California Thoroughbred Magazine January 2017 by CTBA

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O f f i c i a l Pu b l i c a t i o n o f t h e Ca l i f o rnn i a T h o r o u g h b re d B re e d e r s A s s o c i a t i o n

| DONALD VALPREDO

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| BOB BAFFERT

CTBA HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES FOR 2017

| ART SHERMAN

From the EXECUTIVE CORNER

California Horses Have Chance to Shine To all California breeders and owners, Te California Toroughbred Breeders Association is pleased to announce the 27th running of the California Cup, to be held at Santa Anita Park in conjunction with the Sunshine Millions on Saturday, Jan. 28. Now in its fourth year to be merged with Sunshine Millions, this event will again be a showcase of the top California-bred and California-sired horses, with large felds and competitive racing. Previous California Cup Derby winner California Chrome, the current North American leading money earner, is set to run the fnal race of his notable career on this same day at Gulfstream Park in the world’s newest richest race, the Pegasus World Cup Invitational. Te day will certainly hold a lot of promise for Cal-breds.

Dear friends in the California breeding industry,

Santa Anita Park is once again proud to welcome and support California-bred Toroughbreds and their owners, trainers, and breeders for Sunshine Millions/California Cup Day 2017. Toroughbreds sired and foaled in the state are the backbone of the California racing industry, and the breeding of California-bred Toroughbreds is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Tis year’s date could prove to be a legendary one in the history of California-bred Toroughbreds. It was three years ago that California Chrome began his dual Classic-winning, Horse of the Year season with a win in the California Cup Derby. He has followed up that promise by becoming North America’s all-time leading money winner. As of this writing, on Saturday, Jan. 28—the date of this year’s Sunshine Millions/California Cup Day at Santa Anita—Chrome will race for the fnal time. A win in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park

Total purses for California Cup will again exceed $1 million, with a 10-race card featuring the $250,000 Cal Cup Classic presented by City National Bank, $250,000 Cal Cup Derby, $200,000 Cal Cup Oaks, $150,000 Cal Cup Sprint, $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint, and several overnight races restricted to horses bred/sired in California. Te annual Cal Cup Party for industry participants and racing enthusiasts will be held again in Santa Anita’s upper-level grandstand. Excellent viewing and a festive atmosphere accompany the outstanding Cal Cup food bufet and generous bar. We thank our partners at Santa Anita, and our loyal sponsors, for all of their support honoring the California breeding industry. We hope to see you there. Sincerely, Doug Burge President California Toroughbred Breeders Association

would crown this native California-bred son as the richest horse in the history of the planet. California Chrome’s success is not an isolated accident. Te 26 previous runnings of the California Cup have served as a launch pad for some of the greatest stars of our sport. In 1991, when the event was just a year old, a successful 39-year-old Quarter Horse trainer won three Cal Cup races, including the $250,000 California Cup Classic with Charmonnier. Ten days later, in large part because of the Cal Cup victories, that trainer announced he would leave Quarter Horses to care exclusively for his 20-horse Toroughbred stable. Twenty-fve years, four Kentucky Derbys, and one Grand Slam later, Bob Bafert has lost the cowboy hat, but is still a large presence on Cal Cup Day. On behalf of everyone at Santa Anita, we look forward to hosting you to salute this year’s California-bred stars and welcome those whose light will shine into the future. Sincerely, Joe Morris Sr. Vice President, West Coast Operations Te Stronach Group

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Contents

FEATURES

20 CTBA HALL OF FAME Donald Valpredo, Bob Bafert, and Art Sherman are the honorees who will be inducted into the California Toroughbred Breeders Association Hall of Fame in 2017.

PRESIDENT DOUG BURGE

TREASURER GEORGE F. SCHMITT SECRETARY PETE PARRELLA

Hall of Fame

DIRECTORS

Class of 2017

John C. Harris, Leigh Ann Howard, John H. Barr, Kate Barton, Daniel Q. Schiffer, Gloria Haley, William H. de Burgh, Pete Parrella, Sue Greene, Donald J. Valpredo, Terry C. Lovingier, Harris David Auerbach, Tim Cohen, George F. Schmitt, Edward Freeman

40 Remembering Leading Cal-bred Earners 48 Barretts January Sale Preview 50 Standout Employee: Shane Easterbrook

A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F CONTROLLER JASON SELLNOW SALES COORDINATOR/MEMBERSHIP CAL CUP COORDINATOR COOKIE HACKWORTH REGISTRAR/INCENTIVE PROGRAM MANAGER MARY ELLEN LOCKE ASSISTANT REGISTRAR DAWN GERBER

DEPARTMENTS

4 News Bits

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52 Member Profle: Myles McMahon 70 Health: Chiropractic Care

14 CTBA News 16 CTBA Calendar

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18 California Toroughbred Foundation 58 Winners

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82 Lists of Leading Sires in California 88 Leading Lifetime Sires in California 94 Stakes/Sales Calendar 98 Classifed Advertising 100 Advertising Index

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32 California Chrome Leads Cal-breds at Los Alamitos 36 Focus on the Future

VICE CHAIRPERSON HARRIS DAVID AUERBACH

ART DIRECTOR KATIE TAYLOR

28 Golden State Race at Del Mar

CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED

COMING NEXT MONTH! Results of Sunshine Millions/Cal Cup Day

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BOISTEROUS G 1-WINNING MILLIONAIRE AND THE ONLY SON OF DISTORTED HUMOR TO STAND IN CALIFORNIA

Boisterous won or placed in 15 Stakes - 14 Graded, earning $1,458,792 • • • • •

Won G 1 – Man O’ War Stakes by 2 ½ lengths Won G 2 – Monmouth Stakes beating G 1 stakes winner BIG BLUE KITTEN Won G 2 Red Smith (twice) Won G 3 Fort Marcy Stakes beating G 1 stakes winner DESERT BLANC Won G 3 Knickerbocker Stakes (twice)

Out of the multiple graded stakes-placed mare EMANATING ($273,030) by COX’S RIDGE. EMANATING is a half sister to NYRA Mile Handicap (G1) winner GOLD FEVER (sire) By two time Champion sire, DISTORTED HUMOR, sire of 3 Champions and 52 Graded black type winners. 2017 fee: $5,000 LF First Foals yearlings of 2017 For more information on private sales contact Mike Allen (805) 686-4337 5699 Happy Canyon Road, Santa Ynez CA 93460 E-mail: info@tommytownfarms.com / www.tommytownfarms.com

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Daehling Ranch and Holly Evans’ Fast and Foxy took the inaugural Bear Fan Stakes at Golden Gate Fields

Fast and Foxy’s Bear Fan Stakes Fast and Foxy, bred by Daehling Ranch, which races the mare with trainer Holly Evans, captured the inaugural $75,000 Bear Fan Stakes at Golden Gate Fields Dec. 4 for California-bred fllies and mares. With Catalino Martinez in the saddle, Fast and Foxy scored by 41⁄2 lengths, leading from the outset. Light One nosed out Desert Steel for second, while favored Toomuchisnotenough fnished fourth of the six runners. Fast and Foxy went of as the 6-1 ffth choice. She stopped the timer in 1:09.48. A 2010 daughter of Tisnearlywasmine, Fast and Foxy is out of the Falstaf mare Zorra Roja. She has won 12 of 36 races and earned $341,300.

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California owner/breeder Nick Alexander was named chairman of the Toroughbred Owners of California upon unanimous selection by the TOC board. Alexander joined the board in 2013 and had been serving as the secretary/treasurer. He replaces Mike Pegram, who has served as chairman for six years and will remain on the TOC board and executive committee. A successful businessman who created the Nick Alexander Imports car dealership in Southern California, Alexander stands the stallion Grazen at Tommy Town Toroughbreds in the Santa Ynez Valley. He keeps the horse at his Horse Haven farm when it isn’t breeding season. Alexander has raced the good Cal-bred stakes winner Sunday Rules, and he bred and raced stakes-winning Grazen Sky, a son of Grazen. Alexander was named as the Toroughbred Owners and Breeders Association California Breeder of the Year in 2014. “Mike Pegram has been an exceptional, hard-working chairman, and his shoes will be very hard to fll,” said Alexander. “But I am committed to working Nick Alexander diligently to protect and advance owners’ rights.” Te TOC board appointed Bill Strauss to fll Alexander’s position as secretary/treasurer. Strauss will continue to serve as vice president/Southern California.

SHERMAN RECEIVES BIG SPORT OF TURFDOM AWARD Art Sherman, trainer of superstar California-bred California Chrome, was voted the 2016 Big Sport of Turfdom Award by the Turf Publicists of America. He accepted the award Dec. 6 during the Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming in Tucson. The always-humble Sherman thanked his wife, Fay, his sons, and his crew. Santa Anita announcer Michael Wrona introduced Sherman, who received a standing ovation. Sherman, who also worked with California-bred Swaps as an exercise rider, won the 2014 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness (gr. I) with California Chrome. Art Sherman The Cal-bred is the all-time leading money-earning Thoroughbred based in North America and the 2014 Horse of the Year. © BENOIT PHOTO

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Nick Alexander Named TOC Chairman

MINISTERS WILD CAT

#4 Active California Sire by 2016 Winners Top Four Active Sire by California-Bred Earnings From 8 Crops of racing age MINISTERS WILD CAT has progeny earnings of almost 15 Million with $1.9 Million in 2016! Sire of seven 2016 stakes horses led by Multiple Stakes Winner, Graded Stakes-Placed SINGING KITTY ($398,478), Multiple Stakes Winner TOLEDO EDDIE ($471,891), Stakes-Placed Minsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sadadventure ($130,209) and Run for Retts ($113,051). Lifetime runners are led by Multiple Grade 2 Winner DOINGHARDTIMEAGAIN ($734,304), Champion Stakes Winner TIZ A MINISTER ($481,530).

2017 fee: $5,000 LF For more information on private sales contact Mike Allen (805) 686-4337 5699 Happy Canyon Road, Santa Ynez CA 93460 E-mail: info@tommytownfarms.com / www.tommytownfarms.com

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THIS MONTH IN

HISTORY

CURRENT CALIFORNIA

OF RACING AGE

SWs

UNUSUAL HEAT (1990) †

759

BENCHMARK (1991) †

757

TRIBAL RULE (1996) †

740

BLUEGRASS CAT (2003)

779

STORMIN FEVER (1994)

803

SWISS YODELER (1994)

786

GAME PLAN (1993) †

448

OLD TOPPER (1995)

551

SEA OF SECRETS (1995)

498

KAFWAIN (2000)

603

ROCKY BAR (1998)

160

MINISTERS WILD CAT (2000)

361

DECARCHY (1997)

367

WESTERN FAME (1992) †

315

ATTICUS (1992)

490

COMIC STRIP (1995)

341

BIRDONTHEWIRE (1989) †

294

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

sires will remain on the list until the year after their last foals are 2-year-olds.

QUALIFYING CLAIMING LEVELS The following claiming levels for California owners premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect: SANTA ANITA/$40,000 GOLDEN GATE FIELDS/$20,000

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Notional

10 YEARS AGO California-bred NOTIONAL scored in his frst stakes when he came home four lengths on top in the $150,000 San Rafael Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita Jan. 13, 2007. Favored at 7-10 and ridden by Corey Nakatani, Notional overtook Tenfold and jockey Victor Espinoza coming into the stretch of the one-mile event to become the sixth Cal-bred to take the San Rafael. Only one year earlier, Calbred Brother Derek had won the same race. Doug O’Neill trained Notional for owner Paul Reddam, O’Neill’s brother Dennis having selected the colt for $235,000 out of the 2006 Barretts March 2-year-old sale. Vessels Stallion Farm bred the son of In Excess—Truly Blessed, by French Deputy. Notional went on to win that year’s Risen Star Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds and the following year’s Salvator Mile Handicap (gr. III) at Monmouth Park en route to lifetime earnings of $733,240.

25 YEARS AGO Though never as well-known as John and Betty Mabee’s Best Pal, California-bred BIG PAL became a good stakes winner in his own right. Racing in Northern California and trained by Fordell Fierce, Big Pal amassed a bankroll of $573,912 with a 70-start career. In the early days of 1992, Big Pal beat the even-money favorite, Cal-bred Run Retsina Run, in the $100,000 California Juvenile Stakes (gr. III) at Bay Meadows.

Big Pal

Ron Warren Jr. rode Big Pal to that frst stakes victory Jan. 4. Big Pal raced in the Mabees’ Golden Eagle Farm colors. They bred the son of Beau’s Eagle from the Big Spruce mare Big Spirit, an unraced twin also bred by the Mabees who had already produced stakes winner Lovely Habit.

50 YEARS AGO Following a year in which she was voted champion 2-yearold flly by the Turf and Sport Digest poll of turf writers and broadcasters, California-bred MIRA FEMME began 1967 with back-to-back victories in the Jan. 18 Pasadena Stakes and Jan. 31 Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita. In the six-furlong Pasadena, Mira Femme drew away for an easy two-length win over Forgiving. Two weeks later, she returned to defeat the same rival in the seven-furlong Santa Ynez, this time by 11⁄4 lengths. Walter Blum piloted Mira Femme in both events for trainer Irving Guiney. Verne H. Winchell Jr. bred Mira Femme, a daughter of Dumpty Humpty—Mlle. Somebody, by Oil Capitol. The flly had begun the Santa Anita season in the waning days of 2006 by defeating males in the California Breeders’ Champion Stakes. Earlier that year she won the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes and three stakes at Hollywood Park.

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS

NAMED FOALS

STALLION

SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS

OLD TOPPER

KAFWAIN

Gilded Time – Shy Trick, by Phone Trick · Fee: $2,500 LF

Cherokee Run – Swazi’s Moment, by Moment of Hope · Fee: $3,000 LF

A Perennial Leading California Sire Progeny Earnings Average $1.4 Million Per Year for 13 Years 79% Starters from Foals and an Average of Almost $50,000 Per Starter.

Ranked Among the Leading Sires in California Average Earnings Index (AEI) for two-year-olds = 1.29 Lifetime average earnings per starter $46,891

Sire of Champion SIERRA SWEETIE ($316,400),

and the sire of 38 black type performers

5 wins at 2 and 3, California Breeders ‘Cup Oaks,

led by G1 winner and millionaire DAISY DEVINE

California Breeders’ Champion Stakes, Generous

($1,095,892) and G1 Santa Margarita S. and G2

Portion Stakes, etc. TOP KISSER ($407,100),

Adoration Stakes winner LET FAITH ARISE

7 wins at 4 and 5 including G3 L.A. Woman

($488,240), G1 placed G3 winner DON’T FORGET

Stakes, AIN’T NO OTHER ($693,950) on the

GIL ($370.737), G1 placed G3 winner MASSIVE

board in 38 of 56 starts, 22 stakes and 2 G3

DRAMA ($236,232), G3 Stakes winner

Stakes, TOPPER SHOPPER ($345,476), 7 wins

RAGING DAOUST and THE PAMPLEMOUSSE

2 to 4, including I’m Smoking Stakes at Del Mar.

2016 stakes performers include Kafster

TIE ROD ($330,020), 12 wins 2 to 8, 1st Turf

($144,820) second in the Pirate’s Bounty stakes

Paradise Derby. CHATI’S ON TOP ($306,668)

at Del Mar. Promising Broodmare sire with 2016

4 wins at 3 and 4, 1st Solana Beach H.

Stakes Winners PAOLA QUEEN (G1, $431,835)

Multiple Stakes Winner BOND JAMES

and BLIP N’ TH BYE (G2 placed, Stakes

BOND ($210,195)

Winner $118,400).

Lifetime progeny earnings over $19 Million

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Garrett Gomez

Memoriam

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ANNE M. EBERHARDT

Steve Sexton Racetrack executive Steve Sexton, who began his career at Santa Anita, died Dec. 12 after battling brain cancer. He was 57. Sexton served as president of Churchill Downs from 2002-09. He oversaw a major renovation of the Kentucky track that added such facilities as 80 luxury suites and seven hospitality areas. At Santa Anita, Sexton worked as sales promotion manager, moving to assistant marketing director at Canterbury Park in 1985. He later served as assistant general manager and director of marketing for Golden Gate Fields, general manager of Thistledown, executive vice president and general manager of Lone Star Park, and president of Arlington Park. Born in Topeka, Kan., Sexton attended Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, Calif., graduating with degrees in economics and psychology. “He was one of the greatest racing executives of all time,” said Corey Johnsen, president of Kentucky Downs. “A lot of things would come up where Steve would be the frst guy to step up and do everything he could. He was always that guy.” Johnsen, who worked with Sexton at Lone Star, noted as an example of Sexton’s commitment his efforts to ensure that the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund was properly funded.

Memoriam

Garrett Gomez, a two-time Eclipse Award champion jockey and winner of 13 Breeders’ Cup races, died Dec. 14 at age 44 in Tucson. The former rider battled substance-abuse problems through much of his life, and he was reported to have been found at a casino-hotel on tribal land near Tucson. Winner of the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 2011, Gomez led all American jockeys by money won for four consecutive years, from 2006-09. He rode some of the nation’s top horses, as well as several major California-breds. He piloted Cal-bred Horse of the Year Nashoba’s Key to victory in the 2008 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (gr. I) and Cal-bred champion Georgie Boy in the 2007 Del Mar Futurity (gr. I). Gomez also famously handed Zenyatta her only defeat when he rode Blame to win the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I). Gomez’s other successful Breeders’ Cup mounts included Beholder in the 2012 Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I), two editions of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I) with Midnight Lute, and the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (gr. I) with Life Is Sweet. The son of jockey Louie Gomez, Garrett Gomez won 3,769 career races and last rode in late 2013. With the help of agent Ron Anderson, he set a single-season record in 2007 by winning 76 added-money races. In 2008, his purse earnings of $23,344,351 were a career high and only $10,000 short of Jerry Bailey’s all-time single-season record.

GRAZEN

Benchmark - Hazen, by Rubiano 2017 FEE: $3,500 LIVE FOAL

GRADED STAKES WINNER BY LEADING SIRE BENCHMARK

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From a Small Crop to Race, 2016 Proved to be a Phenomenal Year for GRAZEN, Sire of Stakes Winner, Multiple Stakes Placed GRAZEN SKY, Multiple Stakes Winner, ENOLA GRAY and Stakes Winner TOUGH IT OUT

Average Earnings per Starter $73,210 - AEI 1.65 #2 in California GRAZEN SKY ($392,683) won $100,000 Silky Sullivan S. at Santa Anita, 2nd $200,000 Echo Eddie Stakes, 3rd $200,000 Snow Chief Stakes, the Real Good Stakes and the Harry F. Brubaker S. Multiple Stakes winner ENOLA GRAY ($323,100, 4 wins 2016, Melair Stakes, Fleet Street Stakes and the California Distaff H.) and TOUGH IT OUT ($288,058) Echo Eddie Stakes at Santa Anita, etc.

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NewsBits FERNDALE SUFFERS LITTLE DAMAGE IN EARTHQUAKE Ferndale, the Northern California racetrack that conducts the popular Humboldt County Fair meeting every summer, suffered little damage during a 6.5 magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast of Northern California Dec. 8. Offcials said that the track suffered only “minor cosmetic damage.” The earthquake struck at 6:49 a.m., with an epicenter about 100 miles off the coast. “We’re really fortunate,” said Richard Conway, general manager of the Humboldt County Fair. “Things shook off shelves, and there’s some cracks in drywall. But that’s it. We were fortunate.”

STALLION

NEWS

■ Legacy Stands Dads Caps Dads Caps has entered stud in California and will stand the 2017 season at Legacy Ranch in Clements. He will stand for a fee of $5,000. Bred and raced by Vincent Scuderi, Dads Caps twice won the Carter Handicap (gr. I) at Aqueduct. He defeated Sahara Sky by 1 1/2 lengths in the 2014 edition of the seven-furlong event, and he won by the same margin in 2015. His 12 stakes-placings included a second by a neck to Private Zone in the 2014 Vosburgh Stakes (gr. I). Dads Caps earned $1,110,467, with fve wins, eights seconds, and fve thirds in 26 starts. The 2010 son of Discreet Cat—Seeking the Silver, by Grindstone, is a half brother to millionaire Paulassilverlining, a multiple graded stakes winner who fnished third in the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (gr. I).

■ Proud Tower Too to BG Proud Tower Too has moved to California from New Mexico and will stand the 2017 season at BG Thoroughbred Farm in Hemet. He will stand for a fee of $1,000. Bred in California by Tricar Stables Inc., which also raced him, Proud Tower Too earned a total of $1,735,572 while winning seven of 22 starts. He got his frst stakes victory at Hollywood Park in the 2005 On Trust Handicap, and before the year ended, he added the Malibu Stakes (gr. I). His richest victory came in the following year’s Gulf News Dubai Golden Shaheen (gr. I), and he also captured that year’s Sensational Star Handicap. Proud Tower Too is a 2002 son of Proud Irish—Dora’s Tower, by Irish Tower.

■ Run It’s Yearlings Run It, who stands at Running Luck Ranch in Parlier, Calif., frst entered stud in 2015, and his frst foals arrived in 2016. He was incorrectly listed as initially going to stud in 2017 in the 2017 California Stallion Directory. The three-time stakes winner is a son of Cherokee Run—Tracy, by Theatrical.

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BG ThoroughbredS 2017 eAFFIRMATIVE f Unbridled – Tom’s a La Mode, by Alleged · Fee: $1,000 LFSN • Affirmative has progeny earnings of $3.7 Million, $316,319 in 2016 with19 races won from 24 runners • His runners are led by WARRENS VENEDA ($932,112), winner of the G1 $400,000 Santa Margarita Stakes, at Santa Anita Park by an impressive 7¼ lengths! • Average earnings per starter $61,161

eUNUSUAL HEATWAVE f Unusual Heat – Miss Alphie, by Candi’s Gold · Fee: $2,500 LFSN Property of Montecito stables • California’s champion Three-Year-Old • Multiple stakes winner of $488,000 + with triple Beyer speed figure and 3 ½ Ragozin number • Out of Miss Alphie, dam of G3 winner ALPHIE’S BET ($303,670) and G1 placed Twentytwentyvision($257,480) also a half sister to G1 winner ABSOLUTE GLAM. “A May foal”, Never off the board in five starts as a 2yr-old winner. • First foals are yearlings of 2017

eDaddy Nose Best (KY) f Scat Daddy – Follow Your Bliss, by Thunder Gulch · Fee: $3,000 LFSN

THE ONLY SON OF LATE, LEADING SIRE SCAT DADDY STANDING IN CALIFORNIA • Multiple Graded stakes winner of $957,303, Graded Stakes winner on turf & dirt • Winner of the G3 - El Camino Real Derby, G3 - Sunland Derby and the G3 - Colonel E.R. Bradley H. • First foals are yearlings of 2017 New Calif to orn for 2 ia 017 Candy Ride – Beyond Perfection, by Quack

eMISREMEMBERED f Fee: $2,500 LFSN

GRADE 1-WINNING MILLIONAIRE AND TRACK RECORD SETTER • The leading earner for his sire, World Record Miler, CANDY RIDE • Out of Multiple Graded Stakes winner BEYOND PERFECTION, including Grade 2 Del Mar Debutante and Barretts Debutante Stakes • Amassed earnings of $1,306,709, running first or second in 11 of 13 career starts, including the G1 Santa Anita derby • Posted victories in the Grade 2 Swaps Stakes and Grade 2 Indiana Derby where he ran the 8 1/2 furlongs in a track record time of 1:40 4/5 • Ranked as the #1 Handicap Horse in North America at the time of his retirement

ePROUD TOWER TOO f Proud Irish – Dora’s Tower, by Irish Tower Fee: $1,000 LFSN

New Calif to orn for 2 ia 017

• Multiple G1 Winner of $1,737,527, including the G1 Malibu Stakes and the G1 Gulf News Dubai Golden Shaheen. • Sire of 76% Starters from Foals • Runners are led by Slew’s Royal Tower ($105,136)

STALLION ROSTER eTIZ A MINISTER f Ministers Wild Cat – Tiz a Mistress, by Cee’s Tizzy Fee: $1,500 LFSN • Graded Stakes Winner of $481,530 • Winner of the G3 Affirmed Handicap defeating Graded Stakes Winners DEN’S LEGACY, DICE FLAVOR and BROADWAY EMPIRE. Second in the G2 Swaps Stakes defeating DICE FLAVOR • By a leading California sire MINISTERS WILD CAT, who is out of the phenomenal 3 year-old champion HOLLYWOOD WILDCAT ($1,432,160), also the dam of Breeders’ Cup winning millionaire WAR CHANT

ecapital Account f Closing Argument – Accountess, by Private Account Fee: $2,000 LFSN THE ONLY SON OF CLOSING ARGUMENT TO STAND IN CALIFORNIA • Grade 2 winner retired with earnings of $445,080 • Won the G2 - Pat O’Brien S. at Del Mar, defeating G1 winner COIL • 2nd in the G1 Santa Anita Championship S. and the G2 San Carlos S. • From 14 starts was on the board 12 times • First foals are yearlings of 2017

eKING OF JAZZ (ARG) f Giant’s Causeway-Kiss Me Sweet, by Lode Fee: $1,000 LFSN

Intro duc for 2 ing 017

• By Champion Sire GIANTS CAUSEWAY, sire of 84 Graded Stakes winners and over $139 million progeny earnings, including G1 winners BRODY’S CAUSE • King of Jazz competed on the Southern California racing circuit where he amassed $105,360 in earnings winning Allowance races in Del Mar and Santa Anita Defeating NAHEM winner of the Snow Chief Stakes

eFIGHTING HUSSAR (CA) f Rockport Harbor – Lightning Pace, by Regal Classic Fee: $1,000 LFSN THE ONLY STAKES PERFORMING SON OF ROCKPORT HARBOR TO STAND IN CALIFORNIA • Multiple Stakes-Placed Winner of $236,128 • 2nd in the King Glorious S. the Echo Eddie S. and the Snow Chief Stakes • Out of LIGHTNING PACE, Graded stakes-placed winner of $285,384

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Make Plans for Sunshine Millions/ Cal Cup Day California-breds and California-sired horses will take the spotlight at Santa Anita Jan. 28 for Sunshine Millions/California Cup XXVII. Te event will be held in conjunction with the inaugural $12 million Pegasus World Cup (gr. I) at Gulfstream Park. As always, California breeders and owners can gather at the annual California Cup Party. Te party will be held on the 3rd foor Mezzanine between rows L and O, and with the accompanying outside seating the party will ofer a beautiful view of live racing. Te bufet is served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with cofee and desserts served until the last race. For further information, contact Cookie Hackworth at 800-5732822 x 243 or Cookie@ctba.

NORTHERN SALE SLATED FOR AUG. 15 The CTBA Sales Northern California Yearling & Horses of Racing Age Sale is scheduled for Aug. 15. It will be held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Entries will close June 12. For further information, contact Cookie Hackworth at 800-573-2822 x 243 or Cookie@ctba.

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Cal-bred Champions to be Celebrated The California-bred champions of 2016 will be honored at the CTBA Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. The activities will be held Feb. 8 at The Langham Huntington at 1401 South Oak Knoll Ave. in Pasadena. In addition, Donald Valpredo, Bob Baffert, and Art Sherman will be inducted into the CTBA’s Hall of Fame. The business meeting will begin at 4 p.m., followed by a cocktail reception at 5 p.m. and the awards dinner at 6 p.m. The dinner will include the awards for California’s leading sires and breeder of the year, the 2016 Trainer of the Year, Broodmare of the Year, and Horse of the Year. For reservations, contact Christy Chapman at 626-445-7800 x 247 or christy@ctba.com.

THANK YOU, STALLION OWNERS The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association thanks the many stallion owners for their donations that made the Dec. 8 Annual Stallion Season Auction a success. The auction raised more than $50,000, with the entire proceeds by law going strictly toward the lobbying expenses of the CTBA. Those efforts work in support of legislation that favorably impacts California Thoroughbred breeders. The sale featured seasons donated by the following farms: Ballena Vista Farm, BG Thoroughbred Farm, Blue Diamond Farm, Firth Ranch, Fruitful Acres Farm, Harris Farms, Legacy Ranch, Lovacres Ranch, Magali Farms, Milky Way Farm, Oak Hill Farm, Ocean Breeze Ranch, Old English Rancho, Paradise Road Ranch, Rancho San Miguel, Ridgeley Farm, Special T Thoroughbreds, Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, Victory Rose Thoroughbreds, and Woodbridge Farm.

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Patricia Elia Oceanside, CA Miguel Gallegos Albuquerque, NM Howard Hammer Stanwood, WA Tony Murrieta Irvine, CA Ron Reed Las Vegas, NV Steen & Cathy Reggelsen Armstrong, B.C., Canada

CTBA DATES TO REMEMBER Wednesday, Feb. 1 Names for foals of 2015 must be claimed. After Feb. 1, a naming fee of $100 will apply.

Wednesday, Feb. 15 Annual registration of stallions is due at a fee of $1,250. Deadline to nominate California-bred/California-sired 2-year-olds (foals of 2015) to the Golden State Series; $300 fee applies.

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Mrs. Ada Gates Patton VICE-PRESIDENT

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Ada Gates Patton Gives Shoeing Clinic in Panama Ada Gates Patton, president of the California Toroughbred Foundation and a longtime respected farrier, conducted a shoeing clinic Nov. 22 at the Hipódromo Presidente Remón, the racetrack in Panama City, Panama. Gates Patton traveled there at the invitation of the Association of Toroughbred Owners of Panama. She spent the next three days going to individual barns and working with racetrack farriers on selected horses with a variety of issues. “I found the farriers to be highly skilled, excellent craftsmen who just needed a few refnements that they absorbed and facilitated immediately,” said Gates Patton. “Te horses themselves had a high level of condition. Tey looked ft and healthy and ran well in wet conditions.” Te high humidity and constant rain present special challenges for racehorses’ feet, Gates Patton found. But the farriers appreciated her presence, her support for their good work, and her deep respect. One of the races on the Nov. 20 card was named in her honor, and she presented the trophy to the winning trainer. Because she speaks Spanish, Gates Patton was able to speak the language during interviews with the local racing television and radio media. A glossy magazine for women called Ellas also interviewed her. Gates Patton was able to tell them stories of shoeing such horses as champions Miesque and Chinook Pass and Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Wild Again. “Te Panamanian people were lively, warm, and passionate about their horses,” said Gates Patton. “Tey, of course, revere Laft Pincay Jr. and have a statue of him in the track paddock. It was an extraordinary week with a lot of successes, and it was an honor to be there.”

memorial donations The CTF accepts donations in memory of relatives and friends, with all such donations allocated to Scholarship Funds of the Foundation and to the Carleton F. Burke Memorial Library. Please remember members of our industry with a donation to the CTF memorial fund. Donations may be sent to CTF, P.O. Box 60018, Arcadia, CA 91066-6018.

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Blistering Fast Stakes Winning Sprint Star Son of Unusual Heat 5 wins and 4 places in 11 lifetime starts • Winner of the 2014 Clockers Corner Handicap of of a 6 month lay-of • Graded Stakes Placed at Santa Anita Park • Raced to unparelled closing fractions of 20.80 for 1/4 mile, 32-1/5 for 3/8 mile and 42-1/5 for 1/2 mile • A beautiful 16 hand chesnut specimen • Widely regarded as the “Fastest Son of Unusual Heat” Son of All Time Leading California Sire of Cal Breds UNUSUAL HEAT-Sire of 5 Grade 1 Winners, 12 Graded Stakes Winners, 30 Graded Stakes horses and 14 California Champions Full Brother to California Champion, Grade 2-Multiple Stakes Winning Turf Star GERVINHO

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Donald Valpredo, Bob Baffert, and Art Sherman will be inducted into the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Hall of Fame Feb. 8 at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, part of the CTBA’s annual Awards Dinner.

DONALD VALPREDO

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onald Valpredo believes in the importance of service to the Toroughbred industry. It’s why he has spent more than 40 years on the board of every major organization in the state, beginning and continuing with the California Toroughbred Breeders Association. Te CTBA frst elected Valpredo to its board in 1972. For the next 18 years he served the organization in just about every capacity, including as president from 1986-90. One of Valpredo’s proudest accomplishments was helping to establish California Cup as a shining spotlight on California-bred racehorses, a series that in 2017 will have its 27th running. To this day the California Cup Sprint bears Valpredo’s name. “It’s such an honor to have a race named after you where you can present the trophy,” he said. Te CTBA has recognized Valpredo even further, choosing him for induction into the Hall of Fame. Te Valpredo family’s California roots trace to Don’s grandfather, Alfonso, a winemaker who emigrated to Burbank in 1898. Te family business evolved and grew as it moved to the San Fernando Valley and then to its current home south of Bakersfeld. Valpredo Farms, headed by Don and his son, CTBA Hall of Fame inductee Don Valpredo has been a dedicated steward of the Michael, now grows a variety of vegetables, inCalifornia breeding and racing program

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cluding onions, bell peppers, sweet potatoes, cabbages, and caulifower. It is also in the forefront of the organic farming movement. Don’s grandfather, father, and uncle frst bought Toroughbreds in 1941, racing in the name of Circle V Stables. Te family’s shocking pink and chartreuse silks—colors that Don still uses—trace to 1944.

al talented horses to California from Argentina, including Star Ball, Lucie Manet, and El Vistobueno. A longtime partnership between Don Valpredo and John Harris began when Valpredo wanted to buy the mare In Prime Time. Te two paid $51,000 for her, and she became the second dam of 1994 Cal-bred Horse of the Year Soviet Problem, bred and

“It’s a very great honor to be respected this way. I’ve enjoyed every day that I’ve been involved in every level of the industry, from the backside to administration.” –Don Valpredo

Cal-homebred Compari won the Sensational Star Stakes in Valpredo’s familiar pink and chartreuse colors

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raced by Valpredo and Harris. Soviet Problem is the second dam of Cal-bred champion Unzip Me, bred by Valpredo and Harris and raced by them with additional partners. Graded stakes winner Compari, bred by Valpredo, Harris, and John Nicoletti, was one of Valpredo’s favorites. “He was foaled at my ranch and always had a lot of personality,” said Valpredo.

Since that time, the Valpredo family has added much to the history of the Cal-bred. Dimaggio, bred and raced by Don’s father, John, was a graded stakes winner by Bold Hitter. Dimaggio in turn sired another well-named graded stakes winner, Fifty Six Ina Row, as well as multiple graded winner Purdue King. Don and John also brought sever-

Valpredo served two terms on the California Horse Racing Board, from 1990-98. During that time one of the things he pushed for was standardized saddlecloth colors, which remain in use today. Bettors, especially when watching a simulcast, can follow their choices much more easily because each number corresponds to a particular color. From the CHRB, Valpredo moved on to the Toroughbred Owners of California board, serving from 19992011, before returning to the CTBA board. He is currently fnishing up service as the CTBA chairperson and will remain on the board. Valpredo joins trainers Bob Bafert and Art Sherman as the 2017 Hall of Fame inductees. “It’s a very great honor to be respected this way,” Valpredo said. “I’ve enjoyed every day that I’ve been involved in every level of the industry, from the backside to administration. I want to thank the board of directors and the membership for acknowledging me with this great tribute. It’s extremely meaningful.” —Tracy Gantz

Valpredo and longtime racing partner John Harris bred and raced Unzip Me to win the Wishing Well Stakes

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BOB BAFFERT

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ob Bafert, over the past 20 years, has not only played at the highest levels in horse racing, but has also become something of a household name in the sport. His silver hair and quick wit, along with multiple wins in Triple Crown events and the Breeders’ Cup make him part of racing’s brand around the world. In his home base of Southern California, his career received its frst big push while he trained a band of California-breds. Bafert speaks fondly of those days. “I owe a lot to the Cal-breds,” the 63-yearold Bafert said. “I had a lot of great owners with Cal-breds, especially the Mabees [owner/breeders John and Betty], the Walters [owner/breeders Robert and Barbara], and Mike Pegram. Tey

got me started on my way.” Tose early days were underlined in 2015, as Gimme Da Lute was named Cal-bred Horse of the Year, as well as top 3-year-old male and top sprinter by the California Toroughbred Breeders Association. With that as a backdrop, the Arizona native and national Hall of Famer will enter the CTBA Hall of Fame Feb. 8. Bafert hailed his early band of Cal-bred stakes winners, chiming in with, “My very frst stakes winner was Teresa’s Pleasure. She won the CTBA Stakes at Del Mar in 1990.” Bafert has since won 120 more stakes there to be the leader among Del Mar trainers. Among his many other Cal-bred honorees are Cavonnier, who took Bafert to near nirvana in the 1996 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and was named top 3-year-

Starting his training career with Cal-breds, CTBA Hall of Fame inductee Bob Baffert has become a national icon for the Thoroughbred industry

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old male and Horse of the Year in ’96, following being named top 2-year-old male in ’95; General Challenge, 1999 top 3-year-old male when he won the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) and Del Mar’s Pacific Classic Stakes (gr. I) and older male of 2000 after winning the Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I); and Batroyale, who was top juvenile flly in 1995. Bafert’s other stakes-winning Cal-breds include Ofcer and Charmonnier. In those early days Bafert says he had no thoughts of grandeur such as Kentucky Derbies or Breeders’ Cups. “I was more interested in running in the Cal Cup races. In fact, there was a time I was known as Mr. Cal Cup because I had a bunch of nice Cal-bred horses and I pointed them toward the Cal Cup.” Cavonnier solidifed that early foundation by becoming Bafert’s “almost frst Kentucky Derby winner”. He lost by a nose in 1996 in what has been called the closest Derby fnish in the race’s history. It took a seemingly interminable amount of time for ofcials to pore over the fnish-line photo in order to determine the winner. What began as the fush of potential victory for Bafert turned into despair as Grindstone’s number went up. “Te best I could say when they called the winner,” Bafert recalled, “was I knew what it felt like for fve minutes to win the Kentucky Derby. I carried that [disappointment] with me for a long time, thinking that I had messed up my one chance to win the Kentucky Derby.” Victories by Silver Charm and Real Quiet in the succeeding two years helped heal the wound. Tough Bafert now has won four Derbies, 14 Breeders’ Cup races, and the Triple Crown, the last with American Pharoah, he has no trouble referencing his Cal-bred roots. “I owe a lot to all those Cal-breds I trained,” said Bafert, “especially to Cavonnier, who gave me a lot of confdence that I could do well in our sport. He gave me my frst serving of success.” —Gene Williams

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ART SHERMAN ixty-one years and counting. Tat’s the short version of the “Life and Times of Art Sherman,” and that’s how long he’s been connected with this sport he loves and has no intention of leaving any time soon. Always one to have a competitive barn with a good share of California-breds, Sherman came to the fore in a big way when he sent a classy-looking colt to the races as a 2-year-old in 2013. His name: California Chrome, and he has taken Sherman and his entourage on the ride of their lives. Sherman’s long and loyal connection to Cal-breds, as well as his saddling of racing’s North America all-time leading money winner in California Chrome, will be honored with a spot in the California Toroughbred Breeders Association Hall of Fame. Te 79-year-old former jockey and native of Brooklyn, N.Y., had this to say about the event: “It’s a real honor to be recognized like this. I’ve had good Calbreds all through the years, and they’ve been good to me. It’s great to be honored for your work.” In reference to the best horses he’s trained over his long career, he pointed to multiple stakes winners Lykatill Hil, Haimish Hy, Lang Field, Cal-bred Ultra Blend, and, of course, California Chrome. “Tere were a lot of other smaller stakes winners,” he added, “but these were the best.” Expanding a bit further, he said, “Over the years we’ve held our own, despite not having a bunch of great horses.” Tat is, until California Chrome. Te chestnut fier, following his victory in the Dec. 17 Winter Challenge Stakes at Los Alamitos, had career earnings of $14,502,650, giving him the record among North American runners, as well as making him the alltime leading Cal-bred earner.

“I’m not the retiring type. I like the action. I’ve always been an action-type of guy.” –Art Sherman

California Chrome’s individual honors could further add to his already premium resume what with his being Horse of the Year in 2014 and a leading candidate for that title again for 2016. During the year he put together a six-race win streak, including victories in the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) and Pacifc Classic. 26

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Art Sherman, right, started as an exercise rider for Cal-bred Horse of the Year Swaps and some 50 years later gained fame as trainer of Cal-bred Horse of the Year California Chrome

Sherman’s take on his “big horse” is a no-brainer: “He’s a once-in-a-lifetime horse. He’s been quite a boost for my family and the barn and all the people who work for me. When he leaves the barn [he’ll go to stud next year], it’s going to leave quite a void. But we have a lot of young horses coming up, and I’ll look forward for the chance to train some of his foals.” Dealing with a good horse isn’t new to Sherman. After all, he was the chief exercise and work rider and traveling mate for Cal-bred Swaps through his run to the 1955 Kentucky Derby winner’s circle. Sherman still relishes those days criss-crossing the country by train. “I spent a lot of days in a boxcar with him,” Sherman said. “It was quite an experience. I did have to hustle grub when I was on the train. I ran out of food after a couple of days, and at every stop I had to jump of the train and try to fnd something to eat. But, you know, when you’re 18 years old, nothing much bothers you.” Now, in the twilight of his career, Sherman has begun to think of life after “Chrome.” Could that include retirement for the diminutive, energetic Sherman? His answer: “I’m not the retiring type. I like the action. I’ve always been an action-type of guy. I’ve been doing this ever since I was 16 years old, so there aren’t too many other things I know how to do.” —Gene Williams

Golden State Series–Del Mar

GRANTED A DOUBLE SOLID WAGER FOR THE WIN

BY TRACY GANTZ

“He’s the kind of horse that wants to do things his way,” said Espinoza. “He doesn’t want to be rushed or pushed. I know him, and I know what to do.” Espinoza knows a few things about California-breds. He, of course, pilots the most famous one of all—California Chrome. When California Chrome takes a break, however, Espinoza still gets his share of winners. Te jockey had just scored back-to-back wins on the Nov. 20 Del Mar card with Kentucky-breds prior to the $100,690 Cary Grant. Solid Wager hadn’t won since last year’s Grant, though he and Espinoza did run third in the Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint behind Sunday Rules and Raised a Secret. At Del Mar over the summer, Solid Wager fnished second, with Martin Pedroza aboard, to Soi Phet in a division of the open Harry F. Brubaker Stakes. Tough Solid Wager was the defending champ in the Grant, favoritism went to Magic Mark, winner of the other Brubaker division. Magic Mark ran ffth in the 2014 Grant when it was conducted on a synthetic surface, and he missed last year’s edition when sidelined for an ankle injury. Solid Wager didn’t look like he was going to play a signifcant role in the seven-furlong Grant when he dropped back to last ear-

The connections of Solid Wager celebrate back-to-back victories

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llness a year ago kept Victor Espinoza from partnering Solid Wager to victory in the Cary Grant Stakes. Joe Talamo deputized that day, but Espinoza was back aboard this year and ended up in the winner’s circle.

Victor Espinoza guiding Solid Wager to a repeat win in the Cary Grant Stakes

ly, well behind the rest of the feld. But he started to hustle on the turn. “I could tell they were going fast up front, and that was fne,” said Espinoza. “Ten when the time came, he went right to it.” Te move on the turn looked impressive, though it left Solid Wager very wide into the stretch. It didn’t matter, as Solid Wager kept to his task and overhauled the entire feld to defeat Grazen Sky by a half-length in 1:22.51. Acceptance fnished third, with Magic Mark ffth. “At frst I was cussing Victor, wondering why he was so far back,” said Peter Miller, who trains Solid Wager. “Ten he winds up with this amazing move, and what can you say about Victor? Tere’s a reason he’s the best.” Gary and Cecil Barber own Solid Wager with the Stanford Stable of Sandra Ann Tsujihara, Michael Joseph De Anda, and Laurence Sai Kit Miao. Madera Toroughbreds bred the 2011 gelded son of Birdonthewire—G Ma, by Valid Wager. Solid Wager was winning his seventh race in 30 starts. He pushed his lifetime bankroll to $429,921. “I’ve had this horse since he was a 2-year-old,” said Miller. “So it’s a lot of fun and great to win this race back-to-back.”

Los Alamitos International star California Chrome lands his frst hometrack stakes with a 12-length victory in the Winter Challenge Stakes at Los Alamitos

Joe Turner’s Cal-bred Sircat Sally and jockey Drayden Van Dyke win the Soviet Problem Stakes at Los Alamitos

WEEKEND OF CAL-BREDS THE CHROME ZONE BY TRACY GANTZ

SIRCAT SALLY’S SOVIET PROBLEM STAKES

As a way to showcase California Chrome and give him a prep for the inaugural $12 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park, Los Alamitos created the $180,000 Winter Challenge Stakes. Any horse starting in the Dec. 17 event was guaranteed $10,000, which attracted a feld of 10, despite the presence of California Chrome.

Two-year-old Cal-bred fllies faced the starter earlier on the card in the $100,000 Soviet Problem at a mile. Six fllies broke from the gate, but it was all Sircat Sally, who dominated as the 1-2 favorite. A little rank early, Sircat Sally took the lead into the frst turn and held it throughout the race. When a couple of rivals tried to challenge her at the top of the stretch, she began lengthening her stride and powered home by 12 lengths in 1:35.42. Cash Prize beat out Bella Luma for second.

os Alamitos paid tribute to California-breds throughout the weekend of Dec. 17-18. Not only did 2-year-olds shine in the Soviet Problem and King Glorious Stakes, the biggest Cal-bred of them all, California Chrome, fnally raced at the track he has called home for years.

Te result was never in doubt, but that wasn’t the point. Te track wanted to present its most famous resident in all his glory, and California Chrome came through brilliantly. With win betting only, California Chrome went of at 1-20 and ran exactly as expected. Breaking from post 10, jockey Victor Espinoza had to let California Chrome race wide around the frst turn of the 11⁄16-mile race. Tey settled into ffth down the backstretch, but California Chrome was just biding his time. Around the second turn, California Chrome passed his rivals easily. He coasted home to win by 12 lengths in 1:40.03. Point Piper, winner of the Longacres Mile Handicap (gr. III), fnished second, with multiple stakes winner Papacoolpapacool third. Te time broke the Los Alamitos track record of 1:40.82 set by Uncle Lino April 30 in the California Chrome Stakes. “When I got on him today, he was stronger and it really surprised me,” said Espinoza. “When that happens I have a lot of confdence. It was perfect.’’ Trainer Art Sherman admitted he was nervous before the race because “it is a horse race and anything can happen.” He quickly saw how confdently Espinoza was riding California Chrome, and Sherman proclaimed it the ideal prep for the Pegasus. “Te atmosphere here was just wonderful,” Sherman said. “It did my heart really good to be able to run him in front of Orange County people. Tey are such loyal fans.”

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Los Alamitos ANN ARBOR EDDIE’S KING GLORIOUS STAKES

Cal-bred Ann Arbor Eddie and jockey Mario Gutierrez win the King Glorious Stakes in the familiar colors of Reddam Racing.

Owners Zillah and Paul Reddam, right, join trainer Doug O’Neill, left, to pick up the King Glorious trophy

The winning connections of Sircat Sally get an early Christmas present, the trophy for the Soviet Problem Stakes, in the Los Al winner’s circle.

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Drayden Van Dyke piloted Sircat Sally for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. Te flly earned her favoritism with a fve-length maiden debut victory at Del Mar Nov. 20. Mike Smith rode her in that frst race. “I’ve never had the chance to sit on her in the morning,” said Van Dyke. “But Mike Smith told me she was a lovely flly. I asked her away from the gate for position, and she was a little keen. But then she came right back to me, and I knew turning for home I had a lot of horse under me.’’ Hollendorfer has based Sircat Sally at Los Alamitos. Assistant trainer Don Chatlos noted that they thought they had a “homecourt advantage,” though Sircat Sally didn’t seem to need it. “Te way she had galloped out in her race at Del Mar, we didn’t think the distance would be a problem,” added Chatlos. “We’re excited about her future.” Joe Turner bred and owns Sircat Sally, a daughter of Surf Cat—Sister Sally, by In Excess. Turner also bred and raced Cal-bred Sister Sally, a two-time winner.

Te combination of owner/breeder Reddam Racing, trainer Doug O’Neill, jockey Mario Gutierrez, and sire Square Eddie have accounted for so many races that it shouldn’t surprise anyone when the team does it again. Tis time they did it with Cal-bred Ann Arbor Eddie, who captured the $100,000 King Glorious Stakes Dec. 18. Five 2-year-olds faced the starter for the King Glorious. Four-time stakes winner California Diamond, who had never fnished worse than second in eight starts, went of as the 2-5 favorite. Ann Arbor Eddie was the second choice at 5-2. California Diamond and Ann Arbor Eddie turned the King Glorious into a match race, the two of them racing head and head from the beginning of the one-mile race. Ann Arbor Eddie raced on the inside, with Kent Desormeaux and California Diamond outside of them. Ultimately, Ann Arbor Eddie proved best, defeating the favorite by 11⁄4 lengths in 1:35.98. Milton Freewater fnished third. “I tried to keep him as comfortable as I could because he was going long for the frst time,” said Gutierrez. “He gave me a good kick going into the last turn.’’ Ann Arbor Eddie broke his maiden in his frst start, a maiden event at Santa Anita Oct. 29. He ran third to Mastery and California Diamond in the Nov. 19 Bob Hope Stakes (gr. III) at Del Mar, a race that looked even better when Mastery returned to win the Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity (gr. I) Dec. 10. Paul and Zillah Reddam bred Ann Arbor Eddie in the name of their Reddam Racing. Te gelding is out of the In Excess mare Repo, who won the 2009 Landaluce Stakes and California Toroughbred Breeders Association Stakes for the Reddams and O’Neill. “Te Square Eddies are unbelievable,” said O’Neill. “Tey have so much heart to them, and they have speed and stamina.’’

AWESOME GAMBLER Coronado’s Quest—Wedding March, by Deputy Minister – Fee: $5,000 LF California’s Leading First-Crop Sire Of 2011 Leading Second-Crop Sire Of 2012 and Leading Third-Crop 2013. Sire of GI Winner WILLA B AWESOME who sold for $875,000 at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton November sale. First foal of G3-placed River Kiss brought $60,000 at OBS MAR 2016.

TIME TO GET EVEN Stephen Got Even—Tomisue’s Pleasure, by Seeking the Gold – Fee: $2,000 LF Ranks Among California’s Leading Third Crop Sires. Sire of 14% Stakes Horses including multiple stakes winner TIME FOR A MEMORY, Fillies Oaks winner TIME TO BE A HERO, second in the Breeders ‘Cup Fillies Stakes, stakes-placed Time for Angie and Xingontothebone. 68% winners from starters including TIME TO GO ROBO ($74,647) ANYTHINGTOGETEVEN ($68,080), EXPONENTIALLY ($62,090).

MERIT MAN With Distinction—Precise Strike, by Precise End – Fee: $5,000 LF : Multiple Stakes Winner, Grade I Stakes Placed From 9 starts had 4 wins 1 second and 1 third, retired with earnings of $462,030. First foals are yearlings of 2017.

GRACE UPON GRACE Rio Verde—Chasing Wind, by Mining – Fee: $2,000 LFSN CALIFORNIA’S LEADING FRESHMAN SIRE OF 2014 SECOND LEADING SOPHOMORE SIRE IN 2015 Sire of 3-time AARON’S THUNDER, 2nd Saskatchewan Lotteries H., 2-time winner/6-time placed earner of $155,670 LONDON LEGACY, 2015 2YO winners SUAVEMENTE ($34,720), SWEET BEA ($22,030), and GRACEE HUNNY. Grace Upon Grace ofers an A+ TrueNicks Rated Pedigree, as he is a grandson of Champion miler NUREYEV and Grade 1 SW MINING.

EMPIRE WAY Empire Maker—Delta Princess, by A.P. Indy - Fee: $5,000 LF G 11 Stakes-Placed Winner of $119,170 Full Brother to Two-Time Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner and Eclipse Champion ROYAL DELTA. From the strongest female family in California & one of the best in the Nation. From the sire line of Champion AMERICAN PHAROAH, 2016 Breeders’ Cup Champions, ARROGATE, CHAMPAGNE ROOM and CLASSIC EMPIRE.

TWICE THE APPEAL Successful Appeal—Double Boarded, by Cormorant – Fee: $1,500 LF Stakes winner of 476,060 G1 Kentucky Derby Contender and winner of the $800,000 G3 Sunland Derby.

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AN INTERNATIONAL FLAIR CANDICE HARE BY EMILY SHIELDS

“I’ve never met someone who consumes so much racing and yet maintains such an acute awareness of detail,” said John Mousis, a former producer at TVG. “Domestic racing, international racing, jockeys, trainers, tactics, track and surface nuances, pace and sectional analysis—she’s just so thorough when talking about races. It’s impressive, and those were just my early impressions.” Hare grew up watching just one race, the Kentucky Derby. “That was my family’s thing,” she said. “It was kind of like when people watch the Olympics, but they don’t actually follow any of the sports until the Olympics. That is how racing was in my life.” Hare frst became enamored with a California-based, charismatic gray colt named Silver Charm, who won the Derby in 1997. “Silver Charm was everything a little girl loves; he was big, pretty, and then he won. But it wasn’t until Zenyatta came along that I really got pulled in.” Hare’s frst visit to a racetrack came in 2010 at Hollywood Park to watch Zenyatta win the Lady’s Secret Handicap (gr. I), which would be the 19th and fnal victory of her storied career. While there, Hare made an effort to not only study a few past performance lines in the Daily Racing Form, but also to read the entirety of the page explaining how to read the past performances. “It spiraled from there,” Hare said. “I’m a very logical thinker and was a math major in college. I like to set out my thoughts and prove an argument. 36

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veryone who meets her is immediately impressed by her knowledge and candor. When they fnd out later that Candice Hare has only been immersed in horse racing for a few years, they are astounded.

TVG’s Candice Hare expanding international interest

Handicapping a horse race is really similar to thinking through math. That side of it really appealed to me.” Hare started handicapping domestic racetracks on her own, until another favorite mare, dual Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr. IT) winner Ouija Board, had her frst foal in training. “I was looking forward to her progeny,” Hare recalled. Ouija Board’s son Voodoo Prince broke his maiden at Haydock Park in the United Kingdom, then was shipped to Australia to continue his career. The mare’s fourth foal, the brilliant Australia, became a three-time group I winner in the United Kingdom. That hooked Hare on international racing, and that devotion has since spiraled into a career. “Upon getting to know her better, I was shocked to hear that she had only been following racing for a few years,” said Mousis. “Her knowledge base was that of someone who had decades of experience.” After leaving her Riverside, Calif., home for Florida, Hare studied under the tutelage of clocker Bruno DeJulio before working for Jeremy Plonk of Horse

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Player NOW. Eventually, Mousis began to lobby to have Hare hired at TVG. Hare applied to be the paddock host at Canterbury Park and made it to the fnal two, but was eventually turned down. Six months after submitting her application to TVG, Hare received a unique position and returned to California on short notice. “I plan out and script one or two international segments per week,” she said. “I get to pick which past races I want to show. The rest of the time I sit in the booth and assist the producer.” Hare is enjoying her role at TVG, but she still believes there is a lot of room for development in international racing coverage. “It’s defnitely a place we could expand,” she said of American racing fans and companies. “The ADWs could certainly build up handle and grow signifcantly because it’s such a big area to grow into.” With Hare’s astounding ability to assimilate racing knowledge, she will be an asset to any position in her career. As Mousis said, “I still learn things from talking to her, and I’ve been in the business for 28 years.”

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2017 STALLION ROSTER

A Top Twelve Active California Sire

SOUTHERN IMAGE Halo’s Image – Pleasant Dixie, by Dixieland Band/ $1,500 LF • A Top Six ActiveCalifornia Sire by 2016 Repeat Winners, incl. Grade 3-pl FIVEtime SW SMOKEY IMAGE ($460,461), won his frst six starts by a combined margin of 27 lengths, incl. 2016 $250,000 California Cup Derby by 8 1/2 lengths, $200,000 Golden State Juvenile S., $150,000 I’m Smokin S. by 4+, Everett Nevin S. by 6+, and Cavonnier Juvenile S. by 2. • California-sired crops incl. SWs SMOKEY IMAGE ($460,461); BETTER BET ($317,652); 2016 SWs ZOOKS and MIDNIGHT PASSION; etc. • His frst crop has average earnings over $77,000 and 11% $100K+ earners,.

A Top Five Active Sires by 2016 Cal-Bred Winners

MARINO MARINI Storm Cat – Halo America, by Waquoit/ $1,500 LF • Ranked among the top ten active sires by 2016 Cal-Bred earnings! • Sire of 12% Stakes Horses, including Record-setting Graded performer SWEET MARINI ($411,668), 1-2-3 in 10 of 14 starts incl. 1st $200,000 Fleet Treat S. by 4 3/4 lengths, 2014 NTR at LRC, 5 1/2F in 1:01.95, 2015 2nd in $200,000 Grade 2 Santa Monica S., placed in Grade 3 Rancho Bernardo H.); SHUDACUDAWUDYA ($337,639); STARLIGHT MAGIC ($334,900); etc. • Outstanding 2016 season with Stakes performers including Breakaway Dixie, on-theboard in 11 of 14 starts incl. Wine Country S. and Pleasanton Oaks; etc.

Leading Active Third-Crop Sire by 2016 Cal-Bred Earnings

THE PAMPLEMOUSSE Kafwain – Comfort Zone, by Rubiano/ $1,500 LF • First crop sire of 14% Stakes Horses, incl. Thermodynamics ($145,730) – 2nd $200,000 Melair S., and Bullwinkle Babe – 2nd Arizona Oaks. • Current 2YOs incl. 9 1/2-length maiden winner SHAYDA’S PRINCE, on-the-board in the $50,000 Cavonnier Juvenile S. • Yearling prices up to $160,000 & 2YO prices up to $105,000. • Won 3 of 5 starts, incl. G3 Sham S. by 6L (107 Beyer) and G3 San Rafael S. • Sire of $160,000 BARRETTS SALES TOPPING YEARLING in his First Crop!

First Foals Arrived in 2016

TYPHOON SLEW Stormy Atlantic – Hepatica, by Slewpy/ $1,000 LF • Ranked on the Experimental Free Handicap ahead of Graded Winners PRAYER FOR RELIEF ($2,027,948), SWIFT WARRIOR ($651,953), etc. • 10 3/4-length Maiden Special Winner on dirt at second asking, and on-theboard in Keeneland’s $400,000 Grade 1 Breeders’ Futurity on synthetic and Saratoga’s $100,000 Grade 3 With Anticipation S. on turf. • Only son of Leading Sire STORMY ATLANTIC, Typhoon Slew is a grandson of Grade 1 2YO SWs and Leading Sires STORM CAT and SLEWPY.

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2017 STALLION ROSTER

New to California for 2017

HAYNESFIELD Speightstown – Nothing Special, by Tejabo/ $5,000 LF • First crop sire of Grade 3 Commonwealth Turf SW HAY DAKOTA ($137,090), Grade 2-pl $100,000 Rushaway SW HE’LL PAY ($173,099), and fve-time SW C U AT EAU CLAIRE ($167,211) and recent 3rd place fnshed of the G1 Cigar Mile, Realm. • Current 2YOs incl. $100,000 Hillsdale SW GIFTED JUSTICE, $100,000 SPW Sixers City, and $50,000+ SPWs Prince of Kentucky and Hyannisport. • Ten wins/Eight Stakes Wins in 19 starts, incl. Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup, earning $1,319,481. • Yearling prices up to $160,000, juveniles for up to $310,000. • California’s frst son of Eclipse Champion SPEIGHTSTOWN, sire of 78 SWs, incl. 2016 Grade 1 Breeder’s Cup winner TAMARKUZ.

Half-Brother to Grade 1 Winners BEHOLDER & INTO MISCHIEF

CURLIN TO MISCHIEF Curlin – Leslie’s Lady, by Tricky Creek/ $3,500 LF • Half-brother to three-time Eclipse Champion and three-time Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup SW BEHOLDER ($6,156,600, 114 Beyer), ten-time Grade 1 SW, etc. • Half-brother to Grade 1 CashCall Futurity SW INTO MISCHIEF (103 Beyer), sire of 19 SWs, incl. two-time Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup SW GOLDENCENTS, 2016 multiple Grade 1 2YO SW PRACTICAL JOKE, etc. • Half-brother to the $3,000,000 Record Yearling of 2016! • By two-time Horse of the Year/Leading Sire CURLIN, sire of 30 SWs, incl. EXAGGERATOR (G1), PALACE MALICE (G1), KEEN ICE (G1), STELLAR WIND (G1, Champion), CURALINA (G1), OFF THE TRACKS (G1), etc.

California’s C0-Leading Sire of 2016 Two-Year-Old Winners

U S RANGER Danzig – My Annette, by Red Ransom/ $3,000 LF

• Current 2YOs incl. SW U S OFFICER, 2 1/2-length winner of the $100,000 open listed Clever Trevor S. and 3rd in $60,000 Evangeline Downs Prince S.; Dona Repa, 5 1/2-length frst start maiden special winner & 2nd Grade 3 Eduardo Cautino Insua S.; etc. • Fourth Leading Active California Sire of 2016 with Graded Stakes Winners in each of his frst two crops, sire of $250,000 Grade 3 Dixiana Bourbon SW LAWN RANGER ($211,764); $150,000 Grade 3 Arlington-Washington Futurity SW SOLITARY RANGER ($231,932); Austrailian Group 3 SW GET THE NOD. • Barretts 2YOs sold for $160,000, Keeneland Sept. Yearlings for up to $180,000.

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HOME OF CALIFORNIA’S LEADING SIRES Pedigree Powerhouse – First Outstanding Foals Arrived in 2016

NORTHERN CAUSEWAY Giant’s Causeway – Getaway Girl, by Silver Deputy/ $2,500 LF

• Graded Stakes-Winning son of Three-Time Leading Sire GIANT’S CAUSEWAY, sire of 185 SWs, 327 SHs & earners of over $153 Million. • Out of a half-sister to Leading Sires GHOSTZAPPER and CITY ZIP, the sires of 133 SWs, 244 SHs & earners of over $122 Million. • NORTHERN CAUSEWAY is a Graded Derby winner from the foundation family that produces Breeders’ Cup Classic & Kentucky Derby winners.

California’s Leading Second-Crop Sire for 2016

SLEW’S TIZNOW Tiznow – Hepatica, by Slewpy/ $2,500 LF

• Over 87% of his starters have WON or Placed! • Sire of Brett Mason’s exciting 2YO More Power to Him, on-the-board in 3 of 4 starts incl. a commanding 2 1/2-length Maiden Special win and placing in the $75,000 Gold Rush S. at Golden Gate Fields, etc. • Won on dirt and synthetic, including Del Mar’s El Cajon S. at one mile by 3 lengths and Hollywood Park’s War Chant S. at 1 1/16 miles in a TRACK RECORD 1:40.34. • Saratoga MSW and 2nd in Keeneland’s G1 Breeders’ Futurity at two. • In his fnal start, posted a 102 Beyer in Hollywood Park’s G2 Californian S. • Yearlings sold for nearly 25-Times his fee & 2YOs sold for up to $92,000 – 36.8-Times His Fee! • Winners on dirt, turf and synthetic at distances from 4 ½ furlongs to 8 ½ furlongs.

California Champion Two-Year-Old by Lucky Pulpit

ROUSING SERMON Lucky Pulpit – Rousing Again, by Awesome Again/ $2,000 LF • Ranked among the Top NINE Colts of his crop on the Experimental Free Handicap, 2nd by only a neck in the $750,000 Grade 1 CashCall Futurity beating DRILL (G1), HANDSOME MIKE (G2), BLINGO (G2), SKY KINGDOM (G3), etc. • Ran 1-2-3 in 20 of 36 career starts earning $821,571, winning and placing in 13 Stakes, incl. the $1,000,000 Grade 2 Louisiana Derby, $200,000 Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis S. and $150,000 Grade 3 Native Diver S. • Offers breeders an A++ TrueNicks rated pedigree as a grandson of Sire of Sires PULPIT and AWESOME AGAIN, o/o a half to millionaire CHINDI (G3, 111 Beyer).

No Booking Fees for 2017 Seasons / Stud Fees are payable Oct. 1 of year bred

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Blast from the Past

DOLLARS AND SENSE THE BIG BUCKS GANG BY GENE WILLIAMS

ince it appears unlikely at this point that any other horse will ever overtake California Chrome as the all-time leading money winner among California-breds with his $14,502,650 and counting, it seems only right to take a stroll down memory lane and recognize some of California’s other big-money winners on the racetrack.

Tat list would include Tiznow, Best Pal, Bertrando, Snow Chief, Ancient Title, Swaps, and Native Diver. Te last two named do not make the list of the state’s top 30 earners, though Native Diver missed by a mere $100,000. Tey had the misfortune of running in the days when big purses were at a premium—no million-dollar races, for instance, and

a minimum of hundred-granders. Swaps is a perfect example of that, running 25 times and being on the board in 23. However, the size of the purses put his lifetime earnings at $848,900, not bad for the 1950s but no threat to the multi-million-dollar winners of today. Tiznow stands second on the money-winning list, his $6,427,830 now a far cry from the leader. He did earn that, however, in just 15 starts, with victories in two Breeders’ Cup Classics (gr. I)—still alone in that—as the high-water marks in his career. Bred and raced by Cecilia Straub-Rubens, the son of Cee’s Tizzy—Cee’s Song, by Seattle Song, fnished in the money in 14 of his starts. Trainer Jay Robbins, while certainly pleased with the overall results of the horse’s racing career, has something of an unusual

Leading all-time California-bred earner with more than $14 million in his 401k, California Chrome defeats Dortmund in the grade II San Diego Handicap

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Tiznow

-Hepa

W0 LF ’S TIZNO 50 tic Fee: $2, a by Slewpy ·

California’s Leading Second Crop Sire of 2016. California’s Leading First Crop Sire of 2015. Won on dirt and synthetic. Won on both coasts. Track Recorder holder for 1 mile & 1/16th at Hollywood Park. Multiple stakes winner, second in Keeneland’s G1 Breeders Futurity. Over 40 stakes winners in frst three dams. Speed, Stamina, Balance and Conformation. The total package. Winners on dirt, turf and synthetic. From distances of 4 ½ furlongs to 8 ½ furlongs. . #2 in 2016 sires of two year olds in California be average earnings per runner. . Over 87% of his starters have won or placed. . Yearlings sold for nearly 25 times his fee and two year olds sold for up to $92,000. That’s over 36 times the stud fee!

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take on that career. ference and so big. “He had the most com“I don’t think he would pelling personality of any have trained that well if horse I ever had,” said the Breeders’ Cup had Robbins. “Trough that been at Santa Anita that personality, he taught me year. After he settled in, patience.” I knew we were in good Learning patience came shape.” mostly with Tiznow’s Looking back on that 4-year-old season while Classic, Robbins said, he was coming back from “He ran really well being a back injury that had down there inside. Most laid him up for about horses appreciate being on six months and was just the outside when they’re coming around prior to in that kind of battle. his second Breeders’ Cup He ran well both times– Classic, held that year at against Giant’s Causeway Belmont Park. the frst time (2000 at “He had been almost Churchill Downs) and unbearable prior to going Sakhee (2001).” to New York,” Robbins Back-to-back Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Tiznow, inside, defeating Giant’s Retired Hall of Famer said. “He wouldn’t train. Causeway in the 2000 running, ranks second on the Cal-bred earnings list McCarron reserved his He wouldn’t do anything comments about Tiznow we wanted him to do.” go ahead and work a mile from the half- to his racing skills, saying, “He was an Robbins was beginning to wonder mile pole.” outstanding racehorse with a phenomwhether he could get the horse ready for Turns out it didn’t get any better when enal, efcient stride that enabled him to his defense of his 2000 Classic victory. he got to Belmont. carry his speed over a long distance. He Tiznow’s contrary attitude was strain“Te frst day after we got to Bel- had no wasted motion. ing Robbins’ patience, and, the trainer mont, he didn’t want to train, didn’t even “He was a very determined racehorse as said, “it all came to a culmination in his want to jog,” said Robbins. “Eventually, well. He loved to run, and he was incredilast work before going back to Belmont. though, we jogged him three miles, and bly talented and very intelligent.” It took 40 minutes to get him to work. after that he settled in really well. He As for Tiznow’s running style, McHe seemed ready to work then changed went right about his business, and he was Carron said, “I let him place himself in his mind. He would start again and then happy out there. Maybe it was because each race. I didn’t send him; I didn’t take prop. Finally, Chris McCarron got him to the track was a mile and a half in circum- him back. Wherever he was comfortable, that made me feel comfortable. And that worked out pretty well.” Tat last came with McCarron’s trademark grin, no doubt thinking of those two Classic wins. McCarron did have some recollections of a sort of quirkiness in the horse’s nature: “He wouldn’t walk into his stall normally; he had to be backed in. It was the same thing with the receiving barn at Santa Anita. He must not have liked having things above his head.” Oddly enough, he was fne in the starting gate, McCarron said. Best Pal certainly belongs among the legends with his record of 47 starts and 18 victories along the way to $5,668,245 in earnings. Te gelding, bred by John and Betty Mabee, made his name mostly in his younger years, when he fnished second in the 1991 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) Best Pal’s Hollywood Gold Cup victory in 1993 added to his $5,668,245 total that puts the Golden Eagle homebred third among leading Cal-bred earners for trainer Ian Jory and won the frst Pacif42

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TOM’S TRIBUTE Lion Heart - Halloween Fun by El Prado (IRE)

Grade 1 Winner of the Eddie Read Stakes with Earnings of $634,880

Won the Grade II Del Mar Mile Handicap & the Thunder Road Stakes at Santa Anita Versatile Winner from 6+1/2 Furlongs to 1+1/8 Miles Posting FIVE Triple Digit Beyers Fee: $2,000 Inquiries to: Tom Hudson • 4050 Casey Avenue, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 805-693-1777 • Email: inquiries@magalifarms.com • Website: www.MagaliFarms.com

ic Classic Stakes (gr. I) later that year for new trainer Gary Jones. Hall of Famer Richard Mandella took the reins when Best Pal was 6 and trained him into his 8-yearold season. During that time, Best Pal was second in the 1994 Pacifc Classic (gr. I), won the 1994 Native Diver Handicap (gr. III) and 1995 San Antonio Handicap (gr. II), and was second in the 1995 Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I), beaten a head by Urgent Request. Mandella remembers Best Pal, at age 7, “still a healthy, sound horse. He was still good; maybe not as good as when he was younger, but still pretty good.” He also recalls that the son of Habitony—Ubetshedid, by King Pellinore, could be nasty around the barn. Te often-understated Mandella said, “He was not affectionate. If you walked by his door, he might try to rip of your arm if he had the chance. But as Mr. and Mrs. William Kirkland’s popular Cal-bred millionaire Ancient Title, shown winning the San long as you left him alone, he was Antonio Stakes, earned $1,252,791 in seven seasons of racing in the 1970s happy. He just didn’t want to be bothered—unless you had carrots. He’d Title up close and personal long before ner Forego. take all the carrots you had. that 1970 gelding became something of a Snow Chief serves as one of trainer Mel “Overall, he was a real good horse and household name in California racing. Stute’s fondest memory, not just because an outstanding specimen of a horse with “We had 13 yearlings for trainer Keith he won the 1986 Florida Derby (gr. I), classic looks. Add to that a great big heart.” Stucki,” Mandella said. “Twelve were sale Santa Anita Derby (gr. I), and Preakness As for his racing attitude, Mandella horses of some note, some even sale-top- Stakes. Te arrival of the son of Refected said, “He was a good worker. He could pers, and the other was a homebred that Glory—Miss Snowfake, by Snow Sportwork slow or fast, whatever you wanted. I wouldn’t say was cheap but had modest ing, in the Stute barn turned out to be a And he had a great mind. All the great bloodlines [Gummo—Hi Little Gal, by fascinating story. ones do.” Bar Le Duc]. Here’s how Stute remembers it: “I got Mandella confesses to having some “After I had them broken for about a a call from one of my owners, Carl Grintrepidation about one decision he made month, Stucki asked what I thought of stead, who said he had a nice, young in regard to Best Pal’s training regimen. them. My answer was, ‘Te homebred horse at Caliente that a friend wanted to “I had this young girl who came to is worth all of the other 12 and more.’ buy but wanted to have a workout for the work for me one summer at Del Mar, and Sometimes you just know. As soon as I horse before paying the $40,000 ofering I put her with Best Pal as hotwalker,” he rode him, I could feel that he was some- price.” said. “She was just 16 years old, and I was thing special.” Te horse worked 7 furlongs in 1:23, scared to death because I knew how mean And special Ancient Title was, going and Stute told Grinstead to ask $100,000, he could be. But in two weeks they were on to post a record of 24 wins, 11 sec- which he did. Te prospective buyer shied best friends.” onds, and nine thirds from 57 starts, with away. “Send the horse to me,” Stute told Tat was Becky Witzman, who became earnings of $1,252,791 for owner/breed- Grinstead. It was as easy as that. Grinstead a Mandella assistant later before moving ers Mr. and Mrs. William Kirkland. He (who bred Snow Chief), co-owner Ben on to Santa Anita’s HRTV. was part of one of the nation’s great foal Rochelle, and Stute spent a lot of time in Mandella’s time in racing goes all the crops that included Triple Crown winner winner’s circles. way to back his youth, when he broke Secretariat, Sham (runner-up to SecretarTey didn’t make it to the Derby cirhorses at the famed Tree Rings Ranch. iat in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness cle, though. Stute called Snow Chief’s Tat gave him the chance to see Ancient Stakes, gr. I), and longtime brilliant run- efort in the Kentucky Derby “horrible” 44

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Congratulations to

COIL’s son COIL’S GOLD

Cal-Bred COIL’S GOLD winner of a Maiden Special Weight, November 13, 2016 at Del Mar on his frst time out by an impressive 5+1/2 lengths!

COIL

Point Given – Eversmile by Theatrical (IRE)

Multiple Grade 1 Winning Millionaire with Earnings of $1,154,360 Won the Grade 1 Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stake & the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational Stake · Versatile Grade 1 Winner at 1+1/8 Miles on the East Coast and Grade 1 Winner at 6 Furlongs on the West Coast Fee: $3,500

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and called Grinstead that evening to suggest “the Derby scene Art Sherman galloped Swaps as an 18-year-old for trainer was over.” Tat’s the way it looked until trainer Charlie Whit- Mesh Tenney and owner/breeder Rex Ellsworth and remembers tingham, who won the Derby with Ferdinand, said Stute should the horse this way: “He was one of a kind. Probably the fastest throw out the race and proceed forward. horse I ever sat on. He was a freak of a runner. I’ve never had Tat meant Snow Chief would go on to Pimlico Race Course a horse that worked as fast as he did, and then ran as fast as he to contest the Preakness. Sure enough, Snow Chief won the did in the afternoon. When I talked to ‘Shoe’ (riding legend Bill Preakness, and who was the victim? Ferdinand. Shoemaker), he said that he was the best horse he had ridden up And then there’s Bertrando, probably the only horse more to that point. Tat means a lot. known for how he lost two races than the many races and honors “He was strong to gallop, and when you clucked to him, you he won during the rest of his racing career. better be tied on because he really jumped. It was pure power. It He was the victim of one of the most spectacular swooping was a freaky experience for me being just 18 years old and just moves ever made, on the fnal turn, to get collared by the French horse Arazi in the 1991 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I). Even after 25 years, those who saw that move vividly remember it. Ironically, Bertrando was well clear of the rest of the feld. An eerily similar incident occurred two years later. Bertrando seemingly was on the way to victory in the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Classic before the 133-1 longshot Arcangues went fying past as the pair came to the wire. Among brighter days for Bertrando was his victory in the 1993 Pacifc Classic at Del Mar and the Eclipse Award that year as the nation’s top older male. Ultimately an earner of $3,185,610, Bertrando had a remarkable breeding career in California as well. Tough he died in 2014, his ofspring continue to make their mark, both on the track and in the breeding shed. Swaps and Native Diver might have much lower earnings compared to their younger counterparts, but they seldom brought up the rear in their racing careers, making them naturals for that pantheon of legendary Cal-bred Snow Chief, runaway victor in the 1986 Preakness Stakes on his way to a stars. After all, Swaps won the 1955 Kentucky Derby, as national championship and more than $3.8 million, ranks ffth on the earnings well 18 other races in 25 lifetime starts, and Native Diver, list the frst Cal-bred millionaire, won 37 times and fnished second seven times and third 12 times in 81 starts during the learning my ABCs. Tey would just tell me to work him easy. 1960s. But there was no working him easy.” Dan Smith, perhaps the closest thing to a racing encyclopedia, fondly remembers Native Diver both as a pretty spectacular racehorse and as one of California’s most popular horses. “He was a great horse,” said the former racetrack publicist for Santa Anita and Hollywood Park, and longtime publicist at Del Mar. “He was extremely popular—he was worth 5,000 to 10,000 fans at the gate. “He had brilliant speed and started out as a sprinter, but [trainer] Buster Millerick stretched him out successfully so that he became a great route horse, too. He would go to the lead and then take a little breather around the three-eighths pole. Once you allowed him to get the breather, it was very hard to catch him.” Te wily Whittingham realized that Native Diver tried to get that breather every race, so he would make sure his Pretense would go after him at that point. Tus, Pretense, who also had great speed, was able to beat Native Diver several times. Smith remembers that Native Diver was known by nearly all, but especially to Millerick and regular jockey Jerry Lambert, simA major player on the national racing scene and Horse of the Year in 1956, Swaps won the Kentucky Derby, above, putting the spotlight ply as “Te Black Horse.” on Cal-breds “Buster and Jerry just loved the horse,” Smith said. 46

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MAGALI FARMS DECARCHY Distant View- Toussaud, by El Gran Senor More than $14.4 Million in Progeny Earnings Average earnings of $55,113 per runner Sire of STONEY FLEECE $600,028, MOTOWN MEN $470,495, ANTARES WORLD $438,328, AWESOME RETURN $415,928, Husband’s Folly $364,277, NEVERADOUBT $213,830 620 Progeny wins including 12 blacktype winners, 7 blacktype placers & 1 Graded blacktype winner California’s leading Freshman Sire 2007, California’s leading Second Crop Sire 2008 California’s leading Third Crop Sire 2009

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RICHARD’S KID Lemon Drop Kid- Tough Broad, by Broad Brush Multiple Grade 1 Winning Millionaire and Horse Of The Year · Made 47 Lifetime starts & retired sound Won a total of SEVEN Graded Stakes Races and earned $2,482,295 · Versatile Winner from 1 Mile to 1+1/2 Miles posting ELEVEN Triple Digit Beyers Won the Grade 1 Pacific Classic-TWICE Won the Grade 1 Goodwood Stake, Grade 2 San Antonio Handicap & Grade 3 Cougar II Handicap First foals to race in 2017-Yearling Filly sold for $60,000 & Yearling Colt sold for $30,000 at 2016 Barretts Sale

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MR. BROAD BLADE Broad Brush- Miss High Blade, by Highland Blade Stakes Winner & Graded Stakes Placed son of leading sire BROAD BRUSH ($2,656,793) and out of multiple stakes-winning mare MISS HIGH BLADE ($508,396) Never off the board in 12 career starts Average Earnings per Runner Over 32-Times His Fee! Sire of stakes winner BELLSBLADE $96,760, Graded stakes-placed Justdontcallmejerri $129,421 and stakes performers Affrettando $187,269 and Dirty Dish Mitch Also Standing: Atticus $3,500 • Coil $3,500 • Roi Charmant $1,000 • Tom’s Tribute $2,000 Inquiries to: Tom Hudson • 4050 Casey Avenue, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 805-693-1777 • Email: inquiries@magalifarms.com • Website: www.MagaliFarms.com

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s Santa Anita gears up its winter-spring race meeting, Barretts will conduct its January mixed sale nearby. Te sales company, which holds its 2-yearold sales at Del Mar, returned to its frst home, Fairplex Park in Pomona, for its October yearling sale and will hold its initial sale of 2017 there as well.

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Jet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (gr. I), was named that year’s champion sprinter, and collected a total Barretts returns to its Pomona bankroll of $1,920,378. While this year’s catalog has home at Fairplex Park for the some 2-year-olds, the bulk of the January mixed sale, which comprises a fne array of Jan. 17 sale consists of brood- California-breds While many of Barretts’ top sale graduates have come from its mares and yearlings. Tey are by 2-year-old in training sales, bargains have been available in the a wide variety of stallions, both from California and elsewhere. January catalogs. Consider Melatonin, who was a $15,000 buyLucky Pulpit, the sire of California Chrome, appears in severback as a 2-year-old at the 2013 January sale. In 2016 he won the al capacities—as a sire of broodmares, yearlings, and 2-year-olds, Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I) and Gold Cup at Santa Anita (gr. I) and as a covering sire. Andy Havens’ Havens Bloodstock Agency and has amassed earnings of $1,398,552 thus far. has consigned a mare and a yearling colt by Lucky Pulpit, while Buyers missed out on an opportunity to purchase a future Sue Greene’s Woodbridge Farm and Colleen Turpin-Boyce have Eclipse Award winner in 2008, when California-bred Amazombie 2-year-olds by the stallion. Woodbridge also is ofering the 3-yearwent through the ring at the January sale. A $32,000 buy-back old Lucky Pulpit flly Lucky by the Lake, as well as a mare in foal as a 2-year-old, Amazombie ultimately won the 2011 Sentient to him. John Harris’ Harris Farms and Dan Kiser (as agent for Tree Top Ranch) have consigned mares in foal to the sire also. Another major California sire, Ministers Wild Cat, will be represented by several oferings. Havens has two 2-year-old fllies by the stallion. J & M Toroughbreds (Greg Fanning as agent) has consigned a yearling daughter of Ministers Wild Cat, and Easterbrook Livestock Management has a 3-year-old Ministers Wild Cat colt. One of the state’s newer sires, Coil, has representatives from multiple crops. Havens has a 2-year-old flly, while J & M has a yearling flly. Tough Swiss Yodeler has left California, he continues to infuence the local product. Adrian Gonzalez’ Checkmate Toroughbreds and Elena Crim’s H&E Ranch have 2-year-old Swiss Yodeler fllies among their consignments. Smiling Tiger has proved very popular as a stallion at recent sales, with his frst foals scheduled to reach the races in 2017. Woodbridge is ofering a yearling flly by Smiling Tiger and a mare in foal to the stallion. Other sires with yearlings in the catalog include Acclamation, Artie Schiller, Bluegrass Cat, Lookin At Lucky, and Shanghai Bobby. Broodmares by the likes of Artie Schiller, Hard Spun, Harlan’s Holiday, Malibu Moon, Medaglia d’Oro, Street Sense, Tapit, UnbriAmazombie (outside), shown winning the 2011 Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Sprint, is a Barretts January mixed sale product dled’s Song, and Unusual Heat also will be ofered.

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Standout Employee

SHANE EASTERBROOK BY EMILY SHIELDS

hen asked to choose a most exceptional employee, Rex Dahlberg did not hesitate to name Shane Easterbrook.

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“Shane is what I call my livestock manager,” he said. “She’s been with us 10 years now, and she’s very good at what she does.” Easterbrook, along with Dahlberg and his wife, Nancy, all call Dahlberg Farms home. Te San Miguel ranch has 40-50 equine residents at any one time, all of whom are managed by Easterbrook. Although she originally grew up around Quarter Horses in Creston, Calif., Easterbrook never imagined her career now. “I went away from horses for quite some time,” she said. “I got back into it when I met the Dahlbergs. I took the job with them managing the horse racing, which gave me my frst experience with Toroughbreds.” Although initially an internal operation, the Dahlbergs gave Easterbrook their blessing to start her own Easterbrook Livestock Management banner and take in outside clients. “I do 90% of the work on the farm myself,” Easterbrook admitted. “I am very hands-on, doing the feeding, checking the horses, caring for them, and rehabbing them when they come home from the racetrack. I do the sales prep as well.” Dahlberg Farms doesn’t just play host to the typical broodmares, foals, and yearlings, but also 15 retirees that are living out their days in the most enjoyable way.

“Te ones we have rehomed have worked out well, but for the most part they are just here to be well taken care of,” said Easterbrook. “Tose clients are amazing to put out that much efort to do that for their horses.” Easterbrook allowed that the farm is “quiet and very suitable for retirees. Tere isn’t a big infux of mares and foals coming in and out, so exposure is minimal and easier on the horses.” She also works hard to make sure each horse is paired with a pasture mate that works well. “I mix and match personalities,” she said. “If you have one unhappy horse in a paddock, it makes the whole herd unhappy.” Despite the Dahlbergs’ relatively small number of mares, the farm has churned out several recent stakes winners. Graded stakes winner Tiz a Minister (an earner of $481,530), multiple stakes winner Patriots Rule ($422,420), graded stakes-placed and stakes winner Raised a Secret ($492,130), and stakes-placed winners Tiz a Kiss ($360,751) and Image of Joplin ($233,647) all were born and raised at Dahlberg Farms this decade. Easterbrook herself has developed a nutrition and care program designed to maximize each horse’s abilities. “We developed our own grain to work with our pasture after we tested our pastures and soil,” she said. “We focus on growing good bone on the horses; part of our success is our horses having good legs under them. Ten I work on the mental aspect of each baby as it’s brought up. We really try here, even if it’s unconventional.” One example is Raised a Secret, who used to be so timid he would get picked on in the pasture. “I moved him in with some cattle,” Easterbrook said. “Once he fgured out he could dominate the cattle, he had enough confdence to go back in with other colts and they didn’t beat him up any more.” Easterbrook enjoys the sales aspect of the farm and is happy with their recent results. “I love promoting the Dahlbergs’ horses,” she said. “Tey are wonderful people, and it’s great to live on the farm together. I am fattered that they trust me to take care of their property and horses. It’s quite important.”

Shane Easterbrook at Dahlberg Farms

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irst stakes winners are special, no matter what the circumstances. When a homebred gets the job done, it means even more. Not only did Myles McMahon win the $60,075 Golden Gate Debutante Stakes Nov. 25 with homebred Isa Firecracker, but he put together the breeding after thorough research. It is paying of with winners that his entire family enjoys. “Tis is not only my frst stakes winner, it’s my trainer’s frst stakes winner too,” said McMahon. Jamey Tomas trains McMahon’s horses in Northern California, a partnership that has evolved into a friendship as well. “I was looking for a trainer who would take a guy like me who had never owned a horse and would be somewhat local,” said McMahon. “Jamey lived in Sacramento, about three miles away from me at the time.”

A friend said that Tomas did well with a small string of horses. McMahon had grown up attending the races with his father, and after he established his residential real estate business, he wanted to own a horse instead of simply betting on them. Tomas claimed Professor Higgins for McMahon at Golden Gate in 2005, getting the 6-year-old gelding for $4,000. Professor Higgins won in his second start for McMahon, grabbing a neck victory at Solano. “Mostly I had claiming horses for about a decade,” said McMahon. “We had some horses who went on to win stakes after they got claimed from us.” Perhaps the best was Streakin’ Mohican, claimed by McMahon and William Burton for $12,500 in 2009 at Golden Gate. Streakin’ Mohican won three races for McMahon before he and his partners lost the horse for $32,000. Streakin’ Mohican ultimately earned $380,423

Myles McMahon has fully embraced the Cal-bred program and is reaping the rewards with his homebred flly Isa Firecracker

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and won stakes at Arapahoe and Turf Paradise. Tomas has been McMahon’s only trainer. “I don’t think I ever would have a horse with anyone else,” said McMahon. “His kids are about to graduate from high school, and he’s trying to ramp up his business.” McMahon predicts that Tomas will start to have even more success now that his children are grown. Family is crucial to McMahon’s life as well. He has two sons, 11-year-old John and 6-year-old Chase. Tey enjoy going to the races. “If we don’t have a race during a month, it disappoints them,” said McMahon. “Tey know it’s a big deal. We’re building amazing memories.” Te racetrack has also played a role in McMahon’s relationship with his fancée, Celene. Tey had their frst date at Golden Gate when McMahon’s horse Sunday Comic was running. Along the way, McMahon and a couple of partners claimed Caroline Elena, a California-bred daughter of Tannersmyman. Caroline Elena, a $5,000 graduate of the 2007 California Toroughbred Breeders Association Northern California sale, had won a few races by the time Tomas claimed her for $5,000. After Caroline Elena’s racing career ended, McMahon’s partners didn’t want to pursue the breeding business and so McMahon decided to go it alone. By then he was reading voraciously about breeding and was ready to try to select the right stallion for his mare. “About three years ago I thought it was time to try to make this into a true busi-

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ness,” he said. “We got out the pencils and started doing nicks. We wanted something with some versatility, and we wanted something that would cross well.” McMahon liked the fact that Heatseeker was getting winners on dirt, turf, and synthetic surfaces, given that Golden Gate has a Tapeta main track. He also felt that Heatseeker’s pedigree would nick well with Caroline Elena, and he wanted a Cal-bred because of the state’s lucrative incentive program. “Heatseeker is not a huge stallion, but he’s real athletic,” said McMahon. “Our mare wasn’t huge, but she’s real muscular. We wanted something that was going to add a little speed.” Isa Firecracker resulted from the breeding, but unfortunately Caroline Elena was injured during the birth to the point that she couldn’t have any more foals. McMahon eventually found the mare a good home in Oregon with a sherif, who uses Caroline Elena as her riding horse. McMahon keeps his horses at Ellen Jackson’s Victory Rose Farm in Vacaville. He has two mares in foal to Mr. Big, and he bought a few yearlings at Keeneland this year. “It’s only 25 minutes from our home,” he said of Victory Rose. “We can go see the horses, pet them, and feed them carrots. We like to be around them. Te kids love it.” McMahon has been grateful to the people at the farm and the track for all the work they do. “It’s amazing how 54

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Top, McMahon and sons, center, celebrate Isa Firecracker’s Golden Gate Debutante victory; above, McMahon and his mother, Marilyn, enjoying Santa Anita, where Isa Firecracker earned her frst stakes-placing on the Breeders’ Cup World Championships undercard

much work goes into the horses,” he said. McMahon wasn’t sure whether he would put Isa Firecracker through a sale. “Ellen broke her and called me up one day and said she was ready to go to the track,” said McMahon. Tomas began training Isa Firecracker, and one morning McMahon and his family went to see her work at Sacramento against another young horse in Tomas’ stable. “It was one of those magical days,” said

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McMahon. “She just exploded and took of, beating this horse by 10-12 lengths.” Tomas put Isa Firecracker into a 51⁄2-furlong open maiden race at Golden Gate in August. Against 11 rivals, Isa Firecracker and jockey Alejandro Gomez won by 11⁄4 lengths. Tat prompted McMahon and Tomas to try their luck at Santa Anita because the Golden State Series ofered a flly stakes on the frst day of the Breeders’ Cup. Tey prepped in an allowance/ optional claimer at Santa Anita, and Isa Firecracker fnished second, a half-length behind 1-5 favorite Vai. In the $200,690 Golden State Juvenile Fillies Nov. 4, Isa Firecracker ran third after getting a bit crowded in the stretch. “We were stoked because it was a big event on Breeders’ Cup morning,” said McMahon. “It was surreal, and we got her stakes-placed, which we were real proud of.” Gomez rode her in both Santa Anita starts, McMahon noting thankfully that the jockey took of possible business at Golden Gate to ride Isa Firecracker. But even bigger things lay ahead. Back home at Golden Gate, Isa Firecracker and Gomez took on open company in the six-furlong Debutante. Te flly went of as the second choice to favored Grand Prix, and she gutted out a nose victory over the favorite in 1:10.21. “She’s an athlete,” McMahon marveled. “She’s seriously getting better and better. It’s scary how good she’s getting.”

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Winners NOVEMBER 14, 2016 Ð DECEMBER 18, 2016 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP Affrmative—A. P. Money: Warrensdollarsigns (24-12), m, 5 yo, Del Mar, STR, 11/17, 1mi, 1:39.32, $12,960. Awesome Gambler—Run Kitty Run: This Cat's Awesome (55-26), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, STR, 12/7, 6f, 1:10.67, $4,982. Bedford Falls—Flying Alibi: Wonderful Lie (20-14), m, 5 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/27, 6 1/2f, 1:18.91, $41,340. Bedford Falls—Iain'tanangel: Tinsel Angel (20-14), f, 3 yo, Portland Meadows, ALW, 12/5, 6f, 1:12.20, $3,685. Bedford Falls—Tangled Lace: Zuzu's Petals (20-14), m, 6 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 12/10, 5 1/2f, 1:3.12, $27,600. Benchmark—Tialinga: Sweetrayofsunshine (63-39), m, 7 yo, Laurel Park, AOC, 12/18, 6f, 1:12.00, $25,650. Birdonthewire—G Ma: Solid Wager (10-6), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, STK, Cary Grant S., 11/20, 7f, 1:22.51, $57,000. Blazonry—Extreme Spice: Blazing Spice (15-8), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 12/4, 5 1/2f, 1:4.67, $5,500. Comic Strip—Light Whitening: Light One (25-16), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 11/18, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.56, $22,620. Comic Strip—Oh the Joy: Drouillard (25-16), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 11/24, 1mi, 1:38.71, $12,240. Council Member—Easy Obsession: Dano's Dream (26-12), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 12/8, 1mi, 1:39.26, $12,240. Cyclotron—Preservingthepeace: Peaceful Approach (32-21), f, 3 yo, Portland Meadows, ALW, 11/22, 5 1/2f, 1:4.39, $4,290. Decarchy—Stormin Lucy: Lucy De (61-30), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/17, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:42.87, $31,800. Desert Code—Ju Ju Baby: Bad Ju Ju (46-20), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/24, 6 1/2f, 1:16.53, $42,900. Desert Code—Closing Steps: Pop Fizz Clink (46-20), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 12/1, 5f, 57.65, $7,800. English Channel—Phi Beta Heat: Rye (152-68), c, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 12/2, 1 3/8mi (T), 2:15.58, $41,340. Heatseeker (IRE)—Agenda: Amandana (53-23), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 12/4, 1mi (T), 1:39.73, $7,200. Idiot Proof—Marissa's Joy: Richard's Boy (9-6), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/26, 5f (T), 56.16, $46,020. Langfuhr—Shield: Brave Act (166-92), g, 6 yo, Mahoning Valley Race Course, AOC, 12/10, 5 1/2f, 1:2.41, $11,400. Lucky J. H.—I Can Yodele: Alpine Luck (34-17), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 11/26, 6f, 1:9.20, $10,224. Lucky J. H.—Super Tuesday: Doris Johnson (34-17), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 12/1, 1mi, 1:39.32, $12,240.

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The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and California-sired winners in 2016 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.

Lucky J. H.—I Can Yodele: Alpine Luck (34-17), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 12/11, 6 1/2f, 1:16.70, $12,152.

Temple City—Camas Creek: Temple Keys (122-61), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/17, 1mi (T), 1:35.28, $31,800.

Lucky Pulpit—Royal Grand Slam: Late 'n Left (161-75), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 12/4, 6 1/2f, 1:17.57, $31,800.

Thisnearlywasmine—Zorra Roja: Fast and Foxy (12-6), m, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, Bear Fan S., 12/4, 6f, 1:9.48, $45,000.

Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase: California Chrome (161-75), h, 5 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STK, Winter Challenge S., 12/17, 1 1/16mi, 1:40.03, $50,000.

Tough Game—Ladyinabrownsuit: Tough Fame (12-9), m, 6 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 11/25, 6f, 1:10.56, $10,800.

Lucky Pulpit—Moonlight: Briana Jean (161-75), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 12/18, 6f, 1:11.52, $9,021.

Tribal Rule—Shred the Excess: Shred the Rules (146-74), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 11/15, 6 1/2f, 1:16.47, $9,821.

Many Rivers—Flying Trillia: Flying Tee (17-7), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 11/19, 1mi, 1:38.53, $21,060.

Tribal Rule—Go Ray Ray: Triple Drama (146-74), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 11/24, 6f, 1:12.04, $7,200.

Many Rivers—Heirloom Rose: Many Roses (17-7), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 11/26, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.11, $21,060.

Tribal Rule—Even Money Honey: Tribal Money (146-74), g, 6 yo, Portland Meadows, STR, 12/5, 1mi, 1:37.75, $3,960.

Marino Marini—Lacey Meeting: Perfect Meeting (89-50), m, 7 yo, Portland Meadows, SST, Mary Goldblatt Starter H., 11/20, 6f, 1:11.14, $5,500.

2-YEAR-OLDS

Marino Marini—Marnay: Macho Marini (89-50), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 12/4, 6f, 1:10.15, $12,240. McCann's Mojave—Magnifcent Valor: Nana Wendy (44-23), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, STR, 12/7, about 7 1/2f, 1:30.30, $4,931. Ministers Wild Cat—Cherokee Kiss: Merlot Brando (84-53), g, 5 yo, Turf Paradise, STR, 11/19, 5 1/2f, 1:3.87, $5,033. Ministers Wild Cat—Just Another Fib: Wild Fibs (84-53), m, 7 yo, Turf Paradise, STR, 11/25, 5f, 58.22, $4,982. Old Topper—Royal Prana: Top Pirana (38-21), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 12/11, 6f, 1:9.51, $21,060. Papa Clem—Light of a Star: Christmas Caballo (96-48), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 12/10, about 7 1/2f, 1:29.86, $9,021. Roi Charmant—Starlet Sky: Roianna (16-8), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 11/25, 6f, 1:11.28, $6,600. Scat Daddy—Seekitana: Run Like the Boss (249-129), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/20, 5f (T), 57.01, $31,800. Sierra Sunset—Beau's Gem: Touched by Autism (19-7), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 12/4, 6f, 1:9.78, $22,620. Singletary—High Prices: Hot Market (5-4), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/24, 5f (T), 56.66, $31,800. Sought After—In Other Words: Redneck Girl (18-10), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 11/19, 5f, 57.71, $21,060. Square Eddie—Meetmeinthewoods: Jimmy Bouncer (70-45), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/18, 5f (T), 56.15, $42,900. Square Eddie—Joyful Meeting: Quorum of Joy (70-45), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, WCL, 12/8, 5 1/2f, 1:4.18, $8,400. Stormin Fever—Hunting Jade: Easter Fever (52-24), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, WCL, 12/1, 6f, 1:11.55, $11,400. Stormin Fever—Foxy Faith: Smack Talk (52-24), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 12/11, 5 1/2f, 1:3.09, $27,600.

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Atticus—Kiss of Fire: Buy Me a Drink (24-12), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 12/11, 6f, 1:11.90, $12,240. Good Journey—Jen's New Chapter: Jen's Journey (54-21), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 12/8, 6f, 1:11.60, $12,240. Good Journey—Ultra Awesome: Start to Finish (54-21), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, SOC, 12/10, 5 1/2f, 1:4.11, $20,160. Heatseeker (IRE)—Caroline Elena: Isa Firecracker (53-23), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, Golden Gate Debutante S., 11/25, 6f, 1:10.21, $39,400. Lucky Pulpit—Shahalie Lake: Shari (161-75), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 12/9, 1mi, 1:40.12, $21,060. Ministers Wild Cat—Swift Trick: Rim Ditch (84-53), g, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, SOC, 12/16, 5 1/2f, 1:3.54, $20,160. Papa Clem—Tribal Feathers: Tribal Storm (96-48), r, 2 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 11/25, 6 1/2f, 1:17.25, $31,800. Southern Image—Mystical Game: Mystical Image (69-42), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 11/17, 5 1/2f, 1:4.87, $12,240. Square Eddie—Sixy Excess: Chocolate Goddess (70-45), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 11/19, 5 1/2f, 1:4.98, $12,240. Square Eddie—Repo: Ann Arbor Eddie (70-45), g, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STK, King Glorious S., 12/18, 1mi, 1:35.98, $58,000. Surf Cat—Sister Sally: Sircat Sally (27-17), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STK, Soviet Problem S., 12/17, 1mi, 1:35.42, $57,000.

MAIDENS ACCLAMATION Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Acclamation—Lucky C. H.: Alsatian (8-3), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/25, 1mi (T), 1:38.78, $31,200.

INTRODUCING TO CALIFORNIA BREEDERS speed

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$5,000 LFSN Standing at Legacy Ranch in Clements, California

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Winners NOVEMBER 14, 2016 Ð DECEMBER 18, 2016

Adios Charlie—Cali Cali: Adios Cali (52-25), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 12/10, 5 1/2f, 1:3.75, $27,000. American Lion—Dawn Princess: Princess Tiznow (62-31), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/17, 1mi, 1:38.48, $10,200. Any Given Saturday—Just Satisfaction: Soul Prince (153-85), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/3, 1mi, 1:39.93, $4,950. Anziyan Royalty—Briar's Gal: Briartic Gal (12-4), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 12/4, 6f, 1:11.37, $20,280.

ATTICUS Magali Farms (805) 693 1777 www.magalifarms.com Atticus—Cahill Royalty: We're Just Sayin (24-12), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/19, 1mi, 1:40.82, $7,800. Awesome Gambler—Margie's Wish: Gambler's Wish (55-26), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 12/17, 4 1/2f, 51.59, $3,260. Bertrando—Faith Colleen: Bert's Baby (44-25), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/29, 5f, 59.45, $3,711.

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BIG BAD LEROYBROWN Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911

CYCLOTRON Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911

Big Bad Leroybrown—Mesaatmimiscafe: Mimis Big Boy (3-1), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/18, 1mi, 1:37.93, $10,200. Blazonry—Gulchstream: Blazingulch (15-8), r, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 11/27, 5f, 58.64, $14,400. Bushwacker—Run Kitty Run: R Boys Gone (32-15), g, 3 yo, Zia Park, MCL, 12/5, 5 1/2f, 1:6.50, $5,400. Calimonco—Match Ball: Girls First (8-3), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/8, 5f, 58.78, $4,400. Cayoke (FR)—Design Star: Cayoke Star (4-4), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 12/6, 5 1/2f, 1:5.83, $3,789. Comic Strip—Honoree Lady: Peaked (25-16), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/19, 1 1/16mi, 1:47.45, $20,280. Comic Strip—Eclisse (FR): Please Do (25-16), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/9, 1mi, 1:40.39, $7,800. Crossword—On the Hook: Panchita (5-2), m, 5 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 12/4, 4 1/2f, 53.04, $3,200.

Cyclotron—Unusual Prospect: Blazinghotprospect (32-21), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 11/27, 4 1/2f, 52.18, $3,150.

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DESERT CODE Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Desert Code—Daylight Thief: Enter the Code (46-20), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/26, 5 1/2f, 1:4.76, $4,950. Dixie Chatter—Best Friend Gracie: Se Fue (58-21), f, 2 yo, Portland Meadows, MOC, 11/22, 5 1/2f, 1:6.68, $3,410. Dixie Chatter—Brave Vixen: Meaningless Banter (58-21), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 12/5, 6f, 1:13.55, $3,789.

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Winners NOVEMBER 14, 2016 Ð DECEMBER 18, 2016

Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Super Swiss (17-14), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/14, 5f, 58.67, $4,297. Elusive Warning—Birdinexcess: Happy Issue (17-14), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/25, 5 1/2f, 1:5.12, $4,950. Elusive Warning—Lady Sorceress: Sorceress Warning (17-14), f, 2 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 11/27, 6f, 1:11.45, $7,285. Elusive Warning—Honorable Book: Just Bookin (17-14), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/8, 5 1/2f, 1:5.75, $10,200. Elusive Warning—Candy Gal: Sure Sweet (17-14), c, 2 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 12/17, 5 1/2f, 1:6.08, $4,210. Empire Way—Magic Yodeler: Yodelers Way (12-4), c, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/10, 5 1/2f, 1:4.98, $11,400. E Z Warrior—Summer Lite: Charlie's Warrior (7-5), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/27, 6f, 1:11.54, $5,500. E Z Warrior—Aeblus: Able Warrior (7-5), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/1, 5f, 59.15, $3,850. First Defence—Devil Indeed: Sinningandwinning (70-44), g, 3 yo, Portland Meadows, MCL, 11/20, 6f, 1:13.60, $2,915. Flashy Bull—Perfect Charm: Dorian (71-32), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/2, 1mi, 1:43.15, $4,950. Forestry—Lula Talullah: Ready to Hula Lula (128-65), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/27, 5f, 58.69, $40,560.

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Game Plan—Lah Dee Dah Julia: Urbano Drive (16-10), c, 3 yo, Portland Meadows, MCL, 11/27, 5f, 59.88, $2,915. Game Plan—The Zapana: Zapana's Game (16-10), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/9, 5 1/2f, 1:4.36, $10,200.

GOOD JOURNEY Magali Farms (805) 693 1777 www.magalifarms.com Good Journey—Madera Royal: Motutapu (54-21), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/15, 6f, 1:9.60, $10,200. Gotham City—My Dancen Diva: Queen of Tequila (15-10), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/27, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.43, $7,800.

HEATSEEKER Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Heatseeker (IRE)—Be Faithful: Makaha Heat (53-23), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/27, 5 1/2f, 1:4.03, $20,280.

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Heat Shield—Gorgeous Goomah: Hot Rodin (3-3), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 12/11, 5 1/2f, 1:3.14, $27,000.

INFORMED Ridgeley Farm (951) 654 7728 ridgeleyfarmhemet@gmail.com Informed—Mahalo Lani: Amodei (23-9), g, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/9, 5 1/2f, 1:4.03, $13,800. Kafwain—Street Party: Toy's Party (74-35), r, 2 yo, Zia Park, MSW, 11/28, 6 1/2f, 1:18.93, $13,800. Leading the Parade—Mighty Machaira: Dorothyroseblanche (26-14), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/27, 1mi, 1:41.31, $3,828. Lucks Mine—Idanha: This Dance Is Mine (7-4), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/27, 5 1/2f, 1:4.45, $4,400.

LUCKY PULPIT Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Lucky Pulpit—Telling Stories: Vodka Texted You (161-75), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/16, 6f, 1:10.37, $10,200.

GERVINHO’S FIRST STELLAR LINE UP

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0/0 Le Caire

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Outstanding at both Two and Three A stakes winner at 2, he h was assigned one of the top ten weights on the Experimental Free Handicap ahead of Grade 1 SW’s OXBOW, ITSMYLUCKYDAY, etc. California Champion at three, he won Santa Anita’s $200,000 Grade 2 Sir Beaufort Stakes, besting Grade 1 stakes winner TOM’S TRIBUTE, and Del Mar’s $100,000 Oceanside Stakes. GERVINHO earned over $420,000 and was on-the-board in EIGHT of NINE career starts, including the $250,000 Grade 1 Hollywood Derby, the $250,000 Grade 2 Del Mar Derby and Santa Anita’s $150,000 Grade 3 Twilight Derby.

2017 FEE: $2,000 LF Special Consideration to Approved Mares Multiple Mare Discounts

Gayle Van Leer (858) 775-6262 · Email: gayle@gaylevanleer.com · Website: www.legacyranchinc.com

Winners NOVEMBER 14, 2016 Ð DECEMBER 18, 2016

MANY RIVERS Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (707) 678 6580 www.victoryrose.com Many Rivers—Penuche Royale: Many Treats (17-7), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/2, 6f, 1:11.48, $8,400. Marino Marini—Just Another Fib: Aikman's Gal (89-50), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/21, 6f, 1:12.22, $5,165.

Marino Marini—Position of Power: Power of Fourteen (89-50), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/3, 6f, 1:11.76, $4,400. Marino Marini—Natural Route: Natural Marina (89-50), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 12/14, 6 1/2f, 1:21.72, $3,672. Ministers Wild Cat—Proud Nicole: Outlaw by Nature (84-53), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/21, 5f, 59.50, $3,828. Ministers Wild Cat—Mz. Winjum: One Tuff Minister (84-53), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/25, 1mi, 1:38.90, $3,850.

Ministers Wild Cat—Home Runner: One I'm Running To (84-53), g, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 11/26, 6f, 1:11.17, $16,800. Ministers Wild Cat—Saint's Crown: Tawny (84-53), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/17, 6f, 1:10.11, $12,000. Northern Afeet—A Vision for You: Northern Grey (190-118), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 12/2, 1mi, 1:40.23, $14,400. Northern Devil—Lotsa Lemons: Lemon Orchid (7-4), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 12/9, 5 1/2f, 1:4.00, $27,000. Northern Devil—Mishi: Devils Triangle (7-4), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/11, 1mi, 1:38.84, $10,200. Olmodavor—Rahbadabadou: Malibu Dude (32-17), g, 3 yo, Zia Park, MCL, 11/21, 6 1/2f, 1:17.24, $7,200. Olmodavor—Jackie's Blingin': Gowithgrace (32-17), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 12/13, 4 1/2f, 53.49, $3,750. The Pamplemousse—Forever My Love: Forever Us (28-13), c, 2 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/29, 6f, 1:12.67, $3,789. Papa Clem—She's Borracho: Pampers n' Boots (96-48), g, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 12/11, 5 1/2f, 1:3.70, $27,000. Papa Clem—Word Association: Who Cares (96-48), c, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/16, 6f, 1:9.79, $12,000. Papa Clem—Desert Ballet: Italian Ballet (96-48), g, 4 yo, Sunland Park, MCL, 12/16, 4 1/2f, 53.73, $5,460. Parading—R Luck's Lady: Classy Disturbance (107-66), f, 4 yo, Zia Park, MCL, 11/15, 5 1/2f, 1:6.11, $5,400.

PEPPERED CAT Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com Peppered Cat—Recklesswarrant: The Big Train (34-14), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/26, 1mi, 1:38.50, $20,280. Prime Timber—She's No Devil: Singleforthesummer (10-7), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/22, 6 1/2f, 1:20.30, $3,828. Rocky Bar—Dawnsdu: Rockydu (45-26), g, 3 yo, Portland Meadows, MOC, 12/13, 6f, 1:11.74, $3,410.

ROI CHARMANT Magali Farms (805) 693 1777 www.magalifarms.com Roi Charmant—Stormin Lucy: Princess Roi (16-8), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/17, 1mi (T), 1:37.94, $31,200. Roman Ruler—Sky Chant: War Ruler (87-59), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/17, 5f, 59.37, $4,400. Sea of Secrets—Please Lord: Please Be Me (33-17), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 12/17, 5f, 58.52, $3,789.

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IT’S ALL ABOUT FAMILY

SONS OF WORLD CLASS SIRES - STELLAR DAMS SMART BID

SMART STRIKE X RECORDING (GR 3) BY DANZIG Fee: $3,500 Live foal stands and nurses Multiple Graded Stakes winner of $1,008,309 First Colt to Race-First Winner-Fingerlakes, New York

CIRCUMFERENCE (IRE)

GALILEO X CIRCLE FOR LIFE (GR 1) BY BELONG TO ME Fee: $3,000 Live foal stands and nurses Half brother to CIRCULAR QUAY (GR 1) Stakes winner and Leading Freshman Sire-Florida CIRCLE OF LIFE in foal to AMERICAN PHAROAH FOR 2017

HOORAYFOR HOLLYWOOD

STORM CAT X HOLLYWOOD STORY (GR 1) BY WILD RUSH Fee: $2,000 Live foal stands and nurses HOLLYWOOD STORY (GR 1) Multiple Stakes winner of $1,171,105 Multiple Stakes Placed winner of $212,819 Half brother to MISS HOLLYWOOD 2016 Multiple Stakes Winner

STREET LIFE

STREET SENSE X STONE HOPE BY GRIDSTONE Fee: $2,500 Live foal stands and nurses Stakes winner of $237,735 First Two Year old Sold at Barretts 2016 for $50,000 Half brother to SPIRIT OF VALUE, Graded Stakes Placed England

SUNDARBAN

A. P. INDY X DESERT TIGRESS BY STORM CAT Fee: $2,500 Live foal stands and nurses Winner of $103,340 CALIFORNIA TOP FIVE SECOND CROP SIRE 2015 CALIFORNIA TOP FIVE THIRD CROP SIRE 2016 Half brother of Growl (GB) Group Stakes winner and 2nd in British Sprint Championship (GR 1) 2016

WINNING CAUSE

GIANT’S CAUSEWAY X RAFFISHING LOOK by KINGMAMBO Fee: $2,000 Live foal stands and nurses Graded Stakes winner of $645,743 for Todd Pletcher - Alto Racing Half brother to VENTRY BAY, placed in 2016 Zuma Beach at Santa Anita in 2nd start NEW FOR 2017

Special consideration to multiple mares, stakes mares and stakes producing mares

MILKY WAY FARM - Inquiries to Linda Madsen • 34174 De Portola Road, Temecula, California 92592 (909) 241-6600 • e-mail milkywaycattle@aol.com

Winners NOVEMBER 14, 2016 Ð DECEMBER 18, 2016

SIERRA SUNSET Daehling Ranch (916) 685 4965 www.daehlingranch.com Sierra Sunset—Cactus Brandy: Sunset Brandy (19-7), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 12/14, 5 1/2f, 1:4.98, $7,595. Silic (FR)—Cape Boundary: Slick Caper (14-6), g, 6 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 12/11, 4 1/2f, 53.34, $3,200. Sky Mesa—Jeannine's Vow: Grace to Glory (194-95), f, 4 yo, Mahoning Valley Race Course, MSW, 12/14, 6f, 1:14.66, $10,200. Slew's Tiznow—Pundit: More Power to Him (19-13), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 11/20, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.21, $20,280. Southern Africa—Hot Summer Breeze: Hot Summer Nights (9-4), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/2, 5f, 58.87, $3,850. Square Eddie—Meetmeinthewoods: Avo (70-45), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, WMC, 12/17, 4 1/2f, 52.54, $3,150.

SURF CAT Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Surf Cat—Sister Sally: Sircat Sally (27-17), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/20, 6f, 1:10.68, $31,200. Sway Away—Bernie's Belle: Swaybelle (3-2), f, 2 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 11/29, 5 1/2f, 1:5.36, $3,867. Sway Away—Whobetterthanus: Whenbetterthannow (3-2), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/1, 6f, 1:11.93, $8,400. Thisnearlywasmine—Big N Sassy: Racy N Sassy (12-6), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/17, 6f, 1:13.37, $4,400. Thorn Song—Swift Boat: Swift Approval (61-22), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 11/26, 5 1/2f, 1:5.20, $4,400. Thorn Song—Aspen Gal: Rally Back (61-22), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 12/1, 6f, 1:12.34, $16,800. Thorn Song—La Maitresse (IRE): California Silver (61-22), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 12/4, 1 1/16mi, 1:47.28, $10,200. Time to Run—Hot and Frosty: Guia (1-1), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/3, 1mi, 1:43.04, $2,625. Tribal Rule—Word Puzzle: Puzzling Rule (146-74), f, 2 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 12/12, 5 1/2f, 1:6.30, $4,166. Unusual Heat—Way Up: Calli Way (112-56), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/18, 1mi (T), 1:36.88, $31,200. Unusual Heat—Strut Your Stuff: Shehastheritestuff (112-56), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/18, 1mi (T), 1:36.25, $31,200. Unusual Heat—Silber: C J Knows Best (112-56), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 12/3, 1mi, 1:43.04, $2,625.

VRONSKY Old English Rancho (909) 947 3911 Vronsky—Could She: He Could (61-39), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 11/25, 1mi (T), 1:36.98, $31,200. Wartime—Grayson's Star: Lady's War Dress (1-1), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 12/15, 5 1/2f, 1:4.35, $11,400.

CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED

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RUN IT Cherokee Run - Tracy, by Theatrical (Ire) FEE: PRIVATE TREATY

STAKES WINNER ON DIRT, TURF AND SYNTHETIC GRADED STAKES WINNER BY CHEROKEE RUN

RUN IT won the Grade 3 Berkeley Stakes defeating California Champion BOLD CHIEFTAIN (G2, $1.6 Million), Grade 1 Breeder’s Cup Dirt Mile SW DAKOTA PHONE ($1.2 Million), Grade 2 Ohio Derby SW DELIGHTFUL KISS ($1.0 Million), etc. Posting a career high 115 E-Speed Rating, RUN IT won Alamedan H. on dirt over Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby and Grade 3 Berkeley SW AUTISM AWARENESS, etc. On-the-board in 20 of 39 starts, RUN IT won the $75,000 Alcatraz Stakes on turf. RUN IT is by Champion CHEROKEE RUN, sire of the sires of JAVA’S WAR (G1), DAISY DEVINE (G1), LET FAITH ARISE (G1), REVOLUTIONARY (G2), LUCY N ETHEL (G2), etc. RUN IT is out of a THEATRICAL half-sister to Champion ELIZA ($1.0 Million). Spanks a Million, by Run It

Swing ‘Notes, by Run It

First crop of 2016 weanlings

RUNNING LUCK RANCH LLC Parlier, California Inquiries to Josette or Kathy, Running Luck Ranch LLC · 14962 E. Fantz Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 Phone (559) 875-8579 · Fax (559) 875-8575 · Email: runningluck@aol.com

Best Wishes For The New Year GIG HARBOR City Zip – Miss Blue Grass, by St. Jovite Fee: $1,500 LF

INDIAN EVENING Indian Charlie – Unenchantedevening by Unbridled Song Fee: $3,000 LF • By California Champion 3 yearold colt INDIAN CHARLIE, sire of 8 Champions, including 2 yr-old flly INDIAN BLESSING, Champion older mare FLEET INDIAN and champion 2-year-old and leading sire UNCLE MO, sire of 11 GSW including NYQUIST • At 2 won the Swinford stakes and 3rd in the GII Three Chimneys Saratoga Special, defeating UNION RAGS. • First foals will be 2-yr-olds of 2017 • G.S.M = 98.9

• Multiple Stakes winner by CITY ZIP, leading sire of Breeders’ Cup winners over the past two years. G1 Del Mar Oaks winner PERSONAL DIARY and G11 Santa Ynez Stakes winner RENEESGOTZIP. 2016 Graded Stakes winners include CATCH A GLIMPSE, FINEST CITY, ZIPESSA, STAYS IN VEGAS and ALERT BAY • G.S.M = 76

MANY RIVERS Storm Cat – Christmas in Aiken, by Affirmed Fee: $2,000 LF • A Top 4 Active Third Crop Sire by Cal-Bred Earnings • 2016 allowance winners include, LIFE IS A TRIP (by 2 ½ lengths) FLYING TEE (by 2 ¼ lengths), MANY ROSES, etc. • Graded Stakes-placed winner, by sire of sires STORM CAT out of Christmas in Aiken, Dam of leading Juvenile sire, HARLAN’S HOLIDAY ($3,632,664) from the family of multiple stakes winner princessnesian ($332,035) • G.S.M = 77.5

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CHIROPRACTIC CARE CHIROPRACTIC CARE HELPS ATHLETES PERFORM AT PEAK LEVELS BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

keletal/joint pain, including back pain, can hinder a horse’s athletic ability. He might be reluctant to do some of things that he was routinely good about before he became so uncomfortable. He might resent being saddled or might balk at entering the starting gate. He may be more easily injured because he’s using his body diferently, trying to favor the areas that hurt.

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COURTESY OF DR. JENNY JOHNSON

Veterinarian Dr. Jenny Johnson uses regular chiropractic care to keep her equine clients at the top of their game

Tia Nelson, a veterinarian/farrier in Helena, Mont., who also does a lot of chiropractic work, says back problems can present a variety of signs. “Te horse may simply be reluctant to take a certain lead or travels with a shorter stride,” said Nelson. “Identifying the problem can sometimes be a challenge, to pinpoint where it is.” She uses a variety of treatments for sore backs, including chiropractic manipulations. “I palpate the horse’s back and identify spots that are not moving the way they are supposed to move,” said Nelson. Once she fnds the spots that needs work, she can adjust them. “It’s amazing how much diference this can make for the horse—after everything is in place again,” Nelson said. “Sometimes it takes more than one session to correct a problem, depending on how much is wrong. “I talk to the owner (or trainer) when I am working on the horse, and explain what I am feeling and what my goal is with the chiropractic adjustment I plan to make. Sometimes I also use non-steroidal anti-infammatory drugs on a back injury to help relieve swelling, infammation, and pain, and sometimes I use steroids. It’s important to identify the problem and fgure out if it’s an acute injury or a chronic problem. With some horses it can be difcult to resolve an old chronic injury.” It often helps to use a combination of therapies. Nelson says that she has found performing acupuncture frst makes chiropractic adjustments quicker and easier. “Te out-of-place areas tend to go into place again easier,” she said. “Perhaps the acupuncture relaxes the muscles around the joints that are in trouble.” Chiropractic work on horses is very common today, according to Dr. Bruce Connally, a sports-medicine veterinarian in Berthoud, Colo.

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Johnson often gets calls to look at a horse because it has back pain that can’t be resolved with traditional modalities. “When I evaluate that horse, frst I watch it move on a lead shank, walking away from me and toward me, trotting

eral other signs, may be an indication of sacroiliac pain. A paper presented at the 2014 AAEP (American Association of Equine Practitioners) meeting by Dr. Rob van Wessum reported on several simple clinical indicators for sacroiliac pain.

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“Tere are all kinds of equine chiropractors,” Connally said. “We see everything from people who push the spine sideways back and forth to loosen it, to people who tie the horse’s tail to a post and walk the horse forward to pop the back. Tere’s a huge range of treatments, and some are risky. I’m not opposed to chiropractic for horses because it can be a big help if done correctly. But I am not a big enthusiast, just because of some of the things I see. “You need confdence in the person doing it (with proper training), and need to beware of the ones who do the rough, high-velocity blasting of the back. Some chiropractors use little spring-loaded hammers to thump the back, to make the horse jump and adjust itself. Some of these rough techniques may be more harmful than helpful, but a good equine chiropractor can make a big diference for some horses.” Dr. Jenny Johnson of Oakhill Shockwave and Veterinary Chiropractic in Calabasas, Calif., works frequently on back problems. Johnson has been an equine veterinarian for 30 years, but during the past 10 years she has narrowed her practice to specialize in shockwave therapy and chiropractic care. “My practice is about 95% chiropractic and shockwave therapy, and probably more than half of what I do is chiropractic,” Johnson said. “I have a large population of upper-level performance horses that I work on at least once a month, depending on their schedule. I work on them for regular maintenance, to keep them at the top of their game.” Some people bring horses to Johnson only if they think the horse has a back problem. “Some people ask if I can just check the horse quickly and see if there’s a problem,” she said. “Since chiropractic care involves evaluation of the animal as a whole, however, I can’t just do a ‘quick check.’ I evaluate the entire horse. Te goal with chiropractic care is to optimize health and performance, and we do that by infuencing the nervous system—which controls everything in the body.”

A good equine chiropractor can make a big difference for some horses

Te goal with chiropractic care is to optimize health and performance, and we do that by infuencing the nervous system—which controls everything in the body.” –Dr. Jenny Johnson

away from me and toward me—on a straight line,” she said. “I also watch the horse on a serpentine walk, and evaluate whether it has a diagonal walk the way it should (opposite hind and forefoot are moving together) or whether it has a lateral walk (the hind and front on the same side moving together). “A lateral walk, in the presence of sev-

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“Sometimes I watch the horses travel on the longe line, depending on the horse, and sometimes I watch them working under saddle because I may want to see how they move with a rider. Basically, I am looking for symmetry in the way the horse moves, and observe the foot fight path. Are the feet swinging in, swinging out, or tracking

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Chiropractic work often starts at the horse’s head, checking for cranial faults, before relocating to the back of the horse and moving forward

straight? Does the movement appear fuid or choppy? Is the horse holding the tail to one side or the other? Is the hind end symmetrical, or does one side of the rump drop lower than the other at the trot? “When I begin working on the horse, I start at the head and evaluate muscles of the jaw, the TMJ (temporomandibular) joint, the suture lines of the skull, and check for what are called cranial faults, in chiropractic terminology. Tis gives me a chance to get to know the horse and the horse get to know me, and horses typically enjoy this work. “Many of the chiropractic cranial faults on the head are related to specific pelvic chiropractic faults. So if I can address these faults on the head, then it frequently makes the adjustments on the pelvis easier.” Next, Johnson moves to the back of the horse and works forward. She said she is checking for back pain through palpation, and she evaluates each joint in the pelvis and the vertebral column. 74

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“MOST HORSES ARE ASYMMETRIC IN SOME WAY. I SUSPECT THAT MUCH OF THIS ASYMMETRY STARTS WHEN THEY ARE BORN.” DR. JENNY JOHNSON. “I am evaluating for motion up and down, and to left and right,” she said. “Tere is a normal range of motion for each one of those vertebral joints. If it doesn’t move properly, I identify which way it’s not moving and then re-establish that motion with an adjustment. Once I have fnished my evaluation and adjustments on the vertebral column, then I evaluate range of motion of each joint in each leg. “Most horses are asymmetric in some way. I suspect that much of this asymmetry starts when they are born. Tey are squeezed through the birth canal when everything in their body is soft

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and movable. It’s not unusual to have some movement of the pelvis out of alignment by the time they get through the birth canal, and if it stays that way, the horse can end up with an asymmetrical pelvis. “Tis is a valid reason for doing a chiropractic adjustment on foals. If the young horse has an asymmetrical pelvis, the horse will adapt and the body will do what it needs to do as the horse grows up. But a lot of these issues probably start at birth.” She fnds a lot of restrictions in the pelvis and in the mid-lumbar area at L2, L3, L4, and L5 (the lower back).

Health “Tis is where the horse has to fex when doing athletic work, and where all the energy engagement has to come through, from the hindquarters,” said Johnson. “A horse that can’t fex properly can’t push of as strongly when running. “I often fnd a horse in which the back is not necessarily painful when you push on that area. But it could be sensitive when a person is brushing the back, or the horse might respond by

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being a little cranky. I’ll fnd that these horses are very restricted in certain vertebrae. When I make adjustments, often they experience immediate relief. Some people tell me they have a totally diferent horse the next day. “Tis is very rewarding, and it makes the horse happier. Tese vertebral issues are things that cannot be addressed any other way. Back pain can be related to a lot of diferent things, but there can be issues that will be missed if the horse

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does not have chiropractic care as part of the therapeutic regime.” If horse owners or trainers seek chiropractic help for a horse, they need to fnd someone who is properly trained and certifed. Johnson tells of a veterinarian who lost his license to practice in multiple states for endangering the health and welfare of animals. He ran a weekend course to teach people to become what he called chiro-practitioners—with no requirement that they be a veterinarian or a chiropractor. “By law, an animal chiropractor must be either a veterinarian or a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC), with a minimum of 220 hours of post-graduate training in animal chiropractic,” said Johnson. “In California, for instance, a DC doing animal chiropractic is required to do animal chiropractic work under the direct supervision of a veterinarian. Tis requirement for supervision of a DC varies by state.” Two governing bodies administer board exams and provide certifcation in animal chiropractic: the American Veterinary Chiropractic Association (AVCA) and the International Veterinary Chiropractic Association (IVCA). “Whoever works on your horse should be a member of one of those organizations,” advised Johnson. “If you want to fnd a qualifed equine chiropractor, those organizations have websites where you can fnd a properly trained animal chiropractor who is close to you. “Chiropractic work is a practice of subtlety. If someone is making big, dramatic adjustments by yanking a leg around, or tying the tail to a tree and making the horse walk forward (to try to straighten the back), this is not chiropractic and could be dangerous to the horse. It’s important to fnd someone who has the proper training. People who don’t have a thorough knowledge of anatomy, physiology, neuroanatomy, and neurophysiology should not be doing this, because they are infuencing the nervous system.” Improper attempts at adjustments could cause serious injury or negatively afect the horse in other ways.

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Starts

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Wins

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Stakes Wins

6 2 6 1 6 1 3 5 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 1

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Earnings

California Chrome ($8,180,000) Minster’sadventure ($130,209) How About Zero ($153,245) Velvet Mesquite ($118,750) Enola Gray ($323,100) My Fiona ($113,857) Only You Babe ($127,400) What a View ($441,523) Somethings Unusual ($109,085) Warrens Puppy Love ($85,562) Solid Wager ($99,315) Ashleyluvssugar ($492,000) Light One ($83,392) How Unusual ($155,297) Tiz a Kiss ($129,700) California Diamond ($417,780) Boy Howdy ($47,265) Theonewewaitedfor ($118,680) Touched by Autism ($123,557) Masochistic ($425,700) Soi Phet ($242,020) Desert Madam ($170,655) Pacifc Heat ($226,030) Avanti Bello ($261,765) Lost Bus ($276,800) Rim Ditch ($62,865) Lily Kai ($106,505) Toomuchisnotenough ($120,050) Rosarita ($81,105) Vai ($82,600) Awesome Silver ($80,735) Gold Rush Dancer ($303,220) Fast and Foxy ($107,218) Miss Star Maker ($94,357) Mo Soul ($104,100) Cheekaboo ($274,890) Swissarella ($93,698) Tuscany Beauty ($59,165) Brownie Finale ($53,137) Allsquare ($152,910) Sircat Sally ($88,200) Tribal Jewel ($189,210) Sweetrayofsunshine ($240,350) Comanche Ruler ($66,015) Sausalito Sunset ($55,545) Hot Smoke ($80,540) Summer Lady ($60,175) Boozer ($229,964) Ambitious Brew ($161,190) Cuddle Alert ($81,070) Charming Starlet ($108,985) Rye ($142,470) Briartic Gal ($55,920) Fantasy of Luck ($118,293) My Friend Emma ($123,989) Smokey Image ($162,861)

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2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

(MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Races Rnrs Won

Sire

1 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

Earnings/ Runner

Earned

161 128 $1,071,639

Sire

1 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

161

967

128

$10,716,394

Earned

$66,561

2 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

233

1770

239

$5,513,457

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

44 $1,399,773

$45,154

3 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

112

689

104

$3,628,330

3 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig

$634,549

$39,659

4 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

146

904

116

$3,237,412

4 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

72 $2,558,430

$36,549

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

423

$2,558,430

165

976

119

$2,350,269

433

$2,061,114

5 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold

$613,237

$34,069

6 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

6 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

67 $2,061,114

$33,789

7 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

112 104 $3,628,330

$32,396

7 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev 8 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

$973,557

$27,043

9 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

$964,317

$24,726

10 † Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie

$271,644

$24,695

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

62 $1,622,316

$24,581

12 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

233 239 $5,513,457

$23,663

8 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

640

$1,964,885

9 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

495

$1,919,768

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

426

$1,622,316

11 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

679

$1,516,085

12 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

214

$1,399,773

13 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

517

$1,339,161 $1,336,117

14 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

558

13 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$442,136

$23,270

15 † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar

440

$1,252,327

14 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

93 $1,964,885

$23,116

16 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

630

$1,161,891

15 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$735,214

$22,975

17 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

325

$1,135,007

16 † Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West

$249,075

$22,643

18 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

426

$1,087,640

17 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

$22,174

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

413

$980,683

18 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

146 116 $3,237,412 38

$834,683

$21,965

20 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

230

$973,557

19 Thisnearlywasmine, 1994, by Capote

$261,638

$21,803

21 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

307

$972,963

20 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

$584,847

$21,661

22 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

246

$964,317

23 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

301

$933,049

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24 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

364

$913,134

(MINIMUM 50 STARTS)

25 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

271

$834,683

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

314

$776,841

27 † Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat

324

$774,462

28 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

195

$735,214

Sire

Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins

Earned

1 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

314

54 $2,288,616

2 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

109

384

36 $1,381,654

29 Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest 55

344

$666,685

3 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

120

19 $1,184,276

30 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig

106

$634,549

4 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

157

21 $1,121,858

31 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold

116

$613,237

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$863,347

32 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

245

$603,854

6 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

227

$622,463

33 † Lucky J. H., 2002, by Cee’s Tizzy

255

$600,724

300

$599,905

7 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig 8 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View 9 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown 10 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$492,279

34 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

114

$404,246

35 † McCann’s Mojave, 2000, by Memo (CHI)

332

$594,025

36 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

218

$584,847

101

$386,597

125

$368,720

37 Don’tsellmeshort, 2001, by Benchmark

388

$556,062

38 Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE)

256

$548,109

39 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

11 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$309,104

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

$302,046

13 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

$267,668

14 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

$237,958

15 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

$237,568

16 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

$233,076

44 Skimming, 1996, by Nureyev

144

$418,026

17 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$218,090

45 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

187

$417,860

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

$217,376

46 Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled

188

$394,133

19 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

$210,191

47 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even

145

$367,712

20 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$191,920

48 Mast Track, 2004, by Mizzen Mast

167

$367,360

152

$531,798

40 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

$484,363

41 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

107

$442,136

42 † Cindago, 2003, by Indian Charlie

161

$438,430

43 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

133

$422,655

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), a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2015 but will stand in the state in 2016. Freshman sires are highlighted in bold text. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) only. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Racing statistics through Dec. 18, 2016.

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2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS)

Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Sire

1 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

Earned

Median

72 $2,558,430 $19,281

Wnrs

Earned

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

233

127

239 $5,513,457

2 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

165

119 $2,350,269

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

44 $1,399,773 $18,190

3 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

161

128 $1,071,639

3 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$442,136 $17,225

4 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

146

116 $3,237,412

112

104 $3,628,330

93 $1,964,885

4 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$735,214 $15,886

5 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

5 Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled

$394,133 $15,590

6 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

6 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

67 $2,061,114 $15,100

7 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

112 104 $3,628,330 $14,988

7 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

95 $1,161,891

8 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

84 $1,516,085

8 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$531,798 $14,835

9 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

72 $2,558,430

9 Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West

$249,075 $14,485

10 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

76 $1,919,768

10 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

$584,847 $14,060

11 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

43 $1,135,007 $13,859

12 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

233 239 $5,513,457 $13,700 $281,507 $12,885

11 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

79 $1,336,117

12 † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar

71 $1,252,327

13 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

67 $2,061,114

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

62 $1,622,316

13 Redattore (BRZ), 1995, by Roi Normand

14 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

52 $1,087,640 $12,853

68 $1,339,161

15 † Siberian Summer, 1989, by Siberian Express

$247,427 $12,519

16 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

16 Tough Game, 1999, by Mr. Greeley

$174,736 $12,128

17 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

52 $1,087,640

17 † Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie

$271,644 $11,945

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

18 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

93 $1,964,885 $10,911

19 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

20 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

84 $1,516,085 $10,858

$834,683 $10,896

2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER START Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Earned

Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

19 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

$913,134 $980,683

$972,963

Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest

$666,685

Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE)

$548,109

2016 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

(MINIMUM 100 STARTS) Earnings Start

Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

Earned

1 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

161

967 $10,716,394

$11,082

1 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

233 1770

239

$5,513,457

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

214 $1,399,773

$6,541

2 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

161

967

128

$1,071,639

3 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

423 $2,558,430

$6,048

3 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

165

976

119

$2,350,269

4 Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig

106

$634,549

$5,986

4 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

146

904

116

$3,237,412

5 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold

116

$613,237

$5,287

5 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

112

689

104

$3,628,330

112

689 $3,628,330

$5,266

6 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

630

$1,161,891

433 $2,061,114

$4,760

7 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

640

$1,964,885

6 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev 7 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 8 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

230

$973,557

$4,233

8 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

679

$1,516,085

9 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

107

$442,136

$4,132

9 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

558

$1,336,117

10 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 39

246

$964,317

$3,920

10 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

495

$1,919,768

11 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

495 $1,919,768

$3,878

11 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

423

$2,558,430

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

426 $1,622,316

$3,808

12 † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar

440

$1,252,327

13 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

195

$735,214

$3,770

13 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

517

$1,339,161

14 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

146

904 $3,237,412

$3,581

14 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

433

$2,061,114

152

$3,499

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

426

$1,622,316

15 Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$531,798

16 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

325 $1,135,007

$3,492

16 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

364

$913,134

17 Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry

133

$3,178

17 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View

426

$1,087,640

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

413

$980,683

332

$594,025

214

$1,399,773

$422,655

18 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

307

$972,963

$3,169

19 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

105

$330,461

$3,147

233 1770 $5,513,457

$3,115

20 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

Races Won

Rnrs

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2016 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

1 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$727,330

1 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

$375,753

2 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

$398,527

2 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

$398,527

3 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$397,207

3 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$272,278

4 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

123

$375,753

4 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$397,207

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

$316,997

5 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$727,330

6 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$300,736

6 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$227,668

7 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$272,278

8 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

$257,077

9 Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev

$248,204

Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

$257,077

$227,668

† Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

$191,504

11 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

$224,617

12 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

$191,504

13 Coil, 2008, by Point Given

14 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

Sire

10 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

15 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

Earned

Coil, 2008, by Point Given 8 † Thorn Song, 2003, by Unbridled’s Song

11 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

Rnrs

Wnrs

Races Won

Earned

$176,447

$316,997

$300,736

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

$224,617

$176,447

Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$142,510

$168,753

Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$131,894

$151,370

Informed, 2004, by Tiznow

$104,961

$142,510

Calimonco, 2006, by Storm Cat

$100,872

17 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$133,260

Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

$94,647

18 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$131,894

The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

$66,109

19 Phantom Wildcat, 2005, by Forest Wildcat

$126,660

Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

$38,755

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

$110,968

16 Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

2016 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

2016 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER Races Rnrs Won

Sire

1 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 2 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 3 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 4 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

Earned

Earnings/ Runner

$727,330

$55,948

$227,668

$25,296

Srts

Races Won

Earned

1 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

123

$375,753

2 Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$727,330

3 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

$398,527

$397,207

$272,278

Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit 5 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$131,894

$21,982

6 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

$94,647

$224,617

$18,718

7 Coil, 2008, by Point Given

$176,447

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

$316,997

$227,668

$257,077

$191,504

5 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway 14

$257,077

$18,363

6 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 16

$272,278

$17,017

7 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

Rnrs

Sire

(MINIMUM 5 RUNNERS)

Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 10 Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway

$133,260

$16,658

$248,204

$16,547

$110,968

$15,853

12 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$300,736

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

$316,997

$15,095

Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

$168,753

8 † Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev 9 Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck

† Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

11 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat

$191,504

$14,731

Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike

$142,510

12 Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

$87,192

$14,532

Calimonco, 2006, by Storm Cat

$100,872

13 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$300,736

$14,321

16 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

$224,617

14 Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$397,207

$14,186

Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$131,894

15 Dixie Chatter, 2005, by Dixie Union

$168,753

$14,063

Informed, 2004, by Tiznow

16 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 6

$77,490

$12,915

The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

$398,527

$12,856

$104,961

17 Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown 18 Informed, 2004, by Tiznow

Sire

$104,961

$66,109

Globalize, 1997, by Summer Squall

$52,066

$11,662

Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev

$46,843

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

$80,595

$11,514

Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

$42,125

20 Calimonco, 2006, by Storm Cat

$100,872

$11,208

Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

$38,755

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2016 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (50 OR MORE NAMED FOALS)

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 2 3 4 5 6

† Unusual Heat, 1990, by Nureyev Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark Cee’s Tizzy, 1987, by Relaunch Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

Crops

Avg Named Size Foals

Runners

Winners

2YO Winners

Stakes Winners

Graded Stakes Winners

Progeny Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

16 7 4 4 21 9

47 42 28 14 35 19

750 292 111 54 734 171

564-75% 225-77% 90-81% 42-78% 527-72% 120-70%

402-54% 142-49% 68-61% 33-61% 386-53% 79-46%

55-7% 47-16% 23-21% 8-15% 59-8% 13-8%

42-6% 4-1% 10-9% 3-6% 28-4% 9-5%

12-2% 1-0% 1-1% 0-0% 9-1% 3-2%

$52,694,500 $23,432,835 $6,572,666 $3,074,438 $37,841,776 $8,687,188

1.97 1.79 1.70 1.65 1.58 1.53

1.23 1.17 0.95 1.33 1.13 1.10

19 1 12

52 171 54

994 171 652

748-75% 15-9% 378-58%

562-57% 12-7% 285-44%

117-12% 1-1% 74-11%

57-6% 1-1% 16-2%

11-1% 0-0% 3-0%

$46,816,970 $1,163,828 $23,760,993

1.51 1.43 1.43

1.36 0.77 1.26

10 † Salt Lake, 1989, by Deputy Minister

1225

864-71%

686-56%

201-16%

50-4%

9-1%

$59,570,239

1.39

1.36

11 † Bertrando, 1989, by Skywalker

1066

822-77%

583-55%

124-12%

52-5%

15-1%

$49,994,206

1.32

1.47

12 † Birdonthewire, 1989, by Proud Birdie 13 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

18 7

15 13

271 92

200-74% 46-50%

144-53% 36-39%

40-15% 0-0%

12-4% 1-1%

1-0% 1-1%

$13,160,711 $2,680,449

1.30 1.29

1.32 1.24

14 † Tribal Rule, 1996, by Storm Cat 15 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled Memo (CHI), 1987, by Mocito Guapo (ARG) 17 Turkoman, 1982, by Alydar

11 8 15 21

63 48 34 33

694 385 506 683

498-72% 312-81% 301-59% 538-79%

367-53% 231-60% 210-42% 382-56%

121-17% 58-15% 34-7% 74-11%

32-5% 10-3% 12-2% 23-3%

6-1% 3-1% 4-1% 6-1%

$32,090,642 $19,775,003 $18,012,381 $25,091,763

1.28 1.25 1.25 1.21

1.07 1.48 1.07 1.40

18 † Benchmark, 1991, by Alydar Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat 20 Lit de Justice, 1990, by El Gran Senor 21 Beau Genius, 1985, by Bold Ruckus 22 Deputy Commander, 1994, by Deputy Minister 23 One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat 24 Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled

15 7 11 19 9 9 7

48 106 35 39 63 9 13

721 743 385 749 566 84 92

561-78% 515-69% 325-84% 617-82% 480-85% 55-65% 61-66%

434-60% 371-50% 254-66% 466-62% 326-58% 39-46% 39-42%

107-15% 120-16% 70-18% 138-18% 75-13% 3-4% 5-5%

28-4% 30-4% 17-4% 36-5% 20-4% 2-2% 2-2%

9-1% 6-1% 2-1% 5-1% 2-0% 1-1% 1-1%

$34,774,184 $32,631,628 $21,530,891 $35,512,567 $29,653,292 $2,919,307 $3,786,623

1.20 1.20 1.19 1.18 1.17 1.16 1.14

1.10 1.78 1.12 1.13 1.47 0.94 0.78

25 26 27 28 29

† Stormin Fever, 1994, by Storm Cat Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy Heatseeker (IRE), 2003, by Giant’s Causeway Olympio, 1988, by Naskra Prime Timber, 1996, by Sultry Song 31 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image 32 Peppered Cat, 2000, by Tabasco Cat

14 5 9 5 19 11 8 9

55 40 19 36 28 22 61 8

763 201 167 180 527 238 489 68

570-75% 117-58% 112-67% 123-68% 413-78% 190-80% 236-48% 48-71%

394-52% 75-37% 71-43% 77-43% 303-57% 153-64% 168-34% 32-47%

117-15% 21-10% 9-5% 26-14% 62-12% 29-12% 47-10% 4-6%

26-3% 5-2% 6-4% 8-4% 25-5% 4-2% 7-1% 1-1%

9-1% 2-1% 2-1% 1-1% 3-1% 1-0% 1-0% 1-1%

$30,609,292 $5,946,088 $6,138,588 $5,932,029 $19,402,635 $10,148,576 $13,157,056 $2,586,066

1.13 1.11 1.10 1.09 1.08 1.08 1.07 1.06

1.33 0.99 0.90 1.29 1.27 1.20 1.16 0.65

33 † Cindago, 2003, by Indian Charlie Hold for Gold, 1995, by Red Ransom Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run 36 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 37 Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View Robannier, 1991, by Batonnier 39 High Brite, 1984, by Best Turn Kelly Kip, 1994, by Kipper Kelly Souvenir Copy, 1995, by Mr. Prospector Valid Wager, 1992, by Valid Appeal 43 Formal Gold, 1993, by Black Tie Affair (IRE) 44 Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev 45 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai Richly Blended, 1998, by Rizzi 47 Free House, 1994, by Smokester • Redattore (BRZ), 1995, by Roi Normand Slewvescent, 1988, by Seattle Slew 50 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

6 12 10 8 10 17 22 12 15 11 15 16 4 4 5 5 22 2

16 11 56 43 36 7 43 9 35 46 35 30 24 30 36 146 13 28

94 135 560 347 359 112 936 112 527 501 518 476 96 121 181 730 282 56

70-74% 105-78% 422-75% 267-77% 259-72% 71-63% 736-79% 88-79% 411-78% 404-81% 421-81% 347-73% 64-67% 88-73% 141-78% 156-21% 216-77% 41-73%

54-57% 11-12% 75-56% 16-12% 303-54% 96-17% 195-56% 54-16% 183-51% 43-12% 41-37% 8-7% 599-64% 145-15% 74-66% 16-14% 282-54% 74-14% 322-64% 100-20% 332-64% 83-16% 216-45% 42-9% 41-43% 13-14% 64-53% 14-12% 94-52% 19-10% 105-14% 10-1% 96-34% 19-7% 22-39% 6-11%

3-3% 4-3% 18-3% 14-4% 12-3% 3-3% 30-3% 2-2% 10-2% 18-4% 17-3% 11-2% 2-2% 2-2% 3-2% 3-0% 5-2% 1-2%

0-0% 0-0% 6-1% 2-1% 1-0% 0-0% 7-1% 1-1% 2-0% 1-0% 5-1% 4-1% 0-0% 1-1% 1-1% 1-0% 3-1% 0-0%

$3,657,617 $5,570,758 $19,688,847 $14,611,694 $14,288,206 $3,032,962 $36,688,512 $4,514,494 $16,675,915 $19,714,410 $20,603,461 $14,773,401 $2,850,045 $3,660,908 $6,164,950 $7,440,681 $7,582,089 $1,092,694

1.05 1.05 1.05 1.04 1.03 1.03 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.00 0.99 0.99 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.97

1.33 1.11 1.22 0.93 0.97 0.98 1.15 0.99 1.12 1.12 1.25 1.40 1.15 0.73 1.33 1.18 0.80 1.67

7 † In Excess (IRE), 1987, by Siberian Express 8 Jahafl (GB), 1988, by Rainbow Quest Roar, 1993, by Forty Niner

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), a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2015 but will stand in the state in 2016. Freshman sires are highlighted in bold text.. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) only. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Percentages are based upon number of named foals of racing age.

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Sunshine Millions/California Cup XXVII Fact Sheet

LATC Winter Meet at Santa Anita Park 2017 Sunshine Millions/California Cup XXVII spotlights the California Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry in a series of 5 stakes for California-Bred/Sired horses, plus other races totaling well over a million dollars in purses. When: Saturday, January 28, first post 12:00 noon and gates open at 10:00 a.m. Where: Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California Hosts: Santa Anita Park and California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) Cal-Bred Stakes Races: $250,000 California Cup Turf Classic Presented by City National Bank for 4-year-olds & up at 1 1/18 miles (Turf) $250,000 California Cup Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles $200,000 California Cup Oaks for Fillies 3-year-olds at 1-mile (Turf) $150,000 Sunshine Millions F & M Turf Sprint for 4-year-olds & up at 6 1/2 furlongs (Turf) $150,000 California Cup Sprint for 4-year-olds & up at 6 furlongs Admission to Santa Anita Park: $5.00 General and $10.00 Clubhouse California Cup/Sunshine Millions Party: The celebrated California Cup party will be on the front side in the same location as last year. The party will be held on the 3rd floor mezzanine located between rows L and O and is close to the paddock, the FrontRunner and the winnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s circle, with a beautiful view of live racing. The party area will be decorated in festive colors and tables of ten will be set up inside for entertaining and outdoor seating for all guests to view the live races. This party has truly become a very special part of California racing since 1990 and now is the time to reserve your individual seat, table or tables for California Cup/Sunshine Millions XXVII. The price of a 10-seat table is just $1,000.00 and includes parking, program, admission, and Santa Anitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widely acclaimed, delicious buffet and drinks. Individual seats are available for $100.00. Hours for the buffet are 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with coffee and desserts served until last race. For more information please call or email cookie@ctba.com at 626-445-7800 ext #243. We look forward to joining with you in the celebration of California-breds. What:

California Thoroughbred Breeders Association

Leading California Sires Lists

2016 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (50 OR MORE NAMED FOALS)

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

Siberian Summer, 1989, by Siberian Express

Crops

Avg Named Size Foals

Runners

Winners

2YO Winners

Stakes Winners

Graded Stakes Winners

Progeny Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

419

320-76%

228-54%

28-7%

12-3%

3-1%

$13,646,391

0.97

0.86

52 † Popular, 1999, by Saint Ballado 53 Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

9 13

11 41

96 533

70-73% 426-80%

51-53% 330-62%

20-21% 113-21%

1-1% 19-4%

1-1% 1-0%

$3,272,810 $21,023,445

0.96 0.95

0.94 0.84

54 † Western Fame, 1992, by Gone West 55 Flying Continental, 1986, by Flying Paster Lake George, 1992, by Vice Regent Silic (FR), 1995, by Sillery Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

14 11 14 12 2

21 45 12 16 28

298 494 163 186 56

202-68% 365-74% 106-65% 138-74% 23-41%

150-50% 273-55% 61-37% 88-47% 15-27%

46-15% 46-9% 10-6% 13-7% 10-18%

12-4% 14-3% 4-2% 3-2% 0-0%

0-0% 2-0% 1-1% 1-1% 0-0%

$8,860,353 $17,800,271 $4,264,586 $8,346,053 $627,673

0.93 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.92

0.81 1.03 1.03 0.91 1.05

59 † Sought After, 2000, by Seeking the Gold 60 Poteen, 1994, by Irish River (FR)

11 7

11 11

118 74

78-66% 52-70%

53-45% 38-51%

13-11% 5-7%

2-2% 2-3%

1-1% 0-0%

$3,299,618 $2,098,064

0.90 0.88

0.80 0.88

61 † Game Plan, 1993, by Danzig Haynesfeld, 2006, by Speightstown

17 2

26 65

440 129

327-74% 94-73%

259-59% 46-36%

57-13% 23-18%

17-4% 4-3%

3-1% 1-1%

$14,921,469 $2,349,276

0.87 0.87

0.79 1.50

5 10 5 2 9 17 9 9 14 14 4 14 17 4 12 5 11 7 14 4 6 18 13

16 30 44 27 14 18 39 17 34 11 51 24 6 13 15 20 7 7 13 13 33 20 16

81 298 222 53 128 314 351 153 476 150 205 332 108 50 180 98 80 50 184 53 195 359 209

58-72% 182-61% 52-23% 23-43% 73-57% 214-68% 265-75% 114-75% 399-84% 117-78% 142-69% 250-75% 54-50% 35-70% 131-73% 54-55% 58-73% 26-52% 136-74% 36-68% 129-66% 242-67% 190-91%

38-47% 122-41% 41-18% 10-19% 45-35% 138-44% 190-54% 91-59% 286-60% 96-64% 86-42% 185-56% 31-29% 24-48% 95-53% 40-41% 42-53% 18-36% 101-55% 18-34% 64-33% 165-46% 121-58%

14-17% 18-6% 9-4% 5-9% 4-3% 28-9% 40-11% 27-18% 79-17% 8-5% 27-13% 45-14% 5-5% 10-20% 37-21% 6-6% 5-6% 0-0% 29-16% 1-2% 21-11% 52-14% 81-39%

1-1% 8-3% 2-1% 0-0% 1-1% 3-1% 4-1% 9-6% 16-3% 3-2% 4-2% 11-3% 2-2% 1-2% 4-2% 2-2% 1-1% 0-0% 3-2% 0-0% 1-1% 8-2% 0-0%

0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 2-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0%

$2,356,389 $7,407,206 $2,924,583 $523,433 $2,902,465 $6,694,511 $10,713,402 $5,412,252 $18,993,131 $4,451,749 $4,343,145 $9,875,650 $2,109,174 $1,443,314 $5,265,342 $1,999,243 $2,249,141 $912,782 $4,916,761 $1,236,567 $3,769,651 $7,322,770 $1,271,706

0.87 0.87 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.83 0.83 0.82 0.82 0.82 0.80 0.79 0.78 0.77 0.77 0.77 0.76 0.76 0.75

1.21 1.20 1.04 0.82 1.02 1.09 0.99 0.84 1.05 0.91 1.16 1.11 0.59 0.64 0.76 1.20 0.68 0.81 1.15 0.85 0.76 0.76 0.64

13 11 9 20 5 17 4 10 10 22 11 13 4 15 8

20 30 29 5 11 18 35 18 6 5 15 13 29 5 9

263 334 263 102 55 306 139 183 64 113 165 171 116 80 75

169-64% 230-69% 58-22% 83-81% 38-69% 212-69% 99-71% 112-61% 43-67% 71-63% 121-73% 109-64% 8-7% 61-76% 38-51%

105-40% 159-48% 39-15% 56-55% 23-42% 134-44% 57-41% 77-42% 28-44% 46-41% 85-52% 67-39% 3-3% 36-45% 17-23%

25-10% 23-7% 10-4% 4-4% 7-13% 17-6% 14-10% 14-8% 5-8% 6-5% 20-12% 18-11% 0-0% 14-18% 4-5%

4-2% 7-2% 1-0% 1-1% 0-0% 3-1% 0-0% 0-0% 1-2% 2-2% 3-2% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1%

1-0% 1-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0%

$4,774,090 $8,261,629 $1,833,180 $2,986,602 $1,408,499 $6,887,896 $2,392,105 $3,134,173 $1,182,321 $2,047,077 $4,050,527 $2,905,013 $192,909 $1,274,732 $964,897

0.75 0.74 0.73 0.72 0.71 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.69 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68

0.86 0.99 0.75 0.80 1.10 0.94 0.96 0.81 0.96 0.82 0.74 1.12 0.77 0.50 0.76

72 74

77 78 79 80

83 85

† Lucky J. H., 2002, by Cee’s Tizzy Perfect Mandate, 1996, by Gone West Crafty C. T., 1998, by Crafty Prospector Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) Latin American, 1988, by Riverman Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat Rocky Bar, 1998, by In Excess (IRE) Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat Iron Cat, 1995, by Storm Cat Papa Clem, 2006, by Smart Strike Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom Michael’s Flyer, 1986, by Flying Paster Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even Globalize, 1997, by Summer Squall Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat Thisnearlywasmine, 1994, by Capote Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song Half Term, 1990, by Mr. Prospector Unbridled Native, 2001, by Unbridled Awesome Gambler, 2004, by Coronado’s Quest Flying Victor, 1985, by Flying Paster Elegant Ease, 1995, by Mr. Prospector

† Mud Route, 1994, by Strawberry Road (AUS) Skimming, 1996, by Nureyev Town Caper, 1990, by Fatih Alymagic, 1986, by Alydar Jackpot, 1998, by Seeking the Gold Comet Shine, 1991, by Fappiano Einstein (BRZ), 2002, by Spend a Buck Gotham City, 1998, by Saint Ballado Roman Dancer, 1999, by Polish Numbers 95 Caros Love, 1984, by Caro (IRE) Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson 97 Impeachment, 1997, by Deputy Minister More Style, 1994, by Gone West Russian Courage, 1989, by Nijinsky II Stormed, 1999, by Storm Cat 87 88 89 90 91

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Stakes & Sales Dates 2017

2017

REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Dec. 26-July 4

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Dec. 26-June 18

Oak Tree at Pleasanton, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton

June 21-July 11

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

July 5-18

California State Fair (Cal Expo), Sacramento

July 12-Aug. 1

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

July 19-Sept. 5

Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa

Aug. 2-22

Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale

Aug. 23-Sept. 5

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Aug. 23-Sept. 19

Pomona Fair at Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos Oak Tree at Pleasanton, Pleasanton

Sept. 27-Oct. 31

Fresno County Fair, Fresno

Oct. 4-17

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Oct. 18-Dec. 19

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

Nov. 1-28

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

JANUARY 17 BARRETTS JANUARY MIXED SALE Pomona, Calif. (EARLY ENTRIES CLOSED OCT. 28, ENTRIES CLOSED NOV. 4, SUPPLEMENTAL ENTRIES CLOSE JAN. 3)

MARCH 29 BARRETTS SELECT 2-YEAR-OLDS Del Mar, Calif. TRAINING PREVIEW MARCH 27 (NOMINATIONS CLOSED OCT. 28)

Sept. 6-26 Sept. 20-Oct. 3

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

EARLY REGIONAL SALE DATES

MAY 17 BARRETTS MAY SALE OF 2-YEAR-OLDS AND HORSES OF RACING AGE Del Mar, Calif. TRAINING PREVIEW MAY 15 (ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 7, SUPPLEMENTAL ENTRIES CLOSE MAY 3)

Nov. 29-Dec. 19

California-Bred/California-Sired STAKES RACES JANUARY-APRIL SANTA ANITA SATURDAY, JANUARY 28

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19

SUNDAY, MARCH 26

$250,000 California Cup Turf Classic

$100,000 Spring Fever Stakes

$100,000 Dream of Summer Stakes

Four-Year-Olds & Up 1 1/8 miles (Turf)

Four-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares 6 furlongs

Four-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares 1 mile

$250,000 California Cup Derby

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25

SATURDAY, APRIL 8

Tree-Year-Olds 1 1/16 miles

$100,000 Sensational Star Stakes

$200,000 Echo Eddie Stakes

Four-Year-Olds & Up abt. 6 1/2 furlongs (Turf)

Tree-Year-Olds 6 1/2 furlongs

Tree-Year-Old Fillies 1 mile (Turf)

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26

$200,000 Evening Jewel Stakes

$100,000 Tiznow Stakes

$150,000 California Cup Sprint

Four-Year-Olds & Up 1 mile

Tree-Year-Old Fillies 6 1/2 furlongs

$200,000 California Cup Oaks

Four-Year-Olds & Up 6 furlongs

$150,000 Sunshine Millions F/M Turf Sprint Four-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares abt. 6 1/2 furlongs (Turf)

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

$100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes Four-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares abt. 6 1/2 furlongs (Turf)

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS SUNDAY, APRIL 30

$100,000 Campanile Stakes Tree-Year-Old Fillies 1 mile (Turf)

$100,000 Silky Sullivan Stakes Tree-Year-Olds 1 mile (Turf)

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FEBRUARY

JANUARY

2017 REGIONAL STAKES RACES

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Track

Stakes (Grade)

Conditions

Distance

Added Value

Jan. 1

San Pasqual Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

1 1/16 m.

$200,000

Jan. 7

San Gabriel Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

1 1/8 m. (T)

$200,000

Jan. 7

Sham Stakes (Gr. III)

3-y-o

1 m.

$100,000

Jan. 7

Las Cienegas Handicap (Gr. III)

4-y-o & up, f. & m.

abt. 6 1/2 f. (T)

$100,000

Jan. 8

Santa Ynez Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o f.

7 f.

$200,000

Jan. 14

La Canada Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up, f. & m.

1 1/16 m.

$200,000

Jan. 15

Astra Stakes

4-y-o & up, f. & m.

1 1/2 m. (T)

Jan. 16

Megahertz Stakes (Gr. III)

4-y-o & up, f. & m.

1 m. (T)

$100,000

Jan. 21

Santa Monica Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up, f. & m.

7 f.

$200,000

Jan. 21

GGF

California Derby

3-y-o

1 1/16 m.

$100,000

Jan. 28

California Cup Turf Classic

4-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

1 1/8 m. (T)

$250,000

Jan. 28

California Cup Derby

3-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

1 1/16 m.

$250,000

Jan. 28

California Cup Oaks

3-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

1 m. (T)

$200,000

Jan. 28

Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint

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

abt. 6 1/2 f. (T)

$150,000

Jan. 28

California Cup Sprint

4-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

6 f.

$150,000

Jan. 29

Clockers’ Corner Stakes

4-y-o & up

abt. 6 1/2 f. (T)

Feb. 4

San Antonio Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

1 1/8 m.

$300,000

Feb. 4

Robert B. Lewis Stakes (Gr. III)

3-y-o

1 1/16 m.

$150,000

Feb. 4

San Marcos Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

1 1/4 m. (T)

$200,000

Feb. 4

Palos Verdes Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

6 f.

$200,000

Feb. 5

Las Virgenes Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o f.

1 m.

$200,000

Feb. 11

Arcadia Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up

1 m. (T)

$200,000

Feb. 11

Santa Maria Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up, f. & m.

1 1/16 m.

$200,000

Feb. 11

GGF

California Oaks

3-y-o f.

1 1/16 m.

$50,000

Feb. 12

San Vicente Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o

7 f.

Feb. 12

Sweet Life Stakes

3-y-o f.

abt. 6 1/2 f. (T)

Feb. 18

Buena Vista Stakes (Gr. II)

4-y-o & up, f. & m.

1 m. (T)

$200,000

Feb. 18

GGF

El Camino Real Derby (Gr. III)

3-y-o

1 1/8 m.

$200,000

Feb. 19 SA

Spring Fever Stakes

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

6 f.

$100,000

Feb. 20

Lost in the Fog Stakes

4-y-o & up

6 f.

$50,000

Feb. 25 SA

Sensational Star Stakes

4-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

abt. 6 1/2 f. (T)

$100,000

Feb. 26 SA

Tiznow Stakes

4-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired

1 m.

$100,000

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Harris Farms ............................................................ IFC, 19, 29, 30, 31

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Lovacres Ranch ............................................................................ 33,35

Betamerica ........................................................................................ 92

Magali Farms......................................................................... 43, 45, 47

BG Thoroughbred Farm....................................................... 12, 13, 75

Milky Way Farm.........................................................................IBC, 65

Blue Diamond Horsehoe,LLC.......................................................... 11 Brazeau Thoroughbred Farms,LP.................................................... 83 California Stallion Registration Deadline........................................ 95 Cal Cup /Sunshine Millions Fact Sheet........................................... 89 Cole Ranch ........................................................................................ 10 Coolmore America ........................................................................... 62 CTBA Annual Meeting/Awards Dinner........................................... 93

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Running Luck Ranch, LLC................................................................. 67

CTFMA-Southern Californai Stallion Tour ...................................... 87

Special T.Thoroughbreds Inc ........................................................... 55

Daehling Ranch............................................................... 56, 57, 77, 98

Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB)........................... 64

E.A. Ranches ..................................................................................... 15

Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC ........................................ 3, 5, 7, 9

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Victory Rose Thoroughbreds ..................................................... 68, 69

STALLIONS Acclamation ...........................53 Affrmative ..............................12 Air Force Blue ........................62 Allaboutdreams .....................79 Atticus.....................................47 Awesome Gambler................35 Big Bad Leroybrown ..............53 Bluegrass Cat........... OBC, 21 Bob Black Jack.......................79 Boisterous........................... 3 Bold Chieftain ........................69 Brave Cat................................56 Calimonco ................ OBC, 27 Capital Account .....................13 Champ Pegasus................. 61 Circumference............IBC, 65 Clubhouse Ride .....................31 Coach Bob..............................57 Coil ................................... 45 Curlin To Mischief.............. 38 Cyclotron ................................53 Daddy Nose Best...................12 Dads Caps......................... 59 Decarch............................. 47 Desert Code...........................31 Dixie Chatter............ OBC, 25

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Eddington ................ OBC, 23 Einstein ...................................57 Empire Way................. 33, 35 Fighting Hussar......................13 Fullbridled ..............................56 Gallant Son.............................56 Gervinho ........................... 63 Gig Harbor .............................68 Golden Balls...........................79 Grace Upon Grace.................35 Grazen ................................ 9 Hamish Hy ..............................15 Haynesfeld ................. 38, 71 He Be Fire N Ice................ 51 Heatseeker .............................31 Hidden Blessing.....................11 Hoorayforhollywood..............65 Idiot Proof...............................69 Indian Evening .......................68 Indian Gods............................83 Informed ........................... 17 James Street ..........................11 Jeranimo ........................... 30 Kafwain .....................................7 King of Jazz ............................13 Lakerville...................... 19.31

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Lucky Pulpit ............... IFC, 31 Make Music For Me...............83 Many Rivers ............................68 Marino Marini.........................37 Mesa Thunder........................79 Mast Track ..............................57 Merit Man...............................35 Ministers Wild Cat............... 5 Misremembered ....................12 Mr.Big......................................15 Mr.Broad Blade ......................47 Niagara Falls ............... 57, 77 Northern Causeway...............39 Northern Indy...................66, 79 Old Topper...............................7 Peppered Cat.........................56 Proud Tower Too....................12 Roi Charmant .........................47 Richard’s Kid...........................47 Rousing Sermon.....................39 Run Brother Ron.....................56 Run It ................................ 67 Sierra Sunset ..........................57 Slew’s Tiznow ...................39, 41 Smart Bid................................83 Smiling Tiger..................... 29

Southern Image .....................37 Stormy Jack............................83 Street Life ...............................65 Suances (GB) ..........................76 Sundarban ..............................65 Surf Cat...................................53 Tenga Cat .........................76, 81 The Pamplemousse ...............37 Time To Get Even ..................35 Tiz A Minister .........................13 Tizbud.....................................31 Tom’s Tribute..................... 43 Truest Legend ........................81 Twice The Appeal ..................35 Typhoon Slew.........................37 U S Ranger..............................38 Ultimate Eagle .................. 55 Under Caution..................56, 98 Unusual Heatwave ...... 12, 75 Vancouver...............................62 Vronsky....................................53 Winning Cause.......................65 World Renowned...................83

CIRCUMFERENCE (IRE) Galileo (Ire) - Circle of Life, by Belong to Me

CALIFORNIA’S FIRST AND ONLY SON OF THE WORLD LEADING SIRE GALILEO GALILEO ranks #1 in the World by 2016 Black-Type Winners (39) & Black-Type Horses (42) GALILEO is the #1 Sire in Europe & North America by 2016 earnings ($30,000,000+) Lifetime GALILEO has sired 233 Black-Type Winners (10% from foals), 150 Graded/Group Winners, 399 Black-Type Horses around the world with progeny earnings over $187 Million. GALILEO is represented by sons on leading sire lists around the world. First dam CIRCLE OF LIFE won the GRADE 1 SPINAWAY STAKES at SARATOGA after selling for $700,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Feb. Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. Half-brother to GRADE 1 STAKES WINNING MILLIONAIRE CIRCULAR QUAY (107 Beyer, 1st Grade 1 Hopeful S., 2nd Grade 1 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile, etc.) the champion FL Freshman Sire of 2012 & multiple GRADE 2 STAKES-Placed THE ROUNDHOUSE. CIRCUMFERENCE (Ire) raced in France for Magnier, Tabor, Smith and trained by Andre Fabre placing 2nd in Prix de l’hermitage (Chantilly) and 3rd in Prix de Bougival (Longchamp) before injury in his third start ended racing career.

The dam of CIRCUMFERENCE, CIRCLE OF LIFE is due to have a foal by AMERICAN PHAROAH IN 2017 First Foals Arrive in 2017 MILKY WAY FARM Inquiries to Linda Madsen 34174 De Portola Road, Temecula, California 92592 (909) 241-6600 e-mail milkywaycattle@aol.com