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FASIG-TIPTON AT SANTA ANITA

A NEW ERA FOR CALIFORNIA SALES

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STABILITY FOR CALIFORNIA SALES

he Stronach Group and Fasig-Tipton announced July 13 they have reached an agreement to conduct Toroughbred auctions at legendary Santa Anita Park beginning in 2019. A tentative date for a 2-year-olds in trainingg sale has been set for June 5. Tentative dates for a yearling sale are September 24 or 25. “We’re thrilled to have Fasig-Tipton back in California and to host these sales at Santa Anita Park,” said Te Stronach Group’s COO Tim Ritvo. “Te Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale in March has been an incredible success for both Gulfstream and Fasig-Tipton and we want to continue building on that relationship here at Santa Anita. Tese sales are exciting for horsemen as well as fans. Fasig-Tipton is a wonderful partner, and our work with them allows us to reenergize our facilities with diferent events while continuing to bring the inventory

right to our horsemen. “ Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said: “We are very excited to be returning to the auction marketplace in California. Santa Anita is the perfect venue to conduct quality sales in California. We will work closely with w Te Stronach Group to serve the California West Coast marketplace.” Te venture is receiving support throughout the industry. “We are pleased that Santa Anita and Fasig-Tipton are joining the auction arena,” said Miguel A. Santana, President and CEP of Fairplex, the parent company of Barretts Sales. “We applaud Santa Anita for stepping up and taking the lead to support the equine sales industry, and keeping a footprint on the West Coast. We look forward to supporting them, and the industry, in the future.” Doug Burge, President of the California Toroughbred Breeders Asso-

ciation, said: “Te CTBA has worked diligently the last few years with Barretts and the Los Angeles County Fair to guarantee a smooth transition with the commercial sales ofered in California. We are extremely gratifed with the support shown by both Santa Anita and Fasig-Tipton as this partnership will provide the needed stability and confdence for California breeders.” Terry Lovingier, Chairman of the CTBA Sales Committee and Toroughbred Owners of California Owner Relations Committee, said the Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita sales will beneft the entire California horse industry. “I’m excited and pleased to have been part of working with Santa Anita and CTBA to bring a brand name sales company to a brand name racetrack,” stated Lovingier. “It’s best for all breeders and owners in California and provides the much needed stability we all need in the horse industry. I would like to give a special thanks to Tim Ritvo at Santa Anita, Boyd Browning at Fasig-Tipton, and Doug Burge at CTBA for making this happen.”

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24 MILLIONAIRE

16 NorCal Sale Preview

SOI PHET

18 TOBA Breeder of the Year: Barton Toroughbreds

California-bred Soi Phet, a veteran at age 10, became a millionaire with his victory in the $101,035 Bertrando Stakes at Los Alamitos July 4.

20 Keeping Racehorses Entertained

VICE CHAIRPERSON TERRY C. LOVINGIER TREASURER GEORGE F. SCHMITT

26 Golden State Series: Everett Nevin Stakes

SECRETARY KATE BARTON DIRECTORS John C. Harris, Leigh Ann Howard, John H. Barr, Kate Barton, Gloria Haley, Pete Parrella, Sue Greene, Donald J. Valpredo, Terry C. Lovingier, Tim Cohen, George F. Schmitt, Edward Freeman, Clay Murdock

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SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS

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California Chrome Honored California Chrome has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Rood & Riddle Comeback Award. Te award is presented to a horse that has performed at the highest levels of competition, faced a medical or surgical issue, received veterinary care by a Rood & Riddle veterinarian, and subsequently returned to California Chrome is being honored compete at his or her by Rood & Riddle previous performance level. A two-time national Horse of the Year and the richest California-bred of all time, California Chrome won the 2014 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1). After physical issues prevented California Chrome from competing in England, Dr. Larry Bramlage evaluated him, and he was treated and rested. California Chrome’s return to competition included a victory in the 2016 Dubai World Cup (G1). “We are extremely pleased to present the 2018 Rood & Riddle Comeback Award to California Chrome,” said Dr. Tom Riddle. “He exemplifes the characteristics of an outstanding equine athlete who sufered a health issue, returned to elite competition, and continued his winning ways.” Bramlage will present the award to representatives of Taylor Made Stallions, co-breeders Denise and Perry Martin, and California Chrome. Bramlage will be accompanied by Dr. Debbie SpikePierce, the chief executive ofcer of Rood & Riddle.

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of California Toroughbred to spotlight their facility in the annual farm section of the magazine. Te cost of a page is $800, or $900, should you need the editorial prepared for you. For space reservations, contact Loretta Veiga at (626) 445-7800, ext. 227, or loretta@ctba.com.

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UNUSUAL HEAT (1990) †

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BLUEGRASS CAT (2003)

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STORMIN FEVER (1994) †

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SWISS YODELER (1994) ¥

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OLD TOPPER (1995)

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MINISTERS WILD CAT (2000)

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ROCKY BAR (1998) •

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SEA OF SECRETS (1995) †

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KAFWAIN (2000)

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DECARCHY (1997) †

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ATTICUS (1992)

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COMIC STRIP (1995) †

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LUCKY PULPIT †

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SOUTHERN IMAGE

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SQUARE EDDIE

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VRONSKY

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EDDINGTON

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Indicates stallions who have died or have been retired from stud. ● Indicates stallions who have moved out of state but have California-bred 2-year-olds of this year.

All sires will remain on the list until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old.

QUALIFYING CLAIMING LEVELS The following claiming levels for California owners premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect: DEL MAR/$40,000 SONOMA COUNTY FAIR (SANTA ROSA)/$20,000 HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR (FERNDALE)/$20,000 GOLDEN GATE FIELDS/$20,000

NewsBits LIPPY WINS GONZALEZ STAKES AT PLEASANTON Tough the $65,425 Juan Gonzalez Memorial Stakes was an open stakes for 2-year-old fllies, the entire feld consisted of California-breds. Lippy, the 7-5 favorite, emerged victorious for owner/breeder Reddam Racing and trainer Doug O’Neill. Lippy had started twice at Santa Anita, fnishing second and then breaking her maiden while piloted by Mario Gutierrez, a regular rider in Southern California for Paul and Zillah Reddam and O’Neill. Irving Orozco rode Lippy in the Gonzalez at Pleasanton. Racing in second early in the 51⁄2-furlong event, Lippy took the lead in the fnal furlong and won by 11⁄4 lengths in 1:05.57. Accomplishedsister fnished second, with River of Doubt third. Te Reddams bred Lippy from the Jade Hunter mare Sarah Jade, and Lippy is by the Reddams’ stallion Square Eddie. Sarah Jade was a graded stakes-placed earner of $213,431.

California-bred Toroughbred Makeover Award Established Te Georgia B. Ridder Foundation will sponsor a special award for the top-scoring California-bred at the 2018 Toroughbred Makeover. Te Retired Racehorse Project made the announcement of the $2,500 award, which will also honor After the Finish Line, a funding non-proft for Toroughbred racehorses transitioning into second careers. Te Toroughbred Makeover will be held Oct. 4-7 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. Te training competition for ex-racehorses in second careers will feature 400-500 horses, each with up to 10 months of retraining. Trainers vie for $100,000 in prize money, and the overall winning horse takes home a $10,000 prize.

Te Cal-bred award will ofer an extra incentive for trainers to purchase statebreds for the competition. Twenty-three trainers have entered the 2018 Makeover. Eleven Calbreds competed in the 2017 Makeover. Te late Georgia Ridder, with her husband, the late B.J. Ridder, raced many top Cal-breds, including their homebred Flying Paster. Named the 1978 Cal-bred Horse of the Year, Flying Paster later became a successful California sire. Te Ridders also raced such horses as Eclipse Award winner Cascapedia. Following B.J.’s death in 1983, Georgia continued to operate a racing stable that included 1996 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Alphabet Soup. Georgia Ridder died in 2002.

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Oliver, a graduate of the 2017 Northern California Yearling Sale, scored by 51⁄4 lengths July 20 at Del Mar in a $61,725 maiden special weight race for California-bred and California-sired 2-year-olds. Bred by Thomas Bachman, Oliver is a son of Papa Clem out of the Premiership mare Snobby Princess. Luis Mendez trains him for William Peeples, and Joe Talamo rode him.

The $30,000 purchase at last year’s Northern California Yearling Sale has a win, a second, and a third in three starts for earnings of $51,080. He ran the fve furlongs in :58.91 and went off as the 8-5 favorite in a feld of 10. This year’s Northern California Yearling Sale will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton.

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■ Make Music for Me’s First Winner Triple Shot made it a double and became the frst winner for California stallion Make Music for Me. In his second lifetime start, during the Oak Tree at Pleasanton meeting June 17, Triple Shot won a six-furlong maiden-claiming event for California-breds and California-sired runners. He returned at Sacramento July 21 to capture a six-furlong starter allowance. William Antongeorgi III piloted Triple Shot at Pleasanton, and they won by 11⁄4 lengths. Irving Orozco rode the colt to a four-length victory at Sacramento. William Morey trains Triple Shot for owner/breeder Michael John Cheek. Triple Shot is a California-bred out of the Fact Book mare Good Book. Make Music for Me stands at Rancho Temescal in Piru for $1,500. The son of Bernstein—Miss Cheers, by Carson City, won the 2010 Pasadena Stakes and is multiple graded stakes-placed.

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Multiple graded winner Soul of the Matter, an earner of $2,302,818 and later a California sire, died June 20 in Montana. He was 27. Trained by Soul of the Matter Richard Mandella for owner/breeder Burt Bacharach, Soul of the Matter for many years stood at E.A. Ranches in Ramona. He won seven of 16 races, including the 1994 Super Derby (G1), 1995 Goodwood Handicap (G1), and 1994 San Felipe Stakes (G2). He also fnished second to champion Cigar in the inaugural Dubai World Cup in 1996. Soul of the Matter sired such runners as California-bred Mobilized. An earner of $446,004, Mobilized won the 2012 Tiznow Stakes. The stallion also sired several good runners in Japan.

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California owner/breeder Pete Fer, a longtime member of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, has died. “Pete will be surely missed by all of the horsemen who ever came in contact with the ever-friendly personality of Pete,” said Anthony Zankich. “A truly loyal friend of the horse-racing community.” Fer bred and raced such runners as California-bred Uncaged Fury, winner of the 1994 California Cup Sprint and an earner of $554,365, and Mystery’s Edge, a stakes winner and earner of $142,725. Fer bred Caballo de Oro and raced that Cal-bred in partnership. Caballo de Oro won the 1988 Sam Simeon Handicap (G3T) and earned $205,700.

Affrmarose, one of the last broodmares sired by Triple Crown winner Affrmed, had to be euthanized following the birth of her 2018 flly by Ethnic Dance at Pacifc Coast Thoroughbreds in Hemet. Dr. Ben Davis sadly reported the news, saying that Affrmarose had suffered complications of laminitis. Bred by Calumet Farm, Affrmarose was an unraced Affrmarose’s last foal, a flly 1997 daughter of Affrmed by Ethnic Dance out of the Devil’s Bag mare De La Devil. California breeder John C. Mabee purchased her for $80,000 at the 1998 Keeneland September yearling sale. Mabee’s Golden Eagle Farm owned the mare for nine years, selling her to Dinesh Maniar for $13,000 at the 2007 Barretts fall mixed sale. Affrmarose produced seven starters, all winners. Autumn Accent, a Kentucky-bred daughter of Souvenir Copy, with $105,641 was the mare’s leading earner, winning four of 31 races, with fve seconds and four thirds. Davis and his wife, Dr. Kayleeta Davis, owned Affrmarose and said that her Ethnic Dance flly is doing well. Ethnic Dance stands at Pacifc Coast Thoroughbreds.

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Hal and Patti Earnhardt bought California-bred TEN CHURROS privately in the summer of 2008, which is how Bob Baffert ended up winning the $108,200 Generous Portion Stakes Aug. 27 with her. Baffert had already trained Cal-bred Indian Charlie for the Earnhardts, and that colt won the 1998 Santa Anita Derby (G1). With Clinton Potts in the irons, Ten Churros had to race wide in the six-furlong Generous Portion, but she won easily by 21⁄2 lengths in 1:11.61. “I wasn’t sure how hard I should train her,” said Baffert, “but she’s come along really well.” John Harris’ Harris Farms bred the 2-year-old daughter of High Brite—Grana, by Miswaki.

California-bred BERTRANDO upset another Cal-bred, Best Pal, in the $1 million Pacifc Classic (G1) at Del Mar Aug. 21, 1993. Best Pal had won the inaugural Pacifc Classic in 1991, and he was favored at 2-5 to win it again. But Bertrando dominated in front-running style, leading at every call to reach the wire three lengths ahead of English-bred Missionary Ridge, with Best Pal third, and getting the 11⁄4 miles in 1:59.55. Bobby Frankel trained both Bertrando and Missionary Ridge. Gary Stevens rode Bertrando for Marshall Naify’s 505 Farms and Ed Nahem. “He’s terrifc; he’s a real racehorse,” said Stevens. Bertrando was eventually voted the 1993 Eclipse Award as champion older male. Nahem bred the son of Skywalker—Gentle Hands, by Buffalo Lark.

50 YEARS AGO Nothing could separate California-breds PRINCE HEMP and GLORY HALLELUJAH at the fnish of the Del Mar Derby Aug. 24, 1968. The two came to the wire together and defeated Fiddle Isle, a horse who would go on to add many top-level turf stakes. Prince Hemp and Glory Hallelujah equaled the track record of 1:46 3⁄5 for 11⁄8 miles. Raul Caballero rode Prince Hemp for owner Herbert L. Pratt and trainer L.T. Ruff. Dorothy P. Barrett bred Prince Hemp, a son of Indian Hemp—Princess Lark, by Hill Prince. Jerry Lambert rode Glory Hallelujah for owner Flying M Stable and trainer T.W. Dunn. C.C. Moseley bred Glory Hallelujah, a son of Windy City II—Sweet Gussie, by Mister Gus.

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With the Sept. 30 deadline to register 2017 foals as Cal-bred or Cal-sired fast approaching, take advantage of the streamlined registration process offered by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association. It eliminates the need to send the original Jockey Club Certifcate to the CTBA to complete the Cal-bred or Cal-sired registration. Once the Cal-bred or Cal-sired application and fee are submitted to the CTBA, and a certifcate has been issued by The Jockey Club, the CTBA will be notifed by The Jockey Club and will send a sticker to the person or farm submitting the application to be affxed to The Jockey Club Certifcate verifying the Cal-bred or Cal-sired registration. The sticker is similar to ones used for annual vehicle registration by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Certifcates that have already been processed by the CTBA and returned to applicants do not need and will not receive a sticker.

Te CTBA will conduct this year’s Northern California sale Tuesday, Aug. 14, at the Amador Pavilion at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, beginning at noon. Te sale horses will be stabled in the permanent barns closer to the Amador Pavilion. As in the past, the commission will be 5% of the fnal bid, with a minimum of $500. Te maximum commission for this year’s sale on an RNA will be capped at $1,000. For further information, contact Loretta Veiga at (800) 573-2822, ext. 227 or loretta@ctba.com or Christy Chapman at (800) 5732822, ext. 225 or christy@ctba.com.

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CTFoundation Montoya Can Find the Answers 2018

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES PRESIDENT

Mrs. Ada Gates Patton VICE-PRESIDENT

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Jane Goldstein Mrs. Jeanne L. Canty Ex Offcio President Jeff Blea, DVM Tracy Gantz Thomas S. Robbins John W. Sadler Noreen Sullivan Peter W. Tunney Amy J. Zimmerman

She is as institutional to the California Toroughbred industry as the Carleton F. Burke Library that she oversees, but don’t mistake Vivian Montoya for a horse person. “I don’t do horses,” she said. “Te last time I rode a horse may have been 40 years ago. I like talking about them, but I don’t touch them, don’t ride them, don’t feed them carrots. But I’ll look up whatever you need about them.” Over a career at the CTBA that has spanned nearly three decades, Montoya has looked up thousands of things about horses for people around the world. But her career began as an accidental librarian. Montoya was hired in 1989 to oversee the Stallion Directory for Te Toroughbred of California. She also worked in the company’s computer room, set up the frst year of the CTBA website, and worked as the organization’s receptionist, a position she splits today with her current duties. In the early 1990s Montoya’s responsibilities shifted to include the library, complete with its thousands of volumes of research material. “Tere wasn’t any manual as to how to look anything up,” she laughed. “At frst I asked the people who came in to do the research how to look things up. It was like

they threw me in the swimming pool to see if I can swim.” In the 25-plus years that have followed, not only has Montoya improved her strokes, but they are now world-class. She felds thousands of inquiries from dozens of countries on an annual basis. Last year she worked closely with an Argentinian searching for the grave of an Argentinian champion racehorse named Yatasto to repatriate his remains to his homeland. A 1948 grandson of Hyperion, he was imported to California in the late 1950s to stand at Rex Ellsworth Ranch in Chino. Montoya’s extensive research helped narrow the search; it is likely that the horse’s remains were lost due to the expansion of the California highway system. “I’ve been asked all sorts of things,” Montoya recalled recently. “Someone said, ‘I don’t know nothing about horses, but how do I breed a Kentucky Derby winner?’ Another person said, ‘I live out in the desert, but I want to start a farm.’ But the best one was when someone called the library and wanted to know which was faster: a white horse or a black horse?” Te one thing that Montoya’s years of experience have taught her to know for certain. She’s not likely to be found petting either one of them.

Tank You, SCEF and Dolly Green Te California Toroughbred Foundation could not do the scholarship work it does without the generous support of donors. Veterinary students at the University of California at Davis receive the California Toroughbred Foundation/Southern California Equine Foundation Scholarship and California Toroughbred Foundation/Dolly Green Foundation Scholarship. Te SCEF and Dolly Green Foundation help fund those two scholarships, which this year went to Ferrin Peterson and Katrijn Whisenant, both specializing in large animals, with an emphasis on equine medicine.

memorial donations The 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.

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Most of the 183 horses are California-bred yearlings, with a few horses of racing age also ofered. Te sale will be conducted Tuesday, Aug. 14, beginning at noon at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. A $500 travel allowance with a minimum purchase of $2,500 is being ofered to out-of-state trainers and to trainers from Southern California who attend the upcoming 2018 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale. Take the One O One and My Friend Emma have been representing the Northern sale well. Take the One O One, who sold for $47,000 in 2016 and has earned $255,681, captured the June 2 Snow Chief Stakes at Santa Anita. My Friend Emma, a bargain at $1,000 in 2013 and now an earner of $268,333, took a division of the June 9 Albany Stakes at Golden Gate Fields. 16

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alifornia breeders have supported a large number of stallions in the state, producing a plethora of California-breds that next year will be eligible for the many incentives the state ofers. Yearlings by 69 stallions—most of whom stand in California—will be available for purchase at the 2018 California Toroughbred Breeders Association Northern California yearling and horses of racing age sale.

Judging from all angles, Thoroughbred owners will be seeking future stars at the 2018 CTBA Northern California yearling and horses of racing age sale

Several consignors are bringing large groups of yearlings to the Northern sale. Te largest is Barton Toroughbreds, agent. Among the top 10 breeders in the state so far this year, Barton has entered 36 yearlings. Most are by Champ Pegasus, the millionaire multiple graded stakes winner who stands at Barton in Santa Ynez. Champ Pegasus, whose frst foals reached the races in 2017, has sired such runners as Barton-bred stakes-placed Schulace and Utah Ute, an earner of $75,825. Barton is also ofering several yearlings

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by Einstein as well as youngsters by Atticus, Decarchy, English Channel, Fast Anna, and Mucho Macho Man. Shane Easterbrook’s Easterbrook Livestock Management has cataloged 21 yearlings, seven 2-year-olds, and one 3-yearold. Te yearlings include the sale’s only Bluegrass Cat, who moved to California in 2015 and whose frst Cal-breds are 2-year-olds of 2018. Te colt by Bluegrass Cat in the sale is out of the unraced Sky Mesa mare Rose Canyon, a full sister to stakes winner Paloma Mesa. Easterbrook’s other yearlings are by such sires as Coil, Don’tsellmeshort, Gervinho, and Richard’s Kid. Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch has entered 18 yearlings, fve 2-year-olds, and two 3-year-olds. Several yearlings are by Empire Way, a full brother to champion Royal Delta, who stands at Lovacres in

Warner Springs. Empire Way is pit flly, who is out of the unthe sire of Loving Lynda, winraced Indian Charlie mare Inner of this year’s Melair Stakes. divar. Te mare is a half sister Other Lovacres yearlings are by to stakes winner Mei Ling. Awesome Gambler, Cyclotron, Te Lucky Pulpit flly is one Govenor Charlie, and Merit of the few in the catalog not a Man. Cal-bred, having been foaled Sue Greene’s Woodbridge in Kentucky. However, she is Farm, always a major conregistered for California-sired signor at the Northern sale, is races. bringing 17 yearlings and two Te Checkmate consign2-year-olds. Te list includes, ment also includes a colt by as agent for Cheryl Bigon and Vronsky—Fasahah, by UnLaura Cussins, a full brother bridled. Fasahah is already the to graded winner Top Kisser, dam of stakes winner Show by Old Topper, as well as the Me Your Glory and stakesonly yearling by Tannersmyplaced Bless Idbyour Name. man, the sire of My Friend Rancho de los Aviadores Emma. Tannersmyman stands has four yearlings in the cataat Woodbridge in Oakdale. log, including one of two by Roi Charmant is represented U S Ranger. Te flly is out by one colt in the catalog, and of the Desert Classic mare he is part of the Woodbridge Ankha and is a half sister group. Te colt is a half brothto millionaire and Cal-bred er to $657,027-earner Qiaochampion Ultra Blend. Wilna, a Cal-bred multiple stakes low Tree has the other U S winner. Ranger, a colt out of the winTe Woodbridge consignning Siphon mare Boro. ment also includes two of the Brent P. Terry has entered 18 fve yearlings by Smiling Tiger, yearlings in the Northern Calboth fllies. One of the Smiling ifornia sale. Te group is by a Tigers is out of the Tannersmydiverse stallion array: Alpha man mare Tanned Refection Bettor, Giacomo, Mast Track, while the other is out of stakes Musketier, Silent Name, Unwinner House of Grace. der Caution, and Wilko. Willow Tree Farm also has George and Mary Clare a Smiling Tiger flly among Schmitt’s Sierra Sunset its seven yearlings while John Ranch will ofer 10 yearlings Harris’ Harris Farms has two and fve 2-year-olds. Four of colts by Smiling Tiger. Te Take the One O One, top, and My Friend Emma, above, are two of the yearlings are by Sierra stallion stands at Harris Farms the many bargains plucked from the NorCal sale Sunset, four are by Brave Cat, in Coalinga. His frst foals are and two are by Run Brother 3-year-olds and include Spiced Perfection, multiple stakes winner Lucky J. H. Te Ron. winner of the 2018 Evening Jewel Stakes. flly, selling as the property of Old English Stony Creek Farm has fve yearlings Harris also has the only yearling in the Rancho, is out of the grade 3 stakes-placed in the catalog. Tree are by Clubhouse catalog by deceased Unusual Heat, who In Excess mare Chosen Royalty. Ride, one is by Desert Code, and anothled so many California sires lists for nuHarris also has the only Ministers Wild er is by Storm Wolf. merous years. Te colt is out of the win- Cat yearling in the catalog. Te colt is out Julie Adair Stack, whose reputation ning Muqtarib mare Quickly Gone, a of multiple stakes winner Bold Roberta, with lay-ups is unparalleled and who ofhalf sister to graded stakes winner Quick who has also produced stakes-winning ten cared for multiple champion BeholdEnough. Cal-bred Bella Luma, also by Ministers er when that mare took a break from the Take the One O One’s sire, Acclama- Wild Cat. track, has one in the catalog. Te Kention, has two in the catalog, a colt and Lucky Pulpit, another leading Califor- tucky-bred flly is by California sire Coil a flly, both consigned by Harris Farms. nia sire now deceased, has one yearling in and registered for California-sired races. Te colt is out of the winning Broken the catalog. Adrian Gonzalez’ Checkmate Te Coil flly is out of the winning Dixie Vow mare Team Builder, a half sister to Toroughbreds is ofering the Lucky Pul- Union mare Linda Lou. www.ctba.com ❙ August 2018 ❙ CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED

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Richard and Beth Barton have six children, and of the six, Kate is the most interested in racKate Barton runs the show at Barton Thoroughbreds for her parents, Richard and Beth ing. She serves as the stable’s racing manager and is also an active participant on the board of the of Mucho Macho Man—Longing, by City Zip, California Toroughbred Breeders Association. sold for $120,000 to Blinkers On Racing Stable “We are honored to be selected as the TOBA out of the McCarthy Bloodstock consignment. recipient for the state of California,” said Kate, A son of Fusaichi Pegasus—Salt Champ, by “and hope we can continue to breed quality CalSalt Lake, Champ Pegasus is a multiple graded ifornia-breds to supply to the market.” stakes winner and millionaire. Hall of Famer In 2017 the Bartons purchased the former Richard Mandella had trained the horse. Magali Farms in Santa Ynez, and they hired Te Bartons have set about proving Champ Kevin Dickson as their farm manager. Dickson Pegasus as a sire by supporting him well. Tey comes from Vessels Stallion Farm and brings a bought in-foal mares in Kentucky, bringing wealth of knowledge and experience. them to California to have Cal-breds, and then Te frst foals of the Bartons’ major stallion, bred the mares back to Champ Pegasus. Champ Pegasus, reached the races in 2017. Te From his frst crop, Champ Pegasus has sired Bartons last year also began the process of buildBarton-bred Schulace, who fnished second in ing the stallion ranks at the farm, now called last year’s Everett Nevin Stakes at Pleasanton. Barton Toroughbreds. Tey brought in Misremembered and Utah Ute, also bred by the Bartons, is the stallion’s leading earner, continue to stand Coil, who had been standing at Magali. Kate with $75,825 to date. noted that they will add Tiz a Minister to the farm’s roster for Te Bartons also bred Tule Fog, a Cal-bred son of Surf Cat— 2019. Teardownthatwall, by Free House. Now 4 and raced by Carolyn With their most successful times likely still to come, the Bar- Sherry and Sierra Stables, Tule Fog has earned $151,285. In parttons ranked high among California breeders in 2017. Under nership with Mike Machowsky’s Lo Hi Racing Stable, they bred Richard Barton Enterprises, they were eighth by earnings, with Bad Ju Ju, a stakes-winning Cal-bred earner of $362,776. $962,242. Machowsky trains many of the Bartons’ runners. Tey race Te leading earner of the horses they bred was Roaring Rule, Cal-bred Algorhythmic, a daughter of Vronsky—Torellen, by a son of Tribal Rule who earned $77,965 in 2017 and was a Swiss Yodeler, bred by Jonny Hilvers. Algorhythmic has earned $25,000 sales graduate of the 2014 CTBA Northern California $205,914 and is now competing in graded stakes. yearling sale. Tey also bred and race Drizzy, a Cal-bred son of Already this year, the Bartons have bred a major sale horse. English Channel who ran third in the 2017 Graduation Stakes Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables to the Ocala Breeders’ Sales’ and the I’m Smokin Stakes, both at Del Mar. April 2-year-old sale, the Cal-bred son of Strong Mandate out Also in 2017, a Barton-bred yearling brought the highest price of the Henny Hughes mare Diva’s Tribute and a half brother to for a colt at the Barretts select yearling sale. Te Cal-bred son graded winner Spectator, sold for $250,000. 18

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Management Hot Kiss has a tiger by the tail to while away her time in the stall

IDLE MINDS ARE THE DEVIL’S WORKSHOP

DISTRACTION ACTION BY EMILY SHIELDS

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ecretariat could not go to the track without his stable pony, Billy Silver. Well-loved stufed animals hang outside every stall in Roger Attfeld’s barn at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Philadelphia trainer Ed Coletti hangs baby toys above his stall webbings. Tapwrit, winner of the 2017 Belmont Stakes (G1), plays with his Jolly ball on a daily basis.

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Racehorses are notoriously known for being stalled 23 hours a day, with that lone hour outside being a combination of strenuous exercise and the overstimulating bustle of the racetrack. While some horses thrive on this lifestyle, others might struggle, becoming anxious and developing unwanted behavioral issues. With some extra attention and some trial and error, these

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wreck,” said trainer Gary behaviors can be stopped in their Stute. “It looked like a dirt tracks. track in the stall because of Tere are conficting schools the stall walking. I got a goat of thought on the very nature of and now the flly just stands the racehorse: Tey are exposed there. She loves this goat. to crowds, travel regularly, and Tis was the best result I’ve can face dogs, farm equipment, ever had with a goat.” and other nerve-wracking situa- Zelda, left, and Autumn Flower illustrate that goats can be a calmStandout California-bred tions from a very young age. Tis ing companion for a horse Lennyfromalibu also sufered makes them solid candidates for from anxiety. second careers—horses that have seen it or develops into a habit.” “He was a notorious stall walker,” said For a lot of trainers, the easiest fx is get- Harris Auerbach, whose family bred and all, and can be relied on. But racehorses are also asked to run fat ting a goat. raced Lennyfromalibu. “A goat kept him “For nervous fllies, we get goats,” said in check. He ran seven Beyers of 100 or out once a week either via workouts or a race, and then are kept in stalls away from trainer Dan Hendricks. “Some colts will more in a row. If he hadn’t been a stall their stablemates. As horses are by nature get goats, too, but sometimes with them walker, there’s no telling how good he we will take down a board between the would have been.” herd animals, this can be distressing. “You have to think about how horses stalls so that they can have some company. Shirrefs worries about horses’ depenare meant to be,” said Kristen Brown, Tat’s all they want, something to think dency on goats, saying, “Tey become deDVM. “Tey are meant to be herd ani- about. For the frst day or two we worry pendent on pets. Simply communicating mals with others at all times, and exist about whether the partner horse will settle with the horse helps a lot.” within a hierarchy in the herd. When you down, but after that it’s fne.” Hendricks added, “Horses like interac“I’ve got one now that was a nervous tion. It helps to do simple stuf, like just have horses in stalls, separated from their friends, it’s not their natural environment. Tere’s a lot of added stress in that sense.” Stress can cause both internal problems and behavioral issues. “It can predispose horses to ulcers, or behaviors such as stall weaving or sucking air,” Brown said. “Every horse is diferent. A lot of them just internalize things, and you don’t know they are struggling.” Trainers have many tricks to relieve stress, both in the stall and on the track. “I use any type of distraction,” said John Shirrefs, whose trainees have included multiple champion Zenyatta. “For a nervous horse, it’s always about their environment and a lack of exercise. Tey don’t like confnement. You need to make them happier in their environment, and you need to break the chain. Whether that means bringing them out and walking them or just giving them a bath— anything that makes it so the anxiety doesn’t become ingrained in their muscles

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rubbing on them.” Auerbach recalled a trick used by trainer Barry Abrams on some of his horses, including stakes-placed Cal-bred Hot n’ Dusty. “Barry had ear mufs on her with music playing inside,” Auerbach said. “But you couldn’t race with anything electronic, obviously.” Coletti has added baby toy rings to his horse’s crossbars for practical reasons. “Tey stand at the front of the stall, look down, and nibble on the crossbar all day,” he said. “Instead of nibbling on the bar, they can play with their toys. It keeps them occupied.” Coletti also uses teddy bears, which is a popular form of distraction in barns at Woodbine. “We’ve used stufed animals, goats, and Jolly balls,” said Joseph DePaulo, assistant to trainer Mike DePaulo. “But the best thing we came up with was a mirror.” He noted that there might be some issues with stufed animals, such as if a horse is overzealously playing with it and ingests stufng, that can cause serious problems. “You fgure out within a few hours whether it will work to calm them or not.” Little Red Feather racing syndicate founder Billy Koch said, “Sometimes you can use herbs to calm them down, and we use a lot of paddock schooling. Te hardest thing is that horses are like people, and every one is diferent. So you need to fgure out what makes each one quiet. You just have to work with them.” Once the horses leave the stall and make it to the track for morning training, they can become keyed up. “You have to try to fnd a quiet rider,” said longtime exercise rider and assistant trainer David Meah. “Te use of a pony helps, and putting cotton in their ears. But if they’re nervous, just pet them and talk to them. Be present with them. It helps.” Owner and former rider Jef Bloom said, “Typically, with overagitated horses, the more by themselves they are, the better. By bringing them out in the dark during the frst set, you can take them 22

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Belmont Stakes winner Tapwrit and his Jolly ball

away from the action. As a rider, it helps to lower your stirrups and ride more balanced and relaxed. But some horses want to be in the herd, so taking them of alone is counterproductive.” In that instance, Bloom seconds the idea of a pony.

Te very best thing for them is turn-out time to relax in the sun.” — Trainer Ari Herbertson

“Some horses become comfortable and familiar with a single pony horse,” Bloom said. “As long as they have that family member that they can look for when they are pulling up, they immediately calm down on the track.” Bloom has sometimes found unusual solutions, noting, “I’m a terrible singer, but there was one flly I rode and every time I got on her I kept singing and she would be quiet. Maybe it relaxed her, or maybe it just kept the other riders away.” Exercise rider Sarah Parlier, who has galloped for trainer Mike Harrington for years, said, “Pony horses help, as well as sometimes the company of other horses. But I fnd that the rider helps big time.

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Being quiet as a rider with soft hands and an encouraging voice and relaxed back helps. Many fllies really respond well to women riders because of how gentle we are. Basically, no pressure. I was a pro at riding crazy fllies.” Environmental factors play a part. Both Shirrefs and Meah praised the open-air stalls available at Del Mar. “If you have the option to use a different stall, do it,” Meah said. “Having a window as opposed to a closed stall can help a lot, and of course, the pens at Del Mar.” Sometimes, a horse’s anxiety cannot be helped. Cal-bred millionaire General Challenge won three grade 1 stakes races in his home state but simply would not perform on the road. “Here at home he was fne,” recalled trainer Bob Bafert. “Put him on the road and he’d just go into this nervous state and just wash out. He was probably the best horse I trained that didn’t have much of a mind.” No matter the method, Brown recommends trying something before anxiety gets worse. “Once they learn those behaviors, it can be very hard to stop it,” she said. “Te second you see (such behaviors) developing, get the horse out or change something up, because it’s very hard to stop the behavior like that. Letting a horse be a horse is huge. A lot of people can’t do it in their situations, but letting a horse be out in a paddock with friends—that’s pretty important, especially when young.” Trainer Ari Herbertson agreed. “We use Jolly balls, and I have horses that enjoy playing with them,” he said. “But to say any one horse needs it is ridiculous. Te best thing to do is to turn them out for a couple of weeks. Tey do the same mundane stuf every day, and they get bored. “I’ve spent money on all sorts of treatments for ulcers and such. I’ve given Jolly balls and goats. I’ve purchased anything you can think of to buy. But the very best thing for them is turn-out time to relax in the sun.”

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Bertrando Stakes

LOOKING LIKE A MILLION IN FINE PHET-TLE: 10-YEAR-OLD WINS BERTRANDO BY TRACY GANTZ

ven the great John Henry didn’t do what California-bred Soi Phet did in winning the 2018 Bertrando Stakes. Soi Phet, at age 10, won the race for the second time, having taken it in 2014 and competing in the race fve consecutive times.

Oh yeah—and he became a millionaire as well. John Henry, the bar against which all modern-day geldings are judged, won stakes a second and even a third and fourth time, but he didn’t run at age 10. California-breds have their A determined Soi Phet, rail, guts out a nose win over 4-year-old B Squared in Bertrando Stakes own list of great geldings—Best Pal, Lava Man, and on back to Native Diver. None raced at 10. adores his job. “I’m very proud of what he’s been able to accomplish,” said He also loves Los Alamitos. He has a record of fve wins—all trainer Leonard Powell. in stakes—in nine starts there. In addition to the 2014 and 2018 Powell should be proud of himself as well. He plucked Soi Phet Bertrando, Soi Phet captured the 2014 Los Alamitos Mile and out of a claiming race for $16,000 at Betfair Hollywood Park in the 2016 and 2017 E. B. Johnston Stakes. 2013. Since then, Soi Phet has become a money-making maSoi Phet does well at other venues also. Prior to the July 4 Berchine for Powell and the gelding’s owners: the Benowitz Family trando, he defeated B Squared by a head in the $102,070 Crystal Trust, Paul Viskovich, and Mathilde Powell, the trainer’s wife. Water Stakes at Santa Anita May 20. Soi Phet has also become the barn favorite. Powell loves the Tose two met again in the $101,035 Bertrando over a mile. gelding and has frequently said he will only run Soi Phet for as Bettors sent B Squared of as the 2-1 favorite, with Soi Phet the long as Soi Phet enjoys his job. Te thing is, Soi Phet absolutely fourth choice at nearly 4-1. At almost no time did Soi Phet look like he was going to win. He settled into fourth early on the rail under jockey Alonso Quinonez. Soi Phet appeared beaten on the fnal turn while B Squared ranged up to take the lead into the stretch. Soi Phet moved up between horses and grabbed the lead deep in the stretch. But B Squared rallied and appeared as if he would get the head bob. Soi Phet would not be denied, however, and won by a nose in 1:35.53. He was well of his own track record of 1:33.95, set while winning the 2014 Bertrando. “Tey had a little better kick than us on the turn,” said Quinonez. “But that’s a long stretch, and he’s an old pro who knows exactly what to do.” ARCHA Racing bred Soi Phet, a son of Tizbud—Summer Jersey, by Siberian Summer. Te gelding brought his record to 15 wins in 59 starts for earnings of $1,015,250. “To me he has always been worth a million dollars and more,” Celebrating age and experience, the connections of Bertrando winner Soi Phet accept the spoils of victory said Powell. 24

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Larry and Marianne Williams’ homebred Luck’s Royal Flush antes up a win in Everett Nevin

FLUSH WITH VICTORY

LUCK’S ROYAL FLUSH HOLDS WINNING HAND

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hough based in Idaho, the racing operation of Larry and Marianne Williams has generally been centered on California and California-breds in particular. Earlier this season their homebred Pulpit Rider captured the Campanile Stakes at Golden Gate Fields and the California Cup Oaks at Santa Anita. Tey scored again in Northern California July 7 with another in-house product, as Luck’s Royal Flush outlasted a solid feld of 2-year-olds in the $100,000 Everett Nevin Stakes at Pleasanton. Tough the Jef Bonde-trained colt had led from fag fall to fnish when breaking his maiden at Santa Anita three weeks earlier, he was a liberal 9-1 in the six-horse

fourth foal and ffth winner from Royal Grand Slam, a winning homebred daughter of Grand Slam. He follows SoCal stakes-placed Grand Yodeler and Late ’n Left as black-type runners from the dam. Royal Grand Slam is one of eight foals bred by the couple from Royal Herat, a half sister to grade 2 winner Jade Flush. All seven of Royal Herat’s subsequent foals to race for the stable were winners. Tey include Houseofroyalhearts, frst home in the Restoration Stakes at Monmouth Park, stakes winner Royal Recruit, and Fu Peg He Rat, a 12-race winner who earned $258,545. Lucky Pulpit, raced by the Williamses and the sire of Pulpit Rider, along with champion California Chrome, sired Luck’s Royal Flush. Lucky Pulpit died in 2017. Royal Grand Slam resides at the couple’s Tree Top Ranch in Parma, Idaho, when not making forays to the Golden State to give birth and be bred. “I’m looking at her right now,” said ranch manager Dan Kaiser. “She’s a wonderful mare. She has a yearling colt by Rousing Sermon that I just started to saddle, and another Rousing Sermon baby colt who is gorgeous.” Rousing Sermon, a homebred son of Lucky Pulpit, won two stakes, including the 2011 Bob Benoit California Cup Juvenile Stakes, and placed in 11 others. He stands at Rancho San Miguel. “We are trying to do with him what we did with Lucky Pulpit, which is prove him ourselves,” noted Kaiser. In keeping with that policy, Royal Grand Slam was bred to another young Williams homebred stallion, Del Mar Futurity (G1) victor Tamarando, in 2018.

feld. Starting sharply under frst-time rider Stewart Elliott, Luck’s Royal Flush was widest of four down the backstretch before taking command on the turn and opening a three-length lead. Close to home, longshot Leadville and odds-on favorite Mr Paytience narrowed the gap, but Luck’s Royal Flush held sway by a half-length. “Tere was plenty of speed in here, and Jef just told me to play the break and go from there,” Elliott said afterward. “He was relaxed all the way. Tere was plenty there, and he just fnished up.” Te fnal time was 1:05. Te victory boosted the colt’s record to 4-2-1-0 with earnings of $106,440. Bonde said afterward that he planned to follow the Cal-bred trail and target Del Mar’s Graduation Stakes. The winning connections in Luck’s Royal Flush’s winner’s circle Luck’s Royal Flush is the include jockey Stewart Elliott and trainer Jeff Bonde, right

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PLEASANTON PART 3: RACETRACKERS LIVES ARE ALL IN THE GENES BY DARRYL HOVE

This is part 3 of a series of articles about people who call Pleasanton home. Part 2 appeared in the July issue.

During the summer of 1967, John Longden found himself in need of a replacement rider for Frank McMahon’s Jungle Road in Del Mar’s La Jolla Mile, an important prep for the Del Mar Derby. Rather than dip into the deep jockey room at the seaside track, he did a curious thing. He placed a call to Pleasanton and summoned an old adversary of his riding wars. Jack Robinson was competing on the Northern California circuit, a far cry from Del Mar. Robinson obliged, and the outcome was a winner’s circle picture.

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To Jack Robinson, this was simply a footnote to an extraordinary career for a rider who would never be considered for the Hall of Fame. In this installment of our recollections of some of the history and the life in a small community that contributed so much to California racing, we will take a detour to explain so many riders who came before and after Jack Robinson and called Pleasanton home. Jack followed his brother, Buddy, to California from Philadelphia and settled with his wife, Betty, in Pleasanton. Buddy continued south to Caliente, where he became one of the all-time great trainers in that border town. Jack and Betty had six daughters: Jackie, Jennifer, Paula, Janet, Julie, and Ella, and a son, Jay.

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Trainer John Longden called on Pleasanton-based jockey Jack Robinson to ride Jungle Road, below, to win the La Jolla Mile at Del Mar

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Jack won at every track in California, recognized or not, and on every breed. What truly made him the most revered person of his day, however, is that he was a human benevolent organization for the underdog in a sometimes controversial career. You would be hard-pressed to fnd anyone who would not consider him anything but a saint. Chuck Tompson, who rode, trained, and worked the jockey’s room for decades in Northern California, remembered being at Turf Paradise years ago with closing day nearing and himself without shipping money. “I had no idea how I was going to get back to California,” Tompson said. “I fgured I was going to have to sell my horses. Out of the blue, Jack shipped me a couple of horses. I had no idea how he knew I was in Arizona or my situation. Tat was just Jack. He gave me instructions and where to run them. Tey all won a couple of races, and I was coming home.” In 1973, Jack’s career was tragically cut short when he was killed in a Quarter Horse race at Vallejo’s Solano County Fair. True to his nature, he was attempting to help a young rider who had gotten himself in a dangerous situation. Te racing fraternity and media members showed their respect and love for the fallen rider and established the Jack Robinson Memorial Award. A life-sized bust was erected and placed in the Bay Meadows winner’s circle. Each year’s recipient was presented a miniature of the statue at a lavish banquet in downtown San Francisco. When Bay Meadows closed, the statue was moved to Pleasanton, where it resides today adjacent to the jockey’s room. “Dad would not allow us girls to work at the track,” said Ella Robinson, known to all as Dee Dee. “He would let us come to the track in the afternoons when he was riding, but not in the mornings. When he was gone, we would wander over, but he got madder than hell when he found out. I was just a kid and didn’t really understand it. He was accepting of the women who did work there, just not ‘his’ girls. “Dad had bought a place just down the road from the fairgrounds from Red Shafer, a longtime farrier. We all had horses, and there was a lot of activity at our place.

We would ride up and down the hills in back of our place. We’d have races, just kid things.” “After he died, it was pretty traumatic for all of us for a number of years. While Dad would have been against it, I wanted to work on the racetrack.” Jay had no such restrictions. “Dad would take me to Pleasanton all of the time,” Jay remembered. “And when he wasn’t going to Pleasanton, I would ride my horse there and do chores for John Evenson, or anyone, until it was time to go to school. I was always late.” Before long, Jay was galloping for Evenson, Tom Estimo, and Bob Kelly. When he turned 16, he started hustling book for his dad. “In those days,” Jay said, “the jockeys were responsible to collect their money from the trainers they rode for. Dad would be playing cards outside of the racing offce, and he would send me around the barns to get his money.” After Jack’s death, the Robinson family made their own mark at Los Alamitos with the help of racing secretary Curley Smith, a longtime family friend. “Paula worked in the racing ofce a little bit,” said Dee Dee. “I worked there until

1979, when I returned to Northern California and went to work at Bay Meadows.” Dee Dee worked all of the northern tracks until retiring two years ago. She also worked as the emerging breeds racing secretary for a few years at Ferndale. Jay embarked on an extremely successful career as a jock agent for the likes of Bobby Adair and others who would more or less dominate the Quarter Horse sport. In the 1980s he also returned north, where he had immediate success with jockey Chris Lamance. But the Robinson legacy remains with Jack. “He was a remarkable rider,” the late, legendary jockey agent Ivan Puhich said years ago. “He did and could ride with anyone. Eddie Arcaro used to try to get him to come to New York with him. But his answer was always the same, ‘I’m a jeans and boots person, not a suit and tie person.’ ” While Jack’s career was cut short, Pleasanton was home for two other riders who had unusually extended careers—Mel Lewis and Lee Burkes. Arguably, Mel Lewis was the most distinguished member of the Pleasanton fairgrounds trailer park. “Originally, they didn’t want to let jockeys into the trailer park,” said Pinkie Anderson. “But how could they turn down Mel Lewis?” Tey couldn’t. Mel Lewis won races in seven decades all over the country. In a 1978 Sports Illustrated article, author William Leggett included him among the most durable athletes of all time. Little did Leggett know that Lewis would ride in 1980. When Bill Shoemaker won his frst race at Golden Gate Fields in 1949, Lewis was a veteran, having been the third-leading rider in the country in 1933. In 1977, when Steve Cauthen rode in his frst $100,000 race, Golden Gate’s California Derby, Lewis fnished in front of him. When he fnally retired, Lewis was credited with having won somewhere near 2,200 races. He disputes that number. “It was closer to 3,000,” Lewis said, “counting the all-breed wins and races that I won early in my career at places nobody had ever heard of.” “In the trailer park, Mel was like ev-

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eryone’s grandfather,” said Carol Dutton Burns. “He was bigger than life to all of us.” Equally remarkable was Lee Burkes. A jockey as early as 1918, “he was still working as an outrider and taking horses to the gate when he was 85,” says his daughter, Ida Burkes Jennings. “We have pictures of him riding when he was 14 years old,” said one of Lee’s sons, Tommy, who became an outstanding rider in Northern California. “We have one picture of him on a horse named Joe Blair in 1918.” Joe Blair was an outstanding Quarter Horse of the era and engaged in a much-publicized match race with the Toroughbred Pan Zareta in Juarez, Mexico, when Pan Zareta set the world record for 51⁄2 furlongs. “Tey actually tied him onto horses,” said Kenny Burkes, another son. “Tey would tie a second girth around his legs. Tis was before starting gates. Tey didn’t even have horse vans back then. Dad would tell us stories about moving horses from one track to another in herds, like you see in cowboy movies.” Lee frequented all of the racetracks throughout the Southwest and Mexico before landing in Pleasanton. He and his wife, Stella—she a veteran of Powder Puf Derbies throughout the West—purchased a ranch near the fairgrounds and raised their children, daughters Lizzie and Ida and sons Kenny, Chuck, and Tommy. Lizzie married trainer Harry Brooks. Ida married Bobby Jennings, a premier rider in Northern California. Chuck and Kenny worked as exercise riders during their teenage years. Kenny gravitated to the jock’s room and served several decades as a valet. Chuck went to the starting gate under Hugh Morgan and followed him as starter throughout the circuit. Tommy pursued his dad’s initial profession as a jockey. “It was obvious from a young age Tommy was going to be the jockey in the family,” recalled Ida. “One morning, he was about 10 and was sitting on a horse when it spooked and took of with him. Ronnie Banks was waving his arms trying to stop the horse, but it just kept going. When we fnally found him, Tommy was still sitting on the horse like nothing had happened.

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Lee Burkes, a popular Pleasanton fxture, once rode Joe Blair, a Quarter Horse that raced against Pan Zareta, above, when she set a world record

“When Bobby and I got married, he was moving around a lot. So we purchased a trailer and took it everywhere. When Tommy was 15, our parents sold their place in Pleasanton and moved near Bay Meadows, where Dad was working as an outrider. We had just moved the trailer to the Pleasanton barn area. Because of his age, Tommy couldn’t get on horses at Bay Meadows and asked if he could come live with us.” Tommy did, and in 1972 he launched his riding career. Success came quickly, as he led the Golden Gate standings as an

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apprentice and it continued at Bay Meadows. Come Del Mar, he took a huge step and moved his tack to the seaside track, with Harry Silbert, Bill Shoemaker’s agent, taking his book. Steve Valdez was the wunderkind in Southern California at the time, and Chuck Burkes saw the move as something of a mistake. “Basically, Tommy was Bill Shoemaker’s exercise rider,” Chuck said. “He didn’t get a lot of opportunities.” Tommy sees it diferently. “If I had it all to do over again, I wouldn’t change anything,” he said. “I rode a good number of races, and just the experience against those riders was the best education I ever could have gotten.” He returned to Northern California, and while not the leading rider, he won with consistency into the 1980s. He handled some of the most popular horses of his era, including Key Decision, First Ticket, and Struttin’ George. In terms of winners, Kenny Tohill is the most successful jockey to come out of Pleasanton. Still riding today, Tohill recently won his 3,700th race. His career began in 1978 as a 16-year-old apprentice. He moved to the Southwest to attain

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his greatest success. Like Burkes, Ken’s ability was in his genes. His father, Charlie “Barney” Tohill, was a much-beloved and successful rider in the north during the Jack Robinson and Mel Lewis era. His mother, Val, began training at Pleasanton when it was not yet the norm for females. “When Barney and I divorced,” said Val,” I moved to the trailer park with Ken and my daughter, Kathy. I was working with a trainer named Newt Bunyard. I had a few horses and ran them in Newt’s name. You know, it wasn’t too much before that, women weren’t even allowed on the track at night. “Kathy and Ken worked at the barn before and after school. I always tried to discourage Kenny from becoming a jockey. His father had a horrendous accident. He was lucky to be alive and didn’t ride for a couple of years. Tat was always in the forefront of my mind. “Kathy, however, encouraged and pushed him. When he turned 16, he got started on the fairs. I guess it was the right decision.” Kathy moved on to gallop and be an assistant for trainers such as Don Porter, Lavar Larson, Doug Utley, Lonnie Arterburn, and Jim Benedict. Val had her own success through the years. Not one to carry many horses, she raised and trained a California-bred colt named Truly Rude, who set two track records and equaled two others. Perhaps her best horse was Roberto Grande, who competed with and beat the best of his generation. Ten there is Mark Hanna, the oldest son of another longtime horseman Charlie Hanna. Mark’s father was a jockey who started in the bush tracks of the Northwest in 1950s. He came to Bay Meadows and then spent time in New York. Finally settling in Pleasanton with his wife, Janice, Charlie became an assistant trainer for Jerry Dutton. Living in the P-Town trailer park, he raised his sons Mark, Monte, and Mike, who made careers on the track in various capacities. Mike, the youngest of the three broth-

Top, Bobby Jennings and Steve Valdez, above, were members of a close-knit jockey colony at Pleasanton

ers, remembers life in the trailer park with respect. “It was a tremendous environment,” he said. “Everybody got along like an extended family. We lived near the Duttons and Perry and Eunice Cotton, but everybody interacted. My brothers and I were raised as racetracks rats from the time we could walk. Like all of the other kids, we worked in the barns in the mornings and then after school. Tat is all we knew.” It was apparent early on that Mark was going to be the jockey in the family. “I idolized Mark,” Mike said. “I just knew when he started riding that he was going to become the next Bill Shoemaker.” Not exactly, but Mark had an eventful career, winning some 1,300 Toroughbred races while serving as leading rider a few years in Phoenix and in the Northwest. Mike spent his teenage years grooming for Pinkie Anderson. When he turned 20, he took a small string of horses to the Northwest and trained there for seven years.

“I had horses for people like Jim Argante, Rhoda March, and Lonnie Arterburn,” said Mike. “But it came to a time where I had real bills to pay and horses weren’t getting it done. Bob Hubbard needed a driver for his vanning business, so I drove for him all around the country a number of years.” As much as he enjoyed working with horses, when a totally diferent job became available as the photo-fnish operator, Mike relished the opportunity to settle back in Pleasanton full time and he changed professions. Monte worked on the backside for a long time, but eventually he became the Northern California distributor for Daily Racing Form. Best jock ever out of Pleasanton? Many will tell you it was Juan T. Gonzalez. Born in Jalisco, Mexico, in 1948, he moved to Pleasanton with his family and took up in the trailer park. His parents worked as grooms for John Evenson. “Juan was always very popular in the park,” remembered Ida Burkes Jennings. “He could do rope tricks, and he mesmerized the kids.” But his true talent was aboard a horse. Gonzalez began riding in the mid-1960s and was quickly vying for leading rider everywhere he rode. In 1969 he became the frst rider to win more than 100 races in a single meeting in Bay Meadows history. During the period Gonzalez competed, no other rider won anywhere near as many races. Ten, in the July 5, 1975, renewal of the Sam J. Whiting Handicap at the track where his career began, Pleasanton, he was involved in a spill into the frst turn. Like Jack Robinson three years earlier at Vallejo, he lost his life. Pleasanton keeps his memory alive with the running of the Juan T. Gonzalez Stakes every year.

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arretts will be ofering its fnal select yearling sale at Del Mar this summer. Some 86 horses have been cataloged for the sale, which is scheduled for Aug. 28 beginning at 2 p.m. Next year, Fasig-Tipton and Santa Anita are slated to hold a yearling sale in late September as part of their new sales venture (see page 1). Yearling sales at Del Mar have traditionally been well received, and Barretts has sold many good runners out of its select sale. Mr Paytience and Our Silver Oak are two graduates of the 2017 sale, and they grace the catalog cover. Ballena Vista Farm, which has six in this year’s sale as agent, bred Mr Paytience. Te colt is a California-bred son of Paynter—Kantstopdancin, by Yes It’s True, and he fnished third in this year’s Everett Nevin Stakes after breaking his maiden at Santa Anita. Ballena Vista sold Mr Paytience for $40,000 at last year’s sale to Red Wings. Madeline Auerbach bred Our Silver Oak, a Cal-bred son of Unusual Heat—Strawberry Flash, by Alphabet Soup. Our Silver Oak sold for $30,000 last year from the Harris Farms consignment to William E. Morey as agent, and he broke his maiden July 4 at Los Alamitos. Ballena Vista’s 2018 consignment includes three by Bluegrass Cat, who stands at the farm. Bluegrass Cat’s frst Cal-breds are 2-year-olds this season. Stay Tirsty moved to California this year and stands at Lovacres Ranch. Te stallion is represented by a colt

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from Mary Knight’s consignment. Lovacres has six in the catalog, including the only yearling by Animal Kingdom. Lovacres also has two by Shackleford and one each by Fed Biz, Temple City, and Wicked Strong. Lucky Pulpit and Unusual Heat, who have ofspring in the catalog, are both deceased and have long been two of California’s leading sires. Lucky Pulpit has three yearlings—two from Harris Farms and one from Havens Bloodstock Agency. Harris and Havens also have the four by Unusual Heat—two each. Square Eddie ranks high on California sire lists, his leading 2018 earner, B Squared, having won the Tor’s Echo Handicap and placed in several stakes. Fairview will ofer the sole Square Eddie yearling in the Barretts sale. Smiling Tiger is another popular California sire who is doing well. He has six in the catalog—four from Woodbridge Farm, one from Fairview, and one from Havens. Havens is ofering a consignment by a variety of stallions, including one by Cal-bred and national Horse of the Year Tiznow, as well as Creative Cause, Street Sense, and Union Rags. As agent for Stephen Ferraro, Harris Farms has one of three by Eclipse Award-winner and California sire Acclamation. Te colt is out of Cal-bred champion Ismene. Checkmate Toroughbreds and Fleming Toroughbred Farm have the other two by Acclamation. McCarthy Bloodstock has 14 yearlings entered in the catalog. Tey are by such stallions as City Zip, Fort Larned, Macho Uno, New Year’s Day, and Temple City. H & E Ranch is bringing four to the sale. Tey are by Liam’s Map, Mineshaft, Tale of the Cat, and Will Take Charge.

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Te lifelong horsewoman had plenty of experience, being around equines since she was just 2. She worked as an administrator at the Estrella Equine Hospital and had been breaking Tippett’s horses alongside her husband, Brent, at their Paso Robles farm for 10 years. “I basically really needed her at exactly the time that she came around,” Tippett said. Beckwith had originally met Tippett when she rescued a Distorted Humor mare named Wharped. Beckwith wanted to breed her, but the stallions Wharped nicked well with were out of her price range. “I listed her for sale at a decent price, not intending to get money for her but to fnd her a good home,” Beckwith recalled. “Mike called, came and picked the mare up, gave us three babies to start, and it turned out that he owned the stallions I wanted to breed to. It was a random, weird meeting.” Wolfy’s Consortium as a foal Tat random meeting has turned into a blessing on both sides. “Renee and her husband became my live-in management,” Tippett said. “She has a signifcant veterinary background, so she knows a lot of about everything from frst aid to colic, and specializes in layups. She’s very familiar with tendons, chips, knees, ankles, and how to rehab just about anything. Because of that background, the breeding end was just a natural ft.” A dressage rider with a Western pleasure background, Beckwith found herself in charge of mares and foals this spring. “We had 24 foals of our own this year,” she said. Blue Diamond Horseshoe currently has 90 horses on 20 acres, and Beckwith and her husband run the show. “We do the breeding and foaling; we start the babies. Brent starts the yearlings, and we basically do everything from the time

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Mike Tippett of Blue Diamond Horseshoe knew he needed someone, and Renee Beckwith was exactly the person he had in mind.

Renee Beckwith and her husband, Brent, are integral to Mike Tippett’s Blue Diamond Horseshoe operation

they are created to the time they leave to go to the racetrack.” Tippett’s operation is diferent from most others, in that in addition to the horses they also operate a Fodder Green production system that produces its own high-quality barley fodder. “It’s in full production,” Tippett said, “and Renee handles that as well.” From two dirt lots fve years ago to its current state of two completed barns and two houses, Tippett’s Blue Diamond Horseshoe would not be what it is without Beckwith’s help. “She’s made some suggestions to the way we arranged the facility that promote growth and conformation,” Tippett said. “She is 24/7 over there, up at 4 a.m. sometimes, working with the veterinarian, etc. She basically knows how to do just about anything if something goes wrong. I couldn’t run the operation without her.” Te farm stands six well-bred stallions, from El Prado sons James Street and Wolfcamp to a new son of Pioneerof the Nile named Osiris of the Nile. Tey also recently added Lightnin N Tunder, by Storm Cat, who has more than $5 million in progeny earnings. But the horse Beckwith is most fond of is that original horse that brought her and Tippett together. Wharped produced a Wolfcamp colt in 2016, and that juvenile, Wolfy’s Consortium, is preparing for the races this year. “He’s an A+++ eNick,” Beckwith said. “And his mother is how we all met.”

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atie Fisher gave the question some thought, then summed herself up with: “Two farms and two kids. Tat’s me.” Fisher can hardly be defned so succinctly. She hails from a show horse and agricultural background, worked alongside mentor Tom Hudson at Magali Farms for 12 years, and now has her own pair of farms just miles apart. To top it all of, she is the mother of twin toddlers, helping her children to grow while simultaneously helping some 40 horses through the rehabilitation process. Fisher grew up showing Arabian horses and working at an Arabian farm. She was known at the Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center when Magali manager Tom Hudson put out the word that he needed an assistant. Hudson asked Dr. Ed Hamer if he knew anyone, and the veterinarian confrmed that he did, urging

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Hudson to hire Fisher straight away. Te instant Fisher showed interest in Hudson’s proposal, he answered, “Great! See you tomorrow morning at 7.” Tus began a 12-year partnership. “Tom and his (late) wife, Gayle, were family to me,” Fisher said. “Tey were the epitome of perfection as far as running a horse farm. I learned so much about health and cleanliness.” “We taught her how to do things the right way,” Hudson said. “I’m so proud of her.” But then Fisher dropped a bomb: She wanted to start a family. “Tom said, ‘You want to do what?’ ” Fisher laughingly recalled. “I left Magali six years ago now. I actually bought the Arabian farm where I was working before I went to work for Tom, and now I have twin toddlers.” Fisher praised her “saint of a husband,” Travis Burnett, for handling the children without question so that she could spend extra time with the horses if needed. “He never tells me no,” Fisher said, only half-joking. Te rejuvenated farm has been christened Kingfsher Farms, after Fisher’s family’s farming business. “I come from a fourth-generation farming family in Blythe,” she said. “Te farmers have water rights to the river, so my family farms there, producing alfalfa, lettuce, broccoli, and melons. If you go to Costco, you can see the melons with the Kingfsher bird stickers that say Fisher Ranch. Tat’s my family. Teir farm has been around for 100 years, so I named my farm in homage to my family. It’s really special to me.” Fisher had returned to showing Arabians, but still had one California-bred Good Journey flly on the property. She called Hudson, asking if he would take the flly. “He kept saying ‘wow’ when he saw the property,” Fisher recalled. “I reminded him I had a good teacher.” Hudson showed mild interest in a second barn on the property, which stood empty. He said nothing for a month, then contacted Fisher about using it for layups for his independent clients. “He said, ‘You know my program better than anybody.’ And I really did miss it,” Fisher said. “Tere’s something soothing to the soul about helping a horse to heal and making it better.”

Around the same time, one of Fisher’s former Magali co-workers knocked on the door, asking for a job. Her operation suddenly exploded, with Hudson delivering more and more horses in need of care and a total of six former co-workers joining her team. “It all just fell together unexpectedly,” Fisher said. Hudson has been thrilled with Fisher’s sudden rise back into the Toroughbred industry. “It is the best layup farm in the state of California,” he said. “By next year it will be state of the art, with a lot of things coming in the near future. She has six of my very best guys, the guys I taught and ‘raised.’ Katie is a very fair employer, ofers all of them tremendous benefts that not many people do anymore, and treats them all like family. “Te horses are as good or better than when we had Magali Farms. Katie cares about every individual horse. She looks at every horse herself, every day. But most importantly, she’s a very loyal, longtime friend.” Fisher explained that the joke around the farm became, “Where should we put that horse? On the roof!” “Pretty soon we flled up the back barn and the front barn, and we had to build pens to fll those, too,” Fisher said. “Around the same time, a farm came for sale just three properties down. Te numbers just kind of worked, so I bought it. Now we have two farms running together as one.” She couldn’t be happier. “I keep pinching myself,” she said. “It’s been fun, building up the new property. We put in a vibration plate stall at both properties. We put in comfort stall fooring in all my barns and are putting in rubber foors for the aisleways. We are trying to do it all the right way.” Fisher has a total of 30 acres between the two farms and a lease of some neighboring paddocks. She has more than 40 horses under her care, including outpatients from Alamo Pintado and some non-racehorses. “My barns are quiet; my horses are happy,” she said. “It’s just nice to be around.” Her working relationship with Hudson is as strong as ever. “I learned so much from him by standing nearby with my ears open and my lips closed,” she said. “Tom has an apartment on the farm. He is full of information and knowledge and still pops up with stuf I didn’t know.” Running two properties while chasing around two toddlers? Doable. Te only problem for Fisher is that something had to give. “I am taking the year of from showing Arabians,” she lamented. “I’ve just been too busy.” But she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Winners JUNE 18, 2018 – JULY 22, 2018 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP Aragorn (IRE)—Unbridled Prayer: Pray With Faith (24-15), g, 5 yo, Penn National, AOC, 7/5, 6f, 1:10.77, $17,340. Benchmark—Desert Violet: Keith's Dessert (26-15), g, 7 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 6/22, 6f, 1:14.76, $2,360. Benchmark—Hazen: Jackson Sundown (26-15), g, 7 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 7/6, 1mi, 1:42.00, $4,920. Bertrando—Beaulena: Mr. Takahashi (11-7), g, 6 yo, Grants Pass, STK, Grants Pass Mile S., 7/8, 1 1/16mi, 1:49.87, $5,500. Bold Chieftain—Neon Princess: J T's A. T. M. (27-11), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STR, 6/23, 6f, 1:11.30, $12,240. Bold Chieftain—Miss Rainier: Chief Barbara (27-11), f, 4 yo, Sacramento, STR, 7/22, 1mi, 1:38.95, $12,240. Bushwacker—Angela's Love: Love a Honeybadger (13-4), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 6/28, 5 1/2f, 1:3.51, $35,100. Champ Pegasus—Quick Approval: Red Glitter (36-6), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STR, 7/6, 1mi 70yd, 1:46.04, $12,240. Coil—Paint It Black: Uncoil (31-17), g, 4 yo, Marquis Downs, ALW, 6/29, 7f, 1:26.37, $2,220. Comic Strip—Honoree Lady: Peaked (22-11), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 6/28, 5f, 57.45, $10,800. Council Member—Playful Sara: Council Rules (18-8), m, 6 yo, Arlington, SOC, 7/8, 6 1/2f, 1:17.13, $9,000. Creative Cause—Dover Crossing: Creative Crossing (105-47), g, 4 yo, Marquis Downs, ALW, 7/7, 6f, 1:12.06, $2,280. Cyclotron—Tuner: Tune to Win (35-13), g, 5 yo, Sacramento, STR, 7/21, 1mi, 1:37.14, $12,240. Decarchy—Jen's New Chapter: Jens de Ville (39-15), g, 6 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, WCL, 7/8, 5 1/2f, 1:5.16, $5,225. Decarchy—Stellina: New Karma (39-15), g, 6 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 7/15, 5f, 57.53, $10,800. Desert Code—Treasure Chest: Desert Law (50-23), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/24, 6f, 1:10.52, $49,140. Dixie Chatter—Elegant Eve: Big Guy Benny (48-16), g, 5 yo, Wyoming Downs, ALW, 7/7, 6f, 1:11.18, $2,700. Dixie Chatter—Eleanor Rose: Son of Eleanor (48-16), g, 6 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 7/13, 7f, 1:28.60, $5,040. Dixie Chatter—Electric Chair: Blow the Whistle (48-16), g, 6 yo, Delaware Park, STR, 7/14, 1mi, 1:39.38, $9,600. Dixie Chatter—Hard Way Ten: Turn a Deaf Ear (48-16), f, 4 yo, Lone Star Park, ALW, 7/14, 1mi (T), 1:35.24, $14,280. Don'tsellmeshort—Early Arriver: The Spiral Jetter (23-5), m, 5 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, ALW, 7/1, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.01, $21,060.

Don'tsellmeshort—Ez Money Honey: No Ez Money (23-5), g, 9 yo, Wyoming Downs, ALW, 7/21, 4 1/2f, 50.46, $3,300. Drum Major—Royal Life: Major Anthem (3-1), g, 6 yo, Laurel Park, SOC, 6/22, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:43.33, $13,680. Eddington—Mistical Dream: Easter Dream (42-12), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, WCL, 7/8, 5 1/2f, 1:4.75, $7,200. English Channel—Shellys Terms: Hogan (148-59), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/27, 1mi, 1:42.40, $4,980. Ez Dreamer—Plus Ultra: Dreaming Ez (20-7), f, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/23, 7f, 1:28.80, $5,040. Ez Dreamer—Plus Ultra: Dreaming Ez (20-7), f, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 7/7, 6f, 1:12.80, $5,820. Global Hunter (ARG)—Excessive Susan: Cool Green (4-2), g, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/23, 1mi (T), 1:34.74, $36,600. Grace Upon Grace—Passionate Kip: London Legacy (17-6), g, 6 yo, Canterbury Park, AOC, 7/5, 6f, 1:9.85, $18,000. Grace Upon Grace—Radiant Belle: Marty McDougle (17-6), g, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, ALW, 7/7, 5 1/2f, 1:4.53, $7,500. Grazen—Stash: All of a Sudden (31-21), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 6/29, 5 1/2f, 1:3.68, $27,000. Grazen—Bluegrass Belle: Catfsh Hunter (31-21), c, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 7/4, 5 1/2f, 1:3.06, $27,000. Heatseeker (IRE)—Sang: She Sang (55-14), f, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, WCL, 6/24, 6f, 1:13.03, $5,225. Heat Shield—Gorgeous Goomah: Hot Rodin (9-1), g, 5 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/27, 6f, 1:11.80, $6,420. Heat Shield—Gorgeous Goomah: Hot Rodin (9-1), g, 5 yo, Assiniboia Downs, AOC, 7/20, 6f, 1:12.00, $7,020. He's Tops—Castle Bet: John Paul's Bet (19-6), g, 5 yo, Sacramento, STR, 7/13, 5 1/2f, 1:4.68, $6,300. Into Mischief—Lady Sweetness: Nap Lajoie (247-107), g, 4 yo, Sacramento, AOC, 7/14, 1mi, 1:37.96, $21,060. Into Mischief—Brite Luci: Westmont (247-107), g, 4 yo, Albuquerque, ALW, 7/20, 5 1/2f, 1:3.88, $11,640. Kafwain—Whole Lotta Love: Whole Lotta Run (54-29), g, 7 yo, Belterra Park, STR, 7/6, 1mi, 1:37.73, $6,900. Lucky J. H.—Sea Tempest: Forthenineteen (15-9), m, 5 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 7/8, 5 1/2f, 1:4.45, $10,800. Lucky Pulpit—Granny Got Game: Grand Pulpit (139-59), g, 7 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 6/29, 6f, 1:11.45, $2,520. Lucky Pulpit—Antares World: Lucky Antares (139-59), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STR, 6/30, 6f, 1:12.33, $12,240. Lucky Pulpit—Stop the Humor: My Boy Rudy (139-59), g, 4 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 6/30, 5 1/2f, 1:7.11, $1,485.

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Leading California-Bred Winners JUNE 18, 2018 – JULY 22, 2018 Lucky Pulpit—Granny Got Game: Grand Pulpit (139-59), g, 7 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 7/14, 6f, 1:11.99, $2,478. Majestic Warrior—Morning Jewel: Chief of Staff (192-97), h, 6 yo, Laurel Park, AOC, 7/1, 7f, 1:22.57, $25,650. Make Music for Me—Good Book: Triple Shot (6-1), c, 3 yo, Sacramento, STR, 7/21, 6f, 1:10.96, $12,240. Midnight Lute—Candi Capri: Midnight Ming (174-68), g, 5 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, ALW, 6/30, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.26, $21,060. Ministers Wild Cat—Minimums Minimums: Maximum Maximum (99-50), g, 7 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 7/7, 6f, 1:12.31, $2,360. Ministers Wild Cat—Timothyfourseven: Estherfourfourteen (99-50), f, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, STK, Jack Hardy S., 7/13, 7f, 1:28.20, $16,830. Mizzen Mast—Gone to Party: Judge Carr (112-46), g, 8 yo, Hollywood Casino At Charles Town Races, SOC, 7/20, 6 1/2f, 1:18.25, $11,375. Monsajem—Carolina Grande: Carolina Island (6-1), g, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STR, 6/22, 1mi 70yd, 1:43.86, $6,300. Olympio—Tera Kitty: Olimpio's Scat Cat (2-1), g, 6 yo, Wyoming Downs, SOC, 7/7, 6f, 1:9.83, $2,340. The Pamplemousse—Lucky Leah: La Waun (30-11), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, AOC, 6/22, 1mi 70yd, 1:44.65, $21,060. Papa Clem—Word Association: Who Cares (84-34), c, 4 yo, Lone Star Park, ALW, 6/22, 5f (T), 56.48, $14,160. Papa Clem—Congo Kaye: Kalkan Kaye (84-34), m, 5 yo, Energy Downs, ALW, 6/23, 6 1/2f, 1:19.00, $3,150. Papa Clem—Congo Kaye: Kalkan Kaye (84-34), m, 5 yo, Wyoming Downs, SOC, 7/15, 6f, 1:9.79, $2,100. Rocky Bar—Beaulena: Beau Rocks (34-16), f, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, ALW, 6/23, 6f, 1:11.75, $21,060. Scat Daddy—Youtheprizeandi: Daddysprize (203-82), c, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, AOC, 7/7, 6f, 1:11.16, $21,060. Sierra Sunset—Beau's Gem: Touched by Autism (31-14), h, 5 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, AOC, 7/1, 1mi 70yd, 1:42.67, $22,620. Slew's Tiznow—La Treizieme: Trapalanda (38-19), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 6/30, 1mi, 1:36.12, $15,840. Slew's Tiznow—Thou Shalt Not: Thou Shalt Slew (38-19), g, 4 yo, Marquis Downs, ALW, 7/6, 6f, 1:12.17, $2,183. Southern Image—So Nice: Jay Makes Us Laugh (41-18), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/22, 1mi, 1:40.10, $36,600. Southern Image—Awesome Liberty: Southern Liberty (41-18), g, 4 yo, Marquis Downs, ALW, 6/23, 6 1/2f, 1:17.57, $2,356. Southern Image—Sonora Desert: Son of the South (41-18), g, 5 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STR, 6/30, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.62, $12,240. Square Eddie—Charred Rare: Rare Integrity (74-29), m, 5 yo, Presque Isle Downs, ALW, 7/8, 6f, 1:10.76, $16,800. Square Eddie—Charred Rare: Rare Integrity (74-29), m, 5 yo, Presque Isle Downs, SOC, 7/17, 5f, 57.65, $11,100. Square Eddie—Repo: Ann Arbor Eddie (74-29), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/18, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:42.59, $50,700. Square Eddie—Repo: Operandi (74-29), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/20, 5f (T), 57.39, $37,200. Sundarban—Fast Splash: Sheswildnfree (29-5), m, 6 yo, Thistledown, SOC, 7/14, 1mi, 1:41.22, $9,120. Surf Cat—Eden Mirelle: Surf Kitten (27-13), f, 4 yo, Albuquerque, ALW, 7/21, 5 1/2f, 1:3.56, $12,060.

Swiss Yodeler—Holy Script: Swiss Script (34-16), m, 5 yo, Grants Pass, STK, Southern Belle S., 6/24, 5f, 59.86, $1,925. Swiss Yodeler—Holy Script: Swiss Script (34-16), m, 5 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 7/8, 5f, 59.57, $1,540. Tenga Cat—Joint Adventure: Truest Cat (6-1), g, 5 yo, Arapahoe Park, ALW, 7/2, 5 1/2f, 1:6.10, $7,260. Terrell—Lady o' Roar: Terrello (18-4), g, 5 yo, Crooked River Roundup, ALW, 7/12, about 5 1/2f, 1:8.40, $1,760. Thorn Song—Lots of Sunshine: Continental Song (46-12), g, 6 yo, Wyoming Downs, STR, 6/30, 6f, 1:10.97, $1,860. Tizbud—Summer Jersey: Soi Phet (25-7), g, 10 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STK, Bertrando S., 7/4, 1mi, 1:35.53, $60,000. Tribal Rule—Hazen: Junior Gilliam (92-49), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, SST, Speedball Starter H., 6/23, 5f, 58.35, $21,810. Tribal Rule—Shred the Excess: Shred the Rules (92-49), g, 5 yo, Prairie Meadows, ALW, 6/28, 6f, 1:9.60, $19,200. Tribal Rule—Royal Turka: Bobbie Lincoln (92-49), m, 5 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 7/6, 5 1/2f, 1:4.15, $20,160. Tribal Rule—Tizadream: Alice Roadtrain (92-49), m, 7 yo, Marquis Downs, WCL, 7/7, 6 1/2f, 1:19.84, $2,360. Tribal Rule—Kissout: Kissin Katy (92-49), m, 5 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 7/11, 6f, 1:13.80, $5,040. Tribal Rule—Candy Factory: Patriots Rule (92-49), g, 7 yo, Canterbury Park, AOC, 7/13, 1mi 70yd, 1:40.92, $19,800. Unusual Heat—Top of Our Game: Lynne's Legacy (78-28), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/21, 1mi (T), 1:36.02, $49,140. Vronsky—Saboteur's Love: In Control (66-31), g, 7 yo, Wyoming Downs, STK, Inaugural H., 6/30, 6f, 1:10.67, $4,800. Vronsky—Palace Royale (IRE): Volkonsky (66-31), g, 9 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 7/18, 1mi, 1:42.00, $5,820. Vronsky—Deb's Parfait: Vronilla Parfait (66-31), m, 5 yo, Sacramento, ALW, 7/22, 6f, 1:10.75, $21,060.

2-YEAR-OLDS Lucky Pulpit—Royal Grand Slam: Luck's Royal Flush (139-59), c, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STK, Everett Nevin S., 7/7, 5 1/2f, 1:5.00, $57,000. Square Eddie—Sarah Jade: Lippy (74-29), f, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, STK, Juan Gonzalez Memorial S., 6/30, 5 1/2f, 1:5.57, $40,500.

MAIDENS ACCLAMATION Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Acclamation—Sapori: Exotic Ovation (33-14), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 7/8, 4 1/2f, 54.06, $3,480. Allaboutdreams—Halekou Girl: Artois Sunset (2-2), f, 2 yo, Arapahoe Park, MSW, 7/21, 5f, 1:0.20, $5,820. Angus—Rowdy Angel: Maycee Jo (10-5), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MSW, 6/23, 6f, 1:11.99, $20,280. Aragorn (IRE)—Glory N Thehighest: Something Heavenly (24-15), m, 5 yo, Marquis Downs, MSW, 7/13, 6 1/2f, 1:20.09, $1,770.

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Awesome Gambler—Sobresaliente: Ellie Mae (35-12), f, 4 yo, Marquis Downs, MSW, 6/22, 6f, 1:14.60, $1,920. Awesome Gambler—Hidden Romance: Awesome Romance (35-12), m, 5 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/22, 4 1/2f, 54.40, $3,430. Awesome Gambler—Unusual Class: Shesagamblindevil (35-12), f, 2 yo, Energy Downs, STK, Gillette Thoroughbred Futurity, 6/24, 5f, 1:5.40, $10,000. Awesome Gambler—River Cutie: River Joe (35-12), r, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MSW, 7/2, 1mi, 1:42.92, $5,820. Bedford Falls—Vicki's Mandate: Hailey Rachele (12-5), m, 6 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/12, 5 1/2f, 1:3.96, $12,600. Bluegrass Cat—Pure Blush: Go Martha Go (142-59), f, 2 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/7, 5f, 58.59, $6,050.

CHAMP PEGASUS Barton Thoroughbreds (805) 693 1777 • info@bartonthoroughbreds.com www.bartonthoroughbreds.com Champ Pegasus—Hanselina: Champelina (36-6), f, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MSW, 7/16, 6f, 1:11.03, $5,820. Champ Pegasus—Quick Approval: Whoop It Up (36-6), f, 2 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/20, 5 1/2f, 1:5.65, $4,950. Chhaya Dance—Rachel Jones: Smart Rachel (6-4), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/14, 5 1/2f, 1:4.48, $9,000.

COIL Barton Thoroughbreds (805) 693 1777 • info@bartonthoroughbreds.com www.bartonthoroughbreds Coil—Foxy Jade: My Carmela (31-17), f, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/21, 1mi 70yd, 1:46.57, $3,850. Coil—Boehle: Izzys Express (31-17), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/12, 1mi, 1:39.62, $9,000. Del Mar Show—Formula Five: My Last Penny (2-2), m, 5 yo, Albuquerque, MCL, 7/6, 5 1/2f, 1:5.85, $5,220. Distorted Reality—Cassie D: Swallows Inn Gal (21-9), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 6/28, 5 1/2f, 1:4.51, $10,200. Eddington—Deo's Secret: Fabian's Secret (42-12), f, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MCL, 6/25, 5f, 59.51, $2,880. Elusive Warning—Birdinexcess: Girlinexcess (23-12), f, 3 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/20, 1mi, 1:40.61, $3,850. Ez Dreamer—Nureyev's Encore: Ez Encore (20-7), f, 3 yo, North Dakota Horse Park, MCL, 7/15, 5 1/2f, 1:9.17, $1,300. Ez Dreamer—Jungle Girl: Ez Girl (20-7), f, 3 yo, North Dakota Horse Park, MSW, 7/21, 5 1/2f, 1:10.10, $1,000. The Factor—Tracktalk (AUS): Garrulous Gal (142-62), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 7/1, 4f, 45.51, $3,480. First Samurai—Ms Glory Be: Susie Sunshine (119-64), f, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/4, 5f, 58.54, $7,800. First Samurai—Andover the Cash: Katzumoto (119-64), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/15, 5f, 58.25, $9,000. Fort Larned—Oh My Enberg: Desert Trip (28-10), f, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/4, 5 1/2f, 1:7.04, $7,800.

The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and California-sired winners in 2018 of all recent North American races, except straight claiming races. Abbreviations used for the class of race are similar to those used by Equibase: Alw– allowance; Hcp–overnight handicap; names of stakes race are spelled out, with the grade of the race, when applicable, in parentheses.

FULLBRIDLED Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com Fullbridled—Lil Red Jet: Fullbridled Jet (7-1), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/1, 5f, 58.49, $4,400. Game Plan—Crystal Kris: No More Games (16-9), g, 3 yo, Northlands Park, MCL, 7/6, 6f, 1:12.14, $6,900. Game Plan—Stardust Up: Game Star (16-9), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/8, 6f, 1:12.25, $4,400. Golden Balls (IRE)—Le Grand Amour (IRE): Exceptiontotherule (12-5), g, 4 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/21, 1mi, 1:39.87, $4,400. Gotham City—Dancer Ivonne: Thisonesforjames (14-5), c, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/23, 5f, 1:0.29, $8,400. Grazen—Keystone Malibu: Weiden (31-21), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/24, 1 1/16mi, 1:49.96, $4,400. Grazen—Fairway Road: Just Grazed Me (31-21), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/24, 6 1/2f, 1:18.59, $35,400. Haynesfeld—Saint's Crown: A Little Romance (113-45), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/14, 6 1/2f, 1:18.79, $3,520. Heatseeker (IRE)—Estrellica: Keck (55-14), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/23, 1mi 70yd, 1:45.16, $3,850. Hold Me Back—Cagey Girl: Ambers Ace (102-50), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/6, 6f, 1:13.16, $4,950.

IDIOT PROOF Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (707) 678 6580 www.victoryrose.com Idiot Proof—She's an I Full: Brenda's an I Full (14-3), f, 3 yo, Canterbury Park, MSW, 6/28, about 5f, 57.11, $16,800. Indian Evening—Global Rule: Global Peace (11-3), f, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/1, 5 1/2f, 1:8.36, $4,950. It's No Joke—Crystal Kris: All About Laughs (21-12), f, 4 yo, Northlands Park, WCL, 6/30, 1mi, 1:40.76, $5,700. Kafwain—Natural Singer R N: Sing a Solo (54-29), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/1, 5f, 58.28, $9,000. Lone Star Special—Stolen Gem: Kelly's Ford (16-2), f, 3 yo, Delaware Park, MCL, 7/11, 1mi 70yd, 1:49.08, $7,200. Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase: Faversham (139-59), r, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/21, 1mi (T), 1:36.26, $35,400. Lucky Pulpit—Miss Scatalicious: Scatapulp (139-59), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 6/28, 5f, 58.50, $24,000. Lucky Pulpit—Tizzy Retsina: A Little Bit Cocky (139-59), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/29, 1mi 70yd, 1:44.90, $5,500. Lucky Pulpit—Sunny Outcome: Lucky Outcome (139-59), f, 3 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/15, 5f, 59.50, $4,400.

Lucky Pulpit—Oh Ramblin Rose: Gotta B Kitten Me (139-59), f, 2 yo, Sacramento, MSW, 7/19, 5 1/2f, 1:5.56, $20,280. Marino Marini—Special Heather: Marjorie E (50-21), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 7/19, 1mi (T), 1:36.62, $36,000. Midnight Lute—Debbie Sue: Close to Midnight (174-68), g, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/7, 1mi 70yd, 1:45.13, $4,400. Ministers Wild Cat—Ms Vanenzza: Old Indian Trick (99-50), c, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/8, 5 1/2f, 1:4.82, $12,600. Ministers Wild Cat—Sea Creature: Beautiful Creature (99-50), f, 2 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/13, 5f, 1:0.07, $8,400. Mizzen Mast—Westline: Varsovienne (112-46), f, 4 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/13, 1mi, 1:39.65, $4,400. Munnings—Ghoststone: Grab the Munny (123-65), g, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/1, 5f, 58.90, $12,600. Old Topper—Angi's Wild Cat: Drinkin and Dialin (23-8), g, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MSW, 6/24, 6f, 1:12.74, $20,280. Old Topper—Incoronata: Per La Bella (23-8), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/3, 6f, 1:12.68, $6,050. The Pamplemousse—Warmth: North County Guy (30-11), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/7, 5 1/2f, 1:4.17, $9,000. The Pamplemousse—Fits the Route: Soft Trip (30-11), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 7/21, 4 1/2f, 52.40, $3,480. Papa Clem—Kitty Marie: Papaya (84-34), f, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/21, 5f, 1:0.63, $8,400. Papa Clem—Snobby Princess: Oliver (84-34), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 7/20, 5f, 58.91, $36,000. Peppered Cat—Corazon de Leo: Spicy Feline (40-15), f, 2 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MSW, 6/29, 5 1/2f, 1:7.02, $20,280. Peppered Cat—Touch of Fantasy: Pepper Fantasy (40-15), g, 5 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WMC, 6/30, 5f, 1:0.80, $4,920. Peppered Cat—Novato: Know Pepper (40-15), m, 5 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/30, 6f, 1:13.57, $3,850. Peppered Cat—Gotnaceupersleeve: Peppers Ace (40-15), c, 2 yo, Sacramento, MSW, 7/20, 5 1/2f, 1:5.06, $20,280. Popular—Mission High: Geocas Dream (8-6), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 6/30, 5 1/2f, 1:4.50, $10,200. Roi Charmant—Novato: Stormy Charmant (22-7), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MSW, 6/24, 6f, 1:12.67, $20,280. Sapphire Cat—Point Loma: Fighter Heart (5-3), g, 3 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/19, 5f, 58.00, $4,400. Shanghai Bobby—Tiz Gentle: Chasin Lucas (79-30), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 7/21, 6f, 1:11.31, $36,000.

SIERRA SUNSET Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com Sierra Sunset—Sierra Silver Cat: Sunset City (31-14), f, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/21, 6f, 1:13.63, $4,400. Sierra Sunset—Grand Dance: Sierra Dance (31-14), g, 4 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 6/22, 6f, 1:12.67, $4,400.

Sierra Sunset—Miss. Eulee: Sierra Echo (31-14), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/29, 4 1/2f, 52.90, $3,480. Sixthirteen—La Midnite Classic: Classic Leah (13-5), f, 2 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 6/24, 4 1/2f, 53.03, $6,050. Slew's Tiznow—I'm Convinced: Darkstream (38-19), f, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, WMC, 7/8, 5 1/2f, 1:4.45, $8,400.

SMILING TIGER Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Smiling Tiger—Sulaymondo: Fabrication (40-17), g, 3 yo, Canterbury Park, MCL, 6/24, 1mi, 1:40.99, $6,900. Smiling Tiger—Midnight Margarita: Chazelle (40-17), f, 3 yo, Laurel Park, MCL, 7/14, 5 1/2f (T), 1:3.10, $15,390. Sought After—Peppered Catnip: Pepperino (24-12), g, 3 yo, Sacramento, MCL, 7/22, 6f, 1:11.23, $4,950. Square Eddie—Stretchinthelimits: Older Brother (74-29), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 7/1, 5 1/2f, 1:3.01, $24,000. Square Eddie—Funny Belle: Funny Bean (74-29), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 7/1, 5 1/2f, 1:4.79, $24,000. Square Eddie—Lyla Della: At the Margin (74-29), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/13, 5f, 58.15, $12,600. Square Eddie—Frege: Dichotomy (74-29), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 7/18, 5f, 59.45, $36,000. Street Boss—Brag (IRE): Bragging Rights (113-47), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 6/28, 5 1/2f, 1:4.03, $10,200. Time to Get Even—Hameildaeme (GB): Time Fora Melody (20-8), f, 4 yo, Grants Pass, MSW, 6/23, 5f, 1:2.74, $1,485. Time to Get Even—Appealing Susan: Time for Suzzie (20-8), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 6/29, 5f, 59.23, $12,600. Tribal Rule—City Parade: From the Distance (92-49), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/13, 5 1/2f, 1:3.92, $9,000. Tribal Rule—Indiana Nana: Nana's Rule (92-49), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 7/20, 4 1/2f, 52.73, $3,090. Twice the Appeal—Pop the Latch: Hit It Twice (3-2), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/13, 5f, 59.03, $12,600. Uh Oh Bango—Crimson Cricket: Great Finale (11-6), f, 3 yo, Canterbury Park, MCL, 7/14, 6 1/2f, 1:18.21, $6,900. Unusual Heat—Strawberry Flash: Our Silver Oak (78-28), c, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 7/4, 5f, 57.89, $24,000. U S Ranger—Ankha: Swing Thoughts (91-30), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 7/22, 5f, 1:0.37, $18,000.

VRONSKY Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Vronsky—Preservingthepeace: Acrimonious (66-31), g, 3 yo, Oak Tree At Pleasanton, MCL, 7/4, 6f, 1:12.17, $4,950.

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COMING UP WITH THE BEST METHODS TO TREAT THE ARTHRITIC HORSE BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

hen a joint is injured, the connecting ligaments often can pull on the bones. Tis disruption of the bone lining can lead to arthritis (infammation) and new bone growth, which in a joint can be an inappropriate place for extra bone. Too much strain and stress on the tendons and ligaments that support a joint trigger the body to respond by laying down some more bone—to try to help stabilize the joint. Ten that extra bone gets in the way of normal movement.

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Ringbone is the common name for osteoarthritis of the pastern joint (the joint between the long and short pastern bones) or cofn joint (between the short pastern bone and cofn bone inside the hoof). High ringbone (in the pastern joint) is more common than low ringbone (cofn joint) and is usually due to stress and strain that disrupts the stability of the joint, resulting in pain/lameness and new bone growth. Te bony enlargement around the joint is what gives it the name “ringbone.” Joint damage that leads to arthritis in the pastern or cofn joint can be due to many things—including poor conformation that puts too much stress on the joint, poor shoeing, or traumatic injury that pulls on the joint. Chronic, repetitive trauma is a common cause of ringbone, especially in horses with athletic careers. All breeds are susceptible to pastern injuries that could lead to ringbone. Conformation such as straight, upright pasterns or a toed-in stance might play a role in whether the joint has more stress. But regardless of pastern angle, any active horse can sufer injury, especially if he takes a misstep at speed or there is too much twisting action on the joint. Excessive concussion also plays a role in some cases. When the bone is disturbed by repeated trauma, this creates infammation and leads to more calcifcation. Another less-common cause of ringbone is anatomical abnormality, which could lead to juvenile arthritis in a young horse. Tere might be some lameness or pastern joint swelling in a weanling or yearling with early-onset ringbone. Te young horse

in this situation might also have developmental abnormalities within the joint cartilage—such as OCD (osteochondrosis dessicans)—that could lead to ringbone. Dr. Larry Galuppo, chief of equine surgery in the department of surgical and radiological sciences at the University of California, Davis, says arthritis in the pastern or cofn joint is progressive.

When (arthritis in horses) becomes severe, it is painful and debilitating. At this point it would be similar to the point in which— if it were a person— you would have a joint replacement.” — Dr. Larry Galuppo

“When it becomes severe, it is painful and debilitating,” Galuppo said. “At this point, it would be similar to the point in which—if it was a person—you’d have a joint replacement.” Te pastern joint is challenging to treat because this is a low-motion joint and relies on the surrounding ligaments for much of its support and stability. After the degeneration process starts, it might take only two or three years for serious degeneration, leading to chronic pain. Tus, it is important to recognize the early signs—and treat them accordingly—before a lot of new bone growth occurs. “Early treatment will include trying to provide the best shoeing possible

to take stress of that joint,” Galuppo said. Unfortunately, there is no best way to deal with this situation. No specific type of shoe works best. Te veterinarian and farrier must deal with these challenges on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the conformation of the horse and the stresses of motion. Te veterinarian usually makes a radiographic assessment to help determine foot balance and breakover. “Providing a shoe that allows the foot to break over easily in any direction, on all planes (omni-directional) often helps,” Galuppo said. Ten there is no hindrance to the foot as it breaks over, minimizing stress to the joint. MEDICAL TREATMENTS

Several new products in use today can treat pastern arthritis. “In the past about all we could do was give the horse Bute (to decrease the pain and infammation) before exercise,” said Galuppo. “Bute and good shoeing were the common ways we dealt with this. Now we may use Previcox and good shoeing. In milder cases, non-steroidal anti-infammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and good shoeing can help the horse considerably. “Today, there are some biologics that may give more beneft. IRAP (interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein) and PRP (platelet-rich plasma) can be used for treating ringbone.” IRAP and PRP are both autogenous products created from the horse’s own blood and then injected into the joint. “A newer product called ProStride may have potential for treating ringbone because it is a combination of

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frustrating for veterinarians and for clients. “Horses with ringbone can become very lame, and it’s not always easy to resolve,” Galuppo said. It’s always a case-by-case situation, with no guarantees. Some horses surprise you in how well they do while others are very disappointing. “We try to manage horses with ringbone as best we can medically when they have severe arthritis,” said Galuppo. “Just like people, they will have good days and bad days. In many cases, horses can be used for light riding and managed with good shoeing and NSAIDs. We can keep them fairly comfortable for light work (or out at pasture as a broodmare) for a long time. “But arthritis is progressive. Usually the degeneration progresses to the point where the joint starts to collapse, and that is when we have to do something diferent.” Te biologic products like IRAP, PRP, etc. can help slow that progression. “I advise against putting steroids in joints with progressive degeneration because it can potentially speed that process,” said Galuppo. “Tere may be a time in that horse’s life that we would choose to use steroids. But it would be more toward the end stage, just to give relief from pain. Again, this would be a case-by-case decision by the veterinarian, whether to use steroids or not.” Another drug that is coming into use for ringbone is called Osphos, which in some cases can alleviate bone pain. Tis is given as an injection in the muscle, and it is related to Tildren. Osphos is a bisphosphonate, COURTESY OF TODD ALLEN

IRAP and PRP,” said Galuppo. “Several studies on the efcacy of this product have been done at Ohio State University by Dr. Alicia Bertone, showing it to be successful. Tis may give us a chance to more efectively treat some of these cases early on, and may also be helpful in later cases, as the joint degenerates. At that late stage, however, it probably won’t cure the problem.” As the arthritis progresses and damages the joint further, about the only option is to fuse the joint in order to take away the pain. “If the arthritic pain can be alleviated, those horses become more comfortable,” said Chronic, repetitive trauma is a common cause Galuppo. “Some may go back of ringbone to full performance after a fusion of many of these horses are comfortable the pastern joint, but this is not always again and can go back to athletic use. possible.” It is a long process, however, and the Statistics show that fusion of the veterinarian will usually recommend pastern joint in the front leg gives six months to a year of from work the horse about a 50-50 chance to to give optimum chance for healing. go back to full soundness and perIt’s a signifcant surgery. Te lower formance level. For a hind leg, the limb stays in a cast for two to three chances are better; it might be more weeks, and then is protected with like a 60-80% chance of full recovery heavy bandaging for a bit longer. and going back to work. Recovery or “A pleasure horse has a much whether he can go back to the same higher chance of getting back to career might partly depend on what work than a horse doing strenuous the horse does for a living. athletic work like racing,” said GaFor many veterinarians, the meth- luppo. “A hind pastern joint can be od of choice for treatment of ring- medically managed efectively much bone that fails to respond to medical longer than a forelimb pastern joint intervention is to fuse the joint sur- just because of the diference in the gically. Several techniques are being amount of weight borne by those used. Most common is a bone plate joints. and screw combination, using a “Tere are some reports of success locking plate system to immobilize with chemical fusion (rather than the joint. After the surgical site heals surgery). Some people inject pasand there is no more instability and tern joints with alcohol, trying to get infammation, these horses generally them to fuse. But that would not be signifcantly improve. my frst choice of treatment.” If the pastern will actually fuse, Dealing with ringbone can be

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and like Tildren it is being used Even this would be a case-byfor treating bone-related lamecase basis because a broodmare ness like navicular disease and will have additional weight ringbone. Osphos is adminisand pressure on the joint when tered by multiple intramuscushe is heavily pregnant, which lar injections, whereas Tildren could result in more discomhas to be given intravenously fort. Chronic pain can hinder over a period of several hours fertility as well. Pain can be a and is more expensive. factor in reproductive success “A drug like Osphos can or failure, since it is a form sometimes be helpful as arthriof stress—and stress can altis progresses, with more bone ter the hormone profle for involvement,” said Galuppo. reproduction. “An even more potent drug is DIAGNOSTICS zoledronic acid (another bisEarly signs of high ringbone phosphate, which is 10 times are simply mild pain and lamemore potent than Tildren), ness. By the time you see outand it can be very efective ward signs, such as the thickwith chronic arthritis. Te ening around the pastern from important thing in dealing new bone growth, the arthritis with ringbone is to get an earhas progressed dramatically. ly diagnosis and start treating X-ray showing ringbone surgically fused with plate Tus, it is important to have it before the arthritis becomes and bone screws fusion for low ringbone (in the cofn any lameness checked early on to get severe.” A combination of medical treat- joint) is rarely done except as a salvage an accurate diagnosis. “Tis can be challenging, however, ment and proper shoeing can help procedure to make the horse more slow the progression of arthritis to comfortable. Osteoarthritis in the because nerve blocks can be difcult keep the horse sound and comfort- cofn joint can be very problematic to interpret and may not be defnibecause of this joint’s higher range of tive,” said Galuppo. “For specifc earable during movement. ly diagnosis, you’d have to block the “Once it gets beyond that point, motion. Corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid joint itself, to make sure the lameness then we have to utilize other methods like Osphos, possibly steroids, and joint injections might temporarily is actually due to pain in the pastern on down the road we’d be looking at help alleviate some of the pain and joint. “We may use more advanced fusing the joint,” said Galuppo. “Te infammation. Newer products like stage of this disease, and what the PRP and IRAP might be more bene- imaging to help us with early diagnosis. We may get a complete dihorse does for a living, help us decide fcial for the health of the joint. Since this joint is within the hoof, agnosis with MRI rather than just what the best therapy will be, for that low ringbone can often cause a lot of using radiographs. We also have the individual.” pain. Any swelling/enlargement at ability to do a PET scan (positron LOW RINGBONE the joint creates a lot of pressure and emission tomography) in horses, Horses with abnormal hoof-pas- pain due to restricted space within looking at injuries in the distal limb. tern angles or hoof-wall imbalances the hoof wall. Tis is like the pain We can use PET and CT scans to can be prone to repetitive trauma to you’d experience with swelling under look at these injuries for an accurate the cofn joint, which can lead to low a toenail or fngernail. diagnosis.” ringbone. Proper hoof care and theraKnowing exactly what is wrong, Surgical techniques can fuse the peutic shoeing can help alleviate these cofn joint, but these horses won’t and where, can help the veterinarian, abnormalities and reduce the risk for be able to return to an athletic ca- farrier, owner, and trainer determine low ringbone. reer. Tese eforts are simply aimed at how best to deal with the problem— Surgical fusion for high ringbone making the horse more comfortable and hopefully come up with the best is generally very successful, whereas for pasture soundness or for breeding. therapy for that particular horse.

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2018 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU JULY 22, 2018)

Breeder

Starts

Wins

Stakes Wins

Reddam Racing, LLC Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC Terry C. Lovingier Nick Alexander Harris Farms Richard Barton Enterprises Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams Old English Rancho, Patsy Berumen & Sal Berumen Thomas W. Bachman Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray Madera Thoroughbreds LLC Premier Thoroughbreds LLC Liberty Road Stables Old English Rancho Michael Pageler BG Stables George Schmitt & Mary Clare Schmitt Premier Thoroughbreds LLC & Alan Klein Milt A. Policzer H & E Ranch Daehling Ranch LLC Heinz H. Steinmann Donald Valpredo Howard & Janet Siegel Racing LLC Legacy Ranch Madeline Auerbach & Barry Abrams Rozamund Barclay Joe Turner Cole Ranch Jim Robbins ARCHA Racing Inc. Dr. Edward C. Allred Red Baron’s Barn & Vaya Con Suerte Dahlberg Farms LLC Greg James James W. McKenney & Tammy McKenney Rod Rodriguez & Lorraine Rodriguez Rancho San Miguel C-Punch Ranch Anatolia, Inc Ellen Jackson Old English Rancho & Bruce Headley Phil D’Amato & Tommy Hutton Dream Stables Jim Eaton Mercedes Stables LLC Dr. Mikel C. Harrington & Patricia O. Harrington Kristin Mulhall Alex Paszkeicz James Mann Nadine Anderson & Brazeau Thoroughbred Farms, LP Curtis C. & Lila L. Lanning LLC Esembee Inc. Ed Delaney Tony Narducci & Suzy Narducci Madeline Auerbach Gary Barber

173 373 434 192 329 398 176 197 48 107 164 70 129 130 4 59 126 8 64 36 87 58 134 60 106 36 55 42 81 3 19 22 11 35 44 18 44 50 40 6 44 52 14 22 27 56 33 78 8 67 9 3 22 6 28 13

22 76 50 34 41 35 23 30 16 17 23 9 17 15 3 8 14 3 12 3 13 9 18 14 19 4 6 11 12 2 2 5 1 10 6 3 8 10 7 2 8 4 6 3 6 9 7 7 1 6 2 2 4 2 3 1

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Leading Earner

B Squared ($145,963) Ms Wakaya ($79,645) Show It N Moe It ($120,851) Tough Sunday ($98,000) Lynne’s Legacy ($108,646) Tule Fog ($87,525) Pulpit Rider ($198,348) What a View ($72,690) Take the One O One ($174,336) Unpossible ($63,972) Solid Wager ($76,580) Spiced Perfection ($148,345) Psycho Dar ($66,345) Accountability ($77,309) Heck Yeah ($284,000) Violent Ridge ($104,000) George From Tahoe ($53,160) Miss Sunset ($218,000) Kiss of Dahpespe ($53,400) Rye ($126,345) Gotham Desire ($61,999) Swiss Minister ($70,748) Bako Sweets ($40,014) Jay Makes Us Laugh ($85,765) Magicalchic ($25,890) Spring Heat ($48,682) Mo See Cal ($53,745) Sir Vronski ($72,700) Tribal Roar ($33,945) Loving Lynda ($153,200) Soi Phet ($139,080) Cordiality ($117,930) Edwards Going Left ($138,000) Sapphire Kid ($51,540) Laynee ($62,802) Coniah ($116,800) Popular Kid ($68,130) Southern Thunder ($43,474) Shades of Victory ($47,862) Anatolian Heat ($122,174) Lil’ Chieftain ($40,895) Surfng Star ($43,600) Table for Three ($76,023) My Friend Emma ($109,764) Gorgeous Ginny ($42,660) Abets Abet ($42,250) Hot Rodin ($45,394) Peppers Ace ($24,336) Hardboot ($102,120) Full Court ($19,045) Tribal Storm ($102,164) Touching Rainbows ($99,405) Cool Green ($63,720) My Aunt Tillie ($88,745) Speakers ($48,308) Fly to Mars ($69,690)

Earnings

$1,212,411 $1,109,122 $1,029,293 $973,676 $957,274 $806,321 $709,691 $622,554 $473,070 $462,667 $341,505 $341,247 $336,835 $290,649 $284,000 $263,086 $234,290 $227,825 $222,421 $206,718 $200,506 $198,717 $190,611 $188,582 $184,009 $173,237 $163,271 $161,795 $157,588 $153,200 $146,638 $146,527 $144,080 $142,419 $141,585 $132,462 $131,445 $130,755 $123,225 $122,174 $120,602 $117,599 $117,093 $113,286 $112,050 $110,380 $108,014 $105,875 $103,930 $103,058 $102,389 $99,405 $97,598 $95,225 $94,342 $93,400

Leading California Sires Lists 2018 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

2018 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

(MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Earned

Earnings/ Runner

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

117

545

$2,198,646

Sire

Earned

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$875,901

$28,255

2 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

148

612

$1,981,968

2 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$888,750

$26,932

3 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

140

585

$1,797,490

3 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

$239,054

$21,732

4 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

271

$1,598,123

4 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

35 $1,598,123

$21,596

5 † Unusual Heat,1990, by Nureyev

333

$1,242,533

5 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$819,802

$20,495

6 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 99

432

$1,182,149

6 † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$443,193

$20,145

7 • Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

404

$1,047,964

$18,792

8 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

123

$888,750

$17,652

9 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

139

$875,901

10 Vronsky,1999, by Danzig

306

$838,844

11 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

163

$819,802

12 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

435

$776,127

13 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 52

234

$741,506

14 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

182

$657,778

15 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

230

$646,371

16 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

206

$590,772

17 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

249

$500,425

7 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 8 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry 9 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev 10 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

117 12 78 42

81 $2,198,646 7

$211,823

36 $1,242,533 20

$657,778

$15,930 $15,661

11 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

$154,793

$15,479

12 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

$397,015

$14,704

13 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$247,533

$14,561

14 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

$741,506

$14,260

82 $1,981,968

$13,392

15 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

148

16 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$184,394

$13,171

18 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

144

$487,904

17 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

$590,772

$13,128

19 † Decarchy,1997, by Distant View

182

$479,982

18 Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

$143,890

$13,081

20 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

214

$472,746

19 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

$646,371

$12,927

21 † Comic Strip,1995, by Red Ransom

117

$443,193

20 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

$310,084

$12,920

22 † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 56

244

$407,060

23 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

144

$397,015

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24 Coil, 2008, by Point Given

134

$379,052

(MINIMUM 50 STARTS)

25 Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

152

$368,705

26 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

166

$359,915

27 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

187

$359,458

28 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

212

$341,786

29 † Thorn Song, 2003, by Unbridled’s Song

207

$325,187

30 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

122

$319,283

31 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

190

$316,576

32 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

158

$311,962

Sire

Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins

Earned

1 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

36 102

$762,985

2 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

57 152

$750,944

3 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$532,730

4 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$399,216

5 • Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$346,705

6 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$223,020

33 Tannersmyman,1998, by Lord Carson

104

$310,084

7 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$211,761

34 Tizbud,1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

$306,726

8 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$192,638

35 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold

126

$266,778

9 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$191,166

36 Storm Wolf, 2002, by Stormin Fever

112

$266,155

10 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

$186,451

37 Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

145

$262,828

11 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$179,766

38 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

120

$262,025

12 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

$163,731

39 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$247,533

13 † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$150,816

40 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

$239,054

14 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$149,217

41 Many Rivers, 2005, by Storm Cat

$212,592

$128,821

42 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

$211,823

$120,502

43 Old Topper,1995, by Gilded Time

$205,497

$111,563

44 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

117

$202,041

45 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 21

$196,872

46 Roi Charmant, 2001, by Evansville Slew

$185,021

146

$184,493

15 Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill Dancer (IRE) 16 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 17 Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

8 14 13

19 26 31

2 3 2

2 3 3

18 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$105,506

19 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

$104,434

20 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$101,893

47 Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest35

The statistics shown here are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates a stallion that has been pensioned or has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere (sires no longer standing in California remain on these lists until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old). Freshman sires are highlighted in bold text. 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 (UAE) only. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Racing statistics through July 22, 2018.

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Leading California Sires Lists 2018 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

2018 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS)

Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Sire

Earned

Median

Wnrs

Earned

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

148

82 $1,981,968

2 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

140

79 $1,797,490

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$875,901 $23,406

2 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

$239,054 $16,750

3 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

117

81 $2,198,646

3 † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$443,193 $14,381

4 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

71 $1,182,149

4 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

$211,823 $12,280

5 • Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

57 $1,047,964

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

35 $1,598,123 $11,704

6 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

$776,127

6 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

$397,015 $10,722

7 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$838,844

7 Coil, 2008, by Point Given

$379,052

$9,230

8 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$500,425

8 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$487,904

$8,401

9 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

35 $1,598,123

9 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

117

81 $2,198,646

$8,392

10 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

36 $1,242,533

10 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$838,844

$7,679

11 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

$646,371

11 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold

$266,778

$7,645

12 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$875,901

12 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

36 $1,242,533

$7,580

$341,786

13 Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

$262,828

$7,180

14 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 52

$741,506

14 Angus, 2004, by Smokester

$94,649

$7,155

Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

$590,772

15 Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled

$122,794

$6,795

Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$487,904

16 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

71 $1,182,149

$6,718

17 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

$472,746

17 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$819,802

$6,690

18 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$819,802

18 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

$319,283

$6,600

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

$657,778

19 Many Rivers, 2005, by Storm Cat

$212,592

$6,543

Coil, 2008, by Point Given

$379,052

20 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$184,394

$6,528

21 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

$359,458

22 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

$479,982

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Rnrs

Srts

Earned

Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

2018 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

(MINIMUM 100 STARTS) Earnings Start

Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

Earned

1 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

123

$888,750

$7,226

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

148

612

$1,981,968

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

139

$875,901

$6,301

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

117

545

$2,198,646

3 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

271 $1,598,123

$5,897

3 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

140

585

$1,797,490

$819,802

$5,029

4 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

432

$1,182,149

545 $2,198,646

$4,034

5 • Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

404

$1,047,964

6 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

435

$776,127

249

$500,425

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 5 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

40 117

163

6 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde

$247,533

$3,929

7 † Comic Strip, 1995-17, by Red Ransom

117

$443,193

$3,788

8 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

333 $1,242,533

9 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

10 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

182

11 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

12 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

144

13 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

612 $1,981,968

$3,239

234

14 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

148

15 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 52 16 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

Races Won

Rnrs

140

Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$3,731

8 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

306

$838,844

$3,622

9 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

333

$1,242,533

$657,778

$3,614

10 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

271

$1,598,123

$211,823

$3,473

11 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

214

$472,746

$487,904

$3,388

12 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

206

$590,772

$306,726

$3,371

13 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

139

$875,901

Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

230

$646,371

$3,169

Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

212

$341,786

$239,054

$741,506

585 $1,797,490

$3,073

16 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

187

$359,458

17 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

104

$310,084

$2,982

17 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

163

$819,802

18 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE)

206

$590,772

$2,868

Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

234

$741,506

19 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$184,394

$2,837

Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

144

$487,904

20 Coil, 2008, by Point Given

134

$379,052

$2,829

20 † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

182

$479,982

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2018 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (50 OR MORE NAMED FOALS)

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 15 17 18 19 21

25 26

29 31 32 33 34 35 36

40 41 42 44 45 46 47 48 49 51 52

† Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat † Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat † Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run † Popular, 1999, by Saint Ballado † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow Trapper, 2000, by Iron Cat Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) North Light (IRE), 2001, by Danehill Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom • Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) Thisnearlywasmine, 1994, by Capote Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat Unbridled Native, 2001, by Unbridled † Lucky J. H., 2002, by Cee’s Tizzy Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even • Skimming, 1996, by Nureyev Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest

Crops

18 6 6 9 11 6 3 3 9 10 7 9 9 16 7 11 9 10 12 10 12 10 4 10 18 6 4 10 6 2 15 7 11 4 12 16 6 16 13 11 11 11 4 5 3 6 13 13 9 4 5 8

Avg Named Size Foals

45 15 28 49 20 11 100 33 99 44 37 15 9 49 31 19 13 51 53 10 33 44 25 5 27 8 23 35 24 56 37 16 9 17 17 22 44 31 11 13 7 34 13 16 27 12 26 13 8 22 14 30

811 87 166 445 219 65 300 100 894 440 261 131 84 779 220 208 113 505 631 99 400 441 99 51 490 50 91 345 142 111 549 113 98 66 207 351 266 489 140 146 80 375 53 81 82 72 337 174 69 86 70 237

Runners

605-75% 60-69% 140-84% 324-73% 146-67% 34-52% 139-46% 41-41% 542-61% 329-75% 134-51% 72-55% 57-68% 576-74% 159-72% 131-63% 68-60% 247-49% 443-70% 75-76% 280-70% 336-76% 53-54% 40-78% 363-74% 36-72% 72-79% 213-62% 98-69% 48-43% 435-79% 71-63% 69-70% 36-55% 138-67% 263-75% 191-72% 404-83% 97-69% 82-56% 56-70% 283-75% 36-68% 63-78% 51-62% 52-72% 233-69% 127-73% 32-46% 47-55% 34-49% 152-64%

2YO Winners

Stakes Winners

Graded Stakes Winners

Progeny Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

436-54% 57-7% 50-57% 10-11% 102-61% 34-20% 215-48% 66-15% 104-47% 15-7% 20-31% 11-17% 97-32% 37-12% 20-20% 7-7% 402-45% 114-13% 235-53% 57-13% 94-36% 19-7% 52-40% 0-0% 40-48% 3-4% 397-51% 116-15% 96-44% 27-12% 77-37% 12-6% 44-39% 6-5% 180-36% 47-9% 322-51% 95-15% 57-58% 20-20% 195-49% 44-11% 243-55% 63-14% 34-34% 11-11% 30-59% 11-22% 223-46% 42-9% 23-46% 4-8% 42-46% 9-10% 124-36% 15-4% 63-44% 16-11% 21-19% 10-9% 335-61% 113-21% 51-45% 6-5% 52-53% 10-10% 25-38% 5-8% 95-46% 27-13% 193-55% 51-15% 128-48% 34-13% 291-60% 80-16% 64-46% 13-9% 49-34% 5-3% 40-50% 5-6% 205-55% 40-11% 18-34% 1-2% 43-53% 14-17% 25-30% 10-12% 31-43% 13-18% 162-48% 24-7% 86-49% 20-11% 19-28% 0-0% 25-29% 7-8% 24-34% 7-10% 80-34% 23-10%

44-5% 6-7% 12-7% 10-2% 10-5% 1-2% 4-1% 2-2% 32-4% 10-2% 6-2% 2-2% 2-2% 26-3% 8-4% 6-3% 2-2% 7-1% 18-3% 2-2% 13-3% 16-4% 3-3% 1-2% 11-2% 1-2% 3-3% 8-2% 3-2% 3-3% 19-3% 2-2% 1-1% 1-2% 6-3% 11-3% 7-3% 16-3% 2-1% 1-1% 1-1% 4-1% 0-0% 1-1% 1-1% 1-1% 7-2% 3-2% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 1-0%

14-2% 1-1% 1-1% 1-0% 3-1% 0-0% 1-0% 0-0% 6-1% 3-1% 3-1% 1-1% 1-1% 9-1% 1-0% 2-1% 1-1% 1-0% 6-1% 1-1% 1-0% 2-0% 1-1% 0-0% 4-1% 0-0% 0-0% 4-1% 0-0% 0-0% 1-0% 2-2% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 2-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-0%

$57,454,928 $5,328,182 $10,220,483 $28,580,060 $11,516,045 $1,943,763 $6,750,339 $1,520,742 $39,591,750 $20,829,318 $7,884,632 $3,993,051 $3,003,756 $31,335,549 $7,289,941 $6,993,426 $4,122,021 $14,494,821 $20,992,184 $3,864,770 $15,843,294 $18,027,097 $2,066,949 $2,059,329 $15,172,982 $2,124,798 $2,901,292 $9,081,273 $4,605,300 $1,305,554 $21,743,793 $3,244,261 $3,394,658 $1,395,528 $5,647,232 $10,819,469 $7,444,457 $19,348,023 $3,612,729 $3,116,393 $2,504,591 $12,045,212 $1,333,402 $2,893,878 $1,281,854 $2,028,445 $8,581,643 $4,991,261 $974,321 $1,183,909 $1,075,446 $4,327,370

1.91 1.72 1.53 1.49 1.41 1.38 1.29 1.24 1.19 1.19 1.15 1.14 1.12 1.12 1.07 1.07 1.06 1.05 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01 0.98 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.94 0.88 0.87 0.86 0.85 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.82 0.81 0.80 0.80 0.79 0.77 0.76 0.75 0.72 0.71 0.71 0.69 0.68

1.20 1.27 1.07 1.10 1.08 1.04 1.52 1.27 1.65 1.42 0.99 1.24 0.92 1.31 1.24 0.89 0.80 1.15 1.19 0.93 0.97 0.91 1.07 0.79 1.37 0.89 1.44 1.44 1.06 1.06 0.83 1.25 0.62 0.93 1.05 1.10 1.08 1.05 0.78 1.03 0.68 0.95 0.86 1.16 0.91 0.68 0.96 0.71 0.87 0.80 0.98 0.75

Winners

These statistics are for active California-based sires with a minimum of 50 foals of racing age, ranked here by their lifetime Average Earnings Index (AEI.) The statistics shown here are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates a stallion that has been pensioned or has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere (sires no longer standing in California remain on these lists until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old). Freshman sires are highlighted in bold text.. 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 (UAE) only. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Percentages are based upon number of named foals of racing age.

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Stakes & Sales Dates 2018

2018

REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS

REGIONAL SALE DATES

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

July 18-Sept. 3

Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa

Aug. 2-12

Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale

Aug. 16-26

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Aug. 23-Oct. 2

Pomona Fair at Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

Sept. 5-25

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

AUGUST 14 CTBA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YEARLING & HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE Pleasanton, Calif. (ENTRIES CLOSED JUNE 4)

Sept. 26-Nov. 6

Fresno County Fair, Fresno

Oct. 4-14

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Oct. 17-Dec. 18

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

Nov. 7-Dec. 4

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

AUGUST 28 BARRETTS SELECT YEARLING SALE Del Mar, Calif. (NOMINATIONS CLOSED APRIL 13)

Dec. 5-18 OCTOBER 16 BARRETTS FALL SALE OF YEARLINGS AND HORSES OF ALL AGES Pomona, Calif. (EARLY ENTRIES CLOSE AUG. 24, ENTRIES CLOSE AUG. 31, SUPPLEMENTAL ENTRIES CLOSE OCT. 2)

California-Bred/California-Sired STAKES RACES AugustÐSeptember DEL MAR

LOS ALAMITOS

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1

FRIDAY, AUG. 10

SATURDAY, SEPT. 8

$100,000 CTBA Stakes

$150,000 Solana Beach Stakes

$75,000 E.B. Johnston Stakes

Tree-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies and Mares 1 mile (Turf)

3-Year-Olds & Up 1 mile

Two-Year-Old Fillies 5 1⁄2 furlongs

SATURDAY, AUG. 4

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29

$100,000 Graduation Stakes

$100,000 Generous Portion Stakes Two-Year-Old Fillies 6 furlongs

Two-Year-Olds 5 1⁄2 furlongs

FRIDAY, AUG. 31

$100,000 I’m Smokin Stakes Two-Year-Olds 6 furlongs

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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2018 REGIONAL STAKES RACES

SEPTEMBER

AUGUST

Date Track Stakes (Grade) 1 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 10 11 11 12 12 15 17 18 18 18 19 22 24 25 25 26 26 29 31 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 8 8 15 22 28 29 29 29 29 29 30 30

Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr SR Dmr Dmr SR Dmr Dmr SR Dmr SR Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Fer Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr GGF LA LA LA LA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA

CTBA Stakes Daisycutter Handicap Yellow Ribbon Handicap (Gr. II) Graduation Stakes Luther Burbank Handicap La Jolla Handicap (Gr. III) Sorrento Stakes (Gr. II) Robert Dupret Derby Solana Beach Stakes Best Pal Stakes (Gr. II) Joseph T. Grace Handicap Rancho Bernardo Handicap (Gr. III) Jess Jackson Juvenile Stakes CTT & TOC Handicap Green Flash Handicap TVG Pacifc Classic (Gr. I) Del Mar Oaks (Gr. I) Del Mar Handicap (Gr. II) Del Mar Mile (Gr. II) Harry F. Brubaker Stakes Tranquility Lake Stakes Pat O’Brien Stakes (Gr. II) Shared Belief Stakes Torrey Pines Stakes (Gr. III) C.J. Hindley Humboldt County Marathon Stakes Generous Portion Stakes I’m Smokin Stakes Del Mar Debutante (Gr. I) John C. Mabee Stakes (Gr. II) Del Mar Derby (Gr. II) Del Mar Juvenile Turf Del Mar Futurity (Gr. I) Del Mar Juvenile Fillies Turf CERF Stakes Rolling Green Stakes Beverly J. Lewis Stakes E.B. Johnston Stakes Barretts Debutante Barretts Juvenile Eddie D. Stakes (Gr. III) Awesome Again Stakes (Gr. I) Chandelier Stakes (Gr. I) FrontRunner Stakes (Gr. I) Rodeo Drive Stakes (Gr. I) Unzip Me Stakes Zenyatta Stakes (Gr. I) John Henry Turf Championship (Gr. II)

Conditions

Distance

2-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 2-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o 2-y-o f. 3-y-o 3-y-o & up, f. & m., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 2-y-o 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o f. 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o & up 3-y-o 3-y-o f. 3-y-o & up 2-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o f. 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o 2-y-o 2-y-o 2-y-o f. 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o & up 3-y-o f. 3-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o f. 2-y-o 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 2-y-o f. 2-y-o 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o f. 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 3-y-o & up

5 1⁄2 f. 5 f. (T) 1 1⁄16 m. (T) 5 1⁄2 f. 1 1⁄16 m. (T) 1 1⁄16 m. (T) 6 f. 1 1⁄16 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 6 f. 1 1⁄16 m. (T) 6 1⁄2 f. 6 f. 1 3⁄8 m. (T) 5 f. (T) 1 1⁄4 m. 1 1⁄8 m. (T) 1 3⁄8 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 m. 1 m. 7 f. 1 m. 1 m. 1 5⁄8 m. 6 f. 6 f. 7 f. 1 1⁄8 m. (T) 1 1⁄8 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 7 f. 1 m. (T) 6 f. 1 1⁄16 m. (T) 6 f. 1 m. 6 1⁄2 f. 6 1⁄2 f. abt. 6 1⁄2 f. (T) 1 1⁄8 m. 1 1⁄16 m. 1 1⁄16 m. 1 1⁄4 m. (T) abt. 6 1⁄2 f. (T) 1 1⁄16 m. 1 1⁄4 m. (T)

Added Value $100,000 $75,000 $200,000 $100,000 $50,000 $150,000 $200,000 $50,000 $150,000 $200,000 $50,000 $100,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000 $1,000,000 $300,000 $250,000 $200,000 $75,000 $75,000 $200,000 $100,000 $100,000 $20,000 $100,000 $100,000 $300,000 $200,000 $250,000 $100,000 $300,000 $100,000 $75,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 TBD $300,000 $200,000

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