California Thoroughbred Magazine December 2022

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OFFICERS

CHAIRPERSON

TERRY C. LOVINGIER PRESIDENT

DOUG BURGE

VICE CHAIRPERSON GEORGE F. SCHMITT TREASURER PETE PARRELLA

SECRETARY SUE GREENE

DIRECTORS

John C. Harris, John H. Barr, Gloria Haley, Pete Parrella, Sue Greene, Donald J. Valpredo, Terry C. Lovingier, George F. Schmitt, Ty Green, Justin Oldfeld, Adrian Gonzalez

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

CONTROLLER

THOMAS R. RETCHLESS SALES

LORETTA VEIGA

REGISTRAR/INCENTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER MARY ELLEN LOCKE

ASSISTANT REGISTRAR DAWN GERBER

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/EVENT COORDINATOR CHRISTY CHAPMAN

ADVERTISING MANAGER/PRODUCTION COORDINATOR LORETTA VEIGA

WEB SITE MANAGING EDITOR KEN GURNICK

LIBRARIAN/RECEPTIONIST/SUBSCRIPTIONS/ MEMBERSHIP

VIVIAN MONTOYA

RACETRACK LIAISON SCOTT HENRY

California Thoroughbred (ISSN 1092-7328) is published monthly plus one special issue in Lexington, KY by Blood-Horse

NewsBits

MUCHO UNUSUAL SELLS FOR $1.1 MILLION

Mucho Unusual, the 2020 California-bred Horse of the Year, sold for $1.1 million Nov. 6 at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Bred and owned by George Krikorian, Mucho Unusual was consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale Sales Agency and purchased by Shadai Farm.

During her championship season Mucho Unusual won the Rodeo Drive Stakes (G1T) and Robert J. Frankel Stakes (G3T). In addition to her Horse of the Year title, she also was named the 2020 champion Cal-bred older female and turf horse.

Te previous year Mucho Unusual became a graded stakes winner in the San Clemente Stakes (G3T). Earlier in 2019, she had captured the California Cup Oaks, and she was named the 2019 champion Cal-bred 3-year-old female.

Mucho Unusual, a daughter of Mucho Macho Man—Not Unusual, by Unusual Heat, won the 2021 Megahertz Stakes (G3T). During her career she placed in 10 other stakes, including the 2019 American Oaks (G1T) and 2020 Gamely Stakes (G1T), en route to total earnings of $957,415. A half sister to Cal-bred Big Score, a grade 3 winner and earner of $702,792, Mucho Unusual had last raced in March and was sold as not pregnant.

Several other Cal-bred mares brought six-fgure prices at the Keeneland mixed sale.

An Eddie Surprise, a 7-year-old stakes-winning daughter of Square Eddie—Dani Reese, by High Demand, brought $170,000. Bred by Reddam Racing and sold in foal to Yaupon by Grovendale Sales as agent, An Eddie Surprise went to Coteau Grove Farms, Cary Bloodstock as agent.

Another Cal-bred daughter of Square Eddie bred by Reddam Racing, Whoa Nessie, sold for $105,000 in foal to Union Rags. Hinkle Farms purchased her from consignor Small Batch Sales. Te 7-year-old mare, who earned $160,127, is out of the Gilded Time mare Electric Daze and is a full sister to Edwina E, dam of stakes winners Slow Down Andy and Team Merchants.

Delia O’Hara, a multiple stakes-placed 5-year-old mare in foal to Bolt d’Oro, sold for $115,000 to John P. Hicks. H & E Ranch bred the daughter of Khozan—Starlet O’Hara, by Discreetly Mine, and she was consigned by Eaton Sales.

Plane Lucky, a 9-year-old mare in foal to Maxfeld, sold for $110,000 to Tracy Farmer. Dave McGlothlin bred the daughter of Lucky Pulpit out of California Broodmare of the Year Jetinwith Kennedy. An earner of $151,385, Plane Lucky is a half sister to stakes winners Jet West, Jetinto Houston, Jetin Excess, and Triumphant Flight. Stuart Morris consigned Plane Lucky to the sale.

CURRENT CALIFORNIA SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS

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 18 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

Cal-breds Excel at Golden Gate

Two-year-olds Clovisconnection and Quickly Park It and 4-year-old Top Harbor demonstrated the power of California-breds at Golden Gate Fields with each taking a recent stakes there.

Clovisconnection ran his record to two for two in the $64,100 Golden Nugget Stakes Nov. 12. After breaking his maiden in his debut at Golden Gate Oct. 2, he went off as the 6-1 fourth choice to favored Passarando. Clovisconnection stalked the pace of Early Release in the six-furlong event under jockey Kevin Radke, took command leaving the turn, and defeated Passarando by 41⁄4 lengths in 1:10.73.

Blaine Wright trains Clovisconnection for owner/breeders William and Judy Hedrick. Te gelding is a son of Vronsky— La Darling, by Perfect Mandate.

Quickly Park It won her second race in three starts when she captured the $75,900 Pike Place Dancer Stakes Oct. 29. Running last early for jockey William Antongeorgi III, she stormed home by six lengths as the 12-1 fourth choice, completing the mile on turf in 1:39.42. A daughter of Prospect Park—Quick Luck, by Lucky J. H., Quickly Park It races for John Harris’ Harris Farms, which bred the flly. Sean McCarthy trains her.

Top Harbor won his second stakes at Golden Gate and

third lifetime stakes Nov. 19 when he scored in the $65,950 Oakland Stakes. Tird early in the six-furlong Oakland, Top Harbor had to check off of heels leaving the three-furlong pole and closed in the stretch for jockey Frank Alvarado. He won by three-fourths of a length in 1:09.70 as the 2-1 second choice over Irrefutable.

Tim McCanna trains the 4-year-old son of Harbor the Gold—Reba Is Tops, by He’s Tops, for owners Eric Schweiger, Jarnig Gordy, and Kenny Marshall, who are also the breeders. Top Harbor earlier won the El Dorado Shooter Stakes at Golden Gate and now has earnings of $241,374.

MO THE BEHOLDER

From the female family of the phenomenal Multiple G1 winner BEHOLDER ($6,156,600) Leading sire INTO MISCHIEF and G1 Winner MENDELSSHON

Out of Leslie’s Harmony, by CURLIN the sire of a Classic winner or Classic placed horse in each of his first six crops, including VINO ROSSO and PALACE MALICE.

By popular sire UNCLE MO (fee $150,000), sire of Champion NYQUIST, G1 winners YAUPON and GOLDEN PAL. 11 stakes winners in 2022 including G1 Belmont winner MO DONEGAL.

MO THE BEHOLDER

Uncle Mo – Leslie’s Harmony, By Curlin 2023 Fee: $2,500 LFSN

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Palma, Consultant & Marcos Menjivar, Manager

W. Esplanade Ave, Hemet, CA 92545 | P: (951) 654-9100 F: (951) 654-9119

Cal-breds Clovisconnection, left, and Quickly Park It at Golden Gate

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Rancho San Miguel to Hold Stallion Show

Rancho San Miguel will conduct an Open House and Stallion Show at the farm Jan. 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to the opportunity to inspect the stallions standing at the farm, attendees can participate in a catered lunch, giveaways, and a stallion season rafe.

Nine stallions are scheduled to stand at Rancho San Miguel for the 2023 breeding season, including the newest stallion, Editorial, who has relocated from Maryland. Te other stallions are Danzig Candy, Mo Forza, Northern Causeway, Richard’s

Kid, Sir Prancealot, Slew’s Tiznow, Surf Cat, and Tom’s Tribute.

Te event is free, though reservations are required by Jan. 10 to Holly Brown at 805-467-3847 or at info@ranchosanmiguel.net. Te farm is located at 1741 West 10th Street in San Miguel.

Dettori to Ride at Santa Anita

Famed European jockey Frankie Dettori plans to ride at Santa Anita during the winter. Jockey agent Ron Anderson is set to represent 51-year-old Dettori during his time at Santa Anita.

Anderson has known Dettori since the late 1980s, when the Italian-born jockey rode in California briefy for trainer Richard Cross at Hollywood Park. Since then, Dettori has competed successfully throughout the world while based primarily in England, where he has been the champion jockey three times.

Despite not riding in the U.S. on a regular basis, Dettori has won 14 Breeders’ Cup races. Tose include the 2018 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) on Enable, 2006 Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) on Ouija Board, and 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) on Raven’s Pass.

Frankie Dettori

EDWARD

Rancho San Miguel

COURTESY OF RANCHO SAN MIGUEL

BIG RUNNUER

Stormy Atlantic – Elusive Luci, by Elusive Quality | Fee: $2,500 LFSN

FIGHTING HUSSAR

Rockport Harbor – Lightning Pace, by Regal Classic | Fee: $1,000 LFG

GATO DEL ORO

Medaglio D’oro – Funny Feeling, by Distorted Humor | Fee: Complimentary

KING OF JAZZ (ARG)

Giant’s Causeway-Kiss Me Sweet, by Lode | Fee: $1,000 LFG

UNUSUAL HEATWAVE

Unusual Heat – Miss Alphie, by Candi’s Gold | Fee: $2,500 LFG

ORIGINAIRE (IRE)

Zofany (IRE) - Polly Perkins (IRE) by Pivotal (GB) | Fee: Complimentary

OSCAR NOMINATED

Kittens Joy – Devine Actress, by Theatrical | Fee $2,500 LFG

MO THE BEHOLDER

Uncle Mo – Leslie’s Harmony, by Into Mischief | Fee: $1,500 LFSN

MERIT MAN

With Distinction – Precise Strike, by Precise End | Fee: $1,500 LFSN

Hector Palma, Consultant & Marcos Menjivar, Manager | 3001 W. Esplanade Ave, Hemet, CA 92545 | P: (951) 654-9100 F: (951) 654-9119 WWW.BGTHOROUGHBREDS.COM

10 YEARS AGO

California-bred WEEWINNIN got his frst stakes victory in the $200,000 King Glorious Stakes at Hollywood Park Dec. 16, 2012. After breaking his maiden in his debut at Golden Gate Fields and running fourth in the Graduation Stakes at Del Mar, Weewinnin went off as a 60-1 longshot in the seven-furlong King Glorious. With Jose Valdivia Jr. aboard, he stalked the leaders from third, came four wide into the stretch, and scored by a half-length

in 1:23.54 over Fighting Hussar, with favored Monument third. Brian Koriner trained Weewinnin for owners E-racing.com, Dr. William and Jill Gray, Janet Lyons, and Jeremy Peskoff. The Grays bred the colt, a 2-year-old son of Comic Strip out of their unraced Roman Dancer mare Honoree Lady. Later gelded, Weewinnin won the 2015 California Dreamin’ Stakes and earned a total of $397,430.

25 YEARS AGO

SURACHAI won the frst of his back-to-back victories in the Dayjur Handicap at Hollywood Park Dec. 22, 1997. The California-bred 4-yearold colt took on two Kentucky-breds, an Australia-bred, and an English-bred in the $90,000 race at 51⁄2 furlongs on the turf. Innovative set the pace, with Surachai and jockey Alex Solis in second. Surachai got to the front late and defeated Innovative by two lengths in 1:02.91. Randy Bradshaw trained Surachai for owner/ breeders Edmond and Sharon Hudon. Surachai, voted champion Cal-bred sprinter of 1997, would win the 1998 edition of the Dayjur, also by two lengths, en route to earnings of $680,963. The son of Slewpy—Corvettin, by Don B., also captured the 1997 Valiant Pete Handicap and 1998 Crystal Water Handicap.

50 YEARS AGO

ANCIENT TITLE would ultimately become a two-time California-bred Horse of the Year, one of the all-time great Cal-breds, and a member of the national Hall of Fame. In 1972 at age 2, he already was known as a top sprinter, which he cemented in the Dec. 30 California Breeders’ Champion Stakes. He sped seven furlongs under jockey Fernando Toro to beat River Lad by 41⁄4 lengths in 1:222⁄5, just a tick off Bold Joey’s stakes record. Ancient Title had already won the CTBA Sales Stakes and Sunny Slope Stakes. He would campaign through his 8-year-old season for earnings of $1,252,791. Keith Stucki trained Ancient Title for breeders Mr. and Mrs. William Kirkland and their Kirkland Stable. A son of top California sire Gummo, Ancient Title was out of the Bar Le Duc mare Hi Little Gal.

Weewinnin

Ancient Title

■ Passion for Gold Gets First Cal-bred Winner

Gold Council, in his racing debut, became the frst winner in Passion for Gold’s initial California crop when he scored Nov. 6 in a six-furlong maiden turf event at Santa Anita. Ridden by Ryan Curatolo, Gold Council defeated More Try by two lengths in 1:10.22.

Kirstin Mulhall trains Gold Council for breeders Linda Madsen and Joy Seifert, who own the

2-year-old California-bred colt. Gold Council is out of the Giant’s Causeway mare Hollywood Queen.

Passion for Gold won the Criterium de SaintCloud (G1) for Godolphin and was champion 2-year-old in France. He was purchased and stood fve breeding seasons in Chile, siring graded stakes horses in Chile and Peru and getting progeny earnings of more than $2.7 million.

Passion for Gold returned to the United States to stand at Milky Way Farm in Temecula.

Style of the Year

Style of the Year, the dam of California-bred stakes winners Lennyfromalibu and Heat du Jour, died at age 27 at Harris Farms. Madeline Auerbach owned the mare, and her son and racing manager, Harris Auerbach, paid tribute to Style of the Year via Twitter.

“The end of an era is here—yesterday, we lost Style of the Year at 27 to colic at Harris Farms,” Auerbach tweeted. “We raced her and she was the last of our original foundation mares for Unusual Heat. She had 15 foals, three stakes horses, and has fve current producing daughters. Rest easy, sweet Style.”

John and Betty Mabee bred Style of the Year, a daughter of Half a Year—Dancing Style, by Danzig, in California. They raced her once in the name of their Golden Eagle Farm. James and Madeline Auerbach claimed her out of that Golden Gate Fields race for $35,000.

Style of the Year placed in three races, but didn’t win in eight starts. She produced 10 winners from 15 starters, all by leading California sire Unusual Heat. Lennyfromalibu won the 2003 California Cup Mile and 2004 Crystal Water handicaps and earned $442,165. Heat du Jour won the 2014 Solana Beach Handicap and earned $277,334. Another of the mare’s offspring, Orbits World, ran second in the 2005 California Cup Mile and earned $193,936.

REGISTRATION

DEADLINES

Remember to register your California-bred/California-sired foals by Dec. 31 to take advantage of lower fees. Fees to register 2021 foals before Jan. 1 are $125 for CTBA members and $250 for non-members. After Jan. 1, the fee will be $750.

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Are you paying too much at your farm?

Cole Ranch has held the line on prices for years. Visit our webpage to see prices. Are you being pressured to breed farm stallions? We will help you choose the best stallion for your mare no matter where it stands. Cole Ranch does not stand commercial stallions.

Are farm owned horses treated better than your horses?

If your farm owns horses, do you really think your horses are a priority? Cole Ranch exists solely to serve you and your horses. Are there too many horses at your current farm? Cole Ranch restricts the number of horses to 50 or about one horse per acre of farm land. By restricting the number of horses, we are better able to provide superior care for your horses. It also allows us to more effectively communicate with our clientele.

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Do you ship your yearlings to other facilities to be broken?

Cole Ranch has a very experienced training staff and all the facilities needed to train young horse, including a 5/8 mile track with rails and a four horse starting gate. Over the past 18 years we have successfully trained hundreds of horses for the racetrack.

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Passion for Gold

CTBA JOINS IN LAUNCHING CHPC

PROMOTING HORSES AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPACT

The California Toroughbred Breeders Association has joined newly launched California Horse Power Coalition (CHPC) as one of its earliest members. Te new coalition’s mission is to preserve and protect California’s vibrant equestrian culture by bringing together equine industry leaders, workers, families, and fans of the sport to illustrate its signifcant benefts.

Founded by Santa Anita, Del Mar, and the Toroughbred Owners of California, the coalition is creating a space for the public to learn about the signifcant impacts that the industry has on California’s economy, tourism, agricultural sustainability, and culture.

“As one of the oldest and most celebrated sports in the world, horse racing contributes billions to California’s economy annually and employs tens of thousands of workers,” said Bill Nader, the TOC president and chief executive ofcer. “I am proud to be a part of a community that not only brings together family and friends, but also continuously challenges itself to be the model of care and best practices for equine communities around the world.”

Te CHPC is a growing partnership that includes Toroughbred associations, organizations representing backstretch workers and jockeys, and animal wellness advocates. Te coalition’s members also include the California Retirement Management Account (CARMA), California Toroughbred Horsemen’s Foundation, California Toroughbred Trainers, Edwin J. Gregson Foundation, and Winner’s Foundation.

Tis partnership is a testament to the industry’s commitment of working together and pushing the industry to new heights across core impact areas. Te equine industry is proud to be a sustainable, stable, and ever-growing industry in California whose economic impact includes

• $8.3 BILLION in contributions to California’s economy through horse racing annually

• $1.7 BILLION in tourism spending generated by participants and spectators

• JOBS AND LABOR: Te industry supports a diverse range of skills, employing hard-working individuals whose work in the industry is often a multi-generational tradition

• 77,000+ workers employed by the horse racing industry

• WORKFORCE INCLUDES veterinarians, carpenters, jockeys, and backstretch workers such as grooms, exercise riders, hot walkers, and more

• AGRICULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY: Te industry contributes to California’s cyclical and sustainable agricultural ecosystem

• 15-20 POUNDS of hay locally sourced and fed to every horse daily, supporting local farms’ overall profts and sustainability

• 8,000 TONS of straw waste diverted from landflls to sustainable farms each year.

“Our community strives to create a culture of inclusivity and accessibility to local communities of all ages, genders, and economic backgrounds, which has resulted in a long tradition of deep cultural ties to our industry,” said Amy Zimmerman, Santa Anita’s senior vice president and executive producer. “In fact, over 30% of households in California report having a horse enthusiast in their home. I look forward to seeing our industry continue to prosper, garner more fans, and foster a sense of belonging.”

n To learn more or to become a member, visit californiahorsecoalition.com

CTBA working for you

To further assist the membership of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) and subscribers of its offcial publication, California Thoroughbred, this monthly editorial page provides readers with updates about the association’s current policies, latest news, and upcoming events in the Golden State.

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

Te annual California Toroughbred 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 beneft the CTBA’s Political Action Committee fund, which works in support of legislation favorably impacting California breeders. Seasons will be sold with no guarantee. Te 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.

GET A CHRISTMAS GIFT SUBSCRIPTION NOW

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NEW CTBA MEMBERS

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Del Mar closing day

Los Alamitos opening day

$75,000 Bear Fan Stakes Golden Gate Fields

$100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes

Los Alamitos Golden Gate Fields closing day

CTBA Stallion Season Auction begins

$100,000 King Glorious Stakes Los Alamitos Los Alamitos closing day

CTBA Stallion Season Auction ends

Santa Anita opening day Golden Gate Fields opening day

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2022

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES

CTFoundation

As 2022 Comes to a Close. . .

PRESIDENT

Ada Gates Patton

VICE-PRESIDENT/TREASURER

Gail Gregson

SECRETARY

Amy J. Zimmerman

Jeff Blea, DVM

Tracy Gantz

Jane Goldstein

Courtney

Tunney Hotchkis

Thomas S. Robbins

On behalf of the California Toroughbred Foundation, I want to thank you for your interest and commitment to the health and welfare of the Toroughbred. With your support, the California Toroughbred Foundation awards much-needed scholarships to equine veterinary students at U. C. Davis and Western University of Health Sciences.

As leaders in veterinary medicine, these universities attract outstanding students for the education, experiential learning, and mentorship that positions them to be leaders. Tey are learning the newest technology and diagnostic techniques available today. Tey study hard to excel in difcult coursework and spend countless hours as externs at major clinics throughout the country.

One of the largest hurdles to overcome is the cost of their education. Our scholarships are some of the very few that support third-year students and graduate research fellows at a time when they need it most. Every recipient is heartened and encouraged by our foundation.

We want you to know how important it is to them. Several of our recipients have joined the safety teams at Santa Anita and Del Mar. Our Rowan Research Fellowship in advanced equine medical research disseminates medical information throughout the Toroughbred industry.

Evolving from origins in the 1940s, the California Toroughbred Foundation has had and continues to have the well-being of Toroughbreds on and of the track as its focus for decades. Educating the next generation of veterinarians and biomedical researchers is at the heart of what we do.

John

W. Sadler Noreen Sullivan

As 2022 comes to a close, we hope that during your year-end tax planning, you will consider a tax-deductible gift to the California Toroughbred Foundation. You take an action that is very special—your investment in our students will transform talents into lifelong careers and leadership. Donors like you are the backbone of our success. You join a group of committed philanthropic individuals whose gifts make a diference in many lives.

With my heartfelt thanks, Ada Gates Patton President

Contributions to CTF are tax-deductible. Please make checks payable to California Toroughbred Foundation and send to 201 Colorado Place, Arcadia, CA 91007. For credit cards, PayPal, and other forms of donation, please call 626-445-7800 ext. 221 or visit our website page at ctba.com and click on California Toroughbred Foundation.

memorial donations

The CTF accepts donations in memory of relatives and friends, with all such donations allocated to Scholarship Funds of the Foundation. Please remember members of our industry with a donation to the CTF memorial fund. Donations may be sent to CTF, 201 Colorado Place, Arcadia, CA 91007.

A dominating six-length winner of the AMERICAN PHAROAH S. (G1) at Santa Anita.

Earned TDN RISING STAR status with a 6 ¼-length win in his MdSpWt debut at Del Mar.

By the late Classic winner and influential sire EMPIRE MAKER out of the SW and GSP PURE PRIZE mare PURELY HOT.

A $520,000 KEESEP yearling purchase by SF Bloodstock/Starlight West.

Building Legacies

California farms and stallions owners have been building a stallion roster designed to give mare owners plenty of breeding opportunities. Tat allows breeders to buy in-foal broodmares at Kentucky sales with confdence, knowing the subsequent foals can become California-breds when those mares are bred back to California stallions.

In addition to the roster already standing in the state, California will have several exciting new prospects added to the mix. Tese range from talented stakes winners just entering stud to stallions proven elsewhere that are moving to California for the frst time.

Eight Rings is one of the new prospects heading to stud for the frst time in 2023. He will stand at Tommy Town Toroughbreds in Santa Ynez for $7,500, with Adrian Gonzalez’ Check-

mate Toroughbreds managing the owning partnership. Checkmate has been integral in bringing such stallions as Danzing Candy and Sir Prancealot to California.

Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Eight Rings became a grade 1 winner in his frst year of racing, capturing the 2019 American Pharoah Stakes (G1) by six lengths. He defeated American Teorem and eventual Eclipse Award champion Storm the Court in

Grade 1 winner Eight Rings, a son of Empire Maker, will stand at Tommy Town Thoroughbreds

ANNE M. EBERHARDT ANNE M. EBERHARDT

that race. Eight Rings continued to place in graded races last year and early this year, ultimately earning $474,451.

By the good sire Empire Maker, winner of the 2003 Belmont Stakes (G1), Eight Rings is out of the Pure Prize mare Purely Hot. An earner of $426,905, Purely Hot won the 2014 Whimsical Stakes (G3).

California-bred champion Finneus is going to stud at Lovacres Ranch in Warner Springs. He is a son of leading California sire Stay Tirsty, who also stands at Lovacres, and he is out of California Broodmare of the Year My Fiona. Also a Cal-bred racing champion, My Fiona is a daughter of Ghostzapper.

As a 2-year-old in 2021, Finneus won the Golden State Juvenile Stakes and ran second in the Runhappy Del Mar Futurity (G1), Best Pal Stakes (G2), and King Glorious Stakes. He was voted the champion Cal-bred 2-year-old male of the year. Tis year he placed in the Cal Cup Derby, Real Good Deal Stakes, and Turf Paradise Derby en route to total earnings of $333,832.

Terry Lovingier, owner of Lovacres and the breeder and co-owner of Finneus, says that a syndication is in process with lifetime shares available.

Stay Tirsty is an example of some of the proven stallions that have moved to California in recent years. Several others will be standing their frst seasons in the state in 2023, including Editorial, Jack Milton, Midnight Storm, and War Power.

Editorial moves to California from Maryland and will stand for $3,500 at Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel. A half brother to national leading sire Uncle Mo, Editorial has sired such runners as stakes winners Alottahope and My Toughts.

A son of War Front out of the multiple stakes-placed Arch mare Playa Maya, Editorial won once and fnished second once in his only two starts. He was trained by multiple Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher.

Editorial stood in Maryland in 2018, 2019, and 2022 and in Peru in 2019 and 2020. Alottahope won this year’s Star De Naskra Stakes and Robert Hil-

ton Memorial Stakes. My Toughts won this year’s Fort Indiantown Gap Stakes.

Another son of War Front, Jack Milton, moves to California from Kentucky. He will stand at Grays Farm in Cottonwood for a fee of $5,000. Pletcher also trained Jack Milton, who

raced for owner Gary Barber.

A son of the Forty Niner mare Preserver, Jack Milton won the 2015 Maker’s 46 Mile Stakes (G1T), 2014 Poker Stakes (G3T), and 2013 Transylvania Stakes (G3T) and earned $853,828.

Jack Milton’s runners include Second of July, winner of the 2020 Futurity

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Cal-bred juvenile champion Finneus, a son of Stay Thirsty and California Broodmare of the Year My Fiona, will join the stallion roster at Lovacres Ranch

New to California, Editorial, a War Front half brother to Uncle Mo, has moved from Maryland to Rancho San Miguel

Stakes (G3) at Belmont Park, and multiple stakes winner Tobys Heart.

Multiple graded winner Midnight Storm comes to California from Kentucky as well. He will stand at Milky Way Farm in Temecula for $4,000. Midnight Storm is a son of Pioneerof the Nile out of the Cal-bred Bertrando mare MyTina.

Midnight Storm earned $1,783,110 and won 10 of 27 starts, with the 2016 Shoemaker Mile (G1T) as one of his seven stakes victories. Being based in Southern California, he won on both dirt and turf. Midnight Storm also fnished third in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T).

As a 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 114 miles. Great Escape has placed in three other stakes.

Uncle Mo, whose son Mo Donegal won this year’s Belmont Stakes, is the sire of newcomer Mo and Go, who will stand at Daehling Ranch in Elk Grove. Mo and Go

is out of the Malibu Moon mare Malibu Cougar. Te second dam is stakes winner More Tan Pretty. Mo and Go broke his maiden at Finger

Lakes and won two more races at Finger Lakes. He fnished second twice and third twice among his 17 starts en route to earnings of $64,574.

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Having arrived from Kentucky, War Front’s grade 1-winning son Jack Milton will stand at Grays Farm

Bred on the successful cross of Uncle Mo with A.P. Indy-line mares that produced Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal and grade 1 winner Mo Town, Mo and Go will stand at Daehling Ranch

Pioneerof the Nile’s multiple graded stakes winner Midnight Storm, will take up residence at Milky Way Farm

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HAGGIN’S RANCHO DEL PASO ONCE THE GREATEST THOROUGHBRED FARM IN THE WORLD

Haggin’s Sacramento Roots

BY DEBBIE ARRINGTON AND JACK SHINAR

When his adopted state was still in its infancy, James Ben Ali Haggin established what the New York Times called “the greatest nursery of Toroughbreds in the world” in the Sacramento valley. Haggin’s 44,000-acre Rancho del Paso, which was producing up to 300 yearlings per year in the late 1800s, also happened to be the planet’s biggest horse farm; 600 miles of fence framed its grassflled paddocks.

A Gold Rush lawyer turned land baron and a major investor in copper, silver, and gold mining, Haggin used some of his fortune to create a breeding and racing operation unrivaled in California history. A year after winning the Belmont Stakes with Tyrant in 1885, Haggin won the Kentucky Derby with a horse

named for his son (Ben Ali). He later bred another Derby champion (Stone Street in 1908) plus Preakness and other Belmont winners, too.

Haggin, from a Kentucky horse family, spared no expense in acquiring some of the best Toroughbred stallions and broodmares available in the world and brought them to Sacramento.

He campaigned the world’s fastest horse, Salvator, plus a mare with no equal, Firenze. Both Toroughbreds are in the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. And now, so is James Ben Ali Haggin, who was inducted as a “Pillar of the Turf” this summer.

Yet little remains of the breeding and racing operation Haggin created, and his contributions to California racing are largely forgotten. Tat’s chiefy because Rancho del Paso’s meteoric rise to the pinnacle of the nation’s sporting scene lasted a mere 20 years or so. And then it was gone.

Noted California breeder James Ben Ali Haggin inducted into National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame as Pillar of the Turf

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Tis month marks the 200th anniversary of Haggin’s birth— Dec. 9, 1822, in Harrodsburg, Ky. Te timing of his Hall of Fame honor was pure coincidence, says Brien Bouyea, the Hall’s communications director. Te Pillar of theTurf category debuted in 2013, with dozens of possible nominees. Selected by the Hall’s historic committee, Haggin became a 2022 Pillar along with former New York Racing Association chairman James Cox Brady and racing innovator Marshall Cassidy.

At the August induction ceremony in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Ben Haggin accepted the award on behalf of his great-grand-

father. With its deep roots in Kentucky racing, the Haggin family was grateful for the recognition.

“We were very excited, obviously,” said Ben Haggin in a phone interview. “None of our living relatives ever spoke to him, of course, but it is a big deal (for the family).”

A partner in Woodford Racing, Ben Haggin worked at Mill Ridge Farm while in college and spent time as an assistant to trainer Ron McAnally. On Keeneland’s advisory board, Ben Haggin is proud of his family’s multi-generational participation in racing. His father, Louis Lee Haggin II, became Keeneland’s second president in 1940. His cousins were instrumental in the early development of Bloodstock Research Information Services and later Brisnet.

“Many of us have been involved in horse racing over many years; I have a couple of nephews who are farm managers and others are also making a living in the Toroughbred industry,” he said. “Horse racing is a great sport.”

While Kentuckians might be familiar with the Haggin name—he moved his breeding operation to the famous Elmendorf Farm after leaving California—his Golden State days are much less well known.

“I was surprised to learn that not too many people knew the history of Rancho del Paso,” Ben Haggin said after the induction.

Tat’s true not only in Kentucky or New York, but in Sacramento, too.

“Tere’s not much with his name on it; Hagginwood neighborhood and Haggin Oaks (golf complex),” said Sacramento-area historian Kathleen Stricklin. “Tere’s nothing you can touch and read like a monument, but there should be.”

Te closest to a local Haggin monument? “Remembering Rancho del Paso,” a life-sized bronze horse modeled after Ben Ali, was erected by the City of Sacramento in 2007 in the center divider of Del Paso Boulevard, North Sacramento’s historic main street.

Hugging the American River along its southern edge, Rancho del Paso stretched from the Sacramento River east to present-day Roseville and north to Lincoln. A former Mexican land grant, the ranch primarily was used for grazing sheep and later cattle.

In 1859, Haggin acquired Rancho del Paso with partner Lloyd Tevis by calling in a $65,000 loan. By 1873, he seriously started building a Toroughbred breeding

Above, a painting of one of Haggin’s favorite horses, Cal-bred Waterboy, who was regarded as the champion older male in 1903; Haggin’s beloved Salvator set a world record for the mile that lasted more than 30 years

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tana Copper King,” they eventually controlled 80% of the world’s copper supply. According to reports in 1907, the only men richer in the United States than Haggin were John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.

Haggin also invested heavily in horses. Besides buying Kentucky-breds and breeding his own, he imported top stallions and broodmares from England, Ireland, and Australia. Te New York Times reported Haggin “owned three times as many Toroughbreds as any man in the world.” According to Te Jockey Club’s 1904 Stud Book, 1,500 out of the nation’s 7,000 broodmares were registered to Haggin. At that time, he also owned 60 stallions, 500 yearlings, and 500 horses in training, split among four racing stables.

operation on the banks of the American River.

His racing stable got its frst winner in 1882. A decade later 117 horses he bred won 500 races in a single year.

During the early 1880s, the ranch boasted 30 stallions and 562 mares. At its height, perhaps 2,000 horses made their homes at Rancho del Paso, which featured a one-mile training track, palatial barns, and 10,000 acres of grass-flled paddocks. Haggin also bred and raced trotters, competing against friend Leland Stanford, before turning his attention to the more popular Toroughbred game.

A Gold Rush legend, Haggin did much more than breed and race horses. Haggin came to Sacramento from Natchez, Miss., in search of riches. He found his fortune in ranching, copper, and silver.

Haggin opened his Sacramento law ofce in 1850 with partner and future brother-in-law Tevis. Tey soon became very successful land speculators in their newly formed state.

Haggin’s Toroughbreds were world class, too. Salvator was heralded as the world’s fastest horse. He was ridden by legendary jockey Isaac Murphy. After Salvator beat all comers at tracks on both coasts, he raced the clock, smashing the world record for a mile by four seconds. (His mile mark of 1:351⁄2 stood for nearly 30 years.) Regarded as racing’s Horse of the Year in 1889 and 1890, Salvator won 16 of 19 starts and more than $100,000—the equivalent of $3.2 million today. Nicknamed “Queen of the Turf,” the mare Firenze raced for six years, winning 47 times and also topping $100,000. She raced against Salvator, never beating him, though she did defeat such good male runners as Elkwood, Te Bard, and Raceland.

Haggin won the Kentucky Derby when America’s most famous horse race was still in its earliest stages. In 1886, Ben Ali won the 12th Kentucky Derby after prepping with a series of races in the Sacramento Valley.

Te Rancho was also home to Tyrant, winner of the 1885 Belmont Stakes. Haggin also bred the 1893 Belmont winner Comanche.

— New York Times obituary

In Sacramento and later San Francisco, Haggin and Tevis had rich friends and clients, including George Hearst (father of William Randolph Hearst). Together, the three men formed a mining company that cashed in on Nevada’s silver boom. With Marcus Daly, the “Mon-

Waterboy, who was foaled in Sacramento in 1899, was one of Haggin’s particular favorites. America’s champion older male in 1903, Waterboy became one of racing’s great comeback stories. At age 3, the colt collided with a loose horse while training and broke his pelvis. Instead of euthanizing Waterboy, Haggin spared no expense to nurse him back to health. Waterboy repaid him with a series of major stakes victories.

Top, one of Rancho del Paso’s remaining large barns that date back to the late 1800s; above left, a covered arena that was used for horse auctions at Rancho del Paso (note the oak beams and rough-hewn posts that have lasted more than a century); a life-sized bronze modeled after 1886 Kentucky Derby winner Ben Ali stands in the center of Del Paso Boulevard in historic Sacramento

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All that [James Ben Ali Haggin] did was done on a large scale, his ranches and stock farms were the largest, his horses among the fastest, his homes palaces.”

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Haggin eventually moved his Toroughbred operation back to his native state of Kentucky. In 1897 he bought Elmendorf Farm, a cornerstone of Kentucky’s horse industry, then started accumulating nearby properties. At one point, he owned more than 8,700 acres in Central Kentucky’s horse country.

Te massive Elmendorf property included what is today all or parts of Spendthrift, Gainesway, Dixiana, Domino, Mt. Brilliant, and Walmac farms, Ben Haggin said.

At Elmendorf, James Ben Ali Haggin bred another Kentucky Derby winner (Stone Street in 1908), three Preakness winners (Old England, 1902; Cairngorm, 1905; and Rhine Maiden, 1915), and another Belmont Stakes winner (Africander, 1903).

Asked about Haggin’s departure from Rancho del Paso for Elmendorf, Ben Haggin said, “I like to say that it was the draw of returning to Kentucky, but I don’t know.”

At his stable’s peak, James Ben Ali Haggin raced or bred the winners of almost every major stakes in America. But his reign was short lived. He stopped racing altogether in 1891—less than 20 years after his frst winner—to concentrate on breeding. While he had great success on the track, there was no value in continuing to ship and race around the country, he acknowledged.

Te end of breeding at Rancho del Paso would eventually follow. Each year, Haggin fooded the bloodstock market with his quality stock. Tat drove down prices. He tried auctioning his young horses in Europe and even South America, but the yearlings often did not travel well and sold for far less than they were worth.

In December 1905, Haggin started dispersing his Rancho del Paso stock in one of the century’s biggest Toroughbred auctions: 22 stallions, 546 mares, and 300 yearlings.

According to author J.H. Ransom’s Who’s Who and Where in Horsedom (1946), four special trains with 48 specially designed cars transported the horses from California and Kentucky to the New York sale at Sheepshead Bay. Later sales dispersed another 33 stallions and 483 mares.

“A man cannot serve two masters, and the horse is too jealous a one to thrive on divided attention,” Haggin said at the

time. “My regret over parting with them is more sentimental than practical for, generally speaking, neither the California nor my Kentucky property has ever yielded an adequate return in dollars and cents.”

Haggin died at age 91 in 1914 in Newport, R.I., far from his famous ranch and horse farms. Rancho del Paso was sold and subdivided in 1910. Haggin Oaks Golf Complex stands on the site where the Rancho’s famous stallions once lived.

“All that he did was done on a large scale, his ranches and stock farms were the largest, his horses among the fastest, his homes palaces,” the New York Times wrote after his death. “He was liberal and popular. His death may be said to close a noteworthy and most interesting chapter in American history. Taken all and all, he was an eminent American, one in whom his fellow citizens could take honest pride.”

Few traces of Haggin remain in Sacramento, noted Stricklin. She’s writing a book about Sacramento County’s Arden-Arcade area, much of which was part of Rancho del Paso.

“Arcade” got its names from a circle of oak trees on the ranch’s property.

“Arcade comes from the Greek for a circle of columns,” Stricklin explained.

“Tis is an arcade of ancient oaks.”

Believed to be the site of Haggin’s stallion barns, the grove is now a city park named for James Mackey, Haggin’s trainer and breeding expert who was instrumental in the establishment of Rancho del Paso.

Nearby are two large barns and an impressive covered arena dating back to the late 1800s. Located next to the railroad tracks, the arena was used for horse auctions at the ranch.

Te buildings are now part of the Craigmont Equestrian Center, a last holdout for horses surrounded by suburban subdivisions. Famed Sacramento rider, teacher, and trainer Barbara Worth, whose name is painted on one barn’s roof, taught generations of students and jumpers at these stables. About 50 horses live there now.

“People who have been here a long time defnitely know the history,” said Briana Vincent, an instructor who has been riding at Craigmont since she was 8 years old. “Tey know who it all came from, that it’s a special place.”

The very wealthy James Ben Ali Haggin lived life large

A Henry Stull depiction of the grand Salvator

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THE CHOSEN VRON GETS THIRD STRAIGHT STAKES WIN BY TAKING THE CARY GRANT

BY TRACY GANTZ

Eric Kruljac and Te Chosen Vron have a long history together, which might be how the trainer, co-owner, and co-breeder knows just what to do to bring out the best in the 4-year-old California-bred. It most recently resulted in a speedy victory that approached a 32-year-old track record in the $94,000 Cary Grant Stakes at Del Mar Nov. 19.

Te Chosen Vron’s 2022 success stemmed from a nine-month break. Following his win in the Nov. 5 Hank Mills Sr. Stakes at Turf Paradise in 2021, Te Chosen Vron didn’t return under silks until the Aug. 6 California Dreamin’ Stakes. Tird in his comeback and ffth in the Aug. 27 Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2), Te Chosen Vron hasn’t lost in three starts since, competing on both dirt and turf.

“It sure looks like he’s getting back to his form,” Kruljac said. “Just had to give him time and he’s paying us back tenfold.”

It doesn’t seem to matter what track or surface Te Chosen Vron tackles. He scored in the E.B. Johnston Stakes on dirt at Los Alamitos and in the California Flag Handicap on turf at Santa Anita.

Six entered the seven-furlong Cary Grant, but only four entered the starting gate after Finneus and Surfng Star were scratched.

Te four remaining have a plethora of black type. Te Chosen Vron had six stakes victories, None Above the Law four, and Big City Lights two, while Coalinga Road was coming of a second in the Bull Dog Stakes. Te Chosen Vron went of as the even-money favorite.

When the gate opened, Te Chosen Vron came in slightly and Coalinga Road came out slightly, with Big City Lights between them. Tey quickly sorted themselves out, however, and Big City Lights went to the front. Tere he set quick fractions of :22.29 for the frst quarter-mile and :44.78 for the half-mile.

Te Chosen Vron and jockey Hector Berrios sat in second, a couple of lengths

behind the pacesetter.

“He was running so freely today—he felt light,” said Berrios. “On the turn I had to put some pressure on the leader, so I really got him running. And he just kept on going from there.”

Te Chosen Vron moved up outside of Big City Lights, and those two battled into the stretch. Big City Lights tried to stay with Te Chosen Vron, but Te Chosen Vron pulled away to win by 31⁄4 lengths in 1:20.66. Big City Lights saved second by a head over Coalinga Road, with None Above the Law fourth. Te time was only .66 of the track record set by Cal-bred Solar Launch in 1990.

Kruljac trains Te Chosen Vron, a son of Vronsky—Tiz Molly, by Tiz Wonderful, for a partnership that includes John Sondereker’s Sondereker Racing, Robert Fetkin, and Richard Tornburgh. Te group bred the gelding in the name ofTiz Molly Partners.

Te ChosenVron was voted the 2021 champion California-bred 3-year-old male. With the Cary Grant, he brought his record to eight wins, one second, and two thirds in 12 starts for total earnings of $522,678.

Cal-bred The Chosen Vron narrowly misses Del Mar’s 32-year-old seven-furlong track record in winning the Cary Grant Stakes

Trainer and co-owner/breeder Eric Kruljac, frst row third right, has Cal-bred The Chosen Vron at the top of his game

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BIG DREAMS

BY JACK SHINAR

Fun to Dream cleared another hurdle on the possible road to stardom when she won the $98,000 Betty Grable Stakes at Del Mar Nov. 13. But it was a bumpy ride.

Te Bob Baffert-trained flly’s previous three victories had come by a combined 203 4 lengths. But things didn’t go the big gray’s way in her most recent efort, although she overcame trouble to prevail by a head in a hard-fought stretch duel with Taming the Tigress.

Sent of as the prohibitive 1-5 choice in a feld of fve Golden State Series eligible fllies and mares, Fun to Dream was bumped at the start by horses on either side of her and crowded up the backstretch in the seven-furlong dirt test.

Te 3-year-old California-bred daughter of Arrogate got clear to stalk the pacesetting Taming the Tigress but was four-wide on the turn. Launching a determined bid in the lane, she was bumped yet again near the eighth pole as Taming the Tigress drifted out a bit. Te two fought it out over the fnal sixteenth of a mile before Fun to Dream got the better of her rival in the fnal few jumps in a time of 1:22.14. All Dialed In fnished third, nearly six lengths behind.

Juan Hernandez rode Fun to Dream to victory. Te flly scored her fourth win from fve career starts and boosted her earnings to $246,590. It was her second stakes triumph, following a win in the July 28 Fleet Treat Stakes by nearly 10 lengths, also at seven furlongs at Del Mar.

“She didn’t want to get beat,” Hernandez said. “Tere was some bumping in the stretch and after my flly got bumped, she got tougher. She

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tried harder.”

Connie Pageler and Jill Bafert own Fun to Dream. Te winner is out of the Maria’s Mon mare Lutess and was bred by Pageler and Bob Bafert.

“Tat was exciting, but I told Bob afterward I think I prefer it when she wins by four or fve lengths,” Pageler said.

Bafert is eyeing a big leap for his strapping flly in her next start—the La Brea Stakes (G1) at seven furlongs on opening day of the Santa Anita winter meet Dec. 26.BaferthaswontheLaBreaeighttimes.

“I’ll probably have a few others in there as well,” he said. “It’s time to see where she’s at.”

Fun to Dream did not race as a 2-year-old, needing more time to develop, Bafert said. He plans to put some distance into her next season.

“Tat’s why we took the blinkers of of her (for her prior start),” he said. “We want to get her to relax more, which is why she didn’t show more speed this time.

“She’s been great in the Calbred division. I loved the way she fought; that other flly (Timing the Tigress) ran a heck of a race. She’s slowly getting there. She looks a lot like Arrogate.”

Fun to Dream overcomes a rough trip to edge Taming the Tigress by a head in the Betty Grable at Del Mar

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Connie Pageler, right, co-owns Fun to Dream, with Jill Baffert

Golden State Series—Golden State Juvenile Stakes

Gate’s loss. Seven faced the starter, with I’m Smokin Stakes winner Giver Not a Taker sent away as the heavy 3-10 favorite. Passarando went of as the 11-1 fourth choice, having won two races but having fnished sixth in the 51 2-furlong Everett Nevin Stakes at Pleasanton.

“He was kind of in midpack there,” Specht said. “He fipped his head a little bit, and a horse on either side kind of pinched him of.”

Jockey Catalino Martinez had to take up on Passarando, who at one point raced last of nine.

“He started picking up around the turn and made a decent little run down the lane to get beat just a few lengths,” Specht said. “I knew he needed a little more ground.”

In the Golden State Juvenile, Passarando bobbled slightly when the gate opened, but jockey Umberto Rispoli let him fnd his footing and settle into ffth. Tey saved ground along the rail.

SOUTHERN SUCCESS

BY TRACY GANTZ

California’s stallion ranks lost much when Lucky Pulpit died in 2017, as did his owner/breeders, Larry and Marianne Williams. Lucky Pulpit is still infuencing the breed, however, as a broodmare sire, and the Williamses are doing well breeding Lucky Pulpit mares to another homebred stallion, California-bred champion Tamarando. Tat cross has produced California-bred Passarando, winner of the Oct. 29 Golden State Juvenile Stakes at Santa Anita.

Te Williamses already got a stakes winner by Tamarando out of the Lucky Pulpit mare Angel Diane when 3-year-old Tam’s Little Angel scored in the June 25 She’s a Tiger Stakes at Pleasanton. Steve Specht trainsTam’s Little Angel for the owners and also conditions Passarando.

When a mile race didn’t fll at Golden Gate Fields, Specht brought the gelding to Santa Anita for the $176,000 Golden State Juvenile at seven furlongs.

“I was mad at the racing secretary, but I guess I ought to buy him a bottle of wine now,” Specht said.

Te Juvenile benefted from Golden

Giver Not a Taker swept to the lead while racing wide on the turn, and the favorite opened up what looked like a commanding advantage. Passarando wasn’t fnished, however, and he surged late to catch Giver Not a Taker and win by a length in 1:24.18. Mystic Flyer fnished third.

“Once I took him of the rail, brought him into the middle of the track, and switched leads, he did the rest,” said Rispoli.

Specht had told Rispoli to “just be confdent,” instructions that paid of.

“Tat was perfect,” Specht said. “He was just kind of stalling down at the rail, and once (Umberto) got him in the clear, he started running.”

Te Williamses bred Passarando from homebred winner I’m Passing Ya Now, also trained by Specht. Te mare has produced winner Marando Pass, by Tamarando, and has a yearling full sister named Passando. Te second dam, Antares World, is also a Williams homebred. Antares World won the 2010 California Oaks and Golden Poppy Stakes under Specht’s tutelage.

Homebred Passarando fies home in the Golden State Juvenile Stakes at Santa Anita for Larry and Marianne Williams

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CAL-BRED PASSARANDO SCORES FIRST STAKES WIN

Trainer Steve Specht, right, and jockey Umberto Rispoli receive the winner’s trophy from CTBA president Doug Burge

Golden State Series—Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes

CASTING CALL

CAST MEMBER LANDS LEAD ROLE IN JUVENILE FILLIES

BY TRACY GANTZ

Owner/breeder George Krikorian and trainer Tim Yakteen make a good team. So when Yakteen received Cast Member, a California-bred daughter of Munnings, with a group of 2-year-olds, they were both on the same page in giving her time to develop. It paid of, as Cast Member in just her second start became a stakes winner, in the Oct. 29 Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes at Santa Anita.

“She was a little late with the group that she came in with; she was a little behind,” Yakteen said. “But that’s the nice thing about George—there’s no pressure. He understands his pedigrees and his horses. Some are a little later developing.”

Cast Member thrived on the extra time. Toward the end of the Del Mar meeting “she really woke up and showed us that we’ve got a little bit of talent here,” Yakteen recalled.

Yakteen entered Cast Member in a six-furlong maiden race for Cal-breds and California-sired fllies Sept. 3. Cast Member scored by three lengths after running fourth early.

Te seven-furlong Golden State Juvenile Fillies was eight weeks later, and Yakteen couldn’t get the prep race he was hoping for in between.

“My thought coming into the race was if we were going to be ft enough,” he said.

Yakteen needn’t have worried.

With Ramon Vazquez in the irons, Cast Member sat in third early behind Sell the Dream and Fun Money before taking command and defeating longshot Cholly by a length in 1:24.78. Fun Money fnished a head back in third.

“I was just waiting to push ahead in the last quarter, and she responded very well,” Vazquez said.

Cast Member went of as the 8-5 favorite in the fve-horse feld after the scratch of two-time stakes winner Chismosa, who sufered a paddock mishap.

Yakteen said he wasn’t sure where Cast Member would run next.

“I think she should go two turns,” he said. “She’s out of an Artie Schiller mare—her mother was all grass.”

Krikorian bred Cast Member in California from Be My Baby, a mare he bred in Kentucky and raced in the East. A half sister to graded stakes winner Kitten’s Roar, Be My Baby started just four times, breaking her maiden on the turf at Gulfstream Park. Krikorian had purchased Bambolina, Cast Member’s second dam, at the 2012 Keeneland November mixed sale for $30,000 while the mare was carrying Be My Baby.

Cast Member is Be My Baby’s frst foal to race, but she is not the only Cal-bred by Munnings to become a stakes winner. Fast Draw Munnings, a 3-year-old, won this year’s California Cup Derby.

Krikorian made Cast Member a Cal-bred by foaling her in California and breeding Be My Baby back to his good California sire Mr. Big. Be My Baby has yearling and weanling colts by Mr. Big. Te yearling, named Big Reveal, sold to trainer Andy Mathis for $35,000 at this year’s California Toroughbred Breeders Association Northern California sale.

Cal-bred Cast Member, outside, gets the victory in the Golden Gate Juvenile Fillies Stakes at Santa Anita for owner/breeder George Krikorian

CTBA chairperson Terry Lovingier, with trophy, heads the winner’s circle festivities along with trainer Tim Yakteen, third left, and jockey Ramon Vazquez

California Connections

California-based Flightline had it all his way in taking the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland to close an undefeated career

Trained by Californian John Sadler, sunglasses right, Flightline is owned by a wide-ranging partnership, whose friends and family tried their best to ft into the Keeneland winner’s circle following the colt’s Breeders’ Cup Classic victory

KEENELAND HOSTS 39TH BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

ANNE M. EBERHARDT

ANNE M. EBERHARDT

Cal-bred Slow Down Andy, shown in a morning workout, made his connections proud by fnishing third in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile

California-raced Blue Stripe, center, who won Del Mar’s grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch, just failed to outlast winner Malathaat in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff

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CTBA Member PROFILE CONNIE PAGELER

BY JACK SHINAR

THERE ARE THOSE WHO DARE TO DREAM

Connie Pageler has never wanted the limelight. So it wasn’t surprising that when her flly Fun to Dream won the Betty Grable Stakes at Del Mar recently and a television reporter approached her for a post-race interview, she politely demurred.

Fortunately for Pageler, the big gray 3-year-old California-bred daughter of champion Arrogate is trained by Hall of Fame conditioner Bob Baffert, no stranger to post-race interviews. Bafert also bred Fun to Dream in partnership with Pageler, and Bafert’s wife, Jill, is the co-owner.

“I don’t like to be in the spotlight—I prefer being in the background,” Page-

ler said. “I don’t like doing interviews. Britney (Eurton) wanted to interview me (for FanDuel TV), and I told her no, please interview Bob instead. I’m always afraid I’ll say something stupid.”

Bafert took over from there. But if Fun to Dream— now a two-time stakes winner with four victories from fve lifetime starts and earnings of nearly $250,000—continues her present trajectory, the 67-year-old Pageler will likely have to come up with a sound bite or two of her own in the future.

“I’ve always just been along for the ride,” the longtime Arizonan explained. “I just cheered for our horses and enjoyed the races. “

Tat changed when her husband, Mike, who owned

an electrical business near Scottsdale, died of throat cancer four years ago. Te couple were high school sweethearts, married since 1974. Connie made a promise to Mike to keep their small stable going.

Fun to Run’s dam, Lutess, was in foal to Arrogate at the time of Mike’s death.

Te challenge of horse ownership could have been a daunting one, Pageler said, but for Bafert’s involvement.

“He’s so kind and patient with me,” she said. “I really know nothing about horses. He knows what he’s doing, so I don’t have to worry about it. He makes all the decisions. He calls me all the time with updates on (Fun to Dream); he’s been great to me.”

Te story goes back more than 10 years. Mike, an avid handicapper and fan, connected with Bob Baedeker and the Live Your Dream Racing syndicate, and the frst horse they claimed together was Lutess, trained by Bafert. Having won or placed in 16 of 19 starts and earned $82,720, the daughter of Maria’s Mon was retired in 2012 and wound up with Pageler, who recognized her broodmare potential.

He bred her a couple of times to Acclamation, and one of those matings produced a strapping dark bay Cal-bred colt named Heck Yeah. Owned in partnership with Baedeker and Michael Sigband and trained by Bafert, Heck Yeah became a multiple stakes winner with six victories in a 13-race career. He was retired in 2021 after earning nearly $400,000.

Connie Pageler with Fun to Dream’s co-breeder Bob Baffert, who also trains the filly

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CONNIE PAGELER

“We were at the workouts one morning, and Bob (Bafert) and Mike were talking about Heck Yeah, who was doing pretty darn well at the time,” Connie recalled. “He was a pretty nice-looking horse, too.”

Bafert wondered how Lutess would do with a sire such as Arrogate, the champion 3-year-old male of 2016 Bafert trained. Bafert had a breeding share to the stallion.

“He asked Mike if he’d be interested in breeding her to him,” Connie said. “Well, yeah! Mike couldn’t believe it.”

Bafert picked up the story from there.

“I really liked Mike,” he said. “He was Arizona, you know, a down-toearth kind of guy. We really hit it of. Lutess was running in claimers, but she was bred by Jerry Moss, so you know there was quality. And there was just something about Mike; he was a lucky guy.

“So I could have sold that breeding share for $70,000. It was Arrogate’s frst year at stud (at Juddmonte), and there’s always a concern with who you are breeding a new stallion to. Tat frst crop is so important. But I told Garrett (O’Rourke, Juddmonte’s general manager), ‘Don’t look at her; don’t look at her record. I’ve got a gut feeling about this one.’ What do you know? It looks like I got one right.”

Bafert added, “(After Mike’s death), it was very tough. But I think the flly helped keep Connie going. And one day I mentioned to her, ‘It’s fun to dream.’ I’ve always believed that horses are great therapy for people.”

Connie also has a 2-year-old colt sired by Smiling Tiger out of Lutess named Cowboy Mike for her husband.

Cowboy Mike has resumed training with Bafert’s assistant Mike Marlow at Los Alamitos after taking some time of with some infammation.

She has since sold Lutess privately, once again in foal to Smiling Tiger.

“I thought it was better for me (to sell her),” Connie said. “Tat may sound kind of selfsh, but people don’t realize how much money it takes to breed horses. And it takes a long time (to get them to the races). It feels like you are constantly signing checks and there’s nothing coming in.

“It’s a rich man’s hobby. I don’t mean to complain—I’m not complaining—but I never realized the expense involved. It was always Mike’s money, and after all, he earned it. So he had the right to do what he wanted with it, especially doing something he loved as much as horses.”

Pageler lives alone on their fve-acre spread in the small Maricopa County community of Fort McDowell, 23 miles northeast of Phoenix.

Tey raised three sons— Mick, Nathan, and Jacob. In addition, there are fve grandchildren.

Connie was a stay-athome mom, raising the boys.

“I’m very independent; I can do a lot of things guys can do,” Connie said. “Mike taught me a lot of that. And if there’s something I can’t do, I can hire someone, or there’s my sons. But I can take care of myself pretty good.”

She’s always enjoyed sports, following their sons and now grandchildren in youth sports, as well as the Kansas City Chiefs.

As for Fun to Dream, she said “We’re seeing where she takes us. Bob makes the judgment calls. We’ll just take it a day at a time.

“She’s sweet, a very nice flly. She has a good personality. We just want her to keep doing it (racing) for as long as she can do it. Our whole family, we all love racing. It’s a lot of fun to dream— for Mike—at least a little bit.”

Pageler spends a quiet, personal moment with the star of her stable, Fun to Dream

Mike and Connie Pageler were high school sweethearts

She’s (Fun to Dream) sweet, a very nice flly. She has a good personality. We just want her to keep (racing) for as long as she can do it. Our whole family, we all love racing. It’s a lot of fun to dream...”

— Connie Pageler

OCTOBER 24, 2022 – NOVEMBER 27, 2022

3-YEAR-OLDS & UP

.Acclamation—Queen's Court: Johnny Dar (58-28), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 10/29, 1mi (T), 1:37.77, $15,840.

Arrogate—Lutess: Fun to Dream (90-40), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, STK, Betty Grable S., 11/13, 7f, 1:22.14, $57,000.

Atticus—Cahill Royalty: We're Just Sayin (5-3), g, 8 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 11/16, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:42.33, $6,428.

Bluegrass Cat—Penny N Mitzi: Float On (69-36), g, 4 yo, Parx Racing, AOC, 11/14, 6 1/2f, 1:18.47, $34,200.

California Chrome—American Farrah: V Bucks (150-68), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 11/5, 6 1/2f, 1:19.28, $13,772.

Dads Caps—Tizalovelylady: Doris Mae (33-16), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/18, 5f (T), 57.41, $43,200.

Dixie Chatter—Back Seat Roll: Liberty Forever (6-4), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 11/5, 5 1/2f, 1:3.58, $37,800.

Elusive Warning—Kathryns Birthday: Lady in a Hurry (22-11), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 11/18, 6f, 1:11.14, $15,840.

Gallant Son—Carolina Grande: Crazy Dreams (20-15), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 10/28, 1mi, 1:37.89, $25,740.

Goldencents—Ms Glory Be: Miss Glorious (292-141), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 11/21, 5 1/2f, 1:4.31, $14,018.

Govenor Charlie—Unbridled Meeting: Dried Pepper (18-9), g, 4 yo, Delta Downs, SOC, 11/19, 6 1/2f, 1:21.43, $13,200.

Grazen—Heat the Rocks: Father O'Flaherty (99-59), g, 4 yo, Century Mile, AOC, 10/29, 7f, 1:23.74, $11,400.

Grazen—Sudden Sunday: Luxury Liner (99-59), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 11/6, 6f, 1:8.79, $24,180.

Grazen—Cherry Gold: Li'l Grazen (99-59), m, 8 yo, Remington Park, SOC, 11/15, 7f, 1:25.59, $9,798.

Grazen—Stanford Dolly: Good Time Dolly (99-59), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, SOC, 11/24, 1mi, 1:39.01, $11,160.

Harbor the Gold—Reba Is Tops: Top Harbor (62-32), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, Oakland S., 11/19, 6f, 1:9.70, $39,350.

Haynesfeld—Greatest Escape: The Great Haynes (42-25), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/28, 6f (T), 1:10.07, $37,800.

James Street—Tribal Charm: Blazing Charm (14-9), m, 5 yo, Delta Downs, SOC, 11/5, 7f, 1:28.30, $13,200.

James Street—Grantmartyamiracle: Dirt Flirt (14-9), m, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 11/14, 1mi (T), 1:35.53, $12,870.

Kantharos—On Rainbow Bridge: Gates of Heaven (240-132), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 11/19, 6 1/2f, 1:16.11, $12,822.

Ministers Wild Cat—Twentyfve to Life: Criminal Record (56-33), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, SOC, 11/19, about 7 1/2f, 1:32.50, $6,231.

Mr. Big—Renegade Heat: Big Flame (81-41), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 11/4, 1 1/4mi, 2:2.70, $24,180.

Mr. Big—Ultimate Summer: Big Summer (81-41), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/12, 6 1/2f, 1:16.51, $43,200.

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.

Mucho Macho Man—Always Sweet: Atomic Drop (109-65), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/11, 1mi, 1:36.50, $43,200.

Papa Clem—Tribal Feathers: Tribal Nation (22-12), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 11/12, 1mi, 1:35.76, $24,180.

Secret Circle—Solid Solution: Secret Fix (42-25), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, STR, 11/26, 6 1/2f, 1:15.79, $22,800.

Shaman Ghost—Electro Peg: Lewd (57-30), f, 3 yo, Mahoning Valley Race Course, ALW, 11/2, 1mi 70yd, 1:47.25, $15,540.

Slew's Tiznow—Shot In The Sun (IRE): Kodiaction (30-10), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 11/26, 1mi (T), 1:37.72, $24,180.

Smiling Tiger—Joeandbetty'sbaby: Taming the Tigress (108-49), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/30, 6f (T), 1:8.67, $37,800.

Smiling Tiger—Louisiana Lawyer: Get'em Tiger (108-49), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, SOC, 11/19, 5 1/2f, 1:3.78, $11,160.

Square Eddie—Loan Savant: Self Isolation (84-35), f, 4 yo, Belmont At The Big A, AOC, 10/27, 1mi, 1:39.98, $41,250.

Square Eddie—Shortbread Scotty: Square Cat (84-35), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 11/6, 6f (T), 1:8.31, $37,800.

Square Eddie—Categorize: Handsome Cat (84-35), g, 5 yo, Penn National, AOC, 11/8, 6f, 1:10.59, $17,340.

Square Eddie—Loan Savant: Self Isolation (84-35), f, 4 yo, Aqueduct, AOC, 11/11, 7f, 1:25.42, $55,000.

Stanford—Miss Scatalicious: Scat Attack (67-32), f, 3 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, STR, 10/25, 5 1/2f, 1:6.42, $8,236.

Stanford—Sheza Firstsamurai: Love'em N Leave'em (67-32), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 11/13, 6f, 1:9.70, $24,180.

Stanford—Miranda Rose: Carmen Miranda (67-32), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/25, 1mi (T), 1:35.58, $43,200.

Tamarando—Chi Chi Nette: Momma Mocca (20-10), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 11/19, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.36, $24,180.

Vronsky—Divine Josephine: Vronsky Feint (77-46), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 10/28, 1 1/8mi, 1:51.32, $24,180.

Vronsky—Tiz Molly: The Chosen Vron (77-46), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, STK, Cary Grant S., 11/19, 7f, 1:20.66, $57,000.

Vronsky—My Maloof Rocker: Doc Adams (77-46), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/19, 1mi (T), 1:35.99, $43,200.

2-YEAR-OLDS & UP

Merit Man—Pat Olcott: Geezer (6-2), g, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 10/30, 6f, 1:10.37, $25,920.

Merit Man—Pat Olcott: Geezer (6-2), g, 2 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/27, 6f, 1:10.72, $43,200.

Munnings—Be My Baby: Cast Member (285-145), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Golden State Juvenile Fillies S., 10/29, 7f, 1:24.78, $105,000.

Prospect Park—Quick Luck: Quickly Park It (9-3), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, Pike Place Dancer S., 10/29, 1mi (T), 1:39.42, $45,000.

Rousing Sermon—Mother Luck: Mother's Prayer (25-14), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 11/27, 1mi, 1:38.77, $15,840.

Smokem—Atlantic Tap: Smokems Taphouse (14-6), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 11/13, 6f, 1:11.78, $15,840.

Southern Image—Handfull: Happy Does (22-16), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 11/5, 1mi, 1:38.80, $24,180.

Tamarando—I'm Passing Ya Now: Passarando (20-10), g, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Golden State Juvenile S., 10/29, 7f, 1:24.18, $105,000.

Vronsky—La Darling: Clovisconnection (77-46), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, Golden Nugget S., 11/12, 6f, 1:10.73, $39,300.

MAIDENS

American Freedom—Indycat: American Cat (109-48), g, 3 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 11/26, 5 1/2f, 1:4.51, $21,600.

Boisterous—Andean Moon: Moonlightnwine (64-31), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/26, 1mi, 1:40.70, $8,100.

BOLD CHIEFTAIN

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

Bold Chieftain—Pali Girl: Bold Daughter (22-14), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/25, 5 1/2f, 1:5.56, $8,100.

California Chrome—Sydney's Darling: Macho Chrome (150-68), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/28, 6f, 1:10.60, $8,100.

Capital Account—Good Party: Night Party (14-9), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 11/20, 5 1/2f, 1:4.57, $21,600.

Cat Burglar—Sweet Gator Girl: Condorcat (20-14), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/11, 5 1/2f, 1:5.96, $8,400.

Cat Burglar—Holograeme: Its Thievery (20-14), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/11, 1mi, 1:40.29, $23,400.

Cat Burglar—Star of Munster: Matt's Monster (20-14), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/20, 6f, 1:11.24, $23,400.

Cat Burglar—Southern Oaks: Santiago's Cat (20-14), g, 2 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, MSW, 11/21, 5f, 59.90, $9,570.

Champ Pegasus—Treatherlikealady: Hughie's Holiday (49-20), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/9, 5f, 58.28, $5,714.

CONQUEST FARENHEIT

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

Conquest Farenheit—Salsita: Cali Conquest (9-3), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/27, 1mi (T), 1:41.04, $9,600.

Curlin to Mischief—Unusual Jean: Auntie Bev (51-24), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 11/13, 4 1/2f, 53.51, $3,710.

Winners

OCTOBER 24, 2022 – NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Daddy Nose Best—My Yammy Heat: My Yammy Lady (24-6), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/5, 5 1/2f, 1:4.88, $8,400.

Dads Caps—Tizalovelylady: Doris Mae (33-16), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/28, 6f, 1:10.16, $36,600.

Dads Caps—Specter: I'm a Lucky Man (33-16), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/20, 5 1/2f, 1:3.75, $23,400.

Far From Over—Little Doe: Matchless (8-3), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/26, 5 1/2f, 1:5.49, $8,400.

Forest Command—Missbelleo's Cause: Belleo's Forest (13-6), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/6, 1mi, 1:38.61, $23,400.

FULLBRIDLED Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com

Fullbridled—Nearlycocktailtime: Bridleuptothebar (11-5), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 11/9, 6f, 1:10.39, $12,395.

Gem Heist—Market Kitten: Careless Kitten (8-3), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 11/12, 1mi, 1:36.66, $15,000.

Gig Harbor—Union Twist: Union Gig (20-10), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WMC, 11/4, 5 1/2f, 1:3.77, $8,400.

Gig Harbor—Lady Vogue: Asano's Back (20-10), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/18, 5 1/2f, 1:3.66, $8,100.

Grace Upon Grace—I Ain't Gonna Lie: Mentirosa (7-2), g, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 11/4, 6f, 1:11.96, $19,200.

Graydar—Classy Eva: Black Magician (80-44), g, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 11/25, 5 1/2f, 1:4.54, $21,600.

Grazen—Bodes Well: Jerry Jeff Walker (99-59), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/29, 5f, 58.36, $8,100.

Grazen—Spiced Latte: Grazen in the Sun (99-59), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 10/29, 6f, 1:9.74, $23,400.

Grazen—Arethusa (GB): Good Boo Joo (99-59), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 11/4, 6 1/2f (T), 1:15.62, $36,600.

Grazen—Shesabronxbomber: Carole Lombard (99-59), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/20, 1mi (T), 1:36.53, $42,000.

Grazen—Sausalito Sunset: Backstreet Affair (99-59), f, 3 yo, Laurel Park, MCL, 11/26, 5 1/2f, 1:6.41, $21,600.

Hard Spun—Pure: Donner Lake (258-119), c, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 11/4, 1mi (T), 1:36.19, $36,600.

Into Mischief—Spun Cap: Belly Up (434-207), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/27, 6f, 1:11.46, $42,000.

JERANIMO

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

Jeranimo—Valley Storm: Our Valley (19-11), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/12, 5f, 58.72, $5,711.

Jersey Town—Western Engagement: Western Town (58-32), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/28, 5f, 59.96, $8,100.

Jersey Town—Gotnaceupersleeve: Jersey Star (58-32), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/18, 5 1/2f, 1:6.64, $8,100.

Jimmy Creed—Intimate Obsession: Victim of the Nite (150-71), g, 2 yo, Laurel Park, MCL, 11/13, 6f, 1:13.14, $21,600.

Kantharos—Aerial Prancer: My Blue Eyes (240-132), g, 2 yo, Penn National, MCL, 11/23, 5f, 58.73, $10,860.

KING OF JAZZ

BG Thoroughbred Farm (951) 654 9100 www.bgthoroughbreds.com

King of Jazz (ARG)—Love Blind (ARG): Jazzy Love (5-2), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/24, 1mi, 1:42.38, $8,100.

Ministers Wild Cat—Vegas Rules: Vegas Wild Cat (56-33), f, 2 yo, Parx Racing, MCL, 11/14, 5 1/2f, 1:8.99, $15,600.

Misremembered—Ju Ju Baby: Don't Ju Forget (45-25), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 11/4, 6 1/2f (T), 1:15.42, $36,600.

Misremembered—C C's Pride: Don't Get Pickled (45-25), f, 2 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 11/25, 7 1/2f (T), 1:30.48, $12,395.

Mrazek—Atlantic Swing: Please Focus (5-2), g, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/18, 1mi (T), 1:36.08, $42,000.

Passion for Gold—Hollywood Queen: Gold Council (8-4), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 11/6, 6f (T), 1:10.22, $36,600.

Paynter—Goldway: Golden Again (162-80), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/29, 6f, 1:12.67, $19,200.

Prospect Park—Clouds of Glory: Prospect of Rain (9-3), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/20, 5 1/2f, 1:4.81, $8,100.

Shaman Ghost—Heavenisinyoureyes: Tequila Sunset (57-30), f, 3 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, MCL, 10/31, 1mi, 1:43.58, $4,466.

Square Eddie—Truly Blessed: Truly a Mess (84-35), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/30, 6f, 1:11.09, $8,100.

STANFORD

Tommy Town Farms (805) 686 4337 www.tommytownfarms.com

Stanford—Run for Retts: Loving Spirit (67-32), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/13, 5f, 58.11, $7,800.

Stay Thirsty—Montant: No People (175-85), f, 3 yo, Remington Park, MCL, 11/2, 1mi, 1:41.35, $5,898.

Stay Thirsty—One Smokin' Lady: Cocktail Princess (175-85), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 11/5, 6f (T), 1:10.01, $36,600.

Straight Fire—Vintage Brees: Controlled Fire (29-18), f, 2 yo, Laurel Park, MCL, 11/12, 5 1/2f, 1:6.70, $15,000.

TANNERSMYMAN

Woodbridge Farm (209) 576 0692 www.woodbridgethoroughbreds.com

Tannersmyman—Melanie Rose: Smiling Melanie (10-6), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/24, 1mi, 1:40.89, $7,800.

Tom's Tribute—My Sweet Afeet: Tribute to Afeet (34-19), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/6, 1mi, 1:39.28, $7,800.

Tom's Tribute—Pure: Precious Baby (34-19), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/27, 1mi (T), 1:36.26, $42,000.

Vronsky—Moon Full of Gold: Mask Off (77-46), g, 4 yo, Zia Park, MCL, 11/1, 5 1/2f, 1:4.03, $9,000.

Vronsky—Frisco Fog: Frisco Kid (77-46), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/13, 5f, 59.11, $7,800.

Vronsky—Pinky's Posh: Vanisky (77-46), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/27, 1mi, 1:39.04, $7,800.

FAVERSHAM

A dual-surface winner and the only full brother to the legendary, two-time Horse of the Year CALIFORNIA CHROME ($14,752,650), a Leading Second-Crop Sire of 2021.

JERSEY TOWN

Won Cigar Mile [G1] -  111 Beyer (2nd highest Beyer of 2010 at a mile) and $400,000 Kelso H. [G2] 110 Beyer (2nd highest Beyer of 2012 at a mile).

LAKERVILLE

MESA THUNDER

O o c

5 wins and 4 placings in 11 lifetime starts. Winner of the Clocker’s Stakes off a 17-month layoff Graded stakesplaced at Santa Anita. Raced to unparalleled closing fractions of 20.80 for 1/4 mile, 32 1/5 for 3/8 mile and 42 1/5 for 1/2 mile.

Proven California Sire from Pulpit Sire Line. Half-brother to multiple G1 SW MIDNIGHT LUCKY (100 Beyer). Out of a full sister to HOOKEDONTHEFEELIN (G1, 109 Beyer) – dam of PUSSYCAT DOLL (G1, 112 Beyer) & JIMMY CREED (G1, 105 Beyer).

PONTIFF

From the sire-producing family of Johannesburg, Tale of the Cat, Fed Biz, etc. 2021 Leading Freshman Sire in Washington His best-bred foals from stakes mares will be 2-year-olds in 2022 & 2023.

RUMPUS CAT

Out of SWEET CATOMINE a Multiple Graded Stakes winner of $1,059,600. Including the G1 Santa Anita Oaks and the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Elk Grove, CA 95624 | Contact Julia or Justin Oldfeld | (916) 996-0887 | joldfeld@daehlingranch.com | WWW.DAEHLINGRANCH.COM

BURN INJURIES IN HORSES

RECOGNIZING AND TREATING DEGREES OF BURNS IN HORSES

BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

Burn injuries are rare in horses, but sometimes a horse can be burned in a barn fre or by lightning, electricity, caustic chemicals, or friction.

Dr. Reid Hanson, a professor of surgery at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, in Auburn, Ala., has treated a number of burn injuries in horses. He has written chapters on equine burn injuries for books on medical treat-

ments, discussing the various types and degrees of burns and how they are treated.

“Fortunately, most of the burns we see in horses are just frst-degree burns,” Hanson said.

Tese are similar to sunburn. Only the top layers of skin are afected, and these injuries can heal fairly well in a short time, with very little treatment. Prognosis is excellent unless there is ocular or respiratory involvement.

Superfcial and deep second-degree

burns are more serious, damaging some or all of the deeper layers of skin.

“Tese burns are usually very painful because the tactile and pain receptors remain intact,” Hanson said. “However, they typically are not life threatening and are similar to superfcial burns, but have vesicles and blisters.

“Tese vesicles should be left intact for the frst 24-36 hours following their formation because the blister fuid provides some protection from infection. Te

intact blister is also less painful than the denuded and exposed raw surface if the blister breaks.

“It’s a good sign if the horse has pain in the burned area because this tells you that the burn is not too deep.” Tis means the nerves have not been destroyed, as they would be in a deeper third-degree burn, in which the deeper layers of the skin are damaged or destroyed.

“After 24-36 hours (or even as much as 48 hours in some cases), we typically partially excise the blister and apply an anti-microbial dressing to the wound,” Hanson said. “Tis allows the eschar to form, which is collagen tissue, like a scab. Up until about 20 years ago, people would remove scabs from a wound, but now we know that a scab is very good for protecting the wound.”

TREATING A SERIOUS BURN

“Tird-degree burns are the ones that are potentially life threatening, and the horse must be treated for shock and/or respiratory distress as a frst priority,” Hanson said. “Even though the burns look terrible, what will immediately kill the horse is either life-threatening shock associated with the burn and/or the respiratory distress that is usually associated with smoke inhalation.”

With respiratory distress, the resultant swelling in the air passages might close of the airways and the horse sufocates.

A third-degree burn goes clear through the dermis—the bottom layer of the skin—into deeper subcutaneous tissues.

“Tis leaves a primary collagenous structure, the eschar, which is almost like a bandage itself,” Hanson said. “We don’t recommend removal of this eschar. Terefore, open-wound treatments for extensive burns in horses are not practical, unlike what they do in people because there’s more likelihood of environmental contamination and massive loss of fuids and body heat due to exposure of all that unprotected tissue.

“Te most efective and practical therapy for third-degree burns in horses is to leave the eschar intact, with two to three times a day application of anti-bacterial agents right on the wound. So we clip the surrounding hair and debride (remove) the dead, burned tissues.

“If we are at the scene immediately after the horse is burned, we cool the burn with ice or cold water bath, and do a lot of lavage with a weak, sterile chlorhexadine solution. Tis is what you can do in the frst hours to cool the skin. But too much water applied to the skin will actually do more harm by increasing formation of edema in the skin.”

Te extent of the burn wound might not be apparent for frst-and second-degree burns until fve days after the injury.

help loosen any necrotic tissue and debris.

“Tis is a slow method of continuing debridement, allowing removal of all the necrotic tissue, and thereby preventing possible removal of healthy germinal (growing) layers by mistake,” Hanson said.

Te eschar is allowed to remain intact as a natural bandage until it is ready to slough of on its own.

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cleansed two to three times a day, with the application of topical antibiotic ointment after each cleaning.

“We usually use silver sulfadiazine,” Hanson said. “We don’t use occlusive dressings (closed, protective) like those used on people. We don’t use wet dressings or wrap them up with antibiotics. Occlusive dressings create a closed wound environment that may encourage bacteria to proliferate and delay healing.

“Burns are mostly evident in third-degree burns, but more burn-injury damage could occur in the area around the third degree burn,” Hanson said. “After we’ve debrided the tissue and clipped the hair, and fgured out approximately where the burn is, we apply a water-based antibiotic ointment very liberally over the afected areas to prevent heat and moisture loss and protect the eschar. Tis will also help prevent bacterial invasion, infection of the wound, and potential septicemia.”

As time goes on, these applications also

“Sometimes we use a sheet soaked in chlorhexadine and drape it over the top line of the horse to protect burned areas over the back. But we don’t do that very often—mainly just initially until we can see which layers are intact and which ones are not. Tat moisture, in the frst 12 hours, helps us identify what needs to come of right away.

“Te Silvadine cream can be applied as a ‘bandage’ anywhere over the body. We don’t use systemic antibiotics very much because they don’t favorably infuence wound healing; there is not enough blood supply to those burned tissues. All you do by giving (systemic) antibiotics is just promote resistant organisms moving in.”

If we are at the scene immediately after the horse is burned, we cool the burn with ice or cold water bath, and do a lot of lavage with a weak, sterile chlorhexadine solution.”

— Dr. Reid Hanson

DEALING WITH SHOCK

Immediately after the burn, the important thing is to prevent or deal with shock.

“If a third degree burn exceeds 15 to 20% of the body surface area, the horse will likely need intravenous fuid therapy,” Hanson said. “We don’t use really large volumes of Lactated Ringer’s IV therapy because of the possibility of over-hydrating the horse.”

Tis might increase damage to the lungs, if the horse has sufered from heat or smoke inhalation. If there’s very much edema in the lungs, the horse will have a serious problem.

“We use about 20 liters of fuid in an adult horse,” Hanson said. “We also give Banamine to reduce pain and infammation and Pentoxifylline to help with circulation of blood through the vessels. We carefully monitor the horse’s hydration status, lung sounds, and cardiovascular status.

“Depending on the horse and the amount of hypoprotenemia (low protein level) that develops, we may give 10 to 20 liters of plasma. In addition, we probably will give DMSO during the frst 24 hours, to decrease infammation and pulmonary edema, pulling the fuid out of the lungs. If the veterinarian suspects that pulmonary edema is present, and (the horse is) unresponsive to DMSO treatment, dexamethasone might be given—just once.”

If the horse has severe burns that exceed 15 to 20 percent of the body, it will likely need intravenous fuid therapy and careful monitoring of its hydration status, lung sounds, and cardiovascular status

RESPIRATORY DAMAGE

If respiratory signs or smoke inhalation is suspected—and most burns on the face are an indication that the horse will have smoke or heat inhalation injury in the upper airways and lungs—the horse is usually put on systemic antibiotics to treat the lungs.

“Unlike burned skin, the lungs still have a good blood supply that can carry the antibiotic to the damaged areas,” Hanson said.

“We usually put these horses on intramuscular penicillin if they have an uninjured area where we can inject it. Tis can help deal with contaminants that got into the airway, associated with the smoke.

“With smoke, there is soot—carbon— and it can easily get into the lungs. Te body then has to eliminate all that carbon,

and the penicillin helps keep the horse from getting secondary bacterial infections. If respiratory signs worsen—respiratory rate increases, or the horse is coughing or can’t breathe very well—then some lung fuid should be aspirated (via trans-tracheal aspirate) to do a culture and sensitivity test to determine what other antibiotic might be needed.”

If there is smoke inhalation and a horse’s airways begin to swell shut after the fre, a tracheotomy might be required so the horse can continue breathing.

“We only do this if we anticipate there will be some kind of obstruction,” Hanson said. “We generally do an endoscopy of the trachea after a burn injury, for prognostic purposes because there may be a lot of sloughing of the mucosa inside the airway. We try to aspirate that sloughed mucosa, but the aspiration procedure should last no longer than 15-second intervals because when you are aspirating material out of the trachea, you are also aspirating oxygen out of it as well, making it harder for the horse to breathe.

“We may give the horse supplemental humidifed oxygen through an intranasal catheter. We may nebulize with albuterol, amikacin, or acetylecysteine every six hours to help with antibacterial protection and to help slough the necrotic tissue. Often we’ll give systemic antioxidant therapy such as

Most burns on the face indicate smoke or heat inhalation injuries in the upper airways and the lungs must be treated accordingly

First-degree burns affect only the top layer of skin

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oral vitamin E and vitamin C. We may rinse the mouth out every four hours with a .05% chlorhexadine solution.”

DAMAGE TO EYES

With extensive burns, there might also be damage to the eyes.

“We check for corneal ulcerations and eyelid burns,” Hanson said. “If the lids are swollen, we apply an ophthalmic ointment to the cornea every six hours. We also check twice a day for any evidence of further corneal ulceration. If the cornea is damaged, we very carefully debride the necrotic cornea after the horse is tranquilized, and while using a topical anesthetic. We apply a topical antibiotic and atropine. We do not normally use steroids in the eye.

“Occasionally, a third eyelid fap may be needed to protect the cornea from severe trauma and damage (as from a necrotic eyelid). Ten we can use silver sulfadiazine around the eye, but we need to be careful not to use chlorhexadine in or around the eye.”

NUTRITIONAL NEEDS

“As the horse is recovering from the burn—after we’ve gotten him through the acute things that could kill him, such as smoke inhalation and shock—we need to keep him nutritionally intact,” Hanson said.

In these situations, the horse has much healing to accomplish, and this takes more nutrients.

Metabolic rate increases in proportion to the size of the thermal injury, especially if it exceeds 10% of the total body surface area. Tis causes an increase in core body temperature, and increases in oxygen consumption and protein/glucose utilization.

“Caloric expenditure and protein breakdown are greater in burn injuries than in any other physiologic stress state,” Hanson said. “In horses with burns greater than 30% of the body surface, energy expenditure doubles.

“Some of the typical things we’ll do to keep the horse from losing weight is to gradually increase the grain and add fat to the diet in the form of vegetable oil, such as four to eight ounces of vegetable oil, and we ofer free-choice alfalfa hay to increase the caloric intake. Currently,

I contact Platinum Performance and get the appropriate supplement for that particular horse. Occasionally, we’ll use an anabolic steroid to increase the horse’s anabolic status.

“If smoke inhalation has occurred, or there are burns around the face or scalding of the skin, this means the horse probably has damage to the mucosa in the mouth and the upper airways. In these instances, we will soak the hay with water and feed the horse on the ground to encourage drainage from the airways.”

lation, initial wound care—and then a month or two down the road the horse becomes very itchy. He starts rubbing the healing areas or chewing on them, and that can destroy any progress previously made.

“Te owner needs to be aware of what’s happening,” Hanson said. “Te horse may need to be cross-tied and sedated. Antihistamines may be efective in some cases, and Reserpine or Trazodone may be helpful in decreasing the urge to scratch.”

Once the skin heals, it may be depigmented, and thus more susceptible to sunburn. If certain areas sufered third-degree burns that had to be grafted, the new skin will also be thinner and more fragile, being just the top layers taken from a donor site, and won’t normally have as many oil glands, sweat glands, or hair follicles as normal skin.

THERAPY AND TREATMENT

COMPLICATIONS

“Horses may get various types of skin infections following a burn injury,” Hanson said. “Tis is why we use silver sulfadiazine to cover the raw areas, because it is efective against gram negative organisms such as pseudomonas, and has an antifungal activity as well. People often ask about using aloe vera, but it is more efective after an immediate burn. It has antiprostaglandin and antithromboxane properties, which relieves the pain and decreases infammation. It also has some antibacterial and antifungal activity.”

Often the veterinarian and owner’s efforts can get the horse through the most immediate dangers—shock, smoke inha-

Most of the work involved in the continuing recovery of a burned horse will fall upon the owner. When the owner is doing the treatments, it is time consuming and requires steady commitment, but that will be less expensive than having the horse in a hospital facility or treated by a veterinarian.

Owners need to understand that many horses can survive and have a good life, or recover enough to go back to normal work. Not every seriously burned horse must be euthanized. But the decision to treat and work with that horse takes major commitment.

“We can get a lot of horses through burn injuries, but it takes time and dedication on the part of the owner,” Hanson said.

Lightning can sometimes be a cause of burns on horses

We can get a lot of horses through burn injuries, but it takes time and dedication on the part of the owner.”

— Dr. Reid Hanson

2022 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS

Breeder Starts Wins Stakes Wins

Nick Alexander 303 72 11

(THRU NOV. 27, 2022)

Leading Earner Earnings

Connie Swingle ($323,564) $3,163,296

Reddam Racing, LLC 403 58 6 Slow Down Andy ($659,250) $3,075,515

Terry C. Lovingier 819 96 0 Cowboy Charlie ($121,820) $2,865,378

Richard Barton Enterprises 889 115 7 Freeport Joe ($166,008) $2,615,894

Harris Farms 445 65 3 Coalinga Road ($124,820) $2,056,655

George Krikorian 280 38 2 Cast Member ($153,000) $1,599,979

Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC 468 74 0 Opening Buzz ($83,161) $1,493,638

Premier Thoroughbreds LLC 228 32 0 Letsgetlucky ($229,240) $1,474,646

Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams 226 41 3 Passarando ($173,830) $1,151,088

Old English Rancho 195 34 0 Burnin Turf ($163,380) $1,024,216

DP Racing, LLC 184 23 1 Tom’s Regret ($161,105) $761,756

Richard Barton Enterprises & Robert Traynor 124 20 3 Carmelita’s Man ($264,570) $731,238

C-Punch Ranch Inc. 177 17 0 Offshore Affair ($95,295) $692,640

Thomas W. Bachman 181 26 1 Square Cat ($121,360) $683,343

Daehling Ranch LLC 135 24 0 Fast Buck ($156,324) $574,177

Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray 192 27 0 Indian Peak ($55,590) $571,728

Francis O’Leary 139 19 1 Cool Mountain Lad ($116,532) $540,492

Gary Barber 103 19 1 Fly the Sky ($133,592) $535,146

Liberty Road Stables 154 17 1 Psycho Dar ($142,990) $532,153

Red Baron’s Barn & Vaya Con Suerte 24 8 2 Teddy’s Barino ($238,140) $531,020

J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison 51 10 2 Giver Not a Taker ($154,750) $521,024

KMN Racing, LLC 56 11 1 Smuggler’s Run ($212,540) $447,888

Rozamund Barclay 245 30 0 Coolcross ($50,490) $438,900

Cicero Farms LLC 87 9 0 Oubabe ($114,980) $425,301

Victory Rose Thoroughbreds 155 25 0 Proof of Jazz ($54,412) $413,840

Ed Delaney 35 10 0 Hail Freedom ($272,420) $383,419

William J. Sims 13 5 3 Leggs Galore ($344,340) $357,144

BG Stables 188 23 0 Stone’s River ($48,580) $344,701

Benjamin C. Warren & Sally Warren 49 5 1 Warrens Candy Girl ($163,100) $322,490

Ruis Racing 42 7 0 Good Vibes Only ($89,704) $310,214 Ali Nilforushan 15 6 0 Standing O ($99,360) $296,684

Alfred A. Pais 12 4 4 Brickyard Ride ($274,000) $278,340

Baseline Equine LLC 86 13 0 Kodiaction ($64,480) $272,166

Mark Devereaux & Scomar Enterprises, LLC 19 4 0 Barrister’s Ride ($144,172) $259,834

Madera Thoroughbreds 137 16 1 Perfect Wager ($47,235) $259,660

Martin Bach 47 7 0 Tiger Spice ($56,660) $246,988

Connie Pageler & Bob Baffert 5 4 2 Fun to Dream ($246,590) $246,590

Equine Formula 1, LLC/Eric Yohan Knipe 127 8 0 Koko’s Mom ($48,690) $244,648

Jaime R Renella 10 6 2 Chismosa ($190,500) $242,980

Victory Rose Thoroughbreds & KMN Racing 36 9 0 She’s Bulletproof ($112,520) $238,259

Legacy Ranch 93 9 0 Alqwani ($34,453) $236,408

Hanson’s River Ranch 47 7 0 Smitten by Kitten ($98,476) $235,413

Linda Madsen 114 9 0 Fore Flag ($100,520) $232,968

SLO Racing Stable 38 6 0 Bella D ($111,510) $232,289

Four Quarters Corp. 79 9 0 Stateforest ($47,020) $218,776

Jim Robinson 56 11 0

Exceed Speed Limit ($102,172) $214,847

Tiz Molly Partners 12 4 3 The Chosen Vron ($182,000) $213,801

Linda Madsen & Joy Seifert 69 6 0 She’s a Joker ($112,772) $211,284

Highlander Racing Stable, LLC 13 5 0

Huntertown Farm LLC 49 7 0

John Ernst & Allegra Ernst 66 5 0

Barbara Corey & Anthony Citarella 38 10 0

Taming the Tigress ($186,412) $209,262

Creative Peak ($105,398) $204,044

Heaven’s Music ($73,830) $202,042

Trojan Clubhouse ($99,960) $201,384

Milt Policzer 69 10 2 Savage Love ($49,258) $201,379

Frank Mermenstein & Elliot Kohn 13 3 0 Emerald Lake ($136,554) $198,694

Donald Valpredo 78 5 0 Pyeong Chang ($40,603) $198,138

George & Mary Clare Schmitt 138 9 0 Tip Top Gal ($27,522) $193,950

Leading California Sires Lists

2022 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY

AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

Races Earnings/ Sire Rnrs Won Earned Runner

1 Editorial, 2014, by War Front 10 9 $453,670 $45,367

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 99 116 $4,241,267 $42,841

3 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 68 76 $2,586,815 $38,041

4 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 20 20 $746,310 $37,316

5 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 29 23 $1,036,922 $35,756

6 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union 13 16 $431,251 $33,173

7 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 81 65 $2,560,567 $31,612

8 † Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 23 20 $714,926 $31,084

9 Heaven’s Glory (JPN), 2013, by Tapit 10 7 $276,384 $27,638

10 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 77 72 $2,022,113 $26,261

11 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 82 60 $2,141,253 $26,113

12 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 84 66 $2,174,217 $25,884

13 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 7 $362,016 $25,858

14 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 55 34 $1,401,794 $25,487

15 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 59 41 $1,472,785 $24,962

16 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 108 90 $2,662,441 $24,652

17 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 11 20 $266,972 $24,270

18 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 182 160 $4,408,677 $24,224

19 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 22 27 $523,402 $23,791

20 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 69 73 $1,615,933 $23,419

21 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 15 16 $339,440 $22,629

2022 LEADING TURF SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

Sire

Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins Earned

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 65 151 19 27 $1,794,469

2 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 53 146 13 20 $1,162,579

3 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 63 357 29 46 $1,162,043

4 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 16 54 3 4 $902,890

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 39 116 11 13 $889,307

6 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 53 149 16 21 $765,416

7 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 32 88 9 15 $704,180

8 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 43 114 12 13 $687,644

9 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 36 88 11 11 $592,023

10 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 25 81 10 12 $493,930

11 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 34 75 6 8 $472,159

12 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 39 76 5 7 $433,997

14 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 13 41 4 4 $332,712

15 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 31 67 4 5 $265,571

16 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 27 53 3 3 $265,230

18 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 14 25 4 6 $212,058

19 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 16 35 6 8 $209,316

20 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 20 34 5 5 $205,786

21 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 11 25 4 4 $195,761

22 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 20 36 5 5 $169,872

2022 LEADING SIRES

Sire

IN

CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

Races

Rnrs Strts Won Earned

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 182 1180 160 $4,408,677

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 99 549 116 $4,241,267

3 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 178 1639 172 $3,519,575

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 108 582 90 $2,662,441

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 68 432 76 $2,586,815

6 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 81 418 65 $2,560,567

7 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 84 437 66 $2,174,217

8 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 82 417 60 $2,141,253

9 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 77 429 72 $2,022,113

10 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 81 554 82 $1,809,272

11 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 69 467 73 $1,615,933

12 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 59 285 41 $1,472,785

13 Danzing Candy ,2013, by Twirling Candy 55 267 34 $1,401,794

14 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 70 516 61 $1,346,559

15 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 67 291 46 $1,252,415

16 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 56 343 60 $1,187,524

17 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 51 306 44 $1,131,616

18 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 60 348 52 $1,127,946

19 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 29 137 23 $1,036,922

20 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 46 282 38 $1,016,475

21 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 34 184 28 $768,610

22 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 39 209 32 $747,323

23 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 20 102 20 $746,310

24 † Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 23 153 20 $714,926

25 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 33 173 24 $677,588

26 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 29 158 29 $655,261

27 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker 34 238 29 $549,084

28 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway 46 271 33 $537,152

29 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 22 146 27 $523,402

30 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 25 160 29 $523,006

31 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus 49 313 27 $491,078

32 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 24 103 11 $467,696

33 Editorial, 2014, by War Front 10 45 9 $453,670

34 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 23 163 21 $439,567

35 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 30 139 14 $438,863

36

Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 22 151 22 $431,299

37 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union 13 99 16 $431,251

38 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 20 108 17 $394,034

39 Storm Wolf, 2002, by Stormin Fever 20 132 17 $392,188

40 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie 20 127 16 $391,082

41 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike 27 140 15 $386,815

42 Govenor Charlie, 2010, by Midnight Lute 18 161 19 $367,104

43 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 65 7 $362,016

44 Jeranimo, 2006, by Congaree 19 148 14 $350,695

45 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig 30 157 21 $348,089

46 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 15 110 16 $339,440

47 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat 28 159 15 $321,046

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 Nov. 27, 2022.

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2022 LEADING SIRES

Sire

IN

CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER

Races

Rnrs Won Earned Median

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 99 116 $4,241,267 $25,818

2 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 68 76 $2,586,815 $25,415

3 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 7 $362,016 $24,210

4 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union 13 16 $431,251 $22,920

5 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 29 23 $1,036,922 $22,900

6 Heaven’s Glory (JPN), 2013, by Tapit 10 7 $276,384 $19,808

7 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 25 29 $523,006 $18,544

8 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy 11 8 $226,610 $18,280

9 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 77 72 $2,022,113 $17,500

10 † Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 23 20 $714,926 $17,325

11 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 11 20 $266,972 $17,285

12 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 22 27 $523,402 $16,470

13 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 81 65 $2,560,567 $16,206

14 Gervinho, 2010, by Unusual Heat 15 9 $305,316 $15,915

15 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 29 29 $655,261 $15,683

16 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 51 44 $1,131,616 $15,381

17 Govenor Charlie, 2010, by Midnight Lute 18 19 $367,104 $15,358

18 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 20 17 $394,034 $14,875

19 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 69 73 $1,615,933 $14,475

20 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 46 38 $1,016,475 $14,422

23 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 15 16 $339,440 $14,284

2022 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER START

Sire

Earnings

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 99 549 $4,241,267 $7,725

2 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 29 137 $1,036,922 $7,569

3 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 20 102 $746,310 $7,317

4 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 81 418 $2,560,567 $6,126

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 68 432 $2,586,815 $5,988

6 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 55 267 $1,401,794 $5,250

7 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 59 285 $1,472,785 $5,168

8 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 82 417 $2,141,253 $5,135

9 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 84 437 $2,174,217 $4,975

10 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 77 429 $2,022,113 $4,714

11 † Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 23 153 $714,926 $4,673

12 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 108 582 $2,662,441 $4,575

13 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat 24 103 $467,696 $4,541

14 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 67 291 $1,252,415 $4,304

15 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 34 184 $768,610 $4,177

16 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 29 158 $655,261 $4,147

17 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 33 173 $677,588 $3,917

18 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 182 1180 $4,408,677 $3,736

19 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 51 306 $1,131,616 $3,698

20 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 20 108 $394,034 $3,648

21 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 46 282 $1,016,475 $3,605

2022 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

Races

Sire Rnrs Wnrs Won Earned

1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 178 92 172 $3,519,575

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 182 89 160 $4,408,677

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 99 59 116 $4,241,267

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 108 49 90 $2,662,441

5 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 77 46 72 $2,022,113

6 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 81 45 82 $1,809,272

7 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 68 43 76 $2,586,815

8 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 81 41 65 $2,560,567

9 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 70 38 61 $1,346,559

10 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 82 37 60 $2,141,253

11 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 69 36 73 $1,615,933

12 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 84 35 66 $2,174,217

13 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 56 33 60 $1,187,524 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 60 33 52 $1,127,946

15 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 67 32 46 $1,252,415

16 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 59 30 41 $1,472,785

17 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 46 25 38 $1,016,475

18 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 51 24 44 $1,131,616

19 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 55 23 34 $1,401,794

20 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway 46 22 33 $537,152

21 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus 49 20 27 $491,078

22 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 34 19 28 $768,610

2022 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

1

Races

Sire Rnrs Srts Won Earned

I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 178 1639 172 $3,519,575

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 182 1180 160 $4,408,677

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 99 549 116 $4,241,267

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 108 582 90 $2,662,441

5 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 81 554 82 $1,809,272

6 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 68 432 76 $2,586,815

7

• Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 69 467 73 $1,615,933

8 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 77 429 72 $2,022,113

9 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 84 437 66 $2,174,217

10 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 81 418 65 $2,560,567

11

Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 70 516 61 $1,346,559

12 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 82 417 60 $2,141,253

Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 56 343 60 $1,187,524

14 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 60 348 52 $1,127,946

15 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 67 291 46 $1,252,415

16

† Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 51 306 44 $1,131,616

17 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 59 285 41 $1,472,785

18 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 46 282 38 $1,016,475

19 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 55 267 34 $1,401,794

20 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway 46 271 33 $537,152

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

Races

Sire Rnrs Strts Won Earned

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 41 143 9 $585,543

2 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 15 51 10 $468,728

3 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 65 7 $362,016

4 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 15 41 3 $337,866

5 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 19 50 6 $298,048

6 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 25 84 4 $283,733

7 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 22 68 10 $269,893

8 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 10 28 5 $255,446

9 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 5 13 4 $247,260

10 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 8 25 5 $242,567

11 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 12 44 7 $237,154

12 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie 5 20 2 $199,843

13 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 5 16 4 $198,000

14 Prospect Park, 2012, by Tapit 9 29 4 $166,517

15 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 11 25 3 $158,480

16 Merit Man, 2010, by With Distinction 2 9 4 $148,160

17 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 8 26 6 $146,245

18 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 6 22 5 $144,830

19 Conquest Farenheit, 2014, by Scat Daddy 9 27 3 $129,619

20 V. E. Day, 2011, by English Channel 4 15 2 $97,738

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

1 Editorial, 2014, by War Front 10 9 $453,670 $45,367

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 99 116 $4,241,267 $42,841

3 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 68 76 $2,586,815 $38,041

4 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 20 20 $746,310 $37,316

5 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 29 23 $1,036,922 $35,756

6 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union 13 16 $431,251 $33,173

7 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 81 65 $2,560,567 $31,612

8 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 23 20 $714,926 $31,084

9 Heaven’s Glory (JPN), 2013, by Tapit 10 7 $276,384 $27,638

10 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 77 72 $2,022,113 $26,261

11 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 82 60 $2,141,253 $26,113

12 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 84 66 $2,174,217 $25,884

13 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 7 $362,016 $25,858

14 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 55 34 $1,401,794 $25,487

15 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 59 41 $1,472,785 $24,962

16 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 108 90 $2,662,441 $24,652

17 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 11 20 $266,972 $24,270

18 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 182 160 $4,408,677 $24,224

19 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 22 27 $523,402 $23,791

20

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

Sire

• Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 69 73 $1,615,933 $23,419

Races

Rnrs Wnrs Won Earned

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 41 9 9 $585,543

2 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 22 7 10 $269,893

3 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 15 6 10 $468,728 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 6 7 $362,016 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 12 6 7 $237,154 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 8 6 6 $146,245

7 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 19 5 6 $298,048 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 10 5 5 $255,446

9 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 25 4 4 $283,733

Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 8 4 5 $242,567

† Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 6 4 5 $144,830

12 Prospect Park, 2012, by Tapit 9 3 4 $166,517 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 11 3 3 $158,480 Conquest Farenheit, 2014, by Scat Daddy 9 3 3 $129,619 Far From Over, 2012-21, by Blame 8 3 3 $83,954 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 6 3 4 $36,319

17 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 15 2 3 $337,866 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 5 2 4 $247,260 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie 5 2 2 $199,843 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 5 2 4 $198,000 Merit Man, 2010, by With Distinction 2 2 4 $148,160

† Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 6 2 2 $89,971 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 5 2 3 $89,806

† Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 4 2 3 $78,922 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 5 2 2 $50,162 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 3 2 2 $46,421

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 15 51 10 $468,728 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 22 68 10 $269,893

3 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 41 143 9 $585,543

4 Smokem, 2015, by Union Rags 14 65 7 $362,016 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 12 44 7 $237,154

6 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 19 50 6 $298,048 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 8 26 6 $146,245

8 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 10 28 5 $255,446 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart 8 25 5 $242,567

† Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 6 22 5 $144,830

11 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 25 84 4 $283,733 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 5 13 4 $247,260 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 5 16 4 $198,000 Prospect Park, 2012, by Tapit 9 29 4 $166,517 Merit Man, 2010, by With Distinction 2 9 4 $148,160 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 6 15 4 $36,319

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 28 279 200-72% 140-50% 26-9% 17-6% 4-1% $17,503,958 1.48 1.06

2 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 10 28 284 242-85% 188-66% 63-22% 19-7% 3-1% $23,514,812 1.40 1.12

3 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 5 24 121 94-78% 70-58% 19-16% 5-4% 2-2% $7,308,935 1.38 0.94

4 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 9 20 180 119-66% 72-40% 20-11% 8-4% 1-1% $7,438,892 1.26 0.92

5 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 5 56 282 254-90% 162-57% 87-31% 11-4% 6-2% $13,432,193 1.19 0.91

6 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 7 70 490 390-80% 265-54% 87-18% 17-3% 3-1% $28,295,281 1.18 1.28

† Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

15 23 349 257-74% 190-54% 35-10% 13-4% 4-1% $19,560,039 1.18 1.02

8 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 13 62 802 639-80% 464-58% 125-16% 37-5% 6-1% $49,152,436 1.15 1.47

9 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled 14 34 475 359-76% 261-55% 61-13% 12-3% 3-1% $22,567,511 1.12 1.32

10 Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) 7 27 186 141-76% 103-55% 20-11% 7-4% 3-2% $8,686,866 1.06 0.95

11 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 7 62 435 406-93% 298-69% 69-16% 4-1% 2-0% $47,268,949 1.03 1.08

12 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 10 14 137 83-61% 59-43% 18-13% 2-1% 0-0% $4,540,326 1.02 0.91

13 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 7 32 221 163-74% 119-54% 32-14% 7-3% 3-1% $9,468,635 1.01 1.03 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 14 24 338 271-80% 201-59% 53-16% 8-2% 1-0% $16,415,886 1.01 1.09

15 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 7 29 203 140-69% 88-43% 13-6% 5-2% 1-0% $7,236,764 0.99 1.15

16 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 6 56 336 214-64% 132-39% 36-11% 9-3% 1-0% $12,298,683 0.98 0.97

17 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run 15 43 652 474-73% 350-54% 99-15% 18-3% 6-1% $22,791,826 0.96 1.15

18 † Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy 14 16 228 161-71% 101-44% 16-7% 7-3% 2-1% $8,493,985 0.95 0.84

19 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 6 18 110 61-55% 40-36% 7-6% 0-0% 0-0% $3,508,573 0.94 0.90

20 Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled 13 10 126 82-65% 51-40% 6-5% 2-2% 1-1% $4,410,008 0.93 0.74 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile 2 61 122 85-70% 40-33% 14-11% 2-2% 1-1% $2,686,259 0.93 1.20 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 14 38 533 429-80% 326-61% 81-15% 21-4% 2-0% $25,421,625 0.93 0.87 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 8 23 184 128-70% 85-46% 21-11% 8-4% 0-0% $7,105,460 0.93 1.09 Trapper, 2000, by Iron Cat 11 5 56 44-79% 33-59% 13-23% 1-2% 0-0% $2,315,669 0.93 0.74

25 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry 9 6 55 39-71% 26-47% 4-7% 1-2% 0-0% $2,486,265 0.92 0.86

26 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 6 53 316 253-80% 175-55% 50-16% 7-2% 1-0% $14,535,024 0.90 1.32

27 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie 6 11 63 44-70% 29-46% 5-8% 2-3% 0-0% $2,072,069 0.87 0.89

28 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 2 64 127 56-44% 25-20% 12-9% 1-1% 0-0% $1,799,218 0.86 1.05

29 Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat 16 13 215 147-68% 97-45% 27-13% 6-3% 0-0% $5,981,385 0.83 1.04

30 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) 6 10 62 30-48% 13-21% 2-3% 1-2% 0-0% $1,260,560 0.82 0.82 Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat 17 29 488 411-84% 297-61% 81-17% 16-3% 2-0% $19,923,721 0.82 1.02 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 8 22 179 110-61% 78-44% 21-12% 7-4% 1-1% $5,265,668 0.82 0.92

33 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 9 10 88 66-75% 43-49% 17-19% 1-1% 0-0% $3,472,454 0.81 0.70

34 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai 10 18 182 135-74% 99-54% 21-12% 4-2% 0-0% $7,005,711 0.80 0.99

35 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat 11 13 138 92-67% 61-44% 7-5% 2-1% 2-1% $4,555,166 0.78 1.10

36 † Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 4 30 121 67-55% 37-31% 17-14% 3-2% 0-0% $2,342,839 0.76 0.84

37 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle 8 12 98 63-64% 46-47% 9-9% 1-1% 0-0% $3,280,166 0.74 0.86

38 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat 13 30 389 304-78% 230-59% 41-11% 4-1% 0-0% $13,260,898 0.73 0.90

39 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson 17 11 183 140-77% 98-54% 24-13% 4-2% 1-1% $6,369,447 0.72 0.69

40 Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song 12 7 89 52-58% 31-35% 3-3% 1-1% 0-0% $1,750,855 0.71 0.85

41 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 2 57 114 75-66% 38-33% 19-17% 0-0% 0-0% $1,863,129 0.68 0.95

42 Gig Harbor, 2008, by City Zip 6 12 69 35-51% 19-28% 2-3% 0-0% 0-0% $988,588 0.66 0.76 Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde 9 7 62 44-71% 22-35% 10-16% 1-2% 0-0% $1,475,066 0.66 0.87

44 Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill Dancer (IRE) 9 7 67 47-70% 25-37% 2-3% 0-0% 0-0% $1,430,151 0.65 0.71

45 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 3 17 52 34-65% 18-35% 9-17% 0-0% 0-0% $855,514 0.63 0.86 Govenor Charlie, 2010, by Midnight Lute 4 17 66 41-62% 19-29% 10-15% 1-2% 0-0% $1,277,909 0.63 0.72 Mast Track, 2004, by Mizzen Mast 7 8 59 46-78% 33-56% 6-10% 0-0% 0-0% $1,630,915 0.63 0.82

48 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat 5 17 87 52-60% 30-34% 5-6% 1-1% 0-0% $1,726,134 0.62 1.17

Many Rivers, 2005, by Storm Cat 9 9 80 52-65% 30-38% 7-9% 0-0% 0-0% $1,884,645 0.62 0.78

Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart

U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

4 20 79 46-58% 25-32% 6-8% 1-1% 0-0% $1,301,283 0.62 0.82

10 39 394 314-80% 207-53% 50-13% 3-1% 2-1% $10,893,444 0.62 1.17

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

RACE MEETINGS

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. 9-18

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley Dec. 26, 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

RACES

JANUARY

SANTA ANITA

Date Track Stakes (Grade)

Stakes & Sales Dates

Conditions

Distance Added Value

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. 1 m. (T) $400,000 4

Dmr Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (Gr. III) 2-y-o 1 m. (T) $100,000 10

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

LA Starlet (Gr. I) 2-y-o f. 11⁄16 m. $300,000 11

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

LA Soviet Problem Stakes 2-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 1 m. $100,000 17

LA Los Alamitos Futurity (Gr. II) 2-y-o 11⁄16 m. $200,000 18

LA King Glorious Stakes 2-y-o., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 1 m. $100,000

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

1 SA Santa Ynez Stakes (Gr. II) 3-y-o f. 7 f. $200,000

1 SA Las Cienegas Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $100,000

1 SA Sham Stakes (Gr. III) 3-y-o 1 m. $100,000

1 SA La Canada Stakes (Gr. III) 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 11⁄16 m. $200,000

Kalookan Queen Stakes 4-y-o & up, f. & m. 61⁄2 f. $75,000

Unusual Heat Turf Classic, Presented by City National Bank 4-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 11⁄8 m. (T) $200,000

Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint 4-y-o & up, f. & m., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired abt. 61⁄2 f. (T) $150,000