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CONTENTS JANUARY 2013 • VOL. 7 NO. 1 TOP RACING STORIES: Matabari shows toughness in Two Million . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Violence stays perfect in CashCall Futurity; favored Grandeur takes Hollywood Turf Cup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rylees Boy upsets Champion of Champions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128-1 longshot Texas Bling wins Springboard Mile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Napravnik earns stakes triple, captures LCD Classic aboard Heavy on Themister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Study: Horse racing remains major player in New Mexico’s economy by Pete Herrera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Jerry King – cartoonist, illustrator and author by Martha Claussen. . . . . . . . 23 Ian’s hard-’fort’ success by Robert Geller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Jockey Erik McNeil wins biggest race of his career; McArthur, Brooks, Bobby Cox, Corona Cartel named to Ruidoso Racehorse Hall of Fame; Los Alamitos wraps 2012 meet with great closing weekend; Prominent owner Frank Gaunt passes from cancer; Evangeline Downs to host the 11th edition of the John Franks Memorial 2-Year-Old in Training Sale; HRTV and Fox Sports Southwest to broadcast the inaugural running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic; Alfonso Lujan records sixth consecutive riding title at Evangeline Downs; Alsvid earns Remington Park Horse of the Meeting honor; RCI makes major medication rule changes; Inaugural Portland Meadows 2012 meet rejuvinates interest in racing; All sources handle, field size rise at Autumn meet; Game On Dude voted Horse of Autumn Meet; Sam Houston Race Park set to offer on-track mobile wagering; Los Alamitos to host 2013 Challenge Championships for 10th time; Texas H.O.R.S.E. hires Dan Fick as new Executive Director; Canterbury Park 2013 stakes schedule: Larger purses, new races; Champali mare tops inaugural Heritage Place Thoroughbred sale; L Bar D Snow Princess sets new 220yard track record; Filming nearly finished on the Mine That Bird story; Zia Park posts increase in wagering handle for second year in a row; 2013 Jockeys’ Guild Assembly scheduled for Jan. 27-29 in south Florida Race Recaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Prospect to the Top captures $350,000 Championship; On Down the Road finishes fast in $85,000 Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap; Our First Corona nails down Sunland Park Winter QH Derby; 19-1 Storms Surprise wins Red Hedeman Mile; Wasting No Corona wins Sunland Park Winter QH Futurity; Show Some Magic delivers in $106,000 Riley Allison Futurity; Hennesey Smash rockets to win Bold Ego Handicap at Sunland Park Longshot Abama Light wins Magic City Classic; Loco Sweet takes Kudzu Juvenile; Daisy Devine ‘divine’ on Santa Super Saturday at Fair Grounds Sarah’s Chief rallies to win Wounded Warrior Mile Stakes at Retama Park Populist Politics elects to win B-Connected Stakes at Delta Downs Comma To The Top becomes racing’s newest millionaire; Prestigious Grade 1 Malibu leads world-class opening day card at Santa Anita Juvenile Stakes doubleheader at Turf Paradise Check My Thoughts scores another derby win at Los Alamitos RCI Rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Thoroughbred Stakes Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Quarter Horse Stakes Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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Napravnik earns stakes triple, captures LCD Classic aboard Heavy on Themister December 8, 2012 • Fair Grounds Race Course • New Orleans, LA

wo-time Fair Grounds defending jockey champion Rosie Napravnik was also crowned “Queen for a Louisiana Champions Day” following the 22nd running of the $150,000 Louisiana Champions Day Classic. That was when her one-length victory aboard Rebecca Farms and T. J. Dickey’s Heavy On Themister in that showcased race gave her a riding stakes triple during the Crescent City oval’s banner afternoon of 11 stakes races restricted to accredited Louisiana-breds. After prompting the pace during the early going, Heavy On Themister gained the advantage along the inside in upper stretch and then withstood the determined late bid of Agave Racing Stable’s Watch My Smoke throughout the final furlong. “He ran such a game race,” said an enthusiastic Napravnik in winner’s circle ceremonies following the local Classic. “He is a really neat horse and watching some of his past races he just puts out every time and it was a really game effort.” For his Classic victory, Heavy On Themister paid mutuels of $12, $6.40 and $4, accomplished the nine-furlong distance in 1:53 flat and increased his career earnings to $282,050 with his hard-earned fifth win from 14 lifetime starts. “To be honest, he’s a really easy horse to train,” said conditioner Shawn David when asked how he got Heavy On Themister ready for the biggest win of his career. “When you get a horse like that he just loves his job and you just put the tack on. We are just thrilled to have him.” Watch My Smoke paid $6.20 and $4 and Robert Orth and Wes Hawley’s Get in Da House returned $3 when finishing third a length farther back.

String King defends title in $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf

In Saturday’s main supporting feature, Charles Craig Smith’s String King, bred and trained by his owner, defended his 2011 title in the 22nd running of the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf with a late-running one-length score over a Stall-Wilson Turf Course rated “soft.”

Heavy On Themister, Rosie Napravnik up; below, String King, James Graham up Photos courtesy of Hodges Photography

“Turning for home I was thinking I wasn’t going to get there,” said winning rider James Graham, also aboard for last year’s victory. “My horse was having a little trouble moving with the ground. I’d rather have been closer early on.” Accomplishing the about 1 1/16-mile distance in 1.45.92, the Charlie Smith trainee returned mutuels of $3.40, $2.60 and $2.10 as the odds-on choice of the fans even though the victory was in doubt until the last strides. String King increased his career earnings to $324,052 with his eighth win in 19 lifetime trips to the post. “It’s all the horse with him,” said Smith in the winner’s circle after his homebred’s latest tally. “I’m just along for the ride.” Maggi Moss’s Lovely Vin, with Rosie Napravnik astride, made the pace in the Turf with early splits of 24.62 and 49.68, could

not match the winner late but was clearly second best, finishing 1 3/4-lengths in front of the late-charging Sadie’s Soldier, owned by Henry Benoit.

Other Louisiana Champions Day stakes results

In the first Thoroughbred race of the afternoon – the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies for accredited Louisiana-bred older fillies and mares – Charles Zacney and

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At far left, Ladyzarbridge, Rosie Napravnik up; Hero Force, Rosie Napravnik up; Harlie’s Dreams, Diego Saenz up; at left, Sittin At the Bar, Mark Guidry up Photos courtesy of Hodges Photography

Edward Johnston’s Ladyzarbridge, winner of the 2010 Ladies, regained her title with a front-running one-length tally in Saturday’s 2012 edition. Ridden by Rosie Napravnik, the Eddie Johnston trainee returned a $4.80 straight price, toured the distance in 1:45.94 and increased her career earnings to $355,184 with her seventh win in 21 lifetime starts. In the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Lassie, restricted to Louisiana-bred 2-year-old fillies, Dale Ladner’s Sittin At the Bar, with Mark Guidry up, rallied outside the leaders in the stretch run and drew off for a popular eight-length score. Trained by 20 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1

Brett Brinkman, Sittin At the Bar returned $3.40 straight, toured the six furlongs in 1:11.10 and increased her lifetime earnings to $155,000 with her second win from four starts. Oak Leaf’s She Loves Runnin was no match for the winner but clearly second best in the Lassie, coming home as the runner-up three lengths to the good of JRita Young Thoroughbreds’ Taralicious. Thomas Galvin’s Su Casa G Casa, conditioned by Bret Calhoun and piloted by Miguel Mena, stopped Saturday’s stakes streak of odds-on favorites with a two-length tally in the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Sprint over Oak Leaf’s Productive Envoy, who finished a head in front of the pacesetting odds-on favorite Amanecer de Oro, owned by Northpointe Thoroughbreds and winner of last year’s Sprint at odds of 31-1. Su Casa G Casa paid $9.80 to win, accomplished the six furlongs in 1:11.14 and increased his earnings to $399,973 with his sixth win from 13 lifetime starts. In Saturday’s $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile, a race which top Louisianabred money earner Star Guitar won in 2007 to kick off his unprecedented career, trainer Bret Calhoun saddled Robbie Norman’s Hero Force with Rosie Napravnik up for a half-length win to give the trainer and the jockey their second stakes wins on Champions Day. Hero Force made the pace, lost the advantage briefly

in the stretch run but regained command along the inside with good courage in the late stages. The Political Force colt paid $8.60 to win, toured the six furlongs in 1:11.62 and upped his earnings to $93,710 with his second win in four starts. Terrell Jarrett Jr. ‘s Lattin Devil got up late to gain the place, finishing a neck in front of Rowell Enterprises’ Heitai. Coteau Grove Farms’ Harlie’s Dreams won Saturday’s seventh running of the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint at six furlongs one year after capturing the 2011 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Stakes at 1 1/16-miles. Trained by Pat Devereux Jr. and ridden by Diego Saenz, the 5-year-old mare tallied by a halflength with a late rally along the inside in the final furlong. Harlie’s Dreams returned $9.20 for the win, got the distance in 1:11.26 and increased her career earnings to $348,488 with her sixth win from 24 lifetimes starts. Russell Welch’s Warrior Maid finished second, 2 3/4-lengths to the good of Iron Oak Stable’s Foreign Girl. Winning honors in the $50,000 Louisiana Champions Day Handicap Stakes went to Merrill Scherer and Dan Lynch’s pacesetting Silent Pipe. Trained by Merrill Scherer, the 5 3/4-length winner was ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., who is most lately celebrated for his victorious ride the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 2. Silent Pipe toured the mile and 70 yards in 1:43.46, returned a $7.80 straight price and increased his earnings to $362, 376 with his 10th win from 49 lifetime starts. Knights Prairie Racing’s Well’s Gold finished a length and a half in front of Edward Johnston Racing Stables’ Clever Thirteen. Fair Grounds’ Louisiana Champions Day began with three graded stakes for Louisiana-bred American Quarter Horses, with Rocky Mountain Fly ($9.80) winning the Grade 3 Quarter Horse Derby as the opener and Perrys Runway ($6.20) taking the Grade 2 Quarter Horse Juvenile in the second half of the Daily Double before Martini Mountain upset the Grade 2 Quarter Horse Classic with a whopping $97.20 win price.

Study: Horse racing remains major player in New Mexico’s economy By Pete Herrera

because he knows there will be shirts to iron and jeans to press. orrollee Hamill considers them part “The laundry work goes up maybe 25 of her extended family. Albuquerque percent, and during the fair it might actually businessman Frank Tuccillo likes to double when the cowboys come in,” says refer to them as “the cowboys.” Tucillo. By any name or grouping, the trainers, NMSU said it could not provide an jockeys, blacksmiths, grooms and others who estimate on just how many individuals are keep New Mexico’s horseracing industry up involved in horseracing in the state. However, and running year-round, have for decades a study conducted in 2005 placed that figure been a vital, if sometimes, overlooked part of at about 10,000, including owners, breeders, the state’s economic landscape. trainers and track management officials. The latest study on just how much the According to figures from the New racing industry contributes to New Mexico’s Mexico Horse Breeders Association, horseraceconomy was done at New Mexico State Uniing contributes nearly $64 million in gaming versity. The research concluded horseracing in taxes to the state’s coffers. That, says the the state provided nearly $536 million dollars association, is slightly more than the amount to the gross domestic product of the state. of taxes paid by the state’s 23 tribal casinos, According to the study, the number of which operate about five times the number horses associated with racing total just over of slot machines as do the five racetracks. 14,300. The figures and findings of the latest The figures are impressive on a grand study updated research that was part of a scale, but to Hamill, who manages the Lee study done in 2006. Acres RV Park in northwest New Mexico, they Other highlights of the latest study simply reinforce what she’s known for years include: --horseracing is good for her business. Every spring, Hamill welcomes back doz- • The state’s five racetracks held 3,087 pariens of horse people for the annual live meet mutuel races in 2010, at SunRay Park. During the meet, they will with just more than account for about 75 percent of her business. 6,000 horses taking “This is the biggest influx (of business) part in those races. we have,” says Hamill, “it’s definitely one of the highlights of our year.” • The estimated costs of She adds that the only comparable training and maintainboost to her RV park occurred when the ing a racehorse in New national high school rodeo was held for Mexico was more than several years in the Farmington area or when $26,000 annually. there is a major pipeline construction project • Of the five racetracks, underway. Sunland Park was the Hamill says there is much more than premier venue with an dollars involved in her relationship with those average daily attenindividuals who spend two or three months dance of 6,077 fans each year at her park located next to the track. during the 2009-10 “They treat us like family, and we treat racing season and them like family,” Hamill told SureBet Racing the highest total News. “We look forward to seeing them. We pari-mutuel handle of have people from all over that come up and $91,828,612. race. They come from Texas, Oklahoma, Montana and even Florida. We get motor homes, • The average daily attendance and total fifth-wheelers and pull bumpers.” pari-mutuel handle at Tuccillo’s business is quite different the other four racefrom Hamill’s. He owns a dry cleaning facility tracks during the 2009across the street from The Downs at Albu10 season was: querque. But like Hamill, he looks forward to the annual State Fair and Downs meets Downs at Albuquerque

– 3,407 in average daily attendance and total handle of $34.4 million. New Mexico State Fair – 2,374 in average attendance and $4.05 million in total handle. Ruidoso Downs – 3,986 in average daily attendance and $23.8 million in total handle. SunRay Park – 1,982 average daily attendance and $8.6 million in handle. Zia Park – 2,220 average daily attendance and total handle of $23.6 million. 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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Cartoonist, illustrator and author By Martha Claussen

With more than two decades eaders of SureBet Racing News have of cartooning and no doubt enjoyed the cartoons which illustrating to his rehave appeared on both the website and sume, King doesn’t in the digital magazine. The creative force behind these enjoyable artistic endeavors is hesitate when extolling the virtues cartoonist Jerry King. of his profession. The Ohio native loved to draw as a “I get a kick out child and had his first cartoon published of the magazine his freshman year in high school. He served polls on the top three years in the Army, and sent some of his jobs in America, ” said King. “I have never seen greeting card illustrations to Hallmark. The cartoonists on the list. In my book, it doesn’t powers that be at the greeting card company get any better than sitting home in front of accepted his submissions, and he continued my television with my mechanical pencil.” to develop his craft while attending Ohio King estimates that he draws more than State University. 300 cartoons a month. King had early career aspirations of beSureBet Racing News contributor Martha ing a political cartoonist for a major newsClaussen put King to the test with 10 quespaper. He applied to many publications, but tions: never got an offer. He has developed a body of work for websites and magazines, as well Do you remember the first time one of your as presentations and newsletters. King has cartoons was published? been a contributor to Playboy for 18 years and has submitted equine cartoons to Sure: I was 14, and I drew a Christmas cartoon Bet Racing News since 2009. for my school newspaper. I thought I had reOne of his recent SureBet Racing News ally made it. cartoons showed a doctor and nurse tendCartoonists who have inspired you include: ing to a distressed-looking man in a hospital : Mostly cartoonists in Playboy magazine bed. The caption was, “You’re suffering from and the New Yorker. exhaustion, stress, headaches and stomach problems. Do you, by chance, race horses?” Garry Trudeau made headlines with his charIn the December magazine issue, King drew acter, B.D., who was wounded in Iraq. What is two men standing beside a sweet-faced your position on infusing current challenging horse with one of the gentlemen explaining themes in your work? to the other, “Whenever he gets lazy and runs : I’m all for cartoonists going outside the slow, I subject him to reality TV shows. It’s box. They should express themselves. It’s all cruel but effective.” part of being creative. He is also the author and illustrator of seven nationally published cartoon books. Music or quiet when cartooning? He has also illustrated 10 children’s books : Music and TV. I don’t like it quiet. and contributed to numerous children’s publications. What type of music do you enjoy? King, 42, resides in Ohio with his wife, : Classic rock. I used to listen to the album, Anne, daughters Giana and Sienna, and “The Song Remains the Same” by Led ZepSchnauzers, Baci and Bella. King loves their pelin over and over and over again when I company, but after multiple trips to the was a kid. veterinarian, refers to his canines as “two little Writers are plagued with “writer’s block.” furry money pits.”

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Does that happen to you as an illustrator and cartoonist? If so, what do you do to get the mojo working?

: I don’t get a total writer’s block, but some ideas come quicker than others. Companies and individuals have contracted with you to create a cartoon for their publications or even as gifts. What is the most unusual request you have ever had?

jk: Sometimes an editor wants to draw

too many things in a cartoon, so I have to explain that the cartoon is only a few inches big.

You have written and illustrated children’s books. Are there more in the works?

: Not through a publisher. Thanks to technology, I can do my own ebooks. When I am not working, I love to:

: I’m always working, but in the few minutes I’m not, I fantasize about living in the Florida Keys. Your father owned horses, and you have fond childhood memories of spending time in the barn. If I could ride one racehorse in history, it would be:

: Man O’ War. I’m very ambitious.

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Ian’s hard-‘fort’ success I

By Robert Geller

t takes a leap of faith to jump from the small New South Wales town of Muswellbrook to the bluegrass of Kentucky and an even greater stretch to land on your feet. But knowing that trainer Carl Nafzger was waiting on the other end to lend a hand gave horseman Ian Wilkes precisely the running start he needed to launch into the U.S. racing scene. “My parents had a dairy farm in Muswellbrook, and they sold that and got into a pub in Junee. I never finished school and took a job riding for Paul Sutherland. I worked for Vic Thompson Jr., Kerry Jordan, and then I got a job in South Australia for leading trainer Colin Hayes. That’s the key there. I met a girl who’d been over here and worked for Carl. When she came back, I said, ‘I’d love to go to America. How do I do it?’ So she called Carl and asked if I could get a job. He said yes.” The pair hit it off from the outset, and the timing could not have been better. Ian arrived in 1989 and one of the first horses he happened to gallop for Carl was a big bay called Unbridled. Not a bad way to consolidate a new business partnership. At age 3, Unbridled captured the 1990 Kentucky Derby and the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The Eclipse Award champion showed his versatility with a return win as a 4-year-old in the 1991 Deputy Minister Handicap at then 7 furlongs, a performance that Ian described as “unbelievable.” Ian’s involvement with Unbridled went virtually unnoticed by the Australian press. His new world was opening up. “It wasn’t a hard transition but you always compared things in Australia to here. You were always comparing what they did back there and what we were doing here, thinking of the two. Carl and I think a lot alike, so that made it a lot easier. If we disagreed, we’d say it and when we made a decision that wasn’t right, it was never ‘I told you so.’ He’s not a typical speed trainer – send them out to the front and speed will carry. He likes the horses to relax and close.” “But with that said, the difference between Australian and American racing is chalk and cheese. It is two different types of racing. You can’t go home and train like Americans in Australia and be successful, and you can’t train like Australians here in America and be successful.” Ian should know because he would spend the next three years back home at training facilities in Australia before returning 24 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1

to the States as Carl’s assistant trainer. “You can take small pieces of what they do in both countries, but you can’t train like one or the other in the other country. I think it’s a different style of racing altogether. You’ve got a different horse.” It wasn’t long before Ian began to put his own knowledge to the test. With Carl looking to reduce the size of his barn with an eye on semi-retirement, this was the perfect time for Ian to start training in his own name, beginning with a full endorsement from his boss and a handful of his loyal owners to boot. The two gentlemen held a vested interest in each other’s success and success is precisely what followed. The year was 2006 and by summer, Ian had landed his first graded stakes winner. Court Folly won the Amsterdam Stakes (Grade 2, 6-½ furlong) at Saratoga under jockey Calvin Borel. In the fall, Calvin “Bo-rail” would return the favor for Carl, and then some, triumphing on Street Sense in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. Street Sense rolled through Derby preps at Tampa en route to his 2007 Kentucky Derby win, breaking the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile hoodoo and handing long-standing owner Jim Tafel, for whom Carl still trains today, racing’s most coveted prize. Street Sense did land Ian some media attention back home. Ian soon found himself winning with promising 3-year-olds of his own and the results continued to mount. Miss Isella showcased her talent as a 3-year-old filly with a win in the 2008 Falls City Handicap (Grade 2, 1-1/8 miles) at Churchill Downs, maturing into a top class 4-year-old the following year by taking the Fleur de Lis (Grade 2, 1-1/8 miles) and the Eight Belles Stakes (Grade 2; 1-1/16 miles). In 2009, Ian racked up six graded stakes victories, four of them via his 3-year-old male star Capt. Candyman Can. The son of Candy Ride won the Bay Shore Stakes (Grade 3; 7 furlongs) and the Hutcheson Stakes (Grade 2; 7 furlongs) at Gulfstream Park, the King’s Bishop Stakes (Grade 1, 7 furlongs) at Saratoga and the Matt Winn Stakes (Grade 3, 7 furlongs) at Churchill Downs, a race in which Ian had repeat success this last season with Neck ’n Neck when the distance was a mile and a sixteenth. Neck ’n Neck is currently recovering from a sesamoid injury but is a good example of a 3-year-old that developed well under Ian’s care, narrowing the initial gap on his peers as he progressed.

“You look at his form and he looked green. He ran in the Sam Davis but he just wouldn’t pass horses and so I put the blinkers on. In the Fountain of Youth and the Florida Derby, the horse wasn’t quite ready for the big dogs right then. I took him back and freshened him up. I am fortunate because his owner, Mr. Steven Miles, is very patient with the horse. He wants to know what’s best for the horse and go with it, keep him informed and he’s happy with it. So, he gave me the chance to develop this horse and he got better and better as he went on. I think he’ll be a tremendous 4-year-old.” Prior to the setback, Neck ’n Neck had picked up consecutive stakes victories. The son of Flower Alley won both the Indiana Derby (Grade 2, 1-1/16 miles) at Hoosier Park then the Ack Ack Stakes (Grade 3, 1 mile) at Churchill Downs. The very next day at Santa Anita, Ian would experience a moment like no other as a trainer. The Janis R. Witham-owned, Fort Larned battled tooth-and-nail the length of the stretch with Mucho Macho Man to win the US$5M Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade 1, 1-1/4 miles), North America’s richest horserace. “You got to pinch yourself that it’s really happening. Just don’t forget who you are. I think that’s important to me. I’m no different from what I was yesterday, and it’s been a lot of fun. It’s been something you couldn’t imagine. It’s very humbling, the attention that it has brought. And to think how prestigious a race the Classic is. Sometimes it’s just hard to explain.” Having shared in a Breeders’ Cup Classic victory before with Unbridled, Ian was now standing where Carl had been. “By all means, we wouldn’t be here without Carl and what he’s done for us. It’s very important to us. Of course, when you’re an assistant, the buck stops with the boss, but when you’re the boss, the buck stops with you. You’ve got the final say in anything. The mental aspect is harder as you’re trying to stay up on everything as you point to races.” And point to races Ian certainly did, an exacting process that in the case of Fort Larned reflected a deep trust in the horse, jockey, owner and himself – in essence, in his entire team. Ian has always shown patience with horses and Fort Larned was no exception. His abbreviated 2-year-old campaign due to sore shins proved a blessing in disguise. It was at the end of his 3-year-old year,

having been fitted with blinkers – that would eventually be reduced to a three-quarter cup – that Fort Larned began to come into his own. His all-important 4-year-old campaign required constant tweaking, but Ian never lost faith. “I got pretty soundly beaten in the Stephen Foster but then brought him back two weeks later at Prairie Meadows in the Cornhusker Stakes (Grade 3). He wins and I beat Successful Dan there. I’m still thinking we can compete in Grade 1s, and that I’ve got a real good horse. Then we made the decision to go for the Whitney after that.” “That was so impressive – the way that horse ran that day – you had to make a decision. Do I run him in the Woodward or the Jockey Club Gold Cup and forget the Breeders Cup? The only reason I say that is because I’d been going all year. I ran him at Tampa earlier in the year and he got better for me, he improved. Because by winning the Whitney, it was win and you’re in, and we got our entry expenses paid, we thought let’s take a shot at the Breeders’ Cup and point everything for that.” Ian skipped the Woodward Stakes and gave his horse a little freshening, opting for the Jockey Club Gold Cup in which Fort Larned finished a distant third. “Would I have liked to win it? Yeah, because it is a prestigious race but the timing was out. Everything wasn’t for me to win that race. I had to get a good race in him. He held on for third, got beaten 5-1/2 lengths, but that was OK. I thought the horse ran a game race and the track was a little on that stickydrying-out side that day. I don’t like making excuses but I was very happy after the race. I mentioned to Mrs. Witham and I told Brian, don’t worry about it. I think we can win the Classic off this race. And, as the saying goes, the stars lined up. Everything fell into place. The timing was right.” Brian Hernandez Jr. was no stranger to the Wilkes barn or to Fort Larned. The young jockey had steered him to an allowance victory at Churchill Downs as a 3-year-old a little less than 12 months prior. Julien Leparoux, his more regular rider, had been on board in March when the 4-year-old recorded a track record win in the Skip Away Stakes (Grade 3, 1-3/16 miles) at Gulfstream Park. But with Julien’s partiality to Successful Dan, who defeated Fort Larned next out in the Alysheba Stakes (Grade 2, 1-1/16 miles), Ian decided to end the on-off pattern after the Stephen Foster Handicap (Grade 1, 1-1/8 miles), opting for Brian. “Julien couldn’t ride him in the Cornhusker because he liked Successful Dan. Brian was going out there anyway and I talked to Mrs.

Jockey Brian Hernandez celebrates after guiding Janis R. Whitham’s Fort Larned to victory in the Grade 1 $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic Saturday, Nov. 3, at Santa Anita Park. Photos courtesy of © Benoit Photo

Witham and said, let’s put Brian on, and she said yes, fine, not a problem because we wanted a rider who could stick with us rather than someone taking off. We stuck with Brian and he stuck with us. “I’ve always thought he rode a good race. He always put a horse in position, always moved at the right time. The problem was I never had enough horse for him. I had to find him a better horse, and when I found him a better horse, he showed exactly what he can do.” With so much pre-race discussion on the Breeders’ Cup Classic centered on Game on Dude, deemed the horse to catch, Ian insisted on one thing from his young rider. “I had kept telling Brian, we have to break good, that’s all we have to do. I said, if we break bad, we’re done. I told him we had to find some way to get on the outside of Game on Dude. We couldn’t let him sit on our hip and have him dog us that way. When we broke sharp and Game on Dude broke half a step slow, Brian moved Fort Larned out and took Game on Dude’s path to force him inside of us. That was a great maneuver. Brian rode a tremendously smart race from the beginning.” “When he went out on the lead, it didn’t bother me. That was up to Brian and the horse. I told Brian, just trust the horse. He always does. The only other thing I wanted

was to take the race to them, not let them take it to us. He let him do it, and was well in hand. He spread-eagled the field a little bit, and Mucho Macho Man was the only horse that was able to come with us. In the straight, Brian turned Fort Larned’s head slightly to let him look at that horse. Once he saw him, I knew he was not going to let him go by.” To win for loyal owner Janis Witham was especially gratifying. “Mrs. Witham had been with Carl two years prior to him turning the stable over to me and entering semi-retirement. What makes you feel good is that she and other owners I train for have been with the barn. They’ve had the highs, they’ve had their lows, but they’ve stuck with you. We all go through bad times. It’s not always going to be great all the time. Once they’ve been with you through the lows, they’re your good owners.” “Carl always said that when you train with good people and you take care of them, the good horses will come. If you said, I want this horse, I don’t want that one, you’d be wrong more times than you’re right. I train for people. Carl’s always taught me – he set up a

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joy Australia because that’s where you grew up. I’ve got one brother and one sister there. great program – you train for people.” My brother, Wayne, is in racing. He trains in Ian currently boasts a barn of around 60 horses, a number that is likely to climb as high Port Macquarie and my dad owns and trains his own there. The last three or four years, as 70 by summer, when he is a regular on he’s had his own trainer’s license. He’s always the Kentucky, Florida and New York circuits. owned a couple of horses.” Almost a third of his barn is 2-year-olds. That Ian’s family could not make it across for includes a nicely bred youngster for Mrs. the Breeders’ Cup but sat glued to the live Witham in Ruble. simulcast feed to cheer Fort Larned on, and “Recently, I’ve had a little presence in they were first on the phone to congratuBelmont in the spring or fall, just because the late him. The overlap with the timing of the money is so good. I do the entire Kentucky Melbourne Cup is not ideal, but it is disapcircuit with Churchill, Keeneland, Ellis and pointing to learn that not a single AustralianKentucky Downs then in the winter I am at based journalist contacted Ian for a post-race Tampa and Gulfstream.” With his down time in December, Ian and interview. Perhaps he will have to shake up his wife, Tracey, take the opportunity – when their spring racing carnival with a horse of his own one day. they can – to go back home to Australia. It “A couple of years ago I had a horse was a joint decision to go to America in the first place and one neither took lightly. Tracey called Bearpath (winner of the 2010 Pan American Stakes Grade 2, 1-1/2 miles at has been a key part of the team, gallopGulfstream Park). I was seriously thinking, let’s ing horses for the barn and in the summer, make him a Melbourne Cup horse. But he also works for Churchill Downs. The couple hurt himself.” remains very fond of Australia. Let’s hope the right type of horse will “I love Australia. I wish I could go back more often. If I could go back every year for a present itself again in the near future. Ian couple of weeks, that would be great. You en- embodies the good qualities of both hemi-

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Jockey Erik McNeil wins biggest race of his career

spheres and is the perfect ambassador to help narrow the cultural racing gap between Australia and the U.S. “Australia is home for me. It always will be. America is my home right now but I’ll always be Australian. To me, over here, they just like to give people a chance. And you want to show people back home you made something of yourself as you go on.” Ian has more than managed that. 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.

in racing, every horse can have one day when they run their best. Look at (2009 Kentucky Derby winner) Mine By Martha Claussen That Bird. At the top of the stretch, Erik McNeil may not have been I knew he was going to win. It was the most well-known member of the incredible.” McNeil family heading into 2012, Texas Bling paid a record but his longshot win in the $300,000 $259.60 for the $2 win in the Springboard Mile at Remington Park Springboard Mile. The victory was on Dec. 9, gave him some wellthe biggest of McNeil’s career, and deserved attention. Erik, 26, is the in addition to crediting Texas Bling youngest son of veteran rider Tony and Durham, the rider gave heartfelt McNeil, whose career spanned three thanks to his agent, Mike Biby. decades. His brother, Bryan, 29, began The two had just teamed up riding in 2006 and has amassed a solid this meet at Remington Park. Biby’s reputation on several major circuits. mom runs the jock’s dining room In the last five years, Erik has Erik McNeil and told McNeil that her son was struggled to break through in racetracks in Texas and Oklahoma. Stakes Photo courtesy of Coady Photography looking for a rider to represent. Biby had spent eight years on the road as mounts were few and far between; he had just two previous opportuni- who had only prevailed in one of his a tour manager for Hinder, a multinine lifetime starts. Dismissed by the platinum rock band from Oklahoma ties before he was named on longbetting public at 128-1, the young City. He wanted to begin a career as shot Texas Bling in the Springboard Mile, one of the closing day featured rider, who had the mount for trainer a jock agent and liked what he saw Danele Durham, paid no attention to in McNeil. stakes on the Oklahoma City’s final his odds heading into the race. “He comes from a great racweekend card. “I knew it was a tough field,” ad- ing family and has a lot of talent,” But in racing, great things hapmitted McNeil. “Going into the race, explained Biby. “Even though he pen to good people. Erik entered people were saying my horse would didn’t get a lot of recognition, I knew the starting gate on Texas Bling, a he worked hard, gave 150 percent just be in the way. But I know that Texas-bred son of Too Much Bling,

on every horse and had confidence in his ability. We hit it off and I am really happy for him.” Biby traded nights on the road with a rock band to early mornings making the rounds on the backside. He’s happy, and McNeil is thrilled with the victory and his potential to win even more stakes in 2013. They will be headed to Sam Houston Race Park for the Thoroughbred meet which gets under way Jan.18.

DEC 29, 2012 Ruidoso Downs, NM McArthur, Brooks named to Ruidoso Racehorse Hall of Fame Trainer James McArthur and jockey Roy Brooks join owner/ breeder Bobby Cox and leading sire Corona Cartel to complete the 2013 class to be inducted into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame. Each year one owner/breeder, trainer, jockey and horse are inducted into the Hall of Fame located on the second floor at Ruidoso Downs. SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1 29

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It is open every racing day and weekdays (except holidays) the rest of the year. There is no admission charge. McArthur has been one of quarter horse racing most important trainers for four decades. His stable has been primarily based in New Mexico, however he has also found success in California. Up until recently, his wife Donna ran their operation based at Los Alamitos Race Course. James sent out Walter Merrick’s world champion Easy Date to win the 1973 All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs and then to win the 1974 Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos. Easy Date became the first horse to sweep quarter horse racing’s premier race for two-year-olds (All American Futurity) and older horses (Champion of Champions). The only other horse to perform this feat is world champion Refrigerator. Easy Date also became the first horse to win the All American Futurity who was sired by an All American Futurity winner, Merrick’s Easy Jet. The fact that everyone’s hall of famer Merrick sent Easy Date to McArthur is testament to his skills as a horseman. Easy Date is in the AQHA Hall of Fame. McArthur also won the 1984 All American Futurity with Eastex. The gelding set a then stakes record of :21.42 while winning the 440-yard classic by one length. He is still the seventh all-time leading money earner at $1,869,406 and was the alltime leading money earner until he was surpassed by Refrigerator. McArthur’s other major Ruidoso Downs stakes wins include the All American Derby, Rainbow Futurity, Rainbow Derby and Kansas Futurity. At Los Alamitos, he won the Kindergarten (twice) and the Dash For Cash Futurity (twice). He also won the Golden State Derby at Bay Meadows and the Dash For Cash Futurity at Lone Star Park. Brooks defines longevity. He turned 71-years-old in August and has won the latest two runnings of the Heritage Place Derby (Grade 2) at Remington Park. He won the 2011 Heritage Place Derby aboard Capo De Capi and the 2012 edition with Priceless Feature. Then, after winning this year’s Heritage Place Derby, he came to Ruidoso Downs and rode Priceless Feature in the Grade 1 $903,000 Rainbow Derby. They held the lead until the final jump when 32 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1

champion Ochoa caught them and they finished second by a head. Less than two weeks later, Brooks celebrated his 71st birthday. He was born and still lives in Blanchard, Oklahoma on his family’s farm. He began his race riding career in 1969 in his native Oklahoma. He scored his first of three Oklahoma Derby wins in 1971 and also has three wins in the Oklahoma Futurity and two wins in the Oklahoma-bred Futurity. He was second in the 1987 All American Futurity aboard Elaina Rae and third in the 1983 All American Futurity with Racy Roman. Brooks most productive year came in 2007, when he turned 66, with 93 victories and his horses banking $1,617,996. His most important win came in the Speedhorse Gold and Silver Cup Futurity at Fair Meadows. He won the first Sam Thompson Award in 2011. The Ruidoso Racehorse Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will be held in late June with a reception in the Hall of Fame followed bydinner and induction ceremonies in the All American Turf Club. Tax-deductible tickets will be sold.

DEC 27, 2012 Cypress, CA Los Alamitos wraps 2012 meet with great closing weekend

Los Alamitos Race Course finished the 2011-2012 racing season in terrific fashion thanks to a fantastic series of stakes races in the month of December plus a successful daytime racing experiment during the meet’s closing weekend on Dec. 21-23. With Hollywood Park wrapping up its meeting on Sunday, December 16 and Santa Anita’s opening day set for its traditional date of Dec. 26, Los Alamitos moved its first post time to 2 p.m. for closing weekend. Track management was pleased with the weekend, as the afternoon on-track attendance for Saturday, Dec. 22 was up 43 percent from a typical Saturday evening card, while the afternoon on-track attendance for Sunday, December 23 nearly doubled from a typical Sunday evening card. Handle from all-sources on both Saturday and Sunday also increased by approximately $200,000 each day.

Los Alamitos Race Course enjoyed wall to wall coverage of its weekend racing on TVG, as the racing network was on-track all day long broadcasting from multiple locations throughout the day during the meet’s three afternoon cards. “It was a superb experiment,” said Ed Allred, the owner of Los Alamitos Race Course. “It started out a little slow on Friday, but by the end of the weekend our figures were amazingly strong. It was a good way to end year on a highly successful note. I am also very thankful for the great support that we received from our wonderful partners at Betfair TVG and for spearheading this idea. I am very appreciative for all the great things that TVG does for Los Alamitos all year long.” Los Alamitos ended its 62nd racing season with an average single night handle figure of $1,265,655, a figure that includes combined wagering on both the live races and night import races. The total average single night handle was down 9.6 percent from 2011. Handle from mini-satellites in California did enjoy an increase of 21 percent from 2011. 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 $408,519. Since 2009, account wagering has increased an average of $100,000 per night for an increase during that span of 24 percent. The total handle for all sources during the 2012 meeting was $193,645,318 for the 153-night meet. The average single night attendance on-track decreased by 2.9 percent.

Auburn, WA Prominent owner Frank Gaunt passes from cancer Frank L. Gaunt, one of the most successful owners in Emerald Downs history, died Saturday of cancer. Mr. Gaunt was 81 years old. A resident of Eatonville in south Pierce County, Gaunt achieved a dream last November when his 3-year-old filly Stormy Lucy competed in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita. Although she finished 11th, Gaunt was able to see his blue and yellow silks perform on the world’s biggest stage. Earlier in the year, Stormy Lucy earned black-

Frank Gaunt type with a runner-up finish in the Grade 1 Del Mar Oaks and thirds in the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive and Grade 2 Honeymoon Handicap. At Emerald Downs, Gaunt is No. 8 all-time with 101 wins and enjoyed stakes successes with Random Memo and Charming Colleen. A daughter of Charismatic, Charming Colleen won the 2004 Angie C Stakes and finished second against colts in the Gottstein Futurity, and then was sold privately to James McIngvale. The late Aubrey Villyard, Doris Harwood, Dennis and Monique Snowden, and Frank Lucarelli trained horses for Gaunt at Emerald Downs. Lucarelli, who currently trains 10 of the Gaunt runners including Stormy Lucy and the promising 3-year-old Washington-bred Cruzin the Harbor, said he would meet with Gaunt’s widow, Erica, to discuss plans for the horses. An engineer, Gaunt founded the Accu-Lube Corporation in 1981. He retired in 1990, and bought a 60-acre farm in Eatonville, where he devoted more time to his life-long interest in horses. He purchased his first racehorse in 1980 at the suggestion of his accountant, who happened to be the father of Karen Taylor of Seattle Slew fame. Funeral services are 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, at Powers Funeral Home, 320 West Pioneer, Puyallup.

DEC 24, 2012 Ruidoso Downs, NM Bobby Cox, Corona Cartel named to Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame Two-time champion owner

Bobby Cox along with major stakes winner and leading sire Corona Cartel will be honored as 2013 inductees to the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame. Every year, an owner/breeder, horse, trainer and jockey are inducted in the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame, located at Ruidoso Downs. Induction ceremonies are held at the track in late June. The 2013 trainer and jockey will be announced in the near future. Cox has been a major force as both an owner and a breeder in quarter horse racing at the highest level. He was named the 2004 and the 2010 champion owner by the American Quarter Horse Association. At Ruidoso Downs, Cox won the 2004 All American Derby and the Rainbow Derby with his homebred champion Brimmerton. He also won the 2004 Ruidoso Futurity with homebred All About Ease, 2007 All American Derby with homebred Dont Let Down and the 2009 Rainbow Futurity with Zoomin With Ease. Cox’s horses have earned nearly $8 million and horses he bred have earned more than $14 million since 1991. Corona Cartel impacted Quarter Horse racing as both a racehorse and a sire. On the track, Corona Cartel raced to the Grade 1 wins in both the Los Alamitos Million and the Kindergarten on his way to career earnings of $517,142. He raced for owner Celina Molina and was trained by Jaime Gomez. Corona Cartel then became one of the most influential sires in the history of the breed. A son of Holland Ease and Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame member Corona Chick, he recently surpassed the $40 million mark in progeny earning. Mr Jess Perry and Corona Cartel are closely ranked for the titles of leading living sire of money earners and the second all-time leading sire of money earners behind First Down Dash. Standing at Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Corona Cartel has sired five champions and three millionaires. His daughter Blues Girl Too was named the 2007 world champion and retired with earnings of $2,032,328. She is the all-time leading money-earning mare. His other millionaires are $1,212,471 earner and All American Futurity

winner Teller Cartel, who also stands at Lazy E Ranch, and $1,004,829 earner Eye For Corona. Corona Cartel is the sire of 125 stakes winners and 124 stakesplaced runners.

DEC 21, 2012 Opelousas, LA Evangeline Downs to host the 11th edition of the John Franks Memorial 2-Year-Old in Training Sale Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino will once again host the John Franks Memorial Two-Year-Old in Training Sale. Evangeline Downs, along with Sale Administrator Stemmans Inc. have announced the dates for the 11th edition of the Sale which is named after the multiple Eclipse Award winning Owner/Breeder. The Sale will be held on Sunday, March 17 beginning at 10 a.m. Central Time with the Gallop Preview Show set for Saturday, March 16 starting at noon Central Time. Both the Sale and the Gallop Preview Show are free and open to the public. As in previous years, a pair of races restricted to two-year-olds who pass through the sales ring will be offered in August at Evangeline Downs. One race will be for colts & geldings and the other race will be for fillies and each will be run at the distance of 5 ½ furlongs on the main track and offer a purse of $50,000. Steve Darbonne, Director of Racing Operations for Evangeline Downs stated “The Sale has become an important part of the local racing industry and to Evangeline Downs. We are pleased to once again host the Sale in our spacious and comfortable Event Center which is conveniently located adjacent to our racing paddock and our Hotel.” Charlotte Clavier, President of Stemmans, Inc. stated “This sale is the marquee event of its kind in Louisiana. We have made a concerted effort with Consignors and local Breeders to upgrade the Sale in terms of quality and we feel strongly that horsemen will appreciate those efforts and respond in kind.” Clavier further stated “Last year’s Sale was one of our best ever. We sold more than 120 juveniles for a total of $1.125 million, which averaged out to better than $9,078 a horse. Those numbers

were substantially better than the 2011 sale and we are optimistic that we can improve on those results.” Entry fee for the Two-YearOld Sale is $350 with a 5 percent commission ($300 minimum). The entry deadline is Dec. 31, 2012. Late entries will have a fee of $500 also with a 5 percent commission ($300 minimum). For more information contact Evangeline Downs at 337-594-3000.

DEC 20, 2012 Houston, TX HRTV and Fox Sports Southwest to broadcast the inaugural running of the $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic

Sam Houston Race Park officials are pleased to announce a new television partnership with HRTV and FOX Sports Southwest which will give race fans in Houston and across the nation the opportunity to watch the most anticipated racing event in Texas in 2013. In a partnership, HRTV, “the network for Horse Sports” will broadcast a two-hour special beginning at 8 p.m. (CT) from Sam Houston Race Park on January 26. The special will include live race coverage and special events as part of the stakesfilled card highlighted by the newly created $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic and the Grade 3, $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup. In addition to coverage of the races, HRTV will begin promoting the Houston Ladies Classic to its national viewers beginning January 21 with both commercials and web-handicapping features. The key contenders will be profiled on HRTV’s Race Day America and handicapping shows including First Call, The Edge and Against The Odds. The Park’s onsite live host will be ESPN Radio’s Fred Faour, host of the “The Blitz” and noted racing expert and handicapper. “As a lifelong Houstonian and racing enthusiast, I am thrilled to be a part of the coverage of the Houston Ladies Classic,” said Faour. “It’s awesome to see an event of this magnitude at Sam Houston Race Park; I think it is going to be one of the best sporting events this city has ever hosted.”

In addition to HRTV, Sam Houston Race Park has come to terms with Fox Sports Southwest to provide live local coverage of stakes filled day over its network which spans Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. “We’re excited to work with Sam Houston Race Park to showcase their richest race and broaden the track’s exposure,” said Fox Sports Southwest Senior Vice President/General Manager Jon Heidtke. “This is another opportunity to grow our regional profile by adding a prestigious event like the Houston Ladies Classic to our programming lineup. We look forward to a successful partnership.” “We are pleased to welcome HRTV and Fox Sports Southwest as broadcast partners for this exceptional night of racing,” said Andréa Young, Sam Houston Race Park’s president. “Their coverage will enable racing fans in Houston and across the country to enjoy some of the best racing in the nation. It is going to be a great day for Houston.”

Opelousas, LA Alfonso Lujan records sixth consecutive riding title at Evangeline Downs

Veteran rider Alfonso Lujan continued his local domination as he recorded his sixth consecutive leading rider title at the 2012 Fall Quarter Horse season at Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino. Off to an uncharacteristic slow start, the 34-year-old Odessa. TX native turned in on during the second half of the meet winning races by the handful and ended up with an impressive total of 55 victories along with purse earnings of $567,586 during the 46-night season while earning his thirteenth leading rider title in the state of Louisiana. David Alvarez, who topped all riders in purse earnings with a total of $785,006, finished in the runnerup spot with 38 wins. The Austin, TX native earned the bulk of those dollars with his victory aboard Open Me a Corona in the $1,000,000 LQHBA Breeders Futurity on November 17. Bobby Ransom was third in the standings with 37 wins and purse earnings of $374,751. Veterans John Hamilton and Danny Lavergne rounded out the top five with 32 wins apiece and earnings of $555, SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1 33

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A winner of four of five Remington Park starts in his career, Alsvid was also voted the season’s Champion 3-year-old Male and Champion Sprinter. The Kentucky-bred gelding by Officer from the Afternoon Deelites mare Reagle Mary was the only horse to pick up more than one award in voting by Remington Park officials and media covering the season.

Champion Older Male – Alternation Alfonso Lujan 118 & $390,394, respectively. Kevin Broussard captured his first local training title as his stable recorded 23 wins and purse earnings of $381,371. Bobby Martinez was second in the standings with 21 wins and purse earnings of $652,597. Sixtime local training champion Kenny Roberts checked in third with 20 wins and $336,115 in purse earnings. Randy Hebert with 17 wins, and Jeff Acuna with 16 wins rounded out the top five. Open Me a Corona, who won both his trial and the $1,000,000 LQHBA Breeders Futurity, was named the Horse-of-the-Meet. Owned in partnership by Charles Forbes Jr. and Tommy Hays, the Louisiana bred colt by Coronas Leaving You was bred in Louisiana by Natalie Montgomery Dvm.

Oklahoma City, OK Alsvid earns Remington Park Horse of the Meeting honor Alsvid swept the two main Remington Park sprint stakes of the season and the feat was enough for him to be selected as the 2012 Remington Park Horse of the Meeting for the recently concluded Thoroughbred season. Owned by Black Hawk Stable of Elk City, Okla., Alsvid is trained by Chris Hartman and was ridden to both of his Remington Park wins by Chris Landeros. Alsvid won the $100,000 David M. Vance Sprint on the Opening Weekend of the season, then followed up with a score in the $200,000 Remington Park Sprint Cup on Sept. 29. The Sprint Cup served as a major undercard stakes on Oklahoma Derby Day.

big longshot score. He had broken his maiden status just two races prior, over the Remington Park turf course, with Cliff Berry up. A winner of just two of 10 career starts after the Springboard Mile, Texas Bling is by Too Much Bling from the Country Pine mare Anythingmore.

Champion 2-year-old Female – American Sugar

A win in the $50,000 E.L. Gaylord Memorial Stakes on Oct. 26 Narrowly defeated in the 2011 was enough to gain the Champion Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park, 2-year-old Female award for AmeriAlternation returned to Oklahoma City to win the $200,000 Governor’s can Sugar. Owned by Poindexter ThorCup on Aug. 11 as part of the seaoughbreds of Springfield, Mo. and son’s Opening Weekend. It was his trained by Lynn Chleborad, American only start of the season. Owned by Josephine Abercrom- Sugar was ridden to her lone score of the season by Alex Birzer. A daughter bie’s Pin Oak Stable of Versailles, Ky. and trained by Donnie Von Hemel, Al- of Harlan’s Holiday from the Quiet ternation had made himself a nation- American mare I Love America, the filly ran one more time, finishing ally recognized older horse earlier fourth in the $50,000 Mistletoe Overin 2012 by virtue of his wins in the Grade 3 Essex, the Grade 3 Razorback night Stakes on Dec. 9. Handicap and the Grade 2 Oaklawn Champion 3-year-old Female – Handicap. After sweeping the older Sticks Wondergirl horse stakes series at Oaklawn Park Leading from the starting gate in Hot Springs, Ark., Alternation then to the finish line, Sticks Wondergirl posted a come-from-behind win in was triumphant in her lone start of the Grade 3 Pimlico Special during the season, the $250,000 Remington Preakness Stakes Weekend in May. Park Oaks. She impressed enough The win in the Governor’s Cup to win a season title as Champion made Alternation a millionaire in ca3-year-old Female, after winning the reer earnings and bettered his Remrichest race for fillies by three-quarington Park lifetime record to two ters of a length while never seriously wins, a second and a third from four challenged throughout the 1-1/16 attempts. The 4-year-old Kentuckymiles Oaks. bred colt is by Distorted Humor from Owned by Alvin Haynes and Beth the Seattle Slew mare Alternate. He Burchell of Nicholasville, Ky., Sticks was ridden to his Governor’s Cup win Wondergirl is trained by Greg Burchell by Luis Quinonez. and was handled by Jon Court in the Oaks. The effort was her third Champion 2-year-old Male – consecutive win after breaking her Texas Bling maiden over the summer at Ellis Park In one of the biggest upsets in Kentucky followed by an allowance in Remington Park’s history, Texas score at Hoosier Park in Indiana. Bling won the $300,000 Springboard Mile at odds of 128-1! The score in Champion Older Female – the richest 2-year-old stakes of the She’s All In season earned the Texas-bred the Possibly the top Oklahoma-bred Champion 2-year-old Male title. runner in training, She’s All In won Owned and bred by the Hall’s the Older Female title after winFamily Trust of Fort Worth, Texas, the ning three races during the season, colt is trained by Danele Durham including her score in the $129,000 and was ridden in his Springboard Oklahoma Classics Distaff on Oct. 19, win by Erik McNeil. her third consecutive win in the race. Texas Bling was full of run A Graded stakes winner, She’s throughout the Springboard Mile All In often moves around the counand was able to get through traffic try for stakes competition for her late in the stretch to power on to the owner and breeder Robert Zoellner

of Tulsa, Okla. Trained by Donnie Von Hemel, She’s All In was ridden throughout this season by Luis Quinonez. She won all three of her local starts in 2012 to run her career total at Remington Park to nine wins from 11 attempts. A 5-year-old mare by Include from the Hickory Ridge mare Georgia Ok, She’s All In has now earned more than $766,000 overall.

Champion Turf Performer – Lockout

Shipping to Oklahoma City from Woodbine in Toronto, Canada, Lockout made the trip worthwhile to win the $125,000 Remington Green Stakes on the undercard of the Oklahoma Derby on Sept. 30. Owned by Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame Member John Oxley, Lockout is trained by Mark Casse and was ridden by Jermaine Bridgmohan to his Green score. A Kentucky-bred 3-year-old colt, Lockout is by Limehouse from the Wild Deputy mare Non Sibi.

Champion Oklahoma-bred – Okie Ride

A three-race win streak that included another victory in the $111,000 Oklahoma Classics Sprint, earned Okie Ride the title as the season’s top Oklahoma-bred. He also won the Classics Sprint in 2011. Owned and bred by The Richter Family Trust of Perkins, Okla., trained by Kenny Nolen and ridden in all starts this fall by Luis Quinonez, Okie Ride added an open-company allowance event and the $50,000 Silver Goblin Stakes against Oklahoma-breds to his season win streak. He was a solid second to Alsvid in the $100,000 David M. Vance Sprint on Opening Weekend, adding to his credentials. A 5-year-old gelding by Candy Ride (Arg) from the Geiger Counter mare Tic Tic, Okie Ride has earned over $294,000 overall and has seven career wins at Remington Park.

Champion Claimer – Fifth Date

Busy throughout the entire season with seven overall starts, Fifth Date was very consistent in racking up three wins, a pair of seconds and one third to help get the claimer’s award. An Oklahoma-bred 8-year-old, SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1 35

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Fifth Date was claimed from OwnerTrainer Larry Brown on Aug. 25 for $18,000. New Owner Danny Caldwell took over the Fifth Date campaign and along with trainer Federico Villafranco, moved the veteran from sprinting to races over a mile, with success. Just two starts after the claim, Fifth Date won the richest race on Oklahoma Classics Night, Oct. 19, the $156,000 Classics Cup at 1-1/16 miles. Jockey Alex Birzer rode Fifth Date primarily with Lindey Wade up for his final win of the season during the final week of the meeting. A gelding by Cherokee Five from the Black Tie Affair (Ire) mare Miss Owl’s Affair, Fifth Date has now won 11 Remington Park races from 37 local starts.

Cliff Berry – 15th Remington Park Jockey Title

Jockey Cliff Berry secured his 15th Pat Steinberg Award during Sunday’s Springboard Mile card. The Jones, Okla. resident won two races on the final program of the season to end with 72 wins. Berry has won three consecutive Steinberg Awards, denoting the leading rider for the Thoroughbred Season. The honor is named after the late rider who dominated the early years of Remington Park racing before his passing in 1993. Luis Quinonez was second with 67 wins while Lindey Wade was third with 51 victories. While Berry won the battle for wins, Quinonez led the way in mount earnings with $1,776,044. His biggest win of the season came aboard Alternation in the $200,000 Governor’s Cup on the meet’s Opening Weekend in August. Berry was second in earnings with $1,603,044 with Wade third at $1,360,988 and Alex Birzer fourth garnering $1,230,968.

Steve Asmussen – 9th Remington Park Training Title Trainer Steve Asmussen clinched his ninth Chuck Taliaferro Award as leading trainer at Remington Park, days before the final afternoon of racing had taken place. He ended the season with 47 wins. Asmussen, from Arlington, Texas, has now won six consecutive training titles at Remington Park dating to the 2007 season. He won his very first

seasonal training title at Remington Park in 1991. Asmussen’s career has flourished since, becoming a national operation with horses competing simultaneously at many tracks across North America. This fall he was inducted into the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame at Remington Park. Donnie Von Hemel was second in the trainer standings with 27 wins with Chris Hartman third at 26. The Chuck Taliaferro Award is named in honor of one of the early training stars in Remington Park history who had a long and successful career nationally before returning to his home state of Oklahoma once Remington Park opened. Taliaferro sat atop the local trainer standings twice before passing in 1994. Asmussen led all trainers with $1,064,400 in earnings and was the only trainer to top the million-mark. Von Hemel was next with $938,106 while Hartman was third with $591,737.

DEC 18, 2012

Firm thresholds and administration time restrictions would also apply to RCI makes major medica- these medications. The list of Controlled Therapeution rule changes The Board of Directors of Racing tic Medications and administration Commissions International (RCI) has restrictions given preliminary apvoted to move forward with a major proval by the RCI Board is: Controlled Therapeutic Medication revision of the association’s model No Pre-race treatment within: medication rules for horse racing. Betamethasone 7 Days The RCI Board gave prelimiClenbuterol 14 Days nary approval to a list of seventeen Dantrolene 48 Hours “Controlled Therapeutic MedicaDexamethasone 72 Hours tions” with set testing thresholds at Diclofenac 48 Hours which point a violation of the rules DMSO 48 Hours would be found due to the ability of Firocoxib 14 Days the substance to affect performance. Flunixin 24 Hours Instead of recommending withdrawFurosemide 4 Hours al times, RCI also set firm treatment Glycopyrrolate 48 Hours restrictions prohibiting administraKetoprofen 24 Hours tion of each medication within a Methocarbamol 48 Hours specified time frame. Methylprednisolone 7 Days “These substances are appropriOmeprazole 24 Hours ately used in routine equine care to Phenylbutazone 24 Hours safeguard the health of our animals. Prednisolone (Pending RMTC RecBy setting uniform thresholds and ommendation) restricted administration times, veterinarians and horsemen will have Triamcinolone acetonide 7 Days Danny Caldwell – 4th Remingclear direction as to how to comply RCI President Ed Martin noted ton Park Leading Owner Title with the rules,” said Duncan Patthat the Model Rules will not be The Ran Ricks, Jr. Award for terson, Chairman of the Drug Testing formally amended until the followleading owner went to Danny Standards and Practices Committee. ing issues are resolved: the “special Caldwell of Poteau, Okla. who visited instance” list of medications and “At the same time, all other the winner’s circle 21 times. This is thresholds and administration substances would be considered his third consecutive leading owner restrictions as well as revisions to the prohibited and violations treated title and his fourth since 2008. RCI penalty guidelines to provide more harshly,” Patterson said. Caldwell runs an operation that harsher punishment for those who The new structure of the RCI is strong in the claiming department, would engage in horse doping. rules is consistent with a concept often purchasing runners out of rac“The RMTC will be making adpreviously discussed within RCI and es then immediately moving them ditional recommendations to us and the Racing Medication and Testup in class while gaining victory. He we are actively engaged on developing Consortium (RMTC) that has claimed Fifth Date, an 8-year-old ing a point system where repeated been embodied in the proposed Oklahoma-bred for $18,000 on Aug. violations, regardless of jurisdiction, Reformed Racing Medication Rules 25, then won the $156,000 Oklahowould trigger progressive penalties being advocated by the US Jockey ma Classics Cup just two starts later in all,” Martin said. Club. with the gelding. “When complete, I anticipate RCI Chairman John Sabini noted Caldwell’s horses are primarily that we will be asking jurisdictions to trained at Remington Park by Federico that “changes have been made to adopt the Model Rules by reference. Villafranco. He won his first Thorough- some of the proposals, but we beThere is precedent for this and it lieve the path we are on is the right bred owner title in 2008 and picked would be an effective way to achieve one and will be an important reform up two more in 2010 and 2011. that horsemen and fans have been the uniformity we all have been Black Hawk Stable of Elk City, crying out for. ” advocating for,” he said. Okla. was second in the owner RCI is also expected to approve When adopted formally, the standings with 13 wins while the Richter Family Trust of Perkins, Okla. an ancillary list of “Controlled Special final Model Rules schedule for ConInstance Therapeutic Medications” trolled Therapeutic Medications will and Clark Brewster of Tulsa, Okla. appropriate for emergency treatbe published complete with threshshared third-place with 11. ment, infectious disease or acute old levels and dosing specifications. The Richter Family Trust led injury. Their use would require forThresholds and restrictive the way for earning by owners with mal notification to the commission administration times are based upon $511,790. Among their many windisclosing the patient, medication, the recommendations of the RMTC ners was Okie Ride, a force in the dose, and reason for its use. Even Scientific Advisory process as well local sprint division. with such disclosure they would not as an RCI Task Force on Medication Caldwell was second in earnings with $380,080 while Black Hawk be permitted to be in a racehorse at Science. Leading experts in racing levels that could affect performance. chemistry and veterinary pharmacolStable was third with $361,642. SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1 37

ogy were involved in the process and review of available research and literature leading to creation of this schedule. “There may be instances where new research developments require that an issue be revisited and we will have a process by which this is done. In the meantime, commissions currently test for these medications and have deployed different approaches to ensuring that horses in a race do not have their performance affected by any foreign substance or medication,” Martin said. RCI has worked closely with the Jockey Club, TOBA, The National HBPA, USTA, AQHA, TRA, THA and the AAEP in reviewing it model medication rules. “We are appreciative of the many groups, individuals, and regulatory personnel who have worked on this project. While little in life garners unanimous agreement, there is significant support for what we are doing and we are confident, that when we are done we will have taken the most aggressive drug testing program in professional sports and made it even better.”

attributed to sharply lower export sales and was expected as a trade off with rejuvenating the local market’s interest in live racing. A total of $2.4 million was paid in out in purses during the season for an average purse payout of $39,558 per race day. The average number of starters per race decreased to 6.72 from 7.70 last season. On the track, jockey Luis Torres swept both the Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred standings, with 109 total wins. Jonathan Nance took home the Thoroughbred training title with 48 wins, while Juan Sanguino led the Quarter Horse trainer standings with 20 wins, good for his second consecutive title.

DEC 17, 2012 Inglewood, CA All sources handle, field size rise at Autumn meet

With seven days of simulcasts still to come, Betfair Hollywood Park has thus far shown a sizable increase in all sources handle for the 2012 Autumn meet. The live portion of the 24-day season concluded Dec. 16. Portland, OR “Preliminarily, we are up beInaugural Portland Meadtween 7-8 per cent through a comows 2012 meet rejuvenates parable number of days (the 2011 Autumn meet was 26 days),’’ said interest in racing Betfair Hollywood Park president Portland Meadows’ 60-day live racing season ended on Sunday Dec. Jack Liebau. “We’re most pleased by the fact that a substantial portion of 9, concluding the first Summer/Fall the increase was attributable to ADW meet run at the track. Thousands (advance deposit wagering) handle, of new customers came out and enjoyed live racing in warm weather, which was up over 30 per cent and over 50 per cent of our ADW handle many for their first time. is through TVG (Television Games “The goal of the change in our Network). racing schedule was to rejuvenate “We’re also pleased that wagerpeoples’ interest in horse racing,” said Portland Meadows General Manager ing in Southern California was up 3-4 William Alempijevic. “And mission ac- percent over last year and we believe that was due to our joint marketing complished. The atmosphere at the program with TVG and our races track on a live race day was special; being televised on TVG and Fox affilicompletely different from recent meets. We built a strong foundation ated stations.’’ Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 22) with our first meet under the new featured the second largest total Pick schedule.” All sources handle totaled $18.4 Six pool in Autumn meet history. Chasing a three-day carryover of million during the 2012 Summer/ Fall meet season for an average daily $560,134, players wagered an addihandle of $306,182. This represents a tional $2,651,873 on the holiday se51.66 percent decrease from the av- quence. The total pool of $3,212,007 erage daily handle of $690,911 from trails only the $3,379,014 bet when Hollywood Park played host to the the 55 live race day 2011-12 meet. Breeders’ Cup for a third time Nov. The drop in all sources handle was 38 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1

8, 1997. Additionally, average field size increased for a third consecutive year, rising from 7.33 starters per race in 2010 to 7.89 last year and 8.16 in 2012. The season certainly finished with a flourish as 228 horses were entered in 21 races the final two days of the meet. Another success was a renewed interest in Saturday’s Pick Six, spurred by a $150,000 guaranteed pool and the lure of a 2013 Toyota Prius – courtesy of TVG and Toyota of Orange - being awarded to a single ticket holder – provided the ticket was purchased at Betfair Hollywood Park or through TVG. The average Pick Six pool for the half-dozen Saturdays during the meet was $243,754. Shippers certainly had a memorable season as thoroughbreds from other parts of the country won all four of the Grade I races offered. A New York bred making his first start away from home, Unbridled Command won the Hollywood Derby Nov. 25, hours after Better Lucky, who had made her previous start in Kentucky, scored the biggest upset in Matriarch history, returning $72.20 after a one length victory under jockey Eddie Castro. Supplemented by trainer Ken McPeek for his family’s Magdalena Racing, Pure Fun rallied from last to win the $500,000-guaranteed Hollywood Starlet Dec. 8. The victory came on the heels of an authoritative win at Churchill Downs for the 2-year-old daughter of Pure Prize. In the richest race of the meet, Violence remained undefeated in the $750,000 CashCall Futurity, defeating a stubborn Fury Kapcori and nine other 2-year-olds Dec. 15. Trained by Todd Pletcher for Steve Marshall’s Black Rock Thoroughbreds LLLP, the son of Medaglia d’Oro is 3-for-3 and has to be considered at this stage one of the prime contenders for the 2013 Kentucky Derby. The Hollywood Derby was the fifth and final race of the three-day Turf Festival. Unbridled Command and Better Lucky weren’t the only winners from out of town. Data Link, trained by Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey, won the Grade II Citation Handicap Nov. 23. Locals won the Festival races for 2-year-olds Nov. 24 with Travesura,

an 11-1 shot, winning the Miesque for fillies while favored Den’s Legacy captured the Generous. Both are Grade III events. Tom and Debi Stull’s Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC, Glen Hill Farm and the partnership of BG Stable and trainer Hector Palma tied for the top spot in the owners’ standings with four wins. In terms of earnings, Black Rock Thoroughbreds LLLP led with $388,200. Jockey Edwin Maldonado won his first major riding title in Southern California, finishing with 25 wins, one more than Rafael Bejarano. Martin Garcia was third with 22 victories. Garrett Gomez was the leader among jockeys in stakes wins (five) and earnings ($1,075,460). Hall of Famer Bob Baffert won his third Autumn training title – and fifth overall, including the 2010 Oak Tree meet - at Betfair Hollywood Park. Baffert wound up with 17 wins, leaving him three clear of John Sadler and four in front of Doug O’Neill. Baffert was also the leader in stakes victories (four) and earnings ($1,169,340). Game On Dude, the 2012 Hollywood Gold Cup winner, provided Baffert with one of the stakes wins, rebounding from a subpar performance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic to take the Grade III, $242,500 Native Diver Stakes – Presented by the Oak Tree Racing Association – Dec. 1. The win earned the 5-year-old son of Awesome Again Horse of the Meet honors in the annual media poll. Another Hall of Fame trainer – Jerry Hollendorfer – was second in both categories, finishing with three stakes wins and $835,996 in earnings. Complete handle and Southern California attendance figures will be available later this month.

DEC 16, 2012 Inglewood, CA Game On Dude voted Horse of Autumn Meet Game On Dude, who rebounded from a subpar performance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic with a win in the $250,000 Native Diver Stakes, was chosen Horse of the Meet in the annual media poll as the Autumn meet concluded Sunday.

Owned by Joe Torre’s Diamond Pride LLC, Lanni Family Trust, Ernie Moody’s Mercedes Stable LLC and Bernie Schiappa and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Game On Dude won the Grade 3 Native Diver, which was presented by the Oak Tree Racing Association, by 1/14 lengths over a stubborn Nonios Dec. 1. The victory for the 5-year-old Awesome Again gelding was his third in four tries over Cushion Track, including the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup during the 2012 Spring/ Summer meet. In addition, Game On Dude, who has won 10 of 22 and earned over $3.1 million, was voted top older male. Making his first start outside New York, Violence remained undefeated in three starts with a victory in the Grade 1, $750,000 CashCall Futurity Dec. 15 and was a unanimous choice as 2-year-old and 2-year-old male. Supplemented by trainer Ken McPeek after a decisive win at Churchill Downs, Pure Fun was a last-to-first winner of the Grade 1, $500,000 Hollywood Starlet Dec. 8 and a unanimous selection as 2-yearold filly. Other thoroughbreds honored were Grade 1, $250,000 Hollywood Derby upsetter Unbridled Command (3-year-old and 3-year-old male), Grade 2, $200,000 Bayakoa Stakes winner Lady of Fifty (3-year-old filly), Grade 1, $250,000 Matriarch winner Better Lucky (female turf horse), Matriarch runner-up Tiz Flirtatious (older female) and Grade 3, $100,000 Vernon O. Underwood winner Smiling Tiger (sprinter). Grandeur, who won the Grade 2, $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup after finishing a troubled second in the Hollywood Derby, was chosen turf horse. A Toe by Three, a 3-year-old Stormello gelding who won twice – over Cushion Track Nov. 23 and turf Dec. 6 – for Doubledown Stables, Inc. and trainer Peter Miller, was selected as claiming horse. On the human side, Edwin Maldonado won top jockey, defeating Garrett Gomez, who had a meet high five stakes wins, in a close vote. A native of Puerto Rico, Maldonado, 30, won his first major riding title in Southern California, finishing with 25 winners, one more than

Rafael Bejarano. Baffert was chosen top trainer as he won his third Autumn meet title. He wound up with 17 wins, three more than runner-up John Sadler. Baffert also led with four stakes victories.

DEC 12, 2012 Houston, TX Sam Houston Race Park set to offer on-track mobile wagering The 20th Annual Live Racing Season at Sam Houston Race Park gets underway on Friday, Jan. 18 and racetrack officials are pleased to announce a major innovation and a first in Texas. Sam Houston Race Park will implement On-Track Mobile Wagering, a new and exciting service that will allow on-track customers to place wagers on both simulcast and live races using their Smartphone, I-Pad or tablet. The Texas Racing Commission granted its conceptual approval and the new system will be in place in time for opening day, Friday, Jan. 18. The new service will be implemented in conjunction with the track’s tote company, Sportech, who will oversee the development of a mobile website specifically for Sam Houston Race Park customers. As part of the project, Sam Houston Race Park is in the process of upgrading its existing Wi-Fi network to accommodate the expected usage. “This is an exciting advancement for our racing fans”, said Andréa Young, Sam Houston Race Park’s president. “We know that mobile technology offers tremendous convenience and feel that this will be well-received by both existing patrons and new fans. We are excited to be the first track in Texas to be able to offer this amenity.” The addition of On-Track Mobile Wagering is one of many “firsts” riding on the positive momentum Sam Houston Race Park officials see for the upcoming live meet. A reformatted stakes schedule with purses in excess of $1.7 million has already garnered significant buzz in the racing industry. The newly created $400,000 Houston Ladies Classic, for fillies and mares on January 26, will be the richest Thoroughbred stakes

race in the state of Texas. It will anchor a premier day of stakes races also featuring the $200,000 Grade 3 John B. Connally Turf Cup. Sam Houston Race Park has also enhanced and streamlined its playerfriendly wagering format. Rolling daily doubles will be offered at an industry low takeout of 12 percent and will now be offered on all live races (except the last). The takeout on the Pick 4 has been reduced to 12 percent so that all multi-race wagers offered at Sam Houston Race Park are at the industry low of 12 percent. In an effort to create larger payouts for fans and players, a carryover will be added to the popular Pick 5 wager in the event that there are no winning 5 of 5 tickets. The 2013 Thoroughbred racing season kicks off on Friday, Jan. 18 with programs set for Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The 33-day meet continues through March 17. Sam Houston Race Park is Houston’s premier racing and entertainment facility, located just 15 minutes from downtown Houston, and offers a variety of attractions including 19 recently renovated luxury suites overlooking the race track, The Pavilion Centre, and award-winning dining options at the Winner’s Circle Restaurant and the Champion Energy Services Jockey Club. For more information on upcoming shows, events and tickets, please visit www. shrp.com.

The Challenge Championship card will be highlighted by the $350,000-est. Bank of America Challenge Championship (Grade 1). Also included for the championship races are the $200,000-est. Adequan Derby Challenge Championship (Grade 1), $150,000 John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship (Grade 2), $100,000 Merial Distaff Challenge Championship (Grade 1) and $100,000 Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship (Grade 1). Only Lone Star Park, a fourtime host, has had the event more than once. Other racetracks that have played host to the Challenge Championships once are Evangeline Downs, Fair Grounds, Prairie Meadows, Retama Park, Sam Houston Race Park, Sunland Park and Turf Paradise.

DEC 10, 2012 Texas H.O.R.S.E. hires Dan Fick as new Executive Director

The Board of Directors of Texas H.O.R.S.E has hired horse racing industry executive Dan Fick of Granbury, Texas to the position of executive director effective Jan. 1, 2013. The current executive director Val Clark is leaving Texas H.O.R.S.E. to pursue other career opportunities, and will be working closely with Dan to facilitate an efficient transition. During her 3 ½ year tenure at Texas H.O.R.S.E. since its inception, Clark Cypress, CA has successfully positioned and efLos Alamitos to host 2013 fectively established Texas H.O.R.S.E. Challenge Championas the spokesperson and advocate for the horse industry in Texas, espeships for 10th time cially before the state government The Bank of America Racing Challenge Championships will return in Austin. Dan Fick has been an executive to Los Alamitos Race Course in 2013, administrator in the horse industry which is the tenth time the Chalfor 30 years, having served as the lenge Championships have been American Quarter Horse Association held at the Orange County oval. Executive Director of Racing from The AQHA Racing Conference 1984-2003; the Executive Director for will be held in conjunction with the event, November 6-9. The Challenge The Thoroughbred Jockey Club from 2003-2009; and the Director of RacChampionships are Nov. 9. ing at Remington Park in Oklahoma “We are very excited that this City from 2011-2012. great racetrack will again play host “I look forward to working with to this great event,” said AQHA Executive Director of Racing Trey Buck. all aspects of the horse industry to promote the best interests of Texas “Los Alamitos has been the stage horsemen and women, and to subfor historic performances by many American Quarter Horses, and we are stantially improve and expand their opportunities to breed, race, show looking forward to that happening and enjoy their horses in Texas.” again next year.” SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1 39

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Texas HORSE is a nonprofit association formed to preserve the $5.2 billion Texas Horse Industry which has been the #1 state in horses and horse enthusiasts in the U.S. The Texas HORSE board of directors consists of one representative from each of the eight founding Texas based horse organizations and one director at large. The immediate goal of Texas H.O.R.S.E. is to promote the passage of legislation in Austin to provide a competitive balance in this region to reverse the trend of Texas horse breeders and owners going to surrounding states to breed, race and show their horses. The Texas horse industry is losing horses, jobs, and money to neighboring states because their governments have provided better opportunities to Texas horsemen and women than are available at home in Texas. These opportunities exist only because surrounding states offer expanded gaming programs at their racetracks, which provide funds for increased purses and equine industry stimulation programs. For more information about Texas H.O.R.S.E., contact Val Clark at 512-731-4637 and Dan Fick at 817-845-2917, and go to www.texashorse.com or www.texashorseweb. com.

Shakopee, MN Canterbury Park 2013 stakes schedule: Larger purses, new races Canterbury Park’s 2013 thoroughbred stakes schedule includes 26 races worth $1.76 million, an increase of more than 20 percent compared to the 2012 season. The 69-day race meet, the longest the track has conducted since 2006, begins May 17 and concludes Sept. 14. Earlier this year, Canterbury Park and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community entered into a cooperative marketing and purse enhancement agreement that will inject $75 million into the horsemen purse fund over the agreement’s 10year span. As a result of the agree-

ment, overnight purses increased retroactively during the 2012 season and total purses offered in 2013 will be nearly double what were paid in 2011. Five six-figure stakes races, the most offered in a single season since the Shakopee, MN racetrack reopened in 1995, will be grouped on two key dates, July 13 and Aug 3. On Aug. 3, the $200,000 Mystic Lake Derby, offering the largest purse since $250,000 St. Paul Derby in 1991, will be run along with the $100,000 Northbound Pride Oaks which increases by $25,000 compared to last season, and the newly created $100,000 Shakopee Juvenile Stakes. July 13 is the first running of the $125,000 Mystic Lake Mile as well as a stakes schedule fixture, the $100,000 Lady Canterbury Stakes, now in its 21st running. The richest Minnesota Oaks and Derby since the late 1980s, each with $75,000 purses, are scheduled for Aug. 10. “The opportunities and stability made possible by the SMSC purse enhancement agreement will rebuild the equine industry in Minnesota as existing breeders increase their activity and others relocate here,” Canterbury Park President Randy Sampson said. “The stakes schedule and overall purse structure will draw new racing stables to Canterbury as those

operators realize what an attractive place Minnesota is to do business.” The 20th running of Minnesota Festival of Champions, a day dedicated to horses bred in the state, is scheduled for Sept.1. The six-race stakes line-up offers $370,000, $40,000 more than was offered in 2012. The $50,000 Dark Star Cup, commemorating local media personality and Minnesota racing ambassador Dark Star who died earlier this year, will be run June 8. Condition books and stall applications will be available in January.

Keane, produced 2001 Mike Lee Handicap (R) winner Solar Deputy, a full sister to Miss Pretty Keane. Bid On A Dancer, a winning 10-year-old daughter of the graded stakes winning Clever Trick stallion Anet, sold for $8,300 to Thomas D. Lepic of Iowa City, Iowa. A half sister to stakes winner Oops The Red, Bid On A Dancer was bred on April 26 and is believed to be in foal to Courageous Cat. The third-highest seller, Brinks Baby, was acquired by Richard D. Bliss of Omaha, Nebraska, for $7,500. Brinks Baby is a winning 4-year-old filly by the Buckaroo stallion Montbrook. Her second dam, the Valid Appeal mare Valid Forbes, won three stakes and earned $401,476 from 15 starts from 2000-01. All told, 116 horses sold for a total of $227,300. The average, minus repurchases, was $1,959.48. For more information, visit the Heritage Place website at www. heritageplace.com.

DEC 8, 2012 Portland, OR L Bar D Snow Princess sets new 220-yard track record

It took forty nine years for Gold Bar 49’s 220 yard track record at Portland Meadows to get broken when Hannibal Lector bested it last month. Well Hannibal Lector’s reign at the top was not long, as By Michael Cusortelli L Bar D Snow Princess bested his Pretty Champ, a winning 5-year- time, finishing the 220 yard sprint in old daughter of the Glitterman stal- 11.91 seconds. L Bar D Snow Princes lion Champali, sold for $9,500 to top ($9.20) was ridden to the victory by Saturday’s Heritage Place Thorough- jockey Debbie Hoonan for trainer Don Young. The 6-year-old filly is bred Sale in Oklahoma City. Ronald Blalock signed the ticket owned by Gerardo Sanguino has for Pretty Champ, who from 2010-12 won seven of 46 career starts, for over $53,000 in career earnings. won four of 12 races and earned Gold Bar 49’s record was set $58,751 while racing exclusively in Illinois. The mare’s dam, the winning on July 25, 1953 with a final time Distinctive Pro mare Miss Pretty Ke- of 12.20 seconds. Hannibal Lector ane, ran third in the 1999 Bouwerie broke that record just three weeks Stakes (R) for New York-bred 3-year- ago on Nov. 17, going the distance old fillies at Belmont Park. in 12.12 seconds. Now L Bar D Snow Pretty Champ’s second dam, Princes name will be in the record the Deputy Minister mare Pretty books, with a time of 11.91.

Oklahoma City, OK Champali mare tops inaugural Heritage Place Thoroughbred sale

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

2014 ALL AMERICAN TRIPLE CROWN NOMINATION FORM

ONE ENTRY BLANK NOMINATES TO THE RUIDOSO, RAINBOW AND ALL AMERICAN FUTURITIES & DERBIES

Approaching $7 Million in America’s Best Futurity/Derby Series

Ruidoso QH Futurity $700,000 Est. Ruidoso QH Derby $600,000 Est.

Rainbow QH Futurity $900,000 Est. Rainbow QH Derby $800,000 Est.

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TRIPLE CROWN NOMINEES SOLD FOR 75% MORE AT RUIDOSO HORSE SALE

$25,000 in Nominators Awards

All American Futurity $2,675,000 Est. All American Derby $1,000,000 Est.

TRIPLE CROWN PAYMENT SCHEDULE JAN. 15, 2013......................................... $250 MARCH 15, 2013 .................................. $350 ....... OR Supplement $1,600 JUNE 15, 2013 ....................................... $400 ....... OR Supplement $2,200

AFTER THE JUNE 15TH PAYMENT YOU MAY REMAIN ELIGIBLE TO ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FUTURITIES. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 2015 RUIDOSO DERBY, RAINBOW DERBY AND ALL AMERICAN DERBY, YOU MUST MAKE ALL SUSTAINING FUTURITY PAYMENTS PLUS THE ENTRY FEES IN THE RESPECTIVE FUTURITY AND DERBY.

REMAINING SUSTAINING PAYMENTS FOR EACH FUTURITY

RUIDOSO QUARTER HORSE FUTURITY 350 YARDS • $50,000 ADDED

RAINBOW QUARTER HORSE FUTURITY 400 YARDS • $50,000 ADDED

ALL AMERICAN FUTURITY 440 YARDS • $75,000 ADDED

TRIALS - 05/23/14 FINALS - 06/08/14 NOV. 15, 2013 ............................... $350 OR Supplement $1,600 JAN. 15, 2014 ................................ $400 MARCH 15, 2014 .......................... $500 APRIL 15, 2014 ............................. $600 TIME OF ENTRY....................... $1,200 OR Supplement $20,000

TRIALS - 07/04/14 FINALS - 07/20/14 NOV. 15, 2013 ............................... $450 OR Supplement $1,800 JAN. 15, 2014 ................................ $500 MARCH 15, 2014 .......................... $600 APRIL 15, 2014 ............................. $600 TIME OF ENTRY....................... $1,200 OR Supplement $30,000

TRIALS - 08/14/14 FINALS - 09/01/14 NOV. 15, 2013 ............................... $500 OR Supplement $2,200 JAN. 15, 2014 ................................ $600 MARCH 15, 2014 .......................... $600 APRIL 15, 2014 .......................... $1,000 TIME OF ENTRY....................... $1,200 OR Supplement $50,000

RUIDOSO FUTURITY - if the purse for the 2014 Ruidoso Futurity is $700,000 or less, all monies remain in the 2014 Ruidoso Futurity. If the purse for the 2014 Ruidoso Futurity is more than $700,000, 60% of the money will be added to the 2015 Ruidoso Derby and 40% of the money will be added to the 2014 All American Futurity. Must make all sustaining payments plus trial entry fee to remain eligible for Futurity and the following year Derby.

RAINBOW FUTURITY - if the purse for the 2014 Rainbow Futurity is $900,000 or less, all monies remain in the 2014 Rainbow Futurity. If the purse for the 2014 Rainbow Futurity is more than $900,000, 60% of the money will be added to the 2015 Rainbow Derby and 40% of the money will be added to the 2014 All American Futurity. Must make all sustaining payments plus trial entry fee to remain eligible for Futurity and the following year Derby.

ALL AMERICAN FUTURITY - if the purse for the 2014 All American Futurity is $2,675,000 or less, all monies remain in the 2014 All American Futurity. If the purse for the 2014 All American Futurity is more than $2,675,000, all of the money will be added to the 2015 All American Derby. Must make all sustaining payments plus trial entry fee to remain eligible for Futurity and the following year Derby.

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DEC 6, 2012 Sunland Park, NM Filming nearly finished on the Mine That Bird story

By Pete Herrera Filming is wrapping up for the movie “50-1” which will chronicle Mine That Bird’s rise from obscurity to one of the biggest upsets in Kentucky Derby history. Hollywood producer Jim Wilson says he expects the movie to be ready for screening sometime next spring. Most of the movie was shot in New Mexico, with some of the filming also done at Churchill Downs. Wilson was at Sunland Park this weekend to oversee some filming for the movie at the southern New Mexico track. Wilson said he decided to undertake the movie after watching Mine That Bird’s stunning victory in the 2009 derby. The title “50-1” based on the odds that Mine That Bird went off at in the Kentucky Derby. Mine That Bird paid $103.20 on a $2 win ticket, the highest odds for a winning horse in the derby in 85 years. “I said this is too good to be true,” Wilson said. “There’s something here that needs to be explored. It was a great race. One of the best I’ve ever seen. I thought, there has to be something more to this.” The more turned out to be Wilson’s dedication and commitment to getting the movie done. He and a group of investors are financing the movie, which has a modest budget of $8 million. Right now, says Wilson, no Hollywood studio has picked up the movie, but he remains confident that it will end up either as a mainstream motion picture, on television or on the DVD or movies on demand markets. Wilson was the producer of Dances With Wolves, another movie shot in New Mexico that went on to win an Oscar for Best Picture of The Year in 1990. He said he receives about 2,000 story ideas each year, and decided the Mine That Bird story was one he wanted to pursue. Much of the movie will also focus on the owners of Mine That Bird—Dr. Leonard Blach and Mark Allen and on trainer Chip Woolley. Woolley, who enjoyed a good

deal of notoriety in the aftermath of Mine That Bird’s victory, said his life has changed very little in the past 3 ½ years. “It hasn’t changed much,” Woolley said. “I’m a pretty low-profile guy and prefer it that way. We didn’t pick up a lot of business through this like we hoped, but my life is good. It was good before winning the derby and it’s good now.”

DEC 5, 2012 Hobbs, NM Zia Park posts increase in wagering handle for second year in a row

Zia Park concluded a 54-day Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse season in which the Hobbs, New Mexico, racetrack posted an increase in total wagering handle for the second year in a row, conducted the richest state-bred card in the nation this year, and featured six-figure open stakes races that attracted horses from across the country. “This has been another great meet at Zia Park and continues the tremendous growth the racetrack has had since it opened in 2005,” Zia Park assistant general manager Rick Baugh said. “In just eight years Zia Park has become a destination for horses and horsemen all around the country.” Total wagering handle increased four percent compared to 2011. Among the stakes races featured this season, Zia Park contested 11 stakes races for New Mexicobreds worth a total of $1.9 million on New Mexico Cup Day on Oct. 28 as part of the most valuable racing day in the country for state breds this year. For Thoroughbreds, the leading jockey was Miguel Hernandez with 47 wins. The leading trainer was Justin Evans with 38 wins. Evans is also in the top-10 in wins nationally this year. The leading owners were J. Kirk and Judy Robisonwith 18 wins. The top colt/gelding of the meet was Forest Mouse. The Henry Dominguez-trained 4-year-old gelding won the 1 1/8 mile, $218,000 Zia Park Distance Championship on Sunday and continued a streak of first- and second-place finishes in his last 10 races. The filly/mare of the meet was Hennesey Smash. The Todd Fincher-

trained 3-year-old filly was a perfect three-for-three this season at Zia Park with daylight victories in the 6-furlong, $141,000 New Mexico Cup Championship Filly Stakes for 3-yearold fillies and two allowance races. She began her career in July and has now won five of six total starts. For Quarter Horses, the leading jockey was Esgar Ramirez with 37 wins. The leading trainer was Michael Joiner with 17 wins. The leading owner was Maegan Cavasos with nine wins. The meet’s top colt/ gelding was Prospect to the Top. TheMario Sanchez-trained 4-year-old horse became the first horse since Zia Park’s opening in 2005 to sweep the track’s most prestigious open futurity, derby and older stakes races when he won Sunday’s 440 yard, $150,000 Grade 1 Zia Park Quarter Horse Championship. He also captured the Hobbs America Futurity in 2010 and Hobbs America Derby in 2011. The top filly/mare of the meet wasA Dream to Remember. The Paul Jones-trained 2-year-old filly won this year’s 400-yard, $300,000 Grade 2 Hobbs America Futurity on October 7 and finished second in the 440-yard, $240,000 Grade 1 Southwest Juvenile Championship on November 25. Milestones reached by jockeys this season at Zia Park were the 1,000th career victory by Ry Eikleberry on November 19 and a track-record seven wins in one day by Alejandro Medellin on November 5. In nine mounts Medellin won the first seven races he rode, a national record for consecutive wins in a day, followed by a second- and thirdplace finish.

contributions, membership as well as health, safety and insurance updates. Also, an awards luncheon will be held in honor of top Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred jockeys as well as others who have made significant contributions to the Jockeys’ Guild. “Last year’s Assembly was a great experience,”said Thoroughbred jockey John Velazquez, Chairman of the Jockeys’ Guild.“We were able to learn about so many different new things affecting jockeys. It also was great getting together with my fellow thoroughbred and Quarter Horse jockeys and sharing our common issues.” “One of the best parts of the Assembly was being able to spend time with our colleagues in the thoroughbred industry,” added G.R. Carter, Vice-Chairman of the Guild and a leading Quarter Horse jockey. ”We come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, but it’s really good to learn from each other and share our common bonds.” “Once again this year, we are holding the Assembly in South Florida in close proximity to GulfstreamPark and Hialeah, both conducting live racing,”said Terry Meyocks, National Manager of the Jockeys’ Guild. “It’s in the best interest of all our members to make every effort to join us to provide input and feedback on the issues and future priorities of the Guild.” The 2013 Jockeys’ Guild Assembly will be held at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida. For more information on the Assembly, contact the Jockeys’ Guild office at (859) 523-5625 or 866-4656257.

DEC 3, 2012 Lexington, KY 2013 Jockeys’ Guild Assembly scheduled for Jan. 27-29 in south Florida The annual Jockeys’ Guild Assembly will be held in Hollywood, Florida Monday, Jan. 28 and Tuesday, Jan. 29. A welcome cocktail reception will be held Sunday evening, Jan. 27. The Assembly, a gathering of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse riders from across the United States, will focus on issues of importance to the members including racetrack

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SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS January 7, 2013 To Nominate $300.00 March 4, 2013 To Sustain $400.00 To Enter Trials $600.00 Total $1,300.00

The 2013 SUNRAY PARK & CASINO

“NEW MEXICO BREEDERS’ FUTURITY” R-G3

For Two Year Olds, QH Registered New Mexico Bred Trials run Friday, May 10, 2013 – Finals Sunday, May 26, 2013 Nominations Closes Monday, January 7, 2013

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

$65,000 ADDED*

(*Includes $45,000 from NMHBA fund) WEIGHT: 120 lbs. 350 YARDS. Trials same distance as the Finals.

LATE PAYMENT SCHEDULE March 4, To Nominate & Sustain $1,200.00 To Enter Trials $600.00 Total $1,800.00 Payments 

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

Nominations and Sustaining payments must be postmarked by the date specified. If a nominating or sustaining payment date fall s 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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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 30, 2012 Sunland Park, NM Prospect to the Top captures $350,000 Championship

Following a jet propelled start, Prospect to the Top cruised home a definitive winner against some of the nation’s finest Quarter Horses in the $350,000 Championship at Sunland Park (Grade 1). The 4-year-old stallion by Coronas Prospect remained sharp and was at the top of his game for the 400 yard classic on a cold afternoon. With jockey Oscar Rincon aboard, Prospect to the Top broke fast and took complete control of the feature in the first 100 yards. The front runner for 2012 leading older stallion honors parlayed the perfect start to an impressive Grade 1 stakes win. The 5-2 favorite ran straight as a string and hit the finish line a half length in front of Jess Featureme Quick. The winning time through some head winds was a fast 19.03 seconds. The classy Prospect to the Top ends 2012 with a flourish winning the Championship atSunland Park, the Zia Park Quarter Horse Championship and the All American Gold Cup. The former $4,000 bargain purchase rattled through three stakes wins in his last four appearances for trainer Brandon Muniz. His 10th career win was a lucrative one coming with a $157,000 payday for owner Joel Tavarez of Odessa, Texas. The 2011 West Texas Derby and Hobbs America Derby winner ranks as one of the year’s greatest racing bargains. His hefty bankroll is pushing past $924,000. Loyal supporters of Prospect to the Top received $7 to win. Jess Featureme Quick, third place finisher in the Zia Quarter Horse Championship, ran an improved race to finish a solid second under jockey Saul Ramirez. The Feature Mr Jess gelding trained by Paul Jones picked up momentum in the final stanza and was gaining on the winner. The runner-up earned $70,000 for owner Melissa Miller Jess Burner winner First Blazin Love produced another top notch effort to finish third on the outside. The Paul Jones trainee raced as a

Prospect to the Top; above, winning connections close second favorite at 5-2 odds. Tt Featured Effort was fourth. Dm Streakn Thru Fire broke last and was left with too much to overcome. The Mike Joiner trained horse closed belatedly to get fifth. The Long Knife, Miracle Snow, Block N Tackle, Llano Teller and Kool Country Man rounded out the order of finish.

On Down the Road finishes fast in $85,000 Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap

third straight win including a nice win in the $180,000 New Mexico Cup Classic at Zia Park last October. The five-year-old Desert God gelding has 5 wins from 13 starts and carries a money line reaching $269,000. The 2012 Albert Dominguez Memorial winner is just beginning to realize his enormous potential in route stakes. Attitude E Racer opened up a winning break in upper stretch and looked long gone with a 3-length lead. The pace setter wore down in the final 100 yards and just missed under jockey Isaias Enriquez. Johnie Jamison Stakes winner Nuggets Please finished nearly 2 lengths back in third place.

On Down the Road generated a strong late rally to win his second straight stakes race in the $85,000 Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap at 1 and 1/16 miles. Racing Fair Grounds Race for trainer Joel Marr, On Down the Course, New Orleans, LA Road dug in for the final furlong Longshot Abama Light to overhaul stable mate Attitude E wins Magic City Classic; Racer. The two Marr horses finished one-two with On Down the Road in Loco Sweet takes Kudzu front by three parts of a length. Juvenile Carlos Madeira rode the double Taylor Nelson’s Abama Light, the lone filly in a field of eight Alastakes winner for owner Lisa Rehbama-breds, came charging down burg ofMountain Center, California. the middle of the track to win SunOn Down the Road completed his

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SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS February 4, 2013 To Nominate $300.00 April 1, 2013 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, May 31, 2013 - Finals Sunday, June 16, 2013 Nominations Close Monday, February 4, 2013 $30,000 ADDED*

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

LATE PAYMENT SCHEDULE April 1, To Nominate & Sustain To Enter Trials Total

$1,200.00 $600.00 $1,800.00

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

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On Down the Road day’s featured $50,000 Magic City Classic by three-quarters of a length over Pat Sheetz’s Busted Account. Abama Light, trained by Eric Nelson Jr., paid $89.20 as the third-longest shot in the field at 43-1. The inaugural running of the Magic City Classic, at one mile and 70 yards, was the richest race of the year for horses bred in the Cotton State. The winner, a 3-year-old filly by Phantom Light, improved her career record to 9-2-2-0 and raised her career earnings to $46,485. In addition to the $89.20 win mutuel, Abama Light paid $33.60 to place and $10.20 to show. Busted Account paid $10.40 and $5.20, while B.G.’s Admiral returned $2.80 to show. Crimson Pride set the early fractions of 24.02 and 48.54, while Abama Light lagged in the back of the field. After six furlongs in 1:14.62, Abama Light was still 14 lengths off the pace. Jockey Kevin Smith shifted outside into the stretch and the pair took off, passing the tiring leaders before crossing the wire in 1:47.44. In the day’s first race, Walnut Hill Stable LLC’s Loco Sweet ($2.60) drew away to an easy 3 ½-length win as the odds-on favorite in the $25,000 Kudzu Juvenile for Alabama-bred 2-year-olds. Donah Faircloth’s He’s Got Brass finished an even second, three lengths clear of Melvin P. Kelly’s Bama’s Empire in third. Loco Sweet was ridden by Miguel Mena for trainer Jonas Gibson.

DEC 29, 2012 Retama Park, Selma, TX Sarah’s Chief rallies to win Retama’s Wounded Warrior Mile Stakes Sarah’s Chief, a homebred

Abama Light 3-year-old gelding by Chief Three Sox racing for APG Holdings Ltd., rallied to win Saturday’s $35,000 Wounded Warrior Mile Stakes (R) for Texas-breds at Retama Park. Ridden by Ivan Arellano for trainer Christie Grisham, Sarah’s Chief covered his one-mile trip on the turf in 1:36.74, and his margin of victory was a head from Ammann Rd. The $21,000 winner’s share of the purse increased his earnings to $59,884. Sarah’s Chief’s sire, Chief Three Sox, is a multiple stakes winning 17-year-old son of the Chief’s Crown stallion Chief Honcho who ran third in the 1999 Ark-La-Tex Handicap (Grade 3) at Louisiana Downs. The stallion has sired two stakes winners and the earners of more than $522,000 from 16 starters. Sarah’s Chief’s dam, Sarahshappytoo, is a winning 11-year-old daughter of the Mr. Prospector stallion Naevus. Campaigned exclusively in Texas, Sarah’s Chief has won three of 11 races. The gelding was coming off of a fourth-place finish in the 1 1/16mile, $50,000 Texas Horse Racing Hall of Fame Stakes (R) at Retama Park on Nov. 10. Sarah’s Chief was sent to post as the 9-2 second choice in the field of 10 and returned an $11.40 win mutuel. Ammann Rd completed a $99.60 ($2) exacta. Doctor Romane, 6-5 favorite Quiet Acceleration, Palm Road, Dubai Falcon, Spiderman Ridge, Jakeontherun, Cool Hand Val, and Lucky A.C. completed the order of finish. Runner-up Ammann Rd is a 4-year-old son of the Devil’s Bag stallion Shaquin racing for Carol Heitzel. The gelding has banked $30,449 from nine outs, and his two wins

Loco Sweet include a half-length score against $15,000 non-winners-of-two claimers at Lone Star Park on June 14. Doctor Romane has won two of 10 starts and has earned $34,535 for his owner, Sonny Ellen, who also bred the 3-year-old colt by six-time Grade 1 winner Congaree. Doctor Romane was coming off of a head victory in a 1-mile non-winners-of-two turf allowance at Retama on Dec. 1.

Populist Politics is a 4-year-old colt by Don’t Get Mad, out of the Souvenir Copy mare Cedar Summer. He was bred in Louisiana by B. Wayne Hughes.

Sunland Park, NM Our First Corona nails down Sunland Park Winter QH Derby

With a jet propelled start, top qualifier Our First Corona nailed Delta Downs, Vinton, LA down a driving neck win in the 46th Populist Politics elects to running of the $126,512 Sunland win B-Connected Stakes Park Winter Quarter Horse Derby. Populist Politics rumbled to The classy Corona Cartel gelding victory in Saturday night’s $70,000 trained by Mike Joiner made no misB-Connected Stakes at Delta Downs takes in the 400 yard dash and broke under jockey Gerard Melancon. Pop- fast under jockey Salvador Martinez. ulist Politics is owned by Klaravich The talented sophomore parlayed Stables, Inc. (Seth Klarman and Wilan excellent start to a half-length liam Lawrence) and is conditioned lead midway home, and the Arizonaby Thomas Amoss. bred speedster would not relinquish After settling in mid-pack durcontrol of the gas pedal. Racing as ing the one-mile race for Louisianathe mild 5-2 favorite, Our First Corona breds, Populist Politics began a maintained a high finishing speed and sustained rally around the final turn beat a determined Tres Seis Nueve to and took command at the top of the the wire. The winning time of 19.254 homestretch. When he hit the finish seconds earned a 90 speed index. line he was 2-1/2 lengths clear of IdeOur First Corona’s second fromthebayou who finished second. win of the meet was worth a large Break Up was another head behind $59,461 for owners Kevin and Robin in third. The winner covered the dis- Allred. The Sunland Winter Quarter tance over a fast track in 1:38.55. Horse Derby champion owns 4 wins, The victory by Populist Politics 3 seconds and 1 third from 11 starts. was the sixth of his 21-race career With a building six figure bankroll, and his first in five tries at Delta the rising stakes winner should be a Downs. The winner’s paycheck of major force in stakes races next year. $42,000 raised his lifetime bankroll Tres Seis Nueve ran a very bold up to $432,416. race and came up just short with Sent to the post as the second jockey Jesse Levario in the saddle. choice of the wagering public at The Tres Seis colt completed his odds of 5-2, Populist Politics paid second stakes placed effort in 2012. $7.20 to win, $4.60 to place and $3.20 He was also second beaten a neck to show. Idefromthebayou was worth in the Hobbs America Derby at Zia $9.40 to place and $5.20 to show. Park last October. Juan M. Gonzalez’s hard trying colt completed a highly Break Up returned $5.20 to show. SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1 47

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Osborne DuPont bred the winner. Owen Bringhurst trains the double stakes winner. His talented star now owns 3 wins from 6 starts. The Red Hedeman Mile win was worth $51,000. Storms Surprise has earned over $111,000 in just one year of racing. The 4-5 favorite Attila’s Hurricane suffered his first career defeat 19-1 Storms Surprise going the route distance. The sprintwins Red Hedeman Mile ing sensation trained by Bart Hone Let go at 19-1 odds, Storms set a strong pace throughout under Surprise slipped through a narrow jockey Isais Enriquez but could not opening and exploded to a 4 and maintain a quick tempo through one-half-length win in the $85,000 the stretch. He settled for runner-up Red Hedeman Mile at Sunland Park honors. Indication N M finished a Racetrack and Casino. neck back in third. The Governor’s Owned by the legendary El Cup Stakes winner stalked from a Paso horsewoman and hall of fame athlete Margaret Varner Bloss, Storms wide position throughout but could Surprise produced a resounding effort only muster a minor rally in the stretch. Eddy County Stakes winner in his first attempt at one mile. The Jenson’s Miracle was fourth. George Maloof Futurity winner from Albuquerque relaxed kindly for jockey Santa Anita Race Park, Isaias Cardenas while a stormy pace Arcadia, CA ensued between Attila’s Hurricane, Indication NM and Key To The Venture. Comma To The Top Cardenas allowed his mount to becomes racing’s newest settle while planning an attack mamillionaire neuver on the second turn. The New Sent from the gate through Mexico-bred bay gelding by Attila’s blistering fractions of 21.78, 44.16, Storm shot through a hole passing 1:08.25 and coming home 6 ½ the quarter mile marker to seize furlongs on a wet-fast main track control of the race. The confident in 1:14.55, 1 ¾ lengths in front of two-year-old romped to a dazzling Clubhouse Ride and Aaron Gryder, score in a time of 1:38.54, leaving his Comma to the Top, with replacerivals far behind. Despite his stakes ment rider Edwin Maldonado aloft, winning resume, Storms Surprise became racing’s newest millionaire paid $40.80 on a $2 win ticket. in winning the Grade 3, $100,000 Bloss has been an influential Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita. racehorse owner at Sunland Park With the winner’s share of and New Mexico for well over six de- $60,000, Comma to the Top, who is cades. Her past champions include owned by Gary Barber, Roger BirnHouseafire, Tie Breaker, Set Records, baum and Kevin Tsujihara, passed the Half Smash, Show Courts and Some magical million dollar mark, running Smash just to name a few. She and his earnings to $1,027,696. He has an enviable overall record of 25-11-2-1. the late Tennis legend Margaret productive year. He earned $22,772 on Saturday, pushing his yearly take to over $138,000. Feature Mr Who and jockey Esgar Ramirez finished up in third, beaten three-parts of a length. He ran hard but was no threat to the top two finishers.

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Storms Surprise Comma to the Top, who was purchased out of an Ocala, Florida 2-year-old in training sale for just $22,000, again displayed ample gameness and versatility in winning the Daytona, which was originally scheduled to be run at 6 ½ furlongs down the hillside turf course. In addition to the change in surface, necessitated by day-long rain, Comma to the Top adjusted to a late rider change, as he was originally scheduled to be handled by veteran Corey Nakatani, who was forced to take off his remaining mounts Saturday due to a spill in the fourth race. A close second in the 2011 Santa Anita Derby, the 4-year-old Florida-bred gelding was a winner of the restricted one-mile Big Bear Handicap at Santa Anita on Oct. 21, and was a solid fourth, beaten only 1 ½ lengths, in the six furlong Grade 3 Vernon O. Underwood Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park on Dec. 2. The second choice at 8-5, Comma to the Top paid $5.20, $3.60 and $2.80. Clubhouse Ride, the longest shot in the five-horse field at 14-1, was just up to edge Ain’t No Other and Juan Hernandez for the place, returning $7.40 and $3.40. Ain’t No Other, who pressed the winner early, finished three-quarters of a length in front of 8-5 favorite Capital Account and David Flores, and paid $3 to show.

wet-fast strip in 1:14.72. Owned and bred in California by Ted and Judy Nichols, the 4-yearold daughter of Salt Lake sat close to an opening quarter of 22.28, took the lead at the half mile pole in 44.50, and drew off under a hand ride stopping the six furlong timer in 1:08.26 en route to victory. The heavy favorite at 3-2, Teddy’s Promise paid $, $3.40 and $2.80. With the winner’s share of $60,300, Teddy’s Promise hiked her bankroll to $484,981, from an overall mark of 20-7-2-1. According to trainer Ron Ellis, Teddy’s Promise will make her next start in the Grade 2, $250,000 Santa Monica Stakes on Jan. 26 at seven furlongs. Off at 9-1, Snow Fall and Tyler Base finished 2 ¾ lengths in front of Great Hot and Alonso Quinonez. Snow Fall paid $7.40 and $4. Brazilian-bred Great Hot paid $3.20 to show.

Avare easy winner of Eddie Logan

The $75,000 Eddie Logan Stakes, for 2-year-olds at one mile and named for Santa Anita’s beloved late shoeshine attendant, was reduced from a field of 10 to five horses due to a shift in surface from the turf to one mile on the main track. Avare, owned in part by University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, and trained by Doug Favored Teddy’s Promise O’Neill, relished the wet-fast going dominant in Kalookan Queen and scored a dominate gate to wire Teddy’s Promise, a winner 363 victory, winning by 4 ¼ lengths in days ago of the Grade 1 La Brea 1:36.39 after carving out fractions of Stakes, was completely dominate 23.50, 47.44, 1:11.26 and 1:23.89. in winning Saturday’s $75,000 KaThe second choice at 5-2, Avare lookan Queens Stakes for fillies and and Bejarano broke from post posimares by 5 ¼ lengths under Victor tion four and paid $7.60, $3.60 and Espinoza, getting 6 ½ furlongs on a $2.80.

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Comma To The Top Also owned by Jeff Bloom and Michael Shustek’s Majestic Racing Stable, LLC, Avare, a Kentucky-bred son of Johannesburg, picked up $46,500 for the win, boosting his earnings to $78,900 from a record of 4-2-0-0. Gabriel Charles, ridden by Joe Talamo, never threatened the winner while second-best, finishing 4 ¼ lengths in front of Will True Up and Edwin Maldonado. Gabriel Charles paid $2.80 and $2.40. Will True Up, off at 5-1, paid $3 to show.

Turf Paradise, Phoenix, AZ Juvenile Stakes doubleheader at Turf

Glenco Kid made a run through the stretch to win the $35,000 Lost In The Fog Stakes and Set’n On Ready used a similar strategy to take the $35,000 Arizona Juvenile Fillies Stakes, the final two stakes of the year at Turf Paradise. The two stakes were each run over six-and-on-half furlongs in the main track. Mark Dedomenico and North American Thoroughbred Racing Comp. Inc.’s Glenco Kid was allowed to settle by jockey Richard Hamel coming out of the gate and seemed out of contention on the turn. He then made a bold bid to catch two other horses, Hazardous and Red Zeus, who were moving strongly through the lane. Glenco Kid raced five-wide through the lane and got up in the final few strides to win by an expanding one-half length. Hazardous, the 9-5 favorite, was second by neck over Red Zeus. In his first start for trainer Sandi Gann, the Repent-sired Glenco Kid turned in a 1:16.82 time for his third

Teddy’s Promise win from six career starts. Glenco Kid shipped to Turf Paradise off a fifth-place finish in the Real Quiet Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park. He won his maiden in his second start at Arlington Park and won the Ascot Graduation Stakes at Hastings Racecourse. Tom Ramsey’s Set’n On Ready started from the inside post position in the Arizona Fillies Stakes and found herself behind a four-wide wall of horse for most of the race. Jockey Juan Ochoa patiently waited for an opening and the filly quickly accelerated between horses when the opportunity arose at the top of the stretch. Then the daughter of More Than Ready eagerly expanded her lead to two-and-three-quarter lengths at the finish. She was clocked in 1:17.52. Hyena, the 9-5 favorite, made a late run to finish third and Mo’s Teresa grabbed third after racing among the front-running wall of horses. After racing for a $50,000 claiming tag at Del Mar, Set’n On Ready was off the board in the $50,000 Shepherd Stakes at Fairplex Park before coming to Turf Paradise. She won a conditioned allowance race and then was fourth in an open allowance race at Turf Paradise before taking the Juvenile Fillies Stakes at 7.5-1 odds.

DEC 28, 2012 Sunland Park, NM Wasting No Corona wins Sunland Park Winter QH Futurity

Under elite rider Esgar Ramirez, Wasting No Corona sped to an impressive 1 length win in the 47th running of the $197,007 Sunland Park Winter Quarter Horse Futurity at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino.

Avare The rapidly improving gelding Coronas Leaving Who gelding has blossomed under the care of trainer Victor Rodriguez-Flores and was simply too much for his rivals in the 400 yard Grade 2 event. Wasting No Corona broke on top and stayed there under a cool ride from Ramirez to collect his third straight win since breaking his maiden at Lone Star Park last November. The 4-1 shot earned a $92,594 pay day for owner Anna M Crowson of Midland Texas. The winning time of 19.079 seconds earned a 94 speed index. Loyal supporters of Wasting No Corona received $10.20 on a $2 win ticket. Rodriguez-Flores also trained the runner-up in Ramblin Cartel who is also owned by Crowson Racing. Speed Regard ended up third followed by Jess Makin Waves. Top qualifier and 3-2 favorite Icu Deity failed to repeat his trial performance and fizzled in fifth.

as longshot Jimmy Creed powered home under Garrett Gomez to win by three quarters of a length in a rapid 1:20.36—less than two fifths of a second off Spectacular Bid’s 1:20 flat Malibu clocking in 1980, a track and stakes record that stood for 30 years. Trained by Richard Mandella and owned by B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm, Jimmy Creed had trained well since running an even ninth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint on Nov. 3, a race in which The Lumber Guy had run second. Ridden for the sixth consecutive time by Gomez, the son of Distorted Humor tackled pacesetter Private Zone and Martin Pedroza at the top of the stretch, gradually wearing him down in game fashion. Although significant rain fell overnight and into early morning, the main track was listed as fast for the Malibu, with splits of 22.74, 44.77 and 1:08.27 serving as ready indicators of a glib surface. Off at 8-1, Jimmy Creed paid $19.20, $8.80 and $7.00. Private Zone, dispatched at 15-1, held second, 2 ¼ lengths in front of Unbridled’s Note Santa Anita Race Park, and Corey Nakatani. Private Zone reArcadia, CA turned $11.00 and $8.00. Unbridled’s Prestigious Grade 1 Note paid $4.40 to show. Malibu leads world-class Jimmy Creed more than doubled opening day card his career earnings, picking up Although The Lumber Guy disap- $180,000, which ran his bankroll to pointed as the heavy 4-5 favorite in $313,000. His record stands at 7-3-2-1. the day’s main event, the weatherman Book Review, Bejarano just cooperated as skies cleared by midup in Grade 1 La Brea morning and Santa Anita was every As 2-5 favorite My Miss Aurelia bit it’s majestically iconic self as The Great Race Place opened Wednesday and longshot Reneesgotzip battled head and head on the front-end, for the 76th time and treated fans to a graded stakes triple header headed Book Review was in the process of unwinding a huge stretch rally by the 60th running of the Grade 1, with a furlong to go in the Grade 1, $300,000 Malibu Stakes, for 3-year$300,000 La Brea Stakes for 3-yearolds at seven furlongs. old fillies at seven furlongs, and the The Malibu provided fans with Bob Baffert-trained daughter of a near record-setting performance

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Wasting No Corona Giant’s Causeway managed to get up and win by neck on the far outside. Sent from her number three post position by Garrett Gomez, Reneesgotzip was engaged by the favorite, ridden by Corey Nakatani, from the half mile mark and was ultra game in defeat finishing a neck in front of My Miss Aurelia, last year’s undefeated Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old filly. Owned and bred by Gary and Mary West, Book Review had been based in New York prior to being transferred from trainer Chad Brown to Baffert in advance of the La Brea. Unhurried early, Book Review was 7 ½ lengths behind pacesetting Reneesgotzip at the half mile pole. The win provided Hall of Famer Baffert with his seventh triumph in the prestigious La Brea and improved Book Review’s record to 105-2-1. The winner’s share of $180,000 boosted her earnings to $594,995. The win also gave three-time Santa Anita leading rider Bejarano his first triumph in the La Brea. Book Review chased fractions of 22.42, 44.17, 1:08:89 and came home in 1:22.41 on a surface that was upgraded to “fast” later in the day. Book Review, off at 9-2, paid $11.60, $5.40 and $2.60. Reneesgotzip paid $5.80 and $2.40. My Miss Aurelia paid $2.10 to show. My Miss Aurelia, who tasted defeat for the first time when running second behind Horse of the Year candidate Royal Delta in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic at 1 1/8 miles on Nov. 3, brushed twice through the lane with Reneesgotzip.

Bejarano gets second stakes win with Mandella-trained Silento in Sir Beaufort Stakes Fresh off victory in the Grade 1 La Brea, Rafael Bejarano, united

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Jimmy Creed for the first time with the Gary Mandella-trained Silentio, made it two stakes wins in-a-row on opening day as he held off 3-1 favorite Battle Force and Mike Smith in the final sixteenth of a mile to win the Grade 2, $150,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes, for 3-year-olds at one mile on turf by a half-length, getting the distance on a course listed as “good” in 1:34.27. Owned and bred by Wertheimer and Frere, Silentio broke his maiden at Santa Anita going one mile on turf in his debut, on Oct. 1, 2011. He was subsequently given time off and came back to win an allowance race at 1 1/16 miles on turf on Sept. 5 at Del Mar, prior to running third in a second-condition allowance on Oct. 12 at Santa Anita. Press Baron, off at 16-1 with Victor Espinoza, sat close to the pace and finished third, one length behind Battle Force. The early fractions of 23.14, 46.86, 1:10.78 were carved out by fourth-place finisher Big Bane Theory and Joe Talamo. Eventual winner Silentio took the lead at the top of the stretch, stopping the seven furlong split time at 1:22.59. Silentio paid $8.40, $4.20 and $3. Battle Force paid $3.80 and $3.20. Press Baron paid $5.60 to show. The winner’s share of $90,000 boosted the son of Silent Name’s bankroll to $165,960. His record now stands at 4-3-0-1.

DEC 24, 2012 Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CA Check My Thoughts scores another derby win

Dr. Ed Allred’s homebred Check My Thoughts wrapped up the 2012 Los Alamitos season when he scored

Book Review his second derby victory to win the Grade 1, $170,900 Southern California Derby on Sunday night. Check My Thoughts won the Grade 1, $236,000 Golden State Derby back in August. Ridden by Eulices Gomez, Check My Thoughts was a little tardy at the start, however showed why he was the 2-5 favorite as he easily moved past his competition to win by onehalf length. The Check Him Out gelding raced the 400 yards in :19.580. Dean Frey’s homebred Shez Jess Toxic was second as a 10-1 outsider, three quarters of a length ahead of Jesus Avila and Jesus Cuevas’ Last To Fire. Check My Thoughts has come through for trainer Jimmy Glenn throughout his career, never finishing below third from 14 starts, and has stepped up when the large purses were offered. In addition to his win in the Golden State Derby, he raced to third-place finishes in the Grade 1, $948,000 Los Alamitos Super Derby and the Grade 1, $200,000 Los Alamitos Winter Derby, when he finished just a neck behind Kobe after a troubled start. The gelding raced to the fastestqualifying time of :19.967 when he won the fourth of four trials by oneand-one-quarter length. In the Golden State Derby, Check My Thoughts was on the lead by the halfway mark of the 400-yard test and then maintained his advantage with the one-half length victory. At 2, Check My Thoughts won the Golden State Juvenile and California Breeders Freshman Stakes. He was also third in the Ed Burke Juvenile. Check My Thoughts boosted his earning to $358,206 with the $71,778 with the Southern California Derby win.

Runner-up Shez Jess Toxic as second behind Check My Thoughts in their Southern California Derby trial. The Take Off Jess daughter won the Grade 2, $146,000 John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship at Los Alamitos in 2011. Third-place finisher Last To Fire scored his best finish since finishing second in the Grade 1, $2.2 million Los Alamitos Two Million at year ago. The Walk Thru Fire gelding qualified for the finals of the Golden State Derby and the Los Alamitos Super Derby this year.

DEC 23, 2012 Sunland Park, NM Show Some Magic delivers in $106,000 Riley Allison Futurity

Show Some Magic did just that by delivering a driving win in the 50th running of the $106,000 Riley Allison Futurity at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. With leading rider Miguel Hernandez at the controls, Show Some Magic parlayed a stalking trip into a successful journey in the one mile prep for both the $130,000 Mine That Bird Derby on Feb. 23 and the $800,000 Sunland Park Derby (Grade 3) on March 24. A very well built colt by Any Given Saturday, Show Some Magic realized some of his potential in the Riley Allison producing the best effort of his young career. The former Saratoga maiden winner was well placed down the backstretch and generated a punishing move on the far turn to take the lead. The chestnut two-yearold responded eagerly and was called upon by Hernandez in mid-stretch. Show Some Magic fought off

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Silento a valiant effort from 23-1 long shot Stormdriver. The two talented freshmen were locked in battle for almost a furlong but Show Some Magic pulled away by one-half length in the final yards. The 6-5 favorite was timed in a good 1:38.19. Winning the Riley Allison Futurity for the second straight year were owners Kirk and Judy Robison of El Paso, Texas. Last season’s leading owners at Sunland Park may have another star in the barn. They won the 2011 edition with the talented runner Isn’t He Clever who went on to win the Borderland Derby and finish second in the Sunland Derby (Grade 3). Show Some Magic ran 5th in the Grade 2 Hopeful Stakes behind eventual Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Shanghai Bobby. The Riley Allison Futurity win was worth $63,000, pushing his lifetime earnings to nearly $163,000. A jubilant winner trainer Henry Dominguez said that the Mine That Derby on Feb. 24 might be his next assignment. Stormdriver ran the race of his life in the one mile text. Jockey Ry Eikleberry claimed foul on the winner for bearing out in the stretch. Following a stewards’ inquiry, there was no change in the order of finish. The runner-up earned $23,320 for owner Mark Breen of Scottsdale, Arizona. Stonebridge Gold wound up in third place and was no threat to the top two finishers.

DEC 22, 2012 Sunland Park, NM Hennesey Smash rockets to win Bold Ego Handicap New Mexico-bred sensation Hennesey Smash rocketed to victory against open company in the 21st

Check My Thoughts running of the $50,000 Bold Ego Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. Although facing very stiff competition, the five time winner received plenty of betting support and was actually the second choice at 3-1 odds. Under jockey Casey Lambert, Hennesey Smash exploded from just off the pace in third position down the back stretch of the five and onehalf furlong sprint. Heading into the stretch, the three-year-old chestnut filly took off like a rocket and engulfed the Churchill Downs invader and even money favorite Alydarla. Lambert asked for more speed down the lane and Hennesey Smash responded in kind. The multiple stakes winner kept rolling in deep stretch and held off a late charge from Pyrite on My Mind to win by three parts of a length. The daughter of Roll Hennessy Roll and the blue chip mare Some Smash collected her sixth career win and third stakes victory in a time of 1:03.93. She has only lost once in her young career. Winning owner Barbara Coleman of Farmington, New Mexico picked up a check worth $30,000. Her outstanding filly has earned over $201,000 under the direction of the talented trainer Todd Fincher. The Bold Ego Handicap victory was the third stakes win of the new meet for the red hot trainer-jockey combination of Todd Fincher and Casey Lambert. The dynamic duo has also won the New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap with Rose’s Desert and the Challenger Six Handicap with Rollickin Red. 25-1 long shot Pyrite on My Mind closed with energy to gain second place under jockey Francisco Giles. The runner-up finished over 3 lengths in front of Alydarla. The latter was shipping in from Kentucky fol-

Show Some Magic lowing at allowance win at Churchill Downs for trainer Steve Asmussen. Zia Park Distaff winner African Rose was burned up in an early speed duel with Alydarla and finished well back in sixth place.

puy’s Strike Impact struck gold with a solid one-length score in Saturday’s $75,000 “Buddy” Diliberto Memorial Handicap at the Crescent City oval. Trained by Pat Dupuy, the 8-year-old Smart Strike gelding benefitted from a stalking trip flawFair Grounds Race lessly engineered by jockey Shaun Course, New Orleans, LA Bridgmohan, who gained the lead in upper stretch and then withstood Daisy Devine ‘divine’ on the late-running Hotep, owned by Santa Super Saturday Sam-Son Farms. By Graham Ross Strike Impact, claimed by James Miller’s odds-on choice his trainer and co-owner in 2009, Daisy Devine was no disappointreturned surprisingly high mutuels ment to her many backers in the of $19.40, $9.60 and $4.20, accom$75,000 Blushing K.D. Handicap on plished the about 1 1/16-mile disSanta Super Saturday at Fair Grounds tance in 1:46.38 over the firm StallRace Course & Slots. Wilson Turf Course and increased his The Kentucky-bred daughter of career earnings to $657,393 with his Kafwain who won the Grade 2 Fair 18th win from 69 lifetime starts. Grounds Oaks in 2011 on the main Hotep paid $5 and $3.40 in the track turned her talents to the Stallsecond spot while David Holloway Wilson Turf Course for the weekend, Racing’s Dubious Miss was a neck breezing home to a six-length score farther back in third and returned in the grassy Blushing K.D. – a race $2.80. named after the 1997 Fair Grounds Oaks and Kentucky Oaks winner. China surprises in Bonapaw Away alertly and quickly in Stakes with $74.20 win payoff command, Daisy Devine set early Black Sheep Racing’s China may splits of 24 flat and 49.42 before achave been the black sheep as the complishing the final time in 1:44.12 longest price of the Bonapaw family over the about 1 1/16-mile distance field, but that didn’t stop him from on firm ground. Daisy Devine returned mutuels of stealing off early and then holding off the rest for a neck score – lighting $2.40, $2.10 and $2.10 and increased up the tote board with mutuels of her career earnings to $946,281 with $74.20, $21.20 and $7.80. her fourth win in eight lifetime starts. Jacinto, who was unseated folSam-Son Farms’ Forest Uproar finished lowing the second race and needed second paying $3.80 and $2.20 while assistance from two others to walk off 10 3/4-lengths farther back in third the track after that incident, seemed was John Chandler’s Francisca, who none the worse for wear after the returned $2.10 to show. Bonapaw. Two races later, he won the Strike Impact hits for solid $60,000 Letellier Memorial astride the score in ‘Buddy’ Diliberto aptly named Finding More, owned by Daniel Kenny and trained by Kellyn Memorial ‘Cap Gorder, who paid $19 to win. Chester Miller and Patrick DuSureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1 51

However, after the Bonapaw, winning trainer John Good seemed as surprised as his rider. “Even putting him in this race itself was kind of an audible,” Good said. “It was just that the surface switch (dirt to turf) made sense.” China dashed the about 5 1/2- furlong distance over a firm Stall-Wilson turf course in 1:04.75 following his early fractions of 22.14 and 45.04. He increased his career

earnings to $271,072 with his sixth victory in 18 career starts. Fletcher and Carolyn Gray’s Icon Ike finished second, returning $7.20 and $4.60, while Luch Racing Stables’ Global Power got up for third a length and a quarter farther back to pay $7. The biggest disappointment in the Bonapaw came from 2010 Grade 2 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Chamberlain Bridge, who finished

fourth as the choice of the fans. Earlier in the afternoon, Calhoun tasted sweet victory with Gary and Mary West’s Tour Guide in the $60,000 Sugar Bowl Stakes, with Brian Hernandez Jr. up. That speedy juvenile colt paid $2.60 to win and could possibly be stretched out to longer distances for the upcoming local series for sophomores that will conclude with the $1 million Louisiana Derby March 30.

Hernandez went on to win five races on the 12-race program, including two for trainer Al Stall Jr. and owners Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider. In the 10th race, Bind returned from a 1 1/2-year layoff to win an entry-level allowance going six furlongs. One race later, first-time starter Departing won the deepest and most highly anticipated juvenile maiden special weight of the meet to date.

RCI RULINGS Name: JERONIMO ROJAS Ruling Date: 12/22/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 19866 Ruling Type: Disorderly Conduct Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Altercation on association grounds. Name: RALPH ROBICHAUX Ruling Date: 12/22/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 19863 Ruling Type: Failure to Submit Urine Sample Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 12/22/2012 Suspension End: 3/21/2012 Ruling Text: Failed to submit a urine sample as ordered by the stewards. Must provide a negative urine sample prior to reinstatement. Name: DONALD BOXIE Ruling Date: 12/22/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 19865 Ruling Type: Disorderly Conduct Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 500 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Aggressor in an altercation on association grounds. Name: JORGE H LARA Ruling Date: 12/21/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commis52 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1

sion Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 19862 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 1000 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Methylprednisolone reported at severity level I in post race blood sample taken from Fast Time Streaker , third finisher of race 3, December 07, 2012. Trainer declined his right to have the split portion tested and waived his right to a hearing. Second violation of a category IV or V drug within a twelve month period. Name: JARROD A DESCHAMP Ruling Date: 12/21/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 19858 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Make Correct Weight Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Overweight in excess of seven pounds for race 1, 12/20/2012. Name: DONELL N BLAKE Ruling Date: 12/21/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19857 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Make Correct Weight Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 50 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Reported incorrect weight 12/20/12.

Name: JOSHUA M ROMERO Ruling Date: 12/21/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19859 Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 12/21/2012 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Declared ineligible for licensure. Owes Evangeline Downs restitution for issuing a $400 noncashable check. Name: BRIAN C SCHWEDA Ruling Date: 12/21/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 19861 Ruling Type: Failure to Properly Identify/ Present Horse or Greyhound Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Late to the paddock, with his scheduled starter, for the first race on 12/20/2012. Name: DARNELL STEWART Ruling Date: 12/20/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 19854 Ruling Type: Alcohol Violation - Human Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 50 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failed alcohol breathalyzer test. Fined and relieved of his duties 12/19/12.

Name: ALVIN G SIDER Ruling Date: 12/20/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 19853 Ruling Type: Failure to Properly Identify/ Present Horse Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failure to have scheduled starter, Riverboat Bandit, in the paddock resulting in a late scratch from race 5, December 20, 2012. Name: EDDIE LEE WILLIS Ruling Date: 12/20/2012 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission Facility: WILL ROGERS DOWNS Ruling Number: 12-WRD-184 Ruling Type: Trainer Responsibility Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 2500 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer Eddie Lee Willis having pled “No Contest” and waived his right to a hearing for a horse under his supervision, “BV Eyesa Shazoom”, the 2nd place finisher of the 12th race at WRD on 09/16/2012, testing positive for the drug Clenbuterol at a quantative level. Therefore, it is the order of the Stewards that Mr. Willis be fined two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500.00). It is further ordered that the horse is disqualified from the 2nd place and shall remain unplaced in the 12th race at WRD on 9/16/2012. Name: JARROD A DESCHAMP Ruling Date: 12/20/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19852

Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Make Correct Weight Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Reported incorrect weight 12/15/12. Name: JOSE RAMIREZ Ruling Date: 12/20/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: FAIR GROUNDS Ruling Number: 19856 Ruling Type: License Denied, Rescinded, Revoked, Suspended, Withdrawn or Exclusion Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 12/20/2012 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Suspended and denied access to all facilities under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana State Racing Commission pending her appearance before the stewards regarding possible violation of 35:1791 (testing for dangerous substance abuse). Name: ALEJANDRO GARZA Ruling Date: 12/20/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19851 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ponying without wearing a safety vest. Name: JANET L ARABIE Ruling Date: 12/19/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19848 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. (Temporary owner license expired 11/10/2012). Name: HERACLIO IBARRA Ruling Date: 12/19/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19846

Ruling Date: 12/13/2012 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19829 Ruling Type: License Denied, Rescinded, Revoked, Suspended, Withdrawn or Exclusion Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 12/13/2012 Name: ROY J ARABIE Suspension End: Ruling Date: 12/19/2012 Ruling Text: Suspended and denied Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commis- Name: Antonio Carrizales access to all facilities under the jurisRuling Date: 12/19/2012 sion diction of the Louisiana State Racing Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing CommisFacility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Commission pending his appearance sion Ruling Number: 19849 before the stewards regarding his exRuling Type: Failure to Complete License Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS pired Employment Authoiation Card. Ruling Number: 19844 Procedure Ruling Type: Failure to Complete License Name: JARROD A DESCHAMP Breed: Quarter Horse Ruling Date: 12/13/2012 Procedure Division: Horse Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing CommisBreed: Quarter Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 sion Division: Horse Fine Paid: Not Reported Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Fine Amount: $ 0 Suspension Start: Ruling Number: 19825 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension End: Ruling Type: General/Miscellaneous Suspension Start: Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in Rulings racing pending completion of license Suspension End: Breed: Quarter Horse Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in requirements. (Temporary owner racing pending completion of license Division: Horse license expired 11/10/2012). Fine Amount: $ 250 requirements. (Temporary owner Name: FELIPE TOVAR Fine Paid: Y license expired 12/17/2012). Ruling Date: 12/19/2012 Suspension Start: Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commis- Name: FELIMON ALVARADO Suspension End: Ruling Date: 12/18/2012 sion Ruling Text: Tampered with Jockey Jurisdiction: Oregon Racing CommisFacility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Room scale. sion Ruling Number: 19845 Name: KARL MATTHEW BROBERG Ruling Type: Failure to Complete License Facility: PORTLAND MEADOWS Ruling Date: 12/8/2012 Ruling Number: PM12-159 Procedure Ruling Type: License Denied, Rescinded, Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing CommisBreed: Quarter Horse sion Revoked, Suspended, Withdrawn or Division: Horse Facility: DELTA DOWNS Exclusion Fine Amount: $ 0 Ruling Number: 19822 Breed: Appaloosa Fine Paid: Not Reported Ruling Type: Race Office/Track Rule Division: Horse Suspension Start: Violation Fine Amount: $ 0 Suspension End: Breed: Thoroughbred Fine Paid: Not Reported Ruling Text: Ineligible to participate in Division: Horse racing pending completion of license Suspension Start: 12/18/2012 Fine Amount: $ 200 Suspension End: requirements. (Temporary owner Fine Paid: Y Ruling Text: Mr. Alvarado committed license expired 12/15/12). Suspension Start: battery on a jockey during the 8th Name: LOUIS A LEE race and knocked out a few teeth. He Suspension End: Ruling Date: 12/19/2012 Ruling Text: Failed to have a current failed to make restition ( $8,500). Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commisnegative piroplasmosis test result on sion file for his scheduled starter, resulting Name: MELVIN LEBLANC Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS in a late scratch from race 7, DecemRuling Date: 12/14/2012 Ruling Number: 19842 ber 07, 2012. Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing CommisRuling Type: Race Office/Track Rule sion Name: Angela V Warner Violation Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Date: 12/8/2012 Breed: Quarter Horse Ruling Number: 19835 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing CommisDivision: Horse Ruling Type: Race Office/Track Rule sion Fine Amount: $ 100 Violation Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Fine Paid: Y Breed: Thoroughbred Ruling Number: 19821 Suspension Start: Division: Horse Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Suspension End: Fine Amount: $ 200 Obligation Ruling Text: Failed to have a current Fine Paid: Y Breed: Quarter Horse negative piroplasmosis test result on Suspension Start: Division: Horse file for his scheduled starter Jesses For Suspension End: Fine Amount: $ 25 Me Me, resulting in a late scratch from Ruling Text: Failed to have a current Fine Paid: Y race 5, December 15, 2012. negative piroplasmosis test result on Suspension Start: file for his scheduled starter, resulting Suspension End: Name: Americo Ramirez in a late scratch from race 1, DecemRuling Text: Submitted a non cashable Ruling Date: 12/19/2012 ber 12, 2012. check to the LSRC in the amount of $5 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commis(owes $30). Name: Luis A Cabello sion 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. (Temporary owner license expired 12/15/2012).

Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 19847 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. (Temporary owner license expired 12/10/2012).

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S T A K E S R E S U LT S THOROUGHBRED ROBERT J FRANKEL S., Gr.3, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $151,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles-T, Time: 1:49.20 - 12/30/2012 1. Qaraaba (GB) , b . m. 5, by Shamardal, - =Mokaraba (GB), by Unfuwain, Bred by: Shadwell Estate Company Limited (GB) 1¼ $90,000 N/A Bamford, Alice and Tabor, Michael B. S. Callaghan J. Leparoux 2. Tiz Flirtatious , dk b/. f. 4, by Tizbud, - Masquerade Belle, by Victory Gallop, Bred by: Pamela Ziebarth (CA) 1¼ $30,000 N/A Ziebarth, Pamela M. Jones R. Bejarano 3. More Chocolate , b . f. 3, by Malibu Moon, - Little Treasure (FR), by Night Shift, Bred by: Calumet Farm (KY) ½ $18,000 N/A Talla, Michael J. Sadler G. Gomez ALBERT DOMINGUEZ MEMORIAL H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:43.51 - 12/30/2012 1. On Down the Road , b . g. 4, by Desert God, - On the Avenue, by Talent Town, Bred by: Joe Allen (NM) ¾ $51,000 N/A Rehburg, Lisa J. Marr C. Madeira 2. Attitude E Racer , b . g. 4, by Desert God, - Energywithattitude, by High Energy, Bred by: Harry Joseph Allen (NM) 1¾ $17,000 N/A Stinson, Michael J. Marr I. Enriquez 3. Nuggets Please , b . g. 5, by Prospector Jones, - Leading the Tour, by Tour d’Or, Bred by: Penley Leonard & Patricia Foster (NM) ½ $8,500 N/A Stable H. M. A. J. Evans D. Bell MAGIC CITY CLASSIC S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile 70 yards, Time: 1:47.44 - 12/30/2012 1. Abama Light , dk b/. f. 3, by Phantom Light, - Chelsea’s Bloomers, by Storm Brewing, Bred by: Hamby Horses (AL) ¾ $27,500 N/A Nelson, Taylor E. Nelson, Jr. K. Smith 2. Busted Account , dk b/. g. 5, by Royal Empire, - Cookin Jen, by Polish Numbers, Bred by: Bobby G Pruitt (AL) nk $10,000 N/A Sheetz, Pat T. Vance J. Patin, Jr. 3. B. G.’s Admiral , ch . c. 4, by Royal Empire, - Cookin Jen, by Polish Numbers, Bred by: Bobby G. Pruitt (AL) 7¼ $5,500 N/A Pruitt, Bobby K. Bernis B. Hernandez KUDZU JUVENILE S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $25,000, 2 yo, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:08.18 - 12/30/2012 1. Loco Sweet , ch . f. 2, by Double Honor, - Calling Angels, by Phone Trick, Bred by: James Alan Nunley (AL) 3½ $14,750 N/A Walnut Hill Stable LLC J. Gibson M. Mena 2. He’s Got Brass , dk b/. g. 2, by Polished Brass, - Tactical Lady, by Tactical Advantage, Bred by: Carl Tuttle & Daryl Tuttle (AL) 3 $5,000 N/A Faircloth, Donah R. Faircloth V. Smith 3. Bama’s Empire , dk b/. c. 2, by Royal Empire, - She’s a Punter, by J. B. Magesty, Bred by: Melvin P. Kelly (AL) 3¼ $2,750 N/A Kelly, Melvin D. Jackson J. Riquelme B-CONNECTED S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $70,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.55 - 12/29/2012 1. Populist Politics , b . c. 4, by Don’t Get Mad, - Cedar Summer, by Souvenir Copy, Bred by: B. Wayne hughes (LA) 2½ $42,000 97 Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H. T. Amoss G. Melancon 2. Idefromthebayou , ch . g. 5, by Ide, - As We Sing, by Seattle Song, Bred by: Allen C. Peltier (LA) hd $14,000 92 Peltier, Allen R. Courville D. Saenz 3. Break Up , ch . h. 6, by Sunday Break (JPN), - Ramp Up, by Boundary, Bred by: Dr. J. David Richardson, Walter L. New & Britton Richardson(LA) 4 $7,000 92 Richardson, J. David, Richardson, Britton and New, Sandra B. Brinkman J. Patin, Jr. WOUNDED WARRIOR MILE S., RETAMA PARK, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:36.74 - 12/29/2012 1. Sarah’s Chief , ch . g. 3, by Chief Three Sox, - Sarahshappytoo, by Naevus, Bred by: APG Holdings, Ltd. (TX) hd $21,000 83 APG Holdings, Ltd. C. Grisham I. Arellano 2. Ammann Rd , ch . g. 4, by Shaquin, - Red White and Fast, by Bailjumper, Bred by: Richard A. Mays DVM (TX) nk $7,000 83 Heltzel, Carol D. Pish R. Chapa 3. Doctor Romane , ch . c. 3, by Congaree, - Our Leading Lady, by Theatrical (IRE), Bred by: Sonny Ellen (TX) 1 $3,850 82 Ellen, Sonny J. West J. Collier DAYTONA S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:14.55 - 12/29/2012 1. Comma to the Top , b . g. 4, by Bwana Charlie, - Maggies Storm, by Stormy Atlantic, Bred by: Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson (FL) 1¾

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$60,000 N/A Barber, Gary, Birnbaum, Roger and Tsujihara, Kevin P. Miller E. Maldonado 2. Clubhouse Ride , ch . c. 4, by Candy Ride (ARG), - Seeking Results, by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Craig & Jenny Craig (KY) hd $20,000 N/A Six-S Racing Stable and Petralia, Nikolas C. Lewis A. Gryder 3. Ain’t No Other , b . g. 4, by Old Topper, - Miami Margie, by Shadeed, Bred by: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA) ¾ $12,000 N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC J. Hollendorfer J. Hernandez EDDIE LOGAN S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $77,500, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:36.39 - 12/29/2012 1. Avare , b . r. 2, by Johannesburg, - V Sign, by Robellino, Bred by: McKathan Bros. (KY) 4¼ $46,500 N/A Majestic Racing Stable, LLC and RAP Racing D. O’Neill R. Bejarano 2. Gabriel Charles , b . c. 2, by Street Hero, - Star of Atticus, by Atticus, Bred by: Doris E. Tummillo (KY) 4¼ $15,500 N/A Britt, Sam and House, Michael J. Mullins J. Talamo 3. Will True Up , ch . c. 2, by Lawyer Ron, - My Into Wishin, by Outofthebox, Bred by: Greg Anastasas (KY) ½ $9,300 N/A Barber, Gary, Barber, Cecil and Tsujihara, Kevin P. Miller E. Maldonado

by: David Glen Meyer (LA) 1¼ $14,000 84 Johnson, Jr., Henry H. Johnson, Jr. J. Patin, Jr. 3. Esther Carl , ch . f. 4, by Sefapiano, - Kirsten, by Rare Brick, Bred by: Alamae Schultz (LA) 2 $7,000 82 Schultz, Alamae J. Schultz D. Meche MALIBU S., Gr.1, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $301,000, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:20.36 - 12/26/2012 1. Jimmy Creed , ch . c. 3, by Distorted Humor, - Hookedonthefeelin, by Citidancer, Bred by: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY) ¾ $180,000 N/A Spendthrift Farm LLC R. Mandella G. Gomez 2. Private Zone , b . g. 3, by Macho Uno, - Auburn Beauty, by Siphon (BRZ), Bred by: Adena Springs (ON) 2¼ $60,000 N/A Good Friends Stable D. O’Neill M. Pedroza 3. Unbridled’s Note , b . c. 3, by Unbridled’s Song, - Siberian Fur, by Siberian Express, Bred by: Gulf Coast Farms LLC & Unbridled’s Song Syndicate(KY) ¾ $36,000 N/A McCarty, Mike S. Asmussen C. Nakatani SIR BEAUFORT S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $150,750, 3 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:34.27 - 12/26/2012 1. Silentio , dk b/. c. 3, by Silent Name (JPN), - Listen A. P., by A.P. Indy, Bred by: Wertheimer et Frere (KY) ½ $90,000 N/A Wertheimer and Frere G. KALOOKAN QUEEN H., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $92,200, 3 Mandella R. Bejarano yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:14.72 - 12/29/2012 2. Battle Force , b . c. 3, by Giant’s Causeway, - Leo’s Pegasus, by Fusaichi 1. Teddy’s Promise , dk b/. f. 4, by Salt Lake, - Braids and Beads, by Capote, Pegasus, Bred by: Manganaro LLC (KY) 1 $30,000 N/A Woodford Racing LLC Bred by: Ted Nichols & Judy Nichols (CA) 5¼ $60,300 N/A Nichols, Ted and J. Shirreffs M. Smith Judy R. Ellis V. Espinoza 3. Press Baron (GB) , ch . g. 3, by King’s Best, - =Esteraad (IRE), by =Ca2. Snow Fall , b . f. 4, by War Front, - Snowflake (IRE), by Caerleon, Bred by: deaux Genereux (GB), Bred by: D. R. Tucker (GB) Stonerside Stable (KY) ¾ $15,600 N/A Abruzzo, Peter, Taylor, Edward D. and 1½ $18,000 N/A Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Donkey Island Racing Saufley, George J. Hollendorfer T. Baze LLC P. Gallagher V. Espinoza 3. Great Hot (BRZ) , dk b/. f. 4, by Orientate, - That’s Hot, by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Coudelaria Jessica (BRZ) 1¼ $9,360 N/A Coudelaria Jessica, LA BREA S., Gr.1, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $300,500, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:22.41 - 12/26/2012 Inc. A. Avila A. Quinonez 1. Book Review , ch . f. 3, by Giant’s Causeway, - Clever Babe, by Distorted LOST IN THE FOG JUVENILE S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: Humor, Bred by: Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc. (KY) nk $180,000 N/A $35,000, 2 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:16.82 - 12/29/2012 West, Gary and Mary B. Baffert R. Bejarano 1. Glenco Kid , dk b/. c. 2, by Repent, - Wavering Girl, by Wavering Monarch, 2. Reneesgotzip , ch . f. 3, by City Zip, - No Dress Code, by Distorted Humor, Bred by: Woodford Thoroughbreds, LLC. (KY) ½ $20,398 N/A Dedomenico, Bred by: John Liviakis (KY) Mark and North American Thoroughbred Racing Comp., Inc. S. Gann R. nk $60,000 N/A Lanni Family Trust P. Miller G. Gomez Hamel 3. My Miss Aurelia , b . f. 3, by Smart Strike, - My Miss Storm Cat, by Sea of 2. Hazardous , ch . g. 2, by Candy Ride (ARG), - Malley Girl, by Malek (CHI), Secrets, Bred by: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY) ¾ $36,000 Bred by: Nick Alexander (CA) nk $6,580 N/A Vegas Racing Team, LLC C. N/A Stonestreet Stables and Bolton, George S. Asmussen C. Nakatani O’Callaghan J. Carreno 3. Red Zeus , ch . c. 2, by Red Sky’s, - Crimson Cricket, by Crimson Slew, Bred by: Dick Hopwood & Peggy Hopwood (AZ) ¾ $3,290 N/A Hopwood, Dick and Peggy D. McFarlane K. Bridges ARIZONA JUVENILE FILLIES S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 2 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:17.52 - 12/29/2012 1. Set’n On Ready , dk b/. f. 2, by More Than Ready, - Laughingly, by Giant’s Causeway, Bred by: Ramona S. Bass (KY) 2¾ $20,398 N/A Ramsey, Tom M. Pearson J. Ochoa 2. Hyena , b . f. 2, by Keyed Entry, - Ms. Reprized, by Reprized, Bred by: Debra Backlinie & Bill Backlinie (FL) 1½ $6,580 N/A North American Thoroughbred Horse Company, Inc. S. Gann R. Hamel 3. Mo’s Teresa , b . f. 2, by Momentum, - Teresa Ann, by Boston Harbor, Bred by: J. Paul Reddam (CA) 1½ $3,290 N/A Silva, Carlos M. Silva G. Franco RED HEDEMAN MILE S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.54 - 12/29/2012 1. Storms Surprise , b . g. 2, by Attila’s Storm, - Surprisingly, by Bertrando, Bred by: Margaret Bloss & Margaret duPont (NM) 4½ $51,000 N/A Bloss, Margaret J. Bringhurst I. Cardenas 2. Attila’s Hurricane , ch . g. 2, by Attila’s Storm, - Sandia’s Flicka, by Sandia Slew, Bred by: Gary Thompson (NM) nk $17,850 N/A Thompson, Gary B. Hone I. Enriquez 3. 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RILEY ALLISON FUTURITY, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $106,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.19 - 12/23/2012 1. Show Some Magic , ch . c. 2, by Any Given Saturday, - Whirlwind Charlott, by Real Quiet, Bred by: Woodford Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY) ½ $63,600 N/A Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez M. Hernandez 2. Stormdriver , b . c. 2, by Discreet Cat, - Prom Date, by Take Me Out, Bred by: Tigertail Ranch (LA) ¾ $23,320 N/A Breen, Mark K. Eikleberry R. Eikleberry 3. Stoneridge Gold , ch . g. 2, by Weather Warning, - Gold Crystal (AUS), by Made of Gold, Bred by: Dr. Sheila McDonald (BC) 3½ $10,600 N/A Sengara, Jeffrey R. Henson J. Barton THOROUGHBRED STARTER S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $11,800, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:15.87 - 12/22/2012 1. See Ya Later Slew , b . g. 9, by Albert the Great, - Hello Slewman, by Seattle Slew, Bred by: Ormonde Farm (ON) ¾ $7,097 N/A Schenk, Kasey K. Schenk G. Mitchell 2. Tapadero , ch . g. 6, by Pleasantly Perfect, - Reciclada (CHI), by Rictorious, Bred by: Diamond A Racing Corporation (KY) hd $2,289 N/A Jensen, Bill J. Toye W. Dieguez 3. Elusive Pleasure , ch . g. 7, by Elusive Quality, - Hosta, by French Deputy, Bred by: Dapple Bloodstock (KY) 1 $1,145 N/A Wise, Ron and Swan, Aaron R. Wise, Jr. J. Rivera HANK MILLS SR. H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:35.26 - 12/22/2012 1. Why Not Be Perfect , dk b/. h. 5, by Whywhywhy, - Perfect Time, by Matchlite, Bred by: Gerard Ramos (KY) 3½ $21,049 N/A J. C. Racing Stable J. Metz A. Sanguinetti 2. Touch the Sun , dk b/. g. 4, by Bertrando, - Sweethrtofsigmachi, by General Meeting, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. Duane F. Hopp (WA) 1 $6,790 N/A R.E.V. Racing F. Lucarelli G. Mitchell 3. Where’s the Remote , gr/ro. g. 6, by Unbridled Native, - Sit Back ‘n Relax, by Corwyn Bay (IRE), Bred by: Old English Rancho (CA) ½ $3,395 N/A Wiest, Rick R. Diodoro G. Franco BOLD EGO H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:03.93 - 12/22/2012 1. Hennesey Smash , ch . f. 3, by Roll Hennessy Roll, - Some Smash, by Rare Brick, Bred by: Barbara M. Coleman (NM) ¾ $30,000 N/A Coleman, Barbara T. Fincher C. Lambert 2. Pyrite On My Mind , dk b/. m. 5, by Seattle Fitz (ARG), - Frame of Mind, by Green Dancer, Bred by: Dr. D. W. Frazier (FL) 3½ $11,000 N/A Butcher, Gary G. Cross F. Giles 3. Alydarla , ch . f. 3, by Henny Hughes, - Mamboalot, by Kingmambo, Bred by: Dapple Bloodstock (KY) ¾ $5,000 N/A Dapple Stable S. Asmussen M. Hernandez BONAPAW S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $74,250, 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:04.76 - 12/22/2012

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1. China , b . h. 5, by Tale of the Cat, - Crow Jane, by Indian Charlie, Bred by: Totier Creek Farm (KY) nk $45,000 N/A Black Sheep Racing J. Good J. Jacinto 2. Icon Ike , dk b/. c. 3, by Yes It’s True, - Robbie’s Gal, by Straight Man, Bred by: Fletcher Gray & Carolyn Gray (KY) 1¼ $15,000 N/A Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher J. Jones M. Guidry 3. Global Power , b . c. 4, by Pulpit, - Hidden Cat, by Storm Cat, Bred by: Hidden Creek Farm (KY) ½ $7,500 N/A Luch Racing Stables, Inc. J. Gibson M. Mena SUGAR BOWL S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $48,500, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.20 - 12/22/2012 1. Tour Guide , b . c. 2, by Broken Vow, - Homefortheholidays, by Came Home, Bred by: Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc. (KY) 3½ $30,000 N/A West, Gary and Mary W. Calhoun B. Hernandez, Jr. 2. Ive Struck a Nerve , b . c. 2, by Yankee Gentleman, - Ranaway, by Cryptoclearance, Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) 3½ $10,000 N/A Bryan, Matthew J. Desormeaux R. Napravnik 3. Brown Laddie , ch . c. 2, by Big Brown, - Galway Lass, by Victory Gallop, Bred by: Swifty Farms, Inc. & Big Brown Syndicate (IN) 1 $5,000 N/A Ginger Punch Racing N. Howard S. Bridgmohan BUDDY DILIBERTO MEMORIAL H., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $73,500, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:46.38 - 12/22/2012 1. Strike Impact , b . g. 8, by Smart Strike, - Foret Noire, by Time for a Change, Bred by: Hermitage Farm LLC (KY) 1 $45,000 N/A Miller, Chester J. and Dupuy, Patrick J. P. Dupuy S. Bridgmohan 2. Hotep , b . h. 5, by A.P. Indy, - Eye of the Sphynx, by Smart Strike, Bred by: Sam-Son Farm (ON) nk $15,000 N/A Sam-Son Farms M. Pierce M. Mena 3. Dubious Miss , dk b/. g. 8, by E Dubai, - Cryptoclover, by Mountain Cat, Bred by: David P. Holloway (KY) no $7,500 N/A David P. Holloway Racing, Inc. P. McGee B. Hernandez, Jr. BLUSHING K. D. H., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $72,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:44.12 - 12/22/2012 1. Daisy Devine , b . f. 4, by Kafwain, - Devil’s Dispute, by Devil’s Bag, Bred by: J. Reiley McDonald (KY) 6 $45,000 N/A Miller, James A. McKeever B. Hernandez, Jr. 2. Forest Uproar , dk b/. m. 6, by Forest Wildcat, - Split the Arrow, by Smart Strike, Bred by: Sam-Son Farm (ON) 10¾ $15,000 N/A Sam-Son Farms M. Pierce M. Mena 3. Francisca , ch . f. 3, by Mizzen Mast, - De Aar, by Gone West, Bred by: Dr. John A. Chandler (KY) ¾ $7,500 N/A Chandler, John M. Stidham M. Guidry KING GLORIOUS S., BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $200,000, 2 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:23.54 - 12/16/2012 1. Weewinnin , dk b/. c. 2, by Comic Strip, - Honoree Lady, by Roman Dancer, Bred by: Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray DVM (CA) ½ $110,000 N/A E-Racing.Com, Gray, Jill, Gray, Dr. William T., Lyons, Janet et al. B. Koriner J. Valdivia, Jr. 2. Fighting Hussar , gr/ro. c. 2, by Rockport Harbor, - Lightning Pace, by Regal Classic, Bred by: Thomas Bachman (CA) ¾ $38,000 N/A B G Stable and Palma, Hector H. Palma R. Bejarano 3. Monument , dk b/. c. 2, by Cindago, - Grant Marty a Wish, by Beautiful Crown, Bred by: Lee Searing & Susan Searing (CA) 1¼ $22,000 N/A C R K Stable J. Sadler J. Hernandez ENCHANTRESS S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:40.95 - 12/16/2012 1. Back Seat Roll , b . f. 2, by Roll Hennessy Roll, - Back Seat Charm, by Silver Charm, Bred by: J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison (NM) 3½ $51,000 N/A Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez E. Gomez 2. Desertsmagic , ch . f. 2, by Desert God, - Angelique, by Stop the Music, Bred by: Harry Joseph Allen (NM) 3¾ $18,275 N/A Taylor, Dale and Lewis, Lee T. Fincher C. Lambert 3. Dandy Devona R F , dk b/. f. 2, by Real Dandy, - Devonas Secret, by Devon Lane, Bred by: Rogers Farms (NM) 4¼ $8,500 N/A Rogers Farms G. Richards J. Rochabrun CASHCALL FUTURITY, Gr.1, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $750,000, 2 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:43.50 - 12/15/2012 1. Violence , dk b/. c. 2, by Medaglia d’Oro, - Violent Beauty, by Gone West, Bred by: Dell Ridge Farm, LLC (KY) 1¼ $375,000 N/A Black Rock Thoroughbreds, LLP T. Pletcher J. Castellano 2. Fury Kapcori , b . c. 2, by Tiznow, - Gin Running, by Go for Gin, Bred by: Diamond A Racing Corp. (KY) 2½ $140,000 N/A Awtrey, Rick, Hollendorfer, Jerry and Todaro, George J. Hollendorfer J. Talamo 3. Den’s Legacy , b . c. 2, by Medaglia d’Oro, - Sunshine Song, by War Chant,

Bred by: Gaye Swartz (FL) 5¼ $100,000 N/A Westrock Stables LLC B. Baffert G. Gomez HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP S., Gr.2, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $250,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/2 miles-T, Time: 2:27.95 12/15/2012 1. Grandeur (IRE) , gr/ro. g. 3, by Verglas (IRE), - =Misskinta (IRE), by Desert Sun (GB), Bred by: Mrs Cherry Faeste (IRE) ¾ $150,000 N/A Jacques, Yvonne P. Gallagher G. Gomez 2. Interaction (ARG) , b . h. 6, by Easing Along, - =Inter Rails (ARG), by Ride the Rails, Bred by: Haras Futuro S. R. L. (ARG) 2¼ $50,000 N/A Pozo de Luna, Inc. R. McAnally J. Talamo 3. Optimizer , b . c. 3, by English Channel, - Indy Pick, by A.P. Indy, Bred by: Bluegrass Hall, LLC (KY) 1¼ $30,000 N/A Bluegrass Hall LLC D. Lukas C. Nakatani OAKLAND S., GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $53,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:09.07 - 12/15/2012 1. Gig Harbor , ch . c. 4, by City Zip, - Miss Blue Grass, by St. Jovite, Bred by: Ann Marie Farm (KY) 2½ $30,300 N/A O’Neill, Daniel S. Specht F. Alvarado 2. Shrug , b . c. 4, by Medaglia d’Oro, - Babeinthewoods, by Woodman, Bred by: Liberation Farm & Stonewall Farm (KY) 1¼ $10,000 N/A Swift Thoroughbreds, Inc. C. Gaines D. Carr 3. Ain’t No Other , b . g. 4, by Old Topper, - Miami Margie, by Shadeed, Bred by: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA) 1 $7,800 N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC J. Hollendorfer R. Baze TENACIOUS H., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.70 - 12/15/2012 1. Hurricane Ike , dk b/. h. 5, by Graeme Hall, - Parental Uproar, by Future Storm, Bred by: Stanley Boileau (FL) nk $45,000 N/A Thrash, Ike and Dawn M. Stidham J. Graham 2. Brethren , b . c. 4, by Distorted Humor, - Supercharger, by A.P. Indy, Bred by: WinStar Farm, LLC (KY) 2¼ $15,000 N/A Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Winstar Farm LLC S. Asmussen S. Bridgmohan 3. It Happened Again , ch . g. 6, by Proud Citizen, - Quiet Lucky, by Quiet American, Bred by: Dede McGehee DVM (KY) nk $7,500 N/A Moss, Maggi T. Amoss R. Napravnik SOVIET PROBLEM S., BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $196,000, 2 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:23.93 - 12/9/2012 1. Doinghardtimeagain , dk b/. f. 2, by Ministers Wild Cat, - Silver Hawk Lady, by Conquistador Cielo, Bred by: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA) 2¼ $110,000 N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC J. Hollendorfer M. Garcia 2. Unusual Way , b . f. 2, by Unusual Heat, - Way Up, by Great Above, Bred by: Thomas W. Bachman (CA) 4¼ $38,000 N/A Brown, Jr., Edward J. and Lebherz, Philip J. Bonde R. Bejarano 3. Awe Golly Molly , b . f. 2, by Awesome Gambler, - Molly’s Gone, by All Gone, Bred by: Terry C. Lovingier (CA) hd $22,000 N/A Dolan, B., London, P., Winters, J., Lovingier, T. and Templeton Horses LLC W. Solis J. Hernandez PORTLAND MEADOWS ROUTE CLAIMING SERIES S., PORTLAND MEADOWS, Value of Race: $20,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/4 miles, Time: 2:03.97 - 12/9/2012 1. Overtime Victory , dk b/. g. 6, by Victory Gallop, - Hanselina, by Hansel, Bred by: Ross John McLeod & Thomas Newton Bell (KY) 8½ $8,000 N/A Seapy, Bob S. Fisher J. Matias 2. Strikingly Sinful , b . g. 5, by Include, - Nine Lives, by Mountain Cat, Bred by: Hopewell Investments, LLC (KY) 5½ $3,600 N/A Eakin, Barbara, Nance, Jonathan, Cosgrove, Bob and Cosgrove, Patrick J. Nance M. Terleski 3. Castle Pines , b . g. 9, by Slewvescent, - Cajun Tide, by Dixieland Band, Bred by: Leslie Maldonado (CA) 1½ $2,400 N/A Glory B Stables LLC M. Boyle D. Hoonan NEW MEXICO STATE RACING COMMISSION H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.02 - 12/9/2012 1. Rose’s Desert , dk b/. f. 4, by Desert God, - Miss Glen Rose, by Peaks and Valleys, Bred by: Joe Peacock (NM) 5 $51,000 N/A Peacock, Joe T. Fincher C. Lambert 2. Gossip Dome , ch . f. 4, by Dome, - Theater Gossip, by Phone Trick, Bred by: Dream Walkin’ Farms Inc. (NM) no $18,700 N/A Pesikan and Kilgroe Stables J. Zamora R. Eikleberry 3. Iplaytricks , dk b/. f. 4, by Desert God, - I Like Tricks, by Tricky Fun, Bred by: Joe Allen (NM) 3¼ $8,500 N/A Stinson, Michael J. Marr K. Tohill JOHNIE L. JAMISON H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:17.30 - 12/9/2012

S T A K E S R E S U LT S 1. Nuggets Please , b . g. 5, by Prospector Jones, - Leading the Tour, by Tour d’Or, Bred by: Penley Leonard & Patricia Foster (NM) 2¼ $51,000 N/A Stable H. M. A. J. Evans D. Bell 2. Our Choice , dk b/. g. 7, by Desert God, - Neat Choice, by First Draft Choice, Bred by: Triple AAA Ranch (NM) 1¼ $18,275 N/A Stable H. M. A. J. Evans R. Eikleberry 3. Mostly Dust , gr/ro. g. 4, by Dry Gulch, - Lucerna, by Prospectors Gamble, Bred by: Larry R. Teague (NM) 3¼ $8,500 N/A Teague, Larry R. and Harry W. Martin M. Hernandez REMINGTON SPRINGBOARD MILE S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $300,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.96 - 12/9/2012 1. Texas Bling , dk b/. c. 2, by Too Much Bling, - Anythingmore, by Country Pine, Bred by: Hall’s Family Trust (TX) 1¾ $180,000 N/A Hall’s Family Trust D. Durham E. McNeil 2. Will Take Charge , ch . c. 2, by Unbridled’s Song, - Take Charge Lady, by Dehere, Bred by: Eaton (KY) ½ $60,000 N/A Horton, Willis D. Lukas V. Lebron 3. Worldventurer , gr/ro. g. 2, by Wimbledon, - Better Than Most, by Elusive Quality, Bred by: Clarence Scharbauer Jr. (TX) 2¼ $33,000 N/A Melcher, Wesley W. Calhoun M. Berry USEEIT S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:25.67 - 12/9/2012 1. Lady Jensen , gr/ro. f. 3, by Bob and John, - Heather’s Dancer, by Gate Dancer, Bred by: Kelly Thiesing (OK) 4½ $30,000 N/A Thiesing, Kelly D. Von Hemel L. Quinonez 2. Kimbell’s Bling , gr/ro. f. 3, by Too Much Bling, - Comedy At the Met, by Metfield, Bred by: Scott Mallory & Brian Holmes (OK) 1½ $10,000 N/A Spaeth Manufacturing and Machine Shop, Inc. D. Pish L. Wade 3. Diamond Disco , ch . f. 3, by Diamond, - Alley’s Account, by Alamocitos, Bred by: 7 Cedars Farm (OK) 1¼ $5,500 N/A 7 Cedars Farm C. Stuart G. Corbett JIM THORPE S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:25.72 - 12/9/2012 1. Z Rockstar , gr/ro. g. 3, by Rockport Harbor, - Nasty Little Star, by Nasty and Bold, Bred by: Robert H. Zoellner (OK) 1 $30,000 N/A Zoellner, Robert D. Von Hemel L. Quinonez 2. Imahit , dk b/. g. 3, by Whywhywhy, - Halo Hit, by Sahm, Bred by: C. R. Trout (OK) 4 $10,000 N/A Gilchrist, Clint C. Trout L. Wade 3. Johnny Whip , dk b/. g. 3, by Stephen Got Even, - Paradisa, by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Robert H. Zoellner (OK) hd $5,500 N/A Straw, Jr., George J. Pruitt C. Kimes MISTLETOE S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:40.48 - 12/9/2012 1. Cat Five’ O , dk b/. f. 2, by Pleasantly Perfect, - Triple o’ Five, by Elusive Quality, Bred by: Lane Thoroughbreds LLC (IA) no $30,000 N/A Lane Thoroughbreds LLC C. Stuart M. Berry 2. Sister Ginger , b . f. 2, by Student Council, - Letters in Silver, by Silver Hawk, Bred by: Millennium Farms & Little Brother Farm (KY) 2½ $10,000 N/A Millennium Farms and Littlebrother Farm LLC S. Asmussen J. Theriot 3. Shenandoah Lady , dk b/. f. 2, by Purim, - Shawnee Country, by Chief’s Crown, Bred by: Morgan’s Ford Farm (VA) 1¼ $5,500 N/A Richter Family Trust J. Padilla G. Murphy DARBY’S DAUGHTER TEXAS STALLION S., RETAMA PARK, Value of Race: $75,000, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.16 - 12/8/2012 1. Esscalator , dk b/. f. 2, by Intimidator, - Esseneca, by Seneca Jones, Bred by: Connie Scherr (TX) 4½ $45,000 84 Scherr, Connie S. Asmussen G. Murphy

2. Tastefullyxcessive , b . f. 2, by Early Flyer, - Hadif Cat, by Hadif, Bred by: Clarence Scharbauer Jr. (TX) 3½ $15,000 74 Scharbauer, Jr., Clarence W. Calhoun M. Berry 3. Platinum Song , gr/ro. f. 2, by My Golden Song, - Rocket Launch, by Relaunch, Bred by: Clarence Scharbauer Jr. (TX) 6 $8,250 67 Brown, Scott D. Pish G. Mora MY DANDYTEXAS STALLION S., RETAMA PARK, Value of Race: $75,000, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.63 - 12/8/2012 1. Estrickator , b . g. 2, by Intimidator, - Estrick, by Clever Trick, Bred by: Connie Scherr (PA) 1¾ $45,000 85 Scherr, Connie S. Asmussen G. Murphy 2. Breathethefire , dk b/. c. 2, by Valid Expectations, - Crimson Socks, by Pentelicus, Bred by: Littlebrother Farm LLC (TX) 7 $15,000 82 Littlebrother Farm LLC S. Asmussen M. Berry 3. Pop Chart , gr/ro. g. 2, by Too Much Bling, - Funny Tune, by Dove Hunt, Bred by: W. S. Farish (TX) hd $8,250 66 Farish, W.S. S. Asmussen J. Chacaltana FIESTA MILE S., RETAMA PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:35.55 - 12/8/2012 1. Smiles Golden Song , gr/ro. f. 3, by My Golden Song, - Texas Smile, by Smile, Bred by: Sylvia Baird (TX) 1½ $30,000 84 Baird, Sylvia L. Stroope W. Cloninger, Jr. 2. Vilao , b . f. 3, by Grave Digger, - Toogoodtobe Easy, by Easy Goer, Bred by: Richard G. Rowan (TX) hd $10,000 82 Rugged Cross Racing R. Baker R. Luna 3. Patty’s Pride , dk b/. f. 4, by Special Rate, - Solo Rolo, by Air Forbes Won, Bred by: Brian Christopher Schartz (TX) 1 $5,500 81 Schartz, Brian K. Broberg G. Murphy HOLLYWOOD STARLET S., Gr.1, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $500,000, 2 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.65 - 12/8/2012 1. Pure Fun , ch . f. 2, by Pure Prize, - Chelsea Green, by Key to the Mint, Bred by: Royal Oak Farm, LLC (KY) 1 $260,000 98 Magdalena Racing (Susan McPeek) K. McPeek G. Gomez 2. Blonde Fog , b . f. 2, by Divine Park, - Betty’s Solutions, by Eltish, Bred by: Lavin Bloodstock & Brereton C. Jones (KY) 2 $90,000 97 Mark DeDomenico LLC and Pegram, Michael E. B. Baffert M. Garcia 3. Scarlet Strike , b . f. 2, by Smart Strike, - Scarlet Tango, by French Deputy, Bred by: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY) 2½ $60,000 94 Carver, John, Hollendorfer, Jerry and Smith, Green J. Hollendorfer J. Talamo BAYAKOA H., Gr.2, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $200,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.36 - 12/8/2012 1. Lady of Fifty , gr/ro. f. 3, by After Market, - K. D.’s Shady Lady, by Maria’s Mon, Bred by: Cloverleaf Farms II, Inc. (KY) 3¼ $110,000 N/A Hollendorfer, Jerry and Todaro, George J. Hollendorfer M. Garcia 2. Open Water , dk b/. f. 3, by Include, - Biscayne Bay, by A.P. Indy, Bred by: Overbrook Farm (KY) ½ $40,000 N/A Southern Equine Stable, LLC and Smith, Mike E. Guillot C. Nakatani 3. Inglorious , b . f. 4, by Hennessy, - Noble Strike, by Smart Strike, Bred by: Arosa Farms (ON) ½ $24,000 N/A Donver Stable J. Carroll M. Smith GOLD RUSH S., GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $75,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.13 - 12/8/2012 1. Zeewat , b . c. 2, by Harlan’s Holiday, - Delizia, by Distant View, Bred by: Derry Meeting Farm (PA) 3¼ $45,000 N/A Hollendorfer, Jerry and Todaro, George J. Hollendorfer R. Baze 2. Condiment , ch . g. 2, by Peppered Cat, - Evelyn Negri, by Batonnier, Bred by: Joseph Brook & Joseph Negri (CA) 1 $15,000 N/A Brook, Joseph and Negri, Evelyn J. Brook J. Couton 3. My Best Bet , b . r. 2, by Best of the Rest, - Mensa Mom, by Forest Wildcat, Bred by: Bea Oxenberg (FL)

nk $9,000 N/A Tnt Racing W. Morey D. Carr CABALLOS DEL SOL S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:09.56 - 12/8/2012 1. Absolutely Cool , ch . g. 5, by Absolute Harmony, - Coup de Foudre, by Basket Weave, Bred by: Karl Charles Krieg (WA) no $21,266 N/A Krieg, Karl V. Lund G. Mitchell 2. Derive , ch . g. 6, by Cozzene, - Fluttery Danseur, by Wavering Monarch, Bred by: Stewart Armstrong (KY) no $6,860 N/A Wiest, Rick R. Diodoro J. Carreno 3. Seven Tuff , ch . g. 5, by Red, - Safari So Good, by Surachai, Bred by: Kathy H. Lyman (OR) 1¾ $3,430 N/A Matt, Wendell W. Matt J. Reid LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY LASSIE S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.10 - 12/8/2012 1. Sittin At the Bar , b . f. 2, by Into Mischief, - Fast Laner, by Mutakddim, Bred by: Spendthrift Farm LLC (LA) 8 $60,000 N/A Ladner, P. B. Brinkman M. Guidry 2. She Loves Runnin’ , dk b/. f. 2, by Run Production, - Zarb’s Love, by Zarbyev, Bred by: Foxwood Plantation, Ltd. (LA) 3 $20,000 N/A Oak Leaf T.C. LP T. Richey R. Napravnik 3. Taralicious , ch . f. 2, by Street Boss, - Sammy Van Ammy, by Van Nistelrooy, Bred by: Larry Romero (LA) 10 $11,000 N/A JRita Young Thoroughbreds LLC W. Calhoun J. Theriot LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY LADIES S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.94 12/8/2012 1. Ladyzarbridge , b . m. 5, by Zarbyev, - Ballsbridge, by Baldski, Bred by: Foxwood Plantation, Ltd. (LA) 1 $60,000 N/A Zacney, Charles and Johnston, Edward E. Johnston R. Napravnik 2. Little Ms Protocol , ch . f. 3, by El Corredor, - Character Builder, by Coronado’s Quest, Bred by: Coteau Grove Farms (LA) 11¾ $20,000 N/A Coteau Grove Farms LLC P. Devereux, Jr. D. Saenz 3. Silent Legacy , b . f. 3, by Silent Name (JPN), - Mrs. Mac, by Derby Wish, Bred by: I. Lee Lange & G. Patin (LA) ½ $11,000 N/A Lange, I. L. and Patin, Gene C. Richards C. Hernandez LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY TURF S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:45.92 - 12/8/2012 1. String King , b . g. 4, by Crowned King, - String Dancer, by Fly a Kite (IRE), Bred by: Charlie Smith (LA) 1 $60,000 N/A Smith, Charles C. Smith J. Graham 2. Lovely Vin , b . g. 3, by Vindication, - Lovely Amanda, by Belong to Me, Bred by: Southern Equine Stables, LLC (LA) 1¾ $20,000 N/A Moss, Maggi T. Amoss R. Napravnik 3. Sadie’s Soldier , dk b/. h. 5, by Lost Soldier, - Whiplash Wilma, by Encourager, Bred by: L. P. Cormier (LA) 2 $11,000 N/A Benoit, Harry B. Brinkman K. Clark TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES OVERNIGHT S., ZIA PARK, Value of Race: $56,270, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.57 - 12/4/2012 1. Shesatopattraction , b . f. 2, by Old Topper, - Royal Attraction, by Royal Academy, Bred by: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA) 3 $33,600 73 Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC H. Dominguez E. Gomez 2. Flamboyance , ch . f. 2, by Heatseeker (IRE), - My Brooklynne Rose, by Indian Charlie, Bred by: Kaleem Shah (CA) nk $12,320 67 Seliger, Lane J. Evans R. Eikleberry 3. Canticle , gr/ro. f. 2, by Unbridled’s Song, - Palais Versailles, by Pulpit, Bred by: WinStar Farm, LLC (KY) 1 $5,600 66 Drago, Craig C. Hartman C. Lambert

QUARTER HORSE | 1-1-2013 HOLIDAY H., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $20,000, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.546 - 12/30/2012 1. Secretly Hot-QH , b . f. 2, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, - Secret Reflection-QH, by Raise a Secret-QH, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) no $11,000 93 Lorenzana, Manuel J. Godinez C. Mendez 2. Bolt Lightly-QH , sor . f. 2, by Check Him Out-QH, - Jess Racy Eyes-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: John Andreini & Vince Genco (CA) 1 $4,500 93 Andreini, John and Genco, Vince P. Jones E. Nicasio 3. Dynasty Red-QH , br . g. 2, by Fdd Dynasty-QH, - Red High Heels-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Anselmo Aguilar (MEX) ½ $2,500 85 Spackman Racing and Melton, Lin L. Melton F. Rubio

CHAMPIONSHIP AT SUNLAND PARK S., Gr.1, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $350,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.033 12/30/2012 1. Prospect to the Top-QH , b . c. 4, by Coronas Prospect-QH, - Cream to the Top-QH, by Easily Smashed-QH, Bred by: Sue H May (TX) ½ $210,000 N/A Tavarez, Joel B. Muniz O. Rincon 2. Jess Featureme Quick-QH , br . g. 3, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - #One Quick Cookie-QH, by Royal Quick Dash-QH, Bred by: Melissa Ann Miller (TX) ½ $73,500 N/A Miller, Melissa P. Jones S. Ramirez, Jr. 3. First Blazin Love-QH , ch . c. 3, by Chicks a Blazin-QH, - Love At First Glance-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Mike Abraham (NM) ½

$35,000 N/A Johnson, Dwayne, Saumell, Lisa and Martinez, Johnny C. P. Jones J. Levario SUNLAND PARK WINTER QUARTER HORSE D., Gr.2, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $126,513, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.254 12/29/2012 1. Our First Corona-QH , sor . g. 3, by Corona Cartel-QH, - Hawk Three-QH, by Fishers Dash-QH, Bred by: Kevin W and Robin L Allred (AZ) nk $59,461 N/A Allred, Kevin W and Robin L M. Joiner L. Martinez 2. Tres Seis Nueve-QH , gr . c. 3, by Tres Seis-QH, - Ya Ya Sisterhood-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Gabriel Gomez Barnola (NM) ½ $22,772 N/A SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • January 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 1 57

Valle Guadiana Corporation J. Gonzalez J. Levario 3. Feature Mr Who-QH , sor . g. 3, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - Whosleaving Corona-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Buddy and Patty Newsome (FL) nk $13,916 N/A Dominguez, Jaime J. Dominguez E. Ramirez SUNLAND PARK WINTER QUARTER HORSE F., Gr.2, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $197,008, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.079 12/28/2012 1. Wasting No Corona-QH , br . g. 2, by Coronas Leaving You-QH, - Its Stoli Time-QH, by Stoli-QH, Bred by: Bob And/Or Jerry Gaston (TX) 1 $92,594 N/A Crowson, Anna V. Rodriguez-Flores E. Ramirez 2. Ramblin Cartel-QH , br . g. 2, by Carters Cartel-QH, - Ima Ramblin GirlQH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Fletcher/Witman/Stonechase Llc (OK) ½ $35,461 N/A Crowson Racing V. Rodriguez-Flores O. Rincon 3. Speed Regard-QH , gr . f. 2, by Chicks Regard-QH, - Better in Relief-QH, by Relagate, Bred by: Kh Logax Inc (NM) no $21,670 N/A Valenzuela, Luis J. Gonzalez J. Leos SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA D., Gr.1, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $167,482, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.580 - 12/23/2012 1. Check My Thoughts-QH , br . g. 3, by Check Him Out-QH, - Just Think-QH, by Pritzi Dash-QH, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) ½ $71,778 116 Allred, Edward J. Glenn, Jr. E. Gomez 2. Shez Jess Toxic-QH , sor . f. 3, by Take Off Jess-QH, - Dashing Fly Lady-QH, by Victory Dash-QH, Bred by: Dean Frey (CA) ¾ $29,053 113 Frey, Dean D. Frey J. Cruz 3. Last to Fire-QH , br . g. 3, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, - Last Shall Be First-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Estate Of Spencer Childers (CA) nk $20,508 107 Avila, Jesus and Cuevas, Jesus E. Andrade F. Rubio TURF PARADISE QUARTER HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $15,000, 3 yo’s & up, 440 yards, Time: 21.700 - 12/23/2012 1. Whiskey-QH , sor . g. 4, by Mr Corona Cash-QH, - Been Bad N Bac-QH, by Splash Bac-QH, Bred by: Ariel Rodriguez (AZ) hd $8,835 N/A Zavala, Nadia R. Fontes, Jr. R. Arvizu 2. Downtown Richard-QH , ch . g. 4, by Kelowna Kash-QH, - Ky High, by High Brite, Bred by: Painted Horse Enterprises Llc (LA) nk $2,850 N/A Guillen, Rigoberto L. Espinoza R. Oliver 3. Flying High Again-QH , b . g. 4, by Azyoucansee-QH, - A One Girl FlightQH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Double Bar S Ranch Llc (CA) ½ $1,425 N/A LEMA Racing Stables G. Hernandez D. Reyes-Frisby FIRST DOWN DASH H., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.785 - 12/22/2012 1. Kas On Fly-QH , sor . h. 5, by Signed to Fly-QH, - Blazen Ofglory 01ibr-QH, by Blazen Bryan-QH, Bred by: Marcelo Jorge (BRZ) ½ $19,250 106 Terra, Ralph P. Jones C. DeAlba 2. Jumpn Shake-QH , sor . c. 4, by Jumpn-QH, - Jess Shakem-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Dutch Masters III (CA) ¾ $7,875 101 Hart, Chad and Cox,

Bobby D. J. Gomez G. Arriaga 3. Sparky E Boy-QH , br . g. 5, by Hawkinson-QH, - Yr Brown Lucy-QH, by Lanes Leinster-QH, Bred by: Reed L Pierson (UT) nk $4,375 96 Pierson, Reed J. Godinez R. Aceves MARGIE BRYAN ASOA FUTURITY, TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $31,825, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.806 - 12/22/2012 1. Harlee Tucker-QH , sor . f. 2, by Heza Motor Scooter-QH, - PhenomenaQH, by Rocky Jones-QH, Bred by: Sergio Chavez II (AZ) no $15,913 N/A Fales, Carolyn and Ralph M. Fales J. Ruiz 2. Madd Dog-QH , b . g. 2, by Dog Daze Afternoon-QH, - Merri Roc-QH, by Rocky Jones-QH, Bred by: Ralph or Carolyn Fales (AZ) 1¾ $6,365 N/A Fales, Carolyn and Ralph M. Fales J. Bourdieu 3. Ra Johnnys Crown-QH , br . c. 2, by Count Corona-QH, - Our CougaretteQH, by A Gallant Effort-QH, Bred by: Rosalio Aguirre (AZ) hd $3,182 N/A Aguirre, Rosalio L. Brasher R. Oliver AU REVOIR S., EVANGELINE DOWNS, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 47.524 - 12/20/2012 1. Mr Fallen Angel-QH , b . g. 3, by Oak Tree Special-QH, - Angels Quick Dash-QH, by Royal Quick Dash-QH, Bred by: Mark Saenz (LA) 2¼ $21,000 N/A Hebert, Kellie R. Hebert J. Jerman 2. Keepn It Kool-QH , sor . g. 3, by First to Shine-QH, - Kool K. J., by Bag, Bred by: Natalie Montgomery Dvm (LA) ¾ $7,000 N/A Vance, David D. Eldridge A. Lujan 3. Slinkys Fortune-QH , sor . g. 8, by Dashs Slinky-QH, - Chasing a FortuneQH, by Six Fortunes-QH, Bred by: Ronald Gilmer (LA) 2¼ $3,850 N/A Padgett, Henry H. Padgett D. Watson LOS ALAMITOS 2 MILLION FUTURITY, Gr.1, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $2,024,275, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.680 - 12/16/2012 1. Matabari-QH , gr . f. 2, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, - Hold Me Now-QH, by Separatist-QH, Bred by: Jose Maria Gonzalez (CA) no $850,196 113 Balgo Racing Team, Inc. and Gonzalez, Marlyn J. Flores C. Mendez 2. The August Heat-QH , sor . g. 2, by Corona Cartel-QH, - Jess Genuine-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Bobby D Cox (TX) no $344,127 113 Cox, Bobby J. Gomez R. Aceves 3. Freedom Choice-QH , b . c. 2, by A Regal Choice-QH, - Five Bar Molly-QH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: Esmeralda Flores (CA) hd $242,913 113 De La Torre, Jose M. and Gustavo J. De La Torre G. Carter, Jr. LOS ALAMITOS JUVENITLE INVITATIONAL S., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $35,000, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.842 - 12/16/2012 1. Margaritas N Coronas-QH , sor . g. 2, by Corona Czech-QH, - Fly Margarita-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Gregory B & M Renee Hickman (WA) ½ $19,250 108 Hickman, Robert B. Vickery G. Arriaga 2. Creole Williams-QH , sor . g. 2, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - Picture Perfect Tee-QH, by Power Train-QH, Bred by: Raymond R Loup (LA) ½ $7,875 106 Double Bar S Ranch LLC P. Jones C. DeAlba 3. Tres Queens-QH , b . f. 2, by Tres Seis-QH, - First Place Queen-QH, by First Place Dash-QH, Bred by: Newcomb Cattle Co/Micah Leslie (OK) hd $4,375 103 Kawananakoa, Abigail C. Joiner C. Jensen LOU WOOTEN AND SYDNEY VALENTINI H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.078 - 12/16/2012 1. Little Bit Southern-QH , b . m. 5, by Southern Corona-QH, - Averys Little Bit-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Richard R or Patricia Shearer (NM) nk $51,000 N/A Estrada, Edilberto M. Castillo L. Martinez 2. Wonwabbitwon-QH , sor . m. 5, by Rabbits Rainbow-QH, - Win Comes Easy-QH, by Holland Ease-QH, Bred by: Dan & Barbara Hardisty (NM) ½ $18,700 N/A Moseley, Sierra S. Moseley A. Medellin 3. Snow Regard-QH , gr . f. 4, by Chicks Regard-QH, - Sha Hooy Hooy-QH, by Major Rime-QH, Bred by: Killer Humberto Lopez Gaxiola (NM) 1 $8,500 N/A K H Logax, Inc. J. Gonzalez J. Leos CHALLENGER SIX H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 44.739 - 12/15/2012 1. Rollickin Red-QH , sor . g. 4, by Roll Hennessy Roll, - Deeheiress-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Robert A Gentry (NM) 3¼ $51,000 N/A Rollickin Red Partners T. Fincher C. Lambert 2. D E Wagons Strawfly-QH , sor . g. 3, by Genuine Strawfly-QH, - Wagons Maiden-QH, by Calligrapher-QH, Bred by: Double Eagle Ranch (NM) 3¼ $18,700 N/A Sedillo, Tony T. Sedillo D. Shepherd 3. Kc Royal Flush-QH , sor . g. 5, by Sixes Royal-QH, - Willie May Dash-QH, by Willie Wanta Dash-QH, Bred by: Kathryn Maynard & Carla Feerer (NM) ¾ $8,500 N/A Maynard, Kathryn and Feerer, Carla D. Duree G. Carter, Jr.

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PAUL B FORD MEMORIAL H., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $20,000, 3 yo, 550 yards, Time: 27.200 - 12/14/2012 1. Mister Michael-QH , gr . c. 3, by Snowbound, - Dash for Kate-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Alessio/Brown/Davies Llc (CA) ½ $11,000 91 De La Torre, Jose M. and Gustavo J. De La Torre G. Arriaga 2. Shes Prime Time-QH , b . f. 3, by Hawkinson-QH, - Sweet Beduino-QH, by *Beduino, Bred by: Allred Bros (AZ) nk $4,500 90 Kawananakoa, Abigail L. Melton C. Jensen 3. Impassion Queen-QH , sor . f. 3, by Snowbound, - Queen of Appeals-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Gianni Franco Samaja (CA) ½ $2,500 89 Samaja, Gianni P. Jones C. DeAlba AQRA TURF PARADISE OPEN QUARTER HORSE FUTURITY, TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $52,772, 2 yo, 400 yards, Time: 20.143 - 12/9/2012 1. Dashaway Eagle-QH , sor . f. 2, by One Famous Eagle-QH, - Oh Dashaway-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Muller Racing Llc (TX) ¾ $26,386 N/A Martinez, Alejandro R. Fontes, Jr. R. Arvizu 2. Tahma Hawk Chop-QH , sor . g. 2, by Swingin Jess-QH, - Tahma HawkQH, by Hawkinson-QH, Bred by: Steve D Burns Dvm (CA) ½ $10,555 N/A LEMA Racing Stables S. Garcia D. Reyes-Frisby 3. Pc-QH , br . g. 2, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - Ladys Heart of Gold-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Christine Hudson (TX) ½ $5,277 N/A Y/N Horse Stables LLC O. Lorta P. Cano JESS BURNER MEMORIAL H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.071 - 12/8/2012 1. First Blazin Love-QH , ch . c. 3, by Chicks a Blazin-QH, - Love At First GlanceQH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Mike Abraham (NM) ¾ $51,000 N/A Johnson, Dwayne, Saumell, Lisa and Martinez, Johnny C. P. Jones J. Levario 2. Klassic Strawfly-QH , sor . g. 6, by Genuine Strawfly-QH, - A Classic SongQH, by A Classic Dash-QH, Bred by: Ron Stephens (NM) hd $17,850 N/A Stephens, Ronald R. Stephens L. Martinez 3. Untangled Vines-QH , sor . g. 3, by Jesse James Jr-QH, - Tangled VinesQH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: Mj Farms (NM) nk $8,500 N/A Cabrera, Yaneth M. Castillo M. Rodriguez LA CHAMPIONS DAY QH DERBY (R GRADE III), Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.683 - 12/8/2012 1. Rocky Mountain Fly-QH , br . g. 3, by Panther Mountain-QH, - DealaflyQH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: S K T Farms Inc (LA) hd $45,000 N/A Traylor, Douglas K. Roberts, Sr. S. Gillum 2. Political Option-QH , sor . g. 3, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - In His Dreams-QH, by Apollo, Bred by: J E Jumonville Jr (LA) nk $17,000 N/A Lozano, Carlos K. Roberts, Sr. J. Hamilton 3. Coors Select-QH , sor . g. 3, by Oak Tree Special-QH, - Miss Coors CartelQH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Narciso Flores (LA) nk $10,000 N/A Coleman, Polly A. Brossette G. Ortiz LA CHAMPIONS DAY QH JUVENILE (R GRADE II), Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.485 - 12/8/2012 1. Perrys Runaway-QH , gr . g. 2, by Sir Runaway Dash-QH, - Ms Perrys Money-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Gerald D Libersat (LA) ½ $45,000 N/A Libersat, Gerald K. Broussard D. Watson 2. Coltins Fast Dash-QH , sor . g. 2, by Heza Fast Dash-QH, - Six Streakin Salute-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Rodney or Phillip Debenedetto (LA) hd $17,000 N/A Torres, Jaime F. Huitron M. Rubalcava 3. Bare Naked Martini-QH , b . f. 2, by Jet Black Patriot-QH, - French Martini, by Salt Lake, Bred by: Becky Winemiller (LA) nk $10,000 N/A Magnon, James M. Lopez G. Ortiz LA CHAMPIONS DAY QH CLASSIC (R GRADE II), Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 4 yo’s & up, 440 yards, Time: 21.425 12/8/2012 1. Martini Mountain-QH , b . g. 6, by Panther Mountain-QH, - Glitz GatorQH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: James R Mitchell (LA) nk $45,000 N/A Mitchell, James P. Rigdon D. Lavergne 2. La Mos Chingono-QH , sor . m. 5, by Heza Fast Dash-QH, - Rita RegentQH, by Gold Regent, Bred by: Robicheaux Ranch Inc (LA) nk $17,000 N/A Rohne, Oscar K. Roberts, Sr. J. Hamilton 3. Taylors Toastin Papa-QH , sor . h. 5, by Toast to Dash-QH, - Tacha La JollaQH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Taylor Vanbebber (LA) no $8,500 N/A Libersat, Gerald K. Broussard D. Watson 3. Blue Louisiana Jolla-QH , sor . g. 7, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - Somekinda Rainey-QH, by Somekindadash-QH, Bred by: Elroy Potts Jr (LA) no $8,500 N/A Potts, Jr., Elroy and Watson Land and Cattle E. Potts, Sr. J. Deschamp

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