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he end of old year and beginning of the new bring about lists of “the best of,” “top of,” “funniest” and so on. In looking back on horse racing in 2011, to me, the more intriguing of list is “the worst of 2011.”

It wasn’t too bad a year really. None of the Kardashians bought race horses and the closest thing we have to Charlie Sheen is Frank Stronach, who keeps saying “vinning” with the success of his Adena Springs breeding and racing operation.

The year wasn’t particularly fascinating nor did it produce much in terms of memorable moments or characters. So in that vein, I present to you the “2011 Brooksies” (the worst moments of the year).

Without further ado and in no particular order:

The Worst of 2011

Jockey safety is a concern every year, and 2011 was not different, with Hall of Fame Quarter Horse jockey Jacky Martin paralyzed from the neck down after a spill

at Ruidoso Downs on Sept. 2. Later that month Martin was moved to TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston for rehabilitation. In one of the year’s best stories, a portion of his rehabilitation will be funded by the Ruidoso Downs Racetrack Chaplaincy benevolence fund, started by a $100,000 contribution from track owner R.D. Hubbard and his wife Joan Dale.

In February jockey Eibar Coa suffered paralyzing injuries when he broke vertebrae in a spill at Gulfstream Park. Although

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CONTENTS JANUARY 1, 2012 • VOL. 6 NO. 1 Finding your niche: Race track lifer Kathy Bui finds success and fulfillment by Pete Herrera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sally Faith Steinmann - A talented milliner making a difference in the equine world by Martha Claussen . . .

Good luck in 2012 by Tom Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A rose in bloom by Robert Geller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Colorado racetrack ponders lobbying again for video gaming bill Los Al 2M Futurity highlights 2011 season Jockeys receive base month fee increase at Hialeah 2012 Quarter Horse season stakes schedule features 44 races, total estimated purses over $5 million at Remington Park Golden Gate Fields realized double-digit increases in on-track averages at 2011 fall meeting Portland Meadows’ 2012-13 racing license application approved; racing begins July 15 3 new TTA board members selected; 4 incumbents returned She said yes!

Board Oks new fairgrounds casino lease in New Mexico Alfonso Lujan wins fifth consecutive riding title at Evangeline Downs Handle, purses increase at Zia Park

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SureBet site report, survey results & 2011 report card. . . . . 37 Race Recaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Beanwah’s Machine wins Louisiana Futurity; Effie captures Louisiana Futurity’s Filly Division; Al Muhtasib gate-to-wire in off-turf ‘Buddy at Fairgrounds Tortuga Tony tops in Hialeah Derby; Hialeah Sophomore Invitational Stakes; Color Stone wins FQHRA Futurity; Takin Quick Cash gets first stakes win in FQHRA Stallion Derby; Favorite Shes Jess Dynamite wins Hialeah Lassie Futurity; TF First Pick scores in Hialeah Laddie; Okey Dokey Diamond wins La Nina Invitational; Country Boy Deluxe scores in El Nino at Hialeah Park Teddy’s Promise stuns at 16-1 in La Brea Stakes; Lady of Shamrock devastates opposition in Blue Norther Stakes; The Factor gets Baffert off Malibu schneid at Santa Anita Juvenile doubleheader at Turf Paradise CM Got Overserved takes Far West Futurity at Portland Meadows Cold Cash 123 takes a dominating win in $350,000 Championship; That’s Who powers to Red Hedeman win/ Top Gun B takes Sunland Park Winter QH Futurity; Kool Angel wins Sunland Park QH Derby; Isn’t He Clever romps in Riley Allison Futurity; Twelve Twenty Two narrowly wins Bold Ego Handicap at Sunland Park

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that a Kentucky Derby victor has since won another later race.

Yes there are tracks with Facebook pages, but some of them don’t know the difference between a fan page and a personal Speaking of Animal Kingdom and his page. Most tracks have Twitter accounts Kentucky Derby victory: Team Valor stable also, but I hate to tell them a solid social manager Barry Irwin made this “worst of” media campaign is more than race results list when NBC’s Bob Neumeier asked Irwin and just additional advertising for cap about trainer Graham Motion in the moday. Social media is interaction. Why aren’t ments after winning the Derby. “I was tired tracks retweeting nearly every story by of other trainers lying to me,” Irwin said to SureBet Racing News and every other trade a live television audience, “and I wanted a publication and blog? The reason: They do The Breeders’ Cup. Since there is only guy who would tell me the truth.” not have successful social media.

Really Barry? Is that the best time to one Breeders’ Cup a year, it is technically Worst reason for scratching a Kenvoice your relationship grievances with not “the worst of…2011” but it will go tucky Derby favorite. I’m not implying in your past trainers? down as one of the least memorable any way that owner Mike Repole and trainBreeders’ Cups. The 2011 renewal feaThe older male horse division was er Todd Pletcher were dishonest about a tured disappointments such as Goldikova generally a flop. It was the July 23 Eddie liver ailment causing them to decide not losing the Breeders’ Cup Mile for the first Read Stakes at Del Mar when Acclamation to run probable favorite Uncle Mo in the time in four attempts and Uncle Mo failDerby. I’m just saying of all the reasons. ing to complete his comeback from a liver became the first of his division to win a second Grade 1 race around two turns. ailment (more on that later BTW). The I’m an optimist by nature, so I’m hop(He had also won the Charlie Whittingham Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup juvenile failed ing things get much better in these areas Stakes at Hollywood Park in June.) Acto produce a star 2-year-old that will keep clamation would continue his streak, also for horseracing in 2012. Technologies our excitement for the 2012 Kentucky winning the $1 million Pacific Classic, but adding to and improving advancements Derby presented by Yum! Brands at a in safety helmets and vests will one day he never made to the Breeders’ Cup, and fever pitch over the long and cold winter eliminate permanent injuries for jockeys that hurt. unless anybody thinks Juvenile Sprint Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Flat Out in the sport. odds-on winner Secret Circle can extend And there might be another lousy was the Classic favorite at 3.6-to-1, but out to 10 furlongs. We won’t know that Breeders’ Cup in our future, lets just hope a 4-year-old filly (Havre de Grace) was a until May, but out next indication comes for a few good ones first. very close second choice at 4.1-to-1. Flat Jan. 7 in Santa Anita’s 1-mile Sham Stakes Something tells me that the casino Out finished fifth while 14-to-1 long shot (Grade 3).

Drosselmeyer won his first Grade 1 race in interests that own large stakes in Texas If you want the worst Breeders’ Cup tracks now, will somehow convince Texas a year and a half in Classic that was synClassic storyline of all time, jockey Mike lawmakers that the many horse disciplines optic of the entire year in the older horse Smith on Drosselmeyer caught Chantal in the state are good economically and division.

Sutherland and Game On Dude in deep culturally for the state. stretch giving the $5 million race a TMZ/ The demise of horseracing in Texas.

I’m not so sure I’m quite as optimisExtra angle. Two years ago, the two riders’ Remembering the Alamo is one thing but tic about racetracks and social media. I boo and girl boo relationship was telecast the desertion of horsemen by the Texas figure they’ll have Facebook and Twitter as part of the since-canceled television State Legislature on a regular basis, will mastered just about the time they both reality series Jockeys. The relationship go down as one of the great tragedies in become obsolete. between the Smith and Sutherland went Lone Star State history and lore. It already In general, I’m looking for a much betawry during the last episodes of the series is recognized as one of the biggest disap- ter year for horseracing in 2013. In fact, I’m but one would have thought Mark Anpointments in horseracing in the last 25 hoping for a wonderful new year for all. thony just defeated Jennifer Lopez. years. Once again the Texas state Legislature failed to pass gaming legislation that Sheridan graduAgain we had a Kentucky Derby ated from the would have provided additional revenue presented by Yum! Brands winner who University of Arito several breeds in the state including could not make it to the winners’ circle as racing. Thanks to some who still believe zona Race Track Inthe titlist. Animal Kingdom gave it a good this legislation can be passed when the dustry program in try; finishing second to Shackleford in the lawmakers next meet in 2013, none of the 1982 and began a Preakness after winning this year’s Run for larger Texas tracks are in danger of extinc- career of public rethe Roses. But a sixth-place in the Belmont tion. The same cannot be said of smaller lations, marketing Stakes and a small cannon bone injury to tracks like Mano Downs or for Texas and television production in horse racing his left hind leg put Animal Kingdom on that has spanned 25 years. He has also horseracing fans. been a professional handicapper and has the shelf for the remainder of the year.

Horse racing and social media. I made been following the Kentucky Derby since Although Animal Kingdom is scheduled to more progress with my mother-in-law Majestic Prince in 1969. Joined SureBet in return in 2012, it has now been since Big 2010. www.thebrocktalk.blogspot.com than horse racing did with social media.

Brown won the 2008 Monmouth Stakes he was diagnosed as a quadriplegic, Coa’s story ended miraculously when he walked out of his hospital in April. Even with the happy ending, the Coa story again illustrates the daily dangers of being a jockey.

Another year went by without a significant improvement in a technology to improve jockey safety. That makes my “worst of 2011” list pretty easy.

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Finding your niche: Race track lifer

Kathy Bui finds success and fulfillment and now consistently picks up rides with trainer Paul Jones, one of the country’s top ometimes when opportunity conditioners. knocks, it has a familiar ring. It goes Ramirez, who is in much demand right to the heart. It takes you back among Quarter Horse trainers, says his to your roots. It lends credence to the idea relationship with Kathy is a good one. that things happen for a reason.

“She has everything set up for you. I Take the case of horse racing lifer don’t have any problems,” he tells SureBet. Kathy Bui. Seven years ago, Kathy was at a tough “She never misses going to work and is very attentive to her job. Whatever you spot in her life. A single mother, she was want, she says yes. Where I want to go ride raising her two young sons on income from what amounted to a part-time job in or which horse I want to ride, she always says yes, never no.’’ the press box at Sunland Park.

Sal Martinez won the $1.1 million “I was going through a divorce,” says Texas Classic in November at Lone Star Kathy. “I had two kids, a house payment Park aboard the 2-year-old Sure Shot B. and a car payment. I was making $300 a Grajeda, who turned 21 in November, is week. I thought, what the heck am I going coming off a solid 2011 season. to do?”

Murphy has ridden horses throughHaving been around a racetrack all of out the country and played a significant her life, Kathy decided to stay in familiar role in helping Kathy launch her career as territory, even though the decision she a jockey agent.

Initially, though, Glen was was about to make would take her into less than wild about the idea. unchartered waters.

“I sat my mom and my brother down,” “I had always wanted to be an says Kathy. “My brother had just broken his (jockey’s) agent,” says Kathy. “I wanted to leg at Hawthorne and I had gone to Chiat least give it a shot.” cago to pick him up and drive him home. I A shot indeed. told them, ‘I can’t support the kids on what Today, Kathy is one of the most I’m doing, so I want to be an agent.’ My respected and successful agents in the brother looked at me and as seriously as business. Her reputation as a consummate he could said, ‘Over my dead body.’” professional with a personality and work Glen, who is 11 months younger than ethic to match is hailed by her riders and Kathy, said it was an instinctive reaction the trainers she works with. from a protective sibling.

“For me, she’s the best agent around,” “It’s a male-dominated sport, and says Quarter Horse trainer “Poppy” AlI didn’t want my sister to be subjected davaz. “She knows what she’s doing and to a business that can be harsh,” he said. gets along with everybody. I think of her “Really, my sister can take anything that is like my sister.” thrown at her, so I shouldn’t have worried Kathy is the agent for Salvador about it.”

Martinez, Aldavaz’s first-call jockey. She Maureen Murphy took her daughter’s also represents Quarter Horse riders Esgar decision in stride.

Ramirez and Vicente Grajeda and her “I knew she could do it,” says Maubrother, longtime Thoroughbred rider reen. “It didn’t faze me at all. Her heart has Glen Murphy. always been in racing and thank God she’s It’s an impressive foursome of riders as smart as she is. Smart, strong and integand, along with Kathy, a team that frerity are words that describe my daughter.” quently finds the winner’s circle.

Kathy started her agent’s career at Ramirez and Martinez, both in their Sunland Park that winter with Glen and 20s, have emerged as two of the top his broken right leg at her side. They rode young Quarter Horse riders in the Southa golf cart to make it easier for Glen to get west. Ramirez won the All American around as the duo went barn-to-barn.

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“The first couple of mornings, it was freezing cold, but Kathy was determined,” says Glen. “She’s great under pressure.”

Thoroughbred rider Quyet Bui was the first jockey to sign on with Kathy. They teamed up to win the Sunland Park Handicap that season.

“From then on I was hooked,” says Kathy.

Bui and Kathy eventually married and have a 4-year-old son, Jaxon. The couple recently divorced.

She picked up Esgar Ramirez’s book the next summer after his agent left New Mexico to return to Oklahoma to take care of his pregnant wife. The third jockey to sign on was the late Mark Villa.

Kathy also was the agent of Quarter Horse jockey Oscar Hernandez when he rode Heartswideopen to victory in the 2007 All American Futurity.

While Kathy had been around horse racing most of her life, the learning curve for becoming a jockey’s agent was brutal.

“I knew absolutely nothing,” she said.

“I thought I knew a lot, but I didn’t know anything. I was the cheerleader in the grandstand for my brother’s win pictures.

That was about the extent.”

The volume of knowledge Kathy had to acquire was enormous. She concedes she initially had no idea that there were different classes of maidens and had trouble grasping the concept of non-winners of two (races) and non-winners of three.

A jock agent’s life is a collage of talents—from handicapper to public relations to mediator. It’s a job description, says her brother, that fits Kathy’s persona.

“Kathy is a good people person,” says Glen. “She’s very competitive and wants to win. But she also makes the workplace fun. She creates a great atmosphere.”

Kathy’s day typically starts by 6 a.m.

She’s on the backside by then, checking with trainers on which horses her riders need to gallop or work out that day. An agent also helps the riders decide which horses to ride and how to select races in which those horses have the best chance of winning.

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is knowledge you have to gain,” she said. “And you have to be at the races every day to watch the races.

You can’t just go out in the morning, go home and not pay attention to what’s going on. You have to be a handicapper basically.”

Kathy and her riders also confer frequently on which horses they want to continue to ride, which horses they want to drop.

“Your riders have to have a good opinion of what these horses are, and Esgar and Sal, once they get on a horse, they know if that horse is worth continuing with or let’s move on,” said Kathy. “Vicente is coming along in that area. Your rider has to be able to tell you, hey, this horse isn’t much or this is a good one, and we need to stay on this one.”

Communication and compromise are crucial.

“I say, this is our business, guys.

You have an opinion on where you should go and I have an opinion.

Hopefully those opinions jive.

Most of the time they do. My guys respect me, they trust me and we communicate. That is so important in this job.”

In retrospect, Kathy was destined to be involved in racing in one form or another.

She was born in Springfield, Colo., to parents who were already involved in the sport. Her dad, Doug Murphy, was a trainer and her mother worked as the horsemen’s bookkeeper at Centennial in Denver and later in the racing office at Sunland Park.

But her family’s connection to racing runs deeper than that. Her grandfather, Willie Hayhurst, was a steeplechase rider in England who later trained horses and eventually became a jock’s agent.

Kathy’s uncles include the late jockey Larry Byers and former jockey and longtime steward Richard Lidberg.

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attending Texas Tech.

But Lubbock and the idea of a degree in business didn’t hold the same attraction as the racetrack.

She dropped out after two years and got a job with the New Mexico Horse Breeders Association.

Even then, her mom understood.

“She knew I was hard-headed and I didn’t know what I wanted to do or be, but I’ve always been a race track person” says Kathy, who also has worked for Equibase, the horse racing service that provides charts, results, entries and other information for tracks coast to coast.

These days, Kathy’s life is more hectic than ever. Her cell phone rings constantly — she gets worried if it doesn’t — and she says all of the traveling involved is one of the toughest parts of her job. Most weeks, she gets one day off.

But it’s a job that provides a very good living and a sense of security for Kathy and her three sons, Jaxon, 16-year-old Rhan and 15-year-old Riley. Her earnings from the All American Futurity win

by Ramirez alone totaled $25,000.

There are, she notes, other perks besides the money.

“It works for me as a single mother. I can pick my kids up at school and my schedule is flexible. I also have a strong family. I couldn’t do what I do without my mom’s help.”

Above all, Kathy has found what so often helps define one’s life.

“I found my niche,” she says with a smile. “I’m successful. My life is easier. I can take care of my kids better. You are totally self-fulfilled.

I have a confidence now that I always knew I had.”

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

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Sally Faith Steinmann A talented milliner making a difference in the equine world

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here are many wonderful people who devote their time, energy and resources to assist the racing industry. One special woman came up with a unique and creative way to raise money and support Thoroughbred equine aftercare.

Sally Faith Steinmann is a milliner, artist and horse lover. She was born and raised in Cape Cod, Mass. Creative from a young age, she recalls her passion for decorating her dolls and puppets. A huge knitted hat was her first foray into the millinery world, but bigger, grander and more colorful designs were her destiny. She was awed by the large-brimmed creations in My Fair Lady and the hats worn by women attending the Kentucky Derby each year on the first Saturday in May. Steinmann attended Wellesley College, one of the esteemed Seven Sisters colleges in the Northeast. The women who attend Wellesley, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith and Vassar are very bright and aspire to a high standard of excellence. Wellesley’s lively academic community places a high value on rigorous cross-discipline thinking, and graduates enter the “real world” with a readiness to think, to act, and to contribute meaningfully and effectively in their chosen areas of interest.

After she graduated, Steinmann was determined to pursue a creative outlet.

Her interests were varied: women’s studies, psychology, writing and filmmaking, but once she returned to Cape Cod, she rediscovered her childhood love of creating hats.

polo matches and other upscale horse shows and equestrian events. The handcrafted, individual creations garnered attention and soon women were contacting her to design hats for special occasions. Each hat was made from scratch, with fabric swatches and a variety of textures and materials.

She makes her home in Cape Cod, where she and husband, Tom, an artist, live with their cat, Marmee. Tom moved there from St. Louis in 1984 and, inspired by the natural beauty and charm of “The Cape,” paints landscapes and seascapes that capture the essence of each of the four seasons.

Foxwoods Resort and the Thoroughbred Charities of America requested a hat to honor the intrepid filly, Eight Belles.

“I couldn’t say yes fast enough,” said Steinmann.

In May 2008, Steinmann created a one-of-a-kind couture Derby hat, “A Dozen Roses for Eight Belles” was created Inspired by horses and devastated especially for the auction, and all proceeds were donated to the Eight Belles Memorial by tragic events in racing Captivated by horses at any early age, Fund. Inspired by the Kentucky Derby runner up, Eight Belles, the hat with a 5-inch Steinmann was drawn to their strength brim was adorned with one dozen delicate and beauty. She would watch the Kentucky Derby each year, with one eye on the red silk organza and chiffon rose curls, hand-rolled, hand-stitched, and placed horses and her artistic side drawn to the along the crown with herb green taffeta beautiful hats.

However, in 1975, her storybook idea fabric leaves. A red satin sash surrounded the crown and wispy tulle sprays accented about racing was shattered, with the untimely death of Ruffian in her courageous the roses to create a soft, elegant chapeau.

The auction for the Eight Belles final race against Foolish Pleasure.

Memorial Fund had a profound effect on “As a lover of animals, I was absolutely Steinmann.

In 2009, she embarked upon rocked by her death,” admitted Steinmann. a unique online auction titled “Hats off to “To see that gorgeous filly die was really the Horses: The Road to the Derby” with tough.”

Old Friends Equine of Kentucky.

Steinmann had a hard time thinking Old Friends is a retirement and rescue about horses and watching races, but it facility for pensioned Thoroughbreds was Barbaro’s valiant fight for survival in in Georgetown, Ky. It was founded by 2006 that set the wheels in motion for Michael Blowen, who was shocked by the Steinmann. death of Kentucky Derby winner Ferdi“Roy and Gretchen Jackson were so classy,” said Steinmann. “Gretchen Maggie Mae Designs brought him grass from her farm Steinmann launched her company, every day. She spread such a MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS® in 1998. The name special message and kept us all was not derived from the legendary Rod captivated in his story.”

Stewart song of the 70s, but for her tiger Steinmann designed a hat for cat, Maggie, a devoted companion from “Run for the Roses for Barbaro” in 1996 to 2010.

2007 and recognized that she, like Steinmann specializes in one-ofso many people who were touched a-kind designer hats; creating with the

by Barbaro, could do something to customer that truly special hat that can make a difference. express a woman’s individual sense of style The word was soon out on “ A Dozen Roses for Eight Belles,” a hat created to and taste. Her initial market was comprised Steinmann’s unbridled enthusihonor 2008 Kentucky Derby runner up, Eight Belles of ladies attending the Kentucky Derby, asm for helping Thoroughbreds.

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nand in a slaughterhouse in Japan in 2002.

Their goal was create a haven for “ at risk” racehorses whose racing and breeding careers had come to an end and provide them with the dignified retirement they deserve. The public was welcome, and a campaign of education and tourism was initiated to draw attention to all retired Thoroughbreds and all equines in need.

Blowen and Steinmann set a sixmonth auction prior to the Kentucky Derby. The first year, Steinmann created hats commemorating Black Tie Affair, Commentator, Bull Inthe Heather, Little Silver Charm, Wills Way, Academy Award and Sunshine Forever. The second year series included tribute hats for Gulch, Tinner’s Way, Creator, Marquetry and Ogygian.

This will be the third year that Steinmann has donated a hat for auction for Hats Off to the Horses: The Road to the Derby. The horses have inspired her, but so have the people she has met who share her passion for helping horses after their racing careers are over. She has high regard for Blowen and his wife, Diane, the Jacksons, Dean Richardson and Alex Brown, who has been an ardent protester of horse slaughter, and author of Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and his Legacy.

Her outreach has expanded to other credible organizations including CANTER and the Texas-based LOPE, run by Lynn Reardon. Based in Cedar Creek, not far from Austin, LOPE has placed more than 800 retired racehorses into new roles in pleasure, hunter-jumper, barrel-racing and trail riding. Reardon wrote a book titled Beyond The Homestretch: What Saving Racehorses Taught Me About Starting Over, Facing Fear and Finding My Inner Cowgirl.

She describes her journey from a desk job in Washington, D.C., to being a full-time caregiver of horses. She writes lovingly of many personalities of the horses she has assisted.

One of the most famous horses at LOPE is Wooden Phone. The strapping bay gelding made history in 2001 when he defeated Horse of the Year Tiznow in the $500,000 Strub Stakes. He was sent to LOPE at the age of 14, and Reardon described him as “a truly classic racehorse who loved to run and had a competitive heart so much bigger than his pedigree or conformation would have predicted.”

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A hat inspired by Wooden Phone, donated to LOPE

annual drive.

“Sally approached LOPE with the fundraiser idea,” said Reardon. “She had read my book and wanted to do something to help LOPE’s horses. She was incredibly generous with her time and put as much effort into Wooden Phone’s hat as if we were a special client.”

The stunning chapeau combined the bay’s classic colors with the red and black of the racing silks into a 25-inch-wide creation that was captivating to both the fashion-conscious race-goer and fan of horseracing history.

The end result was a high bid of $1,000 by Thoroughbred owner Barry Irwin, who briefly owned Wooden Phone after his debut race. Irwin gave the cre-

The third hat in this year’s Derby hat auction series is a hat created to honor 1992 Canadian Horse of the Year, Benburb, one of the most beloved retirees at Old Friends of Georgetown, KY. Photo below by Matt Woolley, www.equisportphotos.com

ation to his wife as birthday present and reported to Reardon that she plans to wear the hat to the 2012 Kentucky Derby.

Steinmann’s donation helped LOPE, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, raise $10,000 last year as part of its charity horse show and auction.

“Sally is such an unusual and creative artist,” added Reardon. “It is so rare to find that. We were tremendously impressed with the hat she created in honor of Wooden Phone; it truly did capture his personality and spirit.”

A Labor of Love Each hat takes two to three months from start to finish, said Steinmann. She will look at video and photos and research each horse as a prelude to her design.

“It’s hard to explain my inspiration when I design,” admits Steinmann. “I feel a connection with each hat, and want it to portray the essence of the racehorse.

Sometimes when it does not feel right, I have to start all over.”

It is a time-consuming, highly personal and very tactile process. After the final touches have been added, the creation is delicately boxed and sent on its way.

Adjectives cannot truly describe the beauty and individual creativity of Steinmann and MAGGIE MAE DESIGNS®. The colors, gorgeous brims and dazzling attention to detail are a sight to see. To view her creations, visit the photo gallery at www. maggiemae.com.

In the past three years, bids for Steinmann’s hats have exceeded the $10,000 mark. She is proud of the money raised, but more importantly, creating awareness of the importance of taking care of racehorses after their glory years.

Steinmann has committed to branching out to other rescue organizations in the future and acknowledges that this is not a fleeting charity-of-the-month endeavor.

“Hats and horses are my two passions,” Steinmann said. “I see this as a lifetime devotion and am happy to invest my time and resources in any way I can.”

Martha Claussen has been prominent in the Texas racing industry since 1997 as a publicist, writer and handicapper.

Good luck in 2012

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By Tom Dawson

nd that goes for all of horseracing.

Good luck with favorable legislation, uniform regulation, technological improvements, regaining coverage on mainstream TV, and the numerous other immediate needs.

On the entertainment front, it appears “Luck” is already here.

For the first time in memory, horseracing will be the focus of a high-profile dramatic television series.

If you saw the Dec. 11 sneak preview of Luck on HBO, you have no doubt formed your own opinion on the show. If you didn’t catch the sneak, that’s fine, too. The series premiere is Jan. 29.

I’ll tell you up front that I am a big fan of the two creative minds behind this series. That way you can get those salt grains ready to sprinkle.

Luck is the creation of writer/producer David Milch, himself a racetrack lifer. His experiences in the sport have ranged from fan to gambler to the owner of Breeders’ Cup champions and an Eclipse Award winner. And it is all of those experiences and observations that Milch brings to the show.

Milch’s past performances include the title of co-creator of television staples Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue. More recently, he brought Deadwood to HBO, complete with large doses of blood, filth, profanity, morality and memorable characters.

Luck’s executive producer and director is four-time Oscar nominee Michael Mann. He is a visual genius. I offer Last of the Mohicans as an example of how to bring perfect clarity to chaotic situations. The racing scenes in Luck should reap particular benefit.

The characters In Luck are real. Not biographical, mind you, but real. Those of us who have spent quality time around the racetrack know all of them.

There’s the master manipulator (Dustin Hoffman); his front man (Dennis Farina); the cagey trainer (John Ortiz); the gambler (Kevin Dunn); the washed-up jockey (Gary Stevens); the frenetic agent (Richard Kind); the exercise girl (Kerry Condon); the old trainer trying to remember what a good horse looks like (Nick Nolte).

There is even a guy in upcoming episodes who sounds a little like Frank Stronach. I firmly believe that you will be able to put a name from your own experiences to more than one of these folks.

The language is sometimes salty, but reasonably authentic.

There are several clever instances of trainer speak. The gamblers generally use the right terms. The conversations sound like they took place at the racetrack.

I guess the risk is that lay people won’t grasp all of the terminology. But if every cop drama stopped to explain the lingo, they would never have time to arrest anybody.

Besides, you have to like a show that features a vet checking for a fecal impaction in the first half hour. Now that’s inside stuff.

Mucking stalls aside, the situations in Luck won’t always be pleasing. We’ve already passed the fatal breakdown barrier in the sneak preview. Most likely there are other potentially distasteful plotlines are lurking in both the shedrow and the boardroom.

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A rose in bloom

By Robert Geller

of foot, reinforcing the high esteem in which she is held by her growing fan base. t took less than a week into the new The first time I lay eyes on this filly season at Sunland Park Racetrack & was in her debut the previous December Casino to spot an eye-catching rose when a late-closing second to Ransomsalready in bloom in the desert. In a race made famous by the undefeated Peppers goodfriday in a maiden special weight, her Pride, the lightly raced Rose’s Desert made one and only defeat in her short career to a triumphant return to the track where her date. Between her Sunland appearances, career had first taken root, by winning the Rose’s Desert racked off three successive 12th running of the $110,000 New Mexico wins at Zia Park, climbing the class ladder with consummate ease, capturing her first State Racing Commission Handicap.

Despite lacking racing room from the stakes success there in the New Mexico Cup going long. Seven weeks later, freshstart of the race until deep stretch, once ened for the 6 furlongs of the New Mexico she saw daylight, Rose’s Desert had little trouble mowing the leaders down, draw- State Racing Commission Handicap, it was apparent that her dominance of the fillies ing off for a comfortable 3-1/4 lengths and mares division continued. victory that with an ounce of luck would What stands out from a quick glance have been a great deal more. The nature of her win underlined her impressive turn at her past performance lines is the near nine-month absence between her first lifetime start on Dec. 28, 2010 and her return to the racetrack at Zia Park on Sept.

17, 2011.

“She got a bone chip in her ankle,” explained trainer Todd Fincher, “and we took it out and gave her plenty of time to come back.”

It is never easy to argue that being sidelined early proves a blessing in disguise. Let’s just say there is something to be said for giving a racehorse time to develop or in the case of Rose’s Desert, time to heal.

Her perfect record ever

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since the surgery indicates not only was the intervention successful but also that the lengthy lay-off allowed for complete recovery.

Todd attributes that initial loss to the way the race was run, taking partial responsibility, given that the instructions to his rider were to allow the filly to drop back and find her stride.

“The first time I ran her here at Sunland, she got beat by a good horse, but I told the rider to take her back off the lead.

I didn’t want her to go speed-crazy, and, as it turned out, there was no pace in the race and the horse that won it, Ransomsgoodfriday, got a huge easy lead. She never did get by her, but they flew home.

They ran 1:10 and 2/5 in the end, which is pretty good, and I was just trying to teach her to relax in a race.”

From the outset, Todd was taken with the way she moved and suspected that Rose’s Desert had the makings of a promising racehorse.

“From the beginning I noticed the great stride on her. Her conformation was nice but nothing great. I mean, she wouldn’t knock your eyes out, but she’s really grown into herself nicely.”

By Desert God, Rose’s Desert adds her name to that sire’s list of New Mexico bred stakes-earners headed by Peppers Pride who accumulated $1,066,085 in pursemoney across her impeccable record-setting 19 starts. The mighty mare closed out her illustrious career on Dec. 14, 2008, in the New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap, the very same race that Rose’s Desert has opened her Sunland stakes account with.

That farewell victory by Peppers Pride was arguably her most visually impressive, displaying the kind of acceleration that only belongs to quality gallopers. Many of those previous wins by Peppers Pride had looked workman-like, doing nothing more than was necessary to defeat her rivals but that final race was memorable for her firecracking finish and finesse.

Even though it is still early days for

Rose’s Desert, winning the NM Racing Commission Handicap at Sunland Park on Dec. 11 — the same race that Peppers Pride successfully closed out her undefeated career with, three years ago.

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Rose’s Desert on her march forward, there are striking similarities between the style of her stakes win and that of Peppers Pride.

With both power and polish, Rose’s Desert found top gear with minimal warning to run past breakaway leader Dream Kin and overmatched stable-mate Comicsperfectstorm who each held down a minor placing. Award-winning New Mexico bred mare, Cali Baby, the defending champion of the race, was doing her best work at the finish to close from absolute last to deadheat for fourth with Soaring Goddess.

Rider, Juan Ochoa has piloted Rose’s Desert in each of her five starts and despite some anxious moments, steered her into the clear to seize her fourth successive victory.

“She was stuck behind horses there, and when Juan got her out over the last 150 yards, she just blew them away and was on cruise control the last 75 or 80 yards. That was probably the bottom end of her talent. I think her limits are endless, and I have no doubt she could sustain that run for longer.”

“A lot of the Desert Gods mature later if you have the patience to wait on them.

They become better horses as they go on.”

For opponents of Rose’s Desert, that is a scary thought. Having already proven her ability to sprint or route, trainer Todd Fincher appears to have plenty of options on the racing calendar that may not necessarily be confined to her own division.

“It’s possible that there’s a mile stakes race in February (the 18th) for the fillies and mares, the Sydney Valentini Handicap.

If she holds it together, I wouldn’t be opposed to running her against the boys. I think she’s that good.”

Rose’s Desert is the first horse Todd has ever trained for owner-breeder Joe Peacock who has the little known mare, Miss Glen Rose.

“She wasn’t doing much as a broodmare so they gave one away and it just shows you, as soon as you give one away,” quipped Todd. “He called me up and Continued from pg. 13

But there are masters at work here. And one of them has had a lifelong affair with his subject. I firmly believe that will clearly show through.

I hope the end result will be something millions want to

wanted me to take this horse. It’s the only horse I’ve ever had race for him, though he did buy a yearling at the sale.”

This season, more than ever, Todd’s barn is top heavy with 2-year-olds, a record high of 40, virtually double his usual total of youngsters with which he has excelled year in, year out. Todd did allude to the fact that his most promising 2-year-old currently is on the shelf, but by the time the Copper Top Futurity comes around in early spring, several of his current yearlings fixing to turn two, should be on display.

Amongst Todd’s team of older horses, star 4-year-old Chuchuluco was out to defend his title in the $110,000 Johnie L. Jamison Stakes, run the same day as the New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap, the very next race in fact. The relatively moderate early pace appeared to work against him yet the public elect came charging late to snatch fourth behind the 17/1 long-shot winner, Desert Hennessy, prepared by Joel Marr. The Fincher barn was unable to capture the stakes double but could take solace in the knowledge that the upset win by Desert Hennessy meant a clean sweep for the Desert God 3-year-olds.

Results speak for themselves, and from her stakes win in the race prior, Rose’s Desert established herself as Todd’s Number 1 horse right now.

“Rose’s Desert is the star of the barn.

As far as a New Mexico bred, she is probably the best I’ve ever had just because of all her attributes -- speed, stamina, quickness, turn of foot. It just comes down like a switch.”

“Once she got a place to run, you saw for yourself, she caught that horse (Dream Kin) in three jumps and will be a great route horse running a mile with that turn of foot. She does everything you ask her to. She doesn’t try to run off, she’ll eat dirt, she’ll lay close, come from behind. You don’t have to worry whether there’s a ton of speed in the race or no speed. She can

watch every week. Something that creates the kind of social buzz the sport so desperately needs -something that makes folks want to see for themselves, warts and all.

If that happens, racing in 2012 will have at least one stroke of good “Luck.”

put herself right there close to the lead, she’s very ratable.”

Todd is not the only one full of accolades. Rose’s Desert is already the talk of the back-stretch and he knows how important it is to continue to bring the best out in her. Willing to take the cues from the horse herself, Todd is in no rush to make a decision as to her next mission.

Should there be a while between starts, so be it. He trusts the “Rose” will not be losing any of her petals.

“In all of her races, she’s not even putting out what she’s capable of. She’s running with the horses like she’s in a pack with them and she’s completely effortless.

If you had seen more of a target in front of her the other day, you would have seen even more.”

Believe me, I need little convincing. It is not every day that a horse jumps out at me in the manner that she did. Todd is absolutely right. “She’s competitive against mares and she’s competitive against her breed and honestly, I’m not against taking her somewhere to run,” he tells me, reiterating. “She is that good.”

With the bulk of the season to come there is so much more room for Rose’s Desert to flower. If she is striking now, I can only imagine how magnificent a sight she’ll be once she is in full bloom.

Robert Geller has been the one and only voice of Emerald Downs since the track’s inception in 1996 and has also been track announcer at the highly successful Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino for over a decade. Prior to moving to the US, he served 6-1/2 years as the English commentator for the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club and learned his craft in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia.

His articles have appeared internationally in magazines such as Racetrack and Racing World.

Tom Dawson, owner of Mirage Media Inc, is a freelance sports writer and television producer with over 500 live remotes for horseracing and other sports airing on ESPN, ABC and other networks.

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PRIDE OF THE DESERT

Adam Coglianese

EE f THR o e r i S co Mexi w e N p ic Cu Class nship pio Cham Winners s Stake 30/11 0 1 /

DESERT GOD FAPPIANO - BLUSH WITH PRIDE, BY BLUSHING GROOM

Sire of the Legendary PEPPERS PRIDE World renowned sire of undefeated millionaire PEPPERS PRIDE, 19 wins in 19 starts, the only other filly to equal this American record is Horse of the Year Zenyatta #1 Sire in NM in 2011 by earnings $1,697,678 and AEI Outstanding average earnings per starter - $60,409 34 stakes horses, EIGHT 2011 stakes winners including: OUR CHOICE ($325,857, Red Hedeman Mile H., E. T. Springer S.) DESERT GAMBLE ($213,204, Albert Dominguez Memorial H.) CROSS CHRIS RUN ($166,804, Rocky Gulch NM Classic Cup Championship S.) ATTITUDE E RACER ($163,804, NM Breeder’s Derby, Dine S.) IPLAYTRICKS ($154,640, NM Breeders’ Oaks, Aspen Cup S.)

Half brother to World Record Holder Better Than Honour Fee: PRIVATE TREATY

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STANDING: ATTILA’S STORM • DESERT GOD • DIABOLICAL • PREMEDITATION • ROLL HENNESSY ROLL SOUTHWESTERN HEAT • GONE TO THE MOUNTAIN • GONNA RO SHAM BO • KETEL WON

Adam Coglianese

W I C K E D L Y

F A S T

DIABOLICAL artax - bonnie byerly, by dayjur

Brilliant International Graded SW of $1,467,401

 One of the world’s leading sprinters for four consecutive years, 2006 to 2009

 Won or placed in 19 stakes in 32 starts,

including De Francis Dash-G1, Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, Carter H.-G1, Dubai Golden Shaheen-G1, Krisklyer Int’l Sprint-G1

 Stakes Winner from 6f to 1 1/16 miles  Spectacular winning times: 1:03 1/5, 1:08 2/5, 1:08 3/5, 1:09

 Blazing hot

Triple Digit Speed Figures 18 times, including 126, 122, 119

 Won his first start at 2, 5 1/2 f MdSpWt at Belmont by 9 3/4 lengths

First foals are yearlings of 2012 Fee: $3,500 Live Foal, Booking included

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REACH FOR THE TOP!

PEAK PERFORMANCE

GONE TO THE MOUNTAINS1-115 PANTHER MOUNTAIN - LINDY’S BOUQUET SI-84, BY FAST LINDY

• Brilliant colt won the Hobbs America Futurity-G2, AQHA Distance Challenge-G3, Master Salls H., and was finalist for the West Texas Derby-G2, Hobbs America Derby-G2, NM Derby Challenge-G2 • Won and ran 88 or over SI at 350 - 400 - 440 - 870 yards • The leading money winning son of Panther Mountain SI-105 ($459,921) • Out of a stakes and 100% ROM producer - from the family of SIZZLE TE. Maternal grandsire of champion producer SIZZLING LIL Fee: $2,000 Live Foal, Booking included

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ONLY GRADED SW BY REAL RUNAWAY AT STUD

BO KNOWS SPEED

GONNA RO SHAM BO

SI-95

REAL RUNAWAY - FIRST BY FAR, BY FIRST DOWN DASH

• Exceptional two-year-old won 4 times in 6 starts, incl. $205,000 Grade 2 Ruidoso Quarter Horse Sale Futurity, All American Futurity Trial, Ruidoso Horse Sale Futurity Trial • The leading stakes money winner at stud by the sire of Grade 1 All American Derby winner AREALSTRAITHEART SI-104 • Out of FIRST BY FAR-SI 95, finalist in the Grade 1 Ruidoso Futurity and Grade 1 Rainbow Futurity, and full or half sister to four stakes horses • 2nd dam is half sister to Champion ALL ABOUT YOU SI-122.

Fee: $1,500 Live Foal Guarantee, Booking Included

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SHOW FORESIGHT

PREMEDITATION AFTERNOON DEELITES - BERGA, BY JADE HUNTER

A Young Leading Sire in New Mexico Champion Sire & Sire of 2011SW DOUBLE SMART ($310,799, Rocky Gulch NM Classic Cup Championship S., Jack Cole H., etc.) and a Champion in his first crop (RUN LIKE FIRE, 6 wins in 9 starts, 1st New Mexico Cup Classic Juvenile C&G, New Mexico Breeder’s Derby, etc.)

29% Stakes Horses from Starters – 19% Stakes Horses from Foals 48% 2YO Winners, including four 2YO winners in 2011 lead by MR. WIZARD

Make a premeditated breeding decision for 2012 Fee: $2,500 Live Foal, Booking included

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THIS ONE’S ON A ROLL

ROLL HENNESSY ROLL HENNESSY - ROLL OVER BABY, BY ROLLIN ON OVER

Brilliant 2YO Off to a Fast Start at Stud #1 NM sire of 2011 2YO stakes winners: ROLL BLOOMERS ROLL and I PLAY DIRTY, plus stakes-placed Miss Bullette and Apolitical Roll Sire of six stakes horses lead by Bewild Hennessy ($189,119) Triple stakes-winning two-year-old won four of six starts at two, including Hollywood Prevue-G3 and Ruidoso TB Futurity Only Graded stakes winner in New Mexico by Hennessy, one of Storm Cat’s fastest and best siring sons One of four stakes winners from the blue hen dam of several popular young sires and million-dollar sales horses

Fee: $2,500 Live Foal, Booking included

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T H E H E AT I S O N

FIRST FOALS ARRIVE IN 2012

SOUTHWESTERN HEAT GONE WEST - XTRA HEAT, BY DIXIELAND HEAT

Brilliant Stakes winner/Graded stakes-placed, by the world class sire of sires GONE WEST, sire of Elusive Quality, Speightstown, Mr. Greeley, Proud Citizen, etc.

Out of the champion 3YO filly XTRA HEAT, a ten-time Graded stakes winner of $2,389,635 who earned 120 Beyer Speed Figure.

Ready to Get Fired Up Fee: $2,500 Live Foal, Booking included

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Three Time Champion

KETEL WON

SI-107

STOLI-SIXTY LADY, BY STREAKIN SIX

Three Time Champion Won or placed in 15 of 19 career starts earing $651,740 By champion and world champion STOLI, a multiple Grade 1 winner Out of a Grade 2 winning mare SIXTY LADY ($146,318), who also produced stakes-placed The Sixy Side ($33,318 at 2). KETLE WON’s second dam is the multiple stakes producing Lady Signature, dam of five stakes horses and granddam to champion’s NOCONI ($1,272,563 to 6, 2011), etc.

His first crop will race in 2012.

Fee: $1,500

(booking not included)

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STANDING: ATTILA’S STORM • DESERT GOD • DIABOLICAL • PREMEDITATION • ROLL HENNESSY ROLL SOUTHWESTERN HEAT • GONE TO THE MOUNTAIN • GONNA RO SHAM BO • KETEL WON

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P R E PA R E F O R T H E B I G O N E

NEW TO A & A RANCH

ATTILA’S STORM FOREST WILDCAT-SWEET SYMMETRY, BY MAGESTERIAL

Speedy G3 SW/Multiple NY Stakes Winner/Multiple Grade I-Placed, by the same sire as D’WILDCAT-G1 (champion sire) and WILCAT HEIR-G1, the NA record-holder for 2YO winners – 39 A leading NM Freshman sire with 75% 2YO winners from starters, including stakes-placed Rio Fresco and Legal Storm ($30,118)

Be Prepared in 2012 Fee: $1,500 Live Foal (booking not included)

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DEC. 24, 2011

Aurora, CO Colorado racetrack ponders lobbying again for video gaming bill

Arapahoe Park officials and horse racing advocates may make another legislative attempt in 2012 to expand video gaming to the Aurora-area horse track.

Bill Ray, a spokesman for track owner Mile High Racing and Entertainment Inc., confirmed that owners of the track in unincorporated Arapahoe County are examining the feasibility of running a bill for the second straight year to place video lottery terminals (VLTs) at or near the facility.

They’re reviewing how to address criticism about the failed 2011 bill and examining where proceeds from VLTs should go, he said.

DEC. 23, 2011 Cypress, CA Los Al 2M Futurity highlights 2011 season

The richest race ever held in the 61-year history of Los Alamitos Race Course highlighted the recently concluded 2011 racing meeting at the Orange County track. The Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity held on Sunday, Dec. 11 featured a record pool of $2,236,300 and was won by the 2-year-old gelding I Like The Odds for longtime Quarter Horse owners Tom Bradbury, Kim Kessinger and Howard Nichols.

The Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity was also California’s richest race of any breed in 2011 and the second richest race in the history of Quarter

Horse racing. Los Alamitos was also the home of two other million dollar races in 2011 in the Ed Burke Million Futurity and Golden State Million Futurity.

The Los Alamitos Super Derby, which had a purse of over $987,000, and the $750,000 Champion of Champions were just a few of the other major races contested at Los Alamitos in 2011. The track also hosted the $1 million Bank of America Racing Challenge and the $1 million California Breeders Champions Night during an eventful racing season.

More rich races are in store at the Orange County track when the new meeting kicks off on Friday, Dec. 30 with a first post time of 7 p.m. The track will also race on New Year’s Eve Saturday, December 31 starting at 5 p.m. Los Alamitos will race three nights a week during the upcoming season with the most notable change being a new 5 p.m. post time on Saturday nights until further notice.

First post time on Sundays will remain 5 p.m. while Friday’s action will get underway at 7 p.m. The Grade 1 Charger Bar Handicap will be the new meet’s first major race to be held on Sunday, Jan. 8.

Los Alamitos ended its 61st racing season with an average single night handle figure of $1,399,344, a figure that includes combined wagering on both the live races and night import races. The total average single night handle was up 3.6 percent from 2010.

Los Alamitos’ on-track average single night handle on both the live and night import races was $167,898, just shy of rising 1% from its 2010 figure of $166,600. Wagering on the Los Alamitos product at the

California off-track wagering locations was up 1.8% to an average single night figure of $436,369.

Account wagering on the Los Alamitos Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred races at sites like TVG.com and Twin Spires.com increased by 13.1 percent to an average single night figure of $431,151. Since 2009, account wagering has gone up an average of $122,000 per night for an increase during that span of 39 percent. The average single night out of state handle on the Los Alamitos Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred races dropped by 2 percent to $363,928. The total handle for all sources during the 2011 meeting was $209,901,650 for

the 150-night meet. This year’s average single night on-track attendance was up exactly 1 percent from 2010.

The early Pick Fours continues to be the most popular wager at Los Alamitos, with an all time record figure of $154,352 bet on Sunday, May 22. The meet featured nine of the 10 highest Pick 4 pools ever at the Cypress track. The late Pick 4 has also grown in popularity as six out of the seven highest pools of all-time were set in 2011, including the second highest pool ever of $113,290 on Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Orange County oval.

Gianni Samaja’s 4-year-old stallion Good Reason SA was the meet’s top racing star after

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3 crops of racing age 4 blktype/stk winners 4 blktype/stk placers 1 grade 3 stakes placers 1 grade 2 stakes finalists 2 grade 3 stakes finalists 12 stakes finalists 36 Total ROMs 31 Two year old ROMs 6 80+ SI 17 90+ SI 12 100+ SI Starters(/foals of RA) 51 (65%) Winners (/starters) 27 (53%) Sire of: Auto Rotate - QH SI 111 $52,154 Winner of the ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRING CLASSIC FUTURITY Ms Dashair - QH SI 97 $46,798 Winner of the FOUR CORNERS FUTURITY Lil Bitts a Dash - QH SI 108 $30,471 Winner of the BITTERROOT DERBY Guilty Cat - QH SI 101 $29,592 Winner of the YAVAPAI DOWNS DERBY

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1 graded blacktype winners 13 blacktype winners 12 blacktype placers Starters(/foals of RA) 272 (70%) Winners (/foals of RA) 165 (43%) Avg Earnings/ starter $30,391 Progeny earnings over $8,266,450 Sire of: River’s Prayer $921,958 Winner of PRINCESS ROONEY H. [G1] $ 500,000 Winner of DEL MAR DEBUTANTE S. [G1] $ 250,000 SET NEW TRACK RECORD at DEL MAR for 6 ½ FURLONGS in 1:17.85

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Chuchuluco $449,784 Winner of the NEW MExICO CUP SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP (R) $170,480 Winner of the NM CLASSIC CUP COLT AND GELDING $ 140,000 Winner of the JOHNIE L. JAMISON H.-R $ 120,000 Winner of the NM CLASSIC CUP CHAMPIONSHIP COLTS GELDINGS S.-R $ 140,000 $ Scarzane 248,265 $ Hesa Bad Cat 229,365 Stormy Lane $180,665 Russian Lane $157,584 Etc.

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LOS ALAMITOS GRADE 1 WINNER IN 2008 AND 2009 NOW STANDING IN NEW MEXICO! Winner of the Grade 1 Governor’s Cup Futurity ($495,000); 2nd in Los Alamitos $2 Million Juvenile Stakes ($40,000); Fourth in PCQHRA Breeders Futurity Grade 1 ($500,000) and Fifth in Primero Del Año Derby Grade 2 ($192,300)

Half brother to HOT HITTER QH SI 98 - $501,952, Register of Merit, Governor’s Cup Derby [R] - G1, Governor’s Cup Futurity [R] - G2, 3rd Golden State Million Futurity - G1, Finalist in Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity - G1, PcQHRA Breeders Derby - G3.

From the family of World Champion FREAKY-QH SI 107 - $973,472, AQHA Racing Champion Aged, AQHA Racing Champion Aged Gelding, Superior Race Horse, California Hi-Point Aged Gelding, Register of Merit, Champion of Champions S. - G1, Los Alamitos Winter Championship - G1, Vessels Maturity G1-ntr, 400 yards in 0:19.156, Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship S. - G1 twice, Go Man Go H. - G1, etc. Set ntr at Los Alamitos, 350 yards in 0:17.143. Set ntr at Los Alamitos, 400 yards in 0:19.170.

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NOW STANDING IN NEW MEXICO! Winner of the Grade 1 Zia Futurity $ ( 350,824); by one-half length; he was never off the board in six outs at two!

By Champion of Champions G1 Winner THE DOWN SIDE si 107, $361,792, who is the sire of 2010’s No. 1 Money Earner DOUBLE DOWN SPECIAL si 107, $ 1,211,934, winner of All American Derby Grade 1, etc.

THE DOWN SIDE’s Starters Average Earnings of $27,389.!

Out of the STRAWFLY SPECIAL mare HIGH KICKIN GAL, who also is the dam of New Mexico Classic Futurity winner BLAZIN PERFECTION si 101, $255,640 HIGH KICKIN GAL in a half-sister to Ruidoso Futurity Grade 1 winner CHICK ON THE TAKE si 97, $ 168,000. MAN ON THE MOVE’s second dam is full sister to Champion TAKIN ON THE CASH si 109, $662,000, sire of winners of $13 million.

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winning both the Los Alamitos Winter Derby and the prestigious Champion of Champions.

For his efforts, he was selected by media members and racing officials as the Quarter Horse of the Meet. Tom Bradbury, Kim Kessinger and Howard Nichols’ I Like The Odds was the meet’s leading money winner with $910,696 after winning the $2,236,300 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, the track’s richest race ever. The racing meet also featured the return of the 870-yard Gold Rush Derby, which was won by the meet’s top 870-yard runner in Pathological Liar.

Ed Allred won another Quarter Horse owner title after picking up 65 wins from his 382 starters or a win ratio of 17 percent. His top horses included stakes winner Check My Thoughts and talented young runners Once Over, Red Dasher and Academy Days. Double Bar S Ranch, who campaigned top Grade 1 winning horses Jess You And I and Igotyourtac, finished second in the standings with 17 wins from 92 starters.

Armando Leon, owner of twotime Grade 1 winner Snitcher, handicap winner Azyoucanfly and Grade 1 futurity contender Long Gone, tied for third with David and Ross Hinkins with 16 victories. Trainer Paul Jones enjoyed his 13th title in 14 years after saddling 105 winners during the meet. Adan Farias finished second in the standings with 98 victories and Juan Aleman was third with 56.

Rodrigo Aceves picked up his fifth riding Quarter Horse title with 112 wins while Cruz Mendez, riding his first full season at Los Alamitos, finished second with 104 victories. Francisco Rubio, last year’s leading rider, settled for third place with 82 victories – one more than Ramon Sanchez, who finished fourth in the standings.

Owner Mike Flory was the

runaway winner in the Thoroughbred standings with 31 victories. This was the second highest win figure ever for an owner during a single season at Los Alamitos only trailing Grand Slam Racing’s 39 wins during the 2004 meet. Keith Craigmyle was second with 17 wins while Jon Lane Henderson was third with 13.

Ramon Guce won his seventh local riding title with Thoroughbreds after piloting 109 winners – only two shy from his track record of 111 winners set during the 2009 season. Cheryl Charlton continued her improvement in the standings with 61 victories – 14 more than her amount of wins in 2010. Charlton finished second in the Thoroughbred riding standing for the second straight year. Cruz Mendez was third with 55 victories. Charles Treece saddled 74 winners to take his 13th Thoroughbred training title at Los Alamitos.

Treece held off former leading trainer Keith Craigmyle, who saddled 67 winners. Trainer Jim Hanson finished third with 47 winners.

Herbie Rivera, for their efforts in putting this agreement together,” said Terry Meyocks, National Manager for the Jockeys’ Guild. “The jockeys look forward to working with the horsemen and management at Hialeah to ensure a successful meeting this season.”

This new scale follows increases in mount fees through legislation at California tracks and negotiated increases at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, Saratoga, Finger Lakes, Monmouth, Meadowlands, Atlantic City, Hawthorne, Arlington Park, Fairmount Park, Gulfstream Park, Calder, Tampa Bay Downs, Fair Grounds, Louisiana Downs, Delta Downs, Evangeline Downs, Emerald Downs, Turf Paradise, Yavapai Downs, Indiana Downs, Hoosier Park, Delaware Park, Charles Town, Mountaineer, Prairie Meadows, Canterbury, Oaklawn, Fair Meadows at Tulsa, Remington Park, Will Rogers Downs, Churchill Downs, Keeneland, Kentucky Downs, Turfway Park, Ellis Park, Sunland Park, SunRay Park, Zia Park, The Downs at Albuquerque, Ruidoso Downs, Portland Meadows and Arapahoe.

Jockeys at Philadelphia Park, Hialeah, FL Penn National and Presque Isle Jockeys receive base have also received raises in their month fee increase at losing mount fees.

Hialeah Negotiations are ongoing Jockeys at Hialeah Park in other racing jurisdictions. are enjoying the benefit of an Jockeys’ Guild, Inc., the organiincrease in base mount fees. zation representing professionThe new mount fee schedule, al jockeys in American Thorwhich took effect December oughbred and Quarter Horse 10, calls for a minimum mount racing, was founded in May fee of $65 ranging up to $105, 1940 and has approximately depending on the purse of the 950 members, including active, race. Previously mount fees at retired and disabled jockeys.

Hialeah were scaled from $45 The purpose is to protect to $105. jockeys, strive to achieve a safer “I would really like to thank racing environment, to obtain Duayne Didericksen, who is the improved insurance and other horsemen’s representative for benefits for members and to Florida Quarter Horse Associa- monitor developments in local, tion, all of the horsemen at Hia- state and federal laws affectleah, as well as Guild Regional ing the racing industry, and in Managers, John Beech and particular, the jockeys.

DEC. 22, 2011 Oklahoma City, OK 2012 Quarter Horse season stakes schedule features 44 races, total estimated purses over $5 million

Remington Park’s lucrative 2012 American Quarter Horse & Mixed-breed Season gets underway on March 2.

The season features a 44-stakes race schedule with 23 graded races, 13 of them Grade 1, and an overall estimated worth of $5,025,000. The richest event on the calendar is the Grade 1, $1 Million Heritage Place Futurity on May 26.

Once again, Remington Park is proud to host numerous futurities including three major Quarter Horse events.

The historic Grade 3, $325,000 (estimated) Oklahoma Futurity at 300 yards takes place on St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17.

In April, Oklahoma-breds are featured in the $750,000 (estimated) Remington Park Futurity. The richest state-bred event in track history will be contested at 330-yards on Saturday, April 14.

The Grade 1, $1 Million Heritage Place Futurity will culminate the Quarter Horse futurity schedule. Run for the fifth consecutive year for at least a million dollars, the Heritage Place Futurity has produced such stars as Stolis Winner (2008) who went on the win the All American Futurity that year, on his way to becoming the sport’s all-time richest runner.

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3-year-olds will compete in the $250,000 (estimated) Remington Park Derby on April 14 at 400 yards. Then, on the final weekend of the season, the Grade 1, $275,000 (estimated) Heritage Place Derby will be run at 400 yards on May 26.

Great pride is taken in presenting a solid series of races for older horses at Remington Park. The 2012 season stakes schedule gets underway on Opening Weekend with the Grade 1, $50,000 Eastex Handicap at 350 yards, beginning the series of races for older horses.

The Grade 1, $100,000 Leo Stakes helps wrap the month, at 400 yards on March 24.

April features the Grade 2, $50,000 Bob Moore Memorial Stakes at 300 yards on April 14.

Older Oklahoma-bred horses have an opportunity in the restricted Grade 1, $100,000 Sooner State Stakes at 400 yards on April 28. May brings a pair of superb events with the Grade 2, $110,000 (estimated) Bank of America Remington Park Challenge Championship on May 6 followed by the richest race for 3-year-olds and older in the season. The Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park Championship, an invitational event, will be run on May 27.

The race winner will receive a berth to the prestigious $750,000 Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos in southern California in December.

Both the Bank of America Remington Park Challenge Championship and the Remington Park Championship are contested at 440 yards.

Fillies and mares will again have a set of races just for them with the Grade 3, $50,000 Decketta Stakes at 350 yards on March 24; the $50,000 (estimated) Merial Remington Park Distaff Challenge on May 6 and the Grade 3, $50,000 Junos Request Stakes on May 26. The latter two races are at 400 yards.

Remington Park also features a set of stakes races geared to the longer distance group including the Grade 3, $50,000 Pauls Valley Handicap on April 1; the Grade 3, $55,000 (estimated) Red Cell Remington Park Distance Challenge on May 6 and the Grade 3, $50,000 Remington Park Distance Handicap on Memorial Day Monday, May 28, the final day of the season.

Paints and Appaloosas will also be featured in futurities, derbies and older horse stakes events throughout the season.

The Grade 1, $85,000 (estimated) Oklahoma Paint Futurity at 300 yards on March 17 will begin the run of stakes events for Paints and/or Appaloosas.

That same night the Grade 1, $60,000 (estimated) Graham Paint & Appaloosa Derby will be run at 350 yards.

The Paint Stallion Breeders’ Association races will once again take place in April. The Grade 1, $85,000 (estimated) American Paint Classic Futurity at 350 yards will be contested on April 21. On the same night, the Grade 1, $40,000 (estimated) American Paint Derby will be run at 400 yards. The rich Grade 1, $250,000 (estimated) Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity will be run at 350 yards on May 26.

Older Paints and Appaloosas will also have their stakes attempts with the Grade 1, $35,000 Mister Lewie Memorial Handicap at 400 yards on April 14 and the Grade 1, $30,000 National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum Stakes at 440 yards on May 19.

The $25,000 Americana Stakes, for 2-year-old Appaloosas, will be featured at 330 yards on April 21.

The Remington Park stakes schedule also includes an encompassing set of 18 stakes races just for eligible Oklahoma-breds. The feature

afternoon of Oklahoma-bred stakes races will fall on Sunday, May 20. There are six stakes that afternoon to showcase the top state-breds, four divisional events worth $30,000, followed by a pair of restricted Grade 3, $50,000 races in the Easy Jet Stakes for 2-year-olds and the Jack Brooks Stakes for 3-yearolds, both at 350 yards.

Regular post times for the 2012 American Quarter Horse & Mixed-breed Season at Remington Park will be 6pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 1:30pm on Sundays.

Berkeley, CA Golden Gate Fields realized double-digit increases in on-track averages at 2011 fall meeting

Golden Gate Fields realized double-digit increases in both its average daily on-track handle and average daily on-track attendance during its 2011 fall meeting, a 36-day session that ran from Oct. 20 through Dec. 18.

The average daily on-track handle during the 2011 fall meeting was $392,821, up 13.86 percent over the 2010 daily average of $344,994. Total on-track handle at the 2011 fall meeting was $14,141,548 – just $348,199 less than the $14,489,747 wagered at 2010 fall session, which had six more live racing days.

The average daily handle from wagers placed at Northern California off-track betting facilities was also up, $862,746 compared to $803,891, an increase of 7.32 percent.

The average daily on-track attendance at the 2011 fall season was 2,226, up 12.77 percent from the 2010 daily average of 1,974.

“We’re very pleased with the on-track figures at the fall meeting,” said Joe Morris, vice

president and interim general manager of Golden Gate Fields.

“This gives us momentum heading into the 2011-2012 winter/spring season, which will feature a two percent increase in purses across the board and an increase of $150,000 in our stakes program.”

Golden Gate Fields will open its 2011-2012 season on Monday, Dec. 26. The 101-day meeting will run through June 17.

Portland, OR Portland Meadows’ 2012-13 racing license application approved; racing begins July 15

Portland Meadows received Oregon Racing Commission approval of their application for the 2012-13 license that will usher in a new era at Portland Meadows. Live Racing will commence on Sunday July 15, 2012 and will continue until closing day on Saturday Dec. 8, 2012. Portland Meadows has traditionally run from early October to March or April, so the new license sees a dramatic shift in scheduling that will also include weekend and night racing every week.

“We are very excited to be entering this new era and are thankful for the support of the entire horse racing industry in Oregon in particular the Horsepeople and the Oregon Racing Commission” said General Manager William Alempijevic.

“Without the support of our partners in racing, summer and fall racing would not have been possible. Our collective goal of having live racing when the weather is at its best and by running on nights and weekends is to reinvigorate the local and statewide market by introducing people to the wonderful sport of horse racing.”

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SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS February 6, 2012 To Nominate $300.00 April 2, 2012 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 1, 2012 - Finals Sunday, June 17, 2012 Nominations Close Monday, February 6, 2012 $40,000 ADDED*

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

LATE PAYMENT SCHEDULE April 2, To Nominate & Sustain To Enter Trials Total

$1,200.00 $600.00 $1,800.00

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.

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the East Region.

Ed Few, Eddie Milligan, Dr. Jacquelyn Rich and Danny Shifflett were the successful incumbents elected to serve at large.

Martinez has been a San Antonio resident for the past 25 years. He founded M2Technology in 2000 and is currently CEO of the Texas-based company that sells high performance computing solutions.

Martinez’ M2Technology has sponsored the last eight runnings of the La Senorita Stakes, one of Retama Park’s annual twin added-money features. He races under the Agave Racing banner.

Bradfield, a Texas native and graduate of Texas A&M, retired from a mixed animal veterinary practice three years ago to devote attention to Red Fence Farm, a 20-acre nursery located west of Austin, and continue breeding and racing operations that have been in place since the 1980s.

Wiggins, a Houston resident and also a Texas A&M graduate, retired as a trainer after reaching the pinnacle of a 30-year career by developing 3 new TTA board mem- 2009 Kentucky Oaks winner Rachel Alexandra, eventually bers elected; 4 incumvoted Horse of the Year. Since bents returned his retirement from training, Eligible Texas ThoroughWiggins has redirected his interbred Association members elected three new directors and est to breeding and sales representation and participation. returned four incumbents for Few, a prominent Jas3-year terms in the 2012 elecper native and businessman, tion. Results were tallied under has been one of the leading the supervision of TTA First Vice Texas owners and breeders for President Dr. Gearald Farris and several years raising runners Director Heidi Maikranz in the at his Glorianna Farm.

Milligan TTA offices on Dec. 16. owns and operates Twin Oaks The three new directors Training Center, one of the top are Dr. Tom Bradfield, Mark breaking, training and rehabiliMartinez and Hal Wiggins. tation facilities in the Southwest Martinez was successful as a located in Murchison. Dr. Rich, candidate in the statewide a past 4-term TTA president, is election of 12 at-large candithe current president of Texas dates. Dr. Bradfield won the Horse Organizations for Racing, Central Region election, and Wiggins tallied the most votes Showing and Eventing (Texas to become the new director for HORSE). With her husband Wednesday, Friday and Sunday schedule in July, August and September. Racing on Wednesdays and Fridays will feature an evening post time of 6 p.m. (Pacific). Sunday will be a matinee card with post time at 1 p.m.

The Fall Meet will begin on Oct. 3, 2012 and racing will shift to a Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday schedule with post time each day at 1 p.m., up until closing day on Saturday Dec. 8, 2012.

There will also be a special day of live racing on Monday September 3rd, the Labor Day holiday. Labor Day racing will feature a 1 p.m. post time.

There will be no live racing at Portland Meadows on Aug. 8, Aug. 10, Sept. 7, and Sept. 9 to accommodate live racing at the Tillamook County Fair and Harney County Fair meets.

The daily purse distribution will be approximately $40,000 per day for the 2012 Summer and Fall Meets and the highlight of the yet to be finalized stakes schedule will be the 47th running of the Portland Mile.

DEC. 21, 2011

Gerald, she owns and operates Deer Haven Farm, a Thoroughbred nursery in Lott. Shifflett has managed Lane’s End Texas, formerly known as Huisache Farm, for Will Farish near Hempstead for more than 35 years during which time the farm’s extensive breeding, stallion and sales operation has made it a leader in the Southwest.

TTA wishes to thank the three outgoing directors, Dr. Shirley Browne, Sue Dowling and Bill Jordan for their years of service, and Jerry Chapman, Jack Cook, Carl Davis, Lewis Hall, James Hughes, Mike Rose and Brent Savage for their interest and willingness to run for the Board in the 2012 election.

The first meeting of the new TTA Board is set for Texas Champions weekend Jan. 21.

ily, in the 9th race at the Fair Grounds. Will Werner is from Grandbury, Texas and Roberts is a native of the Northshore and lives in New Orleans.

Santa Fe, NM Board OKs new fairgrounds casino lease

A state board led by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez approved a new 25-year lease Tuesday with the Downs at Albuquerque that will allow the construction of a larger casino at the state fairgrounds.

The state Board of Finance unanimously approved the lease deal to let the Downs continue to operate a horse racing track at the fairgrounds in Albuquerque and build a new casino, which is estimated to cost $20 million and will have twice as many slot machines as New Orleans, LA a current establishment.

She said yes!

Martinez, who serves as Will Werner proposes to board president and appoints a Anna Roberts in the padmajority of its members, voted dock of the Fair Grounds for the lease, as did Lt. Gov. Race Course and Slots in New John Sanchez.

Orleans, LA Wednesday, Dec. Martinez’s political com21. Roberts, a jockey at the Fair mittees have received at least Grounds, works for Ronny (CQ) $75,000 in contributions, Werner Racing Stable where including $5,000 to the goverWill Werner is the assistant nor’s PAC in July, from individutrainer. The couple has been als connected to the Downs dating for about one year. Rob- and another New Mexico erts just rode Northern Chill, racetrack in which two Downs trained by the Werner famowners have an interest, according to state campaign finance records.

“The governor is confident that the state fair received the best deal as the result of a competitive bid process that ensured no one received preferential treatment,” Greg Blair, a spokesman for Martinez, said in a statement.

Opelousas, LA Alfonso Lujan wins fifth consecutive riding title at Evangeline Downs

Photo by Alexander Barkoff

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For Two Year Olds, QH Registered New Mexico Bred Trials run Friday, May 18, 2012 – Finals Sunday, June 3, 2012 Nominations Closes Monday, January 2, 2012

SunRay Park #39 Rd 5568 Farmington, N.M. 87401 (505) 566-1255

$85,000 ADDED*

(*Includes $50,000 from NMHBA fund) WEIGHT: 120 lbs. 350 YARDS. Trials same distance as the Finals.

LATE PAYMENT SCHEDULE March 5, To Nominate & Sustain $1,200.00 To Enter Trials $600.00 Total $1,800.00 Payments

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

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 nominations.

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 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.

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 SunRay Park #39 Rd 5568 Farmington, NM 87401

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a morning training incident, Alfonso Lujan notched his fifth consecutive leading rider title at the 2011 Fall Quarter Horse season at Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino. Lujan, a 33-year-old native of Odessa, TX landed in the winner’s circle at an impressive rate of 21 percent and won a total of 53 races with purse earnings of $489,878 during the 46-night season while recording his twelfth leading rider title in the state of Louisiana.

Lujan, who broke his ankle in that training incident and is expected to be out of action for 3-4 more weeks, just held off the late charge of longtime rival Danny Lavergne who won a total of six races during the final three nights of racing to finish with 52 wins and $462,526 in purse earnings.

Veteran John Hamilton was next in the standings with 36 wins and purse earnings of $465,601 with newcomer David Alvarez and J. R. Ramirez rounding out the top five with 36 and 33 wins, respectively.

The leading trainer title also went right down to the wire as Kenny Roberts swept past Vann Haywood and Kevin Broussard to record his sixth leading trainer title in the past eight seasons here at Evangeline Downs. With a total of 31 wins from 127 starters, a win rate of better than 24%, Roberts’ starters amassed more than $380,000 in total purse earnings. Haywood, last year’s leading trainer, hit the winner’s circle at an amazing 31% with totals of 28 wins from just 89 starters and total purse earnings of $269,825, while Broussard recorded 27 wins and his charges recorded $261,416 in total purse earnings.

Rapid Transit, who won all three of his starts including the LQHBA Futurity, a Restricted Grade I event and the richest race of the year at Evangeline

Downs, was named the Horseof-the-Meet. Owned by Pablo Gonzalez and trained by Miguel Rodriguez, the Louisiana bred gelded son of Dashin Bye was ridden by Raul Ramirez Jr.

DEC. 14, 2011 Hobbs, NM Handle, purses increase at Zia Park

Zia Park in Hobbs, New Mexico, posted increases in wagering handle and purses during its 50-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet, which ran Sept. 10-Dec. 4.

The track recorded a 6-percent increase in total all-source handle over its 53-day meet in 2010. Total handle averaged $397,076 per day, an increase of 12 percent over the previous season.

On-track handle on Zia Park’s live races averaged $47,274, an increase of 12 percent over 2010.

Zia Park paid average daily overnight purses of $210,337, an increase of 13.7 percent over the track’s $185,035 average the previous year.

Alejandro Medellin led all Zia Park jockeys with 51 wins from 197 mounts, 16 more than runner-up Alfredo Juarez Jr. Henry Dominguez was the meet’s leading trainer with 39 victories from 148 starters, 16 more than runner-up Joel Marr.

Call Me A Blazn Chic, a filly

by Chicks A Blazin racing for Javier Marquez’s J & M Racing and Farm, won Zia Park’s richest race, the 400-yard, $330,643 New Mexico Cup Quarter Horse Futurity (RG1) on Oct. 30.

Judge Lanier Racing’s McKenna’s Justice won the meet’s richest Thoroughbred race, the 1 1/8-mile, $217,000 Zia Park Distance Championship on closing day.

Zia Park’s 2012 meet opens Sept. 8 and runs through Dec. 4.

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or the last five years SureBet has posted and published our annual “Report Card” along with our Annual Publishers Statement. In past years the response was much higher, full of helpful insight from our readers. The fact that the numbers of responses were lower this year leads me to believe we are doing a pretty good job. The following comments were chosen for their uniqueness and importance.

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This issue is something that our entire staff has struggled with. The main reason is the lack of timely information available from the State Racing Commissions.

For example, as of this writing the last minutes posted on the New Mexico Racing Commission website are from the Sept. 22, 2011 regular meeting. Now I will say that some states such as the California Horse Racing Board seem to be somewhat more responsible in releasing information to the public.

Their most recent posting was Nov. 17, 2011.

SureBet has made it a policy not to print anything without ligament proof to backup our editorial. “As the Walker Turns” has not and will not, be what drives this publication.

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Thoroughbred Regulatory Rulings, which is accessible at thoroughbredrulings. com, stemmed from recommendations in this year’s report by McKinsey & Company on sustaining growth in Thoroughbred racing.

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RACE RECAPS Photo credits: 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 Oak Tree/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. 31, 2011 Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA Beanwah’s Machine wins FG’s Louisiana Futurity; Effie captures Louisiana Futurity’s Filly Division

By Graham Ross

Brittlyn Stable’s Beanwah’smachine justified his role as the 3-10 choice in the wagering in Saturday’s colts and geldings division of Fair Grounds’ $103,290 Louisiana Futurity with a length and a half victory after gaining the advantage in upper stretch.

Two races later on Saturday’s 11-event program, Oak Leaf’s Effie used the same tactics with the same result – posing in the winner’s circle following a come-frombehind three quarter-length win in the filly division of the $100,390 Louisiana Futurity that was also restricted to accredited Louisiana-breds.

Three months from now, both Beanwah’smachine and Effie could return as sophomores – the colt in the $75,000 Crescent City Derby on Louisiana Derby Day April 1, and the filly in the $75,000 Crescent City Oaks on Fair Grounds Oaks Day March 31.

Or, if both youngsters continue to improve as they mature in their sophomore seasons, both could possibly graduate into the highlighted open company showcase races for 3-year-olds on those respective afternoons.

In the meantime, Beanwah’smachine will exit his 2-year-old season undefeated as of midnight on New Year’s Eve, and Effie can continue to progress after a hiccup suffered when she developed a brief sickness that

Beanwah’s Machine

surfaced following a seventhplace finish in her previous start three weeks ago.

Beanwah’smachine, trained by Al Stall Jr. and ridden by Shane Sellers, paid $2.60, $2.10 and $2.10, got the six-furlong-distance in 1:11.82 and increased his career earnings to $161,742 with his fourth win in as many starts.

“He just goes out there and does his job everyday and doesn’t do any more than you ask him,” said Sellers. “I think he’s going to get better going longer.”

The Whispering Oaks Farm-owned coupling of Gar and C. C. Dubai finished sec-

ond and third in the colt and gelding sprint, both returning $3.40 and $4.40 after Gar set early splits of 22.16 and 46.05.

Effie paid $9.60, $3 and $2.20 in the filly end of the Louisiana Futurity after getting the three-quarters in 1:12.60 and increased her career earnings to $117,884 with her second win in eight lifetime starts.

“She tries real hard and she had to try hard today to get there but we got the job done,” said Effie’s jockey Rosie Napravnik of the Tony Richeytrained filly’s performance.

Favored Izzie’s Gold, who made the pace with early splits of 22:06 and 46.21 in the filly

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RACE RECAPS

Tortuga Tony

Fast N Furrious

Los Alamitos from 2002-04, including the $20,000 Sooner Trailer Stakes for 3-year-olds at Los Alamitos in ‘03.

Stel Corona’s top performers include Foose, a lifetime earner of $1,636,938 and the AQHA champion 2-yearold colt in 2008, and Stel Hialeah Park, FL Gone Corona, a 3-year-old Tortuga Tony tops in Hialeah Derby; Hialeah gelding who won the February 20, $120,000 New Mexico Sophomore Invitational Horse Breeders’ Association Stakes Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park.

Sixth-fastest qualifier Owned by a partnership, the Tortuga Tony, a sorrel geldstallion stands at Burns Ranch ing by Stel Corona racing for at Menifee, California.

Jose V. Ivanez, recorded his Tortuga Tony’s dam, Just second lifetime stakes victory Wanna Be Me, is a winning in Saturday’s Hialeah Derby at mare by Dash To Chivato who Hialeah Park. ran third in the ‘05 AQHA Ridden by Randy Edison California Distaff Challenge for trainer Jorge L. Gonzalez, (Grade 3) at Los Alamitos. She Tortuga Tony went 440 yards has produced five winners in :21.456 and earned a 103 from seven starters, including speed index. The gelding’s Teller Bye, a half sister to Torwinning margin was a neck tuga Tony who won the 350from KT Makin A Tax Move. yard, $17,190 AQHA Prairie Jazz Be First, the fastest quali- Meadows Starter Allowance fier and 9-5 favorite, finished Challenge on September 2. third, one length behind the Tortuga Tony traces back winner. to his third dam, Shirley B Tortuga Tony was bred Gayle, a 1980 foal by Shirley’s in New Mexico by Vaughn Champion (TB) who earned Cook and Paul Jones. The $601,860 from 26 starts while gelding’s sire, Stel Corona, is racing in Texas and California an 11-year-old son of Corona from 1982-84.

Cartel who won two stakes at All told, Tortuga Tony

has won eight of 17 races, and the winner’s share of the $169,300 Hialeah Derby purse pushed his bankroll to $221,887, of which $176,232 has been earned during his 2011 campaign. The gelding posted his first stakes victory on July 2, when he won the $112,280 Indiana Live IQHRA Derby at Indiana Downs by three-quarters of a length as the 7-5 favorite.

Wagon To Hollywood, the 5-2 second choice, ran fourth and was followed by Flyingwitheagles, Gottabeme, Speed Smith, I Am That Hero, Blood Red Cadillac, and Makeover Moment. A 31-1 longshot, Makeover Moment stumbled shortly after the break and unseated his jockey, Cody Wainscott.

KT Makin A Tax Move is a brown gelding by the First Down Dash stallion Maknmoves owned by Gustavo Campos Flores. The gelding has won five of his 15 races, including the 440-yard, $29,875 All American Congress Derby at Beulah Park on October 29, and he has banked $79,856.

A brown colt by Bono Jazz campaigned by Alejandro Medina, Jazz Be First has

division before weakening in the late stages, held the place to pay $2.10 and $2.10, while Charles Begnaud’s Miss Helen Jay finished third to return $3.80 while four lengths behind Izzie’s Gold.

earned $152,589 from 12 outs, and his five wins include the 2010 Governor’s Stakes at Hoosier Park and Hialeah Laddie Futurity. Jazz Be First was coming off of a 1 1/2-length victory in the second Hialeah Derby trial on December 17.

Also on Saturday, Richard Joneson’s Fast N Furrious scored a wire-to-wire, 1 3/4-length victory in the $20,000 Hialeah Sophomore Invitational Stakes for 3-yearolds who last started in the Hialeah Derby trials.

Prepped by Guillermo Valdivia and ridden by Alex Baldillez Jr., Fast N Furrious went 440 yards in :21.401 while recording his first stakes win. The homebred colt by ‘06 AQHA champion aged stallion Country Chicks Man earned $12,000 to increase his bankroll to $37,901 from 11 starts.

Fast N Furrious was bred in Oklahoma. The one-time $10,000 claimer has won a total of four races.

Aquafina, favorite Drill Baby Drill, Special Ela, Ruby Sonnet, Mr Beduino Lookaway, Or Black Warrior, Paintyourownwagon, One Famous Cookie, and No Yellow Snow completed the order of finish.

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$4 MILLION BONUS FOR WINNING ALL THREE RACES! RUIDOSO DOWNS RACE TRACK

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RACE RECAPS

Cold Cash 123

Sunland Park, NM Cold Cash 123 takes a dominating win in $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park Cold Cash 123 made a powerful statement for 2011 World Champion Quarter Horse honors after scoring a dominating 1-length win against a world class field in the $350,000 Championship (Grade 1) at Sunland Park on Saturday.

The Rainbow and Texas Classic Derby winner added the Championship at Sunland Park to his shining resume.

The three-year-old gelded son of Oak Tree Special ran a near perfect 400 yard race in an extremely fast time of 18.733 seconds. The timing earned a 103 speed index and just missed the track record of 18.613 seconds set by Double Down Special. The winning time is believed to be among the top three fastest 400 yard clockings in Quarter Horse racing history, and there was no win blowing. Not know for his getaway abilities, Cold Cash 123 came out of the gate in first place and immediately had his rivals in a deep hole.

The long striding sort assumed

That’s Who

command early under jockey Roy Baldillez, and the duo increased their advantage down the lane.

Baldillez said in a post race interview, “He’s been so great.

Today, he left there better than all year. He cruised on home. I wasn’t worried about the 400 yards. He’s pretty powerful.

He could have won going 250 today. It didn’t matter. He ran a super race.”

Cold Cash 123 won the Grade 1 feature soundly defeated his elders under a hand ride. The 9-5 favorite paid $5.80 to win. He caps off a tremendous season by winning 6 of 8 races and earning three Grade 1 titles. He has won 6 of his last 7 races. The winner’s check was worth $157,000 for the T. Bill Stables. The champion sophomore has earned nearly $1 million under the direction of trainer C. Dwayne “Sleepy” Gilbreath.

Combined earnings in the Championship at Sunland Park field was over $5 million.

Bodacious Dash, runnerup to Cold Cash 123 in the Rainbow Derby, ran another superb race. Under jockey Ricky Ramirez, the First Down Dash colt fired well along the inside and produced a gallant second place effort. The

runner-up earned a sizeable $70,000 for owner Johnny Trotter. Bodacious Dash is one of the leading three-year-old colts in the country. Trey Wood trains the 6-time winner and 2010 winner of the Texas Classic Futurity.

Rylees Boy duplicated his finish in last year’s Championship by running a solid third.

Last season’s New Mexico Regional Challenge Championship winner tried his best under jockey Joe Ruiz. The veteran six-year-old gelding remained in third place throughout the feature. He picked up $32,000 in prize monies for owner-trainer Gerardo OchoPena.

Louisiana Senator finished fourth, beaten over 2 lengths.

That’s Who powers to Red Hedeman win That’s Who held off a game run from Tarahumar Flags to win the $110,000 Red Hedeman Mile. Under jockey Ry Eikleberry, That’s Who relaxed kindly off the lead racing into the first turn and gradually began to pick up steam.

Passing the 3/8’s pole, the 8-5 favorite commenced a powerful run and took over the lead at will.

During the stretch run, That’s Who responded when challenged by Tarahumar Flags. He kept his rival at bay and a driving finish by three parts of a length. The 7-5 favorite paid $4.80 to all his loyal supporters.

Under trainer Joel Marr, That’s Who also won the New Mexico Classic Cup Juvenile at Zia Park last fall. The two-yearold New Mexico-bred son of Quinton’s Gold earned $66,000 paycheck for owners Sam and Latane Stevens of Lamesa, Texas. The double stakes winner has earned over $210,000 in his brief career.

Tarahumar Flags loomed large in second place with a terrific ride from Enrique Portillo Gomez. The former $12,500 claiming winner responded courageously in his first attempt around 2 turns. The runner-up made the winner work in a prolonged stretch drive. The son of Avenue of Flags earned $23,100 for the Kings Ransom, LLC of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Henry Dominguez is his trainer.

E Bar Way, winner of the Eddy County Stakes at Zia Park, finished a distant third. The 4-1 shot ridden by Duane Sterling was beaten 12 lengths.

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Teddy’s Promise, below, owners Ted and Judy Nichols

Chips All In

I really liked her,” Espinoza said in the La Brea Stakes winner’s circle. “Today, I thought she was ready, and I thought she would like it better over here on the dirt. I had so much horse today I wasn’t expecting anybody to come near me.

She’s a runner.”

“It’s hard to be very confident against Turbulent Descent, but I knew she was doing great” said Ellis. “I actually asked the owners if they wanted to scratch and run tomorrow (Teddy’s Promise tional claiming event victories, also was nominated to SunSanta Anita Race day’s $75,000 Kalookan Queen Teddy’s Promise did it with Course, Arcadia, CA Handicap) because I knew authority under jockey Victor Teddy’s Promise stuns Espinoza. The winning margin we could win tomorrow, but at 16-1 in La Brea over Sugarinthemorning was 2 they wanted to go for the big Stakes with dominant ¼ lengths. The final time was a show, and I couldn’t argue with win; 1-2 choice them.” sprightly 1:20.47.

Turbulent Descent The winner stalked early And in the process, Teddy’s leaders Home Sweet Aspen finishes sixth Promise dashed whatever and California Nectar. She ashope 1-2 favorite Turbulent Teddy’s Promise, a sumed command at the quarDescent might have had of California-bred daughter of ter pole. Espinoza never used winning an Eclipse Award as Salt Lake who previously had his whip. Teddy’s Command been walloped by a combined champion female sprinter of dominated under an energetic 2011. The three-time Grade 65 ¼ lengths in three relahand ride. tively minor stakes tries, turned I winner made little impact Sugarinthemorning, also while winding up sixth in the Santa Anita’s Grade I La Brea sent off at odds of 16-1 while field of nine.

Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on ridden by Garrett Gomez, Since being turned over its ear Saturday. finished 1 ¾ lengths ahead to trainer Ron Ellis by owners Not only did she record of third-place Great Hot at Ed and Judy Nichols, Teddy’s a stunning 16-1 upset in the 8-1 with Chantal Sutherland Promise has steadily blosprestigious $300,000 event aboard. Some unusual paysomed. “The last time she ran, after coming off a pair of op48 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1

offs resulted with Turbulent Descent off the board. Teddy’s Promise paid $35, $14.20 and $21.20. Sugarinthemorning returned $14.40 and $25.80.

The show price on Great Hot was $11.40.

The winning purse of $180,000 exceeded the previous earnings of Teddy’s Promise in 12 races: $170,808.

Her total bankroll became $350,808 from a 5-2-1 mark in 13 starts.

Mike Puype, who trains Turbulent Descent, acknowledged that his six-time winner did not break alertly. “She was behind a little further than normal,” he said, “and behind all the field. She had to circle everyone and went wide. I mean really wide. But she still didn’t kick it in, and the track’s very fast so it’s hard to make up that ground once you’re in that position. She didn’t kick it in like she’s capable of, so I’ll just have to go over her well physically and see where we’re at.”

“This was a rough trip, what can I say?” commented David Flores, the regular rider of Turbulent Descent. “The horse felt great, but it was too much to make up.”

Chips All In, a $4,500 sales

RACE RECAPS purchase who had won his first three starts before losing by a head, registered an 11-1 upset in the day’s supporting feature, the $75,000 Eddie Logan Stakes for 2-year-olds at one mile on turf.

Ridden by Alonso Quinonez, Chips All In tracked the early pace set by Champions Gate, took the lead entering the stretch and staved off the rally of runner-up Sheer Talent by 1 ¼ lengths. The winning time was 1:34.86.

Stoney Fleece, the 3-1 second choice who had run fifth in the California Breeders’ Championship Stakes on Santa Anita’s main track five days before, finished third, a half-length back of the runnerup in the field of nine. Daddy Nose Best, the 9-10 favorite, was never a factor, finishing fifth.

Trained by Jeff Mullins for the partnership of Gene Everest, John O’Brien and Daniel Valdez, Chips All In had won his first three starts at tracks ranging from Golden Gate to Del Mar to Arapahoe Park in Colorado where he won the $100,000 Gold Rush Futurity.

He subsequently suffered his only setback in the Golden Nugget Stakes at Golden Gate.

The Eddie Logan was his first start on turf.

“We always kind of thought he would take to the grass,” said Mullins. “He had breezed good on it. But he was out of conditions, so we didn’t have any other choice. He made us look good.”

“My horse was just galloping around there,” Quinonez said. “I knew the leader was going really easy, so I didn’t want him to get the jump on me. I knew Gomez (Garrett, on Sheer Talent) was right behind me going to the far turn and I didn’t want to

let him push me out, so I had to hold my position. When we turned for home, he put himself in the race, and when I hit him left-handed, he re-broke.

It was a great way to finish the year.”

The winner paid $25.20, $11.40 and $6. Sheer Talent paid $7.80 and $5.60. Stoney Fleece, ridden by Corey Nakatani, paid $3.40 to show.

The winning purse of $47,400 increased the earnings of Chips All In to $149,800.

The Eddie Logan was named in memory of the iconic figure who operated a shoe shine stand outside Santa Anita’s racing office from the day the track opened on Christmas Day, 1934 until shortly before his death at the age of 98 on Jan. 31, 2009.

Color Stone

who won the 2011 Lovington (Grade 2) and James Isaac Hobbs (Grade 2) stakes at Zia Park. The stallion is owned by Haras Santa Maria, Ana Dantas Ranch, and Haras Luis Alvas, and he stands at Rancho das Americas International Reproduction Center at Porto Feliz, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Hialeah Park, FL Color Stone is one of six Color Stone wins winners from seven starters FQHRA Stallion Futurity foaled by Color Tip, an unraced Victor Olivo rode fourth15-year-old daughter of the fastest qualifier Color Stone Special Effort stallion Hot to a 1 1/2-length victory in Colours.

Friday’s 350-yard, $92,210 Color Stone was coming Florida Quarter Horse Racing off of a head victory in the Association Stallion Futurity (R) third FQHRA Stallion Futurity at Hialeah Park. trial on December 16. All told, Trained by Manuel Mata the colt has won two of his for owner Anibal Hernandez, seven starts.

Color Stone covered his 350Hatch A Plan ran second yard trip in :17.725 while scorand was followed by Mr Coing his first career stakes win.

The $40,573 winner’s share of rona Blue, fastest qualifier and 2-1 favorite Upgraded, Bet To the purse increased his earnGamble, TTT Shakem Lajolla, ings to $49,359.

Whos Joe Papa, Mr Kentrell, Color Stone was bred in and Come On Yall. Sixth-fastest Oklahoma by Hafner Grain & qualifier Miss Blue Two was Livestock Inc. The gray colt’s scratched. sire, SC Chiseled In Stone, is A brown filly by the a 12-year-old son of Corona Fishers Dash stallion Identity Cartel who won the 2002 Theft, Hatch A Plan has earned Rainbow Derby (Grade 1) at $18,808 from three outs for his Ruidoso Downs.

SC Chiseled In Stone’s owner, Teddy Abrams Jr. Hatch top runners include Double A Plan was coming off of a Chiseled, a 5-year-old gelding third-place finish in the first

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FQHRA Stallion Futurity trial.

Mr Corona Blue is a homebred sorrel gelding by 2002 AQHA champion aged stallion Jess Louisiana Blue campaigned by Nancy S. McCoy of Wichita, Kansas. The gelding has won two of nine races and has banked $46,276, and his stakes resume includes a nose victory as the 19-10 favorite in the $37,890 AQHA Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge on Sept. 3.

Takin Quick Cash gets first stakes win in FQHRA Stallion Derby Takin Quick Cash sprinted to a head victory in the $54,120 Florida Quarter Horse Association Stallion Derby (R) at Hialeah Park on Friday.

Saddled by Ray Robbins for owner Ray Lee Robinson, Takin Quick Cash covered 400 yards in :19.631 under jockey Donell Blake. The gray gelding was making his first start since November 17, when he ran third in a 350-yard, $10,000 non-winners-of-three claiming race at Evangeline Downs in Louisiana.

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2002, including the $28,000 Keokuk Stakes (Grade 3) at Prairie Meadows. The gelding’s dam, Takin Away The Cash, is a winning 15-year-old mare

by Takin On The Cash who has produced three winners from five starters.

Takin Quick Cash’s win was his third in 13 starts, and the $22,730 winner’s share of the FQHRA Stallion Derby purse pushed his bankroll to $54,587, of which $53,963 was earned this season.

Oh Cooper Go, Mr Speed Wrench, Tommys Dashia, 2-1 choice Stole N Loot, Cat Vision, Visions Beauty, Howdy O Toole, Justajackblackandice, and Sunrise Calboy completed the order of finish.

Oh Cooper Go is a sorrel gelding by the Falstaff (TB) stallion Apollo (TB) racing for Rob and Jill Waters. An earner of $23,566 from six outs, Oh Cooper Go broke his maiden for a $10,000 tag at Will Rogers Downs in Oklahoma on October 16.

Mr Speed Wrench is a gray First Down Straw gelding campaigned by Z.V. Oropallo. The third-place finisher in the 2010 FQHRA Stallion Futurity (R) at Hialeah Park, Mr Speed Wrench has won two of 14 races and has banked $31,752.

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Top Gun B

Sunland Park, NM Top Gun B takes Sunland Park Winter Quarter Horse Futurity; Kool Angel wins Sunland Park Quarter Horse Derby

The improving A Fortunate Choice ran a big race for the Gonzalez stable and finished a close second with jockey Bonifacio Perez in the irons. The runner-up fought hard to edge out third place finisher Mr Taka B. A Fortune Trainer Andres Gonzalez Choice earned $34,968 for finished 1-2 in the $194,262 owners Ramon Gonzalez, Jr. Sunland Park Winter Quarter and Homer Varela. The Regal Horse Futurity as Top Gun B Choice filly was the top qualioutran stable mate A Fortunate fier and raced as the mild 3-1 Choice by a neck to win the favorite.

400 yard Grade 2 event.

Kool Angel motored to Despite acting up before a half-length victory in the the start, Top Gun B rumbled $135,636 Sunland Park Winter to neck victory in a time of Quarter Horse Derby at 400 19.169 seconds. Under a cool yards. Under jockey Esgar from jockey Oscar Rincon, the Ramirez, the Paul Jones trainee son of Pyc Paint Your Wagon produced a career best effort broke strongly and quickly took a firm grip of the lead.

The brown gelding maintained a high cruising speed and looked sharp down the lane.

Rincon said in the winner’s circle, “He was a little feisty in the gate, but he still got away good and was on top. I didn’t think they would catch me.

The longer, the better with this horse.”

Top Gun B earned a $91,304 payday for Junior’s Quarter Horses, Inc. from Denver, Colorado. The 6-1 shot paid $15.00 to win. He has three wins from six starts.

Kool Angel

in the Grade 2 Derby. The First N Kool filly broke on top and never let up on the throttle.

The 5-2 second favorite won by a half length in a time of 19.063 seconds, good for a 94 speed index. She returned $7.80 on a $2 win ticket.

Jones said in the winner’s circle, “We brought the horse over from Zia Park, and Lisa Saumell and my team did a great job.”

Kool Angel earned $63,740 for the Macias Performance Horses of Socorro, Texas.

Sunland Park’s leading Quarter Horse rider Esgar Ramirez piloted the winner. The Utahbred now has 4 wins from 12 starts and bankroll exceeding

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Isn’t He Clever

Lady of Shamrock

$90,000.

The Steel Wave and jockey Salvador Martinez closed eagerly to get second place.

8-5 favorite and top qualifier Zoomandkicken finished third, beaten over a neck.

Santa Anita Race Course, Arcadia, CA Lady of Shamrock devastates 2-year-old filly opposition in Blue Norther Stakes

clock for the six and one-half furlongs in a stakes record 1:15.10. Trained by Henry Dominguez, Isn’t He Clever has won 3 races from 4 starts. His lone defeat was a game second place in the $100,000 Clever Trevor Stakes at Remington Isn’t He Clever romps in Park last fall. He appears to be the leading open two-year-old $104,200 Riley Allison Thoroughbred in New Mexico Futurity and could be pointed to the Locally owned Isn’t He enriched $150,000 Borderland Clever rolled to a jaw dropDerby at Sunland Park on Feb. ping 11 and ¾ length victory in the 49th running of the Riley 25. The Borderland Derby is the main local prep for the Allison Futurity at Sunland $800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. Park Racetrack and Casino on III). Isn’t He Clever picked up a Friday. $62,520 prize for winning the Isn’t He Clever may have Allison Futurity. stamped his ticket to the Stable mate Flame Broiled $800,000 Sunland Derby picked up steam late to (Grade 3) to be run on Sunoverhaul a tiring Alsvid and day, March 25, 2012. Running gain second.

Under jockey under the colors of J. Kirk and Enrique Portillo Gomez, the Judy Robison of El Paso, Texas, second Henry Dominguez Isn’t He Clever looked like trainee showed courage to monster racing past the front gain the runner-up spot. He is running Alsvid at the quarter mile marker. The two-year-old also owned by J. Kirk and Judy Robison. The son of Henny Smarty Jones gelding roared Hughes earned $22,924. to the front and opened up a Alsvid did some of the wide margin in upper stretch. early heavy lifting by setting The even money favorite the pace under Ken Tohill. continued to roll up the score When asked the question, he while being hand ridden had no response against the through the stretch by jockey winner. The third place finisher Alejandro Medellin. is trained by Chris Hartman.

The winner stopped the

Gomez in the Blue Norther winner’s circle. “We were very excited about this race.”

Gomez had Lady of Shamrock placed well behind a swift pace dictated by Coup de Coeur that included a halfLady of Shamrock, purmile in 45.00. “They were flying chased privately after breaking early,” Gomez noted. “My filly her maiden at Churchill Downs was able to run by them pretty last month, stamped herself easily.” as a filly with a bright future Bet down to 9-5 favoritism, Friday when drilling her oppo- Lady of Shamrock returned sition in Santa Anita’s $81,000 $5.60, $3.40 and $3. Batalha Blue Norther Stakes for 2-year- paid $6.20 and $4.40. Byrama, old fillies at one mile on turf. who closed resolutely for the Under a vigorous hand show with Corey Nakatani ride by Garrett Gomez, Lady aboard after breaking awkShamrock burst between rivals wardly, paid $5.20. in midstretch to overtake BatNakatani thought that alha and score by 2 ¾ widenthe poor start cost his Britishing lengths in 1:34.24. Batimport dearly. “She should alha, with Chantal Sutherland improve a lot off of this,” he aboard, saved the place by a said. Asked if he thought Byneck over fast-closing Byrama rama could turn the tables on in the field of nine. the winner with a clean break It had taken the daughter and trouble-free trip, Nakatani of Scat Daddy three races in replied, “Absolutely. No doubt the East to break her maiden, about it. She’s got a lot of talbut when she finally did at ent, and hopefully she’ll show odds of 8-1, Lady of Shamrock it next time.”

Lady of Shamrock’s new did so with an impressive turn of foot. She promptly was pur- owners added $48,600 to a chased privately by a represen- ledger that was $30,100 at tative of trainer John Sadler on the time of their purchase.

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Lasso From El Paso

Born Force.

Taylors Deal was returning to the main track after making his grass debut in his previTurf Paradise, Phoenix, ous start. In that seven-andone-half furlong conditioned AZ Juvenile doubleheader allowance race at Turf Paradise he was the 8-5 favorite and at Turf Paradise raced from a stalking position,

By Ty Wyant but could not challenge with a Taylors Deal drew out wide move. through the stretch to win A son of Second in Comthe $35,000 Lost In The Fog mand, Taylors Deal won his Juvenile Stakes and odds-on maiden at first asking on favorite Lasso From El Paso im- October 2 and then was a close pressed in the $35,000 Arizona second for a $25,000 claiming Juvenile Fillies Stakes during a tag during the Oak Tree meet sex-segregated stakes double- at Santa Anita. header for two-year-olds at Owned by Eric Kruljac Turf Paradise on Monday after- with Frank or Karen Lewkowitz, noon. Each of the stakes was at Lasso From El Paso thoroughly six-and-one-half furlongs. dominated the Juvenile Fillies North American ThorStakes in gate-to-wire fashion oughbred Horse Company’s as the 4-5 favorite.

Taylors Deal looked like he Jockey David Lopez let may appreciate a longer Lasso From El Paso take the distance on the dirt after his lead through an opening late-running victory in the Lost quarter of :22.30 and she was In The Fog Juvenile in 1:15.22 not threatened while stepunder jockey Richard Hamel. ping off the second quarter in The Sandi Gann-trained geld:22.15. The daughter of Smoke ing rated near the early pace Glacken lengthened her and then kicked clear through advantage through the stretch the stretch to win by nearly to win by nearly five lengths in three lengths as the 3-1 second 1:15.62 while making her Turf choice.

Paradise debut.

Let’s Get Crackin, the Racing For Gold, the 9-5 3-2 favorite, was second by second choice making her two-and-one-half lengths over second start, was second by

one-and-one-quarter lengths over Wine Thief.

Trained by J. Jay Kruljac, Lasso From El Paso shipped to Turf Paradise after winning one of her six previous starts in Southern California. She won her maiden for a $62,500 claiming price in her third start when she took a maiden race at Del Mar over five-and-onehalf furlongs on August 1. In her start before the Juvenile Fillies she was caught in the final strides in a $32,000 claiming race at Hollywood Park at six furlongs.

not disclosed.

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Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA Al Muhtasib gate-towire in off-turf ‘Buddy D’ ’Cap

By Ty Wyant

William Butler’s Al Muhtasib was a convincing 3 ¼-length gate-to-wire winner in Monday’s $75,000 Buddy Diliberto Memorial Handicap, originally carded for 1 1/16 miles on turf but moved to a “sloppy” main track.

A 4-year-old Distorted Humor colt last seen finishing third in the $150,000 Claiming Crown Jewel at Fair Grounds on Dec. 3, Al Muhtasib set moderate fractions

of 24.42, 48.48 and 1:13.03 before widening his lead in the stretch and finishing the 8 ½ furlongs in 1:43.63. Leading jockey Rosie Napravnik, initially scheduled to ride Suntracer, picked up the mount midafternoon after that morning line favorite elected not to try the mud.

“He jumped out of the gate sharp today and he just relaxed and had plenty left for the lane,” Napravnik said. “I had a ton of horse the whole way.

He was tugging on me waiting for me to tell him to go.”

Trained by Mike Maker, the winner paid $9.20, $4 and $3.80 while increased his career earnings to $250,738.

The running order never changed at any point of call, with Chester J. Miller and Patrick J. Dupuy’s Strike Impact holding on for second, and paying $5.20 and $3, while 1 ½ lengths to the good of John Wade’s Pedrolino, who returned $3.60.

The field scratched down to five horses after it was announced that the race would be transferred to the main track. Favored Worldly and Ready Set rounded out the order of finish.

Al Muhtasib was saddled

by Maker’s assistant, Joe Sharp,

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Al Muhtasib

The Factor

10 after citing the $300,000 Malibu at seven furlongs as the most glaring omission on his glistening record, but it was the enigmatic The Factor who rose to the occasion.

With Martin Garcia aboard, the gray colt with the name taken from Bill O’Reilly’s widely-watched cable news show put on quite a show while timed in 1:19.89.

Breaking on the extreme outside, The Factor went directly to the lead, but soon ceded it to Centralinteligence and stablemate Hoorayforhollywood. He regained the Santa Anita Race Park, advantage nearing the far turn.

In the stretch, The Factor Arcadia, CA gamely resisted a challenge by Santa Anita opening runner-up Rothko, ridden by crowd of 44,579 best Corey Nakatani, before drawsince 1994; The Factor ing off to win by 3 ½ widening gets Baffert off Malibu lengths. Third-place Associate, schneid the 7-2 second choice with While Hall of Fame trainer Ramon Dominguez in the saddle, rallied for last to finish 2 Bob Baffert filled a significant ¼ lengths behind Rothko. blank in his extensive resume As a result, The Factor by winning the Grade 1 Malibu rebounded from a pair of Stakes with 5-2 choice The Factor, Santa Anita turned back performances that deeply disappointed Baffert. Followthe clock 17 years Monday with an opening day crowd of ing a victory in the Grade I Pat 44,579, its largest opening day O’Brien Stakes at Del Mar in August, The Factor faltered to throng since 46,904 attended fourth as the 2-5 choice in Sanin 1994. ta Anita’s Grade 1 Ancient Title Baffert entered four Stakes in October. One month 3-year-olds in the field of

later, he fell back to eighth at odds of 7-1 in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs. Both races were run from the rail post position.

On Monday, he accomplished something 23 other runners from the Baffert stable, including three this year, failed to do. He won the Malibu. “It is a good feeling,” Baffert said.

He briefly reviewed The Factor’s recent efforts. “He ran great at Del Mar,” he said. “In the Breeders’ Cup, I thought he’d really run well, but he just couldn’t get untracked on that track at Churchill Downs that day. But he likes this track and has really been training well.

“It’s exciting to win the Malibu,’ Baffert continued.

“It’s a great race, some great horses have won it, some great trainers. It was lacking on my resume. I can put it on my website tonight. When The Factor runs his race, it’s going to be tough to really beat him.

The Factor we know showed up today.”

“He was really sharp and ready to win,” Garcia said.

“Plus, he really likes this track. I decided to let him run and put me wherever he wanted to put me, and look at what he did. I don’t think there was a horse that could beat him today.”

who married Napravnik in October. Afterwards, Sharp was asked what instructions he gave his wife in the paddock.

“I learned not to give her too many instructions,” Sharp said. “Doesn’t work out too well. I respect her job. She is good at what she does and she respects mine and we have a good balance. She doesn’t need any instructions.”

Sharp confirmed that Al Muhtasib had been entered with an off-the-turf scenario in mind and would not have run on the turf.

The Factor paid $7.20, $4.80 and $3.60. Rothko returned $6 and $4. The show price on Associate was $3.60.

The victory was The Factor’s fifth in nine starts. The winning purse of $180,000 raised his career earnings to $652,180 for owners Fog City Stable and George Bolton.

On a picture perfect day, the large crowd marked the first opening day crowd over 40,000 since 2002. It was up 30 percent over the previous year’s on-track attendance of 34,268. The on-track handle of $4,246,751 was an increase of 10 percent over 2010. The overall handle, $12,866,300, was up 9 percent.

Heavily favored Mr. Commons burst between rivals in midstretch to dismantle his opposition while going on to a 3 ¼ -length triumph in the Grade 2, $150,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes for 3-year-olds at one mile on turf.

“Since I got through, it was great,” said Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith following his third victory of the afternoon. “But I’ve learned you could point this horse at a wall and he’ll run through it if you ask him to.”

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no match for the winner who was clocked in 1:33.84 for the mile.

Mr. Commons, a son of Artie Schiller trained by John Shirreffs, was making his first start since finishing a creditable fifth in the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5.

“It was good to have Mike Smith back in the saddle like that,” Shirreffs said. “Whatever Mike wants to do, I’m just fine with that. It’s better to have a win on Opening Day than to have your first one on Closing Day.” Smith had one horse beaten during the early going of the eight-horse Sir Beaufort. Rallying into the stretch, Mr. Commons nearly ran up onto the heels of a rival before Smith’s maneuver that allowed the winner to surge through a slim opening and win under a hand ride.

The bay colt, owned by St. George Farm Racing of Ian Banwell, earned $90,000 for the victory to elevate his career earnings to $483,660 from a 3-3-1 record in 10 starts.

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Got Even; below, trainer Peter Miller and jockey Garrett Gomez

seven furlongs in the $100,000 California Breeders’ Champion Stakes which was run as race seven.

With Garrett Gomez at the controls, Got Even took command at the start and was never headed to defeat runner-up Exotic Slew by 4 ¼ lengths. Passing Game finished third, another nose back in the field of nine. The final time was 1:21.39.

“I really didn’t expect him to show that much speed, but he was doing it well, with his ears up,” Gomez said after dismounting from the 12-1 winner. “I knew he was shortening up and I really didn’t know what to expect, but he was able to clear them and stretch them out pretty good. The way it worked out, he took most of the run out of them.”

Stoney Fleece, the 2-1 favorite, never threatened while checking in fifth. Motown Men, the 5-2 second choice, finished seventh after stumbling badly at the start.

“He likes this racetrack,” said Peter Miller, who trains Got Even. “He’s gotten better and better since we gelded him at the Del Mar meet, and that’s the only thing I can really point to that turned him around. I was watching the

race and I kept saying, ‘When’s he going to stop?’ and he never did.”

Got Even rewarded his backers at $27.20 while securing his third win in eight starts for the partnership of Bruce Chandler, Jeff Fink and Marc Umeda. The winning purse of $60,000 increased his earnings to $105,800.

The fillies division of the $100,000 California Breeders’ Champion Stakes went to odds-on favorite Ismene, who dominated five opposing 2-year-old fillies by 2 ¾ lengths under Smith’s hand ride while leading from start to finish.

Ismene, thus, remained unbeaten in three career starts for owner Stephen Ferraro and

trainer Bill Spawr while traversing seven furlongs in 1:21.61.

Willa B Awesome finished second, 1 ¾ lengths ahead of Warren’s Amber. “We ran into a monster,” commented Martin Pedroza, who rode the runnerup.

“She’s really talented, to say the least,” Smith said in the winner’s circle. “What’s exciting about her is there’s room to improve.” Spawr, who also conditions 2011 Breeders’ Cup Sprint champion Amazombie, acknowledged that the homebred daughter of Tribal Rule has as much potential as any horse he’s ever trained.

“Bill’s done a magnificent job,” said Ferraro. “I’ve definitely had thoughts about her

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Ismene; below owner Stephen Ferraro, jockey Mike Smith and trainer Shes Jess Dynamite Bill Spawr

3-year-old year, but in the end, it’ll be Bill’s decision. Hopefully, she’ll be an Oaks-type filly.”

Ismene, who paid $3.20 for her victory, ran her earnings to $150,630. “We’ll give her a week off and see what we have,” Spawr said. “Then we’ll decide what to do with her next.”

Hialeah Park, FL Favorite Shes Jess Dynamite wins Hialeah Lassie Futurity; TF First Pick scores in Hialeah Laddie

By Michael Cusortelli

Shes Jess Dynamite, the fastest qualifier and 5-2 favorite, recorded her first career

stakes victory in the $186,220 Hialeah Lassie Futurity, one of four Quarter Horse stakes at Hialeah Park on Monday.

Prepped by Joseph Manucy and ridden by Patrick Watson for owners Gene White, Wayne Metcalfe, H.R. Heidenreich, and Jerry Cate, Shes Jess Dynamite went 400 yards in :19.549 while earning a 94 speed index and defeating second-fastest qualifier and 3-1 second choice Eyema Special Candy by a neck. The filly earned $78,212 to increase her bankroll to $91,292.

Shes Jess Dynamite was bred in Texas by Bobby D. Cox. The filly’s sire, FDD Dynasty, is a 7-year-old bay stallion by First Down Dash who was a

three-time Grade 1 winner and the AQHA champion 2-yearold colt in 2006 and champion sophomore colt the following season.

FDD Dynasty’s top runners include Illegal Smile, a 2-yearold gelding who won the October 29, $150,000 AQHA Juvenile Challenge Championship (Grade 2) at Los Alamitos.

Owned by a syndicate, the stallion stands for a $10,000 fee at Vessels Stallion Farm at Bonsall, California.

Shes Jess Dynamite’s dam, Shes Jess Special, is a winning and stakes-placed 11-year-old mare by Mr Jess Perry. Shes Jess Special has produced seven winners from nine starters, including Bye Bye Jess, a 5-year-old gelding who won the June 26 Tricky Dust Overnight Stakes at Ruidoso Downs.

Shes Jess Dynamite’s Lassie victory extended her win streak to four. All told, the filly has won four of seven races, including the last of four Lassie trials on December 10.

Wave Corona ran third and was followed by Deer Oh Deer, Ima Gator Fan, Edge Em Out, Feature Me On TVG, Coronas Blushin, Special Awards, and Fly Kate Fly. Runner-up Eyema Special

Candy is a black daughter of 2003 AQHA world champion Oak Tree Special racing for Ray Allen Smart. The filly has won one of nine races, and the $33,520 second-place share of the Lassie Futurity purse pushed her earnings to $97,383.

A homebred bay filly by Wave Carver, Wave Corona has won two of eight starts and has banked $38,071 for her owner, Nancy S. McCoy of Wichita, Kansas. Wave Corona was coming off of a two-length victory in her Lassie trial.

Also on Monday, fourthfastest qualifier TF First Pick led at every call en route to a half-length win in the 400yard, $223,840 Hialeah Laddie Futurity for 2-year-old colts and geldings.

Under Aron Hunt, who rode TF First Pick for owner Donald Ray Jacobs and trainer Ron Raper, the chestnut gelding stopped the timer in :19.516 to post a 94 speed index. The victory represented the gelding’s fourth win in seven outs and first stakes score.

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winning 10-year-old son of the First Down Dash stallion First Place Dash who ran third in the 2003 Prescott Valley Futurity (Grade 3) at Yavapai Downs in Arizona.

TF First Pick’s dam, Pick Your Passion, is a winning 7-year-old daughter of the Special Effort stallion Special Project. The gelding’s half sister, Hailfire N Brimstone, won two stakes in ‘09, including the $50,000 Vinton Stakes (RG3) for Louisiana-breds at Delta Downs.

TF First Pick was coming off of a second-place finish in his Laddie Futurity trial on Dec. 11. His stakes resume includes a third-place finish in the $115,160 Heartland Futurity at Indiana Downs.

Sizzling Gold, Lil Shorta Cash, fastest qualifier and 1910 favorite Count The Menace, Volcom Jr, Mo Zoomo, Hesa Winner, Got Me A Hemi, Valiant Corona, and Cash For Wagon Boss completed the order of finish.

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$10,000 non-winners-of-two claiming race at Will Rogers Downs on October 9.

Lil Shorta Cash is a colt by champion Panther Mountain campaigned by Rodney Layne Harmon. An earner of $49,942 from 11 starts, Lil Shorta Cash has won two races, including a Laddie Futurity trial on Dec. 11.

Two other stakes were run at Hialeah on Monday, the 660-yard, $27,500 Crystal River Stakes, and the 350-yard, $22,250 Signature Stakes. Dan I. Frazier’s Skyline Lover was a prompt 7-10 favorite in the Crystal River, as the 5-year-old Feature Mr Jess gelding defeated 7-2 second choice Flyin Fish by a head and posted his ninth career stakes victory.

Shanley Jackson rode Skyline Lover for trainer Matt Frazier, as the gelding covered his trip in :31.612 to earn a 123 speed index. Skyline Lover has won 13 of 30 races, and the $16,500 winner’s share of the Crystal River purse pushed his bankroll to $260,138.

Of Skyline Lover’s nine stakes wins, six have come at Hialeah Park, including the last two runnings of the Crystal River. The gelding’s

record also includes a halflength victory in the 550yard, $50,000 SLM Big Daddy Stakes (Grade 3) at Remington Park on March 12.

The Star Alert ran third and was followed by Checotah Dale, Heza Fast Corridor, My Corona Memories, Wrangler On The Run, Dashing Manner, Down N Cool, and PLS Treasured Fame.

Freaking, a 5-year-old TR Dasher gelding owned and trained by Ricardo Martinez, outran his 8-1 odds to win the Signature Stakes. Ridden by Alex Baldillez, Freaking went 350 yards in :17.484, and his margin of victory was a half of a length from Opportunity

Freaking

Zooms.

Freaking was just 16 days removed from a fourth-place run in a 300-yard, $16,000 allowance race at Hialeah Park. All told, the gelding has won three of 18 races and has earned $45,356, of which $26,456 has been banked this season.

Bold Badon crossed the wire third but was disqualified and placed fourth.

Behind Freaking and runnerup Opportunity Zooms, the official order of finish was Just Wannabe Postoak, Bold Badon, 11-10 favorite Ethics Aside, An Ocean Rocket, Streakin Rare, Louisianafeature One, and Sassy Shaelan.

RACE RECAPS

Okey Dokey Diamond

DEC. 24, 2011 Hialeah Park, FL Okey Dokey Diamond wins La Nina Invitational; Country Boy Deluxe scores in El Nino

By Michael Cusortelli

Victor Olivo rode Okey Dokey Diamond to a half-length victory in Saturday’s $20,000 La Nina Invitational Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Hialeah Park.

Trained by Victor Gonzalez for owner Rito Fernandez Moreno, Okey Dokey Diamond made her 400-yard trip in :19.791 while earning an 87 speed index and her first career stakes win. The filly returned a $19.60 win mutuel.

Okey Dokey Diamond was bred in Texas by longtime breeder Joe Kirk Fulton of Lubbock. The filly’s sire, Okey Dokey Dale, is a 15-year-old son of all-time leading sire First Down Dash and the AQHA champion 3-year-old colt in 1999.

Okey Dokey Dale’s top runners include Grade 1 winner Okey Dokey Fantasy and reigning AQHA distance champion De Passem Okey. The stallion is owned by the Pierce Family

Country Boy Deluxe

Partnership and stands for a $2,000 fee at Pierce Ranch at Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

Okey Dokey Diamond is the first starter produced

by Diamond Of Deception, a 7-year-old daughter of the Streakin Six stallion Streakin La Jolla. The filly traces back to her third dam, Daring Difference, a 1992 foal by Victory Dash who won the 1994 Heritage Place Futurity (Grade 1) at Remington Park in Oklahoma.

All told, Okey Dokey Diamond has won two of seven races, and the $12,000 winner’s share of the La Nina purse increased her earnings to $21,056. Her stakes resume includes a second-place finish to Chinas Country Chick in the Oct. 29, $38,175 All American Congress Futurity at Beulah Park.

Arbeka Raincloud ran second and was followed by Violet Hills, Goodnews City, 7-5 favorite Drinkin The Gold, La Candy Woman, Luxurious Attire, La Dona Cartel, and Heavanly Tears.

A sorrel daughter of the Shazoom stallion Voghts Gold, Arbeka Raincloud has won one of five outs and has banked $17,585 for her owner, Arthur W. Devereaux. The filly was

coming off of a fourth-place finish in a Hialeah Lassie Futurity trial on Dec, 10.

Violet Hills is a gray filly by Ocean Runaway campaigned

by Denis and Julie Schoenhofer. Racing in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and now Florida, the filly has earned $3,663 from four starts.

Country Boy Deluxe Scores in El Nino A sharp break from post 4 helped Country Boy Deluxe score a wire-to-wire, halflength win in the $20,000 El Nino Invitational Stakes for 2-year-olds at Hialeah Park on Saturday.

Prepped by Ron Raper and ridden by Aron Hunt for Lucas Racing Inc., Country Boy Deluxe covered 400 yards in :19.516 and earned a 94 speed index. The $12,000 winner’s share of the purse pushed the homebred sorrel gelding’s bankroll to $21,395 from 10 starts.

Country Boy Deluxe’s sire, Country Chicks Man, earned $736,793 from 2003-09 and was the AQHA champion aged stallion in 2006. Country Chicks Man is a 10-year-old son of the late Beduino (TB) stallion Chicks Beduino, and his top runners include Sumokin, a filly

who won the November 12, $426,624 Black Gold Futurity Championship (RG3) at Will Rogers Downs, and stakes winners Katillac Man and What I Want.

Country Chicks Man is owned by Rafter SM Ranch, and he stands for a $3,000 fee at Bob Moore Farms at Norman, Oklahoma.

Country Boy Deluxe’s dam, Corona Deluxe, is a winning 7-year-old mare by Corona Cartel who ran third in Vachetta’s 2006 Kindergarten Futurity (Grade 1) at Los Alamitos.

Country Boy Deluxe represents her first starter.

Country Boy Deluxe’s second dam, the winning First Down Dash mare First Down N Surfin, ran third as a maiden in champion Eyesa Special’s 2000 All American Futurity (Grade 1) at Ruidoso Downs.

Country Boy Deluxe has won two races, including a Hialeah Laddie Futurity trial on Dec. 11.

SRD Bobwirebob, 3-1 favorite Bogie Man, Eyema Little Ten, Sey Me Nemo, Hez Tricky Too, Pescado Fuerte, and Zoomin Darlin completed the order of finish.

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roll to $17,142 for his owner and breeder, Sheila Dorgan.

The bay gelding by Coronas Prospect has won one of eight outs.

Bogie Man is a black Country Chicks Man gelding racing for Brandon and Shelby Myers.

An earner of $30,185 from seven starts, Bogie Man ran second, a head behind longshot winner Queenies Corona Dash, in the Nov. 5, $87,633 Kansas Jackpot Futurity (RG3) at Will Rogers Downs.

DEC. 23, 2011 Sunland Park, NM Twelve Twenty Two narrowly wins $50,000 Bold Ego Handicap

approaching $200,000.

Winning trainer Henry Dominguez claimed Twelve Twenty Two for $25,000 at Hollywood Park on Dec. 17, 2010.

Since then, she has reeled off five wins from six starts for owners J. Kirk and Judy Robison and the the Solitaire Stable of El Paso, Texas.

The ultra game Squiggle produced another high level performance and just missed in a prolonged battle with the favorite. David Wolochuk’s talented filly dug in bravely in the final furlong and finished a close second. The Pioneering filly was 2 lengths in front of the pace setter D’Elegance. The latter held the lead for much of the way for trainer Chip Woolley but seemed to lose steam in the final furlong. The 26-1 long shot outran her odds and finished a solid third after carving out the early fractions of 22.08 and 44.75 seconds.

Finals at Portland Meadows on Monday.

Sent off as the tepid 5/2 favorite, CM Got Overserved broke very sharply under jockey Joe Crispin, which Crispin said was key to the victory.

“He’s just so professional out of the gate,” said Crispin.

“I think he’s just learning how to run, and a few starts back it’s like the lights came on and now he’s loving it.”

CM Got Overserved is a home-bred runner for owner Randy Dickerson and races out of the Nick Lowe barn. He’s now won three out of six cataff feature by a neck. Despite reer starts and has now earned trailing for much of the sprint, over $23,000 in his career.

Gomez never panicked aboard “We’ve been chasing a last season’s Harry Henson good one like him for a long Handicap winner and the time,” said Dickerson. “We patience paid off handsomely. raised his mama and we raised The 3-5 favorite stopped the him, so it’s fun to have a runner clock in a fast 1:03.91 through like this.” some very wintry conditions.

The final time for 400 Twelve Twenty Two is yards was 20.01 seconds. perfect at the local oval, having Trainer Nick Lowe echoed the won her last five races over positive statements from his Sunland Park soil. She has last Portland Meadows, OR owner after the race. seen running in the Grade 1 “He’s the most profes$300,000 Humana Distaff held CM Got Overserved sional 2 year old I’ve ever had,” takes $30,900 Far West said Lowe, who has been at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby Day (May 7). The Futurity Finals training horses for over two six-year-old bay mare earned CM Got Overserved really decades. “He’s just not making a $30,000 pay day from her seems to be figuring out this any mistakes and leaves there Bold Ego victory. The multiple racing game, as he powered so well. When we school him in stakes winner has 6 career wins home to an impressive score in the gate, he’s as professional as from 12 starts with earnings the $30,900 Far West Futurity they come.”

DEC. 19, 2011

Coming off a near 7-month layoff Twelve Twenty Two scored a narrow victory in the $50,000 Bold Ego Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Friday.

Under a strategic ride from red hot jockey Enrique Portillo Gomez, Twelve Twenty Two launched a six-wide bid off the far turn and rallied with an energetic bid to overtake Squiggle in a dramatic finish. The classy Kafwain mare surged past her rival to win the CM Got Overserved winning connections five and one-half furlong dis58 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1

RCI RULINGS Name: ALLEN MILLIGAN Ruling Date: 12/19/2011 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 11-RP-143 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 1500 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer waived right to hearing and pled ‘No Contest’ for a horse under his supervision placing 2nd at RP on 10/22/2011. Board of Stewards fined Mr. Milligan $1,500. Horse is dq’d from 2nd place and all trophies and/or awards shall be returned. Does not affect PariMutuel Payoff. Fine has been paid.

Name: AMY MICHELLE MCANALLY Ruling Date: 12/19/2011 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 11-RP-144 Ruling Type: General/Miscellaneous Rulings Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: The hearing in the matter of Amy Michelle McAnally was held before the Board of Stewards at RP on 12/15/2011 to determine if Ms McAnally was in violation of an OHRC Rule because she was alleged to be the spouse of a suspended person.

Ms McAnally offered evidence of legal separation filed 12/14/2011 in the District Court of OK County which grants the divorce of Amy M McAnally and Joe A McAnally. Given that Ms McAnally is no longer the spouse of the suspended person, the Stewards dismiss the action.

It is so ordered.

Name: DONALD R WATSON Ruling Date: 12/19/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19115 Ruling Type: Careless/Unsafe/Improper Riding or Driving Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 12/18/2011 Suspension End: 12/24/2011

Ruling Text: Suspended 7 calendar days 12/18/2011 through 12/24/2011 inclusive for careless riding aboard Logan Michael. Mount disqualified from 2nd to 7th place following the running of race 7, Dec. 17, 2011. Allowed to ride in designated races. Participation in such race/s extends suspension a like number days.

Name: SANTOS GARZA CARRIZALES Ruling Date: 12/19/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19114 Ruling Type: Careless/Unsafe/Improper Riding or Driving Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 12/18/2011 Suspension End: 12/24/2011 Ruling Text: Suspended 7 calendar days 12/18/2011 through 12/24/2011 inclusive for careless riding aboard Stones Chick Kiss. Mount disqualified from 3rd to 7th place following the running of race 6, Dec. 6, 2011. Allowed to ride in designated races. Participation in such race/s extends suspension a like number days.

Name: JARROD A DESCHAMP Ruling Date: 12/19/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19116 Ruling Type: Failure to Honor Declaration/ Engagement Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failed to fulfill riding engagement 12/17/2011.

Name: DAVID A FOREMAN Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19100 Ruling Type: Failure to Complete License Procedure Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in racing pending completion of license

requirements.

Name: NOEL BALDERAS Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19097 Ruling Type: Failure to Complete License Procedure Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in racing pending completion of license requirements.

Name: JAIME GALVAN Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19098 Ruling Type: Failure to Complete License Procedure Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in racing pending completion of license requirements.

Name: JUAN GUEL Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19101 Ruling Type: Failure to Complete License Procedure Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in racing pending completion of license requirements.

Name: ARMANDO L LOPEZ Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19096 Ruling Type: Failure to Complete License Procedure Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1 59

Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in racing pending completion of license requirements.

Name: JARROD A DESCHAMP Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19090 Ruling Type: Failure to Honor Declaration/ Engagement Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failed to fulfill riding engagement 12/10/2011.

Name: JOE L CHAPPELL Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19095 Ruling Type: Failure to Complete License Procedure Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in racing pending completion of license requirements.

Name: JOHN M SAVOY Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19106 Ruling Type: Failure to Conduct Business in Proper Manner Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failed to have a properly authorized person saddle his scheduled starter, 12/16/2011.

Name: GUADALUPE F TRISTAN Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19105 Ruling Type: Failure to Have Horse Properly Shod Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 60 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1

Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Resulted in a late scratch of Heza Fast Classic from race 8, 12/16/2011.

Name: ARTURO G RIVERA Ruling Date: 12/17/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19099 Ruling Type: Failure to Complete License Procedure Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in racing pending completion of license requirements.

Name: JUAN MIGUEL GARCIA Ruling Date: 12/16/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19089 Ruling Type: Financial Obligation/Restoration Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 12/16/2011 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Suspended and denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the LSRC as per Default Judgement #11-0421-06 ($325) Parish of Calcasieu.

Name: JARROD A DESCHAMP Ruling Date: 12/16/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19083 Ruling Type: Reinstatement to Good Standing in State Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Appeared for hearing.

Name: Eloy Gonzalez Ruling Date: 12/15/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 18974 Ruling Type: Completed Licensing Procedures

Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Met requirements.

Name: JARROD A DESCHAMP Ruling Date: 12/14/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19083 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 12/14/2011 Suspension End: 12/16/2011 Ruling Text: Failed to appear for scheduled hearing.

Name: LUZ QUINTANILLA Ruling Date: 12/13/2011 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19082 Ruling Type: Careless/Unsafe/Improper Riding or Driving Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Suspension Start: 12/11/2011 Suspension End: 12/17/2011 Ruling Text: Suspended 7 calendar days 12/11/2011 through 12/17/2011 inclusive for careless riding aboard A Solid Dash. Mount disqualified from 4th to 7th place following the running of race 1, Dec. 9, 2011. Allowed to ride in designated races. Participation in such race/s extends suspension a like number days.

Name: JESUS J ANDRADE Ruling Date: 12/12/2011 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: WILL ROGERS DOWNS Ruling Number: 11-WRD-093B Ruling Type: Reinstatement to Good Standing in State Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner Andrade, Jr, has paid the $100 fine assessed by WRD Stewards for falsifying his 2011 OHRC license application.

RMTC RULINGS Trainer

Date

State

Track

Suspension

Fine

Horse

Breed

Bernard S. Flint 12/26/11 LA FG $500 She Can Fly TB Violation: furosemide overage (1st Class 4 or 5 violation within 12 mo.)Can be administered by intravenous injection no closer to the race than 4 hours. Administration guidelines regulated by a threshold. Violations usually due to administration closer than 4 hours or administration intramuscularly. Used to treat exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (bleeding).

Michelle R. Lovell 12/23/11 LA FG $500 Pious Preacher TB Violation: guaifenesin and methocarbamol (1st Class 4 or 5 within 12 mo.)Guaifenesin is an RCI Class 4; used to induce muscle relaxation and restraint as an adjunct to anesthesia for short procedures, also found in many over-the-counter cough suppressants. Methocarbamol is an RCI Class 4; skeletal muscle relaxant/muscle spasm reducer; approved by the FDA for use in the horse. Mechanism of action of the drug is unknown.

Shawn M. David 12/22/11 LA DED $500 Gras TB Violation: phenylbutazone overage (severity level I, 1st Class 4 or 5 violation within 12 mo.)RCI Class 4, permitted 24 hours before the race by intravenous injection. Violations of the permitted threshold are usually due to administrations within 24 hours or the use of oral formulations. Used primarily to treat musculoskeletal inflammation.

Freddy D. Loy 12/17/11 LA FG $1,000 Clever Thiteen TB Violation: phenylbutazone and flunixin overages (2nd Class 4 or 5 within 12 mo.)RCI Class 4, see individual drug for description. A finding of both drugs in the same sample often leads to a harsher penalty due to the ÓstackingÓ effect when multiple NSAIDS are administered at the same time.

Jeffrey C. Dean 11/30/11 OK WRD 15 days $500 unknown Violation: isoflupredoneRCI Class 4; a corticosteroid used to treat inflammation. Can be used in a variety of ways. Found in some topical anti-inflammatory creams, can also be injected intravenously or directly into a joint.

Dennis M. Langford 11/17/11 LA EVD $500 Tylers Big Bird QH Violation: triamcinolone acetonide and methylprednisolone Triamcinolone Acetonide is an RCI Class 4; corticosteroid used for the treatment of multiple conditions. Often used in joints to control inflammation resulting from degenerative joint disease. Methylprednisolone is an RCI Class 4; quick-acting and longer-lasting corticosteroid used to treat inflammation. Often used in the joint (tradename Depo Medrol¨) to alleviate the symptoms associated with degenerative joint disease (arthritis).

Tyler J. Raymer 11/13/11 DE DD $1,000 Bambino Hall ST Violation: TCO2Total Carbon Dioxide is a physiologic measurement which, if elevated, indicates the administration of alkalinizing substances such as sodium bicarbonate. An increased pH level in the blood can theoretically enhance performance by counteracting the build up of lactic acid in the muscles. Regulated by a threshold.

Douglas W. Lilly 11/11/11 LA EVD $200 Violation: failure to administer medication at proper time, resulting in scratch

Mr Clarks Perry

QH

George W. Northrop 11/11/11 LA DED Kellville TB Violation: phenylbutazone and flunixin overages (1st Class 4 or 5 within 12 mo.)RCI Class 4, see individual drug for description. A finding of both drugs in the same sample often leads to a harsher penalty due to the ÓstackingÓ effect when multiple NSAIDS are administered at the same time.

Matthew C. McCart 11/11/11 Violation: unknown

OK

FM

$1,500

unknown

Kathy M. Roohms 11/4/11 LA EVD $500 Mr. Fancy Corona QH Violation: methylpredisoloneRCI Class 4; quick-acting and longer-lasting corticosteroid used to treat inflammation. Often used in the joint (tradename Depo Medrol¨) to alleviate the symptoms associated with degenerative joint disease (arthritis).

Eddie Clouston 11/4/11 WV MNR $250 Hog Wild Crissy TB Violation: phenylbutazone overageRCI Class 4, permitted 24 hours before the race by intravenous injection. Violations of the permitted threshold are usually due to administrations within 24 hours or the use of oral formulations. Used primarily to treat musculoskeletal inflammation.

Doug F. O’Neill 11/4/11 CA $1,000 Naturaliste TB Violation: dantroleneUsed as muscle relaxant for horses that tie-up (exertional rhabdomyolysis). It is fairly common problem for racehorses and considered effective for this condition.

Luz Chavira-Almeida 11/4/11 OK WRD $1,500, DQ unknown Violation: prednisone and prednisoloneRCI Class 4; corticosteroid used to treat inflammation. Available in multiple formulations and used to treat a variety of inflammatory conditions. Legal for raceday administration in Florida in the sodium succinate formulation. As with other corticosteroids, intravenous administration produces a calming effect according to anecdotal reports. Evidence of raceday administration would likely lead to more significant penalties in states other than Florida.

Milton Traylor 11/2/11 IA PRM $250, DQ Workin Dadea Violation: phenylbutazone overageRCI Class 4, permitted 24 hours before the race by intravenous injection. Violations of the permitted threshold are usually due to administrations within 24 hours or the use of oral formulations. Used primarily to treat musculoskeletal inflammation.

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S T A K E S R E S U LT S THOROUGHBRED | 1-1-2012 LA BREA S., Gr.1, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $300,000, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:20.47 - 12/31/2011 1. Teddy’s Promise , dk b/. f. 3, by Salt Lake, - Braids and Beads, by Capote, Bred by: Ted Nichols & Judy Nichols (CA) 2¼ $180,000 N/A Nichols, Ted and Judy R. Ellis V. Espinoza 2. Sugarinthemorning , b . f. 3, by Candy Ride (ARG), - Social Belle, by In Excess (IRE), Bred by: Stephen B. Weissman (CA) 1¾ $60,000 N/A Clement, Samantha G. and Weissman, Stephen B. R. McAnally G. Gomez 3. Great Hot (BRZ) , dk b/. f. 3, by Orientate, - That’s Hot, by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Coudelaria Jessica (BRZ) hd $36,000 N/A Coudelaria Jessica A. Avila C. Sutherland EDDIE LOGAN S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $81,700, 2 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:34.86 - 12/31/2011 1. Chips All In , b . c. 2, by North Light (IRE), - Maria’s Mirage, by Maria’s Mon, Bred by: Adena Springs (KY) 1¼ $47,400 N/A Everest, Jean, O’Brian, John, Valdez, Danny and Turpin, Michelle J. Mullins A. Quinonez 2. Sheer Talent , b . r. 2, by Wildcat Heir, Malpractice M. D., by Langfuhr, Bred by: Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung (FL) ½ $15,800 N/A Sareen, K. B., Smith, L., Webb, P., Davenport, J. and Halsey, L. D. Hendricks G. Gomez 3. Stoney Fleece , b . c. 2, by Decarchy, - Gold Fleece, by Deputed Testamony, Bred by: Joseph T. Alvarez III (CA) 1½ $12,180 N/A Barber, Gary and Cecil J. Sadler C. Nakatani RED HEDEMAN MILE S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $110,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:37.11 - 12/31/2011 1. That’s Who , dk b/. g. 2, by Quinton’s Gold, Rama Lassie, by Hadif, Bred by: Sam E. Stevens (NM) ¾ $66,000 N/A Stevens, Sam E. and Latane J. Marr R. Eikleberry 2. Tarahumar Flags , dk b/. g. 2, by Avenue of Flags, - Smoken Paster, by Smokester, Bred by: Rigoberto V. Villalobos (NM) 11½ $23,100 N/A Kings Ransom LLC H. Dominguez E. Gomez 3. E Bar Way , ch . g. 2, by The Way Home, - E Bar Prospect, by Gold Fever, Bred by: Donnell Echols (NM) nk $11,000 N/A Echols, Donnell J. Claridge D. Sterling LUKE KRUYTBOSCH S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.54 - 12/31/2011 1. Beer Meister , dk b/. g. 3, by Pleasant Tap, - Nanas Cozy Account, by Langfuhr, Bred by: Elisabeth Alexander (KY) 2¾ $21,000 N/A Egger, Linda and Burns, William A. M. Ortiz, Sr. G. Corbett 2. Goldfire , b . g. 3, by Storm Victory, - Stuarda, 62 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1

by Mining, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. D. H. Pihl (BC) 1½ $7,000 N/A Pihl, David and Delaurlyn B. Heads R. Hamel 3. Wegner , b . c. 3, by Dynaformer, - Fabulous,

by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Three Chimneys Farm, LLC & River Bend Farm, Inc.(KY) ¾ $3,500 N/A Majestic Racing Stable, LLC D. McFarlane T. Piermarini LOUISIANA FUTURITY, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,390, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:12.61 - 12/31/2011 1. Effie , b . f. 2, by Closing Argument, - Golden Diva, by Gold Fever, Bred by: Heiligbrodt Racing Stable (LA) ¾ $60,234 N/A Oak Leaf T.C. LP T. Richey R. Napravnik 2. Izzie’s Gold , b . f. 2, by E Dubai, - Yes It’s Gold,

by Yes It’s True, Bred by: Heiligbrodt Racing Stable & Walter L. New(LA) 4 $20,078 N/A New, Walter B. Brinkman G. Melancon 3. Miss Helen Jay , dk b/. f. 2, by Sefapiano, French Darling, by French Deputy, Bred by: Helen C. Sylvester (LA) nk $11,042 N/A Begnaud, Charles C. Begnaud R. Toups LOUISIANA FUTURITY, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $103,290, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.82 - 12/31/2011 1. Beanwah’smachine , dk b/. c. 2, by Successful Appeal, - X Strawdnair, by Malagra, Bred by: Brittlyn, Inc. (LA) 1½ $61,974 N/A Brittlyn Stable, Inc. A. Stall, Jr. S. Sellers 2. Gar , b . c. 2, by Southern Image, - Galena,

by Count the Time, Bred by: Heiligbrodt Racing Stable (LA) 1¾ $20,658 N/A Whispering Oaks, LLC and Brinkman, Brett B. Brinkman G. Melancon 3. C. C. Dubai , b . g. 2, by E Dubai, - Fairy Song (IRE), by Fairy King, Bred by: Clear Creek Stud LLC & Mason Grasty (LA) 4½ $11,361 N/A Whispering Oaks Farm LLC (Castille) T. Richey C. McMahon BLUE NORTHER S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $81,000, 2 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:34.24 - 12/30/2011 1. Lady of Shamrock , dk b/. f. 2, by Scat Daddy, - Blushing Issue, by Blushing John, Bred by: Grovendale Sales (KY) 2¾ $48,600 N/A Hronis Racing LLC J. Sadler G. Gomez 2. Batalha , ch . f. 2, by Smart Strike, - Kopenhagen, by Dynaformer, Bred by: Haras Santa Maria de Araras S.A. (KY) nk $16,200 N/A Haras Santa Maria de Araras A. Avila C. Sutherland 3. Byrama (GB) , b . f. 2, by =Byron (GB), - =Aymara (GB), by =Darshaan (GB), Bred by: Ermyn Lodge Stud Limited (GB) 1¾ $9,720 N/A Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners S. Callaghan C. Nakatani

RILEY ALLISON FUTURITY, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $104,200, 2 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:15.10 - 12/30/2011 1. Isn’t He Clever , b . g. 2, by Smarty Jones, Sharp Minister, by Deputy Minister, Bred by: Monticule (KY) 11¾ $62,520 N/A Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez A. Medellin 2. Flame Broiled , b . g. 2, by Henny Hughes, Slammingpartygirl, by Grand Slam, Bred by: Eldon Farm Equine LLC (KY) nk $22,924 N/A Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez E. Gomez 3. Alsvid , b . c. 2, by Officer, - Reagle Mary, by Afternoon Deelites, Bred by: Yanagawa Stud LTD. (KY) ¾ $10,420 N/A Black Hawk Stable (James Rogers) C. Hartman K. Tohill MALIBU S., Gr.1, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $300,000, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:19.89 - 12/26/2011 1. The Factor , gr/ro. c. 3, by War Front, Greyciousness, by Miswaki, Bred by: H & W Thoroughbreds (KY) 3½ $180,000 117 Fog City Stable and Bolton, George B. Baffert M. Garcia 2. Rothko , b . c. 3, by Arch, - Raspberry Eggcream, by Time for a Change, Bred by: Padua Stables (KY) 2¼ $60,000 110 Padua Stables S. Asmussen C. Nakatani 3. Associate , ch . c. 3, by Wando, - Free as Tristan, by Crafty Friend, Bred by: Dixie Farm (KY) no $36,000 106 JMJ Racing, LLC and Sullivan Lane Stable R. Dutrow, Jr. R. Dominguez SIR BEAUFORT S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $150,000, 3 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:33.84 - 12/26/2011 1. Mr. Commons , b . c. 3, by Artie Schiller, Joustabout, by Apalachee, Bred by: St. George Farm LLC (KY) 3¼ $90,000 113 St. George Farm Racing LLC (Banwell) J. Shirreffs M. Smith 2. Irish Art , b . c. 3, by Artie Schiller, - Irish Linnet, by Seattle Song, Bred by: Liberation Farm, J. Stuart, P. Bance & J. Donaldson(KY) ¾ $30,000 108 Williamson, Warren C. Gaines R. Bejarano 3. Ultimate Eagle , dk b/. c. 3, by Mizzen Mast, - Letithappencaptain, by Captain Bodgit, Bred by: B. P. Walden & D. Hanley (KY) 2 $18,000 106 Wright, B. M. Pender M. Pedroza CALIFORNIA BREEDERS CHAMPION S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $100,000, 2 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:21.61 - 12/26/2011 Chart Margins Earned Owner Trainer Jockey 1. Ismene , dk b/. f. 2, by Tribal Rule, - Never to Excess, by In Excess (IRE), Bred by: Stephen Ferraro (CA) 2¾ $60,000 N/A Ferraro, Stephen W. Spawr M. Smith 2. Willa B Awesome , ch . f. 2, by Awesome Gambler, - Cause I’m Tricky, by Nineeleven,

Bred by: Terry C. Lovingier (CA) 1¾ $20,000 N/A Daniels, Phil, London, Patsy, Winters, John and Lovingier, Terry W. Solis M. Pedroza 3. Warren’s Amber , dk b/. f. 2, by Broadway Moon, - I’m a Cat’s Meow, by Mud Route, Bred by: Benjamin C. Warren (CA) nk $12,000 N/A Warren, Benjamin J. Gutierrez V. Espinoza LOST IN THE FOG JUVENILE S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 2 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:15.22 - 12/26/2011 1. Taylors Deal , dk b/. g. 2, by Second in Command, - Fleet Amyanne, by Western Fame, Bred by: Clive Lytle, Linda Lytle & Can-A-Mex Farms(BC) 2¾ $21,000 N/A North American Thoroughbred Horse Company, Inc. S. Gann R. Hamel 2. Let’s Get Crackin , b . g. 2, by Eddington, I’maknightschoice, by Knights Choice, Bred by: Hopewell Investments LLC (KY) 2½ $7,000 N/A Robson Thoroughbreds D. Roberson J. Barton 3. Born Force , gr/ro. g. 2, by Political Force, - Born Twice, by Opening Verse, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. C. W. McNeely III (VA) 2½ $3,500 N/A Jensen, Deana M. Jensen J. Rivera ARIZONA JUVENILE FILLIES S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 2 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:15.62 - 12/26/2011 1. Lasso From El Paso , b . f. 2, by Smoke Glacken, - Our Tune, by Concorde’s Tune, Bred by: Susan Kahn (FL) 4¾ $21,000 N/A Lewkowitz, Frank and Karen and Kruljac, Eric J. Kruljac D. Lopez 2. Racing for Gold , b . f. 2, by Finality, - Drop of Gold, by Stephanotis, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Dittloff & K. Dittloff (BC) 1¼ $7,000 N/A Hall, Philip P. Hall S. Heiler 3. Wine Thief , b . f. 2, by Benchmark, - Malbay Slew, by French Parliament, Bred by: Robert Osaki, Eileen Osaki & West 12 Ranch(CA) 4 $3,500 N/A Anderson, Mike T. and Clyde, Terry M. Anderson J. Barton

Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:03.91 - 12/23/2011 1. Twelve Twenty Two , b . m. 6, by Kafwain, Southern Solstice, by Southern Halo, Bred by: Jeffrey T Berk (FL) nk $30,000 N/A Robison, J. Kirk and Judy and Solitaire Stable H. Dominguez E. Gomez 2. Squiggle , dk b/. f. 3, by Pioneering, - Impertinent Music, by Stop the Music, Bred by: George W. Brown (KY) 2 $10,500 N/A Wolochuk, David D. Wolochuk A. Juarez, Jr. 3. D’ Elegance , dk b/. m. 5, by El Corredor, - Stephie Brown Eyes, by Explodent, Bred by: Atlas Farm, LLC (KY) 1¼ $5,500 N/A Snyder, Connie and Richard B. Woolley, Jr. J. Vega ON TRUST H., HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $84,500, 3 yo’s & up, 7 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:28.68 - 12/18/2011 1. Mensa Heat , dk b/. g. 5, by Unusual Heat, - Chi Chi Nette, by Ole’, Bred by: Madeline Auerbach & David Abrams (CA) 1½ $52,500 96 Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd. T. West J. Talamo 2. Legal Separation , ch . g. 4, by Jackpot, Stormy Divorce, by Storm Bird, Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm LLC (CA) ½ $16,000 93 Lanning, Curt and Lila E. Moger, Jr. V. Espinoza 3. Spud Spivens , b . g. 3, by Tizbud, - Oceans Reality, by Cutlass Reality, Bred by: Harris Farms Inc. (CA) no $9,600 92 Marchionno, Vincent and Audrey and Moreno, Henry H. Moreno G. Gomez

Albarado 3. Our Eleanor , dk b/. f. 2, by Successful Appeal, - Pretty Jane, by Subordination, Bred by: Ballycapple, LLC (KY) 3¾ $6,000 N/A Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd. M. Stidham J. Graham CASHCALL FUTURITY, Gr.1, HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $750,000, 2 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:42.86 - 12/17/2011 1. Liaison , b . c. 2, by Indian Charlie, - Galloping Gal, by Victory Gallop, Bred by: William A. Carl Estate (KY) nk $375,000 N/A Arnold Zetcher LLC B. Baffert R. Bejarano 2. Rousing Sermon , ch . c. 2, by Lucky Pulpit, - Rousing Again, by Awesome Again, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams (CA) 1½ $140,000 N/A Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. J. Hollendorfer J. Talamo 3. Brother Francis , ch . c. 2, by Lion Heart, Viapervita (IRE), by =Spectrum (IRE), Bred by: Norman Cheng (KY) ½ $100,000 N/A Cheng, Norman J. Cassidy V. Espinoza PACIFIC HEIGHTS S., GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $75,560, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles-T, Time: 1:50.67 - 12/17/2011 1. Antares World , dk b/. f. 4, by Decarchy, Alashir’s World, by Spinning World, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams (CA) ¾ $45,300 N/A Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. S. Specht F.

ENCHANTRESS S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $110,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:40.87 12/18/2011 1. Whisper’s Sister , gr/ro. f. 2, by Ghostly Moves, - Corwyns Special, by Corwyn Bay (IRE), Bred by: V. J. Callaway (NM) ½ $66,000 N/A Milam, Joe P. Smith K. Purcell 2. Quinton’s Doll Who , ch . f. 2, by Quinton’s Gold, - Sunny Expectation, by Valid Expectations, Bred by: Steve Prather (NM) 1½ $23,100 N/A Stevens, S. E. and Sammy and Thomas, BUDDY DILIBERTO MEMORIAL H., FAIR Kenneth J. Marr R. Eikleberry GROUNDS, Value of Race: $72,000, 3 yo’s & 3. Capote’s Charm , ch . f. 2, by Aeneas, - Trace up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:43.63 - 12/26/2011 of Charm, by Repriced, Bred by: Richard Snyder 1. Al Muhtasib , b . c. 4, by Distorted Humor, - A. & Connie Snyder (NM) 7¾ $11,000 N/A Alvarez, P. Interest, by A.P. Indy, Bred by: R. S. Evans (KY) Mario E. Carrizales A. Ramos 3¼ $45,000 N/A Butler, William M. Maker R. Napravnik LETELLIER MEMORIAL S., FAIR GROUNDS, 2. Strike Impact , b . g. 7, by Smart Strike, - Foret Value of Race: $57,600, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Noire, by Time for a Change, Bred by: HermitTime: 1:11.43 - 12/18/2011 age Farm LLC (KY) 1½ $15,000 N/A Miller, Ches- 1. Good Deed , b . f. 2, by Broken Vow, - Hidden ter J. and Dupuy, Patrick J. M. Scherer M. Mena Assets, by Mt. Livermore, Bred by: Bert Klein, 3. Pedrolino , ch . g. 5, by Distorted Humor, Elaine Klein & Richard Klein (KY) 3 $36,000 N/A Bold Burst, by Dahar, Bred by: Silverleaf Farms, Klein, Richard, Bertram and Elaine S. Margolis Inc. (KY) 1¾ $7,500 N/A Wade, John D. MatC. Lanerie thews R. Albarado 2. Swift Artist , ch . f. 2, by Henny Hughes, Zahwah, by Rahy, Bred by: Stoneway Farm (KY) BOLD EGO H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of 1½ $12,000 N/A Stoneway Farm LLC B. Flint R. SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1 63

S T A K E S R E S U LT S Alvarado 2. Halo Dolly , dk b/. f. 3, by Popular, - Spanish Halo, by Comic Strip, Bred by: Rod Rodriguez & Lorraine Rodriguez (CA) hd $15,000 N/A Blackmore, Hoefflin, Hoefflin, Hollendorfer, O’Farrell, Robin, Tahajian and Toda J. Hollendorfer R. Baze 3. Sweetly Peppered , b . f. 4, by Peppered Cat, Sweet Bimbo, by Allawinir, Bred by: Alex Pasckeicz (CA) 1¾ $9,000 N/A Alexander A. Paszkeicz Living Trust A. Paszkeicz A. Cedillo

N/A Asmussen, Steven S. Asmussen R. Napravnik 3. Bet On the Blue , b . f. 4, by E Dubai, - Javana,

by Sandpit (BRZ), Bred by: John Hawkins & Carol Hawkins (KY) nk $7,500 N/A Snowden, Jr., Hal N. Pessin M. Mena

BONAPAW S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $73,500, 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:03.41 - 12/17/2011 1. Chamberlain Bridge , b . g. 7, by War Chant, - She’s Got Class, by Trempolino, Bred by: EuHANK MILLS SR. H., TURF PARADISE, Value gene Melnyk (KY) 1 $45,000 N/A Carl R. Moore of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: Management LLC W. Calhoun J. Theriot 1:35.69 - 12/17/2011 2. Country Day , b . h. 5, by Speightstown, 1. Hezamazing , dk b/. g. 6, by Indy Film, - She’s - Hidden Assets, by Mt. Livermore, Bred by: Amazing, by Ruhlmann, Bred by: George Bert Klein, Elaine Klein & Richard Klein (KY) 2¼ Krikorian (CA) no $21,000 N/A Rollins, Carlyle R. $15,000 N/A Klein, Richard, Bertram and Elaine Houghton M. Ziegler S. Margolis J. Graham 2. Forest Mouse , dk b/. c. 3, by Teton Forest, 3. Southern Style , dk b/. g. 6, by Forestry, - Fast Mouse, by Fast Play, Bred by: E. H. Beau Lady Dixie, by Dixieland Band, Bred by: Twin Lane III (KY) ¾ $7,000 N/A Jensen, Mark M. Creeks Farm (KY) 1½ $7,500 N/A Chatters, Jensen J. Barton Maynard M. Chatters C. Marquez 3. Rule by Force , dk b/. g. 6, by Tribal Rule, Smart Start, by Deputy Minister, Bred by: Mr. TENACIOUS H., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of & Mrs. Martin J. Wygod (CA) 5¾ $3,500 N/A Race: $72,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, TG Racing LLC and Giannakopoulos, Peter R. Time: 1:45.31 - 12/17/2011 Diodoro J. Carreno 1. Fast Alex , dk b/. c. 4, by Afleet Alex, - Unaffordable, by Unbridled, Bred by: James Tafel BLUSHING K. D. H., FAIR GROUNDS, Value (KY) no $45,000 N/A Jim Tafel LLC G. Geier R. of Race: $75,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Albarado Time: 1:45.23 - 12/17/2011 2. Gleam of Hope , ch . g. 4, by City Zip, - Victo1. Cherokee Queen , dk b/. m. 6, by Cherokee rious Vice, by Vice Regent, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. Run, - Virginia Bee, by Virginia Rapids, Bred by: A. C. Asbury (KY) 15¼ $15,000 N/A Hamilton, J. Mack Robinson (KY) nk $45,000 N/A BrewsTerry and Morgan, Robert W. M. Stidham C. ter, Clark S. Margolis S. Bridgmohan Lanerie 2. Pleasantly Blessed , dk b/. m. 7, by Pleasant 3. Prospect Knight , b . g. 3, by Awesome Again, Tap, - Bendecida, by Silver Ghost, Bred by: - Skip Trial Miss, by Skip Trial, Bred by: Adena Doug Neece & Linda Neece (KY) nk $15,000 Springs (KY) no $7,500 N/A Bob Gary Racing LLC R. Scherer C. McMahon SUGAR BOWL S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $58,800, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.78 - 12/17/2011 1. Exfactor , gr/ro. c. 2, by Exchange Rate, Bright Magic, by Prized, Bred by: Bo Hirsch, L.L.C. (KY) no $36,000 N/A Stoneway Farm LLC B. Flint S. Bridgmohan 2. Laurie’s Rocket , b . c. 2, by Bluegrass Cat, Clay’s Rocket, by American Chance, Bred by: Gulf Coast Farms, LLC (KY) 2¼ $12,000 N/A Horton, Willis D. Stewart B. Hernandez, Jr. 3. Afford , dk b/. c. 2, by Street Sense, - Unaffordable, by Unbridled, Bred by: James Tafel (KY) 2½ $6,000 N/A Jim Tafel LLC G. Geier R. Albarado

querade Belle, by Victory Gallop, Bred by: Pamela Ziebarth (CA) 1½ $53,800 N/A Ziebarth, Pamela M. Jones J. Rosario 2. Chokecherymary , dk b/. f. 3, by Capsized, Sassy Rhythm, by Gilded Time, Bred by: BnD Thoroughbreds (CA) 1 $16,000 N/A Wasko, Steve and Sue G. Mandella G. Gomez 3. California Nectar , b . f. 3, by Stormy Atlantic, - Absolute Nectar, by Carson City, Bred by: Pablo Suarez & Michelle Suarez (CA) 3¼ $9,600 N/A Suarez Racing, Inc. D. O’Neill H. Berrios JOHNIE L. JAMISON H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $110,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:15.63 - 12/11/2011 1. Desert Hennessy , ch . g. 3, by Desert God, Cara Marisa, by Hennessy, Bred by: TJ Monsen & Sharon Monsen (NM) 1 $66,000 N/A Massey, Cleber J. Marr C. Madeira 2. Pure D Gold , ch . g. 4, by Quinton’s Gold, - Glyns Baby, by Whose That Guy, Bred by: Monte Griffin (NM) ¾ $22,000 N/A Barber, Mary M. Barber M. Rodriguez 3. Cross Chris Run , dk b/. g. 4, by Desert God, Lisa Lide, by Bel Bolide, Bred by: Harry Joseph Allen (NM) 1½ $11,000 N/A Massey, Cleber J. Marr K. Tohill NEW MEXICO STATE RACING COMMISSION H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $110,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:08.84 - 12/11/2011 1. Rose’s Desert , dk b/. f. 3, by Desert God, Miss Glen Rose, by Peaks and Valleys, Bred by: Joe Peacock (NM) 3¼ $66,000 N/A Peacock, Joe T. Fincher J. Ochoa 2. Dream Kin , gr/ro. m. 5, by Desert God, - Sa Moken, by Smoke Glacken, Bred by: Joe Allen (NM) 5½ $23,100 N/A Gonzalez, Ramon O. and Varela, Homero A. Gonzalez K. Tohill 3. Comicsperfectstorm , b . f. 3, by Comic Genius, - Cats Bounty, by Devon Lane, Bred by: Helen Nave (NM) ½ $11,000 N/A Nave, Helen T. Fincher R. Eikleberry

LETHAL GRANDE SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP S., PORTLAND MEADOWS, Value of Race: $10,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.88 - 12/11/2011 1. He’s a Goblin , dk b/. g. 4, by He’s Tops, Wegota Goblin, by No Back Talk, Bred by: Jim Fergason & Jeri Johnson (OR) 2¾ $5,500 N/A Johnson, Gerildyn and Just Horsen Around J. Fergason M. Anderson 2. Ricky Ricky , b . g. 4, by Seattle Shamus, - By a County Mile, by Grey West, Bred by: John Ansell & Laurie Palfy Ansell (OR) hd $2,000 N/A CAT’S CRADLE H., HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value Ansell, John and Laurie L. Ansell J. Torres of Race: $85,800, 3 yo’s & up, 7 1/2 furlongs, 3. Deb’s Legacy , b . g. 4, by Klinsman (IRE), Time: 1:29.33 - 12/11/2011 - Blazer Mania, by Cisco Road, Bred by: Tim 1. Tiz Flirtatious , dk b/. f. 3, by Tizbud, - MasAbraham & Teri A. Abraham (OR) 7¼ $1,500 64 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1

N/A Easley, James P. Easley R. Bowen JANET WINEBERG S., PORTLAND MEADOWS, Value of Race: $15,000, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:14.93 - 12/11/2011 1. Forty Something , b . f. 2, by Slew’s Saga, Forty Romances, by Forty Niner, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. Jack B. Root Jr. (OR) no $8,250 N/A Root, Margaret and Vogt, Dean and Lois B. Root J. Gutierrez 2. Bahati Gold , b . f. 2, by Soft Gold (BRZ), Bahati, by Horse Chestnut (SAF), Bred by: Bar C Racing Stables & Desert Rose Racing(OR) 2¼ $3,000 N/A Knapp, Neil N. Knapp E. Kubinova 3. Kenzie Carolina , dk b/. f. 2, by Baquero, Icicle Angel, by La Saboteur, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. Jack B. Root Jr. (OR) 6 $2,250 N/A Root, Margaret and Vogt, Dean and Lois B. Root D. Hoonan-Trujillo BILL WINEBERG S., PORTLAND MEADOWS, Value of Race: $15,000, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:12.03 - 12/11/2011 1. L G Jet , ch . g. 2, by Harbor the Gold, Cheyenne Rose, by Katahaula County, Bred by: Leonard Hammrich (OR) 2½ $8,250 N/A Hammrich, Georgianne J. Harris J. Torres 2. Slew the Cat , dk b/. g. 2, by Slew’s Saga, Truly a Cat, by True Confidence, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. Jack B. Root Jr. (OR) 10½ $3,000 N/A Root, Margaret and Vogt, Dean and Lois B. Root D. Hoonan-Trujillo 3. Suesawme , ch . g. 2, by He’s Tops, - Wegota Goblin, by No Back Talk, Bred by: Jim Fergason & Jeri Johnson (OR) 7 $2,250 N/A Fergason, Jim and Johnson, Jeri J. Fergason M. Anderson OREGON HERS S., PORTLAND MEADOWS, Value of Race: $10,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:44.30 - 12/11/2011 1. Missisissy , dk b/. f. 3, by Harbor the Gold, - Cascade Jazz, by Cascadian, Bred by: Lyle Magnuson (OR) no $5,500 N/A Magnuson, Lyle L. Magnuson J. Crispin 2. Kate Winsalot , b . f. 3, by Ochoco, - Byanoz Rose, by Baquero, Bred by: Dr. Ryland M. Harwood & Jo Ann Harwood (OR) hd $2,000 N/A Harwood, Dr. Ryland and Jo Ann R. Harwood J. Matias 3. Legendary Madame , b . f. 3, by Timber Legend, - Bonjourno My Lady, by Baquero,

Bred by: David L. Duke (OR) 4¾ $1,500 N/A Pollowitz, Michael G. Khalsa M. Terleski OREGON HIS S., PORTLAND MEADOWS, Value of Race: $10,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:48.31 - 12/11/2011 1. Hvr West Cascadian , b . g. 3, by Cascadian, - McWest, by West by West, Bred by: Chris Hartman, John White & Hood View Ranch(OR) nk $5,500 N/A Hartman, Chris C. Hartman R. Bowen 2. Shamundi , b . g. 3, by Seattle Shamus, Anima Mundi (IRE), by Namaqualand, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. Jack B. Root Jr. (OR) 2¼ $2,000 N/A Root, Margaret and Vogt, Dean and Lois B. Root D. Hoonan-Trujillo 3. Blackjack Moon , dk b/. g. 3, by Klinsman (IRE), - Moon Witch, by Baquero, Bred by: Dr. Ryland M. Harwood & Jo Ann Harwood (OR) no $1,500 N/A Gero, Denise J. Hill B. Endres REMINGTON SPRINGBOARD MILE S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $315,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.90 - 12/10/2011 1. Ted’s Folly , dk b/. g. 2, by Wild Tale, - Tricksword, by Sword Dance (IRE), Bred by: Harmony Stable, LLC (OK) 1¼ $195,000 88 Martin, Steve W. Brown J. Medina 2. Reckless Jerry , ch . c. 2, by Cactus Ridge, Miss Moneywise, by Crafty Prospector, Bred by: Dream Walkin’ Farms, Inc. & Lanita Davis (KY) hd $60,000 85 Dream Walkin Farms, Inc and Davis, Lanita K. Smith S. Laviolette 3. Pee H Dee , b . c. 2, by Tale of the Cat, - Trillion Wing, by $In the Wings (GB), Bred by: Omega Farm, B. D. Gibbs Farm LLC & Chancey Mill Farm(KY) 1½ $33,000 85 McIngvale, James C. Richard B. McNeil USEEIT S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:23.88 12/10/2011 1. Lesley Be Judged , dk b/. f. 3, by Devil His Due, - Nemisia, by Rubiano, Bred by: Diamond G Ranch, Inc. (OK) 2¼ $30,000 90 Allen, Ron J. Caldwell B. McNeil 2. Winner to Be , dk b/. f. 3, by Evansville Slew, - Unome’s Wild Again, by Unome, Bred by: C. R. Trout (OK) ½ $10,000 85 Trout, C. C. Trout L. Quinonez 3. Thisladyisadiamond , ch . f. 3, by Diamond,

- Secret Package, by Sea of Secrets, Bred by: R. D. Logan (OK) 5½ $5,500 85 Logan, Richard J. Offolter J. Joubert JIM THORPE S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:24.17 - 12/10/2011 1. Evansville Storm , b . g. 3, by Evansville Slew, - Sophia Storm, by Stormy Atlantic, Bred by: Sassy S Stables, Inc. (OK) ¾ $30,000 86 Sassy S Stables, Inc. M. Teel N. Matz 2. Brown Okie , dk b/. g. 3, by Slewship, - Stylist,

by Ogygian, Bred by: Richter Family Trust (OK) ¾ $10,000 85 Richter Family Trust J. Padilla L. Quinonez 3. Kipsandy , dk b/. g. 3, by Kipling, - Silt, by Line In The Sand, Bred by: Cindi Bigheart (OK) ½ $5,500 84 Southern Okie Boys LLC R. Engel M. Berry HOLLYWOOD STARLET S., Gr.1, HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $402,000, 2 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.09 - 12/10/2011 1. Killer Graces , ch . f. 2, by Congaree, - Heatherdoesntbluff, by Old Trieste, Bred by: Brian Kahn (KY) ½ $241,200 N/A Borislow, Daniel, Campbell, Gillian, Melen and Hollendorfer, Jerry J. Hollendorfer J. Talamo 2. Charm the Maker , dk b/. f. 2, by Empire Maker, - Charm the Giant (IRE), by Giant’s Causeway, Bred by: Ron McAnally & Deborah McAnally (KY) 1½ $80,400 N/A McAnally, Deborah R. McAnally G. Gomez 3. Lady Pecan , ch . f. 2, by Concerto, - Pecan Park, by Kris S., Bred by: Ocala Stud & Edward Wiest (FL) ¾ $48,240 N/A Shah, Kaleem B. Baffert M. Garcia GOLD RUSH S., GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $75,260, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.18 - 12/10/2011 1. Russian Greek , dk b/. c. 2, by Giant’s Causeway, - Sand Dollar, by Grindstone, Bred by: Overbrook Farm (KY) nk $45,000 N/A Olympia Star, Inc. J. Hollendorfer I. Beato 2. Marshal Marini , gr/ro. g. 2, by Marino Marini, - Red Hair Lady, by Smokester, Bred by: Barbara Delima (CA) 1¼ $15,000 N/A DeLima, Barbara C. DeLima A. Cedillo 3. Blacky the Bull , dk b/. c. 2, by Flashy Bull, Image of Honor, by Honour and Glory, Bred by:

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S T A K E S R E S U LT S Scott E. Ricker & Carol M. Ricker (KY) 1¼ $9,000 N/A Lebherz, Philip, Bilich, Anthony, Guillerman, Dennis, Cline, Jason, Cline, Steve J. Bonde K. Krigger CITY OF PHOENIX S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:09.93 - 12/10/2011 1. Got an Itch , dk b/. f. 4, by Rocky Bar, - Havin a Good Time, by Peaks and Valleys, Bred by: Just For Fun Farms, LLC (AZ) 1 $21,000 N/A Just For Fun Farms LLC M. Pearson A. Morales 2. Catch Lorraine , b . f. 4, by Tizbud, - Lucky Louise, by Half Term, Bred by: Bob Vendil (CA) 1¼ $7,000 N/A Gust, Charles P. Oviedo S. Heiler 3. Tornado Betty , dk b/. f. 4, by Comic Strip, - Joyously, by Half Term, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray (CA) ¾ $3,500 N/A Francone, Guy and Stable H.M.A. B. Hone J. Barton KLAQ H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:02.71 - 12/10/2011 1. Jam’n Jackson , ch . c. 3, by Flower Alley, - Jenna’s Joy, by Half Term, Bred by: Harold Tillema & Pamela Tillema (KY) ½ $30,000 N/A Tillema, Harold and Pamela H. Dominguez A. Medellin 2. City Sage , b . g. 3, by City Place, - Mystical Susan, by French Deputy, Bred by: Angela Ingenito (FL) 1¼ $11,000 N/A Sims, William J. Arnett M. Rodriguez 3. Ducky Drake , dk b/. g. 9, by Benchmark, Alice May, by Pleasant Colony, Bred by: Ralph Todd & Aury Todd (CA) 1½ $5,000 N/A Pinkerton, John and Mundell, Bryan C. Hartman R. Eikleberry LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY CLASSIC S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $150,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:53.15 12/10/2011 1. Star Guitar , b . h. 6, by Quiet American, Minit Towinit, by Malagra, Bred by: Brittlyn Stable, Inc., M. Benoit & E. Benoit(LA) 1¼ $90,000 N/A Brittlyn Stable, Inc. A. Stall, Jr. C. Lanerie 2. Populist Politics , b . c. 3, by Don’t Get Mad, - Cedar Summer, by Souvenir Copy, Bred by: B. Wayne hughes (LA) ¾ $30,000 N/A Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H. T. Amoss J. Graham 3. Break Up , ch . h. 5, by Sunday Break (JPN), - Ramp Up, by Boundary, Bred by: Dr. J. David Richardson, Walter L. New & Britton Richardson(LA) 7¼ $16,500 N/A Richardson, J. David Dr. and Britton and New, Walter L. B. Brinkman G. Melancon LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY SPRINT S., 66 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1

FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:10.64 12/10/2011 1. Amanecer de Oro , dk b/. c. 3, by Afternoon Deelites, - Dynamic Broad, by Broad Brush, Bred by: Thomas B. Early & William G. Andrade (LA) 1 $60,000 N/A Northpointe Thoroughbreds S. Duke J. Jacinto 2. Bold Recruit , dk b/. g. 3, by Lost Soldier, Lady Radkey, by Cutlass Fax, Bred by: Leonard Warf & Patricia Clark (LA) 2 $20,000 N/A Raintree Farm W. Calhoun C. Gonzalez 3. Southern Dude , b . g. 3, by Lion Tamer, Viva Vega, by Cobra King, Bred by: Summer Grove Farm, LLC & Lemon Tree Farm (LA) ¾ $11,000 N/A Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc. T. Amoss R. Albarado LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY TURF S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:45.40 12/10/2011 1. String King , b . g. 3, by Crowned King, String Dancer, by Fly a Kite (IRE), Bred by: Charlie Smith (LA) no $60,000 N/A Smith, Charlie C. Smith J. Graham 2. Kissimmee Kyle , dk b/. g. 5, by Gold Tribute, - Hoh Flyer, by Northern Flagship, Bred by: Raymond Davis (LA) no $20,000 N/A Red Oak Stable (Brunetti) A. Stall, Jr. R. Albarado 3. Wildrally , b . g. 7, by Wild Event, - Prattler, by *Cougar II, Bred by: Fred H. Jordan (LA) 2 $11,000 N/A Zacney, Charles and Johnston, Edward E. Johnston R. Napravnik LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY LADIES S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:47.02 12/10/2011 1. Harlie’s Dreams , dk b/. f. 4, by Pleasant Tap, - Zarb’s Fancy, by Zarbyev, Bred by: Elougia Myers (LA) no $60,000 N/A Coteau Grove Farms LLC P. Devereux, Jr. R. Albarado 2. Lawyer Tiffany , ch . f. 3, by Pure Prize, - Daytime Delight, by More Than Ready, Bred by: Dennis Milligan (LA) 4 $20,000 N/A Clement, Fletcher B. and Milligan, Dennis H. Johnson, Jr. J. Larrosa 3. Cat’s Production , ch . f. 3, by Run Production, - Siberian Cat, by Siberian Express, Bred by: Foxwood Plantation, LTD. (LA) ¾ $11,000 N/A Adams, John P. Adams R. Eramia

- Mystery At Sea, by Capote, Bred by: Clear Creek Stud LLC (LA) 2¼ $20,000 N/A Castille, Jr., Charles W. Meaux K. Clark 3. Sunday’s Child , b . f. 2, by Any Given Saturday, - First Lady (ARG), by Luhuk, Bred by: Stony Oak Thoroughbreds, LLC (LA) 3½ $11,000 N/A Brittlyn Stable, Inc. A. Stall, Jr. R. Napravnik LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY LADIES SPRINT S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:10.68 - 12/10/2011 1. Speedacious , b . f. 4, by Yankee Gentleman, - Blushing Trish, by Rahy, Bred by: Elm Tree Farm, LLC (LA) 1¾ $60,000 N/A Carl R. Moore Management LLC W. Calhoun M. Mena 2. Little Polka Dot , dk b/. m. 5, by Orientate, - Silky Oaks, by Regal Intention, Bred by: Southern Equine Stables, LLC (LA) 9½ $20,000 N/A Moss, Maggi T. Amoss J. Graham 3. U Belong to Me , b . f. 4, by Scrimshaw, - Red Cause, by Red Ransom, Bred by: Roy Zuppardo (LA) ½ $11,000 N/A Zuppardo, Roy S. Ducoing C. Lanerie LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY STARTER H., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile 70 yards, Time: 1:43.70 12/10/2011 1. Get in Da House , ch . g. 3, by Grand Appointment, - Grable, by Dehere, Bred by: Neal McFadden & J. Adcock (LA) 1½ $30,000 N/A Orth, Robert E. and Hawley, Wesley W. Hawley M. Mena 2. Watch My Smoke , gr/ro. g. 3, by Leestown, - Starlight Wishes, by Carson City, Bred by: J. Adcock (LA) 7 $10,000 N/A Moss, Maggi T. Amoss J. Graham 3. Willist , dk b/. g. 8, by Dance Brightly, - Icy Reality, by Proper Reality, Bred by: Heiligbrodt Racing Stable (LA) 9¼ $5,500 N/A Foudriat, Rick , Hand, A. J. and Caballero, Ricky M. Burgess R. Eramia

KUDZU JUVENILE S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $35,000, 2 yo, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:07.26 - 12/9/2011 1. Crimson Pride , dk b/. c. 2, by Olmodavor, - Elle’s Reign, by Smart Strike, Bred by: James A. Nunley (AL) 12¼ $22,400 N/A Walnut Hill Stable LLC J. Gibson M. Mena 2. Abama Light , dk b/. f. 2, by Phantom Light, LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY LASSIE S., - Chelsea’s Bloomers, by Storm Brewing, Bred FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 2 by: Hamby Horses (AL) ½ $7,000 N/A Hackett yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.86 - 12/10/2011 Brothers Thoroughbreds, Inc. E. Nelson, Jr. J. 1. Izzie’s Gold , b . f. 2, by E Dubai, - Yes It’s Riquelme Gold, by Yes It’s True, Bred by: Heiligbrodt Rac- 3. Gray Streak , gr/ro. f. 2, by Deputy Chief, ing Stable & Walter L. New(LA) 4 $60,000 N/A Broad Breadth, by Captain Bodgit, Bred by: New, Walter B. Brinkman G. Melancon Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Murphy (AL) 1 $3,850 N/A 2. Carmen’s Mystery , b . f. 2, by War Front, Long, Marty M. Long C. McMahon

WINTER DASH S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:02.46 - 12/8/2011 1. Solar Charge , b . g. 4, by Authenticate, - Another Sunlit, by Orbit Dancer, Bred by: Carolyn R. Barnett (TX) 2¼ $30,000 108 H and H Ranch K. Broberg G. Murphy 2. Flat Black , dk b/. g. 3, by Flatter, - Trailena,

by Trail Dancer, Bred by: Tony Jones (KY) 3 $10,000 102 Jones, Tony and Williams, Tim T. Williams J. Joubert 3. Banner Cat , ch . g. 4, by Wildcat Heir, Devil’s Banner, by Devil’s Bag, Bred by: Rick Sutherland (FL) 3¼ $5,500 95 Moss, Maggi C. Richard S. Laviolette SPEARFISH S., HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $62,400, 3 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:35.74 - 12/8/2011 1. Celestial Kitten , ch . f. 3, by Kitten’s Joy, Heavenly Glory, by Honour and Glory, Bred by: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY) hd $37,440 109 Triple B Farms (Boghossian) B. Cecil R. Bejarano 2. Whisper Louise (IRE) , b . f. 3, by =Chevalier (IRE), - =Patamar (GB), by Warning (GB), Bred by: Tom Twomey (IRE) ½ $12,480 109 Three Chimneys Racing LLC J. Cassidy V. Espinoza 3. Anniversary Girl , ch . f. 3, by Aragorn (IRE), Whalah, by Dixieland Band, Bred by: William B. Harrigan (KY) 2¼ $7,488 108 Barnett Stables LLC J. Hollendorfer J. Rosario COOL AIR S., HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $66,640, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs-T, Time: 1:09.44 - 12/7/2011 1. Briecat , ch . m. 6, by Adcat, - Silk Briefcase,

by Marlin, Bred by: Ocala Oaks, Inc. & Don R. Graham (FL) no $38,040 101 Wilson, Holly and David V. Cerin V. Espinoza 2. Givine (FR) , gr/ro. f. 4, by Blackdoun (FR), - =Viguerie (FR), by Double Bed (FR), Bred by: Gerard Gayet (FR) 1¼ $12,680 101 Naify, Marsha J. Canani R. Bejarano 3. A Jealous Woman , ch . m. 5, by Muqtarib, Miss Free Bird, by Fly So Free, Bred by: Denise Kim Thorson & Nick Tamborrino (CA) 1¼ $9,768 98 Three Cent Stable F. Meza H. Berrios MCFADDEN MEMORIAL SPRINT CLAIMING SERIES FINAL S., PORTLAND MEADOWS, Value of Race: $26,900, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:12.00 - 12/7/2011 1. Colonel Courtney , ch . g. 11, by Mt. Livermore, - Swiss Prospector, by Crafty Prospector, Bred by: Roselands (KY) 1½ $10,760 N/A Pollowitz, Michael G. Khalsa J. Gutierrez 2. Inhoc Signo Vinces , b . g. 5, by Malek (CHI), - Sweethrtofsigmachi, by General Meeting, Bred by: Richard Beal (CA) 1½ $4,573 N/A Pollowitz, Michael G. Khalsa R. Bowen

3. Roaring to Go , b . g. 5, by Roar, - Medinilla,

by Seattle Slew, Bred by: Chaiken Family Trust (CA) 1¼ $2,959 N/A Roberts, Tom and Hollendorfer, Jerry J. Hollendorfer K. Krigger BAYAKOA H., Gr.2, HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $150,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:42.69 - 12/4/2011 1. Ellafitz , b . f. 4, by Tiznow, - Skat Girl, by Dixieland Band, Bred by: Mineola Farm II LLC, David R. Houchin & James W. Hirschmann(KY) 3¼ $90,000 N/A D. and E. Racing (Sivage) B. Baffert M. Garcia 2. Miss Mittagong , b . f. 4, by Pleasantly Perfect, - Go Go, by Falstaff, Bred by: St George Farm LLC (KY) ¾ $30,000 N/A Cecil, Kristina and Reddam, Zillah B. Cecil J. Rosario 3. Bauble Queen , dk b/. f. 3, by Arch, Muneefa, by Storm Cat, Bred by: Payson Stud, Inc. (KY) 1¾ $18,000 N/A Class Racing Stable J. Kruljac M. Pedroza ZIA PARK DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIP H., ZIA PARK, Value of Race: $217,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:50.56 - 12/4/2011 1. McKenna’s Justice , b . c. 4, by Medaglia d’Oro, - Regretfully, by Lit de Justice, Bred by: McKenna Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY) no $127,596 97 Judge Lanier Racing J. Evans M. Hernandez 2. Red Lead , ch . g. 5, by Red Bullet, - Upside,

by Unaccounted For, Bred by: Adena Springs (FL) 2 $46,785 97 Frontier Stables LLC (J. Davis) C. Hartman R. Eikleberry 3. Vamoose , dk b/. g. 4, by Petionville, - Minimum Security, by Judge T C, Bred by: Everest Stables, Inc. (KY) 1½ $21,266 94 Everest Stables, Inc. H. Dominguez E. Gomez NEW MEXICO EDDY COUNTY S., ZIA PARK, Value of Race: $129,860, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:40.06 - 12/4/2011 1. E Bar Way , ch . g. 2, by The Way Home, - E Bar Prospect, by Gold Fever, Bred by: Donnell Echols (NM) ½ $77,700 69 Echols, Donnell J. Claridge D. Sterling 2. Zenon’s Star , gr/ro. g. 2, by Fusaichi Zenon (JPN), - Miss Trixie, by B. G.’s Drone, Bred by: Michael Weatherly (NM) nk $28,490 68 Wright, Lester H. Ashford, Jr. C. Lambert 3. That’s Who , dk b/. g. 2, by Quinton’s Gold, - Rama Lassie, by Hadif, Bred by: Sam E. Stevens (NM) 7½ $12,950 68 Stevens, Sam E. and Latane J. Marr C. Madeira BAYAKOA H., Gr.2, HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $150,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:42.69 - 12/4/2011 1. Ellafitz , b . f. 4, by Tiznow, - Skat Girl, by Dixieland Band, Bred by: Mineola Farm II LLC, David R. Houchin & James W. Hirschmann(KY)

3¼ $90,000 N/A D. and E. Racing (Sivage) B. Baffert M. Garcia 2. Miss Mittagong , b . f. 4, by Pleasantly Perfect, - Go Go, by Falstaff, Bred by: St George Farm LLC (KY) ¾ $30,000 N/A Cecil, Kristina and Reddam, Zillah B. Cecil J. Rosario 3. Bauble Queen , dk b/. f. 3, by Arch, Muneefa, by Storm Cat, Bred by: Payson Stud, Inc. (KY) 1¾ $18,000 N/A Class Racing Stable J. Kruljac M. Pedroza NATIVE DIVER H., Gr.3, HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:49.03 - 12/3/2011 1. Kettle Corn , b . c. 4, by Candy Ride (ARG), Somethingbeautiful, by Lil E. Tee, Bred by: Jim Plemmons (KY) ½ $60,000 N/A C R K Stable J. Sadler G. Gomez 2. Tres Borrachos , b . g. 6, by Ecton Park, - Pete’s Fancy, by Peteski, Bred by: Robert Shapiro, John J. Greely IV & Phil Houchens(KY) 2¼ $20,000 N/A Hicker, George and Button Stable M. Jones J. Rosario 3. Tweebster , gr/ro. r. 4, by Tapit, - H. R. H. Doodle, by Open Forum, Bred by: Kim Nardelli & Rodney Nardelli (KY) ½ $12,000 N/A Shah, Kaleem B. Baffert R. Bejarano CORTE MADERA S., GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $75,260, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.04 - 12/3/2011 1. Lady of Fifty , gr/ro. f. 2, by After Market, K. D.’s Shady Lady, by Maria’s Mon, Bred by: Cloverleaf Farms II, Inc. (KY) ½ $45,000 N/A Hollendorfer, Jerry and Todaro, George J. Hollendorfer K. Krigger 2. Sweet Nothings , dk b/. f. 2, by Street Cry (IRE), - Dutchess Mojo, by Deputy Minister, Bred by: Gulf Coast Farms, LLC (KY) 1 $15,000 N/A Halo Farms and Hollendorfer, Jerry J. Hollendorfer A. Gryder 3. Hennessy River , ch . f. 2, by Johannesburg, - River Thames, by Kayrawan, Bred by: John Goldthorpe & Cahaba Stables, LLC (KY) 3 $9,000 N/A Olympia Star, Inc. J. Hollendorfer R. Baze CABALLOS DEL SOL S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:09.03 - 12/3/2011 1. Danzing Tribal , dk b/. g. 5, by Tribal Rule, Danzing Crown, by Danzig, Bred by: Sid Craig & Jenny Craig (KY) ½ $21,000 N/A Stateside Racing R. Diodoro S. Heiler 2. Absolutely Cool , ch . g. 4, by Absolute Harmony, - Coup de Foudre, by Basket Weave, Bred by: Karl Charles Krieg (WA) nk $7,000 N/A Krieg, III, Karl V. Lund G. Corbett 3. Trip the General , dk b/. g. 6, by General Meeting, - Golden Trip, by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Betty L. Mabee & Larry Mabee (CA) 3 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1 67

S T A K E S R E S U LT S $3,500 N/A R. J. Racing M. Pearson A. Morales ZIA PARK DERBY, ZIA PARK, Value of Race: $150,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.86 12/3/2011 1. First Strike , dk b/. g. 3, by Vindication, Miss City Princess, by Carson City, Bred by: Mercedes Stables LLC (KY) 1¾ $90,000 N/A Garvey, Charles and TG Racing LLC R. Diodoro A. Juarez, Jr. 2. Thirtyfirststreet , b . c. 3, by Good Journey, - Avian, by Sky Classic, Bred by: Doug O’Neill & Mark Gorman (CA) 9 $33,000 N/A Gorman, Mark, Haymes, Neil and Sterling Stable D. O’Neill A. Medellin 3. Half Dome Dude , dk b/. g. 3, by Kela, - Laker Girl, by Salt Lake, Bred by: Jay Manoogian (KY) 1 $15,000 N/A Robison, J. H. Dominguez E. Gomez CLAIMING CROWN JEWEL S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $138,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:51.56 - 12/3/2011 1. It Happened Again , ch . g. 5, by Proud Citizen, - Quiet Lucky, by Quiet American, Bred by: Dede McGehee DVM (KY) 1¼ $82,500 N/A Moss, Maggi S. Asmussen S. Sellers 2. Isthmus , b . c. 3, by Flower Alley, - Dancing Water, by Silver Deputy, Bred by: Liberation Farm (KY) 3¾ $30,000 N/A Butler, William M. Maker R. Napravnik 3. Al Muhtasib , b . c. 4, by Distorted Humor, A. P. Interest, by A.P. Indy, Bred by: R. S. Evans (KY) ½ $15,000 N/A Butler, William M. Maker J. Leparoux CLAIMING CROWN EMERALD S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $93,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:44.51 - 12/3/2011

1. Compliance Officer , dk b/. g. 5, by Officer, Purple Hills, by Dynaformer, Bred by: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (NY) 2¾ $55,000 N/A La Marca Stable B. Brown A. Solis 2. Baryshnikov , dk b/. h. 5, by Empire Maker, Ski Dancer, by Baldski, Bred by: Summer Wind Farm (KY) 2½ $20,000 N/A Columbro, Jeffrey A. and Apostelos, Connie M. Maker C. Lanerie 3. Quick Delivery , b . g. 5, by Distorted Humor, - Penny Marie, by Sky Classic, Bred by: Lazy Lane Farms, Inc. (VA) 1¾ $10,000 N/A Moss, Maggi T. Amoss J. Graham CLAIMING CROWN GLASS SLIPPER S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $71,250, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.45 - 12/3/2011 1. Rattlin Gyspy , ch . f. 4, by Quest, - Louisa, by Menifee, Bred by: Stone Farm & Sam Morgan (KY) 3 $41,250 N/A Howell, Steven, Pauley, Ron and Reiker, Stephen J. Wainwright R. Napravnik 2. D’cats Meow , b . f. 4, by D’wildcat, - Prettyatthetable, by Point Given, Bred by: Hardacre Farm LLC (FL) 2¾ $15,000 N/A Stretch Run Racing Stable LLP J. Cibelli J. Campbell 3. Right to Rule , b . f. 4, by Five Star Day, Leeward Passage, by Captain Bodgit, Bred by: Dave Mantrom & Julie Mantrom (KY) ½ $7,500 N/A Fleming, Darren S. Asmussen S. Sellers CLAIMING CROWN EXPRESS S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $47,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:10.28 - 12/3/2011 1. Atthebuzzer , ch . g. 5, by Even the Score, Francesca’s Ruckus, by Bold Ruckus, Bred by: McDowell Farm (AR) 1½ $27,500 N/A Thacker, Jackie J. Thacker C. McMahon 2. Bombast , b . g. 4, by Lion Hearted, - Duplicity, by Sham, Bred by: Hope Haskell Jones

(NJ) ¾ $10,000 N/A Cammeyer, John A. and Murphy, Dermot J. Cibelli R. Albarado 3. Plasma Beam , b . g. 5, by Smarty Jones, - Angel Amy, by Theatrical (IRE), Bred by: Mercedes Stables LLC (KY) 3¼ $5,000 N/A Hays, Billy, Donna and Justin J. Woodard C. Lanerie CLAIMING CROWN IRON HORSE S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $46,500, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.13 - 12/3/2011 1. Pedrolino , ch . g. 5, by Distorted Humor, Bold Burst, by Dahar, Bred by: Silverleaf Farms, Inc. (KY) 7¾ $27,500 N/A Wade, John D. Matthews R. Albarado 2. Severe Weather , ch . g. 4, by February Storm, - Tacky Town, by Tactical Advantage, Bred by: K. David Schwartz & Golden Orb Farm (FL) 5 $10,000 N/A Mystery Street Stable LLC E. Schwandt J. Riquelme 3. Built to Precision , dk b/. g. 5, by Pure Precision, - One Fast Lady, by Lively One, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. Myron Wilson (FL) 3½ $5,000 N/A Tri-Star Racing, LLC W. Hawley M. Mena LADIES ON THE LAWN S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.04 - 12/2/2011 1. She’s All In , dk b/. f. 4, by Include, - Georgia Ok, by Hickory Ridge, Bred by: Robert H. Zoellner (OK) 2¾ $30,000 88 Zoellner, Robert D. Von Hemel G. Murphy 2. Going Okie , ch . m. 5, by Burbank, - Go Go Okie, by Here We Come, Bred by: Richter Family Trust (OK) 1¼ $10,000 84 Richter Family Trust D. Pish J. Joubert 3. Miss Natalie , dk b/. f. 4, by Fistfite, - It’s the Berries, by Slew the Slewor, Bred by: Center Hills Farm (OK) 1¾ $5,500 82 Gar Oil Corp. J. Offolter L. Quinonez

QUARTER HORSE | 1-1-2012 CHAMPIONSHIP AT SUNLAND PARK S., Gr.1, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $350,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 18.733 - 12/31/2011 1. Cold Cash 123-QH , b . g. 3, by Oak Tree Special-QH, - Hot Cash 123-QH, by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: T Bill Stables Inc (MI) 1 $157,000 N/A T. Bill Stables, Inc. C. Gilbreath R. Baldillez 2. Bodacious Dash-QH , sor . c. 3, by First Down Dash-QH, - St Pats Tea-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Bob And/Or Jerry Gaston (TX) nk $70,000 N/A Trotter, Johnny T. Wood R. Ramirez 3. Rylees Boy-QH , b . g. 6, by Heza Motor Scooter-QH, - Pipistrelle-QH, by Rocky JonesQH, Bred by: Gary D Nesbitt (AZ) 1¼ $32,000 N/A Ochoa-Pena, Gerardo G. Ochoa-Pena J. Ruiz 68 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1

THE 3RD RUNNING OF, HIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $169,300, 3 yo, 440 yards, Time: 21.456 - 12/31/2011 1. Tortuga Tony-QH , sor . g. 3, by Stel CoronaQH, - Just Wanna Be Me-QH, by Dash to Chivato-QH, Bred by: Vaughn Cook and Paul C Jones (NM) nk $71,106 N/A Ivanez, Jose J. Gonzalez R. Edison 2. Kt Makin a Tax Move-QH , br . g. 3, by Maknmoves-QH, - Lanella-QH, by Lanes Leinster-QH, Bred by: Kaylyn Trapp (UT) ¾ $30,474 N/A Flores, Gustavo V. Gonzalez V. Olivo 3. Jazz Be First-QH , br . c. 3, by Bono Jazz-QH, - Last Shall Be First-QH, by Strawfly SpecialQH, Bred by: Estate Of Spencer Childers (CA) nk $20,316 N/A Medina, Alejandro R. Martinez A. Baldillez, Jr.

HIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $20,000, 3 yo, 440 yards, Time: 21.401 - 12/31/2011 1. Fast N Furrious-QH , sor . c. 3, by Country Chicks Man-QH, - The Cheetah-QH, by Pure D Dash-QH, Bred by: Richard Joneson (OK) 1¾ $12,000 N/A Joneson, Richard G. Valdivia A. Baldillez, Jr. 2. Aquafina-QH , gr . f. 3, by First Down Dash-QH, - Runaway Wave-QH, by Runaway Winner-QH, Bred by: Lucas Racing Inc (MD) ½ $4,000 N/A Lucas Racing, Inc. R. Raper T. Crissup 3. Drill Baby Drill-QH , br . g. 3, by Gold Medal Jess-QH, - Lady Dee Vee Em-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Corner K Quarter Horses Llc (AR) hd $2,000 N/A Petty, Raymond B. Muse J. Salazar

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SUNLAND PARK WINTER QH FUTURITY,

Gr.2, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $194,262, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.169 12/30/2011 1. Top Gun B-QH , br . g. 2, by Pyc Paint Your Wagon-QH, - Jet Along Jamie-QH, by Easy Jet-QH, Bred by: Bielau Oaks (TX) nk $91,304 N/A Junior’s Quarter Horses, Inc. A. Gonzalez O. Rincon 2. A Fortunate Choice-QH , sor . f. 2, by A Regal Choice-QH, - Fortune of Delight-QH, by Six Fortunes-QH, Bred by: Eaves Horses Family Ltd Part (TX) no $34,968 N/A Gonzalez, Jr., Ramon O. and Varela, Homero A. Gonzalez B. Perez 3. Mr Taka B-QH , gr . c. 2, by Feature Mr JessQH, - Taka Puna-QH, by Fishers Dash-QH, Bred by: Bielau Oaks (TX) 1¼ $21,369 N/A Bartoo, Vanessa J. Stinebaugh S. Martinez

Flare Up-QH, - Takin Away the Cash-QH, by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: Karl H Smith (LA) hd $32,742 N/A Robinson, Ray R. Robbins D. Blake 2. Oh Cooper Go-QH , sor . g. 3, by Apollo, - Oh Strawfly Go-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Rex &/Or Sue Cox (OK) ¾ $10,914 N/A Waters, Rob and Jill G. Valdivia A. Baldillez, Jr. 3. Mr Speed Wrench-QH , gr . g. 3, by First Down Straw-QH, - Eyes Like Rapid-QH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Flying Fisch Farm Inc (FL) no $5,457 N/A Oropallo, Z.V. B. Bolen C. Wainscott

N/A Double Eagle Ranch Inc. and Buena Suerte Equine T. Sedillo C. Jensen 3. The Star Alert-QH , gr . g. 5, by Beat the Feet, - Lil Gamble Star-QH, by Raise the GambleQH, Bred by: Hershel Cole (OK) 1½ $2,750 N/A Correa, Roman L. Brocka D. Macedo

SIGNATURE S., HIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $22,250, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.484 - 12/26/2011 1. Freaking-QH , br . g. 5, by Tr Dasher-QH, Chickasis-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) ½ $13,350 N/A Martinez, Ricardo R. Martinez A. Baldillez, Jr. HIALEAH LADDIE FUTURITY, HIALEAH 2. Opportunity Zooms-QH , br . g. 4, by PARK, Value of Race: $223,840, 2 yo, 400 Shazoom-QH, - Strawfly Six-QH, by Strawyards, Time: 19.516 - 12/26/2011 fly Special-QH, Bred by: Deon & Co (OK) nk 1. Tf First Pick-QH , ch . g. 2, by Dash to First $4,450 N/A Mendoza, Jorge J. Mendoza R. Place-QH, - Pick Your Passion-QH, by Special Edison SUNLAND PARK WINTER QH DERBY, Gr.2, Project-QH, Bred by: Steve Tate (LA) ½ $94,013 3. Just Wannabe Postoak-QH , gr . g. 3, by SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $135,616, N/A Jacobs, Donald R. Raper A. Hunt Royal Blue Chew Chew-QH, - Nocoronajust3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.063 - 12/30/2011 2. Sizzling Gold-QH , sor . g. 2, by Gold Medal bud-QH, by Strawflyin Buds-QH, Bred by: Noel Chart Margins Earned Owner Trainer Jess-QH, - Strawfly Sting-QH, by Strawfly Lopez Prieto (OK) ½ $2,225 N/A Prieto, Noel L. Jockey Special-QH, Bred by: Mike Vaughan (OK) ½ Villafranco J. Salazar 1. Kool Angel-QH , sor . f. 3, by First N Kool-QH, $40,291 N/A Passmore, Mary J. Kirby W. Ives - Angels Best Effort-QH, by Proudest Effort3. Lil Shorta Cash-QH , br . c. 2, by Panther HIALEAH LA NINA INVITATIONAL S., HIAQH, Bred by: Kapp Investment Company Mountain-QH, - Shakem Ur Cash-QH, by Royal LEAH PARK, Value of Race: $20,000, 2 yo, Llc (UT) ½ $63,740 N/A Macias Performance Shake Em-QH, Bred by: Guy Weimer (OK) 400 yards, Time: 19.791 - 12/24/2011 Horses P. Jones E. Ramirez no $26,861 N/A Harmon, Rodney B. Muse R. 1. Okey Dokey Diamond-QH , sor . f. 2, by 2. The Steel Wave-QH , gr . g. 3, by Ocean Edison Okey Dokey Dale-QH, - Diamond of DecepRunaway-QH, - Fashionisanattitude-QH, by tion-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Joe Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Joe Kirk Fulton HIALEAH LASSIE FUTURITY, HIALEAH Kirk Fulton (TX) ½ $12,000 81 Moreno, Rito V. (TX) nk $24,411 N/A Marquez, Javier R. SanPARK, Value of Race: $186,220, 2 yo, 400 Gonzalez V. Olivo chez S. Martinez yards, Time: 19.549 - 12/26/2011 2. Arbeka Raincloud-QH , sor . f. 2, by Voghts 3. Zoomandkicken-QH , sor . g. 3, by Azoom1. Shes Jess Dynamite-QH , br . f. 2, by Fdd Gold-QH, - Arbeka Bee Quick-QH, by Royal QH, - Kicken West-QH, by Holland Ease-QH, Dynasty-QH, - Shes Jess Special-QH, by Mr Quick Dash-QH, Bred by: Charles D Minyard Bred by: Henry E Brown (OK) nk $14,918 N/A Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Bobby D Cox (TX) nk (OK) ½ $4,000 77 Devereaux, Arthur L. DeRamirez, Hector T. Wood R. Ramirez $78,212 N/A White, Gene, Metcalfe, Wayne vereaux J. Garcia and Kate, Jerry and H.R. Heydenreich J. 3. Violet Hills-QH , gr . f. 2, by Ocean Runaway2011 FQHRA STALLION STAKES FUTURITY, Manucy P. Watson QH, - Oodles of Cash-QH, by Hooked On CashHIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $95,210, 2 2. Eyema Special Candy-QH , blk . f. 2, by Oak QH, Bred by: Becklyn Farm (TX) no $2,000 74 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.725 - 12/30/2011 Tree Special-QH, - Eye On This Candy-QH, by Schoenhofer, Denis and Julie L. Villafranco O. 1. Color Stone-QH , gr . c. 2, by Sc Chiseled in Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Carl C Pevehouse Hernandez Stone-QH, - Color Tip-QH, by Hot Colours-QH, (OK) hd $33,520 N/A Smart, Ray S. CharetteBred by: Hafner Grain and Livestock Inc (OK) Hill B. Packer HIALEAH EL NINO INVITATIONAL S., HIA1½ $57,126 N/A Hernandez, Anibal M. Mata 3. Wave Corona-QH , b . f. 2, by Wave CarverLEAH PARK, Value of Race: $20,000, 2 yo, V. Olivo QH, - Corona With Ice-QH, by Corona Cartel400 yards, Time: 19.516 - 12/24/2011 2. Hatch a Plan-QH , br . f. 2, by Identity Theft- QH, Bred by: Nancy McCoy (KS) nk $22,346 1. Country Boy Deluxe-QH , sor . g. 2, by CounQH, - Miss Hatch, by Duck Dance, Bred by: Ted N/A McCoy, Nancy C. Hunt B. Theriot try Chicks Man-QH, - Corona Deluxe-QH, by G Abrams (TX) no $19,042 N/A Abrams, Jr., Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Lucas Racing Inc Teddy D. Strickland G. Boag CRYSTAL RIVER S., HIALEAH PARK, Value of (FL) ½ $12,000 93 Lucas Racing, Inc. R. Raper 3. Mr Corona Blue-QH , sor . g. 2, by Jess Race: $27,500, 3 yo’s & up, 660 yards, Time: A. Hunt Louisiana Blue-QH, - Corona With Ice-QH, by 31.612 - 12/26/2011 2. Srd Bobwirebob-QH , b . g. 2, by Coronas Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Nancy McCoy 1. Skyline Lover-QH , br . g. 5, by Feature Mr Prospect-QH, - Shouldabeenjoebob, by Les(KS) nk $9,521 N/A McCoy, Nancy C. Hunt B. Jess-QH, - Loves That Gold-QH, by Royal Quick ley’s Express, Bred by: Sheila Dorgan (OK) 1½ Theriot Dash-QH, Bred by: James G Burgess Md (TX) $4,000 90 Dorgan, Sheila H. Smith O. Delgado hd $16,500 N/A Frazier, Dan M. Frazier S. 3. Bogie Man-QH , blk . g. 2, by Country Chicks 2011 FQHRA STALLION STAKES DERBY, Jackson Man-QH, - Calabogie-QH, by First Down DashHIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $54,570, 3 2. Flyin Fish-QH , gr . g. 3, by Fishers Dash-QH, QH, Bred by: Lucas Racing Inc (OK) nk $2,000 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.632 - 12/30/2011 - Jazzing Cheree-QH, by Jazzing Hi-QH, Bred 79 Myers, Brandon and Shelby D. Strickland 1. Takin Quick Cash-QH , gr . g. 3, by Quick to by: Vessels Sf Llc/P K Thomas (CA) 3 $5,500 G. Boag SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1 69

S T A K E S R E S U LT S WEST FUTURITY FINAL S., PORTLAND MEADOWS, Value of Race: $30,900, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 20.010 - 12/19/2011 1. Cm Got Overserved-QH , b . g. 2, by Corona for Me-QH, - Mi Fames a Dandy-QH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: Randy Dickerson (OR) 1 $12,360 77 Dickerson, Randy N. Lowe J. Crispin 2. The Arrogant One-QH , sor . g. 2, by Fdd Dynasty-QH, - Oh So Arrogant-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Dean R & Darrell L Frey (CA) ¾ $5,253 73 Frey, Dean D. Frey C. Jensen 3. Cool Blue Corona-QH , br . f. 2, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - Corona Lil-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Larry Ward (OR) ¾ $3,399 71 Mote, Rheta and Steve S. Raley J. Zunino SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DERBY, Gr.1, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $171,750, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.743 - 12/18/2011 1. El Aguila Real-QH , br . g. 3, by Corona Czech-QH, - I Am All That-QH, by Lanes Leinster-QH, Bred by: Enrique Gonzalez (CA) hd $72,135 103 Mendez, Bianca V. Smith C. Mendez 2. Feature My Corona-QH , b . g. 3, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - Corona Cash-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Henry E Brown (OK) ½ $29,198 102 Gonzalez, Felix J. Moreno J. Andrade 3. Lifes Been Good-QH , sor . c. 3, by Heza Motor Scooter-QH, - Nola Darling-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Marilou Kelly (AZ) ½ $20,610 99 Ibarra, Alejandro V. Zamudio C. DeAlba MARGIE BRYAN FUTURITY, TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $27,315, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 20.063 - 12/18/2011

1. Jess Perfect Corona-QH , b . f. 2, by Count Corona-QH, - Jess Perfect Girl-QH, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, Bred by: Las Vegas Ranch (AZ) no $13,658 N/A Feather Two Livestock M. Ortega A. Ortega 2. Macy Bay-QH , b . f. 2, by Strawflyin BudsQH, - Its a Dry Heat, by Dixieland Heat, Bred by: Ralph or Carolyn Fales (AZ) 1 $5,463 N/A Fales, Carolyn and Ralph M. Fales R. Valero 3. Ysa Corona Lime-QH , sor . g. 2, by Count Corona-QH, - Rockies First Down-QH, by Rocky Jones-QH, Bred by: Jesus Javier Borboa (AZ) no $2,732 N/A Borboa, Jesus M. Fales V. Guerra TURF PARADISE QUARTER HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $15,000, 3 yo’s & up, 440 yards, Time: 21.719 - 12/18/2011 1. A Splash of Hell-QH , sor . g. 6, by Splash Bac-QH, - Come Hell Or Hiwater-QH, by Shoot Yeah-QH, Bred by: Las Vegas Ranch (AZ) ¾ $9,000 N/A Turner, Mark and Melton, Kim D. Couch M. Iammarino 2. A Faster Streaker-QH , b . g. 9, by Heza Fast Man-QH, - A Streakin Rose-QH, by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: J Lloyd Yother/J Garvan Kelly (OK) nk $3,000 N/A Harris, Lori W. Harris R. Oliver 3. A Real Dasher-QH , sor . g. 8, by Dashin Chico-QH, - A Real Alibi-QH, by Sir Alibi-QH, Bred by: Terry Burns (OK) ½ $1,500 N/A Ramos, Alma P. Gomez H. Aldrete LOU WOOTEN H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $110,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.163 - 12/18/2011 1. Little Bit Southern-QH , b . f. 4, by Southern Corona-QH, - Averys Little Bit-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Richard R or Patricia Shearer (NM) 1¼ $66,000 N/A Estrada, Edilberto V. Rodriguez O. Rincon 2. Snow Regard-QH , gr . f. 3, by Chicks Regard-QH, - Sha Hooy Hooy-QH, by Major Rime-QH, Bred by: Killer Humberto Lopez Gaxiola (NM) ½ $23,100 N/A K H Logax, Inc. J. Gonzalez J. Leos 3. Blushing Cartel-QH , sor . m. 6, by Blushing Bug-QH, - Bitter Girl-QH, by Corona CartelQH, Bred by: Dave Grabbert or Ellen Flitner (NM) 1½ $11,000 N/A Gonzalez, Jr., Ramon A. Gonzalez B. Perez MOCKINGBIRD S., HIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $22,750, 2 yo, 220 yards, Time: 11.809 - 12/18/2011 1. Oceans Potion-QH , b . f. 2, by Ocean Runaway-QH, - Streakin Ms Jess-QH, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, Bred by: Evans and Evans (AL) ½ $13,650 N/A Humphries, Carl and Luanne J. Manucy P. Watson

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2. Patti Corona Today-QH , b . f. 2, by King Corona-QH, - Todays Market-QH, by Special Effort-QH, Bred by: Carl and Carla Chaisson (LA) ½ $4,550 N/A Orozco, Orlando O. Orozco J. Dearmon 3. True Action-QH , br . f. 2, by Pyc Paint Your Wagon-QH, - Queen Then and Now-QH, by Rare Form-QH, Bred by: Dutch Masters III (MO) nk $2,275 N/A Mora, Raudel G. Valdivia A. Baldillez, Jr. FIRST DOWN DASH H., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.942 - 12/17/2011 1. Buying Snow-QH , gr . g. 3, by Snowbound, - Aquisitive-QH, by Separatist-QH, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) ½ $13,562 94 Lopez, Roberto D. Givens C. Huerta 1. Jus Ledoux It-QH , sor . g. 4, by A Regal Choice-QH, - Sometimes You Win-QH, by Jazzing Hi-QH, Bred by: D Horrocks or R Cunningham (CA) ½ $13,563 94 Vessels SF LLC and Bustardos Horse Racing LLC F. Quintero R. Aceves 3. A Streakinson-QH , sor . g. 5, by HawkinsonQH, - Streakit Special-QH, by Special EffortQH, Bred by: Steve D Burns Dvm (CA) ½ $4,375 90 Burns, S., Andreini, J. and Cardoza, D. J. Flores C. Mendez EVD FUTURITY, EVANGELINE DOWNS, Value of Race: $161,950, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.580 - 12/17/2011 1. Sstrickortreat-QH , b . g. 2, by Zoomin for Bux-QH, - Treat Her Lika Lady-QH, by Royal Shake Em-QH, Bred by: Ronnie Stewart/Janet Vanbebber (TX) ½ $97,170 97 Newcomb, Gene J. Van Bebber D. Alvarez 2. Jess Tee Off-QH , br . g. 2, by Tres Seis-QH, Jess Linda Tee-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: M Smith/C & D Patterson (TX) 1¾ $32,390 93 L. B. Ranch LLC J. Kearl R. Vallejo 3. Country Talker-QH , sor . g. 2, by Straight Talker-QH, - Streakin Miranda-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Sue Shay (LA) hd $17,815 80 Los Primitos M. Rodriguez S. Ramirez, Jr. CHALLENGER SIX H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $110,000, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 45.352 - 12/17/2011 1. Kc Royal Flush-QH , sor . g. 4, by Sixes RoyalQH, - Willie May Dash-QH, by Willie Wanta Dash-QH, Bred by: Kathryn Maynard & Carla Feerer (NM) nk $66,000 N/A Maynard, Kathryn and Feerer, Carla D. Duree T. Guymon 2. Bullets Brother-QH , bluro. g. 7, by Real Runaway-QH, - Alexanders Lady Luck-QH,

by Strait to the Bank-QH, Bred by: Joe W Alexander (NM) 1¼ $24,200 N/A Orona, Sr. Martin and Gonzalez, Veronica O. M. Orona, Sr.

V. Grajeda 3. Corona Dream-QH , sor . g. 4, by Southern Corona-QH, - Call My Dream-QH, by Calligrapher-QH, Bred by: Richard R Shearer (NM) no $11,000 N/A Howlet, Heysol R. Sanchez S. Martinez AU REVOIR S., EVANGELINE DOWNS, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 46.284 - 12/16/2011 1. Slinkys Fortune-QH , sor . g. 7, by Dashs Slinky-QH, - Chasing a Fortune-QH, by Six Fortunes-QH, Bred by: Ronald Gilmer (LA) 2 $21,000 93 Padgett, Henry H. Padgett O. Baldillez 2. Dr Drip-QH , b . g. 7, by First to Shine-QH, - High Seas Operator-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Richard De Vargas (LA) 1½ $7,000 86 Arey, Anthony A. Arey D. Lavergne 3. Big Bad N Brown-QH , br . g. 7, by Gold Regent, - Molly May Eye-QH, by Mr Eye OpenerQH, Bred by: Dean Layh (TX) 1¾ $3,850 81 Van Bebber, Janet J. Van Bebber R. Fernandez RANSOM, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $25,000, 3 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.654 12/16/2011 1. Senor Toby-QH , sor . g. 3, by Mighty Invictus-QH, - Micheles Alibi-QH, by Sir AlibiQH, Bred by: Brad Lohr (CA) 1¼ $13,750 103 Lohr, Brad and Reynoso, Daniel J. Gomez O. Peinado 2. Significant Cartel-QH , sor . g. 3, by Corona Cartel-QH, - Dash Master Miss-QH, by Dash for Destiny-QH, Bred by: Scarlett Hill Farm Inc (TX) nk $5,625 91 Vinewood Farms J. Aleman F. Rubio 3. Hot Hitter-QH , ch . g. 3, by Walk Thru FireQH, - Chickasis-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) ½ $3,125 90 Gonzalez, Arnold F. Quintero R. Aceves LOS ALAMITOS 2 MILLION FUTURITY, Gr.1, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $2,152,300, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.638 - 12/11/2011 1. I Like the Odds-QH , sor . g. 2, by Corona Cartel-QH, - Fancys First Affair-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Tom Bradbury & Kim A Kessinger (OK) 1 $903,966 109 Bradbury, Kessinger and Nichols J. Bassett R. Sanchez 2. Last to Fire-QH , br . g. 2, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, - Last Shall Be First-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Estate Of Spencer Childers (CA) nk $365,891 101 Avila, Jesus and Cuevas, Jesus J. Aleman F. Rubio 3. Last to Check Him-QH , b . f. 2, by Check Him Out-QH, - Last Shall Be First-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Estate Of Spencer Childers (CA) no $258,276 100 De La Torre, Gustavo and Jose U. De La Torre A. Loza

LOS ALAMITOS JUVENILE INVITATIONAL S., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $35,000, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.797 - 12/11/2011 1. Flame N Flash-QH , sor . f. 2, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, - Oh La Proud-QH, by Shirley’s Champion, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) ½ $19,250 102 Williams, Robert J. Aleman F. Rubio 2. Jennifers Challenge-QH , b . f. 2, by Fdd Dynasty-QH, - Miga Ja-QH, by The SignatureQH, Bred by: The Parsons Family Trust (CA) no $7,875 98 Trevisani, Theo and Dollo, Tiago P. Jones R. Sanchez 3. Regardless-QH , gr . g. 2, by Chicks RegardQH, - Cash Works for Me-QH, by Dash for Cash-QH, Bred by: Angela Maria Aquino (CA) ½ $4,375 98 Aquino, Angela A. Aquino E. Garcia TURF PARADISE OPEN QUARTER HORSE FUTURITY, Gr.3, TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $65,930, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.420 - 12/11/2011 1. Block N Tackle-QH , sor . g. 2, by Tac It Like a Man-QH, - Watchin the Rain-QH, by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: Matt M Fales (AZ) 1½ $32,965 N/A Fales, Carolyn and Ralph M. Fales R. Valero 2. Jumpn Fly-QH , gr . f. 2, by Jumpn Chic-QH, - New Porter-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Blane Schvaneveldt Estate (ID) hd $13,186 N/A LEMA Racing Stables G. Hernandez D. Reyes-Frisby 3. Fly Jess for Perks-QH , sor . g. 2, by Fly Jess Fly-QH, - All Night Perks-QH, by Dash for Perks-QH, Bred by: Lowell and Debra Hadder (AL) nk $6,593 N/A Gallardo, Jose A. Sanchez A. Ortega FOXY LADY S., HIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $20,000, 3 yo’s & up, 300 yards, Time: 15.354 - 12/11/2011 1. Eye Opening Favorite-QH , gr . f. 3, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, - Political Favorite-QH, by Apollo, Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm Llc (CA) no $12,000 N/A Frazier, Dan M. Frazier S. Jackson 2. Sheza Titleist-QH , br . m. 7, by Title Contender-QH, - Wakeup Flyin-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Southern Rose Ranch (OK) nk $4,000 N/A Downing, Gina G. Downing O. Delgado 3. Kathryns Cartel-QH , br . f. 4, by Corona Cartel-QH, - My Lady Amber-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Marcus Smith (TX) hd $1,200 N/A Meredith, Jovetta and Helton, Wade J. Kirby W. Ives 3. Prize Jive-PT , sor . f. 3, by Country Quick Dash-PT, - Fast Mans Prize-QH, by Heza Fast Man-QH, Bred by: Stanley, Weetona (OK) hd $1,200 N/A Spurlock, Larry J. Kirby J. Salazar 3. Jacis Flashy Girl-PT , sor . f. 3, by SF Royal

Quick Flash-PT, - Trm Countess Corona-QH, by Count Corona-QH, Bred by: Ross, Jay (OK) hd $1,200 N/A Ross, Dr. Jay C. Hunt B. Theriot CHAMPION OF CHAMPION S., Gr.1, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $750,000, 3 yo’s & up, 440 yards, Time: 21.440 - 12/10/2011 1. Good Reason Sa-QH , br . c. 4, by Favorite Trick, - Queen of Appeals-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Gianni Franco Samaja (CA) no $375,000 112 Samaja, Gianni P. Jones E. Nicasio 2. Sparky E Boy-QH , br . g. 4, by HawkinsonQH, - Yr Brown Lucy-QH, by Lanes LeinsterQH, Bred by: Reed L Pierson (UT) ½ $120,000 112 Pierson, Reed F. Ramirez A. Bautista 3. Chivalry Sr-QH , sor . g. 4, by Walk Thru FireQH, - Artesias Beduino-QH, by *Beduino, Bred by: Stern Ranches Ltd (CA) ½ $75,000 108 Stern Ranches J. Aleman F. Rubio ORANGE BLOSSOM S., HIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $27,500, 3 yo’s & up, 550 yards, Time: 26.673 - 12/10/2011 1. Skyline Lover-QH , br . g. 5, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - Loves That Gold-QH, by Royal Quick Dash-QH, Bred by: James G Burgess Md (TX) nk $16,500 93 Frazier, Dan M. Frazier S. Jackson 2. Hawkinson Time-QH , sor . g. 5, by Hawkinson-QH, - Summertime High-QH, by On a High-QH, Bred by: J Azevedo or C Boyles (CA) 2 $5,500 91 Loya, Alonzo A. Loya O. Delgado 3. My Corona Memories-QH , sor . g. 3, by Corona for Me-QH, - Good Ole Memories-QH,

by Leaving Memories-QH, Bred by: Fletcher Huskey (TX) hd $2,750 80 Gotovac, Debra B. Bolen C. Wainscott BIENVENIDO DE NUEVO BONUS CHALLENGE S., HIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $22,500, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.443 - 12/10/2011 1. Jesse in Town-QH , sor . g. 4, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - Whatsthatfillysname-QH, by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: Charles E or Sharon S Gray (AR) no $13,500 101 Passmore, Mary J. Kirby C. Smith 2. Steakin Magic-QH , sor . g. 4, by Fly Jess FlyQH, - Oh Fols Magic-QH, by Magic Dozen-QH, Bred by: Michael C Teel (OK) ½ $4,500 101 Double J. Racing Stables Inc. H. De La Cruz Y. Amaro 3. Streakin Rare-QH , ch . f. 4, by Fredricksburg-QH, - Regally Rare-QH, by Rare FormQH, Bred by: Michael C Teel (OK) no $2,475 96 Teel, Michael C. Hunt M. Frederick SUNSHINE STATE S., HIALEAH PARK, Value of Race: $22,500, 3 yo’s & up, 220 yards, Time: 11.855 - 12/10/2011 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1 71

S T A K E S R E S U LT S 1. Doctor Onaka-QH , sor . g. 4, by Sean RoyQH, - Mind All Mind-QH, by Mind Game-QH, Bred by: Jeffrey and Angela Dean (OK) no $13,500 97 Kirby, Carl J. Kirby W. Ives 2. Marys Corazon-QH , br . f. 3, by Azoom-QH, - Streakin O Toole-QH, by Jody O Toole-QH, Bred by: Ramon Escamilla/Jorge Mendoza (OK) nk $4,500 97 Escamilla, Ramon and Mendoza, Jorge Luis J. Mendoza J. Beltran 3. Kt Makin a Tax Move-QH , br . g. 3, by Maknmoves-QH, - Lanella-QH, by Lanes Leinster-QH, Bred by: Kaylyn Trapp (UT) nk $2,475 94 Flores, Gustavo V. Gonzalez V. Olivo TURF PARADISE MAIDEN S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $13,100, 3 yo’s & up, 300 yards, Time: 15.760 - 12/10/2011 1. Whiskey-QH , sor . g. 3, by Mr Corona CashQH, - Been Bad N Bac-QH, by Splash Bac-QH, Bred by: Ariel Rodriguez (AZ) ¾ $6,550 N/A Zavala, Nadia L. Espinoza R. Valero 2. Devils American Chic-QH , gr . f. 4, by Toneys Dash-QH, - Amadevils Buzz-QH, by Dashing Cleat-QH, Bred by: Mike Thomas (OK) no $2,620 N/A Hidalgo, Jaime T. Aker R. Arvizu 3. Its Sexy Corona-QH , blk . c. 3, by Count Corona-QH, - Its Sexy-QH, by Something Sexy, Bred by: Jose Luis Ruiz (AZ) nk $1,310 N/A Ruiz, Jose P. Hernandez-Sandoval R. Valenzuela JESS BURNER MEMORIAL, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $110,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.263 - 12/10/2011 1. Here Kittykittykitty-QH , sor . g. 4, b Genuine Strawfly-QH, - One Diamond Cat-QH, by Now I Know-QH, Bred by: Jay or Mary Lou Standefer (NM) nk $66,000 N/A Neugebauer, Melvin and Giles, Jill W. Giles G. Carter, Jr. 2. Quatro Menudos-QH , gr . g. 3, by Furyofthewind-QH, - Uno Menudo-QH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: McCarty/Wood/Sw Pvng & Grd Inc (NM) 1 $23,100 N/A McCarty, William, Wood, P. and S W Paving and Grading, Inc. H. Aldavaz S. Martinez 3. One Diamond Kitty-QH , sor . g. 5, by Genuine Strawfly-QH, - One Diamond Cat-QH, by Now I Know-QH, Bred by: Jay or Mary Lou Standefer (NM) ¾ $11,000 N/A A and C Racing and Roping P. Jones E. Ramirez

Man-QH, - Streak Forit-QH, by Dashduino-QH, Bred by: Jimmie Hatcher (LA) no $17,000 N/A Hatcher, Jimmie C. Blanchet B. Ransom 3. Pantherinthefastlane-QH , br . f. 3, by Panther Mountain-QH, - Sheza Neon Rose-QH,

by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: Kay L and Wade Loup Jr (LA) nk $10,000 N/A Loup, Jr., Wade and Kay L. V. Haywood J. Deschamp LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY QH JUVENILE S., Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.511 - 12/10/2011 1. Coors Select-QH , sor . g. 2, by Oak Tree Special-QH, - Miss Coors Cartel-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Narciso Flores (LA) ¾ $45,000 N/A Coleman, Polly J. Van Bebber G. Ortiz 2. Mossy Oak Tree-QH , gr . g. 2, by Oak Tree Special-QH, - All Eyes On Madison-QH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Christopher Gautreaux (LA) nk $17,000 N/A Sumpter, M. and Gautreaux, C. K. Broussard D. Watson 3. Edward Collins-QH , sor . g. 2, by First to Shine-QH, - This Girl a Warrior-QH, by Osceola Warrior-QH, Bred by: Rb & Dox’ Stables (LA) ½ $10,000 N/A Nixon, Mark B. Nixon J. Yoakum LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY QH CLASSIC S., Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 4 yo’s & up, 440 yards, Time: 21.798 - 12/10/2011 1. Louisiana Rangler-QH , sor . g. 4, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - Rangler Print-QH, by Rocket Wrangler-QH, Bred by: Gerald D Libersat (LA) nk $45,000 N/A McKenzie, Kim L. Lee B. Ransom 2. La Mos Chingono-QH , sor . f. 4, by Heza Fast Dash-QH, - Rita Regent-QH, by Gold Regent, Bred by: Robicheaux Ranch Inc (LA) ½ $17,000 N/A Rohne, Oscar K. Roberts, Sr. J. Hamilton 3. Zupers Quick Dash-QH , sor . g. 5, by Heza Fast Dash-QH, - Oh Shez Zuper-QH, by Zuppardo’s Prince, Bred by: Mark Langford (LA) ¾ $10,000 N/A Ponderosa Ranch of PC, Inc. and MCM Farms B. Martinez G. Ortiz

PAUL B. FORD MEMORIAL H., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $20,000, 3 yo, 550 yards, Time: 27.100 - 12/9/2011 1. Im Just an Illusion-QH , sor . g. 3, by VisionLOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY QH DERBY arian-QH, - Californias Chick-QH, by Chicks S., Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: Beduino-QH, Bred by: Greg Creager (NM) ½ $100,000, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 20.292 $11,000 93 Melton, Lin L. Melton F. Rubio 12/10/2011 2. Rare Bac-QH , sor . g. 3, by Splash Bac-QH, 1. Awholeseparategame-QH , br . g. 3, by - Rare Encore-QH, by Rare Form-QH, Bred by: Game Patriot-QH, - Separada-QH, by Separat- Vaughn and Jill Cook (OK) 1¼ $4,500 90 Cook ist-QH, Bred by: Philip P Deville (LA) 1 $45,000 V., Genco V. and Rosset B. P. Jones E. Nicasio N/A Dehart Farms J. Dehart L. Constantin 3. Bf Farm Boy-QH , sor . c. 3, by Hawkinson2. Streakin World-QH , br . f. 3, by Worldly QH, - Shirleys Strawfly-QH, by Strawfly 72 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 1, 2012 • Vol. 6 No. 1

Special-QH, Bred by: Donald C And/Or Peggy Boyle (OR) 1½ $2,500 83 Siegel, Wade and Boyle, Don P. Jones C. Jensen GOLD RUSH DERBY, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $67,200, 3 yo, 870 yards, Time: 45.635 - 12/4/2011 1. Pathological Liar-QH , gr . g. 3, by Devon Lane, - Secrets and Lies-QH, by Beduino Secret-QH, Bred by: Caitlin Smith/Jeannie Knuchell (CA) 3½ $30,240 71 Smith, Caitlin and Knuchell, Jeannie D. Showalter R. Guce 2. Warrens Heartthrob , b . c. 3, by Ancient Art, - Charismatic Heart, by Charismatic, Bred by: Benjamin C. Warren (CA) nk $13,440 65 Craigmyle, Keith and Pritchard, Rick K. Craigmyle C. Charlton 3. Toss Me a Corona-QH , gr . c. 3, by Chicks Beduino-QH, - Coronas First Down-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm Llc (CA) 1¼ $8,064 65 Moon, Dan B. Vickery C. DeAlba ZIA PARK QUARTER HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP S., Gr.1, ZIA PARK, Value of Race: $150,000, 3 yo’s & up, 440 yards, Time: 21.243 - 12/4/2011 1. Sir Seth-QH , sor . c. 4, by First Down Dash-QH, - Quiet Courage-QH, by Heza Fast Man-QH, Bred by: Rodney Christiansen (CA) nk $89,100 N/A Christiansen, Rodney J. Stinebaugh S. Martinez 2. Celtic Classic-QH , sor . g. 5, by Check Him Out-QH, - Mahlanka-QH, by Special EffortQH, Bred by: Zory Kuzyk (CA) hd $32,670 N/A Tarango, Romualdo J. Gonzalez, Sr. V. Grajeda 3. Double Chiseled-QH , b . g. 5, by Sc Chiseled in Stone-QH, - Specialy Double-QH, by Special Task-QH, Bred by: Faustino P Larrea (TX) no $14,850 N/A Top Roustabouts and Backhoe Service M. Orona, Jr. S. Rodriguez AQRA-TURF PARADISE OPEN QUARTER HORSE DERBY, Gr.3, TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $40,422, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.650 - 12/3/2011 1. Skyline Version-QH , gr . f. 3, by Latest Version-QH, - Skyline Dawn, by Beat the Feet, Bred by: James G Burgess Md (OK) no $20,211 N/A Y/N Horse Stables LLC O. Lorta P. Cano 2. A Mere Corona-QH , b . g. 3, by Corona for Me-QH, - A Mere Formality-QH, by Leaving Memories-QH, Bred by: Ralph or Carolyn Fales (AZ) ½ $8,084 N/A Fales, Carolyn and Ralph M. Fales J. Ruiz 3. Blues Man Won-QH , gr . g. 3, by Ocean Runaway-QH, - Blues Girl Too-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Lucky Seven Ranch (TX) hd $4,042 N/A Lucky Seven Ranch J. Allred V. Guerra