California Thoroughbred Magazine July/August 2025 by CTBA

BIG OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR CALIFORNIA-BREDS AT DEL MAR

Take a plane, take a train, take a car. However you get there, bring a California-bred or California-sired oroughbred to Del Mar this summer to score some of the most generous rewards ever o ered to state-breds.

With improved metrics across the board at recent meets held at Santa Anita and Los Alamitos, Del Mar is looking to ride the momentum at its summer meet, which opens July 18.

Consider this: A Cal-bred maiden special weight race on dirt will have a purse of $100,000 (including the $12,500 Cal-bred maiden bonus to the winner) for horses of trainers with fewer than 100 horses on the

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California circuit—plus the customary breeder and stallion awards. Del Mar’s maiden dirt supplement of 25% also applies to maiden claiming races at $62,500 and above. e purse for a Cal-bred maiden special weight race on turf will be $80,000, with the same bonus conditions as the maiden dirt race.

Horses previously based in Northern California were provided numerous opportunities to compete against each other at Santa Anita Park during the season. Del Mar has pledged to provide similar opportunities, including a $500 starter bonus for the rst start at Del Mar and a 15% purse bonus for every Del Mar summer start. ose incentives are for horses that have been based

Fleet Treat Stakes

Real Good Deal Stakes

Saturday, Aug. 2 $150,000 California Dreamin’ Stakes

Sunday Aug. 3

CTBA Stakes

in Northern California since Dec. 1, 2024, and trained by horsemen based only in Northern California during that time.

e purse bonus applies to earnings for places 1-5 and excludes stakes races. If an eligible horse is claimed after its initial start, the original owner will receive purse bonuses for subsequent starts this summer. Del Mar oroughbred Club will determine eligibility and restrictions, which can be found at www.dmtc.com.

ere will be eight stakes races at the meet restricted to Golden State Series eligibles, four of them for 2-year-olds, with a total of $1 million in purses. Here’s that schedule:

furlongs

Miles (Turf)

furlongs Friday, Aug. 8

Sunday, Aug. 17

Graduation Stakes

Solana Beach Stakes

3 & Up

Monday, Sept. 1 $100,000 Generous Portion Stakes, Fillies, 2YO

Friday, Sept. 5 $100,000 I’m Smokin Stakes

Mile (Turf)

furlongs

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Legacy Ranch in the Spotlight

Pete and Evelyn Parella’s Legacy Ranch in Clements will be featured in an upcoming episode of “All Access with Andy Garcia” on Public Television. The program will delve into the pivotal early stages of a horse’s life and include selecting breeding stock as well as nurturing and carefully managing the mare environment. Viewers will also witness early training regimens designed to build a solid foundation, both physically and mentally, for young Thoroughbreds and Legacy’s approach to raising exceptional equine athletes.

“We’re excited for the opportunity to help educate consumers about the intricacies of the equine racing industry,” said Pete Parrella. “This provides us an excellent platform to showcase our commitment to maintaining the highest possible standards for owners, trainers, and our athletes in order to maximize their potential.”

Those featured in the documentary will highlight relationships with others in the industry. Doug Burge of the CTBA, Nate Newby of Santa Anita, and Josh Rubenstein of Del Mar participated in the endeavor.

“Legacy Ranch is a special place and will represent the California breeding

industry well,” Newby said. “Pete and Evelyn Parrella were fantastic hosts, and I can’t wait to see the footage from the ‘All Access with Andy Garcia’ crew. This is a great opportunity to highlight the hard work from the men and women who spend every day ensuring their horses receive the best possible care.”

The look behind the scenes at Legacy Ranch aims to educate both interested general public and knowledgeable members of the racing industry on the comprehensive and often unseen levels of care, dedication, and foresight that are intrinsically involved in breeding and raising potential champions.

Majestic Oops Wins at Monmouth

Monmouth Park got its first look at California-bred Majestic Oops when she won the $98,000 Lady’s Secret Stakes June 14. The 5-year-old mare began her career at Golden Gate Fields but has improved since moving east.

Coming off a win in the April 26 Dig A Diamond Stakes at Oaklawn Park, Majestic Oops defeated odds-on favorite Occult by 41⁄4 lengths in the 11⁄16mile Lady’s Secret. Isaac Castillo piloted Majestic Oops for trainer Dan Ward.

Janet Kropp co-bred and co-owns Majestic Oops, a daughter of Majestic Harbor—Miss Oops, by Olmodavor. Kropp bred the mare with William and Sandy Dory and Gary Kropp and owns her with Sublime Stables Inc.

Ward began training Majestic Oops at Oaklawn Park this winter, where she started six times, with two wins and two seconds. In addition to her victory in the Dig A Diamond, she ran second in the Trivista Overnight Stakes. With the Lady’s Secret, Majestic Oops raised her total earnings to $436,559.

COURTESY

Majestic Oops scores in Lady’s Secret on a sloppy track

Santa Anita’s Nate Newby, the CTBA’s Doug Burge, and Del Mar’s Josh Rubenstein join Evelyn and Pete Parella in filming a segment of “All Access with Andy Garcia”

Kruljac Retires From Training

Eric Kruljac, honored as California’s Trainer of the Year at the 2024 CTBA banquet and the trainer of two-time California-bred Horse of the Year The Chosen Vron, has retired from training. He has transferred his stable to his son, Ian, and said that he plans to continue as an owner and breeder.

TOC HONORS GREAT FRIENDS

Great Friends Stable will receive this year’s Horseracing Partnership Award from the Thoroughbred Owners of California. The annual award recognizes and celebrates co-ownerships and partnerships, and it is open to all sizes from two and up. Aaron Wilson, one of the Great Friends partners, nominated the group for the TOC award.

Craig Dado, a former Del Mar executive and founder and owner of Sports Injury Central website, conceived Great Friends in 2007 as a way for a group of people to enjoy ownership during the Del Mar summer meeting. Talk radio personalities Scott Kaplan and Billy Smith

helped Dado launch Great Friends through their “Scott and B.R.” show.

Great Friends is a part owner of such horses as Raging Torrent. The 4-year-old colt, trained by Doug O’Neill, won the June 7 Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Saratoga, April 5 Godolphin Mile (G2) in Dubai, and Dec. 26 Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita. Previous Great Friends horses have included California-bred Mr. Chairman, winner of the 2008 California Cup Classic.

Great Friends will be recognized with a special presentation of a trophy award at TOC’s annual Southern California meeting Aug. 16 at Del Mar.

Though Kruljac has trained numerous good Cal-breds, including 2005 Test Stakes (G1) winner Leave Me Alone, he will always be most associated with The Chosen Vron. He had trained The Chosen Vron’s dam, Tiz Molly, for Class Racing, and when several of the partners wanted to breed her, Kruljac joined in with the group and chose the stallion Vronsky, which resulted in The Chosen Vron.

Kruljac trained The Chosen Vron and owned him with Sondereker Racing, Robert Fetkin, and Richard Thornburgh. The Chosen Vron earned $1,709,678, racing from 2020-24, and he won 18 stakes, including two editions of the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1). Cal-bred Horse of the Year in 2023 and 2024, The Chosen Vron was also named champion Cal-bred 3-year-old male in 2021, older male from 2022-24, and sprinter in 2023-24.

Walter Markham, Kruljac’s grandfather, introduced him to racing through owning Thoroughbreds and attending sales. Kruljac grew up in California and spent time in Arizona, where he trained and bred horses. He began training full time in California in 2008. Throughout his career, he won 1,252 races for total purse earnings of more than $25.5 million.

Other good Cal-breds Kruljac trained included stakes winners Kiss Today Goodbye and La Nez.

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10 YEARS AGO

Trainer Brian Koriner took the blinkers off California-bred WEEWINNIN for the $151,000 California Dreamin’ Stakes at Del Mar July 26, 2015, and the equipment change worked. Weewinnin led throughout the 11⁄16 miles on the turf for jockey Joe Talamo, holding off closer Rock Me Baby to score by a neck in 1:41.14. “The last couple of races, when he got to the lead, he pulled himself up at the wire,” said co-owner James Atwell. This time the 5-year-old gelding kept going, triumphing for the ownership group of Atwell’s E-Racing.com, Dr. William and Jill Gray, Janet Lyons, and Jeremy Peskoff. The Grays bred Weewinnin, a son of Comic Strip out of their homebred Roman Dancer mare Honoree Lady. Weewinnin earlier won the 2012 King Glorious Stakes and 2014 California Cup Turf Classic, and he earned a total of $397,430.

25 YEARS AGO

When California-bred FULL MOON MADNESS won the $109,100 Robert K. Kerlan Memorial Handicap July 16, 2000, it was the third of three consecutive stakes victories for him at Hollywood Park. Following the May 28 Radar Ahead Handicap and June 17 Answer Do Stakes, the 5-yearold gelding defeated open company in the 51⁄2-furlong Kerlan on the turf, outfinishing Prince Foley by three-quarters of a length in 1:01.43. Kent

Desormeaux piloted Full Moon Madness in the Kerlan for trainer Robert Marshall. John and Betty Mabee bred Full Moon Madness, a son of Half a Year—Soft Charm, by Secretariat, and campaigned him in the name of their Golden Eagle Farm. Full Moon Madness won the Kerlan again in 2003, the last in a series of four consecutive stakes wins. He ultimately earned $1,256,098, with 19 wins, 18 seconds, and 15 thirds in his 71 starts, racing through age 12.

50 YEARS AGO

One of two supplemental nominations to the $75,000 Hollywood Lassie Stakes (G2) July 12, 1975, California-bred WALK IN THE SUN went off at 10-1 in the 2-year-old filly stakes at Hollywood Park. She led through the six furlongs under jockey Frank Olivares, fending off fellow Cal-breds Pet Label and Doc Shah’s Siren to score by 11⁄4 lengths in 1:102⁄5. Favored Roman Chimes finished ninth. It was Walk in the Sun’s second stakes victory following the Cygnet Stakes, also at Hollywood. W.A. Reavis trained Walk in the Sun for owners Matsumoto and Soriano. Peggy Gardner bred the daughter of Walker’s—Oriental Girl, by Chinese Sun, and Walk in the Sun was foaled at Gardner Ranch in Buellton. The filly was from the first crop of Walker’s, who stood at Curragh Stock Farm and quickly became one of the leading sires of 2-year-olds nationally.

10 YEARS AGO

Cal-bred MRAZEK captured the $100,000 Graduation Stakes at Del Mar Aug. 5, 2015, at the expense of his stablemate Ralis. Both were homebreds for Paul and Zillah Reddam by the Reddams’ California sire Square Eddie. With Mario Gutierrez aboard for trainer Doug O’Neill in the 51⁄2-furlong Graduation, Mrazek set the early pace, lengthening his advantage at every call and eventually defeating Ralis by 31⁄4 lengths in 1:03.77 as the 3-5 favorite. Out of the Wild Rush mare Heckuva Rush, Mrazek went on to add the 2016 Thor’s Echo Handicap and earn a total of $312,304. The Reddams stood Mrazek at their Ocean Breeze Ranch, but he died much too young in 2021 at the age of 8. Nevertheless, Mrazek has made a name for himself as a sire, leading California stallions in four different categories in 2024.

25 YEARS AGO

California-bred LOVE THAT RED won his second of two lifetime graded stakes when he captured the $150,000 Pat O’Brien Handicap (G2) at Del Mar Aug. 20, 2000. Three starts prior, the 4-year-old gelding had won the $200,000 Malibu Stakes (G1) by a neck at 4-1. He then placed in the Valiant Pete Handicap and Bing Crosby Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G2) prior to the seven-furlong O’Brien. Under jockey Garrett Gomez, Love

That Red stalked the pace in third as the 8-5 favorite and defeated fellow Cal-bred Cliquot by 11⁄2 lengths in 1:21.89. Leonard Duncan trained Love That Red for owner/breeder Terry D. Wells. A son of Highland Park—Pat’s Lady Red, by Circle Home, Love That Red won seven stakes while racing through age 8. He had nine wins, five seconds, and four thirds in 24 starts for total earnings of $787,381.

50 YEARS AGO

MESSENGER OF SONG led a one-three finish of California-breds in the Bing Crosby Handicap at Del Mar Aug. 9, 1975. The 3-year-old defeated his elders in the six-furlong sprint, scoring by a half-length over 5-year-old Stake Driver in 1:084⁄5 while ridden by Jerry Lambert. Cal-bred 4-year-old Century’s Envoy finished a neck back in third. Gordon Campbell trained Messenger of Song for owner/breeder B.J. Ridder, the colt coming off a victory in the Lakes and Flowers Handicap at Hollywood Park. Messenger of Song would add two more stakes that year and be voted champion Cal-bred 3-year-old male of 1975. He raced through 1977, winning eight of 21 races for earnings of $225,175. A son of Envoy—Philomela, by Tudor Minstrel, Messenger of Song was a half brother to Procne, a stakes-winning daughter of Acroterion. Procne would go on to produce 1978 Cal-bred Horse of the Year Flying Paster.

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Cal-breds Grab the Green at Emerald

With no Northern California racing, California-breds are making their marks elsewhere, especially at Emerald Downs in Washington state. June 22 proved an excellent example, as three Cal-breds, all trained by Blaine Wright, took three of the four stakes and three other Cal-breds—one also trained by Wright—won on the 10-race card.

Clovisconnection is no stranger to Emerald, having won the Auburn Stakes and Irish Day Stakes in 2023 and running second in the 2024 Longacres Mile. Wright brought Clovisconnection to Emerald again, and this time the 5-year-old gelded son of Vronsky—La Darling, by Perfect Mandate, captured the $50,000 Budweiser Stakes by three-quarters of a length. Ridden by David Haldar, Clovisconnection covered six furlongs in 1:08.56. William Hedrick bred Clovisconnection and owns him with his late wife, Judy. Si That Tiger has done all his racing at Emerald, beginning in 2024, when he won the WTBOA Lads Stakes. Si That Tiger won the $50,000 Auburn Stakes by 11⁄2 lengths under Silvio Amador, getting six furlongs in 1:08.62. Darlyne Krieg bred the 3-year-old son of Smiling Tiger—Ros’s Girl, by Rosberg, and he is owned by John and Janene Maryanski and Gerald and Gail Schneider.

This season is Attracted’s first at Emerald, the 4-year-old having previously won two races at Pleasanton and running second once at Santa Anita. The daughter of Enticed—Love’s Illusion, by Tapit, scored in a May 10 allowance/ optional claimer at Emerald before taking the $50,000 Hastings Stakes by 11⁄4 lengths. Amador was again aboard, and Attracted ran the six furlongs in 1:09.15. P. Fountain of Youth Br III bred Attracted, who is owned by Peter Redekop B.C. Ltd.

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Matt Butterworth

Matt Butterworth, who with his wife, Barbara, owned and operated West 12 Ranch in Lodi, died May 30 after a 21-month battle with kidney cancer. He was 66.

IN Memoriam

Kathy Walsh

Kathy Walsh, a major trainer in Washington state and trainer of California-bred champion Georgie Boy, died May 8 in Chico, Calif. She was 85.

Born in Bakersfield and son of Earl and Mary Ann Butterworth, Matt grew up showing horses and earned a degree in farm management from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He returned to West 12 upon graduation as a partner and farm manager with his mother and step-father Dr. James Peterson and after having married Barbara, his college sweetheart.

During the 1980s, West 12 stood several major California sires, including Bicker and Banquet Table, and had a large sales prep business. West 12 for many years was a major consignor to California yearling sales and acted as agent for many major breeders. In 2012, Matt and Barbara transformed the ranch into West 12 Ranch Studio, an indoor/outdoor photography space.

A member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 54, Matt served on the executive board, labor relations committee, and as a caucus delegate. Known for his skill operating bulldozers and cranes, he traveled to Japan in 2013 to learn about new port technologies. He was also a passionate beekeeper.

In addition to Barbara, Butterworth is survived by son Joshua, daughter Sarah Butterworth (who continues his legacy at West 12 Ranch Studio and the ranch), brother Michael, stepmother Judy Peterson Fowler, and stepbrother Chris Peterson.

STALLION NEWS

■ Listing Gets First Winner

Though Walsh is most well-known for being an outstanding Washington trainer, she was a Cal-bred, born in Sonoma.

She learned her craft from two top trainers: her father, Jim, and Buster Millerick, trainer of Native Diver, the first Cal-bred millionaire.

Kathy took over her father’s stable upon his death in 1970. She was the leading trainer at Longacres in 1972, 1973, 1976, and 1978, and she was inducted into the Washington Racing Hall of Fame in 2009. She also led the trainer’s list twice at Canterbury Park in Minnesota.

Walsh’s best horses raced in California. She trained Georgie Boy, winner of the 2007 Del Mar Futurity (G1) and that year’s champion California-bred 2-year-old male. She also planned the cross that produced Georgie Boy for owner/breeder George Schwary. She had recommended that Schwary claim the dam, Ippodamia, for $32,000 at Golden Gate Fields in 2003, and she selected California sire Tribal Rule as a stallion for the mare, resulting in Georgie Boy.

Georgie Boy won a total of six stakes, including the 2008 San Vicente Stakes (G2) and San Felipe Stakes (G2) and 2009 Sunshine Millions Sprint Stakes and San Carlos Handicap (G2). He earned $788,634 and later became an accomplished show jumper.

Walsh also trained such runners as 2001

Listing

Graded stakes winner Listing, a California-bred son of Square Eddie, was represented by his first winner as a sire May 25. Saul Elliott, a 2-year-old by Listing, captured his debut at Santa Anita. Owned by Here We Go Brothers and trained by Doug O’Neill, Saul Elliott went off as the 3-2 favorite in the 41⁄2-furlong maiden race. Second early under jockey Antonio Fresu, Saul Elliott took over in midstretch and scored by 21⁄4 lengths in :51.96. Paul and Zillah Reddam’s Reddam Racing bred Saul Elliott in California from the Indian Charlie mare Cryptic. Listing stands at their Ocean Breeze Ranch in Bonsall. Bred and raced by Reddam Racing, Listing earned $280,400. He won the 2018 I’m Smokin Stakes in his debut, and the following year he added the Quick Call Stakes (G3T), Desert Code Stakes, and California Cup Turf Sprint Stakes.

Santa Monica Handicap (G1) winner Nany’s Sweep, Washington champions Staff Riot and Patient Madam, and graded winners Devious Boy, Sarah’s Secret, Evening Promise, and Mantles Star. She retired in 2021, having won 1,231 races in 8,023 starts for total purse earnings of $19,372,724.

Romance Is Diane

Two-time California-bred champion Romance Is Diane died in May at age 21 from complications of laminitis. She had been retired at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky., in 2020.

Swan Equine Service bred Romance Is Diane, a daughter of In Excess—Romantic Fibs, by Prized. Owned by Senji Nishimura and trained by Mike Mitchell, she won the 2006 Hollywood Starlet (G1) and California Cup Juvenile Fillies and 2007 Bayakoa Handicap (G2) and California Cup Matron Handicap, earning $712,718. Romance Is Diane was voted champion Cal-bred 2-year-old female of 2006 and champion Cal-bred 3-yearold female of 2007.

As a broodmare prospect, Romance Is Diane was sold to Adena Springs for $1,350,000 at the 2008 Keeneland November mixed sale. She produced five foals, including graded stakes-placed Romeo O Romeo, before being retired at Old Friends.

■ First Winner for One Bad Boy

Twirling Crown became the first winner for California sire One Bad Boy when she won a May 2 maiden race for 2-year-old fillies at Hipodromo de las Americas in Mexico City. A graduate of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Northern California yearling sale, Twirling Crown won the 41⁄2-furlong race by 10 lengths.

One Bad Boy

Richard Barton Enterprises bred Twirling Crown out of the Unusual Heat mare Unusual Stuff. Barton Thoroughbreds consigned the filly to the 2024 Northern California sale, where Alejandro Contreras bought her for $1,000.

Multiple stakes winner One Bad Boy stands at Barton Thoroughbreds in the Santa Ynez Valley. A son of Twirling Candy—Cumulonimble, by Stormy Atlantic, he won the 2019 Queen’s Plate Stakes and 2020 Lure Stakes, earning a total of $600,132.

COURTESY OF BARBARA BUTTERWORTH

One for the Ages

LARRY HANSON RECALLS HIS CONNECTION TO HALL OF FAMER BILL SPAWR VIA EXCHANGE

BY LARRY HANSON

Congratulations to Bill Spawr on his induction into the California Hall of Fame. In a funny side story, I might be responsible for a portion of Bill’s fame. It all started when as the manager of one of California’s top Thoroughbred farms I was tasked to go to the 1988 Keeneland November breeding stock sale and pick out a few prospects for a new client. One of those was a weanling daughter of Explodent later named Exchange.

The client was new to me, but we instantly formed a great friendship. E.G. (Bill) Burnison, who I thought was purely a great businessman, once told me “You don’t make money when you sell something; you make money when you buy it.”

He was deeply involved in the racehorse industry early in his life—his father was a trainer and owned a ranch. He knocked around the racetracks after a military stint, barely surviving, training horses for $7 a day. He needed to provide a better living for his family and went into the construction business. He designed the pneumatic air nail gun and created a mega company, which in the late 1980s was able to sell for well into eight figures. That’s where I came in. Now he could get back to the game he loved–– horse racing.

If you’re familiar with horse sales, you know that as soon as the catalogs with the entries are available, the work begins. You study and mark the selections you want to inspect. If you want racing stock, you look at pedigree and type, according to where you will race your prospects. For broodmares, it’s pedigree and, most importantly, production. I like older mares that have produced runners. The mares that have produced higher-class runners sell for higher prices until they begin to age.

I picked two weanling fillies that I liked a lot. One was a chestnut from the dispersal of Kinghaven Farm, a prestigious

farm located in Ontario, Canada. This chestnut filly was a sturdy individual, correct, and traveled well. The second filly was a dark bay or brown lighter framed but taller individual who also traveled well. Her sire, Conquistador Cielo, won the Belmont Stakes and was voted Horse of the Year. This filly was also from a very good female line.

The chestnut filly, by Explodent out of Wooly Willow, by Irish Stronghold, was from a champion turf line on the bottom side. I remember thinking to myself, by looks and attitude, she’s the best weanling in the sale. I thought she would bring a high price and wasn’t sure if we would be able to buy this stout filly. I was shocked when we were able to buy her for $50,000.

My client also wanted to purchase a few broodmares, so we were ready for the first day. He successfully bid on three awesome producers and was really getting into the sale. The Conquistador Cielo filly was hip #320 on the first day, and there was a lot of excitement when she made her approach toward the sales ring. The bidding was fast and furious. When the smoke cleared, my client was the high bidder of the gorgeous filly for $70,000.

One of Exchange’s seven graded victories came in the 1992 La Canada Stakes

Fast forward to 1990, the Barretts March 2-year-old sale at Pomona. The only thing that’s harder than buying horses at auction is selling them. The two fillies purchased in 1988 were now 2-year-olds. They had both blossomed but had totally different personalities.

The dark bay or brown filly, named Condition, was easygoing and took to her training well. Exchange was a different story. She was tough and did not take well to having anything on her back. She bucked so hard that the riders were rocketed into the air.

No one wanted to test this filly, so I had to come up with a different formula. I took her into a 14’ x 14’ stall snubbed to my 15-hand Quarter Horse mare, with my exercise rider riding double behind me. I had Exchange’s head tight against my leg and my mare’s neck. The rider slipped onto the back of Exchange. She was trying to buck and run at the same time, while I kept her in tight circles. Eventually, we were able to proceed with her early developmental training.

The 2-year-olds I had at the sale were doing well. Neither Exchange nor Condition were bred to be 2-year-old runners, so I felt they would sell fine on their own merits without a timed workout. Condition was a beautiful 16.2-hand filly who garnered a lot of attention from not only local trainers and owners but also foreign buyers. Exchange was stout but not flashy. She also lost a training plate a couple of days before she would sell.

sales pavilion. I could see buyers checking their notes and trainers nodding with approval.

The bidding started in rapid succession: $100,000, $125,000, $150,000, $175,000, $200,000. I was sitting several rows behind my client and his trainer. I was in shock. I noticed my client bidding on his filly, protecting his investment. The hammer fell at $300,000, but my client bought her back. He had fallen in love with her.

The farrier accidentally quicked her while replacing the shoe. The next morning she was off, and we couldn’t show her to potential buyers. I wanted to scratch her, but she was traveling better on the day of the sale. We let her go through, and my owner bought her back for $25,000.

Condition not only matured at just the right time, but she also got a huge boost to her catalog page as a couple of her siblings had achieved black-type status. The crowd followed her as she approached the walking ring before entering the

Sometime after the sale, a group of us were having dinner and drinks. Mr. Burnison had both fillies in training, but loved the tall filly, Condition. I told him that I felt the chestnut, Exchange, would be a better racehorse. We made a bet for dinner, to be paid for by the loser.

Condition contacted a virus from the barns at one of the fairgrounds tracks. She started only three times and never won a race.

Exchange won first time out, a $32,000 maiden claiming race at Santa Anita in April of her 3-year-old season. They ran her back in a $50,000 claiming race. She won again, but this time Spawr claimed Exchange for Jenny and Sidney Craig. She went on to a record of 15 wins in 30 starts, with seven seconds and four thirds. The tough mare ended her career with total earnings of $1,287,795, after becoming a multiple stakes winner, including three grade 1 races. One of her daughters, Fair Exchange, produced 2010 Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner Sidney’s Candy, an earner of $1,104,810.

Bill Burnison, one of the most authentic and gracious gentlemen I have ever met, did buy me that dinner at a nice restaurant in Marina Del Rey. If you’re listening, Mr. Burnison, thank you for the great times and opportunities we shared.

Again, Bill Spawr, congratulations. You are one of the best. Best wishes to you and your family. Oh, and if you ever want to buy me dinner, I will surely except the invitation.

California Hall of Fame member Bill Spawr claimed Exchange for $50,000

Exchange ultimately earned a total of $1,287,795 during her career

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California Legislature Honors Mario Gutierrez

Two days after California-bred California Chrome won the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), another Derby winner, jockey Mario Gutierrez, was honored in Sacramento.

The Latino Spirit Awards, established in 2002, are held in conjunction with Cinco de Mayo. Gutierrez, who piloted I’ll Have Another to win the 2012 Kentucky Derby, was one of 10 honored this year by the California Senate and Assembly. California Gov. Jerry Brown attended the dinner held the night before in conjunction with the awards.

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The timing couldn’t have been better, as many wanted to talk about the state’s own California Chrome. This is the first time that the Latino Spirit Awards have honored a racing figure. Gutierrez’s photo will hang in the Capitol Rotunda for a month along with the other honorees.

Gutierrez was born in Mexico and initially began his riding career in his native country. He later was a huge success at Hastings Racecourse in Canada before switching his tack to Southern California.

Paul Reddam, owner of I’ll Have Another, noticed the youngster’s ability and suggested him to trainer Doug O’Neill for I’ll Have Another in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) at Santa Anita. Gutierrez never lost on the colt in four starts—the Lewis, Santa Anita Derby (gr. I), Kentucky Derby, and Preakness Stakes (gr. I).

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In the run-up to California Chrome’s successful victory in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association spread the word via a colorful button. With a tagline: “Got Chrome? California does! It pays to be Cal-bred” the CTBA promoted California Chrome and the California breeding industry.

People who “liked” the CTBA’s Facebook page received one of the buttons, as did some lucky fans who flocked to California Chrome’s final work at Los Alamitos April 26.

Then it was off to Kentucky, where CTBA’s Doug Burge and several board members also passed out buttons on the famed Churchill Downs backstretch. The buttons proved so popular that they also passed them out at Pimlico before the Preakness Stakes (gr. I).

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Diamonds are Forever

CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR HOST’S SANTA ANITA DERBY

BY TRACY GANTZ

In this digital age, pre-Internet history can get lost and/or forgotten. But before the mists of time further obscure Thoroughbreds who should be remembered, let’s celebrate the 75th anniversary of Your Host’s Santa Anita Derby.

Your Host wasn’t the first—and nowhere near the last—California-bred to win the Santa Anita Derby. It’s an exten-

sive list that includes Swaps, California Chrome, Snow Chief, and an incredible four-year run from 1996-99 of Cavonnier, Free House, Indian Charlie, and General Challenge. Silky Sullivan won the race in 1958, which could make him the most popular Cal-bred to have taken it.

Yet just try to find another Cal-bred who accomplished what Your Host did while only living to age 14. Getting that far was a miracle, considering that Your Host nearly died several times—from a

fractured poll as a weanling, a dangerously high temperature as a 2-year-old, and clipping heels in his final race. The latter injury shortened his life, but not before he sired five-time Horse of the Year Kelso.

Your Host had a personality that endeared him to racing fans everywhere. That coupled with heralding from an era when racehorses became nationwide celebrities at a much higher rate than today, and history is fortunate to have a plethora of information on Your Host, not to mention

After Johnny Longden and Your Host won the 1950 Santa Anita Derby, the winner’s circle included (from left) Danny Kaye, Dorothy Lee Murtaugh, Barbara Goetz, Edith Goetz, Emma Daniels, trainer Harry Daniels, and owner William Goetz

a raft of photos in the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association archives.

Don Walters was a fan who went on to become a talented writer, and in 1982 for this magazine he caught up with many of those still around who remembered Your Host. What follows relies heavily on Walters’ excellent reporting.

Louis B. Mayer bred Your Host, a son of Alibhai. Bought by Mayer and said to have broken Santa Anita’s mile track record in a workout, Alibhai never got to the races, but became a terrific sire. Ray Bell Sr. purchased Boudoir II in Europe for Mayer, and she produced Your Host Feb. 24, 1947, after being bred to Alibhai. Another cross with Alibhai resulted in stakesplaced Your Hostess, the second dam of champion and Hall of Famer Majestic Prince, two years later.

The incident that caused Your Host to fracture his poll also resulted in the colt permanently carrying his head cocked to the right. That gave him the nickname of The Twister, but it didn’t seem to impede his racing ability.

William Goetz, Mayer’s son-in-law, purchased Your Host for $30,000 as a 2-year-old at Mayer’s dispersal. Goetz’s trainer, Harry Daniels, had liked the colt. “He stood well balanced on all four legs

and was quick as a cat in his stall,” Daniels later told Walters.

Your Host took to his early lessons so well that exercise rider M.C. (Tuffy) Morlan noted that he “was one of the very few

horses I’ve ever known that showed he was something special the first time he worked.”

Before Your Host started, however, he developed a fever that skyrocketed to 105 degrees for five days. Fortunately, his fever broke, and Your Host was able to quickly resume training.

Your Host should have made his first start in 1949 at Hollywood Park. But that was the year that fire gutted the grandstand, and the meet was moved to Santa Anita. Thus, Your Host debuted July 15 at Santa Anita, finishing seventh under jockey Mike Caffarella. The colt received a rider upgrade for his next start to the legendary John Longden. Eight days after his first race, Your Host broke his maiden.

Longden took a trip to England, and so Frank Chojnacki rode Your Host for three races. That resulted in a second and two wins, the latter by four lengths in the Del Mar Futurity. With Longden back aboard, Your Host finished first but was disqualified in the Salinas Handicap at Bay Meadows and then captured the California Breeders’ Champion Stakes at Santa Anita by five lengths.

Your Host started eight times at 2 in 1949, with four wins, three seconds, and a third. Some of those losses were thought

At left, Your Host defeats Sturdy One in the Santa Anita Derby; at right, trainer Harry Daniels liked “well balanced” Your Host

VIC STEIN.

Your Host poses with Daniels’ daughter Dorothy

M.C. (Tuffy) Morlan was the regular exercise rider for Your Host, nicknamed The Twister because of how he carried his head

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to have occurred because Your Host tended to pull himself up when he got to the lead.

“He had so much speed he rated himself,” Longden told Walters.

The Cal-bred spent 1950 collecting trophies as well as fans.

After winning the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita, Your Host attracted an offer of $250,000 that Goetz turned down. Instead, Your Host went off as the 1-5 favorite in the Santa Anita Derby, winning easily before a crowd of 41,563.

When he and Longden destroyed a field

that included Oil Capitol at Keeneland in the seven-furlong Scarlet Gate Purse April 21, Your Host set a track record of 1:222⁄5. He won the race by 61⁄2 lengths and outfinished Oil Capitol, then the Kentucky Derby favorite, by 11 lengths.

That put Your Host into the favorite’s spot for the Kentucky Derby. He went off at 8-5 in the 14-horse Derby field, but Your Host for the first time became fractious behind the gate. He led for much of the first mile before fading to ninth behind the victorious Middleground.

Your Host redeemed himself by win-

ning the Kent Stakes at Delaware Park, Dick Welles Stakes at Arlington Park, and Sheridan Handicap at Washington Park. He returned to California and in three starts at Hollywood ran second in the Premiere Handicap and captured the Golden State Breeders’ Handicap and Thanksgiving Day Handicap. In the latter at 11 8 miles, his time of 1:414 5 was only one-fifth off the track record.

A 4-year-old season could have showcased Your Host’s talent even more. He began the year by carrying 130 pounds in the Santa Catalina Handicap and setting

Your Host garnered many fans during his 14 years

Your Host poses on the track with Moran (top) and defeats Moonrush, Vino Fino, and On Trust in the 1951 Santa Catalina Handicap

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a 11⁄8-mile track record of 1:481⁄5. Making it even more remarkable was the fact that jockey Eric Guerin’s saddle slipped forward early in the race.

But in the San Pasqual Handicap, again with Guerin aboard, Your Host clipped the heels of Renown and fell. He fractured the ulna in his right foreleg in four places. Guerin was taken to the hospital for observation but was unhurt.

“It’s a shame he didn’t get more of a chance than he did,” Guerin said. “I got him to rate and relax, and he was getting better all the time. He was going to be a good horse.”

Your Host’s popularity was such that many fans sent condolence letters to Daniels, saying how much they admired and loved Your Host.

The insertion of steel plates into a fracture such as this was in its infancy in 1951. While veterinarians wanted to try, insurance issues complicated the matter. Ultimately, Your Host did not receive the surgery, and though he lived to age 14 and stood at stud for several years, the injury greatly shortened his life.

What he managed in that brief time at stud was phenomenal. Kelso alone would have cemented Your Host’s place in breeding history, but he also sired

Windy Sands, who went on to become a leading California sire. Your Host stood in California only one season, siring stakes winners Miss Todd, Blen Host, On the Job, and Social Climber. That crop also included Thank You Ma’m, who became the dam of 1967 Santa Anita Derby winner Ruken.

Lloyds of London had held the insurance policy on Your Host and paid $250,000 to Goetz, who reportedly accepted the offer “reluctantly.” The insurance company was thus the horse’s owner during his year at stud in California. After that, F. Wallis Armstrong Jr. and his wife, Ruth, of Meadowview Farm in Moorestown, N.J., purchased

him and stood him until his death. By the time of Walters’ article, Ruth was a widow, and she eventually died in 1996. Your Host had been a favorite of hers, and she eagerly discussed him with Walters.

“He was a kind horse, very much a gentleman, and had no temperament, no moods whatsoever,” she said.

The Armstrongs gave Your Host a good home until his injury got to the point where the kindest thing was euthanasia. Ruth recalled that sad time in her conversation with Walters.

“I went to him and talked to him just as I always had,” she said. “He had always loved sugar, and that day I gave him nearly a pound. The tears were streaming down my face.”

Ruth also recalled that Your Host had loved cats and dogs, who were often given free run in his stall. Perhaps the best way to remember the valiant Cal-bred is with this quote of hers:

“He thoroughly enjoyed their company, especially the kittens. He was fascinated by kittens. They seemed to know he wouldn’t hurt them, and there were many times when you could find them sleeping right alongside him in the stall.”

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Several artists painted the popular Cal-bred

Your Host captures the 1950 San Felipe Stakes prior to the Santa Anita Derby

CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY

SANTA BARBARIAN SCORES AT 43-1 ON THE TURF

BY TRACY GANTZ

Hindsight indicates that Santa Barbarian should never have gone off at 43-1 in the $126,500 Snow Chief Stakes Presented by City National Bank at Santa Anita May 24. Though making his stakes debut off his maiden victory, Santa Barbarian had momentum: Both owner/ breeder Barton Thoroughbreds and jockey Kazushi Kimura had already won twice on the card.

Liberation and No Cap earlier in the day had successfully represented Barton as a breeder. Kimura piloted Sneaker to a win in the Fran’s Valentine Stakes, as well as succeeding with No Cap. Put them together on Santa Barbarian, add in trainer Ryan Hanson, and anyone lucky enough to have wagered $2 to win cashed for $89.20.

The Snow Chief, at 11⁄8 miles on the turf for 3-year-olds, attracted eight, with twotime winner Bro Bro going off as the 8-5 favorite. As the field went past the grandstand for the first time, the favorite went to the front, while Santa Barbarian, the longest price on the board and drawn on the outside, trailed.

But the picture was about to shift. Santa Barbarian picked off a couple of rivals to move into fifth as the field turned onto the backstretch. Bro Bro dropped back on the second turn, eventually having to be pulled up because he bled, while Santa Barbarian made a second good move on the outside to vie with leader Cali Cat into the stretch.

Cali Cat couldn’t hold off Santa Barbarian’s charge, and the Barton colorbearer scored by a half-length in 1:49.80. Got Soul finished third.

“It was a surprise to win with the odds, but we owe so much credit to Ryan Hanson and the amazing

training job he has done with him,” said Kate Barton Penner. “The Snow Chief was a quick turnaround, being two weeks after he won on May 9, but it seemed like the perfect spot.”

Richard Barton had encouraged Hanson to nominate Santa Barbarian to the race, Penner said.

“When you have owners that really believe in you and the horses, it is really good,” said Hanson. “We had the horse as a 2-year-old, and he got some shins. So they took him home and gave him some time.”

Santa Barbarian debuted this past Janu-

ary. It took him three races to get going, and Hanson discovered that the gelding prefers the turf.

Hanson comes from Quarter Horse roots, as does Kevin Dickson, the farm manager at Barton Thoroughbreds in the Santa Ynez Valley. Dickson and the Barton team raised Santa Barbarian, who went to the yearling sales along with the rest of the Barton crop. The youngster was a $19,000 buy-back at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton California sale.

“He was a nice yearling that we protected a bit at the Fasig California yearling sale,” Penner said. “He has seemed to just really come into his own as of late.”

Barton Thoroughbreds claimed Ebony Cat, a daughter of Storm Victory and the dam of Santa Barbarian, for $5,000 in 2017. Santa Barbarian is by Bodexpress, who formerly stood at Barton.

“Ebony Cat ended up being the dam of our highest priced Cat Burglar yearling sold at auction,” Penner said. “She was throwing really nice-looking foals, and we were just waiting for one to hit. We also have his half-sister Meadowvale, by Tap Back, currently in training.”

Santa Barbarian defeats Cali Cat in the Snow Chief Stakes Presented by City National Bank

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The CTBA’s Loretta Veiga presents the trophy to jockey Kazushi Kimura and trainer Ryan Hanson (right)

PURE JOY

BY TRACY GANTZ

Winner’s circles make people happy, but few smiles have been wider than those sported by Jerry and Connie Baker and Aggie Ordonez. Ordonez trains Om N Joy for the Bakers, and when the 3-year-old filly overcame a slow start to power home for victory in the $125,500 Melair Stakes, the trio couldn’t have been prouder of her.

“What a horse—amazing,” Jerry said.

Making the victory even sweeter is the fact that the Bakers, who bred Om N Joy, share ownership of her with their friends Michael Golovko and Terry Scanlan, who each have a 10% interest.

Veteran jockey Kent Desormeaux has piloted Om N Joy to both of her stakes wins, the Melair and the April 5 Evening

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Jewel Stakes. He also rode her in her initial two starts, last summer at Del Mar.

“Kent used to get on her at Del Mar and ride her around the barn area,” Ordonez said. “He knew from the start that she was good.”

Though Om N Joy is never quickest out of the gate, the 2-1 favorite got away particularly slowly in the 11 16-mile Melair, trailing her five rivals.

“When she came out of the gate like that, I had words with the starter,” Desormeaux said. “It was her fault—she threw her head right at the start. It was nerve-wracking down the backstretch.”

But Om N Joy demonstrated to Desormeaux just how much ability she has. She shifted to the inside at the top of the stretch and went hunting for pacesetters Fibonaccis Ride and Going Deep. She caught them late to defeat Going Deep by a half-length in 1:45.67. Lady Mendelssohn passed Fibonaccis Ride for third.

“She proved to be a lot better than I thought she was because she had no right to win today and she did it anyway,” Desormeaux said.

Ordonez also credited Desormeaux, saying, “That is why you ride Kent Desormeaux.”

The trainer won her first lifetime stakes as a trainer in the Evening Jewel, but she was raised around horses.

“My dad rode on the East Coast, and I’m a lifetime racetracker,” she said. “I’ve been up in Northern California for 20-something years. I raised a family, and being a mom was always my first priority. But he graduated high school, and I said I’m going to take a big swing.”

Ordonez has been in Southern California for three years. Her efforts have paid off with Om N Joy, and they didn’t go unnoticed on the backstretch. She received a huge compliment in the winner’s circle from John Sadler, who as the trainer of Melair presented the trophy. He noted that he always sees Ordonez in the barn area working hard and taking good care of her horses.

The Bakers bred Om N Joy from the Hard Spun mare Margie’s Minute, a $20,000 claim in 2016 and their first racehorse. After her racing career ended, they decided to breed Margie’s Minute. The mare’s first two foals, Sugar Kisses and Zzyzx, were winners, but Om N Joy is her first stakes winner, as well as the first stakes winner for her sire, Om.

With the Melair, Om N Joy was winning her third race in 10 starts, with four thirds. She increased her earnings to $225,640.

Om N Joy makes it two stakes in a row with her Melair victory

Owner/breeders Connie and Jerry Baker and trainer Aggie Ordonez flank jockey Kent Desormeaux and presenter John Sadler after the Melair

TURF APPEALS TO SNEAKER

GRADED STAKESPLACED FILLY GETS FIRST STAKES WIN

BY JACK SHINAR

Whenever she attends an outof-state auction in Kentucky or elsewhere, longtime bloodstock agent Gayle Van Leer says she always looks first for horses bred in California that would best benefit her Golden State clientele at a budget-friendly price. That was the case in 2022 when she checked out a filly sired by a then-unproven stallion named Oscar Performance at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale.

Van Leer was wowed by the filly’s appearance, but she knew she wouldn’t be the only one.

“She was beautiful, a shiny, coppery chestnut filly with four white legs and a big white face,” Van Leer recalled. “I knew I wasn’t going to sneak away with this one.”

Successfully bidding $120,000, Van Leer probably paid a little more than she wanted. But the filly, consigned by Brookdale Sales and out of the winning Giant’s Causeway mare Lime Beach, “fit the program perfectly” for Kathleen Kennedy’s R L Stables, who sought a turf runner.

They named her Sneaker.

The filly, making her 14th career start—all on grass for trainer George Papaprodromou—earned her first stakes victory in a front-running effort in the $101,000 Fran’s Valentine at Santa Anita May 24.

“We were thrilled,” said Van Leer, who manages the stable. “It’s taken her a little while to get there, but she’s finally put it all together.”

Ridden by Kazushi Kimura, Sneaker broke from the rail as the second choice in the field of seven Golden State Series-eligible fillies and mares going one mile on turf.

She immediately tackled the slightly favored Prancingthruparis, winner of the Irish O’Brien Stakes in March. Sneaker, on the inside, maintained a short advantage over Prancingthruparis all the way into the stretch while rattling off quarter-mile fractions of :23.36, :47.40, and 1:11.52.

Sneaker ($6.60 to win) inched away from her rival in upper stretch, opening some daylight approaching the eighth pole and pounding home by 21 4 lengths. The final time was 1:35.88.

The stalking Cornelia Fort, despite altering her path in the drive, edged Prancingthruparis by a length for second.

Sneaker was coming off a third-place

showing after overcoming a slow start and early trouble in the Royal Heroine Stakes (G3T) April 26. She was also third in the Irish O’Brien before that. The Fran’s Valentine was her fourth win and 10th in-themoney effort, boosting her career earnings to $261,948.

“It set up well and she was well within herself,” Papaprodromou said. “This was a very good race for her, but I thought her last race was just as good, maybe better. I’m very happy with her progression.

“We’ll probably try to stick with Calbreds as much as we can, but I don’t see why she can’t win a graded stakes. She’s a nice filly, well-bred.”

Steve Marshall’s Fountain of Youth Breeding LLC bred Sneaker in California, though the mare and foal were transferred to Kentucky soon after, Van Leer explained.

Lime Beach, now 12, first entered the breeding shed in 2019, but Sneaker is her only named offspring to date. The mare produced a gray/ roan filly by Far From Over in 2022 and a pair of gray/roan colts by Violence in 2023 and 2024. Sneaker’s second dam, Laughing Lashes, was a group 2 winner and twice group 1-placed in Ireland.

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Racing manager Gayle Van Leer (front row, second from left), Kimura, and trainer George Papaprodromou (second from right) accept the trophy

WHAT A GEM

CONSISTENT PRIVATE GEM GETS FIRST STAKES WIN

BY TRACY GANTZ

Trainer Mark Glatt admitted that he “just took a shot” by dropping a $50,000 claim in for Private Gem in the colt’s racing debut. The trainer had sound reasons, which paid off with a sparkling victory in the $100,500 Thor’s Echo Stakes at Santa Anita May 24.

“I like Lookin At Lucky a little bit, and he’s a Lookin At Lucky but he’s Cal-bred,” Glatt said. “I just thought he would at least like the grass, and he was a good-looking horse when he walked in the paddock that day.”

Private Gem relishes both turf and dirt. In five lifetime starts, three on dirt and two on turf, he has four wins and one second. Perhaps because he was coming off two grass wins down Santa Anita’s hill and returning to dirt, Private Gem went off as the 5-2 second choice in the six-furlong Thor’s Echo. Bettors preferred Book Smart at 7-10 off his two most recent outings, a first and narrow second at six furlongs on dirt against open company.

Book Smart runs well on the lead, but Tapatio Leo gave him plenty of company in the Thor’s Echo. The two of them battled through a first quarter in :21.69 and a half-mile in :44.51.

“We were hoping that somebody would go with Book Smart because when he shakes loose on the lead, he is hard to beat,” Glatt said.

Umberto Rispoli, fresh off his Preakness (G1) score with Jour-

nalism, returned aboard Private Gem. The jockey had partnered the 4-year-old colt in the two wins down the hill.

“He’s a pretty nice horse, and Mark has done an amazing job with him going from grass to dirt,” Rispoli said.

Rispoli tucked Private Gem into third behind the leaders.

“I thought we were in a good spot, no matter if someone went with Book Smart or not,” the jockey said.

At the top of the stretch, Book Smart still held onto the lead and Private Gem took aim from the rail. Private Gem got to the front inside the eighth pole, sail-

ing home by 31⁄2 lengths in 1:09.71. Final Storm, last of the six early, closed well for second, 11 4 lengths ahead of Book Smart.

Glatt claimed Private Gem for owners Hans and Ana Maron, who race in the name of Saints or Sinners. The Marons have about 30 horses in training, split between Glatt on the West Coast and Greg Foley in the Midwest.

After Glatt claimed Private Gem, he ran the colt back in the Nov. 3 Golden State Juvenile Stakes. Private Gem finished second by a half-length to Magic Spoon and then was off for more than 15 months.

“He had a couple of minor things, and it just took a long time,” Glatt said. “He came back, started training again, and then there was another minor thing. The next thing you know it’s a year plus.”

C-Punch Ranch Inc. bred Private Gem from its unraced homebred Cal-bred Unusual Heat mare Geode. Private Gem won in his debut, when Glatt claimed him, racing for his breeder in the name of Irvin Racing Stable, with Carla Gaines as his trainer. The Irvin family has bred and raced such runners as Smokey Image, champion Cal-bred 2-year-old male of 2015.

Private Gem slips through on the rail and scores by 31⁄2 lengths in Thor’s Echo

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Jockey Umberto Rispoli and trainer Mark Glatt accept the trophy from Thor’s Echo’s trainer, Doug O’Neill (left)

Golden State Series—Crystal Water Stakes

BACK IN ACTION

KINGS RIVER KNIGHT

RETURNS TRIUMPHANTLY

BY JACK SHINAR

Following an extended layoff and an uncharacteristic sixth-place finish in his return race, there could have been some concern that Kings River Knight had lost a step or two.

But the 7-year-old gelding—California’s champion turf runner of 2024—put any such notion to rest within about six jumps out of the gate while taking control of the $101,000 Crystal Water Stakes May 24 at Santa Anita. The front-running son of Acclamation out of the Poteen mare Seasontoperfection ran away from six rivals to capture the Golden State Series event by 31⁄2 lengths.

It was the third consecutive

year that Kings River Knight won the Crystal Water, a one-mile grass test, all with Juan Hernandez aboard.

The pride of Old English Rancho earned his 11th victory and seventh stakes in 18 career starts. He bumped his earnings to $710,330 for owners Integrity Thoroughbred Racing, The Ellwood Johnston Trust, and Kenneth Tevelde.

“The late great Mel Stute said, ‘Any horse that wins more than he loses is a really good horse.’ And he fits that,” winning trainer John Sadler said. “He’s a wonderful horse, and he’s been good for a long time. Hope-

fully, we have a couple more good years with him.”

On paper, this wasn’t the strongest edition of the Crystal Water, and it was hard to see anybody in the field running with Kings River Knight, the heavy 1-5 public choice. Only one horse, 30-1 shot Stamp My Passport, even tried to challenge him early. But the favorite kept him at bay by about a length while clicking off moderate fractions of :23.69, :47.78, and 1:11.01.

Rounding the final turn, Stamp My Passport made one last attempt to get to the leader, cutting the advantage to a half-length. Hernandez asked for a little more from Kings River Knight, and he responded to open a clear three-length advantage midstretch to come home in 1:34.84. Takes Three nosed out Coalinga Road for second.

“All the praise goes to my horse because out of the gate, he broke in front,” Hernandez said. “I just let him be happy there. He was traveling really, really well. It looks like he’s back again.”

Since beginning his career midway through his 4-year-old season in June 2022, Kings River Knight had never had an extended break from racing. His connections decided it was time to give him one following last year’s Crystal Water victory. He returned to training at the start of 2025 and had 11 timed workouts prior to his comeback race in the March 30 Sensational Star Stakes over Santa Anita’s hillside turf course. Caught behind a pair of speedsters, Kings River Knight stalked the leaders into the stretch, battled between horses, and eventually weakened to be beaten by 33⁄4 lengths. It was only the second time in his career that he had finished worse than second and the only time he’s lost in nine races when teamed with Hernandez.

“He only got beat by a couple of lengths, and that race helped him to be ready for this one,” Hernandez said. Leonard Miranda, part owner with Integrity Racing, summed it up: “I’m just happy to be part of it, with the Johnstons, who bred this horse, and of course Ken. We are just reaping the benefits. We are so blessed.”

Kings River Knight, a 2024 champion Cal-bred, scores in his third consecutive Crystal Water Stakes

Trainer John Sadler (right) and co-owner Betty Johnston (in red) join a large group after the Crystal Water

ANOTHER DOUBLE FOR THE KING

KINGS RIVER KNIGHT TAKES BERTRANDO FOR SECOND TIME

BY TRACY GANTZ

John Sadler can and has trained every kind of horse, from claimers to champions and from those around for fleeting moments to old warriors.

The affable Sadler is far too nice to compare his runners. Horse of the Year Flightline was a definite career highlight, but he was a blazing comet who started only six times, all spectacular. A horse like 7-yearold California-bred gelding Kings River Knight, winner of the $101,000 Bertrando Stakes June 21 at Los Alamitos, must be his own kind of special, returning season after season.

Kings River Knight’s career has lasted so long that Sadler’s team has been able to enjoy him for multiple seasons without even training him through his entire career. Andy Mathis, based in Northern California at the time, coached the gelding through his first seven starts, six of those as a 4-year-old and once at 5, getting Kings River Knight’s first three victories, all consecutive.

After Sadler won his first stakes with Kings River Knight, the 2023 Crystal Water Stakes, the trainer paid tribute to Mathis, saying, “He came to me in good shape,” and explaining that the owners felt Southern California offered more opportunities.

That ownership group should know. The Johnston family’s Old English Rancho bred Kings River Knight, a son of Acclamation— Seasontoperfection, by Poteen. In the name of the Ellwood Johnston Trust, they own him with Integrity Thoroughbred Racing and Kenneth Tevelde.

Named champion Cal-bred turf horse of 2023, Kings River Knight can also perform well on the main track. He usually gets that opportunity at Los Alamitos, which doesn’t have a turf course. Kings River Knight is a perfect three-for-three at Los Alamitos, demonstrating that his main-track proclivities are better than most people think.

Kings River Knight won two one-mile stakes at Los Alamitos in 2023—the Bertrando and, at the track’s fall meeting, the E.B. Johnston Stakes, named the founder of Old English. He received a long layoff last year, missing the various Los Alamitos meetings. Kings River Knight returned to capture the Crystal Water Stakes for the third consecutive season on the turf at San-

ta Anita before this year’s Bertrando.

Fans made Kings River Knight the 3-10 Bertrando favorite against six Cal-bred rivals. Drawn on the outside and with regular rider Juan Hernandez aboard, Kings River Knight broke well and battled with Mr. Disrespectful around the first turn, with a first quarter-mile in :23.59.

“He’s usually push button, but around the turn he wasn’t quite focused,” Hernandez said.

In fact, Kings River Knight allowed Mr. Disrespectful to take command down the backstretch. Going into the second turn, Cowboy Mike made a run at Kings River Knight from third. But Kings River Knight was far from finished. Though he lugged out a bit, he came on to collar Mr. Disrespectful and win by 11⁄4 lengths in 1:35.90. Cowboy Mike faded to sixth, while Rodrigoknows closed for third.

“Once he hit the stretch, he switched leads and knew it was time to race and took off,” Hernandez said.

Juan Leyva, Sadler’s assistant, noted that while Kings River Knight didn’t have as much speed as he usually does, “he pulled through and won on all heart.”

Kings River Knight keeps his Los Alamitos record perfect in the Bertrando

Judy Johnston of Old English Rancho (in red) stands with jockey Juan Hernandez and a host of the gelding’s supporters

Collmus Will Call California-breds

SUMMER MEET GETS NEW ANNOUNCER AS DENMAN RETIRES

When California-breds storm home in the numerous Golden State Series stakes at Del Mar this summer, a new voice will be celebrating their triumphs. Longtime Del Mar announcer Trevor Denman has retired, and Larry Collmus will succeed him at the summer stand, which begins July 18 and runs through Sept. 7.

Collmus isn’t new to Del Mar. He has called races around the world and has been Del Mar’s announcer at its Bing Crosby fall meeting since 2020. Calbreds have opportunities at that meet as well, but the summer offers the most plentiful schedule.

“I grew up listening to Trevor and have loved his unforgettable calls for decades,” Collmus said. “It is an absolute honor to follow him at Del Mar. Calling the races there in the fall the last five years has been a great experience, and I’m thrilled to be the new full-time voice of Del Mar.”

Collmus will be calling a whole slate of overnight and stakes races during the meet. As always, the $1 million Pacific Classic (G1) heads the stakes schedule. It is the cornerstone of a huge day of racing Aug. 30. That card will also include the Del Mar Handicap (G2T), Del Mar Mile (G2T), and Del Mar Derby (G2T).

The eight Cal-bred stakes kick off early in the season and are spread throughout the meet. They begin with the $150,000 Fleet Treat Stakes for 3-year-old fillies July 25. August will, of course, see the most opportunities: the $150,000 Real Good Deal Stakes Aug. 1, $150,000 California Dreamin’ Stakes Aug. 2, $100,000 CTBA Stakes Aug. 3, $100,000 Gradu-

ation Stakes Aug. 8, and $150,000 Solana Beach Stakes Aug. 17. The Cal-bred Del Mar season ends with two $100,000 stakes for 2-year-olds in September: the Sept. 1 Generous Portion Stakes and Sept. 5 I’m Smokin Stakes.

Cal-breds also win their share of graded and open stakes, ably illustrated by The Chosen Vron. Voted the Cal-bred Horse of the Year for a second season in 2024, The Chosen Vron captured his second consecutive Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar last year.

Overnight races will also beckon be-

cause Del Mar has increased purses for 2025. Overnight purses are projected to total $15.7 million, a blended increase of 8% over 2024 purses. Del Mar management has said that the vast majority of the track’s owners and trainers will be able to run in maiden special weight dirt races— both open and Cal-bred—for purses of $100,000.

In addition, Del Mar will again offer its maiden dirt bonus, which provides a 25% increase to non-winner races at the $62,500 level and above. Conditioners with fewer than 100 horses on the Southern California circuit will be competing in those straight maiden races for more than six-figure prizes for their horses.

Del Mar will be providing its richest Ship & Win program, with out-of-state qualifying horses who come to race locally offered a $5,000 bonus for starting in a dirt race, while turf horses are given a $4,000 up-front bonus. Those same horses will earn an additional 50% supplement on top of their purse earnings for running first through fifth on the dirt, while eligible turf horses will receive a 40% bonus. This will be the 15th year of the Ship & Win program.

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Larry Collmus

The Chosen Vron wins 2024 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar as part of a championship season

INTEGRITY GROUP IS MINORITY PARTNER IN SUCH HORSES AS KINGS RIVER KNIGHT

LEONARD MIRANDA

BY JACK SHINAR

Leonard Miranda, the

eﬀusive founder of the Integrity Thoroughbred Racing partnership, isn’t exactly the sort of person you’d expect to find in horse racing ownership.

A nearly 30-year law enforcement veteran with the Chula Vista Police Department in San Diego County, Miranda had worked his way up the ranks to become a SWAT commander and a narcotics division supervisor. Thanks to California’s pension program, he was able to retire as a captain in 2010, even though he didn’t really want to.

“I suddenly had a lot of time on my hands,” said Miranda, now 64, whose group is a minority owner of California-bred champion and turf star Kings River

Knight. “It got me thinking about horses again.”

When he was a youngster, Miranda enjoyed going to the races with his father.

“I didn’t come from money,” he said “I grew up in Pico Rivera, and we didn’t have much. But I remember my dad taking me by the arm and saying, ‘Let’s go to the races.’

“I didn’t know anything about racing or betting. What I remember most about it from that time were the horses. Whenever I could raise enough money, I loved to go horseback riding.”

As a young man, he began his police career, married wife Terri, and started a family. Though he still followed racing, Miranda didn’t go to the track anymore. He was wrapped up in other pursuits while rearing three children. His time in narcotics

investigation included some major drug and kidnapping cases against Mexican cartels that had moved into San Diego. Leaving that kind of life behind and retiring to his home in Imperial Beach wasn’t an easy transition, he admitted.

“I really needed a little more of an adrenalin hit,” Miranda said. “I knew I didn’t have the money to be an owner on my own, but I wanted to know more. I attended one of those TOC (Thoroughbred Owners of California) ownership seminars and that got me thinking.

“That started five years of due diligence for me,” Miranda added. “I wanted to learn everything I could about horse racing.”

He speaks Spanish fluently, which helped him on the backstretch while talking to grooms and hotwalkers, and he also tapped trainers for advice. He spent time with horse owners and in track executive suites, in the racing oﬃce, and even in the paymaster’s department. Over time, with the help of the TOC and its director of operations at the time, Mary Forney, Miranda said he developed a business plan.

“I didn’t know anyone in the industry when I started, but the people I met were very gracious,” Miranda said. “I loved the community of horse racing, the ecosystem. I got the sense that there are many good people there.”

What he came up with was Integrity.

“We are not a syndicate—

Leonard Miranda is part owner of 5-year-old Diamond Bar Gal, “a cool horse,” he says

PHOTOS COURTESY OF LEONARD MIRANDA

anything but that,” he said.

“There are seven core members in Integrity Thoroughbreds,” explained Miranda, who is the group’s point man. “We don’t want any more than that. We aren’t in it for the money. We are in it for the fun. We all have a great time together. We’ve kept the same group together over the years. We show up and enjoy the races, pay our bills, and wait. We don’t get out over our skis.”

He said he named the partnership Integrity as a nod to his former occupation “and it’s a high mark to shoot for—it’s almost like a mission statement.”

The group currently has 10 horses in active training. Integrity is a minority partner in all of its transactions.

Its most successful venture easily has been Kings River Knight, a 7-yearold Acclamation gelding bred by the Johnston family’s Old English Rancho and trained by John Sadler. The smooth-striding bay, out of the Poteen mare Seasontoperfection, has won 11 of 18 starts—including seven stakes— with five seconds, earning $710,330. He was named the champion Cal-bred turf horse of 2024.

Miranda said he first noticed Kings River Knight when he won an allowance race at Del Mar in his third start in September 2022. He approached his trainer at the time, Andy Mathis, about possibly buying a share.

“I knew of Old English Rancho and its history, but not as a partner,” Miranda recalled. “I met Judy (Johnston) and was taken by the kind of passion she has for winning, even after all these years in racing. I told them if you have room, I’d like to buy in.”

A short while later, Integrity was accepted.

“Well, it’s been wonderful,” Miranda said. “I know there’s a lot of people that have been in racing forever and have not had a horse that wins like he does. I’m thrilled to have him, to be a

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are in it for the fun. We all have a great time together. We’ve kept the same group together over the years. We show up and enjoy the races, pay our bills, and wait. We don’t get out over our skis.”

— Leonard Miranda

part of this group.”

Integrity also partners with the Ellwood Johnston Trust and others in Diamond Bar Gal. She’s a 5-year-old Old English Rancho-bred daughter of Vronsky who has won three of nine lifetime starts with earnings of $135,490.

Henry Adams, an Irish group stakes winner for trainer Aidan O’Brien, is a horse that Miranda anticipates seeing this summer. Mike Scully’s Eclipse

Thoroughbred Farm purchased the 4-year-old Irish-bred son of No Nay Never as a stallion prospect and has partnered with Integrity, Miranda said. The plan is to give Henry Adams, now

in the barn of Richard Baltas, a start toward the end of the Del Mar meet.

That’s something new for Integrity as it dabbles in breeding and sales. They are partners on eight broodmares in Kentucky, Miranda said, and they have an interest in two more that are in California with Scully.

Miranda is sharing his experience with others. Because he wants to educate potential new owners on all aspects of the sport, he often invites an outside partner in on a horse.

“They learn how tough (ownership) can be,” he said, “and if they ultimately run for the hills, that’s good.”

Caption

Miranda and Michael Salley (seated right) celebrate Kings River Knight’s championship with (from left) Judy Johnston, Mike Walsh, Linda Barrett, Dr. Antje Hinz, and Mimi Hilvers

APRIL 21, 2025 – JUNE 22, 2025

3-YEAR-OLDS & UP

Accelerate—Susan B Good: Mining District (90-42), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/14, 6 1/2f, 1:16.28, $36,600.

Acclamation—Celebration: Party Foul (30-13), g, 7 yo, Fonner Park, ALW, 4/26, 6f, 1:13.40, $6,360.

Acclamation—Seasontoperfection: Kings River Knight (30-13), g, 7 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Crystal Water S., 5/24, 1mi (T), 1:34.84, $60,000.

Acclamation—Seasontoperfection: Kings River Knight (30-13), g, 7 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STK, Bertrando S., 6/21, 1mi, 1:35.90, $60,000.

American Freedom—Western Kitty: Western Freedom (100-42), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/4, 5 1/2f, 1:03.98, $36,600. American Pharoah—Tryst: Moonlight Tryst (150-49), m, 5 yo, Canterbury Park, ALW, 6/7, 1mi, 1:38.71, $14,100.

Bayern—Pocketful: Low Dose (35-11), m, 7 yo, Grants Pass, STR, 6/14, 4 1/2f, 51.87, $3,575.

Bodexpress—Trust Fund Kitty: Just Trust Me (28-7), c, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, ALW, 4/29, 7 1/2f (T), 1:30.97, $16,800.

Bodexpress—Ebony Cat: Santa Barbarian (28-7), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Snow Chief S. presented by City National Bank, 5/24, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:49.80, $75,000.

Bodexpress—Trust Fund Kitty: Just Trust Me (28-7), c, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, STK, Fancy As Overnight S., 6/3, 5f, 1:00.76, $14,880.

Boisterous—Shared Image: Druidic (38-12), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 5/17, 1mi, 1:38.28, $14,400.

Boisterous—Andean Moon: Moonlightnwine (38-12), g, 5 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 6/20, 6 1/2f, 1:15.44, $7,980.

Cairo Prince—Chicalelee: Touchdown Brown (161-57), g, 7 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/17, 1mi, 1:37.89, $36,600.

Cat Burglar—Baltic Nations: I Am Grodd (36-12), g, 5 yo, Will Rogers Downs, ALW, 4/29, 1mi, 1:38.94, $13,746.

Classic Empire—Wicked Wahine: Annie Fox (119-51), f, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, AOC, 4/28, 1mi (T), 1:37.22, $13,200.

Clubhouse Ride—Jet Set Girl: Toolittletoolate (81-32), g, 4 yo, Miles City, ALW, 5/4, 5 1/4f, 1:04.80, $3,300.

Clubhouse Ride—Jet Set Girl: Toolittletoolate (81-32), g, 4 yo, Miles City, ALW, 5/18, 5 1/4f, 1:02.40, $5,500.

Clubhouse Ride—Warren's Jen Fizz: Warrens World (81-32), g, 5 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, SOC, 5/24, 6 1/2f, 1:24.20, $6,700. Clubhouse Ride—Scary Fast: Scary Fast Ride (81-32), m, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/30, 6f, 1:09.64, $47,580.

Clubhouse Ride—Pica: Shankadopolous (81-32), g, 3 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 6/8, about 6f, 1:11.56, $3,604.

Coach Bob—Rachels Belle: Rachel's Coach (8-3), g, 5 yo, Gulfstream Park, AOC, 5/4, 5 1/2f, 1:03.26, $26,400.

Coil—Aclevershadeofjade: Vinniebob (4-2), g, 6 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, ALW, 5/26, 6 1/2f, 1:24.20, $7,250.

Curlin to Mischief—Letmetakeaselfie: Haywood (35-18), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 5/2, 6f, 1:09.80, $16,560.

Curlin to Mischief—Miss Jo's Command: Miss Jo's Curlin (35-18), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/11, 6f (T), 1:08.31, $36,600.

Curlin to Mischief—Pleasing Sunrise: Sunrise Mischief (35-18), g, 4 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, STK, Derby Club Sprint S., 5/17, 5f, 59.20, $13,375.

Curlin to Mischief—Noe Valley: Berry Valley (35-18), m, 6 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/31, 1 1/8mi (T), 1:50.18, $36,600.

Curlin to Mischief—Pleasing Sunrise: Sunrise Mischief (35-18), g, 4 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, STK, Energy Capital Sprint S., 6/1, 5 1/2f, 1:06.60, $13,750.

Curlin to Mischief—Letmetakeaselfie: Haywood (35-18), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 6/1, 6f, 1:10.27, $14,400.

Curlin to Mischief—Pleasing Sunrise: Sunrise Mischief (35-18), g, 4 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, ALW, 6/21, 5f, 59.50, $8,700.

Dads Caps—Whispers of War: Stardust Dreams (46-25), m, 5 yo, Miles City, ALW, 5/4, 5 1/4f, 1:08.20, $3,300.

Dads Caps—Whispers of War: Stardust Dreams (46-25), m, 5 yo, Miles City, AOC, 5/16, 5 1/4f, 1:02.40, $3,300.

Dads Caps—La Strada: No Cap (46-25), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/24, 6f, 1:11.15, $36,600.

Dads Caps—La Strada: Dads Estrella (46-25), m, 5 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, STK, Nellie Tayloe Ross S., 5/31, 5 1/2f, 1:05.70, $13,375.

Danzing Candy—Melanistic: Danzingwith Maxine (53-12), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/9, 6f (T), 1:09.64, $36,600.

Danzing Candy—Rowdy Gal: Sand to Sea (53-12), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/23, 1mi, 1:39.28, $36,600.

Desert Code—Scary Fast: Sawasdee (18-8), g, 7 yo, Assiniboia Downs, STK, SS Pee Wee S., 6/3, 5f, 59.61, $15,360.

Desert Code—Toomanytomorrows: Maybe Sometime (18-8), g, 7 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 6/8, 7f, 1:26.33, $4,134.

Distorted Humor—English Garden: Clouseau (62-15), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 4/26, 1mi (T), 1:36.93, $36,600.

Don'tsellmeshort—Early's Kid: Son o' Sanpete (2-1), g, 4 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 6/1, about 6f, 1:11.47, $3,604.

Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Sharp Warning (7-1), g, 8 yo, Miles City, STR, 5/4, 5 1/4f, 1:02.80, $3,300.

Enticed—Love's Illusion: Attracted (74-34), f, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, AOC, 5/10, 5 1/2f, 1:02.01, $14,250.

Enticed—Love's Illusion: Attracted (74-34), f, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, STK, Hastings S., 6/22, 6f, 1:09.15, $27,500.

Frosted—Estelle: Chilly Philly (178-72), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/18, 1mi (T), 1:37.94, $36,600.

Gallant Son—Zorra Roja: Fast Buck (10-4), g, 7 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 4/26, 6 1/2f (T), 1:17.11, $49,140.

Gervinho—Elegant Trick: Spanish Channel (2-2), m, 9 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 6/21, 5f, 58.82, $3,575.

Govenor Charlie—Run Kitty Run: Govenor Hank (9-3), g, 3 yo, Fairmount Park, AOC, 5/24, 6f, 1:11.97, $9,600.

Graydar—Itsakiss: Gun Powder (28-9), g, 3 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, ALW, 6/13, 5f, 1:00.40, $7,100.

Grazen—Sunshine Woman: Northvale Road (87-37), g, 6 yo, Lone Star Park, SOC, 4/26, 5f, 58.79, $10,740.

Grazen—Queenofhercastle: Lovesick Blues (87-37), g, 7 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Siren Lure S., 5/10, 6f (T), 1:08.50, $60,000.

Grazen—Sunday Rules: Bronko Nagurski (87-37), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 5/31, 6f, 1:10.97, $11,880.

Grazen—Carrie Rose: Buck Owens (87-37), g, 5 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, ALW, 6/14, 6 1/2f, 1:22.20, $7,750.

Grazen—Smart Roar: Performative (87-37), g, 5 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 6/14, 7f, 1:26.67, $4,134.

Haynesfield—Spinning Steel: Haynespun (9-3), m, 7 yo, Miles City, ALW, 5/11, 5 1/4f, 1:03.20, $5,500. I'll Have Another—Brookys Star: Brookys Gal (27-9), f, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 5/11, 6f, 1:09.97, $7,980.

Jeranimo—Barroom to Bedroom: Scratchy Apache (13-5), g, 7 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, ALW, 5/31, 6 1/2f, 1:21.60, $7,750.

Jeranimo—Barroom to Bedroom: Scratchy Apache (13-5), g, 7 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, SOC, 6/13, 6 1/2f, 1:23.20, $6,500.

Jeranimo—Barroom to Bedroom: Scratchy Apache (13-5), g, 7 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, SOC, 6/20, 5 1/2f, 1:06.20, $6,900.

Jersey Town—Free Sunset: Jersey Sunset (18-8), m, 5 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, ALW, 5/17, 6 1/2f, 1:22.40, $7,100.

Jersey Town—Look to the Sky: Regal Patriot (18-8), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 5/18, 6 1/2f (T), 1:14.92, $26,640.

Kafwain—Babe I'm Ready: Babe's Got Appeal (3-1), m, 7 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, SOC, 5/24, 5f, 1:01.10, $6,700.

Lookin At Lucky—Geode: Private Gem (113-34), c, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Thor's Echo S., 5/24, 6f, 1:09.71, $60,000.

Majestic Harbor—Miss Oops: Majestic Oops (21-7), m, 5 yo, Oaklawn Park, STK, Dig A Diamond S., 4/26, 1mi, 1:37.05, $114,000.

Majestic Harbor—Tizfit: Tiz's Harbor (21-7), c, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, AOC, 6/1, 5 1/2f, 1:03.58, $14,250.

Majestic Harbor—Miss Oops: Majestic Oops (21-7), m, 5 yo, Monmouth Park, STK, Lady's Secret S., 6/14, 1 1/16mi, 1:44.32, $60,000.

Misremembered—Little Bit Lovely: Rochester's Finest (23-10), g, 5 yo, Miles City, STR, 5/17, about 6f, 1:24.91, $3,850.

Misremembered—Little Bit Lovely: Rochester's Finest (23-10), g, 5 yo, Chippewa Downs, ALW, 6/22, 6 1/2f, 1:21.40, $4,500.

Mr. Big—Misszippityslewda: Big Celebration (47-15), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 4/25, 1mi, 1:40.05, $36,600.

Mr. Big—Ok Doll: Big Tippa (47-15), f, 4 yo, Chippewa Downs, ALW, 6/22, 5 1/2f, 1:07.30, $2,000.

Mrazek—Octogarian: Don't Hit Me Bash (13-6), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 5/11, 6f, 1:09.06, $7,980.

Mrazek—Electric Daze: Awareness Autism (13-6), f, 4 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 6/7, about 6f, 1:12.00, $3,604.

Mrazek—Taffeta: Check's On the Way (13-6), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/8, 6f, 1:09.70, $36,600.

Musketier (GER)—Kissamee Glitter: Christine's Jack (3-1), g, 9 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 6/1, about 6f, 1:09.54, $4,134.

Nyquist—Frege: Bro Bro (181-71), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/11, 1mi (T), 1:35.81, $36,600.

Om—Margie's Minute: Om N Joy (40-14), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Melair S., 5/24, 1 1/16mi, 1:45.67, $75,000.

Om—Elusive Holiday: Headed for Om (40-14), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 5/25, 6f (T), 1:09.67, $25,920.

Om—First Class Flyer: Flyover (40-14), c, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/31, 1mi (T), 1:34.00, $36,600.

Om—Tahitian Lagoon: Its a Cinch (40-14), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 6/1, 6f (T), 1:08.83, $36,600.

Oscar Performance—Lime Beach: Sneaker (93-29), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STK, Fran's Valentine S., 5/24, 1mi (T), 1:35.88, $60,000.

Point Piper—La Lapin: Piper's Causeway (5-3), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/18, 6f, 1:10.52, $36,600.

Richard's Kid—Bella Castagna: Mio Bambino (20-4), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, SOC, 5/3, 6f (T), 1:08.54, $24,480.

Run Brother Ron—Darncat: Darnquick (2-2), g, 8 yo, Chippewa Downs, ALW, 6/7, 5 1/2f, 1:08.20, $2,500.

n The accompanying list includes runners that are both California-foaled and California-sired winners in 2024 of all recent North American races, except straight claiming races.

n 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.

Shaman Ghost—Tiz Kissable: Hunters Ghost (55-23), g, 6 yo, Prairie Meadows, SOC, 5/30, 6f, 1:10.49, $10,500.

Sir Prancealot (IRE)—S Y Sky: Rosa Parks (72-25), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/16, 6 1/2f (T), 1:17.25, $36,600.

Smiling Tiger—Style Award: Wink and a Grin (114-38), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/2, 1mi (T), 1:36.08, $36,600.

Smiling Tiger—Recoiling: Blevys Tiger (114-38), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/4, 6f (T), 1:10.33, $36,600.

Smiling Tiger—Hotazel: Mr. Disrespectful (114-38), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 5/9, 1mi (T), 1:35.22, $25,920.

Smiling Tiger—Ros's Girl: Si That Tiger (114-38), c, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, AOC, 5/11, 5 1/2f, 1:01.98, $14,250.

Smiling Tiger—Magic School: Bit's Tiger Magic (114-38), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 6/1, about 6 1/2f, 1:12.69, $36,600.

Smiling Tiger—Starship Duchess: Jacrodra's Devil (114-38), m, 6 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, SOC, 6/7, about 6f, 1:10.13, $3,816.

Smiling Tiger—English Royal: R B's Tiger (114-38), f, 4 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 6/8, about 6f, 1:11.26, $3,657.

Smiling Tiger—Enlightenment: Casually Classy (114-38), f, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, ALW, 6/17, 6f, 1:15.27, $10,800.

Smiling Tiger—Magic School: Bit's Tiger Magic (114-38), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 6/22, 5 1/2f, 1:02.98, $27,600.

Smiling Tiger—Ros's Girl: Si That Tiger (114-38), c, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, STK, Auburn S., 6/22, 6f, 1:08.62, $27,500.

Smokem—Clara's Dream: One Smokin' Rita (12-5), m, 5 yo, Thistledown, ALW, 5/14, 6f, 1:11.76, $18,414.

Square Eddie—Grandiose Tactics: Eddie Crosswire (23-3), g, 5 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, STR, 5/31, about 6f, 1:10.60, $3,604.

Stanford—Devilish Pro: Spotted Haze (81-38), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/3, 5 1/2f, 1:03.95, $36,600.

Stanford—Joyce and Me: Nene Diamond (81-38), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 5/3, 6f (T), 1:08.92, $47,580.

Stanford—Tinderella (GB): Ligerazo (81-38), g, 3 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, ALW, 5/6, 5f, 1:00.23, $10,440.

Stanford—Curvy Cat: Stanford Bay (81-38), g, 6 yo, Hastings Racecourse, AOC, 5/31, 6 1/2f, 1:16.33, $11,000.

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Stanford—Sadie Clare: Dick Best (81-38), g, 6 yo, Hawthorne, SOC, 6/19, 1mi 70yd, 1:42.61, $8,700.

Stanford—Blues and Silvers: Confidence Builder (81-38), m, 6 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 6/21, 1mi, 1:36.79, $4,845.

Stay Thirsty—Miss Athena: Mr. Chivas (154-46), g, 4 yo, Fairmount Park, AOC, 4/26, 5 1/2f, 1:06.75, $11,700.

Stay Thirsty—Graustarkian: Stay in Line (154-46), m, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, AOC, 4/27, 6 1/2f, 1:16.86, $36,600.

Stay Thirsty—Forthe Lovof Patty: Passion of Joe's (154-46), g, 5 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, SOC, 5/16, 5 1/2f, 1:08.30, $6,700.

Stay Thirsty—Easter Fever: Thirsty Mama (154-46), f, 3 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, ALW, 6/7, 5f, 1:00.90, $7,100.

Stay Thirsty—Letsgotovegas: Papa Love's Vegas (154-46), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, ALW, 6/7, about 6 1/2f, 1:13.06, $36,600.

Stay Thirsty—Black Bird Rock: Drink This Cup (154-46), f, 3 yo, Delaware Park, AOC, 6/11, 6f, 1:10.56, $27,600.

Tamarkuz—Structural Deficit: Deficit Maja (44-17), f, 4 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 6/15, 7f, 1:26.08, $4,134.

Tough Sunday—Bodes Well: Nanci Griffith (7-3), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, STR, 5/23, 6f, 1:11.21, $14,520.

Treasure Ride—Pearl's Rule: Vella (1-1), m, 9 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, SOC, 6/8, 6 1/2f, 1:22.40, $6,700.

Unionize—Rachels Belle: Miss Union (4-2), m, 6 yo, Hastings Racecourse, AOC, 5/10, 6f, 1:11.25, $11,000.

Vronsky—La Darling: Clovisconnection (42-19), g, 5 yo, Emerald Downs, STK, Budweiser S., 6/22, 6f, 1:08.56, $27,500.

MAIDENS

Anthony's Cross—Spiced Latte: Anthony's Spice (12-1), f, 3 yo, Belterra Park, MCL, 5/16, 6f, 1:13.51, $6,175.

Bodexpress—Ebony Cat: Santa Barbarian (28-7), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/9, 1mi (T), 1:36.91, $36,000.

Bodexpress—Distorted Beauty: Distorted Cat (28-7), f, 3 yo, Sunray Park, MCL, 5/24, 6 1/2f, 1:20.57, $7,635.

Bronze Star—Silver One: Silver Maty (7-2), f, 4 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, MCL, 5/6, 4 1/2f, 54.72, $4,466.

Cat Burglar—All Star Kitten: Trump Era (36-12), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/25, 4 1/2f, 53.01, $36,000.

Circumference (IRE)—Nubian Princess: Round in Circles (9-3), m, 6 yo, Evangeline Downs, MCL, 5/1, 7f, 1:27.26, $6,000.

Circumference (IRE)—Incredible Ten: California Rocks (9-3), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/14, 1mi (T), 1:35.93, $36,000.

Clubhouse Ride—Letthepartybegin: Garden Party (81-32), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 4/25, 1mi (T), 1:37.50, $36,000.

Clubhouse Ride—Kiama: Kikuride (81-32), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 4/25, 1mi (T), 1:37.40, $36,000.

Clubhouse Ride—Van Dien Avenue: Maga Kai (81-32), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/11, 1mi, 1:41.12, $9,000.

Clubhouse Ride—Whirling Candy: Tenacious Candy (81-32), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/7, 4 1/2f, 52.86, $4,095.

Clubhouse Ride—Pams Pompallier (NZ): Ride for Gold (81-32), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 6/20, 6 1/2f, 1:16.74, $4,845.

Coastline—No Fighting: Yellow Jacket (7-2), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 4/28, 7 1/2f (T), 1:30.32, $7,080.

Conquest Farenheit—Third Time Lucky: Cooling Off (18-8), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/30, 5 1/2f, 1:05.96, $9,000.

Conquest Farenheit—Stellar Sue: Alan's Conquest (18-8), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 5/31, 4 1/2f, 53.30, $4,565.

Conquest Farenheit—Four Forty Second: Whats the Buzz (18-8), c, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/1, 5 1/2f, 1:05.18, $9,000.

Curlin to Mischief—Royal Ann Command: Royal Curlin (35-18), g, 4 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, MCL, 5/11, 6f, 1:13.68, $5,046.

Dads Caps—Assyria: Cap It Daddy (46-25), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 4/27, 5f, 58.32, $5,700.

Dads Caps—Dance Hall Days: Cascabel (46-25), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MOC, 5/3, 5 1/2f, 1:04.02, $12,810.

Dads Caps—Awesome Forever: Bottle Caps (46-25), g, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, MSW, 6/2, 5 1/2f, 1:07.65, $12,000.

DESERT CODE

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Desert Code—Call Betsy: Princess Kaiulani (18-8), f, 3 yo, Legacy Downs, MSW, 5/30, 5 1/2f, 1:05.00, $6,900.

Don'tsellmeshort—Early's Kid: Son o' Sanpete (2-1), g, 4 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 4/23, 5f, 57.95, $6,100.

Dosificado (CHI)—Forever Wife: Lovely Bride (14-3), f, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/10, 5 1/2f, 1:04.52, $4,845.

Fullbridled—Red Sunset: Careful Colin (8-2), c, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 4/26, 4 1/2f, 52.87, $4,400.

Gem Heist—Bijoux: Got Your Six (5-3), g, 5 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/14, 4 1/2f, 53.11, $4,310. Gem Heist—Ten in Excess: Excessive Thievery (5-3), g, 5 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/22, 4 1/2f, 53.29, $4,400.

G. G. Ryder—Hand Tricks: A Ryder's Trick (7-1), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 5/24, 4 1/2f, 53.91, $4,035.

Graydar—Exotic Behavior: Goodbye Now (28-9), g, 3 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, MCL, 5/26, 5 1/2f, 1:10.60, $5,000.

Grazen—Wind N Waves: Titanic Thompson (87-37), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/17, 6 1/2f (T), 1:17.94, $36,000.

Grazen—Carpathia: Ellen Jorth (87-37), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/25, 6 1/2f (T), 1:16.09, $36,000.

Grazen—That's the Idea: Young Love (87-37), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/15, 6f (T), 1:08.95, $36,000.

Idiot Proof—No More Twinkies: Charmed Dream (20-3), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 6/20, 6f, 1:11.87, $9,000.

I'll Have Another—Epistemology: Hurricane Layla (27-9), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/18, 6f, 1:10.66, $36,000.

Jimmy Creed—Sunday Rules: James J. Braddock (117-52), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/9, 6f, 1:11.71, $9,000.

Jimmy Creed—Sadie Clare: Cela Hall (117-52), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/7, 6f, 1:12.11, $19,800.

Kantharos—Silver Swallow: Silver I Am (183-67), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/1, 6f, 1:10.71, $36,000.

Lakerville—Tops Image: Lakerville Rose (12-2), f, 4 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, MCL, 6/14, 5f, 1:00.90, $5,000.

Last Draw—Creme Rinse: Coiffeur (4-1), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/2, 5 1/2f, 1:05.32, $23,400.

Listing—Cryptic: Saul Elliott (2-1), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/25, 4 1/2f, 51.96, $36,000. Majestic Harbor—Palisadesprincess: Majestic Palisades (21-7), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/3, 1mi, 1:38.79, $12,000.

Misremembered—Crazy Smart: Dungarvan Oak (23-10), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 6/6, 6f, 1:12.68, $4,845.

Mrazek—Walkingonadream: Mrazek's Old Dream (13-6), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/6, 1mi, 1:42.12, $9,000.

Northern Causeway—Slew's Charm: Fincairn (22-5), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/12, 1mi, 1:41.10, $8,100.

Nyquist—Blame the Agent: Less Is More (181-71), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/24, 1mi (T), 1:37.42, $36,000.

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Om—Heavenly Candy: Wind Speed (40-14), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 4/26, 6f (T), 1:10.84, $36,000.

Om—Scathing: Jaguar Jon (40-14), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 4/27, 6f, 1:11.44, $8,100.

Om—Clever Bird: Goin' South (40-14), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/3, 5f, 57.03, $9,120.

Om—Thalia: Maria Tallchief (40-14), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/3, 6 1/2f, 1:17.69, $19,800. Om—Sing and Tell: El Ondeado (40-14), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/4, 6f, 1:11.69, $9,000. Om—Patriot C H: Winning Patriot (40-14), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/26, 1mi (T), 1:36.31, $36,000.

Omaha Beach—Ponytail: Liberation (156-67), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/24, 4 1/2f, 51.99, $36,000.

Passion for Gold—Sidecheering: Cheering for Layla (10-3), f, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 6/8, 6f, 1:11.10, $5,700.

Pavel—What a Family: Hero Or Zero (21-7), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/15, 5f, 57.69, $36,000.

Pavel—Mandy's Grace: Pavlovian (21-7), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/15, 5f, 59.04, $36,000.

Richard's Kid—Dream Saver: Sir Dreamer (20-4), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 6/22, 6f, 1:09.53, $9,120.

Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Pacifica (FR): Hula Prancer (72-25), f, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 5/3, 5 1/2f, 1:04.88, $5,900.

Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Vivacious Beauty: Gantry (72-25), g, 4 yo, Eastern Oregon Livestock Show, MSW, 6/6, 5f, 58.30, $3,575.

Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Steffi: Cestrand (72-25), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/6, 6f, 1:13.34, $8,100.

Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Silky Slew: Go Go Prancer (72-25), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/8, 6f, 1:10.32, $19,800.

Slew's Tiznow—Star Field: Begin Again (10-5), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/17, 1mi, 1:41.79, $8,100.

Smiling Tiger—Sunburn: Tigersun (114-38), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/11, 5f, 58.53, $4,845.

Smiling Tiger—Chalk of the Town: Chalkoneupformom (114-38), m, 5 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/25, 5 1/2f, 1:03.06, $9,120.

Smiling Tiger—Erica's Smile: Spectacular Tiger (114-38), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/31, 5 1/2f, 1:02.65, $5,985.

Smiling Tiger—Avenue of Love: Love Lyon (114-38), g, 4 yo, Grants Pass, MSW, 6/15, 5f, 58.49, $3,575.

Smiling Tiger—Banner Elk Lady: Kloe's Ladybug (114-38), f, 4 yo, Grants Pass, MCL, 6/21, 5f, 1:00.84, $3,575.

Smokem—River Kiss: El Siete Leguas (12-5), g, 4 yo, Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing, MSW, 6/8, 5 1/2f, 1:08.60, $5,500.

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Stanford—Tinderella (GB): Ligerazo (81-38), g, 3 yo, Turf Paradise, MCL, 4/22, 5 1/2f, 1:04.09, $7,080.

Stanford—Island Candy: The Coquette (81-38), f, 3 yo, Evangeline Downs, MCL, 5/3, 5f, 1:00.36, $8,400.

Stanford—Angi's Wild Cat: Angi's Tipsy (81-38), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 6/20, 6f, 1:12.10, $9,000.

Stanford—Cinzia: Al B Raecin (81-38), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 6/21, 4 1/2f, 54.26, $4,035.

Stay Thirsty—Chokecherymary: Chokechery Shari (154-46), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 4/27, 5f, 58.74, $9,120.

Stay Thirsty—Sweet Lips Pooh: Tapatia Mia (154-46), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/2, 4 1/2f, 52.60, $36,000.

Stay Thirsty—Eye Love Jeanie: Buds N Suds (154-46), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/2, 6f, 1:12.64, $9,000.

Stay Thirsty—Letsgotovegas: Papa Love's Vegas (154-46), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/3, 5 1/2f, 1:03.76, $36,000.

Stay Thirsty—My Fiona: Fionello (154-46), c, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/4, 4 1/2f, 52.86, $36,000.

Stay Thirsty—West Coast Dixie: Sangria Therapy (154-46), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 5/10, 4 1/2f, 53.23, $3,650.

Stay Thirsty—Zapattack: Fly Zapper (154-46), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 5/11, 4 1/2f, 52.98, $4,205.

Stay Thirsty—Dahlia Azul: Miss Miche Lada (154-46), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/11, 5 1/2f, 1:05.84, $8,100.

Stay Thirsty—Stardust Up: Stay Up (154-46), f, 4 yo, Century Mile, MCL, 5/17, 5 1/2f, 1:05.72, $7,200.

Stay Thirsty—Teri's Big Heart: Park in the Dark (154-46), m, 5 yo, Sunray Park, MCL, 5/17, 6 1/2f, 1:20.28, $4,698.

Stay Thirsty—Spring Moon: Pax a Punch (154-46), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/23, 5 1/2f, 1:06.54, $8,100.

Stay Thirsty—Hasty Nic: Thirsty Nic (154-46), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/26, 1mi, 1:39.24, $4,845.

Stay Thirsty—Akiss Forarose: The Gypsy Cowboy (154-46), g, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/31, 1mi, 1:38.52, $12,000.

Stay Thirsty—Miss Boom Boom: Lil' Boom Boom (154-46), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 6/7, 6f, 1:11.13, $19,800.

Stay Thirsty—Spring Moon: My Love Caroline (154-46), f, 2 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/14, 5f, 59.14, $36,000.

Stay Thirsty—Smiling Tigress: Smiling Carmen (154-46), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 6/22, 5f, 59.51, $18,000.

Straight Fire—Beale Street Belle: Silver N Black (9-1), g, 5 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 5/24, 1mi, 1:40.65, $9,000.

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Tamarando—Halo Darlin: Darlin Tami (21-6), f, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/12, 6f, 1:11.97, $36,000.

Tapwrit—Castilla: Be a Goldfish (83-32), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MCL, 4/26, 1mi, 1:41.65, $12,000.

Tom's Tribute—Sheeza Milky Way: O K Rose (14-4), f, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 5/24, 1mi (T), 1:36.74, $36,000.

Unusual Heatwave—Tizalwaysomething: Annan (7-1), g, 4 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 4/27, 1mi (T), 1:37.32, $36,000.

Vronsky—Ruby's Gone Again: Ruby N Ray (42-19), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 5/26, 5 1/2f, 1:03.66, $9,120.

Vronsky—Seasontoperfection: Miles Finch (42-19), c, 3 yo, Santa Anita Park, MSW, 6/7, 6f (T), 1:09.64, $36,000.

Vronsky—Silver Soiree: Countess Vronsky (42-19), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 6/22, 6f, 1:12.02, $9,000.

Will Take Charge—Allowances (IRE): Take My Allowance (61-21), g, 5 yo, Fort Erie, MCL, 6/3, 5f, 58.64, $7,560.

Win the Space—Time for Luck: Brandon's Girl (5-2), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 6/22, 1mi, 1:40.21, $12,000.

LEPTO VACCINE MAKING A DIFFERENCE

OWNERS NOW HAVE A VACCINE SPECIFIC TO HORSES

BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

Leptospirosis is a sneaky disease that can affect humans, dogs, livestock, horses, wildlife, and many other mammals. It is caused by spiral-shaped bacteria called spirochetes. Some types of lepto are most common in certain species that serve as the carrier host.

These pathogens are often found in wildlife, including deer, raccoons, and rodents that shed the organism into the

environment. The leptospires can survive in surface water, stagnant ponds, streams, or moist soil for long periods at mild temperatures.

Lepto is spread to susceptible animals by discharges and secretions (especially urine) of sick and carrier animals that contaminate feed and water. Some infected animals, particularly with certain strains of lepto that are adapted to that species of host, appear to be healthy, yet harbor bacteria in their kidneys and reproductive tract. They then shed these leptospires in urine or reproductive fluids.

Bacteria may enter a susceptible animal via nose, mouth, or eyes by contact with contaminated feed, water, or urine, or via breaks in the skin on feet and legs when an animal walks through contaminated water. Urine or contaminated water splashing into the eyes of susceptible animals can spread the disease, as can breeding.

Once leptospires enter the body, they multiply in the liver and migrate through the blood to the kidneys. They release toxins that damage red blood cells, liver, and kidneys, sometimes causing acute kidney disease.

Leptospirosis is a costly disease. In unvaccinated cattle, it is a cause of infertility, delayed breeding, and early embryonic death, as well as abortions or premature and weak calves. In horses, the initial infection is often mild and may go unnoticed, but it can cause abortions, acute kidney disease, and recurrent uveitis (“moon blindness”).

Kentucky in 2005 to establish an epidemiology unit to study infectious diseases in domestic animals. I started looking at this disease in horses. I quickly realized lepto was a big problem here, yet it was not being recognized as a problem here or anywhere else—which I thought was strange. Our research

derstandably, many folks didn’t want to talk about losses on their farms.”

As part of the study that year, the estimated value of the foals that were lost was calculated.

“This was just the cases we saw here in the lab that we determined were lepto abortions,” Carter said. “What we diagnose in the laboratory is always just the tip of the iceberg. The value of foals lost in the 2006-2007 reproductive season alone was $3.5 million.

Effective vaccines have been available for cattle, swine, and dogs for many years, but until recently there was no approved vaccine for horses. The main roadblocks were lack of suspected infection by veterinarians and lack of interest or urgency by pharmaceutical companies, the thinking being that there was not enough market for an equine vaccine.

Craig Carter, DVM, retired professor of epidemiology at the University of Kentucky, worked for many years to build a case for an equine vaccine.

“When I was at Texas A&M, I spent a lot of time researching canine leptospirosis, and now there is a good canine vaccine,” he said. “I was recruited to

group in Kentucky decided to continue investigating lepto in horses, especially as related to foal abortion.

“Then in 2006 Kentucky had one of the worst years they’d had in a long time for lepto abortion. This was an eye-opener, underscored by the fact that there was no equine vaccine. We looked at the economic data, even though we were only able to trace back about half of the abortions we saw that year. Un-

“Then we looked at the previous 20 years of data that we had in our case archives on abortions from lepto. Calculating that out for a 20-year period, in which 541 cases were confirmed at this lab, we demonstrated that lepto represented a large economic loss to horse farms in Kentucky.”

That calculation demonstrated that losses were well over $100 million and only accounted for cases confirmed by the Kentucky laboratory. All the foals lost were within a 50mile radius of the lab.

Carter talked to other veterinarians in Kentucky, including Dr. Stuart Brown at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute.

“We started talking to drug companies to see if any of them would be interested in producing a vaccine,” Carter said. “But their perception was that lepto abortion in horses wasn’t a problem anywhere except central Kentucky and maybe a little bit in New York and Florida.

“We set out to find out if this disease was more widespread. We did a nationwide sero-epidemiologic study in 2010-2011 that involved 30 laboratories—29 states in the U.S. and one Canadian province. In that study we found that about 45% of horses—any-

Spiral-shaped bacteria called spirochetes cause leptospirosis

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Blood samples can indicate the presence of leptospirosis in horses

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where you looked—had been exposed and were sero-positive for at least one leptospirosis serovar.

“We spoke at conferences and shared our information with Zoetis, and they took another look. At that point they had equine lepto vaccine on their potential product list, but it was way down the line in priority. After seeing our data, they duplicated our study with more animals. We’d looked at 1,500 horses across the country, and their study looked at 5,000 horses in 18 states. They covered fewer states but examined more horses.”

Zoetis contracted with several big equine hospitals that deal with many horses.

“Their study mirrored ours, coming up almost identical results,” Carter said. “This gave them confidence to go ahead with an equine vaccine, which was released in October 2015.”

The research had already been done; the company just had to realize there would be a market for it.

“Zoetis wanted to find out the level of the problem,” Carter said. “There are three ways this disease can impact horses, either through abortion, renal disease, or recurrent blindness—also known as moon blindness.”

Looking at the number of horses in the U.S. (something between five and seven million), along with the study data, Zoetis officials felt incidence of leptospiral infections in horses was much greater than thought in the past. Part of the lack of awareness about leptospirosis in horses and other species is that only a few regions in the country had a lab that could do leptospirosis testing. So many veterinarians and horsemen weren’t even thinking about it. They might see problems in their horses but were unable to get a diagnosis.

If a person is trying to keep a horse from going blind, or treating bouts of recurrent uveitis, this can become quite expensive. If a vaccine could help prevent this problem, it would be a major milestone.

“When I was in practice and went to farms that had a horse with recurrent uveitis, it was heartbreaking,” Car-

ter said. “By the time you recognized the problem, there was already a lot of damage in the eye, and little could be done to help cure it.”

Some practitioners became so frustrated that they used the cattle vaccine to try to prevent abortions and/or recurrent uveitis in horses. Some reports

The situation today is so much better—having an effective, safe vaccine that’s legal to use on horses— rather than having to use the cattle vaccine off-label.”

—Dr. Craig Carter

indicated that it seemed to help in many cases, but this is never as effective or safe as using a vaccine specifically designed for the specific species of animal.

“The situation today is so much better—having an effective, safe vaccine that’s legal to use on horses—rather than having to use the cattle vaccine off-label, as some horsemen and veterinarians were doing in earlier years,” Carter said. “There was some anecdotal data indicating that the cattle vaccine helped prevent abortion in mares, but

there were no scientific controlled studies to prove it.”

When a person uses a vaccine intended for another species, there is also more risk for unwanted side effects, such as immune system problems and injection site reactions.

“Some people thought the cattle vaccine actually caused uveitis in a few of the vaccinated horses,” Carter said. “There are some similarities between some of the antigens in lepto and some of the antigens in the eye.”

Since recurrent uveitis is an immune-mediated disease (inflammation in the eye causing the body to attack its own tissues), this might occasionally be a problem.

Many of the earlier vaccines for animals were produced with older technology. Zoetis used the most current methods to include micro-filtration in building this vaccine, which helps remove extraneous proteins that can cause reactions.

Zoetis did the required safety and efficacy studies on its equine vaccine. For the safety study, they vaccinated 1,808 horses and only had reactions in 0.02% of them—just local swellings at the injection site.

“We immediately began testing horses here in Kentucky that had been vaccinated,” Carter said. “This created a

Graduate research assistant Alicia Herbst works with leptospirosis blood samples

MATT BARTON,

whole new ball game because vaccination will confuse the issue on what we see on titers for diagnosis. It’s important to be able to discern whether a high titer is from vaccination or from exposure to the disease—especially with L. pomona because that’s the only serovar incorporated into the vaccine.”

Many serovars of lepto can infect horses, and the vaccine only covers one. Strains could vary from one region to another. It might also make a difference if the horse is on a farm with cattle, dogs, or various species of wildlife that might carry other strains.

“We did see some statistical differences in serovars and titers around the country in our study,” Carter said. “Here in Kentucky, pomona is the major one related to abortion, though we occasionally see grippotyphosa abortions. We began looking closely at farms that vaccinated their mares, especially farms that had a history of lepto abortions. We strongly encouraged horse owners and veterinarians to report if horses have been vaccinated, when sending specimens to the lab for testing.

“It was exciting to finally have a vaccine, and the efficacy data was very good. Zoetis tested it on a much smaller number of animals than they used for the safety test, but in their efficacy test the vaccine did protect 100% of the vaccinated animals against infection in those animals challenged with high doses of live lepto organisms of the pomona variety.”

At the launching of the vaccine, Zoetis recommended vaccinating healthy horses (six months or older) prior to exposure, giving an initial dose, then a second dose three or four weeks later.

“If you are vaccinating a pregnant mare, it is generally recommended that she should get a booster during the third trimester of pregnancy,” said Carter.

“After the company started marketing the vaccine in 2015, not much else has happened except that we’ve been watching the numbers in our area and we know that abortions from lepto have diminished. I retired in February, so I am out of the loop now. But one of the statements in the paper I co-authored was that in the

2019-2020 foaling season here in Kentucky we had zero cases of lepto abortions. That has never happened before. We have about 400 Thoroughbred farms within about a 50-mile radius of our lab, and those farms receive mares from all over the world.

“We have built a near-real-time mapping system on our web site, which allows our clients and practicing veterinarians to monitor diseases in their practice region. Monitoring animal disease in this manner is a fairly new method. Most veterinary laboratories don’t have an in-house

states that have more horses, like New York, Kentucky, Florida, and California. This vaccine is only approved for use in the U.S., however. It has never been approved overseas.”

The cattle vaccine covers several different lepto serovars, while the equine vaccine only contains L. pomona.

“Some people wonder about that, but we’d determined that it is the serovar most commonly seen to cause abortions in horses,” Carter said. “We only rarely diagnose L. grippotyphosa—maybe less than 1% of cases.”

epidemiologist to implement these kinds of systems. Now, however, it seems to be catching on.

“We’ve gotten a lot of useful epidemiological methods in place over the past 20 years for Kentucky. Dr. T.J. Divers from Cornell University is retired now also, but he was the lepto expert in the horse. We did several peer-reviewed papers together on this disease.”

The vaccine has become widely used.

“I still have contacts with some of the folks I worked with at Zoetis, and they say it is doing very well,” said Carter. “They are very proud of it and the way it is being used throughout the horse industry—especially in some of the

Carter was invited to present the Kentucky leptospiral vaccine project at the 18th Vaccine Congress, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in September 2024.

“This was the first meeting where they invited veterinary vaccine topics for presentation, which was exciting,” Carter said. “There was a lot of interest, and I had a full room for my presentation. Many people met me afterward in the hallway to ask more questions. It was very encouraging to have something on veterinary medicine integrated into their meetings—which previously had only focused on vaccines for humans. We hope to grow that interest in the future.”

A healthy mare and foal are the goal behind the leptospirosis vaccine

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Sire

1 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie

2 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

4 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

5 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

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2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 51 103 12 12 $959,804

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11 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

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2025 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER

1 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

2 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie

3 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

4 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

5 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit

6 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat

7 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig

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

9 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon

10 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

11 Mr. Big, 2003-24, by Dynaformer

12 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

13 Gallant Son, 2006, by Malabar Gold

14 Misremembered, 2006,

17 Om,

2025 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

EARNINGS PER START

4 Om, 2012, by Munnings

5 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

6 Pavel, 2014, by Creative Cause

7 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando

8 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

9 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon

12 Jersey Town,

2025 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

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

LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

2025 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

2 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

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

4 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

5 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 6 11

9 Southern

18 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song

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

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

Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando

39 Fullbridled, 2001, by Unbridled’s Song

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. Sires that are dead, pensioned, or no longer standing in California remain on these lists until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old. Statistics are from all available Northern Hemisphere racing with earnings adjusted for Hong Kong and Japan. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Percentages are based upon number of named foals of racing age.

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