stud Machmer Hall & Milan Kosanavich Rusty Kindratiw Best A Luck Farm LLC Darsan Inc. & WinStar Farm LLC Gilbert G. Campbell Caroni Stable Off The Hook Partners LLC & Farm III Enterprises LLC Gilbert G. Campbell Patricia Generazio Patricia Generazio Farm III Enterprises LLC Isabella A Rio & Caballo Grande TB’s LLC T. Wynn Jolley & Mary Jolley Arindel Dee-Ellen Cook Live Oak Stud Northwind Thoroughbreds LLC

7/28/19 7/28/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/21/19 7/21/19 7/21/19 7/21/19 7/20/19 7/20/19 7/20/19 7/20/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/13/19 7/13/19 7/13/19 7/13/19 7/7/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/5/19 7/5/19 7/4/19 7/4/19

Track Off ID Pos Race Name WO MTH SAR GP DMR GP SAR CTM EMD SAR DMR GP MTH GP EMD SAR LRL MTH DEL GP IND DEL GP PRX GP GP GP BEL PRM BEL CMR

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

Grade/ Value Earnings

King Corrie S. Just Jenda S. Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. Added Elegance S. Bing Crosby S. Added Elegance S. Caress S. Don Getty H. King County Express S. Caress S. Daisycutter H. Sea of Tranquility S. Wolf Hill S. Sea of Tranquility S. Irish Day S. Coronation Cup S. Twixt S. Blue Sparkler S. Glasgow S. Treasure Coast S. Mari Hulman George Memorial Hockessin S. Mecke S. Parx Dash S. Not Surprising S. Not Surprising S. Martha Washington S. Victory Ride S. Iowa Sprint H. Manila S. Clasico 4 de Julio S.

$105,200 $75,000 1/$350,000 $75,000 1/$300,702 $75,000 $200,000 $52,300 $45,000 $200,000 $99,164 $75,000 $78,000 $75,000 $50,000 $100,000 $75,000 $71,500 $100,375 $75,000 $100,000 $97,000 $75,000 3/$210,000 $122,500 $122,500 $102,500 3/$139,500 $90,000 $100,000 1/$41,760

$11,000 $7,500 $192,500 $44,175 $36,000 $7,125 $110,000 $28,200 $8,460 $18,000 $53,760 $14,850 $7,500 $7,425 $24,200 $20,000 $7,500 $7,500 $20,000 $14,250 $10,780 $11,000 $7,425 $120,000 $78,260 $24,600 $12,200 $30,000 $10,000 $55,000 $4,176

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show G F R G F G G M F F G G F G F F F F G M

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

Field Commission Biondetti First Dude Majesticperfection Kantharos High Cotton Mass Media Cool Coal Man Stormy Atlantic Overanalyze Circular Quay More Than Ready Heatseeker (IRE) Munnings Two Step Salsa First Dude Into Mischief Kantharos Justin Phillip Tiago

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earnings

Wicked Great Bandelle Miss Velocity Bhangaloo Ruby Glittering Georgia Angelic Amanda Habanera For Real Life Dixieland Event Smok'n Revel Aztec Sally Habiboo Helsingfors Nisbet Suzanne Long Legged Girl Touche de Velours Sansannah Born to Jazz Hip Hop Girl

Edward A. Seltzer Goldmark Farm LLC Mary K. Haire Inversiones FI LLC Linda Schall Pastor Dr. Rick Erwin & Janet Erwin Samuel Guerra Paul Mouttet Off The Hook Partners LLC & Farm III Enterprises LLC Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC Nick deMeric Jaqui deMeric & Prestonwood Partnersh Hardacre Farm LLC Donald R. Dizney LLC BryLynn Farm Inc. Martin Goodell & Emily Goodell Maria Montez Haire John A. DeVault III & Sue S. DeVault Carlos Rodriguez Wayne McFarland GreenwoodFarm.biz

7/30/19 7/28/19 7/28/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/26/19 7/26/19 7/26/19 7/24/19 7/24/19 7/23/19 7/23/19 7/21/19 7/21/19 7/21/19 7/20/19 7/20/19

PID PID AZD FAR LRL DEL FAR WO IND CMR MD EVD WO LAD PID MNR LS CMR PRM WYO

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

$39,600 $31,680 $8,924 $2,900 $49,182 $36,000 $2,900 $86,362 $40,300 $10,780 $5,500 $26,140 $96,075 $19,000 $39,000 $22,116 $24,000 $15,200 $33,000 $6,500

$24,000 $6,400 $920 $1,450 $8,820 $7,200 $725 $7,425 $6,500 $2,200 $495 $4,700 $7,425 $11,400 $8,000 $13,224 $2,574 $1,520 $19,800 $3,900

Pure Sensation/Parx Dash S. G3

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Mominou/Caress S. G3

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Pemaquid Pete Beyondelle Dude’s Dude Perfect Movement Glittering Judy High Five Cotton Media’s Delite Real Coal Tough Irma Analyze Your Life Aztec Key Killeen Peace Seeker Post Close Suzie’ssteppinout Sunset Paula Jo Lady Into Mischief Kantarita Jazzy Justin Chase the Music

Sex Age Sire

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Sex Age

Kansascity Shuffle Ship Shape Miss I’m River Carte Blanche Dilettante Union Salute Sassy Miss Margie Gentle Kiss Coop Tries Harder El Asesino L. A. House Glittering Judy Liam’s Prince Wicked Kisser High Five Cotton Hubbadahubbadaboom Archipelago Labyrinth Watch Your Step Sparkle Sammy Suzie’ssteppinout Real Coal Caramel Martini Perfect Movement I’m Corfu Frosty Star Essence of Sky Cash Driven Adios Princess Tapits Last Dance I Got a Rock Cuckoo Forcononuts Killeen Freedom Matters Lefty Comming Foldover Gentle Kiss Distinct Quality Perfect Answer Dawn Lightning Analyze Your Life

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

4 4 3 3 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 7 3 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 6 4 5 4 3 6 5 6 3 4 4 4 4 6 5 4 3 3 4 4

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Adios Charlie Midshipman Stay Thirsty Curlin Unbridled's Song Union Rags Adios Charlie Wildcat Heir Gone Astray Majestic Warrior Winslow Homer Kantharos Northern Afleet With Distinction High Cotton Shanghai Bobby Soldat Soldat Rattlesnake Bridge Poseidon's Warrior Two Step Salsa Cool Coal Man Biondetti Majesticperfection Corfu Prospective Sky Classic Overdriven Adios Charlie He's Had Enough Take Charge Indy Harlington More Than Ready Stroll Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Overdriven Wildcat Heir Big Drama Prospective The Factor Overanalyze

Wagner's Music Honour Isabel Dakota Sis Kappa Gama Royal Ancestry Val Marie Beach Trick Kiss for Kris Alluring Power One in the Chamber Ma'am Maw Glittering Georgia Princess Liam Queen of Swords Angelic Amanda Consider Thesource Navigation Celestial Power Dare I Dream Sea Span Suzanne For Real Life Midnight Bhangaloo Ruby I'm Blooming Trippocracy Essence of Halo Blindfold Princess Quinn Lets Dance Charlie Cindy Woo Who Debbie's a Trip Habiboo Merryvale Big Gem (ARG) Centerfold Kiss for Kris Roma's Distinction Smart Spin Vicarious Won Smok'n Revel

Mary A. Hohensee Craig Wheeler Thoroughbreds Y-Lo Racing Stables LLC Farm III Enterprises LLC Donald R. Dizney LLC & The Unbridled’s Song Syndic Rustlewood Farm Inc. Marcos A. Arenas Bruce Tallisman Dr. Thomas Brokken Equest Thoroughbreds Inc. Laura Colon & Michael Colon Linda Schall Pastor Sienna Farms LLC Stonehedge LLC Dr. Rick Erwin & Janet Erwin Rustlewood Farm Inc. Glockenburg LLC Glockenburg LLC Dr. Rick Erwin & Janet Erwin Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon Martin Goodell & Emily Goodell Paul Mouttet Lonnie Stokes Inversiones FI LLC Donna M. Burnham Oakleaf Farm Y-Lo Racing Stables LLC Deborah A. Silveira Rick Sutherland Kenneth D’Oyen Thomas L. Croley Porter Racing Stable LLC Hardacre Farm LLC Four Horsemen’s Ranch Family Broodmares IV Antonia Noonan Bruce Tallisman Harold L. Queen J D Farms Centaur Farms Inc. Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC

7/20/19 7/19/19 7/19/19 7/18/19 7/17/19 7/17/19 7/15/19 7/15/19 7/13/19 7/13/19 7/12/19 7/11/19 7/10/19 7/10/19 7/10/19 7/10/19 7/8/19 7/8/19 7/8/19 7/7/19 7/7/19 7/7/19 7/7/19 7/7/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/5/19 7/5/19 7/5/19 7/5/19 7/4/19 7/3/19 7/3/19 7/3/19 7/2/19 7/1/19 6/28/19

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

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

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

Breeder • Rick Heatter

Double Diamond Farm • Bob White – Farm Manager

Track ID MD FMT PRM IND IND EVD TDN TDN MTH SAR PEN LRL PID MNR DEL PID TDN TDN TDN WO PID WO PID CPW WO CMR WYO GRP GRP CMR PEN PEN EVD MTH BTP DEL TDN EVD MNR FL CMR

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earnings

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

$3,800 $18,673 $34,000 $32,500 $32,500 $22,860 $24,000 $24,000 $46,550 $92,000 $32,480 $42,000 $34,560 $17,088 $36,250 $34,560 $24,000 $24,000 $24,000 $74,424 $31,680 $74,424 $31,680 $3,050 $75,113 $13,376 $5,900 $3,000 $3,000 $13,376 $29,736 $29,120 $22,740 $44,250 $17,400 $36,125 $24,000 $23,300 $19,594 $19,300 $14,406

$342 $11,550 $6,750 $3,250 $6,500 $4,500 $4,800 $2,400 $27,000 $18,400 $3,080 $4,620 $19,200 $10,324 $7,200 $3,200 $14,400 $4,800 $2,400 $40,500 $19,200 $13,500 $6,400 $763 $40,500 $8,816 $3,540 $1,650 $600 $1,520 $16,800 $16,800 $13,500 $9,000 $3,480 $21,600 $2,400 $2,475 $4,040 $11,580 $1,470

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

Trainers • Todd Pletcher • Chuck Simon

International Sound Corp.

• James Pelrine – Vice President, Business Operations

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show continued Horse Name Miss Lady Vargas Sound Machine Unicorn Awesome Indra Key Biscayne Mo Me Mo My Min It to Win It Mr. Cesco Genghis Rapido Gatta Finalist Still in the Game Mo’s Had Enough Broadway Pete Jenn’s the Boss Princess Trina Discernment Vestal Lil Chitu Miami Rose Another Experience Spinning Joey Blackshear Renee’s Sensation Scars Are Cool Collusion Illusion Dienda Tap It to Win First Star Our Time Our Time Woopigsooie Shivaree Shivaree Oakland Mills Azrael Capture the Genie Bella Tormenta Edelman Winnager Belladonnia Zieg Mr. Nobody Ceci Valentina Gangly Baby Groot Pleasure Queen Jettin Out Beantown Baby One Turn Johnny Company Store My Doughnut Calendula Orbital Deity Quest Approval Heathwood Free Dancer Charlotte the Brit Elite Appeal Mandamus Game Boy Benny Song River Montauk Daddy Two Sixty Bellera Lucky Peridot Itsenough Gran Casique Renee’s Sensation Michael T Ms. Prospectress Princess Trina Discernment Florida Two Step Monforte Miss Peppina Avuncular Feets of Feather Awesome Action Justabreathaway Godello Unpublished Lady Noy Kantarita

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

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

Sire

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Date

Track ID

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Earnings

Brethren Into Mischief Bodemeister Awesome of Course Brethren Uncle Mo Big Drama He's Had Enough Brethren Adios Charlie Tonalist Uncaptured He's Had Enough Hello Broadway Street Boss Congrats Crown of Thorns Violence Chitu With Distinction Soldat Prospective Overdriven Animal Kingdom Malibu Moon Twirling Candy Kantharos Tapit First Dude Kantharos Kantharos Secret Circle Awesome of Course Awesome of Course With Distinction Cross Traffic Uncaptured Flashstorm Uncaptured Uncaptured Bayern Bodemeister He's Had Enough Prospective Khozan Handsome Mike Uncaptured Adios Charlie Artie Schiller The Big Beast Flashback Temple City The Factor Orb Soldat Factum Uncaptured Treasure Beach (GB) Uncaptured Constitution Benny the Bull Liam's Map Daddy Long Legs Uncaptured Bernardini Itsmyluckyday He's Had Enough Algorithms Animal Kingdom Graydar He's Had Enough Congrats Crown of Thorns Two Step Salsa Carpe Diem Bayern Uncle Mo Fort Larned Awesome of Course Corfu The Factor Overdriven Overdriven Kantharos

Silk Ridge Ava Pie Solved Darjeeling Boa Twelve Flowers Athefinish Min d'Oro Logan Square Mystic Blue Sleek Tigress Val Marie Double Bridled Concierto Imperial Tchopitioulas Jeannie S Timuquana Bid Me Adieu Carphonic Dancin' Lil Spicy Souffle Sacred Moon Spinning Jolie Warpaint Annie Sensationalize Ready Signal Natalie Grace Cristal Causeway Onepointhreekarats Via Regina Golden Trumpet Golden Trumpet Not Affiliated Garter Belt Garter Belt Natural Glow Forestelle Signora Gina True Will Wagner's Music Sassy Harper Nyanza Fancy Fusaichi Bring Me Luck Fort Carillon Starship Crystal Sweet Dixie Gal Queen of Scots Our Pleasure Jet Ms Bernadette Ocean Boulevard Summerofsixtythree Miss Suilleabhain Bard's Day Her Sweet Saint Classic Approval Kiss N Karen Sainted Dancer Silver Scandal Alotofappeal Holyano Ashley and I Harlan's Honor Snow Fashion Jim's Lonesa Habiboo Rare Elegance Tiz Worldly Brennan Sensationalize Charming Becky Ms. Mostly Timuquana Bid Me Adieu Bella Couture She's a Ketch Shehaseyesforyou Eileen's Dream Jade's Rainbow Proof Inthe Puddin Justanoceanaway Key Component Relic Notebook Dixie Image Sansannah

Hi-Tide Farm LLC Farm III Brent Fernung Crystal Fernung & Mike Reilly Sue’s Farm II LLC & Richard Nancarrow Arindel Don L Ming Hallmarc Stallions LLC Gary Mesnick & Norman Dellheim Arindel Amsterdam One Stable & Elizabeth N. Tesiero Rustlewood Farm Inc. Marco Medina Emil Hagger & Cecilia Dixon Ups and Downs Farm & Ernest Cox Carlos Rafael Donald R. Dizney LLC J. F. Webb Maharg Management Inc. Baoma Corp Ponder Hill Inc. Woodford Thoroughbreds Equest Thoroughbreds Inc. Antonia Noonan Mr. & Mrs. John Liviakis Hardacre Farm LLC Donald R. Dizney LLC Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC Live Oak Stud Catherine Ann Perez & Richard Allan Heysek Elizabeth LaPierre & Jennifer Given Elizabeth LaPierre & Jennifer Given Carolin Von Rosenberg DVM Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Ponder Hill Inc. GoldMark Farm LLC Juvenal L. Diaz William Prieto Mary A. Hohensee Milton Hendry Beth Hendry & Norman Hendry Eico Ventures & Bobby Jones Equine LLC Kinsman Farm Rick Sutherland Amalio Ruiz Lozano Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung Brian Carney Tim Stewart S G V Thoroughbreds & Bulldog Racing Endsley Oaks Farm Inc. Sabrina Plumley Milan Kosanovich Angela Ingenito Pedro Gonzalez Westbury Stables LLC & Alfonso Figliolia Woodford Thoroughbreds Stonehedge LLC Oakleaf Farm Liz & Norman Wilson Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon Ocala Stud & Edward Wiest Orlyana Farm Mary Jean Bonfili Bridlewood Farm Jennifer A. Johnson & Gillian K. Johnson Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc. Hardacre Farm LLC Marion G. Montanari Hardacre Farm Kris R. Del Guidice Mr. & Mrs. John Liviakis Destiny Oaks of Ocala Mary K. Haire Donald R. Dizney LLC J. F. Webb Get Away Farm Westbury stables LLC Orlyana Farm CESA Farm Sunshine Thoroughbred Corp.

Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Green Key Farm Glen Hill Farm Steve Tucker H. J. Parra Racing Stable Carlos Rodriguez

7/30/19 7/28/19 7/28/19 7/28/19 7/28/19 7/28/19 7/28/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/27/19 7/26/19 7/26/19 7/26/19 7/26/19 7/26/19 7/25/19 7/24/19 7/24/19 7/23/19 7/23/19 7/21/19 7/21/19 7/21/19 7/21/19 7/20/19 7/20/19 7/20/19 7/20/19 7/20/19 7/20/19 7/19/19 7/17/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/14/19 7/13/19 7/13/19 7/13/19 7/13/19 7/13/19 7/13/19 7/12/19 7/10/19 7/10/19 7/10/19 7/9/19 7/8/19 7/8/19 7/7/19 7/7/19 7/7/19 7/7/19 7/7/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/6/19 7/5/19 7/5/19 7/5/19 7/5/19 7/4/19 7/4/19 7/3/19 7/3/19 7/2/19 7/1/19 7/1/19 7/1/19 7/1/19 7/1/19 6/30/19

MNR GP DMR GP GP DMR GP GP GP SAR GP DMR GP GP LRL IND IND IND CT EVD TDN PID PRX TDN SAR DMR GP WO DMR GP GP IND GP GP DMR SAR GP GP LRC CBY GP MTH MNR GP GP WYO PRX GP PRM GP GP PID TDN MNR MNR TDN DEL GP GP GP MTH GP BEL GP MTH LRC GP GP TDN AP PEN IND IND CBY GP BEL BEL PID GP TAM MNR GP TAM CMR

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

$14,880 $51,880 $62,755 $51,880 $44,700 $62,755 $51,880 $60,780 $56,880 $90,000 $56,880 $62,053 $60,780 $56,880 $40,000 $31,000 $31,000 $31,000 $23,000 $22,660 $22,500 $29,900 $45,750 $22,500 $90,000 $61,351 $59,500 $81,882 $62,053 $61,500 $61,500 $31,000 $61,500 $61,500 $62,053 $87,300 $48,000 $45,200 $40,351 $28,000 $48,000 $43,250 $15,345 $48,000 $47,900 $3,500 $56,550 $47,900 $32,000 $47,900 $40,100 $30,000 $24,500 $15,345 $14,415 $22,500 $32,980 $48,280 $48,280 $47,400 $44,250 $47,400 $80,000 $62,400 $43,250 $40,000 $62,400 $42,700 $29,500 $30,000 $27,100 $31,000 $31,000 $28,000 $43,050 $80,000 $80,000 $29,700 $46,300 $19,800 $14,880 $46,300 $19,800 $11,000

$1,550 $31,200 $12,200 $10,400 $12,000 $7,320 $5,200 $41,900 $36,200 $18,000 $10,400 $7,320 $4,185 $4,680 $22,800 $18,600 $6,200 $3,100 $2,300 $2,365 $13,500 $6,000 $4,950 $2,250 $49,500 $36,600 $43,000 $14,200 $36,600 $35,000 $35,000 $6,200 $6,000 $6,000 $36,600 $18,000 $29,250 $28,900 $24,000 $16,800 $9,500 $9,000 $3,100 $4,750 $29,250 $2,100 $9,000 $9,900 $6,250 $4,750 $4,800 $18,000 $13,500 $1,550 $8,990 $13,500 $3,740 $29,200 $9,400 $12,400 $9,000 $6,000 $44,000 $43,000 $27,000 $24,000 $6,000 $6,400 $2,250 $18,000 $16,260 $6,200 $3,100 $5,600 $6,400 $44,000 $16,000 $18,000 $28,900 $12,100 $3,100 $5,100 $2,190 $2,200

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Focusing on why the maintenance and care of your horse’s feet are important

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No Hoof, No Horse I

f you’ve been in the horse industry for any length of time then you have heard the saying “no

by Caitlin Bainum, hoof, no horse” and it is one Farm Management of the non-opinion based Agent comments that exist in the horse world. Some of the late greats such as Secretariat met their maker due to chronic hoof disease. It reminds me of something my mom always told me growing up: Be sure to take care of your teeth and your feet and they will take care of you! While equine dentistry is another topic, we will focus on why the maintenance and care of your horse’s feet are important.

When I am looking at a horse randomly or for potential purchase, the feet are the very first thing I direct my attention to, if they don’t check out then I am quickly moving on to the next prospect. What is a hoof responsible for? Bearing weight, resisting wear, absorbing shock, and assisting in blood flow are just a few of its functions. Each of the four hooves are the support mechanism for the limb above it, and when you consider the sheer size of a horse in comparison to their hooves, this is impressive. A horse’s hoof must be able to distribute the weight of the forces above it while being functional and allowing the horse to move about without fatigue.

There are many structures that make up the foot, and they work in concert with one another to transport the horse. When one begins to fail, you often see a domino effect and the resulting lameness of your horse. Additionally, many factors play a part in overall hoof health; genetics is one of the biggest and something you should pay great attention to, this is a “non-negotiable” factor and one that you takes as it is dealt to you. There are many genetic lines of horses that are known for cer-

tain features, stick to the features that do not effect structural soundness! Two other factors in hoof health are somewhat controllable, environment and nutrition.

The environment can bring about dry or wet conditions and those each cause a response in the hoof, and too much of either one is not ideal. Moisture is necessary to maintain hoof quality, and hooves are constantly losing water so water in brought in systemically from blood and lymph supplies of structures in the hoof or environmentally from the ground. If extreme wet conditions persist, try to find a dry stall or paddock for your horse to spend partial time in or consider shoes if the conditions are unchangeable. I have found it easier to combat dry hooves than the aforementioned

soggy hooves. There are many products on the market to moisten the hoof.

Nutrition is a major driver of overall horse health, but hoof health and hoof size is directly correlated to nutrition. Horses fed an optimal diet have an 80% increase in hoof-sole-border area size compared to horses fed a limited diet (D. Butler). Each part of the hoof contains various mineral concentrations that together determine the overall strength of that hoof. Horse with white hooves have poor feet right?

Wrong. There is no evidence to support this industry theory. Hoof color is merely influenced by the pigmentation above the hoof.

Young horses have a greater rate of hoof

growth than older horses. Hoof growth rate has been correlated with heart rate, foals have a heart rate almost twice as fast as an adult horse and therefore a significantly increased hoof growth. For a mature horse the average hoof growth per month is three-eighths inch.

Hoof balancing, which is what happens when a farrier trims a horse’s hooves, is recommended every 4-6 weeks depending on the rate of growth. Does your horse need shoes?

That is an open-ended question and the simple answer is, maybe! Shoes serve a definite purpose in many cases, but a lot of horses do just as well with a balanced barefoot trim on a regular schedule. Shoes play a part in combatting those genetics we discussed earlier or those extenuating environmental conditions and definitely in many performance horse realms that are asking for advanced movements on sometimes unfavorable surfaces for the horse. My best advice is to first understand what hoof care your horse requires and do your homework to find a farrier who can deliver the necessary care, and take absolutely no prisoners on the quest for an adequate farrier, after all they are behind the wheel so to speak.

If you are new to horse ownership be sure to ask and ask again when you are unsure of hoof related matters. There are many old wives tales about hoof health, and some will cost you unnecessary money while others are sure to cost you time and patience. Build your network of industry professionals that understand the science of hoof anatomy and the intended use of your horse. This is NOT a one size fits all situation. Stay tuned for more articles on hoof anatomy, common diseases, and corrections of hoof issues. n Caitlin Bainum • UF/IFAS Marion County Livestock Agent • (352) 671-8400 cbainum@ufl.edu

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El Uso De Los “Blinkers” por Roberto Rodriguez Apasionado con los caballos de carreras Editor de la plataforma informativa de los hípicos de habla hispana Sirviendo como puente para que nuestras culturas conozcan más del hipismo en los Estados Unidos

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n el hipismo, los implementos juegan un factor fundamental. El uso o no de los mismos puede determinar la diferencia entre la victoria y la derrota. En esta ocasión, el entrenador Francisco “Kiko” D’Angelo compartirá con los lectores sus opiniones y algunas experiencias sobre el uso de las Gríngolas, Muserolas, Farolas, o el término utilizado en tu región o país para identificar los famosos “Blinkers”.

Los “blinkers” son un implemento que puede mejorar o desmejorar un ejemplar. Todo dependerá del conocimiento del entrenador al reconocer cuales de sus ejemplares lo necesitan y cuáles no. Esto, en la mayoría de las ocasiones lo sabes a través del ensayo y error durante los entrenamientos.

“Blinkers” cerrados: este les impide a los caballos mirar hacia los lados y hacia atrás. Quizás es la gríngola de mayor envergadura, al implementarlo, obligas al ejemplar a enfocarse solo en lo que tiene delante de él. Este se utiliza en caballos con problemas de conducta, que se distraen con los otros ejemplares, o les cuesta rebasar. En muchas ocasiones, los caballos reaccionan de manera negativa a este tipo de Farola, ya que tienen a perder valentía al momento de navegar en tráfico en carreras. Es por eso por lo que, este implemento puede ser tan beneficioso como perjudicial, al punto que puede colocar a tu entrenado en una desventaja total ante los otros rivales. Definitivamente requiere de mucha práctica y tacto a la hora de aplicarlo.

También es utilizado para buscar mayor velocidad temprana de tus ejemplares.

“Blinkers ¾”: les permite a los ejemplares ver un poco más en comparación a la gríngola cerrada, la visión de los ejemplares hacia atrás se mantiene completamente bloqueada, sin embargo, la panorámica hacia los lados se abre hasta un 50% aproximadamente. Se coloca a ejemplares quizás con las mismas características que el primero (blinkers cerrados) pero, con la diferencia de que estos caballos son reconocidos por ser temerosos al encierro. De allí, la ventaja que ofrece esta “ventana visual de 3/4” sirve para favorecer a los “claustrofóbicos”.

“Cheater Blinkers”: según mi apreciación, este implemento se pone en práctica con purasangres que corren sobre grama, la mayoría reconocidos como atropel-

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ladores. En mi análisis, después de observar los resultados de caballos entrenados por los preparadores más exitosos del país sobre este tipo de superficie, deduzco que este implemento le quita un poco la intención al ejemplar en los metros iniciales de las competencias, permitiéndoles ahorrar mayores energías para los tramos finales.

Además, una vez que estos rebasan durante la recta final, el implemento “cheater blinkers” no les permite ver hacia atrás, evitando cualquier distracción.

“Blinkers de extensión”: estos se colocan a ejemplares que tienden a “buscar” hacia afuera o adentro cuando corren, puede ser por lesiones, miedo, o simplemente mañas. Esta “extensión” en la gríngola le impide ver hacia el lado donde presentan el problema (tendencia a cargar hacia la parte interna o externa), obligándolos a enfocarse. He tenido éxito con este tipo de implemento, pero, ha sido basado en el famoso sistema del “ensayo y el error”.

Existen otros tipos de “Blinkers” como los que son completamente cerrados, se utilizan como estética en ejemplares que perdieron o nacieron sin un ojo o ambos, también en caballos con problemas extremos de actitud.

Las llamadas Muserolas plásticas, estas, aunque cerradas, son transparente, su función es evitar que los ojos del caballo sean golpeados por la arena, los mismos poseen pequeños orificios que permiten la circulación del aire evitando empañamiento.

Los implementos juegan un papel fundamental en la vida activa como corredor del purasangre, estos se aplican para mejorar su nivel atlético y desempeño en las pistas. La aplicación correcta de los mismos, le da al ejemplar una mayor oportunidad de alcanzar el máximo nivel en un evento determinado, sin embargo, se requiere de mucho conocimiento y tacto por parte del entrenador, de allí nace una de las principales ideas que conforman aquel refrán que cita: “Las carreras de caballos, se ganan en la toma de decisiones.” ■ Editor’s Note: If you would like an English translation of this column, please contact Brock Sheridan, Editorin-Chief at 352.732.8858 or email at: bsheridan@ftboa.com

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FTBOA Membership Update

Tammy A. Gantt

Upcoming Events & Deadlines ANNUAL MEETING IS OCT. 25

ets for $2,500. Title sponsorship is $5,000 and includes premium signage in a premium location, two additional dinner tickets, and title FTBOA will hold its sponsor listing in collateral for the event. There annual meeting on Oct. JOHN D. FILER PHOTO is also a Gold dinner sponsorship which is $600 25 at the College of Cenand includes two dinner tickets and signage. tral Florida Webber Center at 1 p.m. For 2019, Awards are given to the top three teams, the there are five Director vacancies on the FTBOA closest to the pin winner, the longest drive Board to be filled, for three-year terms running winner, and putting contest winner. Typically until October 2022. See page 14 for details. a few hole-in-one promotions, mulligans for CHARITY GOLF TOURNEY IS OCT.4 charity, and a putting contest are also offered AT OCALA NATIONAL as part of the day.

“The Florida Thoroughbred Charities has The Florida Thoroughbred Charities golf Valerie Dailey, FTBOA Charity Chair been fortunate to have such great support from tournament will be held at Ocala National at Golden Hills Country Club. The date was selected to coincide the equine industry. Each year the tournament has grown with with the Fall OBS sales. The 39th annual event is a four-man more business and community members becoming involved. scramble with a noon shotgun start. The event draws the horse Ocala National at Golden Hills Country Club provides a great industry, community and business leaders and legislators and backdrop for this charity event for the worthwhile cause of serves as a fundraiser, a networking opportunity, and an en- thoroughbred retirement and student scholarships,” said Valerie Dailey, FTBOA board member and Charity, Social and joyable day out on a premier golf course.

The event includes a casual dinner along with silent and live Events Committee chairman.

Committee members who will be working to pull off the auctions at the end of the day. There will also be a live band.

The fee for each golfer is $125 and is reduced to $100 for event include charity chair Dailey, golf co-chairs Debbie Green FTBOA members. The fee includes greens fees, golf cart, a box and Donna Delahunty, George Russell, Greg Wheeler, Beth lunch, prizes, dinner, entertainment and an awards ceremony. Bayer, Ashley Godwin and Renee Ross.

The annual golf tournament is one of the largest fundraisTickets for the dinner-only are $50 each and RSVP to FTBOA in advance 352-629-2160. Dress is resort wear casual. There ers for the charity which entirely funds the Florida Thoroughbred Retirement Farm “Second Chances” at the Lowell will also be fun activities on the course including a whiskey Correctional Institute. Additional funds come and cigar tasting and trick golf opportunities. from individual donations and fundraising Sponsorships are available and include a charity events including silent auction and Silver sponsorship for $250 which includes live auctions throughout the year. The a tee sign. Gold sponsorships are $750 and event also raises funds for student sponsors receive a 6x3 sign on course. scholarships. The program’s success The most popular sponsorship is the depends upon community participaPlatinum sponsorship. For $1,500, Plattion. For more information on becominum sponsors receive a foursome, 8x4 ing a sponsor for golf, please visit premium signage, and two additional dinwww.ftboa.com or contact the Florida ner tickets. Diamond sponsors receive a Thoroughbred Charities at 352-629-2160 or foursome, 8x4 premium signage in a pree-mail info@ftboa.com. ■ mium location, and two additional dinner tickFILE PHOTO

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

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