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CONTENTS J A N UA RY 2014 • VO L. 8 N O. 1 Cover photo courtesy of Scott Martinez, Los Alamitos Race Course

Cover Story: Foose Cash Sr wins Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity at 25-1 odds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Top Racing Story: Last To Fire an impressive first in Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 ‘50 TO 1’ in theaters March 21; Retired Jockey Frank Lovato, Jr. completes ‘365 Days of Racing Terminology’ video series; Millionaire Rocky Gulch named to Ruidoso Downs’ Racehorse Hall of Fame; Los Alamitos average night handle even for 2013; Purse growth for older horses shows impressive increases at Ruidoso Downs; Cliff Lambert named inductee to Ruidoso Downs’ Racehorse Hall of Fame; Los Alamitos wraps up meet with a new era set to begin in 2014; Trainer Carl Draper to be inducted into Ruidoso Downs’ Racehorse Hall of Fame; David Alvarez captures riding title at Evangeline Downs; 2014 Remington Park Stakes schedule announced for American Quarter Horse & Mixed Breed Season; ‘Punch’ and Suzanne Jones named to Ruidoso Downs’ Racehorse Hall of Fame; Canterbury Park announces million-dollar 2014 stakes schedule; Remington Park season closes, Vazquez wins first title as leading rider; $200,000 Gold Cup, three new $100,000 stakes highlight 2014 stakes schedule at Ruidoso Downs; Yearling colt tops Heritage Place Thoroughbred Sale; HRTV and FOX Sports Network to broadcast 2nd Annual $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic on Jan. 25; Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announces U.S. Graded and Listed stakes for 2014; Zia Park concludes historic 2013 season

Race Recaps: Quarter Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Results from Sunland Park, Los Alamitos Race Course, Evangeline Downs

Thoroughbred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Results from Sunland Park, Santa Anita Race Park, Delta Downs, Hollywood Park, Fair Grounds Race Course, Remington Park, Golden Gate Fields

RCI Rulings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Foose Cash Sr wins Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity at 25-1 odds December 14, 2013 • Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CA

oose Cash Sr scored one of the biggest upset victories in the history of the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity after winning California’s richest Quarter Horse race at 25-1 odds on Sunday night. Ridden by Francisco Rubio for the partnership of Jose and Gustavo De La Torre, La Presita LLC and San Gregorio Racing Stables, Foose Cash Sr paid $52.80 for the win. He earned $804,940 of the $1,989,525 total purse while covering the 400 yards in :19.601. That equates to $41,066 per each second that it took him to win the race. Foose Cash Sr led from start to finish and crossed the wire ¾ lengths ahead of the 8-5 favorite and fastest qualifier Viva Mi Corazon. Foose Cash Sr had won his trial by 1 ¼ lengths Above, Foose Cash Sr, Francisco Rubio up; at right, winning connections. Photos by Scott Martinez 4 SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1

before returning with this win from along the rail. His win payout is the second largest in the Two Million only behind One Quick First Down’s $59.20 payout in 2010. Foose Cash Sr ran in the Governor’s Cup Futurity earlier this year. For the season he’s won three of seven starts. PCQHRA Breed-

ers’ Futurity winner Viva Mi Corazon finished 1 ¾ lengths ahead of third place finisher A Corona Sunset. Ed Burke Million Futurity winner Five Bar Cartel ran fourth with Rainbow Futurity winner Ms First Prize Rose running fifth. Collin The Shots, Highest Fire, Dash Through Fire, Chalalita and Sis Is Hot

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Ranches LLC, Viva Mi Corazon earned $325,809 for his runner-up effort. The gelding by First Down Dash had a tremendous campaign at Los Photo by Scott Martinez Alamitos, winning three of his four local starts. Bred by Bob and/or Jerry completed the field. Jose De La Torre Gaston, Viva Mi Corazon has now saddled winner Foose Cash Sr and earned $515,369 while winning five third place finisher A Corona Sunset. of nine starts. Trey Wood saddled Bred by Anselmo Aguilar of La Viva Mi Corazon, who was ridden by Presita LLC, Foose Cash Sr is a gelding Cody Jensen. by freshman sire Foose and out of the “I’m proud of him,” Wood said. Takin On The Cash mare Takin Some “He got bumped, but he was running Gold, a stakes winner of over $30,000 great at the end of the race. Viva Mi from the family of graded stakes winCorazon and Ms First Prize Rose will ner Skyline Lover. Foose now looks be back next year. Their next start set for 2013 as the nation’s leading will be in New Mexico.” freshman stallion in wins (with 44 Racing for the De La Torres and and counting) and will most likely finish possible and I’m so grateful that I’m still John Haagsma, A Corona Sunset earned as the second-leading freshman stallion in able to be a part of this victory. Five Bar $229,983 for finishing in third place. He was money earned with $1.575 million. As for Cartel qualified to the three top futurities ridden by Ramon Sanchez at odds of 28-1. Foose Cash Sr, this was only his third start here at Los Alamitos so I am excited about since being gelded following his out of the that. To be honest when the gates opened Five Bar Cartel earned $134,156 for the money finish in the Governor’s Cup Futurity I was focusing on Five Bar Cartel. I thought finishing fourth to take his season’s total to $654,358. in late July. at first that it was Viva Mi Corazon in front, “Every time Five Bar Cartel has raced, “It was a tough decision to geld him, but then I saw that it was my other horse we’ve had x-rays done on him and we’ll but he was acting too much like a stud and that had lit the board. I bought a third of do the same after this race,” Carmona he was not focusing,” Aguilar explained. Foose Cash Sr right before the Governor’s added. “Most likely he’ll race as a 3-year“We felt that he had all the ability, but we Cup Futurity and what a great investment old depending on how he comes back. He needed to decide whether or not we need- it turned out to be. Dr. Aguilar invited into hasn’t chipped, which is great. As fast as he ed to geld him. Everyone finally agreed and this partnership and it’s a wonderful feeling runs, it’s not long before they get a chip. we went ahead and gelded him.” every time you win.” We might pay him late to the All American La Presita LLC is one of the top breedGustavo De La Torre saddled Foose Derby. If he likes the (altitude) we’ll run ing operations in Mexico and the home to Cash Sr in the Two Million because his 12 him in the All American Derby. He’s a tough six stallions. La Presita LLC also consigned siblings, including trainer Jose De La Torre, horse with a lot of heart. ” a half-sister to Foose Cash Sr that was the were with their father, Jose De La Torre Sr., Trotter and Burnett Ranches LLC’s Ms $100,000 co-sale topper at this year’s Los who is now recovering from a heart operaFirst Prize Rose earned $114,991 for runAlamitos Equine Sale. Aguilar has been rac- tion that was completed just a few hours ning second. That takes her career earnings ing and breeding horses for 12 years. before the running of this race. “Winning this race with a homebred “There are 13 of us and 12 of them are to $543,595. is the greatest thing,” Aguilar said. “We’ve there with my dad,” Gustavo said. “It was a dreamed about this moment and just to be 10-hour long operation. It was very hard for Ron Hartley’s Moonist won the $35,000 Los Alamitos Invitational Stakes by a halfin this race is a great accomplishment.” me to stay here, but somebody had to be length to give him his second stakes win of It’s been back-to-back huge years for here. My dad found out Saturday at noon the season. He also won the Golden State San Gregorio Racing Stables and the De La about his heart problem and the doctors Juvenile Stakes last month. Both races serve Torres as well. Last year, they won the Ed told him that his heart could stop at any as consolation events to those two major Burke Million, All American Futurity and minute. My dad taught and showed us futurities. Moonist also finished second in the Golden State Million with One Dashing about horses. Governor’s Cup Futurity earlier this season. Eagle. This year, San Gregorio won the Ed “Since the beginning when we were Cesar De Alba piloted the Separatist gelding Burke Million with Five Bar Cartel. training the babies, Foose Cash Sr looked for trainer John Cooper. A son of the cham“I think the best thing was to geld him,” like one of the best horses that we had,” he pion and millionaire Your First Moon, Moonist said Jorge Carmona of San Gregorio. “We added. “He was one of the top three babies didn’t want to do it, but it turned out to be in our barn, but he just wouldn’t settle in the earned $14,000 for the win to take his earnings over the $100,000 mark. A winner in four the best thing. It was a tough decision. I gate. As soon as we cut him, he was differof his 10 starts, he’s made $102,560 this year. feel fortunate to be part of this group. The ent. This horse will now need some rest. Freakier LLC’s Fiesty Flo, who ran in the Ed past two seasons have been the most won- We’ll find a pasture for him to enjoy two to derful years of my racing life. I was rooting three months off. He is paid into every single Burke Memorial Juvenile earlier this season, for my horse Five Bar Cartel to win because derby in California. He’ll skip a few, but he’s earned $7,000 for finishing in second place. he’s still a colt and it would help his case to entitled to run in every one of them.” Santiago Mendez piloted the TR Dasher filly win a championship title, but that wasn’t for trainer Jose Flores. Racing for Johnny Trotter and Burnett SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1 5

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Last To Fire an impressive first in Champion Of Champions at Los Alamitos December 14, 2013 • Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CA

esus Avila and Jesus Cuevas’ Last To Fire posted one of the most dominant performances in the 42-year history of the $750,000 Champion of Champions, as he posted a 1 ¼ length victory while covering the 440 yards in the event’s fourth fastest clocking on Saturday at Los Alamitos. Last To Fire’s decisive triumph in the sport’s most prestigious race combined with his big victories in the Grade 1 Vessels Maturity and Grade 1 Go Man Go Handicap makes the gelding by Walk Thru Fire a leading contender in the race for the title of American Quarter Horse racing’s World Champion. Ridden by Eduardo Nicasio, the 24-year-old pilot who has won three of the last four Champion of Champions, Last To Fire covered the classic quarter-mile distance in :21.095 from post number one for trainer Jose De La Torre. Last To Fire’s winning time is the fastest in the Champion of Champions since Nicasio piloted Apollitical Jess to a trackrecord clocking of :20.93 also from along the rail in 2010. Rylees Boy, the winner of the Champion of Champions last year, closed strongly from the outside post number 10 to finish in second place. Matabari, last year’s Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity winner and this year’s Los Alamitos Super Derby winner, ran third. All American Derby winner Feature Hero finished fourth and was followed across the wire by Check N Fetch, Vodka With Ice, Ochoa, Priceless Feature, Hez Our Secret and Significant Heart. Ochoa was looking to become Quarter Horse racing’s first ever $3 million winner with a victory in the Champion of Champions. The Tres Seis gelding was off slow and never seriously contended on the way to finishing in seventh place. He earned $18,750 for the effort to take his career earnings to $2,781,365. Ochoa remains Quarter Horse racing’s all-time leader in money earned. Meanwhile, Last To Fire became the sport’s newest millionaire after his sensational effort earned him $375,000. Bred by the Estate of Spencer Childers, the brown

gelding has now earned $1,087,545 while winning eight of 19 career starts. Sent off as the co-favorite at 9-5 odds, Last To Fire also tied five other horses for the fourth largest margin of victory in the Champion of Champions. Only Dash For Cash and First Down Dash’s 1 ¾ length win margins in 1976 and ‘87, respectively, and SLM Big Daddy’s 1 ½ length victory in 1998 were larger than Last To Fire’s wire-to-wire win. “I was so nervous before the start, but we also felt very confident in the horse,” said co-owner Jesus Cuevas. “The horse gave us the confidence because of everything he has done this year. He was very professional in the paddock tonight. He looked very comfortable in the paddock. When he broke on top I felt like we had a great chance to win because of the potent way he has been running at the end of races. The race was his at 220 yards and I felt that there was no stopping him at that point. He had shown us at 400 yards what he could do, so running 440 yards felt like a comfortable distance for him and what he could do.”

It took Last To Fire 2 ½ seasons of racing to win his first Grade 1 stakes races. He won his elusive first Grade 1 race by a halflength in the 400-yard Vessels Maturity on July 7. He returned a little more than two months later with an emphatic 1 ¾ length win in the Grade 1 Go Man Go at 400 yards, an effort that made him one of the favor-

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ites to win this year’s Champion of Champions. “I think he deserves to be named World Champion after what he’s done this year,” Avila said. “He’s won three big races this year and especially the one he won tonight. It’s an amazing feeling. I’m still excited. He used to be a nervous horse, but day by day he has become a more professional horse. He was just a pro tonight in the paddock.” Avila and Cuevas are cousins who became partners in racehorse ownership in 2002. “It was his idea,” said Cuevas referring to his cousin. “When I got started he already had some experience with the horses. This is a great moment for us. To win a race like the Champion of Champions and with a horse like Last To Fire, it just makes you feel complete as an owner. This is one of the best races that you can win.” The field to the 2013 Champion of Champions was one of the strongest and richest ever. Going into the race, the lineup included the champion and mega rich superstar Ochoa, the millionaire and defending Champion of Champions winner in Rylees Boy, the millionaire and razor sharp filly Matabari, the millionaire and winner of the sport’s richest race ever Feature Hero and three other horses with earnings of over $500,000. By the time it was all said and done, the field walked away from the Champion of Champions with $10,337,408 in combined lifetime earnings or an average of over a $1 million per horse. It could be that Last To Fire will rest until the trials to the Vessels Maturity on June 15. “He’ll be a champion,” De La Torre said. “He’ll probably not run in the Los Alamitos Winter Championship and probably not until the Vessels Maturity (trials). After three Grade 1s, what more can you want from a horse? We’ll let him enjoy it and we’ll let him relax. You never know what will happen next year. This year, I think he deserves to be World Champion.” “We changed the bit on this horse and that’s one of the things that have worked out well,” said De La Torre about Last To Fire, who also uses a flipping halter while in the gate. “We also change his shoes a lot. He has two big quarter cracks right now on both feet. The left one is the worse one of the

two. David Vargas does a great job shoeing this horse. (Last To Fire’s shoeing) is the hard work. It’s been a lot of teamwork involved. This horse is a great horse. Jesus Avila has brought some great horses to our barn. These owners also own Turbulent Times, who won the Golden State Million Futurity. Last To Fire, he does it all by himself. He has a lot of talent and has become the horse everyone thought that he would become.” De La Torre trained and was part owner of last year’s World Champion One Dashing Eagle. As for Nicasio, he also won the 2011 Champion of Champions with Good Reason SA and is now tied with jockey Ramon

Sanchez with three Champion of Champions wins. Jerry Nicodemus and Bruce Pilkenton share the record of four Champion of Champions victories. “I never expected (Last To Fire) to win the way he did tonight,” Nicasio said. “He’s a super horse. He went a little bit to the inside in the Go Man Go and he does like to go inside usually. We thought that breaking from post number one would fit his style the best. After he won the Go Man Go I thought that if he could break like that again that I could win the Champion of Champions. The way he ran tonight reminded me of my first Champion of Champions win with Apollitical Jess. Apollitical Jess broke fast too and this was a very similar race.” Lorena Velazquez Rodriguez’s Rylees Boy became the oldest horse to win the Champion of Champions when he won last year’s running at the age of seven. Now eight, Rylees Boy did everything he could to break his own record, but the winner was just too tough, according to trainer Paul Jones. “Rylees Boy was coming strong at the end, but it was too big a lead,” Jones said. “Rylees Boy ran his race, but the winner was too tough. He couldn’t catch him. The old man ran big. He was flying. I thought he bumped with (Matabari) a little bit at the start of the race, but he was coming on at the end.” Saul Ramirez piloted the gelding by Heza Motor Scooter, who earned $120,000 in this race to take his career bankroll to $1,542,839. Balgo Racing Team and Marlyn Gonzalez’s Matabari ran a solid race from start to finish on the way finishing third. The homebred daughter of Mr Jess Perry earned $75,000 to increase her career earnings to $1,321,930. She was looking to become the first horse to win the Los Alamitos Two Million, Los Alamitos Super Derby and Champion of Champions. Guillermo Morales saddled Matabari, who was ridden by Ramon Sanchez. Reliance Ranches’ Feature Hero earned $52,500 to lift his bank account to $1,362,263 Eddie Willis saddled the Valiant Hero gelding, who was piloted by Jay Conklin. Three Champion of Champions wins for jockey Eduardo Nicasio Photos by Scott Martinez SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1 9

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horse racing. The response has been amazing. Fans from all over ‘50 TO 1’ in theaters Norwalk, OH the world have been respondRetired Jockey Frank March 21 ing on social media, and the Mine That Bird, the underLovato, Jr. completes series will always be available for dog racehorse that won the ‘365 Days of Racing the public to refer to and enjoy 2009 Kentucky Derby, is the forever.” Terminology’ video focus of a new Hollywood film The complete series is now series “50 to 1” that opens in theaters available free of charge to viewRetired Eclipse Award-winMarch 21. The news was aners at http://jockeyworld.org/ ning jockey Frank Lovato, Jr. has nounced by “50 to 1” director, achieved the goal he established racing-term-videos.htm. producer, co-writer and racefor himself at the beginning horse owner Jim Wilson (Oscar®of 2013: In an effort to better winning producer of “Dances Ruidoso Downs, NM educate racing fans and those With Wolves”). Starring in the who aspire to work in the ThorMillionaire Rocky Gulch film are Skeet Ulrich (Jericho, oughbred racing industry, he named to Ruidoso “Scream,” “As Good as it Gets”), vowed to produce a “365 Days Christian Kane (Leverage), Downs’ Racehorse Hall of of Racing Terminology” video William Devane (24, “The Dark Fame series. It has been among the Knight Rises”), Todd Lowe (“True The first New Mexico-bred most challenging and extensive Thoroughbred to earn $1 milBlood,” “Gilmore Girls”) and newendeavors Lovato has tackled in lion, Rocky Gulch, will be honcomer Madelyn Deutch, as well demonstrating the mission of his ored as the horse inducted into as real-life jockey Calvin Borel, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, who plays himself in the picture. the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Jockey World Inc., which is to Faith Conroy co-wrote the script Hall of Fame during ceremonies provide education and promote in late June. with Wilson. safety in the racing world. The film, which is rooted in Rocky Gulch reached milThe project required LoNew Mexico and shot in over 30 lionaire status in 2006 and then vato to write and create a video the undefeated (19 for 19) Peplocations throughout the state every day of the year, each one – from Santa Fe to Las Cruces – pers Pride became the second explaining and illustrating a will kick off the theatrical release New Mexico-bred Thoroughbred term or phrase pertinent to the with the world premiere in Almillionaire two years later. Pepsport of racing. Aided by his buquerque at the historic KiMo pers Pride was inducted into the Jockey World Inc. assistant, Kayla Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall Theatre on March 19. Jarvinen, and sponsored by vari- of Fame in 2011. “50 to 1” is about a misfit ous organizations, businesses, The 2014 class in the group of New Mexico cowboys and individuals in the racing Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall who find themselves on the community, Lovato devoted an of Fame celebrates New Mexico average of four hours per day to racing with each of the inductwriting and producing each two- ees being historic contributors to three-minute segment. to racing in The Land of En“My idea behind this series chantment. was to offer a fun way to learn Bred and raced by Larry more about the world of horse Teague of Hobbs, N.M., Rocky racing, and this is all a part of Gulch won 18 of 38 starts and my mission with our Jockey amassed $1,151,725 in earnWorld organization. I decided to ings with his career ending in commit myself to taking a term December, 2007. He counted 14 every single day of the year and stakes from those 18 wins with bringing it to life, embellishing each of his stakes wins comon it, adding photos and video,” ing against New Mexico-bred Lovato stated. “I believe the bet- company. He gained acclaim ter you understand something, when he stepped up against top Chip Woolley, played by Skeet Ulrich, has a heart-to-heart talk with race- the better chance you will enjoy open company to run second in horse Mine That Bird in a scene from the upcoming movie “50 to 1.” it, and this brings us all together the $105,000 Borderland Derby and finish third in the second Courtesy photo to share our love for horses and 16 SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1

journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. The cowboys face a series of mishaps on their way to Churchill Downs, becoming the ultimate underdogs in a final showdown with the world’s racing elite. “I had been waiting for a great racehorse story for a very long time,” Wilson said, noting he had read numerous horse racing scripts over the years, “but when I watched what unfolded at the 2009 Kentucky Derby, I was stunned. I’ve always been a fan of true underdog stories and after meeting the owners, trainer and finally Bird himself, I was hooked. This story had all the cinematic elements you could ask for. It’s been a real adventure and one I am proud to share with the world.” Wilson won the Academy Award® for Best Picture for “Dances With Wolves,” which he produced. He also produced “The Bodyguard,” “Wyatt Earp,” “Swing Vote,” “Mr. Brooks” and “Message in a Bottle.” Wilson’s previous directing credits include “Head Above Water,” “Whirlygirl” and the criticallyacclaimed documentary about renowned jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr., “Laffit: All About Winning.”

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running of the $500,000 WinStar Derby, each at Sunland Park. The WinStar Derby is now the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby and has become an important race on the trail to the Kentucky Derby. Trained by Terry Walker, Rocky Gulch gained fame not only for his millionaire status and his 14 stakes wins, but also for carrying imposts in his victories. At Sunland Park in 2004, in successive starts, he won stakes races carrying 123 pounds, 124 pounds, 127 pounds and 128 pounds. At Ruidoso Downs, he was undefeated from five starts. His freshman summer in 2003 at Ruidoso Downs was a coming-out party for the promising youngster. After winning his maiden at first asking and finishing a close second in the $172,000 Copper Top Futurity at Sunland Park, he stepped up at Ruidoso Downs to win his Rio Grande Senor Futurity trial by more than 11 lengths and then winning the $87,000 Rio Grande Senor Futurity by 15 lengths at 3-10 odds while setting a five-and-one-half-furlong track record of 1:02. The next summer, Rocky Gulch continued to show his affection for Ruidoso Downs with a three-and-one-half-length win in the Road Runner Handicap as the 1-5 favorite while toting 126 pounds. He concluded his Ruidoso Downs racing two years later, in 2006, with back-to-back allowance wins. Rocky Gulch now lives in pampered comfort under the care of trainer Barbra Brown, Walker’s wife, as a member of the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame. For complete Ruidoso Downs information, go to www.raceruidoso.com, visit the Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino Facebook page and follow the Ruidoso Press Box (@RuiPressBox) on Twitter. There is a page dedicated to the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame at www.raceruidoso.com/hallof-fame.php.

dec. 26, 2013

Cypress, CA Los Alamitos average night handle even for 2013 Los Alamitos Race Course ended its 63rd racing season with an average single night handle figure of $1,272,308, a figure that includes combined wagering on both the live races and night import races. The total average single night handle was up 0.31 percent from 2012. Account wagering on the Los Alamitos Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred races at sites like TVG.com, X-Press Bet and Twin Spires.

com increased by 3 percent to an average single night figure of $421,878. Since 2009, account wagering has increased an average of $121,000 per night for an increase during that span of more than 25 percent. Handle from mini-satellites in California like Commerce Casino, Santa Clarita, Ocean’s 11 Casino, etc., did enjoy an increase of 13.3 percent from 2012. Out of State handle enjoyed a big increase of 7.4 percent from 2012, up to an average of $331,391 per night. The total handle for all sources during the 2013 meeting was $195,841,313 for the 154-night meet. The average single night attendance on-track decreased by 5.5 percent. For more info, contact 714-820-2690.

dec. 24, 2013

Ruidoso Downs, NM Purse growth for older horses shows impressive increases at Ruidoso Downs

The long-term growth in racing for older horses has shown impressive increases over the past five years and bodes well for continued growth with the 2014 addition of five new $100,000 races for three-year-olds and the All American Gold Cup purse boosted from $40,000 to $200,000 guaranteed. “Improving the program of older horses has been a priority at Ruidoso Downs and we are seeing the robust growth in the number of horses participating in our derby program,” said general manger Shaun Hubbard. The derby numbers are astonishing. When comparing the currently eligible horses to the 2014 All American, Rainbow and Ruidoso derbies to similar figures from five years ago, the All American Derby is up 45 percent, the Rainbow Derby is up 42 percent and the Ruidoso Derby shows a 62-percent increase. The projected 2014 derby purses are $2 million for the All American Derby, $1 million for the Rainbow Derby and $900,000 for the Ruidoso Derby. These figures indicate total purses for the three Grade 1 derbies at $3.9 million and could reach $4 million with a few additional supplemental nominations. The three-year-old program is further enhanced with the addition of three new $100,000 stakes to be held on the same weekend as each of the Grade 1 derbies. The $100,000 Mr Jess Perry at 400 yards will be held on June 7, the $100,000 Corona Cartel at 440 yards is set for July 19 and the $100,000 First Down Dash will be run over 440 yards on Aug. 31. SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1 17

The $200,000 All American Gold Cup provides an unprecedented opportunity for three-year-old and older horses. It promises to attract a wide selection of the best older horses in the nation and should have world championship implications when it is run over 440 yards on Aug. 30. While the three Grade 1 derbies have shown incredible growth over the five-year span, the futurity program has also shown impressive growth in the number of horses eligible for the 2014 futurities from five years ago. The All American Futurity is up 18 percent, the Rainbow Futurity is up 22 percent and the Ruidoso Futurity is up 26 percent.

Cliff Lambert named inductee to Ruidoso Downs’ Racehorse Hall of Fame A fixture in New Mexico racing as a jockey and a trainer for more than five decades, Cliff Lambert will be honored as a member of the 2014 class in the Ruidoso Downs’ Racehorse Hall of Fame. The induction ceremonies will be held in late June at Ruidoso Downs. The 2014 class is dedicated to racing in New Mexico. Cliff Lambert will always be the answer to the question: “Who rode the first All American Futurity winner?” Lambert climbed on Galobar on Labor Day in 1959 for the first running of the All American Futurity and they came through to win the dash worth $129,686, which was the largest

purse at the time for a Quarter Horse race. He had already reached the top tier of jockeys by winning riding titles at Los Alamitos and Bay Meadows in California. In addition to his All American Futurity win, Lambert counted the Ruidoso Open Futurity (a forerunner of the Rainbow Futurity) and the Ruidoso 550 Championship Stakes among his Ruidoso Downs’ stakes wins. In 1961, according to records from the American Quarter Horse Association, Lambert scored 45 wins from 126 starts for an impressive 28-percent winners. Lambert battled weight issues and for years he would train for part of the year and then lose weight to return to the saddle. Eventually, in the 1960s, he turned his total attention to training. He is still training a large stable on the New Mexico circuit and has seen major success, especially with his Thoroughbreds. Many of his horses are ridden by his son Casey. The New Mexico-bred Thoroughbred Bold Ego, a member of the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame, began his training and his career with Lambert and went on to become a prominent horse in the Triple Crown races. As a 2-year-old for Lambert, Bold Ego won his first five starts in New Mexico before racing to a third-place finish in the Hollywood Juvenile Stakes at Hollywood Park. He concluded his freshman season back in New Mexico with a stakes win against statebreds. Lambert took Bold Ego to Santa Anita

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to start his 3-year-old season. Lambert needed to return to Sunland Park to care for his stable, so owner J. D. Barton and Lambert decided to move Bold Ego to the Jack Van Berg barn. Van Berg took Bold Ego to Oaklawn Park and he won three stakes, capped by the Arkansas Derby. He then joined the Triple Crown series and raced to a game second-place finish behind Pleasant Colony in the Preakness Stakes. It has been a remarkable ride for more than half a century for Lambert that keeps on going. He exemplifies New Mexico racing as an inductee into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame. For complete Ruidoso Downs information, go to www. raceruidoso.com.

City Council. The new track is set to open for training on Jan. 22. Los Alamitos Race Course will also house and serve as a training facility for Thoroughbreds from some of the top barns in the Southern California racing circuit.

Championship Handicap winner Check My Thoughts and Governor’s Cup Futurity winner Up For It. Jose and Gustavo De La Torre and Felix Gonzalez finished in a tie for second with 23 wins each. Paul Jones was the meet’s leading Quarter Horse trainer for the 15th time in the last 16 years after The early Pick Fours continued to saddling 116 winners. Jones had be the most popular wager at Los three horses that qualified to the Alamitos, with an all time record Champion of Champions in Grade figure of $160,073 bet on Sunday, 1 Los Alamitos Winter ChampionFeb. 10. The meet featured five ship winner Rylees Boy, Grade 1 out of the 10 highest Pick 4 pools Mildred Vessels Memorial Handiever and 12 of the 20 highest ever cap winner Check N Fetch and at the Cypress track. The average PCQHRA Breeders Derby winner early Pick 4 for the year was over Significant Heart. He also saddled $110,000 per night. The meet also La Primera Del Ano Derby winner featured an all-time record in the Revv Me Up, Governor’s Cup Derby late Pick 4 of $121,842 set on Sun- winner Scoop Of Sunshine and day, Feb. 24. Four out of the top Southern California Derby winner five highest pools in the late Pick 4 Jabuti Eagle SA. Jose De La Torre were established in 2013. was second with 81 wins followed by Jose Flores with 67 victories. Racing highlights included Jesus Cruz Mendez piloted 138 Quarter Avila and Jesus Cuevas’ Last To Horse winners to finish as the Cypress, CA Fire winning three of the top meet’s leading rider for the second Los Alamitos wraps up Grade 1 races for older horses, straight year. Mendez’s top wins meet with a new era set including the Grade 1 $750,000 included the Kindergarten Futurity to begin in 2014 Champion of Champions. The and El Primero Del Ano Derby. Los Alamitos Race Course meet also feature the appearEduardo Nicasio finished second completed its 2012-13 racing ance of the champion Ochoa, with 85 wins while Gregorio season with a nearly identical the sport’s all-time leader in Arriaga, who suffered a season figure in overall daily handle money earned. Trained by Sleepy ending injury in a riding accident from all-sources compared to Gilbreath, Ochoa won the Grade 1 in early October, finished third in last year, but the year’s big story Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos In- the standings with 79 victories. here was the approval by the vitational Championship. Owned Los Alamitos’ all-time leading California Horse Racing Board by the partnership of La Presita for Los Alamitos to conduct five LLC, Jose and Gustavo De La Torre Thoroughbred jockey Ramon Guce won 102 races aboard weeks of major daytime Thorand San Gregorio Racing Stable, oughbred racing in 2014 and the Foose Cash Sr won the meet’s rich- Thoroughbreds to claim his eighth local riding title. This is the third expansion of the racetrack that est race, the Grade 1 $1,989,525 time in his career that he has finwill take the 5/8th oval and turn Los Alamitos Los Alamitos Two ished with over 100 Thoroughbred it into a one-mile dirt track. Million Futurity at pdds of 25-1. victories in a single season. Guce is The expansion is being San Gregorio also race Five Bar the only local rider who has gone done to accommodate the new Cartel, which was the only horse over the century mark aboard the daytime Thoroughbred meets. to race in the Ed Burke Million breed here. Alex Jimenez finished Los Alamitos will run a twoFuturity, Golden State Million week summer meeting from Futurity and Two Million Futurity. second with 61 victories. Charles Treece earned his 15th ThoroughThursday, July 3 through Sunday, Five Bar Cartel won the Ed Burke bred training title with 78 victoJuly 13 and a three-week winter Million. ries at Los Alamitos. Treece was meeting from Thursday, Dec. 4 followed by Keith Craigmyle with through Sunday, Dec. 21. The Ed Allred won another Quarter 57 wins and Jim Hanson with 43 summer session will be highHorse owner title after picking wins. Mike Flory won 18 races to lighted by a major derby to up 55 wins from 310 starters for finish as the meet’s leading Thorbe held on opening weekend. a 17.7 percent win ratio in 2013. oughbred owner for the third year Construction began on Dec. 10 The AQHA Hall of Fame Owner following unanimous approval and Breeder campaigned Spencer in a row. The partnership of Keith of the project by the Cypress Craigmyle and Jerry Gross finished L. Childers California Breeders

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second with 16 Thoroughbred victories. Los Alamitos ended its 63rd racing season with an average single night handle figure of $1,272,308, a figure that includes combined wagering on both the live races and night import races. The total average single night handle was up 0.3 percent from 2012. The total handle for all sources during the 2013 meeting was $195,663,132 for the 154-night meet. The average single night attendance on-track decreased by 5.6 percent. More statistical information will be made available later.

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Ruidoso Downs, NM Trainer Carl Draper to be inducted into Ruidoso Downs’ Racehorse Hall of Fame Two-time All American Futurity winner and Ruidoso Downs’ resident Carl Draper will be honored as the trainer in the class of 2014 inducted into the Ruidoso Downs’ Racehorse Hall of Fame during ceremonies in late June at Ruidoso Downs. The 2014 class has a New Mexico theme and Draper fits the bill with all of his 13 Grade 1 wins coming in New Mexico. Eleven of those Grade 1 wins have occurred at Ruidoso Downs, just a few miles from his home. Eight of those 11 Grade 1 wins have come with two horses: Racehorse Hall of Fame member DM Shicago and Heartswideopen. DM Shicago dominated at Ruidoso Downs for Draper in 2004-5 and made his first 11 starts at Ruidoso Downs. During that span he won seven races, including four Grade 1 stakes. After finishing third in the Grade 1 Rainbow Futurity, the powerful gray gelding won the 2004 Grade 1, $2 million All American Futurity by three SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1 19

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Two-year-old LADY GENIUS ($270,036) is the leading money winner by a New Mexico Sire in 2013 after winning three stakes QUINTON’S GOLD, sire of LADY GENIUS, at 2, 2013, 8 starts, 5 wins, 3 times second. The leading contender for champion New Mexico bred two-year-old filly won NM Eddy County S., C. O. Kendrick Memorial S., Copper Top Futurity and was second in Rio Grande Senorita Thoroughbred Futurity, New Mexico Classic Cup Juvenile S. and the Enchantress S.

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Son of Three Time Leading Sire GIANT’S CAUSEWAY Ranked among North America’s Top 4 Sires Every Year Since 2006

THE WAY HOME Descends from the great Edward Evans mare Homewrecker, responsible for Grade I winner and sire Prenup, MG SWnrs Cat’s at Home (Champion Freshman Sire in Canada), Honor the Hero (tied 6f world record at Turf Paradise 1:06.8) and Giant Wrecker (standing in Japan).

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Above, trainer Carl Draper with Heartswideopen; below, Draper leading DM Shicago off the Ruidoso Downs’ track after a training session. Jed Vane aboard.

quarters of a length and was honored as champion-two-yearold gelding. DM Shicago came back in improved form in 2005. Draper gave him a winter’s rest after winning the All American Futurity and he returned in the summer of 2005 to win the Grade 1, $273,935 Ruidoso Derby; Grade 1, $410,741 Rainbow Derby and the Grade 1, $822,247 All American Derby. He is the only All American Futurity winner to follow with wins in the three Grade 1 derbies at Ruidoso Downs. His stunning accomplishments in 2005 rewarded him with the world champion, champion three-year-old and champion three-year-old gelding titles. DM Shicago earned $1,873,730 from 18 career starts with $1,812,513 banked at Ruidoso Downs. Just two years after DM Shicago left the Draper barn, a filly named Heartswideopen entered his stable and was nearly unbeatable during her two years of competition, especially at Ruidoso Downs. At the track, she won nine of 10 starts and earned $1,857,393 of her career earnings of $1,885,283. Heartswideopen, raced by La Feliz Montana Ranch and is now owned by Julianna 24 SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1

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Hawn Holt, quickly became the two-year-old to beat at Ruidoso Downs when she stood out with a one-and-one-quarter-length win in the Grade 1, $500,000 Ruidoso Futurity. Draper then decided to pass the Rainbow Futurity and point the filly at the Grade 1, $2 million All American Futurity. The plan worked as she fought to a neck win in the All American Futurity. Like DM Shicago, Heartswideopen was rested after the All American Futurity and returned for the summer derby series at Ruidoso Downs. She was in the midst of a nine-race winning streak when she won the Grade 1, $388,830 Ruidoso Derby and the Grade 1, $460,953

Rainbow Derby. Heartswideopen tried to match DM Shicago’s unprecedented feat of winning the All American Futurity and the three Grade 1 derbies the following summer, but came up a neck short. In the Grade 1, $1,065,648 All American Derby she flew down the outside of the track, however was unable to run down Noconi in one of history’s most memorable All American derbies. While those two horses are the cornerstones of Draper’s career, he also has Grade 1 wins with champion PJ Chick In Black in the Ruidoso Futurity, Genuine Strawfly in the All American Derby, Jess Significant in the Ruidoso Futurity, Jess Destined in the West Texas Futurity and Run Perry Run in the Bank of America New Mexico Championship Challenge. Draper has won 18 additional graded stakes and nine listed stakes, including the now Grade 1 Zia Park Championship with Desirio and the now Grade 1 Ruidoso Derby with Genuine Strawfly. For complete Ruidoso Downs information, go to www. raceruidoso.com.

complishments as he captured his first local leading rider title at the 2013 Fall Quarter Horse season at Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino. Alvarez overcame a slow start by rallying strongly in the final half of the season to catch and pass early leaders John Hamilton and Alfonso Lujan in the final two weeks of the 46-night season ending up with a total of 46 victories along with purse earnings of $491,157. The 33-year-old native of Nava, Mexico who now resides in Ledbetter, Texas, previously captured leading rider titles the state of Texas at both Sam Houston Race Park & Manor Downs before relocating to Louisiana in 2012. John Hamilton, who has several leading rider titles to his credit in his career including titles earlier this year at both Delta Downs & Louisiana Downs, landed in the runner-up spot with 43 wins and purse earnings of $462,300. Lujan, who had finished atop the standings the previous six years here at Evangeline Downs, settled for the third spot in the standings with 37 wins and purse earnings of $377,339 after missing almost 1/3rd of the season due to a shoulder injury. Danny Lavergne Opelousas, LA led all riders in purse earnings David Alvarez captures with $740,304. The Lake Charles, riding title at Evangeline LA native earned the bulk of Downs those dollars with his victory Jockey David Alvarez, who aboard Ol Time Preacher Man in won last year’s $1million LQHBA the $1 million LQHBA Breeders Breeders Futurity aboard Open Futurity on Nov. 16. Me a Corona, added to his acKenny Roberts, the all-time leading Quarter Horse trainer at Evangeline Downs not only captured his Seventh local leading trainer title but also set a new purse earnings record as his runners visited the winner’s circle 26 times. Roberts’ so dominated the higher class levels that his stable bankrolled $716,542, more than 2 ½ times any other conditioner this season and breaking the previous mark of $652,597 set last year by Bobby Martinez. Jockey David Alvarez Miguel Rodriguez was second Courtesy photo in the standings with 22 wins

March 7 heats for the Grade 1, $100,000 Oklahoma Paint/Appaloosa Futurity and the Grade 1, $60,000 Speedhorse-Graham Farms Paint/Appaloosa Derby. Sunday, March 9 trials will decide the final field for the $125,000 Oklahoma Quarter Horse Derby. Remington Park will once again offer a trio of rich futurities and a trio of derbies for the Quarter Horses. The Oklahoma Futurity and Derby will both be run on March 22. The $700,000 Remington Park Futurity and $250,000 Remington Park Derby will be contested on April 19. On the final Saturday of the season, May 31, the Grade 1, $1 million Heritage Place Futurity and the Grade 2, $275,000 Heritage Place Derby will top the richest race Oklahoma City, OK program of the season. 2014 Remington The Remington Park Futurity Park Stakes schedule and Derby are both restricted to announced for American eligible Oklahoma-breds. Also on May 31, the Grade Quarter Horse & Mixed 1, $250,000 Remington Park Breed Season Championship will feature many The 2014 Remington Park of the top veterans in Quarter American Quarter Horse & Horse racing. In addition to the Mixed-breed Season will run from March 7 thru June 1. The ac- purse, the winner will automatically secure a berth into the companying schedule of stakes races offers plenty of big-money most prestigious race for older opportunities for horsemen with Quarter Horses, the Grade 1 Champion of Champions, at Los 39 events worth an estimated Alamitos Racecourse in southern total value of $4.9 million. California in mid-December. The kickoff stakes event to Other Grade 1 races for the 50-date season once again Quarter Horse include the is the Grade 2, $50,000 Eastex $100,000 Leo Stakes, March 29 Handicap, long the first graded and the $100,000 Sooner State event of the Remington Park Stakes (restricted), May 3. season. The Eastex will fall on The top event for Paints Sunday, March 9 to help wrap and Appaloosas is the Grade 1, up a big Opening Weekend of $225,000 Speedhorse-Graham activity. Many important trials will be Farms Paint/Appaloosa Futurity conducted for most of the Open- on May 31. The Remington Park ing Weekend with qualifying Futurity and Derby lead a long heats for the Grade 2, $325,000 list of stakes races for eligible Oklahoma Futurity dominating the entire program on Saturday, Oklahoma-breds. In total, 15 March 8. The Oklahoma Futurity stakes events will be run for Oklahoma-bred horses. The will be contested on March 22. Oklahoma Speedfest program of The Oklahoma Futurity is the longest running such race in the four Oklahoma-bred stakes races sport, having been contested will be held on May 25, with the yearly since 1947. restricted Grade 3, $50,000 Jack Other trials for the first Brooks Stakes for 3-year-olds three days of the season include leading the card. and purse earnings of $250,735, followed by Vann Haywood with 21 wins and purse earnings of $248,039. Last year’s leading trainer Kevin Broussard recorded 20 wins and purse earnings of $278,501, good for fourth in the standings. Live racing will return to the Opelousas, La. oval on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 with the start of the Spring/Summer Thoroughbred racing season. The 84-night meet will feature racing on a four-evening-a-week schedule, Wednesday thru Saturday. For more information contact Evangeline Downs at 337-594-3000.

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Remington Park will also host a group of American Quarter Horse Association Challenge Stakes races on Sunday, May 11. The Grade 2, $100,000 Bank of America Oklahoma Challenge Championship is the main event. The Grade 3, $50,000 Red Cell Remington Park Distance Challenge and the $35,000 Merial Remington Park Distaff Challenge are the main undercard Challenge stakes. In addition to the Red Cell Remington Park Distance Challenge at 870 yards, the longer running stakes competitors have opportunities in the $35,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes (550 yards) on March 15; the Grade 3, $50,000 Pauls Valley Stakes on April 6 and the Grade 3, $50,000 Remington Park Distance Handicap on June 1. All purses for futurities and derbies are estimated based on the value of the races in 2013.

a bounty of Quarter Horses that have rewarded the Jones’ operation for generations. Punch was born in Roswell, N.M., into a ranching life and the couple still has a highly acclaimed sheep and cattle operation in Tatum, N.M. But, racing was in his blood. Maroon was match raced by Punch in West Texas and went on to set track records at 350, 400 and 440 yards at Ruidoso Downs and establish track standards at 400 and 440 yards at The Downs at Albuquerque. As a broodmare, Maroon became the foundation of the Jones’ breeding program. Her descendants, all of which were bred by the Joneses and most raced by them, include three-time stakes winner and $522,165 earner Rule The Deck, four-time stakes winner and $269,079 earner A Roon, five-time stakes winner and $159,925 earner Kuhi Kuhi, three-time stakes winner and Ruidoso Downs, NM $122,934 earner Madam Presi‘Punch’ and Suzanne dent and two-time stakes winJones named to Ruidoso ner and $94,068 earner Good Downs’ Racehorse Hall Catch. Each of these horses, of Fame except for Kuhi Kuhi, raced The iconic New Mexico before 1984 when purses were horse-owning/breeding couple much lower than today’s purses. Kuhi Kuhi is a sixth-generation of R.C. “Punch” and Suzanne descendant of Maroon. Kuhi Jones will be the owner/breedKuhi last raced in 1998 and won ers inducted into the Ruidoso 14 of 48 starts while competDowns’ Racehorse Hall of Fame ing in 21 stakes races, including in late June at the track. the 1995 Grade 1, $202,753 All The 2014 class in the RaceAmerican Derby. horse Hall of Fame will focus Last April, the Jones-bred on New Mexico and the couple Incoho Tes won the Restricted have been a highly respected throughout quarter horse racing Grade 3, $65,000 Four Corners since they were married in 1954. Senora Stakes at SunRay Park. Her third dam is Rule The Deck, They are the sole husband and therefore Incoho Tes is a seventh wife who have been separately generation descendant of Mainducted into the American roon. Incoho Tes is a half-brother Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. to 2012, $50,000 Hard Twist When they were married, Stakes winner RCJ Major Storm, Suzanne had a filly named another seventh generation Maroon who Punch had tried descendant. to buy – unsuccessfully from Suzanne’s father was a U.S. her previous owner Mary Pierce Cavalry officer and she started and then tried to buy from the then Suzanne Norton. They were riding about the age of three married and Punch and Suzanne and is still capable of showing had a mare who would produce horses at the highest level. She SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1 25

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was named the Nutrena Senior Athlete at the 2012 AQHA Adequan Select World Championship Show. Suzanne was 87 and her horse, Freckles On My Mind, was 10 to give them a combined age of 97. Suzanne also had success showing at the international level. Before marrying Punch, she competed on the international show jumping circuit and at Madison Square Garden won the Professional Horsemanship Association Stake, the secondlargest prize at the time. Starting in 1962, as the mother of four children, she became heavily involved in 4-H activities in New Mexico and in 1992 the 4-H Horse School in Albuquerque was renamed the Suzanne Norton Jones 4-H Horse School. Inductees into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame are a very select group with only one owner/breeder, trainer, jockey and horse enshrined each year. For complete Ruidoso Downs information, go to www. raceruidoso.com.

Eric Halstrom 2014 Canterbury Park Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule: said. The previDate Stake Race Conditions Distance Purse ous two editions May 16 10,000 Lakes Stakes 3YO & Up / C & G / MN 6 Furlongs $60,000 had been in late May 17 Lady Slipper Stakes 3YO & Up / F & M / MN 6 Furlongs $60,000 July and early 3YO & Up 5T Furlongs $75,000 May 26 Honor The Hero Stakes August. “This is June 7 HBPA Distaff 3YO & Up / F & M 7.5T Furlongs $75,000 June 7 Brooks Fields Stakes 3YO & Up 7.5T Furlongs $75,000 another step in June 15 Northbound Pride Oaks 3YO / F 8T Furlongs $75,000 making the MysJune 15 Dark Star Cup 3YO & Up 6.5 Furlongs $75,000 tic Lake Derby Princess Elaine Stakes 3YO & Up / F & M / MN 8.5T Furlongs $60,000 July 3 a premier race July 3 Blair’s Cove Stakes 3YO & Up / C & G / MN 8.5T Furlongs $60,000 on the national July 4 Frances Genter Stakes 3YO / F / MN 6 Furlongs $60,000 July 4 Victor S. Myers Stakes 3YO / C & G / MN 6 Furlongs $60,000 racing scene,” July 12 Lady Canterbury Stakes 3YO & Up / F & M 8T Furlongs $100,000 Halstrom said. 3YO & Up 8T Furlongs $100,000 July 12 Mystic Lake Mile Fifteen July 20 MTA Stallion Auction Stakes 3YO / Auction 6.5 Furlongs $55,000 of the stakes Aug. 9 Minnesota Oaks 3YO / F / MN 1 Mile 70 $75,000 have increased Aug. 9 Minnesota Derby 3YO / C & G / MN 1 Mile 70 $75,000 Aug. 31 Northern Lights Futurity 2YO / C & G / MN 6 Furlongs $75,000 purses. The 6 Furlongs $75,000 Aug. 31 Northern Lights Debutante 2YO / F / MN Shakopee Aug. 31 Bella Notte MN Distaff Sprint 3YO & Up / F & M / MN 6 Furlongs $60,000 Juvenile Stakes, Aug. 31 Crocrock MN Sprint 3YO & Up / C & G / MN 6 Furlongs $60,000 also on Sept. Aug. 31 Glitter Star MN Distaff Classic 3YO & Up / F & M / MN 8.5 Furlongs $60,000 13, was a seven 3YO & Up / C & G / MN 8.5 Furlongs $60,000 Aug. 31 Wally’s Choice MN Classic Sept. 13 Shakopee Juvenile Stakes 2YO 6 Furlongs $75,000 and one-half 3YO 8T Furlongs $200,000 Sept. 13 Mystic Lake Derby furlong turf race in 2013 and will was the top jockey in earnings be six furlongs on the main track Ramon Vazquez – with $1,744,912. He rode Louies in 2014. Pat Steinberg Memorial Flower to victory in the $250,000 The 2014 season begins Award Springboard Mile, Remington Friday, May 16 at the Shakopee Remington Park honored Park’s biggest 2-year-old race, for racetrack. Condition books and its leading horsemen on the his top score of the season. stall applications will be availfinal afternoon with the only Other jockeys with over able in January. More informasuspense taking place in the a million in earnings: Berry at tion is available at www.canterjockey’s race. Ramon Vazquez $1,259,991, Vazquez $1,239,878 burypark.com. and Luis Quinonez came into and Birzer $1,149,680. the final day just two wins apart Berry won two races on the at the top of the standings. Shakopee, MN final day of the season, givVazquez won only one race Oklahoma City, OK Canterbury Park ing him a career total of 1,999 from his 10 mounts but that announces million-dollar Remington Park season Thoroughbred wins at Remcloses, Vazquez wins first was enough to clinch the title 2014 stakes schedule ington Park. Berry will start the in his first full season at Rem2014 season needed just one title as leading rider Canterbury Park officials ington Park. victory to become the first to Remington Park closed the today announced the 2014 Vazquez, 28, was the main reach 2,000 at Remington Park. 25th Anniversary Thoroughbred rider used by leading trainer stakes schedule which includes The 2014 season will begin in Season on Tuesday afternoon 24 races with purses totaling Steve Asmussen throughout the August. more than $1.8 million. The third with a 10-race program to put season. He ended up with 64 a lid on live racing for 2013. running of the $200,000 Mystic victories, three better than the The date was the second of Lake Derby, the richest race of 61 racked up by Quinonez. Rem- Steve Asmussen - Chuck Taliaferro Memorial Award the season, will be held the final two additional programs run to ington Park’s all-time leading make up for lost racing over the rider Cliff Berry finished in a tie day of the 69-day race meet, Trainer Steve Asmussen Saturday, Sept. 13. The 21st Min- weekend of Dec. 5-7 due to sub- for third with Alex Birzer as both won his seventh consecutive nesota Festival of Champions, a freezing temperatures. ended the season with 58 wins. Remington Park title and his Trainer Martin Lozano day dedicated to horses bred in 10th overall in Oklahoma City. By winning the jockey enjoyed his best day of the the state, is Sunday, Aug. 31. North America’s leading trainer standings at Remington Park, “The Mystic Lake Derby was entire meeting, saddling three by wins in 2013 picked up 38 vicVazquez claimed the Pat Steinwinners. He won with Tactical re-positioned to September in berg Memorial Award, named af- tories to wrap up another local Magic ($8.80 to win) in race two, ter the late rider who dominated championship. Daddy Nose Best hopes of attracting horses that Dream Royal ($29.40) in race have returned to the Midwest won the biggest races for the the early years of Remington six and Ham Sammich ($19.60) after competing in major race Park racing before his passing in Asmussen team, taking both the meets on both coasts during the in race nine. The training triple Edward J. DeBartolo Memorial 1993. gives Lozano a final season total summer,” Canterbury Park Vice While Quinonez was second Handicap and the Remington of 14 wins. President of Racing Operations in the standings by wins, he Green Stakes, both over the turf.

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on May 22-23 with two days of trials to the Grade 1, $700,000 Ruidoso Futurity. There will also be two days of trials the Grade 1, $900,000 Rainbow Futurity (July 3-4) and the Grade 1, $2.6 million All American Futurity (August 14-15). This is the first year that each Grade 1 futurity in the Triple Crown series will have the field comprised of horses from two days of trials. The season’s ultimate weekend is Labor Day weekend with the All American Gold Cup on Saturday (August 30), the Grade 1, $2 million (est.) All American Derby on Sunday (August 31) and the All American Futurity on Labor Day (September 1). Ruidoso Downs is still the only track in North American projecting to annually host two $2 million races on the stakes schedule. Three-year-olds now have the added opportunity to race in three additional $100,000 guaranteed stakes: the 400-yard Mr Jess Perry (June 7), the 440-yard Corona Cartel (July 19) and the First Down Dash (August 31). This summer the Zia Festival weekend celebrating New Mexico-bred racing expands to two days (July 26-27). There will be eight stakes races on Saturday and six stakes races on SunRuidoso Downs, NM $200,000 Gold Cup, three day, all featuring the best New Mexico-bred thoroughbreds and new $100,000 stakes quarter horses. The grandstand highlight 2014 stakes will be packed with vendors schedule at Ruidoso selling southwestern wares. The Downs array of stakes races and the A $200,000 guaranteed vendors make Zia Festival weekpurse for the All American Gold end one of the most popular Cup that should attract quarter weekends of the season. horse racing’s premier older For complete Ruidoso horses and three new $100,000 Downs’ information, go to www. stakes for 3-year-olds are just a raceruidoso.com. couple of the innovations in the stakes schedule next summer at Ruidoso Downs. Oklahoma City, OK Each of these improvements Yearling colt tops in the stakes lineup affirms Heritage Place Ruidoso Downs’ commitment to older horses while enhancing Thoroughbred Sale A Warrior Defined, a yearling the most prestigious futurity colt by the Storm Cat stallion lineup in quarter horse racing. The summer season begins C’Mon Tiger, sold for $10,000 to

and Black Hawk Stable of Elk City, Okla. finished in a tie for second with 14 wins each. The Ran Ricks, Jr. Memorial Award is named in honor of the first owner with a horse on the grounds at Remington Park when it opened in 1988. Ricks was an influential breeder and owner in Oklahoma and was instrumental in helping bring pari-mutuel racing to the state in the early 1980s. Caldwell is one of the most active owners at the claiming box, bringing horses into his operation with a constant stream of claims. He had 133 starters this season with 29 wins, 21 seconds and 20 thirds. The process also made Caldwell the top owner in earnings as he posted $576,146. Robert Zoellner of Tulsa, Okla., owner and breeder of She’s All In and others had $436,596 for second place in the money standings. C.R. Trout of Edmond, Okla. was third with $426,710. Remington Park racing goes on hiatus until the beginning of the 2014 American Quarter Horse & Mixed-breed Season gets underway on March 7. At top, leading jockey, Ramon Vazquez; center, leading trainer, Steve Asmussen and above, leading owner, Danny Caldwell Photos by Dustin Orona Photography

Donnie Von Hemel and Chris Hartman ended the season in a second-place tie with 30 wins each. Von Hemel was the only trainer to amass more than a million in earnings as his athletes racked up $1,015,325 in 136 starts with 30 wins, 25 seconds and 13 thirds. Among the top runners for Von Hemel was the talented mare She’s All In who won her fourth consecutive Oklahoma Classics Distaff in what was her final career race. The Chuck Taliaferro Award is named in honor of one of the early training stars in Remington Park history who had a long and successful career nationally be-

fore returning to his home state of Oklahoma once Remington Park opened. Taliaferro sat atop the local trainer standings twice before passing in 1994.

Danny Caldwell – Ran Ricks, Jr. Memorial Award

Poteau, Okla. resident Danny Caldwell won his fourth consecutive title as leading owner at Remington Park and his fifth Ran Ricks, Jr. Memorial Award overall. Caldwell runners are trained at Remington Park by Federico Villafranco, together they posted 29 wins to win the owner title by 15 victories. Poindexter Thoroughbreds of Springfield, Mo.

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top Saturday’s Heritage and FOX Sports SouthPlace Thoroughbred west which will give race Sale in Oklahoma City. fans in Houston and A Warrior Defined across the nation the was consigned by JEH opportunity to watch Stallion Station and purthe most anticipated chased by Diana Brinracing event in Texas in ghurst. The colt’s dam, 2014. In a partnership the winning 9-year-old announced today, HRTV, Stravinsky mare Inomuff, “The Network for Horse ran third in the 2007 HalSports” will broadcast lowed Dream Stakes at a two-hour special Evangeline Downs. beginning at 9 p.m. American Sound, (CT) from Sam Houston an unraced 10-yearRace Park on Jan. 25. old daughter of 1998 The special will include Breeders’ Cup Classic live race coverage and (G1) winner Awesome special events as part Jockey Amelia Green is all smiles Again, was acquired for of the stakes-filled card after scoring the first victory of her $9,000 by Circle Bar H. highlighted by the 2nd career which came aboard her very Part of the Mighty Acres Annual $400,000 Housfirst Hollywood Park ride when Twin consignment as agent ton Ladies Classic and Six carried the 20-year-old native of for Center Hills Farm, the Grade 3, $200,000 England to victory in the nightcap American Sound is out John B. Connally Turf on Friday, Dec. 13 at the Inglewood, of the Grade 1-winning Cup. “HRTV is delighted Calif. track. Air Forbes Won mare to once again partner Photo by ©Benoit Photography Yanks Music. with Sam Houston Race One of American Park for an excellent Sound’s four starters, the Giacomo filly Holy night of racing,” said Scott Daruty, President Missile, finished third in this year’s Iowa of HRTV. “The network’s continuing goal is to Stallion Futurity at Prairie Meadows and provide its viewers with outstanding racing Oklahoma Classics Lassie Stakes (R) at Rem- coverage from across the country, and this ington Park. night certainly is a welcome addition to our Two head were purchased for $8,500 programming line-up.” HRTV will begin promoting the Houston by Ed Melzer of Edmond, Oklahoma – Roi Ladies Classic to its national viewers beginGeorge, a winning 3-year-old gelding by ning mid January with both commercials Marquetry; and Gotcha Okie, a winning and web-handicapping features. The key 4-year-old filly by the Northern Flagship stallion Slewship who ran third in last year’s contenders will be profiled on HRTV’s Race Day America and handicapping shows inOklahoma Stallion Stakes at Will Rogers cluding Westrock Coffee First Call, The Edge Downs. and Against The Odds. Roi George is a half brother to Grade In addition to HRTV, Sam Houston Race 3 winners She’s All In and Peach Brew, and Park has come to terms with Fox Sports Gotcha Okie is a half sister to Going Okie, a Southwest to provide live local coverage stakes-placed daughter of Burbank. of the stakes filled day over its network Of the 137 head consigned to the sale, which spans Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and 94 sold for a total of $197,100 (average, $2,096.81). There were 18 repurchases, eight Oklahoma. FOX Sports Southwest’s live race coverage on January 25th will begin at 9 withdrawals, and 17 head received no bid. p.m. (CT) on FOX Sports Southwest Plus, For more information on the sale, visit the network’s second channel. FOX Sports www.heritageplace.com . Southwest will join the stakes card in progress at 10 p.m. (CT). “We are extremely pleased to continue Houston, TX our partnership with Sam Houston Race HRTV and FOX Sports Network to Park,” said FOX Sports Southwest Senior broadcast 2nd Annual $400,000 Vice President /General Manager Jon Houston Ladies Classic on Jan. 25 Heidtke. “We look forward to showcasing Sam Houston Race Park is pleased to an- another exciting day of racing highlighted by one of the most prestigious stakes races nounce a television partnership with HRTV

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in the nation.” After setting the Sam Houston Race Park track record for 1 1/16 miles, the 2013 Houston Ladies Classic Champion Joyful Victory went on to win the Grade 1 Santa Margarita at Santa Anita and the Grade 2 Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Park before retiring in September. Showcasing the talented field, Summer Applause, the last place finisher in the Inaugural Houston Ladies Classic, went on to win two graded stakes races and ended the year with a close fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. To date the 2013 Houston Ladies Classic field has amassed more than $3.5 million in winnings, proving the level of quality competitors a race of this caliber is bringing to Houston. While nominations for the Houston Ladies Classic will not close until Jan. 10, the connections of many nationally prominent fillies and mares including Don’t Tell Sophia and Believe You Can have already indicated their interest in the mile and one-sixteenth main track stakes. Noted turf specialists will compete in the Grade 3, $200,000 Connally Turf Cup and the $75,000 Champion Energy Services Stakes, a five-furlong sprint on the Connally Turf Course. The fourth feature on the card will be the $50,000 Allen’s Landing Stakes for 3-year-olds competing seven furlongs on the main track. “We are very excited to be working with HRTV, Fox Sports Southwest and the Houston Affiliate of Susan G. Komen® for the second year in a row,” said Andrea Young, Sam Houston Race Park’s President. “We look forward to working together and continuing to grow Texas’ largest race day.” Since 1982, Susan G. Komen has led the way in the fight against breast cancer. Sam Houston Race Park will donate $1 for each guest attending the Park on Jan. 25 as a fundraiser for the Houston Affiliate of Komen. For more information on upcoming shows, events and tickets, please visit www. shrp.com.

dec. 6, 2013

Lexington, KY Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announces U.S. Graded and Listed stakes for 2014

The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association today presented its listing of U.S. Graded and Listed Stakes Races for 2014, the results of its annual

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grading session conducted Dec. 4 in Lexington. The Committee reviewed 713 unrestricted U.S. stakes races with a purse of at least $75,000, and assigned Graded status to 455 of them, two fewer than were graded in 2013, and Listed status to 190 races. A total of five Graded races were upgraded, including one new Grade 1 race and four new Grade 2 races; three new Grade 3 races were

named; 30 new Listed races were upgraded from Non-Listed Black Type status. Three races which carried Graded status and 25 races which carried Listed status in 2013 are no longer eligible for grading. One race was upgraded to Grade 1 status for 2014: the La Troienne S. at Churchill Downs. Two races were downgraded from Grade 1 to Grade 2 for

2014: the Prioress S. at Saratoga and Princess Rooney H. at Calder Race Course. Four races were upgraded to Grade 2 status for 2014: the Azeri S. at Oaklawn Park and Sabin S., Holy Bull S. and Swale S. at Gulfstream Park. Seven races were downgraded from Grade 2 to Grade 3 in 2014: the Go For Wand S. at Aqueduct, Santa Barbara H. at Santa Anita Park, Vagrancy H.

and Dwyer S. at Belmont Park, Sanford S. at Saratoga, La Jolla S. at Del Mar and Hutcheson S. at Gulfstream Park. The El Encino S. and San Luis Obispo S. at Santa Anita Park and Jim Murray H. at Betfair Hollywood Park were not eligible for grading in 2014. Three races were upgraded to Grade 3 status for 2014: the Charles Town Oaks at Charles Town, Torrey Pines S. at Del Mar

TOBA American Graded Stakes Committee • Summary of decisions made at Dec. 4 grading session RACES UPGRADED FOR 2014: Two-Year-Old Fillies Oak Tree Juvenile Fillies Turf S. (T) (Del Mar) Surfer Girl S. (T) (Santa Anita Park)

Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed

Three-Year-Old Fillies Charles Town Oaks Torrey Pines S. Busher S. Miss Preakness S. Ruthless S.

(Charles Town) (Del Mar) (Aqueduct) (Pimlico) (Aqueduct)

Listed to Grade 3 Listed to Grade 3 Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed

Older Fillies and Mares La Troienne S. Azeri S. Sabin S. L.A. Woman S. Paseana H. Tiffany Lass S. Lady Baltimore S. (T) Marie G. Krantz Memorial S. (T) Interborough S. Correction S. Skipat S.

(Churchill Downs) (Oaklawn Park) (Gulfstream Park) (Santa Anita Park) (Santa Anita Park) (Fair Grounds) (Laurel Park) (Fair Grounds) (Aqueduct) (Aqueduct) (Pimlico)

Grade 2 to Grade 1 Grade 3 to Grade 2 Grade 3 to Grade 2 Non-Listed Black Type to Grade 3 Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed

Two-Year-Olds Oak Tree Juvenile Turf S. (T) Zuma Beach S. (T) Juvenile Turf Sprint S. (T)

(Del Mar) (Santa Anita Park) (Santa Anita Park)

Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed

Three-Year-Olds Holy Bull S. Swale S. Easy Goer S.

(Gulfstream Park) (Gulfstream Park) (Belmont Park)

Grade 3 to Grade 2 Grade 3 to Grade 2 Non-Listed Black Type to Listed

Older Horses Swatara S. Tenacious H. Mountainview H. Bull Dog H. Louisiana H. Evening Attire S. American St. Leger S. (T) Laurel Turf Cup S. (T) Thanksgiving H. Colonel Power S. (T) Bonapaw S. (T) Jim McKay Turf Sprint S. (T) Laurel Dash S. (T) F. W. Gaudin Memorial S.

(Penn National) (Fair Grounds) (Penn National) (Fresno) (Fair Grounds) (Aqueduct) (Arlington Park) (Laurel Park) (Fair Grounds) (Fair Grounds) (Fair Grounds) (Pimlico) (Laurel Park) (Fair Grounds)

Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed Non-Listed Black Type to Listed

RACES DOWNGRADED FOR 2014: Two-Year-Old Fillies Mountaineer Juvenile Fillies S. Miss Shenandoah S. Corte Madera S.

(Mountaineer Park) (Charles Town) (Golden Gate Fields)

Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type not eligible

Three-Year-Old Fillies Prioress S.

(Saratoga)

Grade 1 to Grade 2

Prima Donna S. California Oaks Instant Racing S. Golden Poppy S. (T) Railbird S. Dearly Precious S. Cinemine S. Santa Paula S.

(Oaklawn Park) (Golden Gate Fields) (Oaklawn Park) (Golden Gate Fields) (Betfair Hollywood Park) (Monmouth Park) (Lone Star Park) (Santa Anita Park)

Listed to Non-Listed Black Type not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible

Older Fillies and Mares Princess Rooney H. Go For Wand S. Santa Barbara H. Vagrancy H. Harry Henson H. California State Fair Sprint H. El Encino S. Ouija Board Distaff S. (T) Valid Expectations S. Ohio Valley S.

(Calder Race Course) (Aqueduct) (Santa Anita Park) (Belmont Park) (Sunland Park) (Sacramento) (Santa Anita Park) (Lone Star Park) (Lone Star Park) (Mountaineer Park)

Grade 1 to Grade 2 Grade 2 to Grade 3 Grade 2 to Grade 3 Grade 2 to Grade 3 Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible

Two-Year-Olds Sanford S. Sapling S. Dover S. Riley Allison Futurity Prairie Gold Juvenile S. Gold Rush S. Charlie Palmer Futurity Southampton S. Garden State S.

(Saratoga) (Monmouth Park) (Delaware Park) (Sunland Park) (Prairie Meadows) (Golden Gate Fields) (Fresno) (Parx Racing) (Monmouth Park)

Grade 2 to Grade 3 Grade 3 to Listed Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type not eligible not eligible not eligible

Three-Year-Olds Dwyer S. La Jolla S. (T) Hutcheson S. Ohio Derby Robert Hilton Memorial S. Spend A Buck S. Whirlaway S. La Puente S. (T) Calder Derby (T) Select S.

(Belmont Park) (Del Mar) (Gulfstream Park) (Thistledown) (Charles Town) (Monmouth Park) (Aqueduct) (Santa Anita Park) (Calder Race Course) (Monmouth Park)

Grade 2 to Grade 3 Grade 2 to Grade 3 Grade 2 to Grade 3 Grade 3 to Listed Listed to Non-Listed Black Type not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible

Older Horses Sunland Park H. Evangeline Mile H. Bosselman/Gus Fonner S. David M. Vance Sprint S. Premier Cup H. Phoenix Gold Cup H. R.R.M. Carpenter Jr. Memorial S. San Luis Obispo S. (T) Jim Murray H. (T) Labor Day S. (T) Battlefield S. (T) Dallas Turf Cup S. (T) Dale Baird Memorial S. Vincent A. Moscarelli Memorial S.

(Sunland Park) (Evangeline Downs) (Fonner Park) (Remington Park) (Zia Park) (Turf Paradise) (Delaware Park) (Santa Anita Park) (Betfair Hollywood Park) (Mountaineer Park) (Monmouth Park) (Lone Star Park) (Mountaineer Park) (Delaware Park)

Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type Listed to Non-Listed Black Type not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible not eligible

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2014 Graded Stakes Number % Graded % Eligible Change from 2013 Grade 1 110 24.2% -1 Grade 2 143 31.4% -5 202 44.4% +4 Grade 3 All Graded 455 63.8% Listed 190 26.6% Non-Listed Eligible 68 9.6% All Gr., L & NLE Races 713

and L.A. Woman Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Two races were downgraded from Grade 3 to Listed status for 2013: the Sapling S. at Monmouth Park and Ohio Derby at Thistledown. Thirty races were upgraded to Listed status for 2014: the Oak Tree Juvenile Fillies Turf S. and Oak Tree Juvenile Turf S. at Del Mar; Paseana H., Surfer Girl S., Zuma Beach S. and Juvenile Turf Sprint S. at Santa Anita Park; Busher S., Ruthless S., Interborough S., Correction S. and Evening Attire S. at Aqueduct; Easy Goer S. at Belmont Park; Miss Preakness S., Skipat S. and Jim McKay Turf Sprint S. at Pimlico; Lady Baltimore S., Laurel Turf Cup S. and Laurel Dash S. at Laurel Park; Tiffany Lass S., Marie G. Krantz Memorial S., Tenacious H., Louisiana H., Thanksgiving H., Colonel Power S., Bonapaw S. and F. W. Gaudin Memorial S. at Fair Grounds; Swatara S. and Mountainview H. at Penn National; Bull Dog H. at Fresno; American St. Leger S. at Arlington Park. Sixteen races were downgraded from Listed to NonListed Black Type status for 2014: the Mountaineer Juvenile Fillies S. at Mountaineer Park; Miss Shenandoah S. and Robert Hilton Memorial S. at Charles Town; Prima Donna S. at Oaklawn Park; Harry Henson H., Riley Allison Futurity and Sunland Park H. at Sunland Park; California State Fair Sprint H. at Sacramento; Dover S. at Delaware Park; Prairie Gold Juvenile S. at Prairie Meadows; Gold Rush S. at Golden Gate Fields; Evangeline Mile H. at Evangeline Downs; Bosselman/ Gus Fonner S. at Fonner Park; David M. Vance Sprint S. at Rem-

ington Park; Premier Cup H. at Zia Park; Phoenix Gold Cup H. at Turf Paradise. The Labor Day S., Dale Baird Memorial S. and Ohio Valley S. at Mountaineer Park; Battlefield S., Garden State S., Dearly Precious S., Spend A Buck S. and Select S. at Monmouth Park; Dallas Turf Cup S., Ouija Board Distaff S., Cinemine S. and Valid Expectations S. at Lone Stark Park; Vincent A. Moscarelli Memorial S. and R.R.M. Carpenter Jr. Memorial S. at Delaware Park; Charlie Palmer Futurity at Fresno; Southampton S. at Parx Racing; Corte Madera S., California Oaks and Golden Poppy S. at Golden Gate Fields; Instant Racing S. at Oaklawn Park; Railbird S. at Betfair Hollywood Park; Santa Paula S. and La Puente S. at Santa Anita Park; Whirlaway S. at Aqueduct; Calder Derby at Calder Race Course were not eligible for grading in 2014. Following is a summary breakdown of all grade levels and a complete list of all upgraded and downgraded U.S. races for the 2014 racing season as well as the complete list of 2014 Graded and Listed stakes.

Unusual Way, set a single-day handle record at Zia Park of $1.56 million. The previous record was $1.02 million from New Mexico Cup Day in November 2009. Overall handle increased by 14.29 percent for the 56-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet, the third year in a row that overall handle has increased at Zia Park. Daily average handle was $435,229 a 10.22-percent increase from last year when a 54-day meet was conducted. This year Zia Park introduced a new wager, the Hobbs Hi-5 Jackpot offered on the final race each day, which requires picking the first five finishers in the correct order. Overall field size increased from an average of 7.98 in 2012 to 8.06 in 2013. “This season by far exceeded our expectations,” Zia Park Director of Racing Operations Fred Hutton said. “Everything came together so well. The revamped

racing surface put together by new track consultant Tony Martinez Sr. and his crew received excellent reviews from horsemen. Trainers from all over the country and even Canada got on board for our big races. We’re doing some big things at Zia Park, and we will look to continue that improvement into 2014.” Jockey Ry Eikleberry won his first Thoroughbred riding title at Zia Park with 58 wins. Justin Evans captured his second Zia Park Thoroughbred training title in a row with 60 victories. Evans is also in the top-10 in wins nationally this year. David Wilbanks was the leading Thoroughbred owner with 12 wins. For Quarter Horses, Esgar Ramirez was top jockey with 43 wins, Michael Joiner leading trainer with 17 victories, and J and M Racing and Farm top owner with six wins. Zia Park is currently scheduled to hold a 56-day meet in 2014 from Sept. 6 to Dec. 2.

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Highlighted by the inaugural $1.1 million Land of Enchantment Day and a significant increase in total wagering handle, Zia Park Racetrack & Casino conducted its ninth season of live racing that concluded on Dec. 3. The Nov. 27 Land of Enchantment Day, highlighted by the inaugural $300,000 Zia Park Oaks won by California invader SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1 41

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TRIALS - 07/03/14 FINALS - 07/19/14 NOV. 15, 2014 ..............................$450 OR Supplement $1,800 JAN. 15, 2015 ...............................$500 MARCH 15, 2015 .........................$600 APRIL 15, 2015 ............................$600 TIME OF ENTRY .......................$1,200 OR Supplement $30,000

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ARIZONA: Turf Paradise: Coady Photography ARKANSAS: Oaklawn Park: Coady Photography CALIFORNIA: Del Mar: © Benoit Photo Golden Gate Fields: Vassar Photography Los Alamitos Race Course: Scott Martinez Betfair Hollywood Park: © Benoit Photo Santa Anita Race Park: © Benoit Photo COLORADO: Arapahoe Park: Coady Photography FLORIDA: Hialeah Park: Coady Photography IOWA: Prairie Meadows Racetrack: Jack Coady/ Coady Photography LOUISIANA: Delta Downs: Emily Stevens/Coady Photography Evangeline Downs Racetrack: Courtesy of Evangeline Downs Fair Grounds: Hodges Photography Louisiana Downs: Natalie Glyshaw/ Hodges Photography MINNESOTA: Canterbury Park: Canterbury Park/ Andrea Thelen NEW MEXICO: Ruidoso Downs Race Track: Ty Wyant/ Roberta Harris Sunland Park: Coady Photography SunRay Park: Coady Photography The Downs at Albuquerque: Coady Photography Zia Park: Coady Photography OKLAHOMA: Remington Park: Dustin Orona Photography Will Rogers Downs: Courtesy of Will Rogers Downs OREGON: Portland Meadows: Courtesy of Portland Meadows TEXAS: Lone Star Park: Reed Palmer Photography Retama Park: Courtesy of Retama Park Sam Houston Race Park: Coady Photography WASHINGTON: Emerald Downs: Courtesy of Emerald Downs

DEC. 29, 2013 Sunland Park, NM Feature Mr Bojangles wins $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park

2011 Rainbow Futurity winner Feature Mr Bojangles roared back into the Quarter Horse limelight with a neck win in the 13th running of the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park. With jockey Cody Jensen in the irons, Feature Mr Feature Mr Bojangles Bojangles broke fast from position. The runner-up earned $77,000 for the outside No. 10 post position and was Heysol Howlet and Julieta Torres. Howlet a major threat in the early stages of the owns part of both the first and second 400 yard classic. The 4-year-old stallion by place finishers. Feature Mr Jess accelerated into the front Dm Streakn Thru Fire and Jess Cuervo in mid-stretch and continued to pour on finished in a dead-heat for third. Jess Feathe speed from his outside draw. The 3-1 fatureme Quick, Hez Our Secret, Prospect to vorite was clearly at his best this afternoon the Top, Jess Lips, Cold Cash 123 and First for trainer Paul Jones. Coming off two close in Class Dbs rounded out the order of finstakes placed efforts; Feature Mr Bojangles ish. Prospect to the Top and Cold Cash 123 put it all together in the Championship and won the 2012 and 2011 Championship at regained his Grade 1 form. Sunland Park, respectively. Jensen said in a post race interview, “We had a near perfect start from a good post position, and it made for a very clean trip. This was the first time he had been on Sunland Park, NM the outside, and I think he like it. He ran Feature Mr Lucky wins $132,883 with every ounce of energy he had.” Sunland Park Winter Quarter Assistant trainer Lisa Saumell said, “This was a bittersweet victory. This race Horse Derby was absolutely loaded. Any horse could Let go at 19-1 odds, Feature Mr Lucky have won it. This is a perfect way to end his gained a narrow upset win in the 48th runcareer. He’s a beautiful stallion and going to ning of the $132,883 Sunland Park Winter make a great stud. We want to thank Cody Quarter Horse Derby. for coming. Cody has always been our good The 3-year-old son of Feature Mr Jess luck charm.” won a tightly contested photo finish and Feature Mr Bojangles earned a hefty collected the second victory of his career $210,000 paycheck for owners R.D. Hubin the 400 yard derby. The upstart gelding bard and Heysol Howlet. Mr Hubbard won broke well on the inside and avoided all the the Championship at Sunland Park in 2010 traffic and bumping to his outside. Under with Noconi and the 2007 edition with the talented jockey Raul Gutierrez, Feature Ketel Won. Feature Mr Bojangles retires Mr Lucky propelled through the stretch for to stud over $952,000 in earnings from 8 a daring win by a nose margin. He held off career wins in 20 starts. He is out of the furious late rallies from both Joiner runners First Down Dash mare Catch This Dash. The Distant Fury and Icu Deity. impressive stallion is now in line for world Winning trainer Jaime Dominguez conchampion aged stallion honors. ditions the rapidly improving Quarter Horse. Bank of America Challenge Champion- The 2013 Sunland Winter Quarter Horse ship winner Feature Mr Who ran a gallant Derby champion took home a $62,455 second with jockey Esgar Ramirez. The Fea- paycheck for owner Jose Saul Medina. Loyal ture Mr Jess gelding was forwardly placed supporters of Feature Mr Lucky received throughout and ran his heart from the rail $40.60 on a $2 win ticket. The last time

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SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS February 3, 2014 To Nominate $300.00 April 14, 2014 To Sustain $400.00 To Enter Trials $600.00 Total $1,300.00 SunRay Park #39 Rd 5568 Farmington, N.M. 87401 (505) 566-1255

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For Two Year Olds (QH) Trials to be run Friday, June 6, 2014 - Finals Saturday, June 21, 2014 Nominations Close Monday, February 3, 2014 $30,000 ADDED*

WEIGHT: 120 lbs. 350 YARDS. Trials same distance as the Finals.

LATE PAYMENT SCHEDULE April 14 To Nominate & Sustain To Enter Trials Total

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PURSE DISTRIBUTION 1st .............47% 6th ............... 4% 2nd ............18% 7th ............... 3% 3rd .............11% 8th ............... 2% 4th ...............7% 9th ............ 1.5% 5th ...............5% 10th .......... 1.5%

Payments • Nominations and Sustaining payments must be postmarked by the date specified. If a nominating or sustaining payment date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or postal holiday, then payments must be postmarked on the next day that the Post Office is open. There is NO “grace period”. If postal service in your town is such that mail is only processed occasionally, it is still your responsibility to see that your payment is postmarked by the due date. You may use an overnight service such as FedEx or UPS. If you do, the date marked on the waybill as “received” by the delivery service is the date payment was made. Failure to timely make a sustaining payment will result in cancellation of the nomination. • All checks returned by the bank will constitute no payment and result in the cancellation of the nomination. • There will be no refunds of fees. • An advertising/clerical fee of $30.00 will be deducted from the original nomination. Late Nominations & Sustaining Payments • FOR ALL NOMINATING AND SUSTAINING PAYMENTS, EXCEPT THE TRIAL ENTRY FEE, DURING A PERIOD INCLUDING THE FIFTEENTH (15) DAY FOLLOWING EACH DEADLINE, ANY OWNER MAY ESTABLISH OR REESTABLISH HIS ENTRY’S ELIGIBILITY BY SUBMITTING A PAYMENT OF TWICE THE REGULAR FEE DUE ON THE PRESCRIBED DEADLINE. YOU MUST NOMINATE TO SUSTAIN. Supplemental Nominations • Supplemental nominations will be accepted on or before entry date for the Trials in the amount of $7,500.00, which will include all fees. • Additional Rules on reverse side of this form. Mail to: Nominations Secretary-Lina Please make checks payable to: SunRay Park Four Corners Futurity SunRay Park DO NOT COMBINE DIFFERENT FUTURITY #39 Rd 5568 PAYMENTS ON ONE CHECK! Each Futurity has a Separate account. Farmington, NM 87401 DETACH AND RETURN

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Feature Mr Lucky

Bye Bye Eagle Eye

Feature Mr Lucky had reached the winner’s circle was in a maiden $12,500 claiming race at Los Alamitos back on Dec. 14, 2012. He now has 2 wins from 9 career starts. Distant Fury found his best strides in deep stretch and just missed in second place. Jockey Salvador Martinez was going for his second straight stakes win of the meet coming off a victory aboard Bye Bye Eagle Eye in Friday’s Sunland Park Winter’s Quarter Horse Futurity. Distant Fury closed with energy after bobbling at the start. The daughter of Fdd Dynasty earned $23,919 for owner Billy G. Smith and trainer Mike Joiner. Icu Deity also closed boldly for the Joiner stable and finished third, beaten a short head. The second Fdd Dynasty offspring was ridden by Ricky Ramirez. Icu Deity was second in the 2013 West Texas Derby. He completed a $1 trifecta worth $1,389.10. Charvet, the 5-2 post time favorite finished a well beaten sixth and was disqualified for interference and placed ninth.

took home a $66,074 paycheck for owner Gilberto Flores. A $2 win ticket on Bye Bye Eagle Eye was worth a nice $22.80. Last fall at Lone Star Park, Bye Bye Eagle Eye qualified for the Dash For Cash Futurity and finished fifth. The Sunland Park Winter Quarter Horse Futurity victory was his first career stakes win in eight starts. It appears Joiner will have a terrific three-year-old on his hands for 2014. Despite blowing the start, top qualifier Rae of Fire found enough energy to close from last place and gain a dead heat for second with jockey Jaime Parga Leos in the saddle. The daughter of Walk Thru Fire made a bold move along the rail to earn a tie with Famous Edge of Glory for second place honors. Cruzin, the 8-5 post time favorite, fizzled out in fifth place.

DEC. 28, 2013 Sunland Park, NM Bye Bye Eagle Eye wins 48th running of the $140,583 Sunland Park Winter Quarter Horse Futurity Bye Bye Eagle Eye stormed to an impressive 2 and 1/4 length win in the 48th running of the $140,583 Sunland Park Winter Quarter Horse Futurity at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Friday. Under jockey Salvador Martinez, Bye Bye Eagle Eye delivered a tour de force performance in the 400 yard feature. Let go at 10-1 odds, the two-year-old colt by One Famous Eagle broke fast and poured on the pressure down the stretch. Bye Bye Eagle Eye completely dominated his nine rivals in the big money event for trainer Mike Joiner in a time of 19.229 seconds. The winner

Nellie Delaney

in this race. Scoop of Sunshine and Tres Coronas Mas tied for third place and earned $15,280 each. “I thought I had this race at the very end,” said jockey Raul Valenzuela, who piloted Nellie Delaney. “She broke behind the field and I had to get after her. She got there at the end.” “I knew it was going to be decided by a head bob,” said Jabuti Eagle SA’s jockey, Saul Ramirez. “I thought I had the better head bob, but it turned out that we were both right there.” “Raul thought he won it and Saul thought he got there first,” said Paul Jones, who saddled Jabuti Eagle SA. “Both jockeys thought they won it and as it turned out they were both right. Jabuti Eagle SA is a half-brother to (2011 Champion of Champions winner) Good Reason SA. We’ve always liked him, but we had a few minor problems that we had to deal with him. He’s more mature now. I’m happy for the horse.” A colt by One Famous Eagle bred by Los Alamitos Race Course, Gianni Samaja, Jabuti Eagle SA was postCypress, CA ing his fourth win in 10 starts this season Nellie Delaney and Jabuti Eagle and his earnings from this race more than SA dead heat for first in Southern doubled his career total. His lifetime winCalifornia Derby nings now stand at $92,141. Nellie Delaney and Jabuti Eagle SA hit “Looking at his form, you could see the wire in unison in the $160,850 Southern that this horse was doing well,” said Vince California Derby on Sunday night to proGenco, who manages the racing interests of duce the first dead-heat in a major graded the Brazilian-based Splenda LLC. “We knew stakes race at Los Alamitos Race Course we had a good chance and in Saul Ramirez since LD Fire and Streakin Laquinta shared we had a veteran jockey who is always calm the spoils in the 2009 Ed Burke Million and cool in big races because he’s been Futurity. in so many of them during his career. This Racing for J. Garvan Kelly and Nancy horse was a late foal so it took him a while Yearsley, Nellie Delaney rallied from sixth to mature. I’ve been watching him closely place to catch Splenda LLC’s Jabuti Eagle in his last few starts and you can see that he SA in the final yards in the meet’s final now pays good attention when he’s in the stakes race of the 2012-2013 racing season. gate. A dead-heat for first beats finishing The two sprinters covered the 400 yards in second place. I’ll be texting the Samaja in :19.85 while dividing the winner’s share family of Splenda LLC tomorrow morning. of the purse and earning $47,450 each. I’ll be in Brazil after the first of the year so I’ll And first place was not the only dead-heat be seeing them then.”

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FOR ALL NOMINATING AND SUSTAINING PAYMENTS, EXCEPT THE TRIAL ENTRY FEE, DURING A PERIOD INCLUDING THE FIFTEENTH (15) DAY FOLLOWING EACH DEADLINE, ANY OWNER MAY ESTABLISH OR RE-ESTABLISH HIS ENTRY’S ELIGIBILITY BY SUBMITTING A PAYMENT OF TWICE THE REGULAR FEE DUE ON THE PRESCRIBED DEADLINE. YOU MUST NOMINATE TO SUSTAIN.

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R A CE R EC A P S - Q U A R T E R H O R S E For now, Genco was ready to drive back home to Clovis in Central California. “My son and I should be home by 2 a.m.,” he added. Nellie Delaney has made herself at home in the winner’s circle at Los Alamitos. A winner of three races here this season, the Juan Aleman-trained runner was the fastest qualifier to the Maiden Stakes earlier this year and also the fastest qualifier to this race. The homebred daughter of FDD Dynasty raised her career bankroll to $99,758 following her 10th top three finish in 13 career starts. “We’ve never finished in a dead-heat in a big race like this before,” Kelly said. “I’m happy for her. She’s been a good filly and deserves this moment. We will wait for the Los Alamitos Winter Championship trials to run her again. The Charger Bar is just too close to this race. Unless it’s trials and then a final, we usually like to wait five to six weeks between starts for our horses. “We really like her mother Fleeting Touch,” he added. “We have a short yearling out of her at the January Sale. She just keeps throwing good foals. We think that Fleeting Touch and Answer The Dream will be the next foundation mares of our breeding operation. We’re market breeders first and we’re excited about the future of those two broodmares.” Ridden by Cesar De Alba for trainer Paul Jones, Scoop Of Sunshine completed a solid campaign with her dead-heat third in this race. Owned by Double Bar S Ranch, the filly was looking to become the first sophomore to win both the Governor’s Cup Derby and Southern California Derby. She also finished fourth in the Los Alamitos Super Derby earlier this year. Vessels Stallion Farm LLC’s Tres Coronas Mas also finished third in the PCQHRA Breeders Derby and was sixth in last year’s Golden State Million Futurity. Francisco Rubio rode the gelding for trainer Cody Joiner. Scatmandu, Fires Blazin, Lavish Susan, Blistering Speed, Henoshersecret and Bingo completed the field.

DEC. 20, 2013 Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CA Jess Being Valiant finishes first from the rail in A Ransom Handicap The rail has been the place to be in

in this race. It was a tough race. This horse only had one bad race this year and that’s when he finished fifth in his Super Derby trial.” “He ended up with the 11th fastest qualifying time,” Nichols added about that trial race. “He ran 400 yards in :19.74 and the cut off time was :19.72. We barely missed it, but that’s racing.” “I was depressed for a while after that race,” Gomez added. “This horse finished Jess Being Valiant ahead of All American Derby winner Feature Hero in the Town Policy. He’s a really nice stakes races during the month of Decemrunner. This victory is a nice way to finish ber at Los Alamitos. Native Tea Rose won the year.” the Las Damas Handicap from post numBred by Lance Robinson and Max ber one on Dec.8 before Last To Fire won Anderson, Jess Being Valiant covered the Saturday’s Champion of Champions and 350 yards in the A Ransom in a quick time Foose Cash SR won Sunday’s Los Alamitos of :17.37, which is one of the fastest of the Two Million Futurity with both starting season. Viva Mi Corazon has the fastest 350from the inside rail. yard time of the meet of :17.222. Jess Being The inside post position saw another Valiant earned $13,750 to take his career stakes winner on Friday night, as Howard earnings to $135,023. This was his fourth Nichols’ Jess Being Valiant held off Ruidoso win in 12 career starts. Derby and Los Alamitos Super Derby finalist Mike Akers and Pat and Kathie GuthKat Quick by a neck to win the $25,000 A rie’s Kat Quick earned $5,625 for running Ransom Handicap at 350 yards. Piloted by second. The son of FDD Dynasty finished Francisco Rubio for trainer Jaime Gomez, ¾ lengths ahead of third place finisher Jess Being Valiant was picking up his first Dynasty Red, which is owned by Spackman win in five starts this year. The colt by Valiant Racing and Lin Melton. Hero was coming off a second place finish “It’s impressive for these two horses in the Town Policy Handicap and earlier this to beat this solid of a field by that big of a year he was second in the Grade 1 Golden margin,” said Cody Joiner, who saddled Kat State Derby. Quick. “My horse had no excuses. I’m proud “This horse gives you his best every of my horse. My jockey Raul Valenzuela single race,” Nichols said. “We have been said that Jess Being Valiant outbroke Kat looking forward to this race for a while now Quick by about a neck and that’s how the and he did great. He’ll make his next start in two stayed the rest of the way. Raul said the trials to the Los Alamitos Winter Cham- that he wouldn’t let Kat Quick get past him. pionship (on January 26) and then we’ll give My horse ran his guts off, but Jess Being him a break. We’ll bring him back to race Valiant ran a tremendous race.” in the Vessels Maturity trials (on June 15), Saddled by Lin Melton, Dynasty Red but that’s as far as we’ve planned for him earned $3,125 for running third. Redd Tailed in 2014. This stakes win is a great thing for Hawk, Tell Of The Past, Ivory Knight, Jewel him. He’s a colt so it’s an important victory. First Cat SA, Ric Oh Shay and RememberOur hope is to see him win a Grade 1 race ing Spence, who had a very troubled trip, next year.” completed the field. The A Ransom featured a quality field filled with graded stakes performers. In addition to Kat Quick and his exploits, the horses in the A Ransom included PCQHRA Sunland Park, NM Breeders Derby finalist Dynasty Red, Gov20-1 Desert Delight Cash wins ernor’s Cup Derby finalist Jewel First Cat SA, El Primero Del Ano Derby finalist Tell Of $85,000 Lou Wooten and Sydney Valentini Handicap The Past and even money favorite and Los Dismissed at 20-1, Desert Delight Alamitos Winter Derby winner RememberCash won by a nose over Jessiana in the ing Spence. “This was a Grade 1 type of a field,” Go- $85,000 Lou Wooten and Sydney Valentini mez added. “There were some nice runners Handicap going 400 yards. The former

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Desert Delight Cash

D E Wagons Strawfly

Separatist Firstdown

$12,500 claimer with jockey Larry Gamez beat the best older female New Mexicobred Quarter Horses with a career best performance. Winning for the fourth time in 2013, Desert Delight Cash broke strongly and withstood a late advance from Jessiana on the far outside. The winner trained by Eduardo Gonzalez was all out at the wire and paid $42.20 to win. The victory was her 5th overall from 17 starts. She is a four-yearold filly by Streakaway Cash. The 2013 Lou Wooten and Sydney Valentini champion earned $51,000 for the Red Fox Carriers, Inc. of El Paso, Texas. Jessiana, the 5-2 favorite, ran a bold race for trainer Mike Joiner and just missed in second place. The Jesse James, Jr. filly was seeking her first career stakes win following an allowance victory at Zia Park. Runnin Sixes finished a close third in a tight blanket finish. Fourth place finisher Sandys Jesse sparked a ten cent Superfecta payoff worth $1,084.34. Get Down Bambi missed her break completely and finished sixth. Stakes winners Aful Alibi, Call Me A Blazn Chic and Incoho Tes wound up at the back of the pack.

ter length victory was his sixth overall and second stakes victory from 24 starts. D E Wagons Strawfly upset Rollockin Red in last summer’s Zia Festival 870 Championship at Ruidoso Downs. Owned and trained by Tony Sedillo, D E Wagons Strawfly has become a serious threat in 870 yard races in New Mexicobred stakes and with open company. He packs a terrific late punch and has consistently beaten elite company over Sunland Park soil. The 9-2 second favorite paid $11.00 to win. He earned a $51,000 paycheck pushing his career bankroll past $230,000. The winning time was 45.122 seconds. Coronas Boy raced as the heavy 3-5 favorite coming off a rousing win in the New Mexico Cup 870 Championship at Zia Park last October. Despite breaking slowly in fifth place, the double stakes winner unleashed a wide run from off the pace and was closing with interest. The son of Mr Houston had to settle for second place under jockey Francisco Giles. He finished three-quarters of a length in front of Lionett. Super Quintons ended up fourth after a wide journey.

lengths and the running time for the 400 yards on a track labeled fast was 19.292, lowering his mark of 19.373 that was set last month in his EVD Futurity trial. The speed index figure was a dazzling 109. Winning jockey Martin Rubalcava stated “We (Trainer Isidro Flores and I) were very confident going into the race. He was very impressive in his trial. Tonight he was even better if possible. He broke quicker tonight and just pulled away from some nice horses. I never really asked him and only showed him the whip nearing the wire as he was looking down and I didn’t want him to try and jump any shadows.” When asked in the winner’s circle afterwards if he was one of the best horses he had ridden, Rubalcava, the 43-year-old native of Mexico City, Mexico said “Yes, the best actually, he’s very fast.” Im Carvin Waves closed strongly in the final 150 yards to edge out Mr Runaway for the runner-up spot, with Secrets Fly close behind that pair in 4th. Mauis Mountain Gone was next across the finish line in 5th, followed by Jess Shazoom Yall, Bedouin in View, and Cristata. My Glory Dash & Jess Spicey rounded out the complete order of finish. As is the norm in futurities, all horses that qualified for the Futurity final earned part of the purse, ranging from 50 percent to the winner, down to 2 percent for the 6th thru 10th place finishers. Owned in partnership by his trainer and Oscar Canales, Separatist Firstdown received $100,275 for the victory, his seventh in ten starts this year. Out of the First Down Dash mare Shesa Firstdown Jess, he was bred in Texas by Narciso Flores and has now earned more than $280,000.

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Evangeline Downs, Opelousas, LA Sunland Park, NM D E Wagons Strawfly wins $85,000 Separatist Firstdown in a track record performance in Challenger Six Handicap D E Wagons Strawfly delivered a coura- the $200,550 EVD Futurity at Evangeline Downs geous performance to win the $85,000 Challenger Six Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Threading his way through horses early under jockey Brayan Velazquez, D E Wagons Strawfly was able to draw within striking range of early leader Lionett heading into the stretch. The sturdy five year-old gelding by Genuine Strawfly used his powerful strides to inhale the pace setter and glide home to a comfortable win. The three-quar48 SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1

Separatist Firstdown ($3.60) bettered his own track record while dominating a talented group of two-year-olds in the $200,550 EVD Futurity at Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino. Breaking alertly from post position two in the ten-horse field, the Separatist colt asserted himself approaching the mid-stretch marker establishing a clear lead that he would maintain to the finish. The official winning margin was 1 ½

DEC. 13, 2013 Sunland Park, NM Woodys Allstar is fastest Shue Fly qualifier

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Woodys Allstar

Native Tea Rose

Streak Hitter

Salvador Martinez rode Woodys Allstar to a 1 3/4-length victory in the fifth of seven Shue Fly Stakes (RG2) trials at Sunland Park. Prepped by Mike Joiner for owners Joe Dee Brooks, Ted Rushing, and Lee Lewis, Woodys Allstar covered 400 yards in :18.939 while earning a 97 speed index and posting the fastest qualifying time for the $292,650 Shue Fly final on Jan. 4. Woodys Allstar was making her first start since April 7, when she ran third, 1 3/4 lengths behind winner Moonifisant, in the 300-yard, $231,438 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) at Sunland. All told, the daughter of Woodbridge has earned $35,658 from three outs. Second-fastest qualifier Osaka Moon won the third heat by 1 1/4 lengths in :19.188 as the odds-on favorite. The homebred Chicks A Blazin filly was trained by Juan M. Gonzalez for owners Dosi and Norma Alvarez of La Union, N.M.

Ridden by Ramon Sanchez for trainer Paul Jones, Native Tea Rose was picking up her second stakes victory of the season at the Orange County oval. The daughter of First Down Dash won the Stel Corona at 350 yards earlier this year. Her victory in the Las Damas came at 400 yards in a time of :19.729. She earned $19,250 for winning her fourth race in nine career starts. Fourth in the 2012 All American Futurity, Native Tea Rose’s career earnings now stand at $186,430. Bob and Jerry Gaston bred Native Tea Rose. Shez Jess Toxic, piloted by Cody Jensen, broke super from post number three on the way to earning $7,875 for her runner-up effort. The daughter of Take Off Jess has now finished in the money in 15 of 16 career starts. She was third in the Merial Distaff Challenge in her previous outing. Native Tea Rose also avenged a second place finish to champion Flame N Flash when the two last met on November 10. But this time it was Native Tea Rose that came out on top after breaking sharply from post number one at odds of 9/2. Owned by Robert Williams, Flame N Flash crossed the wire in third place in the Las Damas. The effort was her best in a stakes race since she ran second in the Champion of Champions last year. Juan Aleman saddled Flame N Flash. Veteran stakes runner Im A Feature Girl, Splendiferous Diva and One Fancy Eagle completed the field.

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DEC. 9, 2013 Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CA Native Tea Rose delivers in Las Damas Handicap

Abigail Kawananakoa’s Native Tea Rose finished powerfully while edging Dean Frey’s ultra consistent stakes winner Shez Jess Toxic by a neck to win the $35,000 Las Damas Handicap at Los Alamitos. Horse (Sex) WOODYS ALLSTAR (F,) OSAKA MOON (F) SASSY MOONFLASH (G) KIA WON (G) ONE LETHAL BLAZE (F) MOONIFISANT (C) PENNY SNATCHIN (F) MISTER BROOKS (G) HOT HOT BABY DOLL (F) BROOKS CROWN JEWELS (C)

Owner Joe Dee Brooks, Ted Rushing and Lee Lewis Dosi & Norma Alvarez Luis Villanueva Nahum Prieto and Joe Rios David G. Valdez Peter B. Gallegos, Robert Sanchez and Patricia Gonzalez Jill Giles Richard E. Ford Roberto Chacon A & C Racing and Roping

Sunland Park, NM Streak Hitter tops Sunland Park Winter Derby qualifiers

Streak Hitter scored his first victory of the season in Saturday’s Sunland Park Winter Derby (Grade 2) trials at Sunland Park. Ridden by Esgar Ramirez in the fourth of five heats, Streak Hitter covered 400 yards in :19.575 while defeating fifth-fastest qualifier Ill Stop The World by three-quarters of a length, and he posted the fastest qualifying time for the $50,000-added Winter Derby final on December 28. Luis Rojero prepped the gelded son of Walk Thru Fire for owners Olivas Racing and Javier Marquez. Streak Hitter was making his first start since July 13, when he ran fifth in a Retama Park Derby (Grade 3) trial in Texas. The gelding has won two of six outs and has earned $10,170. Second-fastest qualifier Charvet won the second heat by one length from seventh-fastest qualifier Feature Mr Lucky. A bay gelding by One Famous Eagle, Charvet has banked $115,927 from 12 races for owner Crowson Racing, and his season record includes a third-place finish in the March 23, $136,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park. The history of the Sunland Park Winter Derby began in 1965, when A.B. Green’s

Breeder (State) MJ Farms (NM) Dosi & Norma Alvarez (NM) Mike Abraham (NM) Mr. & Mrs. R.C. Jones (NM) Mike Abraham (NM) Dosi & Norma Alvarez (NM) Jill Giles (NM) Charles & Vicki Vasquez (NM) Mike Abraham (NM) Chad Richard (NM)

Trainer Mike Joiner Juan M. Gonzalez Kristopher Cordova Eduardo Gonzalez Eduardo Gonzalez Juan M. Gonzalez Wes Giles Lonnie Vaughn Alonso Hernandez Paul Jones

Time :18.939 :19.188 :19.196 :19.234 :19.281 :19.308 :19.316 :19.316 :19.318 :19.319

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Horse (Sex) STREAK HITTER (G) CHARVET (G) DISTANT FURY (F) FIRST PRIZE MOON (C) ILL STOP THE WORLD (G) WHITEFACE EAGLE (F) FEATURE MR LUCKY (G) OBAMANO (C) ICU DEITY (G) MY MIGHTY SAM (G)

Owner Olivas Racing and Javier Marquez Crowson Racing Billy G. Smith Crowson Racing Ron & Kati Hanna Mexas Racing Team Jose Saul Medina Don S. Apodaca Linda Joiner and Marty Cope Cuadra Toros

Breeder (State) Edward C. Allred (CA) Bobby D. Cox (TX) Jim Streelman or Bill Dale (MO) Weetona Stanley (OK) Ron & Kati Hanna (NM) Christine Hudson (TX) Vinewood Farms (CA) Don S. Apodaca (TX) Linda Joiner (NM) Patricia Potts (TX)

Trainer Luis Rojero Anna Crowson Mike Joiner Anna Crowson Emilio Cadena III Juan M. Gonzalez Jaime Dominguez Juan M. Gonzalez Mike Joiner Concepcion Balderrama

Time :19.575 :19.652 :19.695 :19.700 :19.703 :19.798 :19.819 :19.822 :19.865 :19.865

Fancy Charge earned the winner’s share of a $14,920 purse. Past winners of the stakes include champions Truckle Feature (1973), Denim N Diamonds (’80), and Royal Down Dash (’93).

Here Kittykittykitty purrs in $85,000 Jess Burner Memorial Handicap

The great Here Kittykittykitty was magnificent yet again and purred to a neck victory in the $85,000 Jess Burner Memorial Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. The powerful 6-year-old gelding won his third straight race under jockey Larry Gamez and cemented his claim to being the best older New Mexico-bred Quarter Horse in training. Coming off a rousing win the New Mexico Classic Cup Championship at Zia Park last October, Here Kittykittykitty remained razor sharp for trainer Wes Giles on opening weekend at Sunland Park. The 5-2 shot got the lead in mid-stretch and would not relinquish control through the final 100 yards. The multiple stakes winner was simply too tough and collected his 9th career win for owner Melvin Neugebauer, the hay cube businessman from Colorado. Here Kittykittykitty was the 2012 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap champion as well. He paid $7.80 to win on Saturday and took home a first place check worth $51,000. The winning time was 19.830 secHorse (Sex) RAE OF FIRE (F) CRUZIN (G) MOONCIELAGO B (G) FATAL POLICY (G) EAGLETEFAMOUS (G) SMOOTHE MOVIN CHIC (F) FAMOUS EDGE OF GLORY (G) BYE BYE EAGLE EYE (C) BF STORM CHASER (G) TOO FLASH FOR YOU (G) 50 SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1

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Rae Of Fire

onds for 400 yards with a cold head wind blowing. The 2013 Jess Burner champion now carries a bankroll of over $613,000 and earns an automatic berth to the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park to be run on Sunday, Dec. 29. 15-1 longshot Jess Reuben James ran a bold race to gain second under jockey Esgar Ramirez. He finished a neck in front of 9-1 outsider An Absolut Diamond who led early in the Quarter Horse feature. The $1 trifecta was worth $531.30.

(Grade 2) at Sunland Park. Racing in the fourth of six trials on Friday, Rae Of Fire defeated fourth-fastest qualifier and 7-10 favorite Fatal Policy by three-quarters of a length while making her 400-yard trip in :19.399. Jaime Leos rode the filly for trainer Juan M. Gonzalez. Rae Of Fire was bred by Shawn Edwards and Robert Stratton. Racing exclusively in New Mexico, she has won two of five outs and has earned $20,415. The filly was coming off of a half-length win at odds of 17-1 in a 400-yard maiden special sprint at Zia Park on Oct. 28. Hector M. Ramirez’s Cruzin, the secondfastest qualifier, won the last heat by a head as the 6-5 favorite. Ricky Ramirez rode the gelded son of Swingin Jess for trainer Trey Wood. Past winners of the Sunland Park Winter Futurity include champions Savannah Jr (1965), Easy Jet (‘69), and Moon Lark (‘78).

DEC. 6, 2013 Sunland Park, NM Walk Thru Fire Filly fastest Sunland Winter Futurity qualifier Rae Of Fire, a California-bred daughter of Walk Thru Fire owned by Abelardo F. Gallegos, is the fastest qualifier for the Dec. 27, $140,125 Sunland Park Winter Futurity

Owner Abelardo F. Gallegos Hector M. Ramirez Richard E. Ford Bill B. Price Omar Soto Steve McIntyre Richard E. Ford Gilberto Flores Birrell Farms Jose R. Espinoza and Jim & Michelle Laird

Breeder (State) Shawn Edwards and Robert Stratton (CA) Harris Racing Stables Inc. and Booream (TX) Bielau Oaks (TX) Bill Price (OK) Grant Farms LLC (LA) Lee A. Giles and Steve McIntyre (UT) Gary & Patty Petersen (TX) J Bar 7 Ranch LLC (TX) Birrell Farms (UT) Sarah E. Donaldson (NM)

Trainer Juan M. Gonzalez Trey Wood Lonnie Vaughn Trey Wood Juan M. Gonzalez Paul Jones Lonnie Vaughn Mike Joiner Wes Giles Wes Giles

Time :19.399 :19.501 :19.523 :19.530 :19.566 :19.607 :19.611 :19.655 :19.717 :19.737

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Mr. Wizard

DEC. 29, 2013

Enterprising

ing got a perfect ground-saving trip under Gary Stevens en route to a three quarter length score in Saturday’s $75,000 Eddie LoSunland Park, NM gan Stakes for 2-year-olds going one mile on Mr. Wizard drives home a winner turf at Santa Anita. A Glen Hill Farm homein $85,000 Albert Dominguez bred trained by Tom Proctor, Enterprising Memorial Handicap got the distance in 1:35.25 while notching Mr Wizard closed with determination his second win from three starts. in deep stretch and gained a three quarter Drawn in post position two in a field of length win in the $85,000 Albert Dominguez seven, Enterprising hugged the rail while Memorial Handicap going one and one-six- attending the early pace which was set by teenth miles. Under jockey Dusty Shepherd, Lucky Views and Joe Talamo, who broke the four-year-old Premeditation gelding from the rail. Stevens bided his time at the once again showed his courage and beat fence around the far turn and swung out the best older New Mexico-bred Thorough- leaving the quarter pole to overtake Royal breds going a route. Banker and Corey Nakatani close home. Let go at 5-1 odds, the Dallas Barton “He had no clue what he was doing trainee rebounded from a subpar perforin the beginning,” said Stevens. “I told Tom mance in the Johnie L. Jamison Stakes he might be like that, but the ‘light’ turned on opening weekend. Mr. Wizard earned on at about the eighth pole and he started $51,000 for the victory. The 6-time winner is sprinting. The transition from his first start owned by W.D. Carson, Sr., M.H. Carson and to today… I’ve never had a horse turn the Leach Racing LLC. He completes a tremencorner like that. I think something and he dous 2013 with 5 wins including a score in just does it. He’s got a great mind. the New Mexico Classic Cup at Zia Park. His The second choice at 9-5, Enterprising, earnings for the year are almost $300,000. a Florida-bred colt by Elusive Quality, paid Mr. Wizard paid $12.20 to win. $5.60, $3.20 and $2.60. With the winner’s Attitude E Racer fought valiantly after share of $47,100, Enterprising hiked his setting the pace. The multiple stakes winbankroll to $74,350. Enterprising, who broke ning gelding held on to second place. The his maiden going a mile on turf at Holly15-1 long shot finished a half length in front wood Park on Nov. 16, registered his second of On Down the Road. That’s Who ran out consecutive win. of steam in the stretch drive and finished The race, named for Santa Anita’s fourth as the even money favorite. beloved shoeshine attendant Eddie Logan, who manned his work station from Santa Anita’s opening in 1934 until his passing at age 98 in 2009, carried special meaning for Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CA the winning connections. Enterprising finishes full of run to Runner-up Royal Banker, the third choice at 3-1, broke from the outside post take $75,000 Eddie Logan and cruised into contention entering the In only his third career start, Enterpris-

stretch under Nakatani. Royal Banker paid $3.60 and $2.80 and finished a neck in front of front-running Lucky Views, who was off at 15-1 and paid $4.80 to show. Irish-bred Craftsman, ridden by Victor Espinoza, finished a non-threatening fifth as the 3-2 favorite. Fractions on the race were 23.47, 48.05, 1:12.22 and 1:23.72.

Unbridled’s Note displays powerful closing kick to win Daytona Down Hillside Turf

Hard knocking Unbridled’s Note finished resolutely to win Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Daytona Stakes under Corey Nakatani, overhauling El Commodore and Gary Stevens late to win by a half length while covering 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s Camino Real Turf Course in 1:11.89. Third, beaten a half length down the hill three starts back in the Grade 3 Eddie D. Stakes Sept. 27; fourth, beaten just 1 ¾ lengths in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint down the hill Nov. 2 and second, beaten a half length in his most recent start, the six furlong Hollywood Turf Express Dec. 8, Unbridled’s Note had been knocking at

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the proverbial door and on Saturday he charged through-- winning for the third time in six tries down Santa Anita’s unique hillside layout. The 3-2 favorite in a field of seven, the Steve Asmussen trainee paid $5.00, $3.20 and $2.40. “Today, we got the trip we wanted to get and it all worked out,” said Nakatani. “As honest as he is and as hard-trying a colt as he is, I just have to thank the connections for keeping me on him. He’s a gem to ride and he’s only getting better with age. He’s back, he’s at his home track now and it was a great win.” Owned by Mike McCarty, Unbridled’s Note, a 4-year-old colt by Unbridled’s Song, picked up $60,000 for the win and increased his earnings to $636,683. His overall record now stands at 16-5-3-4. For his part, veteran El Commodore gave a good account of himself in his first career try down the hill. After breaking sharply, he sat a comfortable second down the hill behind longshot Truest Legend and Brice Blanc. Crossing the dirt at the top of the stretch, Truest Legend ducked out sharply, leaving the rail open for Stevens who seized the advantage but couldn’t hold off the winner late. Trained by Mike Machowsky and off at 5-1, El Commodore paid $6.80 and $3.00. “He ran great,” said Machowsky. “Great ride by Gary, no complaints. He’ll be back in one of these races. This distance seems to suit him and he was well clear of the rest of the field, so I think we’ll try it again.” Gallant Son, who shipped south after winning the $50,000 Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields, stumbled at the break under Isaias Enriquez and rallied from off the pace to be third, 4 ¼ lengths behind El Commodore, at odds of 6-1. He paid $3.40 to show. Chips All In, the second choice at 7-2, ran evenly, finishing fourth with Aaron

Gryder aboard. Fractions on the race were 21.80, 43.36 and 1:05.84.

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past the competition and record a sharp victory in Saturday night’s featured $65,000 Fremont Stakes at Delta Downs. The Best Glacier was ridden to victory by Diego Saenz, who served as a replaceSunland Park, NM ment rider for the injured Gerard Melancon Proceed dominates $85,000 Red who was originally named on the horse Hedeman Mile when entries were taken. Proceed remained unbeaten in two The Best Glacier was reserved early in starts after scoring a sizzling 4 and 3/4 the one-mile race for 3-year-olds and up length win in the $85,000 Red Hedeman before launching a strong rally turning for Mile. The rising star ridden by Alfredo Juarez, home. When the field of six reached the Jr. overcame trouble on the first turn and final furlong the Tom Amoss trainee rallied still had plenty left to dominate a strong stoutly to get past three rivals and hit the group of New Mexico-bred stakes horses finish line 4-1/2 lengths in front of Runaway going one mile. Proceed angled out down Stephen who wound up second. It was a the backstretch and smoothly moved into neck farther back to Awesome Intime who striking distance. finished third. The remainder of the field in The Desert God two-year-old colt swept finishing order included Raiseanothergator, to the front with a quarter mile go and Masculino and Freddie One Bite. kicked well clear of the field in upper stretch. The Best Glacier covered the eight furComing off a near 15-length debut maiden longs of the Fremont in 1:38.96 over a track win going one mile at Zia Park, Proceed atlisted as fast. tracted plenty of betting attention and was The victory by The Best Glacier marked the 4-5 favorite. He matched the support the ninth of his 51-race career. He earned with an impressive win over D E Lover and $39,000 for the effort, which raised his overdouble stakes winner Reaper. The Joel Marr all bankroll up to $270,144. Moss claimed trainee sped through the distance in a sharp The Best Glacier for $32,000 during the 1:38.10. Keeneland Fall Meet in October. Proceed earned a $51,000 payday for The Best Glacier is a bay runner by Three owner Michael Stinson of Ft. Worth, Texas. Wonders, out of the Sijjaal mare Laylin (VEN). Marr indicated that Proceed might next be He was bred in Florida by Ric Deg Farm. targeted to the $85,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Derby on Sunday, March 23 going 1 and 1/16 miles. 9-2 shot D E Lover found some momen- Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, tum late to earn second place under jockey CA Miguel Perez. Reaper finished two lengths Longshot Shakin It Up rallies to behind in third after setting the pace. win prestigious Grade 1, $300,000

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Delta Downs, Vinton, LA The Best Glacier melts the competition in the Fremont Stakes at Delta

Maggi Moss’s 5-year-old gelding The Best Glacier used a strong late kick to rally

Malibu

Bob Baffert looked as though he were loaded for bear in Santa Anita’s opening day, Grade 1 Malibu Stakes, with three entrants--9-5 favorite Flashback and longshots Shakin It Up and Zee Bros. In the end, it was Shakin It Up, off at 17-1 under a resurgent

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Gervinho

Heir Kitty

David Flores, who mustered the necessary rally, winning by a half length over Central Banker and Joe Talamo while covering seven furlongs in 1:20.53 before an on-track crowd of 30,540. Flores, who had been a Southern California mainstay for more than 20 years, shifted his tack to the Midwest earlier this year and was enjoying good success at Fairgrounds in New Orleans in recent weeks. Far back early in a field of 11, Shakin It Up, a Kentucky-bred colt by Midnight Lute, was in high gear around the turn, slicing into rapid early splits of 21.66, 43.33 and 1:08.05. “I was expecting a good pace,” said Flores. “The main thing was to get a good start and to place myself where he could relax and just wait for the turn, when I could get after him. And we timed it just right. We closed the year with a good horse. Owned by former U.S. Congressional Representative Dennis Cardoza and TOC Chairman Mike Pegram, Shakin It Up was off at 17-1 and paid $36.00, $15.00 and $7.80. Baffert, whose Flashback finished fourth and Zee Bros finished 10th, thought he was “live” with Shakin It Up. With the winner’s share of $180,000, Shakin It Up nearly doubled his earnings to $367,600. He now has three wins, a second and a third from six starts. Central Banker, off at 10-1 and trained by Eastern-based Al Stall, Jr., rallied three deep turning for home, made the lead in midstretch, but could not hold off the winner. Central Banker paid $11.40 and $6.40. The Jerry Hollendorfer-trained Zeewat, ridden by Rafael Bejarano, finished three quarters of a length behind Central Banker and paid $5.20 to show. It was another 2 ¾ lengths back to Flashback.

Stakes, California-bred Gervinho, nearly clipped heels and was carried eight-deep turning for home, California-bred Gervinho kept to his task and proved best in Thursday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes, winning by a head over longshot Procurement while getting one mile on turf in 1:33.47. With the winner’s share of $120,000, Gervinho now has earnings of $422,140. His overall mark stands at 9-4-2-1. Procurement, off at 16-1 and ridden by Joe Talamo, finished a nose in front of both Outside Nashville and Si Sage who dead heated for the show. Procurement paid $12.80 and $8.00. There was a stewards’ inquiry into afore mentioned infraction committed by Outside Nashville, and as a result, he was disqualified from third and place fourth, behind Si Sage, who was ridden by David Flores. Si Sage, off at 42-1, paid $13.40 to show. Fractions on the race, most of which were set by longshot Horizontalyspeakin, were 23 flat, 45.19, 1:08.70 and 1:21.03.

Sweet Lulu, trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, paid $2.80 and $2.40. Executiveprivilege, one of America’s top 2-year-old fillies a year ago, lost for the fifth consecutive time, finishing third, 2 ½ lengths behind Sweet Lulu. Off at 5-1 and ridden by Mike Smith, she finished a head in front of My Happy Face and Joel Rosario, and paid $3.40 to show.

Sir Beaufort Stakes

In the Grade 2, $200,000 Sir Beaufort

Heir Kitty springs surprise in Grade 1 La Brea

A year ago, rumors were swirling that retired Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens was contemplating a comeback following a seven year hiatus from the saddle. On Thursday at Santa Anita, Stevens heaped yet another Grade 1 victory to his story book 2013, as he guided longshot Heir Kitty to a 1 ¼ length victory over favored Sweet Lulu and Rafael Bejarano in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, getting seven furlongs in 1:21.47. With the winner’s share of $180,000, Heir Kitty ran her bankroll to $370,272 and improved her overall record to 14-4-3-1. Sweet Lulu, off at 4-5, broke from the rail and quickly established command on the front end, carving out fractions of 22.67, 45.45 and 1:09.17.

DEC. 22, 2013 Sunland Park, NM Rebranded wins 51st running of the $104,800 Riley Allison Futurity

The highly regarded maiden Rebranded came through in the clutch to win the 51st running of the $104,800 Riley Allison Futurity at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. The grand looking son of Tiznow shipped in from Aqueduct and seemed to like his new home in the Southwest running for leading trainer Justin Evans. Under Ry Eikleberry, Rebranded settled into stride comfortably and raced well off the pace early in the one mile event for two-year-olds. Eikleberry guided the well developed twoyear-old to the outside while racing down the backstretch and advanced with ease. Coming into the second turn, Rebranded took dead aim on front running stable mate and Alsono and The Tom Squad. He raced on even terms with those two passing the quarter mile marker and then took a narrow advantage in upper stretch. Rebranded prevailed in the stretch duel while drifting out near the sixteenth pole. Despite racing a bit greenly, Rebranded proved to be the real deal and slowly pulled clear to win by 2 lengths. The colt showed grit and determination and was timed in 1:38.73. He had placed in maiden special weight races at both Saratoga and the Parx earlier this year. Rebranded collected a $62,880 payday for owner Tony Pennington who recently

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California Chrome

Sherman often galloped Swaps, considered the greatest California bred of all and immortalized in a statue that has stood at Hollywood Park, where the son of Khaled earned 10 of his 19 wins, since 1958. “It brings back a lot of memories for me,’’ said Sherman, 76. “It’s a special thing for me to be able to win here at Hollywood Park. I started here as a young kid and rode my first race when I was 18 in 1955. “Going back through the years we had a lot of fun with the big crowds and the great horses. It’s fitting for me, but I feel very sad.. “This horse was training excellent for this race and he loves this track. He’s a nice colt, he just needs to grow up now. I think you’ll see his best races as a 3-year-old.’’ In winning for the third time in seven starts, California Chrome, who was ridden Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA by Victor Espinoza, completed the seven Appreciative crowd bids adieu furlongs over Cushion Track in 1:22.12. He to Hollywood Park; California paid $6.40, $4 and $3 while increasing his Chrome romps in King Glorious earnings to $214,850. Stakes It was the fourth stakes win of the An enthusiastic crowd helped send Hol- Autumn meet for Espinoza, tying him with lywood Park into the sunset as the historic Rafael Bejarano and Corey Nakatani for the track, which opened June 10, 1938, offered lead among riders. its final day of live racing Sunday. Life Is a Joy, the 9-2 fourth choice in the The paid on-track attendance was field of 10 – reduced by the scratch of Mass 13,283, but thousands more made their way Transit – finished second, a half-length in into the legendary facility after admission front of 5-2 third choice Pray Hard. became free shortly before the fourth race Both the runner-up and the third place was made official. finisher are trained by Hall of Famer Jerry Before the 11-race card was completed Hollendorfer, who set an Autumn meet some 5 ½ hours after it began, California record Saturday when Swiss Lake Yodeler Chrome, the 2-1 favorite, became the last gave him a seventh stakes win with a victory stakes winner in Hollywood Park history, rollin the Soviet Problem. Life Is a Joy paid $5.60 ing to a 6 ¼-length victory in the $200,500 and $3.40 while the show price on Pray Hard King Glorious Stakes, which was restricted to was $3. 2-year-olds bred or sired in California. Although he had to settle for third in Owned by breeders Steve Coburn and the King Glorious, Bejarano won four times Martin Perry, the son of Lucky Pulpit and the Sunday, clinching his sixth local riding title Not for Love mare Love the Chase is trained and second at an Autumn meet. He finished by Art Sherman, who has spent nearly 60 with 37 wins, three more than runner-up Joe years at Hollywood Park as an exercise rider, Talamo, who doubled on the final day. jockey and trainer. “It feels great to win the title,’’ said acquired the well bred sort for $150,000. The winner is out of the A.P. Indy mare Bayou Breeze. Justin Evans continued his torrid winning ways by winning his third stakes race of the young meet. He has won 185 Thoroughbred races in 2013 and is in the top 10 nationally among trainers for races won. The winner paid $4.60 to win. Lawly’s Goal made a bold move in midstretch under jockey Francisco Giles and appeared dangerous. The Turf Paradise export altered course and seemed to run out of energy. The 12-1 long shot finished second, three parts of a length in front of Alsono. The Tom Squad, Cloud Harbor and Ima Happy Strike rounded out the order of finish.

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Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer sets stakes win track record at Hollywood Park.

Bejarano. “It means a lot to me. When I came back to the winner’s circle (after winning the 9th with Ashley’s Bambino), I could hear everyone cheering and I was just so happy.’’ Hall of Famer Bob Baffert won his second consecutive Autumn training title – and fourth overall – finishing with 16 wins, one more than John Sadler, who led the 2013 Spring/Summer season.

Field size increases at final Hollywood Park meet; Cashcall win by Shared Belief primary highlight

Hollywood Park wrapped 75 years of history with the conclusion of the 2013 Autumn meet Dec. 22. In its final 27-day season, the legendary track showed a gain in field size. The average field size in 2013 was 8.15 starters per race compared to 7.89 a year ago and 7.33 in 2011. Complete handle and Southern California attendance figures will be available in the near future. “With the conclusion of the final meet, we’d like to express our thanks and gratitude to all employees, horsemen, jockeys, owners – past and present – and, most of all, our loyal customers who have helped make Hollywood Park an extremely special place,’’ said Hollywood Park president Jack Liebau.

R A CE R EC A P S - T H O R O U G H B R ED A 2-year-old gelded son of Candy Ride, Shared Belief was definitely the star of the climactic meet, rolling to impressive wins in the Grade 3 Hollywood Prevue Stakes Nov. 10 and the Grade 1 CashCall Futurity Dec. 14. Owned by a large partnership that includes radio and television personality Jim Rome’s Jungle Racing LLC and Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, Shared Belief was voted Horse of the Meet in the annual media poll and established himself as the early favorite for the 2014 Kentucky Derby. Shared Belief provided Hollendorfer with his sixth stakes win of the meet, tying an Autumn record set by Hall of Famer Charlie Whittingham in 1984. Hollendorfer broke the tie with his seventh stakes success a week later, taking the Soviet Problem with favored Swiss Lake Yodeler. The other Grade 1 winners during the season, which began Nov. 7, were Streaming, who took the Hollywood Starlet Dec. 7 at 10-1 for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, European shipper Seek Again, who rallied along the rail to capture the Hollywood Derby Dec. 1 and Egg Drop, who battled back gamely the same day to defeat Discreet Marq by a nose in the closest Matriarch in history. Owned by breeder Juddmonte Farms, Seek Again gave John Gosden his first Hollywood Derby success in 30 years. Long one of the best trainers in the world, the Englishborn Gosden won with the brilliant filly Royal Heroine in 1983. Glen Hill Farm and the partnership of Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman shared the top spot in the owners’ standings with four wins. The partnership headed by Jungle Racing LLC, Hollendorfer and George Todaro led with earnings of $375,000. Jockey Rafael Bejarano, who shared the 2013 Spring/Summer title with Edwin Maldonado, won the Autumn title for a second time, defeating Joe Talamo 37-34. It was the sixth riding championship for Bejarano, who won four times on closing day, at Hollywood Park. Bejarano, Corey Nakatani, who directed Shared Belief to both of his local wins, and Victor Espinoza all won four stakes. Bejarano was also the earnings leader ($1,684,618). Hall of Famer Bob Baffert won his second Autumn training title in a row – and fourth overall – finishing with 16 wins, one more than John Sadler, who led the 2013 Spring/Summer meet. Besides being the runaway leader in stakes wins, Hollendorfer was also tops in earnings ($1,402,270).

Warrens Venedalucy

DEC. 21, 2013 Sunland Park, NM Warrens Venedalucy wins $50,000 Bold Ego Handicap for red hot trainer Justin Evans Leading trainer Justin Evans continued his dominance at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino by saddling Warrens Venedalucy to victory in the $50,000 Bold Ego Handicap. Under jockey Alfredo Juarez, Jr., Warrens Venedalucy overpowered the speedy Crafty Contessa to win the five and one-half furlong distaff feature by three parts of a length. The former $8,000 claimer at Hollywood Park ran a bold race to collect her first stakes win and fifth win overall. Warrens Venedalucy was coming off a productive fall campaign at Zia Park where she won two races for the Evans stable and was 4th in the Chaves County Stakes. The Bold Ego champion is a four-yearold California-bred daughter of Doc Gus. Her victory on Saturday was worth $30,000 to the Ace Racing Stable led by Vanessa West. The winning time through the cold blustery conditions was 1:03.74. The 5-1 shot paid $12.40 to win for all her loyal supporters. Crafty Contessa fought very hard throughout the race for trainer Weston Martin. The fast starting speedster led for much of the race but could not hold off the winner in deep stretch. She had to settle for second place under jockey Irwin Rosendo. Zia Park Distaff winner Wine Thief found her best strides a little too late and finished third. The Justin Evans trained runner was full of momentum and finished only one length behind the winner. Joyful Tap was fourth. Evans also saddled Nuggets Please to victory on Saturday. The young conditioner is ranked in the top 10 nationally among trainers for races won. He is quickly closing in on 185 winners for 2013. He has 17

Prayer for Relief

Sunland Park wins in less than 3 weeks of the young meet.

Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, LA Prayer answers for Flores in FG’s Tenacious ‘Cap Zayat Stable’s Prayer for Relief answered those of winning rider David Flores and winning trainer Steve Asmussen with a 6 ¼-length tally in the $75,000 Tenacious Handicap at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, the main event at the New Orleans oval’s six-stakes race Santa Super Saturday program. Prayer for Relief returned mutuels of $9, $5.60 and $4, and toured the 1 1/16-miles over a fast main track in 1.43.78 after alternating for the lead early with splits of 24.21 and 48.19. The 5-year-old horse, starting high weight in the field with 120 pounds, increased his career earnings to $1,580,913 with his eighth win in 25 career starts. “He put me in a spot where I wanted to be,” said Flores. “It’s never too early when you have the horse to make that kind of run.” West Point Stable et al.’s Ground Transport stayed on for the place after setting the early fractions, paying $10.40 and $5.40 while finishing a head to the good of Robert and Lawana Low’s Agent Di Nozzo, who returned $2.80.

‘Daddy’ catches speedsters in $75,000 ‘Buddy’ Diliberto Memorial ’Cap

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proved wisest of all under a patient ride by jockey David Flores to win Saturday’s $75,000 “Buddy” Diliberto Memorial Handicap at about 1 1/16-miles over the StallWilson turf course by 3 ½-lengths. Giving the tandem of Flores and Steve Asmussen their second straight win on Santa Super Saturday at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Daddy Nose Best paid $8, $5.20 and $4, he accomplished the distance in 1:44.53 and increased his career earnings to $867,303 with his eighth win in 23 career starts. “He had great acceleration from the half-mile pole to the quarter pole and that’s when I went around the group,” said Flores. “When you have the best horse it is best that way.” Long shot early leader Adios Nardo, owned by Diamond Racing et al., could not match the winner late held on to be easily second best after setting early fractions of 23.01 and 46.89. He returned $24.60 and $12.20. Three lengths in arrears of Adios Nardo was La Marca Stable’s Compliance Officer, who returned $5.80.

Ronnie Werner et al.’s Bluegrass Sapphire finished second, paying $8.40 and $5.20 with Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings’ Twirl third, returning $5.80 to show.

Sum of the Parts leads all the way in $75,000 Bonapaw

Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Sum of the Parts broke in full stride to make the pace in fractions of 21.99 and 46.21 before coming home in 1:04.30 and 2 ¾-lengths in front in Saturday’s $75,000 Bonapaw grass dash for older speedsters over the Stall-Wilson turf course. “Tom (winning trainer Amoss) told me he does his best work on the lead so that was the plan,” said winning rider Rosie Napravnik. “We were out there pretty quick so he’s all heart coming down the lane and all class as well.” The winner paid $8.40, $5 and $4 and increased his career earnings to $761,543 with his seventh win 17 lifetime starts. St. George Farm et al.’s Channel Marker finished second, paying $4.40 and $3.40, while a neck in front of Le Marca Stable’s Strong Impact, who returned $4.40.

Class Included tops in $75,000 Blushing Albano tastes sweet victory in $60,000 K. D. ’Cap Brittlyn Stable’s Class Included, away Sugar Bowl Stakes

fastest, pressed the early leader and drew clear in the stretch under Shaun Bridgmohan to win Saturday’s $75,000 Blushing K . D. Handicap by a 1 ¾-lengths. “This is a very smart filly,” said Bridgmohan after the race for older fillies and mares at about 1 1/16-miles over a firm Stall-Wilson turf course. “She’s a real straight shooter. All I had to do was to keep her out of trouble and let her run her race.” Trained by Ron Faucheux, the 5-year-old mare returned mutuels of $6.40, $3.40 and $2.80 and came home in 1.45.93 after tracking the early splits of 23.89 and 48.92. She increased her career earnings to $552,146 with her 12th win in 23 lifetime starts. 56 SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1

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Owner Brereton Jones and trainer Larry Jones completed a sweep of Saturday’s two 2-year-old stakes when Albano, ridden by Kerwin Clark, took command in mid-stretch and went on to win the $60,000 Sugar Bowl Stakes by 1 ¼-lengths. The winner paid $5, toured the six furlongs in 1:11.50 and increased his career earnings to $58,100 with his second victory in three lifetime starts. “I feel this one is better to get around (two turns) than Mark Valeski did,” said the trainer of Albano’s big brother. “We felt that ‘Mark’ was a little speedier and had more acceleration than this horse but we are high on him. We hope he does what Mark Valeski did and maybe one better.”

Divine Beauty

Divine Beauty wins Letellier Memorial

Brereton Jones’s Divine Beauty, trained by Larry Jones and ridden by Rosie Napravnik, won the $60,000 Letellier Memorial Stakes for juvenile fillies by 6 ½ lengths, touring the six furlongs in 1:10.66 and returning $5.20 to win. She increased her career earnings to $57,600 with her second win in as many starts.

DEC. 15, 2013 Sunland Park, NM 15-1 High Test Gal takes upset win in $85,000 Enchantress Stakes High Test Gal shocked her rivals with a 15-1 upset win in the $85,000 Enchantress Stakes going one mile at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. On paper, High Test Gal looked to be in deep water faces the likes of multiple stakes

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winners Lady Genius and That’s The Idea. But the 2-turn distance of the Enchantress was well within her wheelhouse, and the daughter of High Octane delivered in a big way. Under aggressive handling from jockey Francisco Giles, High Test Gal forced the issue from the two-path and gradually wore down the 6-5 favorite That’s The Idea. Passing the quarter mile marker, High Test Gal was gone and nearly 7 lengths in front by mid-stretch. The New Mexico-bred two-year-old filly sped away for a stunning 5 and 1/2 length victory over a strong field. The Poppy Aldavaz trained runner clocked the distance in 1:39.35 for her first career stakes win. High Test Gal earned $51,000 for owner Denton Crozier of Hobbs, New Mexico. The promising freshman owns 3 wins from 6 career starts. 2013 Copper Top Futurity winner Lady Genius found her best strides too late and finished second. The well decorated 2-time stakes champion fought gallantly but was no threat to the winner. The runner-up was ridden by Carlos Madeira for trainer Dallas Barton. Lady Genius was coming off a rousing win in the $130,000 Eddy County Stakes at Zia Park. Rollsetroll closed with a rush in deep stretch to finish third, 2 and 1/2 lengths in front of That’s The Idea. The latter held the lead for nearly 6 furlongs but had to peace. During the stretch run, she could no longer find any energy reserves and finished a weary fourth. The 2-time stakes winner is trained by Henry Dominguez.

after Twitter Pie and Sky High Gal were scratched, the 5-year-old Salt Lake mare led for all but the first few strides en route to her sixth victory – in her 12th appearance – over Cushion Track. Owned and bred in California by Ted and Judy Nichols and trained by Ron Ellis, Teddy’s Promise, who was ridden by Victor Espinoza, completed the six furlongs in 1:09.66 while winning by 1 ¼ lengths. Out of the Capote mare Braids and Beads, Teddy’s Promise has won 11 of 28 lifetime and increased her bankroll to $882,397. She paid $3.20, $2.60 and $2.10. “For me, she didn’t fire her best race in the Breeders’ Cup (Filly and Mare Sprint Nov. 2 at Santa Anita),’’ said Ellis, referring to Teddy’s Promise’s eighth-place finish. “But she came out of the race awesome. “She’s come out of all of her races this year a lot better than last year. We had this race on the docket.’’ Ellis added Teddy’s Promise is scheduled to make one final start – the Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes Jan. 25 at Santa Anita – before being bred to Smart Strike. “We’re sorry to lose her,’’ said the trainer. “She’s been a great mare for us.’’ Judy in Disguise, an 8-1 shot who was the winner’s closest pursuer throughout, finished second, 1 ¾ lengths in front of 3-1 second choice Rumor. The runner-up paid $4.60 and $2.40 while the show price on Rumor was $2.60. Minds Eyes, There Is No Limit and Warren’s Blossom completed the order of finish.

the $250,000 Springboard Mile by a neck. The victory was the third in a row this season for Louies Flower as he wins the top 2-yearold stakes event at Remington Park. Owned by Wesley Melcher of Plano, Texas and trained by Bret Calhoun, Louies Flower sat just behind the early pace set by Alpha And Omega, before moving in tandem with Dunkin Bend as the field made their way into the final turn. Alpha And Omega gave up the lead with just under three furlongs left, leaving Louies Flower to battle with Boji Moon at the top of the stretch. Under jockey Luis Quinonez, Louies Flower took the lead with a furlong to go and opened up a clear advantage. Noble Cornerstone was full of run with Hall of Fame Jockey Kent Desormeaux up, gaining with every stride. However, their effort fell

Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Another cushion track win for Teddy’s Promise Favored Teddy’s Promise was successful in her final start over her favorite surface, winning the $100,250 Playa del Rey Stakes Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park. The 3-5 choice against five opponents

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short as Louies Flower dug in over the final 100 yards to repel the challenge and score by a neck. “It seemed like it took a long time to get to the wire but we got their first,” noted Quinonez. “He’s a game horse, he knows how to win.” Louies Flower broke his maiden in early October at Remington Park going 5-1/2 furlongs. He was given an opportunity to go one mile in his next start on Oct. 30 and pulled clear in that race to win by 5-1/4 lengths. “We had an idea that two turns was right down his alley, it sure paid off today,” said Jay Severs, assistant to trainer Bret Calhoun. “He was very impressive going a mile (in his last start), that’s the race that keyed us to go here.” Alpha And Omega set early fractions of :23.58 seconds for the quarter-mile and :47.18 second for a half-mile. Louies Flower and Dunkin Bend hit the six-furlong mark in 1:12.19 before the former took over into the stretch. Louies Flower crossed the finish in 1:38.83 over a fast track. Away at 23-1 odds in the wagering, Louies Flower paid $48 to win, $21.60 to place and $11.60 to show. Noble Cornerstone paid $6.80 to place and $5.40 to show. Smack Smack, winner of the Clever Trevor Stakes here in November, rallied for a distant third, almost six lengths behind the winner, paying $3.20 to show. Boji Moon was the 3-1 wagering favorite, finishing a beaten fifth after briefly challenging at the top of the stretch. Bred in Florida by Shadybrook Farm & Castletop Stable, Louies Flower is a colt by Flower Alley from the Johannesburg mare Tembisa. The Springboard is his third career victory, all coming at Remington Park, from five starts overall. He picked up $150,000 for the effort to move his overall money to $190,083. The Springboard win was the first for Melcher and Quinonez. Louies Flower provided the second win for Calhoun who won the race in 2010 with Grant Jack. Many from the Springboard will now move on into their 3-year-old year with aspirations of moving on into the Triple Crown events in May and June. The 2012 Springboard Mile runner-up, Will Take Charge, competed in every Triple Crown race before winning the Travers Stakes at Saratoga and the Pennsylvania Derby at Parx in Philadelphia. He then finished second by a nose in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita be58 SureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1

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More Than Even

fore capping his 3-year-old campaign with a triumph in the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs.

Useeit Stakes

More Than Even set the tempo then stepped clear to convincingly win the $50,000 Useeit Stakes by 6-1/4 lengths in the one-mile event for 3-year-old OklahomaTrapeze Stakes bred fillies. The Springboard Mile undercard feaOwned by Doyle Williams of Tulsa, Okla. tured a trio of $50,000 stakes events, includand trained by Mike Teel, jockey Alex Birzer ing the first Trapeze Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at a mile. The inaugural running of the guided her More Than Even home as she Trapeze was won by La Mejor Fiesta. Ridden paid $5.80 to win, $3.20 to place and $2.20 to show. by Hall of Fame Jockey Kent Desormeaux Eye Love Jeanie was along for second as and trained by Wesley Ward, La Mejor Fiesta the beaten 8-5 wagering favorite, returning paid $7.20 to win, $3.80 to place and $2.80 $3.40 to place and $2.80 to show. Lounge to show. Really And Truly yielded the lead Lady prompted the pace but then faded to and finished second, paying $4 and $2.60. third, returning $2.80 to show. Xray Vision chased throughout and paid The winner is a daughter of Stephen $2.80 to show. Got Even from the Dehere mare Sallybrooke, La Mejor Fiesta is a filly by Harlan’s Holiday from the Thunder Gulch mare Better bred in Oklahoma by the owners. The win was the sixth from 17 career attempts for Now, bred in Kentucky by Forging Oaks. She is owned by Ice Wine Stable of Briarcliff More Than Even and her fourth overall at Manor, N.Y. and trained by Wesley Ward. She Remington Park. She picked up $30,000 to has won two of five career races. The Trapeze run her career total to $174,954. was her Remington Park debut, earning her $30,000 to push her overall total to $73,815.

DEC. 14, 2013

Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Shared Belief dominates In Oklahoma-bred 3-year-olds went one Cashcall Futurity; late surge mile in the Jim Thorpe Stakes, won by Big Sugarush who circled five-wide to win under makes Lucayan a winner in Turf jockey Ramon Vazquez. Cup; Blueskiesnrainbows goes all The gelding paid $10.60 to win, $6.80 the way in ‘Diver Jim Thorpe Stakes

to place and $4.20 to show. Race favorite My Brother Don got caught in the final strides and paid $4 to place and $3 to show. Dazzling Okie finished third and paid $8.20 to show. The son of Kipling by the Royal Academy mare Royal And Ancient was bred by Harmony Stables. He is owned by the meet’s leading owner Danny Caldwell of Poteau, Okla. and trained by Federico Villafranco. Big Sugarush won for the sixth time in 13 career starts while posting his second Remington Park win. The $30,000 winner’s share now gives him $131,811 for his career.

After winning his first two starts around one turn by a combined 14 ¾ lengths, Shared Belief was again dominant as he stretched out and stepped into Grade 1 company for Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer in the $751,500 CashCall Futurity Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park. The 33rd Futurity was the most prestigious and lucrative of three graded races offered on the next-to-last Saturday of the final Autumn meet. Earlier in the day, Lucayan rallied from last to win the Grade 2, $250,250 Hollywood Turf Cup and the Hollendorfer-trained

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Blueskiesnrainbows led throughout to take the Grade 3, $150,500 Native Diver Stakes. Ridden with confidence by jockey Corey Nakatani, Shared Belief, a gelded son of Candy Ride and the Storm Cat mare Common Hope, definitely stamped himself a 3-year-old to watch in 2014 the way he concluded his 2-year-old season. After tracking the early pace set by 1311 shot Brother Soldier, Nakatani was content to wait when 26-1 shot – and eventual runner-up - Candy Boy made a bold move outside to gain the lead entering the far turn. When he asked Shared Belief turning into the stretch, Nakatani got the same kind of acceleration the Kentucky-bred had shown when winning the Grade 3 Hollywood Prevue by 7 ¾ lengths in his Southern California debut – and first start for Hollendorfer – Nov. 10. At the finish, Shared Belief, who is owned by a partnership that includes his trainer, television and radio personality Jim Rome’ Jungle Racing LLC, KMN Racing LLC, Jason Litt, Alex Solis II and George Todaro, had 5 ¾ lengths on Candy Boy. Seven horses who have finished either first or second – Alysheba (1986), A.P. Indy (1991), Thunder Gulch (1994), Real Quiet (1997), Point Given (2000), Giacomo (2004) and Lookin At Lucky (2009) - in the Futurity have gone on to win at least one Triple Crown race, so it will be interesting to see what lies ahead for Shared Belief. Privately purchased by his current connections after winning by seven lengths against maidens Oct. 19 at Golden Gate Fields, Shared Belief completed the 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track in 1:42.16. The clocking was the fastest in the CashCall Futurity since Pioneerof the Nile went 1:41.95 in 2008. Bred by Pam and Marty Wygod, Shared Belief increased his earnings to $451,200. He returned $4, $3.60 and $2.80 as the even-

money favorite. “Wow!’’ said Nakatani, who also won the 2010 CashCall with Comma to the Top. “My horse has a pretty high crusing speed and when (Candy Boy) made that early move, I couldn’t go at that time. “I’m just very thankful to Jerry Hollendorfer and his team, (assistant trainer) Dan Ward, and, obviously, (Solis II) for finding this horse and buying him. He did all the work and I was just a quiet passenger on him. Wow!’’ Rome was also ecstatic. “I said after Mizdirection won her first Breeders’ Cup (Turf Sprint), no matter what happened after that, I was fine,’’ he said. “The second one was amazing and today was obviously a really incredible day.’’ Three weeks removed from an easy win against maidens at the CashCall distance, Candy Boy finished 1 ¼ lengths ahead of 8-1 shot Tamarando, the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity winner also trained by Hollendorfer. Candy Boy paid $15 and $8.40. The show price on Tamarando was $3.20. There was a stewards’ inquiry into the Futurity due to an incident on the backstretch where Kobe’s Back, who wound up 10th, stumbled after clipping heels. There was no change in the order of finish as the stewards ruled the gray son of Flatter caused his own trouble. Bond Holder, fourth in last month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, was fourth again Saturday and he was followed by Electric Eddie, Brother Soldier, Sheikinator, Rankhasprivileges, Even Echo, Kobe’s Back, Tap It Rich, the 5-2 second choice, and Karma King, who was eased in the stretch. A Group I winner in his native France as a 3-year-old, Lucayan earned his first victory in North America in the Hollywood Turf Cup. Ridden for the first time by jockey Joel Rosario, the 4-year-old son of Turtle Bowl and the Grand Lodge mare La Vltava was able to run down 7-5 favorite Temeraine by a

half-length despite extremely slow fractions. Bouncing back from a poor effort – ninth of 10 – over a yielding turf course in the Grade 1 Canadian International Oct. 27 at Woodbine, Lucayan closed into 25.67, 50.14, 1:14.21, 1:38.49 and 2:02.13 splits for his fourth win in his 15th start. Owned by Pandora Stud LLC, Lucayan, who completed the 1 ½ miles in 2:26.14, gave trainer Neil Drysdale his first Turf Cup victory. Drysdale has 83 stakes wins at Hollywood Park, leaving him seventh on the all-time list behind fellow Hall of Famers D. Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert, Richard Mandella, Ron McAnally, Bobby Frankel and Charlie Whittingham, the runaway leader with 222. Prior to Saturday, Lucayan had lost nine in a row – three in Europe before coming to this continent – since his 27-1 surprise in the French 2000 Guineas May 13, 2012 at Longchamp. The 17-10 second choice in the field of six, Lucayan paid $5.40, $2.80 and $2.40. He’s earned $659,858. “The key to this guy is getting him to relax and (Rosario) did a lovely job of relaxing him,’’ said Drysdale. “He’s had an unlucky year. He tried to come up the middle and got stopped (in the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap Aug. 24) and he also got stuck in the (Grade 2) John Henry (Turf Championship Sept. 29 at Santa Anita), then it was just a bog at Woodbine and he couldn’t handle it.’’ Fifth in the Canadian International where he was 7 ½ lengths in front of Lucayan, Temeraine was a no-excuse runnerup Saturday. The 4-year-old Arch gelding tracked outside pacesetter Segway most of the journey, then couldn’t contain the winner under Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, who won his only Turf Cup in 2004 with Pellegrino. Temeraine returned $2.80 and $2.20 while finishing 2 ¼ lengths ahead of Segway, who paid $2.60 to show. Completing the order of finish were Irish Surf, Artic North and Huntsville. The Native Diver was certainly all about the Hollendorfer barn. Not only did the trainer win the Native Diver for a second time – the previous came with Heatseeker (2007) – he also finished 2-3 as favored Hear the Ghost and Rousing Sermon completed the trifecta behind Blueskiesnrainbows. Cutting back in distance after finishing second behind London Bridge in the BreedSureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1 59

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ers’ Cup Marathon Nov. 1, Blueskiesnrainbows was hustled out of the gate by jockey Martin Pedroza from his inside post, relaxed on the lead and held his stablemates and four others safe through the stretch. Owned by Bad Boy Racing LLC and Whizway Farms, the 4-year-old English Channel colt out of the Deputy Minister mare Cho Cho San won for the sixth time in 22 starts and pushed his bankroll to $549,552. Bred in Virginia by Edward Evans, Blueskiesnrainbows, who paid $8.40, $3.80 and $3 as the 3-1 second choice, ran the 1 1/8 miles over Cushion Track in 1:50.07. Saturday’s half-length win was the third in five starts over the Betfair Hollywood Park main track and his second graded success. Blueskiesnrainbows won the Grade 2 Swaps July 4, 2012 when still in the barn of Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. Making his second start after a layoff of some eight months after capturing the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes March 9 at Santa Anita, Hear the Ghost, the 5-2 favorite, finished a half-length in front of 4-1 third choice Rousing Sermon, a California-bred who was runner-up behind Liaison in the 2011 CashCall Futurity. No worse than second in his five races, Hear the Ghost paid $4.20 and $3. Rousing Sermon returned $3.20 to show. “When I was thinking about this race and discussing it, we thought Blueskiesnrainbows was on the lead in the lane, he’d be hard to get by,’’ said Hollendorfer. “He’s been running better and better. If he keeps it up, he looks like a good prospect for the coming year. “I’ve run 1-2-3 in the El Camino Real (Derby in Northern California), but you don’t expect to do ever do it in Southern California. I’m a very fortunate guy.’’ Drill, Soi Phet, Mobilized and Setsuko completed the order of finish. Fire With Fire and Slim Shadey scratched.

Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, LA Sunbean noses out String King in 23rd running of the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic

weight. We’ll have another day. You can’t fault the horse. He ran a hard race. I just hate to come out on the short end of the stick.” Skip the Pinot, who set the early fractions of 23.92 and 49.30 under clever handling by Mark Guidry, weakened to the third position in the late stages, finishing 1 ¼ lengths behind the top two. He returned $3 .

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Brittlyn Stable’s Sunbean, a contestant in last spring’s Grade 2 Louisiana Derby as well as other graded stakes, returned to Louisiana-bred company and winning ways again by nosing out Charles Craig Smith’s String King in Saturday’s 23rd running of the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots. This Classic, played out under rainy skies and in sloppy going, annually serves as the main event on the New Orleans oval’s traditional annual series dedicated to horses bred in the Pelican State but this edition proved one of the most exciting renewals in its history. Sunbean, ridden by Richard Eramia and trained by Ron Faucheux, traded head bobs with the James Graham-ridden and Charlie Smith-conditioned String King in the late stages of the stretch run before narrowly prevailing at the wire in a finish too close to call by the naked eye. One of only two sophomores in the race facing older rivals, Sunbean paid $4.60 $3, and $2.60, touring the sloppy nine-furlongs in 1:53.39 and increased his career earnings to $378,900 with his sixth career win in 11 lifetime starts. “We were together down the stretch,” said Eramia. “I had a perfect trip. I knew the #1 horse (Glen Warren and Andrew Leggio Jr.’s Skip the Pinot) was going to go to the lead and the other (String King) would be close. Everyone was going to be close no matter how you spin the race but we got it.” String King’s owner-trainer-breeder Smith was magnanimous in defeat. “You can’t be upset with an effort like that,” Smith said of his gallant gelding who paid $4.40 and $3.80 in the Classic after winning the 2012 and 2011 $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day - Turfs. “He spotted us a little

Hud’s Rebellion scores clear cut victory in $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day turf

In Saturday’s main supporting feature, Glen Warren’s odds-on choice Hud’s Rebellion, trained by Andy Leggio Jr. and ridden by Rosie Napravnik, outdueled Harry Benoit’s Sadie’s Soldier in the final sixteenth of a mile to be best by 1 ½ lengths in the 22nd renewal of the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf over a Stall-Wilson turf course rated good. Hud’s Rebellion had been cross-entered in the Classic earlier in the week before Leggio opted for the Turf. “We got lucky,” Leggio said of his midweek decision scratching Hud’s Rebellion out of Classic. “It (the Turf) kind of played out the way I thought it would. I’m pretty satisfied with the way everything went.” Winning owner and breeder Warren was pleased and added, “One nice thing about this horse is that he can run on dirt or turf and it really didn’t matter to us today what surface we ran on.” Winning rider Napravnik was also happy with Hud’s Rebellion. “He just loped along behind the pace keeping horses inside of us and then he made a big run” said Napravnik. “He is doing really well. This is a horse with a lot of class.” Hud’s Rebellion returned mutuels of $3.40. $2.20 and $2.10, toured the distance in 1:48.34 and increased his career earnings to $236,356 with his sixth win in 15 lifetime starts. Sadie’s Soldier held down the place po-

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sition in the Turf, finishing a neck in front of My Three Sons Stable’s Sweet Baby Gaines.

Other Louisiana Champions Day stakes results

In the first Thoroughbred race of the afternoon – the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Lassie restricted to Louisiana-bred 2-year-old fillies – Circle H Farms’ Lexi’s Love, trained by Alan Klanfer and ridden brilliantly by Diego Saenz, got up in the last strides to best Roy Investments’ odds-on favorite All Woman by a head while increasing her earnings to $100,650 with her third win in five starts. She accomplished the six furlongs in 1:13.69. In the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies, Charles Zacney and E. J. Johnston’s Ladyzarbridge defended her championship from last season and won it for the third time in the last four years. Taking command at the break, Ladyzarbridge made the pace with splits of 25.04 and 50.08 under Rosie Napravnik and held off the late challenge of Cantrell Family Partnership’s Tensas Harbor by a neck, returning $12.20, $8 and $5. Conditioned by co-owner Eddie Johnston, Ladyzarbridge accomplished the 1 1/16-miles over the good track in 1:46.73 and increased her career earnings to $431,114 with her eighth win in 28 lifetime starts. Valene Farms’ Ante Up Annie got the third spot, finishing five lengths behind Tensas Harbor.

Ladyzarbridge

Guadalupe High

“When the #3 horse (Silent Legacy) didn’t go for the lead, I was caught by surprise,” said Napravnik, “but my filly loves running on the lead, she loves this race track and she really loves this race.” In the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint, Ronny Werner et al.’s Guadalupe High, allowed to settle behind the leaders, challenged outside those when set down for the drive under clever handling by Gerard Melancon and held off Coteau Grove

Ide Be Cool

Farms’ Afternoon Tango. The winner, trained by Ronnie Werner, paid $11.20, toured the six furlongs over the good track in 1:12.24 and increased her career earnings to $325,348 with her seventh win in 13 career starts. Nicholas Abate and Darlene Peterson’s Mischievous Mama finished third, two lengths behind Afternoon Tango. Dale Ladner Sittin At the Bar, heavily favored in the Ladies Sprint, didn’t hit the board. “She just didn’t fire today,” said trainer Brett Brinkman. “The heaviness of the track may have been a concern.” In the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile, Ide Be Cool, owned and trained by Henry Ray Dunn, kept his undefeated streak alive with a front-running seven-length score under jockey Chris Rosier for his fourth win in four career starts while increasing his career earnings to $189,600 while touring the six furlongs in 1:11.10 after early splits of 22.09 and 46.70. He paid $7.20. Coteau Grove Farms’ previously-undefeated Coteau Rouge finished second in the Juvenile, 1 ¼ lengths in front of Wayne Sanders and Larry Hirsch’s Dixie Beat. In the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Sprint, Rowell Enterprises’ Heitai, relishing the sloppy going, took command at the break, made the pace in early fractions of 22.00 and 45.45 and galloped home seven lengths to the good of Midwest Thoroughbreds’ favored Southern Dude with a final time of 1:11.64. Overlooked in the wagering, Heitai, ridden by Diego Saenz and trained by Karl Broberg paid $32.60, increased his career earnings to $238,943 with his fourth win in 14 starts. In the $50,000 Louisiana Champions Day Starter Handicap Stakes, Hardy Racing Stables’ Raiseanothergator , ridden by Richard Eramia and trained by Keith Bourgeois, led throughout, getting the sloppy six furlongs in 1:45.28 and returning $6 for his 15 ½ length win.

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Rose’s Desert

DEC. 8, 2013

in second place for the second straight time in stakes race. The fast starting daughter of Attila’s Storm is trained by Justin Evans who Sunland Park, NM won the Sunland Park training title last seaRose’s Desert goes out in a son. Ry Eikleberry rode the runner-up. blaze of glory; Hush’s Storm Gossip Dome picked up steam late slices through traffic in Johnie L. under jockey Alfredo Juarez, Jr. to earn third Jamison Stakes place. Dawn is Affirmed wound up fourth. The superior New Mexico-bred stakes Hush’s Storm sliced through traffic to mare Rose’s Desert went on in a blaze take a dramatic one-length win in the 12th of glory on Sunday by winning her third running of the $85,000 Johnie L. Jamison straight New Mexico State Racing CommisStakes at six and one-half furlongs. sion Handicap worth $85,000 at Sunland Red hot trainer Todd Fincher collected Park Racetrack and Casino. his second straight stakes win of the day The amazing daughter of Desert God with the hard charging stretch runner. Clevput away a solid field of rivals by over 3 erly ridden by jockey Aldo Arboleda, Hush’s lengths to take her 10th career win from Storm split runners in mid-stretch and held 15 starts, and she will soon be bred to the off stable mate Thermal to take his second champion stallion Giant’s Causeway in career stakes win. Last season at Sunland Kentucky. Rose’s Desert caps off a tremenPark, Hush’s Storm won the New Mexicodous career loaded with victories in the Breeders’ Derby going a route. richest New Mexico-bred stakes races ever. On Sunday, Hush’s Storm beat a terrific Winning trainer Todd Fincher said, “She’s the group of older New Mexico-bred stakes winbest I have ever had. She always made me ners and paid $19.40 to win. The three-yearlook good. I will miss her.” Five of Rose’s Des- old Attila’s Storm gelding earned $51,000 for ert’s career wins have come over Sunland owners Dale Taylor and Joe Dee Brooks and Park soil. Joe Hogg. The winner caught the distance In her final race, Rose’s Desert assumed in a fast 1:16.78. The 2013 Jamison Stakes champ now has earnings over $200,000. a beautiful 4-wide stalking trip in the 6 furTodd Fincher’s Thermal with jockey Allong distaff feature. Jockey Dusty Shepherd let the 3-5 favorite loose on the far turn, and fredo Juarez, Jr. closed with interest to gain second place. Gotta Move finished three the five-year-old mare went on the attack parts of a length back in third and sparked a and headed the front running Little Vida$1 trifecta worth a staggering $8,316.70. The lia. She widened the margin through the 5-2 favorite Mr. Wizard hopped at the start stretch, and Shepherd simply let the classy and lost all chance. The promising stakes mare glide on home in her swan song. The winner finished well back in eighth place. victory was worth $51,000, pushing her career bankroll to $626,000. Rose’s Desert has never finished worse than second throughout her career for owner Joe Peacock of Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA San Antonio, Texas. The winning time was Streaming surprises in Hollywood a sharp 1:10.24. Rose’s Desert was coming off an impressive win in the $126,000 New Starlet Mexico Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Zia Park. An unraced maiden when the final AuLittle Vidalia tried her best to keep up tumn meet at Betfair Hollywood Park began with Rose’s Desert and fought determinedly one month ago, Streaming is now a Grade 1

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winner after her 10-1 upset in the $500,500 Hollywood Starlet Saturday. A little more than three weeks after winning as the 1-2 favorite in her debut at six furlongs, the 2-year-old daughter of Smart Strike stretched out successfully, winning the 33rd Starlet after a pace-pressing journey under jockey Martin Garcia. The Starlet was the more lucrative of two graded races offered Saturday. About 60 minutes after Streaming’s surprise, Broken Sword, a 7-1 shot, led all the way to win the Grade 2, $151,000 Bayakoa Stakes. Owned by breeders John G. Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. and Edward McGhee and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Streaming was closest to pacesetter and 5-2 second choice Taste Like Candy for most of the way, took a slight lead into the stretch and went on to prevail by 1 ½ lengths. Out of the Storm Cat mare Teeming, Streaming, who was supplemented to the Starlet for $10,000 with an additional $10,000 required to start, returned $23.60, $11 and $6.80 while covering the 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track in 1:44.96. The $260,000 payday increased her earnings to $287,000. “I had her pretty fit the first time I ran her,’’ said Baffert after his third win in the Starlet, following Excellent Meeting (1998) and Habibti (2001). “We’ve been really high on this filly. It was too late to get a race into her to run her in the Breeders’ Cup. I wasn’t sure if I was going to run in here because I didn’t nominate her. “Her last two works really showed she could sit off a horse. You’re always hoping they’ll run like they train and how they’re bred. We’ve been lucky to win some Starlets and especially with this being the last one. She’s really special.’’ The victory was the first in the Starlet for Garcia, who had hit the board the previous

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two years on fillies trained by Baffert. Blonde Fog was second in 2012 after Lady Pecan finished third in 2011. A first-out sprint winner Oct. 20 at Santa Anita, Taste Like Candy finished 1 ¼ lengths in front of Untapable, who was a nose better than 17-10 favorite Rosalind. Trained by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer, who was seeking his third Starlet victory in five years after scoring with Blind Luck (2009) and Killer Graces (2011), Taste Like Candy paid $4.60 and $3.60. The show price on Untapable was $4.40. Sharp Cat winner Arethusa, Moccasin heroine Bajan, Be Proud, who is also trained by Baffert, and Concave completed the order of finish. Hollendorfer and Baffert reversed finish positions in the Bayakoa as Broken Sword, returning to Southern California after a 5 ½ length win Nov. 10 at Golden Gate Fields, was never menaced in her first appearance in a graded race, easily handling the Bafferttrained Fiftyshadesofhay, the 11-10 favorite, and seven other fillies. Ridden aggressively by jockey Joel Rosario, the 3-year-old daughter of Broken Vow and the Volksraad mare Katana quickly assumed control, set legitimate fractions (23.33, 46.53 and 1:11.42 for six furlongs) and won 4 ¼ lengths without feeling her companion’s whip. Owned by Mark DeDomenico LLC, George Todaro and Hollendorfer, Broken Sword ran the 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track in 1:42.99 for her third win in eight starts. She’s earned $156,660. The victory was the second in a row and the third in four years in the Bayakoa for Hollendorfer. He won with Lady of Fifty in 2012 and Washington Bridge in 2010. Never higher than 4-1 before Saturday, Broken Sword paid $17.80, $7.40 and $4.80. Fiftyshadesofhay, who didn’t break alertly then was mired in traffic for a majority of the race, was a clear second, 5 ½

lengths in front of 7-2 second choice Warren’s Veneda, who lost for the first time in three races over Cushion Track. Making her first start since finishing third at 2-5 in the Grade 2 Indiana Oaks Oct. 5 at Indiana Downs, Fiftyshadesofhay returned $2.80 and $2.40 while Warren’s Veneda paid $3.20. Champagneandcaviar, the longest shot in the field at 40-1, finished fourth, a head in front of Curvy Cat, who is also trained by Hollendorfer, while 2 ¼ lengths behind Warren’s Veneda. Spellbound, Magic Union, Charm the Maker and Charlie Em completed the order of finish. Customer Base was scratched.

Exit Stage Left

to Baze’s urging to gain the lead inside the eighth pole. Exit Stage Left is trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, who said the key to future success with Exit Stage Left will be getting the horse to relax early and focus more down the stretch. “He’s a very talented horse but we have a lot of work to do with him to get him to relax the first part of it,” said Hollendorfer. “He also was looking around down the lane. But we’ve asked him to do a lot. Most young horses couldn’t do that so I’m very pleased with him. I’m glad he showed his talent.” Hollendorfer purchased Exit Stage Left for $100,000 at the Barretts March Sale and races him in partnership with longtime cliGolden Gate Fields, Berkeley, CA ent Mark DeDomenico. Exit Stage Left has Exit Stage Left improves to 2-for-2 earned $75,350 in his two races. Hollendorfer said Exit Stage Left will with win in Gold Rush Stakes Exit Stage Left earned his second stakes likely make his 3-year-old debut – horses victory in as many starts when he came from celebrate their birthdays on Jan. 1 – in the just off the pace to capture the $75,000 Gold $100,000 California Derby on Jan. 18 at Golden Gate Fields. The California Derby is a Rush Stakes at Golden Gate Fields. 1 1/16-mile race. A game winner of the six-furlong The Hollendorfer barn had three winGolden Nugget Stakes on Nov. 9, Exit Stage ners at Golden Gate Fields Saturday as it also Left defeated Argyle Cut by one length in the one-mile Gold Rush. Exit Stage Left was scored with Puppy Manners ($8.60) in the timed in 1:38.53 and paid $3.20 as the heavy fourth race and Worldly Lad ($3.40) in the sixth. 2-5 favorite in a field of five. Hollendorfer had a big day at Betfair Jockey Russell Baze said Exit Stage Left Hollywood Park, where he won the Grade 3 was a bit aggressive in his first race around $150,000 Bayakoa Stakes with Broken Sword two turns but was pleased with the colt’s ($17.80) and took second in the Grade 1 performance. “This was only his second start and he’s $500,000 Hollywood Starlet with Taste Like Candy. still putting it all together,” said Baze. “He’s a very talented colt and he’s got tons of potential. Mentally, he’s not real mature. He Fair Grounds Race Course, kind of wants to fight me a little bit. But he’s New Orleans, LA Busted Account earns big payday very responsive when I ask him. He’s got a real good move.” with ‘Magic win Exit Stage Left raced in third down the Michael Annechino’s Busted Account, backstretch and around the far turn, stalkwinless since February, made up for lost ing leaders Pete’s Slew and Rockford. Baze time with a 4 ¾-length win in Saturday’s turned Exit Stage Left loose at the top of the $50,000 Magic City Classic, a one mile and stretch and the New Jersey-bred responded 70-yard event restricted to older AlabamaSureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1 63

Rosie Napravnik, accomplishing the distance in 1:46.13. The winner returned mutuels of $5.80, $3.40 and $2.60 and increased his career earnings to $83,202 with his fifth career win in 34 lifetime starts. “I noticed this horse was an Alabamabred when he was running last summer at Evangeline,” said winning trainer Jonas Gibson, “so we claimed him with this race in mind. This race was our goal right along.” Bobby Pruitt’s B. G.’s Admiral rallied to gain the place, paying $3.40 and $2.40 while finishing two lengths in front of John Beck’s Anchored Back, who returned $3.60 in the third spot. Walnut Hill’s Crimson Pride made the pace with splits of 23.36 and 47.34 before tiring.

Strike for Gold captures Kudzu Juvenile

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Stars fell on Alabama in the $25,000 Kudzu Juvenile when Gus King’s 1-2 choice Strike for Gold defeated Scott Gelner’s Hitchismyname by a half-length while wearing King’s silks featuring white stars on blue sleeves in the race restricted to Alabamabreds. Taking command at the break, Strike

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for Gold cut out early fractions of 23.31 and 47.16 before coming home in 1:05.78 under Chester Bonnet for conditioner Scott Gelner. The winner returned $3, $2.10 and $2.10 and increased his career earnings to $25,450 with his second win in three career starts. “My horse ran real good and handled the track real well,” said winning rider Bonnet. “The only thing I had to worry about was my stable mate catching me.” Gelner-owned and trained Hitchismyname was the runner-up, paying $2.10 and $2.10 while finishing 22 lengths in front of Dawn Ladner’s Joyce’s Buckaroo, who returned $2.40.

R CI R U L I N G S Name: KARLA DELIA GARCIA Ruling Date: 12/21/2013 Jurisdiction: Arizona Department of Racing Facility: TURF PARADISE Ruling Number: 2013TP055 Ruling Type: Falsification of License Application Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 12/21/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: In the best interest of the safety, welfare, economy, health and peace of the people of the state, Authorized Agent Karla Delia Garcia (ADOR #15598) is hereby summarily suspended and denied privileges of all grounds under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Racing, pending a hearing before the Board of Stewards regarding falsifying her license application on November 26, 2013 at Turf Paradise Race Course. The above described matter constitutes a violation in accordance with: A.A.C. R19-2-106.B.; A.A.C. R19-2106.B.1.; A.A.C. R19-2-106.B.1.h.; A.A.C. R19-2-106.C.; A.A.C. R192-106.D.; A.A.C. R19-2-106.D.5.; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.3.; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.3.d.e.f.h.; A.A.C. R192-121.E.6.a.b.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.7.; A.R.S. 5-104.B.; A.R.S. 5-108.A.1.b.c.e.g.h.

the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Racing, pending a hearing before the Board of Stewards regarding his mother, acting as his authorized agent, falsifying her license application on November 26, 2013 at Turf Paradise Race Course, since Ismael does not have a current authorized agent to act on his behalf or be responsible for his financial responsibilities, and since Ismael cannot demonstrate financial responsibility on his own. The above described matter constitutes a violation in accordance with: A.A.C. R192-106.C.;A.A.C. R-19-2-106.F.3.; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.3.; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.3.d.f.h.; A.A.C. R192-121.E.6.a.b.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.7.; A.R.S. 5-104.B.; A.R.S. 5-108.A.1.b.c.e.g.h.

Name: JORGE MARTIN BOURDIEU Ruling Date: 12/18/2013 Jurisdiction: Arizona Department of Racing Facility: TURF PARADISE Ruling Number: 2013TP054 Ruling Type: Misuse of Whip Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Having been properly notified of his right to a formal hearing, and having Name: ISMAEL JULIAN GARCIA waived that right, Jockey Jorge Ruling Date: 12/21/2013 M. Bourdieu (ADOR License Jurisdiction: Arizona Depart#10868) is hereby fined TWO ment of Racing HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) Facility: TURF PARADISE plus 5% Race Horse Adoption Ruling Number: 2013TP056 Fund surcharge for a total of Ruling Type: License Denied, TWO HUNDRED AND TEN DOLRescinded, Revoked, Suspended, LARS ($210.00) for misuse of the Withdrawn or Exclusion whip (striking his mount in the Breed: Mixed head) while aboard “WILDCAT Division: Horse ENERGY”, in the third race on Fine Amount: $ 0 December 7, 2013. The fine set Fine Paid: Not Reported forth herein must be satisfied Suspension Start: 12/21/2013 within ten days from the date Suspension End: of this order. If its not paid by Ruling Text: In the best inDecember 28, 2013, all licenses terest of the safety, welfare, held by the respondent are economy, health and peace of automatically suspended for the people of the state, Owner one hundred and eighty days Ismael J. Garcia (ADOR #15599) beginning December 29, 2013 is hereby summarily suspended through June 26, 2014, incluand denied all grounds under sive, and this matter is referred

to the Director of the Arizona Department of Racing with recommendation that all licenses remain suspended until requirements herein are satisfied. The above described matter consittutes a violation in accordance with: A.A.C. R19-2-106.C.; A,A,C, R19-2-109.E.6.a.; A.A.C. R19-2121.E.2.; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.3.; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.3.d.f.; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.6.a.b.c.d.e.f.i.j.k. Name: WILLIE J SIMIEN Ruling Date: 12/18/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 20389 Ruling Type: Medication/Drug Violation - Animal Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: N Suspension Start: 12/23/2013 Suspension End: 6/22/2014 Ruling Text: Caffeine reported in post race urine and plasma samples taken from Reddpenny the winner of race 9, October 31, 2013. Result confirmed, in split portion of sample, by the Florida Racing Laboratory. Following a stewards hearing, trainer Willie J, Simien, Jr. is suspended six months, denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Racing Commission, and the purse ordered redistributed. In the opinion of the stewards the penalty imposed is insufficient therefore the case is referred to LSRC for further action. Name: OTONIEL SANCHEZ Ruling Date: 12/12/2013 Jurisdiction: Iowa Racing Commission Facility: PRAIRIE MEADOWS Ruling Number: 45497 Ruling Type: Reinstatement to Good Standing in State Breed: Mixed Division: Mixed Fine Amount: $ Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner OTONIEL “TONY” SANCHEZ D.B.A. EL

ALTENO INC. was suspended on November 16, 2013, in Ruling 45486 for failure to provide written documentation the Board requested in a Notice of Information Request dated October 18, 2013. Having now provided said documentation, owner Otoniel “Tony” Sanchez is hereby restored to good standing. Name: TONY SANCHEZ Ruling Date: 12/12/2013 Jurisdiction: Iowa Racing Commission Facility: PRAIRIE MEADOWS Ruling Number: 45497 Ruling Type: Reinstatement to Good Standing in State Breed: Mixed Division: Mixed Fine Amount: $ Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner OTONIEL “TONY” SANCHEZ D.B.A. EL ALTENO INC. was suspended on November 16, 2013, in Ruling 45486 for failure to provide written documentation the Board requested in a Notice of Information Request dated October 18, 2013. Having now provided said documentation, owner Otoniel “Tony” Sanchez is hereby restored to good standing. Name: DAN MCFARLANE Ruling Date: 12/8/2013 Jurisdiction: Arizona Department of Racing Facility: TURF PARADISE Ruling Number: 2013TP044 Ruling Type: Medication/Drug Violation - Animal Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Having been properly noticed for a formal hearing and having waived that right,Trainer Daniel Louis McFarlane (ADOR #10858) is hereby fined TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) plus 5% RAF surcharge for a total of TWO HUNDRED AND TEN DOLSureBet RacingNews.com • January 2014 • Vol. 8 No. 1 65

Ruling Number: WWHC014 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations Breed: Harness Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 50 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Driver KAREN IS BELL, who drove “STILETOSILVERHEELS” in the seventh race on November 30, 2013, is hereby fined the sum of fifty ($50.00)* dollars for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1689 (Safety Helmet Required – Unfastened helmet blew off during race).

Fine Amount: $ 1000 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: A hearing was scheduled for practicing veterinarian BRAD GORDON on November 19, 2013. The hearing was to determine if during Prairie Meadows 2013 Thoroughbred Meet, Dr. Gordon failed to list “TOURNIQUET PASTE” he administered to horses trained by Dave McShane, Doug Anderson and Chris Hartman on his daily veterinary submission reports, which would constitute a violation of IRGC Rules of Racing 491 IAC 10.7(4)”C.” Prior to Dr. Brad Gordon’s hearing, Dr. Gordon, Name: MAURO AGUIRRE represented by his attorney Rick Ruling Date: 12/3/2013 Olson, and the Board of StewJurisdiction: Iowa Racing Comards entered into a stipulated mission agreement. The parties agree Facility: PRAIRIE MEADOWS that the violation of Iowa Racing Ruling Number: 45496 and Gaming Commission (IRGC) Ruling Type: Unknown Rule as outlined below ocBreed: Mixed curred, and the Board notes that Division: Mixed this ruling is final agency action Name: GEORGE WASHINGTON Fine Amount: $ regarding this incident. The LUSTER Fine Paid: Not Reported Board of Stewards and practicRuling Date: 12/7/2013 Suspension Start: ing veterinarian Brad Gordon Jurisdiction: California Horse Suspension End: hereby enter into the followRacing Board Ruling Text: The Board of Stew- ing stipulation: 1. The Board of Facility: WATCH AND WAGER ards suspended 180 days and Stewards has full authority to LLC - CAL EXPO assessed a fine of five hundred interpret and enforce the Rules Ruling Number: WWHC015 dollars ($500.00) against trainer of Racing at Prairie Meadows Ruling Type: Misuse of Whip MAURO AGUIRRE in Ruling Racetrack and Casino as set Breed: Harness 45471 dated October 16, 2013, forth by state statute(s) and Division: Horse the Iowa Racing and Gaming for possession of hypodermic Fine Amount: $ 50 needles, injectable medications Commission. 2. During Prairie Fine Paid: Not Reported and a syringe on the backside of Meadows 2013 Thoroughbred Suspension Start: Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Meet, Dr. Gordon D.B.A. Equine Suspension End: Associates did practice his trade Casino. Mauro Aguirre failed to Ruling Text: Driver GEORGE LUS- pay his fine. Having failed to pay on Prairie Meadows grounds. 3. TER, who drove “LODI NICKOLUS” the above mentioned fine within During Prairie Meadows 2013 in the seventh race on Decemten calendar days of receipt, the Thoroughbred Meet, Dr. Gordon ber 6, 2013, is hereby fined the Board recommends to the Iowa administered “Tourniquet sum of fifty ($50.00)* dollars for Racing and Gaming Commission Paste” to horses trained by Dave violation of California Horse Rac- Mauro Aguirre remain suspend- McShane, Doug Anderson and ing Board Rule #1530 (Cases Not ed until the above mention fine Chris Hartman. 4. Dr. Gordon did not list “Tourniquet Paste” on Covered – Violation of ‘Cal - Expo is paid. his daily veterinarian submisHorse Whipping Rule’ – (2) Driver sion reports as it pertains to (4) must keep one line in each hand Name: BRADLEY JAMES GORabove. 5. Dr. Gordon acknowlat all times until horse reaches DON edges that the above mention the 7/8 marker). Ruling Date: 12/2/2013 facts constitute a violation of Jurisdiction: Iowa Racing ComIowa Rules of Racing and state Name: KAREN LEE ISBELL mission statutes. 6. As a result of this Ruling Date: 12/6/2013 Facility: PRAIRIE MEADOWS violation, practicing veterinarJurisdiction: California Horse Ruling Number: 45495 ian Brad Gordon agrees to Racing Board Ruling Type: Unknown pay an administrative penalty Facility: WATCH AND WAGER Breed: Mixed of $1000.00 for failure to list LLC - CAL EXPO Division: Mixed LARS ($210.00), for refusing the treatment of Lasix to the horse “LAURA BEASLEY”, resulting in a late scratch in the fifth race on December 7, 2013. The fine set forth herein must be satisfied within thirty days from the date of this order. If its not paid by January 6, 2014, all licenses held by the respondent are automatically suspended for one hundred and eighty days beginning January 7, 2014 through July 8, 2014, inclusive, and this matter is referred to the Director of the Arizona Department of Racing with recommendation that all licenses remain suspended until requirements herein are satisfied. The fine set forth above constitutes a violation in accordance with:: A.A.C. R192-106.C; A.A.C. R19-2-111.A.B.; A.A.C. R19-2-113.4: A.A.C. R19-2-113.15.a.;A.A.C.R19-2-121 E.2; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.3; A.A.C. R19-2-121 E.3.d.f; A.A.C. R19-2121.E.6.a.b.c.d.e.f.i.j.k.

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“Tourniquet Paste” in his daily veterinarian submission reports, a violation of 491 IAC 10.7(4)”C.” The administrative penalty shall be paid to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission within ten days from the date of this stipulation. 7. This agreement between the Board of Stewards and practicing veterinarian Brad Gordon will be final agency action regarding this matter. Name: UBALDO GUERRERO Ruling Date: 12/1/2013 Jurisdiction: Arizona Department of Racing Facility: TURF PARADISE Ruling Number: 13TP039 Ruling Type: Failure to Conduct Business in Proper Manner Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Having been properly noticed for a formal hearing and having waived that right,Trainer Ubaldo Guerrero (ADOR #11291) is hereby fined ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) plus 5% RAF surcharge for a total of ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE DOLLARS ($105.00), for failing to conduct his business in a proper manner resulting in late scratch in the third race on November 30, 2013. The fine set forth herein must be satisfied within thirty days from the date of this order. If its not paid by December 31, 2013, all licenses held by the respondent are automatically suspended for one hundred and eighty days beginning January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014, inclusive, and this matter is referred to the Director of the Arizona Department of Racing with recommendation that all licenses remain suspended untill requirements herein are satisfied. The above described matter constitutes a violation in accordance with:: A.A.C. R12-2-106.C;;A.A.C. R192-111.A.B.;A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.2; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.3; A.A.C. R19-2-121.E.3.d.f. A.A.C. R19-2121.E.6.a.b.c.d.e.f.i.j.k.

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