training track to naming the nia because of the lucrative roads between the large passtate-bred program and to tures. His paramount concern support the ranch’s stallions, was for the welfare of the horsunless the mare is open. In es, emphasized by the spacious that case he might ship her room he gives to every animal to be bred to a Kentucky stalon the farm. lion. But he returns the mare “No matter what I did, even to California so that she will if it was just a farm where we foal in the state, be bred back were raising our own horses, I to a California stallion, and wanted space for the horses to make the Kentucky-sired foal grow in,” said Lovingier. a Cal-bred. Lovacres has developed into “River Kiss had a Hard one of California’s showplaces, Spun Cal-bred flly this year,” with plenty of room not only said Lovingier. for the horses Lovingier raises, Lovingier, who sits on the but also for client horses and boards of both the California mares that come in to be bred to Aboard his pony Albie, Terry Lovingier checks on some of the Toroughbred Breeders Asthe stallions. Te ranch includes Loveacres Ranch equine residents sociation and the Torougha gorgeous home for Lovingier bred Owners of California, and his wife, Barbara, plus a guesthouse the property. Terry has already retired spoke about the benefts of the Cal-bred for visitors. some of his good racing fllies to his program at a TOC owners’ seminar at Tese days, subsequent generations of- broodmare band such as River Kiss. A Del Mar this past summer. ten use the guesthouse. Terry and Barbara 5-year-old Cal-bred daughter of Awesome “Te Cal-bred program ofers a huge have three adult children—Matt, Megan, Gambler, who stands at Lovacres, River advantage for California breeders,” and Cheri—and fve grandchildren. Kiss earned $154,524 and placed in four Lovingier said. “You can compete for the Terry is actually the second generation stakes, including fnishing second in the same amount of purse money in races in the horse business. Born in California, 2011 Sorrento Stakes (gr. III). for California-breds and California-sired he spent part of his formative years in River Kiss embodies one of Lovingier’s horses as you would in open company.” Oklahoma because his father, Russ, was principles—breeding entirely in CaliforLovingier jumped in when the econoin the oil business. Te family always had my soured several years ago and bought horses. good Kentucky mares at bargain-baseOne of the horses Terry cared for growment prices. He brought them to Loing up was a Quarter Horse mare named vacres and worked hard to discover the Angie Miss. She was subsequently sold right nicks with the ranch stallions. and produced the Hall of Fame racehorse Willa B Awesome has emerged as the Kaweah Bar. biggest success of the Lovacres program to Later, Terry raised Quarter Horses date. She is out of Lovingier-bred Cause Owners: Terry & Barbara Lovingier in Waco, Texas, with his father and his I’m Tricky, a daughter of Nineeleven— Farm Manager: Gregorio Rincon brother Dan. Tey succeeded to such an Takenbyherbeauty, by Saros. Physical Address: 35490 Highway 79, extent that Dan and Terry bred Streakin “Cause I’m Tricky comes from an old Warner Springs, Calif., 92086 Flyer, who in 1996 won Quarter Horse Earl Scheib family,” Lovingier said. Telephone: 951-852-073 E-Mail Address: terry@lovco.com racing’s biggest event, the All American Lovingier bred Cause I’m Tricky to Rio Services: Breeding, Boarding, Futurity. Verde a couple of times, getting stakesBreaking, Training, Lay-Ups, and Russ, now 94, helped Terry build Loplaced Rio Tricky and Got Tobe Rio, Sales Preparation vacres, as did Matt and Matt’s son, Cambefore he started breeding her to Aweeron. One day they were all working on some Gambler. Lovingier owns 25% of Horse Population November 2014 the training track, and Terry looked up to Awesome Gambler, a son of Coronado’s see that Russ had tears in his eyes. Quest—Wedding March, by Deputy Stallions ............................................ 7 Broodmares .................................. 150 “Dad, what are you crying for?” Terry Minister, and Pete and Barbara Walski, Weanlings ..................................... 100 asked him. who raced him, own 75%. Yearlings ....................................... 100 “You know what? Tere are four gen“I like breeding to Awesome Gambler Two-year-olds ................................. 10 erations working on this track,” Russ rebecause he’s a big, statuesque horse,” Retirees ........................................... 20 plied. Lovingier said. “Te fact that they are goTOTAL ....................................... 387 Soon Lovacres will also have multiple ing back to dirt tracks is going to be huge generations of Lovingier homebreds on for him because he’s really more of an East www.ctba.com
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