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California Connections at the Breeders’ Cup

CLASSIC

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Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Authentic is well connected California-wise. Trained in the Golden State by Bob Baffert, the son of Into Mischief is co-owned by Californian B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm, where he has been retired to stud for 2021

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FILLY & MARE SPRINT

California is also home base of Filly & Mare Sprint winner Gamine, whom Baffert, right, trains for owner Michael Lund Petersen. The daughter of Into Mischief was bred by Grace Thoroughbred Holdings of Californian Barbara Banke, (front row left in winner’s circle photo)

JUVENILE TURF SPRINT

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Although Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Golden Pal, a son of Uncle Mo, was foaled in Florida, he races as a homebred for California owner Randy Lowe, and is named in honor of Lowe’s mentor, California breeding stalwart John Mabee, owner of Golden Eagle Farm and one of California’s favorite racing sons, Best Pal

September Secret, outside, scores a heads-up victory in Del Mar’s Golden State Juvenile Fillies, her frst stakes win

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MILLER TIME

CAL-BASED TRAINER ENJOYS HIGH LIFE WITH CAL-BREDS

BY TRACY GANTZ

Whether he was at Keeneland for the Breeders’ Cup or back at Del Mar after the big days, trainer Peter Miller was unstoppable with California-breds from Nov. 6-8. On three consecutive cards, Miller swept all three stakes for Cal-breds or California-sired runners: September Secret in the Nov. 6 Golden State Juvenile Fillies, Good With People in the Nov. 7 Golden State Juvenile, and Mo See Cal in the Nov. 8 Betty Grable Stakes.

“Great weekend,” said Miller at Del Mar Nov. 8 in a classic understatement. “Good run at the Breeders’ Cup and then to win all three stakes here. What could be better than that?”

Miller fnished second in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) to the popular Whitmore with C Z Rocket, but did even better at his home track. Only Good With People was favored, and all three Cal-breds came from entirely diferent programs. September Secret, by the longtime leading California sire Grazen, is a $20,000 yearling auction purchase raced by Tom Kagele and Ken Shaw. Good With People is a homebred for J. Kirk and Judy Robison by the young sire Curlin to Mischief. And Mo See Cal is a $25,000 claim by Rockingham Ranch and a daughter of Kentucky sire Uncle Mo.

SEPTEMBER SECRET’S GOLDEN STATE JUVENILE FILLIES

September Secret came about through a series of serendipitous events, not the least of which was breeder Jennifer Saavedra working for the Toroughbred Owners of California.

Saavedra is married to trainer Anthony Saavedra. She bought Sweetest Secret, a Cal-bred daughter of Sea of Secrets and the dam of September Secret, for $5,700 from agent Sam Hendricks at the 2011 Barretts fall yearling sale. Co-owned by Jennifer and trained by Anthony, Sweetest Secret won three races and earned $90,900.

“She won frst time out in maiden special weight, and we got the Cal-bred bonus,” Jennifer said.

When it came time to retire Sweetest Secret, Jennifer was working at the

TOC, where breeder Nick Alexander served on the board and is now chairman. Alexander’s stallion Grazen was doing well.

“I was talking to him about Grazen,” said Jennifer. “I got to breed to Grazen because I think Nick put in a good word.”

Sweetest Secret produced September Secret Jan. 24, 2018. Tough the Saavedras sold both the mare and foal privately, they continue to reap the breeders’ awards. Jennifer was particularly pleased when Miller’s client, the Kagele Brothers, bought September Secret at last year’s Fasig-Tipton California yearling sale (from Checkmate Toroughbreds) because it meant the flly would remain in California with a trainer who wins often.

September Secret broke her maiden at Del Mar July 24 in her second start. Miller thought enough of her to try graded company in the Aug. 7 Sorrento Stakes (G2). She didn’t place, but she then ran second and won in starter/ optional claimer races prior to the $151,500 Golden State Juvenile Fillies.

Te seven-furlong race attracted a feld of nine. Twotime stakes winner and undefeated Governor Goteven went of as the 3-2 favorite while September Secret got away at 13-1.

Love Wins set the early pace, and jockey Ricardo Gonzalez tucked September Secret into fourth, behind the three leaders. Governor Goteven prompted Love Wins’ pace and took over on the turn.

September Secret found herself on the rail in sixth on the turn, with potential trafc trouble ahead of her. Gonzalez waited until midstretch. A couple of horses tired, and the jockey was able to angle September Secret outside of the three in front of her. September Secret few home to grab the win by a head in 1:25.56 over Dylans Wild Cat, with Eddie’s New Dream third and Governor Goteven fourth.

“I was looking for a spot with her and fnally went outside and she gave me her kick,” said Gonzalez.

Miller watched the race from Kentucky and admitted to “cussing” his rider until the end.

“I started cheering him even though I didn’t know if he was going to get there,” Miller said. “It was a roller coaster of emotion. She was much the best, and he had a ton of horse but had trouble getting her out in the clear.”

Kagele also owns part of C Z Rocket, so he had a lucrative weekend.

C Z Rocket ran Nov. 7, so Miller was occupied with that horse in Kentucky on the day Good With People competed in the $151,500 Golden State Juvenile. Gonzalez was back aboard in California for the seven-furlong event.

Te Robisons bred Good With People in California from the stakes-winning Roar of the Tiger mare Gator Prowl. Good With People was foaled April 26, 2018.

Kirk Robison grew up attending the races at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park and met Judy in college in San Jose. Tey now make their home in El Paso, Texas. Tey also own the 2-yearold colt Jackie’s Warrior, winner of the Runhappy Hopeful Stakes (G1) and Champagne Stakes (G1) in New York. Jackie’s Warrior was the favorite in the TVG Breeders’ Cup

Juvenile Presented by Toroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1), so the Robisons weren’t at Del Mar for the Golden State Juvenile.

Jackie’s Warrior ran fourth at Keeneland, but Good With People came through with

another victory. Good With People had already won twice at Del Mar, including the Sept. 4 I’m Smokin Stakes.

Favored in his race, at 2-1, Good With People set the pace and led throughout.

He clicked of fractions of :22.56 and :46.24 en route to completing the distance

J Kirk and Judy Robison’s Cal homebred Good With People wins Golden State Juvenile gate-to-wire for trainer Peter Miller in 1:26.10. Positivity, winner of the Graduation Stakes

GOOD WITH PEOPLE’S GOLDEN STATE JUVENILE

at Del Mar, fnished second, three-quarters of a length behind Good With People and 63⁄4 lengths ahead of third-place Ascot Storm.

“I like this, winning stakes,” said Gonzalez. “Tis time Peter told me: ‘Go to the front and don’t look back.’ I did it and it worked out great.”

With the time change, when the Golden State Juvenile went of, Miller was on a private jet, heading home from the Breeders’ Cup.

“Somewhere over middle America, about 10,000 feet up,” Miller said the next morning. “Fortunately it had WiFi, so I was able to watch the race. It got a little close at the end, but it didn’t look like he was ever going to get beat.”

Te Robisons breed horses in

California and New Mexico. Tey have eight yearlings in training in New Mexico eventually headed for Miller’s barn.

Litt Bloodstock purchased Gator Prowl for the Robisons for $15,000 at the 2010 Keeneland November sale from Tree Chimneys Sales. Gator Prowl has produced New Mexico-bred multiple stakes winner Fast Gator for the Robisons as well as stakes-placed Gator Heat, also bred in New Mexico.

MO SEE CAL’S BETTY GRABLE STAKES

Following the two 2-year-old stakes, the Golden State Series turned to older fllies and mares for the $101,000 Betty Grable Stakes Nov. 8 at seven furlongs on the dirt. Warren’s Showtime, fresh of a victory in the $101,000 Autumn Miss Stakes (G3T) at a mile on the turf, was the second choice to Just Grazed Me, winner of the $100,000 California Distaf Handicap at 51⁄2 furlongs on the turf Oct. 10.

Mo See Cal was the 4-1 third choice, despite being of since fnishing third in the 2019 Betty Grable. She had undergone knee surgery for bone chips, and Miller took his time bringing her back. It paid of.

“It’s good distance for her, and we fgured it’s a good spot to bring her back,” Miller said a few days before the race.

Rozamund Barclay bred the 5-yearold daughter of Uncle Mo—Do Dat Blues, by Lydgate. Do Dat Blues earned $246,219 during her racing career and won the 2010 Princess Stakes and Louisiana Stallion Stakes at Louisiana Downs. Barclay bought her from James Keogh for $35,000 at the 2014 Keeneland November sale. Te mare was carrying Mo See Cal at the time of the sale.

Mo See Cal was a $70,000 buy-back at the 2016 Keeneland September yearling sale, and she began her racing career for owner Reddam Racing and trainer Doug O’Neill. Miller claimed her for Gary Hartunian’s Rockingham Ranch for $25,000 when she fnished second at Santa Anita in mid-2018.

By the time of the 2020 Betty Grable, Mo See Cal had not won a stakes. But she had placed in the 2019

In her frst start following a year on the sidelines, Rockingham Ranch’s Mo See Cal wins the Betty Grable at Del Mar and gives MIller, below, a Cal-bred hat trick for the Nov 6-8 weekend

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It’s a good distance for (Mo See Cal), and we fgured (the Betty Grable Stakes) is a good spot to bring her back.”

— Trainer Peter Miller

Solana Beach Stakes and competed in last year’s Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaf (G1), fnishing a respectable sixth of 11.

Flavien Prat, back from the Breeders’ Cup, piloted Mo See Cal. Miller added blinkers to the flly’s equipment.

“We put blinkers on because she’s won with them before and I’m kind of a tinkerer,” said Miller. “She’d also won without them.”

Mo See Cal prompted the pace early from third with Miss Megan on the lead, going the frst quarter-mile in :23.34. On the turn Mo See Cal ranged up alongside Miss Megan and took over for a dynamite stretch run. Mo See Cal just kept widening on the feld, eventually scoring by 33⁄4 lengths in 1:25.01 on a track labeled good. Warren’s Showtime got up for second over Just Grazed Me in third.

“We were just cruising on the backside,” said Prat. “When we came up to the turn, I decided to see what she could do. She responded well.”

Miller praised Prat’s “great ride,” adding, “He knew it was time to go and he went.”

Mo See Cal was winning her frst stakes, but sixth race overall, bringing her earnings to $342,664.

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The safety of the animals should be the frst concern in building a new farm

Building a Better Farm

FORM, FUNCTION, AND FINANCES BUT ALWAYS SAFETY FIRST

BY EMILY SHIELDS

There are thousands of horse farms all over the world, with their sprawling paddocks and stout barns acting as a siren call to those in the industry. Te properties are built to withstand both elements of weather and the mischievous tendencies of its resident equines. But what exactly makes up the perfect barn, or the best fence?

Fencing is virtually always the frst thing visible at a horse farm. But from lavish white panels to utilitarian piping, which fencing makes the most sense? Tere are pros and cons to each kind, with no fencing being a catch-all perfect option.

“Wood fencing is standard in Kentucky,” said Kevin Dickson, farm manager of Barton Toroughbreds in Santa Ynez. “You’ve got to have post and board wood; it’s what you see in most farms. Te main thing is that it’s fairly low maintenance and fairly safe because if a horse hits it, then the board breaks, and it is easy to repair.”

While wood fencing might look fashy, piping requires less maintenance. Farm owner Tom Clark of

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Rancho San Miguel said, “We’ve got iron piping here. It is more durable and cheaper to maintain, which really helps. Tere’s no painting involved. Especially with the economics of the horse business in California, you have to fnd ways to conserve your capital. Te downside is that kind doesn’t give as much as wood, so if a horse hits it there is potentially more injury than with wood fencing. But we honestly have very few incidents of that.”

Most California farms seem to agree on a phenomenon that surprised Dickson on arrival in the central coast area.

“Te fences here are laced with wire,” he said. “Tat was new to me when I arrived. I wasn’t sure how to take it at frst, but now I think it’s a wonderful thing.”

Te wire in question is a metal mesh that runs inside the fencing and wraps around the outside of the top board, which prevents cribbing. It is similar to chicken wire, but distinctly hardier.

“It’s very durable, very stout rectangular patterns,” Dickson said. “It goes all the way to the ground. Tey can’t eat the wood away, and you can’t get wavy boards.”

But even the mesh has its downside.

“We run into issues with maintaining the wire,” he admitted. “It can become a poke hazard, and the big staples that afx the wire to the fencing can pop loose. We check for staples on the ground. But every sort of fencing will have its good and bad sides.”

Sue Greene of Woodbridge Farm is the frst to admit she would love to redo her fencing.

“To be completely honest, this property was built before World War II,” she said. “It’s four-railing wood covered with V-mesh wire on the perimeter. But if I could do it again, I would go with pipe fencing—at least 51⁄2 or six foot high—and covered with the V-mesh. It’s just the easiest to maintain.”

Greene noted that no matter what is installed, horses will fnd a way to exploit it.

“Tere is no such thing as a fence that a horse can’t get hurt in,” she said. “If a horse is going to crash a fence, it doesn’t matter what you have up. Tat said, I don’t have many injuries with fencing. I think what I have is very safe.”

Katie Fisher had spent a lot of time developing her Kingfsher Farms to be exactno climb wire on it kind of person,” she said. “At the main farm we did all new wood fencing 31⁄2 years ago, but there are already some wood posts that need to be pulled out and redone because the horses have gotten down low and eaten the wood at the bottom. I thought I was outsmarting them by putting the wire over the top!”

Fisher’s new property has metal rails.

“It is 15 years old and is actually in really good shape,” she said. “You don’t have the maintenance involved on fencing like that.”

Te process of building a barn is also something Fisher is intimately familiar with.

“I redid the barns here (at the original

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Iron piping used for fences is more durable and relatively maintenance free, plus there’s no painting involved; however, it might not be as forgiving safety-wise

Kingfsher property), with the roof being the only thing that stayed,” she said. “On the new property I will be adding a second barn, employee dwellings, and maybe one day a house for me. Te barn here is an old dairy barn that needs to be reconfgured.”

Tat process is

Wire mesh is easier and cheaper to maintain and provides nearly as extensive as well-ventilated outdoor stalls adding a new barn enly to her liking before recently buying the “Te windows are high and tiny because old River Edge Farm annex and redesign- of the cows, so they are going to be cut out ing that as well. and bigger window inserts put in,” she said.

“I have always been a super-tradition- Safety is of chief concern for Fisher. al, four-rail, six-foot wood fencing with “I try to look at it from the perspec-

tirely. tive of, ‘if I was a horse, how could I get in trouble in here?’ Tat’s how I came up with a plan to fx it all.”

She added solid divider walls that were taller than average, and her window and exterior wall bars are horizontal, not vertical.

“With vertical bars, the spacing is such that if a horse hits it just right, they can slip a foot in there. So, I redid all of that. I’ve been in a constant chaos of construction for the last few years, and now I’m going to do it all again. I must be getting bored.”

Luckily, Fisher doesn’t have to do it alone. Companies such as MD Barnmaster make the process easier by ofering fully customizable barn templates for every equine need.

Company representative Anna Guth Adding a metal layer to the walls and said, “We have a very basic, standard mod- paneling is very important with highel, either the RCA (typical indoor barn), strung Toroughbreds. the Gable (with extended roofng), or “We have wonderful barns with woodShedrow style. Customers can pick a stan- en panels that are coated in tin or steel,” dard product, or add anything they can Dickson said. “Tat adds to the durability imagine. Tey may need the build to be and safety of the barn.” higher, or wider, or need one diferent stall, or need one diferent window. Te customers can make any change they want.”

“Tese manufactured barns that you can customize are a great setup,” Fisher said. “Tey have templates you can go of of, but then the builder comes out and you can customize it. You can add stalls here, and build a procedure room there. You can build an ofce onto the Four-plank post-and-board fencing is the standard for most farms front.”

Fisher’s biggest advice is to add as many electrical outlets as possible.

“Tere are never enough,” she said, “es- I try to look at it from pecially if you’re doing therapies for rehab.” the perspective of, ‘if I was

Once the customer orders a manufac- a horse, how could I get in tured barn, it can be eight to 12 weeks to deliver the product. trouble in here?’ ”

“Sometimes the wait to delivery is for — Katie Fisher, Kingfsher Farms the customer to get approval with a permit granted by the city,” Guth said. “Tat process is a little out of our control. But Te extra features can be customized our product is very strong; our barns have from there. stood for 20 to 30 years with little prob- “Our barns are 40 stalls each, with two lem. Tere’s very little maintenance. And shedrows with stalls back-to-back down the sales person working with them asks the middle and stalls on the outside pethe important questions, such as what is rimeter,” Dickson said. “Tey have openthe wind load? What is the snow load? ing feed doors, built-in feed tubs, and We walk them through it to make sure it’s automatic waterers. In the middle of the safe.” layup barn there is a tack room, there are

Dickson also uses MD BarnMaster, wash stalls, and even an apartment for emwhich recently sent the pieces for a full- ployee housing, which is good because you sized barn to Italy via plane. But they aren’t want to have a person in the barn when the only company in the game. Clark rec- you have 40 horses in there. Tey are well ommends Ulrich, which produces “aford- built and airy. I wouldn’t change a thing. I able, carriage-style horse barns” that are love them.” treated with metal to prevent cribbing. Greene’s recommendation is to choose a One of the barns at Rancho San Miguel washable paint. lasted 35 years before needing to be re- “We repaint the stalls every season with placed. the kind of paint on the walls you can wash down,” she said.

She also used to have a kind of barn she wouldn’t mind having again one day.

“I had a farm in Los Angeles briefy where those 2 x 12 wood panels simply slid out so that you could change the stalls from 12 x 12 to 12 x 24. If I built another barn, I would do that again so that you can move the walls around. It’s not truly portable, but it’s great for stall size if you need it.” Clark recommends having good drainage. “In our barn dedicated to foaling out babies, we have a drain in

RON MESAROS the middle of each stall so that once the foal is born we can easily wash it down and the water drains right out,” he said. “Tat makes it more sanitary.”

Once the fencing and the barns are in place, the only other need is maintenance.

“We’ve got a team dedicated just to maintenance and landscape support on the farm,” Clark said. “We’ve got the tractors and wagons and mowers. We do bring in experts from time to time to get outside help in the overall maintenance of the felds. But the guys take care of the structures.”

“We do it in-house,” Dickson agreed, regarding maintenance. “Te biggest thing to keep an eye on in the stalls is if they build up too much moisture after a few years, such as if you leave shavings against the inside wall and it corrodes the steel or tin coating. We’ve had to replace whole sections of those. But it’s something easy we can do in-house, and then you’re good for a long time. Te life of the stalls is rather lengthy, and they’re made very safely.”

While there are relatively few types of fencing to choose from, there is a barn design for every need, and safety need not be compromised in any layout. With the right setup, both horses and humans can be happy, confdent, and ready for success.

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HENRY WILLIAMSON

BY EMILY SHIELDS

CONTINUING THE FAMILY TRADITION

Henry Williamson is the f rst to admit that horse racing “sinks into your DNA after a while.” He would know, as a grandmother on one side of the family and a grandfather on the other side held box seats at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park for years. T en his father, the late Warren Williamson, bred and owned some of the best modern runners in the state. T rough it all, the younger Williamson has been there, relishing every moment.

“It’s not that I keep track of stuff like this,” Williamson joked, “but the f rst time we saw the winner’s circle in California was on Aug. 3, 1972. I was 10 years old.”

Williamson’s father was hooked and began breeding horses locally in California. Warren bred and/or raced the likes of grade 1-winning California-bred millionaire Nashoba’s Key, dual grade 2 winner Foxysox, and the ultra-quick Cal-bred Tiz Elemental, who won three straight stakes races.

“T ere were quite a few moments where we were in disbelief of our success,” Henry Williamson said. “A lot of our good ones were Cal-breds, but they were wonderfully bred. It was really a lot of fun, and it exposed all of his grandchildren—my kids—to the sport as well. Now they are into it and following it as well.”

Williamson was quick to give credit to the other players on the team, such as trainer Carla Gaines and the crew at Harris Farms, where many of the family’s best horses were raised. But while horses such as Cal-bred stakes winners Tiz a Blend and Excessive Blend were grabbing the headlines, Williamson himself was mostly working behind the scenes.

“A lot of people don’t know this, but I owned horses with my dad in the 1990s,” he said. “We claimed a horse together named Tiny Boots through trainer Bob Marshall in 1996. We designed silks together for Williamson and Williamson, the name of our partnership.”

Many star horses then wore those famous red and yellow silks with two stacked Ws.

“We had a great time together and realized how much we enjoyed working together,” Williamson said. “Over the years I assimilated a lot of the responsibilities. People thought the ‘WW’ on the silks was for Warren Williamson, but it was for Williamson and Williamson.”

Warren died in March 2018, leaving behind a California legacy that his son plans to uphold.

“I had been working on our Kentucky-based operation, making sure the babies were coming along,” he said. “I had some horses with friends coming into racing and was part of other syndicates. After Dad passed away, I decided to take it all on.”

T e decision wasn’t as simple as it might seem.

“T ere were a lot of moving pieces,” he said. “But the goal is

Three generations of the Williamson family at Santa Anita: from left, Henry Williamson, his dad Warren Williamson and son Warren Brook Williamson II

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to try to keep the family together. By that I mean the horses are part of our family, so that’s what we’re doing. I want to keep the colors fying and be back in the winner’s circle in Southern California.”

Williamson has two horses on the track in California, both with Gaines. American Heights is a daughter of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah who fnished ffth while sprinting in her Nov. 15 debut. Another runner, Lady Crocker, is a Curlin flly out of Foxysox who is named after Williamson’s box seat-holding grandmother. Lady Crocker is in the midst of training for her return.

He also has runners around the country, with winners Madame Overserved at Indiana Grand, Kadesh at Churchill Downs, and grade 3-placed stakes winner Visitant running at Keeneland last out.

Having runners is nice, but it is the breeding industry that Williamson is tackling next. Two years ago he acquired the old Valley Creek Farm and is debuting it in 2021 as Arroyo Vista Farm. Miguel “Mike” Jimenez, formerly the manager at Ballena Vista, grew up on this property and will return to manage it later this year.

“He told me it’s like coming home,” Williamson said.

Broodmares will be moving in between Tanksgiving and the New Year. It is a project that is something of a completed dream for Williamson.

“Tis is something my dad and I were trying to do many years ago,” he said. “I was glad when this place became available, and I’ve been glad to get it ready for our horses.”

Williamson has six broodmares in California and fve in Kentucky although some of those are scheduled to move to the Golden State.

Te cornerstone of the farm is Texas Ryano, a royally bred chestnut horse by Curlin out of “the best mare we ever had,” Blending Element. She was a graded stakes winner in her own right who produced Tiz a Blend, Tiz Elemental, Excessive Blend, Holladay Road, and Texas Ryano, who is named for Williamson’s

The Williamsons’ homebred Texas Ryano is a lynchpin of the family’s new Arroyo Vista Farm venture

© BENOIT PHOTOS

Te goal is to try to keep the family together. By that I mean the horses are part of our family, so that’s what we’re doing. I want to keep the colors fying and be back in the winner’s circle in Southern California.”

— Henry Williamson

University of Texas graduate son Ryan Lando Williamson.

Texas Ryano earned $455,045 with fve wins, three seconds, and three thirds in 22 starts. He was a grade 2 winner at Del Mar and grade 2-placed at Santa Anita in 2016. He also ran sixth in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) behind Highland Reel.

“He’s a physical specimen,” Williamson said. “He’s got wonderful scope and balance. I honestly think he looks like he could go back to the racetrack now. He retired sound, and we didn’t know whether we were going to invest and try to build him as a stallion. But being by Curlin and out of arguably our best mare ever, if there was a time to do it, this was it.”

Texas Ryano stood his frst season in 2018, with his frst yearlings selling this fall.

“Ever since he was foaled in Kentucky, we thought he was something special,” Williamson said. “We hope that translates into the breeding shed. He’s throwing a lot of the same types of bodies.”

With the move to the new farm underway, Williamson has plenty on his plate.

“I’ve been getting everything restored to where it needs to be,” he said. “I plan on being there three to four days a week, and Mike Jimenez will be staying in the house on the grounds. And if anyone else wants their mares and foals to grow up there, I’m hoping we might have a few guests, too.”

OCTOBER 26, 2020 – NOVEMBER 15, 2020

The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and California-sired winners in 2020 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.

3-YEAR-OLDS & UP

Acclamation—Lutess: Heck Yeah (55-29), h, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 11/7, 1 1/16mi, 1:43.58, $24,180. Bold Chieftain—Medici Pearl (GB): Chiefs Lil Pearl (25-10), m, 5 yo, Grants Pass, SOC, 10/27, 6 1/2f, 1:20.71, $3,630. Cyclotron—Coastal Cathy: B S Cyclotron (35-20), g, 5 yo, Grants Pass, SOC, 11/10, 5f, 57.68, $3,630. Desert Code—Exclusive Game: Easy Game (37-20), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 11/8, 5 1/2f, 1:2.75, $7,500. Elusive Warning—Ambitious Angel: Sure Angel (32-16), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 10/30, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:45.25, $13,680. Game Plan—Mephista: Bob's Bad Boy (6-2), g, 6 yo, Remington Park, ALW, 11/11, 5f (T), 56.60, $17,796. Ghostzapper—Silver Time: Baby Boo (200-89), f, 3 yo, Mahoning Valley Race Course, ALW, 10/28, 1mi, 1:40.86, $13,080. Grazen—Devoted One: She's Devoted (68-30), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/15, 5f (T), 56.56, $35,400. Heatseeker (IRE)—Champ's Rocket: Capes Hot

Rocket (39-17), g, 6 yo, Grants Pass, STR, 11/3, 6 1/2f, 1:20.15, $9,858. Idiot Proof—Onefunsonofagun: In Our A (32-21), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 11/1, 5 1/2f, 1:3.13, $13,680. Lucky Pulpit—Patriotic Brother: Boomchicaboom (92-39), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 11/7, 5 1/2f, 1:4.16, $7,500. Ministers Wild Cat—Devilish Pro: Colt Fiction (93-42), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, SOC, 11/8, 6 1/2f, 1:18.04, $25,200. Mucho Macho Man—Carmelita: Carmelita's Man (71-44), c, 3 yo, Del Mar, SOC, 10/31, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:42.58, $23,100. Popular—Lemon Supreme: Popular Kid (3-2), g, 6 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/1, 6 1/2f, 1:17.57, $35,400. Quality Road—Coco Ecolo: Coalinga Road (196-76), g, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/6, 5f (T), 57.43, $35,400. Smiling Tiger—Saturday's Girl: Donut Girl (92-39), m, 5 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/6, 1mi (T), 1:35.23, $35,400. Sought After—Paprika Red: Full of Pepper (17-9), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 10/29, 5 1/2f, 1:4.51, $13,680. Southern Image—Emotion: Mirror Image (25-13), g, 6 yo, Emerald Downs, SOC, 10/28, 6 1/2f, 1:16.30, $7,150. Suances (GB)—Loni's Appeal: Camino Del Paraiso (11-6), g, 7 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, Joseph

T. Grace S., 11/7, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:43.30, $39,450. Tannersmyman—My Sis Liz: El Chavo Del Ocho (18-8), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 11/1, 6f, 1:9.27, $24,960. Uncle Mo—Do Dat Blues: Mo See Cal (266-130), m, 5 yo, Del Mar, STK, Betty Grable S., 11/8, 7f, 1:25.01, $57,000. Vronsky—Elana Mar: On Mars (72-32), f, 3 yo, Del

Mar, AOC, 11/15, 1mi (T), 1:34.24, $46,020. 2-YEAR-OLDS

Curlin to Mischief—Gator Prowl: Good With People (20-9), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, STK, Golden State

Juvenile S., 11/7, 7f, 1:26.10, $85,500. Empire Way—Black Bird Rock: Mucha Woman (72-28), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, SOC, 11/8, 1mi, 1:41.71, $25,200. Fast Anna—So So Fast: I'm So Anna (67-32), f, 2 yo,

Golden Gate Fields, STK, Pike Place Dancer S., 10/31, 1mi (T), 1:39.79, $45,000. Grazen—Sweetest Secret: September Secret (68-30), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, STK, Golden State

Juvenile Fillies S., 11/6, 7f, 1:25.56, $85,500. Southern Image—Cochinero: Do You Hear That (25-13), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 11/6, 5 1/2f, 1:5.16, $24,180. Time to Get Even—Bold Mystique: Mister Bold (16-8), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, SOC, 10/31, 5 1/2f, 1:4.32, $25,200.

MAIDENS

ACCLAMATION Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com

Acclamation—Silver Swallow: Ole Silver (55-29), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 11/15, 5 1/2f, 1:5.24, $18,600. Bluegrass Cat—Sensible Girl: Sensible Cat (108-47), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/6, 1mi (T), 1:36.90, $34,200. Champ Pegasus—Unbridled Kiwi: Rocky Stallione (78-28), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 10/30, 4 1/2f, 52.74, $3,430. Clubhouse Ride—Kiama: Subtle Ride (47-24), f, 3 yo, Zia Park, MCL, 10/26, 1mi, 1:38.88, $3,000. Coil—Special Heather: Trevor T (44-27), g, 4 yo, Del

Mar, MSW, 10/31, 1mi (T), 1:34.66, $34,200. Competitive Edge—Saucy Salita: Struttin (87-39), f, 2 yo, Gulfstream Park West, MCL, 11/7, 6 1/2f, 1:20.42, $10,200.

DADDY NOSE BEST BG Thoroughbred Farm (951) 654-9100 www.bgthoroughbreds.com

Daddy Nose Best—Master's Miss: Miss Daddy (21-7), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 11/13, 4 1/2f, 53.50, $3,430. Gallant Son—Cichetari Miss: Gallant Warren (13-5), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/1, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:50.38, $23,400. Grazen—Sudden Sunday: Luxury Liner (68-30), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 11/7, 6f, 1:13.70, $18,600. Grazen—Miss Sea Cup: Grazed My Biscuits (68-30), g, 3 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort,

MCL, 11/11, 5 1/2f, 1:9.76, $3,886. Haynesfeld—Q' Viva: Quipo (94-49), g, 2 yo, Golden

Gate Fields, MCL, 11/12, 5f, 58.80, $6,300. Heatseeker (IRE)—Brave Journey: Hot Socks (39-17), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/5, 1mi, 1:38.90, $5,500.

IDIOT PROOF Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (707) 678 6580 www.victoryrose.com

Idiot Proof—Strait Jazz: Proof of Jazz (32-21), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/1, 5f, 58.63, $6,300. Jeranimo—Moving Desert: Moving Fast (12-1), g, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/14, 1mi (T), 1:36.17, $34,200. Jimmy Creed—Courtroom Kiss: Michalska (103-42), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/8, 5 1/2f, 1:6.29, $34,200. Northern Afeet—Nada Joke: Sir Laughalot (98-47), g, 4 yo, Grants Pass, MCL, 10/27, 5 1/2f, 1:6.22, $3,025. Northern Afeet—La Fiera: North Fork (98-47), g, 3 yo, Grants Pass, MCL, 10/27, 6 1/2f, 1:22.86, $3,025. Northern Causeway—Divine Miss Indy: Coolcross (35-9), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/29, 6f, 1:11.61, $7,800. Northern Causeway—Can't Afford It: Autism Ability (35-9), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/30, 5 1/2f, 1:5.41, $6,600. Power Broker—Love Dare: Camzul (60-28), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/31, 1mi (T), 1:38.72, $7,800. Rousing Sermon—Royal Grand Slam: Rousing

Slammer (11-5), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields,

MCL, 11/7, 5 1/2f, 1:4.79, $8,400. Sea of Secrets—Lady's Champagne (ARG): Gentleman's Secret (8-6), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields,

MCL, 11/12, 5f, 58.07, $5,500. Sierra Sunset—Sierra Freedom: Pequeno Monte (33-12), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/29, 5 1/2f, 1:4.91, $6,300. Sky Mesa—Vida Bonita: Del Mar Flash (153-58), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/14, 5f (T), 57.98, $34,200. Slew's Tiznow—Harlan Express: Charlie's A. T. M. (43-19), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/6, 1mi, 1:40.27, $5,500. Slew's Tiznow—Vanuatu: Susy's Heart (43-19), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/8, 5f, 59.63, $6,600.

SMILING TIGER Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com

Smiling Tiger—Sienna Sky: One Last Time (92-39), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/7, 6f, 1:12.22, $23,400. Square Eddie—Sister Sally: Eddie's Sister (90-48), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/6, 1mi (T), 1:38.42, $23,400. Street George—Malibu Allison: Tim's Street Girl (8-5), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/12, 5 1/2f, 1:5.38, $6,600. Unusual Heatwave—Limited Passion: Buy Wave Buy (10-2), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/13, 1mi (T), 1:36.15, $34,200.