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OpeningDayattheDelMarThoroughbredClubonJuly17,wasonce again a spectacular day for horse racing, people watchingand showing off this beautiful Golden State. The event playedhost to 11 legislators and their guests, all of whom enjoyed a greatday at one of America’s most exquisite racetracks.

Senator Rod Wright, Chair of the Senate GovernmentalOrganization Committee and author of several InternetPoker bills, in addition to Sports Wagering bills, returnedagain this year to enjoy opening day. I am always impressedwith Senator Wright’s knowledge of gaming, gun laws,energy policy, and all things legislative. While he is notreally a big bettor himself, he does seem to enjoy the horsesand the people.

Our thanks to all the legislators who took time to enjoyDel Mar on Opening Day, including: Senators Joel Ander-son (R-Alpine), Mark Wyland (R-Escondido) and RonCalderon (D-Whittier); and Assemblymembers RockyChávez (R-Oceanside), Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) who isthe Majority Floor Leader, Steven Bradford (D- Gardena),Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), Brian Jones (R-Santee),Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles) and SharonQuirk-Silva (D-Fullerton).

Many thanks to Terry Loving er, Harris Auerbach andDoug Burge for working with me to make their Del Marexperience unique and special.

Educating and interacting with legislators is vital to ourfuture. Racing lost our great champion—the late SenatorKen Maddy—in 2000, and another great supporter in SenatorEd Vincent in 2012. The CTBA is working harder than everto find new champions for California racing, although wewill forever miss Senator Maddy and Senator Vincent.

The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association(CTBA) plans to host several more legislators during themeet in our ongoing efforts to educate members on theimportance of Thoroughbred racing. Del Mar also high-

lights racing’s significance in California tourism, drawingfans from across the country. As we move forward, we needto emphasize this important role we play in California andthe additional dollars brought to the state by those whotravel to see some of the world’s best horse racing.

August will see the return of the Legislature, followingtheir summer recess, and the last six weeks will be a flurryof activity until the final day of session on Friday, Sept. 13.The big ticket item remains Internet Poker legislationwith several major Native Americam tribes rumored to bepushing for a hearing in early August. The tribes and thecardrooms are closer than ever to an agreement amongstthemselves but their proposals have yet to include horseracing. The CTBA is working closely with Horse RacingUnited (HRU) to make sure any successful legislationmust include horse racing.

Our sponsored Exchange Wagering bill, AB 432 byAssemblyman V. Manuel Pérez, which would require anyracing association or racing fair to distribute a specifiedportion of that revenue in a specific manner, i.e. to Cali-fornia’s breeding farms and stallions owners through theCalifornia-bred Incentives Awards Program, will be up fora final vote on the floor of the Senate when the legislatorsreturn on Monday, Aug. 12.

Doug and I worked diligently with the folks at Betfair andTVG to prevent any opposition to the bill. Although thewindow for exchange wagering is rapidly closing, Cal-bredincentives and awards will be protected once AB 432 issigned by the Governor.

The CTBA will remain fully engaged as the final weeksof the session begin. We will continue to work with legisla-tors, tribes and cardrooms to pass an Internet Poker bill thatincludes racing or to defeat any proposed bill that excludesus. As always, it is our privilege to work for California’sThoroughbred breeders.

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Assemblymember Chris Holden, Senator Joel Anderson,Lobbyist Robyn Black, Assemblymember

Steven Bradford and trainer Bob Baffert (left to right).

CTBA General Manager and Executive Vice President Doug Burge,Reginald Jones-Sawyer’s Chief of Staff Joey Hill, CTBA Director TerryLovingier and Assemblymember Reginald Jones-Sawyer (left to right).

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Managing Editor’s Welcome

COLUMN ©California Thoroughbred 2013 (ISSN1092-7328)

201 Colorado Place, Arcadia, California 91007Telephone: (626) 445-7800 or1-800-573-CTBA (California residents only)FAX: (626) 445-6981E-mail address: [email protected] and published by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Asso-ciation, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the production of betterThoroughbred horses for better Thoroughbred racing.Opinions expressed in signed articles are those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect policies of the CTBA or this magazine.Publication of any material originating herein is expressly forbiddenwithout first obtaining written permission from California Thoroughbred.All advertising copy is submitted subject to approval. We reservethe right to reject any copy that is misleading or that does notmeet with the standards set by the publication.Acknowledgment: Statistics in this publication relating to results ofraces in North America are compiled by the Daily Racing Form.Charts by special arrangement with Daily Racing Form Inc., thecopyright owners of said charts. Reproduction forbidden.

OFFICERS -President: SUE GREENEVice President: PETE PARRELLATreasurer: JOHN H. BARRSecretary: DANIEL Q. SCHIFFERExecutive Vice Presidentand General Manager: Doug BurgeDIRECTORS - John C. Harris, Leigh Ann Howard,John H. Barr, Daniel Q. Schiffer, William H. Nichols,Jane Johnson, William H. de Burgh, Pete Parrella,Sue Greene, Donald J. Valpredo, Terry C. Lovingier,Harris David Auerbach, Tim Cohen, George F. SchmittEx Officio: E. W. (Bud) JohnstonADMINISTRATIVE STAFF -Chief Financial Officer: James MurphySales Coordinator & Membership: Cookie HackworthRegistrar and Incentive Program Manager: Mary Ellen LockeAssistant Registrar: Dawn GerberExecutive Assistant & Event Coordinator: Christy ChapmanWeb Site Managing Editor: Ken GurnickLibrarian/Receptionist: Vivian MontoyaRACETRACK LIAISON: Scott HenryCALIFORNIA CUPCoordinator: Cookie HackworthPUBLICATIONS STAFF -Editor: Doug BurgeManaging Editor: Rudi GrootheddeAdvertising Manager: Loretta VeigaArt Director: John MelansonProduction: Charlene Favata-MarkelSubscriptions: Vivian MontoyaCalifornia Thoroughbred is published monthly in Arcadia,Calif. Periodical postage is paid at Arcadia, Calif., and atadditional mailing offices. Standard mail included.POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the CaliforniaThoroughbred, P.O. Box 60018, Arcadia, CA 91066-6018California Thoroughbred is printed by Modern LithoPrint Co.SUBSCRIPTIONS-$55.00 per year USA

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Service-OrientedThe California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) is a service-

oriented group, certainly proven by the fact that it will host an auction inNorthern California for the 10th consecutive year with the latest edition beingheld at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton on Tuesday, August 13.

This year’s Northern California Sale boats a catalog of 103 horses, including 96yearlings, with 95 percent of them having been bred or foaled in the Golden State.The event will once again offer great opportunities for both breeders and ownersto sell and buy Thoroughbreds of the highest value.

From 2004 to 2009, a total of 1,045 yearlings were sold for $6,677,100 and amongthe graduates of these nine auctions are: Bai and Bai, the $3,200 purchase who wonnine stakes races, was grade I-placed and earned $724,983; the 2008 grade II winnerSierra Sunset, a $459,696-earner originally knocked down for $40,000; and the$1,000 bargain buy Autism Awareness, a dual graded stakes winner of $356,732.

Besides the cover story previewing this event, the August 2013 issue of theCTBA’s monthly California Thoroughbred magazine also features profiles on bothTerry Lovingier, the 2012 TOBA (Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Associa-tion) State Breeder of the Year for California, and Chrys Chrys, who has been amember of the CTBA since 1969.

Plus there is a in-depth article on Brazeau Thoroughbred Farms in Hemet,owned by Paul and Aileen Brazeau and managed by their business partner NadineAnderson, while the impressive win by the Tommy Town Thoroughbreds home-bred Doinghardtimeagain in June’s grade II, $150,000 Hollywood Oaks at BetfairHollywood Park is reviewed.

This month’s Northern California Report spotlights a quartet of Cal-bredswho won stakes races during Pleasanton’s Alameda Count Fair meeting and theCalifornia State Fair meet at Cal Expo in Sacramento, plus the latest chapter inthe Cal-Bred Millionaires’ Row series highlights the many exploits of UnusualSuspect, who became the 55th locally bred runner to reach this plateau with hisvictory in the grade I, $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes at Hollywood Parkon Nov. 13, 2010.

A Blast From The Past has a story about Rob an Plunder, whose six consecu-tive stakes victories as a two-year-old included a win in the grade III, $81,800Balboa Stakes at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Aug. 31, 1988, and Down

On The Farms deals with the sub-ject matter of “Shockwave TherapyFor Horses.”

There’s a poignant Guest Forumpiece by Perry Boatright about hisfavorite horse, the grade II-winningCal-bred Single Agent, while thebalance of the magazine includesall our other regular columns, fea-tures and departments that wehope will also prove to be bothenjoyable and helpful.

Until next time, may you breedthe best to the best and not justhave to hope for the best!

—Rudi [email protected]

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In the Company of. . .Patty Tiberg (left), the President ofAmericanHorsePublications (AHP),whopresented the

2012award for “General ExcellenceStateorRegionalPublication”to the California Thoroughbred magazine at the Awards Banquet

held during the AHP’s “Meet at the Peak” annual seminarin Colorado Springs, Colorado, on June 22, 2013.

Features2012 TOBA State Breeder Of The Year For California: Terry Lovingier—Making The Most Of It

by Emily Shields

CTBA Member Profile: Chrys S. Chrys—Satisfying The Hungerby Emily Shields

Thoroughbred Farms In California: Brazeau Thoroughbred Farms—From Dust To Diamondsby Marcie Heacox

The Grade California-Breds: Doinghardtimeagain—A Triple Doubleby Rudi Groothedde

Northern California Report: A Diverse Collection Of Cal-Bred Stakes Winnersby Jerry Klein

Cal-Bred Millionaires’ Row: #55 Unusual Suspect—Out Of The Ordinaryby Emily Shields

A Blast From The Past: Rob An Plunder—A Record-Setting Sale Graduateby Jackie Barnes

Down on the Farm: Shockwave Therapy In Horsesby Heather Smith Thomas

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ContentsAugust 2013

Since 2004, the California ThoroughbredBreeders Association (CTBA) has provided theservice to local breeders of hosting an auction inNorthern California primarily for yearlings whichhas produced such successful graduates as the$724,983-earner Bai and Bai, the grade II winnerSierra Sunset and the dual graded stakes winnerAutism Awareness, and the 10th edition of thisannual sale will be held at the Alameda CountyFairgrounds in Pleasanton on Tuesday, Aug. 13.

The 2012/2013 California Broodmare Of The Year& Winner Of The 2012/2013 Valkyr Trophy

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Doinghardtimeagain (right), bred and owned inCalifornia by Tom and Debi Stull’s Tommy Town

Thoroughbreds and by one of that Santa Ynez farm’sresident sires Ministers Wild Cat, won the grade II,

$150,000 Hollywood Oaks at Betfair Hollywood Parkon June 22, 2013, to improve her record to five wins,

three seconds and $573,770 in earnings from nine starts.

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California Thoroughbred Foundation(CTF) Notes—August 2013

Leading Sires in California

Leading Lifetime Sires in California

Leading Two-Year-Old Sires in California

Dates in California

CTBA Calendar

Classified Advertising

Indexes to Advertisers & Stallions Advertised

From the Executive Corner: Role Modelsby Robyn Black

Managing Editor’s Welcome: Service-Orientedby Rudi Groothedde

Guest Forum: Single Agent—One Of A Kindby Perry Boatright

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Regional Sales: The CTBA’s Northern California Sale—A Decade Of Service To California Breedersby Lisa Groothedde

As a juvenile, the son of Top Hit won the PRAIRIE MEADOWS FRESHMAN STAKES, finished second in the G3 IROQUOIS and DELTA JACKPOT earning

IOWA’S HORSE OF THE YEAR HONORS FOR 2009.

UH OH BANGO, half brother to EZ DREAMER ($500,000) is out of the FRENCH DEPUTY mare,

FRENCH DEBUTANTE, a half sister to ROCKY BAR The Leading Two-Year Old Sire in California

By Average Earnings Per Runner and Median Earnings Per Runner.

Introductory fee $2,500 with consideration for black type mares/producers.

Please inquire about multiple mare discount and loyalty incentives.

Farm Manager: Marguerite Eliasson (760) 789-1498 FAX: (760) 789-790618122 Littlepage Road • Ramona, CA 92065 • [email protected] • www.earanches.com

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California Thoroughbred, the officialpublication of the CaliforniaThoroughbred BreedersAssociation (CTBA),received the 2012 awardfor “General ExcellenceState or RegionalPublication” at thisyear’s Awards Banquet ofthe American HorsePublications (AHP), a non-profit association

for the equine publishing mediaindustry, that was held during its“Meet at the Peak” annual seminar

in Colorado Springs, Colorado, onJune 22.

Among the comments that themonthly magazine’sFebruary and June issuesof last year receivedwere, “This publicationis beautifully designed.All information isgeared toward theCalifornia Thorough-bred industry. Thismagazine is a winner.”

CTBA Magazine Earns Prestigious AHP Award

The 11-year-old mare Cambiocorsa, a dualgrade III-winning daughter of Avenue of Flagsbred in California by John and Diane Fradkin,was accredited with her first graded stakes win-ner when her first foal, the five-year-oldKentucky-bred mare Schiaparelli, won thegrade II, $150,000 Royal Heroine Mile Stakesgoing a mile on the turf at Betfair HollywoodPark on July 6.

Less than a week later, the Ran Jan RacingInc. homebred by Ghostzapper was retired soundwith earnings of $274,184 from a record of fivewins, a second and two thirds from nine trips topost. Cambiocorsa bankrolled $522,055 whilewinning half of her 18 lifetime starts.

Two stallions who reside at Harris Farms inCoalinga achieved respective milestones last month.

On July 13, the graded stakes-winning Cee’s Tizzysire Lucky J. H., 11, was represented by his firststakes winner when Alpine Luck, a colt from hissecond foal crop, captured Betfair Hollywood Park’s$150,500 Hollywood Juvenile ChampionshipStakes for two-year-olds. Alpine Luck was bred inCalifornia by Heinz Steinmann and produced bythe winning Swiss Yodeler mare I Can Yodele.

The freshman sire Desert Code registered hisinitial winner four days later, when his two-year-old filly Moving Desert mastered a five-furlongmaiden special weight race at the Del MarThoroughbred Club. Nine-year-old Desert Code,by E Dubai, won the 2008 Breeders’ Cup TurfSprint and three graded races, and earned$1,088,939 overall.

Harris Farms StallionsAchieve Milestones

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Those Grand Cal-Bred Mares

Buoyed by a stakes-winning Dixie Union filly who sold for $510,000to Southern California trainer Jim Cassidy, agent, Barretts’ 2013Paddock Sale at Del Mar improved upon its inaugural edition con-ducted last year by registering significant across-the-board gains whenit was conducted on-site at the conclusion of the July 21 racing pro-gram at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.

The three-year-old sale-topper, who ran third in Churchill Downs’grade III Regret Stakes on June 15, was produced by the dual gradedstakes-placed stakes winner Dream Lady, by Old Trieste, and con-signed by Steven Venosa’s SGV Thoroughbreds. Named Oscar Party,the half-sister to 2010 Arlington-Washington Futurity (grade III) winner Major Gain was cataloged to the California sale as a $103,777-earner.

Demand at the top for Oscar Party boosted the auction’s overallresults. From 25 horses offered in the horses of racing age sale, 17 werereported as sold for gross receipts of $1,257,000, representing a 26 per-cent increase from the corresponding sale in 2012, when 25 horsessold for $933,000. This year’s average nearly doubled, from $37,320 to$73,941, while the median snowballed by 60 percent, from $20,000 to$50,000.

Four of the seven California-bred horses offered were sold for a col-lective $156,000, yielding a $39,000 average and $35,500 median.Leading the way for state-breds was the two-year-old E Z Warrior coltEcho Zulu, who was bought by Rockingham Ranch for $55,000.Produced by the winning Grand Slam mare Anuska and consigned byAdrian Gonzalez’s Checkmate Thoroughbreds, the colt is a stakes-placed winner and $23,900-earner from his first three starts.

Prices Jump At Del Mar Paddock Sale

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Baze Rides Cal-Bred Into RecordbooksOn July 7, jockey Russell Baze reached

another professional milestone when he pilotedCalifornia-bred Handful of Pearls (#7) to victoryat Pleasanton for the 12,000th win of his RacingHall of Fame career. Baze, a 54-year-old veteran who won his first race in 1974, accomplished his recent feat in dramatic fash-ion, winning by a nose aboard the four-year-oldBertrando filly in the final race on closing day ofthe 2013 Alameda County Fair meet.

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During the closing three days of this year’sSpring/Summer meet at Betfair Hollywood Park,Harris Farms and the Ballena Vista Farm sire TribalRule each accounted for a trio of wins on separateracing programs.

On July 12, three runners bred in California bythe former were victorious in sprints. On the all-weather Cushion Track surface, the six-year-oldgelding Red Defense and the two-year-old geldingSnowmass Village won in claiming company, whilethe homebred three-year-old filly Glorious Luck triumphed in an allowance race on the turf.

Two days later, a win by the sophomore coltEthnic Dance in a one-mile maiden special weightevent on the grass was sandwiched between main track sprint victories by the three-year-oldfilly Tribal Peace in allowance optional claimingcompany and the four-year-old gelding Life Rulein a maiden claiming event.

The following runner(s), either California-bred or sired by stallions currently based in the Golden State, won or placed ingraded stakes races in North America (U. S., Canada & Puerto Rico) from June 24 to July 21 inclusive:

Tiz a Minister c.3. Ministers Wild Cat—Tiz a Mistress 2nd Grade II Swaps Stakes $147,000 1 1/8 m. Betfair Hollywood ParkJuly 4 Breeder: Dahlberg Farms LLC

Raging Daouste g.4. Kafwain—Champagne Forever 1st Grade III Salvator Mile Stakes $157,500 1 m. Monmouth Park July 6 Breeder: Stone Farm

Teddy’s Promise m.5. Salt Lake—Braids and Beads 2nd Grade II A Gleam Handicap $200,000 7 f. Betfair Hollywood ParkJuly 13 Breeders: Ted and Judy Nichols

Unusual Way f.3. Unusual Heat—Way Up 2nd Grade II San Clemente Handicap $150,000 1 m. (T) Del Mar Thoroughbred ClubJuly 21 Breeder: Thomas W. Bachman

Making The Grade

Hollywood Park Hat-Tricks For California Breeder & Sire

As he had done in his previous start, Alpine Luck wentgate-to-wire to win the $150,500 Hollywood JuvenileChampionship Stakes at Betfair Hollywood Park on July 13, to become the 25th California-bred to win thisevent in the 74 runnings since it was first contested in 1938.

Coming off a 1 1/2-length victory as the 5-2 favorite in amaiden special weight race at the same Inglewood track onJune 22, the bay colt successfully stepped up from five to sixfurlongs to beat Ontology again, this time by half a length in1:11.44 as the 9-2 fourth wager-ing choice in a field of seven.

With the Hall of Famejockey Gary Stevens oncemore in his irons, the Heinz Steinmann homebredbanked $90,000 to improvehis record to a couple ofwins, two thirds and $189,552

in earnings from four starts for trainer MikeHarrington.

The first stakes winner by the Harris Farms sire Lucky J. H.,Alpine Luck is the fourth foal out of the 11-year-old SwissYodeler mare I Can Yodele. That four-time winner and$165,233-earner’s first offspring, Swiss Wild Cat, won the2010 editions of the $100,000 California ThoroughbredBreeders’ Association Stakes and $75,000 California CupJuvenile Fillies Stakes for Steinmann and Harrington.

In the winner’s circleafter the victory, the lattersaid, “I think the ownerwants to run him in the(grade II, $150,000) BestPal (at the Del MarThorough-bred Club onAug. 4), so that will be hisnext start.”

Racing In Southern California: Always In Control

Herb Alpert, a member of the California Thoroughbred BreedersAssociation (CTBA) since 1990, was awarded the 2012 National Medal of Artsby President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the WhiteHouse in Washington, D.C., on July 10. The co-founder of A&M Records withfellow CTBA member Jerry Moss, the 78-year-old has won eight GrammyAwards and was honored for his varied contributions to music and the fine arts.

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CTBA Member Receives AwardFrom President Obama

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Two juveniles with Californiaconnections were knocked downfor six figures during this year’sOBS June Sale ofTwo-Year-Olds inTraining and Horsesof Racing Age heldin Ocala, Florida.

With a bid of $120,000,Klaravich Stable Inc. secured adaughter of Read the Footnotes

and Bauhaus Bourbon, a winnerby Victory Rose Thoroughbreds’Behrens, while a City Zip colt out

of California-bredYoung Ladies Day, aGeneral Meetinghalf-sister to thedam of two grade I

winners, was purchased byBlinkers On Racing Stable for$100,000.

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EddingtonThis grade I-winning millionaire and the sire of 2012 graded stakes winners

Secret Circle, Brushed by a Star and Gold Edge among his earners of more than$10 million, has relocated from Kentucky to stand the 2014 breeding season atBallena Vista Farm in Ramona.

Heatseeker (Ire)On July 14, this resident of Harris Farms in

Coalinga was represented at Woodbine in Canadaby the $144,256 Ontario Damsel Stakes winnerSurtsey, now a stakes winner at both two and threeand the earner of $213,117.

KafwainThis resident of Tommy Town Thoroughbreds

in Santa Ynez sired two first-time stakes winners this past month; the four-year-old gelding

Raging Daoust, winner of the grade III, $157,500 Salvator Mile Stakes at NewJersey’s Monmouth Park on July 6, and the winner of the $58,050 California WineStakes at Pleasanton on June 22, the sophomore filly Let Faith Arise.

Smiling TigerThis winner of the grade I Bing Crosby Stakes, Triple Bend Handicap

and Ancient Title Stakes, a six-year-old son of Hold That Tiger who earned$1,480,704, has been retired to stud at Premier Equine Center in Oakdale for nextyear’s breeding season.

Southern ImageWinning Image, a six-year-old daughter of this

Rancho San Miguel resident, posted consecutivewins at Delaware Park in the June 27 DashingBeauty Stakes worth $50,000 and the July 20Sweet and Sassy Stakes worth $100,125 toimprove her record to 23-11-4-4 and $525,437 inearnings.

Street LifeThis grade II-placed dual stakes-winning son of Street Sense, a four-year-old

who hails from the family of sires Bolger, Brilliant, Dauberval, Furiously, Tights and Tiz Wonderful, has relocated to Milky Way Farm in Temecula for the 2014breeding season.

Uh Oh BangoOut of a half-sister to the sire Rocky Bar, this six-year-old son of Top Hit who

was a grade I-placed dual graded stakes winner of $691,512 has relocated fromArizona to stand next year’s breeding season at E.A. Ranches in Ramona.

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† Indicates stallions who have died or have been retiredfrom the stud. • Indicates stallions who have moved out ofstate but have California-bred two-year-olds of this year. All sires will remain on the list until the year after theirlast foals are two-year-olds.

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Racing AgeStallion Foals of SWs

Salt Lake (1989)† 1,259 76In Excess (Ire) (1987)† 985 63Bertrando (1989)† 1,043 56High Brite (1984)† 935 46Cee’s Tizzy (1987)† 733 39Unusual Heat (1990) 625 39Benchmark (1991) 681 37Tribal Rule (1996) 525 31Olympio (1988)† 517 30Stormin Fever (1994) 679 30Swiss Yodeler (1994) 711 27Game Plan (1993) 424 23Old Topper (1995) 498 22Kafwain (2000) 453 21Sea of Secrets (1995) 447 20Atticus (1992) 445 14Ministers Wild Cat (2000) 242 14Siberian Summer (1989)† 402 14Western Fame (1992)† 288 14For Really (1987)† 247 13Comic Strip (1995) 302 12Rocky Bar (1998) 102 12

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Auction Action Qualifying Claiming LevelsThe following claiming levels for

California owers premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect:

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club—$40,000

Santa Rosa: Sonoma County Fair—$20,000 (closes August 11)

Ferndale: Humboldt County Fair—$20,000 (August 14 –25)

Golden Gate Fields—$20,000 (opens August 16)

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Alpine Luck, winner of the 74th edition of the $150,500 HollywoodJuvenile Championship Stakes on July 13, was voted both the top two-year-old male and two-year-old in theannual media poll for Betfair HollywoodPark’s final Spring/Summer meet thatconcluded on July 14.

Bred and owned in California byHeinz Steinmann, and trained by

Mike Harrington, thebay colt is by HarrisFarms’ Lucky J. H. outof Swiss Yodeler’s four-time winner I CanYodele.

Game on Dude, who this year joinedthe California-bredsNative Diver andLava Man as the onlymultiple winners ofthe Hollywood GoldCup in its 74 run-nings, was voted theHorse of the Meet andtop older male.

Hollywood ChampsInclude

Cal-Bred Juvenile

After the Finish Line’s 6thAnnual Charity Dinner, “ATribute to the Majesty ofThoroughbreds,” will be held atthe Hilton hotel in Del Mar on

Thursday, Aug 1…On Saturday, Aug. 3 andSaturday, Aug. 17, the Seabiscuit HeritageFoundation will host guided walking tours of Ridgewood Ranch in Willits…The2013 Del Mar Charity Classic Golf Tournamentwill be held at the Lomas Santa Fe Country Clubon Monday, Aug. 12…On Thursday, Aug. 22,

the California Horse Racing Board(CHRB) will hold its next monthlymeeting in the Del Mar ThoroughbredClub’s Simulcast Facility….In June,California Thoroughbred BreedersAssociation (CTBA) memberNick Alexander was elected to theBoard of Directors of the

Thoroughbred Owners of California(TOC) which will hold its Southern

California Annual Meeting at DelMar on Saturday, Aug. 24.

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Bonnie Acres Ranch is one of the leading rehabilitation ranches in Southern California since 1972. With over 77 years of experiencebetween our senior staff who have been with Bonnie Acres for 42 + years, our ranch is like a family and we would like you to join thisfamily. In this tough economy, quality can sometimes be compromised, but you can always trust us with your investment during yourhorse(s) rehabilitation and lay-ups.

Our state-of-the-art facility includes:• All paddocks have full or partial roofs• 20-stall indoor barns• Grass paddocks have partial roofs• 24-hour guard and security• Electrical security gates

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Our proven track record of rehabilitating some of the better race horses as well as our experience is what makesBonnie Acres one of the best rehabilitation facilities available in California.We would like to extend an invitation for you to come tour the facilities today and see how we take care of your

horse(s) while they are at Bonnie Acres Ranch.

Bob & Carol Mitchell25240 Thoroughbred Lane, Hemet, CA 92545

Phone (951) 926-5427 • (951) 926-5487

Alfredo (909) 772-9363 • Pedro (909) 772-9986Bob-cell (909) 772-9256 • Carol (909) 772-9297Farm Secretary: Patsy Valenzuela

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10 Years AgoOn Aug. 17, 2003, the previous year’s California Champion Sprinter, Disturbingthepeace,

won the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s grade II, $150,000 Pat O’Brien Handicap for the second consecutive year. Bred in California by Old English Rancho and Patsy McKuen, thegelded son of Bold Badgett and the Sovereign Dancer mare Regal Riot raced just two moretimes as a six-year-old in 2004, before retiring with a record of eight wins, including four ingrade II company, four seconds, four thirds and $666,020 in earnings from 24 starts.

A daughter of Beau’s Eagle and the six-time winnerDinner Music, by Raise a Cup, Anniversary Wish posted her lone lifetime stakes victory in the$47,350 Fleet Treat Stakes for three-year-old California-bred fillies at the Del Mar ThoroughbredClub on Aug. 26, 1988. Bred by Relatively Stable, she retired with a bankroll of $75,300 from a12-3-1-1 record after seven more starts through May of 1989, before producing two stakes win-

ners, including Wishes and Roses who became the dam of grade I-placed Wasted Tears, the winner of half adozen graded stakes races from 2009 to 2011.

Two-year-old Leisurely Kin, the subsequent dam of 1976 grade I-placed stakes winnerAustin Mittler, recorded the fourth and final stakes win of her 22-race career when she wonthe Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s $53,150 Del Mar Debutante Stakes on Aug. 31, 1963.The J. K. Houssels homebred filly by Kingly, out of the unraced Leisure Time mare LeisurelyMarge, raced a dozen more times through her sophomore season before retiring havingearned $101,354 from a record of six wins, four seconds and three thirds.

50 Years Ago

25 Years AgoDisturbingthepeaceGrade II, $150,000

Pat O’Brien Handicap

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Anniversary Wish$47,350 Fleet Treat Stakes

August 26, 1988

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Leisurely Kin$53,150 Del Mar

Debutante Stakes

August 31, 1963

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CTBA Sales Northern California Yearling Sale

Tuesday, August 13Alameda County Fairgrounds, Pleasanton

The CTBA Calendar Corner

Spotlighting California’s Foals Of 2013

Through the September 2013 issue of CaliforniaThoroughbred, the official publication of the CTBA, this year’s crop of Thoroughbreds foaled in the Golden State will be spotlighted in the monthly magazine with advertorialsfeaturing up to six foals per page.

The cost to stallion and farm owners or breeders for eachpage is $500, representing a discount of more than 50 percenton the price of a regular full-page advertisement in the monthly magazine. Each insertion will be restricted to foals either by one stallion or from one farm or breeder and will include detailedinformation on every foal and facility.

To be featured for the last time this year,in next month’s issue, high quality photosneed to be submitted by the deadline ofMonday, August 5.

For additional information, please contacteither the magazine’s Advertising Manager, Loretta Veiga, at [email protected]/(626)445-7800, extension 227, or its ManagingEditor, Rudi Groothedde, at (626) 445-7800,extension 226/[email protected]. Additionally,stallion and farm owners or breeders are also welcome to submit photos of 2013 foalsfor inclusion on the CTBA’s website ofwww.ctba.com to its Managing Editor, KenGurnick, at [email protected].


To further assist the membership of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) and

subscribers of its official publication, California Thoroughbred, this monthly editorial page provides readers with updates

about the association’s current policies, latest news and upcoming events in the Golden State.

The CTBAWorking For You

DEPARTMENT

For further information, contact the CTBA’s Event Coordinator Christy Chapman at either

[email protected] or (800) 573-2822, extension 247.

REGISTRATION & NOMINATIONDEADLINE

Saturday, September 1–The 2013 Report of MaresBred due from stallion owners to the CTBA.

Membership Benefits Include:� Subscription to California Thoroughbred Magazine

� Stallion Directory

� Industry Directory

� Cal-bred Registration Discounts

� Legislative Updates

� Educational Seminars &

Various Social Activities

� Advertising Discounts

� California Thoroughbred Weekly

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� FREE Access To California Tracks

Membership Benefits Include:� Subscription to California Thoroughbred Magazine

� Stallion Directory

� Industry Directory

� Cal-bred Registration Discounts

� Legislative Updates

� Educational Seminars &

Various Social Activities

� Advertising Discounts

� California Thoroughbred Weekly

CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS ASSOCIATION201 Colorado Place, P.O. Box 60018, Arcadia, CA 91066-6018 • (800) 573-2822 • Fax (626) 445-6981 • www.ctba.com

� FREE Access To California Tracks

CTBA To Host Stallion Tour In North Central California

On Saturday, Oct. 12, a stallion tour hosted by the CTBA will travel through California’s Central Valley from the HarrisRanch Inn & Restaurant to Old English Rancho, Poplar Meadows,Rivendell Ranch and Harris Farms. The stallions scheduled to beviewed at these North Central California locations will beAcclamation, Big Bad Leroybrown, Cyclotron, Surf Cat, Vronsky,Bedford Falls, Trapper, Desert Code, Heatseeker (Ire), Lucky J. H.,Lucky Pulpit, Thorn Song, Tizbud and the Golden State’s leadingsire since 2008, Unusual Heat.

New CTBA Members

Hoyt BarberNewberry Springs, CA

Paul BartonNorth Salt Lake City, UT

Lance HayesSan Diego, CA

Michael JawlVictoria, Canada

Schroeder Farms LLC

Corona Del Mar, CA

William SiacotosBelmont, CA

William SimmonsSanta Clara, CA

(Cathy & Paul Schroeder)

Memorial DonationsThe CTF accepts donations in memory of relatives and friends, with all such donations allocated to Scholarship Funds of the Foundation and to the Carleton F.

Burke Memorial Library. Please remember members of our industry with a donation to the CTF Memorial Fund. Donations may be sent to CTF, P. O. Box 60018,Arcadia, CA 91066-6018.

The CTF joins in honoring the memory of those whose names appear in bold type. We also thank and acknowledge the donors for their generous contributions.

Ross BrinsonJohn H. Barr

California Thoroughbred Foundation

DEPARTMENT

Notes — August 2013

Mrs. Jeanne L. Canty, PresidentWarren Williamson, Vice-President

Gregory L. Ferraro, DVM, TreasurerMark W. McCreary, Secretary

Peter P. DailyTracy Gantz

Jane Goldstein

Mrs. Gail GregsonGerald F. McMahon

Neil O’DwyerMrs. Ada Gates Patton

Thomas S. RobbinsJohn W. Sadler

Peter W. Tunney

2013 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

The California Thoroughbred Foundation (CTF) isdedicated to the advancement of equine research andeducation. Since 1958, the Foundation has operated as anon-profit 501(c)3 corporation that can accept tax deductiblecontributions. For more than four decades, the CTF has spon-sored numerous research and educational projects and awardedscholarships to veterinary students at U.C. Davis.

The Foundation maintains the Carleton F. Burke MemorialLibrary, one of the most extensive collections of equine

literature found anywhere. Several generous donations of bookcollections and artwork form the core of the library, which ishoused in the CTBA offices in Arcadia. Among its 10,000volumes are current veterinary publications, turf histories, salescatalogs, and books spanning a wide range of subjects fromequine nutrition and care to fine arts. The latest instructionalvideos also are available for viewing in the Library.

The resources of the CTF’s Carleton F. Burke MemorialLibrary are available to the public for research and pleasure.


The California Thoroughbred Foundation

Mrs. Kenneth M. Schiffer, Director Emeritus

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In a state as vast as California, which measures a mammoth 163,695 square miles,the process of discovering, acquiring anddeveloping a racing prospect can be a daunting task for Thoroughbred owners andtrainers. In recognition of this geographicaldilemma, the California Thoroughbred Breed-ers Association (CTBA) reinstituted an annu-al auction in Northern California in 2004, asa service for the region’s breeders, buyers andsellers.

Over the ensuing nine years, the NorthernCalifornia Sale has developed into a reliable source for runners, as well as animportant economic generator. Since itsintroduction, the auction has grossed morethan $6.7 million for the commercial sale of1,050 horses.

History Of SuccessConducted in 2004, the inaugural North-

ern California Yearling Sale still retains itspreeminent status as the source of the auction’s highest median price recorded todate ($4,350), its lowest recorded buy-backrate (24 percent) and its highest money-earning graduate: the grade I-placed, nine-time stakes winner Bai and Bai, a talented daughter of Falstaff who parlayedher $3,200 purchase price into career earnings of $724,983.

Proving that the auction’s most desirableofferings under the gavel could also find success on the racetrack, the 2004 sale-topper,Tiza Royal Cat, won at first asking in maidenspecial weight company less than sevenmonths after he sold for $47,000.

Like his predecessor, the 2005 sale-topper also gifted his buyers with racing glory. Leesider, a $50,000 auction graduateand eventual 50-time starter, capturedHollywood Park’s $250,000 Snow ChiefStakes in 2007.

Business was booming at the 2006 NorthernCalifornia Yearling Sale, as the auction recorded its highest gross ($1,351,600), highestaverage price ($8,192), highest number of horses sold (165) and highest-priced individual (the multiple winner Snuffy Smith,who commanded a sale-topping $72,000).

Two national stars also emerged from the2006 auction. Sierra Sunset, a $40,000 graduate, went on to win Oaklawn Park’s 2008Rebel Stakes (grade II) and earn $459,696,while the $1,000 graduate Autism Awarenessbanked $356,732 as a dual graded stakes win-ner in Northern California.

The top earner from the 2007 sale, theeight-time winner Live Sundays, amassed$354,184 and five stakes placings from 30 lifetime starts after he sold for a mere$5,000.

Excessive Passion, a $25,000 sale graduatein 2008, attained stakes wins at the ages oftwo, three and four and ran second to 2009Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner and jointCalifornia Horse of the Year California Flagin Santa Anita Park’s 2011 Morvich Stakes(grade III).

In 2009, the sale yielded the multiple winner and $322,458-earner Gab Power andthe grade III-placed winner and $269,044-earner Spud Spivens. The former sold as ayearling for $2,200, while the latter sold at thesame vendue for $4,500.

Likewise, the juvenile stakes winner Sherman Bartlebort has outperformed his$6,500 purchase price, and currently reigns asthe headliner from the 2010 sale.

China Prince, a shrewd $1,000 auction pur-chase as a yearling in 2011, has earned $51,088midway through his sophomore season.

During the most recent edition of theauction in 2012, 69 yearlings were reportedas sold for a cumulative $528,200, representing a $7,655 average and a $4,000median. Four alumni of last year’s sale havealready reached the winner’s circle at four different racetracks while competing astwo-year-olds in 2013, including the DelMar Thoroughbred Club winner Foogardand the Golden Gate Fields maiden specialweight winner La Tonga.

Looking AheadThe 2013 Northern California Sale will be

conducted on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the site ofeight of its previous editions: the Alameda

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Regional Sales

The CTBA’s Northern California Sale:A Decade Of Service

To California Breeders


County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Auction-eers will start the proceedings at noon.

For only the second time since 2004, horses of racing age will be offered for purchase alongside the customary collectionof yearlings. This year’s 103-horse catalogcomprises 96 yearlings and seven horsesranging in age from two to four years old.

As tradition holds with this annual gather-ing, the Golden State’s breeding industry willbe on full display again in 2013; more than95 percent of the auction listings were eitherbred or foaled in California.

This year’s assembly features the offspringof leading active California sires Atticus,Awesome Gambler, Good Journey, Heat-seeker (Ire), Kafwain, Lucky J. H., LuckyPulpit, Marino Marini, Old Topper, Southern Image and Swiss Yodeler, as wellas the nationally prominent sires HorseGreeley and Sky Mesa and the promisingCalifornia-based freshman sires Brave Cat,Bushwacker, Roi Charmant and SquareEddie, the latter of whom led all NorthAmerican first-crop sires of 2013 by year-to-date progeny earnings through July 22.

Also cataloged are representatives from the debut yearling crops of Brave Alex, Forest Command, Grace Upon Grace, Majesticperfection, Many Rivers, Tizdejavuand Thorn Song.

Fourteen consignors are scheduled to participate in this year’s sale, with 18 separateconsignments listed among their entries.

Lending her support to the auction againin 2013 is the CTBA President, SueGreene, whose Woodbridge Farm ranked asthe sale’s leading consignor in 2011 and2012. Among the 26 Woodbridge entriesthis year are four noteworthy yearlings: aSquare Eddie filly who shares a second dam with the 2012 grade II winner and 2011Breeders’ Cup Sprint (grade I) runner-upForce Freeze, a full brother to Tannersmy-man’s 2011 stakes winner Sherman Bartle-bort, a Papa Clem filly out of the juvenilestakes-winning Congaree mare Congo Kayeand a Lucky Pulpit filly whose dam is a half-sister to the dual stakes-winning dam ofHollywood Park’s 2010 Bayakoa Handicap(grade II) winner, Washington Bridge.

Anchoring the 15-member yearling consignment of John and Carole Harris’

Harris Farms are a Papa Clem half-sister to the 2012 stakes winner Rubyintheruffand a Thorn Song colt who boasts three California champions under his seconddam: grade I winners Cacoethes and Fabulous Notion and the 2011 two-year-oldfilly state titleholder, Ismene.

Seven yearlings and four horses of racing ageare listed under Terry Lovingier’s LovacresRanch banner, including a 2012 Bushwackerfilly out of the dual grade I-placed winnerBrave Deed.

Sierra Sunset Ranch will add 10 yearlingsto the overall mix this year, ranging from a Marino Marini filly whose catalog page features 2011 Del Mar Oaks (grade I) winner Summer Soiree to a Cindago fillywhose family accomplishments include a2012 Travers Stakes (grade I) victory byGolden Ticket.

Several other yearlings tout notable pedigree credentials for the sale’s 10thanniversary edition.

A Tenga Cat colt from the family of 2009grade I winner Dublin highlights Adrian Gonzalez’s Checkmate Thoroughbreds con-signment, while a Storm Wolf half-brother totwo-time Del Mar stakes winner Candy Factory will be offered by Easterbrook Live-stock Mgmt. on behalf of Dahlberg Farms LLC.

Featured in the H & E Ranch consign-ment is a Majesticperfection filly out ofEnnui, a winning daughter of the dual grade I-winning millionaire Urbane. Mean-while, agent Sam Hendricks will manage a Don’tsellmeshort colt from the productivefamily of 2012 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (grade I) winner George Vancouver,and agent Colleen Turpin-Boyce will exhibita Sea of Secrets filly out of a winning half-sister to dual grade III winner Flying Glitteron behalf of Rancho de los Aviadores.

Among the horses of racing age, PfannerPfarm Trust offers an unraced juvenile filly byRoi Charmant from the immediate family of2011 grade I winner Western Aristocrat.

Also handling consignments for theupcoming auction are Cheryl Bigon, Robert and Betty Irvin’s C-Punch RanchInc., Donna Seaman and Dr. Tori Polzin’sStony Creek Farm.

For a copy of the 2013 Northern California Sale catalog, contact CookieHackworth at (626) 445-7800, extension243, or at [email protected]. The catalog isalso accessible at www.ctba.com.

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Congratulations To The Connections of Two-Year-Old

Foogardwinner of the 6th race at theDel Mar Thoroughbred Club on July 18

Foogard, by Tannersmyman is a full brother to Hip #40 in the upcoming 2013 CTBA Northern California Sale

Jedi Mind Trick by Don’tsellmeshort is a full brother to Hip #13 2013 CTBA Northern California Sale

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Jedi Mind Trick Impressive win by 7 1/4 lengths at Sacramento July 19.

2012 Sales Graduates Include:

Nicolas Cajunwinner by 3 ½ lengths at

Emerald Downs June 7.

La Tonga MSW winner at Golden Gate April 25.

California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.201 Colorado Place, P.O. Box 60018, Arcadia, CA 91066-6018 • (626) 445-7800 • www.ctba.com

I. A $17,500 bonus will be made available for owners of registered California-Bred or Sired maidensin Maiden Special Weight races at the Santa Anita Park, Betfair Hollywood Park and Del Mar meetings in Southern California; and a $10,000 bonus for owners of registered California-Bred or Sired maidens in Maiden Special Weight races in Northern California and at all Fair meetingsthroughout the state. Only races at 4 1/2-furlongs or longer will qualify.

II. Significant eligibility changes for California-breds.

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Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch in Warner Springs isfar from a massive operation, but Lovingier makes themost of his stock. In 2012, he ranked fourth amongst Cal-ifornia breeders with earnings of $1,539,071, topping hisprevious state-best position of fifth in 2008. For his suc-cess, Loviniger has been selected by the ThoroughbredOwners and Breeders Association (TOBA) as its 2012State Breeder of the Year for California.

A majority of that success can be owed to grade I winnerWilla B Awesome, who delighted Lovingier and trainerWalther Solis with three major stakes victories and twothirds from nine starts last year. The chestnut filly won thegrade III, $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes by 3 1/2 lengths,as a stepping stone to her desperate nose score in the grade I,$300,000 Santa Anita Oaks. She skipped the KentuckyOaks in favor of the $288,000 Melair Stakes, which shealso took by a nose, solidifying her status as the CaliforniaChampion Three-Year-Old Female of 2012.

Willa B Awesome was retired in January, with a life-time record of five wins, three seconds and five thirds from19 starts. She earned $648,896, of which $457,000 wasearned in 2012. Her efforts were rewarded with a trip toKentucky for a date with one of the nation’s leading sires,Medaglia d’Oro. Willa B Awesome is in foal, and will beoffered at Fasig-Tipton’s prestigious November Sale.

Willa B Awesome’s sire, Awesome Gambler, is the residentstar of the Lovacres breeding shed. Thestakes-winning son of Coronado’s Queststood the 2013 season for $5,000, and hisrunners have proven to be both preco-cious and versatile. “His best years are stillto come,” Lovingier said. “He has somereally nice babies coming up this year,with ‘Willie’ being the one to watch.”

Willie B Awesome is Willa B Awe-

some’s full brother, and he is already a winner againstopen company and dual stakes-placed in his first fourstarts. He is just one of the numerous juveniles by Awe-some Gambler getting ready for the upcoming Del MarThoroughbred Club meet.

Five other studs currently call Lovacres Ranch home,including the proven Swiss Yodeler, a former Californialeading sire with 27 stakes winners. The dual stakes-placedGrace Upon Grace is represented by yearlings this year, whilegrade II-placed Empire Way may have the most productivepedigree of the group. His Empire Maker full sister, RoyalDelta, is a two-time Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic (grade I)winner and dual Eclipse champion, while a half-sister,Carnival Court, has just won two straight at Belmont Park.“Empire Way has a stone-cold pedigree,” Lovingier noted. “Hebred between 40 and 50 mares this year.”

The grade III-winning freshman sires Bushwacker andTime to Get Even were represented by their first winnersthis spring. Time for a Hug became Time to Get Even’s firstvictor with a score over maiden special weight company inApril, while Time for Angie later became his first stakes-placed winner in June. Bushwacker’s Tupleo Cush wonagainst $50,000 maiden claimers in May, then becamestakes-placed at Golden Gate in June, losing by only ahead to the undefeated dual stakes winner Skydreamin.

Lovingier, an Oklahoma native, considers the TOBAaward to be unexpected. “It was a sur-prise; I probably breed about a third of theamount that some of the bigger opera-tions do, but I think per-horse-bred I didvery well.” He will be honored at TOBA’s28th annual National Award Dinner inLexington on Friday Sept. 6, along withthe 27 other Breeder of the Year winnersfrom the United States and Canada.

Terry Lovingier Lovacres Ranch

2012 TOBA State BreederOf The Year For California

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He has the somewhat unusual family name ofChrys Sam Chrys, but he is also a personable char-acter, a brilliant restaurant owner and a longtimeThoroughbred breeder. In fact, Chrys has been amember of the California ThoroughbredBreeders Association (CTBA) since 1969,which is almost as long as he has been astaple on Pico Avenue in Los Angeles.

Chrys’ father, Sam Chrys, paved theway by opening a Greek grocery store,C & K Importing Company, in 1948.The younger Chrys took over the businessfrom his father in 1968, but he had nointention of stopping with the store. “It wasalways a dream to have a restaurant myself,”Chrys said. “One day the oppor-tunity came, and it was almostan instant success.”

Papa Cristo’s Taverna servesfood made with the same special,imported ingredients that calledthe grocery home. “Our olive oiland cheese is from Greece, andthe recipes are from my grand-mother and mother, who werereally great cooks. We don’t useMSG, we don’t use bullion cubes.When we make a chicken soup,we start with a chicken.”

As if 1968 wasn’t already a sig-nificant enough year, it is alsowhen Chrys found himself as afirst-time horse owner. Hiscousin, Dr. Chrys Ernest Chrys,was hosting a dinner in AppleValley, and Chrys found himselfagreeing to purchase an olderracehorse at the gathering.Although the horse “didn’t workout,” the experience was goodenough to hook Chrys. “My veryfirst trainer I had was Mel Stute.He was the greatest, absolutelythe greatest; he mentored us, tookcare of us, and was fabulous.”

Next, Chrys purchased severalyearlings and a broodmare byTim Tam named Awake. Thisfateful purchase shaped his

entire time in the industry: Awake produced Chrys’homebred Sweet Anastacia, a daughter of Isle ofGreece. She, in turn, produced Maryo in 1979,

Chrys’ homebred stakes winner. The daughterof Olympiad King won the $36,325 Turkish

Trousers Stakes at Hollywood Park in1982, shortly after a fifth-placed finish inthe grade III, $53,550 Princess Stakes.

Maryo went on to become the dam ofSilver Circus, a dual graded stakes-winningson of Golden Act. Although Silver Circusdid not race for Chrys, he did win the$200,000 Hollywood Derby (grade I) and

$200,000 Del Mar Derby (grade II) in 1988,and finished his career in 1992 with earn-

ings of $618,750. Another ofMaryo’s foals, Kaboi, was a stakes-placed, four-time winner of$154,225 for Chrys.

Sweet Anastacia also producedthree other black-type winners.Her Ruffinal daughter of 1976was Sweet Kakalina, a two-timestakes winner. Just one year later,she produced a full brother toMaryo named He Man Sam, whowon six of his 42 starts, includingthe Christmas Handicap at AguaCaliente.

Then came Mangaki in 1981.Another son of Olympiad King,Mangaki was the best horse Chrysever raced. The California-breddebuted with a win at GoldenGate Fields in 1984, and Chryswas in attendance. “He was inmid pack early, and the next thingI knew, he was in front. I thought,‘Oh my gosh, here we go!’ I knewthen that he was great.” Mangakiwon a pair of allowance races thatseason before gaining his firststakes victory in the $83,400Round Table Handicap at BayMeadows Racecourse. “He wentgate-to-wire,” Chrys recalled. “Hewas on the lead, and then theannouncer yelled, ‘It looks likeMangaki rebroke!’ He took off


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and opened up again. It was the most thrilling thing thatever happened to me. They gave me a bouquet after therace, and I carried it around all day, even through the air-port.” Mangaki also won the grade III, $113,400 BayMeadows Derby that same season.

After a lengthy layoff, Mangaki returned to the races in1986, winning an allowance event and placing in a stakes racebefore finishing 10th in Lure’s Breeders’ Cup Mile (grade I).Mangaki did win the grade III, $131,750 All American Hand-icap and $50,600 Citation Invitational Handicap in 1987,and set a new track record for a mile at Santa Anita Park. Hewas away from the races again until 1991, when a briefcomeback attempt was launched, but then Mangaki was per-manently retired with earnings of $373,465.

Mangaki stood his stallion career at Van Mar Farms,Mira Loma Thoroughbreds Farm, Chrys Chrys Thorough-bred Ranch and Marianne Millard’s Here Tis Ranch. Hereached age 32 before he passed away in 2012. Chrys said,“We couldn’t have asked for more, he was the best. My chil-dren grew up with him. He was a special horse, a part of ourfamily. He got a bit swaybacked right towards the end, butotherwise he looked fabulous. Marianne took incrediblecare of him, and it showed. He was thriving out there.”

Chrys now has a few horses in training with Victor

Trujillo, Mangaki’s former groom. “I wanted to get backinto it,” Chrys explained. “I have a few back galloping andone is working, so they’ll be back at the track shortly.”

For the Chrys family, keeping racing in California alive is apriority. Dr. Chrys E. Chrys—the cousin—recently sold a fillyfor $190,000 at the Barretts May Sale of Two-Year-Olds inTraining. “My cousin is like me; he has dabbled in and out ofhorses for 45 years,” Chrys said. “He has a great eye for horses.”

“California is a great place for horse racing, and a greatplace for this industry to stay,” Chrys continued. “We have todo what we can to continue to have this fabulous sport here,employing all the people it does. It’s a crime that we lost(Betfair) Hollywood Park, but we have to deal with it and tryto rebuild the industry and get more horses into California.We cannot allow this wonderful industry to go away.”

If you really want to see Chrys in his element, visit PapaCristos (www.papacristos.com) at 2771 West Pico Boulevard.Besides the grocery store, the restaurant caters and offers awildly popular “Big Fat Greek Family Style Dinner” on Thurs-day nights with Greek wine tasting. “We have a formulatedspice blend, made specifically for us, which is the key to oursuccess,” Chrys said proudly. “We put that on our lamb, ourbeef, and our chicken, and people buy it by the pound…”Hungry yet?

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Sweet Kakalina (#1)—$33,600 Las Madrinas Handicap Mangaki—$131,750 All American Handicap (Grade III)

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They called it “The Dirt Farm.” When visitors first seteyes on the 85-acre Hemet property, all they saw was ahopeless heap of dilapidated fencing, mystery metal scrapsand weeds. But the team that founded Brazeau Thorough-bred Farms, LP, in March of 2012 had a vision to transformthe dust into diamonds, and today their dreams are close tobecoming reality.

Longtime Thoroughbred owners Paul and Aileen Brazeauspent $2.1 million to acquire the former site of the HemetValley and Heavens View Thoroughbred Farms. Landinvestor Mike Wright originally didn’t want to sell, butreconsidered an hour after the first phone call. “That was thequickest deal,” Paul Brazeau said. “He came out one after-noon, we spent 10 minutes together and I bought the ranch.”

Paul Brazeau previously owned 15-acre Delta Farms inRancho Santa Fe and 120-acre Hayes Haven Farm on New-town Pike in Lexington, Kentucky, and has been racinghorses for more than five decades. After World War II, theBoston import settled in Southern California and becameheavily involved in electricalcontracting and commercialreal estate. After marryingAileen Brazeau in 1989, thepair focused on building seniorscontinuing care facilities, mostrecently the San Clemente Villasby the Sea.

The Brazeaus met future busi-ness partner and farm manager

Nadine Anderson at Fairplex Park two years ago, and shetold them about a dispersal sale for Getaway ThoroughbredFarms, which she’d been managing. They bought a handfulof horses from the sale, and started looking for land onwhich to house their acquisition. They had no luck untilmaking the deal with Wright to buy the Hemet property,where about 160 of Getaway’s unsold horses were beinghoused temporarily, mere days from eviction.

Anderson’s been riding since age 12, and, like manyhorse crazy girls, went from showing to galloping at thetrack. She’d sneak out of the house before school to ride atHastings Racecourse in Canada. She exercised horses for 35years, despite lingering physical complications from a bro-ken neck sustained in a 1991 riding accident at GoldenGate Fields. A 2007 paddock accident at Getaway endedher exercise riding career for good.

In addition to riding, Anderson also trained Arabianand Thoroughbred racehorses from the late 1970s to early1990s, including for United Arab Emirates ruler Sheikh

Mohammed bin Rashid AlMaktoum. The cornerstone ofher time with horses was Serazim,an Arabian stallion she ownedfor 32 years and used for show-ing, racing, ponying, breedingand more. “He was my wholelife,” Anderson said.

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Serazim lives on in the form of greatgrandson Rusty, Brazeau Farms’ expertteaser stallion. “If you don’t have agood teaser, you don’t have anything,”Anderson said. “He really does hisjob.” The farm’s four resident Thor-oughbred stallions reap the benefits.

The Brazeaus’ Stormy Jack is themost accomplished sire on the roster.A four-time stakes winner and gradedstakes-placed on the track, the son ofBertrando and Tiny Kristin, by Steel-inctive (GB), is best known as the sireof 2008 California Horse of the YearBob Black Jack. In addition to thatgrade I winner, Stormy Jack has fiveother stakes progeny. He covered 26mares for a $1,500 fee in 2013, his firstseason at Brazeau. One of those mareswas Bob Black Jack’s dam, Molly’sProspector, but she lost the foal.

Strike for Glory will stand his sec-ond season at Brazeau for owners JoseVera and Martin and Sandy Malagon.The winning son of Smart Strike andthe grade III-placed stakes-winningSecreto mare Secreto’s Glory only cov-ered six mares while standing for a

complimentary fee this past breeding season. Andersonhopes his best days are ahead. The 15-year-old last raced in2002, but didn’t enter stud until 2011. “As an older horsecoming into the breeding shed, we can only judge by what he

throws,” Anderson said. “He’s wellworth giving a chance. Class alwayscomes out if you give it a chance, andthat horse is just full of it.”

The newest member of the stallionclan is World Renowned, who is still atthe track but will be available for the2014 breeding season. He’s owned by theNiles Dickey LLC partnership headed byMike Reyes. World Renowned has wononly two of 17 starts, but his pedigreeprovides optimism. A son of A.P. Indy,he’s the only foal out of Splendid Blended,a dual grade I-winning daughter ofUnbridled’s Song. “Adding a stallionwith that kind of page, we already havea bunch of mares we want to breed tohim,” Anderson said.

The Brazeaus’ Best Minister stoodfor $1,000 this year but will stand for aprivate fee in 2014. The stakes win-ner’s sire is Deputy Minister, and hisdam is the Halo daughter Best ofMemories, a half-sister to grade I win-ner and producer Memories of Silver.Anderson said Best Minister will pri-marily be marketed for sporthorsebreeding. He’s approved by the Rhein-

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Nadine Anderson with Stormy Jack (top)and Strike for Glory (bottom).

land Pfalz-Saar International (RPSI) registry, which gradeshorses on “quality of movement, correctness of conforma-tion and clear character for competition and reproduction.”

A Kings Life, who stood for a complimentary fee thisyear, has returned to racing, but the farm hopes to one daystand him again. He’s sired by Silic (Fr) and out of the win-ning Gulch mare Way of Life. Another horse on the fencebetween racing and breeding is the unraced five-year-oldIt’s All About Ron, a son of Henny Hughes and theunraced Mr. Prospector mare Prospect of Joy.

Aside from the stallions, nearly 200 horses call Brazeauhome. More than half are mares, foals and yearlings, andmany of the others are either laid up or in training. Ander-son said she doesn’t want the farm’s horse population togrow any larger, and wants to cut back on the Brazeaus’stock to make room for outside clients.

Anderson said each member of the 14-member staffknows every horse on the grounds, in part because ofemphasis on physical handling, including imprint trainingand daily grooming for foals. Each equine also has an indi-vidualized regimen. “When I go out and feed, I stop and petthem all, and the guys will just pet them as they’re walkingaround,” Anderson said. “I want the horses to know that wereally care about them.”

Horses comfortable around humans have made life easierfor the Assistant Manager and farrier, Cheyenna Ortiz, theFarm Veterinarian, Dr. Hugh Gibbs, and breaking riderJesus Lopez. Ortiz said a genial relationship also exists per-son to person. Some of the grooms are related, and othersare friends from previous jobs at nearby farms. “You’ll hearthem singing, joking and teasing each other instead of com-plaining, and they all have pride in their horses,” Ortiz said.

Visitors are also treated as part of the family. “I think it’sreally fun to show people around, show them the stallions,let them interact,” Anderson said. “The more the merrier.”The farm, in its current state, is worth showing off, especially

because of how much toil it’s required. The Brazeaus havespent $1.5 million and counting to create a facility forbreeding, foaling, boarding, breaking, training, lay ups andsales preparation.

The overseer of the massive renovation has been theOperations Manager, Marci de la Torre, a lifelong horse-woman who’s known Anderson for 20 years. She worked inthe medical device field for 25 years before joining theBrazeau team, and previously gained valuable experiencetransforming rundown MacDonald Thoroughbred Farm inLos Olivos into a profitable business.

Led by contractor Al Bryant, crews razed everything butone barn that has historical status as a former station on thePony Express. From the ashes arose green pastures, turnouts,lay-up pens, training stalls, round pens, custom starting gatesand a stallion barn, foaling barn, Eurosizer and seven-furlongtrack with an uphill gallop.

All of the amenities are bordered by 45 acres of alfalfafields, which allow the farm to be self-sufficient with hay.The land has two water wells and high quality soil previouslyused for lettuce farming. The air is cooled by nearby Dia-mond Valley Lake.

The team’s in the process of expanding the track to aone-mile dirt oval with an inner turf track and infield waterfeature. They’re also adding a 10-stall training barn andexpanding existing lay-up pens. With each passing day theyget closer to achieving their ambition of creating a top classThoroughbred farm. “We pinch ourselves,” de la Torre said.

Optimism is palpable when speaking with each of thefarm’s partners. When asked what she saw for the future ofthe farm, Aileen Brazeau said, simply, “Stakes winners.” PaulBrazeau said the farm will continue to grow “because we’llkeep making it better and better and better and better.”Anderson reached even higher, saying, “We want to raisetop-notch horses, and help put California on the map. Wecan raise as good of a horse here as anywhere in the world.”

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Owners: Paul & Aileen BrazeauManaging Partner & Farm Manager: Nadine Anderson

Operations Manager: Marci de la TorreAssistant Manager: Cheyenna OrtizFarm Veterinarian: Dr. Hugh Gibbs

Address: 30500 State Street, Hemet, California, 92543Telephone: (951) 925-8957 or (951) 201-2278

Fax: (951) 925-6792Web Site: www.brazeauthoroughbredfarms.com

E-Mail Address: [email protected]: Breeding, Boarding, Breaking, Training, Lay Ups & Sales Preparation

StallionsBest Minister (Deputy Minister)…………………….Private TreatyStormy Jack (Bertrando)…………………………….$1,500 Live FoalStrike for Glory (Smart Strike)……………………….Complimentary to Approved MaresWorld Renowned (A.P. Indy)……………….………..Private Treaty

Thoroughbred Population (July 2013):Stallions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Broodmares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Foals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Yearlings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Horses Of Racing Age . . . . . . . . .28

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Doinghardtimeagain:A Triple Double

Grade II Hollywood OaksBetfair Hollywood Park—June 22, 2013

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On June 22, the homebred three-year-old filliesDoinghardtimeagain and Let Faith Arise provided a “tripledouble” of black-type wins for Tom and Debi Stull’s TommyTown Thoroughbreds and two of its resident sires.

Just after 2 p.m., the former became a three-time stakeswinner on the all-weather Cushion Track surface at BetfairHollywood Park with her biggest victory to date, a win inthe Inglewood track’s grade II, $150,000 Hollywood Oaksat 1 1/16 miles. Nearly three hours and more than 350miles away at Pleasanton’s Alameda County Fair meet, thelatter then gave the Santa Ynez farm a second stakes win ofthe day by taking the $58,050 California Wine Stakesgoing six furlongs on the dirt.

Doinghardtimeagain is by Ministers Wild Cat, who iscurrently involved in a close three-way tussle with TribalRule and Unusual Heat atop California’s stallion rankings,while Let Faith Arise is by Kafwain, who holds the fourthposition on that same list.

As the winner of Hollywood’s $245,000 Melair Stakesfor runners bred or sired in California on April 27, follow-ing her victory in the similarly restricted $200,750 EveningJewel Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs on the main dirt track atSanta Anita Park on March 30, Doinghratimeagain wasinstalled as the 4-5 favorite for the 68th running of theHollywood Oaks.

Instead of stalking in third as she had done successfullyin her two previous stakes wins, the dark bay went gate-to-wire with fractions of :23.93, :47.78, 1:11.77 and 1:36.59,before recording a final time of 1:43.27 for the 1 1/16-miletest. Doinghardtimeagain won by 2 1/2 lengths over the

grade I-placed stakes winner Iotapa, followed by Ondine,Ciao Bella Luna and Unbridled Wee.

Trained by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer for all hertrips to post, including a runner-up finish on her racing debutat the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Aug. 26, 2012, andridden for the third consecutive time by Rafael Bejarano, sheearned $90,000 to improve her record to 9-5-3-0 and$573,770. Doinghardtimeagain is now unbeaten in four startsat Hollywood, with her other wins coming in the restricted$196,000 Soviet Problem Stakes at seven furlongs on Dec. 9,following a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight triumphagainst Cal-breds posted exactly a month earlier.

Doinghardtimeagain is the 23rd Cal-bred winner of theHollywood Oaks, following in the hoofprints of such greatshomegrown distaffers as Honeymoon, Ruth Lily, B.Thoughtful and Fran’s Valentine, to name but a few. She isthe third foal and winner out of the two-time victor SilverHawk Lady, a daughter of Conquistador Cielo whom Tomand Debi claimed for $6,250 from her final career start atFairplex Park in Pomona during September of 2006. In2011, the $124,320-earner unfortunately died after produc-ing the Kafwain filly Twentyfive to Life.

Lest we forget, Let Faith Arise has also done TommyTown proud. Out of the graded stakes-placed, three-timewinner Babe Hall, this Kentucky-bred filly boasts a recordof four wins, a third and $89,990 in earnings from just sixstarts in Northern California.

As for Doinghardtimeagain, she is being pointed towardsthe restricted $200,000 Fleet Treat Stakes at seven furlongson Del Mar’s all-weather Polytrack surface on July 27.

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In June and July, half of the eight stakes races contestedduring Pleasanton’s Alameda County Fair meeting and theCalifornia State Fair meet at Cal Expo in Sacramento werewon by an assortment of California-breds, from the five-year-old gelding Ourwestcoastghost and the two-year-oldfilly Look Quickly to the five-year-old mare Sister Kate andthe three-year-old filly Marks Mine.

A Supernatural SprinterOurwestcoastghost stepped onto the Pleasanton oval for

the $75,400 Casual Lies Handicap at six furlongs on July 4,having shown a distinct preference for sprinting over rout-ing. Now the hope was that he would like a dirt track asmuch as Golden Gate Fields’ all-weather Tapeta surface,the site of his six previous starts. But there was no need toworry. Despite a sluggish start, Ourwestcoastghost flashedby his rivals in the stretch to post a convincing 1 3/4-lengthwin in 1:09.12 over pacesetters Coach Bob, a 14-1 long-shot, and the 3-5 favorite Distinctiv Passion.

“That’s the first time he broke slow for me,” said jockeyAbel Cedillo, now four-for-four aboard the dark bay geld-ing. “But he was relaxed, and I wanted to stay behind thespeed anyway. On the turn, I went on with him.”

Ourwestcoastghost didn’t make it to the races until latein his three-year-old year, winning his debut in a GoldenGate sprint, then placing in three consecutive two-turnraces. A prolonged break of more than a year ensued beforehe returned with victories in two straight six-furlongallowance races in May and June of this year.

Though not expecting to be last early, the result didn’tsurprise trainer D. Wayne Baker. “I always thought he couldbe a come-from-behind sprinter, but I wanted to try goinglong,” said Baker, who co-bred and co-owns Ourwestcoast-

ghost with Ron and Lillian Lang. “After those races, hewasn’t moving well so I gave him a couple of months off,then another couple and another couple. It really worked.”

A son of Muqtarib and 12-year-old Xpress Xcess, byIn Excess (Ire), Ourwestcoastghost now sports abankroll of $132,410 from a 7-4-2-1 record.

A Sight For Sore EyesWhen veteran trainer Bill Morey Jr. thinks he has a

two-year-old who can run, it is best to pay attention. Thedeveloper of California-bred standout Bold Chieftain sentout his Look Quickly for Pleasanton’s $63,750 Juan Gon-zalez Memorial Stakes on July 6, one month after the bay’sfast-closing debut win at big odds. Cautious of her runningstyle on the hot Pleasanton strip, bettors let her go to postas the 5-1 third choice in the wagering, but she stayed near-er to the pace this time before surging home to win goingaway by 1 1/4 lengths over seven rivals in 1:03.51.

Assistant Manny Padilla, who was deputizing for thehospitalized conditioner, said afterward, “We’ve liked thisfilly from the beginning. She acted classy from day one, andshe’s never done anything wrong. This has worked out justthe way we planned it. It will make his hospital stay a littlenicer.”

In the Juan Gonzalez Memorial, jockey Pedro Terrerowas able to get Look Quickly moving early and she tracked2-1 favorite Side Letter and jockey Russell Baze through a:44:52 half-mile. The other pursuers soon fell away, butTerrero shook up Look Quickly in mid-stretch and she pow-ered past the spent pacesetter with Baze unable to rouse adefense. Purims Faith was third.

“She seemed better today,” Terrero said upon dismounting.“She broke better, but I took her back off the lead. I felt like


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Ourwestcoastghost—$75,400 Casual Lies Handicap—July 4, 2013

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Look Quickly—$63,750 Juan Gonzalez Memorial Stakes—July 6, 2013

I had a lot of horse at the top of the stretch, but I didn’t knowif I could get to the leader. But then she went by easily.”

By Run Away and Hide, Look Quickly was bred by Moreyout of the 12-year-old Western Fame mare Fame’s Flame,who was retired after breaking her maiden at Pleasanton inher second start during 2006. Look Quickly is now unbeat-en in two starts and has earned $63,260.

The Leader Of The PackTrainer Jerry Hollendorfer had five of the 11 nominations

for the California Governor’s Cup Handicap at Sacramentoon July 13, and decided to start four of them in the $75,250race. Such a show of strength kept all but one of the othernominees in their stalls, with only Tim McCanna challengingthe quartet with Ruby Pumps.

Graded stakes winner Via Villagio was sent off as the 9-5favorite in the 1 1/16-mile contest for older fillies and maresbut it was Sister Kate, the only Cal-bred miss in the field,who dominated from the start. She outsprinted RubyPumps to take the lead on the clubhouse turn, then heldthat one at bay down the backstretch before pulling awaywith authority down the lane.

Via Villagio’s belated bid on the far outside earned herthe place, 3 3/4 lengths behind the winner and 1 3/4lengths clear of Ruby Pumps. Sister Kate, who carriedjockey William Antongeorgi III and the top weight of 119pounds, completed her journey in 1:42.53.

Sister Kate is a homebred who races for Mary H. Caldwell.By Ballena Vista Farm’s Benchmark, she is a full sister to the2006 Santa Anita Derby (grade I) winner Brother Derek,an earner of over $1,611,138, and fellow Californiachampion Don’tsellmeshort, who won three stakes as atwo-year-old before being grade II-placed at three. Theyand six other winners were produced by the 20-year-oldunraced Siyah Kalem mare Miss Soft Sell.

The ultra-consistent Sister Kate posted her sixth win,and second stakes victory, in the California Governor’s Cup’Cap. She took April’s $83,600 Santa Lucia Stakes at SantaAnita and has also finished second or third a half-dozentimes while earning a check in all 17 of her starts. It was her

third win in her last five races since being pointed exclu-sively to route contests. Her record is now 17-6-2-4 with abankroll of $257,686.

The Mark Of A WinnerLarry and Marianne Williams’ speedy Marks Mine

boasted three stakes-placings in her last four startsagainst her own age group but had not found the win-ner’s circle since January. So trainer Steve Spechtdecided to try her for the first time against olderdistaffers in Sacramento’s $75,700 California State FairSprint Handicap on July 20.

Undaunted by the assignment, the bay daughter ofBenchmark tracked a blistering half-mile pace of :43.57 asthe 5-2 second choice in the wagerinig before taking chargeat the top of the lane and throttling her seven adversariesby a widening four lengths.

The 30-1 Longshot Paris in April rallied for second, alength clear of 2-1 favorite English Royal. Pacesetter FightinMean Mad, the only other sophomore in the field, faded tofifth and was subsequently placed sixth for interference inthe early going.

Fightin Mean Mad, bet down to 7-2, broke alertly buttangled with Distinctive Yolie as she shot to the lead. Thelatter was knocked off stride, then recovered and took upthe chase, only to fade on the turn. Marks Mine, who hadtracked the pair from the inside, moved out to challengeunder Frank Alvarado and met no resistance as she drewclear, finishing the six panels in 1:08.93.

“They were in the gate a long time, and she didn't breaksharp,” Specht said afterward. “I’m glad she’s starting tosettle. She’s got speed to sit where she wants, but when shesettles early, she finishes strong. Frank has done a prettygood job getting her to relax.”

Mark’s Mine is a homebred of the Williamses, pro-duced from 15-year-old Ermine Fever, a Capote half-sisterto 1995 Kentucky Derby (grade I) runner-up Tejano Run.She improved her record to 10-4-3-2 with her secondNothern California stakes tally. The winner’s check of$45,050 raised her account to $203,500.

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Although Unusual Suspect couldn’t have possibly knownthat the filly down the shedrow was his younger full sister, it’s funto imagine that they could have had a bit of a sibling rivalrygoing on. When Golden Doc A won a grade I race at the ten-der age of three in 2008, and went on to earn $580,126, olderbrother Unusual Suspect had to rise to the challenge. Not onlydid he capture a grade I as a six-year-old, but he also became the55th California-bred millionaire.

Unusual Suspect’s story starts in New Zealand, where his dam,the 1994 Crested Wave mare Penpont (NZ), made her debut.She finished second once in two starts before being sent to theUnited States under the care of trainer Roger Stein. After Pen-pont broke her maiden at Fairplex Park in her 16th start during1999, Stein ran her once more, then gave her to his longtimefriend Barry Abrams. The plan was to send her to Abrams’ recentlyretired stallion Unusual Heat, a horse who few breeders knew.

The mating resulted in a longtime marriage between Pen-pont and Unusual Heat. The first foal, Master Heat, became afour-time winner of $157,764. Solid Fuel, born a year later,earned $168,093 with his four wins. Rushen Heat became thefirst stakes-placed runner from the cross, earning $179,901 andfinishing second in the 2008 California Cup Distance Handi-cap. Then came Unusual Suspect.

David Abrams, Barry’s younger brother, bred the near-black colt, who was foaled at Old English Rancho in Sangeron April 14, 2004. The colt joined Barry’s barn as a juvenile,and debuted for the brothers and Barry’s wife Dyan at the Del

Mar Thoroughbred Club on Aug. 6, 2006, finishing seventhin a six-furlong contest on the dirt. Switched to turf andstretched out to a mile for his second try, Unusual Suspectresponded with a win at Del Mar on Aug. 24.

From there, it was straight to stakes company, with UnusualSuspect finishing third in the $65,025 Pinjara Stakes and sec-ond in both the $100,000 Real Quiet Stakes and $75,000Generous Stakes (grade III). He raced twice more in stakesthat year, but didn’t hit the board, and dropped back toallowance company to kick off his three-year-old campaign.

Unusual Suspect won twice in the first half of 2007,taking a pair of allowance races at Hollywood Park in June.After three stakes starts at Del Mar, including a runner-upfinish in the $84,200 Oceanside Stakes, Unusual Suspectfinally captured his first stakes victory, winning the $75,000Bay Meadows Derby by a head. Now-retired jockey KyleKaenel was aboard for the victory, which preceded a fourth-placed finish in the Oak Tree Derby (grade II).

Facing older stakes horses in the $175,000 California CupMile Handicap at Santa Anita Park seemed a tall order forUnusual Suspect, who went off at 12-1. Jockey Joe Talamo wasaboard for the grassy mile contest, which featured defendingchampion Epic Power. Unusual Suspect rallied from eighth in an11-strong field to win by 1 3/4 lengths, with Epic Power settlingfor second. “This horse is a miler,” Talamo declared after the race.

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Unusual Suspect became the 55th California-bred millionaire with this win in theGrade I, $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes at Hollywood Park on November 13, 2010.

Corey Nakatani, Keith Brackpool andBarry and David Abrams (left to right).

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Just two weeks prior to the Cal Cup victory, Unusual Sus-pect’s juvenile full sister, Golden Doc A, won her secondstakes race, taking the Anoakia Stakes after having won theGenerous Portion Stakes during the summer. The siblings’fates would entwine again on Nov. 24, when Golden Doc Afinished in a dead heat for third in the $113,200 MiesqueStakes (grade III) and Unusual Suspect won the grade III,$150,000 Hollywood Turf Express Handicap by a nose.

Cut back in distance to six furlongs and facing opencompany, Unusual Suspect was dismissed at 16-1. He had theservices of Tyler Baze that day, and outran his odds to defeatBonfante, future Breeders’ Cup winner Desert Code andQuietly Mine in a thrilling four-horse finish.

Golden Doc A got off to a faster start in 2008 than herolder brother; on Feb. 9, she won the grade I, $250,000 LasVirgenes Stakes. Unusual Suspect, on the other hand, started10 times without a win, and made four of those starts atWoodbine in Canada, finishing no better than third. Hefinally put it back together on Dec. 26, carrying ChantalSutherland to victory in the $73,500 Silveyville Stakes atGolden Gate Fields.

The year was hardly a bust for Penpont (NZ), however; she

was named the 2007/2008 California Broodmare of the Year.Both of her next two Unusual Heat foals, Mama Rosa and PapaLev, became winners as well, but with Golden Doc A going win-less in 2009 prior to retirement, it was up to Unusual Suspect tocarry on the stakes banner.

At five in 2009, Unusual Suspect finished third in the$500,000 Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes, defying his 53-1 oddsagainst a field of talented Florida-breds and Cal-breds. Thatrace was over 1 1/8 miles, and Unusual Suspect still had yet towin past 1 1/16 miles, lending some truth to Talamo’s theorythat the horse was best as a miler.

Unusual Suspect didn’t agree, and on Aug. 5, he stretchedout to 1 1/2 miles and switched to Del Mar’s all-weatherPolytrack surface to win the $150,000 Cougar II Handicap bya nose at 24-1. Jockey Alonso Quinonez was aboard that day,guiding the dark horse to victory over subsequent $1 millionPacific Classic (grade I) winner Richard’s Kid. Rather thanrun in the 10-furlong Classic, Unusual Suspect finished fifthin the Del Mar Handicap (grade II), then shipped to Arling-ton Park in Illinois to run sixth in the Washington ParkHandicap (grade III) six days later.

As a six-year-old in 2010, Unusual Suspect had a rollercoaster season. He finished eighth in the Sunshine Millions

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Classic Stakes, then rebounded to be second in the grade II,$150,000 San Luis Obispo Handicap. A fifth on the grassand a seventh on all-weather were followed by anothersecond place finish, this time in the grade II, $150,000San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap over a grueling1 3/4 miles. Two more unplaced efforts in graded companywere followed by a third in the Sunset Handicap (grade III).

When trying to defend his title in the Cougar II Handicap(grade III), Unusual Suspect finished second, but once againcrossed the wire ahead of subsequent Pacific Classic heroRichard’s Kid. After running second in the $150,000 Califor-nia Cup Classic Stakes, it was time for the biggest win ofUnusual Suspect’s career.

Sent off at 10-1 in the 1 1/2-mile Hollywood Turf Cup onNov. 13, 2010, Unusual Suspect was partnered with jockeyCorey Nakatani. He tracked the pace and steadily advancedthroughout, wearing down Temple City in the stretch toscore by a determined head. The victory in the $250,000 raceput Unusual Suspect on even terms with his younger sisterGolden Doc A in terms of grade I success, and also elevatedhis earnings past the seven-figure mark. He became the sec-ond of three sons of Unusual Heat to achieve that benchmarkin two years: The Usual Q.T. crossed the million-dollarthreshold earlier in 2010, while the brilliant Acclamationwould accomplish it in 2011.

After the Turf Cup victory, Abrams announced inten-tions to sell a majority interest in Unusual Suspect toAustralian interests. After finishing fifth in the San MarcosStakes (grade II), Unusual Suspect was exported to Aus-tralia and placed in the care of trainer Mike Kent. After along quarantine period and four starts in Australia, includ-ing a ninth-placed effort in the prestigious Melbourne Cup(group I), the Cal-bred was on the move again. He shippedto Meydan Racecourse in Dubai to make four unplacedstarts there, a trip that trainer Kent called “disastrous.” Afterbrief consideration was given to a run at England’s RoyalAscot meet, Unusual Suspect returned to Australia later inthe 2012 season.

After finishing third in the Sandown Cup Handicap overtwo miles, Unusual Suspect won one final time in the 1 5/8-mile Werribee Cup. He was injured over rough ground in hisnext start, and retired with 10 wins, eight seconds, seventhirds and earnings of $1,361,522 in 72 starts. He is still inAustralia awaiting sale as a stallion prospect; it is hopedthat the stayer with sprinter’s speed will get placed in eitherAustralia or New Zealand for the upcoming SouthernHemisphere breeding season.

Although Unusual Heat’s offspring are known for theirversatility, Unusual Suspect might lead them all in thatregard. With wins from six furlongs to 1 5/8 miles, on turfand all-weather surfaces, and in both the United States andAustralia, Unusual Suspect was more than deserving of hisstatus as a Cal-bred millionaire.

Grade III Hollywood Turf Express Handicap (#1)—November 24, 2007

$75,000 Bay Meadows Derby (inside)—September 29, 2007 $175,000 California Cup Mile Handicap—November 3, 2007

$76,068 Werribee Cup—December 12, 2012


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Nestled in rollinghills adjacent to thehorse-related commu-nity of SantaTheresita, you willfind one of the oldestand most beautifulhomages to the Thor-oughbred in this state,California Thorough-bred Ranch.

Now in its fourthdecade of operation,the ranch was builtfrom the ground up byJack and Susie Farmerwho still own thebeautiful facility andlive right on the premises. Once an abandoned alfalfafield, the ranch is a striking portrayal of early Californiaarchitecture, right down to the adobe and mission-styleconstruction of the barns and office complex.

The main barn contains stalls for 40 horses intraining and the foaling barn comes equipped withclosed circuit television monitors that are linked up tothe farm manager’s office and residence 24 hours a day.Newborns are kept in stalls with their dams for the first36 hours of life and monitored closely. After that, theyare moved outdoors to grassy paddocks and pastures.The region’s temperate climate allows for horses to liveoutdoors year-round, and the ranch’s pastures rangefrom two acres to almost 50 and follow the contours ofthe foothills.

To date, more than 200 stakes winners have beenfoaled and raised on the ranch’s green fields. Others,like last year’s Eclipse champion juvenile colt ValidPoint, were brought to the ranch as yearlings for break-ing and schooling. California Thoroughbred Ranchalso has an excellent reputation as a training center. It

offers five round pens,an indoor ridingarena and a scenicuphill gallop thatwinds its way throughthe facility. There arealso two treadmillsand a swimming pool,where lay-ups canregain their condi-tioning without riskof further injury.

The ranch is hometo two of California’sfinest stallions. SuperDad is the sire of 22graded stakes winnersand countless other

stakes performers. His champion daughter Daddy’s LittleGal captured last year’s Cal Cup Juvenile Fillies and thisyear’s grade I Santa Anita Oaks. Moneymaker was foaledat the ranch and now stands at stud here. This gradedstakes winner of nearly $400,000 has thrust himself intothe national spotlight when his son Hayburner capturedthis year’s Travers Stakes at Saratoga. Winner of theWood Memorial and second in both the Kentucky Derbyand Preakness Stakes, Hayburner now has earnings over$1 million. The Cal-bred is now pointing for theBreeders’ Cup Classic.

Farm manager Bob Trainer has more than 30 yearsof experience in this business and gives your horses thepersonal care and attention they deserve. Assistantmanager and yearling trainer Steve Winner also hasmany years of veterinary experience, although thefarm’s main vet lives just down the road and is on call24 hours a day, especially during the busy foaling sea-son. Visitors are welcome and encouraged to come andtour the facilities. Also visit their impressive website atwww.Califthoroughbredranch.com.

The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association(CTBA) has hosted numerous yearling sales over the years,including the past nine editions of the Northern CaliforniaYearling Sale which numbers among its graduates such topperformers as grade II winner Sierra Sunset, dual gradedstakes winner Autism Awareness and Bai and Bai, a grade I-placed multiple stakes winner of $724,983.

So it is not surprising to also find out that two colts whowent through the ring at the CTBA’s 1987 auction inNorthern California became integral parts of the GoldenState’s horse racing history.

Eventual two-time grade I winner and California Horseof the Year, King Glorious, by Naevus, failed to make hisreserve of $8,000 as a $6,500 buyback for his breeder, TedAroney’s Halo Farms, while Rob an Plunder, a son of lead-ing California sire Pirate’s Bounty bred by Bernard Marden,was purchased for $6,000 by Don Eidson, along with hispartners Diamond Jim Enterprises and Harris Farms Inc.

The precocious pair of juveniles, who both made theirdebuts at Golden Gate Fields during 1988, sadly faced eachother only once in their careers.

Rob an Plunder was still a maiden when he took on KingGlorious in the $54,550 Kindergarten Stakes at GoldenGate on June 19. Although he could only finish secondthat day, beaten 10 lengths, the experience was a valuableconfidence builder for the future.

Following his convincing gate-to-wire, three-lengthmaiden victory at Hollywood Park on July 2, it was off tothe Del Mar Thoroughbred Club for the summer season.

Now trained by Craig Lewis, Rob an Plunder joinedMusic Merci, a $51,000 two-year-old purchase, to give thebarn a formidable pair of competitors.

Rob an Plunder returned in the $$64,200 GraduationStakes on Aug. 3, when the dark bay made short work of hisfive opponents, scorching the six furlongs in 1:08 4/5 while

defeating Bruho by 2 3/4 lengths. With momentum working inhis favor, next on his plate was the $26,650 Mid-PeninsulaStakes held during the Bay Meadows Fair at Bay MeadowsRacecourse on Aug. 18.

The outcome was never in doubt, as the Jim Benedicttrainee went off at odds of 2-5 against three other runners.He won by 2 1/2 lengths going the six-furlong distance in1:10 1/5.

By now, Rob an Plunder had placed himself among thetop juveniles on the West Coast.

Stepping up into graded stakes company, the youngsterwas assigned the 119-pound highweight for the grade III,$81,800 Balboa Stakes back at Del Mar on Aug. 31, whereseven other runners were lying in wait.

When the field went to post for the seven-furlong race,Rob an Plunder was the 3-2 favorite. After the gates opened,Bruho and Rob and Plunder raced together to the far turnwhere Bruho swerved losing his jockey Gary Stevens, leav-ing Rob and Plunder to coast home on the lead to win in1:23 flat by 1 3/4 lengths over Mountain Ghost.

Winning three stakes in a row within a month was quitean achievement by the youngster. He finished the seasonwith further victories in Bay Meadows’ Sept. 18 Ford Juve-nile Stakes worth $54,400, Dec. 4 Tiburon Stakes worth$54,650 and Dec. 24 Leland Stanford Stakes worth$55,500. This gave him seven consecutive wins, includingsix in stakes races which was a national record for a juve-nile in 1988.

For his exploits, Rob an Plunder received a special awardrecognizing him as the leading Cal-bred two-year-old soldthrough a CTBA-sponsored sale.

At three, he made only a trio of starts, highlighted by arunner-up finish to Double Quick in the grade III, $300,000El Camino Real Derby at Bay Meadows on Jan. 15. Unfor-tunately, he had to then undergo surgery for a chipped kneehe had sustained in that race. At four, he was winless in 11starts but placed in five stakes races, including a second-placed effort during his final career start in the $300,000California Cup Classic Handicap on Nov. 3, 1990.

After standing at Harris Farms and then Van Mar Farmsthrough the 1995 breeding season, Rob and Plunder relo-cated to Oregon where he stood at stud for another six years.From 99 foals, 68 percent of whom ran, he sired seven stakesperformers among his earners of more than $1 million.

Out of the nine-time winner Lace Pillow, a ReflectedGlory half-sister to multiple stakes winner Kiwi Bikini, therecord-setting colt’s career totals were 23-7-9-0 for earningsof $435,825.


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by JACKIE BARNES

Rob An Plunder:A Record-Setting Sale Graduate

Rob An Plunder—Grade III Balboa Stakes—August 31, 1988

Shockwave therapy is widely used asa treatment for soreness and injury inhorses. Dr. Jenny Johnson (OakhillShockwave & Veterinary Chiropractic,near Los Angeles in Calabasas, Califor-nia) has been an equine veterinarianfor 27 years. For the past seven years,she has narrowed her practice to spe-cialize in shockwave therapy andchiropractic care.

“The shockwave technology used inveterinary medicine is the same princi-pal as lithotripsy—which has been usedfor many years in people to break upkidney stones. The machines we use formusculoskeletal therapy in horses aredifferent, however, from thelithotripter machines,” she explains.

“Lithotripsy targets the energy intoa very fine pinpoint to explode a kid-ney stone. The shockwave machineswe use in veterinary medicine focus the energy over a larg-er area. This methodology was originally used in Europe inveterinary medicine. The first machines in the U. S. werebrought about 15 years ago. The most common use forthose was treating suspensory ligament injuries, particular-ly those that had avulsion fractures—where a piece of boneis pulled away from the cannon bone. Shock wave therapyis very useful for stimulating healing of fractures,” she says.

“It stimulates osteoblast formation. These are the pre-cursor cells for new bone. When there’s a fracture you needosteoblasts to form, and bridge that gap and heal the bone,”explains Johnson.

Since those first machines came into use, veterinarianshave tried shockwavetherapy for a huge array ofproblems. “Probably thenumber one use is stilltreating suspensory liga-ment injuries, but it’s alsoused on all sorts of otherligament injuries includingcollateral ligaments, liga-ments within the hoof,and some tendon injuries.I am using it more andmore on joints; horse own-ers are beginning to useshockwave therapy before

going to intra-articular injections. Earlyon, we used shockwave on arthritic jointswhen the injections were no longer aseffective or long-lasting, but a study inItaly a few years ago showed that shock-wave can down-regulate two of the mostimportant inflammatory mediators,” shesays.

“When there’s arthritis in a joint,there is cartilage breakdown, and a num-ber of mediators released into the joint.These are molecules that send signals—and the signals they are sending into thejoint are telling it to break down morecartilage. It becomes a vicious cycle withcontinual breakdown of cartilage. Theshockwave can interrupt this and down-regulate the activity of two of the mostimportant and active mediators (inter-leukin-10 and TNF-alpha),” she explains.

Shockwave appears to slow down theprogression of arthritis. “I have started using it earlier, inyounger horses, to treat joint pain and arthritic joints. Idon’t think it replaces intra-articular injections but I thinkit’s a very important adjunct. In many cases you can reducethe frequency of injections and have a better long-termoutcome. Any time you can avoid going into the joint, thisis better. There is always some risk when doing injections.By contrast, shockwave is not invasive,” she explains.

“Shockwave therapy gives a short period of analgesiceffect—for about 48 hours—but after that it continues tostimulate healing on a number of levels. It increases cir-culation in the area that was treated, and stimulatesmigration of stem cells (from the horse’s own body) into

that area. On a cellularlevel it stimulates a hostof growth factors thatare also important in thehealing process. Youenhance the on-goinghealing that’s happeningin the body,” she says.

In any athlete, tissuesare constantly being bro-ken down and repaired.“There is always remod-eling of bone, and of softtissue. You are trainingthe muscles and providing

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by HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

Shockwave TherapyFor Horses


Dr. Jenny Johnson (Oakhill Shockwave & Veterinary Chiropractic)

different stresses on various systemsof the body (muscles, bones, etc.) tomake them stronger. Shockwavetherapy enhances this and helps theremodeling process. Whenever thereis destruction of tissue, the shock-wave stimulates quicker rebuildingand repair,” explains Johnson.

“Shockwave therapy is common-ly used in horses who have acuteinjuries or recent suspensoryinjuries or ligament/tendon/musclesprains/strains, inflammation ordegeneration in joints. It’s also usefulfor more chronic problems like an oldsuspensory injury. The horse may havegone through the first six or sevenmonths of healing and the injury hasreached a static phase; the healingprocess has reached a plateau and isnot continuing to heal. Shockwavetherapy can be very useful to jump-start the healing processand get things going again,” she says.

The ProcedureToday, shockwave therapy is a simple procedure that

doesn’t take long and is easy on the horse. With the orig-inal shock wave machines that were used in veterinarymedicine, the horses were usually anesthetized. Todaythat’s unnecessary.

“About ninety-five percent of the horses are simplysedated for this procedure. The exception would be horseshaving their backs shockwaved. I prefer to not sedate thesehorses because I like to be able to evaluate their response tothe shockwave therapy during the procedure. Many timesthey’ll give a hint about where they are most uncomfort-able. I often use two differentprobes, for two different depthson the back. The horse may bepainful at different areas ordepths,” she says.

Most horses readily toleratethe shockwave on their backs,with no sedation. “I have manypatients who seem to enjoy it.”These horses are probably experi-encing some pain relief.

On the legs, however, she gen-erally sedates the horse, for safetyand so the horse is not movingaround. “We don’t want it to be abad experience for the horse,because when you get right overan injured area it can be uncom-fortable,” she explains.

“These focused shockwavemachines are different from the

cumbersome original machines; these newones are heavy but portable and can betaken to the horse. I provide a service forother veterinarians in my area. They do thediagnostics and we work together; I go outto the barns and do the shockwave therapyas needed, and keep the clients’ regular vet-erinarians informed,” she says.

“The typical protocol, for most things Itreat, would be a series of three treatments.I usually space them about three weeksapart. It depends on each individual caseand to some extent on the practitioner whois using it. Some like to do it closer togetherand some prefer the treatments fartherapart,” she says.

“Hind limb suspensory injuries seem tobenefit from more treatments because theseare some of the hardest injuries to heal,regardless of what methods you are using. Inmany of those cases, I will do four to six

shock wave treatments. With some I do the initial threetreatments then monitor the horse for a few months andthen I may come back and do another two or three, depend-ing on what is going on with the horse.”

On most horses who have an injury amenable to shock-wave therapy, Johnson comes out to the barn—after adiagnosis has been made by ultrasound, MRI, scintigraphyor x-rays. “I then have a clear idea of where the injury is,and will sedate the horse, standing. The shockwave ther-apy only takes about ten to fifteen minutes at most. Iusually allow an hour for each appointment, mainly justto get to know the horse, get the equipment set up, etc.The actual therapy is relatively quick,” she says.

Post-treatment, the horse wakes up and goes back to hisstall. “For injured horses who arebeing hand-walked, there is nochange in their daily protocol; theyjust continue this mild exercise. Ifit’s a horse who’s in work or in lightwork—in the recovery phase of theinjury and starting back intowork—I’ll recommend two days ofjust hand-walking or tack-walkingbefore they go back to work. This isbecause of the forty-eight-hourperiod of analgesic effect. We don’twant the horse doing too much justbecause the pain is relieved and hefeels better,” says Johnson.

Effects Of ShockwaveThere are many beneficial affects

from shockwave therapy. “It has apotent anti-inflammatory effect,

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stimulates circulation, stimulates stem cell migration, stimu-lates fibroblast and osteoblast formation, stimulates andenhances growth factor activation—all of which are impor-tant in healing. It also has a significant anti-bacterial affectas well. Shockwave therapy is now being used in humanmedicine in treating burns and wounds, partly because of itsanti-bacterial capacity,” says Johnson.

“We don’t understand why it has this capacity, but theremay be several reasons. When there’s a large bacterial pop-ulation in a certain area, the bacteria form what’s called abiofilm. They bind together, making a shield of bacteriaaround the infected area, and are harder to kill. Shockwavemight physically disrupt the biofilm and make the bacterialess viable,” she says. This disruption might enable thebody’s own immune defenses or antibacterial drugs to get tothe infection more readily. Breaking up the biofilm maymake bacteria more susceptible to antibiotic therapy. It’salso thought that shockwaves might disrupt the metabolismof bacteria at the cellular level, by affecting the intra-cellularstructure of the bacteria.

Johnson published a paper a few years ago in a veterinaryjournal, describing the use of shockwave therapy to treat aburn injury in a horse. “This was the first published casereport of using shockwave therapy to treat burns in horses.This horse had a poor prognosis because more than twenty-five percent of his body area was burned. I shockwaved himfor the first time eleven days after the burn. Within twenty-four hours of the shockwave treatment there were newblood vessels growing into the burned area, the bad smellwas gone, the pus was resolving, and the horse was dramat-ically more comfortable. He healed very well.”

Another thing Johnson has used it for are wounds that

are not healing, or need to heal faster. “On these I havebeen able to take the sutures out in about half the time wenormally would. I use shockwave on a fairly intensive basis(every other day) to stimulate wound healing.”

“There are a lot of things we can treat with shockwave,that twenty years ago we didn’t have a good option for, suchas treating ligaments in the hoof. We now have betterability to diagnose impar ligament injuries and suspensoryligament involvement in navicular injuries, for instance,with MRI. We couldn’t diagnose them before, but now weare able to identify and monitor these injuries much moreeffectively. We couldn’t treat them in earlier years, but nowwe have shockwave,” she says.

“It can also be used in conjunction with stem cells.Depending on the type of stem cells being used, or the har-vesting schedule and protocol, I generally get one or twoshockwave treatments done before the stem cell injectionand then usually wait three to four weeks after the stem cellinjection before doing the next shockwave therapy.” Thisseems to enhance the benefit from stem cells.

Many different treatments work well together, and this issomething a lot of people don’t understand. “They want todo just one thing at a time, to find what works. In my expe-rience, I’ve found it’s rarely just one thing that works; it’sthe combination that works. There’s usually more than onething going on with an injury that is contributing to thelameness, and the more that you can do at one time toaddress as many things as you can, the better chance youhave for successful outcome,” says Johnson.

In many instances, certain therapies are complementaryand you have more success when they are used in combina-tion than when using either one of them alone. It’s like twoplus two equals five. “The therapies are synergistic, helpingeach other and providing better results in combinationthan when used individually,” she explains.

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“A true shockwave has a rapid rise in pressure, followedby a slightly slower rise. This is called a focused shockwave.Some machines are marketed as shockwave machines butdo not generate a true shockwave. They generate what’scalled a ballistic wave, and more correctly would be called aradial wave machine,” says Johnson.

“Those waves do not have as much penetration, andwon’t have the same effect. It is confusing to horseowners because these have been marketed as shockwavemachines, and treatments are less expensive. This makesit more appealing, but when it doesn’t work, they thinkthat shockwave doesn’t work. The reality is that thewrong machine was used. Those machines can be usedfor very superficial things such as a wound or an injuryclose to the surface, but their ability to penetrate tis-sue is minimal. The other problem with them is thatall of the energy is applied to all of the tissue in thearea it is directed toward. By contrast, the focused

shockwave, depending on the choice of probe headused, directs the energy to a specific depth. It passesthrough the tissues prior to that depth withoutdepositing any energy, until it hits the targeted area.We use a different depth of probe, depending on theinjury.”

The focused shockwave machines are considerablymore expensive than the radial machines. “The probeheads also need to be refurbished at specific intervals orthey shut off. They have been designed that way, to shutoff well before there is any possibility that they are notdelivering the full amount of energy. They have to be sentback to the company and completely rebuilt. Thus thereis an on-going expense with these machines. People won-der why shockwave therapy tends to be expensive and it’snot only because the machines are expensive to purchaseinitially, but also because of the ongoing expense for theprobes,” she explains.

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Leading Sires by Money WonRaces

Rank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings1. Tribal Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156 602 101 $2,259,3692. Unusual Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 377 52 2,219,3823. Ministers Wild Cat . . . . . . . .102 487 91 2,155,4344. Kafwain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 455 60 1,386,4945. Benchmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 409 55 1,319,9956. Old Topper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 385 55 1,172,3507. Bertrando† . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 301 47 978,6408. Southern Image . . . . . . . . . 69 332 55 926,3879. Good Journey . . . . . . . . . . 52 247 31 916,865

10. Salt Lake* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 204 42 764,99111. Decarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 282 32 745,98612. Tizbud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 183 21 684,17013. Unbridled Energy# . . . . . . . . 71 305 48 683,72914. In Excess (Ire)* . . . . . . . . . . . 72 316 44 577,32915. Swiss Yodeler . . . . . . . . . . . 72 309 43 550,71016. Heatseeker (Ire) . . . . . . . . . . 36 149 19 542,98117. Cindago* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 83 20 542,65918. Marino Marini . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 258 32 535,16519. Vronsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 109 20 535,09720. Lucky Pulpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 145 17 435,94621. Suances (GB) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 91 22 428,49322. Rocky Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 190 31 426,04223. Awesome Gambler . . . . . . . 37 162 13 400,07024. Atticus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 137 21 378,27825. Stormin Fever . . . . . . . . . . . 54 217 20 367,38126. Game Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 118 16 365,16927. Affirmative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 86 12 363,72928. Perfect Mandate* . . . . . . . 30 123 26 341,75729. Terrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 204 22 334,09430. Cee's Tizzy† . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 139 25 324,36631. Ten Most Wanted* . . . . . . . . 29 125 9 273,61232. Sea of Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . 61 253 21 269,00133. High Brite* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 176 23 261,11834. Globalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 130 12 260,84835. Popular . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 121 13 241,41236. Tannersmyman . . . . . . . . . . . 38 161 25 236,56137. Silic (Fr)* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 85 12 236,12838. Freespool† . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 165 23 210,55439. Iron Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 89 18 209,01640. Momentum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 118 17 202,13341. Cyclotron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 40 9 197,24842. Western Fame* . . . . . . . . . . . 12 49 17 187,61743. Olympio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 89 13 181,46444. Council Member . . . . . . . . . 15 57 8 171,11045. Capsized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 109 5 169,51546. Stormy Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 132 16 166,67547. Birdonthewire . . . . . . . . . . . 11 51 3 166,02548. Onebadshark . . . . . . . . . . . 13 46 14 162,00649. Singletary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 99 12 161,85050. Gotham City . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 87 5 160,335

1. Tribal Rule . . . . . . . . . . .156 602 101 $2,259,3692. Ministers Wild Cat . . . . . 102 487 91 2,155,4343. Kafwain . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 455 60 1,386,4944. Benchmark . . . . . . . . . . . 95 409 55 1,319,995

Old Topper . . . . . . . . . . . 89 385 55 1,172,350Southern Image . . . . . . . 69 332 55 926,387

7. Unusual Heat . . . . . . . . . 91 377 52 2,219,3828. Unbridled Energy# . . . . . .71 305 48 683,7299. Bertrando† . . . . . . . . . .. 86 301 47 978,640

10. In Excess (Ire)* . . . . . . . . 72 316 44 577,32911. Swiss Yodeler . . . . . . . . . .72 309 43 550,71012. Salt Lake* . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 204 42 764,99113. Decarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 282 32 745,986

Marino Marini . . . . . . . . . .61 258 32 535,16515. Good Journey . . . . . . . . .52 247 31 916,865

Rocky Bar . . . . . . . . . . . .44 190 31 426,04217. Perfect Mandate* . . . . . . 30 123 26 341,75718. Cee's Tizzy† . . . . . . . . . . 34 139 25 324,366

Tannersmyman . . . . . . . . 38 161 25 236,56120. High Brite* . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 176 23 261,118

Freespool† . . . . . . . . . . . 41 165 23 210,554

1. Cindago* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 20 $542,659 $25,8412. Unusual Heat . . . . . . . . . . . 91 52 2,219,382 24,3893. Vronsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 20 535,097 22,2964. Ministers Wild Cat . . . . . . .102 91 2,155,434 21,1325. Suances (GB) . . . . . . . . . . . 22 22 428,493 19,4776. Good Journey . . . . . . . . . . 52 31 916,865 17,6327. Affirmative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 12 363,729 17,3208. Western Fame* . . . . . . . . . . 12 17 187,617 15,6359. Tizbud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 21 684,170 15,549

10. Cyclotron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 197,248 15,17311. Birdonthewire . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3 166,025 15,09312. Heatseeker (Ire) . . . . . . . . . 36 19 542,981 15,08313. Tribal Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 101 2,259,369 14,48314. Salt Lake* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 42 764,991 14,43415. Benchmark . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 55 1,319,995 13,89516. Lucky Pulpit . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 17 435,946 13,62317. Kafwain . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 102 60 1,386,494 13,59318. Game Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 16 365,169 13,52519. Southern Image . . . . . . . . . 69 55 926,387 13,42620. Old Topper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 55 1,172,350 13,172

Leading Sires in California

DEPARTMENT


Leading Siresby Number of Races Won

RacesRank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings

Leading Siresby Average Earnings Per Runner

(Minimum 10 Runners)Average

Races Earnings/Rank Sire Runners Won Earnings Runner

Available StatisticsThrough July 7, 2013

1. Unusual Heat ............. 70 206 22 34 $1,531,1022. Tribal Rule ................ 45 98 7 7 527,5553. Good Journey ........... 29 90 9 11 452,0794. Tizbud ....................... 22 50 6 7 369,7045. Ministers Wild Cat..... 25 48 10 12 361,0496. Bertrando†................. 25 51 4 5 294,4647. Old Topper ................. 18 31 3 6 277,7718. Heatseeker (Ire) ......... 19 52 9 9 274,4579. Benchmark............... 23 41 6 7 259,340

10. Decarchy.....................33 69 3 3 244,49011. Suances (GB) ........... 12 31 5 10 239,80912. Affirmative.................. 12 30 4 5 217,51013. Kafwain ..................... 20 38 2 2 202,38714. Atticus....................... 19 39 6 6 197,84215. Cindago* .................... 6 10 2 4 152,81016. In Excess (Ire)* .......... 17 40 4 4 138,82717. Southern Image ....... 19 44 4 4 132,43918. Vronsky ..................... 10 21 1 2 127,50519. Lucky Pulpit ............... 11 20 3 3 114,88320. Game Plan ................. 9 22 4 4 107,146

1. Cindago*.......................... 21 20 $542,659 $14,2232. Trapper ............................ 10 12 110,699 11,9903. Vronsky ........................... 24 20 535,097 11,1914. Birdonthewire ................. 11 3 166,025 9,6905. Southern Image ............... 69 55 926,387 9,6206. Western Fame* ................ 12 17 187,617 9,1597. Cyclotron ......................... 13 9 197,248 9,0148. Good Journey...................52 31 916,865 8,9239. Iron Cat ............................ 19 18 209,016 8,560

10. Lucky Pulpit ......................32 17 435,946 7,70811. Affirmative........................ 21 12 363,729 7,40012. Peppered Cat ................. 14 7 117,417 7,35913. Unusual Heat .................. 91 52 2,219,382 7,25014. Sought After ................... 13 11 126,993 7,20015. Suances (GB)................... 22 22 428,493 7,15516. Heatseeker (Ire)................ 36 19 542,981 6,98517. Ministers Wild Cat ......... 102 91 2,155,434 6,86018. Tribal Rule .......................156 101 2,259,369 6,82619. Atticus.............................. 38 21 378,278 6,78120. Salt Lake*..........................53 42 764,991 6,582

1. Tribal Rule .........................156 66 101 $2,259,3692. Ministers Wild Cat.............102 56 91 2,155,4343. Kafwain .............................102 42 60 1,386,4944. Benchmark........................ 95 40 55 1,319,9955. Old Topper ........................ 89 39 55 1,172,3506. Unbridled Energy# ..............71 36 48 683,7297. Southern Image.................. 69 35 55 926,3878. Unusual Heat .................... 91 34 52 2,219,382

In Excess (Ire)*.................... 72 34 44 577,32910. Bertrando† ......................... 86 28 47 978,640

Salt Lake* ........................... 53 28 42 764,991Swiss Yodeler.................... 72 28 43 550,710

13. Decarchy ........................... 73 27 32 745,98614. Marino Marini ..................... 61 25 32 535,16515. Good Journey .................... 52 21 31 916,86516. Rocky Bar .......................... 44 19 31 426,04217. Terrell................................. 45 18 22 334,094

Cee's Tizzy†...................... 34 18 25 324,366Sea of Secrets.................... 61 18 21 269,001Tannersmyman................... 38 18 25 236,561Freespool† ......................... 41 18 23 210,554

1. Cindago* ........................ 21 83 $542,659 $6,5382. Unusual Heat ................. 91 377 2,219,382 5,8873. Vronsky ......................... 24 109 535,097 4,9094. Suances (GB) ................. 22 91 428,493 4,7095. Ministers Wild Cat........ 102 487 2,155,434 4,4266. Affirmative ..................... 21 86 363,729 4,2297. Tribal Rule .................... 156 602 2,259,369 3,7538. Salt Lake* ....................... 53 204 764,991 3,7509. Tizbud ............................. 44 183 684,170 3,739

10. Good Journey ..................52 247 916,865 3,71211. Heatseeker (Ire) .............. 36 149 542,981 3,64412. Birdonthewire................ 11 51 166,025 3,25513. Bertrando† ..................... 86 301 978,640 3,25114. Benchmark.......................95 409 1,319,995 3,22715. Game Plan .......................27 118 365,169 3,09516. Kafwain ..........................102 455 1,386,494 3,04717. Old Topper ...................... 89 385 1,172,350 3,04518. Lucky Pulpit .................... 32 145 435,946 3,00719. Council Member............. 15 57 171,110 3,00220. Southern Image ............. 69 332 926,387 2,790

DEPARTMENT


Leading Siresby Number of Winners

RacesRank Sire Runners Winners Won Earnings

Leading Siresby Turf Earnings

(Minimum 50 Starts Lifetime)

RacesRank Sire Runners Starts Winners Won Earnings

Leading Siresby Median Earnings Per Runner

(Minimum 10 Runners)Median

Races Earnings/Rank Sire Runners Won Earnings Runner

Leading Siresby Average Earnings Per Start

(Minimum 50 Starts)Average

Earnings/Rank Sire Runners Starts Earnings Start

The statistics contained in these rankings are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their completeand total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates that a stallion has been pensioned, an asterisk (*) that he has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere, a number sign (#) that he did not stand in California in 2012 but is standingin the state in 2013, a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2013 but will stand in the state in 2014 and in bold that he is a freshman sire. In all cases, a sire will remain in the rankings until the year after his lastCalifornia foals are two-year-olds. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates only.

1. Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev 13 48 625 435-70% 308-49% 38-6% 39-6% 10-2% $38,743,012 2.15 1.23

2. Cindago*, 2003, by Indian Charlie 4 16 63 30-48% 21-33% 3-5% 2-3% 0-0% $1,420,630 1.77 1.41

3. Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 6 19 113 47-42% 29-26% 4-4% 4-4% 1-1% $2,837,546 1.64 1.15

4. Cee's Tizzy†, 1987, by Relaunch 21 35 733 520-71% 379-52% 59-8% 39-5% 9-1% $37,046,433 1.63 1.15

5. Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit 4 23 91 51-56% 39-43% 17-19% 3-3% 0-0% $2,698,043 1.60 1.16

6. In Excess (Ire)*, 1987, by Siberian Express 18 55 985 724-74% 537-55% 116-12% 63-6% 11-1% $44,441,208 1.59 1.41

7. Good Journey, 1996, by Nureyev 8 53 420 212-50% 114-27% 14-3% 6-1% 4-1% $9,130,668 1.44 1.02

8. Salt Lake*, 1989, by Deputy Minister 18 70 1,259 1,041-83% 838-67% 246-20% 76-6% 25-2% $62,189,124 1.41 1.40

9. Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat 8 66 525 336-64% 229-44% 88-17% 31-6% 3-1% $17,065,733 1.37 1.19

10. One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat 8 9 74 45-61% 30-41% 2-3% 4-5% 1-1% $2,597,699 1.36 0.93

11. Bertrando†, 1989, by Skywalker 17 61 1,043 777-74% 533-51% 121-12% 56-5% 13-1% $43,984,215 1.35 1.52

12. Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest 3 31 94 58-62% 26-28% 12-13% 1-1% 1-1% $1,913,070 1.31 0.77

13. Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie 16 16 263 189-72% 135-51% 39-15% 10-4% 1-0% $11,928,781 1.29 1.37

14. Southern Image, 2000, by Halo's Image 5 96 479 270-56% 167-35% 39-8% 6-1% 2-0% $12,075,134 1.28 1.35

15. Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar 12 57 681 506-74% 380-56% 99-15% 37-5% 8-1% $28,381,789 1.24 1.14

16. Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat 11 62 679 481-71% 345-51% 108-16% 30-4% 12-2% $26,617,121 1.19 1.41

17. Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run 7 65 453 331-73% 238-53% 78-17% 21-5% 5-1% $14,581,283 1.15 1.29

18. Affirmative, 1999, by Unbridled 6 14 86 36-42% 22-26% 4-5% 2-2% 0-0% $1,264,446 1.12 0.79

19. Olympio*, 1988, by Naskra 18 29 517 402-78% 297-57% 61-12% 30-6% 4-1% $19,115,808 1.10 1.29

20. Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 5 48 242 185-76% 127-52% 32-13% 14-6% 2-1% $7,203,732 1.08 0.98

Popular, 1999, by Saint Ballado 6 13 76 56-74% 43-57% 15-20% 2-3% 1-1% $2,451,068 1.08 0.96

Robannier, 1991, by Batonnier 14 7 104 68-65% 40-38% 8-8% 3-3% 0-0% $2,996,700 1.08 1.03

Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (Ire) 6 17 102 64-63% 52-51% 19-19% 12-12% 1-1% $2,872,464 1.08 0.77

24. Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev 13 34 445 329-74% 197-44% 39-9% 14-3% 5-1% $13,672,986 1.06 1.46

Snow Chief*, 1983, by Reflected Glory 22 12 272 186-68% 112-41% 27-10% 9-3% 1-0% $5,672,441 1.06 1.29

26. High Brite*, 1984, by Best Turn 22 43 935 725-78% 590-63% 145-16% 46-5% 9-1% $36,127,301 1.04 1.17

Kelly Kip†, 1994, by Kipper Kelly 10 11 111 87-78% 73-66% 16-14% 2-2% 1-1% $4,375,937 1.04 1.01

Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) 6 18 109 49-45% 31-28% 4-4% 1-1% 0-0% $1,882,386 1.04 1.13

Tizbud, 1999, by Cee's Tizzy 6 24 144 86-60% 47-33% 9-6% 4-3% 1-1% $2,666,213 1.04 0.94

30. Siberian Summer*, 1989, by Siberian Express 12 34 402 295-73% 209-52% 28-7% 14-3% 4-1% $12,678,661 1.03 0.88

Swiss Yodeler, 1994, by Eastern Echo 12 59 711 531-75% 376-53% 154-22% 27-4% 2-0% $25,066,000 1.03 1.09

32. Unbridled Energy#, 2002, by Unbridled's Song 4 50 200 124-62% 83-42% 17-9% 4-2% 0-0% $3,990,007 1.00 1.19

33. Heatseeker (Ire), 2003, by Giant's Causeway 2 44 88 39-44% 24-27% 11-13% 1-1% 0-0% $958,393 0.99 1.62

Silic (Fr)*, 1995, by Sillery 9 18 159 118-74% 75-47% 11-7% 2-1% 1-1% $7,328,677 0.99 0.92

35. Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time 10 50 498 393-79% 301-60% 107-21% 22-4% 0-0% $17,056,413 0.97 0.87

36. Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View 7 42 295 198-67% 126-43% 33-11% 7-2% 1-0% $7,455,123 0.95 0.99

Lake George, 1992, by Vice Regent 14 12 162 102-63% 61-38% 10-6% 6-4% 1-1% $4,198,279 0.95 1.03

38. Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat 6 44 262 167-64% 118-45% 30-11% 6-2% 0-0% $6,080,917 0.93 1.00

39. Perfect Mandate*, 1996, by Gone West 10 30 298 169-57% 109-37% 18-6% 11-4% 0-0% $6,368,743 0.92 1.24

40. Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat 11 41 447 363-81% 263-59% 75-17% 20-4% 2-0% $17,377,639 0.91 1.09

41. Western Fame*, 1992, by Gone West 12 24 288 189-66% 140-49% 45-16% 14-5% 0-0% $7,636,359 0.90 0.84

42. Epic Honor, 1996, by Honor Grades 9 8 70 49-70% 38-54% 6-9% 1-1% 0-0% $2,210,264 0.86 0.72

Iron Cat, 1995, by Storm Cat 12 12 144 109-76% 89-62% 8-6% 6-4% 0-0% $3,787,361 0.86 0.98

Latin American†, 1988, by Riverman 16 20 313 207-66% 136-43% 28-9% 6-2% 2-1% $6,582,833 0.86 1.10

Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold 8 12 94 48-51% 33-35% 11-12% 1-1% 0-0% $1,484,686 0.86 0.88

46. Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig 14 30 424 307-72% 241-57% 55-13% 23-5% 2-0% $12,834,978 0.85 0.80

47. Thisnearlywasmine, 1994, by Capote 9 8 73 43-59% 28-38% 5-7% 0-0% 0-0% $1,420,853 0.80 0.72

48. Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom 11 27 302 222-74% 160-53% 35-12% 12-4% 1-0% $7,778,830 0.79 1.19

49. Globalize, 1997, by Summer Squall 9 18 159 107-67% 78-49% 29-18% 4-3% 0-0% $3,658,718 0.78 0.79

50. Mud Route, 1994, by Strawberry Road (Aus) 11 24 259 163-63% 103-40% 24-9% 6-2% 1-0% $4,605,558 0.76 0.90

Roman Dancer, 1999, by Polish Numbers 7 8. 59 39-66%25-42% 4-7% 2-3% 0-0% $1,033,899. 0.75 1.00

Crops Crops of Average Foals of Graded Averageof Racing Crop Racing 2-Y-O Stakes Stakes Progeny Earnings Comparable

No Stallion, Year Foaled, Sire Age Size Age Runners Winners Winners Winners Winners Earnings Index Index


These statistics are for active California-based sires with a minimum of 50 foals of racing age, ranked here by lifetime Average Earnings Index (AEI). The statistics contained in these rankings are compiled byThe Jockey Club Information Systems Inc (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicatesthat a stallion has been pensioned, an asterisk (*) that he has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere, a number sign (#) that he did not stand in California in 2012 but is standing in the state in 2013, a doubledagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2013 but will stand in the state in 2014 and In bold that he is a freshman sire. In all cases, a sire will remain in the rankings until the year after his last California foalsare two-year-olds. Statistics cover racing in North America (US, Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) onlyPercentages are based upon number of foals of racing age.

Leading Lifetime Siresin California

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SQUARE EDDIE (VESSELS STALLION FARM)Leading Two-Year-Old Sire in California

by Money Won andAverage Earnings Per Runner

through July 7, 2013.

Leading Two-Year-OldSires in California

DEPARTMENT


Leading Sires Of Two-Year-Oldsby Money Won

RacesRank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings

1. Square Eddie . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 3 $139,3802. Time to Get Even . . . . . . . . 10 22 2 109,2603. Awesome Gambler . . . . . . . . 7 14 2 101,6684. Bushwacker . . . . . . . . . . . 15 34 2 90,1955. Lucky J. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 2 87,2206. Roi Charmant . . . . . . . . . . . .3 7 2 77,3687. Tribal Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 16 3 69,3218. Swiss Yodeler . . . . . . . . . . 6 9 1 49,2769. Birdonthewire . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 1 44,810

10. Lucky Pulpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 1 44,66311. Rocky Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 1 43,49212. Desert Code . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 0 36,68013. Southern Image . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 0 32,50014. Olympio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 1 29,54515. E Z Warrior* . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 1 23,90016. Brave Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1 21,06017. Idiot Proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 3 2 19,19218. Unbridled Energy# . . . . . . . . 4 7 1 16,06019. Cindago* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 0 15,47020. Dixie Chatter . . . . . . . . . . . 8 10 1 14,65121. Western Fame* . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 0 14,19022. Kafwain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 0 13,77023. Papa Clem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 0 9,46024. Storm Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 0 8,05425. Tizbud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 8,00126. Bedford Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 0 7,86227. Salt Lake* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 0 7,29028. Decarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 0 7,10329. McCann's Mojave . . . . . . . . 3 3 1 7,06630. Stormy Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 0 7,047

Leading Sires Of Two-Year-Oldsby Number of Winners

RacesRank Sire Runners Winners Won Earnings

1. Tribal Rule .......................... 9 3 3 $69,3212. Square Eddie .................... 4 2 3 139,380

Time to Get Even .......... 10 2 2 109,260Awesome Gambler ......... 7 2 2 101,668Bushwacker.................... 15 2 2 90,195Lucky J. H........................ 3 2 2 87,220Roi Charmant ................ 3 2 2 77,368Idiot Proof........................ 2 2 2 19,192

9. Swiss Yodeler .................. 6 1 1 49,276Birdonthewire .................... 2 1 1 44,810Lucky Pulpit .................... 4 1 1 44,663Rocky Bar ........................ 2 1 1 43,492Olympio* ............................ 2 1 1 29,545E Z Warrior* .................... 1 1 1 23,900Brave Cat......................... 1 1 1 21,060Unbridled Energy# .......... 4 1 1 16,060Dixie Chatter .................. 8 1 1 14,651Tizbud .............................. 1 1 1 8,001McCann's Mojave.............. 3 1 1 7,066Surf Cat.............................. 1 1 1 2,085


The statistics contained in these rankings are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their com-plete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates that a stallion has been pensioned, an asterisk (*) that he has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere, a number sign (#) that he did not stand in California in 2011 but isstanding in the state in 2012, a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2012 but will stand in the state in 2013 and in bold that he is a freshman sire. In all cases, a sire will remain in the rankings until the yearafter his last California foals are two-year-olds. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United ArabEmirates only.

Leading Sires Of Two-Year-Oldsby Average Earnings Per Runner

(Minimum 3 Runners)

AverageRaces Earnings/

Rank Sire Runners Won Earned Runner

1. Square Eddie . . . . . . . . 4 3 $139,380 $34,8452. Lucky J. H. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 87,220 29,0733. Roi Charmant . . . . . . . . 3 2 77,368 25,7894. Awesome Gambler . . . . 7 2 101,668 14,5245. Lucky Pulpit . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 44,663 11,1666. Time to Get Even . . . . 10 2 109,260 10,9267. Desert Code . . . . . . . . . 4 0 36,680 9,1708. Swiss Yodeler . . . . . . ... 6 1 49,276 8,2139. Tribal Rule . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 69,321 7,702

10. Bushwacker . . . . . . . . 15 2 90,195 6,013

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 17-Sept. 4Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .July 26-Aug. 11Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 14-25Golden Gate Fields, Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aug. 16-Sept. 15Barretts Race Meet at Fairplex, Pomona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 5-22San Joaquin County Fair, Stockton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 20-29Santa Anita Park, Arcadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sept. 25-Nov. 3Fresno County Fair, Fresno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 3-14Golden Gate Fields, Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Oct. 16-Dec. 22Betfair Hollywood Park, Inglewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nov. 6-Dec. 22

Dates in California

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Regional Race Meetings,Stakes Races and Sale Dates

AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 2013 REGIONAL STAKES RACES

2013 REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS

Date Track Stakes (Grade) Conditions Distance Added Value

Aug. 2 Dmr Real Good Deal Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired . . . . . . . . . . . .7 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$200,000Aug. 3 Dmr Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300,000Aug. 3 Sro Robert Dupre Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Aug. 4 Dmr Best Pal Stakes (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000Aug. 4 Sro Joseph T. Grace Handicap . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Aug. 7 Dmr Sorrento Stakes (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000Aug. 9 Dmr Daisycutter Handicap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up., f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 f. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90,000Aug. 10 Dmr La Jolla Handicap (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000Aug. 10 Sro Jess Jackson Owner’s Handicap . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 f. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Aug. 11 Dmr John C. Mabee Stakes (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . .250,000Aug. 11 Sro Cavonnier Juvenile Overnight Stakes . . . . .2-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Aug. 14 Dmr Green Flash Handicap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 f. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90,000Aug. 16 Dmr Sandy Blue Handicap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90,000Aug. 17 Dmr Del Mar Oaks (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . .300,000Aug. 18 Dmr Rancho Bernardo Handicap (Gr. III) . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000Aug. 18 Dmr Solana Beach Handicap . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired . . .1 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000Aug. 23 Dmr CTT and Thoroughbred Owners of . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 3/8 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90,000

California HandicapAug. 24 Dmr Del Mar Handicap (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 3/8 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . .200,000Aug. 25 Dmr TVG Pacific Classic (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/4 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000,000Aug. 25 Dmr Pat O’Brien Stakes (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250,000Aug. 25 Dmr Del Mar Mile (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200,000Aug. 25 Fer C. J. Hindley Humboldt County Marathon . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 5/8 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,000Aug. 28 Dmr Generous Portion Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired . . . . . . . . . .6 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000Aug. 30 Dmr El Cajon Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000Aug. 31 Dmr Del Mar Debutante (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300,000Aug. 31 Dmr Harry F. Brubaker Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90,000

Sept. 1 Dmr Del Mar Derby (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300,000Sept. 1 Dmr Torrey Pines Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-yo f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000Sept. 1 Dmr Adoration Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90,000Sept. 2 Dmr Yellow Ribbon Handicap (Gr. II) . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000Sept. 2 Dmr I’m Smokin Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000Sept. 2 Dmr Oak Tree Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes . . . . . . . .2-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000Sept. 4 Dmr Del Mar Futurity (Gr. I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300,000Sept. 4 Dmr Oak Tree Juvenile Turf Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 m. (T) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000Sept. 4 Dmr C.E.R.F. Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90,000Sept. 4 Dmr Pirate’s Bounty Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90,000Sept. 6 Fpx Beverly J. Lewis Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-yo f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Sept. 7 Fpx E. B. Johnston Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired . . .1 1/16 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Sept. 8 Fpx Jim Kostoff Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Sept. 11 Fpx C. B. Afflerbaugh Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Sept. 13 Fpx Phil D. Shepherd Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000


DEPARTMENT


California-Bred/California-Sired Stakes RacesAugust & September

Saturday, September 7$50,000 E. B. Johnston Stakes

Three-Year-Old & Up, Fillies & Mares1 1/16 Miles

It Pays To BeCal-Bred

August 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CTBA Sales Northern California Sale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Entries closed June 3)

October 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barretts October Yearling Sale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Nominations closed April 19)

December 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barretts Winter Paddock Sale at Santa Anita of “Race Ready” Horses of Racing Age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Entries close November 15)

2013 REGIONAL SALE DATES

DEL MAR THOROUGHBRED CLUB

FAIRPLEX PARK

$150,000 Generous Portion StakesTwo-Year-Old Fillies

6 Furlongs

Wednesday, August 28$150,000 I’m Smokin Stakes

Two-Year-Olds6 Furlongs

Monday, September 2

$200,000 Real Good Deal StakesThree-Year-Olds

7 Furlongs

Friday, August 2$150,000 Solana Beach Handicap

Three-Year-Old & Up, Fillies & Mares1 Mile (Turf)

Sunday, August 18

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Sept. 14 Fpx Barretts Debutante Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000Sept. 15 Fpx Barretts Juvenile Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000Sept. 18 Fpx Governor’s Cup Handicap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75,000Sept. 20 Fpx Bangles & Beads Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1/2 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Sept. 21 Fpx Las Madrinas Handicap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Sept. 21 Fpx Pomona Derby Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000Sept. 22 Fpx Ralph M. Hinds Pomona Handicap . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100,000Sept. 28 Stk Harvest Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-y-o & up, f. & m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 f. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50,000

Date Track Stakes (Grade) Conditions Distance Added Value

IMPORTANT EVENTS & DATES

August 2013SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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Humboldt County FairOpening Day

Humboldt County FairClosing Day

California Thoroughbred Breeders Association201 Colorado Place, P.O. Box 60018, Arcadia, CA 91066-6018 • (626) 445-7800 • Fax (626) 574-0852

Important Events, Dates andCalifornia-Bred Stakes RacesCTBA Calendar

DEPARTMENT

CALIFORNIA-BRED/CALIFORNIA-SIRED STAKES RACES

THURSDAY, AUGUST 22CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD (CHRB)

MONTHLY BOARD MEETINGDel Mar Thoroughbred Club (Simulcast Facility), Del Mar, Calif.

Sonoma County FairClosing Day Golden Gate Fields

Opening Day

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24THOROUGHBRED OWNERS OF CALIFORNIA (TOC)

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ANNUAL MEETINGDel Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, Calif.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2$200,000(G) REAL GOOD DEAL STAKES

3YO, 7 FURLONGSDel Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, Calif.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18$150,000(G) SOLANA BEACH HANDICAP

3YO & UP, FILLIES & MARES, 1 MILE (TURF)Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, Calif.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28$150,000(G) GENEROUS PORTION STAKES

2YO FILLIES, 6 FURLONGSDel Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, Calif.


TUESDAY, AUGUST 13CTBA SALES

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013

Bright sunny morning on July 3, 1967. . .a day that Iremember like it was yesterday.

I was 11 years old and my dad had taken me that morn-ing to Hollywood Park, the racetrack of movie stars, to see apublic workout by Native Diver, whom they called “BlackBeauty.” I was in awe when his name was called by the pub-lic address announcer as he was coming onto the track, andeven more amazed when he ran by us at the top of thestretch like he was from another planet. Those were my firstmemories of being at “The Track of the Lakes and Flowers.”

The years went by, and the sight of some of the greatstook me to highs that, to this day, I can never get over beinga part of. Dr. Fager, Fort Marcy, Ack Ack, Cougar II (Chi),Ancient Title, J. O. Tobin, Affirmed, the list is endless, andthat was just at Hollywood Park!

However, the year 1972 will always be the most mem-orable for me because of my favorite horse of all time,California-bred Single Agent. He was trained in the latterpart of his career by Jim Benedict, for whom I ended upworking for in 1973 and 1974.

When saddled by Wayne Stucki, he set the incredible

pace in the 1972 Hollywood Gold Cup Invitational Handi-cap worth $175,000 in which Quack broke Cal-bred Swaps’track record of 1:58 3/5 while equaling the world record of1:58 1/5 held by Noor from 1950 to 1970.

Single Agent posted blazing fractions of :22 3/5, :45 flatand 1:08 2/5 for six furlongs before finishing fourth in the1 1/4-mile race. He defeated some fine horses of the day,from the great mare Manta and Bicker, who was beaten aneck in the Hollywood Derby that summer, to past GoldCup winner Figonero (1969) and future Gold Cup winnerKennedy Road (1973). His 1:33 1/5 time for the two-turnmile that day should have left him rubber-legged at thehead of the lane, but he only got beaten a neck and alength for second by Droll Role, the 1972 WashingtonD.C. International Stakes winner, and 1971 Charles H.Strub Stakes winner War Heim, while Quack destroyedthe field by 5 1/2 lengths.

I was with my dad at the track that day after living inOregon for almost a year, and could hardly wait to seeSingle Agent run. Undefeated in four starts, he’d been apossible 1971 Kentucky Derby contender before gettinghurt in the San Jacinto Stakes during February of thatyear. In Hollywood’s Los Angeles Handicap during Mayof 1972, he ran the seven furlongs in a track recordequaling 1:20 flat (Native Diver and El Drag). He onlygot beat a length by the new track and world recordholder Triple Bend (1:19 4/5), of whom Hollywood stillruns a race in his name.

When Harry Henson called Single Agent as the leaderof the Hollywood Gold Cup at the quarter pole, and atthe lucrative odds of 27-1, I thought he might actuallysteal the race, so my heart beat ever so fast watching himturn into the stretch. But it was not to be, as Quackcaught him and quickly opened up in the stretch.

I started working at Santa Anita Park for the Benedictbarn the day after Christmas, and it still is a dream cometrue to have been able to muck out a stall, hot walk orjust look in on this beautiful black gelding every day thatI worked for Jim. Yes, I will always be a little biased, Iguess, but Quack held that track record until 1985, andSingle Agent, once considered just a sprinter, still ran 10furlongs in a comparable time to the great Riva Ridgerunning it two weeks earlier in the Hollywood Derby.

Swaps was the greatest, Native Diver thrilled my child-hood and even Charlie Boots, winner of the 1967 Del MarDerby, and the late Alvaro Pineda hold special places in myheart, but a painting of Single Agent hangs on my wall foreven my grandchildren to ask about.

Thanks daddy for giving me the gift of a mere racetrackvisit that morning, which showed me one of God’s beauti-ful creations at a place where not only movie stars shinedeveryday, but equine ones as well…

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by PERRY BOATRIGHT

Single Agent:One Of A Kind


Single Agent (#7) finished fourth behind Quack, Droll Role (#2)and War Heim (#5) in the $175,000 Hollywood Gold Cup

Invitational Handicap at Hollywood Park on July 15, 1972.

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