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CONTENTS APRIL 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 Cover photo by Coady Photography Cover Story: Govenor Charlie gives Baffert-Pegram team opportunity for another Kentucky Derby bid by Pete Herrera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Top Racing Story: Fetching Beauty pulls upset in Oklahoma Futurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Feature Stories: Justin well out on top by Robert Geller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Texas racing industry hopeful that 2013 legislative session unlocks doors by Martha Claussen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Rick Baugh: People and pieces in place to keep Sunland solid by Pete Herrera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 News

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Sam; Houston Race Park announces horse, trainer, jockey and owner titles; SunRay Park set for April 19 opening; Prairie Meadows names Keller Racing Secretary; top horsemen honors announced at Delta Downs; Sam Houston Race Park concludes meet with attendance, handle gains; Betfair Hollywood Park’s 75th season gets underway April 25; Wildcat Heir filly tops John Franks Memorial Sale; Ruidoso Horse Sale graduates dominate NM Spring Futurity trials; Sylvia Hauschild passes; Equine Tax Parity Act introduced in D.C.; Hutton named Director of Racing Operations at Zia Park; Malibu Moon colt tops Barretts Sale... and more

Race Recaps: Quarter Horse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Results from Sunland Park, Remington Park, Los Alamitos Race Course, Delta Downs and Louisiana Downs

Thoroughbred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Results from Fair Grounds Race Course, Santa Anita Race Park, Sunland Park, Oaklawn Park, Turf Paradise and Sam Houston Race Park

RCI Rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Stakes Results: Quarter Horse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Thoroughbred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Govenor Charlie gives Baffert-Pegram team opportunity for another Kentucky Derby bid

By Pete Herrera

UNLAND PARK, N.M. — Bob Baffert’s Govenor Charlie is still flying under the radar when it comes to Kentucky Derby contenders, but maybe breaking a track record that had stood for 52 years will take care of that. The lightly-raced black colt disposed of a suspiciously soft field in the Grade 3 Sunland Derby and earned enough points (50) and $400,000 in graded earnings to put himself solidly in the probable 20-horse field for the Kentucky Derby. The question that remains is whether Baffert, with a trio of other possible entries at Churchill Downs come the first Saturday in May, believes Govenor Charlie is ready to step up in class. Other potential Kentucky Derby entries from Baffert’s stable include Flashback, who ran second in the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita; Super Ninety Nine, fifth in his last start in the Rebel Stakes and Code West, who finished second in his last out in the Risen Star. There’s no debating Govenor Charlie could be a late-blooming speed merchant. His winning time of 1:47.54 for the 1 1/8th distance shattered the Sunland Park track record which was set in 1961. Govenor Charlie had raced only twice this year heading into the Sunland Derby and was coming off a maiden win at Santa

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Anita over a mile in February. Still, the bettors made him the solid favorite and he didn’t disappoint, rolling to a five-length win over longshot Show Some Magic and third place finisher Abraham. Owner Mike Pegram and Baffert are no strangers to winning at Sunland and at Churchill Downs. They won the 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness with Real Quiet and won the Sunland Derby with Wanna Runner in 2006. Pegram said the decision on whether Govenor Charlie will run in the Kentucky Derby rests with Baffert. “I’ve been around long enough to know

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you don’t get derby fever,” said Pegram in the winner’s circle. “This horse couldn’t have run any better and I sure hope we go there. But that’s up to Bobby and the horse. I’m just a passenger and I hooked my wagon to the right star.” If Govenor Charlie does end up in the derby, he will be going against the historical fact that no horse that was unraced as a 2-year-old has won the Kentucky Derby Govenor Charlie winning connections Photo by Coady Photography

COVER STORY since Apollo in 1882. Jockey Martin Garcia certainly has become a fan of Govenor Charlie. “I think this is a really special horse,” he said. “This is his second time going distance (around two turns) and look at what he did. This horse comes from excellent breeding.” Midnight Lute, the sire of Govenor Charlie, was sired by Real Quiet and the dam, Silverbulletway is by Silverbulletday, the Kentucky Oaks winner in 1999. “I’ve always told people my biggest regret was not breeding Real Quiet to Silverbulletday,” said Pegram. “Now, it’s kind of ironic that I’ve got the daughters and the sons and they’ve given me this success. I just had to wait a little longer.” Garcia said the race went just as he had hoped and knew he had the race in hand once the trio of Govenor Charlie, Saint Prado and Abraham hit the top of the stretch. Up to that point Saint Prado and Abraham had set the pace, with Govenor Charlie looming just behind the two. The start is very important and it went like I wanted it to,” he said. “I had two horses in front of me and my horse had company. Straightening out for the stretch, I asked him to run and he responded. He left them standing.” Show Some Magic, trained by local condiMidnight Lucky, Rafael Bejarano up Photos by SureBet

tioner Henry Dominguez, put on a late rush to finish second at odds of 25 to 1. Abraham was another 2 ½ lengths back in third. Baffert’s other horse in the race, Shakin It Up, broke last from the field of nine and never was a factor. The winner of the Grade 2 San Vicente at Santa Anita, last month, Shakin It Up never fired. Govenor Charlie paid $4.60, $3.40 and $2.80. Show Some Magic paid $17.20 and $8.20 and Abraham returned $3.40. Pegram and Baffert swept the day at Sunland, as their filly, Midnight Lucky, scored an equally impressive win in the $200,000 Sunland Oaks. That win assures Midnight Lucky, now unbeaten in two starts, of a spot in the

Sunland Derby jockey colony Photo by SureBet

field for the Kentucky Oaks. Like her stablemate, Midnight Lucky also set a track record in her eight-length win. The filly ran the 1 1/16th distance in a time of 1:41.06. Unusual Way finished second and Countess Curlin was third. Majestic River, who set the early pace, faded to seventh in the eight-horse field. Midnight Lucky took the lead soon after the half-mile mark and increased it through the stretch. “It was pretty much just a gallop for my horse,” said winning jockey Rafael Bejarano. “She’s been working very well and I feel she’s one of the best mares I’ve ever ridden. She runs very comfortably, runs with a lot of speed and is still learning.” As the lead got larger, said Bejarano, he kept looking for other horses. “I never saw them,” he said. The Sunland Derby attracted a crowd of 18,184 who joined the off-track bettors in producing a single day and track record handle of $3,820,986. That was nearly $200,000 more than was wagered on last year’s Sunland Derby day card. The amount of money bet off track on the Sunland card was $3,450,282. Pete Herrera is a former AP sportswriter and now freelance journalist who covered sports and news for 39 years. His credits include four Summer Olympics and coverage of 40 All American Futurities from 1968 to 2008. SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 5

Fetching Beauty pulls upset in Oklahoma Futurity

March 23, 2013 • Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK

he historic Oklahoma Futurity had its 2013 renewal Saturday night at Remington Park with Fetching Beauty pulling an upset victory at 10-1 odds. Owned by Alma Chavez of Chicago and trained by Sacramento Chavez, Fetching Beauty made the lead in the final yards and pulled away to win by a half-length under Victor Olivo. A 2-year-old filly, Fetching Beauty improved from her non-winning time-trial performance two weeks ago according to Olivo. “She broke pretty good. I thought it was going to be hard but she gave it all she’s got,” Olivo noted. “She ran a little scared in the trials but was much better tonight.” Fetching Beauty finished a fast-closing second in her trial to Sassy Spit Curl but managed a timing worthy of qualification

to the Grade 2, $325,000 Oklahoma Futurity. The oldest futurity in American Quarter Horse racing began in 1947. Fetching Beauty was in contention throughout the 300-yard Oklahoma Futurity, before running down front-runners Sassy Spit Curl and JJ Hitman in the final 100 yards. She crossed the finish in :15.279 seconds over a fast track. The backers of Fetching Beauty were paid handsomely with $22.60 to win, $12.60 to place and $5.80 to show. JJ Hitman paid $9.40 to place and $5.20 to show. Royal Rythm was up for third and paid $4.20 to show. Sassy Spit Curl finished fourth. Swingin Debut, the top qualifier for the Oklahoma Futurity was the beaten 5-2 wagering favorite, running sixth. Bred in California by John Andreini and Vince Genco, Fetching Beauty is a daughter

of No Secrets Here from the Mr Jess Perry mare Jess Racy Eyes. Her initial career victory in graded stakes company earns her $130,000, increasing her total earnings over just two races to $131,910. Fetching Beauty earned all of her connections their first victory in the Oklahoma Futurity which has now been contested nine times at Remington Park.

Big Boi controls $136,000 Oklahoma Derby

The large sorrel gelding Big Boi continues to grow into his body and his potential as he roared to victory in the Oklahoma Derby, winning by three-quarters of a length. Owned by Irene Velasquez of Ulysses, Kan., and trained by Verle Bohner, Big Boi used a late rally to score under David Brown. Away from the starting gate, Big Boi normally takes a number of strides to get his momentum going and his Oklahoma Derby run was no different. Once into stride the 3-year-old moved to the front with 100 yards left then drew away to the winning margin, crossing the line in :17.32 seconds. The 5-2 second choice in the wagering, Big Boi paid $7 to win, $3.60 to place and $3.80 to show. Last First Kiss rallied in to second and returned $9.60 to place and $6 to show. Charvet was third and paid $11 to show. The coupled entry of Llano Cartel Above, Fetching Beauty, Victor Olivio up; at left, winning connections Photos by Dustin Orona Photography

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and Colby Cartel was the 8-5 wagering favorite. Llano Cartel led until passed by Big Boi, then fading to sixth. Colby Cartel came on late to gain fourth. Bred in Oklahoma by Velasquez, Big Boi is by 2003 World Champion Oak Tree Special and from the Corona Cartel mare Bosanova Baby. The Oklahoma Derby win was the third from seven career attempts for Big Boi and he picked up a first-place check of $54,400 to bump his lifetime money to $346,311. Big Boi provided Velasquez and Bohner with their first Oklahoma Derby wins at Remington Park, where the race has been contested consecutively since 2006. Brown now enjoys a rare double in the race in Oklahoma City. He was the trainer of 2009 winner Spit Curl Diva and now has ridden Big Boi to victory, becoming the first person to have wins as both a trainer and jockey since the event has been held at Remington Park.

thechicks for an in-hand three-quarters of a length win. Trained by Luis Villafranco, Imflashinthechicks raced 300 yards in :15.355 seconds as the 1-2 wagering favorite to pay $3 to win, $2.80 to place and $2.20 to show. There was a dead-heat for secondplace between Situation and Coal County Line. Situation paid $2.80 and $3.80, while Coal County Line paid $2.60 and $2.80 to show. Imflashinthechicks won a non-wagering training race at Remington Park on March 1; was an emphatic winner of his trial race as the fastest qualifier on March 8, and then strolled for another win tonight to make his record a perfect two- for-two with total earnings of $44,788.

Laus Deo wins Speedhorse/Graham Farms Paint & Appaloosa Derby

Laus Deo won the Grade 1, $62,215 Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Derby on Saturday night and began her 3-year-old racing season much like she Imflashinthechicks wins richest-ever began her racing Oklahoma Paint Horse Futurity career last year as Imflashinthechicks was a popular and a 2-year-old. After convincing winner of the 50th renewal and winning her trial richest-ever running of the Oklahoma Paint race by just a nose, Horse Futurity. Of the record, $107,600 Laus Deo was the purse, $41,488 went to Shirley Wheeler second-fastest of Boynton, Okla., who is the owner and qualifier but was a breeder. convincing winner The gelded son of SF Royal Quick Flash in the final, despite from the Game Patriot (QH) mare Game winning by just a Chicken, broke inward but winning jockey head-margin under G.R. Carter only had to straighten Imflashin- Kenny Muntz.

The daughter of Awesome Chrome surged late to record the big win by a small head-bobbing margin. Trained by Eddie Lee Willis, Laus Deo was the 3-1 wagering choice, paying $8.20 to win, $4.20 to place and $3.40 to show. Laus Deo won the $97,000 Oklahoma Paint Horse Futurity last year for Caddo, Okla., owner Joni Beth Willis, the wife of the winning trainer. Laus Deo covered the 350yard derby distance in :17.482 seconds. Bred in Oklahoma by Marion Hoskin, Laus Deo is from the Texas Hero mare Shero. She has now won four of seven lifetime races and all of her wins have come at Remington Park. The derby winner’s share of $23,647 increases her overall bankroll to $81,947. Honky Tonk Podie finished second and paid $8.20 to place and $6 to show. Hesa Sweet First Down ran third and paid $3.80 to show. There was a dead-heat for fourth between Judys Miss Banks and Lajollas Mr Big Stuff.

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Justin well out on top By Robert Geller

However, the claiming net extends beyond the state of New Mexico to deeper ome races are truly decided even waters. before they are halfway through. This “I am constantly looking at the form on was clearly the case for the 2012/2013 the computer. We look at other places like Thoroughbred trainer’s title at Sunland Park Santa Anita, Del Mar, Texas or Oaklawn.” Racetrack & Casino, already a foregone conA chance meeting on a trip to Del Mar clusion at the mid point of the season. Now, last season opened up even more doors than into the stretch run, it’s merely a matter of Justin or Vanessa could have imagined. how far for trainer Justin Evans, having domi“We were at Del Mar claiming horses. nated the standings en route to his first-ever Vanessa was standing there by the rail when championship on the New Mexico circuit. Gino Roncelli walked out and struck up a His impish grin and soft-spoken manner conversation with her. He expressed interest coexist with his fiercely competitive nature. in sending us some horses. The next thing There is no disguise here; this is simply who you know, a couple of days later he called Justin is. Unapologetic about serving up to his opponents the very best product he can, me. He sent me one horse then introduced me to Lane Seliger. The horses have kept on the Evans barn works as a well-oiled team coming, and Gino has been coming here to achieve high percentage results for his starting to claim some horses himself.” well gathered, strongly committed clients Baumann Stables’ Lane Seliger made who enjoy his fast-paced, business-model quite a splash on the national scene at the approach to training. start of the year as the second leading buyer Don’t get me wrong, being a game at the Keeneland January Sale. The businesschanger may ruﬄe feathers along the way, man from Amarillo, Texas, may be relatively especially when hardly a racing day goes new to the industry but is not shy at getting by without Justin’s name coming up at the involved. Justin has done nothing other than claiming box. boost that enthusiasm by catapulting him to “I bet we’ve claimed about 75 at the second-leading owner at the current meet meet. There have been times when we’ve with eight winners, two from the highly claimed three or four horses a day. People impressive Huntingman. The pair also shared razz me all the time, “Oh, it must be a bad a sweet big occasion moment on Sunland day, you didn’t claim anything today. Very Derby Day when recent claim Risk Drag few days go by that we’re not either in for scored in similar front-running fashion. one or shaking for one.” Lance Wilbanks is another new owner Justin does not respond emotionally for the barn. Lance first started runners in Zia when he is on the other side of the coin, losPark, Hobbs and has enjoyed decent early ing a horse to a claim. “I tell everybody I’m in the horse-selling success at Sunland with three wins, three business. If we can put them where they can seconds and a third from 17 starts. Keep in mind, when Justin arrived at Sunwin, we’re going to lose some for sure.” land in 2009, his stable size was a mere dozen. If you think it’s tough to keep track of, you’re right. Ask his wife, Vanessa. In addition Four years on, the barn can range from 80 to to raising their year-old son, Austin, who has 90 head depending on claims won or lost. Adding to those numbers is Len Shermalready been in more winner’s circle photos er, who for the last 23 years has headed his than your average American owner will see own successful business that custom designs in a lifetime, it is Vanessa who does all the and manufactures electronics for brand bookkeeping. names and big box retailers, such as Walmart “Daily, I have to update what he’s claimStores Inc., O’Reilly Auto Parts, Johnson Coning, what has been claimed or his earnings percentage. Adding the horses is what seems trols Inc. and Fram Filtration, to name a few. An experienced racetracker, Len teamed up to take up the majority of the time.” with Justin when his original trainer, Jimmie Justin really scours the horses on the Claridge, retired. circuit often in tandem with an owner. “I’ve owned racehorses for a little over “I will go over and see a horse that’s in a three years and have now been with Justin bad spot that we think we can get put back in a better spot. I’ve got really good owners, almost one year. Justin was recommended to me when I made the decision to go to Calilike Tony Phillips, that enjoy looking at the fornia to claim a horse. I was so impressed form too, and will call me on one. I might know something about them that they don’t with his knowledge and his connections that I ended up bringing two horses back per his know that’s not on paper.”

2012/13 leading Thoroughbred trainer at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino, Justin Evans

recommendation. He has a keen eye when scouting horses.” Len currently has nine horses under his care. With only one peer in terms of a higher winning percentage owner per starters at the meet, Len is pleased with what he sees. “Justin is a very hard worker and dedicated to his profession. He spends an extraordinary amount of time at the barn. It’s pretty common for him to be around during the late feeding from 4 to 5:30 p.m.” Keeping owners involved and content is a high priority of the barn. “It was good to get Len in. He’s been in the business and has some knowledge. It was kind of a different deal for him because the more run and gun kind of stuff, he really enjoys that. He’d never really had a chance with it before, you know, looking at the form, looking for new horses, buying and claiming, the action part of it really. It seems to excite him. In fact, it excites all three of those guys, they really like action.” When you combine Justin’s win percentage with his infectious fever for the sport, it is no wonder that influential investors have come his way. At the end of 2012, Justin ranked eighth in North America in number of wins by a trainer, climbing as high as fifth earlier this year. “I’m really proud of it. It’s a big achievement for me because the way I look at it, lots of times, the guys that are ahead of me on that list, they get all Thoroughbred meets at three or four different racetracks to run at. We’re at one spot, where we are saddled to something like five races a day whereas the other guys get 10 or 11 a day, four to five days a week.” Below him on that list was Bob Baffert, a trainer that Justin has revered ever since his early years and when working for his father, Robert Evans, who trained for 15 years in Arizona. SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 9

from 15 starts. “Our Choice has been a huge part of my career in New Mexico so far. He’s been just a star to me. That horse never makes a bad move. Every race he ever runs, the only times he ever gets beat, it’s usually my fault. To have him win on that day and then have African Rose run the race she did, was probably my happiest moment of the season. “This was a filly that I’d bought as a 2-year-old in training. She’d never started. We started her from scratch and now she’s eight wins Vanessa, Justin and Austin out of 16. I’ve had her every day since she learned how “I have patterned my whole career after to gallop, so to see her break through in that stakes race at a distance she probably didn’t Baffert. I remember when I was a kid, I used to watch what Baffert would wear so I could want to run at, and then to have Risk Drag dress like him. That was when he was traincome through after that, it was unexplaining Quarter Horses in Arizona. He’s like my able.” Michael Jordan. I used to read the form when African Rose and Risk Drag provide perI was a kid and pattern my work schedule fect examples of the healthy rivalry that the to the way he works horses. Every time I see barn’s success has spawned between Miguel him, I tell him I’m his biggest fan. Hernandez and Ry Eikleberry, locked in a “The last two years we’ve been to Del tense battle for leading jockey that, unlike Mar. he took us through and showed us all the trainer’s race, looks set to come down to his horses, I remember The Factor the year the wire. Justin admits their styles are quite before and this year Coil and Paynter. It’s different. amazing to walk through there and see all “I think Ry might be a little stronger these great horses, one after the other. I finisher than Miguel on a horse that you’ve know he gets great horses, but he does great got to pick up and ride really, really hard, and things with average horses too.” Miguel is a little better fit on a filly like AfriAppropriately, this Sunland Derby Day, can Rose. I don’t think you can find anyone Justin shared the spotlight with both his who has ridden her better than Miguel has, childhood hero, Bob Baffert, and his highly nursing her along and allowing her to finish respected local rival, Henry Dominguez. strong. They’re complete opposites in their Bob Baffert walked off with both riding styles but heads above as the best two coveted trophies, the Sunland Park Oaks riders here by far.” (Midnight Lucky) and the Grade 3 Sunland Right now, Ry has the slenderest of Derby (Govenor Charlie). Defending chamleads, one win. pion trainer, Henry Domiguez, won the “It’s tough. I like both of them. Miguel has New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks (Back Seat Roll) ridden for me for a long time, and I’ve watched and the Bill Thomas Memorial Stakes (Isn’t Ry grow up a little bit. I’ve been kidding them He Clever) as part of a three-win day and a both a little and telling them, it’s a bit like who runner-up in the Derby (Show Some Magic). brings the apple to the teacher, every day Justin held his own with three wins on right now, whoever bribes me the most.” the trot. His hat trick began with a stirring As much as he is joking, any rider for the last-to-first triumph by Our Choice, followed Evans barn knows that expectations are very with a hard-earned stakes victory by African high and that the boss does not like to lose. Rose in the Harry W. Henson Handicap and Justin may appear all peaches–and-cream concluded with Risk Drag. out there but Vanessa can vouch that he Of all the horses in the Evans barn, argu- does take things to heart. ably Our Choice and African Rose have meant “He’s very hard on himself because he the most. Since claiming Our Choice for lives, breathes and eats racing. When you $25,000 at Sunland on Dec. 27, 2011, Justin work that hard, you expect great things and when it doesn’t come through, it’s disaphas trained him to eight wins – four of them stakes -- two seconds, a third and two fourths pointing for him. He expects 100 percent 10 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

from the horses, the jockeys and the help. Sometimes it just doesn’t line up, and he gets disappointed.” Vanessa and Justin cannot speak highly enough of the team behind them. They feel confident in their claim that you would be hard pressed to find barn help that gives such thorough horse care and that is rewarded as well as theirs. “We try to feed the best we can. And we treat every horse individually. If horses have stomach problems, we treat them for stomach problems. If they have other issues, tying up and things like that, we treat them for that. My grooms work hard. They take pride in their horses. They each only take care of five horses and treat them great. They are brushed three times a day, sometimes four. They really want their horses looking the best. “My help is huge. Pablo Rodriguez, my foreman, I couldn’t do it without him. I mean, he is my right hand man for sure. I’ve got really good gallop boys, Diego Cervantes and those guys, they do a great job. It’s all a team effort. If there’s one kink in the chain, it throws everything off but with those guys, we make very few mistakes.” Mistakes, it seems, have been few and far between in this breakout season in which Justin currently towers over his rivals in the standings. His tally of 55 winners and growing is more than the combined total of the second- and third-ranked trainers. This will be Justin’s first Sunland title, having previously won championships at Yavapai Downs (2002), Sunray Park (2011), The Downs at Albuquerque (2012) and Zia Park (2012). “It means a great deal because Sunland is a huge meet to us. We came in here with a goal in mind. We really wanted to win the title. We don’t fit into those categories it seems you have to fit into to be a New Mexico trainer, either the good old boys or the golden boys. We’re kind of the off-the-wall guys. “We have great owners that let me do my job, who let me run horses where they want to win. I was able to put together three really great guys, Lane Seliger, Len Shermer and Lance Wilbanks. They are three guys that enjoy that gamble of dropping a horse if we have to, or claiming a horse say for $10,000 and running him back for $5,000 if we have to, just for the win. It’s great when you’re able to have that opportunity and those guys behind you.” There is no doubt that Justin has worked out the right type of horse for the region. “If you get a route horse, you want a route horse that can probably lay up close, either on or right off the pace. If you want a sprinter, you want a horse that has a high cruising speed and can go fast for a long way Continued on pg. 23

Texas racing industry hopeful that 2013 legislative session unlocks doors

By Martha Claussen

very two years the elected officials of Texas convene in Austin to review a myriad of bills and legislative documents. For close to two decades, members of the Texas racing industry have appealed to lawmakers for legislation that would allow video lottery terminals, or VLTs, at racetracks. Legislators have been implored to acknowledge the massive amount of money leaving the state with Texans who support gaming in neighboring states of Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico. The compelling economic impact studies have pointed out the benefit to the state in revenues for education, agriculture and tourism. In 2011, more than 26 gaming bills were introduced and the Licensing and Administrative Procedures committee passed Constitutional Amendment, HJR 137, to authorize the legislature to legalize and regulate the conduct of one or more types of gaming involving wagering in Texas, contingent on approval by the voters at a statewide referendum. Unfortunately, the deadline passed without the required 100 votes, and therefore, nothing further occurred in that session.

However, progress has been made in the 83rd Texas legislative session, and two bills have been filed and sent to committee. On Feb. 22, Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa (D-District 20) filed Texas State Senate Joint Resolution No. 36 and enabling Senate Bill No. 789 that call for a constitutional referendum to allow video lottery games at licensed horse and greyhound racetracks and by Indian tribes under the regulatory authority of the Texas Lottery Commission and the Texas Racing Commission. This bill has been assigned to the Senate Business and Commerce Committee. Subsequently, on March 6, Rep. Richard Raymond (D-District 42) filed companion

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legislation HJR No. 121 and HB No. 2729, also calling for a constitutional referendum to allow video lottery games at licensed horse and greyhound racetracks and by Indian tribes. Review for this bill has been assigned to the House Licensing and Administration Committee.

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ate so that the public can vote for expanded gaming in Texas. In 2012, a new initiative called Let Texans Decide! was established. The campaign is a coalition of state business leaders, horsemen, community organizations, and Texas citizens committed to passing legislation at the Texas Capitol that will put the issue on the ballot for the voters of Texas to decide. Studies and polls have firmly established that an overwhelming majority of Texas voters, regardless of political party or geographic region, want the right to decide this issue for themselves. Let Texans Decide! embarked upon a campaign to get support from the equine and racing industry with social media and a very simple web link for people to sign up and receive updates. More than 8,800 citizens across the state have lent their names, and the highly respected Sen. John T. Montford led a public affairs campaign to allow Texans the opportunity to vote on the expansion of gaming. As a successful Texas businessman as well as serving in the state Senate for 14 years, Sen. Montford has served as an ardent backer of giving the public voting power to decide and stop the exodus of dollars out of state. “Like most Texans, I’m frustrated seeing billions of our hard-earned dollars fleeing the state,” said Montford. “Senator Carona, Senator Hinojosa and Representative Raymond have each authored legislation that puts the issue in front of the voters, allowing Texans to stop the hemorrhaging of billions of dollars to neighboring states.” Sam Houston Race Park president Andréa Young has been heavily involved in legislative efforts to aid the Texas racing industry. Young, who joined Sam Houston in 2007, is encouraged with the recent developments in Austin. “Senator Corona’s bill is the first bill that has put racetracks and casinos on the same playing field,” said Young. “Horsemen have three vehicles for expanded gaming; two in the House and one in the Senate. We are seeing unparalleled bipartisan efforts in the Texas House and Senate. Nothing like this has ever happened before.” The month of April will play a pivotal role in whether the bills will get out of committee and advance to a House and Senate vote.

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in neighboring states. Without that added revenue, horsemen in Texas suffer mightily. Sam Houston Race Park in Houston and Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino in New Mexico were running Thoroughbreds within days of each other in March. Sunland Park is located just west of El Paso, Texas, but as a result of racino dollars, it is able to offer $12,200 for a claiming race that Sam Houston Race Park ran for $7,500. Sunland’s non-graded stakes offers a purse of $85,000; Houston’s is $50,000. There is a similar disparity for Quarter Horse purses, with Remington Park in Oklahoma City sometimes offering three times the money for the same conditions in Texas. Feed, vet bills, salaries for backstretch workers, horse trailers and other expenses are the same for horsemen running in Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The purses, sadly, are not, and more and more horsemen are faced with either shipping out of state or simply closing their operations. Mary Ruyle, executive director of the Texas Thoroughbred Association (TTA), knows the importance of this legislative session. Many prominent Texas breeders have left the state and, without a strong breed program, funding for Texas-bred racing programs and stakes has been greatly impacted. She and her board of directors have seen a growing number of stallions and broodmares being shipped to bordering states that offer higher incentives. “TTA is working diligently to track legislation beneficial to horsemen,” said Ruyle. “We have kept our membership informed and involved through weekly email and postcard updates, encouraging them to contact their legislators to voice support for these bills. There is a cooperative industry

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effort between the breed registries, horsemen’s organization, racetrack operators and the member organizations of Texas HORSE to visit legislators, provide them with industry information and seek their support.” Horsemen are optimistic about the developments so far in 2013. Judd Kearl operates a training center in Madisonville, Texas, and runs both Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses. He has won five training titles at Sam Houston Race Park, but had no choice but to ship to Louisiana and Oklahoma to keep his operation afloat. “I really like the way it’s going this year,” said Kearl. “Things are better and there is more agreement on how to approach the lawmakers.” One of the state’s leading Thoroughbred trainers, Danny Pish, concurs. He has won the training title at Retama Park for the past 13 years and continues to be one of the top conditioners at both Sam Houston and Lone Star. Pish resides in Cibolo, Texas, just minutes from Retama Park. For the past three years, he has shipped a string to Remington Park in Oklahoma and sent some of his better horses to Fair Grounds in New Orleans. In addition to running for higher purses, Pish wishes legislators would understand how many jobs are impacted when Texas is surrounded by states that have expanded gaming. “I am just one guy with several employees, but if we had gaming in Texas, so many more jobs would be available,” stated Pish. “We’re not just talking about racing; jobs at farms, feed companies, tack shops, veterinary clinics. It’s unbelievable how

horse industry. “Our numbers are down 50 to70 percent across the board involving foal crops, stallions and race dates,” states Fick. “Bordering states, fueled by racinos, paid out $215 Texas Legislature Online million in purses in 2011; Texas horsemen www.capitol.state.tx.us/Home.aspx ran for just $24 million. It is clear to see why Let Texans Decide! our horsemen are racing elsewhere.” lettexansdecide.com Texas H.O.R.S.E has organized “Horse Week at the Capitol” April 1-5 and has asked Texas H.O.R.S.E horse owners, breeders, trainers, jockeys, texashorseweb.com track employees and racing fans to come to Austin to make their voices heard. Members much money is going out of state. If legisla- of the racing community will make the trip tion passes, the equine and racing economy and walk the halls of the state capitol exwould benefit, and a huge number of plaining why they need the support of their people in our industry would not have to representatives and senators to get behind make their living out of state.” the bills supporting VLTs at Texas racetracks. Dan Fick is executive director of Texas Fick and other organizers will make H.O.R.S.E, an organization comprised of sure that everyone who comes to Austin to breed organizations including Thoroughsupport “Horse Week at the Capitol” is armed bred, American Quarter Horse, Arabian, with facts and figures for their elected ofCutting Horse and American Paint Horse As- ficials. sociation. They support VLTs at racetracks as “We have $2.9 billion exiting Texas, but a needed revenue boost to the state’s breed- we did not wait until the last minute to state ing and agricultural industries. They have our case,” adds Fick. “We have been makalso been working diligently to introduce ing visits and delivering feed buckets filled and pass legislation to help Texas regain its with horseshoes, feed, industry magazines leadership position within the American and other items. Our goal is for the legisla-

For those who want to keep up with developments in the 83rd legislative session, here are helpful websites:

tors to see how many people, associations and companies are affected when Texas is denied.” The groundwork has been laid, and the figures cannot be ignored. There is cautious optimism that lawmakers are listening and that one of the bills will successfully get out of committee and proceed to the next step. “We are taking it one day at a time, but have worked hard to ensure that legislators know that our industry is hurting,” said Young. “Texans need to have the chance to vote on this issue.” Once again, the race is on, and bills to give Texas racing the impetus needed to be one of the top racing and equine states in the country, have been filed. Horsemen, racetrack officials and individuals who work in and support the industry are hopeful that the 83rd Texas legislative session will move forward to level the playing field for the Texas racing industry. Martha Claussen has been prominent in the Texas racing industry since 1997 as a publicist, writer and handicapper.

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Rick Baugh: People and pieces

in place to keep Sunland solid

UNLAND PARK, N.M. — Rick Baugh is aware of how high the bar has been set at Sunland Park. He knows Harold Payne will be a tough act to follow. He recognizes that the sluggish economy has finally found El Paso and that will make his job noticeably tougher. But he’s also confident enough people and pieces remain in place at New Mexico’s flagship racino to keep it on a progressive and prosperous course. “The energy with this group is unbelievable,” says Baugh, who was hired as general manager by Sunland owner Stan Fulton after Payne announced his plans to retire. Baugh has been at Sunland for a month now, working with Payne through the transition period. Baugh told SureBet Racing News that he has been nothing but impressed with the personnel at the track. “The people that are here are the leaders,” Baugh said. “They’re pushing the new people coming in. That’s something you can’t teach or demand. You either have it or you don’t. I’d say 90 percent of the people around here have that. They enjoy what they do.” Payne was the general manager for more than 20 years and many of current employees went to work for the track around the same time. While that type of longevity can sometimes lead to complacency, Baugh said he has not seen any of that. “It’s dedication that I’ve seen,” he said. “Customer service comes natural to these people. It’s been a breath of fresh air.” Baugh has been a fixture within the New Mexico horseracing community for many years, but there was a time when Texas oilfields were what drove his ambitions. Baugh grew up in the little north central Texas community of Whitesboro. Horses, the type that raced and those for show, were part of the Baugh family’s fabric. Rick’s dad Earl showed horses, was a judge for the American Paint Horse Association and was part of the rodeo circuit. Predictably, Rick followed a similar path in his youth. He was riding bulls by age 12, but that

venture had an expiration date. At 15, Baugh took on a particularly mean spirited bull who proceeded to “smash” his liver. “The doctor told me, ‘You can’t live without a liver,’” says Rick. “So I told the good Lord, “Let me live and I won’t do that no more.’” Unwilling to totally give up his passion for rodeos, Baugh took up bull-dogging and in high school was ranked in the Top 15 in that event in the state. -- good enough for Baugh to get a scholarship offer from Texas’ Ranger Junior College. But by then the oil boom was in full stride and to an 18-year-old, heading to the oil fields instead of a college campus seemed like a no-brainer. “My father and brother were in the construction business and back then, the oil fields were going so good,” says Baugh. His older brother Dale taught him to weld, and Rick became a certified pipeline welder. Rick and his wife Kim were married in August 1979 and the lucrative paydays — courtesy of all those oil rigs Rick was working on — just kept on coming. “My wife was driving a Lincoln Continental Mark V, I had two welding rigs and thought we were never going to see another poor day,” says Rick. But within a couple of years, oil prices were tumbling and the boom had given way to the bust. Fortunately for Baugh, one of the most influential horsemen in the history of Quarter Horse racing offered him a job. “I got a call from B.F. Phillips,” says Baugh of the late Hall of Fame breeder and owner of the great Dash For Cash and other standout stallions who stood at Phillips’ Frisco, Texas, ranch. “He knew I had been around racehorses all my life,” says Baugh. “My dad had done construction work for him, digging ponds and building pads.” It wasn’t long before Baugh was using the construction skills he had learned in the oil fields to help Phillips build his horse

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breeding empire. “I built everything from barns to surgical tables for the lab,” he says. Among the individuals that Baugh worked with at the Phillips Ranch were Bruce Hill, who managed the property and would go on to work for Thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas; the late Dr. Jerry Rheudasil, a highly-respected veterinarian and horse owner whose On A High won the 1983 All American Futurity, and trainer Dwayne “Sleepy” Gilbreath. Baugh filled a variety of jobs at the ranch during his 11-year stay there, including prepping horses for sales. He left in 1991 to join Ruidoso Downs’ racing operation. He was named general manager five years later, then helped owner R.D. Hubbard in the project to build Zia Park in Hobbs. During the 2006 and 2007 racing seasons, he was in charge of racing operations at both tracks. Baugh stayed on as a consultant when Penn National bought Zia Park. He was named assistant general manager in November 2007. When Payne decided earlier this year to retire, Fulton hired Baugh. Baugh says Payne had previously indicated he might step down. “I wasn’t surprised about the timing,” said Rick, “I was surprised that Harold was really going to retire.” Baugh knows his arrival at Sunland is not at the best of times. The state’s highest profile track enjoyed enormous success, both on the track and in the gaming end of the business for much of the past decade. But the economic slowdown that plagued much of the country in recent years finally has found Sunland. Sunland’s track handle during the early part of the current live meet was down 12 percent, and off track wagering (through simulcasting) on Sunland races was down 17 percent when compared to the 2011-2012 meet. On the casino end of it, the track’s director of racing, Dustin Dix, reported the amount of money that goes from casino revenues to racing purses was down an average of about $200,000 a month. As a result, Sunland has had to reduce purses. Baugh says business has started to pick up slightly in recent weeks, both on the casino end and in the track’s daily pari-mutuel handle. A crowd of more than 18,000 was on SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 21

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hand on Sunland Derby day and combined with the off-track betting figures, the track set a state single day and track record handle of $3,820,986. “The economy is more of a challenge than what I thought it would be,” says Baugh. “But we feel it’s coming back. Everybody around here tells me that El Paso is always the last one to get hit, but it seems it’s also the last one to come back.” The diamond of Payne’s work at Sunland is the Grade 2 Sunland Derby. Through years of effort, Fulton, Payne and Dix succeeded in getting the race graded, and it’s now one of the prep races for the Kentucky Derby. The winner of the $800,000 race is virtually assured a spot in the derby field. But there’s some concern about the future of the Sunland Derby and whether the current purse can be maintained. Baugh said he’s confident it can survive the current economic environment. “I know Mr. Fulton is very proud of the derby, as well as Harold and Dustin and all the guys that have built it,” Baugh said. “They’ve done a great job with it and there’s creative ways that we can look at, different avenues to keep this thing going.” But Baugh said he also is mindful of the New Mexico-based trainers who have been

coming to Sunland for decades. “The (Sunland) Derby’s great, but you’ve got to think about your daily cards,” he said. “I don’t want to lose sight of the people that have been here since the ‘80s. Fred and Rita Danley, Jimmie Claridge, the Marrs. They have a living to make and the derby is not on their radar screen every day.” Payne’s tenure officially ended at the end of March, and Baugh said the transition went smoothly. “I’m going to miss him,” said Baugh. “Not just the business side of it, but because of the relationship we’ve had for so many years. We’ve always been able to bounce things off of each other.” Payne enjoyed enormous popularity not only within horse racing but also in the El Paso business and civic areas. He was the driving force in the partnership between Sunland Park and United Blood Services that has helped raise thousands of dollars for UBS. One of the top fund-raising events each year is a gala dinner held on the eve of the Sunland Derby. Baugh said he wants to see Payne remain a part of that endeavor. “I want to make sure he’s back here for that every year,” he said. “I want him back here for the (Sunland) Derby too.” Some of the innovations Baugh plans to

bring to the job include: Developing profiles on the types of casino players and bettors the racino is attracting. Putting on promotions such as a Black Friday offer of free gift-wrapping for shoppers. That would help generate more traffic on that day for the casino and track. “Little things like that draw people in the door,” said Baugh, who points out the Sunland Park Mall and several major chain stores are located within a mile or two of the racetrack. In short, says Baugh, there is ample opportunity to move the bar of expectations higher. “We want to continue the growth,” he said. “It’s not unfair to say we can take the bar higher, because my strategy is to never settle.”

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it’s an easy plane ride for them. They can come to watch their horses more than if we were in a place like Iowa or Minnesota. The biggest deal is keeping clients involved and owners happy.” Justin is no stranger to travelling. He used to go to Canterbury in the summertime and back to Turf Paradise. He even went to Hawthorne in Chicago for one winter and tried Remington Park for a little while before coming to Sunland. “We travelled around a little bit before we finally called this place home. We bought a house here and Austin is just little so I’d say we’ve got another three or four good years here until he gets in school. Hopefully, it goes to an all Thoroughbred meet, and then I think we can make a permanent stay here. “My home life is great, my wife and my little boy. That makes everything a whole lot better when you have something to look forward to when you get home every day, somebody to share it with and enjoy it with. “You couldn’t ask for a better mother than Vanessa is to Austin. Training horses is easy, way easier compared to keeping up with him. She does all the tough stuff, that’s for sure. I get to come home and play with him then put him to sleep. I don’t have to change most of the diapers, make most of the bottles or pick out the outfits.”

When Justin receives the belt buckle for leading trainer April 16, it will truly be a family affair. His father Robert passed on to him a gift that could well continue through to the next generation, should Austin be so inclined some day. “I’d love it. I got to watch my Dad training when I grew up. I would love to have him come in and be able to take over from me one day and work side by side for a little while. As long as he doesn’t beat me once he starts training on his own,” he jokes. If only I may live so long, since funny enough, I am curious to find out.

as New Mexico tends to be speed tracks, Zia and Sunland, at least.” On the other hand, he has a vision for the region that he believes would add greater dimension to the type of horse fans have become accustomed to seeing here. “I would like to see racing at Sunland go to split meets, to an all Quarter Horse and an all Thoroughbred meet. I think it would be better for everybody all around. It would bring better horses to New Mexico, better competition, better owners, better trainers and better riders. There’s no loss to anybody. “The guys that complain about it split most of the time anyway to go to Ruidoso, Farmington, Albuquerque and Zia, so what would be the difference if you had all Quarter Horses at one spot and all Thoroughbreds at one spot? It’d just be better racing. Bring in some new people, let some new open horses come in, hustle some trainers. People don’t realize that competition brings better horses, better purses and more TV coverage. Times are changing, and you’ve either got to let them change or you’re going to be left in the past.” Justin has already secured plans to campaign horses at Lone Star Park this summer, a meet that he last attended some five years ago. “A lot of my clients are Texas guys. Also,

Pete Herrera is a former AP sportswriter and now freelance journalist who covered sports and news for 39 years. His credits include four Summer Olympics and coverage of 40 All American Futurities from 1968 to 2008.

Robert Geller has been the one and only voice of Emerald Downs since the track’s inception in 1996 and has also been track announcer at the highly successful Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino for over a decade. Prior to moving to the US, he served 6-1/2 years as the English commentator for the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club and learned his craft in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. His articles have appeared internationally in magazines such as Racetrack and Racing World. SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 23

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Houston, TX Joyful Victory named 2012 Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston

November at Santa Anita.

Danny Pish notches his fourth leading trainer title

successful trainers. According to Equibase statistics, since 1995, Pish has saddled 9,730 horses, winning 1,606 races and purses of $21.9 million. Asmussen was second with 17 wins; Jack Bruner saddled 16 winners and Brent Davidson finished the meet with 11 victories.

Tom Durant wins second Owner of the Meet title

Prominent Dallas businessman Tom Durant won his second Sam Houston Race Park leading Texas horseman Danny Pish Joyful Victory, winner of the owner title with 16 wins. He had another strong showing, richest Thoroughbred stakes in shipped in 36 starters, all trained Texas, was named 2013 Horse of winning his fourth Sam Housby Jack Bruner, with a mix of ton Race Park training title with the Meet at Sam Houston Race maidens, allowance runners and 27 wins. He showcased some Park. The 5-year-old daughter of stakes horses. Rising star, Legal promising rising stars, including Tapit is owned by Fox Hill Farms, Gerardo Mora wins first Sam Mind, a 3-year-old daughter of Platinum Song, who captured Inc. and trained by Larry Jones. Bellamy Road, ably stepped up the $50,000 Bara Lass Stakes on Houston riding title The remarkable gray mare to stakes company to win the Texas Champions Weekend. Last year, as an apprentice drew off by over four lengths in $50,000 Auto Nation Spring “It was a great meet, ” acrider, Gerardo Mora impressed winning the $400,000 Houston horsemen and fans with his talent Stakes on March 16. Ladies Classic, which attracted a knowledged Pish. “We started Durant’s previous owner and finished the meet in second stellar field contenders with col- with a bang, with the filly in the title came in 2011. Durant was place to veteran Glen Murphy. lective earnings in excess of $2.3 Bara Lass, and all in all, we kept pleased with the meet and the winning races. I was very pleased This year, Mora started strong, million. Joyful Victory not only success of their runners. that two of my horses, Pharme’s dueling mid-meet with Murphy, gave a first-class performance “All of our horses were comPhire and Temparnillo, were before drawing off to win his first under one of the nation’s top ing off lay-offs,” said Durant. “We undefeated this meet. ” Sam Houston Race Park leading riders, Rosie Napravnik, she set a started slow, but then really took Pish, who operates a training rider title with 47 victories. new track record as she covered off. The meet turned out very center in Cibolo, Texas, credits Mora won two stakes this the mile and one-sixteenth well for us.” his Sam Houston team, led by asfeature, over a fast track, in a final season, taking the $50,000 Bara Durant was proud of Legal sistant Jasmine Daniels, for their Lass aboard Platinum Song for time of 1:42.30. The previous track record of 1:42.74 was set on hard work over the last three Pish on Texas Champions Week- Mind and noted potential in many of his Sam Houston starters. February 13, 1999 by Desert Air. months. end. He also won the $50,000 “She showed us she can do “I have to give a huge thanks Auto Nation Spring Stakes on Joyful Victory earned it,” Durant noted of Legal Mind. $237,600 for the Houston Ladies to the team,” said Pish. “I always March 16 with Legal Mind for “Several others look they have Classic victory. What might have say the owner comes first, the trainer Jack Bruner. potential to be quality stakes horse is second and everyone been even more impressive is “I want to thank all the horses.” from my assistant to the jockeys that she made her next start people that have supported me Durant is the owner of Clasto the hot walkers all play big in the Grade 1, $300,000 Santa in Houston,” said Mora. “My agent sic Chevrolet in Grapevine, Texas roles. Jasmine did an outstanding (Toby Cathey) and so many trainMargarita Stakes at Santa Anita and sums up the key to his long on Saturday, March 16. Again, job and I am proud of both Roers named me on great horses. term association with Bruner. with her front-running score man (Chapa) and Gerardo (Mora).” I am very happy to be leading “I let Jack choose where to under Napravnik, she eclipsed Pish won his first Sam Hous- rider.” the million dollar mark in career ton Race Park title in 2006 and Born in Palestine, Texas, the run the horses; my job is to sell earnings. Purchased for $60,000 was the leader the following year 20-year-old Mora had family ties enough cars to pay for them!” End Zone Athletics, Inc. was in the 2009 January Sales at as well. In 2010, he finished in a to racing as his uncle, Adrian second in the standings with six Keeneland, Joyful Victory has tie with Karl Broberg. With four Ramos, has ridden in Texas, now won six of her 17 career leading trainer titles in Houston, Louisiana and New Mexico since wins. Jose Luis Espinoza, Ralls and Foster LLC and Pharme starts bankrolling $1,090,679. Pish is second to Steve Asmus2001. Mora began working Racing, Ltd. were tied with five ‘She learned a lot in the sen, who holds the record with horses in Louisiana three years Houston Ladies Stakes,” said top honors for five seasons since ago, and rode as an apprentice at victories each. Jones. “We have always believed the track opened in 1994. Retama Park near San Antonio in in her talent, but she has grown Of course, he has blazed his 2011. He was the leading rider at Farmington, NM SunRay Park set for April and matured so much from her name in the Retama Park history Retama Park in their 2012 Thor4-year-old campaign. Rosie is book as trainer of the meet for a oughbred meeting and will head 19 opening amazing in getting her to relax record 13 years and added his first to Lone Star Park to see if he can By Michael Cusortelli Offering a lucrative stakes so she can show that fantastic title at Lone Star Park last summer. win the rare Texas triple. schedule worth more than $1.3 He will have a full barn in Grand cruising speed.” Murphy was second in the million in purses, SunRay Park Jones will give Joyful Victory Prairie when their Thoroughbred standings with 38 wins. Roman Chapa had a strong season with in Farmington, New Mexico, will a break and will look at some op- meet kicks off on April 11. open its 39-day Thoroughbred 26 victories and Chris Landeros Pish, 48, was born in Yoaportunities in late May. 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will feature 22 races, equally divided between both breeds. The meet’s richest race, the 350-yard, $150,000-est. New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG3) for state-bred 2-year-olds, is slated for May 26. The Four Corners Futurity (Grade 3), a 350-yard sprint for open 2-year-olds worth an estimated $100,000, will be run on June 16. SunRay Park’s closing day card on June 23 will be headed by the 1 1/8-mile, $75,000 San Juan County Commissioners Handicap, the meet’s richest Thoroughbred race. Six of SunRay’s Thoroughbred stakes are restricted to New Mexico-breds, including the 1-mile, $65,000 Jack Cole Handicap (R) for 3-yearolds and older on April 27. SunRay director of racing Lonnie Barber and racing secretary Jim Collins have received more than 1,800 applications for the track’s 1,070 stalls. Barber said that he expects overnight purses to average about $90,000 per day. Henry Dominguez, one of the southwest region’s leading trainers and SunRay’s secondleading Thoroughbred trainer last year, will be back with a stable this year. However, Barber said that leading trainer Justin Evans will not be returning. “Justin told us he’ll have a stable at Lone Star Park (in Texas) and Ruidoso Downs this spring and summer,” Barber said. “He’ll ship in and run some of his horses at our track, but he’s not going to have a stable here. “We’ll have some new people with smaller outfits coming in out of Idaho and Utah,” he added. “The more people we can get into our program, the more horses we’ll have entered and the larger field sizes we’ll have, and that will help the handle on our live races.” Barber said that SunRay Park will have several promotions to stimulate interest in the Four Corners region for its live racing and casino. The track’s popular hat contest will return on Kentucky Derby Day, May 4. Last year, SunRay Park drew its largest crowd of the season (4,662) on

Kentucky Derby Day. SunRay Park will also present live racing cards on Preakness Stakes Day, May 18, and Belmont Stakes Day, June 8. “It’s amazing to me how many people in our area – men and women – participate in our hat contest,” Barber said. “We had more than 100 people enter it last year. Kentucky Derby Day has always been our biggest day of the year, even when we were running fall dates and didn’t have live racing on that day. Our fans really come out and support us on Derby Day. “We’re doing a lot more things to create interest in our race meet, but we have to combat the economy in the Four Corners area – I think that’s our biggest challenge right now,” he added. “We’ll have a lot of promotions this year, some type of promotion or giveaway every week. We’ll have live bands the first two weekends, and a live band for the New Mexico Horsemen’s Association awards banquet (on May 25). Once we get people into our facility, we’re going to push every button we can to encourage them to stay.” Also, SunRay Park will be holding a benefit for Kenny “Puff” Moore on Saturday, April 27. A New Mexico native and familiar face around the state’s racetracks, Moore was an assistant starter who was killed in a gate accident at Hialeah Park in January. On April 27, SunRay Park will donate the proceeds from its live racing, including food and beverage sales, to a fund to benefit his wife, Skeeter, and their three children. Fans will be able to contribute to the fund as well. “Kenny’s father, Ken Sr., was my assistant back in the 1970s when I was training,” Barber recalled. “I knew Kenny since he was a child. He was part of our racetrack family.” SunRay Park’s meet has always featured some of the best Thoroughbreds in the southwest region and the best Quarter Horses in the country. In fact, Feature Mr Bojangles won the

Four Corners Futurity in 2011. The son of Feature Mr Jess went on to win the $700,000 Rainbow Futurity (Grade 1) at Ruidoso Downs and $259,943 Hobbs America Futurity (Grade 2) at Zia Park and was voted that year’s AQHA champion 2-year-old colt. Live racing at SunRay will be conducted four days a week, Fridays-through-Sundays and Tuesdays. First post time will be 2:30 p.m. (MDT) on Fridays and Tuesdays, and 12:55 p.m. on weekends. “We always look forward to our live meet,” Barber said. “We just hope that at some point we can get our economy in the Four Corners region going, get the oil and gas business up, and if we do we might be able to run more days. That would be good for everybody – it would be good for our facility, the county, the city, and the horsemen.” For more information on the SunRay Park meet, including a complete stakes schedule and condition book, visit the track’s website at www.sunraygaming. com, and click on the “Simulcast & Live Racing” link at the top of the homepage.

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gained a deep and thorough understanding of the Prairie Meadows program, both with respect to statebred conditions and races in open company. “From day one, we’ve appreciated having a professional with Chad’s ability, who also works well with others and has a fine attention for detail. The knowledge gained from his many years at Prairie Meadows makes Chad ideal for this position.” Thoroughbred racing returns to Prairie Meadows on Friday, April 19. Race 1 post times for both the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meets will be 6:30 p.m. (CT) on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, and 1 p.m. on Sundays. The 67-day ThoroughAltoona, IA bred format runs through August Prairie Meadows 10; it will be exclusive with nine names Chad Keller or more races each race day and Thoroughbred and an average of $225,000 per day in purses. The 2013 Thoroughbred Quarter Horse stakes schedule, worth an estiRacing Secretary Prairie Meadows has named mated $2.4 million will feature 34 stakes races including the Prairie Chad Keller its new racing secMeadows Cornhusker Handicap, retary over Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing. Keller, a na- Iowa Derby, and Iowa Oaks all tive of Omaha, Nebraska, joined which offer a Grade 3 designation. The Iowa Festival of Racing, Prairie Meadows in 2000 filling the entry clerk and placing judge which draws numerous Breeders’ Cup eligibles from around the positions. Keller was named nation, will be held on June 28 clerk of scales in 2001. In 2006, Keller was promoted to assistant and 29. The Iowa Classic features some of Iowa’s top-flight runners Thoroughbred racing secretary. on Saturday, Aug. 3. And, in 2008, Prairie Meadows The American Quarter added the title Quarter Horse Horse season starts on Saturday, racing secretary to his growing August 17. The 26-day format responsibilities. will be exclusive with eight or Over the years, reports Prairie Meadows Racing Director more races each race day and an average of $130,000 per day in Derron Heldt, Chad Keller has

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purses. The 2013 Quarter Horse stakes schedule, worth an estimated $1.3 million, will feature 10 graded races among 21 stakes overall. Prairie Meadows Quarter Horse Champions Night is Oct. 11, which annually draws some of the midwest’s top athletes to compete in three Grade 3 stakes, Two Rivers, Altoona Derby, and Valley Junction Futurity. Iowa Champions Night is Saturday, Oct. 12, featuring some of Iowa’s finest statebreds. Horsemen are encouraged to visit www.prairiemeadows. com “Racing” for more information on the racing calendar, stall application, condition book, stakes schedule, nomination forms, and more. They can also contact Racing Secretary Chad Keller at 515-957-3027, or Chad. Keller@prairiemeadows.com.

Vinton, LA Melancon, Broberg and End Zone Athletics snare top horsemen honors at Delta Downs

Delta Downs closed out another outstanding Thoroughbred season on Saturday night with several familiar names finishing at the top of the horsemen’s standings. Gerard Melancon won his third local riding title while Karl Broberg won top trainer honors. End Zone Athletics Inc. (Karl Broberg and Matt Johanson) finished with the most wins among owners. Melancon’s season featured 104 trips to the winner’s circle from 464 mounts. His rides earned a sum of $2,360,696 in purse money during the 87-day stand. Making the meet even more memorable for the Louisiana native was a victory aboard Doc R U It on January 30, which gave him 4,000 career wins. That feat had only been accomplished by 64 riders in North American racing history. This year’s riding title for Melancon was his third in the Boyd Gaming era at Delta Downs. He also ended the season on 28 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

letter to the editor

Dear Editor, As we write this letter we do so with a very heavy heart. On January 20, 2013 our son and brother Kenneth Moore was seriously injured in the starting gates at Hialeah and lost his life from the injuries he sustained which was head trauma. Kenny has worked on the gates off and on from the time he was 15 years old. He had worked all over the state of New Mexico at the race tracks and over the past four years traveled to Florida to work at Hialeah. The days following his accident we were hoping we would see the guys wearing vests and helmets at Hialeah but they finished out the meet with nothing. We have watched Gulfstream which my brother did frequent while in Florida and saw that the gate crew does wear vests but no helmets. We find it very hard to believe that the jockeys and pony people are wearing vests and helmets and the gate crews are wearing vests but no helmets. The gate crews work in very tight quarters with these animals that weigh over a thousand pounds surrounded by metal, very little room and very little padding as do the jockeys and horses. The gate crew knows their job is to protect the jockeys, horses and then themselves. Over the months I have received many messages from jockeys regarding my brother’s death. Telling me how the gate crew is their top in 2007-08 and 2008-09. The 2007-08 season was his best ever in Vinton as he set a local record with 146 wins and over $2.8 million in mount earnings. Broberg won his second consecutive leading trainer title by saddling 56 winners from 223 starters. He was the only conditioner to reach the seven digit mark in earnings as his runners accounted for $1,029,028. Broberg’s biggest win of the meet came with the speedy mare Dolly Bonz, who won the $55,000 Louisiana Premier Night Bon Temps Starter on February 2. Overall Dolly Bonz won five of seven starts during the meet. End Zone Athletics Inc. also won their second consecutive leading owner title this season. This year they saw 17 of their starters make it to the winner’s circle from 55 overall starts. Their entrants earned $209,450

protector in the gates and how often they forget to tell them “thank you”. It is now time somebody stands up and speaks out for these guys. The gate crew takes a lot of abuse doing their job and sometimes I think it goes unnoticed from all parties. The purpose in this letter is to draw attention to the fact that not all race tracks are required to have the gate crew protected as well as the jockeys and pony people are. We are writing you this letter in hopes that maybe just maybe we can draw attention to this matter and hopefully save one person’s life in our son and brother’s name. If our son and brother would have had these simply safety devices on we may not have to be sitting here writing you this letter. It is our belief that this should be an industry wide standard followed not only by the state of Florida but all states that have horses races. These two things are simple safety devices that can save a life. Thank you for reading this letter and we do hope that you take this very seriously and try to save one person’s life by purchasing a vest and a helmet and make it a requirement on your race tracks. We are simply asking you do this in our son and brother’s name. Sincerely, Kristi Baca and Frenda Rounseville

in purse money. In 2011-12, when they won their first local crown, they enjoyed 15 wins and $194,842 in earnings.

$400,000 Houston Ladies Classic on Saturday, January 26, 2013 featured a dynamic field of fillies and mares. The winner, Joyful Victory gave a dominating performance that garnered national attention. The 5-year-old daughHouston, TX ter of Tapit trained by Larry Jones Stakes program, and owned by Fox Hill Farms, attendance and handle Inc, solidified her place as one gains highlight recently of the top older horses in the concluded 2013 Sam country with a stunning victory in the Grade 1, $300,000 Santa Houston Race Park Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita Thoroughbred meet less than two months later. Now Sam Houston Race Park racing’s newest millionaire will concluded its 20th Annual Live likely accomplish even more en Thoroughbred meet on March 18. The 33-day racing season was route to her intended target of the 2013 Breeders’ Cup World highlighted by a series of high Thoroughbred Championships in profile stakes races and notable November. attendance and handle gains. The Houston Ladies Classic The revamped stakes and three additional stakes were schedule in 2013 was anchored televised nationally on HRTV and by the richest Thoroughbred race in Texas and in Sam Houston locally on Fox Sports Southwest. Joyful Victory was joined by Race Park history. The inaugural

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several other noteworthy champions and graded stakes winners at Sam Houston Race Park. Jones had a memorable night on January 26 as both Joyful Victory and Icon Ike set new track records in their stakes victories. Icon Ike closed powerfully to capture the $75,000 Champion Energy Services Stakes. The talented turf sprinter followed his victory with a win in the Colonel Power Stakes at Fair Grounds and is slated to compete in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint. Swift Warrior topped a stellar field in the Grade 3, $200,000 Connally Turf Cup; Departing stamped his ticket to the Grade 2, $1,000,000 Louisiana Derby with his victory in the Texas Heritage Stakes. Sam Houston Race Park also welcomed back trainer Kenneth McPeek, who shipped in the very game Unstoppable U, winner of the $100,000 Maxxam Gold Cup. Daily purses were up 5% from 2012 to $170,000 per day, compared to $162,000 in 2012. For the third consecutive year Sam Houston Race Park was able to offer the highest purse structure since opening in 1994. In total, the meet featured 23 stakes races with purses of $1.7 million including four new stakes for Texas-breds. “This was a successful meet for us with solid fields throughout the season and one of the most competitive stakes programs in the history of Sam Houston Race Park,” said Eric Johnston, vice president of racing. “We attracted nationally prominent horsemen including Steve Asmussen, Larry Jones, John Terranova, Mike Maker, Bret Calhoun, Mark Casse, Eddie Keneally and Al Stall. Each were effusive in their praise of the quality and safety of our main track surface and Connally Turf Course.” Sam Houston Race Park officials noted increases in both on-track and total handle. Total handle was up 2 percent with $43,917,000 wagered compared to $43,071,000 last year. Total ontrack handle from Houston fans increased 9 percent. Monday

afternoon racing continued to be well-received by racing fans. On both Feb. 11 and March 18, Sam Houston Race Park led the nation in handle for the live cards. Live attendance was up 10 percent from 2012 with sizeable crowds for several of the racing festival events. On March 9, Sam Houston Race Park hosted the second annual Camel and Ostrich Races. The highly entertaining evening attracted a crowd of 14,818, topping the record-setting attendance of 12,389 in 2012. In addition, Sam Houston Race Park named the Susan G. Komen For the Cure® as beneficiary for the Houston Ladies Stakes on January 26 with $1 for each paid admission to benefit the charity. Over 7,835 fans enjoyed the entertaining evening of racing and many donned their most creative hats for the “Think Pink” Hat Contest. The end result was a donation of $10,335 for the Houston chapter, but even more importantly, the beginning of a long-term association with one of the most respected charities, both on a national and citywide basis. “Our goal was to improve the quality of our live racing product and we believe we made great strides, especially with addition of the Houston Ladies Classic,” said Sam Houston Race Park president, Andréa Young. “That stakes will return next year. We really felt it set the tone for the entire meet.”

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Shakopee, MN Canterbury Park to open barns early as demand rises With returning horsemen and new trainers requesting access to the Canterbury Park stable area in mid-April, track officials announced today that barns will be open Monday, April 15 and that the one-mile main track will be available for training Monday, April 22, seven days earlier than originally planned. Canterbury Park President Randy Sampson and Minnesota Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective

Royal Heroine Mile, a Grade 2 for older fillies and mares on turf. The American Oaks, which featured a rail-skimming victory by favored Lady of Shamrock in 2012, will be contested Saturday, July 13 and is the last of six Grade 1’s during the meet. An invitational for 3-yearold fillies at 1 ¼ miles on turf, the American Oaks anchors a program that also includes the $200,000 A Gleam Handicap for older females at seven furlongs, the $150,000 Landaluce Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at six furlongs and the $150,000 Hollywood Juvenile Championship for 2-year-olds at six furlongs. “Once again, the Hollywood Gold Cup and the American Oaks are the highlights of the season,’’ said Martin Panza, Betfair Hollywood Park’s racing secretary and vice president-racing. “The meet should get off to a good start with the well-received Golden State series continuing on California Gold Rush Day (April 27).’’ A Grade 1 on turf, the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile, will be run Saturday, June 29, along with the $250,000 Triple Bend Handicap, a Grade 1 at seven furlongs. For the second consecutive year, the Grade 2 Swaps Stakes will be offered on the 4th of July. Offering a purse of $150,000, the Inglewood, CA Swaps, which is for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles, is the main attraction Hollywood Gold Cup, of a holiday card that kicks off American Oaks among the second to last week of the meet highlights; 75th 49-day meet. anniversary season gets The Hollywood Gold Cup under way April 25 and American Oaks programs are The 74th running of the among 10 multiple stakes days $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at the meeting. The first is Gold and the $350,000 American Oaks Rush XIV, the annual showcase headline a stakes schedule worth for California breds. more than $6.8 million for the Run at 1 1/8 miles, the 2013 Spring/Summer meet at $300,000 Snow Chief Stakes and Betfair Hollywood Park. the $250,000 Melair Stakes are The 75th anniversary season the main Gold Rush events. The begins Thursday, April 25 and con- Snow Chief is for 3-year-olds tinues through Sunday, July 14. while the Melair is for 3-year-old A Grade 1 at 1 ¼ miles over fillies at 1 1/16 miles. The other Cushion Track, the Gold Cup, notable Gold Rush stakes are the which was won a year ago by $125,000 B. Thoughtful, which Game On Dude, will be run is restricted to older fillies and Saturday, July 6, and is part of a mares, and the $125,000 Tiznow stakes doubleheader. The card for older horses. Both are run at 7 will also feature the $150,000 ½ furlongs. Association President Thomas Metzen reached an agreement to share the costs associated with an earlier start date to accommodate the demand. Canterbury’s race meet begins Friday, May 17. The training track will open April 16. “We have received a record number of stall applications,” Sampson said. “Trainers that have raced here for years are increasing numbers and improving the quality of their stock while several new trainers and owners, including some of the best in the Midwest, are intending to be here. If the weather cooperates we will open for training earlier than expected to make sure they are all ready to race.” With purses projected to be nearly double the 2010 level due to a joint marketing agreement with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Canterbury received stall requests for more than 2,400 horses. Allotment of the 1,600 available stalls will be determined next week. Earlier this year, Javier Barajas was hired as track superintendent. Barajas holds a similar position at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai and will arrive at the Shakopee, MN track in early April.

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In addition to the simulcast of the Kentucky Derby, Saturday, May 4 will feature the $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap and the $70,000-added Cool Frenchy Stakes. The LeRoy, a Grade 2 at 1 1/16 miles, is the first prep for the Gold Cup. Along with the simulcast of the Belmont Stakes, the primary race Saturday, June 8 is the $200,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap, a Grade 2 at 1 ¼ miles on turf. There will be two other grass stakes for 3-year-old fillies that afternoon – the $150,000 Honeymoon Handicap at 1 1/8 miles and the $70,000-added Manhattan Beach at six furlongs. A Grade 2 at 1 1/8 miles, the $150,000 Californian, which was taken by Game On Dude in 2012, will be run Saturday, June 1. The Vanity, which was captured by longshot Love Theway Youare a year ago, will be offered Saturday, June 15, the richest of three stakes that afternoon. A Grade 1 for older fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles, the Vanity has a purse of $250,000. The other stakes on the Vanity undercard are for 2-yearolds at 5 ½ furlongs – the $100,000 Willard L. Proctor and the $100,000 Cinderella, which is restricted to fillies. The stakes schedule commences April 25 with the $70,000-added Harry Henson Stakes. Named in honor of the legendary track announcer who worked at Hollywood Park from 1958-1982, the Henson is for 3-year-olds at six furlongs on turf. Several changes to the 47-stakes schedule include two turf stakes, the Inglewood and Beverly Hills handicaps, have been eliminated. Purses for the Grade 1 American Oaks, the Railbird, and the Melair Stakes have been cut, while the Fran’s Valentine Stakes will carry a $30,000 purse increase. Additionally, the $100,000 Laz Barrera Memorial Stakes has been replaced with the $70,000 Came Home Stakes. The Grade 1 Charles Wittingham has also been

downgraded to a Grade 2, and will The sale was held exactly take a $50,000 purse decrease. one month before the opening of Evangeline Downs’ 84-night Thoroughbred meet, which opens on Wednesday, April 17 Opelousas, LA and runs through Saturday, Wildcat Heir filly tops September 7. Racing will be John Franks Memorial conducted four nights a week, Sale Wednesday-Saturday, with a first Sweet Alice Benbow, a filly post time of 5:40 p.m. (CDT). by Grade 1 winner Wildcat Heir, sold for $43,000 to top Sunday’s Ruidoso Downs, NM John Franks Memorial 2-YearRuidoso Horse Sale Olds in Training Sale at Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino. graduates dominate $231,306 NM Spring Locally based owner Lee Futurity trials Young signed the ticket for Ruidoso Horse Sale graduSweet Alice Benbow, who is a ates were dominant in the half sister to two stakes-placed $231,306 New Mexican Spring runners, including Winey Taylor, Futurity trials at Sunland Park on a filly by Indian Ocean who ran Friday afternoon. second in the $100,000 Catcha$45,000 Ruidoso Select Sale risingstar Stakes at Calder Racegraduate Moonifisant, showed course in Miami in 2009. he could be a force against open Rodney Verret of Opelouas well as New Mexico-bred sas, Louisiana, purchased the completion with an overwhelmForefathers gelding Forerun for ing performance when racing to $42,000. Forerun is one of four the fastest-qualifying time. foals produced by Daisy For RuOwned by Peter Gallegos, biano, an 11-year-old mare by RuRobert Sanchez and Patricia biano who won the 2006 Slavic Gonzalez, Moonifisant won the Light Stakes at Delaware Park, last of 10 trials for New Mexicoand he is part of the freshman breds by three lengths as the 4-5 crop by his sire, a winning and favorite. He was timed in :15.007 Grade 2-placed son of the Mr. for the 300 yards. Prospector stallion Gone West. Moonifisant, a son of Sixes A total of 87 2-year-olds Royal and top producer Nawere sold for $788,200, comgano Moon, is a half-brother pared to last year’s sale, when to champion aged stallion First 113 head sold for $1,125,700. Moonflash, stakes winners Dash This year’s average of nearly Ta Moon and Full Moon Dasher, $9,060 was just under the 2012 and last year’s Rainbow Futurity average of $9,078. runner-up Vancouver Moon. “We were pleased with our It was also a big afternoon results,” said Charlotte Stemfor other Ruidoso Sales gradumans Clavier, president of sale ates qualifiers: Woodys Allstar administrator Stemmans Inc. “The bar was set pretty high after by Woodbridge, NM QH Bred Sale $8,000; Jess Sandy Jr by last year’s outstanding sale, and despite not having any six-figure Jesse James Jr. NM QH Bred Sale headliners we were able to match $30,000; Threedewoodee by Woodbridge NM QH Bred Sale last year’s average sale price. “We felt going into the sale $39,000; Too Flash for You by Chicks A Blazin Ruidoso Select Sale that this year’s catalog featured many attractive athletes who we $20,000; Unseen Version by Latest Version NM QH Bred Sale $3,000; graded in the mid-level range, and that indeed proved the Patrick James by Jesse James Jr. case,” she added. “No less than NM QH Bred Sale $37,000 and 15 of the 87 horses who went Spiced Swissie by Swissle Stick NM through the sales ring sold for QH Bred Sale $28,500. $15,000 or more.” Eight out of the ten quali-

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fiers were Ruidoso Horse Sale graduates, 6 from the NM QH Bred Sale and 2 from the Ruidoso QH Select Yearling Sale.

MAR 17, 2013

El Paso, TX Sylvia Hauschild (19362013)

Sylvia Hauschild, 74, of Ruidoso passed away Sunday, March 17 in El Paso, Texas. She was born Nov. 30, 1936 in Morris, Illinois to Lillian and Leonard Lynes who both precede her in death. Sylvia was secretary for Morris Paper Mill and Grundy Business Service in Morris, Illinois, hostess for the Stockyard Restaurant in Joliet, Illinois, member of the Grundy County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee; she was on several committees for the Coal City P.T.A., member of the 54 Club and the Coal City Methodist Church. She graduated from Morris High School in 1954 and had worked for the Navy Department. She moved to Ruidoso in 1994 from Coal City, Illinois and was a member of the Cree Meadows Country Club where she played with the Nine Holers then became a race horse owner racing at all tracks in New Mexico. Survivors include her husband: Vernon Hauschild of Alto; two sons, David Hauschild and his wife Debbie of Coal City, Illinois and Edward Hauschild of Alto; grandchildren, Blake, Hilary, Alex, Ariana, Abigal, and Aric; great grandchild, Juliana Aguilar-Hauschild; two sisters, Cindy and Lenna and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son, Roger Hauschild on March 19, 1995 and a brother, Grant Marshall. The family has requested memorials to the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack Chapel, PO Box 449, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346 or the Humane Society of Lincoln County, PO Box 2832, Ruidoso, NM 88355. The funeral service was FriSureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 31

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MAR 16, 2013

Ruidoso Downs, NM Popular training races return at Ruidoso Downs

The popular training races at Ruidoso Downs return for the third year on May 6-8. The 300-yard race provide owners, trainers and fans an opportunity to get a peek at some of the top 2-year-old prospects pointing to the rich summer futurities at Ruidoso Downs: the Grade 1, $750,000 Ruidoso Futurity, the Grade 1, $1 million Rainbow Futurity and the Grade 1, $2.6 million All American Futurity. Ruidoso Futurity trials are held on opening day of the summer season, May 24. The training races will be at 8:30 a.m., after the renovation break, and each race will be limited to six horses. Post times will be 18 minutes apart and horses must be saddled before coming to the paddock. Entries will be taken on or before 11 a.m. on May 2. The entry must include horse’s name, trainer and jockey preference (1st, 2nd and 3rd choice). There will be a $50 entry fee due at time of entry (cash or check only). The horse will not be able to leave the paddock if entry payment is not paid. Also returning is the popular horsemen’s welcome back barbecue on May 8 after the training races at the backside chapel.

Norman, OK Bob Moore Farms welcomes new staff veterinarian Shalyn Bliss

Bob Moore Farms is pleased to announce the addition of staff veterinarian, Shalyn Bliss. Dr. Bliss is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. She is a member of the Society for Theriogenology, American Association of Equine Practitioners, American and Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Associations and the Texas Equine

Trainer Mike Maker earned his 1,000th career victory March 16 when Magical Season won the third race at Fair Grounds. Winning jockey Shaun Bridgmohan and Maker’s New Orleans-based assistant, Joe Sharp, accepted congratulations on behalf of the Maker barn. Photo by Hodges Photography

Veterinary Association. With Shalyn’s vast knowledge and proficiency in areas such as embryo transfer, semen freezing, sub-fertility management of mares and stallions, low dose insemination and semen processing techniques, Dr. Bliss brings a wealth of knowledge to Bob Moore Farms and expands the existing scope of reproductive services the farm offers. “We are extremely pleased with the expertise that Dr. Bliss brings to Bob Moore Farms.” Says Phillip Stewart, Bob Moore Farms farm manager. “Our staff, along with Dr. Bliss is experienced and equipped to successfully manage all the steps in the assisted

breeding process. We continually strive to not only maintain a reputation for high pregnancy rates, but improve on those numbers by offering additional services for sub-fertile mares and stallions. The addition of Dr. Bliss enables us to reach this goal.” For more information on Bob Moore Farms reproductive services, call 405-329-8571 or visit www.bobmoorefarms.com.

outside of North America to the Championships will receive a $40,000 travel allowance, and owners of domestic horses shipping to California will receive a $10,000 travel allowance. “As the leading international Thoroughbred racing event offering $25 million in purses, today’s actions further our goals of increasing our global reach by creating even more attractive opportunities for our participants.” said Tom Ludt, Breeders’ Cup Chairman. “We’re very excited to extend significant travel allowances to all owners shipping horses to California and to make the Championships more affordable by reducing entry fees by 33 percent for all races.” Contact: Jim Gluckson 212230-9512.

MAR 14, 2013

2013 Online Fact Book available on Jockey Club website

The Jockey Club has launched the 2013 edition of the Online Fact Book for statistical and informational guide to Thoroughbred breeding, racing and auction sales in North America and includes some state and provincial analysis. Lexington, KY The 2013 editions of state Breeders’ Cup awards fact books, which feature detailed travel allowances for breeding, racing and auction sales world champions; information specific to numerous reduces entry fees states and Canadian provinces, The Breeders’ Cup board are also available on The Jockey approved the operating Club website. The state fact books budget for 2013 which, are updated monthly. for the first time, will “The online fact book and include travel allowances the state fact books are compaid to all participants prehensive resources designed shipping from outside of to educate anyone interested California for this year’s in the Thoroughbred breeding Breeders’ Cup World and racing industry,” said James Championships, Nov. 1-2 L. Gagliano, president and chief at Santa Anita Park. In operating officer of The Jockey addition, the Breeders’ Club. “They provide not only a Cup will reduce entry fees statistical history of the sport for its Championships but also objective insights into races from 3 percent to 2 trends related to breeding, racpercent, also beginning ing and sales.” with this year. The print edition of the 2013 This year, owners Fact Book will be published in Shalyn Bliss of horses shipping from April. Fact Book: http://jockeySureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 33

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MAR 12, 2013

Washington, DC Equine Tax Parity Act introduced in D.C.

Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) introduced the Equine Tax Parity Act (H.R. 998), which would make horses eligible for capital gains treatment after 12 months, rather than 24, similar to other business assets. Under the current federal tax code, gains from sales by individuals of property used in a trade or business, including horses, qualify for long-term capital gains and are subject to the maximum capital gains tax rate of 15 percent for taxpayers earning less than $450,000 or 20 percent for those earning more. Since the individual tax rate can go as high as 39.6 percent, the lower rate is a real advantage. “Horses held for breeding, racing, showing or draft purposes qualify for the capital gains rates only if they are held for 24 months. All other business assets (except cattle) qualify if held for 12 months,” Said AHC president Jay Hickey. “We believe this is unfair to the horse industry and there is no reason why we should not be treated the same as all other businesses.” The Equine Tax Parity Act would end this discriminatory treatment of horses under the tax code and allow horse owners to enjoy the reduced rate upon sale after holding a horse for 12 months. For most owners and breeders shortening the capital gains holding period to 12 should be a benefit. Reducing the holding period by half would give many horse owners and breeders more flexibility to sell and market their horses. It would mean that every sale of a horse which is held for at least 12 months will qualify as a capital gain or loss unless that horse is held primarily for sale. “We appreciate Congressman Barr introducing this legislation and highlighting this unfair tax treatment of horses, we will 34 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

work with the Congressman to get it passed,” said Hickey.

MAR 11, 2013

Ruidoso Horse Sale Company joins support for Racing Free Breeders Incentive Program

The Racing Free team is continuing to gain momentum and spread the word about their efforts to reward those in the horse racing industry that stand for the elimination of performance-enhancing drugs. In the beginning of February, Racing Free announced the addition of a Breeders Incentive Program into their organization. For $300 prior to sale, any breeder can nominate their horse into the Racing Free Breeders Incentive Program. Once sold, the new owner will receive a voucher for one Racing Free membership at any participating track. When the new owner enrolls the horse, and the memberhorse wins a race and receives a clear commission-level drug test, the new owner and breeder will be rewarded $750 each, respectively, for each win at that meet. With the upcoming sale season just around the corner, Racing Free is thrilled to announce that the Ruidoso Horse Sale Company has agreed to promote the Racing Free Breeders Incentive Program in their yearling sale catalogs. Any Breeder Incentive Program nominated horse will be identified with the other racing nominations on each catalog page. This is a wonderful way for breeders to take a stand for a positive future for racing, keep connections with their horses, and be rewarded along the way. “The more support we receive and memberships that come in, the more rewards we will be able to give back to our industry.” says Micah McKinney, cofounder of Racing Free. “The sky is the limit with Racing Free and our team will continue making every effort to be positive about all of the hard work our regulators are putting in for this sport. We hope to see every single consigned yearling enrolled in

our program for 2014 Racing.” Nomination forms can be found at www.racingfree.com or can be completed over the phone at 325-248-5220. The Racing Free team encourages all breeders, consignors, sale companies & participants to look into getting involved with this rewarding opportunity. Racing Free welcomes any questions and looks forward to a great year in racing and yearling sales.

MAR 9, 2013

Hobbs, NM Hutton named Director of Racing Operations at Zia Park

Longtime racing official and former horsemen Fred Hutton has been named Director of Racing Operations at Zia Park. In addition to overseeing the track’s day to day racing office; Hutton will serve as Zia Park’s point person on all racing matters and will coordinate Zia’s efforts with the New Mexico Racing Commission and the New Mexico HBPA and New Mexico Horse Breeders Association. “I’m excited to join the Zia Park and Penn National Gaming team on a full-time basis. There is a lot of opportunity for continued improvement in the racing program at Zia Park and we want to make our operation the racing leader in New Mexico,” said Hutton. “Having Fred join our team is another step in our continued efforts to enhance our racing program at Zia Park,” said General Manager Rafael Verde. Hutton began his career in horse racing as a jockey and then trainer, spending over 30 years on that side of the business. He moved to working on the racetrack side in the early 1990’s at Thistledown in Cleveland, Ohio as a racing official and member of the starting gate crew. In 2000 he joined Remington Park and held several management positions over the next ten years including Director of Racing/Racing Secretary and Stakes Coordinator as well as Director of Simulcasting.

Hutton has served on a seasonal basis as Racing Secretary at Zia Park since 2011 and in 2012 was Racing Secretary for Prairie Meadows. “Fred adds another strong piece to the Penn National Gaming racing team” said Christopher McErlean, Vice President of Racing for Penn National Gaming, Inc. “We have already started working on some exciting plans that will hopefully be announced shortly and which I think will be well received,” McErlean added. Hutton will start March 24, subject to all required regulatory approvals.

MAR 8, 2013

Equine Herpesvirus, EHV-1: basic biosecurity measures are key to preventing the spread

Equine herpesvirus-1, also known as EHV-1, has been making headlines for the past few years. In 2011, some horses that had attended the National Cutting Horse Association Western National Championship in Ogden, Utah, began showing neurologic signs after leaving the event. This particular outbreak affected the equine industry in multiple states, and lead to fatalities in some horses that developed the neurologic form of EHV-1, called equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM). EHV-1 is highly contagious to other horses and can cause respiratory disease primarily in juvenile horses, such as nasal discharge, fever and coughing; infection can also result in abortion and neonatal death. The most concerning manifestations of EHV-1 infection are neurological signs, such as a wobbly gait caused by lack of coordination of the limbs, with the hind limbs often more severely affected, as well as urinary incontinence. These appear when the virus causes damage to blood vessels in the brain and spinal cord. Though EHM is not new, more outbreaks are being recognized, with more horses seeming to be affected in each outbreak, caus-

ing concern among many equine owners. EHV-1 can affect horses of all breeds and ages, and is spread via direct contact (nose-to-nose contact), indirect contact (from shared water buckets or tack, as well as from people’s hands), and through the air (aerosolized transmission). Though there are many vaccines containing EHV-1 (the rhinopneumonitis vaccine your horse typically gets in his regular vaccine series), there is no vaccine currently on the market that has a label claim for prevention of the neurologic form of the disease. The goal of vaccination is to boost immunity in order to control respiratory disease or abortion resulting from of EHV-1 infection. Most horses have been exposed to and infected by EHV-1 by the time they are 2-yearolds (typically as they are foals in contact with their dams). Often the virus becomes inactive once the horse is infected, but the animal will remain a life-long carrier of the virus. These carriers may show no outward signs of infection with EHV-1, though the virus can be re-activated should the horse become stressed, such as during transport, weaning or intense exercise. Once activated, the virus can spread via the aerosol route (even from a seemingly “healthy” horse).

heit, you should contact your veterinarian, who will do a physical examination and, if indicated, will take both a nasal swab and a blood sample, and send them to a laboratory to be tested. Should these tests come back positive for EHV-1 and your horse is showing neurologic signs, there is no “quick fix;” your veterinarian will base treatment on clinical and laboratory information available. Treatment with antiinflammatories is often given. Antiviral drugs have also been used to treat EHV-1 cases. Contracting the neurologic form of EHV-1 is not a death sentence; some horses may recover fully while others have life-long neurologic deficits to which some can adapt. According to Dr. Pusterla, 5 to 30 percent of horses that contract EHV-1 will develop EHM; of these EHM cases, 5 to 50 percent will necessitate euthanasia. Dr. Pusterla stressed that each neurologic case should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. This is just one of the many efforts that the AAEP Foundation is coordinating on behalf of the industry through the Equine Research Coordination Group (ERCG), which is comprised of researchers and organizations that support equine research. Formally organized in 2006, the ERCG has a mission of advancing the health and welfare of horses How Do I Prevent It? by promoting the discovery and sharing of Implementing basic biosecurity measures new knowledge, enhancing awareness of the are key to preventing the spread of EHV-1, need for targeted research, educating the according to Dr. Nicola Pusterla, DVM, PhD, public, expanding fundraising opportunities Diplomate ACVIM and professor at University and facilitating cooperation among funding of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medi- agencies. (www.aaepfoundation.org). cine. He concedes that while no horse owner will be able to eliminate all risks, everyday precautions should be taken, including washing Pomona, CA hands, using a separate pair of boots when Malibu Moon colt tops Barretts visiting other farms, and keeping horses that Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale leave the premises separate from those that live on the farm full-time. Simply knowing the By Michael Cusortelli An unnamed colt by Malibu Moon sold health status of other horses your horse might for $675,000 to top Monday’s Barretts March come into contact with can minimize the risk Select Two-Year-Old in Training Sale at Fairof spreading the disease to your horse. plex Park in Pomona, Calif. If your horse travels, Dr. Josie Traub-DarDemi O’Byrne, bloodstock agent for gatz, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM and profesCoolmore Farm, signed the ticket for the colt sor at Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, (hip no. 27), who was consigned by Jim Chapman’s Breaking Point Farm of Summerfield, suggests taking daily temperatures while he is away from his home base and then continu- Fla. The colt, who breezed the fastest quartermile (:20-4/5) at the March 1 preview, is out of ing to monitor his temperature for about a week once he returns. Though the incubation the winning Forest Wildcat mare Fashion Cat. period for EHV-1 can be as short as 24 hours, Fashion Cat is a half sister to three-time Grade horses begin to show signs typically a few 1 winner Peace Rules and two-time Charles days after exposure. Dr. Traub-Dargatz notes Town stakes winner Wild Fashion. that the horse may only have mild fever, slight The top-seller’s sire, Malibu Moon, has nasal discharge or a cough (some horses sired 26 graded stakes winners, including Orb, exhibit no signs of disease) before neurologic the winner of the Feb. 23, $400,000 Besilu signs develop, so careful monitoring is key. Stables Fountain of Youth Stakes (Grade 2) for If you find your horse’s temperature to be 3-year-olds at Gulfstream Park. above the normal 99 to 101.5 degrees FahrenO’Byrne also acquired the second-

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highest seller, a gray or roan colt by the Unbridled’s Song stallion Dunkirk (hip no. 67), for $570,000. Consigned by Bruno DeBerdt’s Excel Bloodstock, the colt is out of the winning 15-year-old Kyle’s Our Man mare Missy Turtle and is a half sister to Among The Willows, a filly by Brahms who ran third in the 2010 Northlands Oaks Stakes at Northlands Park in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The third-highest seller, a dark bay or brown War Front colt (hip no. 97) consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables Inc., was acquired for $570,000 by trainer Patrick Biancone. The colt is the first foal produced by Seasoned, a winning and stakes-placed 6-year-old mare by two-time Grade 2 winner Pulpit. A total of 61 2-year-olds sold for $8,751,000, for an average of $143,459. The sale average was 31 percent higher than last year’s sale average of $109,429. This year’s sale median of $100,000 was 17.6 percent higher than the 2012 median of $85,000. For more information, visit www.barretts.com.

graphs of the horse, and the horse’s Certificate of Foal Registration to The Jockey Club within 60 days of the sale. The Jockey Club will stamp the certificate “Retired from Racing” and forward it to the purchaser. A copy of such stamped certificates will be made available at registry.jockeyclub.com for interested industry stakeholders. The rule change comes as welcome news to owners, horsemen, and organizations dedicated to aftercare. “This rule will greatly enhance Thoroughbred aftercare efforts,” said Mike Ziegler, executive director, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. “Many owners and rescue organizations were hesitant about sending pedigree papers with a horse because they were worried the horse would end up back on the track. Now, the papers can travel with the Thoroughbred to its second career, making it easier to identify and more appealing to new owners.” The retired from racing rule is spelled out below and can be found in the online Principal Rules and Requirements of The American Stud Book at registry.jockeyclub.com. New Rule 18 Jockey Club amends rule book 18. SOLD AS RETIRED FROM RACING with ‘retired from racing’ clause A. If an owner desires a Thoroughbred to The Jockey Club has amended Rule 18 of be considered retired from racing, the owner/owner’s agent must submit the the Principal Rules and Requirements of The following to The Jockey Club within 60 American Stud Book from Sold Without Pedidays after the date of sale: gree to Sold as Retired from Racing so that an owner can retire a Thoroughbred from racing 1. The Certificate of Foal Registration; without affecting its breeding privileges, it 2. A completed Sold as Retired from Racwas announced today. ing form bearing notarized signatures Under the previous Rule 18, the Cerof both the owner/owner’s agent and tificate of Foal Registration for a horse sold the purchaser/purchaser’s agent; without pedigree was returned to The Jockey 3. A set of four color photographs of Club and cancelled, and the horse was no lonthe horse (front, both sides, and rear ger considered a Thoroughbred for breeding views) clearly showing the color and or racing purposes. the markings (or lack of markings) on Under the amended Rule 18, the owner the head, legs and body; and of a Thoroughbred can request that The 4. Any further evidence and assurances Jockey Club attach a special notation to the as The Jockey Club may require. Certificate of Foal Registration to indicate B. Upon receipt in the Registry Office, the the horse should no longer be considered a respective Certificate of Foal Registration Thoroughbred for racing purposes. Unlike the will be stamped “Retired from Racing” previous Sold Without Pedigree, horses that and will be returned to the purchaser/ are Retired from Racing are still considered purchaser’s agent. A copy of the stamped Thoroughbreds for breeding purposes. Certificate of Foal Registration will be “For myriad reasons, owners may not made available on The Jockey Club Regiswant their Thoroughbred to race again, but try website at registry.jockeyclub.com. they do want the horse’s offspring to be eligible for registration with The Jockey Club,” C. Certificates of Foal Registration for Thoroughbreds that were recorded by the Regsaid Matt Iuliano, executive vice president istry Office as Sold Without Pedigree prior and executive director, The Jockey Club. “We to March 2013 shall remain cancelled. developed the Sold as Retired from Racing rule with that in mind.” Additional information about the new Rule To sell a horse as retired from racing, the 18 may be obtained by contacting The Jockey Club owner must send a signed and notarized Sold Registry at inquiries@jockeyclub.com or by calling as Retired from Racing form, a set of photo800-444-8521.

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MAR 30, 2013 Sunland Park, NM Pj Chick in Black looks great winning 50th running of West Texas Derby

Despite multiple delays at the gate, the classy Pj Chick in Black looked great winning the 50th running of the $203,148 West Texas Derby (Grade 3) at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. The fast starting Desirio filly kicked 1-length clear of a talented field to win her third career stakes race in impressive fashion. The world class filly throttled through the 400 yards in a quick 18.808 seconds, good for a 101 speed index. Winning jockey Esgar Ramirez had plenty of praise for the star filly in the winner’s circle, “She was 100% today. She has been training better and better every day. She stood up well and was perfect in the gates despite the delays. John did a great job with her. She is just a natural talent.” Victorious trainer John Stinebaugh was also very pleased with the performance of the three-year-old. “We had a good time bringing her back. She didn’t need surgery. It could be a great summer for her at Ruidoso. We’ve got 6 weeks until the first derby trials. You really don’t know how good it feels to get over this one.” Pj Chick in Black was the top qualifier and odds-on favorite for last year’s All American Futurity before finishing sixth. Pj Chick in Black completed a perfect two for two seasons at Sunland Park in 2013. The 2012 New Mexican Spring Futurity winner has never lost in 4 starts over Sunland Park soil. She earned $95,480 for owners Dennis Bowen, Susan Taylor and Jack Smith Farms of El Paso, Texas. Her career mark stands at 7 wins from 8 starts with earnings topping the $623,000 plateau. Mike Joiner’s Icu Deity ran a

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gallant race under jockey Casey Lambert to finish second, a nose in front of a fast closing Whiteface Eagle. Icu Deity picked up $36,567 for owners Linda Joiner and Marty Cope of Hobbs, New Mexico. Prince of Alexander, Secret Courage, Iba Jp, Caballo Famous Eagle, Rockin Disco and First Prize Moon rounded out the order of finish. Wild and Game was unruly in the gate two times and delayed the start. She was eventually scratched.

Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK Late rush gains Leo victory for First In Class DBS

After a pedestrian beginning, First In Class DBS managed to get moving and was rolling best at the end of the Grade 1,

$100,000 Leo Stakes to win by a neck Saturday night at Remington Park. Owned by Andrew Smith of Ardmore, Okla. and trained by Luis Villafranco, First In Class DBS was ridden by Roy Baldillez who had confidence in the horse after he finished his 3-year-old season well with a pair of wins at the end of 2012. “That was a tough field of horses and this horse showed in his last couple races that he’s a pretty nice horse himself and tonight he ran a big race and got it done,” Baldillez said. “The Long Knife was ahead of us but he started really moving and on the end we just went by them. He ran a super race, he’s running really game right now.” First In Class DBS came into the Leo as the only entrant in the race with less than $100,000 in career earnings. In fact, he had only won two career races with

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total earnings of just $20,137. His third career win, in a row, came against many a field full of graded stakes winners. After spotting The Long Knife and Jess Lips the early lead, First In Class DBS moved sharply on the outside from his numbernine post position. The 2-yearold was in striking position in the final 100 yards and managed to fly past his rivals in the final strides to gain victory. The Long Knife held second, a head better than Jess Lips. First In Class DBS handled the Leo’s 400 yards in :19.637 seconds over a fast track. At 14-1 odds, he paid $30.80 to win, $14.20 to place and $7.20 to show. The Long Knife, the beaten 2-1 wagering favorite, returned $3.40 to place and $3 to show. Jess Lips paid $3.60 to show. Now with three lifetime wins from 10 career starts, First In Class DBS picked up $60,000 for his Leo surprise to roll his overall money to $80,137. Bred in California by Double Bar S Ranch, First In Class DBS is by First Down Dash from the Chicks Beduino mare A Chick Of Class. Baldillez won his second consecutive Leo Stakes, having won the race a year ago on 2011 World Champion Cold Cash 123. The Leo is named after the great foundation sire in American Quarter Horse Racing. Leo was based for most of his life in Oklahoma, first in Pawhuska, then in Perry where a life-size statue still stands in his honor. 40 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

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Black Rosalita wins Decketta Stakes

Pot Ocash

1, Speedhorse/Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas in Female stakes runners were November. featured in the Grade 3, $52,500 Owned and bred by Shirley Decketta Stakes at 350 yards Wheeler of Boynton, Oklahoma, a race prior to the Leo. Black the pair of siblings went postRosalita enjoyed a solid start and ward as the 2-5 favorite in the run to pull away for a half-length Paul Harber. Imachickenkicker win. earned $15,300 for her win Owned by Dr. Francis L. and now has lifetime earnings Glowacki 97 Trust of Queenof $98,397. She is out of the stown, Md., Black Rosalita is broodmare Game Chicken, who, trained by Luz Chavira and was having foaled just three runners, ridden by newcomer Ivan Carnealso produced Flashthechicks ro who can still keep track of his and Imflashinthechicks, winner career wins with his fingers. of the Grade 1, Oklahoma Paint “This is my fourth win and Futurity on March 23 at Remingmy first stakes win,” a beaming ton Park. Carnero said from the winner’s Trained by Luis Villafranco, circle. “She broke off a little slow Imachickenkicker covered the but she always breaks slow. 330 yards in :17.566 seconds After about 200 or 250-yards she under jockey Cody Jensen and started rolling out there. She’s a paid $2.80 to win, $4 to place pretty good mare.” and $2.60 to show; entry mate Black Rosalita was squeezed Flashthechicks finished second. at the start of an allowance race Imachickenkicker chalks Spotless Redneck finished third another stakes win and paid $3.20 to show. that served as a prep event for Imachickenkicker reboundThe win in the Paul Harber is the Decketta on March 8. In that the second in a row for Villafraned off a last place finish in the race, Carnero managed to get co, who saddled Captain Bucko, Speedhorse/Graham Farms her out of the traffic bind, alter an Appaloosa, to victory in 2012. Derby trial race on March 8 to course and gain to a secondThe race is named in honor of win her third lifetime stakes race, place effort. There was no such the late Paul Harber, a founding the $25,500 Paul Harber Memotrouble for her in the Decketta member of the American Paint rial Stakes for Oklahoma-bred as she hit the finish in :17.431 Horse Association, from SemiPaints & Appaloosas. seconds. nole, Okla. Coupled in the wagering Cruzin The Wagon led early with Flashthechicks, Imachickenin the Decketta but could not kicker, a 3-year-old daughter of fend off the winner. Kuhl Wave was another head back for third Dos Poruno won a pair of futuriLos Alamitos Race ties in 2012. After scoring in the place. Course, Cypress, CA Black Rosalita was 5/2 in the Grade 1, Pot O Gold Futurity Pot Ocash steps up in at Will Rogers Downs in Clarewagering and paid $7 to win, more, Okla. in September, she Katella Handicap $3.80 to place and $2.80 to show. went on to capture the Grade The Jose Antonio MorenoCruzin The Wagon, the 2-1 betting favorite, paid $3.40 to place and $2.60 to show. Kuhl Wave returned $5.80 to show. Winning for the eighth time from 23 career starts, Black Rosalita enjoyed her second Remington Park win. The winner’s check of $30,000 pushes her total money earnings to $127,929. Bred in Maryland by her owner, Black Rosalita is 4-year-old mare by Sweet First Down from the Tolltac mare Poneta. Black Rosalita provided the first Decketta win for all of her connections. The Decketta is named in honor of the 1964 All American Futurity winner who raced for five seasons before becoming an outstanding broodmare for over 20 years. W.W. Wilson bred, owned and trained Decketta from his Blanchard, Okla. ranch.

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Agent Di Nozzo

owned and -trained Pot Ocash stepped up from the highpriced claiming ranks to score his second straight win when he took the $25,000 Katella Handicap on Sunday night at Los Alamitos. The Cruz Mendez-ridden Pot Ocash made a strong run on the outside of the eight-horse field to get up in the last few jumps and secure the head win over Fols Jesse. Gone With A Win was a neck back for third in the tight finish between the topthree horses. Pot Ocash was timed in :17.406 for the 350 yards. A well-bred gelding by Mr Eye Opener and out of All American Futurity winner Corona Cash, Pot Ocash won the Independence Day Handicap last summer and came off a win in a $50,000 claiming race. He finished second in the Bank of America Turf Paradise Challenge last fall, but was disqualified and placed tenth. Mesa Valley Farms’ Fols Jesse made a gallant run, however came up just short of his second-straight stakes win. The Jesse James Jr. son from the Mark Skeen barn dominated the Cypress Handicap by oneand-one-quarter lengths in his previous start. Carlos Eduardo Velazquez’s third-place runner Gone With A Win was moving up in class after winning a $20,000 claiming race and then finishing third in a conditioned allowance race as the favorite.

Separatist Firstdown

MAR 23, 2013 Delta Downs, Vinton, LA Agent Di Nozzo rallies from way back to claim Borgata at Delta Downs Delta Downs wrapped up its 2012-13 Thoroughbred season on Saturday night with a 12race program that featured the inaugural running of the $70,000 Borgata Stakes for older horses competing at one mile. The event was won by Lawana L. and Robert E. Low’s Agent Di Nozzo, who is trained by Steve Margolis and was ridden by Kirk LeBlanc. Margolis and LeBlanc also teamed up for a win on Friday night with Kaminari in the $70,000 Gold Coast Stakes for fillies and mares. Agent Di Nozzo’s victory was dramatic, as the bay runner came from nearly 15 lengths behind to storm past pacesetter Redhotrush in the homestretch and hit the finish line 3-1/4 lengths in front of his speedy rival. Hit the Road Lee finished another neck behind the top pair in third. The final time for Agent Di Nozzo was 1:37.41 over a fast track. The victory by Agent Di Nozzo marked the fifth win of his 11-race career. He earned $42,000 for his effort, which raised his career bankroll to $155,447. Agent Di Nozzo is a 4-yearold gelding by Ghostzapper, out of the Unaccounted For mare Quick Tip. He was bred in Kentucky by William S. Farish.

Katillac Man

Louisiana Downs, Bossier City, LA Separatist Firstdown pulls away in Harrah’s

Separatist Firstdown showed who was the best horse in the final 100 yards when he pulled away to keep his record spotless from two starts in the $191,500 Harrah’s Futurity on Saturday afternoon at Louisiana Downs. Earlier on the program, Katillac Man scored a mild upset over older horses when he rallied in the $20,000 Streakin La Jolla Stakes. Oscar Canales and Isidro Flores’ Separatist Firstdown, the lukewarm 7-2 favorite, raced with the leaders from the outside post position in what looked like was going to be a contentious finish. The son of Separatist then rallied under Saul Ramirez Jr. to pull out for the three-quarter-length score and looked like a horse who will enjoy added distance of future futurities. He raced the 300 yards in :15.527 after winning his trial with the third-fastest time of :15.576. The Flores-trained Separatist Firstdown earned $86,202. Separatist Firstdown won his trial by one length when he pulled away from his competition. Mercy Hinkins Horse Farms’ homebred A Noble Jess Elie finished second by a neck over Amaro Brothers Racing’s Imkeepingscore. A Noble Jess Ellie now has

two second-place finishes from two starts. The daughter of Jess Elie from the Kenneth Roberts barn was second in her trial behind second-fastest qualifier Bux For Bricks. Imkeepingscore, a son of First Down Dash, was a very close second in his trial with the fifth-fastest qualifying time of :15.627 for trainer Javier Noel Contreras. Rene Amaro’s Katillac Man, a 7-1 outsider, rallied with another 7-1 choice A Royal treatment to catch favored Sparrow Contender in the Streakin La Jolla Stakes. Katillac Man got the neck win over A Royal Treatment and provided a one-two finish for trainer Contreras. It was another neck back to Sparrow Contender, the 2-1 choice. Katillac Man scored his first win since taking the Mr Master Bug Handicap nearly a year ago at Remington Park. The fouryear-old gelding by Country Chicks Man came to Louisiana Downs to find some class relief after finishig well back in the $50,000 Eastex Handicap in his prior start. Rosario Casarez’s A Royal Treatment was disqualified from a second-place run in his prior start, a $15,000 optional-claiming race. Isreal Soliz’s Sparrow Contender earned his favoritism after narrowly winning his three previous starts, including a pair of minor stakes at Louisiana Downs this year. SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 41

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that trial with a 25 mile-perhour tail wind were Paint Me A Winner (:14.953) and Armmoni B Sunland Park, NM (:15.062). Each trial had a similar Stinebaugh puts four in tail wind. West Texas Julian Aragon’s Dashin Little Trainer John Stinebaugh Guy raced to the second-fastest now has high aspirations for qualifying time of :14.919 when the West Texas Futurity, as well he won the fifth trial by one as the West Texas Derby, after length. The Lillian Silva-trained placing four promising two-yearcolt by Dashin Bye burst to the olds into the finals of the Grade lead and then went on under 1, $284,130 West Texas Derby, a hand ride from Felipe Garciaheaded by top-qualifier Dynasty Luna to take his career debut in Edition, on Friday afternoon at a professional style Sunland Park. The remaining qualifiers for Stinebaugh unleashed 2012 the March 8 finals are Paint Me champion two-year-old filly PJ A Winner (:14.987), Hot Tottie Chick In Black earlier this month (:15.012), Pouring Rain (:15.047), in her 2013 debut to establish Three Wild Dream (:15.057) and the fastest-qualifying time to the Armooni B (:15.062). Grade 3 West Texas Derby. In addition to Dynasty Edition, Stinebaugh sent out thirdfastest qualifier Anna Delovey, sixth-fastest qualifier Wr Golden Sunland Park, NM Dream and 10th-fastest qualifier Wdc Wendys Wine tops Bank of America Dream Ride. Dutch Masters III’s Dynasty qualifiers Edition led a very productive Alonzo and Sylvia Aranda’s ninth of 10 trials when she won Wdc Wendys Wine won the secby one-half length in :14.887 for ond of two trials to the $100,000 the 300 yards under Roberto Bank of America Sunland Park Valero. The FDD Dynasty filly Challenge (Grade 2) in :20.761 to defeated stable mate Anna Desecure her third-straight win and lovely, owned by Barbara Chase, earn fastest qualifier honors on who was timed in :14.953. Tuesday afternoon at the track Dynasty Edition had been near El Paso. showing hopeful works for Wdc Wendys Wine broke Stinebaugh. She had the second alertly from the inside post posifastest time of 14 horses worktion under Sal Martinez and then ing 220 yards on February 14 drifted out while under mild and came back to post the fifth- right-handed urging. The fourfastest time for 93 horses at the year-old Woodbridge daughter same distance on March 4. crossed the finish line three Also reaching the finals from quarters of a length in front of

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Sizzling Perry. The Isidro Rodriguez-trained Wdc Wendys Wine was claimed out of a winning effort for $6,500 a year ago at Sunland Park. She then returned to the winner’s circle in November at Zia Park when she won at the $12,500 claiming level. The dark brown mare stepped up to the allowance ranks and won a $35,500 race by one-and-one-half lengths in preparation for the Bank of America Sunland Park Challenge trials. The first trial may have produced the favorite for the April 7 finals when Melissa Ann Miller’s homebred Jess Featureme Quick won while under a firm hold by jockey Jesse Levario. The fouryear-old gelding was timed in :20.833 for his first win since taking the $198,000 Hobbs America Derby in October. Trainer Paul Jones then brought Jess Featureme Quick back to finish third in the $150,000 Zia Park Championship and second in the $350,000 The Championship at Sunland Park. He was defeated by champion Prospect To The Top in each of those races. The unofficial list of qualifiers from the 14 horses in the two trials is Wdc Wendys Wine (:20.761), Jess Featureme Quick (:20.833), Sizzling Perry (:20.869), Feature Mr Who (:20.932), The Redd Zone (:21.005), One Famous Hero (:21.043), Ocean La Jolla (:21.080), Time For A Cigar (:21.161), Badfast (:21.199) and Eye On Corona (:21.204).

MAR 17, 2013 Sunland Park, NM Moonifisant tops New Mexican qualifiers

The well-bred Moonifisant showed he could be a force against open as well as New Mexico-bred completion with an overwhelming performance when racing to the fastest-qualifying time to the $231,306 New Mexican Spring Futurity at Sunland Park on Friday afternoon. Owned by Peter Gallegos, Robert Sanchez and Patricia Gonzalez, Moonifisant won the last of 10 trials for New Mexicobreds by three lengths as the 4-5 favorite. He was timed in :15.007 for the 300 yards. Moonifisant, a son of Sixes Royal and top producer Nagano Moon, is a half-brother to champion aged stallion First Moonflash, stakes winners Dash Ta Moon and Full Moon Dasher, and last year’s Rainbow Futurity runner-up Vancouver Moon. The Juan Gonzalez-trained Moonifisant also had the advantage of a race before the trials. He won a March 1 maiden race at Sunland Park by a neck as the 5-2 favorite and is now two-fortwo heading into the New Mexican Spring Futurity on April 7. It was also a big afternoon for breeders MJ Farms with five of the 10 qualifiers from their breeding program. Qualifiers they bred were the Woodbridgesired Woodys Allstar and Threedeewoodee, the Jesse James Jr-sired Jess Sandy Jr and Patrick

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Henoshersecret

You Can Call Mr Earl

Alamitos Winter Derby trial after, reportedly, losing a pair of shoes on an off track. “I really like the space in between his last few races,” said co-owner Terry Thompson “I feel that we have a very fresh horse and the three weeks between starts will be very beneficial for our horse. This horse has run with the best horses out here so we know that he has talent, but the El Primero final will be very Los Alamitos Race tough. Freedom Choice beat us Course, Cypress, CA by two lengths in the trials to the Henoshersecret leads El Los Alamitos Two Million so we know what we are up against.” Primero qualifiers Jose and Gustavo De La Paul Jones and Thompson Torre’s Freedom Choice is set Racing’s homebred Henosherseup for a strong race in the April cret easily disposed of his rivals 7 finals after winning his trial and could gain his first stakes by one-half length as the 1-5 win after setting the top qualifyfavorite. The son of A Regal ing time to the $205,900 El Primero Del Ano Derby for colts Choice earned that strong supand geldings on Sunday night at port after finishing a close third in the $2.1 million Los Alamitos Los Alamitos. Two Million in his latest start. He A two-time grade 1 futuwas bumped at the break by still rity qualifier, Henoshersecret managed to get within a head of burst from the starting gate winner Matabari. and opened up a daylight lead Freedom Choice was timed in a few strides. The son of No in the second-fastest qualifying Secrets Here rolled through the 400 yards in :19.687 under time of :19.812. Ramon Sanchez. The Jose De La Torre-trained Henoshersecret earned high colt now has three wins from expectations last year when he five starts. won his maiden at first asking The qualifiers to the El and then qualified for the Gover- Primero Del Ano Derby are nor’s Cup Futurity, only to finish Henoshersecret (:19.687), seventh at 5-2 odds. He then Freedom Choice (:19.812), Mr raced to a fourth-place finish in Ease Cartel (:19.823), Tell Of The the $1,118,000 Golden State Mil- Past (:19.870), Patron Platinum lion Futurity. (:19.892), Perrys Affair (:19.909), The Jones-trained geldTiny Flying Corona (:19.918), Tres ing finished fourth in his Los Primeros (:19.920), Sugarbear James, and the Swissle Sticksired Spiced Swizzle. The complete list of qualifiers is Moonifisant, (:15.007), Woodys Allstar, (:15.039), Jess Sandy Jr (:15.084), Threedeewoodee (15.100), Queen But A King, (:15.101), Call Me Blazin (:15.176), Too Flash for You (:15.179), Unseen Version (:15.188) Patrick James (:15.254) and Spiced Swissie (:15.261).

Sandra Sue Blue

Sax Man (:19.937) and Votemout (:19.996).

MAR 16, 2013 Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK You Can Call Mr Earl rallies for Big Daddy score

The $37,500 SLM Big Daddy Stakes, the rare 550-yard stakes event at Remington Park, was won Saturday night by You Can Call Mr Earl. The 4-year-old gelding came away from some contact at the start to run down the early leader and hold on for victory. Owned and bred in Oklahoma by Earl Richardson of Sallisaw, Okla., You Can Call Mr Earl is trained by Clint Crawford and was ridden by Tony Bennett. A Splash Of Hell was away from the starting gate best, jumping on the lead while rivals to his outside made contact with each other. You Can Call Mr Earl was in that fray but after a few strides was on his mission to catch up. After 200 yards, You Can Call Mr Earl has collared the early leader and began to pull clear. Heavy 1-2 wagering favorite Mr Truly Uno, also involved in the bumping away from the start, was flying late but had spotted the winner too much ground. You Can Call Mr Earl prevailed by a half-length, crossing the finish in :26.662 seconds over a fast track. A 15-1 longshot in the betting, You Can Call Mr Earl paid

$33.60 to win, $11 to place and $5.60 to show. Mr Truly Uno paid $2.80 to place and $3.40 to show. Big Chop was third and paid $3.80 to show. The win in the SLM Big Daddy Stakes gave You Can Call Mr Earl his sixth career score and his third consecutive at Remington Park dating to April 2012. The triumph was worth $23,230 and rolled his total earnings to $95,808. You Can Call Mr Earl is a son of Sweet First Down from the Strawfly Special mare Stawfly N Princess. Crawford saddled his second SLM Big Daddy Stakes winner, adding You Can Call Mr Earl to his 2011 win with Skyline Lover. The SLM Big Daddy Stakes is named after the millionaire who won two American Quarter Horse Association World Championships (1997 & 1998) in addition to his six stakes scores at Remington Park in the late 1990s. He was a crowd favorite over a three-year span here that decade. Crawford had three winners on Saturday night. In addition to You Can Call Mr Earl, Crawford won with Blue Efforts ($7.40 to win) in race one and April Two Eight ($4.80) in the fifth race. Crawford has seven winners on the season and is second in the trainer standings to Eddie Willis who has 11.

Louisiana Downs, Bossier City, LA Sandra Sue Blue upsets Mardi Gras It’s on. The 2013 futurity

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season started with a huge upset when the Jose Garcia-owned and -trained Sandra Sue Blue, fifth in her trial, scored at better that 33-1 odds in the $291,796 Mardi Gras Futurity for Louisiana-breds at Louisiana Downs. Also on the program was the $84,404 Mardi Gras Derby, easily won by T Boy C. Sandra Sue Blue opened up a clear early lead after having trouble in her trial and that step forward may have made the difference. She had a trouble-free trip in the finals when she burst to the lead and finished three quarters of a length ahead of Bradys March Madness. It was a neck back to third-place finisher First Corona Man. Eddie Martinez was aboard for the win in :15.404 for the 300 yards. Jesse Rodriguez’s runner-up Bradys March Madness completed a one-two sweep of offspring of Jess Louisiana Blue with his second-place effort. The Miguel Rodriguez-trained gelding was in the same trial as Sandra Sue Blue, finishing third with a troubled trip. Bradys March Madness had the fourth-fastest qualifying time and Sandra Sue Blue raced to the ninth-fastest qualifying time as the each came out of a windaided trial. Maria Guadalupe Perez’s First Corona Man, a son of Hez Fast As Cash, won his trial by one-and-one-half lengths with the fourth-fastest qualifying time for trainer Rodolfo Sanchez. It was a topsy-turvy finish in 44 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

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the Mardi Gras Futurity, however it went Revv Me Up true to form in the Mardi Gras Derby for Louisiana-breds as the horse to beat, T Boy C, came through with a one-length win as the 24-10 favorite. Jose Guzman’s T Boy C grabbed the lead in the first half of the 400-yard test under Raul Ramirez Jr. and then none of his rivals were able to mount a challenge. He crossed the wire one-length in front with a :19.846 time. Lets Jess Do It finished a head in front of third-place finisher Fance Oak Tree. T Boy C closed out his juvenile season with a close second in the Billy Montgomery Stakes for Louisiana-breds and then started his 3-year-old campaign by setting the fastestqualifying time to the Mardi Gras Derby. He won that trial by a nose and moved forward in the finals for trainer Miguel Rodriguez. A gelding by Sir Runaway Dash, T Boy C pushed his career earnings to $119,383 with the $37,982 first-place check.

Me Up, who had finished second in six of eight previous starts, finally won her maiden and in the process set the fastest-qualifying time to the $200,000 La Primera Del Ano Derby for fillies at Los Alamitos on Saturday night. Revv Me Up won the last of four trials by three quarters of a length with a :19.737 mark for the 400 yards under Ramon Sanchez. The Paul Jones-trained daughter of Stel Corona and Revv It Up was winless in her previous eight starts, however came into the trials off a second-place finish in the Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes and had qualified for the Kindergarten and the Ed Burke Million Futurity. San Gregorio Racing Stables’ Fireworks took the third trial in :19.856 for the secondfastest qualifying time. The Walk Thru Fire filly won by one-half length under Reuben Lozano. The Danny Montes-trained filly was making her first appearance since competing in the PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity back in October. She now has two wins from six starts. Los Alamitos Race The complete list of qualiCourse, Cypress, CA fiers for the April 6 finals is Revv Revv Me Up tops La Me Up (:19.737), Fireworks Primera qualifiers (:19.856), Secretly Hot (:19.887), Cina and John Sperry’s Revv Tiny Taz (:19.909), Slightys

Mac A Tac (:19.909), Forgotten Dynasty (:19.926), Lavish Susan (:19.978), Feature Malinche (:20.021), Without Fault (:20.029) and Miss Behaving (:20.035).

MAR 10, 2013 Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK Opening weekend closes with Fast Prize Mike winning Eastex Handicap

The Grade 2, $50,000 Eastex Handicap, the traditional first graded stakes event of the meeting, was won by Fast Prize Mike, holding on for a neck victory over Eufaula Me. Owned by Evelio Salazar of Sugarland, Texas and trained by Steven Salazar, Fast Prize Mike was ridden by G.R. Carter. The 4-yearold horse grabbed the lead midway through the 350-yard race and held on to cross the line in :17.276 over a fast track. Away at 6-1 odds in the wagering, Fast Prize Mike paid $14.40 to win, $8.60 to place and $7.40 to show. Eufaula Me paid $8.40 to place and $5.40 to show. Kool Country Man was third and paid $7.20 to show. A Toss Up, the beaten 5/2 wagering favorite, was fourth. Fast Prize Mike, a 4-year-old horse by PYC Paint Your Wagon from the Heza Fast Man mare Fast Mans Prize, won his fourth career race from 13 starts and his third Remington Park race. The winner’s share of $32,284 pushed the lifetime earnings for Fast Prize Mike to $134,615.

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Llano Cartel

The Eastex Handicap is named in honor of the 1984 All American Futurity winners and multiple American Quarter Horse Association divisional champion. At the time of his retirement at the end of his 1987 season, Eastex was the all-time earnings leader in the sport.

Bet On Ballou

Sunland Park, NM Bet On Ballou wins $85,000 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap

Former claimer Bet On Ballou reached a career zenith by winning the $85,000 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. Llano Cartel top qualifier Rolling through a crest of for Oklahoma Derby sharp form, Bet On Ballou won Sunday afternoon also his third straight race of the meet featured seven trial races to and 10th overall in the stakes determine the field of 10 for the race for older New Mexico-bred $136,000 Oklahoma Quarter Quarter Horses. The eight-yearHorse Derby. Llano Cartel put old gelding trained by Wes Giles up the top 350-yard time in the defeated Stel Gone Corona by a fifth trial, crossing the finish neck in a driving finish. Despite in :17.224 seconds. Owned by bobbling at the break, Bet On Wade Helton of Pampa, Texas Ballou found his best strides and trained by Alfredo Gomez, to take the stakes victory and Llano Cartel was ridden by Ricky remain a perfect three for three Ramirez. The 3-year-old gelding this year. His form in 2012 and is by Teller Cartel from the Lil Bit 2013 has been exemplary, winning 6 races from 10 tries. Cuervo mare Eyesa Lil Cuervo Bet On Ballou earned and was bred in Oklahoma by $51,000 for the Quarter Circle Wootan Racing. The trial win was the second W Bar LLC of Edgewood, New Mexico. Sunday’s victory pushed from 10 career races for Llano Cartel and his first score at Rem- the winner’s lifetime bankroll ington Park. The trial win netted past $189,000. He and jockey Jaime Parga Leos sped through him $5,784 to boost his career the 350 yards in a good 17.065 earnings to $45,644. seconds, earning a 91 speed Joining Llano Cartel in the March 23 final for the Oklahoma index. Loyal supporters of the winner received $17.80 on a $2 Quarter Horse Derby, with win ticket. qualifying times, are: Hiclass Stel Gone Corona finished a Vodka, :17.250; Big Boi, :17.256; Twenty Ten Secret, :17.320; First close second at odds of 6-1 unFlyn Dash, :17.327; Last First Kiss, der jockey Manuel Gutierrez. The :17.441; BP Fast Success, :17.465; former stakes winner was flying on the outside and just missed. Teller Ima Rockstar, :17.476; NMHBA Quarter Horse Stakes Charvet, :17.479 and Colby Carwinner Sandys Jesse ran another tel, :17.480.

Swingin Debut

big race. The three-year-old filly performed well in her first attempt against older runners and was game third. Defending champion Here Kittykittykitty finished fourth beaten one length. The multiple stakes winner of over $427,000 was making his first start since last summer.

MAR 9, 2013 Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK Swingin Debut posts top Oklahoma Futurity time; Willis and Brooks team for six trial wins The second night of the 2013 Remington Park American Quarter Horse & Mixed-Breed Season featured a dozen trials for the historic Oklahoma Futurity. Swingin Debut won the fourth trial of the night and his time for 300 yards held over the final eight heats for the top clocking. Owned by James Sills of Cedar Hill, Texas and trained by Eddie Willis, Swingin Debut was ridden by Jimmy Brooks. Coming on with a late run, Swingin Debut won his heat by threequarters of a length, covering 300 yards over a sloppy track in :15.378 seconds. Tuff Princess LBH was second to Swingin Debut and qualified for the Oklahoma Futurity with the secondfastest time of :15.503. The key trial event was the fourth of the evening’s 12.

A 2-year-old gelding by Swingin Jess from the Corona Cartel mare Elegant Debut, Swingin Debut earned $5,730 for the trial win. He was bred in Texas by Dr. Steve Hurlbert. The complete field, with qualifying times for the Grade 2, $325,000 Oklahoma Futurity on March 23 is: Swingin Debut, :15.378; Ruff Princess LBH, :15.503; Royal Rythm, :15.531; JJ Hitman, :15.533; Shakeitdontbreakit, :15.599; One Valiant Hero, :15.613; CR Tuckernuck, :15.616; Sassy Spit Curl, :15.618; Fetching Beauty, :15.621 and Preying For Ivory, :15.622. Willis has two of the 10 qualifiers for the Oklahoma Futurity, run every year since 1947. Overall, he sent six of his runners to trial victories with Brooks riding every one of them. Joining Swingin Debut from the Willis barn in the final will be One Valiant Hero. The four other trial winners were Mr Famous Eagle, One Fast Eagle, Valiant Shot and This Dude Can Fly.

MAR 8, 2013 Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK Imflashinthechicks tops trials for Oklahoma Paint Futurity

Remington Park opened its 25th Anniversary Year of racing Friday night with a 12-race program laden with trials. Imflashinthechicks posted the top time for the $102,600 Oklahoma Paint Futurity, flying to victory in the

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final qualifying trial. Owned and bred by Shirley Wheeler of Boynton, Okla. and trained by Luis Villafranco, Imflashinthechicks rolled to a 1-1/4 length victory under jockey G.R. Carter. Away sharply, the 2-year-old gelding drew away to win his 300-yard event in :15.727 seconds over a fast track. The sharp effort placed him atop the group of 10 that qualified for the March 23 final. An Oklahoma-bred Paint by SF Royal Quick Flash from the Game Patriot (QH) mare Game Chicken, Imflashinthechicks won his career debut and earned $3,330 for the score. He is now in line for a much bigger prize in the Grade 1 final in just over two weeks. The field, with qualifying times, for the Oklahoma Paint Futurity is: Imflashinthechicks, :15.727; Coal County Line, :15.912; Sunset Success, :15.998; Littlemisshonky Tonk, :16.104; Hot Southern Mess, :16.122; Texies Little Corona, :16.153; Flashem Annie, :16.169; Lanas Lucky Angel, :16.214; DRC Big Red, :16.238 and Situation, :16.253. Trainer Dee Keener will saddle four of the 10 in the Oklahoma Paint Futurity as his barn qualified Coal County Line, Hot Southern Mess, Flashem Annie and Lanas Lucky Angel. Friday’s Opening Night program also included three trial heats for the Grade 1, $62,215 Speedhorse/Graham Farms Paint & Appaloosa Derby. 46 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

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The top time for the 350-yard qualifiers belonged to Hesa Sweet First Down from the final trial. The 3-year-old Paint gelding crossed the finish in :18.001 seconds for owner and breeder Carole Stacy from Warner, Okla. Trained by Matt Whitekiller and ridden to the trial score by Cody Smith, Hesa Sweet First Down won his fourth career race from eight attempts. The win was his first in a pair of tries at Remington Park. The Oklahoma-bred by Sweet First Down (qh) from the Aze Beduino mare Emilys Valentine picked up $3,384 by winning the trial to move his lifetime earnings to $28,481. The 10 qualifiers for the Speedhorse/Graham Farms Paint & Appaloosa Derby, with times: Hesa Sweet First Down, :18.001; Laus Deo, :18.015; Judys Miss Banks, :18.020; Super Glide Harley, :18.039; Guy Code, :18.122; Honky Tonk Podie, :18.132; KJ Cash, :18.201; Lajollas Mr Big Stuff, :18.243; Feeling No Pain, :18.273 and Rash For Cash, :18.321. The Keener barn will help load the gate in the derby as well as four 3-year-olds from his operation will compete, including Super Glide Harley, KJ Cash, Lajollas Mr Big Stuff and Rash For Cash. KJ Cash is the lone Appaloosa to qualify for the event.

Sunland Park, NM Champs progress to Sunland finals

Reigning champion two-

Hauling The Cash

year-old filly PJ Chick In Black and champion distance horse All About Larry, each trained by John Stinebaugh, made it through their qualifying rounds while making their 2013 debuts at Sunland Park on Friday afternoon. Denny Bowen, Suzie Taylor and Jack Smith Farms’ PJ Chick In Black won the third of seven trials with the fastest-qualifying time to the record-purse $202,947 West Texas Derby to start her 2013 campaign. Las Vegas Ranch’s All About Larry finished fourth as the 2-5 favorite in the second of two trials to the Red Cell Sunland Park Distance Challenge, but his time of :46.029 for 870 yards was good enough to return for the March 31 finals. PJ Chick In Black successfully made her first start since a sixth-place run as the 7-10 favorite in the Grade 1, $2.4 million All American Futurity on Labor Day when she won the third trial under a hand ride by Esgar Ramirez. She stopped the timer in :18.841 while winning by an easy one length over Wild And Game and easily gaining her spot in the March 30 finals. A daughter of Desirio, PJ Chick In Black made her career debut a year ago at Sunland Park and reeled off five straight wins before her defeat in the All American Futurity. The earner of $528,439 defeated New Mexico-breds in the New Mexican Spring Futurity and then overcame trouble to win the Grade

1, $600,000 Ruidoso Futurity, a victory that put her at the top of the nation’s juvenile class at the time. Rocking J Running Horses and Jack Manning’s Rockin Disco won the first trial with the second fastest time of :18.971 under jockey Alejandro Medellin. The Rock Solid Jess gelding prevailed in a duel with qualifier Whiteface Eagle. Rockin Disco raced to the win in the John Deere Ruidoso Downs Juvenile Challenge last summer and was making his first start since a fourth-place finish in the $200,000 Southwest Juvenile Championship in December. The West Texas Derby qualifiers are Pj Chick in Black (:18.841), Rockin Disco (:18.971), Icu Deity (:18.983), Wild and Game (18.988), Secret Courage (18.999), Whiteface Eagle (:19.001), Prince of Alexander (19.059), Iba Jp (:19.074), First Prize Moon (:19.075) and Caballo Famous Eagle (:19.110). All About Larry, a son of Heza Motor Scooter, won six of his eight starts last year, but his two defeats came in New Mexico. The John Stinebaughtrained gelding was second in the Tricky Dust Stakes at Ruidoso Downs and fifth in the Red Cell Sunland Park Distance Challenge. He earned his championship with wins in the $125,000 Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship, the Red Cell Lone Star Park Distance Challenge, the Master Salls

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Handicap at Ruidoso Downs and SunRay Park Marathon. J&M Racing and Farm’s Hauling The Cash won the first trial in :45.191 under Macario Rodriguez to earn fastest qualifier honors. The Kristopher Cordova-trained gelding held off a late bid from second-fastest qualifier Jess A Traffic Jam to win by three quarters of a length. DM Streakn Thru Fire impressively won the second trial by one-and-one-half lengths with the fourth-fastest time of :45.487 and showed he has a large upside racing around the turn. He opened up a clear lead under veteran Casey Lambert and then was geared down in the final strides. Last year, he was second in the Grade 1, $150,000 Zia Park Championship and third in the Grade 1, $900,000 Rainbow Derby for trainer Mike Joiner. There were 12 horses in the two trials and the eight finalists are Hauling The Cash (:45.191), Jess A Traffic Jam (:45.295), Kc Royal Flush (:45.424), Dm Streakn Thru Fire (:45.487), Stray Cat (:45.707), Gg Streakin South (:45.759), All About Larry (:46.029) and I Know Bedarina (:46.072).

MAR 2, 2013 Sunland Park, NM Tf Featured Effort scores upset win in $95,423 West Texas Maturity

With a jet propelled start, Tf Featured Effort scored a mild

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upset win in the 26th running of the $95,423 West Texas Maturity (Grade 2) at Sunland Park. The 2012 West Texas Derby winner reversed his slow breaking habits with a fast start in the Grade 2 400-yard dash. The fouryear-old stallion by Feature Mr Jess broke like a bullet and was in full command 100 yards away from the gate. Jockey Alonso Rivera was thrilled with the start. He said, “He blew out of the there. He was really ready today. I tried to make sure he was straight and relaxed.” Tf Featured Effort parlayed the great start to an impressive 1 and 1/4 length win against stellar competition. He sped through the feature in a fast 18.925 seconds, good for a 97 speed index. The fast winner was let go at over 5-1 odds and paid a generous $13.20 to win. Winning trainer Jaime Dominguez was pleased with the performance. “He hadn’t been breaking for us for a while. He is a really fast horse but has had no luck at the gates. We won last year’s West Texas Derby with him. Now, we will get him ready for Ruidoso.” Tf Featured Effort improved his career mark to 5 wins, 3 seconds and 4 thirds from 17 starts. He picked up a $45,008 payday for owner-trainer Jaime Dominguez of Peyton, Colorado. Jess Cuervo, the 6-5 favorite, made a late bid to finish second, a head in front of 2012 Sunland

Secrets Fly

Winter Quarter Horse Derby winner Our First Corona. The runner-up was one of three finalists trained by Victor RodriguezFlores. The other two were top qualifier Jump Down Azoom and Bugsy B. They finished sixth and eighth, respectively. Defending champion First Corona Call wound up a well beaten seventh.

with a second-place run in the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Derby. The Jess Louisiana Blue gelding was defeated by only a head after holding the lead nearing the wire. He was a close second, beaten by a head, in the $200,000 LQHBA Sale Futurity and third by a neck in the LQHBA Sale Futurity. The $21,000 first-place check from the Mr Jess Perry pushes his career earnings to $217,860. Louisiana Downs, In the 300-yard trials to Bossier City, LA the Grade 3, $191,550 Harrah’s Political Option battles Futurity, Cynthia Allen’s Secrets for Mr Jess Perry win; Fly raced to a one-half length Secrets Fly top qualifier win with the top-qualifying time to $191,550 Harrah’s of :15.550. Secrets Fly, a gelding by No Futurity Secrets Here, was the 5-2 favorCarlos Lozano’s Political Option prevailed to take a hard- ite after posting a best-of-the day work of :12.25 for 220 yards earned stakes win by successon Feb. 8 at Louisiana Downs for fully battling with Haystretcher trainer Vann Haywood. and Martini Mountain in the Victor Silva’s Bux For Bricks $35,000 Mr Jess Perry Stakes for Louisiana-breds at Louisiana won the final trial by one-half length with the second-fastest Downs. qualifying time of :15.564. The Also on the program were Zoomin For Bux filly impressed the five trials to the Harrah’s Futurity, the first open futurity of when she turned in a bullet work over 55 head at Retama the racing year. Park by stopping the timer in Political Option did not have an easy race in the Mr Jess :13.77 for 250 yards on Feb. 13. The unofficial qualifiers Perry, however he showed his joining Secrets Fly and Bux For grit by getting up under veteran Bricks in the March 23 finals are John Hamilton to win by a nose Separatist Firstdown (:15.576), over Haystretcher. It was only a Oldsmobile Hill (:15.621), neck back to third-place finisher Imkeepingscore (:15.627), BBs Martini Mountain in the tight First Flame (:15.643), A Noble finish. Jess Ellie (:15.645), Will Flash Me The Kenneth Roberts(:15.645), BB Risk (:15.663) and trained Political Option conChucha Pia (:15.670) cluded his sophomore season SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 47

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MAR 30, 2013 Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, LA Revolutionary overthrows rivals in 100th running of $1 million Louisiana Derby

WinStar Farm’s Revolutionary, unhurried early, launched a bold bid outside the early leaders when set down for the drive and tallied by a neck over Mylute in the 100th running of the $1 million Louisiana Derby (Grade 2) at Fair Grounds Race Course. The win earned Revolutionary 100 points and a position in the Kentucky Derby starting gate at Churchill Downs five weeks from now on May 4. “It was a really beautiful trip,” said winning rider Javier Castellano of the Louisiana Derby score. “That’s the kind of horse we would like to take to the Kentucky Derby. He can do everything. He passed the test today and last time (in Aqueduct’s Grade 2 Withers Feb. 2) and way before. He is a lovely horse to ride and a comefrom-behind horse – very much a true horse. He did everything the right way today. I really like him. I am looking forward big time.” As the choice of the fans, Revolutionary returned mutuels of $6.80, $4.20 and $3, accomplished the nine furlongs in 1:50.28 and increased his earnings to $788,500 with his third straight win in six career starts. “I think he’s got all the 48 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

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experience he needs and it’s nice he got the points so we are on to Kentucky,” said WinStar’s racing manager Elliott Walden. “I saw him in the paddock. He doesn’t turn a hair. He goes around there like a puppy dog. When you get to Louisville, those kinds of things matter.” Winning trainer Todd Pletcher was in Florida. Assistant Whit Beckman saddled three consecutive Grade 2 stakes winners for Team Pletcher, having won the Fair Grounds Oaks with Unlimited Budget and the New Orleans Handicap with Graydar in the two previous races. “It’s been a very fruitful trip to New Orleans,” Beckman said. “We come in here with the intent to win and we’re disappointed when we don’t.” GoldMark Farm’s longshot Myluteran a game second in the Louisiana Derby and briefly got the lead at the sixteenth pole. The Midnight Lute colt returned $12.60 and $6.80. “I’m really proud of him,” said nine-time Fair Grounds trainer champion Tom Amoss and native New Orleanian of Mylute. “I am proud of the way he ran today. One of these years, the Louisiana Derby is going to have our name on it.” Finishing third, three lengths farther back was Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider’s Departing, who returned $4.40 in the show position. The order of finish for the 14-horse field was completed

Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Doinghardtimeagain, a daughter of Ministers Wild Cat, has been a gem of consistency for owner/ breeder Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC, as she had two wins and three thirds from six starts coming into the Evening Jewel. Doinghardtimeagain paid $9.20, $4.20 and $3.80. With the winner’s share of $110,000, she hiked her bankroll to $346,270. Santa Anita Race Park, “This stud (Ministers Wild Arcadia, CA Cat) is real hot right now,” said Doinghardtimeagain Tom Stull, owner of Tommy Town impressive 3 ½ length Thoroughbreds LLC. “When we winner of $200,000 saw that the two-horse (Sweet Marini) didn’t have the lead I was Evening Jewel pretty happy.” Ridden for the first time Hail Mary, who cut out presby Rafael Bejarano, consistent sured fractions of 21.64, 44.89 Doinghardtimeagain laid close and 1:09.66, was engaged by the to a fast pace and went on to a winner at the top of the lane and resounding 3 ½ length victory proved second-best under Julien in Saturday’s $200,000 Evening Jewel Stakes for 3-year-old fillies Leparoux, finishing four lengths in front of Cloudy Moon and bred in California, covering 6 ½ Kevin Krigger. furlongs in 1:16 flat. Off at 7-1, Hail Mary paid With 3-5 favorite Sweet $7.00 and $6.00. Marini breaking sluggishly, 7-2 Cloudy Moon, off at 30-1, second choice Doinghardtimelagged far back early and made again, drawn in post position a run through the lane to finish 2 nine in the 11-horse field, sat ½ lengths in front of Qiaona and third behind dueling leaders Marks Mine and eventual second Garrett Gomez. Cloudy Moon paid $10.20 to show. place finisher Hail Mary. Favored Sweet Marini was “I just tried to find my position and figure it out from there,” never a factor with Joe Talamo aboard and finished seventh, said Bejarano. “She was a little hot going to the gate, a little ex- beaten nearly 20 lengths. The Evening Jewel was run cited, but she was good once she was in the gate. “When I saw that as Saturday’s sixth race and was the favorite (Sweet Marini) didn’t the first of two Cal-bred features break that well, I just had to find on the day, as the $200,000 Echo Eddie was slated as the eighth. my position and go from there.” by Golden Soul, Ground Transport, Code West, Palace Malice, Sunbean, Titletown Five, Proud Strike, Hip Four Sixtynine, Nina’s Dragon, Brazilian Court and Whiskey Bravo. Hip Four Sixtynine and Titletown Five alternated for the early lead with splits of 22.84 and 45.34 before tiring.

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MAR 24, 2013 Sunland Park, NM New Mexico breds share spotlight on Sunland Derby day

Sunday’s 12-race program at Sunland Park will feature nine Triple Crown hopefuls matching strides in the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby, but New Mexicobred Thoroughbreds shined in the spotlight. A total of seven stakes were contested at Sunland Park on Sunday, including three restricted to state-breds – the 5 1/2-furlong, $85,000 La Coneja Stakes (R) for fillies and mares; the 1 1/16-mile, $85,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks (R) for 3-yearold fillies; and the 1 1/16-mile, $85,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Derby (R) for 3-year-olds. The following is a recap of the outstand Breed racings on Sunland Park’s Sunday program, which drew a season-high crowd of 18,184.

Rose’s Desert Odds – 2-1 Also Ran (in order of finish) – Pyrite On My Mind, Tapit Dancer (1110 favorite), Paloma Mesa, Not Kidding Around, Angry Bird, and Joyful Tap. La Coneja Stakes (R) Fillies & mares, 3-year-old & older, New Mexico-bred Purse, $85,000 – 5 ½ furlongs Winner – Rose’s Desert (5M, Desert God-Miss Glen Rose by Peaks And Valleys) Owner and Breeder – Joe Peacock (NM) Trainer – Todd Fincher Jockey – Casey Lambert Winning Time – 1:01.97 Winning Margin – 2 ¾ lengths Odds – 3-5 (favorite) Also Ran (in order of finish) – Funnyoushouldask, Gossip Dome, Iplaytricks, Comicsperfectstorm, Our Flying Angel, Vinton Row, and Dashkova. New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks (R) Fillies, 3-year-olds, New Mexicobred Purse, $85,000 – 1 1/16 miles Winner – Back Seat Roll (F, Roll Hennessy Roll-Back Seat Charm by Silver Charm) Owners and Breeders – J. Kirk &

Harry Henson Handicap Fillies & mares, 3-year-old & older Purse, $75,000 – 1 mile Winner – African Rose (4F, Bwana CharlieDarby Rose by Red Bullet) Owner – Judge Lanier Racing Breeder – Heiligbrodt Racing Stable (FL) Trainer – Justin Evans Jockey – Miguel Hernandez Winning Time – 1:36.97 Winning Margin – Two lengths Isn’t He Clever

Back Seat Roll Judy Robison (NM) Trainer – Henry Dominguez Jockey – Luis Contreras Winning Time – 1:43.78 Winning Margin – 1 ¼ lengths Odds – 17-10 (favorite) Also Ran (in order of finish) – Tyger Teras, Desertsmagic, Kasha Roo, Sedienta, Way To Go Gerda, Lakehouse Fun, Red Satin Boot, C L Phone Home, and Cat Meditation. Bill Thomas Memorial Stakes 3-year-olds & older Purse, $75,000 – 6 ½ furlongs Winner – Isn’t He Clever (4G, Smarty Jones-Sharp Minister by Deputy Minister) Owners – J. Kirk & Judy Robison Breeder – Monticule (KY) Trainer – Henry Dominguez Jockey – Luis Contreras Winning Time – 1:13.45 Winning Margin – 5 ¾ lengths Odds – 17-10 Also Ran (in order of finish) – Warren’s Knockout, Dollarwaitnonadime, Gregor, Safe Trip (8-5 favorite), Happy Toes, Watch Me Go, and Behold De Buy. New Mexico Breeders’ Derby (R) 3-year-olds, New Mexico-bred Purse, $85,000 – 1 1/16 miles

Hush’s Storm

Winner – Hush’s Storm (G, Attila’s Storm-Hush’s Gold by Untold Gold) Owners – Dale Taylor, Joe Dee Brooks, Carey Taylor, and Jon Hogg Breeder – JEH Stallion Station New Mexico (NM) Trainer – Todd Fincher Jockey – Alfredo Juarez Jr. Winning Time – 1:44.18 Winning Margin – 1 ¼ lengths Odds – 4-1 Also Ran (in order of finish) – Storms Surprise, Keagan’s Way, Jacks Party, Senor Pondo, Dawson Who, Devons Ca Ching (8-5 favorite), Dance Derby, Carmen’s Rocket, Bay Velvet, and Desert Explorer.

Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CA California-bred Tiz Flirtatious roars home to take Santa Anita Stakes

California-bred Tiz Flirtatious became a graded stakes winner at Santa Anita on Sunday, as she flew home under Julien Leparoux to take the Grade 2, $150,000 Santa Ana Stakes by one length over heavily favored Lady of Shamrock, getting 1 1/8 miles on turf in 1:46.62. Leparoux, who was aboard the 5-year-old mare by Tizbud for the first time, broke from the outside post position in the six-horse field and had Tiz Flirtatious placed fourth, 3 ¼ lengths off pacesetting Quiet Oasis into the Club House SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 49

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turn and was a close fifth with a quarter mile to run. Ridden by Rafael Bejarano (who rode at Sunland Park in New Mexico today) in her last three starts, Tiz Flirtatious beat statebreds in the $100,000 Valentine Dancer Stakes going one mile on turf Jan. 26, and was second in both the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes on Nov. 25 and in the Grade 3 Robert J. Frankel Stakes Dec. 30. “Julien rode a great race,” said winning trainer Marty Jones. “She looked like she wanted to get a little keen and Julien’s just got a great way of getting a horse to relax. I think he fit her real well. “…She’s been close in graded stakes, and finally things went her way. We’ll have to talk with Pam (owner, Ziebarth) and see what she wants to do, but I think the Gamely (Grade 1, on May 27 at Betfair Hollywood Park) might be a race we’re looking at if everything goes well.” With Quiet Oasis setting fractions of 23.92, 48.36, 1:12.09 and 1:35.34, Leparoux had the leader measured as he swung three-wide at the top of the lane and collared her a sixteenth of a mile out.

MAR 23, 2013 Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CA Sky Kingdom rules in Tokyo City Cup In his third start off a 51week freshening, Sky Kingdom, with Martin Garcia aboard, made short work of seven rivals in 50 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

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taking the marathon Grade 3, $100,000 Tokyo City Cup by 3 ¾ lengths, getting 1 ½ miles on the main track in 2:30.56. With 25-1 shot Batti Man going to the front, Sky Kingdom, who is trained by Bob Baffert and who exited two consecutive races going a flat mile, sat a comfortable second and assumed command with a quarter mile to run. “I was outside the speed today. I let my horse break on his own and just cruised around,” said Garcia. “He relaxed perfectly, and when I kicked in he just took off. My plan was to let somebody go to the lead and let my horse sit on the outside and stay comfortable, and that is exactly the way it went today.” Off at 5-1, the 4-year-old Kentucky-bred colt by Empire Maker paid $12.20, $6 and $3.80.

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The Aldo Arboleda-ridden down by jockey Carlos Madeira in the final strides to win her Dandy Don Who, a son of Quincareer debut. The Dallas Barton- ton’s Gold, was timed in :52.35. trained filly was timed in :52.91 Dandy Don Who is trained while winning by one-half length by Fincher. with more left at the wire. The remaining qualifiers Lady Genius, a daughter from this trial were Fonzerelli, of Quinton’s Gold, is owned by Tornillo and Beaumont Times. W.D. Carson Sr., M.H. Carson and In the second colt and geldLeach Racing. ing trial, the Papis Aldavaz-owned, Following Lady Genius into -bred and -trained Weeping Aly the finals was Tizzy Devil, Ambers went from gate to wire on the lead On A Roll, No Room In My Bed to easily gain a spot in the finals. and Focus Dance. Weeping Aly was timed in In the second filly trial, :52.03 while never being seritrainer Todd Fincher showed ously threatened. the depth of his stable by sadFollowing the daughter of dling the top-two finishers: Weeping Willow into the finals Linda Hunter’s Prides Cousin and were Bobcat Ray, Casino Jax, Roll Daddy’s Money, owned by Joe Out The Band and DontchacallDee Brooks, Scott Bryant, Dustin nomo. Brooks and Dallas Pena. The Fincher pair raced with the early leaders rounding the turn and they both pulled away Santa Anita Race Park, from the competition in deep Arcadia, CA stretch to easily grab the top-two Bench Glory overcomes Sunland Park, NM spots. 50-week layoff to win Copper Top trials start Prides Cousin was timed $100,00 Irish O’Brien Juvenile Thoroughbred in :53.25 with Duane Sterling Stakes down hillside turf aboard. Division at Sunland Bench Glory sat out long Following the Fincher fillies Two trials to the Copper Top into the futurity were Futurity Filly Division and two trials to the Copper Top Futurity Cattle Act, Feisty Colt and Gelding Division started Ghost and Beltrix Lestrang. the juvenile stakes season for In the colt and New Mexico-breds on Tuesday gelding division, Sam afternoon at Sunland Park. E. Stevens and Sammy Each of the trials ran over L. Stevens homebred four-and-one-half furlongs and the top-five finishers in each trial Dandy Don Who burst advance to their respective finals. from the gate in the first trial and then held In the fillies division, Lady off a determined rally Genius won the first trial. She made her bid between horses in from Vernissage to the stretch and then was geared win by a game nose. Prides Cousin

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enough to come back fresh and cash in 100,000 lucky charms on Sunday, as she ran down 2-1 favorite Ismene in the final sixteenth of a mile to win Santa Anita’s $100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes by 1 ¼ lengths, while covering 6 ½ furlongs down the hillside turf course in 1:12.02 under Brice Blanc. Idle since winning a first condition allowance down the hill on March 30, 2012, the 6-year-old Harris Farms homebred daughter of Benchmark sat third early and was 2 ½ lengths behind Ismene when she hit the dirt crossing at the top of the stretch. “I liked the way she was training and I know she has some class to her, so we took a shot and got lucky… I’m really pleased,” said winning trainer Sean McCarthy, who picked up his first-ever Santa Anita stakes victory. “She just had some issues going on, aches and pains. “There were no fractures, no chips, no surgery involved or anything, just a little wear and tear and we decided to give her a break…We ended up giving

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terrific head winds down the backstretch of the one mile and 70 yard feature. The tough gelding still had plenty left in the tank for a stirring stretch run. The multiple stakes winning son of Desert God turned in another top level performance. Coming off the far turn, Attitude E Racer found a second gear and moved a half-length in front of Groushy Apadana. Although narrowly in front, Attitude E Racer seemed to gain confidence and was rolling in mid-stretch. The 7-2 second favorite trained by Joel Marr fought off spirited rallies from both Mr. Wizard and On Down the Road to win by a neck. The winning time was 1:42.57. He paid $9.20 to win. The 2011 New Mexico Breeders’Derby winner collected his fifth win from 19 starts and earned $51,000 for owner Michael Stinson ofFt. Worth,Texas. Attitude E Racer has a bankroll Sunland Park, NM nearing $350,000. He is out of Attitude E Racer wins the mare Energywithattitude New Mexico State who also produced the multiple University Handicap stakes winner Fullofenergy. Under a cool ride from jockMr. Wizard, a long shot at ey Ken Tohill, Attitude E Racer 19-1 odds, ran the race of his life won the $85,000 to place in a stakes race. The son New Mexico State of Premeditation was coming off University Handicap two straight allowance wins at with a determined the meet. He closed resolutely effort on Sunday at along the rail with jockey Dusty Sunland Park RaceShepherd in the irons. track and Casino on On Down The Road had his Sunday. 3-race winning streak snapped Forwardly placed on Sunday. The Albert Dominthroughout, Attiguez Memorial Handicap winner tude E Racer forced trained by Joel Marr trainee went the pace early with off at even money. He rallied in Groushy Apadana and the final furlong under Carlos ran through some Madeira but had to settle for her about 120 days (off) and it worked out great.” Off at 15-1 in the eight-horse Irish O’Brien (for older fillies and mares bred in California), Bench Glory got a perfect trip under Blanc, who had ridden her in all nine of her previous starts. Bench Glory paid $32.40, $12.00 and $6.60. With the winner’s share of $60,000, she increased her earnings to $209,272 from a record of 10-4-1-2. Ismene, who was making her fifth career start, paid $6.00 and $4.60. She finished a 1 ¼ lengths in front of 3-1 second choice Dancingtothestars with Mario Gutierrez up. Dancingtothestars paid $3.20 and finished a half length in front of Quizzical and Gary Stevens, who was the longest shot in the field at 19-1.

third, beaten less than a length. The favorite completed a $1 trifecta worth $217.90. E.T. Springer winner Groushy Apadana outran his 27-1 odds to finish a good fourth. The former $5,000 claimer is one of the most improved horses inNew Mexico.

MAR 16, 2013 Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs, AR Will Take Charge turns table in Rebel; Lukas finished 1-2

Smarty Jones Stakes winner Will Take Charge rebounded from a poor effort in the sloppy Southwest Stakes and came away with 50 points towards entry into the Kentucky Derby for his upset victory in Saturday’s $600,000 Rebel Stakes (Grade 2) before a meet-high crowd of 33,963. While the pre-race talk had mostly focused on one Hall of Fame trainer’s dominance at Oaklawn, another Hall of Fame trainer was confidently conditioning his two locally based runners. In the end, it was D. Wayne Lukas, who finished first and second with Will Take Charge and Oxbow, while Bob Baffert was denied his fourth straight Rebel Stakes and fifth straight Oaklawn 3-yearold stakes when Den’s Legacy finished third and the 6-5 favorite Super Ninety Nine finished fifth. The Rebel Stakes unfolded early as predicted with Title Contender going for the early lead and Super Ninety Nine in hot pursuit through fractions of SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 51

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23 1/5 and 47 for the first half mile. The 6-5 favorite began to give way rounding the final turn and Oxbox picked up the lead after six furlongs in 1:12 1/5. The stablemate appeared to be on the way to victory until Will Take Charge, who had been racing in sixth place early, collared him in the final strides to win by a narrow head. The winning time was 1:45 for 1 1/16 miles over a fast track. “I was feeling pretty good 100 yards from the wire,” said Lukas. “The competition was so tough. The hill gets a little steeper from this point.” Texas Bling, who had finished second to Will Take Charge in the Smarty Jones, but who had also faltered in the Southwest, rallied late to be fourth. He was followed by Super Ninety Nine, Carve, Title Contender, Treasury Bill, Hardrock Eleven, Stormy Holiday and Delhomme. Will Take Charge, who races for Willis D. Horton of Marshall, AR, improved his record to three victories from seven starts and has now earned $545,371. More importantly, the Unbridled’s Song colt increased his total Kentucky Derby points to 60 with his 10 points from the Smarty Jones and 50 from the Rebel. Overall, the Rebel offered 85 points based on Churchill Downs’ new criteria for making the 20-horse Kentucky Derby field. Oxbox received 20, Den’s Legacy earned 10 and Texas Bling got five. Lukas said Mr. Horton would have the final say on whether or not Will Take Charge makes his 52 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

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next start in the $1 million Arkansas Derby (Grade 1) April 13 and said the next time he would meet stablemate Oxbow again would be May 4 in the $2 million Kentucky Derby (Grade 1). Overlooked at odds of 28-1, Will Take Charge returned $58.00, $16.20 and $9.80.

Tiz Miz Sue repeats Azeri victory

One race before the Rebel Stakes, Cres Ran LLC’s Tiz Miz Sue pulled a mild upset herself when she defeated Don’t Tell Sophia and champion My Miss Aurelia to win her second straight $150,000 Azeri Stakes (Grade 3). Songs and Sonnets, the quickest out of the gate, was allowed to set leisurely fractions of 25 and 49 for the first half mile. Normally a hindrance to her closing kick, the soft fractions actually helped keep Tiz Miz Sue closer to the pace and within striking distance throughout. At the top of the stretch, Pippin and Bayakoa Stakes winner Don’t Tell Sophia gained a narrow advantage, but was soon run down by the reigning champion, who edged clear to win by 1 ¼ lengths. Winning time was 1:45 1/5 for 1 1/16 miles. Champion My Miss Aurelia, the 4-5 favorite, finished third in her seasonal debut. “The Apple Blossom ((Grade 1) on April 12) is a definite target now,” said trainer Steve Hobby. “She ran against some Grade 1 fillies today. I was really worried when they went 25 early, but she wasn’t that far back today. Joe rode her really well today. He

Bright Thought

knows her.” Tiz Miz Sue, a 6-year-old Tiznow mare, improved her record to 7-9-4 in 30 starts and has now earned $789,371. She returned $18.40, $5.20 and $2.80 at odds of 8-1.

the heat around the Club House turn, and had a diminishing half length advantage with a quarter mile to run. Bred in-part by Alex Venneri and owned by Venneri, Marjorie, Michael and Joanne Dye, Bright Thought paid $7.40, $5.80 and $4.60. A 4-year-old KentuckySanta Anita Race Park, bred colt by the Sunday Silence Arcadia, CA stallion Hat Trick, Bright Thought Rags to riches Bright bagged $90,000 and increased Thought sets new turf his earnings to $164,500. With an course mark in winning allowance win at Penn National negated due to a purse disqualiSan Luis Rey in 2:22.72 fication, he now officially has A maiden $25,000 claimfour wins from seven starts. ing winner on Nov. 16 at Laurel “He’s an unbelievable horse, Park, Maryland, 4-year-old rags he’s an unbelievable talent,” said to riches poster child Bright Espinoza. “He broke running, and Thought rattled off his fourth I was going to go on with (Slim consecutive win and set a new Shadey), but I didn’t want to go track record in taking Saturday’s mile and one half Grade 2, head to head with every other $150,000 San Luis Rey Stakes on horse all the way to the wire so I eased back a bit. I gave him a the turf in 2:22.72 – finishing 3 little breather and started to let ¼ lengths clear of longshot All him run from the three eighths Squared Away. (pole)… He can go any distance. With gate to wire scores in He has the speed, but he can a starter allowance Feb. 3 and a rate, too.” first condition allowance to his All Squared Away, ridden credit on Feb. 21, Bright Thought, ridden for the first time by Victor by Edwin Maldonado, was keen Espinoza, was dispatched as the early and tugged his way into a forward position early, and ran 5-2 second choice in the eightgamely to finish second, three horse San Luis Rey, which was quarters of a length in front of run for the 62nd time. Fire With Fire and Tyler Baze. All As expected, Slim Shadey, Squared Away paid $10.80 and who came off a front running $6.20. win in the Grade 2 San Marcos Fire With Fire and last year’s on Feb. 9, showed good early San Luis Rey winner Bourbon Bay speed from the rail with Gary Stevens up. “Slim” was content to provided trainer Neil Drysdale with a one-two punch, but sit second to Bright Thought as the field began its journey down Bourbon Bay never fired, finishthe hillside and onto the “course ing seventh. Fire With Fire, off at 20-1, sat third early and paid proper,” but Stevens turned up

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$8.60 to show. Race favorite Interaction, off at 2-1, finished fourth and was “just flat today” according to jockey Brice Blanc. Bright Thought’s course record final time broke Hawkster’s mark of 2:22.80, established on Oct. 14, 1989.

Joyful Victory and Napravnik cruise to win Santa Margarita by four lengths; Jones-trained mare becomes racing’s newest millionaire

With consummate ease at even money, Joyful Victory, with female sensation Rosie Napravnik aboard, became Thoroughbred racing’s newest millionaire as she cruised to a dominant gate to wire victory in Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 Santa Margarita Stakes, winning by four lengths while covering 1 1/8 miles in 1:49.53. With front running Great Hot and Gary Stevens drawn to her immediate outside in post position three, Joyful Victory had a half length advantage going into the Club House turn and the 5-year-old Ontario Canadianbred mare continued to lead by the same margin past the half mile pole and into the far turn. Joyful Victory, a strikingly beautiful grey or roan mare, who set fractions of 23.02, 46.50, 1:10.50 and 1:36.00, asserted her dominance approaching the quarter pole as she opened up a four length advantage on 2-1 second choice More Chocolate

and maintained it to the wire. In what proved to be her first Grade 1 win, Joyful Victory, a 5-year-old mare by Tapit, paid $4.20, $2.60 and $2.10. Owned by Fox Hill Farm, Inc., she bagged $180,000 for the win, increasing her earnings to $1,090,679. Her record stands at 17-6-5-3. “I was starting to wonder if she (Joyful Victory) was ever going to show up at the right time on the right day (to win a Grade 1),” said Jones. “She had shown us this brilliance at times, but she’s just doing everything better right now.” Second in the Grade 1 Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita on Sept. 29, Jones said the Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic in November is at the top of his list of priorities. As for his allegiance to Napravnik, who won four races on Friday night in New Orleans, Jones was effusive in his praise. “Rosie is a special rider. It’s a gift from God, what she’s got. She doesn’t realize it yet, but she’s been anointed with this talent. She is one of the brightest young stars in this game, I can assure you.” More Chocolate, ridden by Martin Garcia, was caught four-wide into the first turn, but settled nicely off the early pace at the rail thereafter. She was in a striking position at the top of the lane, but was clearly second best, finishing 5 ¼ lengths clear of Brushed by a Star and Victor Espinoza. More Chocolate paid $3.20 and $2.20. Brushed by a Star, who was second to the winner in the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic at Sam Houston Park on Jan. 26, finished 13 ¾ lengths in front of Great Hot and paid $2.20 to show. Snow Fall, with Tyler Baze aboard, was eased at the top of the stretch and finished last in the five-horse field.

Turf Paradise, Phoenix, AZ Turf stakes doubleheader at Turf Paradise

Linda Sentes and Terry Clyde’s Mark won the Tempe Handicap while Darryl Paranica’s Acarpian took the $35,000 Scottsdale Handicap to complete a stakes doubleheader on the grass for sophomores at Turf Paradise on Saturday afternoon. In the Tempe, Mark rated behind the leaders and then took the lead rounding the final turn of the one-mile stakes. The gelding quickened at the top of the stretch and then was forced to repel a rousing rally from I Stand Alone to grab the head win at nearly 10-1 odds. Mark covered the mile in 1:38.37 with David Lopez providing the well-timed ride. Dontmesswithkitten raced wide and finished third, more than four lengths behind the top-two runners. Mark has shown to appreciate the one mile distance at Turf Paradise. Two starts before the Tempe Handicap, he won a one-mile allowance race at the Phoenix track for trainer Mike Anderson. In the Scottsdale Handicap for fillies, jockey Geovanni Franco made a bold move along the rail in the stretch aboard Acarpian and prevailed in a stretch battle with Agent Scully to get the nose win. Coming into the stretch of the one-mile test Acarpian was behind a wall of fillies and it looked like Acarpian’s only opportunity would be an opening along the rail. Franco hustled his filly through the hole and then she gamely prevailed in the tight finish for her first stakes win. In her previous start, the Robertino Diodoro-trained Acarpian won her maiden in her fourth start in a $30,000 Rumor

maiden-optional claiming race on the Turf Paradise grass course. Le Facteur was two-andone-half lengths back for third in the competitive field of 12 fillies.

MAR 10, 2013 Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CA Rumor impressive in Grade 3 Las Flores

Well beaten going 6 ½ furlongs down the hillside turf course on Feb. 10, the Richard Mandella-trained Rumor outran her 6-1 odds in Sunday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Las Flores Stakes, besting 4-5 favorite Teddy’s Promise by a half length while covering 6 ½ furlongs in 1:15.44 on a spectacular sunny day at Santa Anita. Ridden by Mike Smith, who had to overcome a cancelled flight returning from Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Rumor made it look easy as she engaged the favorite passing the eighth pole and quickly gained the advantage under left handed encouragement. “I had a terrible morning. You don’t know how hard it was for me to get here. I came from Arkansas this morning. My flight was cancelled and I’ve been on ‘standbys’ since four this morning. I’ve never been so happy to catch a standby (flight) in my life.” With Teddy’s Promise, ridden by Victor Espinoza and 5-2 second choice, Shumoos, with Garrett Gomez, dueling through splits of 22.11, 44.64, Rumor was second, one length behind the favorite with six furlongs run in

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conditions, the winning time was a fast 50.64. Lester’s Echo collected his 8th win from 24 career starts and the gelded son of The Trader’s Echo may be reaching a career peak. He earned a $51,000 payday for owners Diana Bringhurst along with Jeff and Chris Meyers of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The high powered speedster has earned over $257,000 in his productive career. Lester’s Echo paid $9.20 on a $2 win ticket. 2012 Copper Top Futurity winner Kiss My Hennessy ran a Sunland Park, NM strong race to finish second. The Lester’s Echo turns on the speed in $85,000 Mt. three-year-old multiple stakes winner was facing older runners Cristo Rey Handicap for the first time. The 5-2 favorite Lester’s Echo turned on the ran bravely along the inside to speed to win the $85,000 Mt. get the runner-up spot for trainer Cristo Rey Handicap on SaturTodd Fincher. Agiba Yulla pressed day at Sunland Park Racetrack the winner throughout from his and Casino. Under jockey Isaias outside draw. The grey sprinter alCardenas, the sharp Lester’s Echo most came to even terms with Lesparlayed a jet propelled start ter’s Echo heading into the stretch, into a wire to wire three-quarter but had no answer for the winner length win in the four and onedown the lane. Doms Flash was half furlong sprint for older New fourth, beaten 2 and 1/2 lengths. Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds. Defending champion Our Choice Despite winning his last two failed the muster a substantial sprints, Lester’s Echo was let go stretch attack and wound up sixth. at 7-2 odds at post time. Winning trainer Owen Bringhurst Santa Anita Race Park, had his charge well prepared for Arcadia, CA a third straight win. The veteran six-year-old gelding broke like a Hear the Ghost takes San Felipe, joins bullet and was never headed in heavyweights on road to the feature race. He faced challenges on both sides from Kiss Santa Anita Derby My Hennessy and Agiba Yulla but Hear the Ghost was a horse was up to the task on all fronts. few people saw or heard comThe front runner dug in through ing until Saturday at Santa Anita. the final 100 yards and would Six lengths behind well fancied not be denied. Despite blustery favorites Flashback and Golden1:09.12. “She broke a little awkwardly out of the gate,” said Espinoza. “We had to stand there a long time because the other horse (Shumoos) didn’t want to load, so she got a little impatient. When she broke, she broke to the inside and we got bumped a little bit, and when I grabbed her to straighten her up, that’s when she really grabbed the bridle and wanted to go.

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cents at the quarter pole, Hear the Ghost suddenly appeared larger than life as he unleashed a furious stretch rally under veteran Corey Nakatani to take the Grade 2, $300,000 San Felipe Stakes going away by a half length over Flashback and Julien Leparoux, covering 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.34, thus stamping himself as a leading candidate for the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 6. In a race that set up for a closer, 22-1 longshot Salutos Amigos went to the front into the Club House turn, 1 ½ lengths clear of even money favorite Flashback, who was just a head clear of 2-1 second choice Goldencents, who was ridden by Kevin Krigger. As the field headed down the backstretch, Goldencents and Flashback blew by Salutos Amigos and raced as a team to mid-stretch, with Goldencents tiring at the rail and Flashback faced with the daunting task of holding off a pair of closers— Hear the Ghost and Tiz a Minister, who rallied from last in the field of eight under Garrett Gomez. With fractions of 22.97, 45.95, 1:09.94 and 1:35.70 to run at, the Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Hear the Ghost, who was trying two turns in only his third career start, won going away in a manner that suggests he may be capable of getting longer distances such as the mile and one eighth Santa Anita Derby and the mile and a quarter Kentucky Derby on May 4. “I got a lot of enjoyment out of buying this horse and racing him with my partner, Ted Aroney

(who races as Halo Farms). We’ll find out about longer distances. That’s where we have to go next. I think we’ll stay home for the Santa Anita Derby. Purchased for $40,000 at the 2011 Keenland September yearling sale, Hear the Ghost is owned by Hollendorfer and Aroney’s Halo Farms. Off at 5-1, the Kentuckybred gelding by Ghostzapper paid $13.80, $4.60 and $3.60. With the winner’s share of $180,000, Hear the Ghost hiked his bankroll to $224,400 and he now has two wins and a second from three starts. Like the winner, Flashback was making only his third career start, but loomed a standout on the strength of his 6 ¼ length win in the Grade 2, 1 1/16 miles Robert B. Lewis Stakes on Feb. 2. Flashback returned $2.60 and $2.40, while Tiz a Minister, who was outrun by the winner from the top of the stretch home, paid $4.00 to show. Under the new Kentucky Derby qualifying points system, Hear the Ghost picked up 50 points, while runner-up Flashback bagged 20, giving him 30 points overall. Third place finisher Tiz a Minister got 10 points. Fourth place was good for five points, bringing Goldencents’ total to 29.

Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, LA Believe You Can unbelievable in New Orleans Ladies

Brereton Jones’s Believe You Can, away alertly and quickly in

RACE RECAPS - THOROUGHBRED command, made the pace and increased the margin while galloping out in the late stages to a 5 3/4-length win in Saturday’s fourth running of the listed $150,000 New Orleans Ladies at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. As the odds-on Delaunay choice of the fans, many of whom watched her parlay her Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks score to another in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks last season, Believe You Can returned mutuels of $2.10, $2.10 and $2.10, again. The daughter of Proud Citizen set early fractions of 24.76 and 48.72 before accomplishing the final 1 1/16-mile distance in 1:44.48. She increased her earnings to $1,239,484 with her eighth win in 12 career starts. Coffeepot Stables’ Imposing Grace rallied late to be secondbest in the New Orleans Ladies, paying $3 and $2.10 while finishing seven lengths in front of Brereton Jones’s Young and Lovely, who returned $2.60 to show.

Delaunay does it again in Duncan F. Kenner Stakes

Maggi Moss’s Delaunay completed his sweep of the three major sprint stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots with a 4 1/2-length tally in Saturday’s listed $150,000 Duncan F. Kenner Stakes. After being settled just behind the early pacesetter Amanecer de Oro, owned by Northpointe Thoroughbreds, Delaunay took command leaving the backstretch, gradually increased the margin while kept to pressure by winning rider Rosie Napravnik and won with something left. As the odds-on choice of the fans based on his earlier wins in Fair Grounds’ Thanksgiving Handicap and F.W. Gaudin

Called to Serve, who was the third choice in the field under Gary Stevens at 4-1. Clubhouse Ride, trained by Craig Lewis, paid $13.40 and $6.80. “I’m proud of him, he ran well,” said Lewis, who ran third behind Game On Dude with longshot Game On Dude Quindici Man in 2011. On Dude went gate to wire to Memorial, Delaunay returned Called to Serve, who win the Grade 1, $750,000 Santa mutuels of $2.60, $2.10 and shipped in from Belmont Park $2.10 and toured the six furlongs Anita Handicap by a record 7 ¾ for trainer Nick Canani, was 3 ½ lengths under Mike Smith, vanin 1:08.36 – a tick off the track lengths off the leader passing quishing eight rivals in 2:00.14 record following early fractions the half mile pole, split horses while becoming only the third of 21.68 and 44.48. turning for home and finished 1 horse in the 76-year history of The Tom Amoss trainee ½ lengths in front of last year’s the race to win it twice. increased his career earnings to Trained by Bob Baffert, who Big ’Cap winner, Ron the Greek. $539,455 with his 13th victory Called to Serve paid $3.40 picked up his fourth Big ’Cap from 38 career starts. to show. win, Game On Dude, winner of “He does it all by himself,” “There was no beating Game the 2011 Big ’Cap, broke from said Amoss said after the race. “He’s a very laid-back kind of guy post position eight and set front- On Dude,” said Stevens. “I should and I feel very fortunate to have running fractions of 23.64, 47.19, have been an easy second. We got in tight at the three-eighths 1:10.97 and 1:35.24. him.” pole and he doesn’t like it down He paid $4.60, $3.40 and Delaunay’s final time was inside. When I got him out, he rethe fastest six-furlong time of the $2.10. broke for me…I’m disappointed “He knocked it out of the meet and the fastest six-furlong we didn’t finish second. I know park today, he really did, it was time at Fair Grounds since Nick is too.” Mountain General’s track-record- extremely impressive,” said Florida-bred Ron the Greek, Smith, who tasted victory in the setting 1:08.03 in the 2002 Big ’Cap for the first time. who came off a smashing win in Thanksgiving Handicap. “He got into this great the Sunshine Millions Classic at Brittlyn Stable’s Gantry, rhythm he has, he’s got a real Gulfstream Park Jan. 19, made a the defending Kenner chamhigh cruising speed, and he was huge run to win a “Dude-less” Big pion, was closer to the pace well within himself the whole ’Cap last year from well off the on Saturday than in his recent way around there really. ” pace, was the second choice at races, continued willingly late to Owned by Joe Torre’s Dia5-2 but was never a factor under be clearly second best, paying mond Pride Stable (Torre was Jose Lezcano. $2.80 and $2.10 while finishunable to attend due to a World “I got my horse in a position ing 2 3/4-lengths in front of Baseball Classic managing comhe wanted to be in, and he gave Michael Maker’s Ghost Is Clear, mitment in Arizona), the Lanni me a good race,” said Floridawho returned $2.40 for the show Family Trust, Mercedes Stable based Lezcano. “The only thing is position. LLC and Bernard Schiappa, Game that Game On Dude is so fast— On Dude, a 6-year-old Kentucky- nothing compares. We ran hard bred gelding by Awesome Again, the whole way, but we couldn’t picked up $450,000 for the win, keep up with him.” Santa Anita Race Park, boosting his overall earnings Game On Dude joined three Arcadia, CA to $3,702,158. His record now previous two-time winners of the Game On Dude takes stands at 24-12-5-1. Big ’Cap: John Henry (1981 & ’82), lead and never looks Clubhouse Ride, dismissed Milwaukee Brew (2002 & ’03), back, wins 2nd big ’Cap at 27-1, got a ground saving and Lava Man (2006 & ’07). trip under Rafael Bejarano and California-bred John Scott, by biggest margin ever although he was no match for 20-1 on the morning line, was Before an on-track crowd the winner, prevailed in a desper- scratched by trainer Carla Gaines of 26,901 and in a performance ate nose photo for second over earlier in the day. for the ages, 6-5 favorite Game

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Suggestive Boy all heart in winning Kilroe Mile by a nose; Hall of Famer McAnally gets 700th win

In a desperate finish, Argentinebred Suggestive Boy, ridden by Joe Talamo, held off the Suggestive Boy late charge of Silentio and Rafael Bejarano to win Satur- grass, finished a nose in front of Mr. Commons and Corey Nakatani. day’s Grade 1, $300,000 Frank E. Fed Biz returned $4.40 to show. Kilroe Mile (turf) by a nose, proRun as the Arcadia Handividing Hall of Fame trainer Ron cap from 1960 through 1990, McAnally with his 700th career win at Santa Anita while getting McAnally won a division of the race in 1973 with Kobuk King. the distance in 1:32.89. Talamo won the race for the first “Seven hundred wins at Santa Anita? I thought it was 700 time today. for everywhere,” said McAnally, Sam Houston Race Park, who became a household word in the early 1980s as the trainer Houston, TX of the legendary gelding John Unstoppable U tops Henry. “We’ve always felt (Sugstellar field in Maxxam gestive Boy) was a good horse… Gold Cup The only thing I told Joe was to The $100,000 Maxxam Gold keep him relaxed no matter what Cup has attracted nationally the pace is. prominent horses since its first Irish-bred Vagabond Shoes running in 1994. Tonight’s field was sent to lead and took the included multiple-stakes winners field of eight to the top of the and two horses that had run in stretch through fractions of the Grade 1, Kentucky Derby and 22.88, 46.64, 1:09.97 and 1:21.42. Belmont Stakes. It was UnstopSuggestive Boy, on the pable U who showed his class strength of a 2 ½ length win in the and maturity in capturing the Grade 2 Arcadia Stakes on Feb. mile and one-eighth feature. 2, was off as the 3-2 favorite and The 4-year-old son of sat mid-pack into the Club House Exchange Rate won his first two turn and made the lead in a three career starts last year at Aquewide bid turning for home. duct before running sixth in the Suggestive Boy paid $5.00, Belmont Stakes. Trained by Ken$3.40 and $2.80. Owned by Pozo neth McPeek for owners Magdade Luna, Inc., the 5-year-old Sug- lena Racing and Mojallali Stables, gestive Boy picked up $180,000 Inc, he began his 2013 campaign for the win—boosting his at Oaklawn Park and shipped earnings to $677,370. His record into Sam Houston fresh off an stands at 13-7-2-0. allowance score on Feb. 9. Silentio, off at 5-1, broke With confident handling from the rail, sat in behind the by jockey Chris Landeros, the winner to the first turn and was Kentucky-bred sat off the early roughly two lengths off the lead pacesetter Hurricane Ike, who at the top of the stretch. posted fractions of :23.88 for the Silentio, who finished 1 ¼ first quarter-mile and 48.48 for lengths in front of Fed Biz and the half mile. At the top of the Mike Smith, paid $4.60 and $3.40. stretch, Landeros took command Fed Biz, in his first try on and drew to the lead, drawing off 56 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

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Artemus Kitten victorious in Jersey Lilly Stakes

Artemus Kitten, a 5-year-old daughter of Kitten’s Joy, ran second in the 2012 Jersey Lilly Unstoppable U Stakes, but shed her in a final time of 1:50.96 over a bridesmaid status this evening. fast main track. With a skilled ride from jockey McPeek was here in 2002 to Rosie Napravnik, Artemus Kitten saddle the incomparable Take rallied for a 1 ½ length victory in Charge Lady in the $275,000 the mile and one-sixteenth turf NTRA Great State Challenge stakes, covering the firm course Distaff. in a final time of 1.44.12. Trainer Michael Stidham Bred and owned by Kenneth finished second and third in the and Sarah Ramsey and trained by Maxxam with Dreaming Blue rid- Michael Maker, the talented mare den by Paul Nolan and Hurricane won her fifth career race, returnIke, who was sent off as the posting to the winner’s circle for the time favorite. first time since July 14 at Ellis Park. Unstoppable U returned Artemus Kitten returned $15.80 as the fifth betting choice $4.80 for the win. Distorted in the eight horse field. Legacy, a graded stakes-placed Twinspired, a 5-year-old son 6-year-old mare, ran second, folof Harlan’s Holiday, trained by Mi- lowed by Firehouse Red. chael Maker, ran fourth, followed by Sabercat, Ocean Seven (IRE), Flashpoint impressive in the Cajun Don and Unlatch.

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Flashpoint took on some of the nation’s top 3-year-olds in 2011, competing in the Florida Derby and Preakness Stakes for Trainer Al Stall, Jr. knew he trainer Steve Asmussen. Rider had a talented colt in his barn Glen Murphy had the call on the with the undefeated Departing. 5-year-old son of Pomeroy for Owned and bred by Claiborne Peachtree Stable. This was the Farm and Adele B. Dilschneider, fifth win from 11 starts for the the War Chant colt won both of his starts at Fair Grounds and ably Florida-bred, who covered six won his stakes debut this evening furlongs in 1:10.21. Trainer Larry Jones had a at Sam Houston Race Park in the memorable night at Sam Hous$50,000 Texas Heritage Stakes. ton Race Park on January 26, Rider Brian Hernandez, Jr. winning and setting two track kept his mount in a tracking position as Seeking Payday went records with Joyful Victory and Icon Ike. This evening, Hamiltoto the lead. nian, a 4-year-old son of Bellamy Stall indicated that DepartRoad, set the pace, but had to ing will likely be pointed to the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds settle for second. Flashpoint, sent off as the in 28 days. Departing returned $3.20 as third-betting choice, returned the even-money favorite. Holiday $10.40 for the win, and earned $30,000 for the victory. Bind was Mischief was a game second, followed by Worldventurer, who third.

Departing remains undefeated with victory in the $50,000 Heritage Stakes

RCI RULINGS Name: TROY A AUMANN Ruling Date: 3/29/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 09-RP-032 Ruling Type: Financial Obligation/Restoration Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: RE:09-RP-147. Owner Troy Arthur Aumann, having satisfied his financial obligation to Dr. Jill Mixer, Mixer Equine Services, Inc. in the amount of one thoursand twenty-nine dollars and seventy-one cents ($1029.71), is hereby restored to good standing, and eligible for licensure effective 3/28/2013. Name: WESTON MARTY IRELAND Ruling Date: 3/27/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-031 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 250 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Exercise rider Weston Marty Ireland, pled “No Contest” and fined the sum of two hundred fifty ($250.00) dollars for having a .38 Special “Ultralite” revolver in his possession in his assigned dorm room at RP on 3/18/2013. Name: GEORGE ROBERT CARTER Ruling Date: 3/27/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-030 Ruling Type: Failure to Honor Declaration/Engagement Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey George Robert Carter, pled “No Contest” and fined two hundred ($200.00) dollars for failing to honor his agreement for his jockey’s services at RP on 3/15/2013. Name: LAURA RENEE HOBBS Ruling Date: 3/26/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: WILL ROGERS DOWNS Ruling Number: 13-WRD-032 Ruling Type: Trainer Responsibility Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 500 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner/TR Laura Renee Hobbs hav-

ing pled “No Contest” and waived her right to a hearing, is hereby fined the sum of five hundred ($500.00) dollars for a horse under her care and supervision, “NANCY NIGHTINGALE”, the 1st place finisher of the 1st race at WRD on 3/12/2013, testing at a level of FUROSEMIDE that exceeds the Commission established tolerance. Name: BRENDAN A BAKIR Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS068 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/23/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner BRENDAN A. BAKIR (Tachycardia Stables), having failed to appear to respond to a complaint alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1876 (Financial Responsibility-John P. Araujo, DVM-$662.50) is suspended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547 (Failure to Appear). During the term of suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Brendan A. Bakir are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule # 1528 (Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine), Mr. Bakir is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction. Name: AMI M BREEDEN Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-029 Ruling Type: Necessitating a Late Scratch Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer AMI BREEDEN, pled “No Contest” and fined two hundred ($200) dollars for failing to have the owners of “STREAKIN MAGIC” licensed prior to running in the 9th race on 3/15/2013, necessitating a late scratch. Name: HENRY ANIBAL ORANTES Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS069 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/23/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Groom HENRY ORANTES, having failed to appear to answer charges alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1874(Disorderly Conduct-intoxicated and fighting) is suspended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547 (Failure to Appear). During the term of suspension, all

licenses and license privileges of Henry Orantes are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1528(Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine), Mr. Orantes is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction. Name: CLIFF BERRY Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Jurisdiction: Arkansas Racing Commission Facility: OAKLAWN PARK Ruling Number: 13-027 Ruling Type: Unknown Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey CLIFF BERRY is fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) for riding past the finish line without the permission of the Stewards while riding “HORIZONTAL FUSION” in the fourth race on March 8, 2013, a violation of ARC rule #1248. Name: PHILLIP A TEATOR Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Jurisdiction: Arkansas Racing Commission Facility: OAKLAWN PARK Ruling Number: 13-028 Ruling Type: Unknown Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/14/2013 Suspension End: 3/16/2013 Ruling Text: Jockey PHILLIP TEATOR is suspended three (3) racing days, Thursday March 14, 2013, Friday, March 15, 2013, and Saturday March 16, 2013, for allowing his mount, “ANTEROS”, to drift in and interfere with two horses to his inside during the stretch run of the sixth (6TH) race on March 8, 2013, a violation of ARC Rule #2347. During his period of suspension, Mr. Teator may ride in designated stakes races but then must serve a replacement day of suspension. Name: KENNY ROGER JANSEN Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Jurisdiction: Arkansas Racing Commission Facility: OAKLAWN PARK Ruling Number: 13-024 Ruling Type: Unknown Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Assistant Trainer KENNY JANSEN is fined $200.00 for causing a disturbance with an employee in the stable area, a violation of ARC Rule #1117. Name: ALONZO LOYA Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: LOUISIANA DOWNS Ruling Number: 20024 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 57

Fine Amount: $ 500 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Methylprednisolone reported at severity level I, in post race blood sample taken from Eysa Flash, winner of race 2, March 2, 2013. Trainer declined his right to testing of split and waived his right to a stewards hearing. First violation of a category IV or V drug within a twelve month period. Name: JOHN E BERNARD Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 20022 Ruling Type: Appeal/Stay Granted Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: On March 22, 2013 the LSRC granted John E. Bernard a suspensive appeal of ruling 20022.

Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failure to have scheduled starter, Red Heels, in the paddock resulting in a late scratch from race 4, March 20, 2013. Name: JOHN E BERNARD Ruling Date: 3/22/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 20022 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test - Human Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/1/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Tested positive for Dangerous Substance Abuse, fourth offence.Presence of a CDS confirmed in split. Suspended six months and denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Racing Commission. Case referred to the Louisiana State Racing Commission for further action.

Name: CHRIS R RICHARD Ruling Date: 3/22/2013 Jurisdiction: Iowa Racing Commission Facility: PRAIRIE MEADOWS Name: JAVIER HERNANDEZ Ruling Number: 45358 Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Jurisdiction: Arkansas Racing Commission Breed: Mixed Facility: OAKLAWN PARK Division: Mixed Ruling Number: 13-025 Fine Amount: $ 500 Ruling Type: Unknown Fine Paid: Not Reported Breed: Thoroughbred Suspension Start: Division: Horse Suspension End: 5/3/2013 Fine Amount: $ 200 Ruling Text: A report from the Iowa State UniverFine Paid: Not Reported isty Diagnostic Laboratory states the presence Suspension Start: of 2-HYDROXYETHYLPROMAZINE in urine Suspension End: sample #932903 take from the horse “VEILLIT” Ruling Text: Exercise rider JAVIER HERNANDEZ after finishing second (2ND) in the third (3RD) is fined $200.00 for being the aggressor in a race on June 30, 2012. Trainer CHRIS RICHARD disturbance in the stable area, a violation of chose to send his split sample to HFL Sport SciARC Rule #1117. ence in Lexington, Kentucky. Due to unexpected circumstances at the HFL Sport Science Lab, Name: JOSE CRUZ The Board did not receive HFL Sport Science’s Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 report confirming the presence of 2-HYDROXYJurisdiction: Arkansas Racing Commission ETHYLPROMAZINE in sample #932903 until Facility: OAKLAWN PARK December 18, 2012. Attorney Maggi Moss, repRuling Number: 13-026 resenting Trainer Chris Richard, requested that Ruling Type: Unknown Trainer Richard’s hearing commence on July 25, Breed: Thoroughbred 2012, in order to present witness testimony priDivision: Horse or to the close of the Thoroughred meet, and Fine Amount: $ 100 then have said hearing suspended pending Fine Paid: Not Reported the results of Trainer Richard’s split sample. The Suspension Start: Board granted Attorney Moss’ request, and on Suspension End: July 25, 2012, Trainer Richard called the followRuling Text: Exercise Rider JOSE CRUZ is fined ing witness: practicing Veterinarian Brad Brown $100.00 for participating in a disturbance in the and Angel Medina, Trainer Richard’s Stable stable area, a violation of ARC Rule #1117. Foreman. Trainer Richard also provided testimony. Trainer Richard’s hearing commenced on Name: Roberto C Villareal March 19, 2013. On March 19, 2013, Attorney Ruling Date: 3/23/2013 Moss contacted the Board and stated she withJurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission drew herself from representing Trainer Richard Facility: LOUISIANA DOWNS to avoid any conflicts of interest. Attorney Moss Ruling Number: 20023 informed the Board that Trainer Richard would Ruling Type: Failure to Properly Identify/Present not pe presenting evidence or testimony at his Horse or Greyhound hearing, but only if, in doing so, he (Richard) Breed: Quarter Horse would not forfeit any of his due process rights Division: Horse of appeal. The Board assures Trainer Richard Fine Amount: $ 200 that he has not forfeited any of his due process Fine Paid: Not Reported rights and will be afforded any and all due Suspension Start: 58 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

process rights entitled him under Iowa Rules of Racing and State Statutes. To that end, the Board consideres this matter fully submitted. Therefore, based on the preponderance of evidence, the Board finds Trainer Chris Richard in violation of Iowa Rules of Racing. In following the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) penalty guidelines, the Board hereby suspends Trainer Chris Richard for 15 days and assesses an administrative penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00). Trainer Richard’s suspension shall start on the first day of Prairie Meadows 2013 live Thoroughbred meet, April 19, 2013 through May 3, 2013. Further, the Board orders “VEILLIT” disqualified from her second place finish in the third race on June 30, 2012, for all purposes except pari-mutuel watering, and orders any and all purse monies earned by “VEILLIT” from said race forfeited and redistributed accordingly. Name: KATRINA HILL Ruling Date: 3/22/2013 Jurisdiction: Oregon Racing Commission Facility: PORTLAND MEADOWS Ruling Number: PM13-007 Ruling Type: Reinstatement to Good Standing in State Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Paid her ($100.00) fine. Name: BRYAN LEE ERNST Ruling Date: 3/22/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-028 Ruling Type: By Order of Commission/Administration Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Applicant BRYAN LEE ERNST is hereby eligible for licensure as a jockey and that he will be subject to and complies with terms and conditions set forth by the RP Board of Stewards. Name: LINDA A HEGAR Ruling Date: 3/22/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 20020 Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/22/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible for licensure and denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Racing Commission pending payment of $345 to Equine Medicine and Surgery.

RCI RULINGS Name: ALEJANDRO LEON Ruling Date: 3/22/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 20021 Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/22/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Suspended and denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Racing Commission, pending appearance before the stewards regarding his financial obligation to Equine Medicine and Surgery ($143.). Name: ANGELA MARIE MOORE-FAVRE Ruling Date: 3/21/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 20015 Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/21/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible for licensure and denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Racing Commission pending payment of $4247 to Equine Medicine and Surgery. Name: CHRISTOPHER W CANDIES Ruling Date: 3/21/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 20014 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 500 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Methylprednisolone reported at severity level I, in post race blood sample taken from Silver Crescent, third finisher of race 6, February 21, 2013. Trainer declined his right to testing of split and waived his right to a stewards hearing. First violation of a RCI category IV or V drug within a twelve month period. Name: CLYDE E MCKEAN Ruling Date: 3/21/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 20017 Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/21/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible for licensure and denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Racing Commission pending payment of $1229 to Stemmans, Inc..

Name: KEITH CHARLES Ruling Date: 3/21/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 20016 Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/21/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Suspended and denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Racing Commission, pending appearance before the stewards regarding his financial obligation to Stemmans, Inc.($706). Name: ERNEST P RETAMOZA JR. Ruling Date: 3/21/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 20018 Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/21/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible for licensure and denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Racing Commission pending payment of $7804 to Equine Medicine and Surgery. Name: OSWALD S CARLTON Ruling Date: 3/21/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 20019 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 500 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Flunixin and Phenylbutazone reported at severity level I in post race blood sample taken from Along The Coast, winner of race 3, March 9, 2013. Trainer declined his right to have the split portion tested and waived his right to a hearing. First violation on an ARCI class IV or V drug in a 12 month period. Name: GUY S SMITH Ruling Date: 3/20/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 20013 Ruling Type: Failure to Properly Identify/Present Horse or Greyhound Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failure to have scheduled starter, Colton’s Hope, in the paddock resulting in a late scratch from race 10, March 15, 2013.

Name: RAFAEL J BEJARANO Ruling Date: 3/16/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS065 Ruling Type: Careless/Unsafe/Improper Riding or Driving Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/22/2013 Suspension End: 3/24/2013 Ruling Text: Jockey RAFAEL BEJARANO is suspended for THREE (3) DAYS (March 22, 23, and 24, 2013) for altering course without sufficient clearance and causing interference while riding “Unusual Lover’’ in the third race at Santa Anita Park on March 15, 2013. This constitutes a violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1699 (Riding Rules-careless riding). The term of suspension shall not prohibit participation in designated races pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1766 (Designated Races). Name: TYLER D LILLY Ruling Date: 3/16/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: LOUISIANA DOWNS Ruling Number: 20006 Ruling Type: License Type Changed Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Assistant Trainer license withdrawn, without prejudice, in lieu of a Trainer license. Name: CRUZ MELQUIADES MENDEZ Ruling Date: 3/16/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL052 Ruling Type: Misuse of Whip Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 300 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey CRUZ MENDEZ is fined three hundred dollars ($300.00)* for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1688 (B-2) (Use of Whips - Whipping in Post Parade) on Friday, March 15, 2013. Name: EVERARDO SERRANO GARCIA Ruling Date: 3/15/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL051 Ruling Type: Disorderly Conduct Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey EDDIE GARCIA is fined two hundred dollars ($200.00)* for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1930 (ObeSureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 59

dience to Security Officers and Public Safety Officers – Disrespect to Security and Outrider) on March 1, 2013. Name: Derrick D Hall Ruling Date: 3/13/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: LOUISIANA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19999 Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 25 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Submitted a non cashable check to the LSRC in the amount of $50(owes $75). Name: DIONICIO GENTIL NAVARRO Ruling Date: 3/10/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL050 Ruling Type: Careless/Unsafe/Improper Riding or Driving Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/17/2013 Suspension End: 3/23/2013 Ruling Text: Jockey DIONICIO NAVARRO who rode“VALLEY SPIRIT” in the fourth race at Los Alamitos Race Course on Saturday, March 9, 2013, is suspended three (3) racing days (March 17th, 22nd, and 23rd, 2013) for failure to maintain a straight course, causing interference. A violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1699 (Riding Rules - Careless Riding). The term of this suspension shall not prohibit participation in designated races in California. Name: EFRAIN HERNANDEZ Ruling Date: 3/9/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL049 Ruling Type: Careless/Unsafe/Improper Riding or Driving Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/16/2013 Suspension End: 3/22/2013 Ruling Text: Apprentice Jockey EFRAIN HERNANDEZ who rode “BAJA CAL” in the first race at Los Alamitos Race Course on Friday, Marc 8, 2013, is suspended three (3) racing days (March 16th, 17th, and 22nd, 2013) for attempting to drive into a non-existent hole, causing interference resulting in the disqualification of his mount from fifth to seventh position. A violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1699 (Riding Rules - Careless Riding). The term of this suspension shall not prohibit participation in designated races in California. Name: LEONARDO RAFAEL GONZALEZ Ruling Date: 3/8/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board 60 SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4

Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL043 Ruling Type: Race Office/Track Rule Violation Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 3/9/2013 Suspension End: 3/9/2013 Ruling Text: Pursuant to California Horse Racing Board Rule #1766 (Designated Races), Jockey LEONARDO GONZALEZ, having participated in trials in Arizona on Saturday, March 2, 2013 shall serve an additional suspension day Saturday, March 9, 2013, in order to satisfy the terms of L.A.Q.H. Ruling #35, dated February 23, 2013. Name: BIANCA DINORA MENDEZ Ruling Date: 3/8/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL047 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 50 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner BIANCA MENDEZ is fined fifty dollars ($50.00)* for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1875 (Firearms - Pellet Rifle) Name: SANTIAGO MELQUIADES MENDEZ Ruling Date: 3/8/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL045 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 50 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey SANTIAGO MENDEZ is fined fifty dollars ($50.00)* for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1875 (Firearms - Pellet Rifle). Name: MARTIN MARIN Ruling Date: 3/8/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL046 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 25 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Groom MARTIN MARIN is fined twenty five dolalrs ($25.00)* for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1530 (Cases Not Covered By Rules and Regulations Excess Speeding) Name: RAFAEL BARAJAS SANTANA Ruling Date: 3/8/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board

Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL044 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Groom RAFAEL B. SANTANA is fined one hundred dollars ($100.00)* for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1875 (Firearms - Pellet Rifle). Name: OSWALD S CARLTON Ruling Date: 3/6/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19985 Ruling Type: Race Office/Track Rule Violation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failed to have a current negative piroplasmosis test result on file for his scheduled starter, Hottie Hawk resulting in a late scratch from race 7, March 02, 2013. Name: TIM L BROWN Ruling Date: 3/2/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: WATCH AND WAGER LLC - CAL EXPO Ruling Number: CEHC027 Ruling Type: Failure to Properly Identify/Present Horse or Greyhound Breed: Harness Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 50 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer TIM BROWN, who had “PAUL THE POWERFUL” programmed to start in the fourth race on Friday, March 1, 2013 is hereby fined the sum of fifty ($50.00)* dollars for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1530 (Cases Not Covered By Rules and Regulations) Late to the Post Parade. Name: WILLIAMS ARRIAGA HERNANDEZ Ruling Date: 3/2/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: WATCH AND WAGER LLC - CAL EXPO Ruling Number: CEHC026 Ruling Type: Careless/Unsafe/Improper Riding or Driving Breed: Harness Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Provisional Driver WILLIAMS HERNANDEZ, who drove “NATTY LITE” in the tenth race on Friday, March 1, 2013, is hereby fined the sum of two hundred ($200.00)* dollars for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1721 (I) (Driving Rules - Commit Act Impeding Progress of Another Horse Resulting in a Disqualification).

S T A K E S R E S U LT S QUARTER HORSE | 4-1-2013 RED CELL NEW MEXICO CHALLENGE S., Gr.3, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $63,090, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 44.122 - 3/31/2013 1. All About Larry-QH , b . g. 6, by Heza Motor Scooter-QH, - Come Hell Or Hiwater-QH, by Shoot Yeah-QH, Bred by: Las Vegas Ranch (AZ) 4 $30,284 N/A Heath, Diane J. Stinebaugh L. Martinez 2. Dm Streakn Thru Fire-QH , sor . g. 5, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, - Sashay N Six-QH, by Sixarun-QH, Bred by: Don Moler (OK) ½ $12,933 N/A Sturdevant, Richard T., Wootan, Terry and Yates, Joe David M. Joiner C. Lambert 3. Jess a Traffic Jam-QH , sor . g. 7, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - Traffic Ten Too-QH, by Dash Thru Traffic-QH, Bred by: Don R Hill Estate (OK) 1½ $6,309 N/A Weldon, George T. and Judy B. Rust L. Gamez LEO S., Gr.1, REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.637 - 3/30/2013 1. First in Class Dbs-QH , br . c. 4, by First Down Dash-QH, - A Chick of Class-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Double Bar S Ranch Llc (CA) nk $60,000 101 Smith, Andrew L. Villafranco R. Baldillez 2. The Long Knife-QH , sor . g. 4, by Tac It Like a Man-QH, - Oodles of Cash-QH, by Hooked On Cash-QH, Bred by: Becklyn Farm (TX) hd $20,000 99 Denny, Steve C. Gilbreath G. Carter, Jr. 3. Jess Lips-QH , sor . c. 4, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, - Loose Lips-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Charlie and Dixie Patterson (TX) 1¼ $11,000 98 Valeriano Racing Stables LLC E. Willis D. Pinon DECKETTA S., Gr.3, REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $52,500, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.431 - 3/30/2013 1. Black Rosalita-QH , blk . f. 4, by Sweet First Down-QH, - Poneta-QH, by Tolltac-QH, Bred by: Francis L Glowacki 97 Trust (MD) ½ $30,000 97 Glowacki, Dr. Francis and L97 Trust L. Chavira I. Carnero 2. Cruzin the Wagon-QH , br . f. 4, by Pyc Paint Your Wagon-QH, Penelope Cruzin-QH, by Okey Dokey Dale-QH, Bred by: Michael A Pohl (OK) hd $11,500 93 Reliance Ranches LLC B. Clay S. Smith 3. Kuhl Wave-QH , sor . f. 3, by Wave Carver-QH, - Shazooms Doll-QH, by Shazoom-QH, Bred by: Tom Bradbury/Marvin Willhite (OK) 1 $6,500 91 Banuelos, Miguel J. Aguilera R. Gutierrez WEST TEXAS DERBY, Gr.3, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $203,148, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 18.808 - 3/30/2013 1. Pj Chick in Black-QH , br . f. 3, by Desirio-QH, - Eddie Jym-QH, by Corona Cocktail-QH, Bred by: Fredda Draper (NM) 1 $95,480 N/A Bowen, Dennis C., Taylor, Susan and Jack Smith Farms J. Stinebaugh E. Ramirez 2. Icu Deity-QH , sor . g. 3, by Fdd Dynasty-QH, - Icu Shazoom-QH, by Shazoom-QH, Bred by: Linda Joiner (NM) no $36,567 N/A Joiner, Linda and Cope, Marty M. Joiner C. Lambert 3. Whiteface Eagle-QH , sor . f. 3, by One Famous Eagle-QH, - Sing and Pray-QH, by Truley First Class-QH, Bred by: Christine Hudson (TX) ¾ $22,346 N/A Mexas Racing Team J. Aldavaz, Jr. A. Ramos HARRIS COUNTY S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $20,000, 3 yo’s & up, 550 yards, Time: 27.765 3/29/2013 1. Jc My Diamond Man-QH , gr . g. 8, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, - Chicks a Diamond-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: James H Cordell (TX) 3½ $12,000 91 Nava, III, Clem B. Stroud R. Aguirre 2. Bythedawnsearlylight-QH , sor . h. 5, by Heza Fast Dash-QH, Todays Special, by Groovy, Bred by: Dan W Nicks (TX) nk $4,000 74 Gutierrez, Velia E. Luna, Jr. L. Vivanco 3. Kite Flyer-QH , gr . h. 6, by Royal Quick Dash-QH, - Cymbidiam-QH, by Tommy de Great-QH, Bred by: Iris M Buchanan (TX) nk $2,200 73 Dark Horse Partnership J. Basham S. Carrizales KATELLA H., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $25,000, 4 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.406 - 3/24/2013 1. Pot Ocash-QH , blk . g. 6, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, - Corona Cash-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Henry E Brown (OK) hd $13,750 106 Moreno, Jose J. Moreno C. Mendez 2. Fols Jesse-QH , sor . g. 4, by Jesse James Jr-QH, - Sheza Jet DashQH, by Dash to Chivato-QH, Bred by: Mesa Valley Farms Llc (NM) nk $5,625 105 Mesa Valley Farms LLC M. Skeen J. Cruz 3. Gone With a Win-QH , gr . c. 4, by Voghts Gold-QH, - Send Sallye

Silver-QH, by Disco Jerry, Bred by: Johnny M Patterson (OK) ¾ $3,125 103 Velazquez, Carlos J. De La Torre E. Nicasio OKLAHOMA FUTURITY (Grade 2), Gr.2, REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $325,000, 2 yo, 300 yards, Time: 15.279 3/23/2013 1. Fetching Beauty-QH , br . f. 2, by No Secrets Here-QH, - Jess Racy Eyes-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: John Andreini & Vince Genco (CA) ½ $130,000 N/A Chavez, Alma S. Chavez V. Olivo 2. Jj Hitman-QH , gr . c. 2, by Hard Hitting-QH, - Jj Dash-QH, by Fishers Dash-QH, Bred by: Ed and Sammye Carter (TX) ½ $55,250 N/A Carter, Ed and Carter, Sammye S. Capps B. Packer 3. Royal Rythm-QH , gr . g. 2, by Royal Blue Chew Chew-QH, - Supersonic Rhythm-QH, by Winning Rhythm-QH, Bred by: Gaylin Childers (OK) no $35,750 N/A Childers, Gaylin E. Willis K. Muntz OKLAHOMA DERBY, REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $136,000, 3 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.320 - 3/23/2013 1. Big Boi-QH , sor . g. 3, by Oak Tree Special-QH, - Bosanova Baby-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Irene Velasquez (OK) ¾ $54,400 N/A Velasquez, Irene V. Bohner D. Brown 2. Last First Kiss-QH , sor . f. 3, by Shazoom-QH, - Top Shawne-QH, by #Shawne Bug-QH, Bred by: Anderson & Alexia Mehrle (OK) nk $23,120 N/A Mehrle, Alexia K. Willis R. Hadley 3. Charvet-QH , b . g. 3, by One Famous Eagle-QH, - BloomingdalesQH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Bobby D Cox (TX) hd $14,960 N/A Crowson Racing V. Rodriguez O. Rincon HARRAH’S FUTURITY S., Gr.3, LOUISIANA DOWNS, Value of Race: $191,560, 2 yo, 300 yards, Time: 15.527 - 3/23/2013 1. Separatist Firstdown-QH , sor . c. 2, by Separatist-QH, - Shesa Firstdown Jess-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Narciso Flores (TX) ¾ $86,202 N/A Ramirez, Oscar Canales and Flores, Isidro I. Flores S. Ramirez, Jr. 2. A Noble Jess Elie-QH , sor . f. 2, by Jess Elie-QH, - Legendary SeisQH, by Tres Seis-QH, Bred by: Mercy Hinklins Horse Farm Llc (TX) nk $32,565 N/A Mercy Hinklin’s Horse Farm, LLC K. Roberts, Sr. J. Chavis 3. Imkeepingscore-QH , sor . c. 2, by First Down Dash-QH, - My Special Phoebe-QH, by Special Effort-QH, Bred by: Kirk M Goodfellow (TX) ½ $19,156 N/A Amaro Brothers Racing J. Contreras A. Lujan STREAKIN LA JOLLA S., LOUISIANA DOWNS, Value of Race: $20,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.675 - 3/23/2013 1. Katillac Man-QH , sor . g. 4, by Country Chicks Man-QH, - Kitty Kat Dash-QH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: Richard Joneson (OK) nk $12,000 N/A Amaro, Rene J. Contreras A. Lujan 2. A Royal Treatment-QH , br . g. 4, by Corona Caliente-QH, - Intent, by Roar, Bred by: Mike Abraham (NM) nk $4,000 N/A Casarez, Rosario J. Contreras J. Deschamp 3. Sparrow Contender-QH , sor . c. 4, by Contend-QH, - Taint SpecialQH, by Streakin Six-QH, Bred by: Irma I Trevino (TX) 1¼ $2,200 N/A Soliz, Jr., Israel F. Huitron S. Carrizales P.C.H.A. S., RILLITO, Value of Race: $18,500, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.204 - 3/17/2013 1. Sea Panther Run-QH , br . g. 4, by Panther Mountain-QH, - Yacht Sea-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Russell P Mowad (LA) nk $10,360 97 Cardenas, Xavier O. Lorta J. James 2. Specials Gold-QH , gr . g. 4, by Voghts Gold-QH, - Special Anywhere-QH, by Make It Anywhere-QH, Bred by: A C Taylor (OK) 1 $3,700 95 Tasso, Gilberto C. Lopez L. Gonzalez 3. Bv Fly First Class-QH , gr . g. 4, by Fly Jess Fly-QH, - Eyesa First-QH, by Eyesa Special-QH, Bred by: Bella Vista Farms Llc (OK) ½ $1,850 86 Gallardo, Jose A. Sanchez E. Tapia P.C.H.A. S., RILLITO, Value of Race: $15,500, 3 yo’s & up, 220 yards, Time: 11.731 - 3/17/2013 1. Corona Cartel To-QH , sor . f. 3, by Corona Cartel-QH, - Luci O TooleQH, by Jody O Toole-QH, Bred by: Cruz Xavier Velazquez Grijalva (CA) hd $15,500 88 Velazquez, Cruz A. Castellanos E. Tapia 2. Sheez My Lucky Charm-QH , sor . m. 7, by Hez Class-QH, - Dash to

the Hilt-QH, by Pure D Dash-QH, Bred by: Richard Joneson (MI) ½ $0 87 Ornelas, Erik J. Serrano R. Oliver 3. Jesstifiable-QH , sor . g. 7, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, - Kpax-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Bobby D Cox (TX) 1 $0 81 Ramos, Victor C. and Rivera, Francisco J. J. Botello R. Valenzuela SLM BIG DADDY S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $37,500, 3 yo’s & up, 550 yards, Time: 26.662 - 3/16/2013 1. You Can Call Mr Earl-QH , sor . g. 4, by Sweet First Down-QH, - Stawfly N Princess-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Earl Leon Richardson (OK) ½ $23,230 N/A Richardson, Earl C. Crawford T. Bennett 2. Mr Truly Uno-QH , sor . g. 6, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - Truley YoursQH, by Tolltac-QH, Bred by: Jacque J Tanton (TX) hd $6,910 N/A Box, Sally C. Gilbreath R. Baldillez 3. Big Chop-QH , br . g. 4, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - Annie Eye OverQH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Wootan Racing (TX) ½ $3,800 N/A Wootan Racing T. Keeton G. Carter, Jr. HOWARD AND CHARLOTTE KING MEMORIAL S., RILLITO, Value of Race: $3,500, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 45.000 3/16/2013 1. Develish Jack , b . g. 6, by Tannersmyman, - Devilish Quest, by Quest for Fame (GB), Bred by: S.A.M.E. LLC (CA) no $1,960 88 Ulmer, Teresa J. Crotts D. Aguilar 2. Dr. Dizzle , dk b/. g. 8, by Iron Cat, - Scrutiny, by Air Forbes Won, Bred by: AJM Properties, Inc (CA) 2½ $700 88 Alcoverde, Cheri E. Alcoverde C. Williams 3. Rumored Overnight , gr/ro. m. 7, by Overnight Express, - It’s All Rumor, by Whitney Tower, Bred by: Guy Trolinger (IN) nk $350 80 Ortega, Jesus J. Ortega, Sr. J. James MARDIS GRAS FUTURITY, Gr.2, LOUISIANA DOWNS, Value of Race: $281,796, 2 yo, 300 yards, Time: 15.404 - 3/16/2013 1. Sandra Sue Blue-QH , gr . f. 2, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - Madame Mayor-QH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Kathleen and Steve Billings (LA) ¾ $126,808 N/A K K Horse Racing J. Garcia E. Martinez 2. Bradys March Madness-QH , gr . g. 2, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, Kokopelli Hills-QH, by Jj Shot Glass-QH, Bred by: Triple Lynn Farms Llc (LA) nk $47,905 N/A Rodriguez, Jr., Jesse M. Rodriguez R. Ramirez, Jr. 3. First Corona Man-QH , b . c. 2, by Hez Fast as Cash-QH, - My Chicks Fast-QH, by Dodadash-QH, Bred by: E & E Horse Racing & Stables (LA) nk $28,179 N/A Perez, Maria R. Sanchez F. Maldonado MARDI GRAS DERBY, LOUISIANA DOWNS, Value of Race: $84,404, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.856 - 3/16/2013 1. T Boy C-QH , sor . g. 3, by Sir Runaway Dash-QH, - Toast to MallardQH, by Toast to Dash-QH, Bred by: Gerald Patin and Curtis Roy (LA) 1 $37,982 N/A Guzman, Jose M. Rodriguez R. Ramirez, Jr. 2. Lets Jess Do It-QH , gr . g. 3, by First Prize Perry-QH, - Lets SeparateQH, by Separatist-QH, Bred by: Easy Acres Performance Horses (LA) hd $14,349 N/A Pena, Noe B. Martinez D. Alvarez 3. Fance Oak Tree-QH , sor . g. 3, by Oak Tree Special-QH, - Fance Loretta-QH, by Reckless Dash-QH, Bred by: Carlos Bejarano (LA) ½ $8,441 N/A Moya, Alejandro E. Hernandez A. Lujan EASTEX HANDICAP (Grade 2), Gr.2, REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $52,500, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.276 3/10/2013 1. Fast Prize Mike-QH , br . c. 4, by Pyc Paint Your Wagon-QH, - Fast Mans Prize-QH, by Heza Fast Man-QH, Bred by: Weetona Stanley (OK) nk $32,284 93 Salazar, Evelio S. Salazar G. Carter, Jr. 2. Eufaula Me-QH , br . g. 4, by Okey Dokey Dale-QH, - Yawls Spreadn Rumors-QH, by Serious Rumors-QH, Bred by: Sheri Lynn Andrew (IA) ½ $9,928 91 Lawless, John B. Clay S. Smith 3. Kool Country Man-QH , sor . g. 5, by Country Chicks Man-QH, - First Kool Baby-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Ramiro Lopez and Bob A Gaston (TX) hd $5,460 86 Barbosa, Juan J. Castaneda R. Vallejo MIGHTY DECK THREE H., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $55,000, 3 yo’s & up, 250 yards, Time: 12.919 - 3/10/2013 1. Fast Prize Jordan-QH , b . c. 4, by Pyc Paint Your Wagon-QH, - Fast SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 61

Prize Doll-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Weetona Stanley (OK) ¾ $32,230 96 Stanley, Weetona and Smith, William E. B. Muse G. Carter, Jr. 2. Finche-QH , sor . g. 8, by Tres Seis-QH, - Doctor Prospector-QH, by Bully Bullion-QH, Bred by: Chris Sheehy (OK) no $11,410 88 Abney, Larry and Sheehy, Chris L. Abney D. Freeman 3. Cruzin the Wagon-QH , br . f. 4, by Pyc Paint Your Wagon-QH, Penelope Cruzin-QH, by Okey Dokey Dale-QH, Bred by: Michael A Pohl (OK) nk $6,450 87 Pursel, Terry C. and Mary Louise B. Clay S. Smith MESILLA VALLEY SPEED H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.065 - 3/10/2013 1. Bet On Ballou-QH , br . g. 8, by Sum Fun to Bet-QH, - Ballou Thirty Two-QH, by Strait to the Bank-QH, Bred by: Carl D Dahl (NM) nk $51,000 N/A Quarter Circle W Bar LLC W. Giles J. Leos 2. Stel Gone Corona-QH , sor . g. 5, by Stel Corona-QH, - Meter Her Gone-QH, by Meter Me Gone-QH, Bred by: Double A Ranch (NM) nk $17,850 N/A Ramirez, Veronica R. Ochoa M. Gutierrez 3. Sandys Jesse-QH , sor . f. 3, by Jesse James Jr-QH, - Sandys Fame-

QH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: Mj Farms (NM) ½ $8,500 N/A Lee, Chin A. Orozco T. Thedford GARDEN GROVE HANDICAP, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $15,000, 4 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.634 - 3/3/2013 1. Tres of Linda-QH , sor . f. 4, by Tres Seis-QH, - Lindas Dasher-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: C & R Singletary and J Hales (CA) ½ $8,250 99 J Hales and C & R Singletary S. Willoughby G. Arriaga 2. Attack the Cartel-QH , b . f. 4, by Corona Cartel-QH, - Separate TacQH, by Separatist-QH, Bred by: Steve D Burns Dvm (CA) 1¼ $3,375 96 Burns, DVM, Steve M. Casselman C. Mendez 3. Tac It to Heart-QH , br . f. 4, by Tac It Like a Man-QH, - Let’s Eat Lunch, by Nostalgia’s Star, Bred by: Judy L Misch (CA) nk $1,875 87 Spartan 300 T. Bazley E. Gomez WEST TEXAS MATURITY, Gr.2, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $95,423, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 18.925 - 3/2/2013 1. Tf Featured Effort-QH , br . c. 4, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - Meadow Creeks Effort-QH, by Special Effort-QH, Bred by: Tate Farms (LA)

THOROUGHBRED SANTANA MILE S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $71,500, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:36.36 - 3/31/2013 1. Liaison , b . c. 4, by Indian Charlie, - Galloping Gal, by Victory Gallop, Bred by: William A. Carl Estate (KY) ½ $42,900 N/A Arnold Zetcher LLC B. Baffert M. Garcia 2. Midnight Transfer , ch . c. 4, by Hard Spun, - French Satin, by French Deputy, Bred by: Alpha Delta Stables, LLC (KY) 1¾ $14,300 N/A Williamson, Warren C. Gaines R. Bejarano 3. Tres Borrachos , b . g. 8, by Ecton Park, - Pete’s Fancy, by Peteski, Bred by: Robert Shapiro, John J. Greely IV & Phil Houchens(KY) 3¼ $8,580 N/A Hicker, George and Button Stable M. Jones G. Gomez

1¼ $45,008 N/A Dominguez, Jaime J. Dominguez A. Rivera 2. Jess Cuervo-QH , b . c. 4, by Corona Cartel-QH, - Jessica Ravin-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: You and Me Partners (OK) hd $17,335 N/A Crowson, Anna V. Rodriguez-Flores E. Ramirez 3. Our First Corona-QH , sor . g. 4, by Corona Cartel-QH, - Hawk ThreeQH, by Fishers Dash-QH, Bred by: Kevin W and Robin L Allred (AZ) ½ $10,656 N/A Allred, Kevin W and Robin L M. Joiner L. Martinez MR. JESS PERRY S., LOUISIANA DOWNS, Value of Race: $35,000, 4 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.495 - 3/2/2013 1. Political Option-QH , sor . g. 4, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - In His Dreams-QH, by Apollo, Bred by: J E Jumonville Jr (LA) no $21,000 N/A Lozano, Carlos K. Roberts, Sr. J. Hamilton 2. Haystretcher-QH , sor . g. 8, by Heza Fast Dash-QH, - Sayin Together-QH, by Sayin Adios-QH, Bred by: Mark Langford (LA) nk $7,000 N/A Haywood, Brandon V. Haywood A. Lujan 3. Martini Mountain-QH , b . g. 7, by Panther Mountain-QH, - Glitz Gator-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: James R Mitchell (LA) hd $3,850 N/A Mitchell, James P. Rigdon D. Lavergne

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MARCH MADNESS STARTER H., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $42,250, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles-T, Time: 1:46.92 3/30/2013 1. Tale of a Champion , b . h. 5, by Tale of the Cat, - If Angels Sang, by Seattle Slew, Bred by: Judy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel (KY) ¾ $24,600 N/A Kretz Racing LLC K. Mulhall J. Talamo 2. McAllister Boys , b . g. 4, by War Chant, - Miss Cassia (GB), by =Compton Place (GB), Bred by: Don Van Racing Inc. (KY) no $8,200 N/A Hollendorfer, Jerry and Todaro, George J. Hollendorfer R. Bejarano 3. Ain , b . g. 6, by Aldebaran, - Potion d’Amour (FR), by Trempolino, Bred by: Bonnie Heath Farm, LLC (KY) ½ $4,920 N/A Swift Thoroughbreds, Inc. C. Gaines J. Leparoux

$490,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:43.22 - 3/30/2013 1. Unlimited Budget , b . f. 3, by Street Sense, - Unlimited Pleasure, by Valid Appeal, Bred by: Ocala Stud (FL) 1¾ $300,000 N/A Repole Stable T. Pletcher J. Castellano 2. Flashy Gray , gr/ro. f. 3, by Flashy Bull, - Pleasure Cat, by Cat’s Career, Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) 2¼ $100,000 N/A West Point Thoroughbreds and Keithley, Tom W. Mott J. Alvarado 3. Seaneen Girl , ch . f. 3, by Spring At Last, - Afternoon Krystal, by Afternoon Deelites, Bred by: John Trumbulovic (KY) 5 $50,000 N/A Chowhan, Naveed B. Flint M. Garcia

MERVIN H. MUNIZ JR. H., Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $400,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles-T, Time: 1:49.76 - 3/30/2013 RUNZA S., FONNER PARK, Value of Race: $15,250, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1. Amira’s Prince (IRE) , b . c. 4, by =Teofilo (IRE), - =Twice The Ease (GB), by Green Desert, Bred by: Gigginstown House Stud (IRE) ½ furlongs, Time: 1:14.40 - 3/30/2013 $240,000 N/A Wachtel Stable, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and 1. Terice , ch . m. 5, by Shadow Hawk, - Shannon Select, by Double Barber, Gary W. Mott J. Alvarado Ready, Bred by: James F. Kirby (MN) 2¼ $9,150 N/A Kirby, Mike M. 2. Willcox Inn , dk b/. h. 5, by Harlan’s Holiday, - De Aar, by Gone West, Kirby M. Ziegler Bred by: Dr. John A. Chandler (KY) 3 $80,000 N/A Lael Stable and All 2. Hot Body , b . f. 4, by Grand Slam, - Last Fever, by Storm Cat, Bred In Stable M. Stidham J. Graham by: Edward P. Evans (VA) 1¼ $3,050 N/A Suter, Milton M. Suter J. 3. String King , b . g. 5, by Crowned King, - String Dancer, by Fly a Kite Ranilla 3. Walker Bay , b . m. 5, by Smoke Glacken, - Baby Lets Cruise, by Tale (IRE), Bred by: Charlie Smith (LA) ½ $40,000 N/A Smith, Charles C. Smith R. Eramia of the Cat, Bred by: Brian O’Rourke & Derry Meeting Farm (PA) nk $1,830 N/A Hammersmith and Paden Racing Inc. D. Anderson N. Haar NEW ORLEANS H., Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: EVENING JEWEL S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: RAINBOW S., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $60,000, 3 yo, 6 $396,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:49.16 - 3/30/2013 $200,750, 3 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:16.00 - 3/30/2013 1. Graydar , gr/ro. c. 4, by Unbridled’s Song, - Sweetest Smile, by Defurlongs, Time: 1:11.71 - 3/30/2013 1. Doinghardtimeagain , dk b/. f. 3, by Ministers Wild Cat, - Silver 1. Goods Gone West , b . c. 3, by Got the Goods, - Strawberry Soda, by here, Bred by: W. S. Farish (KY) 1¾ $240,000 N/A Twin Creeks Racing Hawk Lady, by Conquistador Cielo, Bred by: Tommy Town ThoroughStables, LLC T. Pletcher E. Prado breds, LLC (CA) 3½ $110,000 N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC J. West by West, Bred by: Richard Hessee (AR) 2. Mark Valeski , b . c. 4, by Proud Citizen, - Pocho’s Dream Girl, by 5¼ $36,000 N/A Glover, James K. Smith R. Santana, Jr. Hollendorfer R. Bejarano 2. Hail Mary , ch . f. 3, by Old Topper, - Lady Sax, by General Meeting, 2. Trace Creek , b . c. 3, by Harperstown, - Cookie Bight Cove, by Elusive Fortunate Prospect, Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) ¾ $80,000 N/A Jones, Brereton J. Jones J. Graham Quality, Bred by: Shortleaf Stable (AR) 3½ $12,000 N/A Shortleaf Bred by: Nick Alexander (CA) 4 $38,000 N/A Alexander, Nicholas M. 3. Bourbon Courage , b . c. 4, by Lion Heart, - Shine Forth, by Carson Stable, Inc. K. McPeek V. Lebron Mitchell J. Leparoux City, Bred by: Oscar Penn & Eloise Penn (KY) ½ $40,000 N/A Bourbon 3. Rock City Roadhog , b . g. 3, by Valid Expectations, - Hanyah, by 3. Cloudy Moon , b . f. 3, by Smarty Jones, - Rare Beauty, by Quiet Lane Stable and Lynn, Wayne K. Gorder J. Castellano Hansel, Bred by: McDowell Farm (AR) 1¼ $6,000 N/A Heslep, Jeff A. American, Bred by: Ballena Vista Farm (CA) 2½ $22,000 N/A Ballena Cates A. Birzer Vista Farm D. O’Neill K. Krigger CRESCENT CITY OAKS, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 1 mile 70 yards, Time: 1:44.02 - 3/30/2013 ECHO EDDIE S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $200,500, 3 LOUISIANA DERBY, Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: 1. Sittin At the Bar , b . f. 3, by Into Mischief, - Fast Laner, by Mutakd$1,000,000, 3 yo, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:50.28 - 3/30/2013 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:17.19 - 3/30/2013 1. Omega Star , dk b/. g. 3, by Candy Ride (ARG), - Pride of Pegasus, by 1. Revolutionary , dk b/. c. 3, by War Pass, - Runup the Colors, by A.P. dim, Bred by: Spendthrift Farm LLC (LA) ¾ $45,000 N/A Ladner, P. B. Brinkman S. Bridgmohan Fusaichi Pegasus, Bred by: Herman Sarkowsky & Martin J. Wygod (CA) Indy, Bred by: W. S. Farish (KY) nk $600,000 N/A WinStar Farm LLC T. 2. Mischievous Mama , dk b/. f. 3, by Into Mischief, - Homemaker, by no $110,000 85 Sarkowsky, Herman and Wygod, Martin J. J. Shirreffs Pletcher J. Castellano 2. Mylute , gr/ro. c. 3, by Midnight Lute, - Stage Stop, by Valid Expec- Afternoon Deelites, Bred by: Spendthrift Farm, LLC (LA) 3¾ $15,000 J. Talamo N/A Abate, Nicholas and Peterson, Darlene W. Hawley M. Mena tations, Bred by: Mike G. Rutherford (KY) 3 $200,000 N/A GoldMark 2. Fighting Hussar , gr/ro. c. 3, by Rockport Harbor, - Lightning Pace, 3. Hometown Gossip , b . f. 3, by Milwaukee Brew, - Bovell Road, by Farm, LLC and Whisper Hill Farm T. Amoss S. Bridgmohan by Regal Classic, Bred by: Thomas Bachman (CA) 1½ $38,000 85 B G Graeme Hall, Bred by: J. Adcock (LA) 1¾ $8,250 N/A Blackwater Rac3. Departing , b . c. 3, by War Front, - Leave, by Pulpit, Bred by: ClaiStable and Palma, Hector H. Palma V. Espinoza borne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (KY) 1½ $100,000 N/A Claiborne ing Stable LLC, Harrington, Seth and Harrington, Maury R. Faucheux 3. Lovmeister , b . c. 3, by Nineeleven, - Walk West, by West by R. Eramia Farm and Dilschneider, Adele B. A. Stall, Jr. B. Hernandez, Jr. West, Bred by: Terry C. Lovingier (CA) 1¼ $22,000 82 London, Patsy, Winters, John, Templeton Horses LLC and Lovingier, Terry C. W. Solis COSTA RISING S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $60,000, 4 yo’s FAIR GROUNDS OAKS, Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: A. Delgadillo BAYOU ST. JOHN S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $60,000, 4 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:03.16 - 3/31/2013 1. Southern Dude , b . g. 5, by Lion Tamer, - Viva Vega, by Cobra King, Bred by: Summer Grove Farm, LLC & Lemon Tree Farm (LA) ¾ $36,000 N/A Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc. T. Amoss R. Napravnik 2. Tey’s Big Boy , dk b/. g. 6, by My Friend Max, - True Reprisal, by Top Avenger, Bred by: Vinton Crosby (LA) 2 $12,000 N/A H and H Ranch R. Faucheux R. Eramia 3. No Rules Now , b . g. 6, by Toolighttoquit, - Heavenly Rules, by Moses Tablet, Bred by: P & D Racing (LA) 2¼ $6,600 N/A Morrison, Bill and Denise M. Lovell S. Bridgmohan

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S T A K E S R E S U LT S & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.20 - 3/30/2013 1. Lee’s Spirit , dk b/. g. 8, by Leestown, - Spirit Catcher, by Dahar, Bred by: J. Adcock (LA) no $36,000 N/A Johnston, Edward J., Boudreaux, Scott and Gaudet, Donald E. Johnston S. Bridgmohan 2. Populist Politics , b . h. 5, by Don’t Get Mad, - Cedar Summer, by Souvenir Copy, Bred by: B. Wayne hughes (LA) 1¼ $12,000 N/A Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H. T. Amoss L. Goncalves 3. Watch My Smoke , gr/ro. g. 5, by Leestown, - Starlight Wishes, by Carson City, Bred by: J. Adcock (LA) nk $6,600 N/A Pavlovich, Adam R. Faucheux R. Eramia

$200,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:41.06 - 3/24/2013 1. Midnight Lucky , gr/ro. f. 3, by Midnight Lute, - Citiview, by Citidancer, Bred by: C. Kidder & J.K. & Linda Griggs (KY) 8 $120,000 106 Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul B. Baffert R. Bejarano 2. Unusual Way , b . f. 3, by Unusual Heat, - Way Up, by Great Above, Bred by: Thomas W. Bachman (CA) 4½ $44,000 94 Brown, Jr., Edward J. and Lebherz, Philip J. Bonde E. Maldonado 3. Countess Curlin , ch . f. 3, by Curlin, - Profit Column, by Private Account, Bred by: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, LLC. (KY) 1½ $20,000 87 Stonestreet Stables LLC S. Asmussen L. Contreras

ARKANSAS BREEDERS’ S., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $60,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:51.33 - 3/24/2013 1. Jan’s Perfect Star , dk b/. f. 4, by Imperialism, - Perfect Exchange, by Valid Appeal, Bred by: McDowell Farm (AR) 3¾ $36,000 69 Iron Horse Racing LLC (Clark) R. Morse A. Birzer 2. Bag the Storm , dk b/. m. 7, by Storm and a Half, - Money Bags, by Devil’s Bag, Bred by: Leon Millsap (AR) 6 $12,000 63 Whited, David D. Whited M. Berry 3. Indian Bluff , dk b/. m. 5, by Pine Bluff, - Candlestick, by El Baba, Bred by: Dr. Dan White (AR) 7 $6,000 54 White, Dan D. White R. Santana, Jr.

PASADENA S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $72,800, 3 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:34.20 - 3/29/2013 1. Rosengold , ch . c. 3, by Stormello, - Lit’l Rose, by Mr. Prospector, Bred by: William L. Currin & Catherine Parke (KY) ½ $43,080 96 Currin, William J. Canani M. Garcia 2. Procurement , b . c. 3, by Milwaukee Brew, - Free to Soar, by Unbridled, Bred by: Glen Hill Farm (FL) 1½ $14,360 95 Glen Hill Farm T. Proctor G. Gomez 3. Counting Days , dk b/. g. 3, by Mingun, - Cuanto Es, by Exbourne, Bred by: Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY) ½ $8,616 93 Swift Thoroughbreds, Inc. C. Gaines R. Bejarano

LA CONEJA S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 4 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:01.97 - 3/24/2013 1. Rose’s Desert , dk b/. m. 5, by Desert God, - Miss Glen Rose, by Peaks and Valleys, Bred by: Joe Peacock (NM) 2¾ $51,000 99 Peacock, Joe T. Fincher C. Lambert 2. Funnyoushouldask , gr/ro. m. 5, by Reuben, - Funny Girl, by El Gran Senor, Bred by: TNJ Farms LLC (NM) 2¼ $18,700 93 Ransier, Terrine B. Hone I. Enriquez 3. Gossip Dome , ch . m. 5, by Dome, - Theater Gossip, by Phone Trick, Bred by: Dream Walkin’ Farms Inc. (NM) nk $8,500 87 Pesikan and Kilgroe Stables E. Mikkelson R. Eikleberry

PALOMA S., RILLITO, Value of Race: $3,500, 3 yo’s & up, 4 furlongs, Time: 45.90 - 3/24/2013 1. Leave It to Chance , ch . g. 4, by Dismissed, - Campin’ Girl, by Old Topper, Bred by: Robert W. Chance Sr. (CA) 2 $1,960 80 J R Livestock M. Ortega J. Osuna 2. Little Dude , dk b/. g. 8, by Lemon Drop Kid, - Channel Crossing, by Deputy Minister, Bred by: Barry R Ostrager (KY) ¾ $630 74 Ortega, Sr., Fernando J. Ortega, Sr. L. Gamez 3. Dr. Dizzle , dk b/. g. 8, by Iron Cat, - Scrutiny, by Air Forbes Won, Bred by: AJM Properties, Inc (CA) 1½ $350 71 Alcoverde, Cheri E. Alcoverde C. Williams

RAINBOW MISS S., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $60,000, 3 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.51 - 3/29/2013 1. Ile St. Molly , ch . f. 3, by Ile St. Louis (CHI), - Exotic Bird, by Awesome Again, Bred by: James H. Glover (AR) 3¾ $36,000 89 Glover, James K. Smith R. Albarado 2. Sashabye , b . f. 3, by Primary Suspect, - Kissmelikeumeanit, by Kissin Kris, Bred by: Jack Henry & Christine Henry (AR) 1 $12,000 81 Turner, Patti S. Roberts A. Birzer 3. Pistolpackinpenny , dk b/. f. 3, by Portobello Road, - Good Feeling, by Cape Town, Bred by: Anderson Farms (AR) ¾ $6,000 78 Fires, Penny W. Fires J. Court

NEW MEXICO BREEDERS’ OAKS, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:43.78 - 3/24/2013 1. Back Seat Roll , b . f. 3, by Roll Hennessy Roll, - Back Seat Charm, by Silver Charm, Bred by: J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison (NM) 1¼ $51,000 81 Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez L. Contreras 2. Tyger Teras , gr/ro. f. 3, by To Teras, - Bonita Tyger, by Haymarket (GB), Bred by: R. Doug Mills & Gertie Mills (NM) 1¼ $17,425 79 Nation, Jim C. Hartman E. Gomez 3. Desertsmagic , ch . f. 3, by Desert God, - Angelique, by Stop the Music, Bred by: Harry Joseph Allen (NM) 7¼ $8,075 77 Taylor, Dale and Lewis, Lee T. Fincher M. Garcia

BORGATA S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $70,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:37.41 - 3/23/2013 1. Agent Di Nozzo , b . g. 4, by Ghostzapper, - Quick Tip, by Unaccounted For, Bred by: W. S. Farish (KY) 3¼ $42,000 100 Low, Lawana L. and Robert E. S. Margolis K. LeBlanc 2. Redhotrush , ch . g. 6, by Joe’s Son Joey, - Crumbley’s Heart, by Aspro, Bred by: Joseph Bjorne Tosterud (LA) nk $14,000 94 Delahoussaye, Brent B. Delahoussaye T. Hebert 3. Hit the Road Lee , dk b/. h. 6, by Leestown, - Piano Road, by Fappiano Road, Bred by: Paul Pruett (LA) 1¼ $7,000 94 Hardy, Christine K. Bourgeois C. Hernandez

STARTER S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $8,900, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:16.00 - 3/29/2013 1. Lee Creek , dk b/. g. 5, by Cinnamon Creek, - Unvested Value, by Prospect Bay, Bred by: Ernie Witt (AR) nk $5,463 93 Davis, Shawn S. Davis A. Morales 2. Tapadero , ch . g. 7, by Pleasantly Perfect, - Reciclada (CHI), by Rictorious, Bred by: Diamond A Racing Corporation (KY) 4¼ $1,762 92 Jensen, Bill J. Toye S. Stevens 3. Lake Sawyer , b . g. 5, by Include, - Tee Off, by Thunder Gulch, Bred by: Fred M. Allor (KY) 1¼ $881 84 Brown, Jared J. Brown G. Franco

NEW MEXICO BREEDER’S DERBY, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.18 - 3/24/2013 1. Hush’s Storm , ch . g. 3, by Attila’s Storm, - Hush’s Gold, by Untold Gold, Bred by: JEH Stallion Station NM (NM) 1¼ $51,000 77 Taylor, Dale, Brooks, Joe Dee, Taylor, Carey and Hogg, Jon T. Fincher A. Juarez, Jr. 2. Storms Surprise , b . g. 3, by Attila’s Storm, - Surprisingly, by Bertrando, Bred by: Margaret Bloss & Margaret duPont (NM) ½ $17,425 75 Bloss, Margaret J. Bringhurst I. Cardenas 3. Keagan’s Way , ch . g. 3, by The Way Home, - E Bar Prospect, by Gold Fever, Bred by: Donnell Echols (NM) no $8,075 74 Echols, Donnell J. Marr J. Velazquez

TOKYO CITY CUP S., Gr.3, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $100,750, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/2 miles, Time: 2:30.56 - 3/23/2013 1. Sky Kingdom , b . c. 4, by Empire Maker, - Sky Beam, by Kingmambo, Bred by: Jim J. FitzGerald (KY) 3¾ $60,000 N/A Westrock Stables LLC B. Baffert M. Garcia

SANTA ANA S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $150,250, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles-T, Time: 1:46.62 - 3/24/2013 1. Tiz Flirtatious , dk b/. m. 5, by Tizbud, - Masquerade Belle, by Victory Gallop, Bred by: Pamela Ziebarth (CA) 1 $90,000 102 Ziebarth, Pamela M. Jones J. Leparoux 2. Lady of Shamrock , dk b/. f. 4, by Scat Daddy, - Blushing Issue, by Blushing John, Bred by: Grovendale Sales (KY) hd $30,000 101 Hronis Racing LLC J. Sadler M. Smith 3. Quiet Oasis (IRE) , b . m. 5, by Oasis Dream (GB), - =Silent Heir (AUS), by Sunday Silence, Bred by: Breeding Capital PLC & Swettenham Stud (IRE) 3¼ $18,000 101 Reddam Racing LLC B. Cecil M. Gutierrez SUNLAND DERBY, Gr.3, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $800,000, 3 yo, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:47.54 - 3/24/2013 1. Govenor Charlie , dk b/. c. 3, by Midnight Lute, - Silverbulletway, by Storm Cat, Bred by: Michael E. Pegram (KY) 5 $400,000 102 Pegram, Michael B. Baffert M. Garcia 2. Show Some Magic , ch . c. 3, by Any Given Saturday, - Whirlwind Charlott, by Real Quiet, Bred by: Woodford Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY) 3¼ $176,000 95 Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez L. Contreras 3. Abraham , ch . c. 3, by Distorted Humor, - Tabarin, by El Prado (IRE), Bred by: Dixiana Farms, LLC (KY) 1 $96,000 90 WinStar Farm LLC and Twin Creeks Racing Stables, LLC T. Pletcher J. Velazquez SUNLAND PARK OAKS, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race:

HARRY HENSON H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:36.97 - 3/24/2013 1. African Rose , b . f. 4, by Bwana Charlie, - Darby Rose, by Red Bullet, Bred by: Heiligbrodt Racing Stable (FL) 2 $45,000 83 Judge Lanier Racing J. Evans M. Hernandez 2. Pyrite On My Mind , dk b/. m. 6, by Seattle Fitz (ARG), - Frame of Mind, by Green Dancer, Bred by: Dr. D. W. Frazier (FL) 3 $16,500 80 Butcher, Gary G. Cross K. Tohill 3. Tapit Dancer , gr/ro. m. 5, by Tapit, - Flewsy, by Marfa, Bred by: Carl Davis, Betty Davis & Born to Run, LLC(KY) 1 $7,500 75 Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez L. Contreras BILL THOMAS MEMORIAL S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:13.45 - 3/24/2013 1. Isn’t He Clever , b . g. 4, by Smarty Jones, - Sharp Minister, by Deputy Minister, Bred by: Monticule (KY) 5¾ $45,000 109 Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez L. Contreras 2. Warren’s Knockout , dk b/. g. 5, by Stormed, - Now My Precious, by Doneraile Court, Bred by: Benjamin C Warren (CA) ½ $16,500 97 Schermer, Len J. Evans M. Hernandez 3. Dollarwaitnonadime , b . g. 5, by Yankee Gentleman, - Buzz Off Buzz, by Mr. Greeley, Bred by: Dapple Bloodstock & Lynn Alexander (KY) ¾ $7,500 96 Bakke, Wayne G. Tracy E. Gomez SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 63

2. Oilisblackgold , ch . g. 6, by Tapit, - Dancing Tempest, by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Equine Transitions, LLC (KY) 4¼ $20,000 N/A Class Racing Stable C. Dollase E. Maldonado 3. Richard’s Kid , dk b/. h. 8, by Lemon Drop Kid, - Tough Broad, by Broad Brush, Bred by: Fitzhugh, LLC (MD) 1½ $12,000 N/A Kenney, D., Triple B Farms (Boghossian), Westside Rentals.com, et al D. O’Neill T. Baze COYOTE H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:13.61 - 3/23/2013 1. L. A. Weekend , b . g. 5, by Tribal Rule, - Storybook Fair, by Avenue of Flags, Bred by: Dennis Johnston (CA) 6¼ $21,266 111 Wiest, Rick R. Diodoro G. Franco 2. Absolutely Cool , ch . g. 6, by Absolute Harmony, - Coup de Foudre, by Basket Weave, Bred by: Karl Charles Krieg (WA) hd $6,860 98 Krieg, Karl V. Lund D. Vergara 3. First Strike , dk b/. g. 5, by Vindication, - Miss City Princess, by Carson City, Bred by: Mercedes Stables LLC (KY) 3¼ $3,430 98 Garvey, Charles and TG Racing LLC R. Diodoro S. Stevens RED CAMELIA S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $60,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:44.60 - 3/23/2013 1. Divine Lorretta , ch . m. 5, by Mutakddim, - My April, by Sky Classic, Bred by: R. Davis & Associates (LA) 1 $36,000 N/A Randy Davis and Associates Inc. J. Hodges J. Graham 2. Little Polka Dot , dk b/. m. 7, by Orientate, - Silky Oaks, by Regal Intention, Bred by: Southern Equine Stables, LLC (LA) 1¼ $12,000 N/A Coteau Grove Farms LLC P. Devereux, Jr. S. Bridgmohan 3. Burning Creole , dk b/. m. 5, by Burning Roma, - Endymion Maid, by Storm Bird, Bred by: Judice Farms, Inc. (LA) 1 $6,600 N/A The Five Horsemen LLC C. Deville K. Clark BUDWEISER - TONDI S., FONNER PARK, Value of Race: $28,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:13.20 - 3/23/2013 1. Diamond Joe , ch . g. 4, by Dazzling Falls, - Diamond Road, by Tarsal, Bred by: Edward J. Miller Jr. & Roger Pelster (NE) ¾ $18,000 N/A Koziol, Joseph L. and Miller, Jr., Edward Joseph C. Turco J. Olesiak 2. Tribal Dreams , b . g. 4, by Tribal Rule, - Lulu’s Queen, by Numerous, Bred by: Miguel Rubio (CA) 1½ $5,000 N/A Walker, Lori H. Walker J. Olesiak 3. Unsaddled Glory , b . g. 5, by Belong to Me, - Champagne N Glory, by Miswaki, Bred by: Running Grey Stable Inc. (KY) 2¾ $3,000 N/A F & B Inc. (Philip Fried) L. Donlin K. Lopez BAXTER S., FONNER PARK, Value of Race: $15,425, 3 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:15.60 - 3/23/2013 1. Lazer Red , ch . g. 3, by Seeking a Home, - Frolicing Frog, by Waquoit, Bred by: Nancy A. Bozeman DVM (TX) ½ $9,120 N/A Lemburg, Glenn and Brenda M. Lemburg L. Ranilla 2. Model Citizen , gr/ro. g. 3, by Cowtown Cat, - Leggy Super Model, by Vigors, Bred by: Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews (FL) ½ $3,040 N/A Suter, Milton M. Suter M. Ziegler 3. Call Me Bubba , dk b/. c. 3, by Mine for Gold, - Match the Magic, by Match the Hatch, Bred by: LaVerne Ballhagen (NE) 4¼ $1,517 N/A Ballhagen, La Verne L. Ballhagen N. Maldonado 3. Mikey’s Spirit , b . g. 3, by Birdstone, - My Bubbling Belle, by Tsunami Slew, Bred by: Amongst Friends, LLC (KY) 4¼ $1,292 N/A Pensick, Jo and Tony and Delancey, Amanda J. Compton J. Olesiak HOT SPRINGS S., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $73,500, 4

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yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.14 - 3/23/2013 1. Laurie’s Rocket , b . c. 4, by Bluegrass Cat, - Clay’s Rocket, by American Chance, Bred by: Gulf Coast Farms, LLC (KY) 1 $45,000 N/A Horton, Willis D. Lukas V. Lebron 2. Flashpoint , gr/ro. h. 5, by Pomeroy, - Two Punch Lil, by Two Punch, Bred by: Silverleaf Farms, Inc. (FL) 2 $15,000 N/A Peachtree Stable S. Asmussen L. Quinonez 3. Shrill , b . g. 5, by Distorted Humor, - Yell, by A.P. Indy, Bred by: Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (KY) 1¼ $7,500 N/A Ulwelling, Al and Bill M. Biehler E. Martin, Jr.

1. Attitude E Racer , b . g. 5, by Desert God, - Energywithattitude, by High Energy, Bred by: Harry Joseph Allen (NM) nk $51,000 N/A Stinson, Michael J. Marr K. Tohill 2. Mr. Wizard , ch . g. 4, by Premeditation, - Miss Einstein, by Beau Genius, Bred by: Mike Carson & Suzanne Carson (NM) ½ $17,850 N/A Carson, Sr. W. D., Carson, M. H. and Leach Racing LLC D. Barton D. Shepherd 3. On Down the Road , b . g. 5, by Desert God, - On the Avenue, by Talent Town, Bred by: Joe Allen (NM) 1¼ $8,500 N/A Rehburg, Lisa J. Marr C. Madeira

GOLD COAST S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $70,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.77 - 3/22/2013 1. Kaminari , ch . f. 4, by First Samurai, - Bartok’s Blithe, by Bartok (IRE), Bred by: Spring Ridge Farm & Lochlow Farm (KY) ¾ $42,000 90 Pocket Aces Racing LLC S. Margolis K. LeBlanc 2. Pretty Not , ch . m. 6, by Sefapiano, - Sunshine Kassi, by Allegedly Wild, Bred by: Alan Simpson & Pam Simpson (LA) 1½ $13,300 88 Alan and Pam Simpson, LLC P. Simpson K. Smith 3. Minesave , ch . f. 4, by Mineshaft, - Jaramar Rain, by Thunder Gulch, Bred by: G. Watts Humphrey Jr. (KY) ½ $7,000 86 Sanders, Wayne and Hirsch, Larry W. Calhoun C. Hernandez

SPRING CHRYSLER-JEEP-DODGE S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.76 - 3/16/2013 1. Legal Mind , dk b/. f. 3, by Bellamy Road, - Bold Honoree, by Double Honor, Bred by: Michael Reavis & Mark Triffler (IL) 2½ $30,000 N/A Durant, Tom J. Bruner G. Mora 2. Satin Gold , b . f. 3, by English Channel, - Bright Gold, by Hold for Gold, Bred by: Hazel B. Marsh (KY) ½ $10,000 N/A Stephens, Kathy and Nieschwietz, Frank D. Smith A. Contreras 3. Bilirrubina (MEX) , dk b/. f. 3, by =Election Day (IRE), - Overact, by Sir Cat, Bred by: Pozo de Luna Inc. (MEX) 2 $5,500 N/A Pozo de Luna, Inc. K. Craddock B. Landeros

IRISH O’BRIEN S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $100,750, 4 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:12.02 - 3/17/2013 1. Bench Glory , ch . m. 6, by Benchmark, - Image of Glory, by Skywalker, Bred by: Harris Farms Inc. (CA) 1¼ $60,000 100 Harris Farms, Inc. S. McCarthy B. Blanc 2. Ismene , dk b/. f. 4, by Tribal Rule, - Never to Excess, by In Excess (IRE), Bred by: Stephen Ferraro (CA) 1¼ $20,000 97 Ferraro, Stephen W. Spawr M. Smith 3. Dancingtothestars , dk b/. m. 5, by Good Journey, - A Lil Excess, by In Excess (IRE), Bred by: Ren-Mar Thoroughbreds Inc (CA) ½ $12,000 95 Ren-Mar Thoroughbreds D. O’Neill M. Gutierrez STARTER S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $7,300, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:16.86 - 3/17/2013 1. Eleadora , ch . f. 4, by Finality, - Real Vain, by Western Trick, Bred by: Red Rock Farm (BC) 1¼ $4,481 N/A Hunter, Rick R. Henson R. Hamel 2. Here Comes Bonnie , b . f. 4, by Benchmark, - Free Spending Kim, by Fargo, Bred by: Carlee Van Kempen (CA) 6¼ $1,445 N/A Diodoro, Robertino R. Diodoro G. Franco 3. Katie’s Ten , dk b/. f. 4, by Rock Hard Ten, - Hawayil, by Halling, Bred by: Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (KY) 1¾ $723 N/A Nunley, Rick D. McFarlane K. Bridges RILLITO PARK BUDWEISER MILE S., RILLITO, Value of Race: $7,500, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:46.50 - 3/17/2013 1. Brady Blue Eyes , ch . g. 6, by Sky Mesa, - Mettle, by Silver Deputy, Bred by: Monticule (KY) 4¼ $4,500 N/A Alcoverde, Vicente E. Alcoverde C. Williams 2. Joyzey Billy , b . g. 4, by Momentum, - Ravinia, by Rahy, Bred by: J. Paul Reddam (CA) 7 $1,500 N/A Durbin, Jessica R. Ybarra D. Aguilar 3. Finegan Again , dk b/. g. 4, by Rockport Harbor, - Excessive Girl, by In Excess (IRE), Bred by: Terry C. Lovingier (CA) ½ $750 N/A Gonzalez, Andres R. Gonzalez J. James NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile 70 yards, Time: 1:42.57 3/17/2013

SANTA MARGARITA S., Gr.1, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $294,250, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:49.53 - 3/16/2013 1. Joyful Victory , gr/ro. m. 5, by Tapit, - Wild Lucy Black, by Wild Again, Bred by: William D. Graham (ON) 4 $180,000 N/A Fox Hill Farms, Inc. J. Jones R. Napravnik 2. More Chocolate , b . f. 4, by Malibu Moon, - Little Treasure (FR), by Night Shift, Bred by: Calumet Farm (KY) 5¼ $60,000 N/A Talla, Michael J. Sadler M. Garcia 3. Brushed by a Star , b . m. 5, by Eddington, - Brush Hour, by Broad Brush, Bred by: Desmond Ryan, Barry Donworth & Ken Donworth(KY) 13¾ $36,000 N/A Unlimited Equine, LLC E. Kenneally V. Espinoza SAN LUIS REY S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $150,750, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/2 miles-T, Time: 2:22.72 - 3/16/2013 1. Bright Thought , dk b/. c. 4, by Hat Trick (JPN), - Smart Thought, by Smart Strike, Bred by: Postum Farm & Venneri Racing, Inc. (KY) 3¼ $90,000 N/A Dye and Venneri Racing, Inc. J. Gutierrez V. Espinoza 2. All Squared Away , dk b/. g. 4, by Bellamy Road, - Squared, by Posse, Bred by: Gracefield Breeders (KY) ¾ $30,000 N/A Brous Stable, Wachtel Stable, Wire To Wire Stable, Inc. et al. P. Miller E. Maldonado 3. Fire With Fire , gr/ro. g. 5, by Distorted Humor, - Cosmic Fire, by Capote, Bred by: Patricia Pavlish (KY) 2¼ $18,000 N/A Heerensperger, David N. Drysdale T. Baze SCOTTSDALE H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:39.47 - 3/16/2013 1. Acarpian , gr/ro. f. 3, by Repent, - Miss Vesuvio, by Thirty Six Red, Bred by: Regan Wright & Don Gibb (AB) no $20,398 71 Paranica, Darryl R. Diodoro G. Franco 2. Agent Scully , b . f. 3, by Johannesburg, - Causin a Storm, by Giant’s Causeway, Bred by: Tom Baxter & Elizabeth Baxter (KY) 1¾ $6,580 71 McFadyen, Jim R. Diodoro N. Smith 3. Le Facteur Wow , ch . f. 3, by Finality, - A Regal Reflection, by Regal Remark, Bred by: Kissane Meadows (BC) 3¼ $3,290 68 Team West Stable R. Henson S. Stevens

S T A K E S R E S U LT S TEMPE H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:38.37 - 3/16/2013 1. Mark , gr/ro. g. 3, by Rosberg, - Storm Forcast, by Slew Gin Fizz, Bred by: Swift Thoroughbreds Inc (BC) hd $20,832 N/A Sentes, Linda and Clyde, Terry M. Anderson D. Lopez 2. I Stand Alone , dk b/. g. 3, by Dance With Ravens, - Otherwise Perfect, by Lemon Drop Kid, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Bowman, Quin Bowman & Rebecca Davis(MD) 4¼ $6,720 N/A Beasley, Roger H. Ashford, Jr. G. Franco 3. Dontmesswithkitten , ch . c. 3, by Kitten’s Joy, - Trio, by Lemon Drop Kid, Bred by: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY) 3½ $3,360 N/A Leong, Henry C. Krasner J. Bourdieu REBEL S., Gr.2, OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $600,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.18 - 3/16/2013 1. Will Take Charge , ch . c. 3, by Unbridled’s Song, - Take Charge Lady, by Dehere, Bred by: Eaton (KY) hd $360,000 N/A Horton, Willis D. Lukas J. Court 2. Oxbow , b . c. 3, by Awesome Again, - Tizamazing, by Cee’s Tizzy, Bred by: Colts Neck Stables LLC (KY) 2 $120,000 N/A Calumet Farm D. Lukas M. Smith 3. Den’s Legacy , b . c. 3, by Medaglia d’Oro, - Sunshine Song, by War Chant, Bred by: Gaye Swartz (FL) 3 $60,000 N/A Westrock Stables LLC B. Baffert R. Albarado AZERI S., Gr.3, OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $147,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.26 - 3/16/2013 1. Tiz Miz Sue , dk b/. m. 6, by Tiznow, - Sue’s Good News, by Woodman, Bred by: CresRan LLC (KY) 1¼ $90,000 N/A Cresran LLC S. Hobby J. Rocco, Jr. 2. Don’t Tell Sophia , b . m. 5, by Congaree, - Lost Expectations, by Valid Expectations, Bred by: Stonerside Stable (KY) 4¼ $30,000 N/A Sims, Philip A. and Namy, Jerry P. Sims R. Albarado 3. My Miss Aurelia , b . f. 4, by Smart Strike, - My Miss Storm Cat, by Sea of Secrets, Bred by: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY) ¾ $15,000 N/A Stonestreet Stables and Bolton, George S. Asmussen C. Nakatani ORPHAN KIST S., FONNER PARK, Value of Race: $25,700, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:14.00 - 3/16/2013 1. Spice Swirl , dk b/. m. 6, by Shadow Hawk, - Shesaidsheknowsya, by Miracle Heights, Bred by: Shady Bend Thoroughbreds (NE) 6½ $15,420 N/A Shady Bend Thoroughbreds B. Roberts J. Olesiak 2. Sookie’s Kookies , ch . m. 5, by Drinkwiththedevil, - Shesaidsheknowsya, by Miracle Heights, Bred by: Shady Bend Thoroughbreds (NE) 1 $5,140 N/A Shady Bend Thoroughbreds B. Roberts J. Olesiak 3. T Jays Affair , dk b/. m. 6, by Blumin Affair, - Stop the Time, by Stop the Music, Bred by: Roger Anderson (NE) 2¼ $3,084 N/A Anderson, Roger L. Donlin L. Ranilla HAPPY TICKET S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $73,500, 4 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:03.96 - 3/16/2013 1. Extravaganza , b . m. 6, by Elusive Quality, - Shoppingwithbetty, by Danzig, Bred by: Oak Cliff Breeders, Inc. & Stone Farm (KY) no $45,000 N/A Stone Farm M. Stidham R. Eramia 2. Storm’s Promise , dk b/. f. 4, by Seattle Fitz (ARG), - Storm’s Secret, by Storm Creek, Bred by: Namy & Hill, LLC (KY) ½ $15,000 N/A Namy, Jerry K. Broberg K. Clark 3. Monono , b . f. 4, by Whywhywhy, - Cuz You Never Know, by Dehere, Bred by: Runnymede Farm Inc. & Catesby W. Clay (KY) 1¼ $7,500 N/A Agave Racing Stable M. Lovell B. Hernandez, Jr. COLONEL POWER S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $73,500, 4 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:03.86 - 3/16/2013 1. Icon Ike , dk b/. c. 4, by Yes It’s True, - Robbie’s Gal, by Straight Man, Bred by: Fletcher Gray & Carolyn Gray (KY) 2¾ $45,000 N/A Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher J. Jones J. Graham 2. Billy Two Hats , ch . g. 5, by Aragorn (IRE), - Silent Oath, by Dixieland Band, Bred by: W. S. Farish (KY) 1¼ $15,000 N/A Thunderhead Farms G. Thomas S. Bridgmohan 3. Chamberlain Bridge , b . g. 9, by War Chant, - She’s Got Class, by Trempolino, Bred by: Eugene Melnyk (KY) hd $7,500 N/A Carl R. Moore Management LLC W. Calhoun M. Mena

LAS FLORES S., Gr.3, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $100,250, 4 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:15.44 3/10/2013 1. Rumor , b . m. 5, by Indian Charlie, - Mini Chat, by Deputy Minister, Bred by: Stonerside Stable, Marula Park Stud & Dr. & Mrs. Walter Zent(KY) ½ $60,000 103 Bass, Ramona, Claiborne Farm and Dilschneider, Adele R. Mandella M. Smith 2. Teddy’s Promise , dk b/. m. 5, by Salt Lake, - Braids and Beads, by Capote, Bred by: Ted Nichols & Judy Nichols (CA) 6½ $20,000 102 Nichols, Ted and Judy R. Ellis V. Espinoza 3. Shumoos , ch . f. 4, by Distorted Humor, - Wile Cat, by Storm Cat, Bred by: Brushwood Stable (PA) 2 $12,000 89 Nass, Fawzi B. Cecil G. Gomez PELICAN S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 7 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:33.36 - 3/9/2013 1. Hero Force , gr/ro. c. 3, by Political Force, - Doubtless, by Grand Slam, Bred by: Roy Zuppardo (LA) 2¼ $45,000 81 Norman, Robbie W. Calhoun C. Hernandez 2. Heitai , b . c. 3, by Fusaichi Pegasus, - Sparkles of Luck, by Mr. Sparkles, Bred by: Rowell Enterprises, Inc. (LA) nk $15,000 77 Rowell Enterprises, Inc. S. Breaux G. Melancon 3. Unbridled’s Score , ch . g. 3, by Even the Score, - Belle de Soleil, by Darn That Alarm, Bred by: Jill Hughes (LA) 4 $7,500 77 Childers, Don C. Hukill C. Rosier SAN FELIPE S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $300,750, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:42.34 - 3/9/2013 1. Hear the Ghost , ch . g. 3, by Ghostzapper, - Rehear, by Coronado’s Quest, Bred by: W. S. Farish and Lazy F Ranch (KY) ½ $180,000 N/A Halo Farms and Hollendorfer, Jerry J. Hollendorfer C. Nakatani 2. Flashback , gr/ro. c. 3, by Tapit, - Rhumb Line, by Mr. Greeley, Bred by: William G. Andrade MD & Michael E. Hernon(KY) ½ $60,000 N/A West, Gary and Mary B. Baffert J. Leparoux 3. Tiz a Minister , dk b/. c. 3, by Ministers Wild Cat, - Tiz a Mistress, by Cee’s Tizzy, Bred by: Dahlberg Farms LLC (CA) 1¼ $36,000 N/A S.A.Y. Racing LLC P. Aguirre G. Gomez CHINA DOLL S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $77,870, 3 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:35.23 - 3/9/2013 1. Birdlover (GB) , ch . f. 3, by =Byron (GB), - =Bird Over (GB), by =Bold Edge (GB), Bred by: Mrs. Robert Langton (GB) 1½ $44,160 N/A Cseplo, Robert, Keh, Steven, Kramer, Daniel and W. C. Racing D. O’Neill E. Maldonado 2. Magnificent Shirl , ch . f. 3, by Heatseeker (IRE), - Fantastic Shirl, by Fantastic Light, Bred by: Dell Ridge Farm, LLC (KY) ½ $14,720 N/A Smith, Jr., Green J. Hollendorfer T. Baze 3. Akiss Forarose , dk b/. f. 3, by Rio Verde, - Bold Kiss, by Kissin Kris, Bred by: Terry C. Lovingier (CA) ½ $11,352 N/A Lovingier, Terry C., Warren, Craig and Templeton Horses LLC G. Sherlock O. Mojica CAMILLA URSO S., GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $51,650, 4 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:10.17 - 3/9/2013 1. Hidinginplainsight , ch . f. 4, by Elusive Quality, - Hot Storm, by Stormy Atlantic, Bred by: Robert A. Adams & Sheilah Adams (KY) 2 $30,450 N/A Blinkers On Racing Stable, Barker, Wayne, Butler, Robert, et al M. Puype W. Antongeorgi III 2. Distinctive Yolie , b . f. 4, by With Distinction, - Siphoneous, by Siphon (BRZ), Bred by: Thoroughbred Management, LLC (FL) 1¼ $10,000 N/A McLean Racing Stables K. Nations R. Baze 3. Cathy’s Crunches , b . m. 5, by West Acre, - Miss Atticus, by Atticus, Bred by: Gilbert G. Campbell (FL) 1 $6,000 N/A Mark DeDomenico LLC and Hollendorfer, Jerry J. Hollendorfer J. Couton MESA H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:17.34 - 3/9/2013 1. Jaws n’ Paws , b . m. 6, by Onebadshark, - Denali Cat, by Sir Cat, Bred by: Jim Atwell & Janet Lyons (KY) 2½ $21,266 N/A Stateside Racing R. Diodoro G. Franco 2. E Z Kitty , dk b/. m. 5, by He’s Tops, - Envision the Cat, by Lost Code, Bred by: Jerry D. Woods & Peggy F. Woods (WA) 1¾ $6,860 N/A Chambers, Mike, Xitco, John and Agnew, Dan M. Chambers S. Stevens

3. Love Makor , ch . m. 5, by Makors Mark, - Coup de Foudre, by Basket Weave, Bred by: Karl Krieg (WA) 2¼ $3,430 N/A Krieg, Karl V. Lund D. Vergara MT. CRISTO REY H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo’s & up, 4 1/2 furlongs, Time: 50.64 - 3/9/2013 1. Lester’s Echo , ch . g. 6, by The Trader’s Echo, - Amy Doesn’t Do Dat, by Bailjumper, Bred by: Estate of Lester Millican (NM) ¾ $51,000 N/A Bringhurst, Diana and Meyers, Jeff and Chris J. Bringhurst I. Cardenas 2. Kiss My Hennessy , dk b/. g. 3, by Roll Hennessy Roll, - Dixie Kiss, by Chimes Band, Bred by: Pillar Property Services, Inc. (NM) ¾ $17,850 N/A Bryant, Scott and Brooks, Joe Dee T. Fincher C. Lambert 3. Agiba Yulla , gr/ro. g. 6, by Devon Lane, - Jesta Performer, by Top Performer, Bred by: Franklyn Macaron (NM) 1 $8,500 N/A Macaron, Franklyn E. Mikkelson M. Rodriguez OGATAUL S., FONNER PARK, Value of Race: $25,550, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:14.40 - 3/9/2013 1. Diamond Joe , ch . g. 4, by Dazzling Falls, - Diamond Road, by Tarsal, Bred by: Edward J. Miller Jr. & Roger Pelster (NE) 5 $15,330 N/A Koziol, Joseph L. and Miller, Jr., Edward Joseph C. Turco J. Olesiak 2. Reach One More , gr/ro. g. 7, by Blumin Affair, - Rancho Gal, by Exuberant, Bred by: David Anderson (NE) ¾ $5,110 N/A Galyen, Richard D. Anderson J. Olesiak 3. Bach’s Homebrew , b . g. 6, by Milwaukee Brew, - Lilly Cozzene, by Cozzene, Bred by: Bluestem Farm Inc. (NE) 3¼ $3,066 N/A Mallette, Tim L. Staroscik A. Martinez RAZORBACK H., Gr.3, OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $150,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.80 - 3/9/2013 1. Cyber Secret , b . c. 4, by Broken Vow, - Stomping, by Dixieland Band, Bred by: Paragon Farms, LLC (KY) hd $90,000 N/A Cella, Charles L. Whiting R. Albarado 2. Golden Ron , b . h. 5, by Golden Missile, - Reign of Tara, by Beau Genius, Bred by: Adena Springs (KY) ½ $30,000 N/A Radolovich, Fred R. and Hill, Sr., John M. Medrano R. Vazquez 3. Atigun , b . c. 4, by Istan, - Rimini Road, by Dynaformer, Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) 4¼ $15,000 N/A Shortleaf Stable, Inc. K. McPeek V. Lebron HONEYBEE S., Gr.3, OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $150,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.06 - 3/9/2013 1. Rose to Gold , ch . f. 3, by Friends Lake, - Saucy, by Tabasco Cat, Bred by: Joe Mulholland Sr., Joe Mulholland Jr., John Mulholland & Karen Mulholland(KY) 2¾ $90,000 N/A Amaya, Kathleen and Centofanti, Raffaele S. Santoro C. Borel 2. Flashy Gray , gr/ro. f. 3, by Flashy Bull, - Pleasure Cat, by Cat’s Career, Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) 10¼ $30,000 N/A West Point Thoroughbreds and Keithley, Tom W. Mott M. Smith 3. American Sugar , dk b/. f. 3, by Harlan’s Holiday, - I Love America, by Quiet American, Bred by: Fares Farm LLC (KY) 1 $15,000 N/A Poindexter Thoroughbreds LLC L. Chleborad A. Birzer NEW ORLEANS LADIES S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $145,500, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.48 - 3/9/2013 1. Believe You Can , dk b/. f. 4, by Proud Citizen, - El Fasto, by El Prado (IRE), Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) 5¾ $90,000 N/A Jones, Brereton J. Jones R. Napravnik 2. Imposing Grace , dk b/. f. 4, by Empire Maker, - Chao Praya, by Gold Legend, Bred by: Briland Farm & Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Mitchell(KY) 7 $30,000 N/A Coffeepot Stables W. Catalano J. Graham 3. Young and Lovely , b . f. 4, by Istan, - Cottoned On, by Talk Is Money, Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) nk $15,000 N/A Jones, Brereton J. Jones C. McMahon DUNCAN F. KENNER S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $145,500, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:08.36 - 3/9/2013 1. Delaunay , b . g. 6, by Smoke Glacken, - Perilous Night, by Coronado’s Quest, Bred by: Fitzhugh, LLC (MD) 4½ $90,000 N/A Moss, Maggi T. Amoss R. Napravnik 2. Gantry , dk b/. g. 6, by Pulpit, - Rhum, by Go for Gin, Bred by: D. J. Stable, LLC (KY) 2¾ $30,000 N/A Brittlyn Stable, Inc. R. Faucheux R. Eramia SureBet RacingNews.com • April 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 4 65

Woodman, Bred by: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY) 1½ $30,000 95 Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K. M. Maker R. Napravnik 2. Distorted Legacy , ch . m. 6, by Distorted Humor, - Bunting, by Private Account, Bred by: W. Bruce Lunsford (KY) 1½ $10,000 93 AZALEA S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 7 1/2 Lunsford, Bruce A. Stall, Jr. B. Hernandez, Jr. 3. Firehouse Red , dk b/. f. 4, by Arch, - My Rachel, by Horse Chestnut furlongs, Time: 1:32.65 - 3/7/2013 1. Guadalupe High , ch . f. 3, by Cuvee, - Fighting Zone, by Wild Zone, (SAF), Bred by: Hinkle Farms (KY) ½ $5,500 91 Hinkle Farms J. Jones P. Johnson Bred by: Janeen Oliver (LA) 1½ $45,000 82 Werner, Ronny W., Broth, Rick, Burnett, Helen and SANTA ANITA H., Gr.1, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: Posey, Kenneth R. Werner G. Melancon $751,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/4 miles, Time: 2:00.14 - 3/2/2013 2. Ante Up Annie , dk b/. f. 3, by Majestic Warrior, - Always Annie’s, 1. Game On Dude , dk b/. g. 6, by Awesome Again, - Worldly Pleaby Regal Intention, Bred by: Clear Creek Stud LLC (LA) 5¾ $15,000 sure, by Devil His Due, Bred by: Adena Springs (KY) 7¾ $450,000 79 Valene Farms D. Stewart B. Hernandez, Jr. N/A Diamond Pride LLC, Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable LLC and 3. She Loves Runnin’ , dk b/. f. 3, by Run Production, - Zarb’s Love, by Zarbyev, Bred by: Foxwood Plantation, Ltd. (LA) ¾ $7,500 69 Oak Schiappa, B. B. Baffert M. Smith 2. Clubhouse Ride , ch . h. 5, by Candy Ride (ARG), - Seeking Results, Leaf T.C. LP T. Richey T. Hebert by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Craig & Jenny Craig (KY) no $150,000 N/A Six-S Racing Stable and Petralia, Nikolas MAXXAM GOLD CUP H., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value C. Lewis R. Bejarano of Race: $100,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:50.96 3. Called to Serve , dk b/. g. 4, by Afleet Alex, - Andover Lady, by Kris 3/2/2013 1. Unstoppable U , gr/ro. c. 4, by Exchange Rate, - Naseem, by Point S., Bred by: Tracy Farmer (KY) Given, Bred by: Mojallali Stables, Inc. (KY) 1 $60,000 104 Magdalena 1½ $90,000 N/A Ferrell, Marc N. Canani G. Stevens Racing (Susan McPeek) and Mojallali Stables, Inc. K. McPeek C. FRANK E. KILROE MILE S., Gr.1, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value Landeros of Race: $300,750, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:32.89 2. Dreaming Blue , ch . g. 6, by Street Cry (IRE), - Allison’s Hope, by Langfuhr, Bred by: Mr. Dale Caraway (KY) 2¾ $20,000 102 Hamilton, 3/2/2013 1. Suggestive Boy (ARG) , b . h. 5, by Easing Along, - Suffrage, by Terry M. Stidham P. Nolan Horse Chestnut (SAF), Bred by: Haras Futuro SRL (ARG) no $180,000 3. Hurricane Ike , dk b/. h. 6, by Graeme Hall, - Parental Uproar, by N/A Pozo de Luna, Inc. R. McAnally J. Talamo Future Storm, Bred by: Stanley Boileau (FL) nk $11,000 98 Thrash, 2. Silentio , dk b/. c. 4, by Silent Name (JPN), - Listen A. P., by A.P. Ike and Dawn M. Stidham J. Graham Indy, Bred by: Wertheimer et Frere (KY) 1¼ $60,000 N/A WertTEXAS HERITAGE S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: heimer and Frere G. Mandella R. Bejarano 3. Fed Biz , b . c. 4, by Giant’s Causeway, - Spunoutacontrol, by Wild $50,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:37.94 - 3/2/2013 1. Departing , b . c. 3, by War Front, - Leave, by Pulpit, Bred by: Clai- Again, Bred by: Colts Neck Stables LLC (KY) no $36,000 N/A Kaleem Shah, Inc. B. Baffert M. Smith borne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (KY) 2¾ $30,000 97 Claiborne Farms and Dilschneider, Adele B. A. Stall, Jr. B. Hernandez, Jr. 2. Holiday Mischief , b . g. 3, by Into Mischief, - Darling Daughter, by LAS VIRGENES S., Gr.1, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: Maria’s Mon, Bred by: Sheltowee Farm, Alfonso Mazzetti, Dr. Robert $250,750, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:36.14 - 3/2/2013 J. Hunt & Rodney Winkle(KY) 2 $10,000 92 Offolter, Joe S. and Carter 1. Beholder , b . f. 3, by Henny Hughes, - Leslie’s Lady, by Tricky Creek, Bred by: Clarkland Farm (KY) 3¾ $150,000 N/A Spendthrift Thoroughbreds LLC J. Offolter G. Mora 3. Worldventurer , gr/ro. g. 3, by Wimbledon, - Better Than Most, by Farm LLC R. Mandella G. Gomez 2. Fiftyshadesofhay , b . f. 3, by Pulpit, - Quiet Kim, by Real Quiet, Elusive Quality, Bred by: Clarence Scharbauer Jr. (TX) 1 $5,500 89 Bred by: WinStar Farm, LLC (KY) 1½ $50,000 N/A Watson, Karl, Melcher, Wesley W. Calhoun R. Napravnik Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul B. Baffert R. Bejarano 3. Scarlet Strike , b . f. 3, by Smart Strike, - Scarlet Tango, by French SAM HOUSTON SPRINT CUP S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 4 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:10.21 Deputy, Bred by: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY) ¾ $30,000 N/A Carver, John, Hollendorfer, Jerry and Smith, Green J. - 3/2/2013 Hollendorfer M. Smith 1. Flashpoint , gr/ro. h. 5, by Pomeroy, - Two Punch Lil, by Two Punch, Bred by: Silverleaf Farms, Inc. (FL) ¾ $30,000 106 Peachtree Stable S. Asmussen G. Murphy BAFFLE S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $79,500, 3 yo, 6 2. Hamiltonian , dk b/. g. 4, by Bellamy Road, - Connate (NZ), by 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:12.20 - 3/2/2013 Honor Grades, Bred by: Reiley McDonald (KY) 1 $10,000 104 Jones- 1. Rosengold , ch . c. 3, by Stormello, - Lit’l Rose, by Mr. Prospector, Lyster Partnership J. Jones P. Johnson Bred by: William L. Currin & Catherine Parke (KY) 1 $46,440 N/A Cur3. Bind , dk b/. h. 5, by Pulpit, - Check, by Unbridled, Bred by: Clairin, William J. Canani M. Garcia borne Farm (KY) 1¼ $5,500 102 Claiborne Farm and Dilschneider, 2. Will True Up , ch . g. 3, by Lawyer Ron, - My Into Wishin, by OutAdele B. A. Stall, Jr. B. Hernandez, Jr. ofthebox, Bred by: Greg Anastasas (KY) 1¼ $15,480 N/A Barber, Gary, Barber, Cecil and Tsujihara, Kevin P. Miller E. Maldonado JERSEY LILLY S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: 3. Horizon Sky (IRE) , b . c. 3, by Duke of Marmalade (IRE), - =Mala $50,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:44.12 - 3/2/2013 Mala (IRE), by Brief Truce, Bred by: Barronstown Stud and Mrs T. Stack 1. Artemus Kitten , ch . m. 5, by Kitten’s Joy, - Chianti Red, by (IRE) ½ $9,288 N/A Britt, Sam and House, Michael J. Mullins T. Baze 3. Ghost Is Clear , b . g. 5, by Ghostzapper, - Tamweel, by Gulch, Bred by: Twin Creeks Farm, Tom & Nancy Clark, Taylor Made Farm Inc., et al(KY) ½ $15,000 N/A Maker, Michael M. Maker J. Graham

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BOLD ACCENT S., FONNER PARK, Value of Race: $10,250, 3 yo’s & up, 4 furlongs, Time: 46.60 - 3/2/2013 1. Hot Body , b . f. 4, by Grand Slam, - Last Fever, by Storm Cat, Bred by: Edward P. Evans (VA) 2 $6,150 N/A Suter, Milton M. Suter J. Olesiak 2. Terice , ch . m. 5, by Shadow Hawk, - Shannon Select, by Double Ready, Bred by: James F. Kirby (MN) nk $2,050 N/A Kirby, Mike M. Kirby M. Ziegler 3. Prospectors Alycat , dk b/. m. 6, by Lion Hearted, - Virginia Punch, by Two Punch, Bred by: Gretchen B. Mobberley (MD) 2 $1,230 N/A Hempstead, Joe J. Hempstead D. Leeds FREMONT S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $50,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.03 - 3/2/2013 1. Hit the Road Lee , dk b/. h. 6, by Leestown, - Piano Road, by Fappiano Road, Bred by: Paul Pruett (LA) hd $30,000 N/A Hardy, Christine K. Bourgeois G. Melancon 2. Redhotrush , ch . g. 6, by Joe’s Son Joey, - Crumbley’s Heart, by Aspro, Bred by: Joseph Bjorne Tosterud (LA) 4¾ $10,000 N/A Delahoussaye, Brent B. Delahoussaye T. Hebert 3. Masculino , ch . g. 4, by Lydgate, - Miss Cheers, by Carson City, Bred by: Terry Adcock (LA) ½ $5,000 N/A Romero, Howard K. Segura B. Patin GAZEBO S., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $60,000, 3 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:12.00 - 3/2/2013 1. King Henny , ch . c. 3, by Henny Hughes, - Queens Carousel, by Afternoon Deelites, Bred by: Betz/Kidder/Lamantia/J. Betz (KY) 1¼ $36,000 N/A Woolsey, Erv and Asmussen, Keith S. Asmussen R. Santana, Jr. 2. Titletown Five , dk b/. c. 3, by Tiznow, - D’ Wildcat Speed, by Forest Wildcat, Bred by: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY) hd $12,000 N/A Hornung, P., Martin, E., Lukas, D., Davis, W., Miller, D. and Shade, M. D. Lukas J. Court 3. Malibu High , b . r. 3, by Malibu Moon, - Hi Beautiful, by Snow Ridge, Bred by: Fares Farm, LLC (KY) 1½ $6,000 N/A Grum, Mary C. Borel C. Borel ALLEN LACOMBE MEMORIAL S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 7 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:36.78 - 3/2/2013 1. Gator Zone , b . f. 3, by Sharp Humor, - May Gator, by Green Alligator, Bred by: Bert Klein, Richard Klein & Elaine Klein (KY) hd $45,000 N/A Klein, Richard, Bertram and Elaine S. Margolis S. Bridgmohan 2. To My Valentine (FR) , ch . f. 3, by Dyhim Diamond (IRE), - =Lisselan Firefly (IRE), by Monashee Mountain, Bred by: S.A.R.L. Haras De Bouguetot (FR) 2½ $15,000 N/A Ice Wine Stable W. Ward R. Eramia 3. Overheard , b . f. 3, by Macho Uno, - Whisper to Me, by Thunder Gulch, Bred by: Pin Oak Stud, LLC (KY) ¾ $7,500 N/A Pin Oak Stable M. Pierce J. Graham BLACK GOLD S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $72,750, 3 yo, 7 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:35.84 - 3/2/2013 1. Up With the Birds , b . c. 3, by Stormy Atlantic, - Song of the Lark, by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Sam-Son Farm (ON) hd $45,000 N/A Sam-Son Farms M. Pierce S. Bridgmohan 2. Animal Style , b . c. 3, by Spanish Steps, - Seeking the Sky, by Storm Cat, Bred by: Eduarda Racing Stables, LLC (KY) 5 $15,000 N/A Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K. M. Maker R. Napravnik 3. Cairo Six , dk b/. c. 3, by Stormy Atlantic, - Tortuga Lady, by Thunder Gulch, Bred by: Greenwich Cattle Company (KY) 1¼ $7,500 N/A Fox Hill Farms, Inc. J. Jones M. Guidry

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