California Thoroughbred Magazine November 2022

of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association

AN OLD FRIEND FOR OLD FRIENDS

FAN FAVORITE, CAL-BRED LAVA MAN RETIRES TO OLD FRIENDS IN KENTUCKY

DOUG BURGE CTBA PRESIDENT

CAL-BRED PROGRAM FUELS BREEDERS’ INVESTMENTS

In early October, Te Jockey Club released the most recent breeding statistics detailing the number of mares bred in 2021 and the estimated 2022 live foals from mares covered in the various states. According to TJC, approximately 85-90% of live foal reports are complete. Among the 10 states and provinces listed, only four, including California, produced more live foals this year than in the previous year (see chart below).

Tis listing of live foals pertains strictly to the state of conception and does not represent the total number of foals born in a particular state. For California, the percentage of live foals produced by California-based stallions increased 4% in 2022 compared to 2021. Several oth-

er regional racing states showed a signifcant decrease in foal production.

Also, when factoring in the 200-plus California foals conceived in Kentucky and elsewhere, the current-year live foal crop should exceed 1,500.

In regard to Kentucky-sired California-breds, this trend continues to remain stable each year as California breeders continue to upgrade and bring quality bloodstock to the state. Tis bodes well for the future of racing and sales in the state.

Te total Cal-bred program, at more than $35 million a year in restricted purses and incentive awards, has fueled this investment by California breeders.

As California-breds continue to make up roughly half of the feld sizes

north and south, and California racing becomes more and more dependent on locally bred horses, these positive trends are vital for the future of racing in the state, as ample inventory should be available with a higher percentage of the horses being bred making it to the races. It is also important to note that, unlike other racing states, we are realizing these positive results even without revenue from other forms of gambling. Restricted purses and incentives continue to remain strong strictly through the pari-mutuel handle.

Trough the continued cooperation within the industry to provide lucrative purses and incentive awards for breeders and owners, there should be more positives to report in the future.

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CONNIE SWINGLE WINS THIRD TIME DOWN SANTA ANITA’S HILL

California-bred Connie Swingle won for the third time in as many tries down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course when she scored in the $85,000 Unzip Me Stakes Oct 1. Te listed stakes is named for Unzip Me, the champion Cal-bred older female of 2010.

Ridden by Kyle Frey, Connie Swingle held of a fast-fnishing Pammy’s Ready by a neck. Sent away as the 13-10 favorite, Connie Swingle, despite slightly stumbling at the start, stopped the timer in 1:11.87 for the about 61⁄2 furlongs. She has also won in her two previous races over that course and distance.

Phil D’Amato trains Connie Swingle for owner/breeder Nick Alexander. A 3-year-old daughter of Grazen—Sky Marni, by Sky Mesa, Connie Swingle won the 2021 Generous Portion Stakes and has placed in two other stakes. She is a full sister to graded stakes winner S Y Sky and stakes winner Grazen Sky.

A Man’s Man Wins Bull Dog Stakes

Making his frst lifetime start in a stakes, California-bred A Man’s Man captured the $76,800 Bull Dog Stakes at the Big Fresno Fair Oct. 16. It was his sixth consecutive victory, following being claimed for $8,000.

Leading at every call of the 11 8-mile race under jockey Assael Espinoza, A Man’s Man defeated fellow Cal-bred Coalinga Road by 11⁄4 lengths, with Kentucky-bred I’mgonnabesomebody third. Trainer Jack Steiner claimed A Man’s Man for himself and Howard and Dee Hammer’s Remmah Racing at Golden Gate Fields May 22. Since then, A Man’s Man has won three races at Golden Gate, one at Pleasanton, and one at Sacramento going into the Bull Dog.

Richard Barton Enterprises bred A Man’s Man, a 6-year-old gelded son of Mucho Macho Man—Longing, by City Zip. A Man’s Man raised his total earnings to $224,866.

CURRENT CALIFORNIA SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS

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BLUEGRASS CAT • 1050 49

MINISTERS WILD CAT 551 35 ROCKY BAR • 213 27

STAY THIRSTY 691 27

SQUARE EDDIE † 320 23 KAFWAIN 698 22 GRAZEN 293 18 VRONSKY † 367 17

SMILING TIGER 350 16 EDDINGTON 507 15

SIR PRANCEALOT (IRE) 440 15

SOUTHERN IMAGE 592 15 GRAYDAR 338 12

JERSEY TOWN 235 11

MISREMEMBERED 198 10

MR. BIG 186 10

QUALIFYING CLAIMING LEVELS

The following claiming levels for California owners premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect:

SANTA ANITA/$40,000

DEL MAR/$40,000

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS/$20,000

California-bred Connie Swingle wins Unzip Me Stakes down the Santa Anita turf

LAVA MAN TO OLD FRIENDS

By Claire Crosby / www.bloodhorse.com

Racing fans who attend the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will get to see more than history made by active runners Nov. 4-5 at Keeneland. Tey’ll also witness the fnal chapter of Hall of Famer and California-bred Lava Man’s second career as a stable pony for Team O’Neill, as the 22-year-old grade 1 winner is headed for pasture at Old Friends Toroughbred Retirement Farm near Georgetown, Ky.

Trainer Doug O’Neill announced the news Oct. 19 via social media, sharing that Lava Man will take Hot Rod Charlie to the gate for the Nov. 5 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) in his fnal assignment before joining the roster at Old Friends.

“It is with great excitement and sadness that (we announce) Lava Man will make his fnal coaching duties chaperoning Hot Rod Charlie to the gate in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland,” O’Neill’s statement read in part.

Retired from racing at the end of 2009 after 47 starts with a 17-8-5 record and earnings of $5,268,706, Lava Man became a key member of Team O’Neill and was soon nicknamed “Te Coach” for his role in helping teach young racehorses the ropes. He is also quite the road warrior, having shipped across

the country with multiple contenders to their various assignments from O’Neill’s Southern California base.

“We would like to give a special ‘Tank You’ to these special and important people in Lava Man’ s life,” O’Neill’s statement continued, “Dave and Steve Kenly (and) Jason Wood, his longtime owners. In addition, Noe Garcia (his longtime groom), Antonio Romero (his longtime exercise rider), Sabas Rivera (his two-legged brother), Jimmy Jimenez (longtime shoer), and our right-hand man, Leandro Mora. . . .

“At Team O’Neill we are extremely grateful for the 18 years we had to race and work alongside Lava Man. He can never be replaced, and we will never look to replace him. Farewell, Lava Man. We Love You.”

Old Friends founder Michael Blowen said patience paid of in the case of Lava Man, who was already a living legend when he retired from racing.

“When he retired from running, I got a call from Jason Wood asking me if I would like to have Lava Man at Old Friends, and I said, ‘Of course!’ Back then we didn’t have Silver Charm out here; we didn’t have any superstars like him,” Blowen recalled. “Ten we were told he was going to stay and become a stable pony, and I was very disappointed. But it seems to have worked out good for everybody. He became the greatest stable pony in the history of the world.”

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Lava Man

Lava Man, a son of Slew City Slew, was bred in California by Lonnie Arterburn and Eve and Kim Kuhlmann out of the Nostalgia’s Star mare Li’l Ms. Leonard. He was claimed by the Kenlys and Wood for $50,000 in 2004 and went on to win seven grade 1 events, earning more money than any other claimer in history. He took the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) three times from 2005-07 and captured the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) in 2006-07. He also won the Charles Whittingham

Memorial Handicap (G1T) and Pacifc Classic Stakes (G1) in 2006. Lava Man was voted Cal-bred Horse of the Year in 2005-06.

“Lava Man is a horse that represents why people love horse racing,” Blowen said. “If more people were exposed to a horse like Lava Man, people would be falling all over themselves to get into horse racing. He raced every race, he fought every fght. Everything he’s ever done has been spectacular, even as a pony. People would come to Doug’s barn all the time to see him. He’s a superstar.”

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Howard Zucker

Howard Zucker, who trained California-bred champion Moscow Changes, died Oct. 20, several days after undergoing open heart surgery. He was 74.

A popular trainer on the Southern California circuit since 1983, Zucker helped many people and horses throughout his career. He was active in Thoroughbred aftercare, serving as a longtime board member of CARMA and a former president of the organization. Zucker also served on the board of California Thoroughbred Trainers and helped such other organizations as the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation.

Zucker began his career in New York and New Jersey. During his career, he saddled 246 winners for total purse earnings of nearly $9.5 million.

For John Harris’ Harris Farms, Zucker trained Moscow Changes, a 1990 daughter of Moscow Ballet—Thaliard’s Pearl, by Thaliard. Moscow Changes won the 1992 Desert Wine Sales Stakes and 1993 John Peri Handicap, earning a total of $292,542. She was voted champion Cal-bred 2-year-old female in 1992.

Other stakes winners Zucker trained include Crafty C. T., Madame Pietra, and Well Monied.

“He touched so many lives on the backstretch and was always involved,” said Mary Forney, retired executive director of the Thoroughbred Owners of California. “He really cared about the horses and people. Everybody loved talking to him. He was involved with aftercare, and all of his horses were so well taken care of.”

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Northern California trainer John F. “Mickey” Martin died at age of 63 after a lengthy illness. Martin, who saddled his frst starter in 1984, trained Quarter Horses early in his career. From 7,707 Thoroughbred starters, Martin won 1,960 races and amassed purse earnings of $23,835,366. He mentored numerous horsemen who have gone on to achieve success, including Jonathan Wong and Reid France.

“John was just a great guy,” said owner Troy Onorato, a longtime client and friend of Martin’s who runs Hat Trick Racing Stable. “He helped and mentored so many people throughout his life and never sought attention for helping people. He was focused and dedicated on taking care of his horses, but always tried to do the right thing.”

Martin’s best and favorite horse to train was Mended, a flly he claimed for $12,500 in 2017 at Golden Gate. She went on to win 10 consecutive times, including the Claiming Crown Glass Slipper at Gulfstream Park that same year.

Among other horses Martin trained through all or part of their careers were California-breds Powers Lilsis, Princess Ashlyn, and Vaca City Flyer.

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■ Midnight Storm to Milky Way

Multiple graded winner Midnight Storm is moving to Linda Madsen’s Milky Way Farm in Temecula, Calif. The horse previously stood at Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky. He will stand the 2023 season for $4,000.

A nationally ranked second-crop sire, Midnight Storm has already gotten such runners as Great Escape, winner of this year’s Canadian Derby (G3). In that race at Century Mile, Great Escape set a track record of 2:01.35 for 11⁄4 miles.

An 11-year-old son of Pioneerof the Nile, Midnight Storm is out of the California-bred Bertrando mare My Tina. Midnight Storm won 10 of 27 starts and earned a total of $1,783,110. His seven stakes victories came on both dirt and turf and include the 2016 Shoemaker Mile (G1T). Midnight Storm also fnished third in that year’s Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T).

Memoriam (CONT.)

Duane Offield

Longtime Northern California trainer Duane Offeld died Sept. 29 after a lengthy illness. He was 82.

Offeld began his training career in 1976. He saddled 721 winners from 8,038 starters, with lifetime purse earnings of $10,009,202. His most signifcant win came in the 1990 Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park with Restless Con. Other horses Offeld trained include California-bred stakes winners Filomena Galea and Tense Wager.

Owner Rozamund Barclay, who employed Offeld to train a large portion of her horses since 2014, called Duane “a wonderful man.”

“His horses and his people that worked for him were everything,” said Barclay. “He took care of his barn help and horses like his family. Duane always felt that it was a privilege to make a living doing what he loved.”

Budroyale

Budroyale, the 1999 California-bred Horse of the Year, died recently at age 29. A full brother to two-time Cal-bred Horse of the Year and 2000 national Horse of the Year Tiznow, Budroyale won 17 of 52 races, competing from 1995-2001, and he earned $2,840,810.

The Cecilia Straub Revocable Trust bred Budroyale, a son of Cee’s Tizzy—Cee’s Song, by Seattle Song. Jeffrey Sengara claimed Bud royale for $50,000 at Santa Anita in February 1998, and the gelding started in most of his stakes for Sengara. Budroyale’s victo ries include the 1998 San Bernardino Handicap (G2) and Wells Fargo Bank California Cup Classic; 1999 Goodwood Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G2), Mervyn LeRoy Handicap (G2) and Longacres Mile Handicap (G3); and 2000 San Antonio Handicap (G2).

In addition to his Horse of the Year title, Budroyale was voted that season’s champion Calbred older male.

Sengara retired Budroyale after the 2001 season, and the gelding spent most of that retirement at a farm in Langley, British Columbia.

“He handled his retirement like a champion,” Sengara told Daily Racing Form. “He was like a bond for my family. He gave us so much more than the victories.”

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THIS MONTH IN HISTORY

10 YEARS AGO

After a successful foray to Northern California to win the Wine Country Debutante Stakes at Santa Rosa, UNUSUAL WAY captured her second consecutive stakes in the $99,500 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Filly Sprint Preview Stakes. A seven-furlong listed stakes at Santa Anita Nov. 3, 2012, the race attracted a feld of fve. Unusual Way, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, blasted out of the gate on top and never looked back, scoring by 31⁄2 lengths over Switch to the Lead and stopping the timer in 1:23.50. Jeff Bonde trained Unusual Way for owners Rusty Brown and Phil Lebherz. Tom Bachman bred Unusual Way, a California-bred daughter of Unusual Heat—Way Up, by Great Above. The flly went on to earn a total of $716,115, winning two more stakes and placing in eight others, including a second in the 2013 San Clemente Handicap (G2T).

25 YEARS AGO

When SUPERCILIOUS captured the $100,000 Cat’s Cradle Handicap at Hollywood Park Nov. 30, 1997, she was winning a race restricted to California-breds, but one as tough as many open races. The feld of eight included six stakes winners, with Supercilious sent away as the 17-10 favorite.

Fun in Excess jumped out to the early lead, while Supercilious and jockey Brice Blanc trailed the feld for the frst quarter-mile. When Blanc asked Supercilious to come running, however, she responded gamely, running down rivals from the far outside to defeat Fleeting Image by a length. Supercilious clocked the 71

furlongs over a sloppy track in 1:28.49. Richard Mandella trained the 4-year-old daughter of Skywalker—Table Frolic, by Never Tabled, for owner/ breeder Herman Sarkowsky. A graded stakes winner the previous year, Supercilious eventually won eight stakes, including the 1998 Cat’s Cradle.

50 YEARS AGO

California-bred FAST FELLOW needed to live up to his name to defeat King of Cricket, another talented Cal-bred, in the Paso Robles Handicap at Bay Meadows Nov. 18, 1972. The track came up muddy for the six-furlong stakes. With John Sellers in the irons, Fast Fellow took command midway down the backstretch and was able to hold off King of Cricket by a half-length in 1:091⁄5. Earl Mitchell trained Fast Fellow, a 4-year-old son of Imbros—Gay Tune, by Mr. Music. Mitchell had claimed Gay Tune for $12,000 for his sister and brother-in-law, Harry and Velma Morrison, who bred Fast Fellow. Following Harry Morrison’s death in 1971, his wife continued to race horses in the name of Gem State Stable. The Paso Robles was Fast Fellow’s eighth stakes victory, and he earned a career total of $360,818.

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CTBA Directors Election Deadline Approaching

Tose CTBA members who wish to seek election to the group’s Board of Directors may do so through the petition process, which must be completed by Dec. 7, 90 days prior to the CTBA’s Annual Meeting and Dinner, scheduled for March 6, 2023. As per the association’s bylaws, the application needs to include a minimum of 25 signatures from current CTBA members for the applicant to be included on the ballot for this year’s election, which relates to the three-year term as a director from 2023-25.

STALLION SEASON AUCTION SLATED FOR DEC. 1213

The annual California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Stallion Season Auction will be held online beginning Monday, Dec. 12, at 8 a.m. through Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the CTBA’s Political Action Committee fund, which works in support of legislation favorably impacting California breeders. Seasons will be sold with no guarantee. The preview will begin Friday, Dec. 9, and the auction will be held through Starquine (www.starquine.com). For more information, please check the CTBA website (www.ctba.com) or contact Christy Chapman at Christy@ctba.com.

Promote Your Stallion in the California Directory

Now is the time to reserve your space in the 2023 Stallion Directory, published by the California Toroughbred Breeders Association. Tis is the leading resource for California mare owners looking for stallions.

Te Stallion Directory will be published in December. Each stallion is featured with a full page of statistical data that include pedigree, race record, stud analysis, and full family notes. In addition, a full-color photo across from the statistical page will show your stallion to his best advantage.

Te deadline for inclusion in the Stallion Directory is Oct. 31. For further information, contact Loretta Veiga at 626-445-7800, ext. 227 or loretta@ctba.com.

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PRESIDENT Ada Gates Patton VICE-PRESIDENT/TREASURER Gail Gregson

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Amy J. Zimmerman

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Tracy Gantz

Jane Goldstein

Courtney Tunney Hotchkis

Thomas S. Robbins

John W. Sadler

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Goldstein Honored at Inaugural Women’s Summit

Jane Goldstein, a longtime California Toroughbred Foundation trustee, the retired director of publicity at Santa Anita, and the frst woman to head a track publicity department in this country, received a standing ovation when honored during the luncheon of the inaugural Horse Racing Women’s Summit at Santa Anita Sept. 29. Fellow Foundation trustee Amy Zimmerman, one of the many Goldstein has mentored throughout her career, presented the award.

Te summit, designed to provide women in racing with ways to “engage, innovate, and invest,” ofered a day of panels comprising female executives throughout the racing industry. Summit organizers recognized Goldstein as “a groundbreaking leader and inspirational example to women in racing.”

Zimmerman noted the barriers Goldstein had to face during her career simply because she was a woman, from the Daily Racing Form not hiring women at the time to press boxes being closed to women. Once in charge of publicity at Santa Anita, Goldstein “expected excellence from those who worked for her because she demanded it of herself because of how hard she worked to get here,” Zimmerman said.

Goldstein has brought her expertise and experience in the racing industry to her service on the Foundation board. Her hard work and dedication have added immeasurably to the Foundation’s work. Her fellow trustees salute Goldstein for her outstanding career and the Women’s Summit for choosing to honor her.

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California Thoroughbred Foundation trustee Amy Zimmerman presents the award to Jane Goldstein

A Blast From the Past

Warrior Racetrack

BY TRACY GANTZ

Racing superstars frequently fame brightly and burn out quickly, heading to stud just as fans begin to know them. But for those that stick around year after year, the embers build over time, often making those durable warriors much more popular.

California has produced a plethora of these fan favorites. Best Pal and Lava Man had large followings, and deservedly so. Te history of the durable California-bred harks back over decades.

Sledge is one Cal-bred who might have

had plenty of online followers had social media been around in his day. Instead, he built his fan base the old-fashioned way, wowing large on-track Southern California crowds.

Tey had plenty of opportunity to witness Sledge’s prowess. Te 1959 gelding retired in 1968 after 91 starts. He won 29 of them—13 of them stakes—with 15 seconds and 15 thirds, for earnings of $326,384, not a bad chunk of change in the 1960s.

No one loved him more than the woman who owned him for most of his life. Maxine Nazworthy, daughter of Sidney Factor and granddaughter of Max Factor, the founder of the renowned makeup

company, owned Sledge during the latter part of his racing career. She made the decision to retire the gelding in 1968 to Walnut Wood Farm in Hemet.

Maxine’s husband, Jim Nazworthy, trained Sledge for the latter part of his career. Nazworthy trainees included major winner Viking Spirit, the nemesis of Calbred millionaire Native Diver, as well as Mr. Consistency, who won both the Santa Anita Handicap and San Juan Capistrano Handicap in 1964.

Maxine thought so much of Sledge that she later ran her horses in the name of Sledge Stable. For example, Atomic Wings, bred in California by Maxine and trained by Jim, ran in the name of Sledge Stable

WITH HIS NEVER-SAY-DIE STYLE, SLEDGE ENDEARED HIMSELF IN THE HEARTS OF RACING FANS

and won the 1969 Del Mar Debutante.

Sledge might have made it to 100 starts had Maxine not retired him. Tough he was sound, he was racing on a right knee that had pins in it from an old injury, and she just didn’t want to take the chance of him sufering another injury.

“He likes being a racehorse,” Maxine told Giles Wright of this magazine in 1969. “And just as a person who likes a job will do it better than others, so did Sledge expend his full efort every time he raced. But Sledge’s tendons, bones, and blood vessels are getting old, even if his heart is still youthful and competitive as ever, and it was getting too much for my nerves.”

It must have been the right call because Sledge lived until the age of 27. Maxine even rode him occasionally.

“I’ve always liked horses, but Sledge increased my fondness for them manyfold,” she said. “I learned to ride as a child in Palm Springs, but I never got to be real good. I get on Sledge, but only when Jim is there, for, after all, Sledge still is a racehorse.”

Tat Maxine ended up with Sledge at all is one of those very fortunate circuitous routes.

Maxine’s father owned horses and in 1962 purchased a yearling in Kentucky for $21,000 after getting outbid on several horses at the California Toroughbred Breeders Association Del Mar sale. He and

his wife, Dorothy, had dinner with Sherrill and Dorothy Corwin, and Sherrill said he would like to get into racing.

Sidney sold Sherrill 20% of the yearling, and they decided to run as Dee Dee Stable because both of their wives were named Dorothy. To pay the bills on the yearling until he reached the races, they decided to buy a horse in training.

W.A. (Bill) Reavis trained for Dee Dee Stable and heard that Sledge was available

at Pleasanton for $12,500. Bred by Covert Ranch, Sledge was a son of Anyoldtime— Action Now, by Cover Up. Standing 16.3 hands, he had a long back that “almost flled the stall of a starting gate,” wrote Wright. Yet he managed to get out of the gate so quickly that he eventually established himself as an outstanding sprinter who could also route.

Sledge made his frst start Sept. 13, 1962, running second in a $4,000 maiden

Sledge scores in the 1964 Hollywood Express Handicap, repeating his victory from his frst stakes success a year earlier

The noble Sledge enjoyed a long retirement before his death at age 27

Blast From the Past

race. He broke his maiden in his third start for a $5,000 claiming price and then rose to $7,000 claiming and won again, the last time he ran in claiming events.

Reavis described Sledge as “a long, lean bag of bones. You could count every rib at a hundred yards and hang a hat on either one of his hips.” Nevertheless, Reavis liked Sledge and bought him for Factor and Corwin. Sledge would go on to more than pay the bills on that unmemorable yearling.

First, however, Reavis had to iron out a few character faws.

“When I got him, he was a bully,” the trainer said, “fractious at the gate, always on his hind legs, and breaking badly as a result. I schooled him for eight straight days, and he settled down. As his manners improved, so did his ability as a runner.”

In his frst few races for Dee Dee Stable, Sledge won three allowance events at Santa Anita. He began to demonstrate his true potential in the 1963 Hollywood Express Stakes over 51⁄2 furlongs at Hollywood Park. Sledge battled the good stakes horse Winonly, hero of the race the previous year, to prevail narrowly.

Maxine witnessed Sledge’s victory in that year’s Bing Crosby Handicap at Del Mar. Te Cal-bred defeated Testum by a half-length in 1:083⁄5 for six furlongs, with Cal-bred Gallant Host, a son of My Host, third.

Wright, in recapping Sledge’s racing career for this magazine, called 1964 the gelding’s “best year,” pointing out that Sledge won 11 of 22 starts, including six stakes.

“Tere were many horsemen who considered him to be the best sprinter of 1964,” wrote Wright.

Evidence came in the form of the Oct. 31 SNARO Handicap at Sportsman’s Park in the Chicago area. Sledge had to carry 129 pounds, and when he won, he broke the track record, his time of 1:1535 shaving four-ffths of the old mark for 61 2 furlongs.

At the same track at week later, in the Jack R. Johnston Memorial Handicap, he carried a staggering 133 pounds, the most ever assigned at Sportsman’s to that time.

Breaking from post 12 for a mile race on a bullring, Sledge won and set another track record, 1:37 for a mile.

“He’s about as game as anything I’ve ridden,” said jockey Rudy Campas after that race.

Sledge also won a second Hollywood Express that year, his time of 1:02 3⁄5 “only a tick of the world record,” wrote Wright.

Sidney became the sole owner of Dee Dee Stable in 1964, and on Maxine’s birthday that year, he told his daughter he would give her Sledge when the gelding retired.

“But I wound up getting him earlier than that, during the 1967 Pomona meeting,” Maxine later recalled.

Sledge was born in the same year as Native Diver, another Cal-bred with devastating speed. Native Diver could carry his speed farther, as evidenced by his three Hollywood Gold Cups, and the two rarely met.

Native Diver had a series of battles with Viking Spirt, a Kentucky-bred foaled in 1960. For Nazworthy, Viking Spirit won the 1964 Del Mar Handicap and 1965 Bing Crosby. Sledge defeated Viking Spirit at level weights in a division of the 1965 Sierra Madre Handicap on the turf.

Two must have been a lucky number for Sledge as he won the Premiere Handicap over Mustard Plaster at Hollywood Park, above, and the Sierra Madre Handicap at Santa Anita as well where owner Maxine Factor accepts the winner’s trophy

Sledge went to New York to take on the best sprinters there, but in his second start he injured himself, seriously as it turned out.

“We don’t know what happened, but his right knee was broken so badly it was in eight pieces,” Maxine said. “In an operation that lasted a long time, Dr. William Reed removed some of the smaller chips and then used two screw-like pins to put the others back together.”

Back then, operations using screws and pins to repair a horse’s joints were in their infancy. Wright in his article for this magazine said that these operations “had had limited success before, but never to the extent of Sledge.”

Jim Nazworthy was training the Factor horses by the time Sledge returned to training, and the trainer did a terrifc job not only bringing Sledge back to the races, but winning several stakes with him.

In the fnal days of 1965, Sledge returned to face Native Diver and Isle of Greece in the Palos Verdes Handicap and ran third to them. At Hollywood Park the following spring he beat Chi-

clero by a nose in the Premiere Handicap. Sledge’s stakes-placings that season included a second to Native Diver in the Inglewood Handicap.

Nazworthy tackled the Longacres Mile in Washington with Viking Spirit and Sledge. Te trainer won the popular Northwest race in 1964 with Viking Spirit, who equaled the Longacres track record. Sledge fnished second in the 1966 Longacres Mile to Aurelius II, trained by Mel Stute, whose noteworthy Cal-breds would later include champion Snow Chief.

Following the Longacres Mile, most of Sledge’s accomplishments occurred at Pomona. At 7, he won the C. B. Aferbaugh Memorial Handicap there, and at 9 in 1968 he won the Governor’s Cup Handicap on the bullring.

Wright noted that Sledge earned more than $100,000 following the injury and operation, and he attributed much of the credit to Nazworthy’s handling of the gelding.

After Maxine retired Sledge, he enjoyed a long and happy retirement. He even made a few new fans. Mary Fleming Simon, who

wrote for this magazine in the late 1970s and early 1980s, would visit him in retirement because she remembered seeing him race when she was growing up.

“I used to go back and visit Sledge and another gelding named Switchback whenever I could get my dad to drop me of,” said Simon recently, noting that Switchback, also a Cal-bred, won 28 of 155 starts. “I always brought apples or carrots, which of course they loved. I was drawn to them both because they were racetrack warriors who’d once had a touch of class, who turned up in the entries all the time, and who I’d read about from time to time in our local paper.”

Sledge lived to 27, when age caught up to him. He was euthanized May 27, 1986, having spent his entire retirement at Walnut Wood Farm and long outliving Jim Nazworthy, who died in 1974.

Maxine Nazworthy, who died in 2020, went on to breed and race many other good horses, but none captured her heart like Sledge did.

“Tere is something special about him, you know,” she said.

Tere is something special about him, you know.”

— Maxine Factor Nazworthy

Under the good fortune of the number 2 saddlecloth, the well-traveled Sledge takes the 1964 Jack R. Johnston Memorial Handicap at Sportsman’s Park in Illinois

Golden State Series—California Distaf Handicap

Switching back to Cal-bred competition didn’t make things easy. Phil D’Amato, who saddled three of the distafers who beat Eddie’s New Dream in the Mabee, had Leggs Galore for owner/breeder Jack Sims and Rose Dawson for owner/breeder Nick Alexander.

Leggs Galore and another Alexander homebred, Alice Marble, had defeated Eddie’s New Dream in the $153,500 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint Stakes Presented by John Deere Jan. 15. On that same card, Rose Dawson won the $202,000 Leigh Ann Howard California Cup Oaks.

HILLSIDE HEROINE

Te other two in the California Distaf feld were also formidable. Kleen Karma was making her stakes debut, but the hard-knocking 5-year-old had earned more than $200,000 in allowance and claiming company. Harper’s Gallop’s earnings were approaching $200,000, and in 2021 she had run third in the Tranquility Lake Stakes against open company.

“Te nice thing about this flly is she gives 120% every time I run her,” Cecil said.

BY TRACY GANTZ

Eddie’s New Dream doesn’t compete on Santa Anita’s downhill turf course very often, but when she does, watch out. Te 4-year-old California-bred flly has attempted the about 6 1⁄2 furlongs three times—running third in her frst try, becoming the only horse ever to beat Becca Taylor in her second try, and catching the devastatingly talented front-runner Leggs Galore in her third try, the $100,000 California Distaf Handicap Oct. 15.

When she isn’t battling Calbreds, Eddie’s New Dream has been tackling graded stakes runners around two turns, on both dirt and turf. Her fve graded

attempts have yielded a second in the Wilshire Stakes (G2T) and a fourth in the La Brea Stakes (G1). Most recently, the daughter of Square Eddie—Walking onadream, by Tapit, ran sixth in a wide trip at 1 1 8 miles on turf in the John C. Mabee Stakes (G2T) at Del Mar, behind such top runners as Avenue de France, Going Global, and Going to Vegas.

“I think she was a little unlucky last time,” said Ben Cecil, who trains Eddie’s New Dream for Paul and Zillah Reddam’s Reddam Racing.

Eddie’s New Dream was going to need every bit of that efort because Leggs Galore gets out on the lead and often runs away from her competition. She has won six stakes, including the 2022 Buena Vista Stakes (G2T).

Te 2-5 favorite, Leggs Galore tried her front-running tactics again, getting a pretty easy lead and touring the frst quarter-mile in :22.71 and a half-mile in :44.87. Jockey Mario Gutierrez kept second-choice Eddie’s New Dream in second, never letting his mount get out of touch with the leader.

Crossing the dirt and into the stretch, Leggs Galore looked like she would sail home on top. But Eddie’s New Dream closed the gap relentlessly, winning by a half-length in 1:13.11. It was 61 2 lengths back to the others, a nose and a head separating Kleen Karma, Rose Dawson, and Harper’s Gallop.

“She’s so tough and consistent,” said Cecil. “Hopefully, she’ll race on another year next year. We couldn’t ask for much more than she’s given us.”

Paul and Zillah Reddam’s Eddie’s New Dream defeats Leggs Galore in California Distaff Handicap at Santa Anita

EDDIE’S NEW DREAM REALIZED IN DISTAFF

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Trainer Ben Cecil, right, and jockey Mario Gutierrez represent the winning connections at the trophy presentation

Golden State Series—Harris Farms Stakes

A WINNING PSYCHOLOGY

VETERAN PSYCHO DAR TAKES FIRST STAKES VICTORY

BY JACK SHINAR

It’s taken him nine tries, but the veteran campaigner Psycho Dar fnally earned his frst stakes victory, rolling to a three-length tally in the $75,000 Harris Farms Stakes at the Fresno County Fair Oct. 8.

Mary Tucker’s rejuvenated 7-year-old gelded son of Storm Wolf topped a feld of six Golden State Series-eligible contestants, completing the six-furlong dirt test in a sharp 1:09.33. Psycho Dar was ridden to victory by Armando Ayuso for trainer Samuel Calvario.

Racing on the Southern California circuit for most of his career, Psycho Dar had fve prior stakes placings since 2018, but had tailed of last year and dropped into the claiming ranks. Te gray was grinding through an eight-race losing streak when Calvario claimed him for $25,000 of trainer Eddie Truman out of a Golden Gate Fields sprint last December.

Since then Psycho Dar has ripped of four wins and two thirds in eight starts for his newest connections, earning $135,190.

“It’s a tribute to Samuel—I give him all the credit,” said the 87-year-old Tucker. “When he gets these horses, they often seem a little thin. We’ve talked about it. He gets them ft, he fnds the right exercise rider, and (the horses) reach their peak for him. He has a good rapport with them.”

Tucker, who has lived on the same three-acre ranch in Gilroy for the past 48 years, said she has been involved in limited horse ownership since the early 1970s with her late husband, Donald. He died in late April, a couple of days before their Ultimate Bango captured the Lost in the Fog Stakes at Golden Gate Fields. It was the Tuckers’ frst stakes win since Catra-

geous took the Wine Country Stakes at Santa Rosa in 2013.

Calvario was an assistant to Armando Lage for 22 years. He took over Lage’s stable after the popular trainer died of a heart attack in January 2017. Calvario also trains Ultimate Bango for Tucker, providing him with his frst career stakes win in the Lost in the Fog.

Te trainer said he had his eye on Psycho Dar for a while before claiming him for $25,000. He took a chance running him back in an optional allowance/claiming race for a $25,000 tag, but the horse went unclaimed. After Psycho Dar easily won that race, he has remained in allowance or stakes company.

“Tis horse was galloping good, and I decided to run him in a couple of stakes, see what happens,” Calvario said. After a

pair of thirds in the El Dorado Shooter and Albany stakes at Golden Gate, Psycho Dar had his breakthrough in the Harris Farms event.

Breaking from the rail, 10-1 shot Psycho Dar pushed the odds-on favorite, the pacesetting Harris Farms-owned Fashionably Fast. Tey dueled to the turn through opening fractions of :23.29 and :45.34, Psycho Dar taking a one-length advantage at the quarter pole. He maintained a clear edge into the stretch and pulled away late from the runner-up, Top Harbor. Ultimate Bango fnished third, and Fashionably Fast faded to ffth.

Over six seasons of racing, Psycho Dar has a 10-5-9 record in 38 starts and earnings of $446,266. Bred in California by Liberty Road Stables, he is out of the Maria’s Mon mare Stormin Mon.

Mary Tucker’s 7-year-old Psycho Dar lands the Harris Farms Stakes at the Fresno County Fair

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STORMY HULL

BY JACK SHINAR

Stormy Hull is not one to rest on his laurels.

CALIFORNIA FOCUS FOR WASHINGTONBASED BREEDER

After the eastern Washington breeder sold a pair of eye-catching California-bred yearling fllies for $200,000 apiece at the Fasig-Tipton California fall yearlings and horses of racing sale Sept. 27 at Pomona, the 64-year-old horseman was back at his ranch paddock breaking the next group of yearlings.

“You can’t get complacent,” Hull said. “You gotta stay hungry.”

He and his brother Guy do it all at their 15-acre spread, known as Critter Creek Farm. About 30 miles northwest of Spokane, it’s in a fairly remote location. While mucking stalls on a recent afternoon, Hull began to refect on what happened on sale day. Te fllies, named Truly Magical and Someone Like You, were

both purchased by Samantha Siegel’s Jay Em Ess Stable, and their price tied for the second highest of the sale.

“I’m kind of emotional about it, but I was just so proud of them,” said Hull, his voice cracking a bit as he related the moment. “(Te fllies) were so busy all day. At a sale like that, it doesn’t take long for the word to get out. And everyone wanted to see them; a lot of people came back two or three times.

“Te girls were just stars all day. Nothing rattled them, not even in the sales ring with the announcer and all the other commotion. Tey were just so cool, standing there. Never showed any nervousness.”

Hull and his brother handled the shipping of the Critter Creek consignment to the sale. Te trip to Pomona, using two trucks and trailers, “took 30 hours straight through,” he said.

“It was very stressful,” Hull said. “I used to do an overnight stop for trips like this, but it seemed like there were always problems with the horses afterward. So as hard as it is, we fnd it’s better just to do it straight through,” though they make brief stops along the way.

Hull has lived his whole life around horses, and he’s been breaking young ones for 45 years. When it comes to equines of all types, there’s not much he hasn’t done. And yet he still fnds the hardest part of the breeding game is saying good-bye.

“I call them my kids because they mean so much to me,” Hull said. “I get so attached to them. It’s hard for me to let them go. I know it seems funny to feel that way in a business like this, but when you spend so much time with young horses and see them grow and mature mentally, it’s hard not to.”

Te best part of the deal on the fllies (besides the money, of course) was that they are still together, he says.

“Both fllies have been raised together. Tey’ve played and slept together. Now it’s even possible that they’ll race against each other. We are so thrilled that the two girls got such a wonderful owner like Samantha Siegel. And her trainer, Brian Koriner, takes great care of his horses.”

Truly Magical, a dark bay flly by Good Magic—Nine Point Nine, by Tribal Rule, and Someone Like You, a chestnut flly by Stanford— Open Mic, by Unbridled’s Song, topped a seven-horse Critter Creek consignment that brought $602,000.

Stormy Hull and his Critter Creek consignment found much success at the Fasig-Tipton California fall sale of yearlings, led by two fillies selling for $200,000 each

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Nine Point Nine was bred by Hull and Ginger A. Samples, his former partner, and purchased back from Holly and David Wilson through their trainer, Vladimir Cerin, once her racing career was over. Open Mic was purchased in foal to Stanford for $11,500 at the 2021 CTBA January mixed sale.

“Sometimes, you just get lucky,” Hull said.

Te breeding to Good Magic, Hull says, was made possible by owner John Sikura and the Hill ‘n’ Dale syndicate, which stands Good Magic.

“I would never have been able to breed to a horse like Good Magic—a 2-year-old champion and a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion—without their help. It was a true honor for me.”

Hull’s Fasig-Tipton consignment included a Clubhouse Ride colt, who went for $90,000 to Boomer Bloodstock and Radley Equine, and a full brother to multiple stakes winner California Diamond named Ten of Di amonds, who sold for $60,000 to agent Tari Brocklebank.

Bred by Hull, California Diamond was a four-time stakes winner at 2 and voted the champion California-bred juvenile male of 2016. Te son of Harbor the Gold out of Carrie’s a Jewel was one of 46 horses killed in the Lilac Fire that swept through San Luis Rey Downs Dec. 7, 2017.

California Diamond, owned by Rockingham Ranch and an earner of $475,970, is Hull’s most accomplished

runner to date. Nearly fve years after the colt’s death, Hull fnds it difcult to discuss.

“It still hurts,” he said. “He provided me with thrills and emotions that I’ve never experienced before. He was such a special colt. He was laid back but easy to train, and he just got better and better as he grew up.”

In recent years Hull has concentrated his breeding and sales eforts on the California market.

“Tere’s not much horse breeding

going on around here anymore,” he said of Washington. “Emerald Downs is down to racing 52 days a year, and that’s not enough to sustain a breeding program. I wish it weren’t so.

“A lot of people tell me I ought to just move to California. But I really love where we’re at and I’d hate to leave.”

Hull keeps his most recent success in perspective.

“I’ve had a really good year,” he said. “But last year was maybe my worst. Loss of livestock, the quality of the stock, expenses, you name it. Te thing is, this business always keeps me humble. But this is what I love to do. Horses have always been an important part of my life, even when I was little. Call it the horse gene.

“None of this do I do by myself. I see it like a bicycle wheel full of spokes. Each one of those spokes is equally important because if any one of them fails, then the whole thing can fail.”

“Tere are so many people that I should give credit to, but three who really stand out—Dave McGlothin and Jonny Hilvers at Harris Farms and Mike Allen at Tommy Town Toroughbreds. Dave gave me the confdence that I could compete in California, and Jonny and Mike for their continuing support. Talk about strong spokes. And the California Toroughbred Breeders Association—the people there have been so good and so helpful.”

California-breds both, Truly Magical, with Guy Hull left, and Someone Like You topped Critter Creek’s Fasig-Tipton California consignment

Stormy with Some Like You as a weanling at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds in California

A hands-on horseman, Stormy ponies Someone Like You, a Californiabred daughter of Stanford, at his Critter Creek Farm

Te thing is this business always keeps me humble. But this is what I love to do. Horses have always been an important part of my life. Call it the horse gene.”

— Stormy Hull

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Acclamation—Yana: Stone's River (56-27), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 9/25, 1mi (T), 1:37.93, $15,840.

Acclamation—Seasontoperfection: Kings River Knight (56-27), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 10/1, 1mi (T), 1:36.62, $24,180.

Arrogate—Lutess: Fun to Dream (80-34), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/1, 1 1/16mi, 1:43.85, $49,140.

Bedford Falls—Avaudrey: Jaycee (2-2), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 10/21, 5 1/2f, 1:4.27, $8,400.

Cat Burglar—Shared Image: Baby Kristen (17-10), f, 3 yo, Fresno, AOC, 10/14, 5 1/2f, 1:3.14, $21,060.

Champ Pegasus—Little Rooster (IRE): Rowdyrooster (48-19), g, 5 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 9/24, 7f, 1:29.83, $4,240.

Clubhouse Ride—Pirate's Legacy: Ticket Lady (66-43), m, 5 yo, Sweetwater Downs, ALW, 10/1, 5 1/2f, 1:8.80, $4,050.

Clubhouse Ride—Calameera: Kleen Karma (66-43), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 10/2, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.48, $49,140.

Clubhouse Ride—Valley Storm: Warm Summer (66-43), m, 5 yo, Fresno, AOC, 10/15, 5 1/2f, 1:3.47, $21,060.

Commissioner—Gia Is a Bella: Cozy Bear (112-59), g, 4 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 10/2, about 6f, 1:12.47, $3,763.

Cross Traffc—Perched: Traffc Stopper (149-66), m, 5 yo, Fresno, STR, 10/8, 5f, 58.33, $8,400.

Desert Code—Toomanytomorrows: Maybe Sometime (23-13), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, AOC, 9/26, 1mi, 1:40.20, $9,900.

Distorted Humor—Sweetpollypurebrd: Tacofavoredkisses (147-71), g, 4 yo, Century Mile, STR, 10/15, 6 1/2f, 1:16.10, $8,700.

Dixie Chatter—Back Seat Roll: Liberty Forever (6-4), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/7, 1mi (T), 1:33.95, $37,800.

Don'tsellmeshort—Excessive Cindi: FurlonginforLuv (11-5), g, 4 yo, Sweetwater Downs, STK, Exacta S., 9/24, 6f, 1:13.34, $5,700.

Don'tsellmeshort—Excessive Cindi: FurlonginforLuv (11-5), g, 4 yo, Sweetwater Downs, STK, Hasta La Vista S., 10/2, 1 1/16mi, 1:49.31, $8,500.

English Channel—Winds of March (IRE): Freeport Joe (172-81), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 9/30, 1 1/16mi, 1:43.51, $25,740.

Fort Larned—Truly Marie: Melodious Singer (53-24), f, 4 yo, Penn National, STR, 10/19, 6f, 1:11.50, $12,000.

Gallant Son—Phantom Ali: Derrygoolin (19-14), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 10/1, 1mi (T), 1:38.30, $24,180.

Good Journey—Pleasing Sunrise: Sunrise Journey (6-4), g, 7 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 9/25, 6f, 1:8.90, $15,840.

Govenor Charlie—Rugula: Mike Dad (18-9), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 9/23, 6f, 1:11.05, $15,840.

Grazen—Irish Winnie: Irish Wahine (93-54), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 9/23, 5 1/2f, 1:4.05, $12,960.

Grazen—Queenofhercastle: Lovesick Blues (93-54), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 9/25, 6f, 1:8.83, $31,200.

Grazen—Heat the Rocks: Father O'Flaherty (93-54), g, 4 yo, Moosomin D & E At Marquis Downs, ALW, 9/25, 1mi, 1:38.65, $16,616.

Grazen—Sky Marni: Connie Swingle (93-54), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Unzip Me S., 10/1, about 6 1/2f, 1:11.87, $73,944.

Grazen—Sunshine Woman: Northvale Road (93-54), g,3yo,Fresno,AOC,10/9,51/2f,1:4.61,$21,060.

Grazen—Cherry Gold: Li'l Grazen (93-54), m, 8 yo, Keeneland, STR, 10/14, 6 1/2f, 1:18.69, $19,949.

Grazen—Malibu Holiday: Johnny Podres (93-54), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 10/21, 5f (T), 56.62, $24,180.

Grazen—Hey Cowboy: Althea Gibson (93-54), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 10/22, 5f (T), 57.66, $24,180.

Grazen—Heat the Rocks: Father O'Flaherty (93-54), g, 4 yo, Century Mile, AOC, 10/22, 7f, 1:22.31, $10,200.

Hard Spun—Come Home Lady: Hard to Come Home (244-109), g, 6 yo, Century Mile, AOC, 10/8, 6 1/2f, 1:16.05, $10,200.

Hard Spun—Wedding Dress: Wedding Groom (244-109), g, 4 yo, Zia Park, ALW, 10/17, 6f, 1:10.88, $19,200.

Heat Shield—Gorgeous Goomah: Hot Rodin (5-3), g, 9 yo, Moosomin D & E At Marquis Downs, ALW, 9/25, 6f, 1:13.30, $3,100.

James Street—Rossi Reserve: Parking Permit (13-8), g, 6 yo, Century Mile, AOC, 10/15, 1mi, 1:37.00, $12,000.

Lucky Pulpit—Lady Railrider: Sacred Rider (31-13), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, SOC, 10/1, 1mi, 1:36.94, $12,960.

Lucky Pulpit—Lady Railrider: Sacred Rider (31-13), g, 5 yo, Fresno, AOC, 10/9, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.08, $21,060.

Make Music for Me—Drop a Dime: A Dime for Me (2-2), m, 6 yo, Fresno, STR, 10/16, 5 1/2f, 1:3.12, $9,000.

Misremembered—Albany County: Act of Serendipity (43-22), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 9/24, 6f, 1:11.12, $31,200.

Mr. Big—Palisadesprincess: Cashing Big Checks (78-41), f, 3 yo, Delaware Park, SOC, 9/23, about 1 1/16mi, 1:44.85, $20,400.

Mr. Big—Ultimate Summer: Big Summer (78-41), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 10/7, about 6 1/2f, 1:11.66, $37,800.

Mucho Macho Man—Longing: A Man's Man (106-58), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 9/24, 1mi (T), 1:36.89, $24,960.

Mucho Macho Man—Longing: A Man's Man (106-58), g, 6 yo, Fresno, STK, Bull Dog S., 10/16, 1 1/8mi, 1:47.14, $45,000.

Northern Causeway—Divine Miss Indy: Coolcross (46-22), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, SOC, 9/24, 1mi, 1:38.72, $11,160.

Old Topper—Angi's Wild Cat: Exceed Speed Limit (6-2), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 10/10, about 6 1/2f, 1:11.61, $37,800.

Richard's Kid—Sheza Eyeopener: Sheza Girly Girl (36-16), m, 5 yo, Fresno, AOC, 10/9, 6f, 1:11.06, $21,060.

Richard's Kid—Belle Passe: Lil Richards Bello (36-16), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 10/10, about 6 1/2f, 1:11.92, $37,800.

Roi Charmant—Ballydonnell Drive: Bally's Charm (10-5), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/8, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:46.21, $49,140.

Rousing Sermon—Heat Striker: Always Seeking (25-14), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 9/25, 5 1/2f, 1:3.47, $24,180.

Run Brother Ron—Darncat: Darnquick (8-5), g, 5 yo, Fresno, AOC, 10/7, 6f, 1:10.70, $21,060.

Shaman Ghost—Pearls for Girls: Everlys Girl (55-26), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/16, 6f, 1:10.99, $37,800.

Smiling Tiger—Youtheprizeandi: Murphys Tiger (103-48), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 10/2, 6f, 1:9.78, $24,180.

Smiling Tiger—Sheaparoux: Funkenstein (103-48), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/16, 1mi, 1:38.62, $37,800.

Square Eddie—Loan Savant: Self Isolation (83-33), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 9/22, 1mi, 1:36.05, $40,560.

Square Eddie—Charred Rare: Vegan (83-33), m, 5 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, WCL, 9/24, 5f, 57.79, $17,400.

Square Eddie—Frege: Dichotomy (83-33), m, 6 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, STR, 10/12, 1mi (T), 1:36.57, $8,236.

Square Eddie—Walkingonadream: Eddie's New Dream (83-33), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, California Distaff H., 10/15, about 6 1/2f, 1:13.11, $60,000.

Stanford—Curvy Cat: Stanford Bay (65-28), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 10/2, 6f, 1:10.39, $12,000.

Stormberg—Semtex: Torch (2-2), g, 6 yo, Sweetwater Downs, STR, 10/2, 3 1/2f, 40.64, $3,800.

Storm Wolf—Stormin Mon: Psycho Dar (18-10), g, 7 yo, Fresno, STK, Harris Farms S., 10/8, 6f, 1:9.33, $42,750.

Time to Get Even—Amorous Angie: Addydidit (11-10), f, 3 yo, Century Mile, AOC, 9/23, 7f, 1:24.33, $10,200.

Tizway—Champagne Dream: More Bubbly (62-39), g, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, SOC, 10/2, 5f (T), 56.89, $10,230.

Tom's Tribute—Ashley's Folly: Ashley's Rainbow (31-16), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 9/30, 6f, 1:11.04, $15,840.

Vronsky—Donna B. Quick: Quick Finish (75-43), g, 8 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/7, 6f, 1:10.81, $37,800.

Vronsky—Tiz Molly: The Chosen Vron (75-43), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, California Flag H., 10/16, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.50, $60,000.

2-YEAR-OLDS

Coach Bob—Southern Meeting: Juana Gallo (6-3), f, 2 yo, Fresno, AOC, 10/10, 6f, 1:12.24, $21,060.

Dads Caps—Southern Seed: Strength of Autism (30-14), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 10/23, 5 1/2f, 1:4.80, $15,840.

Majestic Harbor—Miss Oops: Majestic Oops (23-11), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 9/23, 5 1/2f, 1:5.42, $24,180.

Not This Time—Hallelujah Girl: Nauvoo (142-87), g, 2 yo, Fresno, STR, 10/9, 1mi, 1:40.43, $11,220.

MAIDENS

ACCLAMATION

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Acclamation—Myhartovrtheocean: El Capricho (56-27), g, 2 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/10, 5f, 59.20, $7,500.

Acclamation—Top of Our Game: Top References (56-27), f, 4 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/10, 1mi, 1:40.78, $7,500.

Air Force Blue—Mighty Frio: Avery Blue (104-40), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/9, 6f (T), 1:8.65, $36,600.

Alphie's Bet—Sky Angel: Alphie's Angel (1-1), f, 3 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/9, 5 1/2f, 1:5.36, $8,400.

Astern (AUS)—Tisbury: Fore Flag (61-24), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/9, 1mi (T), 1:34.91, $36,600.

Big Bad Leroybrown—Versatility: Boss of Themoss (11-5), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 9/24, 5 1/2f, 1:4.96, $8,100.

BOLD CHIEFTAIN

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Bold Chieftain—Roman Angel: Black Zabat (22-13), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/21, 5 1/2f, 1:5.46, $10,200.

BronzeStar—TribalDelight:SheThinksImCute(3-1), c, 3 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/7, 5f, 58.36, $7,200.

Cat Burglar—Four Leaf: Love Lost (17-10), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/1, 5 1/2f, 1:5.17, $8,400.

Cat Burglar—Atlantic Frost: Atlantic Frog (17-10), g, 3 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/14, 1mi, 1:40.86, $7,500.

Coastline—Wide Eyed View: Sky Juice (2-1), f, 2 yo, Belterra Park, MCL, 10/11, 5f, 1:1.89, $8,940.

Curlin to Mischief—Mistical Dream: Mistical Surprise (49-22), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 9/23, 5 1/2f, 1:5.45, $8,100.

Curlin to Mischief—Bleach Blonde: Quitchersnivelin (49-22), f, 3 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/16, 1mi, 1:40.57, $7,200.

Dads Caps—Comin Easy: Otro Mas (30-14), c, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/23, 5 1/2f, 1:5.07, $15,600.

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Desert Code—Pogonip: Queen's Code (23-13), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/2, 6f (T), 1:8.50, $36,600.

Gone Astray—Sweet Dreamin: Dream Astray (75-41), g, 4 yo, Meadowlands, MCL, 9/30, 1mi (T), 1:38.58, $9,900.

The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and California-sired winners in 2022 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.

Grace Upon Grace—Black Bird Rock: Daniel's Girl (7-1), f, 3 yo, Zia Park, MCL, 10/9, 6f, 1:12.39, $7,200.

Grazen—Sunpenny: Grazen Sun (93-54), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 9/25, 6f, 1:10.47, $39,000.

Grazen—Encanto Park: Grazen in the Park (93-54), g, 3 yo, Remington Park, MCL, 10/22, 6 1/2f, 1:18.93, $8,196.

Grazen—Carrie Rose: Chris Fix (93-54), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/22, 1mi, 1:40.75, $13,200.

Grazen—Daddy's Duo: Grazed My Heart (93-54), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/23, 1mi (T), 1:37.27, $36,600.

Haynesfeld—Just Lookn Again: Blazing Jamie (41-23), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 9/25, 5 1/2f, 1:3.42, $23,400.

Heatseeker (IRE)—Tiger's Mistress: Liberty Liberty (12-8), m, 5 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/7, 5f, 59.54, $7,200.

He Be Fire N Ice—Gone Rebel: Tangledupingrey (23-11), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/16, 6f (T), 1:10.01, $36,600.

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Informed—Wedding Note: Lucy L (12-5), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/21, 6f, 1:12.69, $13,200.

Majestic Harbor—Artistic Sway: Elegant Sway (23-11), f, 2 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/7, 5 1/2f, 1:5.83, $9,000.

Midshipman—Cee's Tizzy Belle: Quicklikeabunny (213-124), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/21, 6 1/2f, 1:18.46, $21,000.

Misremembered—Hearts Rule: Rogue Son (43-22), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/9, 6f, 1:10.76, $13,200.

Misremembered—Lanie Britt: Awkward Morning (43-22), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/21, 1mi, 1:39.62, $8,100.

Mr. Big—Misszippityslewda: Big Celebration (78-41), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 9/22, 6f, 1:10.73, $30,000.

Mr. Big—Princess Pegasus: She's a Bit Sassy (78-41), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/22, 1mi (T), 1:40.53, $9,600.

Mr. Big—Temeeku: Big Spin (78-41), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WMC, 10/23, 1mi (T), 1:39.36, $9,600.

Northern Causeway—Santa Helena: Chick's Dig It (46-22), g, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/15, 6f, 1:12.51, $19,200.

Northern Indy—Bertie: Zibo (4-3), m, 5 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, MSW, 9/23, about 6f, 1:14.83, $3,710.

Not This Time—Hallelujah Girl: Nauvoo (142-87), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 9/25, 1mi, 1:41.24, $8,400.

Nyquist—La Premiere Etoile: La Deuxieme Etoile (168-65), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 9/30, 1mi (T), 1:35.74, $36,600.

Sanger Silver—Trappers Magic: Buen Chico (1-1), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 9/24, 4 1/2f, 53.22, $4,095.

Shaman Ghost—Harper Rae: Aunt Opal (55-26), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 10/16, 4 1/2f, 52.88, $3,760.

SMILING TIGER

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Smiling Tiger—She's So Vain: Golf Drama (103-48), c, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 9/23, 6f, 1:10.86, $30,000.

Smiling Tiger—Assure: Assurance (103-48), g, 5 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, MSW, 10/1, 7f, 1:28.51, $3,710.

STANFORD

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Stanford—The Innocent One: Zaccheus (65-28), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/22, 5 1/2f, 1:5.20, $10,200.

Stay Thirsty—Reign: The Reign Song (171-81), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/22, 6f, 1:11.88, $19,800.

Stay Thirsty—River Kiss: Sippin N Kissin (171-81), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/25, 1mi, 1:37.87, $13,800.

Stay Thirsty—Luscious Lonna: The Lonna Ranger (171-81), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/2, 1mi (T), 1:39.54, $9,600.

Stay Thirsty—Light Striker: Fifteen Hundred (171-81), f, 2 yo, Zia Park, MCL, 10/10, 5 1/2f, 1:6.83, $8,100.

Sushiwood—Lemon Supreme: Lemon Sushi (1-1), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/16, 6f, 1:11.17, $36,600.

Tom's Tribute—Maxxi Arte (IRE): Mr. Willpower (31-16), g, 3 yo, Sweetwater Downs, MCL, 9/25, 5 1/2f, 1:9.72, $3,575.

Tom's Tribute—Jazz On The Beach (GB): Tom and Jazzy (31-16), g, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/22, 1mi (T), 1:36.06, $36,600.

Vronsky—Purple Starduster: Danzigs Star Storm (75-43), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 9/25, 5f, 59.53, $8,100.

Vronsky—Lady Perfect: Lady Pacifc (75-43), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 9/30, 6f, 1:11.49, $8,400.

Vronsky—La Darling: Clovisconnection (75-43), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 10/2, 5 1/2f, 1:4.31, $23,400.

Vronsky—Julio's Gold: Bag's Gold (75-43), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/23, 6 1/2f, 1:17.76, $21,000.

NOCARDIOFORM PLACENTITIS— BEYOND KENTUCKY?

BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

In the United States, approximately 3 to 5% of Toroughbred broodmares sufer late-term pregnancy losses due to placentitis (infammation and infection of the placenta). Tat makes it the single most common cause of abortions, stillbirths, and loss of newborn foals and results in multimillion-dollar losses in the equine breeding industry.

Four forms of equine placentitis are recognized: ascending, focal mucoid (nocardioform), difuse (hematogenous), and multifocal placentitis. Ascending placentitis is the most frequent; the ascending infection (predominately caused by Streptococcus equi sub. zooepidemicus) gains access through the vagina and cervix. Multifocal and difuse placentitis are less common and usually due to spread of microorganisms to the uterus via the bloodstream. A number of diseases might cause this type of infection, including

leptospirosis and salmonellosis. Mucoid or nocardioform placentitis is a distinctly diferent type of equine placentitis, characterized by focal infection of the chorionic surface leading to mucoid exudate and loss of placental exchange of nutrients in these areas. While much of the news of this form of placentitis has come out of Kentucky, other parts of the world have seen it and investigative work on it is being done at the University of California, Davis to see whether the condition has occurred in the state but hasn’t

Placentitis, the leading cause of abortions, still births, and newborn foal deaths, causes multimillion-dollar losses in the equine breeding industry

ANNE M. EBERHARDT

WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE DON’T KNOW, AND WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW

yet been diferentiated from other forms of placentitis.

Dr. Maria Schnobrich of the LeBlanc Reproduction Center at Rood & Riddle Equine hospital in Kentucky says nocardioform placentitis has a characteristic presentation that is usually diagnosed in late gestation—from about eight months to term.

“It’s called a mucoid placentitis,” Schnobrich said, “because there are some very large areas of placental destruction that are usually covered in a thick brown, mucoid material, with destruction of normal function of that portion of the placenta that interfaces with the uterus in these areas.

Diagnosis of nocardioform placentitis is based on evaluation of the placenta and isolating a certain group of bacteria, such as the Actinomycetes shown here, which create a slow-grow ing nasty infection that disrupts the surface tissues

“When a mare has this problem, often the only external sign you will see is that she is developing an udder too early, or she may abort, or the foal may be born at term (and might be normal). Te characteristic lesion is a ‘peanut butter’ consistency-looking material on the red velvety side of the placenta known as the chorioallantois.”

In these cases, the connection between the outer lining of the placenta and the uterine lining has been disrupted.

“What we see, depending on extent of the lesions, is that if the rest of the placenta has adequate exchange with minimal infammation, it may not afect the foal at all. If there is too much disruption, however, and not enough contact for nutrient and oxygen exchange, the fetus may be starved and stunted, or may die.”

Tis has been a very frustrating condition because it’s not very easy to detect.

“Tere was an outbreak here in Kentucky in 2010, and then we had another outbreak in 2020,” Schnobrich said. “In that recent one, there was a much higher incidence of losses due to this problem. A white paper was written on this topic describing what is known about it.

“Te diagnosis is based on evaluation of the placenta and being able to isolate a certain group of bacteria that have similar characteristics, some of which are usually associated with soil-borne diseases. Tese bacteria are called Actinomyces (the same ones that can cause lump jaw and abscesses in cattle after entering the mouth tissues

via a nick or puncture from sharp material in the feed). In the placenta these bacteria create a slow-growing, nasty infection that disrupts the surface tissues.

“Diagnosis is based on a PCR identifcation of these bacteria in the areas of placental disruption, along with the characteristic appearance of the placenta or fetal membranes. Te two bacterial species commonly isolated are Crossiella equi and Amycolatopsis kentuckiensis

(Nocardioform placentitis) is called a mucoid placentitis because there are some very large areas of placental destruction that are usually covered in a thick brown mucoid material, with destruction of normal function of that portion of the placenta that interfaces with the uterus in those areas.”

“Sometimes these are not found, but the placenta still has a mucoid appearance and these cases seem to behave similarly and may have the same pathogenesis. Te location where this occurs is interesting; it is usually along the bottom of the uterine body, in contrast to ascending placentitis that comes through the cervix and afects

the cervical star.

“Nocardioform placentitis occurs where the uterine horns separate. Te location is unusual, and this is one of the reasons we don’t see much discharge from the vulva with this type of infection in earlier stages, because it is much farther from the cervix.”

Dr. Pouya Dini, an assistant professor in equine reproduction and co-director of the University of California, Davis Veterinary Assisted Reproduction laboratory, says that initially people thought that nocardioform placentitis was limited to central Kentucky, since that’s where all the cases had been reported.

“Over the years, there have been several outbreaks of this form of placentitis in Kentucky, and the last outbreak was in 2020 with about 210 cases of nocardioform placentitis,” Dini said.

A few cases of this disease always occurred in other parts of the world, however, such as Italy, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand—with maybe one or two cases in each country.

“Ten we started to see more reports from the U.S.,” Dini said. “It was reported in Florida several years ago, and more recently in Louisiana. Tis year there was a report of nocardioform placentitis in Brazil, and in early August, there was a paper that came out from the New Bolton Center (at the University of Pennsylvania). Tey had seen some cases of nocardioform placentitis in that region too—and these mares had not resided in Kentucky for breeding or any part of their gestation.

So it’s not just occurring in Kentucky; we are seeing more and more cases in other regions.

“When I frst moved to California, I asked the diagnostic lab here about nocardioform cases, and their answer was that this disease is only in Kentucky and that we don’t have it here. Tis approach needs to change, or at least we should examine the placentas to make sure they are healthy.”

Schnobrich noted that in Australia some similar lesions have been seen on placentas and associated with horses eating a certain type of caterpillar.

“Tese caterpillars have tiny barbs that

— Dr. Maria Schnobrich

seem to migrate through the mare’s body (from the gut) to the placenta—with these tiny little ‘sticks’ stuck into the placenta,” Schnobrich said. “Researchers tried to see if that’s what’s been going on here in the U.S. but have not been able to show that.

“Te frustrating thing is that researchers have not been able to replicate this disease in an experimental model. When they tried to give mares doses of bacterial agents by IV or orally or through tubing, they could not induce the same lesions. So we are still wondering how the bacteria get into the placenta, or if they are even the cause to begin with.

“Tis disease does seem to be most prevalent in the Kentucky-Ohio region, and when we’ve had outbreaks, there were higher incidence of losses. But we’ve also seen it happen in other places. Cases have now been seen in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and all over the country. More people have been reporting these so we know it’s not just a local occurrence. Maybe by increasing awareness we will identify more cases.”

Nocardioform placentitis does seem to occur more often when weather is dry and hot.

“Tis certainly fts with California and some of the other western states,” Schnobrich said. “As things get hotter and drier, this may become more of an issue.”

Te pathogens could be in the dust if it’s a soil-borne disease.

“What’s puzzling is that when people have tried to isolate the organism in the environment (after seeing a case), they have not been able to do that,” Schnobrich said. “Te problem is that this infection is happening at a certain time point that’s earlier than when we usually recognize it. We see it when the mares foal, but this is months past when they became infected.

“Looking into this has become the project of many veterinarians, PhD students, and researchers in Kentucky, and it has been a source of signifcant frustration because we are still trying to fgure out what is causing this. Tere have been some really good studies performed by researchers such as Dr. Barry Ball, Igor Canisso, and Carleigh Fedorka, but no one can determine how this disease is working.”

Dini notes that while researchers do not know the exact causes of nocardioform

placentitis, they are examining placentas more closely.

“Tere are several microbes that we think are associated with nocardioform placentitis, and more recently Streptomyces spp, and now we have better tools to detect them,” Dini said. “Te more samples we

submit for diagnostic testing, the greater chance that we will fnd one or two cases here and there.”

However, the diagnosis of this condition is not straightforward. Even during the 2020 outbreak in central Kentucky, when people were looking at several hundred placentas and Dini was involved with those studies, it was found that 20% or more of the “healthy” samples were diagnosed with nocardioform placentitis.

At the same time, in the 2020 outbreak, about 45% of placentitis cases that were submitted were negative for these microbes even though those placentas had signs of infammation associated with mucoid placentitis—with exudate and mucous material on the placenta or areas where all the normal surface interface is gone.

“We saw these signs, but couldn’t fnd those microbes in the sample,” Dini said. “Tat’s why we are not sure what exactly causes this disease.

“Now we have better tools to fnd and identify these suspected microbes; we have better probes for PCR tests. So we are seeing this disease more and in diferent places. Brazil and New Bolton, for instance, are places where they are using PCR techniques rather than simply trying to culture the bacteria. Tey are fnding these microbes, but how these microbes are associated with this disease, we still don’t know.”

Dini’s lab is working on nocardioform placentitis at UC Davis.

“We have a few grants,” he said, “including grants from Te Foundation for the Horse, Te Center for Equine Health at UC-Davis, and Grayson Jockey Club, to investigate the microbial population of placentas in this form of placentitis and identify the microbes that are actually associated with this form.”

Tey found that the typical sign of nocardioform placentitis—a green to peanut-butter looking exudate—is not always associated with the suspect microbes.

“Taking all this information into account, there is a good chance that we have nocardioform placentitis here in California,” Dini said. “We’ve had only one case from California at our lab, from a mare that was born, raised, and bred here. When we looked at the placenta, it looked like a typical nocardioform placentitis, but we didn’t culture it because now we know that these

Ultrasound image showing placentitis and an abnormal edema

Left, nocardioform placentitis. The arrow shows the avillus area. Right: healthy pla centa, chorionic side, the side that interfaces with the uterus

DR. MARIA SCHNOBRICH POUYA DINI PHOTOS

Focal mucoid placentitis. Note the browngreen exudate on the chorionic surface of the placenta

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microbes can be found in a healthy placenta anyway. We are trying to determine which other microbes are also involved in these cases, to be able to determine whether we have nocardioform placentitis or not.”

Tere are many types of placentitis, and this seems to be one that might show up if a person is doing late-term ultrasound.

“We may be able to diagnosis it at that time,” said Schnobrich. “People have taken swabs after mares abort, and may fnd that the bacteria are sensitive to certain antibiotics.”

It may be possible to treat a mare before she aborts if the condition is detected early with ultrasound.

“Part of my job is doing late pregnancy screening, before mares develop an udder and before they have any issues,” Schnobrich said. “I am believer in doing late pregnancy ultrasound—sometime after 250 days. If we can check mares twice, we may also be able to catch early ascending placentitis, or identify nocardioform placentitis, and be ahead of the game and treat the mare. You could plan the foaling and may be able to slow the disease process. You may not be able to cure the problem, but could slow the progression of the disease and improve the outcome, with better chance for a live and healthy foal.”

Some of the other causes for fetal loss may look a certain way on ultrasound, and sometimes they can all look similar. But when you see nocardioform placentitis, it usually has a very distinct appearance on ultrasound in initial stages.

“It looks like a couple of centimeters of free-moving thick fuid,” Schnobrich said, “where there is separation of the endometrial lining of the uterus from the frst layer of placenta that contacts it. In advanced cases this can be easy to fnd, and often the other aspects of the exam (character of fetal fuids, region around the cervix and placental thickness) are remarkably normal.”

Te appearance of the placenta where the infection has damaged it is also easy to see, and horsemen should always be checking the placenta after a mare foals.

“If it is truly nocardioform placentitis, it would be helpful to document this,” Schnobrich said. “It would help us know how signifcant this might actually be in other areas of the country. We might fnd more cases than we suspected.

“We are quite a ways behind human medicine in pregnancy screening. With humans, in the month preceding delivery we know that many things can change. Tere will be pelvic relaxation, cervical relaxation, and many things can happen. It just makes sense to screen mares, too, and try to identify any issues; an ounce of prevention can go a long way in making a better outcome. Mare owners have come this far, hoping for a live healthy foal, and one or two pregnancy scans in late gestation could make all the diference.”

Don’t wait to see if the foal is ok. Always check the placenta. With this disease as a possibility, it is even more important to look for the exudate material and/or avillus area. If you see either of these signs, be aware that the foal may be afected.

California breeders and farm personnel should look closely at the placenta every time a mare foals to check for exudate material or denuded areas.

“If they see either of these situations, they need to check those foals,” Dini said. “Checking the placenta after foaling needs to be a routine procedure in any foaling facility. All personnel need to know what a healthy placenta looks like.

“Nocardioform placentitis only causes abortion in 10% to 15% of cases; the abortion rate is not as high as it is with ascending placentitis, especially if it can be detected early. Te foal is more likely to go to term and may seem OK for a while. With those foals, however, there is a chance they will become septic afterward.

“Te important thing is to be proactive.

“Many people, including personnel at our lab at UC-Davis, are trying to understand more about this disease. If there is any question about a mare’s placenta, contact your veterinarian, and show him/ her a photo of it. And for veterinarians it is important to know that this disease is not just in Kentucky.

“We do know that the pregnancy rate after an abortion from nocardioform placentitis is similar to that of normal mares. One study found that it only took recovered mares 1.5 cycles to become pregnant— which was the same amount of time for the healthy control mares. So the abortion has no efect on the future fertility of the mare.”

Dini pointed out that the climate in Brazil, where a number of nocardioform placentitis cases have been seen, is similar to California—hot and dry.

“Te fact that we have already seen one potential case here makes us realize that it is probably likely to occur occasionally in California,” Dini said. “Breeders need to be aware of this possibility and look for it.”

The pregnancy rate after an abortion from nocardioform placentitis is similar to that of normal mares, indicating that an abortion from placentitis has no effect on the mare’s future fertility

ANNE M. EBERHARDT

2022 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU OCT. 23, 2022)

Breeder Starts Wins Stakes Wins Leading Earner Earnings

Nick Alexander 265 63 11 Becca Taylor ($308,360) $2,858,500

Reddam Racing, LLC 368 55 6 Slow Down Andy ($569,250) $2,725,601 Terry C. Lovingier 747 88 0 Cowboy Charlie ($121,820) $2,667,577

Richard Barton Enterprises 797 104 7 A Man’s Man ($164,386) $2,261,294

Harris Farms 406 60 2 Thorne House ($123,200) $1,890,529

Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC 421 70 0 Opening Buzz ($83,161) $1,402,004 George Krikorian 242 34 1 Big Switch ($103,794) $1,360,223 Premier Thoroughbreds LLC 202 26 0 Letsgetlucky ($229,240) $1,327,364

Old English Rancho 175 32 0 Burnin Turf ($163,380) $948,029

Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams 193 39 2 Royal ‘n Rando ($157,198) $946,228 DP Racing, LLC 171 19 1 Tom’s Regret ($161,105) $641,795

Richard Barton Enterprises & Robert Traynor 109 18 3 Carmelita’s Man ($257,898) $640,395

C-Punch Ranch Inc. 157 15 0 Offshore Affair ($95,210) $624,607

Thomas W. Bachman 165 23 1 Square Cat ($83,560) $599,387

Red Baron’s Barn & Vaya Con Suerte 23 8 2 Teddy’s Barino ($238,140) $527,420

Daehling Ranch LLC 125 22 0 Fast Buck ($156,324) $524,342

Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray 174 23 0 Indian Peak ($55,590) $506,406 Francis O’Leary 123 18 1 Cool Mountain Lad ($112,632) $498,822 Liberty Road Stables 145 17 1 Psycho Dar ($135,190) $483,506 Gary Barber 94 15 1 Fly the Sky ($133,092) $447,830 KMN Racing, LLC 52 11 1 Smuggler’s Run ($212,540) $446,225 J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison 42 9 2 Giver Not a Taker ($119,750) $434,702 Cicero Farms LLC 80 9 0 Oubabe ($114,980) $409,720 Rozamund Barclay 218 29 0 Coolcross ($47,970) $408,955 Ed Delaney 33 10 0 Hail Freedom ($272,420) $380,519

Victory Rose Thoroughbreds, Inc. 139 22 0 Proof of Jazz ($54,412) $365,052 William J. Sims 13 5 3 Leggs Galore ($344,340) $357,144 Benjamin C. Warren & Sally Warren 46 5 1 Warrens Candy Girl ($162,600) $320,990 BG Stables 170 21 0 Stone’s River ($48,580) $316,484 Ali Nilforushan 14 6 0 Standing O ($99,360) $296,184 Alfred A. Pais 10 4 4 Brickyard Ride ($274,000) $277,340 Ruis Racing 34 4 0 Good Vibes Only ($89,204) $264,032 Mark Devereaux & Scomar Enterprises, LLC 15 4 0 Barrister’s Ride ($132,440) $247,102 Jaime R Renella 10 6 2 Chismosa ($190,500) $242,980 Martin Bach 40 7 0 Tiger Spice ($56,160) $242,008 Baseline Equine LLC 78 12 0 Desert Dude ($58,550) $240,156 Victory Rose Thoroughbreds & KMN Racing 34 9 0 She’s Bulletproof ($108,200) $231,989 SLO Racing Stable 35 6 0 Bella D ($111,510) $228,930

Madera Thoroughbreds 126 14 1 Perfect Wager ($36,185) $227,650

Equine Formula 1, LLC/Eric Yohan Knipe 116 8 0 Super Chief ($40,200) $221,786 Linda Madsen 104 9 0 Fore Flag ($91,880) $217,934 Hanson’s River Ranch 42 6 0 Smitten by Kitten ($98,476) $216,493 Barbara Corey & Anthony Citarella 37 10 0 Trojan Clubhouse ($99,960) $209,374 Jim Robinson 52 11 0 Exceed Speed Limit ($98,392) $200,533 John Ernst & Allegra Ernst 61 5 0 Heaven’s Music ($73,830) $198,749

Huntertown Farm LLC 43 7 0 Creative Peak ($103,260) $193,766 Frank Mermenstein & Elliot Kohn 11 3 0 Emerald Lake ($131,140) $193,280

Connie Pageler & Bob Baffert 4 3 1 Fun to Dream ($189,590) $189,590

Milt Policzer 67 10 2 Savage Love ($49,258) $188,729 Ed Allred 21 4 0 Funny Feline ($93,780) $184,963

Four Quarters Corp. 75 7 0 Stateforest ($36,820) $184,276

BKB Stables LLC 60 10 1 American Farmer ($59,260) $181,869

Highland Yard, LLC 34 5 0 Highland Ghost ($80,844) $178,742 George & Mary Clare Schmitt 124 8 0 Tip Top Gal ($26,572) $176,680 Linda Madsen & Joy Seifert 65 5 0 She’s a Joker ($112,772) $174,288

Adena Springs 25 7 0 Blue Max ($73,690) $172,623

Leading California Sires Lists

2022 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

Races Earnings/ Sire Rnrs Won Earned Runner

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 93 104 $3,835,894 $41,246

2 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 66 74 $2,503,550 $37,933

3 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 28 22 $1,005,642 $35,916

4 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union 13 15 $416,357 $32,027

5 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 78 62 $2,334,957 $29,935

6 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 19 18 $562,504 $29,605

7 Heaven’s Glory (JPN), 2013, by Tapit 10 7 $275,399 $27,540

8 † Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 23 19 $612,181 $26,617

9 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 57 38 $1,404,626 $24,643

10 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 6 $342,146 $24,439

11 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 103 83 $2,446,603 $23,753

12 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 83 60 $1,948,462 $23,475

13 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 11 20 $256,179 $23,289

14 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 178 148 $4,056,043 $22,787

15 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 75 60 $1,691,992 $22,560

16 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 68 69 $1,509,694 $22,201

17 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 54 29 $1,198,066 $22,186

18 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 31 25 $683,159 $22,037

19 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 22 24 $477,037 $21,684

20 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 14 14 $303,005 $21,643

21 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 53 58 $1,146,541 $21,633

2022 LEADING TURF SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

Sire Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins Earned

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 58 130 17 25 $1,608,129

2 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 62 342 29 45 $1,141,975

3 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 51 140 13 19 $1,098,124

4 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 14 45 3 4 $868,923

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 38 105 11 13 $858,807

6 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 50 136 15 19 $702,811

7 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 30 79 9 14 $678,930

8 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 40 101 12 13 $642,227

9 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 35 80 10 10 $528,227

10 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 24 75 9 11 $474,967

11 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 35 67 5 6 $369,177

12 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 10 36 4 4 $319,460

13 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 23 44 3 3 $253,660

14 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 30 61 4 5 $240,700

15 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 15 33 5 7 $198,366

16 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 10 23 4 4 $182,921

17 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 13 24 3 5 $170,058

18 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 20 31 4 4 $157,286

19 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 5 14 2 2 $131,460

20 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 19 29 1 2 $126,151

2022 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

Races

Sire Rnrs Strts Won Earned

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 178 1064 148 $4,056,043

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 93 486 104 $3,835,894

3 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 177 1473 159 $3,217,355

4 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 66 397 74 $2,503,550

5 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 103 519 83 $2,446,603

6 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 78 363 62 $2,334,957

7 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 83 407 60 $1,948,462

8 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 75 381 60 $1,691,992

9 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 80 506 74 $1,634,597

10 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 68 435 69 $1,509,694

11 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 57 262 38 $1,404,626

12 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 70 485 58 $1,310,464

13 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 54 239 29 $1,198,066

14 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 53 321 58 $1,146,541

15 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 65 248 40 $1,089,609

16 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 58 314 46 $1,052,603

17 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 49 270 40 $1,016,896

18 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 28 127 22 $1,005,642

19 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 44 245 34 $854,868

20 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 36 191 32 $708,056

21 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 31 165 25 $683,159

22 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 29 147 27 $616,495

23 † Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 23 130 19 $612,181

24 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 19 84 18 $562,504

25 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 30 147 21 $534,212

26 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway 46 242 31 $497,667

27 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker 34 216 28 $495,006

28 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 22 137 24 $477,037

29 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus 48 300 26 $472,292

30 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 25 142 27 $469,222

31 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 23 95 11 $451,665

32 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union 13 93 15 $416,357

33 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 23 150 20 $413,525

34 Editorial, 2014, by War Front 8 36 8 $403,252

35 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 28 123 13 $395,369

36 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie 20 119 16 $383,212

37 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 22 137 19 $380,617

38 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike 25 130 15 $377,568

39 Storm Wolf, 2002, by Stormin Fever 19 123 16 $365,690

40 Govenor Charlie, 2010, by Midnight Lute 18 155 18 $349,606

41 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 57 6 $342,146

42 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig 30 148 21 $341,040

43 Jeranimo, 2006, by Congaree 19 132 12 $329,500

44 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat 27 145 15 $305,340

Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam 19 114 16 $303,064

46 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 14 100 14 $303,005

47 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 17 89 12 $290,706

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. Earnings are from Northern Hemisphere racing and include adjusted money from Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Adjusted earnings are put on par with average North American earnings from the previous year. The average North American purse in 2018 was $23,755 or 50% of the average purse in Japan. To put earnings on par, Japanese earnings are multiplied by 50% before being applied to the total earnings above. Hong Kong earnings are adjusted by 15%, and Singapore adjusted by 66%. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Racing statistics through October 23, 2022.

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Leading California Sires Lists

2022 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER Races

Sire Rnrs Won Earned Median

1 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 28 22 $1,005,642 $26,545

2 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 66 74 $2,503,550 $25,180

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 93 104 $3,835,894 $23,060

4 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union 13 15 $416,357 $22,920

5 Heaven’s Glory (JPN), 2013, by Tapit 10 7 $275,399 $19,565

6 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 25 27 $469,222 $18,060

7 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy 11 7 $209,190 $17,780

8 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 11 20 $256,179 $17,285

9 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 22 24 $477,037 $16,470

10 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 6 $342,146 $16,060

11 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 78 62 $2,334,957 $15,753

12 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 75 60 $1,691,992 $15,545

13 Gervinho, 2010, by Unusual Heat 15 9 $289,448 $15,417

14 Govenor Charlie, 2010, by Midnight Lute 18 18 $349,606 $15,358

15 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 68 69 $1,509,694 $14,597

16 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 44 34 $854,868 $14,345

17 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 53 58 $1,146,541 $14,319

18 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 103 83 $2,446,603 $13,650

19 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 19 18 $562,504 $13,320

20 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 17 12 $290,706 $13,125

21 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 57 38 $1,404,626 $12,798

22 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 29 27 $616,495 $12,653

2022 LEADING SIRES IN

AVERAGE EARNINGS

Sire

Earnings

Srts Earned Start

1 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 28 127 $1,005,642 $7,918

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 93 486 $3,835,894 $7,893

3 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 78 363 $2,334,957 $6,432

4 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 66 397 $2,503,550 $6,306

5 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 57 262 $1,404,626 $5,361

6 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 54 239 $1,198,066 $5,013

7 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 83 407 $1,948,462 $4,787

8 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 103 519 $2,446,603 $4,714

9 † Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 23 130 $612,181 $4,709

10 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 75 381 $1,691,992 $4,441

11 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 65 248 $1,089,609 $4,394

12 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 29 147 $616,495 $4,194

13 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 31 165 $683,159 $4,140

14 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 178 1064 $4,056,043 $3,812

15 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 49 270 $1,016,896 $3,766

16 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 36 191 $708,056 $3,707

17 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 30 147 $534,212 $3,634

18 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 53 321 $1,146,541 $3,572

19 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 44 245 $854,868 $3,489

20 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 22 137 $477,037 $3,482

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• Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 68 435 $1,509,694 $3,471

2022 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

Races Sire Rnrs Wnrs Won Earned

1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 177 87 159 $3,217,355

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 178 85 148 $4,056,043

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 93 54 104 $3,835,894

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 103 48 83 $2,446,603

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 66 43 74 $2,503,550

† Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 75 43 60 $1,691,992

7 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 78 41 62 $2,334,957

8 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 80 40 74 $1,634,597

9 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 70 37 58 $1,310,464

10 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 68 36 69 $1,509,694

11 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 83 33 60 $1,948,462

12 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 53 32 58 $1,146,541

13 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 58 30 46 $1,052,603

14 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 57 29 38 $1,404,626

15 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 65 28 40 $1,089,609

16 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 49 22 40 $1,016,896

Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 44 22 34 $854,868

Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway 46 22 31 $497,667

19 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 54 21 29 $1,198,066

20 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus 48 19 26 $472,292

21 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 28 17 22 $1,005,642 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker 34 17 28 $495,006

2022 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

Races

Sire Rnrs Srts Won Earned

1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 177 1473 159 $3,217,355

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 178 1064 148 $4,056,043

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 93 486 104 $3,835,894

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 103 519 83 $2,446,603

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 66 397 74 $2,503,550

Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 80 506 74 $1,634,597

7 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 68 435 69 $1,509,694

8 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 78 363 62 $2,334,957

9 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 83 407 60 $1,948,462

† Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 75 381 60 $1,691,992

11 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 70 485 58 $1,310,464

Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 53 321 58 $1,146,541

13 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 58 314 46 $1,052,603

14 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 65 248 40 $1,089,609

† Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 49 270 40 $1,016,896

16 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 57 262 38 $1,404,626

17 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 44 245 34 $854,868

18 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 36 191 32 $708,056

19 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway 46 242 31 $497,667

20 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 54 239 29 $1,198,066

Leading California Sires Lists

2022 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

Races

Sire Rnrs Strts Won Earned

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 39 119 8 $505,025

2 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 12 35 10 $433,517

3 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 57 6 $342,146

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 16 39 6 $287,910

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 5 12 4 $246,760

6 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 14 31 3 $243,981

7 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 20 54 9 $238,521

8 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 9 26 4 $236,246

9 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 8 21 5 $231,827

10 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 11 33 7 $217,914

11 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie 4 14 1 $120,003

12 Conquest Farenheit, 2014, by Scat Daddy 8 22 2 $112,299

13 Prospect Park, 2012, by Tapit 8 20 2 $110,121

14 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 8 16 1 $98,030

15 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 5 14 4 $84,280

16 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 5 9 1 $81,030

17 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 6 13 1 $77,260

18 V. E. Day, 2011, by English Channel 3 10 1 $75,010

19 † Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 4 11 3 $74,572

20 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 4 9 3 $71,750

2022 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

Races Earnings/ Sire Rnrs Won Earned Runner

1 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 5 4 $246,760 $49,352

2 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 12 10 $433,517 $36,126

3 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 8 5 $231,827 $28,978

4 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 9 4 $236,246 $26,250

5 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 6 $342,146 $24,439

6 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 11 7 $217,914 $19,810

7 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 16 6 $287,910 $17,994

8 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 14 3 $243,981 $17,427

9 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 5 4 $84,280 $16,856

10 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 5 1 $81,030 $16,206

11 Conquest Farenheit, 2014, by Scat Daddy 8 2 $112,299 $14,037

12 Prospect Park, 2012, by Tapit 8 2 $110,121 $13,765

13 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 39 8 $505,025 $12,949

14 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 6 1 $77,260 $12,877

15 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 8 1 $98,030 $12,254

16 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 5 2 $60,616 $12,123

17 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 20 9 $238,521 $11,926

18 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 6 2 $65,335 $10,889

19 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 7 1 $70,266 $10,038

20 † Far From Over, 2012, by Blame 7 2 $69,682 $9,955

2022 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

Races Sire Rnrs Wnrs Won Earned

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 39 8 8 $505,025

2 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 20 7 9 $238,521

3 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 12 6 10 $433,517

Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 6 6 $342,146

Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 11 6 7 $217,914

6 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 16 5 6 $287,910

7 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 9 4 4 $236,246 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 8 4 5 $231,827

† Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 5 4 4 $84,280

10 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 5 2 4 $246,760 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 14 2 3 $243,981

Conquest Farenheit, 2014, by Scat Daddy 8 2 2 $112,299 Prospect Park, 2012, by Tapit 8 2 2 $110,121

† Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 4 2 3 $74,572 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 4 2 3 $71,750

† Far From Over, 2012, by Blame 7 2 2 $69,682

Merit Man, 2010, by With Distinction 2 2 2 $68,540 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 6 2 2 $65,335

Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 5 2 2 $60,616 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 3 2 2 $38,621

2022 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

Races

Sire Rnrs Srts Won Earned

1 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 12 35 10 $433,517

2 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 20 54 9 $238,521

3 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 39 119 8 $505,025

4 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 11 33 7 $217,914

5 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 57 6 $342,146

Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 16 39 6 $287,910

7 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 8 21 5 $231,827

8 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 5 12 4 $246,760

Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 9 26 4 $236,246

† Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 5 14 4 $84,280

11 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 14 31 3 $243,981

† Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 4 11 3 $74,572 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 4 9 3 $71,750

Coach Bob, 2009, by Bertrando 2 5 3 $64,818

15 Conquest Farenheit, 2014, by Scat Daddy 8 22 2 $112,299

Prospect Park, 2012, by Tapit 8 20 2 $110,121

† Far From Over, 2012, by Blame 7 21 2 $69,682

Merit Man, 2010, by With Distinction 2 6 2 $68,540

Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 6 16 2 $65,335

Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 5 14 2 $60,616

Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 3 7 2 $38,621 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 4 8 2 $14,726

2022 GOLDEN STATE SERIES - 4.575 MILLION

A RESTRICTED STAKES SCHEDULE FOR REGISTERED CALIFORNIA BRED OR SIRED HORSES

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Unusual Heat Turf Classic

Sunshine Millions F/M Turf Sprint California Cup Oaks California Cup Sprint California Cup Derby Spring Fever Stakes

Tiznow Stakes

Irish O’Brien Stakes

Sensational Star Stakes Echo Eddie Stakes Evening Jewel Stakes Silky Sullivan Stakes

Campanile Stakes

Crystal Water Stakes

Snow Chief Stakes

Fran’s Valentine Stakes Thor’s Echo Melair Stakes Bertrando Stakes

Fleet Treat Stakes

Real Good Deal Stakes

California Dreamin’ Stakes

CTBA Stakes

Graduation Stakes

Solana Beach Stakes

Generous Portion Stakes

I’m Smokin Stakes

Harris Farms Stakes

California Distaff

California Flag Handicap

Golden State Juvenile Fillies

Golden State Juvenile Betty Grable Stakes

Cary Grant Stakes

Soviet Problem Stakes

King Glorious Stakes

F/M F/M Fillies Fillies

Fillies Fillies Fillies

Four-Year-Olds & Up Four-Year-Olds & Up Three-Year-Olds & Up Four-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds Four-Year-Olds & Up Four-Year-Olds & Up Four-Year-Olds & Up Four-Year-Olds & Up Three-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds & Up Three-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds & Up Three-Year-Olds & Up Three-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds & Up Three-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds & Up Two-Year-Olds Two-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds & Up Two-Year-Olds Two-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds & Up Three-Year-Olds & Up Three-Year-Olds & Up Two-Year-Olds Two-Year-Olds Three-Year-Olds & Up Three-Year-Olds & Up Two-Year-Olds Two-Year-Olds

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Leading California Sires Lists

2022 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

Graded

Avg Named 2YO Stakes Stakes Progeny Comp Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire Crops Size Foals Runners Winners Winners Winners Winners Earnings AEI Index

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 10 28 279 195-70% 135-48% 24-9% 17-6% 4-1% $17,098,585 1.49 1.06

2 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 5 24 121 93-77% 70-58% 19-16% 5-4% 2-2% $7,225,670 1.42 0.94

3 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 10 28 282 242-86% 187-66% 63-22% 19-7% 3-1% $23,289,057 1.41 1.12

4 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 9 20 180 116-64% 72-40% 20-11% 8-4% 1-1% $7,213,282 1.28 0.92

5 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 5 56 282 254-90% 162-57% 87-31% 11-4% 6-2% $13,396,098 1.21 0.91

6 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 7 70 489 386-79% 262-54% 86-18% 17-3% 3-1% $27,940,087 1.18 1.29

† Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 15 23 349 255-73% 187-54% 35-10% 12-3% 4-1% $19,229,918 1.18 1.02

8 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 13 62 802 639-80% 464-58% 125-16% 37-5% 6-1% $49,046,197 1.15 1.48

9 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled 14 34 475 358-75% 261-55% 61-13% 12-3% 3-1% $22,564,618 1.12 1.33

10 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) 7 27 186 141-76% 103-55% 20-11% 7-4% 3-2% $8,685,186 1.06 0.96

11 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 7 62 435 405-93% 298-69% 69-16% 4-1% 2-0% $46,749,502 1.03 1.08

12 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 10 14 137 83-61% 59-43% 18-13% 2-1% 0-0% $4,501,560 1.02 0.91 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 7 32 221 162-73% 117-53% 30-14% 7-3% 3-1% $9,393,292 1.02 1.03

14 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 14 24 338 271-80% 201-59% 53-16% 8-2% 1-0% $16,369,521 1.01 1.09

15 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 7 29 203 138-68% 88-43% 13-6% 5-2% 1-0% $7,168,605 1.00 1.15 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 6 56 335 210-63% 132-39% 36-11% 9-3% 1-0% $12,082,845 1.00 0.99

17 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 6 18 110 58-53% 40-36% 7-6% 0-0% 0-0% $3,469,306 0.97 0.88

18 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run 15 43 652 474-73% 350-54% 99-15% 18-3% 6-1% $22,783,660 0.96 1.15

19 † Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy 14 16 228 161-71% 101-44% 16-7% 7-3% 2-1% $8,476,565 0.95 0.84

20 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam 13 12 160 109-68% 85-53% 1-1% 3-2% 1-1% $6,544,821 0.94 1.07

21 Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled 13 10 126 82-65% 51-40% 6-5% 2-2% 1-1% $4,410,008 0.93 0.74 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 14 38 533 427-80% 325-61% 80-15% 21-4% 2-0% $25,380,642 0.93 0.87 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 8 23 182 126-69% 82-45% 19-10% 7-4% 0-0% $6,943,853 0.93 1.09 Trapper, 2000, by Iron Cat 11 5 56 44-79% 33-59% 13-23% 1-2% 0-0% $2,311,269 0.93 0.74

25 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry 9 6 55 39-71% 26-47% 4-7% 1-2% 0-0% $2,485,335 0.92 0.86

26 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 6 53 316 251-79% 172-54% 49-16% 7-2% 1-0% $14,351,441 0.91 1.33

27 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie 6 11 63 44-70% 29-46% 5-8% 2-3% 0-0% $2,064,199 0.88 0.92

28 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 2 64 127 55-43% 24-19% 12-9% 1-1% 0-0% $1,595,490 0.83 1.05 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 6 10 62 29-47% 13-21% 2-3% 1-2% 0-0% $1,224,125 0.83 0.82 Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat 16 13 215 147-68% 97-45% 27-13% 6-3% 0-0% $5,979,225 0.83 1.04 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 8 22 179 108-60% 78-44% 21-12% 7-4% 1-1% $5,222,174 0.83 0.92

32 Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat 17 29 488 411-84% 297-61% 81-17% 16-3% 2-0% $19,916,888 0.82 1.03

33 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 9 10 88 66-75% 43-49% 17-19% 1-1% 0-0% $3,461,661 0.81 0.70

34 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 10 18 182 135-74% 99-54% 21-12% 4-2% 0-0% $6,979,669 0.80 0.99

35 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat 11 13 138 92-67% 61-44% 7-5% 2-1% 2-1% $4,535,846 0.78 1.10

36 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 4 30 121 65-54% 35-29% 16-13% 3-2% 0-0% $2,228,119 0.76 0.82

37 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 8 12 98 63-64% 45-46% 9-9% 1-1% 0-0% $3,229,484 0.74 0.86

38 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat 13 30 389 304-78% 230-59% 41-11% 4-1% 0-0% $13,255,768 0.73 0.90

39 Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song 12 7 89 51-57% 30-34% 3-3% 1-1% 0-0% $1,731,226 0.72 0.84 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson 17 11 183 140-77% 97-53% 24-13% 4-2% 1-1% $6,357,068 0.72 0.69

41 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 2 57 114 73-64% 37-32% 19-17% 0-0% 0-0% $1,700,323 0.68 0.96

42 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip 6 12 69 35-51% 17-25% 2-3% 0-0% 0-0% $945,793 0.66 0.77 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde 9 7 62 44-71% 21-34% 9-15% 1-2% 0-0% $1,455,492 0.66 0.88

44 Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill Dancer (IRE) 9 7 67 47-70% 25-37% 2-3% 0-0% 0-0% $1,422,591 0.65 0.71

45 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat 5 17 86 51-59% 30-35% 5-6% 1-1% 0-0% $1,710,428 0.64 1.17 Mast Track, 2004, by Mizzen Mast 7 8 59 46-78% 33-56% 6-10% 0-0% 0-0% $1,630,784 0.64 0.82

47 Govenor Charlie, 2010, by Midnight Lute 4 16 65 41-63% 19-29% 10-15% 1-2% 0-0% $1,260,411 0.63 0.73

48 Many Rivers, 2005, by Storm Cat 9 9 80 52-65% 30-38% 7-9% 0-0% 0-0% $1,855,889 0.62 0.78

Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 4 20 78 44-56% 23-29% 6-8% 1-1% 0-0% $1,215,832 0.62 0.82 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig 10 39 394 314-80% 207-53% 50-13% 3-1% 2-1% $10,886,395 0.62 1.18

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.

Stakes & Sales Dates

REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia Sept. 30-Nov. 6

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley Oct. 21-Dec. 11

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar Nov. 11-Dec. 4

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos Dec. 7-20

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley Dec. 21, 2022-June 13, 2023

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia Dec. 26, 2022-June 20, 2023

Pleasanton, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton June 14-July 11

Los Angeles County Fair at Los Alamitos, Los Alamitos June 21-July 11

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar July 12-Sept. 12

California State Fair (Cal Expo), Sacramento July 12-Aug. 1

Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa Aug. 2-15 Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale Aug. 16-22

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley Aug. 30-Oct. 3 Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos Sept. 13-26

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia Sept. 27-Nov. 7

Big Fresno Fair, Fresno Oct. 4-17 Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley Oct. 18-Dec. 19

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar Nov. 8-Dec. 5

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos Dec. 6-19

JANUARY 31

CTBA WINTER MIXED SALE

Pomona, Calif.

(ENTRIES CLOSE NOV. 16)

California-Bred/California-Sired STAKES RACES

NOVEMBER – DECEMBER

DEL MAR

Sunday, Nov. 13

$100,000 Betty Grable Stakes 3-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies and Mares 7 furlongs

Saturday, Nov. 19

$100,000 Cary Grant Stakes 3-Year-Olds & Up 7 furlongs

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS

Saturday, Dec. 10

$75,000 Bear Fan Stakes 3-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies and Mares 6 furlongs

Stakes & Sales Dates

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

REGIONAL STAKES RACES

Date Track Stakes (Grade)

5 GGF Joseph T. Grace Stakes

Conditions

3-y-o & up

Distance Added Value

11⁄16 m. (T) $50,000

11 Dmr Let It Ride Stakes 3-y-o 1 m. (T) $75,000

12 Dmr Kathryn Crosby Stakes 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 1 m. (T) $75,000

12 GGF Golden Nugget Stakes 2-y-o 6 f. $50,000

13 Dmr Betty Grable Stakes 3-y-o & up, f. & m. Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 7 f. $100,000

19 Dmr Dezi Arnaz Stakes 2-y-o f. 7 f. $100,000

19 Dmr Cary Grant Stakes 3-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 7 f. $100,000

19 GGF Oakland Stakes 3-y-o & up 6 f. $50,000

20 Dmr Bob Hope Stakes (Gr. III) 2-y-o 7 f. $100,000

24 Dmr Red Carpet Stakes (Gr. III) 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 13⁄8 m. (T) $150,000

25 Dmr Hollywood Turf Cup (Gr. II) 3-y-o & up 11⁄2 m. (T) $250,000

25 GGF Golden Gate Debutante 2-y-o f. 6 f. $50,000

26 Dmr Seabiscuit Handicap (Gr. II) 3-y-o & up

11⁄16 m. (T) $250,000

26 GGF Berkeley Handicap (Gr. III) 3-y-o & up 11⁄16 m. $100,000

27 Dmr Native Diver Stakes (Gr. III) 3-y-o & up 11⁄8 m. $150,000

3 Dmr Hollywood Derby (Gr. I) 3-y-o 11⁄8 m. (T) $400,000

3 Dmr Jimmy Durante Stakes (Gr. III) 2-y-o f. 1 m. (T) $100,000

3 Dmr Stormy Liberal Stakes 3-y-o & up 5 f. (T) $100,000

3 GGF Gold Rush Stakes 2-y-o 1 m. $75,000

4 Dmr Matriarch Stakes (Gr. I) 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

4 Dmr Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (Gr. III) 2-y-o

1 m. (T) $400,000

1 m. (T) $100,000

10 GGF Bear Fan Stakes 3-y-o & up, f. & m. Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 6 f. $75,000

11 GGF Miss America Stakes 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 11⁄16 m. (T) $50,000

26 SA Runhappy Malibu Stakes (Gr. I) 3-y-o 7 f. $300,000

26 SA La Brea Stakes (Gr. I) 3-y-o f. 7 f. $300,000

26 SA American Oaks (Gr. I) 3-y-o f.

11⁄4 m. (T) $300,000

26 SA Mathis Brothers Mile (Gr. II) 3-y-o 1 m. (T) $200,000

26 SA San Antonio Stakes (Gr. II) 3-y-o & up 11⁄16 m. $200,000

26 SA San Gabriel Stakes (Gr. II) 3-y-o & up 11⁄8 m. (T) $200,000

27 SA Eddie Logan Stakes 2-y-o 1 m. (T) $100,000

27 SA Blue Norther Stakes 2-y-o f. 1 m. (T) $100,000

31 SA Joe Hernandez Stakes (Gr. II) 3-y-o & up abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $250,000

31 SA Robert J. Frankel Stakes (Gr. III) 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 11⁄8 m. (T) $100,000

31 SA Las Flores Stakes (Gr. III) 3-y-o & up, f. & m. 6 f. $100,000

Los Alamitos December stakes schedule unavailable at press time

Index

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Golden State Stakes

Harris Farms

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Laurel Fowler

Legacy Ranch

Lovacres

Milky Way

Newfeld

NTRA-John

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Red Cliffs Racing,

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Tranquility Farm

Victory Rose Thoroughbreds

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