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DEL MAR: AND THEYâ€™RE OFF CAL-BRED OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND WHERE THE TURF MEETS THE SURF

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CALIFORNIA-BRED OPPORTUNITIES AT DEL MAR

ith the Del Mar meet beginning this month, we are pleased to announce that all Golden State Series stakes races will be carded as previously published. It is the goal of CTBA to continue to preserve and add as many black-type opportunities for owners and breeders as possible. With purse revenues projected to

decline with no, or limited, on-track and of-track wagering, the purses have been adjusted slightly in some races, as have open stakes purses as well. As in the past, each of the Golden State stakes, however, will have a purse of at least $100,000. We would like to thank and acknowledge the Del Mar Toroughbred Club and the Toroughbred Owners of

California for their support of California-bred races. As Cal-breds continue to make up an even larger percentage of the felds both north and south, the emphasis on providing more restricted opportunities will reward those investing in breeding and racing in the state. Please see below for a list of the stakes, dates, and conditions ofered at Del Mar.

Date

Track

Stakes (Grade)

Conditions

Distance

Added Value

July 24

DMR

Fleet Treat

Fillies, 3YO

7 furlongs

$125,000

July 26

DMR

California Dreamin’

3 & Up

1 ∕16 miles (Turf)

$125,000

July 31

DMR

Real Good Deal

3YO

7 furlongs

$125,000

Fillies, 2YO

5 ∕2 furlongs

$100,000

Aug. 1

DMR

CTBA Stakes

Aug. 2

DMR

Graduation

2YO

5 ∕2 furlongs

$100,000

Aug. 15

DMR

Solana Beach

F/M, 3 & Up,

One mile (Turf)

$125,000

Aug. 30

DMR

Generous Portion

Fillies, 2YO

6 furlongs

$100,000

Sept. 4

DMR

I’m Smokin

2YO

6 furlongs

$100,000

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FEATURES

18 VALUE OF LAYUPS

22 Golden State Series: Snow Chief Stakes

Many California farms ofer a variety of facilities and comforts for racehorses in need of a little rest and relaxation.

OFFICERS

23 Golden State Series: Melair Stakes

CHAIRPERSON TERRY C. LOVINGIER PRESIDENT DOUG BURGE VICE CHAIRPERSON PETE PARRELLA

24 Golden State Series: Tor’s Echo Stakes

TREASURER GEORGE F. SCHMITT SECRETARY SUE GREENE

25 Golden State Series: Fran’s Valentine Stakes

DIRECTORS John C. Harris, Leigh Ann Howard, John H. Barr, Gloria Haley, Pete Parrella, Sue Greene, Donald J. Valpredo, Terry C. Lovingier, George F. Schmitt, Ty Green

26 Golden State Series: Crystal Water Stakes

A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F CONTROLLER THOMAS R. RETCHLESS

RON MESAROS

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COPY EDITOR TOM HALL

PRODUCTION FORREST BEGLEY

ART DIRECTOR CATHERINE NICHOLS

ARTIST DAVID YOUNG

38 Health: Deworming Young Horses

36 Winners 42 Leading Breeders in California 43 Lists of Leading Sires in California 46 Stakes/Sales Calendar 50 Advertising Index COLUMNS

3 From the Executive Corner

34 Member Profle: Janet Cosgrove

16 California Toroughbred Foundation

48 Classifed Advertising PUBLISHED BY BLOOD-HORSE LLC

30 Blast from the Past: Super Diamond

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28 NorCal Sale Preview

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SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS FOALS

STALLION

SWs

OF RACING AGE

WILLIAM VASSER

BLUEGRASS CAT (2003) •

Following a year’s layoff, Mikes Tiznow repeats his last year’s Albany Stakes victory at Golden Gate Fields

MIKES TIZNOW WINS SECOND ALBANY California-bred Mikes Tiznow won his second consecutive Albany Stakes at Golden Gate Fields. Of for a year since his frst victory in the Albany, Mikes Tiznow captured the $61,250 event June 6. Sent away as the third choice in the nine-horse feld, Mikes Tiznow led throughout the fve-furlong turf event. Ricardo Gonzalez, who had partnered the gelding in last year’s Albany, did so again this year. Tey defeated Baja Sur, a Washington-bred son of California sire Smiling Tiger, by three-quarters of a length in :56.26. Andy Mathis trains Mikes Tiznow for owner Mike Schott. Now 5, Mikes Tiznow was winning his ffth race in nine starts. He raised his earnings to $197,005. Eagle Ridge Racing LLC bred Mikes Tiznow, a son of Slew’s Tiznow—Babes Bridge It, by Maria’s Mon. Kim McCarthy’s McCarthy Bloodstock consigned Mikes Tiznow to the 2016 Barretts October sale, where Mathis purchased him for $34,000.

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MINISTERS WILD CAT (2000)

531

OLD TOPPER (1995) †

585

ROCKY BAR (1998) •

201

KAFWAIN (2000)

696

SQUARE EDDIE †

272

LUCKY PULPIT †

491

ATTICUS (1992) †

522

COMIC STRIP (1995) †

370

DECARCHY (1997) †

456

EDDINGTON

499

SOUTHERN IMAGE

584

SMILING TIGER

193

VRONSKY

313

STAY THIRSTY

523

† 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 their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old.

Cal-bred 2-Year-Old Sells for $115,000 A California-bred daughter of Kitten’s Joy sold for $115,000 June 12 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales’ spring sale of 2-year-olds. Red Baron’s Barn and Rancho Temescal purchased the flly from the consignment of Sequel Bloodstock. Hanson’s River Ranch bred the Kitten’s Joy flly out of the Dynaformer mare Dynarhythm. A half sister to stakes-winning Adhrhythm, Dynarhythm has already produced grade 3 stakes-placed Fear the Kitten, also by Kitten’s Joy and an earner of $232,505. 6

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■ First Stakes Winner for Anthony’s Cross

GANTZ WINS AHP AWARD

Kelsey’s Cross became the frst stakes winner for California sire Anthony’s Cross when she won the $100,000 Ginger Punch Stakes at Gulfstream Park June 6. Anthony’s Cross is a 12-year-old son of Indian Charlie—Screening, by Unbridled. The stallion stands at Rancho de Los Aviadores in Annapolis, Calif., for $2,500. Anthony’s Cross won the 2011 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G2) and fnished third in the 2012 Berkeley Handicap (G3). He earned $230,790. Kelsey’s Cross, ridden by Luca Panici, came from eighth early in the Ginger Punch, a 11⁄16-mile turf event for Florida-bred fllies and mares, 3-year-olds and up. Swinging wide, Kelsey’s Cross took the lead in the stretch and scored by 21⁄2 lengths in 1:42.94. Patrick Biancone trains Kelsey’s Cross for himself and Sanford Bacon. T. Wynn and Mary Jolley bred the 4-year-old flly, who is out of the Trippi mare Amy’s Allie. Earlier this year Kelsey’s Cross fnished third in the Hillsborough Stakes (G2T), and she placed in three stakes last year.

Tracy Gantz, the West Coast contributing editor of California Thoroughbred, won an American Horse Publications award during the 2020 awards ceremony for coverage of Santa Anita moving forward in the wake of the equine fatalities in 2019. Gantz’ article, “The Path Ahead,” also featured Dr. Dionne Benson, who had been newly appointed as chief veterinary offcer for The Stronach Group. The article appeared in the July 20, 2019, issue of BloodHorse as well as online at bloodhorse. com. The award was in the category of freelance writer equine-related journalism and was presented during the May 30 awards ceremony held virtually via Zoom. AHP, which annually conducts an awards contest to honor equine journalism on many platforms, had originally scheduled its annual conference in Lexington, Ky. The conference, which had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was also to have celebrated AHP’s 50th anniversary.

MCHARGUE NAMED TO HALL OF FAME

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Former jockey Darrel McHargue, who now serves as the chief steward of the California Horse Racing Board, has been named to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He joins trainer Mark Casse, horses Wise Dan and Tom Bowling, and Pillars of the Turf selections Alice Headley Chandler, J. Keene Daingerfeld Jr., and George Widener Jr. in the Hall of Fame class of 2020. Darrel McHargue The class of 2020 will have to wait until 2021 for their formal induction, however. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s induction ceremony, which was scheduled for Aug. 7 in Saratoga, has been canceled. The 2020 inductees will be honored next year, along with their 2021 counterparts. Of the entire 2020 class McHargue has the most ties to California. He spent much of his riding career on the Southern California circuit, where he won such races as the Santa Anita Handicap, Santa Anita Derby, Hollywood Derby, and San Juan Mark Casse Capistrano Handicap. In 1978 McHargue received an Eclipse Award as the nation’s most outstanding jockey and the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, presented each year at Santa Anita. He set a North American record that season, with $6,188,353 in purse earnings. One of McHargue’s most popular mounts was Vigors, a nearly white star whose dramatic come-from-behind victories thrilled fans in the 1970s. Wise Dan, the 2012 and 2013 Horse of the Year, was better known in the East, though he won the 2012-13 editions of the Wise Dan Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) at Santa Anita. Casse, a superstar in Canada, has won throughout the country and has often successfully shipped runners to California. Tom Bowling was a 19th century champion racehorse whose victories include the Travers Stakes. Chandler is a longtime Kentucky breeder who bred such runners as 1968 Epsom Derby winner Sir Ivor. Daingerfeld was a trainer and a well-respected longtime steward. Widener, an infuential owner and breeder, served as chairman of The Jockey Club for 14 years. He also served the industry as head of several other organizations, including as president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Limited Owner Attendance at Pleasanton Pleasanton is allowing owners on the grounds to watch their horses in afternoon races under specifc guidelines developed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pleasanton is racing from June 19-July 26. Both the Alameda County Fair held at Pleasanton and the California State Fair held at Sacramento were canceled for 2020. Racing at Pleasanton is being conducted without fans and with essential personnel only. Owners may access the apron and paddock areas but only for the race in which their horse is entered. Tey may bring one guest per owner. In addition, owners must abide by the safety protocols of the Alameda County Fair, which includes wearing face masks and practicing social distancing. Te Alameda County Health Department has approved outside dining at the fairgrounds. Te fairgrounds will be hosting Trackside Terrace Outdoor Patio Dining on the second level of the grandstand. Owners may purchase tickets to the patio dining, and those with tickets will be allowed to stay for the full duration of the race card. Owners with questions about watching their horses run are directed to contact Tom Doutrich (tom@calfairs.net). CORRECTION ON SMILING SHIRLEE’S NAMESAKE Smiling Shirlee, winner of the May 16 Evening Jewel Stakes and second in the June 21 Melair Stakes, is named for Shirlee Klein, the mother of Alan Klein, who owns the California-bred flly with Phillip Lebherz and Rusty Brown. That much we got correct in the June issue of California Thoroughbred, page 24. Regrettably, we erred by reporting that Shirlee Klein had passed away. We are delighted to inform readers that Shirlee Klein is, in fact, doing very well at age 90. “When she can, she loves to go to the races,” said Alan Klein. “She thinks it’s great.” Alan Klein says that his mother has seen Smiling Shirlee compete, though of course in recent months she has been unable to attend due to COVID-19 restrictions. The entire ownership group and their families hope to soon be able to see Smiling Shirlee compete and win more races. The flly is a 3-year-old daughter of Smiling Tiger—Whobetterthanus, by Grand Slam.

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By BLUEGRASS CAT (2003). Stakes winner of $1,761,280, 1st Haskell Invitational S. [G1] (MTH, $600,000), etc. Sire of 11 crops of racing age, 1010 foals, 807 starters, 38 stakes winners, 1 champion, 605 winners of 2487 races and earning $48,934,315 USA, including Noorhom (Champion in Saudi Arabia, $112,011 USA), Sabercat ($898,662, 1st Delta Downs Jackpot S. [G3] (DED, $600,000), etc.), Percussion ($644,830, 1st Albert The Great S. (BEL, $54,000), etc.), Kathmanblu ($584,327, 1st Golden Rod S. [G2] (CD, $99,525), etc.), Chris and Dave (to 6, 2019, $567,656, 1st Jim Rasmussen Memorial S. (PRM, $39,000), etc.). Sire of dams of stakes winners Bellamy V. (champion), Henley's Joy, Sweet Loretta, Shotski, Go On Mary, Ancient Land, No Parole, Trafalgar, Thatlookonyerface, Watch Me Burn. RACE RECORD for Blue Grass Mary: At 2, unraced; at 3, unraced; at 4, two wins, once 2nd, once 3rd; at 5, two wins, twice 2nd, once 3rd; at 6, three wins, 4 times 2nd, 5 times 3rd; at 7, unplaced in 2 starts. Totals: 7 wins, 7 times 2nd, 7 times 3rd. Earned $110,630. PRODUCE RECORD for Blue Grass Mary: 2019 Unnamed, c. by Connect. 2020 Unnamed, f. by Twirling Candy. (Live Foal Reported)

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1st dam FAST AND EARLY, by Carson City. Winner at 2, $36,870. (SPR=82) Half-sister to NATURAL SELECTION ($477,310, 1st Illinois Derby [G2], etc., sire). Dam of 13 foals, 9 to race, 6 winners-SHARP IMPACT (2000 c. by Siphon (BRZ)). 4 wins at 2 and 3, $206,568, in NA, 1st Lexington S. [G3] (BEL, $90,000), Spectacular Bid S. [L] (AP, $45,000), 3rd Saranac H. [G3] (SAR, $11,968), Pete Axthelm S. [L] (CRC, $11,000); 4 wins at 6 and 7, 6,170 BAR$ ($3,101 USA), in Barbados; unplaced in 1 start in United Arab Emirates. Sent from United States to United Arab Emirates in 2001. Returned to United States from United Arab Emirates in 2002. Sent from United States to United Arab Emirates in 2002. Returned to United States from United Arab Emirates in 2003. Sent from United States to Barbados in 2004. Returned to United States from Barbados in 2004. Sent from United States to Barbados in 2004. (SPR=98) Speed Hunter (1999 g. by Alydeed). 11 wins, 2 to 7, $392,334, 2nd Taylor's Special H. [L] (FG, $20,000). (SPR=89) Fast Included (2004 f. by Include). Winner at 3, $22,067. (SPR=70) Dam of 5 foals, 5 to race, 5 winners-GIFTED JUSTICE (2014 g. by Haynesfield). 6 wins, 2 to 5, 2019, $198,264, 1st Hillsdale S. -R (IND, $60,946). (SPR=71) Fast Justice (2013 f. by Regal Ransom). 5 wins, 2 to 4, $154,107, 2nd First Lady S. -R (MVR, $15,000). (SPR=76) Lucygotgame (2009 f. by Proud Citizen). 3 wins at 3 and 4, $53,774. (SPR=42) Distorted Justice (2015 f. by Lantana Mob). Winner at 3, $21,330. (SPR=50) Dam of 1 foal-Unnamed (2020 c. by Mucho Macho Man). (Live Foal Reported) Runaway Red (2010 f. by Run Away and Hide). Winner at 3, $7,676(USA) ($7,882(CAN)). (SPR=27) Wabbajack (2010 g. by Midnight Lute). Winner at 3 and 4, $129,347. (SPR=66)

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Collmus To Call Del Mar Tis Summer Larry Collmus will replace Trevor Denman for the summer meeting at Del Mar this year. Collmus, who regularly calls the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup races on NBC television and has 35 years of experience, will step in on a “pinch hitting” assignment for the meeting, which runs from July 10-Sept. 7. Denman told Del Mar ofcials that he and his wife, Robin, did not wish to travel away from their Minnesota farm because of health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Denman has called the races at Del Mar for the past 36 years and said that he would be returning to the track for its fall season, scheduled

from Oct. 31-Nov. 29. “When Trevor told us of his situation, we naturally had to respect what he was feeling,” said Josh Rubinstein, Del Mar Toroughbred Club’s president and COO. “We immediately worked up a short list of possible replacements and Larry was the man we zeroed in on.” Collmus, 53, called his frst race at the age of 18 at Bowie Race Course in Maryland. He has also announced at such tracks as Golden Gate Fields, Belmont Park, Saratoga, Aqueduct, Gulfstream Park, Churchill Downs, and Monmouth Park.

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California-bred Lennyfromalibu, a multiple stakes winner and former course-record holder, died due to complications from colic May 28 at Tranquility Farm in Cottonwood, Calif. He was 21. Bred by owners Jim and Madeline Auerbach, Lennyfromalibu came from the frst crop of Unusual Heat, who went on to become a seven-time leading California sire. Lennyfromalibu was the frst foal from the Half a Year mare Style of the Year. Style of the Year eventually produced 15 foals that amassed more than $1.6 million in earnings. Her foals include stakes winner Heat du Jour and stakes-placed Orbits World, both by Unusual Heat. The frst star runner by Unusual Heat, Lennyfromalibu won races on dirt and turf at a variety of distances. Trained by Barry Abrams, he captured the 2003 California Cup Mile at Oak Tree at Santa Anita in wire-to-wire fashion and followed it up with a victory in the 2004 Crystal Water Stakes at Santa Anita. Lennyfromalibu also set a course record of 1:11.00 down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course of about 61⁄2 furlongs. Ultimately, Lennyfromalibu earned $442,165.

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10 YEARS AGO California-breds traditionally perform well at Del Mar, and 2010 was no exception. The Usual Q. T. scored in the $300,000 Eddie Read Stakes (G1T) July 24, 2010. He became the frst Cal-bred to win the race since Prince Spellbound in 1983. Favored against six rivals, including grade 1 Cal-bred winner Acclamation, The Usual Q. T. sat in third for much of the 11⁄8-mile Eddie Read. Jockey Victor Espinoza called on the gelding in the fnal turn, and they defeated Victor’s Cry by two lengths in 1:47.28, with Enriched third. Carlee Van Kempen bred The Usual Q. T., a 4-year-old son of Unusual Heat—Lunge, by Western Fame. Jim Cassidy trained The Usual Q. T. for the ownership group of Don Van Racing (the stable name of Carlee’s father, Don), Michael Nentwig, George Saadeh, and Jeffrey Byer.

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50 YEARS AGO

Martin and Pam Wygod bred and raced many sons and daughters of their homebred stallion Pirate’s Bounty, including Private Persuasion, winner of the $300,000 Vanity Invitational Handicap (G1) July 23, 1995, at Hollywood Park. Gary Stevens rode the 4-year-old flly for trainer Dan Hendricks. Two-time Eclipse Award winner Paseana went off as the favorite, but she fnished unplaced as Private Persuasion led throughout the 11⁄8 miles to win by three lengths over Top Rung. Private Persuasion is out of the stakes-winning Salem mare Kaylem Ho. That mare also produced stakes winner Sound Wisdom and stakes-placed Torchera and Tough Job, all by Pirate’s Bounty, and stakes winner Wishful Splendor and stakes-placed It’s So Simple, both by Smart Strike.

E. B. (Buddy) and Judy Johnston had a good one in June Darling, a California-bred flly who took the $50,000 Hollywood Lassie Stakes at Hollywood Park July 9, 1970. The Johnston family’s Old English Rancho bred the 2-year-old daughter of Windy Sands—Darling June, by Free America. William Mahorney rode June Darling in the six-furlong Lassie for trainer F. A. Miquelez. A frst-time starter, a cough having delayed her racing debut, June Darling broke slowly and was then blocked behind horses. She raced between rivals to take the lead and won drawing away by 23⁄4 lengths in 1:101⁄5. Clement Hirsch eventually purchased June Darling, who went on to defeat males in that year’s Del Mar Futurity and Norfolk Stakes.

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2020 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale Te CTBA will conduct this year’s Northern California sale Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Amador Pavilion at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton beginning at noon. Te sale horses will be stabled in the permanent barns near the pavilion. As in the past, the commission will be 5% of the fnal bid, with a minimum of $500. Te maximum commission for this year’s sale on an RNA will be capped at $1,000. A $500 travel allowance with a minimum purchase of $3,500 is being ofered to out-of-state trainers and to trainers from Southern California who attend the upcoming California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age sale. Te catalog will be available at www.ctba.com on or before July 10. At that time the catalog can also be downloaded to devices through Te Jockey Club app. Te catalogs will be mailed on or before July 19. For further information, contact Loretta Veiga at 626-4457800 ext. 227 or Christy Chapman at 626-445-7800 ext. 247, or email loretta@ctba.com or christy@ctba.com.

Spotlighting Foals of 2020 With foaling season upon us, now is the time to spotlight your foals in California Thoroughbred. The August issue will feature Thoroughbreds foaled in California, with advertorials consisting of six to eight photos of foals per page. The cost to publish a full-page insertion will be discounted to $500. This represents a savings of more than 50% off the regular full-page advertisement price. Insertions should include a caption with each foal’s sire, dam, broodmare sire, sex, date of birth, and breeders, as well as the details, including a logo, of their farm location. Photos need to be submitted by July 6. For additional information please contact the magazine’s advertising manager, Loretta Veiga, at Loretta@ ctba.com or at 626-445-7800, ext. 227. Additionally, photos can be submitted to Ken Gurnick at kgurnick@ctba. com for free inclusion on the CTBA’s website.

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Te “New” Hollywood Gold Cup Te California Toroughbred Foundation loaned Noor’s 1950 Hollywood Gold Cup trophy from the Charles S. Howard collection to Santa Anita for the June 6 edition of the Hollywood Gold Cup. Te historic race reverted to its original name for this year’s running, won by Improbable. Te name change grew out of a conversation between Alan F. Balch, a trustee of the Foundation and the executive director of California Toroughbred Trainers, and Aidan Butler, executive director of California Racing Operations for Te Stronach Group. For six years after Santa Anita absorbed many of the stakes from now-closed Hollywood Park, the race was known as the Gold Cup at Santa Anita. “Te Hollywood Gold Cup is one of the most storied races in all of American racing, and we are right to remember it,” said Butler. “Beginning when Seabiscuit won the inaugural in 1938, it has attracted some of the fnest older horses in the world. Even though Hollywood Park doesn’t exist anymore, this race does, and it deserves to be linked to its grand past.” Noor’s beautiful trophy made a ftting display in the winner’s circle presentation following Improbable’s victory. Crafted by Shreve & Co., the trophy consists of more than 42 ounces of 14 karat gold and is more than a foot long. According to Mike Willman, Santa Anita’s director of publicity, Santa Anita announced that it has “commissioned a new issue of the Gold Cup trophy which will be presented to this year’s winner upon completion.” Te Foundation was happy to share Noor’s Gold Cup trophy as part of the race celebration.

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VACATION VALUE RESTORING RACEHORSES: MIND, BODY, AND SOUL

BY EMILY SHIELDS

hether recovering from an injury or simply getting a mental break, layups are a necessity that most horses experience. Te logistics involved in taking ft racehorses that consume large quantities of sweet feed at the racetrack and then asking them to change their diet and simply rest can be complicated. Tat is why treating layup horses is both an art and a science. Kevin Dickson, manager at Barton Toroughbreds in Santa

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Ynez, said that life for a horse on the track is more intense than a regular human athlete would experience. “When you have an athlete preparing for a major competition like the Olympics, they have a set goal and can train up to that and peak at a certain time,” Dickson said. “But too often in horses, we send them out as babies and you don’t see them again until the end of the 3-year-old or 4-year-old season.” He mentioned the Triple Crown as one especially diferent ask for young horses. “Te Triple Crown is a goal on every trainer’s docket, where you have to have them peak in May and June and keep them peaked that whole month and a half span,” he said. “It’s very impressive, compared to humans, where they can be focused on a single event or two. Horses always need to be prepared.” To combat this grind, Dickson believes in ofering layup time, even without injury.

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Management

A change of scenery and a relaxing atmosphere are necessary for a layup facility

“I really believe they need to come home and have sunshine on their back,” he said. “I’m a big believer in giving them time.” But how do the horses make the transition from racehorse to relaxed vacationer? “Te more you can get them outside of the stall, the happier they are going to be,” said Mike Allen, manager of Tommy Town Toroughbreds, also in Santa Ynez. “Even if it’s just for a short amount of time each day until they get acclimated to being outside, the best thing for any injured horse or one needing a mental break is time outside. Tey seem to pick up weight and thrive as they get happy.” Aside from those with severe pelvic is-

sues, horses can generally get out of their stalls for at least a brief period of time. “Even if their mobility is so limited all they can do is get out (on a shank) and pick some grass,” Dickson said, “I truly believe they need to get out until they can graduate to the next level of convalescence.” “I’ll pull them out three to four times a day,” said Katie Fisher, owner of Kingfsher Farms, another facility in Santa Ynez. “Even if they have to be chilled out in their stall, as long as it’s not detrimental to them, they are hand walking. You have to make sure they get some sort of something.” To deal with mental boredom in stalled horses unable to walk or be turned out, Fisher utilizes a lot of Jolly Ball play. “I buy Jolly Balls by the case,” she said. “I shop the sales for them and buy them twice a year. Every horse in a stall here has at least one, or multiples.” Fisher remembered that she recently had a feel-good type horse who was stalled near the ofce, where she could see him constantly playing with the balls to the point of defation. “I wasn’t going to give him another one, but he started throwing around his feed pan,” she said. “Now he has two new Jolly Balls.” Such entertainment doesn’t work on every horse, but it does help. “Some of them like the stimulation,” Fisher said. “I have some that kick them and throw them. One flly would leap up and throw it in the air, then she would say ‘Ah!’ when it hit the ground.” Te stall can be its own dangerous place, depending on the horse and how frisky it feels. “I try to keep things in their stall environment as safe as possible,” Fisher said. “Tat’s why we have ComfortStall fooring that keeps the horses from pulling up their stall mats when they are bored, or from ripping their shoes of.” Part of keeping a layup horse healthy in both mind and body is by balancing nutrition. “Cool calories!” Fisher said frmly. “I do a lot of high-calorie, high-fat type feeds that don’t have the sugar molasses stuf that can make them hot. Every horse on the farm gets fed rice bran, which has huge amounts of calories per pound. Ten if they start to get a little heavy, you can feed

half alfalfa and half grass hay so that you’re cutting out something.” Every horse at Kingfsher has its own individual feed cart, so that the feed can be easily adjusted. “Every 10 days we pull each horse out and look at them, both standing and at the walk,” Fisher said. “It’s something we actually put on the schedule. Tat way you

Layups are vital to rejuvenate racing athletes

can see if one needs a touch more weight, or if one needs to cut back. I’m constantly tweaking my feed carts.” “You don’t want them to get fat while they are laid up,” Allen said. “It would be harder to take that weight back of in training. You back of on the grain and how much protein they get. Tat’s why it’s best if you can get them out on grass eating. It’s good for their gut.” Tommy Town also weighs its layup horses on a regular basis to make sure they aren’t getting too heavy. “We certainly do cut their carbs when they arrive,” said Dickson of the Barton program. “But I also want it to automatically be a more relaxed environment. We aren’t up at 4 a.m. We feed at 6 or 7, the birds are chirping, and it’s a totally diferent environment. Tey typically come in lean and light, and I want to see them let down for sure.” When a horse is cleared to move out of the stall or upgrade from hand

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Management

A slow return to exercise is good for racehorses recovering from injuries

walking, Dickson likes to use small sand pens to start. “Tey graduate from hand walking to bigger environments,” he said. “We are very blessed at Barton to have small sand paddocks where they can go out as long as they need. When horses are on sand, they like to roll, which provides good chiropractic benefts and skeletal assistance.” Te horses who are not recovering from serious injury or surgery can have a lot more room to move around. “We have some small paddocks that also have stalls so they can get acclimated to being out,” Allen said of Tommy Town. “Ten we have one-acre grass paddocks, which are awesome for horses that are able to self-exercise. Sometimes there’s not a lot wrong with them physically, and grass paddocks are great for that.” Fisher just had the pleasure of hosting California-bred Te Hunted, a stakes winner by Unusual Heat—Lethal Hunter, by Jade Hunter, at her farm. “Tat horse was a riot,” she said. “He loved the grass paddock every day. He would jump around a little bit, then lay his head on the top of the fence and watch trafc go by. When he left, he was in a great mind space.” It’s not just downtime that helps horses prepare to go back to the track. Barton Toroughbreds has a complete stall vibration plate where horses can be turned loose, as well as a six-horse multi-speed Eurocizer. Kingfsher also uses a vibration plate extensively and 20

just installed a new AquaTred. Having a veterinarian on call is an instrumental part of the recovery process as well. “We work with Alamo Pintado,” Allen said. “Dr. Ed Hamer comes out twice a week to see the horses. But a lot of times they are coming out of a surgery at Alamo, so the hospital gives a recommendation of how long the horse should be of and when they should be rechecked.” “I have a standing appointment with

Te more you get them outside of the stall, the happier they are going to be.” — Mike Allen

one veterinary clinic, and I have one vet who comes out twice a week,” Fisher said. “I keep every horse’s schedule of vet visits in my computer, so that I already know what I have going on next week as far as rechecks.” To deal with the vast diference between a horse on vacation and a horse laid up for injury, Fisher ofers two diferent types of rates to her trainers and owners. “Tere’s a vast diference between a horse in a pen and a horse in a stall,” she said. “Tat’s a cost factor for owners.” Dickson noted that, while rare, it is not totally uncommon for a horse to

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arrive on layup for a shin problem and ultimately need more time for additional issues. “You might fnd out he has a tibia problem or something in the feet,” Dickson said. “We can treat for a shin or an ankle, and then the feet get tender. Maybe something was brewing, and you see it manifest.” Te use of nuclear scans can pinpoint minor problems before they become huge issues. “You’re dealing with really deep soft tissue and skeletal issues then,” Dickson said. “Tose can be difcult to treat, but really it’s just time.” In addition to all of the veterinary tools and barn amenities, the ultimate factor in a horse’s recovery can be the barn staf. “I have my best grooms in the layup barn,” Dickson said. “Two of them are longtime backside workers from Santa Anita with more than 20 years of experience. Tey are automatically able to get the horses looking nice, and they know their legs.” Perhaps surprisingly, the farm managers did not report an increase of layups while racing in California was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “A lot stayed at the track,” Dickson said. “We usually have 20 to 40 at any given time, and obviously a lot of those are our own, with some outside clients. But we did not see an uptick in our numbers.” “We typically have 15 to 20, somewhere in there,” Allen said, “but probably only had 10 around then. A lot of them just stayed at the track.” “I average between 20 and 25 at a time,” Fisher said, “but I had less during the shutdown. I had a lot of people who called me to see about sending their horses to me in case racing was going to be out for a long amount of time. But everybody was just waiting for the next week, then the next week.” Regardless of the reason, layups usually provide the owner and trainer with a happy, healthy horse. “Horses might just have aches and pains with no serious injuries,” Allen said. “But it’s nice to just give them a break from racing and let them be a horse. Tat’s something that benefts every horse.”

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Snow Chief Stakes

HOMEBRED PRIDE

INDIAN PEAK CONQUERS THE SNOW CHIEF BY EMILY SHIELDS

Homebred Indian Peak, a 3-year-old son of Comic Strip—Ms. Booty, by Roar, was the second choice in a feld of seven going 11⁄8 miles on the Santa Anita turf course. Under jockey Mike Smith, Indian Peak settled in ffth early, then steadily progressed through the pack until he took the lead and outran the rallying California Kook to the wire. Favored Margot’s Boy, who was riding a three-race win streak, fnished third. Te fnal time was 1:48.11. “I was as happy as could be,” Gray said. “I thought we could win it.” Indian Peak, trained by Quinn Howey, was coming of a second-place fnish behind Margot’s Boy in a May 23 allowance optional claimer. He had won a maintrack allowance optional claimer March 28 over the synthetic surface of Golden Gate Fields, where he was also third, beaten 13⁄4 lengths, in the $102,700 El Camino Real Derby. His only other stakes experience came when he ran fourth, beaten four lengths, in the 2019 Gold Rush Stakes, and seventh on the dirt in the 2020 California Cup Derby. Te Snow Chief result was made all the more special because runner-up California Kook is out of Kukaluka, a full sister to Indian Peak. Gray and his wife, Jill, who live in Cottonwood, bred Kukaluka, 22

he morning after the June 20 Snow Chief Stakes, Dr. William T. Gray was on the lake, fshing. He enjoys the pleasant pastime under normal circumstances, but this was even better than usual: Gray was also celebrating Indian Peak’s victory in the $151,000 race.

Indian Peak, ridden by MIke Smith, wins Santa Anita’s Snow Chief for William and Jill Gray and trainer Quinn Howey

then sold her privately to Gary Barber after she broke her maiden in 2013. Kukaluka actually faced the boys on the track in the Snow Chief Stakes herself, fnishing seventh in 2014. “To see them come running in one-two makes you feel pretty good,” Gray said. “Tis is what we breed for. I like horses that run long on the grass, so it worked out pretty well.” Indian Peak’s sire, Comic Strip, stood for the Grays the last few years of his stallion career prior to his death in 2017. Indian Peak is one of his fnal foals. Ms. Booty is also deceased. All seven of the mare’s foals to race have been winners, including stakes winner La Fiera, a 2012 full sister to Indian Peak. “We didn’t breed too many mares to him,” Gray said of Comic Strip, “but he

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was a pretty good old horse. He ended up with maybe seven stakes horses for us from very small crops that he had.” Among the Comic Strip stakes winners bred by the Grays are Weewinnin and Handfull. “We way underrated him,” Gray said. “Breeding him to the right kind of mares made a big diference. I have a lot of daughters by him, so I’m looking forward to what they can do.” Te Grays have 15 mares and keep eight to 10 horses on the track each year. Gray was equally pleased with Indian Peak’s victory in the Snow Chief for trainer Howey, saying, “He’s a young trainer, a real good kid and horseman. He’s going to have plenty of success if he sticks with it. I was darn excited to see him win.”

Melair Stakes

Ben and Sally Warren’s Cal-homebred Warren’s Showtime stars in Melair Stakes at Santa Anita

IT’S SHOWTIME

WARREN’S SHOWTIME IS LEADING LADY IN MELAIR BY TRACY GANTZ

lubhouse Ride keeps fnding ways to reward Craig Lewis. Clubhouse Ride initially developed into a millionaire multiple graded stakes winner for the trainer, and these days he keeps siring winners, many of them fnding their way to Lewis’ shedrow.

Te star is Warren’s Showtime, who most recently scored yet again, this time in the $150,000 Melair Stakes at Santa Anita

June 21. She is a 3-year-old California-bred daughter of Clubhouse Ride out of Warren’s Veneda, another graduate of the Lewis training program. Bred and owned by Benjamin Warren, Warren’s Veneda won such races as the 2015 Santa Margarita Stakes (G1), earned $932,112, and was voted champion Cal-bred older female of 2015. Tough Warren’s Showtime hasn’t yet reached the same heights as her illustrious parents, she is gamely working on it. She races for Warren and his wife, Sally, and has given them many reasons to cheer, which both owners do enthusiastically. At 2 last year, Warren’s Showtime cap-

tured the $100,351 Surfer Girl Stakes against open company. Earlier this year she put together back-to-back stakes victories, in the $202,000 California Cup Oaks Jan. 18 and the $106,000 China Doll Stakes, a listed stakes, March 7. All three of those came on the turf. Warren’s Showtime had run third twice and fourth once in her only three dirt attempts. Te Melair, at 11⁄16 miles on the dirt, was also the farthest Warren’s Showtime had ever attempted. Jorge Velez has ridden Warren’s Showtime in each of her 10 lifetime starts. He noted after the Melair that her post position, post 6 in the six-horse feld, “was better than the last two times she was on the dirt.” In larger felds Warren’s Showtime broke from post 9 in the Evening Jewel Stakes and post 4 in the Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes. Warren’s Showtime went of as the 4-1 third choice in the Melair. Big Sweep, winner of the Echo Eddie Stakes against males, was the 9-10 favorite. Lewis noted that Warren’s Showtime had to race wide around both turns. Nevertheless, she grabbed the lead in the upper stretch and was prepared for a showdown with Smiling Shirlee, winner of the Evening Jewel. Neither flly gave up. Smiling Shirlee poked her head in front between calls, but Warren’s Showtime surged back to win by a length in 1:44.29. Smiling Shirlee fnished 31⁄4 lengths ahead of third-place Big Sweep. “How sweet it is—she was much the best today,” said Lewis. “She was forced wide into the frst turn and lost ground turning for home. I just talked to Ben up in Vegas and he’s elated.” Warren’s Showtime was winning her ffth race in 10 starts, with three thirds. She raised her earnings to $412,251. Lewis reported that Warren’s Veneda is back in foal to Clubhouse Ride and has a yearling flly and a 2-year-old gelding, Warrens Candy Man, by the stallion. Clubhouse Ride stands at Pete and Evelyn Parrella’s Legacy Ranch in Clements. “Tis stud has been absolutely amazing,” said Lewis. “Tese foals are sound, versatile, and they can really run. He was bred to 100 mares this year, so we feel really good about that.”

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Tor’s Echo Stakes

DAD’S DAY

TIGER DAD DROPS THE HAMMER IN THOR’S ECHO

BY TRACY GANTZ

Tiger Dad prowls the stretch to post a three-quarter-length victory in the Thor’s Echo Stakes

“We try to place all of our horses in a new career when they come of of the racetrack,” said Gross. “We want to know where they’re going and what they’re doing.” Te mare Shebane foaled Big Bane Teory, by Artie Schiller, in 2009 and Q T Shae, by Unusual Heat and the dam of Tiger Dad, in 2010. Big Bane Teory earned $395,724 and won the 2014 City of Hope Mile (G2T). Q T Shae, named for Gross’ two grandchildren, was injured in training and never raced. Devereaux and Gross keep their breeding stock at John Harris’ Harris Farms. Tey bred Q T Shae to Smiling Tiger, who stands at the farm, to get Tiger Dad in 2016. Put into training with Gaines, Tiger Dad broke his maiden in his frst start as a 3-year-old in 2019 after four starts at 2.

Te gelding subsequently has never fnished worse than third in 11 consecutive starts, including a third in the $100,000 Tiznow Stakes at a mile March 1. “He can sprint on the dirt, and he’s proven to sprint on the turf,” said Gross. “He’s very sound.” Both partners pointed out how much heart Tiger Dad has. “We’ve just been blessed with him,” said Devereaux. Gaines entered two of the fve horses in the Tor’s Echo: Tiger Dad and even-money favorite Desert Law. Winner of the Tor’s Echo last year, Desert Law hadn’t run since fnishing second in the July 27 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1), and Gaines said that he would probably need the race. Ridden by Victor Espinoza, Tiger Dad dueled inside of pacesetter Principe Carlo. “When some other horse is outside, it is exactly what he wants because he won’t let them go by,” Espinoza said. “I didn’t want to take the lead too soon because he has a bad habit of waiting for horses.” Principe Carlo stuck with Tiger Dad, who battled him to the wire and edged away to win by three-quarters of a length

fter California-bred graded winner Big Bane Teory ended his racing career in 2017, Scott Gross and Mark Devereaux, the horse’s owner-breeders, and trainer Carla Gaines found him a great second career as a hunter-jumper. Tat good deed has been rewarded as Tiger Dad, a Cal-bred with the same connections, captured the $100,000 Tor’s Echo Stakes at Santa Anita June 13.

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in 1:09.56 for six furlongs. Desert Law closed to fnish third. “Victor did a great job,” said Devereaux. “You see all these things in baseball on algorithms and all of that. But you can’t put a number on heart.” Devereaux and Gross, who both live in the San Francisco area, couldn’t witness the Tor’s Echo in person, with owners still not allowed at Santa Anita in the afternoons due to COVID-19 restrictions. Gross makes sure his grandchildren, Quinn Tera Hartman and Shane Hartman, ages 9 and 11, see recordings of the races until the family can attend again. Te partners are having a good run with their stable. In addition to Tiger Dad, Gaines also trains maiden winners Sof’s Gold and Big City Bane for them. Big City Bane is a Cal-bred son of Temple City out of Shebane. Q T Shae produced a colt by Prospect Park in May this year, so Gross said that he and Devereaux plan to leave her open this year and go back to Smiling Tiger in 2021. Tiger Dad still has more racing to do, and when he’s done, the partners will look for a good home for him, just like they did with Big Bane Teory.

Fran’s Valentine Stakes

BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT SUPER PATRIOT SEALS VALENTINE WITH A KISS

BY TRACY GANTZ

Fran’s Valentine’s many victories include the 1985 Kentucky Oaks (G1), and she became one of the fnest California-bred distafers of all time. Tough a Kentucky-bred, graded stakes-placed Margaret Booth had her own California roots. Ray and Fran Stark bred her out of Careless Notion, who was named California Broodmare of the Year in 1989 and produced Cal-bred champions Fabulous Notion and Cacoethes. Tus it was ftting that Super Patriot, whose third dam is Margaret Booth, captured the $100,500 Fran’s Valentine Stakes at Santa Anita June 6. Super Patriot descends from one of California’s leading breeding programs, being a third-generation bred by John Harris’ Harris Farms. She is by perennial leading California sire Unusual Heat and out of the Redattore mare Patriot C. H., a half sister to Harris homebred graded winner Lucky J.H. Tis wasn’t Super Patriot’s frst time in the spotlight. Kim McCarthy’s McCarthy Bloodstock consigned her to the 2017 Barretts May 2-year-old sale, where Super Patriot sold to George Bolton for $195,000 as the highest-priced flly of the sale. Bob Bafert trained Super Patriot early in her career for Bolton and several partners. She earned good money in the allowance ranks, primarily on turf. Last June when in for a $35,000 claiming tag, Super Patriot found another partnership eager to see what she could do. Trainer

argaret Booth and Fran’s Valentine never met on the racetrack. A year apart, the two mares competed during the same era of the mid-1980s, primarily in Southern California.

Super Patriot delivers Fran’s Valentine to Little Red Feather partnership and trainer Richard Baltas at Santa Anita

Richard Baltas claimed her for himself, Little Red Feather Racing, Ray Salvatore, and Jeremy Peskof. Jose Cruz Ramos is now also a part-owner. “I was one of the underbidders,” said Billy Koch of Little Red Feather. “I loved her at the sale.” Koch credited Baltas with claiming Super Patriot. “He had always really liked her,” said Koch. “He had watched all of her races. She was in Bafert’s care, but she was at Los Alamitos. Richie thought that maybe she just needed a change of scenery.” Super Patriot won two allowance-optional claimers in her frst two starts for her new connections. She then ran third in the Swingtime Stakes and second in the Kathryn Crosby Stakes and Megahertz Stakes (G3T). A rough trip in the Buena Vista Stakes (G2T) cost her all chance of a placing prior to the Fran’s Valentine at a mile on the turf. Tis time Super Patriot had hot jock-

ey Flavien Prat aboard. In against stakes winners Warren’s Showtime, Pulpit Rider and Hollywood Hills; 2019 Fran’s Valentine winner Cordiality; and stakes-placed Sedamar, Super Patriot went favored at 3-2. Cordiality set a leisurely pace, which meant Super Patriot, running last early, would have plenty to do. She did it spectacularly, rallying in the stretch to defeat Sedamar by 13⁄4 lengths in 1:35.66. Warren’s Showtime fnished third. “She’s not easy to deal with, but she is special,” said Baltas. “She’s got a great turn of foot. Tey were walking, but she was of the bridle and looked very comfortable.” Baltas stables 5-year-old Super Patriot at San Luis Rey Downs, which helps settle her down, said Koch. “She just blossomed,” Koch said. “Sometimes it takes horses a while to mature and become the horse that maybe they were meant to be all along. Tankfully, Richie has patience.”

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Crystal Water Stakes

Grinning Tiger roars to an upset victory in the Crystal Water Stakes at Santa Anita

LONGSHOT POUNCES GRINNING ALL THE WAY TO THE WINNER’S CIRCLE BY EMILY SHIELDS

he June 6 card at Santa Anita Park had a lot to ofer: Grade 1 races for both 3-year-olds and older horses, a grade 2 event for sophomore fllies, and a pair of California-bred stakes on the grass. Grinning Tiger arguably stole the show when he upset the $101,500 Crystal Water Stakes in a 92-1 shocker. Te Crystal Water, named for the venerable Golden State runner who won fve grade 1 events in California, was for California-bred or -sired runners going a mile on the turf. Te feld included grade 2 winner Prince Earl, grade 3 winner Ward ’n Jerry, and

multiple stakes winner Lieutenant Dan. Ten there was Grinning Tiger. Te 5-year-old son of Smiling Tiger—Karlee’s Kitten, by Pioneering, had seven wins to his name, but his best stakes eforts had been at Portland Meadows in 2017. Claimed at Turf Paradise for $10,000 in February 2019, Grinning Tiger was shipped to California to revive his career. New owner Tyree Wolesensky put Grinning Tiger in training with Anthony Saavedra, who quickly fell in love with the chestnut gelding. “He’s like a puppy dog 99% of the time, but he gets scared really easily when he hears noises,” Saavedra said. “He can hear a toilet fushing in the bathroom and just explodes. He jumps, then a minute later is walking like a pony again. We started putting cotton in his ears a few months ago, and that really helped him a lot.” After winning a pair of 2019 allowance optional claiming races at Los Alamitos, Grinning Tiger started taking on stakes competition once more. Losses in the

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$202,500 Joe Hernandez Stakes (G2T) and the $196,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (G2) were a big step up from his victories in races such as the $11,000 Willamette River Stakes and the $16,400 Bill Wineberg Stakes, but Saavedra continued to have faith in the gelding. “I did think he could win, believe it or not,” Saavedra said. “Until you try two turns with a horse of that caliber, you just don’t know. I wanted to try it against easier horses, but I couldn’t get the opportunity.” Saavedra entered Grinning Tiger in fve diferent routes, but nothing flled. “He had been training like a route horse,” said the trainer. “He just keeps going and going and doing it easy. We thought if we could get an easy lead, he’d be tough.” Saavedra got his wish when jockey Heriberto Figueroa guided Grinning Tiger to the front end from the start of the Crystal Water, then cantered through fractions of :47.73 and 1:12.11. Turning for home, Lieutenant Dan and stakes winner Brandothebartender tried to run him down, but Grinning Tiger kept going and hit the line 13⁄4 lengths in front in 1:35.75. He paid $186.00 for a $2 win ticket. “We had a lot of faith,” Saavedra said. “He fnally got to show it.” It was the eighth win in 27 starts for Grinning Tiger, who has four seconds and a third with earnings of $209,801. He is one of three foals to race out of the winning Pioneering mare Karlee’s Kitten; all three have won. Te late Pat Cosgrove bred Grinning Tiger with his wife, Janet. Now that Grinning Tiger has proved his mettle against the best in his division, Saavedra has options. “He really likes Los Alamitos,” said Saavedra, who might also try the California Dreamin’ Stakes at Del Mar with the gelding. “He galloped out so strongly that I feel like he should be able to go even farther with the right pace scenario.”

Maiden Bonus Program I. A $17,500 bonus will be made available for owners of registered CaliforniaBred or California-Sired maidens in Maiden Special Weight races in Southern California; and a $10,000 bonus for owners of registered California-Bred or California-Sired maidens in Maiden Special Weight races in Northern California and at all Fair meetings throughout the state. Only races at 4 1/2 furlongs or longer will qualify. II. Significant eligibility changes for California-breds.

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NorCal Sale Preview

WANTING MORE NORCAL YEARLING SALE HAS PROVED A GOOD HUNTING GROUND

Now 4, Oliver went through the 2017 sale as part of breeder Tom Bachman’s Fairview consignment. John Brocklebank bought him for $30,000. Trained by Doug O’Neill, Oliver has earned $305,352. Te California-bred son of Papa Clem—Snobby Princess, by Premiership, won the 2019 E. B. Johnston Stakes, and his stakes-placings include a second in this year’s Tiznow Stakes. For 2020 the CTBA will conduct the sale Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, beginning at noon. Te horses will be stabled in the permanent barns near the Amador Pavilion. In addition, a $500 travel allowance with a minimum purchase of $3,500 is being ofered to out-of-state trainers and trainers from Southern California who attend the sale. Bachman has entered another consignment in the Fairview name for this year’s edition of the yearling sale. Te group includes a son of Danzing Candy and a daughter of Goldencents. Te colt is from the frst crop of California stallion Danzing Candy, a multiple graded stakes winner. Rancho de Los Aviadores is a regular consignor to the Northern yearling sale and will bring another consignment this year, including ofspring by California stallions Vronsky and Boat Trip. Two previous graduates sold by Rancho de 28

very year William Peeple’s Oliver keeps earning checks with a consistency that any racehorse owner would envy. By doing so, he also is a four-footed advertisement for the California Toroughbred Breeders Association Northern California yearling sale.

Lakerball, shown winning the $100,000 Surfer Girl Stakes, is a graduate of CTBA’s Northern California yearling sale

Los Aviadores, Swing Toughts and Lakerball, are also six-fgure earners who have continued to run in 2020. Swing Toughts, a 4-year-old Cal-bred daughter of U S Ranger—Ankha, by Desert Classic, has earned $228,162, is multiple stakes-placed, and sold for $7,000. Lakerball, a 4-year-old Cal-bred daughter of Lakerville—Category Ten, by Capsized, is a multiple stakes winner, has earned $181,731, and was a $1,000 buy-back. Stay Tirsty, Smiling Tiger, and Grazen have been among California’s leading sires this year. All three have yearlings entered in the Northern sale. Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch has consigned the majority of the Stay Tirsty youngsters. Hanson’s River Ranch has entered a Grazen colt, and Willow Tree Farm Inc. has entered a Smiling Tiger flly. As this issue was going to press, entries for the 2020 sale were being processed. An early list of other stallions represented

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includes Acclamation, Awesome Gambler, Bal a Bali, Boisterous, Cat Burglar, Champ Pegasus, Circumference, Coil, Cyclotron, Dads Caps, Fed Biz, Field Commission, Govenor Charlie, Grace Upon Grace, James Street, Misremembered, Northern Causeway, Race Day, Shaman Ghost, Shanghai Kid, Smart Bid, Southern Image, Speightster, Stanford, Surf Cat, Time to Get Even, Ultimate Eagle, and Winning Cause. To view the complete list of sires, please visit www.ctba.com when the catalog is available, on or before July 10. At that time the catalog can also be downloaded to devices through Te Jockey Club app. Te catalogs will be mailed on or before July 19. For further information, contact Loretta Veiga at (800) 573-2822, ext. 227 or loretta@ctba.com or Christy Chapman at (800) 573-2822, ext. 247 or christy@ctba. com.

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2 020 Tuesday at noon on August 11, 2020 at Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, CA. Go to WWW.CTBA.COM to download the entry form. A $500 travel allowance with a minimum purchase of $3,500 is being offered to out of state trainers and trainers from Southern California who attend the upcoming 2020 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale.

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A Blast from the Past

PHOTO BY T & T ABAHAZY

Super Diamond

Super Diamond and jockey Lafft Pincay win the grade 1 1986 Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park.

THE MANY FACETS OF A CAL-BRED STAR BY TRACY GANTZ

alifornia-bred Super Diamond displayed many memorable traits during his extraordinarily long and successful racing career in the 1980s. Te one people remember most, however, concerns carrots. “Tey’d always pick out the fattest carrots for him,” said Gail Gregson, whose late husband, Eddie, trained Super Diamond. “He’d crunch them in half. You didn’t give him the little ones. You dug out

the ones that took some muscle to break.” Mark McCreary, Eddie Gregson’s assistant at the time, recalled that when he checked the gelding’s legs every morning in the stall, he went armed with plenty of sugar and carrots “the size of a bat.” Equine artist Nina Kaiser, who later sculpted the bronzes of John Henry and Zenyatta at Santa Anita, was one of Super Diamond’s exercise riders. “He wanted attention,” Kaiser said. “He was always looking for something. Tat horse could do things with carrots I’ve never known another horse to do.

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He could take a carrot that was the size of my forearm and break it. It was really amazing.” Tat tenacity served Super Diamond well. A bull of a horse with conformation that didn’t lend itself to soundness, he overcame a host of physical ailments to return year after year. In winning major races, he defeated the likes of champion Precisionist and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner Skywalker. Eddie Gregson’s ability and patience as a trainer brought out the best in Super Diamond. Gregson gave the gelding time whenever he needed it for ailments that ranged from an ankle chip to a bowed tendon.

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“Eddie did a superior job with him,” said McCreary. “To see how Eddie managed him was one of the primary reasons Super Diamond ran till he was 9.” Super Diamond not only ran at age 9 but won the grade 1 San Antonio Handicap at Santa Anita that year. His 10 stakes victories include the 1986 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) and two editions of the San Diego Handicap (G3) at Del Mar. He won 16 of 37 starts, with fve seconds and fve thirds, for earnings of $1,469,233. Voted champion Cal-bred older male of 1986, Super Diamond retired in 1989 as the third-leading Cal- Still going strong at age 9, Super Diamond fnds the wire frst in the grade 1 San Antonio Handicap bred money earner of all time, behind Snow Chief and Nostalgia’s Star. Del Sol. By the end of the year, Super Di- tational Handicap (G2) behind winner Roland Sahm bred Super Diamond amond had added a perfect two-for-two Precisionist, a future Breeders’ Cup Sprint from the Gaelic Dancer mare One Chick- season to the barn’s totals. (G1) winner and 1985 champion sprinter. en Inn and raced him in partnership with Kaiser recalled that Super Diamond Te ailments kept piling up. Super his wife, Ramona. Te Sahms owned Del was very strong, which made him “no pic- Diamond wrenched a knee in 1985, the Dios Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe. Gabor nic to gallop,” she said. same year he collected his frst San DiRenner, manager of nearby Kentmere “He was huge and tough on himself,” ego Handicap victory. Following the San Farm, recommended that they breed One Gail Gregson said. “But he loved to train.” Diego, he missed the next seven months. Chicken Inn to Pass the Glass, the sire of After his 2-year-old season, Super Dia- Dr. Greg Ferraro performced arthroscopSuper Diamond. mond didn’t race again until the following ic surgery, a relatively new procedure, on “I compared the two pedigrees and their July and didn’t win until the fall Oak Tree the gelding, who returned for his best year conformation,” Renner said at one time. “I Racing Association meeting. He captured ever at age 6 in 1986. felt the mare needed a big, strong horse.” his frst stakes during the autumn HollySuper Diamond strung together four Super Diamond was foaled at Kent- wood Park meeting in the Golden State consecutive victories during that season. mere Jan. 31, 1980. Te Sahms initially Breeders Sires Stakes. After running second in the Californian named him Super Chicken because of the In the 1984 San Fernando Stakes (G1), Stakes (G1) to Precisionist, Super Diamare’s name. When Gregson frst saw the Super Diamond stumbled and wrenched mond won the Bel Air Handicap (G3) colt on the farm, he told the Sahms that an ankle, which sidelined him for nearly against a feld that included Skywalker behe wouldn’t train him unless they changed six months. Tat summer he scored in fore defeating Precisionist in the 11⁄4-mile his name. back-to-back allowance races before run- Hollywood Gold Cup. Laft Pincay Jr., who regularly pilotGregson also recommended one other ning third in the Sept. 3 Del Mar Invied Super Diamond, had major alteration. When sprained an ankle in a spill the unbroken youngster two weeks before the Gold reared up and tried to Cup. strike Gregson, the trainer “I didn’t want to quit suggested gelding him. riding because I knew Tus, the horse arrived the Gold Cup was comat Gregson’s barn as a ing, and I knew Super 2-year-old gelding named Diamond had a chance,” Super Diamond. Te said Pincay years later. “I “chicken” part of his name knew Precisionist would did sort of stick with him, be very tough, but I knew however. Kaiser rememif Super Diamond put up bers that the grooms and a good race I had a chance hotwalkers gave him the to win.” barn name of Pollo, the In the days between the Spanish word for chicken. spill and the Gold Cup, Tat year, 1982, GregPincay rode despite the son won the Kentucky Super Diamond’s victory in the Goodwood Handicap was one of a four stakes pain in his ankle. He conDerby (G1) with Gato winning streak in 1986 www.ctba.com ❙ July 2020 ❙ CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED

A Blast from the Past Gregson brought Super Diamond back one more time, for three graded attempts. Fourth in the 1989 San Carlos Handicap (G2), Super Diamond at age 9 captured the San Antonio Handicap (G1). “He’s just amazing,” said Gregson after the San Antonio. “He has legs on him like a claiming horse. It’s a big thrill to have this old boy come back and show he hasn’t lost it.” In contention for the frst part of the 1989 Santa Anita Handicap, Super Diamond dropped back and fnished last. Te legs had fnally had enough, and Gregson and the Sahms retired him. Super Diamond enjoyed a long life, living well into his 20s. Kaiser recalls that he resided on the Sahms’ property in Rancho Santa Fe, in a large pasture on the corner of Del Dios Road and El Camino Del Norte. “I would drive by and see him quite regularly,” said Kaiser. “In his 20s, he looked like you could put him back into training and he could go fve-eighths and you could run him. He looked so good. He had two other horses in there with him, and he was totally the ruler.” It all came back to carrots. Kaiser brought some with her on her visits, and Super Diamond hogged them all, not letting his companions in on the treats. After all, he knew he had earned them.

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sulted with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Robert Kerlan, who assured him that his ankle wouldn’t break, but that it would take longer to heal if Pincay didn’t rest it. Pincay decided to ride in the Gold Cup anyway. On the day of the race, Kerlan gave Pincay two shots in the ankle to temporarily alleviate the pain. “Te shots hurt like hell,” Pincay recalled. “But they helped me some.” Herat sprinted to the lead in the Gold Cup, with Precisionist in second and Super Diamond third. Precisionist caught Herat Trainer Eddie Gregson and owner Ramona Sahm with the by the time they had traveled a venerable Super Diamond mile. In upper stretch Pincay “He’s not really a ft horse,” the trainer pointed Super Diamond between Herat on the rail and Precisionist, and the Cal- said. “He reached down and got more. bred shot through to defeat a fast-closing Tat’s what good horses do. He’s a horse Alphabatim by 11⁄2 lengths, with Preci- that’s got such terrible conformation that sionist third. it’s surprising he ever got to the races. He’s Super Diamond completed the four- very straight in the pasterns, and he’s run race sweep with the Goodwood Hand- with pain a lot of his career.” icap (G3) and On Trust Handicap, deSuper Diamond raced through early feating Nostalgia’s Star in the latter. Tat 1988, winning the Yankee Valor Handearned Super Diamond the trophy as the icap and the San Pasqual Handicap (G2) year’s champion Cal-bred older male. before running third in the Santa Anita An injured check ligament kept Super Handicap (G1). It took two Kentucky Diamond away from the races until Del Derby winners to defeat him. Four-yearMar, when he added his second San Di- old Alysheba won over 5-year-old Ferdiego. Gregson was extremely proud of Su- nand by a half-length. per Diamond for winning after the long Ten came a layof of almost a year for layof. a bowed tendon.

Super Diamond, outside, gets up to outfnish Judge Angelucci in the 1988 San Pasqual Handicap at Santa Anita, his only stakes win in a year hampered by injury

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CTBA Member

PROFILE

JANET COSGROVE BY EMILY SHIELDS

COURTESY COSGROVE FAMILY

OREGON BREEDERS LEAVE LASTING LEGACY

anet Cosgrove and her late husband, Pat, started with just one injured mare and worked their way up to being the Toroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s Oregon Breeder of the Year in 1995. More than two decades later, their operation is still making headlines, as the Cosgrove-bred Grinning Tiger won the June 6 Crystal Water Stakes at Santa Anita in a 92-1 upset. Te Cosgrove couple, who married in 1959, only knew

the world of Quarter Horses until a friend sold them Little Mindy, “a Toroughbred mare with a crippled leg,” said Janet. Little Mindy was in foal to the stakes-winning stallion Mud and Water. “Tat was our frst Toroughbred,” Cosgrove said. “We bred her back to Mud and Water several times to put the babies through the Oregon sale.” Te Cosgroves soon acquired a second mare, then a third. One of the mares was Cheeky Greek, by Darn Cheeky. She was bred to stakes-placed winner Restless

The late Patrick Cosgrove and his wife, Janet, bred Crystal Water Stakes winner Grinning Tiger

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Run to produce standout runner Greek Native. Te Oregon-bred was sent to auction in 1984 but did not sell. “We raised horses to sell,” Cosgrove said. “He didn’t bring what we thought he was worth. So we brought him home to race him. He was the frst horse where we had to do that.” Greek Native went on a tear, winning his frst nine races, including the Grants Pass Futurity and Salem Futurity in 1985 and the Oregon Derby in 1986. He became the frst horse to win Oregon’s Triple Crown: the Mt. Hood Handicap, Preview Stakes, and the Derby. “We got hooked then,” Cosgrove said. Te Cosgrove couple traveled to Kentucky to receive their TOBA award in 1995, which Janet felt was warranted due to Pat’s studious nature. “He did a lot of research,” she said. “He read all these magazines, Te Blood-Horse, the Toroughbred Times. Later he went online and looked.” One stallion who drew Pat’s eye was Smiling Tiger, the grade 1-winning millionaire standing at Harris Farms in Coalinga. “We really couldn’t aford him,” Cosgrove said. “We went into debt to breed to him, but I’m glad we did. Te rest is history.” Te Cosgroves bred their winning Pioneering mare Karlee’s Kitten to Smiling Tiger in 2014. Te resulting foal, a chestnut named Grinning Tiger, quickly started to earn back his keep. Te gelding broke his maiden at Arapahoe Park

in Colorado, rolling home seven “My sister called me on the lengths clear as a heavy favorite phone, and that was the frst I in his second start. He was ffth heard,” Cosgrove recalled. “She was in the track’s Gold Rush Futurity, screaming and yelling.” but returned in the fall to win the Grinning Tiger has eight wins, $11,000 Willamette River Stakes four seconds, and a third in 27 and $16,400 Bill Wineberg Stakes starts for earnings of $209,801. His at Portland Meadows. He kept the dam, Karlee’s Kitten, is still living momentum going through 2018, at Cosgrove’s eight-acre Emerald running second in a pair of Oregon Knoll Farm, named after Pat’s stakes before winning the $20,000 grandfather’s farm in South DakoFall Challenge in November and ta. Karlee’s Kitten has a 2-year-old the $15,000 Oregon His Stakes in flly by Harbor the Gold named December. Pat’s Gold who is in training at Tings went awry when Grinning Emerald Downs, and the mare has Tiger went to Turf Paradise for the a foal by 2005 Kentucky Derby winner In the long run I’m winter of 2019 and was claimed away Giacomo at her side. for $10,000. “I bred her back to Giacomo,” Cosglad (Grinning Tiger) was “Te trainer didn’t think anyone grove said. “I wanted to send her back claimed because he never would claim him because he hadn’t to Smiling Tiger, but I couldn’t work would have gone to been running very well, but they did,” it out where I could aford it. After the Cosgrove said. “In the long run I’m race they wanted to talk about next California with us or raced glad he was claimed because he never year. Hopefully, we can get her bred to like he’s racing now. So it would have gone to California with us him in 2021.” was good for the horse, or raced like he’s racing now. So it was All three of Karlee’s Kitten’s starters good for the horse, but I cried.” have won. but I cried.” — Janet Cosgrove Now in the barn of trainer Anthony Even with Pat gone, Janet continues Saavedra for owner Tyree Wolesensky, in the horse industry. She has been Grinning Tiger won a pair of living on the farm since 1965 allowance optional claiming and keeps at least two mares on races at Los Alamitos and hand. fnished second in the $100,702 “Pat always liked to have at California Flag Handicap at least two foals on the ground Santa Anita. He continued so that they get competitive,” to sprint through early 2020, she explained. “He didn’t like to running fourth in the grade raise one alone.” 2 Palos Verdes, but Saavedra Te other mare is the was desperately looking for a winning Montbrook daughter two-turn contest. Te trainer Brinks Baby, who is the dam of tried fve times to get a race to four-time winner Super Statefll, and fnally got Grinning ment. In 2017, Super Statement Tiger into the $101,500 Crystal ran third behind Grinning TiWater over a mile on the grass. ger in the Bill Wineberg Stakes Grinning Tiger was 92-1. and went on to be stakes-placed Racing on the lead from the in 2018 as well. start, Grinning Tiger and jockey After his death in 2017, Pat left Heriberto Figueroa pulled away behind a loving family and genfrom all challengers to score by erations of Toroughbreds that 13⁄4 lengths. Cosgrove was planran well in Oregon. His memorial ning on watching the race live stated: “Pat’s family and horses from her Yamhill, Ore., home were the great joy of his life.” The Cosgroves were the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders but got distracted gardening With Grinning Tiger’s continued Association’s Oregon Breeder of the Year in 1995 and missed it. success, Pat’s legacy lives on. www.ctba.com ❙ July 2020 ❙ CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED

Winners MAY 18, 2020 – JUNE 21, 2020 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP Acclamation—North Freeway: Take the One O One (43-14), h, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/22, 1mi, 1:36.18, $39,780. Acclamation—Ismene: Nardini (43-14), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 6/6, 5f (T), 56.53, $24,150. Big Bad Leroybrown—Could She: Leroy (13-6), g, 6 yo, Lone Star Park, ALW, 5/24, 6f, 1:10.44, $20,640. Blazonry—Chat With Dixie: Stretch Run (7-2), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 5/23, 5 1/2f, 1:3.71, $8,400. Bluegrass Cat—Sadie Clare: Sadie Bluegrass (71-23), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 5/29, 5 1/2f, 1:4.55, $13,680. Bluegrass Cat—Play Misty for Us: Koa Cat (71-23), g, 4 yo, Pocatello Downs, STK, Pocatello Downs Feature S., 6/10, 7f, 1:29.30, $2,100. Boisterous—Kukaluka: California Kook (36-14), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/30, 1mi (T), 1:38.39, $30,600. Boisterous—Steal the Lute: Give Me the Lute (36-14), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 6/7, 5f (T), 55.34, $24,180. Champ Pegasus—Whispers of War: El Senor de Latuna (50-14), g, 5 yo, Los Alamitos, WCL, 6/19, 4 1/2f, 52.49, $3,320. Clubhouse Ride—Margot Machance (GB): Margot's Boy (33-14), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/23, 1mi (T), 1:35.20, $39,780. Clubhouse Ride—Brickyard Helen: Brickyard Ride (33-14), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 5/24, 6f, 1:9.26, $18,760. Clubhouse Ride—Valley Storm: Warm Summer (33-14), f, 3 yo, Pleasanton, STR, 6/20, 5 1/2f, 1:4.46, $12,240. Clubhouse Ride—Brickyard Helen: Brickyard Ride (33-14), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/20, 5 1/2f (T), 1:2.05, $30,600. Clubhouse Ride—Warren's Veneda: Warren's Showtime (33-14), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Melair S., 6/21, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.29, $90,000. Coil—Miss Beekman Place: Your Royal Coil (33-17), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, WCL, 6/21, 6f, 1:11.25, $12,100. Comic Strip—Ms. Booty: Indian Peak (22-8), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Snow Chief S., 6/20, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:48.11, $90,000. Council Member—Creme (CHI): Camano Comet (9-1), m, 6 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/3, 7f, 1:30.20, $4,740. Desert Code—Scary Fast: Ruxin (31-7), g, 4 yo, Lone Star Park, SOC, 5/23, 6f, 1:11.83, $8,760. Dixie Chatter—Eleanor Rose: Son of Eleanor (15-7), g, 8 yo, Arapahoe Park, STK, Arapahoe Park Sprint S., 6/15, 5 1/2f, 1:3.24, $12,000. Empire Way—Swiss Wild Cat: Empirical Data (56-14), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WCL, 6/16, 5 1/2f, 1:5.80, $5,040. Exchange Rate—Starry Skies: Delta Forum (65-19), g, 4 yo, Pleasanton, WCL, 6/19, 5f, 57.87, $4,950. Good Journey—Cantina's Rose: Getoffmyback (22-13), g, 7 yo, Belmont Park, WCL, 6/6, 6f, 1:10.22, $18,700. Heatseeker (IRE)—Pogonip: Winter Fog (35-12), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 5/23, 5 1/2f, 1:4.54, $6,600. Heatseeker (IRE)—Hawfnch (GB): Chirp (35-12), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/7, 6f, 1:11.34, $13,680. Last Draw—Montada: Draw Me (1-1), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 5/30, 6f, 1:10.46, $24,180.

Lucky Pulpit—Lady Railrider: Sacred Rider (72-20), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 5/24, 1mi (T), 1:36.92, $24,180. Many Rivers—Penuche Royale: Shot of a Lifetime (13-4), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 5/25, 1mi (T), 1:37.13, $12,240. Mizzen Mast—Seoul Unbridled: Unbridled Ethos (70-17), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/24, 5 1/2f (T), 1:2.93, $30,600. New Year's Day—Potenza: Three Ay Em (68-18), c, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/25, 1mi (T), 1:34.22, $30,600. Olympio—Tera Kitty: Olimpio's Scat Cat (1-1), g, 8 yo, Pocatello Downs, STK, Snapp Memorial S., 6/10, 5f, 58.30, $3,000. The Pamplemousse—Saturday Nite Wish: Papapifas (14-5), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 6/12, 6f, 1:10.55, $13,680. Richard's Kid—Elegant in Silk: Silk From Heaven (21-12), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/6, 6 1/2f, 1:18.96, $30,600. Run Brother Ron—Darncat: Darnquick (9-4), g, 3 yo, Pleasanton, AOC, 6/21, 6f, 1:10.08, $21,060. Shackleford—Southern Oaks: Posterize (139-47), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, WCL, 6/20, 6f, 1:10.09, $19,200. Sierra Sunset—Starry Cat: Sierra Sunrise (23-6), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 6/7, 5 1/2f, 1:5.14, $6,900. Slew's Tiznow—Babes Bridge It: Mikes Tiznow (30-9), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STK, Albany S., 6/6, 5f (T), 56.26, $39,450. Slew's Tiznow—La Treizieme: Trapalanda (30-9), r, 6 yo, Canterbury Park, SOC, 6/16, 6 1/2f, 1:15.80, $7,500. Smiling Tiger—Bootleg Annie: Smiling Annie (57-20), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 6/13, 5 1/2f (T), 1:3.84, $18,480. Smiling Tiger—Q T Shae: Tiger Dad (57-20), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Thor's Echo S., 6/13, 6f, 1:9.56, $60,000. Smiling Tiger—Chasseur Dame: Hold That Smile (57-20), m, 5 yo, Grants Pass, STK, Shady Cove S., 6/16, 5f, 1:0.20, $6,600. Smiling Tiger—Checkpluschick: Chicout d'Tiger (57-20), f, 4 yo, Century Mile, WCL, 6/21, 5 1/2f, 1:4.45, $4,740. Sought After—Sing for Gold: Sing in the Wind (14-6), m, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, WCL, 6/12, 6f, 1:10.90, $12,960. Square Eddie—Once Upon A Grace (IRE): Cheap Cheap Cheap (65-24), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/22, 5 1/2f (T), 1:2.73, $30,600. Square Eddie—Walkingonadream: Jamming Eddy (65-24), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/7, 6 1/2f, 1:18.14, $30,600. Square Eddie—Teresa Ann: Hit the Seam (65-24), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 6/13, 5 1/2f (T), 1:2.69, $18,480. Square Eddie—Stretchinthelimits: Older Brother (65-24), g, 5 yo, Grants Pass, STK, Oregon Caves S., 6/17, 5f, 1:0.17, $6,600. Storm Wolf—Oakley's Song: Where's My Voucher (8-1), g, 8 yo, Grants Pass, SOC, 6/16, 5 1/2f, 1:8.60, $3,630. Tizbud—Your Cheatin Heart: Loud Loud Music (20-6), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/19, 5 1/2f (T), 1:3.66, $30,600. Tiz Wonderful—Your Special Day: Tiz Wonderfully (29-10), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/23, 1mi, 1:38.63, $30,600. Truest Legend—Maidens Prayer: Seeking Peace (2-1), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, WCL, 5/23, 4 1/2f, 51.88, $3,760.

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Ultimate Eagle—Wilma S: No Name Fred (13-3), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 6/11, 1 1/16mi, 1:43.60, $24,180. Under Caution—Melbisha: Dizzy Diva (4-1), m, 6 yo, Grants Pass, SOC, 6/17, 5 1/2f, 1:7.17, $3,630. Unusual Heat—Patriot C H: Super Patriot (40-15), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Fran's Valentine S., 6/6, 1mi (T), 1:35.66, $60,000. Unusual Heat—Irish Winnie: Irish Heatwave (40-15), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 6/14, 1mi (T), 1:35.85, $24,180. U S Ranger—Mama Janka: Zelaia (41-9), f, 3 yo, Pleasanton, WCL, 6/19, 5 1/2f, 1:4.45, $7,200. Vronsky—Always Fashionable: Drippin Sauce (55-17), g, 3 yo, Pleasanton, STR, 6/20, 6f, 1:11.21, $12,240.

MAIDENS Abraaj—In Vitro: Riggski (8-1), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 5/22, 4 1/2f, 52.34, $3,010.

ACCLAMATION Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Acclamation—Ring True: Thunder Woman (43-14), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/4, 5f (T), 58.11, $7,200. Atticus—Achnasheals: Gardees World (11-5), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 5/23, 4 1/2f, 52.69, $23,400. Boisterous—Irish Tart: Ready for a Fight (36-14), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 5/24, 6f, 1:10.51, $23,400. Boisterous—Chetten County: Malakai Moxie (36-14), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/19, 6 1/2f, 1:18.66, $15,400. Cairo Prince—Chicalelee: Touchdown Brown (108-37), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/19, 4 1/2f, 52.81, $30,000.

CHAMP PEGASUS Barton Thoroughbreds (805) 693 1777 • info@bartonthoroughbreds.com www.bartonthoroughbreds.com Champ Pegasus—Ju Ju Baby: Ju Ju Guy (50-14), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/25, 5f, 59.27, $6,300. Champ Pegasus—Sprint Queen: Pegasus Sprint (50-14), g, 4 yo, Pleasanton, MCL, 6/21, 1 1/16mi, 1:48.19, $5,225. Circumference (IRE)—Howdoyoufndthered (IRE): Circle the Red (5-3), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/21, 4 1/2f, 52.61, $2,455. Clubhouse Ride—Powerofvoodoo: Goodtingscominpink (33-14), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/22, 1mi (T), 1:35.65, $30,000. Coil—Madoffwiththemoney: Dozo (33-17), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/29, 5 1/2f, 1:4.75, $10,450. Coil—Yearly Attitude: Sweet Chayane (33-17), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/29, 1mi, 1:41.89, $5,500. Coil—Diversifed: Manresa (33-17), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/13, 1mi, 1:40.60, $9,350. Colonel John—Girl's World: Sheza Colonel (83-22), f, 4 yo, Grants Pass, MOC, 6/17, 5f, 1:2.27, $3,245. Congrats—Vivi's Book: La Croix (180-57), f, 3 yo, Pleasanton, MCL, 6/21, 6f, 1:12.23, $4,675.

The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and Californiasired winners in 2020 of all recent North American races, except straight claiming races. Abbreviations used for the class of race are similar to those used by Equibase: Alw– allowance; Hcp–overnight handicap; names of stakes race are spelled out, with the grade of the race, when applicable, in parentheses.

Curlin to Mischief—Crystal House: See Through It (13-4), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 5/29, 4 1/2f, 52.22, $3,260. Cyclotron—Supermodel: Anna Fantastic (28-10), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/7, 5 1/2f, 1:5.07, $30,000.

Kafwain—Joyce and Me: Let's Rejoyce (23-11), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 6/7, 6f, 1:11.03, $23,400. Khozan—Starlet O'Hara: Delia O'Hara (60-27), f, 3 yo, Canterbury Park, MSW, 6/16, 5 1/2f, 1:3.20, $14,400.

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Desert Code—Lady Deputy: Fireitup (31-7), f, 2 yo, Pleasanton, MCL, 6/20, 5f, 1:0.01, $8,400. Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Sharp Warning (26-9), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/24, 5 1/2f, 1:4.82, $8,400. Elusive Warning—Just Satisfaction: Surely a Smile (26-9), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 5/25, 6f, 1:11.21, $23,400. Elusive Warning—Chicago Gal: Levante (26-9), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WMC, 6/3, 5f, 1:0.40, $5,940. Gallant Son—Carolina Grande: Carolina Mia (7-2), f, 3 yo, Pleasanton, MSW, 6/19, 6f, 1:11.17, $21,600. Gervinho—Silent Demand: Sweet Sarah Bear (15-7), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/4, 1mi, 1:43.13, $6,300. Gervinho—Let's Eat Out: Sound Checkers (15-7), c, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/6, 4 1/2f, 52.95, $3,480. Good Journey—Amawfe: My Journey (22-13), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/23, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.68, $9,350. Govenor Charlie—Time Linda Goteven: Governor Goteven (16-5), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/29, 4 1/2f, 53.57, $30,000. Govenor Charlie—Steal My Charm: Indias Lute (16-5), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/12, 4 1/2f, 52.59, $3,040. Grazen—Queen Nefertiti: Agamemnon (37-15), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/31, 5 1/2f, 1:5.08, $19,200. He Be Fire N Ice—Baby Garcia: Ice Or Fire (6-3), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/21, 6f, 1:11.36, $6,300.

Lakerville—Flicker of Gold: Glitter Lake (22-7), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/24, 5f, 59.15, $6,300. Lakerville—Craven Cottage: Queensbeccaandjane (22-7), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/21, 5 1/2f (T), 1:2.89, $30,000. Lucky Pulpit—Aspen Gal: John's Intuition (72-20), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/11, 5 1/2f, 1:5.13, $6,300. Ministers Wild Cat—Sheaparoux: Debt Monger (62-20), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/5, 1mi, 1:40.69, $10,450. Ministers Wild Cat—Twentyfve to Life: Parolee (62-20), g, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MSW, 6/10, 6f, 1:11.47, $5,820. Ministers Wild Cat—Proud Nicole: Proud to Shoyu (62-20), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/14, 1mi, 1:40.29, $5,500. Mucho Macho Man—My Runner: Mucho Runner (57-21), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/24, 5f, 59.29, $6,300. Old Topper—Going for a Spin: Take Me for a Spin (10-4), c, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 5/24, 6f, 1:10.47, $23,400. Paynter—Sam's Sunny City: Positivity (146-52), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/22, 4 1/2f, 52.69, $30,000. Phantom Wildcat—Ermine's Song: Tom's Song (3-1), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 5/24, 4 1/2f, 52.99, $23,400. Sierra Sunset—Grand Dance: Grand Sierra (23-6), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/14, 4 1/2f, 52.29, $3,480. Slew's Tiznow—Visual Treat: Broadway Dave (30-9), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, WMC, 5/26, 5f, 1:0.40, $4,740. Slew's Tiznow—Wild Marini: Antithetical (30-9), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/30, 5 1/2f, 1:4.24, $10,450.

IDIOT PROOF Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (707) 678 6580 www.victoryrose.com Idiot Proof—Lady in Love: Idiot in Love (21-11), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/5, 5f, 58.89, $5,500. Idiot Proof—Darkness Night (ARG): Dark Proof (21-11), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/5, 5 1/2f, 1:4.90, $6,600. Idiot Proof—Dark Mandate: Mando (21-11), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 6/12, 5f, 59.91, $23,400. Idiot Proof—Midnight Margarita: Black Drop (21-11), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 6/14, 5f (T), 58.26, $23,400. James Street—Tribal Charm: Blazing Charm (9-2), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/13, 7f, 1:25.86, $15,400. Justin Phillip—Country Whirl: Utalknboutpractice (68-25), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/20, 5 1/2f (T), 1:3.36, $30,000.

Square Eddie—If Not for You: Too Late (65-24), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/19, 6f, 1:10.06, $30,000. Street George—Mzjazcie: Jazz Street (5-3), r, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/14, 5f, 58.20, $6,300.

SUNDARBAN Milky Way Farm (909) 241 6600 milkywaycattle@aol.com Sundarban—Astuzia: Runaway Indy (11-3), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/21, 4 1/2f, 52.61, $2,455. Temple City—Tappingintherain: Rain Diva (155-46), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/30, 5 1/2f, 1:4.46, $19,200. Tenga Cat—Precious Union: Tenga's Jewel (7-4), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 5/30, 4 1/2f, 53.65, $3,430.

TIZBUD Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Tizbud—Your Cheatin Heart: Loud Loud Music (20-6), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 5/22, 5f (T), 57.17, $23,400. Tizbud—Summer Jersey: Nil Phet (20-6), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/30, 1mi, 1:40.00, $5,500. Tribal Rule—Golden Harmony: Peace Pipe (25-5), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/19, 1mi (T), 1:36.45, $30,000. Twirling Candy—Koukla: Brix (158-56), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/30, 5 1/2f (T), 1:4.18, $30,000. Unionize—Continental Wine: Continental Union (8-4), g, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/7, 5 1/2f, 1:4.51, $8,400. Unusual Heat—Veiled Threat: Fireproof (40-15), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/29, 5 1/2f (T), 1:3.91, $30,000. Unusual Heat—Bel Air Belle: Unusually Handsome (40-15), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/12, 1mi (T), 1:35.19, $30,000. U S Ranger—Blue Sky Holiday: Salsa Verde (41-9), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/21, 1mi, 1:42.09, $6,300.

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Smiling Tiger—Serena's Echo: Streusel (57-20), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/4, 5 1/2f, 1:5.72, $6,600. Southern Image—Nada Joke: Collusion Delusion (16-6), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/22, 1mi, 1:41.61, $6,300. Square Eddie—Categorize: Handsome Cat (65-24), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/24, 6f, 1:10.32, $30,000. Square Eddie—Bas: Bolden (65-24), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/5, 5f, 59.44, $30,000. Square Eddie—Ascription: Descartes (65-24), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 6/13, 5f (T), 57.49, $23,400.

Vronsky—Elana Mar: Sothalis (55-17), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 5/22, 6f, 1:11.17, $6,300. Vronsky—Bayonet: Bayonce (55-17), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, WMC, 5/23, 4 1/2f, 52.41, $3,260. Will Take Charge—Babe I'm Ready: Kayla's Cowgirl (96-34), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 6/5, 5f, 59.24, $5,500.

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ANNE M. EBERHARDT

DEWORMING YOUNGSTERS

As they are more vulnerable to parasites, young foals should be dewormed more often than older horses

THE INS AND OUTS OF ANTHELMINTICS BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

oung horses are more vulnerable to heavy loads of internal parasites and damage than adult horses because they have less immunity. Tus, most horse breeders try to keep foals, weanlings, and yearlings dewormed.

the University of Kentucky, says foals and yearlings are the most important age group in terms of parasite control. “While our recommendations are to deworm less frequently than historically,” Nielsen said, “we tend to deworm young horses more often than adults. We also approach parasite control a little diferently in yearlings than in foals.” FOALS

Dr. Martin Nielsen, an associate professor at the Gluck Equine Research Center at 38

With young foals, people often ask about threadworms (Strongyloides westeri),

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which come through the mare’s milk. “Tere is still some debate about whether to treat mares before they foal (and when, and with what) or if it’s better to treat the foal within the frst days of life, or even treat them at all,” Nielsen said. “We don’t have much evidence to suggest that this parasite is very pathogenic. “We sometimes see eggs shed in the foal’s feces during the frst couple of weeks of life, and foals that age tend to have diarrhea (foal-heat diarrhea). But the foal may have loose feces as microfora become established in the gut.” Tere might also be viral or bacterial infections causing diarrhea at that age. It

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tioners parasite control guidelines. “If you treat too early, the only ascarids within the foal are migrating larvae, and none of the current dewormers have any efcacy against this stage,” Nielsen said. “In earlier years ivermectin had efcacy against migrating larvae as well as adult worms in the gut. But today ivermectin no longer works against ascarids. “We need to wait until these worms reach the intestine, yet we don’t want foals

COURTESY DR. MARTIN NIELSEN

isn’t known how much efect threadworms have or whether it is efcacious to treat the mare. “We leave this topic open for discussion with your veterinarian,” Nielsen said. “If you do treat the mare, you must use a drug with efcacy against migrating stages of threadworms, not one that only works on the parasites within the lumen of the GI tract. Te stages we need to go after are in the tissues hiding, waiting to migrate to the mammary gland and into the milk.” Nielsen does not recommend treating the foals themselves for Strongyloides. “Unless young foals (a couple of weeks old) have clinical symptoms, I don’t see any need to treat them,” he said. “Tey are establishing the proper microfora in their intestines, and we don’t want to disrupt that any more than necessary. “Dr. Gene Lyons, who was a legendary parasitologist here at the Gluck Center for 56 years, did a lot of work on horse parasites, and one of his last publications was on this topic. He compared egg counts from young foals out of mares that had been dewormed at foaling with egg counts from foals out of mares that hadn’t been dewormed, and found no diference.” Tis particular parasite has more than one route of transmission. “We tend to focus on transmission through the milk from the mare to the foal, and often forget that this parasite is also capable of infecting horses by penetrating the skin, as well as the fecal-oral route.” Te eggs are shed in the manure, then hatch, and the larvae get onto the grass and are eaten by a horse, to start the life cycle all over again. Te threadworm doesn’t even need to be a parasite. “It can complete its entire life cycle in the environment, produce ofspring, and keep going without ever living within a horse,” said Nielsen. Tese worms can live in a pasture for years, even if there are no horses. Pasture management and rotation can help reduce incidence of other worms, but this strategy won’t work for threadworms. Te frst major threat to foals is the large roundworm, Parascaris. Te best time to treat foals for this parasite is at two to three months of age. Tis is recommended in the American Association of Equine Practi-

Top, roundworms are one of the frst threats a foal faces; above, parasite eggs shed in the feces can infect foals a year later

shedding eggs at a high level because this increases infectivity of the environment, especially if there are many foals in the pasture. A proportion of these eggs will still be viable to infect foals the next year. Te foal crop from one year sheds enough eggs in pastures, paddocks, or stalls to infect the next year’s foal crop.” Tese eggs do well in the environment over winter but not as well in summer heat. A composting project at the University of Kentucky about 10 years ago checked to see if the heat of a compost pile killed the worm eggs. Compost temperatures at around 104 degrees Fahrenheit for just fve or six days were enough to kill all parasite eggs. Strongyle eggs died within the frst day or so, and the ascarid eggs just took a few more days. “If you have foals on the same pasture every year, there will be viable ascarid eggs the next year for the new crop of foals to pick up,” Nielsen said.

“We want to interrupt that cycle, and this is why we deworm foals at two to three months, during the prepatent period just before the worms start shedding eggs. At this time we can kill the majority of them. If we wait longer, the worms just increase in size within the foal. We risk small-intestine impaction when the frst deworming is at four to six months of age. “Impaction of the small intestine is a critical condition in a foal, regardless of cause. Some of these impactions can be relieved medically, but many can only be resolved surgically. Symptoms are fairly dramatic. Also, the amount of ileus (lack of intestinal peristalsis) present in these foals makes it difcult to get the GI tract up and running again after surgery. Tere is also risk for intestinal rupture with this type of impaction, with very poor prognosis.” Te choice of deworming drug might depend on whether the foal could be at risk for impaction and whether you want a slow or fast kill on the worms. “Benzimidazoles tend to be a slow kill,” said Nielsen. “Since we don’t have much evidence of benzimidazole resistance in Parascaris to these drugs, these appear to be a safe and good choice for deworming foals. “Pyrantel is a paralytic drug (like ivermectin) and carries some risk. Fenbendazole binds to the microtubules and just impairs the worm’s metabolism and it starves to death. Te worms die little by little over the course of a few days rather than all at once, and the worm burden will be passed over a period of about fve days. By contrast, if you treat with a paralytic drug (like pyrantel), the worms will all be passed within about 24 hours and there could be more risk for impaction.” Tere is always less risk for impaction if you deworm foals before the worms get so large. “Most impactions we see are caused by deworming around weaning time,” said Nielsen. “If a foal is six months old or so and hasn’t been dewormed (or was dewormed with ivermectin, which in my opinion is the same as not deworming), and is looking wormy, be careful how you treat that foal. If you want to fnd out how wormy that foal actually is, we can use ultrasound to visualize the large roundworms

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Health kicking in against roundworms and see strongyles coming in and taking over— becoming the dominant worm category,” Nielsen says. Te optimal deworming program for young horses will vary from farm to farm, depending on circumstances. “For the average foal, the frst two treatments in the foal’s life should target ascarids—at two to three months and then again at fve to six months, depending on when the foal is weaned,” said Nielsen. After that, the focus should be on strongyles and tapeworms. “After weaning, you might consider using an ivermectin product, perhaps in combination with praziquantel (for tapeworms) to address tapeworm infection before the

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in the intestine, moving around, and can estimate how many there are.” People often ask if they should only give a half dose of dewormer, if they suspect the foal is heavily loaded with roundworms, so as not to kill all the worms at once (and have less risk of impaction). “Tere’s no point in using a half dose of any dewormer that still works,” said Nielsen. “It is just as efective for killing worms as a full dose. “Even though we want to prevent clinical disease in foals and decrease in growth rate, we do want foals to be exposed to a few parasites so they can start developing some resistance/immunity.” Adult horses are rarely infected with roundworms.

Fecal samples should be taken from weanlings to get an egg count, not to determine the number but the type of parasite most prevalent so a deworming regimen can be put in place

WEANLINGS

Weaning is a stressful time for foals. “A second deworming treatment is appropriate at this age, but becomes a bit more complicated,” said Nielsen. “Te foal may still have ascarids, and there might also be some strongyles by this time.” Te choice of worming medication will depend on which parasite you and your veterinarian want to target. A drug such as fenbendazole works for ascarids but usually has no efcacy against small strongyles any longer. If you are treating primarily for strongyles, you might use ivermectin. But this drug is facing huge issues of resistance in roundworms worldwide. “Weaning age is the transitional period where we start seeing the foal’s immunity 40

end of that calendar year,” said Nielsen. “You might also want to check fecal egg counts because we can’t be 100% sure the ascarids are all gone in all of the foals. Sometimes weanlings and yearlings become re-infected with ascarids while becoming infected with strongyles.” Unfortunately, no single dewormer will work for all types of worms. “If you treat more than four times that frst year, you need justifcation for doing so,” said Nielsen. “I don’t think a person should treat every month, for instance, just to prevent something that you don’t know is there. Unless stocking rate is very high on the pasture, we’ve had clinical problems in foals in the past, or we have identifed a certain parasite that warrants extra efort in deworming, four treatments will be sufcient.

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“I always recommend taking a fecal sample from weanlings. Te actual parasite egg count is not important—whether it’s 500 or 1,500—but the type of egg you fnd is important. It is easy for a veterinarian to tell these eggs apart. Te ascarid egg looks much diferent than a strongyle egg. A quick check of the sample under a microscope can help you make the right decision on which parasite you should be treating, and which dewormer to choose.” Some people don’t feel they need to do egg counts on foals, and others might do egg counts too early. It takes three months for the ascarids to become adults and then start laying eggs. On a large breeding operation, you might not need to sample every foal. You just need to know whether ascarids are still dominating the picture or if you are now seeing strongyles. “At this age, we are looking for strongyles in general,” said Nielsen. “In a weanling or yearling, we want to make sure we use a treatment regimen that reduces development of large strongyles. Tis is fairly easy to do because they have such a long life cycle. Te large strongyle life cycle, particularly the bloodworm (S. vulgaris), is six to seven months. As long as you treat in intervals shorter than six months with a drug that works, you keep bloodworms at a very low level. Te good news is that there is no resistance in large strongyles to the drugs we use.” In the 1960s about 80-100% of horses were infected with S. vulgaris. Now the prevalence in intensely treated herds is zero or very close to zero. “If we implement recommendations that are now being given— not to treat as intensively or as heavily as before, to preserve the efcacy of the drugs—there might be risk for re-emergence of these parasites unless you continue some basic treatments to keep these away,” said Nielsen. You might only need one or two treatments per year for large strongyles. “With the recommended treatments for foals, there is no chance for bloodworms to build up large burdens,” said Nielsen. “Yet foals will probably be exposed to them, which is good to help foals develop some immunity to these parasites.” Young horses are also exposed to tapeworms, so it is important to have one treat-

ment for tapeworms before the end of that calendar year. “Tis is generally praziquantel, but could also be the pyrantel double dose,” said Nielsen. AAEP guidelines state that the baseline of treatment for all adult horses would be a spring and a fall treatment, and then possibly additional treatments for certain horses, based on egg counts. “If it’s a high shedder, it should have additional treatments,” said Nielsen. “If it’s not, then it can stay with the two baseline treatments, with the fall treatment including something for tapeworms.” YEARLINGS

“Many young horses are treated three or four times during their yearling year,” said Nielsen. “At that age, we can primarily use ivermectin, but can also use other dewormers if they still work. “You should only use a product if you have actually tested it (by taking fecal samples afterward to see if there is reduced egg count). Otherwise, we are stuck with ivermectin and moxidectin for yearlings, an age where we can actually have a large burden of encysted larvae in arrested development. It is important to treat for encysted larvae in the fall before going into winter. “In some European countries, people have become so conservative with deworming treatments that they leave yearlings untreated through the grazing season. Tey might treat in the spring and fall, like they do the adult horses. I recommend that people consider treating yearlings once in the middle of the grazing season in a northern climate. Otherwise, they may build up a substantial parasite burden before fall. “Te most likely burden will be small strongyles at this time. But if it’s a long grazing season, like six or seven months, there may be more parasites.” Sometimes ascarids are found in adult horses, and in rare cases even many ascarids. “We wonder if this might be due to immunosuppression in these particular horses, or maybe some dysfunction in that horse to not have the normal age-dependent resistance or resilience to this infection,” said Nielsen. “Something went wrong in those horses.” Tis illustrates the importance of mon-

One of the problems today is that parasites in older horses are becoming resistant to the drugs used

itoring horses via fecal egg counts to see if they are shedding high loads of parasite eggs and what kind. Also, consider the environment they are in. If an older horse has ascarids, are there foals on that farm? Tis could be where the older horse is getting them. “If that individual is in a herd of adult horses, it could be more feasible to lower the ascarid infection level with deworming, without that horse becoming re-infected,” said Nielsen. One of the problems today is increasing resistance of worms to the drugs we use. “Even for the macrocyclic lactones (ivermectin, moxidectin), there are signs of emerging resistance in small strongyles, particularly the egg-reappearance period and the number of weeks it takes from the day of treatment until we have positive egg counts again,” said Nielsen. “We complet-

ed a study last year evaluating efcacy of moxidectin and ivermectin, and for both drugs we found egg reappearance in four weeks. “Tis is quite a contrast from how it used to be. For moxidectin it used to be 16 to 22 weeks of egg suppression, in the 1990s when these products frst came out. For ivermectin it used to be nine to 13 weeks. Now for both drugs it’s just one month. Egg-reappearance periods are becoming shorter and shorter, and we realize that soon it will get to a point where these drugs are not efective anymore. “We don’t expect any new products from the pharmaceutical industry any time soon. Te only thing that saves us is that small strongyles are not very pathogenic, except in rare cases. Most horses are living happy lives even with hundreds of thousands of worms.”

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2020 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU JUNE 21, 2020)

Breeder

Starts

Wins

Stakes Wins

Reddam Racing, LLC Richard Barton Enterprises Nick Alexander Harris Farms Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC Terry C. Lovingier Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams George Krikorian Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray Premier Thoroughbreds LLC Benjamin C. Warren KMN Racing Red Baron’s Barn LLC Mark Devereaux, Scott Gross & Mark Gross Thomas W. Bachman Liberty Road Stables Alfred A. Pais Old English Rancho Gary Barber George Schmitt & Mary Clare Schmitt BG Stables Daehling Ranch LLC Donald Valpredo Dahlberg Farms LLC Matt Nelson Andreas Psarras William L. Hedrick & Judy Hedrick Terri Eaton & Joe Gibson Madera Thoroughbreds LLC SLO Racing Stable C-Punch Ranch John Antonelli Cole Ranch Victory Rose Thoroughbreds & KMN Racing DP Racing BKB Stables LLC Victory Rose Thoroughbreds, Inc. Mick Ruis Milt Policzer Pamela C. Ziebarth Hronis Racing, LLC Frank Mermenstein & Tom McCrocklin Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. Oakcrest Stable Moger & Neary Racing Rozamund Barclay Wachtel Stable & Gary Barber John Ernst & Allegra Ernst Martin Bach Legacy Ranch Linda Madsen Karen Headley Moger Inc. & Neary Racing Inc. Al Kirkwood & Saundra Kirkwood Curt & Lila Lanning Madeline Auerbach

157 296 161 135 166 245 81 52 97 30 11 20 26 13 66 99 15 73 31 112 68 65 54 26 3 29 35 15 55 22 48 19 27 14 30 20 60 8 22 29 8 4 6 17 29 81 6 20 14 44 23 7 20 12 31 21

24 33 26 15 28 21 15 6 16 7 3 3 5 4 5 8 6 13 8 11 11 5 6 7 1 6 7 4 11 4 4 8 5 2 3 5 6 2 2 4 2 2 1 2 5 2 1 1 2 4 5 2 5 3 3 1

1 0 1 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

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Leading Earner

Make Happy ($237,863) Principe Carlo ($106,460) Lieutenant Dan ($110,000) Fashionably Fast ($190,000) Queen Bee to You ($120,000) Time for Ebby ($47,420) Ward ‘n Jerry ($112,000) Big Sweep ($141,000) Indian Peak ($143,440) Smiling Shirlee ($163,620) Warren’s Showtime ($285,980) Stealthediamonds ($134,000) Lofty ($117,480) Tiger Dad ($145,060) Oliver ($56,251) Afternoon Heat ($81,660) Margot’s Boy ($124,980) Santaluz Dreamin ($20,206) Fly the Sky ($33,518) Sierra Sunrise ($20,630) Violent Ridge ($25,732) Gotham Desire ($38,358) Unbridled Ethos ($38,556) Sapphire Kid ($50,502) Wound Tight ($121,204) Mando ($31,200) Awesome Summer ($46,462) Draw Me ($58,780) Surely a Smile ($24,960) Potente Alba ($38,816) Sound Judgment ($19,416) Lindante ($41,624) Jet Set Ruler ($42,000) Bulletproof One ($93,022) Silk From Heaven ($53,460) American Farmer ($43,850) Secretly Paranoide ($13,550) Sedamar ($66,020) Adorably Sweet ($34,200) Bud Knight ($47,700) Brix ($42,500) Opus Won ($90,480) Bella Vita ($86,996) Songofthedesert ($44,580) Irish Heatwave ($38.946) Runkerry ($14,940) California Kook ($72,600) Sassyserb ($46,680) Grinningeartoear ($34,700) Creer ($13,050) Hollywood Heat ($29,670) Tee Em Eye ($47,596) Irish Heatwave ($38,946) Smiling Annie ($45,960) Eustace ($43,560) Scarlet Heat ($50,880)

Earnings

$1,120,322 $819,533 $753,205 $641,419 $505,750 $459,175 $387,195 $361,964 $341,472 $339,798 $292,880 $259,809 $243,202 $242,760 $232,175 $217,573 $196,582 $175,158 $170,145 $159,505 $154,846 $136,989 $134,364 $122,261 $121,204 $115,922 $112,824 $111,752 $110,117 $109,432 $104,236 $103,964 $99,837 $98,169 $97,626 $97,404 $95,972 $95,610 $95,439 $93,401 $91,760 $91,480 $88,968 $88,540 $87,954 $83,913 $81,056 $80,850 $79,865 $78,774 $78,760 $78,596 $77,488 $77,380 $76,369 $76,020

Leading California Sires Lists 2020 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

2020 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

(MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

1 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)

Races Rnrs Won

Earned

Earnings/ Runner

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

180

876

100

$2,886,712

Sire

Earned

$878,384

$26,618

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

129

381

$1,437,039

2 † Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) 11

$260,204

$23,655

3 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

219

$1,195,390

3 † Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time

$188,372

$18,837

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

172

$912,770

4 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

$395,229

$18,820

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 33

109

$878,384

5 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

$604,538

$18,319

6 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

228

$819,078

6 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$645,341

$17,442

7 Graydar,2009, by Unbridled’s Song

274

$787,323

$17,324

8 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

238

$703,977

$16,037

9 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

117

$645,341

7 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 8 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 9 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 10 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled 11 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

30 $1,195,390

180 100 $2,886,712 57

$912,770

$16,014

10 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

115

$604,538

$290,273

$15,278

11 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

144

$537,194

12 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)

197

$532,224

13 Vronsky,1999, by Danzig

189

$503,429

14 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

197

$438,693

15 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

$395,229

16 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

110

$384,382

17 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$314,863

18 † Comic Strip,1995, by Red Ransom

$306,628

19 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

186

$302,454

$314,863

$14,993

12 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

$282,717

$14,880

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

$142,878

$14,288

14 † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$306,628

$13,938

15 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

$166,065

$12,774

16 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie

$134,017

$12,183

17 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$819,078

$11,220

50 $1,437,039

$11,140

20 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

$290,273

21 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

146

$289,637

22 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

$282,717

23 † Suances (GB),1997, by Most Welcome (GB) 11

$260,204

24 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$253,535

25 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

$238,193

26 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$222,363

18 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

129

19 † Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev

$117,618

$10,693

20 Gervinho, 2010, by Unusual Heat

$147,377

$9,825

2020 LEADING TURF SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (MINIMUM 50 STARTS) Sire

Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins

Earned

1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

$569,305

27 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$202,821

2 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

$538,054

28 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

144

$201,889

3 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 18

$483,140

29 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

118

$197,430

4 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)

$394,244

30 Tizbud,1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

$194,676

5 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$343,450

31 † Old Topper,1995, by Gilded Time

$188,372

$266,117

32 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat

$174,293

$224,061

33 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

$166,065

$205,580

34 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

$164,475

$147,377

6 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit 7 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

18 21

8 † Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) 5 9 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given 10 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark 11 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 12 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

42 37 16

3 3 2

3 3 4

$138,934

35 Gervinho, 2010, by Unusual Heat

$132,034

36 † Decarchy,1997, by Distant View

$145,825

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

$142,878

38 Informed, 2004, by Tiznow

$142,620

39 Govenor Charlie, 2010, by Midnight Lute

$135,517

40 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie

$134,017

41 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

$131,145

42 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

$127,609 $120,115

$122,067

$121,212

13 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

$118,002

14 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie

$116,675

$115,530

16 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

$112,442

43 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE)

17 † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$105,750

44 Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat

$119,789

$103,780

45 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

$118,799

$100,770

46 † Atticus,1992, by Nureyev

$117,618

$85,385

47 Tannersmyman,1998, by Lord Carson

$114,922

15 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

19 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 20 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled 21 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

The statistics shown here are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates a stallion that has been pensioned or has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere (sires no longer standing in California remain on these lists until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old). Freshman sires are highlighted in bold text. Earnings are from Northern Hemisphere racing and include adjusted money from Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Adjusted earnings are put on par with average North American earnings from the previous year. The average North American purse in 2018 was $23,755 or 50% of the average purse in Japan. To put earnings on par, Japanese earnings are multiplied by 50% before being applied to the total earnings above. Hong Kong earnings are adjusted by 15%, and Singapore adjusted by 66%. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Racing statistics through June 21, 2020.

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2020 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Earned

Median

Rnrs

Wnrs

Earned

1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

180

100 $2,886,712

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$645,341 $10,700

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

129

50 $1,437,039

2 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

$604,538 $10,450

3 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

3 Gervinho, 2010, by Unusual Heat

$147,377 $10,170

4 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

30 $1,195,390

$787,323

4 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$314,863

$9,240

5 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

$703,977

5 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

30 $1,195,390

$8,276

6 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$912,770

6 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)

$878,384

$7,560

† Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$819,078

7 Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even 10

$142,878

$6,855

Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)

$532,224

Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

$438,693

$604,538

8 Big Bad Leroybrown, 2004, by Wild Again

$166,065

$6,700

9 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

$395,229

$6,600

10 The Pamplemousse, 2006, by Kafwain

$127,609

$5,690

Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

$537,194

11 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$503,429

$5,546

Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$503,429

12 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

$912,770

$5,500

13 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

$645,341

13 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat

$174,293

$5,361

$302,454

14 Many Rivers, 2005, by Storm Cat

$98,570

$5,320

$878,384

15 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$384,382

$5,130

Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

$384,382

16 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

$63,067

$5,016

Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

$289,637

17 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

$819,078

$5,010

18 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

$395,229

18 † Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev

$117,618

$4,730

19 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$314,863

19 Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson

$114,922

$4,641

Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$202,821

20 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$202,821

$4,470

21 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$253,535

10 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker 15 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)

2020 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

2020 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER START (MINIMUM 100 STARTS)

Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

1 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

180

876

100

$2,886,712 $1,437,039

Sire Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Earned

Earnings Start

Earned

109

$878,384

$8,059

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

129

381

2 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid

$395,229

$6,375

3 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

274

$787,323

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

117

$645,341

$5,516

4 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

219

$1,195,390

4 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

219 $1,195,390

$5,458

• Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

238

$703,977

1 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 33

5 Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled

$290,273

$5,375

6 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit

228

$819,078

6 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

172

$912,770

$5,307

† Coil, 2008, by Point Given

115

$604,538

7 † Coil, 2008, by Point Given

115

$604,538

$5,257

8 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)

197

$532,224

$5,162

9 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

172

$912,770

8 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

9 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

129

$314,863

381 $1,437,039

$3,772

Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

189

$503,429

10 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

144

$537,194

$3,731

Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

197

$438,693

11 † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom

$306,628

$3,650

12 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

144

$537,194

$3,592

13 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)

109

$878,384

12 † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit 13 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat 14 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

73 43 180

15 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 27 16 Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

228

$819,078

110

$384,382

$3,494

14 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

110

$384,382

876 $2,886,712

$3,295

15 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

117

$645,341

$238,193 $194,676

$3,176

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

186

$302,454

$3,140

Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

146

$289,637

17 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

238

$703,977

$2,958

18 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

$222,363

18 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

$253,535

$2,881

19 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

$314,863

19 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

274

$787,323

$2,873

Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

$202,821

144

$201,889

20 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

Races Won

$222,363

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$2,851

23 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

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2020 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (50 OR MORE NAMED FOALS)

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9

12 13 15 16 17 18

23 24 27

33 34 35 37 38 40 41 43

46 47 48 49 50

Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini † Lucky Pulpit, 2001, by Pulpit Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled One Man Army, 1994, by Roman Diplomat Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) † Indian Evening, 2009, by Indian Charlie Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image Affrmative, 1999, by Unbridled Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy † Decarchy, 1997, by Distant View Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister Trapper, 2000, by Iron Cat Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry † Old Topper, 1995, by Gilded Time Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow Roi Charmant, 2001, by Evansville Slew Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai † Suances (GB), 1997, by Most Welcome (GB) † Comic Strip, 1995, by Red Ransom Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat Unbridled Native, 2001, by Unbridled Thisnearlywasmine, 1994, by Capote Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde † Coil, 2008, by Point Given Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song

Crops

7 8 8 3 5 11 13 5 11 8 4 12 9 4 7 4 12 11 11 5 14 13 14 5 6 5 12 11 7 17 6 8 4 8 13 18 14 9 4 11 8 4 6 7 5 13 3 15 10

Avg Named Size Foals

12 23 28 28 65 43 23 51 69 14 57 39 9 17 27 16 27 11 14 35 46 17 31 30 19 66 43 5 7 33 24 7 70 21 12 20 15 14 13 7 10 14 14 7 32 30 19 12 8

86 182 227 84 325 477 294 254 761 108 226 466 84 66 186 62 329 125 150 177 650 225 437 148 115 331 514 56 51 566 144 56 281 164 152 361 213 130 53 80 83 54 81 51 160 388 58 179 79

Runners

Winners

2YO Winners

Stakes Winners

Graded Stakes Winners

30-35% 93-51% 190-84% 40-48% 245-75% 390-82% 196-67% 212-83% 590-78% 58-54% 117-52% 349-75% 57-68% 32-48% 141-76% 21-34% 254-77% 80-64% 98-65% 120-68% 467-72% 154-68% 308-70% 90-61% 92-80% 326-98% 389-76% 44-79% 38-75% 447-79% 83-58% 36-64% 190-68% 122-74% 88-58% 275-76% 142-67% 77-59% 36-68% 56-70% 56-67% 24-44% 47-58% 35-69% 91-57% 296-76% 28-48% 137-77% 44-56%

16-19% 68-37% 143-63% 28-33% 172-53% 266-56% 133-45% 127-50% 433-57% 37-34% 70-31% 253-54% 40-48% 24-36% 101-54% 15-24% 185-56% 50-40% 71-47% 90-51% 343-53% 95-42% 215-49% 52-35% 57-50% 208-63% 291-57% 33-59% 24-47% 347-61% 60-42% 23-41% 119-42% 82-50% 55-36% 205-57% 95-45% 55-42% 18-34% 41-51% 36-43% 14-26% 36-44% 18-35% 57-36% 222-57% 16-28% 93-52% 27-34%

4-5% 12-7% 52-23% 14-17% 55-17% 75-16% 25-9% 78-31% 120-16% 13-12% 23-10% 59-13% 3-4% 4-6% 20-11% 7-11% 48-15% 6-5% 1-1% 27-15% 99-15% 15-7% 46-11% 8-5% 13-11% 51-15% 72-14% 13-23% 4-8% 115-20% 19-13% 5-9% 43-15% 19-12% 5-3% 55-15% 27-13% 6-5% 1-2% 5-6% 14-17% 2-4% 6-7% 9-18% 12-8% 41-11% 3-5% 23-13% 2-3%

3-3% 10-5% 17-7% 2-2% 7-2% 12-3% 10-3% 7-3% 34-4% 2-2% 9-4% 12-3% 2-2% 0-0% 7-4% 3-5% 7-2% 2-2% 3-2% 3-2% 18-3% 7-3% 13-3% 3-2% 6-5% 3-1% 19-4% 1-2% 1-2% 20-4% 6-4% 1-2% 5-2% 4-2% 1-1% 13-4% 6-3% 2-2% 0-0% 1-1% 1-1% 1-2% 1-1% 1-2% 1-1% 4-1% 1-2% 3-2% 0-0%

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

Progeny Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

$2,105,263 $8,587,492 $16,577,607 $1,833,209 $16,528,911 $32,857,868 $14,288,267 $8,817,891 $45,063,917 $2,945,360 $6,244,428 $22,096,911 $3,078,859 $1,626,849 $8,532,806 $1,078,182 $15,153,543 $4,396,204 $5,270,699 $5,740,449 $22,131,760 $7,848,736 $16,810,730 $3,409,371 $4,708,938 $26,747,940 $21,229,694 $2,209,231 $2,376,952 $22,761,072 $3,832,108 $2,173,547 $8,067,841 $5,880,343 $3,685,430 $11,977,896 $5,728,959 $3,925,114 $1,386,590 $2,574,612 $2,714,722 $865,373 $2,244,307 $1,382,219 $2,850,640 $12,879,431 $674,231 $5,834,245 $1,258,080

1.94 1.70 1.53 1.47 1.29 1.26 1.26 1.22 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.15 1.10 1.10 1.09 1.06 1.02 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.85 0.85 0.84 0.83 0.83 0.81 0.80 0.80 0.79 0.79 0.79 0.78 0.75 0.74 0.73 0.69

0.90 1.07 1.14 0.91 1.40 1.04 1.06 0.96 1.56 0.95 1.00 1.37 0.88 1.00 0.99 1.07 1.12 0.77 1.14 1.14 1.18 0.86 0.94 1.26 1.18 1.11 0.90 0.77 0.87 0.83 1.02 0.74 1.43 0.99 1.00 1.09 1.05 1.12 0.84 0.67 0.72 0.95 0.90 0.89 1.17 0.92 1.23 0.70 0.84

These statistics are for active California-based sires with a minimum of 50 foals of racing age, ranked here by their lifetime Average Earnings Index (AEI.) The statistics shown here are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates a stallion that has been pensioned or has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere (sires no longer standing in California remain on these lists until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old). Freshman sires are highlighted in bold text.. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) only. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Percentages are based upon number of named foals of racing age.

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July 10-Sept. 7

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July 29-Aug. 9

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Aug. 13-Oct. 4

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Sept. 9-Oct. 27

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Oct. 7-20

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Oct. 21-Dec. 22

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Oct. 28-Dec. 1

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Dec. 2-22

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$125,000 Solana Beach Stakes

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SATURDAY, AUG. 1

SUNDAY, AUG. 30

$125,000 California Dreamin’ Stakes

$100,000 CTBA Stakes

$100,000 Generous Portion Stakes

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Track

Stakes (Grade)

Conditions

Distance

Added Value

Great Lady M. Stakes (Gr. II)

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

61⁄2 f.

$200,000 $150,000

Los Alamitos Derby (Gr. III)

3-y-o

1 ⁄8 m.

Pln

Oak Tree Sprint

3-y-o & up

6 f.

Dmr

Runhappy Oceanside Stakes

3-y-o

1 m. (T)

$100,000

Dmr

Wickerr Stakes

3-y-o & up

1 m. (T)

$65,000

Dmr

Osunitas Stakes

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

1 m. (T)

$65,000

Dmr

San Diego Handicap (Gr. II)

3-y-o & up

11⁄16 m.

$150,000

Dmr

Daisycutter Handicap

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

5 f. (T)

$65,000

Pln

Governor’s Handicap

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

6 f.

$50,000

Dmr

Eddie Read Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o & up

1 ⁄8 m. (T)

Dmr

Smiling Tiger Stakes

3-y-o

6 f.

$65,000

Dmr

Fleet Treat Stakes

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

7 f.

$125,000

Dmr

San Clemente Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o f.

1 m. (T)

$150,000

$200,000

Pln

Everett Nevin Stakes

2-y-o

5 ⁄2 f.

Dmr

California Dreamin’ Stakes

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

11⁄16 m. (T)

$125,000

Dmr

Real Good Deal Stakes

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

7 f.

$125,000

Dmr

Bing Crosby Stakes (Gr. I)

3-y-o & up

6 f.

$250,000

$50,000

Dmr

CTBA Stakes

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

5 ⁄2 f.

$100,000

Dmr

Shared Belief Stakes

3-y-o

11⁄16 m.

$100,000

Dmr

Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (Gr. I)

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

1 ⁄16 m.

$250,000

Dmr

Graduation Stakes

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

51⁄2 f.

$100,000

Dmr

Sorrento Stakes (Gr. II)

2-y-o f.

6 f.

$150,000

Dmr

Yellow Ribbon Handicap (Gr. II)

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

11⁄16 m. (T)

$150,000

Dmr

Best Pal Stakes (Gr. II)

2-y-o

6 f.

$150,000

Dmr

La Jolla Handicap (Gr. III)

3-y-o

11⁄16 m. (T)

$125,000

Dmr

Solana Beach Stakes

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

1 m. (T)

$125,000

Dmr

CTT & TOC Stakes

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

13⁄8 m. (T)

$65,000

Dmr

Rancho Bernardo Handicap (Gr. III)

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

6 ⁄2 f.

$100,000

Dmr

TVG Pacifc Classic (Gr. I)

3-y-o & up

11⁄4 m.

$500,000

Dmr

Del Mar Oaks (Gr. I)

3-y-o f.

1 ⁄8 m. (T)

$250,000

Dmr

Del Mar Handicap (Gr. II)

3-y-o & up

13⁄8 m. (T)

$200,000

Dmr

Green Flash Handicap (Gr. III)

3-y-o & up

5 f. (T)

$100,000

Dmr

Torrey Pines Stakes (Gr. III)

3-y-o f.

1 m.

$100,000

Dmr

Del Mar Mile (Gr. II)

3-y-o & up

1 m. (T)

$150,000

Dmr

Tranquility Lake Stakes

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

1 m.

Dmr

Pat O’Brien Stakes (Gr. II)

3-y-o & up

7 f.

$150,000

Dmr

Generous Portion Stakes

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

6 f.

$100,000

$65,000

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