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TROOPING THE COLORS CAL-BRED LIEUTENANT DAN CARRIES NICK ALEXANDER SILKS TO GRADED WIN

NATIONALLY RANKED ALL-WEATHER SIRE CALIFORNIA’S #1 FIFTH-CROP SIRE

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The Leading California All-Weather Sire in 2021 Third to INTO MISCHIEF and MUNNINGS Nationally #1 California Fifth-Crop Sire by Black-Type Winners on Dirt, Turf and All-Weather The Only Multiple G1 Winner at stud in California to sire a Multiple G1-Winning Cal-bred Millionaire.

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From the EXECUTIVE CORNER DOUG BURGE CTBA PRESIDENT

CALIFORNIA-BRED OPPORTUNITIES BEGET STRONG SALE PRICES

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he current demand for quality California-bred yearlings was extremely strong at the commercial sales, as evidenced by the higher averages and median prices at the recent Fasig-Tipton September sale and the August NorCal sale. As depicted in the chart below, numerous Cal-breds are yielding prices of $100,000 or more.

In fact, 17 yearlings were listed as sold for $100,000 or more at the Fasig-Tipton sale, with fve Cal-breds bringing $200,000 or more. Breeders/consignors are seeing the rewards for investments made with upgrading their stock. Calbreds sired by top national and regional sires are leading the way.

Te lucrative restricted racing and in-

centives continue triggering this increased marketability for well-bred and well-conformed Cal-breds. Te in-state opportunities and potential fnancial purse and incentive awards for Cal-breds give a signifcant advantage to owners. If you are racing in California, you should defnitely have some Cal-breds in your barn, both for the restricted purse benefts as well as for the multiple racing opportunities.

In Southern California, a Cal-bred can earn well over six fgures just going through its frst conditions (Cal-bred maiden allowance, Cal-bred frst-condition allowance, open frst-condition allowance), in addition to the maiden bonus and owner awards in open company. And then there is the $4.5 million

Golden State Series with restricted stakes purses ranging from $100,000-$200,000 throughout the state. Also, in Northern California, there has been a major focus on expanding the restricted overnight stakes opportunities, as we are expecting to ofer a record number of Cal-bred maiden special weight races among Golden Gate Fields and the Fairs this year.

With such a high dependence on horses bred locally to provide the needed feld sizes, this program and these opportunities not only need to remain in place but to continue to grow. We are now experiencing the positive results with a strong commercial and private sales market. As breeders continue to focus on quality, we should be able to build on these results.

Six-figure Cal-breds at Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearling Sale Hip 196

Sex Sire

Dam

Consignor

Buyer

Price

f

American Pharoah

Ez Indy

Lovacres Ranch, agent

Beckerle & Grey

$350,000

10

f

Practical Joke

Miss Lavinia

Barton Thoroughbreds, agent

Jay Em Ess Stable, Brian Koriner, agent

$300,000

83

c

Nyquist

Soul Crusader

Woodbridge Farm, agent

Classic Bloodstock, agent for Sasulito & Breckenridge

$275,000

171

c

City of Light

Chicalelee

Excel Bloodstock, Bruno DeBerdt agent for PT Syndicate #1

Slugo Racing/Steve Gasparelli

$260,000

30

c

Square Eddie

North Freeway

Fairview

Boomer Bloodstock/Radley Equine

$200,000

208

f

City of Light

Gift of Glory

Fairview

Breckenridge Bloodstock

$170,000

138

c

Grazen

Athina Lee

Critter Creek Farm, agent for Ken W. Miles & Sheridan Jones

Blinkers On Racing Stable

$160,000

194

c

Distorted Humor

English Garden

Excel Bloodstock, Bruno DeBerdt agent for PT Syndicate #1

Eric Kruljac

$150,000

79

f

Palace Malice

Smiling Cruise

Barton Thoroughbreds, agent

Legacy Ranch

$135,000

218

c

Midnight Storm

Hasty Nic

Lovacres Ranch, agent

Thomas Halasz

$130,000

102

f

Maclean’s Music

Suzy Malibu

Barton Thoroughbreds, agent

Boardshorts Stables, Quinn Howey, agent

$130,000

106

c

Stay Thirsty

Sweet Lips Pooh

Lovacres Ranch, agent

Mike Ryan

$110,000

230

f

Stanford

Joyce and Me

Bar C Racing Stables

Slugo Racing/Steve Gasparelli

$100,000

188

c

Cat Burglar

Ebony Cat

Barton Thoroughbreds, agent

Jay Em Ess Stable, Brian Koriner, agent

$100,000

134

c

Stay Thirsty

Alseera

Lovacres Ranch, agent

Tom Beckerle

$100,000

21

c

Stay Thristy

My Fiona

Lovacres Ranch, agent

Naseer Fasihuddin

$100,000

13

f

Mr. Big

Misszippityslewda

McCarthy Bloodstock, agent

William Peeples

$100,000

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20 NORTHERN

24 How Cal-breds Relax

STALLION TOUR

28 Golden State Series: California Flag Handicap

Breeders had an opportunity to see several stallions standing in the northern part of the state on a tour organized by Daehling Ranch.

VICE CHAIRPERSON GEORGE F. SCHMITT

30 Golden State Series: California Distaf Handicap

TREASURER PETE PARRELLA SECRETARY SUE GREENE DIRECTORS

32 Lieutenant Dan’s Eddie D. Stakes

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Stanford Bay impressively winning a Starter Allowance by 5 ¼ lengths at Golden Gate 10/22/21

Another Winner for California’s Leading 1st Crop Sire Runners include MSW Winner, Stakes–Placed DRIZELLA (2nd California Thoroughbreds Breeders S. at Del Mar 8/5/21) and Del Mar MSW Winner Ko’Olina ($80,076) 7/18/21.

STANFORD is the third Leading Earner of All Time by MALIBU MOON. STANFORD earned $1,385,510 from 2 to 5. Half-brother to HEDGE FUND multiple G3 placed earner of $379,060.

STANFORD Malibu Moon – Rosy Humor, by Distorted Humor Also Standing: MINISTERS WILD CAT & KAFWAIN Contact Mike Allen at (805) 686-4337 5699 Happy Canyon Rd., Santa Ynez, CA 93460 E-mail: info@tommytownfarms.com www.tommytownfarms.com

2022 Fee: To Be Announced FIRST-CROP YEARLINGS SOLD FOR $70,000!

FILLY FROM FIRST 2-YEAR- OLD CROP SOLD FOR $85,000 AT THE OBS. MARCH 2-YEAR- OLD IN TRAINING SALE.

NewsBits FASHIONABLY FAST WINS SECOND HARRIS

SIRES OF STAKES WINNERS FOALS OF RACING AGE

SWs

1039

48

MINISTERS WILD CAT

541

34

ROCKY BAR •

208

27

KAFWAIN †

696

22

STAY THIRSTY

596

22

SQUARE EDDIE †

300

20

ATTICUS †

523

16

VRONSKY †

345

16

GRAZEN

241

15

EDDINGTON

504

14

SMILING TIGER

272

14

SOUTHERN IMAGE

590

14

SIR PRANCEALOT (IRE)

370

14

GRAYDAR

326

10

JERSEY TOWN

217

10

TIZBUD †

240

9

MISREMEMBERED

162

8

SLEW’S TIZNOW

174

7

STALLION

BLUEGRASS CAT •

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Fashionably Fast, the co-champion California-bred sprinter of 2020, added a second victory in the $75,000 Harris Farms Stakes at the Big Fresno Fair Oct. 9. He frst captured the race in 2019.

Sent away as the 2-5 favorite in the six-furlong Harris, Fashionably Fast prompted the pace of Hit the Seam, who completed the frst quarter-mile in :23.76 and a half-mile in :46.41.

With Tiago Pereira aboard for trainer Dean Pederson, Fashionably Fast dug in during the stretch run to take command and score by 11⁄4 lengths in 1:09.90. Top Harbor fnished second, with Jamming Eddy third in the fve-horse feld.

Fashionably Fast Te race is named for John Harris’ Harris Farms, the longtime top breeding facility in Coalinga, about 60 miles southwest of Fresno.

Harris Farms bred Fashionably Fast, a 6-year-old son of Lucky Pulpit—Fall Fashion, by Forestry, and owns the gelding with Per Antonsen and John Nicoletti.

In addition to his two victories in the Harris, Fashionably Fast fnished second in the 2018 edition of the race. Following his 2019 Harris win, he added the Cary Grant Stakes, California Cup Sprint Stakes, and Tiznow Stakes for six wins in a row, a streak that began with two allowance races. He repeated in the Tiznow this year, and his stakes-placings include a second in the 2020 Triple Bend Stakes (G2). Fashionably Fast has earned a total of $683,891.

CURRENT CALIFORNIA

† 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.

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made him a crowd favorite. He nearly always fnished in the money, and this year he won the Sensational Star Stakes, Crystal Water Stakes, and California Dreamin’ Stakes.

He earned $549,901 for the partnership, and in total he won nine of 46 starts, with seven seconds and 15 thirds. Not included in that is a 1,000-yard race for Toroughbreds and Quarter Horses at Los Alamitos Dec. 19, 2020. Brandothebartender won that as well, adding another $9,600 to his $772,864 total.

John Haagsma and Wesley Ward bred the son of Tribal Rule—Frysland, by Stravinsky. Haagsma raced Brandothebartender in partnership early in his career. © BENOIT PHOTO

Brandothebartender, the 8-year-old California-bred gem of consistency, has been retired to Old Friends in Kentucky. A bargain $40,000 claim who has won four stakes and earned $772,864, Brandothebartender sustained an injury in a workout at Santa Anita, prompting his retirement.

“We decided to retire him,” said Jerry Weseloh of Flawless Racing. “All he needed was rest, but heading to a ninth year seemed ambitious.”

Craig Dollase trained Brandothebartender Brandothebartender after the claim for Flawless, Brian Flanagan, and Michael Jarvis. Tey won a six-way shake for the gelding at Del Mar, and three starts later he captured the California Flag Handicap, earning them $60,000.

Brandothebartender had an exciting come-from-behind style that

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California Angel’s California Connections

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HISTORY

Amazombie

10 YEARS AGO

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California Angel, winner of the Oct. 13 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland, might be a Kentucky-bred, but her pedigree is full of California history. Te Irish National Stud bred the 2-year-old daughter of California Chrome, and Chris Walsh owns her.

Rafael Bejarano rode California Angel in the Jessamine for trainer George Leonard III. She took the 11⁄16-mile event by a head and paid $37.60 to win.

Te California parts of the flly’s pedigree go back several generations. She is inbred 4 x 5 to Lucky Spell, a daughter of multiple stakes winner Lucky Mel out of Incantation. Lucky Spell, a foal of 1971, earned $253,655 in fve seasons of racing. At 3 she won the Las Palmas Handicap (G3), Linita Stakes, Princess Stakes, and California Angel Time to Leave Stakes, and at 4 she added the Las Flores Handicap.

Lucky Spell is California Angel’s ffth dam. She also appears in California Chrome’s pedigree as the second dam of his sire, Lucky Pulpit.

When bred to Caro, Lucky Spell produced Goldspell, who won the 1985 Torrey Pines Stakes and ran third in that year’s Linda Vista Handicap (G3). When bred to Caro’s son Cozzene, Lucky Spell produced Lucky Soph, who won once in six starts. Goldspell is California Angel’s fourth dam while Lucky Soph produced Lucky Pulpit, who became a major California sire.

California Angel’s fourth generation brings in another California bloodline, with Cees Tizzy and Cee’s Song appearing there as the sire and dam of champion Calbred Tiznow, who in turn sired Tiz Wonderful. Goldspell produced Lovethespell, the dam of Justaspell. When Justaspell was bred to Tiz Wonderful, they produced stakes-placed Sea Mona, the dam of California Angel.

Tough California Angel has these California roots, she has spent her time in other parts of the country. She sold for $5,000 as a weanling at the 2019 Keeneland November sale and for $5,500 in Florida at the 2021 Ocala Breeders’ Sales’ June 2-year-old auction. California Angel has made all three of her starts, with two wins and a third, in Kentucky.

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AMAZOMBIE did his native California proud by capturing the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) Nov. 5, 2011, at Churchill Downs. Following his score in the Oct. 8 Ancient Title Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita, the 5-year-old gelding went off as the 7-1 sixth choice in the feld of nine under jockey Mike Smith. Racing four wide, Amazombie came rushing late to grab a neck victory over Force Freeze, completing six furlongs in 1:09.17. Favored Jackson Bend fnished third. Bill Spawr trained Amazombie for himself and Thomas Sanford.

Gregg Anderson bred the son of Northern Afeet—Wilshe Amaze, by In Excess. Amazombie raced another year, earning a total of $1,920,378, and today he enjoys retirement at Old Friends in Kentucky.

25 YEARS AGO IN EXCESSIVE BULL, a California-bred 2-year-old son of In Excess—She Aint No Bull,

by Top Command, became a stakes winner in just his third start in the Hollywood Prevue Stakes (G3) at Hollywood Park

Nov. 10, 1996. The colt had broken his maiden in his frst start, at Santa Anita, and fnished second there to Thisnearlywasmine in the Sunny Slope Stakes. The 7-10 Prevue favorite under jockey Corey Nakatani, In Excessive Bull raced in second early in the seven furlongs, took command, and drew off to defeat early pacesetter Thisnearlywasmine by 31⁄2 lengths in 1:21.54. Bob Baffert trained In Excessive Bull for owner/breeder Hal J. Earnhardt III. In Excessive Bull also added the California Breeders’ Champion Stakes.

50 YEARS AGO Mrs. J.W. Story, a retired college professor, always wanted to breed a racehorse, so she borrowed the Indian Lover mare Silver Indian and bred her to the stallion Double Lea. The result was California-bred SILVER DOUBLE, who became a multiple stakes winner in British Columbia and Washington.

He also won the Bay Meadows Handicap Nov. 27, 1971 by a neck. The 5-year-old gelding completed 11⁄8 miles in 1:492⁄5 for owner G & R Stables, trainer T. Witts, and jockey L. Wall. Story raised Silver Double at her 21⁄2acre Chico Ranch and sold him for $800 at the 1967 California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Pomona fall mixed sale.

She earned a breeders’ award of $1,900, more than double that purchase price, in the Bay Meadows Handicap.

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

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NEWS

■ Oscar Nominated to Lovacres Multiple stakes winner and millionaire Oscar Nominated has moved to Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch in Warner Springs for the 2022 breeding season. The stallion, owned

by Frederick Larsen, will stand for $5,000 in what will be his frst full season at stud.

Mrs. Jerry Amerman bred Oscar Nominated, an 8-year-old son of Kitten’s Joy—Devine Actress, by Theatrical. The horse won fve

stakes, including the 2016 Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral (G3) at Turfway Park, 2017 Calumet Farm Kentucky Turf Cup (G3T) at Kentucky Downs, and 2018 W. L. McKnight Handicap (G3T) at Gulfstream Park. He also placed in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (G1T) and Pattison Canadian International (G1T), for total earnings of $1,502,639.

Oscar Nominated is a full brother to multiple grade 1 winner Oscar Performance and a half brother to grade 2 winner Award Winner.

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■ Cal-bred Galilean to Stand in New York Galilean, the California-bred champion older male of 2020, has been retired from racing and will stand at Hidden Lake Farm in New York. His stud fee was announced at $7,000.

Pam and Neal Christopherson’s Bar C Racing Stables bred the 5-year-old son of Uncle Mo—Fresia, by El Prado, and Galilean raced for West Point Thoroughbreds, Denise Barker, and William Sandbrook. Trained frst by Jerry Hollendorfer and then by John Sadler, Galilean won the 2018 Barretts Juvenile Stakes and King Glorious Stakes, 2019 California Cup Derby, and 2020 Soi Phet Stakes, California Dreamin’ Stakes, and California Flag Handicap. He ran third in the 2019 Rebel Stakes (G2) and earned a total of $592,522.

Bar C Racing sold Galilean for $60,000 to Quarter Pole Enterprises at the 2017 Barretts select yearling sale. Eddie Woods pinhooked him to the 2018 Barretts 2-year-old sale, where, purchased by West Point, he topped the auction at $600,000.

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Memoriam Sam Spear

SEAN VASSAR

Peter Tunney, who died Sept. 22 at age 83 after a lengthy illness, worked in Golden Gate Fields management from 1980-2017, but his long career took him throughout California. He worked as a racing offcial at Southern California tracks, including serving as Del Mar’s racing secretary from 1972-74 Sports were always destined to be part of Tunney’s life. His father, Jim Tunney Sr., was a Southern California racing offcial, and Peter worked as a parking attendant at Hollywood Park while attending Occidental College after graduating from Alhambra High School. He competed at track and played halfback at Occidental, and he was part of a 1959 relay team that set a school record that still stands. The Detroit Lions drafted him in 1960.

Tunney’s brother Jim was an NFL referee from 1967-90, but an injury kept Peter from ever playing professional football. Football’s loss was racing’s gain. After teaching and coaching at several Los Angeles-area high schools, Peter began working full-time in the racing industry, initially as a racing offcial and later in the racing offce.

Peter worked the entire Southern California circuit of Santa Anita, Hollywood, and Del Mar before joining the Golden Gate team as general manager in 1980. He later became an executive vice president before retiring in 2017. He also served as a trustee of the California Thoroughbred Foundation.

Tunney is survived by his wife of nearly 50 years, Anian; daughters Courtney Hotchkis, Shannon McDonald, Adrienne Krumins, and Catherine McDowell; siblings Jim Tunney, Joanne Hawkins, and Loretta Holstein; and eight grandchildren.

Golden Gate Fields suffered a second major loss in a month when Sam Spear died Oct. 23 at age 72. Like Peter Tunney before him, Spear was associated with Golden Gate Fields and Northern California racing for decades.

Spear was retired from director of media relations at Golden Gate and had also previously served as media relations director at Bay Meadows. For decades he promoted Bay Area racing through a variety of outlets. He was well-known for his radio and television shows, and he likely interviewed every major owner, trainer, and jockey to race at Golden Gate or Bay Meadows.

Growing up in Alameda, Spear was interested in all sports from a young age. In the mid-1970s he worked in publicity for the San Francisco Giants, and during that time he started his own sports program at a San Jose radio station. His inclusion of racing news impressed Ron Supinski, then Golden Gate’s publicity director, who asked Spear to work for him in early 1977 promoting racing on radio and TV. Spear built that into a race replay TV show that ran from 1978-2017, buying time on his own. He produced the program, created the advertising, and made sure the race replays got to the station in time to air them, even driving them from the track himself. He also hosted the weekly radio program “At the Track with Sam Spear” on Sunday mornings.

He traveled to races around the world, coordinating trips for viewers to major racetracks. He often took trips to the Breeders’ Cup, no matter where in the country the series was held.

“Nobody has done more to promote horse racing in Northern California over the years than Sam,” Tom Ferrell told this magazine in 2016.

Ferrell worked with Spear for more than 25 years at Golden Gate.

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CITY WOLF

MESA THUNDER

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Speightstown - Jersey Girl,

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Giant’s Causeway – Baby Zip,

by Relaunch

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

Half-brother to Top Sires GHOSTZAPPER & CITY ZIP. Out of Broodmare-of-the-Year Baby Zip. Graded Stakes Winner by 3X Champion Sire Giant’s Causeway. Winner of the Durham Cups by 2 ½ lenghts.

FULLBRIDLED

$1,500

RUMPUS CAT

$1,000

Sky Mesa – Citiview, by Citidancer Proven California Sire from Pulpit Sire Line.

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

COACH BOB

$2,500

$1,500

Unbridled’s Song – Constantia,

by Relaunch

Street Sense – Sweet Catomine,

by Storm Cat

Bertrando – Gentleman’s Hope,

by Yankee Gentleman

By the late UNBRIDLED’S SONG sire of 4 Champions, including Breeders’ Cup Classic G1 - ARROGATE and WILL TAKE CHARGE. Average earnings per starter $32,280.

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

Multiple Stakes-placed winner of $211,367, fnished second to multiple GSW, BIG MACHER, in the Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprints earning a 102 E#.

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Lucky Pulpit – Love the Chase, by Not For Love

Field Commission – Clara Bow, by Way West (FR)

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

Stakes-placed earner of $171,099, set track record at Penn National for 6 furlongs Aug 19, 2019. Top Progeny earner for Field Commission in 2018 earning speed fgures of 101 and 113

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Arguably America’s best-bred son of European Horse of the Year & Leading Sire GIANT’S CAUSEWAY Out of the renowned matriarch PREACH, a G1 winner by Leading Broodmare Sire MR. PROSPECTOR More than 30 black-type horses under his frst two dams From the sire-producing family of Johannesburg, Tale of the Cat, Fed Biz, etc.

2021 Leading Freshman Sire in Washington His best-bred foals from stakes mares will be 2-year-olds in 2022 & 2023

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CTBA DIRECTORS ELECTION DEADLINE APPROACHING Tose CTBA members who wish to seek election to the group’s Board of Directors may do so through the petition process, which must be completed by Nov. 30, 90 days prior to the CTBA’s Annual Meeting and Dinner, Feb. 28, 2022. As per the association’s bylaws, the application needs to include a minimum of 25 signatures from current CTBA members for the applicant to be included on the ballot for this year’s election, which relates to the three-year term as a director from 2022-24.

Stallion Season Auction Slated for Dec. 13-14 The annual California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Stallion Season Auction will be held online beginning Monday, Dec. 13, at 8 a.m. through Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 8 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the CTBA’s Political Action Committee fund, which works in support of legislation that favorably impacts California breeders. Seasons will be sold with no guarantee. The preview will begin Friday, Dec. 10, and the auction will be held on the CTBA’s own online auction site (https://ctba.equibid.com/). For more information, please check the CTBA website (www.ctba.com) or contact Christy Chapman at CTBA, 626-445-7800 x 247 or Christy@ctba.com.

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CTFoundation OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES PRESIDENT

Ada Gates Patton VICE-PRESIDENT/TREASURER

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Jeff Blea, DVM Tracy Gantz Jane Goldstein Courtney Tunney Hotchkis Thomas S. Robbins John W. Sadler Noreen Sullivan

Remembering Peter Tunney Peter Tunney, who served the racing industry both as an executive at California tracks and as a trustee of the California Toroughbred Foundation, died Sept. 22 at age 83 at his home in Piedmont after a lengthy illness. Associated primarily with Golden Gate Fields, where he had worked for decades, Tunney also had been a racing ofcial at Southern California tracks, including as Del Mar’s racing secretary from 1972-74. He joined the Golden Gate team as general manager in 1980 and later served as an executive vice president before retiring in 2017.

Tunney helped represent the Foundation in Northern California and was an active participant at board meetings. His daughter, Courtney Tunney Hotchkis, became a Foundation trustee late last year. Several people who served with Tunney on the Foundation board shared their remembrances of him.

“Peter was one of a kind—he had a keen sense of humor and was a practical joker who constantly put you on your toes,” said current trustee and Del Mar executive Tom Robbins. “He was my frst boss ever at Del Mar in 1968, and I learned so much from observing the way he interacted with the vast variety of people we deal with in Toroughbred horse racing. Peter’s ability to treat people with kindness and respect spoke volumes of his character.”

Former trustee Dr. Greg Ferraro, currently chairman of the California Horse Racing Board, said, “Peter Tunney was widely known for an old-world charm and sophistication that brought memories of the former glory days of horse racing. His wry smile and sharp wit made him popular in any social setting. He was a man of the world whose knowledge and experience made him a valuable racing executive.

Tose who knew him will surely miss him, and those who never met him have missed a one-of-a-kind gentleman.”

Former trustee Alan Balch, executive director of California Toroughbred Trainers, had worked with Tunney at several California tracks and said, “One of racing’s good guys, Peter Tunney was at home anywhere on the track—whether in the garage at Hollywood Park, to the overfow parking lot at Santa Anita, to a Paris restaurant during Arc week, any stewards’ stand, racing ofce, or the executive suite at Golden Gate Fields. He was a gifted raconteur and bon vivant whose droll sense of humor is unforgettable and was a big part of his success as a management leader.”

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

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Stallion Tour

Spotlighting Northern Sires FARMS ON THE 2021 TOUR PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD

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Anthony’s Cross strikes a pose at Sunny Creek; right, at Daehling Ranch, Faversham hats were popular gifts

Daehling Ranch shows off its roster of stallions to the interested group; the crew at Daehling Ranch

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The tour bus unloads the guests at Daehling Ranch

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Te CTBA sponsored the bus, and Faversham sponsored lunch, while Julia Oldfeld of Daehling put the tour together. It began at Daehling Ranch in Elk Grove, where participants saw several stallions, including Faversham, City Wolf, Rumpus Cat, Jersey Town, and new stallions including Pontif and Sparticle.

Next came Sunny Creek Farm in Galt, where Anthony’s Cross stands, followed

by Legacy Ranch in Lodi, with a stallion roster that includes Clubhouse Ride and Straight Fire. Te group then returned to Daehling to have lunch and a rafe of donated items under the oaks of its backyard.

Te group moved on to Victory Rose Farm in Vacaville to see such stallions as Bold Chieftain and Idiot Proof before returning to Daehling Ranch.

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aehling Ranch organized a stallion tour of several other Northern California farms Oct. 2, with sponsorship from the California Toroughbred Breeders Association and lunch sponsored

by Faversham. Te tour gave breeders and other horsemen the opportunity to examine many exciting proven sires and sire prospects for their mares in 2022.

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Left, Legacy Farm’s young Dynaformer stallion Mr. Big is popular with the tour as is Daehling Ranch’s handsome son of Unbridled’s Song, Fullbridled

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Daehling Ranch’s Julia Oldfield, center, greets tour participants; stallions on the tour were able to be viewed from all angles

Anthony’s Cross struts his stuff for the interested onlookers at Sunny Creek Farm

The visitors get the lowdown on the stallions as they give them a once-over inspection

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Thankful For the Continued Support and BOLD CHIEFTAIN

Fee: $3,000 LF | G.S.M 64.4 Chief Seattle – Hooked On Music, by Seattle Dancer • ONLY TWO-TIME CAL CUP CLASSIC WINNER AND 50TH CAL-BRED MILLOINAIRE • A versatile racehorse who won black-type races on all-weather, grass & dirt surfaces. Graded stakes winner of 18 races, 14 stakes, with earnings of $1,683,181. Posted Triple Digit Beyers on Dirt and Turf • Won Grade 2, $150,000 San Francisco Mile, defeating multiple Grade 2 winner MONTEREY JAZZ • Runners are led by Fran’s Valentine S. Winner MOONLESS SKY ($289,130) • 2021 allowance winners include J.T’s Watch ($78,538), and Rose Princess ($30,486) • Average earnings per starter $51,416

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Fee: $3,000 LF | G.S.M. 99.8 Benchmark – Perfectly Pretty, by Bertrando • California’s Top 10 Leading Turf Sires and Top 5 of 2-Yr-olds in 2020 • ECLIPSE AWARD FINALIST, CALIFORNIA CHAMPION SPRINTER, CHAMPION 3-YEAR-OLD COLT • Sire of Multiple Graded Stakes & Multiple SW RICHARD’S BOY ($1,011,872), BULLETPROOF ONE ($394,002), from 14 starts has 7 wins, 2 seconds including 2020 Stakes win in the Unzip Me Stakes at Santa Anita, and new track record setter FAITH PROOF, (6 wins in 8 starts by a combined 12 lengths, 5f in :56.42) • Lifetime: Average Earnings per starter $51,399 • IDIOT PROOF set new track records on dirt and synthetic winning a G1 & G3 at 3

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Fee: $2,000 LF Chhaya Dance – Stormy Gigi, by Storm Boot • MULTIPLE GRADED STAKES WINNER OF $747,519 • Out of the stakes winning Storm Boot mare, STORMY GIGI • Won All America Stakes (G3) Twice • Won Bull Dog Stakes Wire-To-Wire • Placed in the Berkeley H (G3) three times • Stakes Winner on Turf, Dirt and Artifcial Surfaces • After a small test crop in 2021, he will have his frst full crop arrive in 2022

Hopeful for a Successful Breeding Season MANY RIVERS

Fee: $3,000 LF | G.S.M. 77.5 Storm Cat – Christmas in Aiken, by Afrmed • HALF-BROTHER TO 3 TIME G1 WINNER HARLAN’S HOLIDAY, SIRE OF LEADING SIRE INTO MISCHIEF • MANY RIVERS at 2, scored a gate-to-wire win going 5½ furlongs at Bay Meadows Racecourse when defeating multiple graded stakes winner AUTISM AWARENESS and ran third in the one-mile Gold Rush Stakes to multiple graded stakes winner EL GATO MALO • MANY RIVERS at 3, won a six-furlong allowance race at Golden Gate Fields gate-to-wire • By G1 2YO winner & record SEVEN-TIME Leading Juvenile Sire STORM CAT • 53% Winners From Starters and Average Earnings Per Starter of $34,263 with over $1 Million in Progeny earnings including the dual stakes-placed winner MANY ROSES and stakes-placed RIVER OF DOUBT

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Katie Fisher with pensioned two-time Cal-bred Broodmare of the Year Ashley’s Folly at Kingfsher Farms

Where Cal-breds Go To Chill R & R IS THE RIGHT Rx AT KINGFISHER FARMS STORY AND PHOTOS BY EMILY SHIELDS

rickyard Ride needed a break.

After the 4-year-old colt won three stakes earlier this year, including the $202,000 San Carlos Stakes (G2) by four lengths, owner Alfred Pais decided that his brilliant California-bred sprinter could use a vacation. Te son of Clubhouse Ride— Brickyard Helen, by Southern Image, had run ffth in the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) and then last of nine in 24

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the Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) after breaking through the gate before the start.

But where to send him? Pais chose Kingfsher Farms.

First established in 2017 at a Santa Ynez location, Katie Fisher’s rehabilitation and layup facility moved in December 2020. Te tranquil farm is now situated just of Highway 101 and before the popular tourist town of Solvang. It has quickly become a top choice

a day, as opposed to once,” Fisher said.

“You want to get infammation and heat out of the tendon frst and foremost. It’s angry while it’s hot, but if you can get it cooled, then it starts to heal.”

Tendons get rescanned between 60 and 90 days. Depending on the scan, the horses might get another 45 to 60 days of hand-walking before they are turned out.

Once the horse is ready to go back to work, the trainer gets input on the rehabilitation process.

dance when Pete called me and said he was sending up Storm the Court,” Fisher said. “I said, ‘Wait, you’re sending me the big guy!?’ I hung up and did a dance.”

Storm the Court has earned $1,369,951, with two wins in 14 starts, one of those being the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at 451. He fnished sixth in the 2020 Kentucky Derby (G1), but hasn’t won in two years.

Hence the vacation.

“I love getting to watch the horses get better and then go on,” Fisher said.

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for many trainers to send their horses for mental reprieves or to recover from injuries before returning to the races.

“Tey ran through him with a fne-tooth comb,” Fisher said of $470,977-earner Brickyard Ride. “Tey wanted to give him time after he broke through the gate. Te owner had toured my farm and referred others to me.

When Brickyard Ride got here, he said, ‘Anything you can think of that might beneft him? Just throw it right at him.’ ” Tis means diferent options for different horses.

“I knew it would be a short break,” Fisher said, “so I hand-walked him and grazed him so that he could get the beneft of the grass and the sun on his back without being turned loose to his own devices.”

Te farm has myriad equipment, including a full-sized vibration plate, to help horses relax and recover,.

“All my horses go on the vibe plate every day; every single one,” Fisher said.

Tere is also an AquaTred underwater treadmill and an arena for horses to be worked by the farm’s resident international riders.

Fisher has developed her own “starting protocols” for each type of injury or rehabilitation project.

“By the time they arrive, I’ve generally talked to the trainer and, in most cases, also the owner,” she said. “I already know what is wrong with the horse and also what the goal is. Do they just want 30 days of with time on the grass? Our refreshers always include grass time because how else do you let a horse be a horse?”

Post-surgical rehabs are even more detailed.

“I speak to the veterinarian involved so that I get a surgery report, X-rays, and/ or ultrasounds,” Fisher said. “I get copies of the scans, including MRI and PET scans, so that we have a point of reference for where we are starting and where we will be going. I like to map out their time here.”

Horses with tendon issues get handwalked twice daily, starting around 10 minutes each time. Ten they stand on the vibration plate and stand in ice.

“It’s good for their minds to go twice

Alfred Pais’ homebred graded stakes winner Brickyard Ride, shown spending some quality time refreshening at Kingfsher Farms before a return to the races

“Some trainers don’t want us to sit on the horse,” she said. “Others think it’s great if we can leg the horse up. Two weeks on the AquaTred keeps them moving and working, keeps those muscles going. Tey don’t lose a lot of muscle between 30 and 45 days because they are incredible athletes. But after 60 or 75 days, you see them going a little soft.”

Fisher’s success has been noticed by trainers such as Mike Puype, who sent grade 2-placed Cal-bred Tigre Di Slugo to the farm this year, and Richard Baltas. One of her biggest clients is Peter Eurton, who has sent horses such as grade 1-placed Dream Shake and 2019 TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) shocker Storm the Court.

“Don’t think I didn’t do a little happy

“Whether it’s a broodmare or a stallion or a racehorse going back to the track or on to their second career, I get to watch that progression.”

Speaking of broodmares, Fisher’s farm is home to a handful, including pensioned Ashley’s Folly, who was twice the California Broodmare of the Year. Te daughter of Urgent Request—Cozzene’s Kiss, by Cozzene, has produced seven winners from eight starters. Among those are Cal-bred millionaire Ashleyluvssugar, who won fve graded stakes races, and three-time stakes placed Ashley’s Sassy. Te grand gray mare loves to play in her water trough, getting her nearly white coat endlessly dirty.

“She wants a pool to play in,” Fisher noted dryly.

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Left, the farm has many different methods to help horses relax and recover from the rigors of the track; above, Ashley’s Folly enjoys the human touch at Kingfsher Farms

Individual attention is a big part of the success in getting horses back to the track and to the sales ring. Te second-highest-priced colt of the Fasig-Tipton California yearling sale, a $260,000 son of City of Light, was prepped at Kingfsher Farms.

Te property used to be what Pam and Martin Wygod used for their yearlings before selling it to Fisher.

“I attract a diferent clientele because primarily what I do is

layups,” Fisher said. “I’m not a breeding farm that also takes layups. I’ve heard people say they can send the horse to a cheaper farm, and they could. But I think you get what you pay for. For instance, putting the horses on the vibe plate is not a big stretch for me to do every day, so it’s included in my rate. At a lot of places, that’s an extra charge.”

Fisher, a single mom of young twins, would not be able to handle everything alone and credits her team of employees for the young farm’s success.

“It takes a village,” she said. “I am just one piece of the puzzle. It takes the referring vets, my vets here, the farm (staf), trainer, and owners. All work together for the beneft of these athletes.”

The calm, relaxing atmosphere of grazing time is one of the many Kingfsher benefts

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Golden State Series—California Flag Handicap

Gary Barber and Wachtel Stable’s Indian Peak reaches new heights in the California Flag Handicap at Santa Anita

FAMILY CONNECTIONS CALIFORNIA FLAG ALL DOWNHILL FOR INDIAN PEAK

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ne of the most beloved California-breds of the last 20 years was California Flag, a millionaire who won the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint back before it was ever graded. A former king of the Santa Anita Park turf course, California Flag now has his own stakes race named in his honor, and that event was held Oct. 17 down the same hill where he once reigned.

Longshot Indian Peak prevailed in the $102,000 California Flag Handicap, outgaming favored North County Guy by a head at the wire over the distance of about 6 1⁄2 furlongs. Under jockey Juan Hernandez, the son of Comic Strip—Ms. Booty,

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horse feld and rallied widely around his rivals into the lane. He swallowed up the leaders in the last eighth, dueling with North County Guy to the wire.

Te 16-1 odds confused Adam Wachtel, who owns Indian Peak in partnership with Gary Barber.

“If you were watching the race live,” said Wachtel, “the TVG guys were saying, ‘How can he be that price?’ He had

Brian Koriner presents trophy to Indian Peak’s connections: jockey Juan Hernandez and assistant trainer Jehobany Alvarez

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a legit excuse when he ran last as the favorite at Del Mar, and before that he just missed in a stakes race. Tis is a seriously talented horse; in hindsight, the odds seem ridiculous.”

Wachtel and Barber acquired Indian Peak over the summer and have had him for just three starts. Te 4-year-old gelding, who was bred by Dr. and Mrs. William T. Gray, came with a classy background, as he won the $151,000 Snow Chief Stakes in 2020. He was an attractive prospect for more than his record, however: Te owners already had his sister.

“We have his full sister Kukaluka,” Wachtel explained. Her Boisterous daughter California Kook is grade 1-placed, and another daughter, Kookie Gal, won the 2018 Soviet Problem Stakes at Los Alamitos.

“Indian Peak actually beat California Kook before,” Wachtel said, recalling the Snow Chief Stakes where Indian Peak outran his flly by a half-length. “He had been a little of form recently but was running in tough races. We were glad to be able to buy him.”

Broodmare Ms. Booty, who is responsible for the whole line, has a 100% strike rate from seven starters. Her daughter La Fiera, who was born fve years before Indian Peak, won the $100,000 Campanile Stakes at Golden Gate Fields in 2015. Her daughters have taken after her; Kukaluka’s two foals to race are both winners, and La Fiera’s only foal to race is a winner.

In three seasons of racing, Indian Peak has amassed six wins, three seconds, and a third in 20 starts for earnings of $333,532. With his career still going strong, he has options sprinting or going two turns and has already won on both turf and synthetic.

“He’s had a very consistent career,” Wachtel said. “I think you fnd that a lot of horses do well cutting back and coming of the pace down the hill. I really like him.”

Jehobany Alvarez, assistant to winning trainer Peter Miller, said after the victory, “We are really, really happy. We knew we had a lot of horse coming into this race, but it was a tough race. We got the right trip and it’s nice to win.”

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Golden State Series—California Distaf Handicap

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Showtime has been writing her own legacy since her 2019 debut. Te Benjamin and Sally Warren homebred, who is trained by Craig Lewis, won the $100,351 Surfer Girl Stakes against open company as a juvenile, then added the $202,000 California Cup Oaks and the $106,000 China Doll Stakes early in her sophomore season. A win in the $150,500 Melair Stakes on the main track sent Warren’s Showtime into graded company; she fnished third in both the San Clemente Stakes (G2T) and the Del Mar Oaks (G1T) before winning her frst graded event, the $101,000 Autumn Miss Stakes (G3T).

Warren’s Showtime was slow to fnd the winner’s circle in 2021, running second or third in four straight races before taking the $101,500 Wilshire Stakes (G3T) in June. She fnished third in the Solana Beach Stakes at Del Mar despite being favored but rebounded efortlessly Ben and Sally Warren’s Warren’s Showtime stars in the California Distaff Stakes at Santa Anita in the California Distaf.

Te Warrens traveled from Las Vegas to Santa Anita for the race. Te win was so thrilling Sally Warren compared the mare’s consistency to that of the great Zenyatta. “(Ben) has had so many horses, but not one that has been so consistent as ShowDistaf, Warren’s Showtime and jockey time,” Sally said. “We were just saying, THE ‘SHOW’ GOES Juan Hernandez dropped back to last in 19 out of 21 starts she’s hit the board and ON IN CALIFORNIA the six-horse feld. Tey tracked the other that’s unbelievable. It makes me think of runners down Santa Anita Park’s hillside Zenyatta, only in a diferent way—we hit DISTAFF STAKES turf course, with Anna Fantastic setting the board, she won. But we are so happy.”

BY EMILY SHIELDS the pace and Sedamar chasing. Sweeping Trainer Lewis agreed about the flly’s down the lane, Warren’s Showtime split reliability, saying, “Te number one ooking for a model of consisten- rivals and rallied, getting up on the line trait she has that separates her from cy? Look no further than War- by three-quarters of a length. Sedamar most horses is her consistency. She’s a ren’s Showtime, who added the fnished second, Anna Fantastic third, big, beautiful flly. She can run on any surface and any distance.” $100,500 California Distaf Handi- and favored Bella Vita ran fourth.

Te fnal time of 1:13.76 for the disLewis trained her dam, grade 1 winner cap to her already impressive resume. tance of about 6 1⁄2 furlongs was well of Warren’s Veneda. A durable sort with 29 Te California-bred daughter of Club- the 1:10.73 track record, but Warren’s starts and earnings of $932,112, Warren’s house Ride—Warren’s VeneVeneda went on to become da, by Afrmative, has only 2020 California Broodmare of been worse than third twice the Year, joining Variety Queen in 22 starts, and not since as the only other Cal-bred May 2020. With a record of racing champion to add the eight wins, two seconds, and broodmare title. Warren’s Ve10 thirds, Warren’s Showtime neda is the dam of two winners has courageously been addfrom three foals to race, including to her earnings—now ing a juvenile full sister to War$775,431—while competing ren’s Showtime named Warren’s anywhere from graded comShowgirl, who was seventh in Owners Ben and Sally Warren, center left and right, join trainer Craig pany to Cal-bred events. maiden company on the CaliIn the Oct. 16 California Lewis, right, to celebrate Warren’s Showtime’s Distaff victory fornia Distaf undercard.

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hether the Eddie D. Stakes (G2T) takes place down Santa Anita’s unique hillside turf course or on the regular grassy oval, Nick Alexander can fnd a way to win with a California homebred.

Alexander’s Pee Wee Reese captured the stakes named for the popular Hall of Fame former jockey Eddie Delahoussaye in 2019, when it was fve furlongs. He repeated this year with Lieutenant Dan, with the race returning to its traditional downhill distance of about 61⁄2 furlongs.

Nick Alexander’s California homebred Lieutenant Dan takes the Eddie D. Stakes on Santa Anita’s downhill turf course

mile so I was worried about that,” said Miyadi. “It’s fantastic to run down that “I love that turf course,” Alexander said. hill and to win.”

“We have always excelled on it, and GraFranco called Lieutenant Dan fast and zen babies just seem to love that distance versatile. and that downhill. It is so beautiful.”

“He broke sharp like he always does Pee Wee Reese is by Tribal Rule, and and put me in a nice spot,” the jockey Lieutenant Dan is one of the many stakes said. “All in all, he was the one taking me winners Alexander has bred by his stallion through the trip.”

Grazen. Te sire continues to turn out Te race occurred on the opening day talented runners, and Lieutenant Dan is a of Santa Anita’s fall meeting, along with particular favorite of trainer Steve Miyadi. several other stakes used as preps for the Lieutenant Dan made his graded stakes Breeders’ Cup. Alexander said that Lieudebut in the $101,500 Green Flash Handtenant Dan had earned his way into being icap (G3T) at Del Mar Aug. 22, supplemented, with the possiwinning by 21⁄4 lengths as the 2-1 bility of running in the Breeders’ favorite. He went favored again in Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) Nov. 6 the $202,000 Eddie D. Oct. 1 at over the same course and dis5-2 against eight rivals. tance at Del Mar where he won Te competition included Snapthe Green Flash. per Sinclair, a Steve Asmussen Lieutenant Dan won the 2019 trainee coming of a one mile and Echo Eddie Stakes and Real 70-yard victory in the Sept. 8 TVG Good Deal Stakes on dirt and Stakes at Kentucky Downs. Trainthe 2020 Sensational Star Stakes er Phil D’Amato had the one-two on turf. Alexander bred him from punch of Gregorian Chant and the the stakes-winning Indian Charmare Charmaine’s Mia, both mullie mare Excusabull, whose other tiple stakes winners at Santa Anita. winners include six-fgure earners Jockey Geovanni Franco broke Owner Nick Alexander, fourth left, in the winner’s circle with Hunger and Joe Jackson, both Lieutenant Dan out of the gate on trainer Steve Miyadi, second right, and other joyful celebrants Cal-breds.

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top, but Charmaine’s Mia and multiple graded winner Law Abidin Citizen did not let him get away. Tose three battled early down the hill.

Lieutenant Dan had the slight edge over the mare as they crossed the dirt. Te Cal-bred opened up on Charmaine’s Mia, but he wasn’t out of danger. Several closers tried to catch him, and he held them of to score by a half-length in 1:11.74. Snapper Sinclair fnished second, with Chaos Teory third.

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NORM TAVARES

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LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

orm Tavares was getting good at piecing together work—so good, in fact, that his accountant told him to fnd a way to write some of his earnings of.

“He said I’m working too many jobs,” Tavares recalled.

One of those jobs was selling copies of Daily Racing Form. A friend suggested Tavares get involved in racehorse ownership and introduced him to David and Dennis Landucci, who owned horses on the Northern California circuit.

“Bless them, they took good care of me,” Tavares said. “Tey helped me get in and learn about the business.”

Tavares ultimately branched of to have his own string of runners with trainer Greg Gilchrist.

“He was a super guy, and I was sad when he retired,” Tavares said. “We claimed some; we bought some. But then things got a little hairy, and I decided to get out of the business.”

Years passed without a Tavares runner on the track, but before long he felt the itch again.

Rumpus Cat drew Norm Tavares back into the horse business

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“I decided to buy a couple of horses and went to the Northern California sale.

Ten I got involved with Little Red Feather, with (managing partner) Gary Fenton.”

One of the horses that Tavares was involved in was Marckie’s Water, a California-bred gelding by Tribal Rule—Russian River, by Stravinsky. Te chestnut was always classy, winning the 2017 Snow Chief Stakes at 11-1 odds and running third in the 2019 San Luis Rey Stakes (G2T).

He defeated the likes of United and Ashleyluvssugar when he won the $200,702 Charles Whittingham Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita in 2019. United went on to fnish second by a head in that year’s Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T). Te ownership group eventually lost Marckie’s Water for a $40,000 tag. Te consistent gelding has a record of seven wins, a second, and two thirds in 24 starts for earnings of $543,634.

Around the time Marckie’s Water was winning on the track, Tavares was becoming interested in the breeding end of the operation.

“I got a couple mares that just weren’t going to run, and fgured I would breed them,” he said. “But it didn’t pan out.”

Tavares was frustrated at the amount he was spending in stud fees to get decent stock of quality mares. Enter Rumpus Cat. A 2015 son of Kentucky Derby (G1) and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) hero

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Street Sense, Rumpus pus Cat weanlings. Of Cat is out of the milthe original 15 mares lionaire and Breeders’ bred, 13 produced live Cup Juvenile Fillies foals.

(G1) winner Sweet “We have some Catomine. In addition outstanding youngsters to her Breeders’ Cup on the ground,” Tavares score, that strapping said. “I’m a little excited.

Eclipse Award-winning From my perspective, flly won the Del Mar the people who don’t Debutante (G1), Santa breed to him now are Anita Oaks (G1), and going to want to give two other graded stakes him a shot one day.” before her retirement in Tavares has 13 the spring of 2005. mares—including Rumpus Cat, a Pam two entered for the and Martin Wygod California Toroughhomebred, couldn’t bred Breeders Associget out of his own way ation January mixed Norm Tavares’ well-bred stallion Rumpus Cat stands at Daehling Ranch at frst. He ran in fve sale—and is constantly maiden races before looking to improve his being dropped in for a tag and claimed stock for Rumpus Cat.

by Slam Dunk Racing in 2018. He “I do go to the sales in Kentucky to fnally broke his maiden at Del Mar at fnd mares in foal, so that they can then the $62,500 level, then added a starter be bred to Rumpus,” he said allowance at Santa Anita over some Although his basic goals of improving remarkably talented horses, including his stock and making his stallion are future graded winners Acclimate and common, Tavares has an added twist to Blitzkrieg. Rumpus Cat was claimed his story. He has been battling cancer for for $35,000 in May 2019, and Norm more than two decades.

Tavares fell in love.

“I want to live life to the fullest,” the “I saw this horse at the barn,” Tavares 81-year-old breeder said. “I’m just a little — Norm Tavares said. “With his looks and breeding? I guy, but I fgure if Rancho San Miguel had to have this horse, so I bought him.” can do it and Harris Farms can do it, Rumpus Cat was the solution to why can’t I do it?”

Tavares’ dilemma.

Tavares has had plenty of help and is “I decided to take a crack at breedgrateful for it. ing him,” the owner said. “Tere was a feld, took over.

“Linda Madsen from Milky Way has big write-up in Te Blood-Horse about “Tey are very kind, very helpful,” been a really big helper for me,” he said. him when he retired, basically saying Tavares said.

“I call her to pick her brain all the time. that he had one of the best pedigrees Rumpus Cat stood his frst season in Sue Greene of Woodbridge Farm gave in North America. I have to admit I 2020, covering just 15 mares, including me a lot of pointers. Gayle Van Leer purpufed my chest out a little bit at that.” stakes winner Fairway Road, dam of chased a lot of horses for me and gave Tavares kept Rumpus Cat at the late Joe graded stakes winner Just Grazed Me. me plenty of advice.”

Daehling’s Daehling Ranch in Elk Grove.

“I bought that mare (Fairway Road) With Rumpus Cat, who stands for “Joe, bless his soul, was so very of Nick Alexander,” Tavares said, “But $2,500, set to have frst crop of yearlings kind,” Tavares said. “He ofered for me I didn’t want to keep her because she next year, Tavares certainly has someto stand Rumpus at his ranch and got didn’t match perfectly with Rumpus. I thing to look forward toward. me started owning my frst stallion.” didn’t want to go out and have to pay “Horses are my whole life,” he said.

After Daehling died, his daughter the stud fee on just that one mare.”

“I’m forced to live day to day, but my and son-in-law, Justin and Julia OldTavares has eight of his own Rumhorses make up for that.”

Horses are my whole life. I’m forced to live day to day, but my horses make up for that.”

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Winners SEPTEMBER 27, 2021 – OCTOBER 24, 2021 3-YEAR-OLDS & UP Acclamation—Silver Swallow: Silver Claim (47-22), g, 5 yo, Golden Gate Fields, ALW, 10/3, 5f, 56.70, $24,180.

Atticus—Beijio: Iz Invincible (7-4), g, 7 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 10/22, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.33, $7,500.

Bluegrass Cat—Bella Roja: King Parker (84-30), g, 5 yo, Arapahoe Park, STR, 10/6, 6f, 1:11.28, $7,320.

Boisterous—Sky Diver: June Gloom (51-34), g, 3 yo, Grants Pass, STK, Jetboat S., 10/5, 6f, 1:10.81, $7,865.

Champ Pegasus—Vola: Bottle Neck (67-42), f, 4 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 10/17, 5 1/2f, 1:3.93, $3,960.

Clubhouse Ride—Scene Queen: Clubhouse Saint (54-27), f, 3 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 9/28, 6f, 1:11.48, $3,960.

Clubhouse Ride—Scene Queen: Clubhouse Saint (54-27), f, 3 yo, Grants Pass, STK, Drift Boat S., 10/4, 6f, 1:11.19, $8,195.

Clubhouse Ride—Warren's Veneda: Warren's Showtime (54-27), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, California Distaff H., 10/16, about 6 1/2f, 1:13.76, $60,000.

Clubhouse Ride—Wild Caroline: Hapi Hapi (54-27), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/17, 1mi, 1:38.75, $37,800.

Comic Strip—Ms. Booty: Indian Peak (17-10), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, California Flag H., 10/17, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.52, $60,000.

Creative Cause—Grand Yodeler: Allie's Pal (176-87), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 10/22, 5f, 58.25, $12,540.

Dads Caps—Sea of Red: Chief Jackson (11-2), g, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 10/23, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.07, $13,680.

Empire Way—Just Details: Just Classy (58-23), f, 4 yo, Grants Pass, AOC, 10/12, 1 1/16mi, 1:46.00, $4,235.

Fullbridled—Satin Dolly: Wine and Whisky (8-7), c, 4 yo, Fresno, AOC, 10/8, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.03, $21,060.

Fullbridled—Satin Dolly: Wine and Whisky (8-7), c, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, AOC, 10/23, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.25, $24,180.

Grazen—Excusabull: Lieutenant Dan (100-51), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Eddie D S. (gr. IIT ), 10/1, about 6 1/2f, 1:11.74, $120,000.

Grazen—Excusabull: Grazen Valor (100-51), f, 4 yo, Grants Pass, SOC, 10/12, 5 1/2f, 1:4.29, $4,015.

Grazen—Tribal Dress: Clem Labine (100-51), g, 5 yo, Fresno, AOC, 10/17, 6f, 1:9.39, $21,060.

Heatseeker (IRE)—You Can Dream: Queen Carmelita (24-11), m, 5 yo, Fresno, WCL, 10/17, 5 1/2f, 1:4.48, $6,300.

James Street—Rossi Reserve: Parking Permit (16-6), g, 5 yo, Century Mile, AOC, 10/23, 1 1/8mi, 1:51.67, $10,200.

Lakerville—Margot Machance (GB): Big Coupe (30-11), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 10/24, 1mi (T), 1:35.40, $25,920.

Lucky Pulpit—Fall Fashion: Fashionably Fast (58-35), g, 6 yo, Fresno, STK, Harris Farms S., 10/9, 6f, 1:9.90, $42,750.

Maclean's Music—Secret Scheme: Whiskey Sis (188-97), f, 4 yo, Belterra Park, SOC, 10/5, 6 1/2f, 1:17.84, $8,742.

Mucho Macho Man—Carmelita: Carmelita's Man (88-38), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/1, 1mi (T), 1:32.89, $37,800.

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Musketier (GER)—Kissamee Glitter: Christine's Jack (23-10), g, 5 yo, Grants Pass, SOC, 10/11, 6f, 0.00, $3,960.

Paynter—Sam's Sunny City: Positivity (185-109), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/16, 7f, 1:21.92, $49,140.

Richard's Kid—Boehle: Lolly Express (31-13), g, 6 yo, Grants Pass, STR, 10/11, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.97, $4,235.

Salute the Sarge—Ice Tiz Nice: Interesting Times (12-5), m, 5 yo, Century Mile, AOC, 10/8, 6f, 1:9.62, $10,200.

Shackleford—Miss Nicolie: Southern Warlord (206-109), g, 6 yo, Century Mile, SHP, 10/9, 5 1/2f, 1:3.31, $12,000.

Smart Bid—So Posh: So Very Smart (31-10), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/22, 6f, 1:11.16, $37,800.

Southern Image—Shezamusing: Nova Star (22-12), f, 3 yo, Zia Park, AOC, 9/28, 6f, 1:9.52, $19,800.

Southern Image—Awesome Liberty: Awesome Image (22-12), g, 8 yo, Grants Pass, AOC, 10/12, 5 1/2f, 1:3.99, $4,235.

Square Eddie—Walkingonadream: Eddie's New Dream (89-40), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/3, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:47.79, $37,800.

Square Eddie—Electric Daze: I'll Stand Taller (89-40), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/9, 6 1/2f (T), 1:15.10, $37,800.

Super Saver—Belvedera: Super Game (216-105), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/10, 6 1/2f (T), 1:15.31, $37,800.

Unusual Heat—Helluva Hooley: New Heat (27-13), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/16, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:48.06, $49,140.

2-YEAR-OLDS & UP Dixie Chatter—West Ruler: I Know Cash Flow (15-7), g, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 10/8, 6f, 1:11.87, $25,920.

Shaman Ghost—Daddy's Duo: Dendera (31-12), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 10/22, 1mi (T), 1:35.82, $37,800.

Stanford—Curvy Cat: Stanford Bay (26-12), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, STR, 10/22, 5 1/2f, 1:5.13, $13,680.

Unionize—Rachels Belle: Miss Union (14-10), f, 2 yo, Fresno, AOC, 10/10, 6f, 1:10.45, $21,060.

MAIDENS ACCLAMATION Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Acclamation—Twelve Folds: Ayrton Senna (47-22), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/3, 5 1/2f, 1:5.40, $6,600.

Ball Bearing—Ready for Crowds: Tommy Special (3-2), g, 2 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/10, 5f, 59.31, $5,225.

Blame—Holler: Scream and Shout (113-57), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/17, 6f, 1:12.36, $10,200.

Boisterous—Swiftly Risen: Shout It Out (51-34), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/2, 5 1/2f, 1:5.09, $7,800.

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Brave Cat—Summer Rouge: Rouge Sunset (6-5), g, 4 yo, Arapahoe Park, MCL, 9/29, 5 1/2f, 1:5.43, $5,880.

Carpe Diem—Sabi Sands: Lila At the Beach (149-70), f, 3 yo, Fresno, MSW, 10/8, 6f, 1:12.12, $20,280.

Champ Pegasus—On Broadway: Packrat Brant (67-42), g, 4 yo, Grants Pass, MCL, 10/11, 5 1/2f, 1:7.10, $3,300.

Champ Pegasus—Little Rooster (IRE): My Mane Champ (67-42), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/15, 1mi (T), 1:36.47, $36,600.

Clubhouse Ride—Warren's Veneda: Warrens Candy Man (54-27), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/11, 1mi, 1:39.74, $21,000.

Curlin to Mischief—Just Lookn Again: Lmlooknformischief (33-12), c, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 10/3, 6f, 1:11.20, $23,400.

DESERT CODE Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Desert Code—Royal Enclosure: Royal Danielle (30-14), f, 4 yo, Grants Pass, MCL, 10/12, 5 1/2f, 1:5.75, $3,300.

Gallant Son—Kind of Naughty: Kind of Gallant (20-9), g, 4 yo, Remington Park, MCL, 10/2, 5 1/2f, 1:6.64, $6,000.

Grazen—Acategoryfvestorm: Grazeninstilettos (100-51), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/1, 6f (T), 1:8.08, $36,600.

Haynesfeld—Key Lime Pie: Divalicious (67-32), f, 3 yo, Zia Park, MCL, 10/3, 1mi, 1:44.10, $8,100.

Heatseeker (IRE)—Vendetta: Amity Harbor (24-11), g, 5 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/17, 1mi, 1:39.00, $4,675.

He Be Fire N Ice—Ridge Kitten: Kiton (14-8), g, 2 yo, Century Mile, MSW, 10/1, 5 1/2f, 1:5.65, $9,900.

IDIOT PROOF Victory Rose Thoroughbreds (707) 678 6580 www.victoryrose.com Idiot Proof—Real Paranoide: Proof of Paranoia (27-12), g, 4 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, MCL, 10/17, 5f, 1:0.17, $4,466.

Idiot Proof—Crystalize: Crystal Proof (27-12), f, 4 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 10/23, 5 1/2f, 1:4.39, $23,400.

Indian Evening—Lady Vogue: Lady Mohican (20-9), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/1, 5f, 59.36, $5,500.

Indian Evening—Phantom Ali: Phantom Indian (20-9), f, 3 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 10/1, 5 1/2f, 1:4.66, $23,400.

Kitten's Joy—Pretty Hard: Aligato (243-108), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/10, 6 1/2f (T), 1:15.21, $36,600.

Maclean's Music—Tiz Tigress: Good Vibes Only (188-97), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/22, 6f, 1:10.47, $19,200.

Majestic Harbor—Starry Skies: Harbor Sky (13-7), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/10, 1mi, 1:39.10, $13,200.

Mr. Big—Sensational Nikki: Big Cali Girl (63-32), f, 3 yo, Grants Pass, MCL, 9/28, 6f, 1:14.60, $3,300.

Mr. Big—Steamy Novel: Big Novel (63-32), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/2, 6f, 1:11.20, $36,600.

The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and Californiasired winners in 2021 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.

Mr. Big—Two Faced Moon: Big Moon (63-32), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/11, 1mi, 1:40.70, $10,200.

Mr. Big—Ultimate Summer: Big Summer (63-32), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/23, 6 1/2f (T), 1:15.60, $36,600.

Northern Causeway—Jeanie's Game: Dartmoor (37-19), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 10/3, 4 1/2f, 51.74, $3,760.

Not This Time—Masterful Lass: Vivacious Vanessa (109-56), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/16, 1mi (T), 1:36.04, $36,600.

Nyquist—Edwina E: Slow Down Andy (101-42), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/9, 5 1/2f, 1:4.17, $36,600.

Oh Tanner—Elegant Miss: Rowdy Oh (4-2), g, 3 yo, Fresno, MCL, 10/17, 6f, 1:11.14, $8,400.

Reagan Republican—Spanishsugarrr: Alesha (1-1), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/22, 6f, 1:12.66, $8,400.

Shaman Ghost—Electro Peg: Lewd (31-12), f, 2 yo, Thistledown, MSW, 9/28, 6f, 1:13.62, $14,400.

Shaman Ghost—Velvet Jones: Velvet Ghost (31-12), g, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/2, 1mi, 1:42.39, $21,000.

Shaman Ghost—Suite Sue Etta: Sue Ettas Ghost (31-12), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/16, 6f, 1:12.66, $19,200.

Shaman Ghost—I Ain't Gonna Lie: Lying Ghost (31-12), g, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MCL, 10/23, 6f, 1:12.08, $8,400.

Smart Bid—Sweetnearlypic: Pick Your Bid (31-10), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/15, 6f, 1:11.72, $13,200.

Smart Bid—So Posh: So Very Smart (31-10), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 10/16, 6f, 1:10.42, $21,000.

SMILING TIGER Harris Farms (800) 311 6211 www.harrisfarms.com Smiling Tiger—She's So Vain: Sen Sen (100-49), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 10/2, 6f, 1:12.01, $23,400.

Smiling Tiger—My Gal Fatale: Smiling Tony (100-49), g, 4 yo, Fresno, MSW, 10/9, 6f, 1:11.46, $20,280.

Street Boss—Intoitagain: Gritty Girl (184-104), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/10, 5f (T), 57.15, $36,600.

Street Boss—Tuesdays With P: Ellamira (184-104), f, 2 yo, Golden Gate Fields, MSW, 10/23, 5f, 58.56, $23,400.

Street Life—Dixieland Holiday: My Bella Chick (18-4), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 10/23, 4 1/2f, 53.37, $4,095.

Tom's Tribute—Speedy Cleaners (IRE): Speedy Tom (25-12), g, 3 yo, Grants Pass, MCL, 9/28, 6f, 1:11.71, $3,300.

Tom's Tribute—Lady Katfsh: Smilin Evie (25-12), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/24, 6f, 1:12.76, $36,600.

Unusual Heatwave—Generals Promise: Billy's Bet (9-4), g, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 10/11, 5f (T), 56.25, $36,600.

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If left untended, some hoof cracks might become serious problems that lead to a horse’s being unsound

DEALING WITH HOOF CRACKS

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orses get hoof cracks from several causes. Some are more serious than others and might take more effort to resolve. Tommy Boudreau, a certifed farrier in Mineral Wells, Texas, says hoof cracks can be due to dry feet, a foot’s being out of balance, or a blow to the coronary band.

“If there is enough damage to compromise horn-growing cells at the coronary band, there may be weaker horn at that area, which can crack,” he said.

“If there’s not enough blood supply in the damaged area that took the blow, this can cause a crack. If a horse overreaches and hits the coronary band, it’s usually somewhere in the area between the region of the heel nail and the buttress—the back part of the foot.”

Quarter cracks occur in the rear third of the hoof and can be either proximal (along the side) or distal (more toward the rear).

Many quarter cracks originate at the ground surface on the side of the hoof, usually about the middle of the quarter. Others begin at the coronary band at the top of the hoof wall. Tey often cause lameness and can be challenging to fx.

Jeremiah Sprague, a farrier in Indiana, says the ones that start in the coronary band, traveling down the hoof wall, are common and usually the most serious because they extend deep into the hoof, leading to instability, infammation, and sometimes infection.

Te vertical movement of the heel bulb complicates the instability. If the horse has a short shoe that doesn’t give much support to the heel, or long toes and a low heel, this puts even more pressure on the heel and the hoof wall becomes thinner at the heels.

“When the horse puts all that pressure on the heel, it will crack,” Sprague said. “A longer shoe, supporting more of the heel area, will help that problem.”

Sometimes imbalance of the hoof or poor conformation that creates an abnormal landing pattern, with the horse landing harder on one side of the foot than the other, can lead to a quarter crack.

Tis might be due to the horse’s toeing in or toeing out, or having the foot too long, creating an imbalanced hoof.

Te hoof needs to be properly balanced when trimmed, with adequate support at the rear of the foot when shod.

“Often this will fx it, putting more support on the frog—perhaps packing it with something and using a pad, to put the weight on the frog instead of on the hoof wall that’s cracked,” said Sprague.

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the weight that would normally be on the heels. Before I tack on the shoe, I make a notch or trim of a little of the hoof wall in that area, so it doesn’t touch the shoe— leaving a tiny space between shoe and hoof—from the quarter crack back to the heel of the shoe. I don’t want the hoof wall in that area to take any weight, so there won’t be any pressure at all on that part of the wall.

“Tat will give the quarter crack a better chance to grow out and heal because you are taking away all the pressure that might otherwise keep spreading it. Tis has proved to be a good treatment for quarter cracks.

“You can take that a step further with extra support for the wall. Once you apply the heart bar shoe and have trimmed/notched out the heel so there’s no pressure, you can also consider (in severe cases) putting a patch on the wall, lacing the quarter crack together with a small stainless steel wire. You can then put acrylic over the top of that to stabilize the crack. Ten there will be no movement, and it won’t get worse and can grow out.

“When I apply a patch like that, I run it up within a half-inch of the coronary band, supporting as much of the foot as possible. If you apply the patch properly, as the foot grows down you can just keep trimming the patch, just like the hoof wall. If everything works the way it’s supposed to, it will grow of and then you’ll have a strong, healthy foot again.”

Most farriers also try to support the hoof wall with a clip or a patch of some kind, to help hold the crack together so it can’t spread anymore. Anything that’s simple, strong, and durable will work, applied to the outside, covering as much of the wall as possible at the quarter.

“Acrylic (a strong plastic that can bond to the hoof) is sometimes used, but a person must be careful not to lock any bacteria inside the crack,” Sprague said.

Cleaning it out thoroughly and applying medication into it frst can help prevent infection.

STEVE NORMAN

Some horses are born with or develop an imbalance where one heel bulb is a little higher than the other, which can lead to sheared heels and quarter cracks.

“One way to help correct the problem is that when I’m shoeing the horse, I take that shoe of frst, trimming that cracked side, notching it out so the hoof wall is shorter—from the heel and past the quarter crack,” said Sprague.

“Ten I let the horse stand on that foot while I do the other three feet. Tis puts more weight on that foot, which will drop the heel bulb down, on that high side—and it drops fast. It’s amazing how much it can drop just in the time it takes to shoe the other three feet.”

Tere is nothing there to hold that side of the wall up, with it trimmed away, and the weight of A laced-together hoof crack will help support the hoof wall by not allowing the crack to spread any farther the horse pushes it down where it should be. Ten when that foot is shod, with support for the frog and less healthy foot in that area. Treatment a space left under the cracked area, the for these problems includes making weight of the horse continues to help sure the foot is in balance and keeping keep that heel bulb pressed down. the coronary band supple.

Very few horses are blessed with per“On many of these problems, I use a fect foot conformation. Many toe in heart bar shoe with a tongue that rests or out and develop a fare and thinner, against the frog, to help take more of weaker hoof wall on one side. Tus, it’s the pressure and weight,” said Bounot as easy to prevent a quarter crack dreau. “Tis supports a good portion of unless the hoof is perfectly balanced each time it is trimmed and shod.

If the coronary band is compromised, Boudreau suggests applying a good hoof dressing to keep the coronary band as supple as you can.

“Ten, hopefully, the crack won’t get too bad,” he said. “You also want to make sure the feet are in balance, landing level.

You don’t want any extra pressure on any one part of the hoof wall.

“When the hoof is out of balance, it creates too much pressure on one side of the hoof capsule. Tis will push into the coronary band and cause it to jam up. With all the extra pressure in one spot on that side of the foot, it can make it break out and crack.”

“Too much pressure on one part of Hoof cracks can be caused by dry feet, a the coronary band can also lead to a foot’s being out of balance, or a blow to the lack of blood supply in that spot, and a coronary band

still be a little crack in the dorsal wall.

Often Boudreau uses an electric dremel tool to clean that all out.

“Sometimes I use nippers, turn them sideways, and just make a little V right there on the ground surface of the toe at that spot,” he said, “and then use a hoof knife to get all the black debris out

You also want to make sure the feet are in balance landing level. You don’t want any extra pressure on any one part of the hoof wall.”

— Tommy Boudreau

of there. If you clean it out really well, before it gets into sensitive tissue, and apply a shoe with side clips, this will usually hold it together. Sometimes, since it hasn’t gotten into sensitive tissue yet, I put a little acrylic in there.

Ten it won’t collect dirt and cosmetically looks nicer.

“Often we can get these to grow out.

But some horses that have that little dimple in the white line will always have a problem with a toe crack at that spot. It’s a common thing that many people don’t notice—just a little dimple at the white line at the toe. It never becomes a problem for most horses; they generally don’t get a toe crack or need side clips. But occasionally it can become an issue.

“If it’s a horse that’s always worn shoes and the owner decides to pull the shoes and let the horse go barefoot (such as a broodmare at pasture) and I know there’s a little dimple in the toe, I make a mental note. When I trim it the next time, I can make sure there is no crack starting there—since there won’t be a shoe protecting that area.”

Te important thing is to keep feet in balance and the coronary band as supple as possible.

“Good hoof maintenance at appropriate intervals when feet need to be trimmed or reshod is important so feet don’t get too long,” said Boudreau.

“We also try to keep feet out of fences because that’s another cause of trauma that might injure the coronary band and create a quarter crack.”

STEVE NORMAN

It’s crucial to provide stability for the heel because you want the foot to land fatter and not have so much movement at the heel.

“Tis may mean taking of a little more toe and having a shorter foot, or shoeing that horse more often so the toes don’t get so long. Tis is usually necessary to get rid of a quarter crack.”

When the hoof starts to get a little too long, especially at the toe, there is always more pressure on the heels.

“You may have to shoe that horse every four weeks a few times until you get the problem cleared up, and then you just have to keep on top of it,” Sprague said.

Boudreau uses pour-in pad material on some of these feet.

“I use the kind that has copper sulfate in it, and it ends up a turquoise color when you put it in the foot,” he said. “A horse with a quarter crack can be shod with a heart bar shoe, and then I use duct tape to block of the area where I’ve trimmed out the hoof wall so the pour-in material can’t get in there under the shoe (between the shoe and the wall). Ten I fll the sole up with the pour-in pad material, and it gives the foot and sole more support and stability so there’s no pressure on the quarter crack and it can grow on out.”

Another type of crack that is fairly common is called a sand crack. Tese are generally any part of the toe area, between 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock on the front part of the wall.

“Some of these can be serious,” said Boudreau. “If you trim the foot and look at the white line, at the site of the crack there will be a little dimple in the white line. What causes this is a dimple in the cofn bone underneath.

“Tis creates a weak spot in the white line, where the inner structures are bonded to the hoof capsule. If a little bit of dirt gets pushed up in that crack, or even one little grain of sand works its way into that crack, it can move up into the sensitive tissue and cause an abscess.

“If that creates an opening into sensitive tissue and the horse is walking in mud, there is contamination and an abscess. On a crack like that, you are taking a chance for an abscess if you don’t address it.”

After trimming the foot, there will

Hoof cracks can be treated by using a heart bar or any other kind of shoe to support the rest of the foot and by trimming off part of the hoof wall in that area, leaving a gap so that part of the hoof bears no weight until the crack has grown out

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2021 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU OCT. 24, 2021)

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Starts

Terry C. Lovingier Nick Alexander Reddam Racing, LLC Richard Barton Enterprises Harris Farms George Krikorian Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC Premier Thoroughbreds LLC Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams Old English Rancho Dr. & Mrs. William T. Gray J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison C-Punch Ranch Inc. Thomas W. Bachman Gary Barber Alfred A. Pais Daehling Ranch LLC Liberty Road Stables Timothy Francis O’Leary Madera Thoroughbreds LLC DP Racing Edward C. Allred KMN Racing, LLC Tiz Molly Partners Ruis Racing LLC Kristin Mulhall Rozamund Barclay George & Mary Clare Schmitt Victory Rose Thoroughbreds, Inc. Richard Barton Enterprises & Robert Traynor SLO Racing Stable BG Stables Old English Rancho, Sal Berumen & Patsy Berumen John R. Haagsma & Wesley Ward Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. Dahlberg Farms LLC John Ernst & Allegra Ernst William J. Sims Linda Madsen BKB Stables LLC Benjamin C. Warren & Sally Warren Benjamin C. Warren Perry Bruno & John Gezon Red Baron’s Barn & Vaya Con Suerte Hronis Racing, LLC Ed Delaney Legacy Ranch Bruce Headley Robert Mitchell Cicero Farms LLC Equine Formula 1, LLC/Eric Yohan Knipe Karen Headley Reddam Racing, LLC & Edward Freeman Donald Valpredo Rusty & Debi Brown Remmah Racing Inc.

591 337 370 746 331 236 466 175 219 184 229 26 138 147 126 32 154 212 116 200 148 35 25 12 42 45 208 156 125 103 42 170 40 15 37 51 76 6 82 72 45 7 16 18 29 41 91 38 10 58 119 16 18 63 41 39

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Wins

68 65 51 102 54 35 83 32 37 27 34 9 25 21 25 7 23 28 15 33 15 9 5 4 6 11 26 20 21 9 9 23 2 3 8 13 10 3 10 10 4 2 9 4 5 8 14 5 3 10 7 3 8 9 9 10

Stakes Wins

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

Leading Earner

Fi Fi Pharoah ($213,532) Lieutenant Dan ($237,720) Hockey Dad ($186,920) I’ll Do It for You ($124,606) Closing Remarks ($253,500) She’s a Dime ($137,560) Let’s Rejoyce ($133,280) Joker Boy ($99,500) Pulpit Rider ($100,500) Perfectionistic ($103,456) Indian Peak ($128,932) None Above the Law ($430,760) Sensible Cat ($67,640) Pour On the Cole ($65,976) Fly to Mars ($63,680) Brickyard Ride ($300,700) Gallant Guy ($88,592) New Heat ($104,656) Union Dance ($97,232) Mark Ye Well ($48,550) Disko Fever ($100,320) North County Guy ($281,880) I’m So Anna ($203,000) The Chosen Vron ($267,250) One Fast Bro ($98,960) Hot Box ($90,068) Extractor ($41,952) Tip Top Gal ($57,098) Proof of Jazz ($45,220) Carmelita’s Man ($97,200) Seven Sisters ($83,940) Capital Heat ($57,160) Acclimate ($256,000) Brandothebartender ($269,540) Bella Vita ($202,726) Minister of Soul ($101,282) Ten the Smart Way ($56,180) Leggs Galore ($238,000) So Very Smart ($84,860) Misty Cat ($73,730) Warrens Candy Girl ($96,660) Warren’s Showtime ($224,000) Jimmy Blue Jeans ($200,306) Harper’s Gallop ($93,234) Bench Judge ($79,290) Coast of Roan ($98,094) Gypsy Blu ($67,740) War Games ($80,292) Colt Fiction ($202,732) Perfect Ice Storm ($38,000) Bananas On Fire ($62,290) Anna Fantastic ($170,670) Miss Carousel ($105,710) Unbridled Ethos ($73,184) Friday’s At Shady ($75,432) Hot Rageous ($94,522)

Earnings

$2,463,824 $2,444,708 $2,167,657 $1,908,474 $1,445,005 $1,438,418 $1,415,560 $955,525 $785,101 $736,876 $727,827 $635,120 $563,618 $528,547 $515,904 $513,954 $474,914 $462,045 $448,774 $428,841 $417,906 $394,899 $356,361 $349,138 $345,210 $328,476 $320,264 $323,156 $315,771 $313,059 $290,727 $289,876 $287,322 $272,475 $262,963 $252,992 $250,237 $248,861 $248,038 $237,472 $224,235 $224,000 $223,647 $223,364 $215,703 $214,587 $213,496 $209,851 $209,632 $198,971 $195,700 $193,850 $193,450 $185,355 $181.999 $178,520

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Leading California Sires Lists 2021 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

2021 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY MONEY WON

(MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS) Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Earned

Earnings/ Runner

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

177

1064

140

$4,066,747

Sire

Earned

1 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor

13

10

$545,816

$41,986

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

210

1564

164

$3,220,928

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

55

46 $1,893,196

$34,422

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

101

469

78

$2,832,830

3 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

90

71 $2,559,454

$28,438

4 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

90

513

71

$2,559,454

101

78 $2,832,830

$28,048

5 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

117

695

106

$2,479,547

5 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

48

35 $1,301,458

$27,114

6 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

100

530

91

$2,096,981

6 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

63

45 $1,707,289

$27,100

7 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

78

400

59

$2,077,980

$26,641

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

55

321

46

$1,893,196

$25,793

9 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

85

517

91

$1,820,222

10 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

63

317

45

$1,707,289

11 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

65

382

66

$1,503,618

12 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

48

222

35

$1,301,458

13 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 102

615

70

$1,177,865

14 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

84

465

54

$1,169,903

15 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

67

430

53

$758,416

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

31

176

21

$640,744

4 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

7 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig 8 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union 9 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 10 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE)

78 14 10 17

59 $2,077,980 26 8 14

$361,106 $251,170 $423,802

$25,117 $24,930

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

16

$319,076

$24,544

12 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

66 $1,503,618

$23,133

177 140 $4,066,747

$22,976

13 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

65

14 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

19

26

$435,547

$22,924

15 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

85

91 $1,820,222

$21,414

17 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

41

201

27

$629,107

16 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

117 106 $2,479,547

$21,193

18 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

60

300

38

$618,997

17 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

100

91 $2,096,981

$20,970

19 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

27

125

23

$547,610

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

31

21

$640,744

$20,669

20 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor

13

73

10

$545,816

19 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

26

24

$528,187

$20,315

21 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

33

147

16

$539,367

20 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

27

23

$547,610

$20,282

22 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

26

154

24

$528,187

23 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

33

160

25

$527,825

24 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat

30

195

23

$501,819

25 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

51

325

41

$501,252

26 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon

26

70

13

$487,239

24 $1,220,186

27 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

31

159

15

$476,667

16

$985,175

28 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

19

157

26

$435,547

$968,842

29 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie

22

120

22

$425,398

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

17

93

14

$423,802

31 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

23

173

21

$413,951

32 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

26

197

36

$412,259

33 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart

25

144

18

$378,952

34 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway 37

2021 LEADING TURF SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (MINIMUM 50 STARTS) Sire

1 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike 2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 3 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins

60 177 60 118 40 105

16 13 14

17

Earned

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

89 421

33

50

$948,751

5 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

30

89

12

15

$852,857

6 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 33 105

7

10

$838,240

7 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

41

97

7

8

$608,816

8 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

43 102

8

10

$449,983

9 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

35

74

8

9

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

8

18

2

11 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

22

58

12 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

26

13 Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat

235

29

$367,599

14

97

26

$361,106

$340,812

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

83

16

$319,076

5

$284,912

37 Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run

25

120

23

$318,419

7

8

$257,393

38 Many Rivers, 2005, by Storm Cat

17

92

15

$316,541

76

3

3

$256,785

39 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

30

151

21

$314,369

14

42

2

4

$254,516

40 Govenor Charlie, 2010, by Midnight Lute

25

143

12

$310,983

14 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 21

40

5

6

$234,438

41 Phantom Wildcat, 2005, by Forest Wildcat

15

76

12

$297,123

50 106

4

7

$220,408

42 Gervinho, 2010, by Unusual Heat

22

119

10

$290,640

$217,987

43 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

19

95

9

$280,237

$196,882

44 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus

10

26

8

$251,170

$171,413

45 Boat Trip, 2009, by Harlan’s Holiday

16

96

11

$244,792

46 Tizbud,1999, by Cee’s Tizzy

19

104

13

$241,073

47 Rousing Sermon ,2009, by Lucky Pulpit

18

81

15

$234,274

15 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

16 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus 20 17 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 18 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

12 26

48 26 67

5 4 2

6 6 2

19 Circumference (IRE), 2012, by Galileo (IRE)

8

24

4

4

$148,163

20 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

7

14

2

3

$141,755

35 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union

The statistics shown here are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates a stallion that has been pensioned or has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere (sires no longer standing in California remain on these lists until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old).

Freshman sires are highlighted in bold text. Earnings are from Northern Hemisphere racing and include adjusted money from Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Adjusted earnings are put on par with average North American earnings from the previous year. The average North American purse in 2018 was $23,755 or 50% of the average purse in Japan. To put earnings on par, Japanese earnings are multiplied by 50% before being applied to the total earnings above. Hong Kong earnings are adjusted by 15%, and Singapore adjusted by 66%. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Racing statistics through October 24, 2021.

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Leading California Sires Lists 2021 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

2021 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER (MINIMUM 10 RUNNERS)

Sire

Races Rnrs Won

Sire

Earned

Median

Rnrs

Wnrs

Races Won

Earned

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

210

104

164 $3,220,928

1 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor

13

10

$545,816 $20,792

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

177

88

140 $4,066,747

2 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

19

26

$435,547 $19,190

3 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

117

60

106 $2,479,547

3 Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union

14

26

$361,106 $18,172

4 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

101

51

78 $2,832,830

4 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

90

71 $2,559,454 $17,457

5 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

100

49

91 $2,096,981

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

16

6 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

85

47

91 $1,820,222

6 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

63

45 $1,707,289 $16,200

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

102

42

70 $1,177,865

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

55

46 $1,893,196 $16,160

Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

67

42

53

8 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus

10

90

40

71 $2,559,454

78

40

59 $2,077,980

9 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

101

$319,076 $17,089

8

$251,170 $15,686

78 $2,832,830 $15,178

9 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

$758,416

10 He Be Fire N Ice, 2008, by Unusual Heat

14

11

$199,883 $15,050

11 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

65

34

66 $1,503,618

11 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

26

36

$412,259 $14,185

12 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

63

32

45 $1,707,289

12 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy

12

7

$229,364 $13,500

13 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

84

30

54 $1,169,903

13 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image

23

21

$413,951 $12,943

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

55

27

46 $1,893,196

14 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

117 106 $2,479,547 $12,875

15 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

48

23

35 $1,301,458

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

31

21

$640,744 $11,934

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

60

23

38

$618,997

16 Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat

19

9

$280,237 $11,854

U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

51

23

41

$501,252

17 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

78

59 $2,077,980 $11,168

18 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway

37

19

29

$367,599

18 Phantom Wildcat, 2005, by Forest Wildcat

15

12

19 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

26

18

36

$412,259

19 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

85

91 $1,820,222 $10,804

20 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

33

15

25

$527,825

20 Sway Away, 2008, by Afeet Alex

10

21 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 41

14

27

$629,107

14

21

$314,369

$297,123 $10,824

5

$125,828 $10,662

Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

2021 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER START

2021 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

BY NUMBER OF RACES WON

(MINIMUM 100 STARTS) Sire

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

Rnrs

Srts

Earned

30

Earnings Start

Sire

Rnrs

Srts

Races Won

Earned

101

469 $2,832,830

$6,040

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

210 1564

164

$3,220,928

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

55

321 $1,893,196

$5,898

2 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

177 1064

140

$4,066,747

3 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

48

222 $1,301,458

$5,862

3 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

117

695

106

$2,479,547

4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

100

530

91

$2,096,981

85

517

91

$1,820,222

101

469

78

$2,832,830

90

513

71

$2,559,454

102

615

70

$1,177,865

65

382

66

$1,503,618

4 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

63

317 $1,707,289

$5,386

5 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

78

400 $2,077,980

$5,195

6 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

90

513 $2,559,454

$4,989

6 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

7 Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark

27

125

$4,381

7 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

8 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger 9 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown 10 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 11 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 12 Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid 13 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

$547,610

Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

100

530 $2,096,981

$3,957

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

65

382 $1,503,618

$3,936

9 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

177 1064 $4,066,747

$3,822

10 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

78

400

59

$2,077,980

$3,669

11 • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

84

465

54

$1,169,903

33 31 117

147

$539,367

176

$640,744

$3,641

12 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

67

430

53

$758,416

695 $2,479,547

$3,568

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

55

321

46

$1,893,196

14 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie

22

120

$425,398

$3,545

14 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

63

317

45

$1,707,289

15 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

85

517 $1,820,222

$3,521

15 U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

51

325

41

$501,252 $618,997

16 Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam

26

154

$528,187

$3,430

16 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

60

300

38

17 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

33

160

$527,825

$3,299

17 Elusive Warning, 2004, by Elusive Quality

26

197

36

$412,259

18 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 41

201

$629,107

$3,130

18 Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

48

222

35

$1,301,458

19 Smart Bid, 2006, by Smart Strike

31

159

$476,667

$2,998

19 Northern Causeway, 2008, by Giant’s Causeway

37

235

29

$367,599

20 Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle

19

157

$435,547

$2,774

20 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

41

201

27

$629,107

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2021 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

Rnrs

Strts

Races Won

Earned

Wnrs

Races Won

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

39

142

19

$966,967

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

2 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon

26

70

13

$487,239

2 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon

39

14

19

$966,967

26

12

13

$487,239

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

17

46

6

$318,175

4 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

14

26

6

$292,250

3 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus

10

7

8

$251,170

4 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy

12

6

7

5 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus

10

26

8

$251,170

$229,364

23

6

6

6 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy

12

29

7

$229,364

$119,588

6 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

17

5

6

$318,175

7 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

13

34

4

5

14

2

$173,381

Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

14

5

6

$292,250

$124,923

8 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

13

2

4

23

73

6

$119,588

$173,381

Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

5

2

2

10 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

8

13

2

$124,923

$117,067

† Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

7

2

2

$105,256

11 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

7

16

12 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

7

21

2

$105,256

Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

7

2

2

$94,042

2

$94,042

Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

5

2

3

13 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

5

$76,212

18

3

$76,212

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

6

2

3

14 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

$74,550

6

17

3

$74,550

Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

2

2

2

$60,203

15 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat

9

23

1

$71,237

Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

4

2

2

$57,818

16 Texas Ryano, 2011, by Curlin

3

8

1

$61,860

Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 11

2

2

$57,058

17 Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

2

5

2

$60,203

Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart

6

2

2

$56,140

18 Ministers Wild Cat,2000, by Deputy Minister

4

7

2

$57,818

U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

4

2

2

$40,625

19 Misremembered,2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) 11

23

2

$57,058

Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit

5

2

2

$40,426

20 Tom’s Tribute,2010, by Lion Heart

12

2

$56,140

Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

6

2

2

$36,686

Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

5

2

2

$21,616

Sire

8 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 9 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

6

1 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus 2 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 3 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini 4 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer 5 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy 6 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 7 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

Earnings/ Runner

Srts

Races Won

Earned

1 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

39

142

19

$966,967

2 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon

26

70

13

$487,239

10

8

$251,170

$25,117

3 Straight Fire, 2014, by Dominus

10

26

8

$251,170

5

2

$124,923

$24,985

4 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy

12

29

7

$229,364

39

19

$966,967

$24,794

5 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

17

46

6

$318,175

$20,875

Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

14

26

6

$292,250

$19,114

I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

23

73

6

$119,588

13

34

4

$173,381

5

18

3

$76,212

6

17

3

$74,550

14 12 26 17

6 7 13 6

$292,250 $229,364 $487,239 $318,175

$18,740

8 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

$18,716

9 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

8 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

5

3

$76,212

$15,242

9 † Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

7

2

$105,256

$15,037

10 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

8

2

$117,067

$14,633

11 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

7

2

$94,042

$13,435

13

4

$173,381

$13,337

13 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

6

3

$74,550

$12,425

14 Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart

6

2

$56,140

$9,357

15 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit

5

2

$40,426

$8,085

16 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat

9

1

$71,237

17 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 7

0

18 † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

7

19 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando 20 Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

12 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

46

Earned

Earned

Rnrs

Sire

(MINIMUM 5 RUNNERS) Races Rnrs Won

I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

Rnrs

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2021 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER Sire

Sire

Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

5

14

2

$124,923

Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

8

13

2

$117,067

† Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike

7

16

2

$105,256

Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

7

21

2

$94,042

Champ Pegasus, 2006, by Fusaichi Pegasus

2

5

2

$60,203

Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister

4

7

2

$57,818

Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

11

23

2

$57,058

Tom’s Tribute, 2010, by Lion Heart

6

12

2

$56,140

$7,915

U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig

4

17

2

$40,625

$52,990

$7,570

Unionize, 2006, by Dixie Union

1

4

2

$40,556

1

$49,370

$7,053

Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit

5

10

2

$40,426

7

0

$45,940

$6,563

Sierra Sunset, 2005, by Bertrando

6

19

2

$36,686

6

2

$36,686

$6,114

Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat

5

12

2

$21,616

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F/M

Fillies F/M F/M

Fillies

Fillies F/M

Fillies Fillies

Fillies F/M Fillies

F/M Fillies F/M Fillies

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

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Leading California Sires Lists

2021 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA (50 OR MORE NAMED FOALS)

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 32 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 48 49

† Square Eddie, 2006, by Smart Strike Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini † Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig • Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat Eddington, 2001, by Unbridled Idiot Proof, 2004, by Benchmark Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid Street Hero, 2006, by Street Cry (IRE) Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s Image Acclamation, 2006, by Unusual Heat I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley Cyclotron, 2000, by Grand Slam † Atticus, 1992, by Nureyev Kafwain, 2000, by Cherokee Run Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG) † Tizbud, 1999, by Cee’s Tizzy Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister Bedford Falls, 2003, by Forestry Trapper, 2000, by Iron Cat Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow Lightnin N Thunder, 2001, by Storm Cat Sea of Secrets, 1995, by Storm Cat Time to Get Even, 2004, by Stephen Got Even Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE) Surf Cat, 2002, by Sir Cat Bold Chieftain, 2003, by Chief Seattle Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin Marino Marini, 2000, by Storm Cat Tannersmyman, 1998, by Lord Carson Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song Grace Upon Grace, 2007, by Rio Verde Lakerville, 2008, by Unusual Heat Circumference (IRE), 2012, by Galileo (IRE) Golden Balls (IRE), 2004, by Danehill Dancer (IRE) Mast Track, 2004, by Mizzen Mast Onebadshark, 2000, by Diligence U S Ranger, 2004, by Danzig Many Rivers, 2005, by Storm Cat

Crops

9 9 4 8 5 6 14 12 13 9 5 7 6 5 13 6 6 12 21 14 7 14 13 8 11 5 5 7 15 17 9 1 9 1 5 10 7 3 13 16 11 8 4 3 8 7 13 9 8

Avg Named Size Foals

29 26 28 18 56 67 24 66 36 14 17 27 34 52 26 29 66 13 24 47 21 16 40 7 5 61 11 23 14 29 10 64 19 65 12 14 13 34 30 11 8 7 18 19 8 8 4 43 9

261 232 110 141 278 402 329 790 471 127 85 186 202 260 336 175 396 158 502 651 148 228 525 53 56 305 57 162 214 488 87 64 174 65 58 136 90 102 389 181 85 59 70 57 64 59 53 385 75

Runners

Winners

2YO Winners

Stakes Winners

Graded Stakes Winners

224-86% 170-73% 72-65% 80-57% 250-90% 330-82% 235-71% 618-78% 356-76% 73-57% 43-51% 141-76% 144-71% 172-66% 266-79% 116-66% 390-98% 105-66% 376-75% 474-73% 107-72% 160-70% 423-81% 38-72% 44-79% 238-78% 40-70% 99-61% 146-68% 411-84% 64-74% 12-19% 134-77% 26-40% 26-45% 88-65% 54-60% 43-42% 304-78% 138-76% 46-54% 42-71% 43-61% 17-30% 46-72% 46-78% 42-79% 306-79% 47-63%

176-67% 111-48% 46-42% 47-33% 161-58% 230-57% 163-50% 450-57% 259-55% 52-41% 32-38% 103-55% 106-52% 106-41% 194-58% 71-41% 274-69% 81-51% 232-46% 350-54% 66-45% 99-43% 319-61% 25-47% 33-59% 160-52% 25-44% 74-46% 96-45% 297-61% 41-47% 6-9% 94-54% 12-18% 11-19% 59-43% 41-46% 19-19% 229-59% 96-53% 29-34% 20-34% 22-31% 7-12% 23-36% 31-53% 33-62% 201-52% 25-33%

63-24% 22-9% 17-15% 13-9% 87-31% 76-19% 30-9% 125-16% 60-13% 18-14% 6-7% 20-11% 30-15% 30-12% 52-15% 11-6% 66-17% 1-1% 46-9% 99-15% 16-11% 16-7% 80-15% 4-8% 13-23% 49-16% 5-9% 21-13% 27-13% 81-17% 17-20% 6-9% 21-12% 12-18% 2-3% 7-5% 7-8% 11-11% 41-11% 24-13% 3-4% 9-15% 3-4% 0-0% 2-3% 6-10% 6-11% 48-12% 7-9%

18-7% 14-6% 3-3% 5-4% 10-4% 15-4% 12-4% 36-5% 12-3% 2-2% 0-0% 7-4% 6-3% 9-3% 7-2% 3-2% 3-1% 3-2% 11-2% 18-3% 7-5% 7-3% 21-4% 1-2% 1-2% 6-2% 2-4% 6-4% 6-3% 16-3% 1-1% 0-0% 4-2% 0-0% 1-2% 2-1% 1-1% 2-2% 4-1% 3-2% 0-0% 1-2% 1-1% 0-0% 0-0% 0-0% 1-2% 3-1% 0-0%

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

Progeny Earnings

AEI

Comp Index

$20,816,310 $12,527,525 $4,473,641 $4,401,092 $11,991,144 $22,940,461 $17,146,104 $47,283,441 $22,430,587 $3,826,113 $2,634,253 $8,657,572 $8,095,194 $9,232,873 $15,817,416 $5,407,601 $38,914,826 $6,191,661 $15,685,848 $22,608,447 $5,880,069 $8,244,306 $23,880,285 $2,451,664 $2,276,026 $12,096,524 $1,647,179 $4,731,325 $5,889,626 $19,792,172 $3,196,216 $229,364 $6,493,712 $487,239 $821,918 $4,317,567 $2,800,178 $1,026,023 $13,169,837 $6,155,311 $1,509,079 $1,417,529 $1,315,222 $433,869 $1,320,625 $1,611,499 $1,453,690 $10,447,315 $1,610,991

1.48 1.47 1.42 1.36 1.25 1.21 1.21 1.16 1.13 1.09 1.06 1.06 1.05 1.04 1.01 1.00 0.99 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.94 0.93 0.93 0.91 0.90 0.87 0.83 0.82 0.82 0.81 0.81 0.80 0.79 0.79 0.77 0.76 0.74 0.73 0.71 0.70 0.70 0.69 0.65 0.64 0.64 0.63 0.62

1.15 1.07 0.93 0.92 0.92 1.33 1.03 1.51 1.34 0.92 0.92 0.97 1.06 1.00 1.10 1.18 1.09 1.09 1.33 1.16 1.11 0.84 0.88 0.87 0.75 1.37 0.90 0.95 1.04 1.03 0.71 1.14 0.98 1.01 0.81 1.12 0.89 0.84 0.91 0.69 0.83 0.89 1.21 0.79 0.70 0.84 0.99 1.20 0.81

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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Stakes & Sales Dates 2021-22

2022

REGIONAL RACE MEETINGS Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Oct. 20-Dec. 21

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

Nov. 3-28

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

Dec. 1-14

REGIONAL SALE DATES

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Dec. 26, 2021-June 21, 2022

FEBRUARY 1 CTBA WINTER MIXED SALE Pomona, Calif.

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Dec. 26, 2021-June 14, 2022

(ENTRIES CLOSE DEC. 1)

Pleasanton, Alameda County Fair, Pleasanton

June 15-July 12

Los Angeles County Fair at Los Alamitos, Los Alamitos

June 22-July 12

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

July 13-Sept. 13

California State Fair (Cal Expo), Sacramento

July 13-Aug. 2

Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa

Aug. 3-16

Humboldt County Fair, Ferndale

Aug. 17-30

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Aug. 24-Oct. 4

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

Sept. 14-27

Santa Anita Park, Arcadia

Sept. 28-Nov. 8

Big Fresno Fair, Fresno

Oct. 5-18

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley

Oct. 19-Dec. 20

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar

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Nov. 9-Dec. 6

Los Alamitos Race Course, Los Alamitos

Dec. 7-20

California-Bred/California-Sired STAKES RACES November – December DEL MAR FRIDAY, NOV. 5

SUNDAY, NOV. 21

SATURDAY, DEC. 11

$175,000 Golden State Juvenile Fillies

$100,000 Cary Grant Stakes

$100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes

Two-Year-Old Fillies 7 furlongs

3-Year-Olds & Up 7 furlongs

2-Year-Old Fillies 1 mile

$175,000 Golden State Juvenile Two-Year-Olds 7 furlongs SUNDAY, NOV. 7

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

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SUNDAY, DEC. 12

GOLDEN GATE FIELDS

$100,000 King Glorious Stakes

SATURDAY, DEC. 11

2-Year-Olds 1 mile

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

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DECEMBER

NOVEMBER

Date 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 13 13 14 20 20 21 25 26 26 27 27 27 27 28 28 4 4 5 11 11 11 12 12 26 26 26 26 26 26 31 31 31

Track

Stakes (Grade)

Conditions

Distance

Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr Dmr GGF Dmr Dmr GGF Dmr Dmr GGF Dmr Dmr Dmr GGF Dmr Dmr Dmr GGF Dmr Dmr LA GGF LA LA LA GGF LA GGF SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA SA

Seashell Stakes Let It Ride Stakes TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Presented by TAA (Gr. I) Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (Gr. I) Breeders’ Jup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Gr. I) Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (Gr. I) Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (Gr. II) Senator Ken Maddy Stakes (Gr. III) Golden State Juvenile Fillies Golden State Juvenile Stakes Qatar Golden Mile Stakes Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic (Gr. I) Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf (Gr. I) Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (Gr. I) Fanduel Breeders’ Cup Mile Presented by PDJF (Gr. I) Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (Gr. I) Breeders’ Cup Sprint (Gr. I) Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (Gr. I) Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (Gr. I) Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (Gr. I) Goldikova Stakes (Gr. II) TAA Stakes (Gr. II) Joseph T. Grace Stakes Betty Grable Stakes Dezi Arnaz Stakes Golden Nugget Stakes Bob Hope Stakes (Gr. III) Native Diver Stakes (Gr. III) Oakland Stakes Cary Grant Stakes Red Carpet Stakes (Gr. III) Hollywood Turf Cup (Gr. II) Golden Gate Debutante Hollywood Derby (Gr. I) Seabiscuit Handicap (Gr. II) Jimmy Durante Stakes (Gr. III) Berkeley Handicap (Gr. III) Matriarch Stakes (Gr. I) Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (Gr. III) Starlet (Gr. I) Gold Rush Stakes Bayakoa Stakes (Gr. III) Soviet Problem Stakes Los Alamitos Futurity (Gr. II) Bear Fan Stakes King Glorious Stakes Miss America Stakes Malibu Stakes (Gr. I) La Brea Stakes (Gr. I) American Oaks (Gr. I) Mathis Brothers Mile (Gr. II) San Antonio Stakes (Gr. II) San Gabriel Stakes (Gr. II) Robert J. Frankel Stakes (Gr. III) Eddie Logan Stakes Blue Norther Stakes

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

3-y-o 2-y-o 2-y-o f.

2-y-o f.

2-y-o 2-y-o 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

2-y-o f, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

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

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

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

3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, f. & m. Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o f.

2-y-o 2-y-o 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up 3-y-o & up, Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

3-y-o & up 2-y-o f.

3-y-o 3-y-o & up 2-y-o f.

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

2-y-o 2-y-o f.

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

2-y-o f., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o 3-y-o & up, f. & m. Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 2-y-o., Cal-Bred/Cal-Sired 3-y-o & up, f. & m.

3-y-o 3-y-o f.

3-y-o f.

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

2-y-o 2-y-o f.

1 m.

1 m. (T) 1 1⁄16 m.

1 1⁄16 m.

1 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 5 f.

5 f. (T) 7 f.

7 f.

1 m. (T) 1 1⁄4 m.

1 1⁄2 m. (T) 1 1⁄8 m.

1 m. (T) 1 1⁄8 m. (T) 6 f.

5 f. (T) 7 f.

1 m.

1 m. (T) 1 5⁄8 m.

1 1⁄16 m. (T) 7 f.

7 f.

6 f.

7 f.

1 1⁄8 m.

6 f.

7 f.

1 3⁄8 m. (T) 1 1⁄2 m. (T) 6 f.

1 1⁄8 m. (T) 1 1⁄16 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 1⁄16 m.

1 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 1⁄16 m.

1 m.

1 1⁄16 m.

1 m.

1 1⁄16 m.

6 f.

1 m.

1 1⁄16 m. (T) 7 f.

7 f.

1 1⁄4 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 1⁄16 m.

1 1⁄8 m. (T) 1 1⁄8 m. (T) 1 m. (T) 1 m. (T)

Added Value $100,000 $100,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $200,000 $175,000 $175,000 $150,000 $6,000,000 $4,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $300,000 $250,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $50,000 $100,000 $100,000 $250,000 $50,000 $400,000 $250,000 $100,000 $100,000 $400,000 $100,000 $300,000 $75,000 $100,000 $100,000 $200,000 $75,000 $100,000 $50,000 $300,000 $300,000 $300,000 $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000

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ADVERTISERS Arroyo Vista....................................................................17

Golden State Stakes......................................................47

Auburn Laboratories Inc. ..............................................11

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Bella Equine-Amanda Navarro.....................................53

Laurel Fowler Insurance Broker Inc ..............................53

BG Thoroughbred Farm..................................................7

Legacy Ranch ...................................................................9

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Lovacres Ranch ......................................................... OBC

Compas (Jeannie Garr Roddy) .....................................53

Milky Way Farm..............................................................15

CTBA 2022 Stallion Directory .......................................31

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CTBA Christmas Gift Subscription ...............................37

NTRA-John Deere .........................................................33

CTBA Stallion Season Auction (PAC) ...........................49

Red Cliffs Racing, Inc.....................................................52

CTBA Winter Mixed Sale ..............................................27

Robins Ranches-Nor Cal Horse Property Specialist ..52

Daehling Ranch...........................................IBC, 12,13, 52

Sunny Creek Farm .........................................................19

Eddie Rich - Thoroughbred Trainer..............................52

Tommy Town Thoroughbreds.........................................5

Equineline.com ..............................................................29

Tranquility Farm Stallion Season Auction ....................43

Farmers Insurance-Sue Hubbard..................................53

Victory Rose Thoroughbreds ...................................22,23

Gayle Van Leer Thoroughbred Services ......................53

STALLIONS Anthony’s Cross................................................... 19

King Of Jazz (ARG) ..........................................................7

Bold Chieftain ................................................................22

Many Rivers ....................................................................23

Capital Account ...............................................................7

Mesa Thunder................................................................12

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Ministers Wild Cat ...........................................................5

Coach Bob......................................................................12

Mr.Big .................................................................... 9

Faversham .....................................................IBC,12

Oscar Nominated ..................................................... OBC

Fighting Hussar................................................................7

Phantom Boss ........................................................... OBC

Fullbridled ......................................................................12

Pontiff.................................................................. 13

G.G.Ryder.......................................................................22

Rumpus Cat....................................................................12

Gato Del Oro (KY)............................................................7

Smiling Tiger....................................................... IFC

Gig Harbor .....................................................................22

Smokem..................................................................... OBC

Govenor Charlie........................................................ OBC

Sparticle..........................................................................12

Grace Upon Grace.................................................... OBC

Stanford................................................................. 5

Graydar................................................................ 15

Stay Thirsty....................................................... OBC

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Texas Ryano......................................................... 17

Jersey Town....................................................................12

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