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The California oroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) is thrilled to announce three groundbreaking programs designed to bolster and invigorate the California breeding industry during a time of uncertainty and signi cant change for California horse racing. CTBA recognizes that now is a critical time for California’s thoroughbred breeding industry, and with the recent in ux of resources accumulated from selling property, the board is taking action to foster growth, enhance quality, and support our members in continuing to produce world-class racehorses.
Kicking o with mares bred in 2026 with resulting foals in 2027, CTBA will award $1,000 for each foal registered as a Cal-Bred, with a cap of 25 foals per breeder. is substantial nancial incentive is set to empower breeders by providing direct nancial support to o set their investment. is program aims to boost the number of registered foals and strengthen the state’s position as a premier oroughbred breeding hub. Payments will be made upon CTBA receiving a Cal-bred application and the registration papers from e Jockey Club due December 31st of the foal’s yearling year. Payments will be made to the breeder of record only and bene ciaries must be CTBA members in good standing.
CTBA is also eliminating the $100 foal registration fee for members in good standing beginning for foals born in 2025 and registered as Cal-Breds in 2026. e same $100 savings will be applied for foals born in 2026 and 2027. Coupled with the foal incentive program, the total monetary bene t for a CTBA member-breeder for foals born in 2027 will be $1,100. is initiative makes it easier and more cost-e ective for breeders to register their CalBreds, ensuring broader participation and maximizing the bene ts of the Cal-Bred program. By removing this expense, CTBA is paving the way for increased engagement and a thriving breeding community. Cal-bred application is still required.
To elevate the quality of broodmares in California, the CTBA is launching an innovative pilot program. For mares purchased at out of state public auctions meeting speci ed criteria (purchased for $20,000 or more and 12 years old or younger), breeders will be eligible to receive up to $3,000 in transportation expense reimbursement paid upon proof that the mare has been bred back to a California stallion. is bene t, limited to ve mares per breeder per year, incentivizes the acquisition
of top-tier broodmares, enhancing the genetic pool and positioning California as a leader in producing superior oroughbreds. In addition, mares purchased must be in foal, bred back to a California stallion, and the bene ciary must be a CTBA member in good standing.
By providing nancial incentives, reducing costs, and encouraging the in ux of high-quality broodmares, CTBA is grabbing the reins to embolden a vibrant and competitive breeding industry for the future. ese initiatives are expected to attract new breeders, increase foal registrations, and elevate the overall quality of Cal-Breds, ensuring a lasting positive impact on the state’s equine industry.
“We are incredibly excited about these programs, which re ect our commitment to supporting our members and advancing California’s oroughbred breeding industry,” said Justin Old eld, breeder, farm owner and chairman of the CTBA. “With the changes we’ve seen in 2025, CTBA recognizes we are at a critical time for our industry. Our board was compelled to act and did so unanimously to support the needs of our breeders across the state, both in the north and the south. By investing in our breeders and enhancing the quality of our broodmares, we are building a stronger and more competitive future for California racing.”
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California-bred Pushiness won the $120,500 Daisycutter Handicap at Del Mar July 26. Leading throughout the five-furlong turf event under jockey Juan Hernandez, she held off the fast-closing Uncorked to score by a nose in :56.88.
Michael McCarthy trains Pushiness for Mike Repole’s Repole Stable. Richard Barton Enterprises bred the daughter of Kantharos—Imperial Pippin, by Empire Maker, and sold her to Repole Stables for $115,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton California yearling sale.
Pushiness was winning her fifth race in 11 starts and has three seconds and two thirds for earnings of $386,426. She also won the 2023 California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Stakes and 2024 Fleet Treat Stakes and has placed in two other stakes.
Santa Anita has renamed the Unzip Me Stakes (G3) as the John C. Harris Stakes and will run it on Sept. 27 at the fall meeting. Harris, who died July 3, bred and raced Cal-bred Unzip Me in partnership.
“John Harris has been synonymous with California racing,” said Nate Newby, senior vice president and general manager of Santa Anita. “It is appropriate to honor him with a stakes race in appreciation of all he has done for our sport in the state. We will miss seeing John in the Santa Anita winner’s circle, but the impact of his stewardship will long be remembered.”
The John C. Harris Stakes has a $100,000 purse and will be conducted down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course for 3-year-old fillies.
Unzip Me, voted champion Cal-bred older female of 2010, is by City Zip—Escape With Me, by Arazi. Harris bred her with Donald Valpredo, and the two owned her with Per Antonsen and Marin Jones. Trained by Martin Jones, Unzip Me won 10 stakes, six of them graded, and finished third in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G2T). She earned $959,228. Her second dam was Cal-bred Horse of the Year Soviet Problem.
Mike Pegram, a longtime owner and former chairman of the Thoroughbred Owners of California, has been named the 21st recipient of the Laffit Pincay Jr. Award. He was honored at that track Aug. 10. The Pincay Award, named for and presented by the Hall of Fame rider, goes to those who have served the sport of racing “with integrity, extraordinary dedication, determination and distinction.”
Pegram is well-known as the owner who convinced Bob Baffert to switch from Quarter Horses to Thoroughbreds. Together, the owner and trainer have had great success, from Pegram’s Real Quiet, winner of the 1998 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1), to many other horses owned in partnership. Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman have campaigned such major winners as champions Midnight Lute and Lookin At Lucky.
Though many of Pegram’s horses have been bred elsewhere, he has been an integral part of the California breeding industry. He retired Coil to stud in California and earlier was instrumental in getting In Excess to stand at Vessels Stallion Farm. Pegram bred Icecoldbeeratreds, a Cal-bred son of In Excess and champion Cal-bred 2-yearold male of 2002.
Pegram, Watson, and Weitman also bred and raced Gimme Da Lute, winner of five stakes and the 2015 Calbred Horse of the Year, champion 3-year-old male, and champion sprinter.
Elected the TOC chairman in 2011, Pegram remained part of that group’s executive body through 2019. He was named the Turf Publicists of America’s Big Sport of Turfdom in 1998. He and his wife, Mary Ellen, were honored by the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation in 2009.
Nu Pi Lambda topped the Harris Farms reduction sale at $200,000. The sale was conducted digitally by Fasig-Tipton in mid-August after the July 3 death of California leading owner/breeder John Harris, owner of Harris Farms. A total of 75 horses sold for a gross of $1,045,000.
Hinkle Farms bought Nu Pi Lambda, in foal to Liam’s Map. Harris Farms had purchased the daughter of City Zip—Giulio’s Jewel, by Speightstown, for $80,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita 2-year-old sale. Carla Gaines trained Nu Pi Lambda, a solid allowance-level horse who earned $174,240. The mare is a half sister to multiple grade 1 winner and course-record setter Deterministic.
The sale offered horses of racing age and broodmares, including those with foals at foot. It began on a high note, with California-bred Happy to Buy selling as hip #1 for $75,000 to Legacy Ranch Inc. A 2-year-old daughter of Good Magic out of the winning Distorted Humor mare I’mnotshyi’llbuy, Happy to Buy entered the sale off a pair of timed works at Del Mar.
“It’s bittersweet to offer a reduction of a farm that’s a household name,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton’s director of digital sales. “But California really stepped up with almost 600 bidder registrations and very lively bidding. I think many involved wanted to own
a piece of the legacy that is Harris Farms. We appreciate the opportunity to conduct this major reduction.”
Harris Farms will continue to race and breed going forward.
“Harris Farms remains committed to racing in the Harris Farms silks and honoring the legacy of John Harris, albeit at a reduced number with a focus on high-quality California-breds,” said Darren Filkins, chief executive officer of Harris Farms Inc.
Hennys Crazy Train, a 7-year-old daughter of Tale of Ekati— Conspicuous, by Ghostzapper, also sold for $75,000. JC Broodmares bought the mare, in foal to Epicenter. Hennys Crazy Train ran third in the 2024 Santa Margarita Stakes (G2) and earned $303,766. Conspicuous is a half sister to three stakes winners, including Independence Hall.
The catalog consisted of many Cal-breds, several by stallions standing at Harris Farms. They included horses by Acclamation, Desert Code, Halladay, Om, Stanford, and Tamarando. Other major California sires, such as Grazen, Clubhouse Ride, Lucky Pulpit, Sir Prancealot, Smiling Tiger, Unusual Heat, and Vronsky, were also represented.
“We are very pleased overall and would like to thank Fasig-Tipton for their help,” said Johnny Hilvers, general manager of the Harris Horse Division. “There was a lot of interest in these offerings, and we look forward to seeing these horses continue on for all their new owners.”
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DEVIL’S CAVE (MSPW) INDEPENDENCE HALL has his first foals debuting this year. His 2-years-olds sold very well at OBS sales. Including a million dollar Colt out of ORECCHIETTE. He also had 4 MSW winners in a 24-hour period. KTDF and Breeder’s Cup.
The Oak Tree Racing Association has a long history of helping the Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry. Not only has it raised funds for decades that went to charities ranging from equine research to helping backstretch workers, it supported the California breeding industry by signing on as a co-sponsor of California Cup from its inception.
The history of Oak Tree has been remembered and commemorated in the book The Oak Tree Story—A History of Racing’s Most Generous Benefactor.
Jay Hovdey, a five-time Eclipse Award-winning journalist and over the years a frequent contributor to this magazine, wrote the book, which has been published in a coffee-table format and includes many archival photographs. Some of the photos come from the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s extensive photo collection.
For more than 40 years, Oak Tree conducted a fall race meeting at Santa Anita, with all of the profits—more than $30 million—pledged to many deserving industry groups. Those years included memorable performances by the likes of John Henry, Zenyatta, Cougar II, and Best Pal. In 1990, the first California Cup was run during the Oak Tree meeting, as it was for years. Oak Tree also hosted five editions of the Breeders’ Cup, in 1986, 1993, 2003, 2008, and 2009.
While Oak Tree no longer sponsors a race meeting, its philanthropic mission continues in support of the industry and community organizations, as the book details. Published by the Oak Tree Racing Association, the book can be purchased directly at www. oaktreeracing.com.
The Breeders’ Cup, after three consecutive years in California, will return to the eastern half of the U.S. for the 2026 and 2027 running. Following this year’s edition at Del Mar Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, it will be conducted at Keeneland in Kentucky next year and at Belmont Park in New York in 2027.
Both facilities are undergoing extensive renovations, which will be showcased when they host the Breeders’ Cup.
“Enhanced by their latest capital improvements, both venues, each with their own unique legacy, will set the stage for our thrilling two-day festival that celebrates the pinnacle of Thoroughbred racing and everything the equestrian lifestyle has to offer,” said Drew Fleming, president & CEO of Breeders’ Cup Limited.
Keeneland has previously hosted the Breeders’ Cup in 2015, 2020, and 2022. Belmont Park has hosted in 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2005.
Breeders’ Cup also announced the election results for its board, which included the election of Craig Fravel. A former executive at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Fravel also served as president and CEO of Breeders’ Cup from 2011-19. Also new to the board is M. V. Magnier, while Bill Farish and Eric Custavson were re-elected.
The following claiming levels for California owners premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect:
Fresh off a second to stablemate Mzarek in the Graduation Stakes at Del Mar, California-bred RALIS shipped to Saratoga to land a victory in the $350,000 Hopeful Stakes (G1) Sept. 7, 2015. With Javier Castellano aboard, Ralis raced in third behind favored Magna Light. He took over at the three-sixteenths and drew off to score by 53⁄4 lengths over Magna Light in 1:22.30 for seven furlongs. Trainer Doug O’Neill and owners Paul and Zillah Reddam originally had planned to send Mzarek to the Hopeful, but when he came up body sore after a work, Paul Reddam said to O’Neill, “Why don’t we just send Ralis?” The Reddams bred Ralis by crossing the Ten Most Wanted mare Silar Rules with their California sire, Square Eddie. Ralis never won another race, but he ran second in three stakes, including the 2016 Del Mar Derby (G2T), and earned a total of $426,138.
California-bred TIZNOW began his march in earnest toward the 2000 Horse of the Year title in the $500,000 Super Derby (G1) at Louisiana Downs Sept. 30, 2000. Under jockey Chris McCarron, Tiznow led throughout the 11⁄4-mile race, demolishing the competition by six lengths. His time of 1:59.84 set a track record. Jay Robbins trained the 3-yearold colt for breeder Cecilia Straub-Rubens and co-owner
Michael Cooper. A son of Cee’s Tizzy—Cee’s Song, by Seattle Song, Tiznow returned to his home state to win the Goodwood Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G2) before adding the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Churchill Downs. Tiznow scored in the Classic again the following year for total earnings of $6,427,830. He also earned Eclipse Awards as champion 3-year-old male of 2000 and champion older male of 2001 as well as back-to-back Cal-bred Horse of the Year titles..
TELLY’S POP staked his first claim as a superior runner by winning the Del Mar Futurity (G2) Sept. 10, 1975, under jockey Francisco Mena. The 2-yearold California-bred son of Bold Combatant—Count Us Mary, by Count of Honor, had already won the Haggin Stakes at Hollywood Park and then defeated Lexington Laugh in the Futurity by 11⁄4 lengths in 1:352⁄5 for a mile. However, it was his famous co-owner who made Telly’s Pop a household name. Telly Savalas, star of the TV series “Kojak,” owned the gelding with movie producer Howard Koch. The name came from the Tootsie Pop sucker Savalas’ character was frequently seen with on the show, and Savalas was often in the winner’s circle. Trainer Mel Stute bred Telly’s Pop with Ken Dodd, and under Stute’s handling Telly’s Pop earned a total of $353,995 and was voted champion Calbred 2-year-old male of 1975.
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Though Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who died June 28 in Louisville, Ky., at age 89, spent many of his later years based in Kentucky, he made his biggest splash in California. For well over two decades, primarily during the 1980s and 1990s, Lukas won the biggest races coast to coast while headquartered in California.
Lukas famously began training Quarter Horses and segued to Thoroughbreds, just as his friend and rival, Bob Baffert, would do years later. One of Lu-
kas’ first major Thoroughbreds was Terlingua, winner of such stakes as the 1978 Del Mar Debutante (G2) and later the dam of major sire Storm Cat.
A four-time Eclipse Award winner, all garnered when he lived in California, Lukas won 15 Triple Crown races and 20 Breeders’ Cup races, the latter still a record. His runners included Lady’s Secret, Criminal Type, and Charismatic, all voted Horse of the Year. Lady’s Secret is a member of the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame, as are other Lukas trainees Azeri, Open Mind, Serena’s Song, and Winning Colors. The latter in 1988 became only the third filly to win the Kentucky Derby (G1).
Following Lukas’ death, Santa Anita renamed the Santa Monica Stakes (G2), a seven-furlong dirt race for older distaffers, as the D. Wayne Lukas Stakes, beginning in 2026. Lukas won the Santa Monica six times, including with California-bred Parsley in 1981.
Lukas brought along many assistants who have themselves gone on to great success, including Todd Pletcher, Kiaran McLaughlin, Mark Hennig, Dallas Stewart, and Randy Bradshaw. Lukas’ mentorship showed in every aspect of his operation, and CTBA members heard his philosophy in person at the organization’s 1986 annual meeting.
That day, Lukas gave an inspirational speech that had the entire room on its feet afterward. Some of the speech’s highlights were reprinted in this magazine, a few of which follow:
On conformation: “The real secret is how everything balances and comes together. A good shoulder or a good hip is no good unless they blend together. Does the shoulder and hip and everything balance together and does it make for a horse that can propel itself forward very quickly?”
On managing horses’ training: “Be right on the right date. If the Santa Anita Derby is your immediate goal, point your horse and be right on that day. We know that if UCLA beats USC, they can lose to Oregon State. Be right and pick out the races that count, that make your horse more valuable.”
On goals: “When you set goals, shoot for the moon. I think the only thing that limits California racing and the breeding industry in California is that we don’t think big enough. We think Kentucky’s got a leg up on us, and they have got a leg up on us. I think they’re thinking bigger than we are—in their sales, their breeding, their broodmares, and everything else.”
On work: “An ingredient that is far overlooked in our industry is that you’ve just got to fall in love with your work. I think it’s the absolute secret to success, whether you’re in coaching or in business or in anything else.”
Lukas practiced what he preached, working until the last month of his life. He won his most recent Triple Crown race in 2024, when Seize the Grey captured the Preakness Stakes (G1).
Trainer Humberto Ascanio, who was also the longtime assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel, died July 22. He was 78.
Born in Mexico, Ascanio worked as a groom for trainers Farrell Jones and Buster Millerick in California before joining Frankel’s barn in 1973. During his years with the Frankel barn, Frankel won five Eclipse Awards as outstanding trainer, won six Breeders’ Cup races, and trained 10 champions. On his own, Ascanio trained grade 1 winners Fluke and Ventura and grade 2 winner Proudinsky.
“Bobby was so smart,” Ascanio once said. “He knew how to treat horses. He taught me about legs, how horses travel, when to tell if they are sore. He never cut corners, and he made sure the horse got the best care.”
Priscilla and Keith Webb died within two days of each other in early July, Priscilla at age 98 and Keith at age 95. They had raced such horses as 2023 Leigh Ann Howard California Cup Oaks winner Grazed My Heart.
The Webbs raced Grazed My Heart, a California-bred daughter of Grazen, in partnership with Mark and Patricia Cofer. Jeff Mullins trained the filly for them.
Born in San Diego, Priscilla was a prominent businesswoman there her entire life. She co-founded Park and Ride, the first off-site airport parking lot in San Diego. She contributed to such local charities as Gold-Diggers and Angels of Aseltine School, serving on the boards of both.
Priscilla was previously married to Gale Traver, who died in 1985. The Travers owned and raced horses, many of whom were trained by Mark Cofer’s father, Riley. After Priscilla married Keith in 1986, Riley and later Mark trained their horses until Mark retired. Dan Hendricks then began training for them.
Keith was born in Glenwood, Iowa, and grew up in Missouri, where his family was associated with the Russell Brothers Circus. Keith spent time on the circus tour in his youth and co-authored a book on that circus. He served in the Navy from 1947-58, later became a member of the Masons, and was also involved in several charities. After the Webbs sold their Park and Ride business in 2007, they moved to Julian and co-founded Julian Hard Cider. They also owned Apple Lane Orchard.
Officer, the 2001 champion California-bred 2-year-old male, died Aug. 1 in Korea at age 26. He stood in Korea from 2011-18 before being pensioned, having earlier stood in Kentucky.
Martin and Pam Wygod bred Officer, a son of Bertrando, also a Calbred champion and an Eclipse Award winner as champion older male of 1993. Officer was out of the Septieme Ciel mare St. Helens Shadow. The Wygods’ River Edge Farm sold Officer to Becky Thomas for $175,000 at the 2000 Del Mar yearling sale. Thomas pinhooked him into the following year’s Barretts’ 2-year-old sale, where The Thoroughbred Corp. purchased him for $700,000.
Trained by Bob Baffert, Officer went undefeated in his first five starts, four of them stakes. After breaking his maiden at Hollywood Park, Officer captured the Graduation Stakes, Best Pal Stakes (G3), Del Mar Futurity (G2), and Champagne Stakes (G1). Later that year, he finished fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and placed in the California Cup Juvenile and Hollywood Futurity (G1). At 3 Officer started once, winning the Zany Tactics Stakes, and he earned a total of $804,090.
As a sire in North America, Officer got such progeny as grade 1 winners Boys at Tosconova and Princess Violet, as well as grade 2 winner Elite Squadron.
California-bred Chatty Leroybrown, the longest shot of the 10-horse field at 33-1, pulled off a huge upset in the $50,000 Washington Oaks at Emerald Downs Aug. 17. Setting the pace almost from the outset of the 11 16-mile event, Chatty Leroybrown led at every subsequent call to score by three lengths.
David Haldar piloted Chatty Leroybrown for trainer Hilario Perez. The 3-year-old filly stopped the timer in 1:43.18 while defeating Washington-bred Ima Margarita Girl. Kentucky-bred Maximum Sparkle finished third. Chatty Leroybrown paid $68.72 to win.
Hector Romero Preciado bred and owns Chatty Leroybrown, who began her career at Santa Anita. She raced in Northern California and at Turf Paradise before breaking her maiden at Emerald in July. Chatty Leroybrown is a daughter of Big Bad Leroybrown out of the Grazen mare Chatty Catty.
Jasmina became the first stakes winner for California sire Listing when she won the Aug. 3 California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Stakes at Del Mar. A winner in her second start, Jasmina finished second in the CTBA Stakes and was moved to first upon the disqualification of first-place finisher My Love Caroline for interference.
Paul and Zillah Reddam bred and race Jasmina in the name of their Reddam Racing LLC, and Simon Callaghan trains the filly. The Reddams bred and raced Listing as well as Jasmina’s dam, the Momentum mare Charred Rare.
Listing, whose stakes wins include the 2019 Quick Call Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga, is a son of the Reddams’ pensioned stallion Square Eddie. For further information on Jasmina’s CTBA victory, see page 25.
BY TRACY GANTZ
John Harris didn’t just believe in California-breds. He bred, raced, bought, sold, and legislated for them. He supported research and education to improve them and served on countless boards to champion for them.
He stood stallions that sired some of the best Calbreds ever produced. It is not surprising that two of the finest Cal-breds—Tiznow and California Chrome—were foaled and raised at Harris Farms in Coalinga. Today those horses continue to occupy the top two spots on the list of all-time leading Calbred earners.
The void left when Harris died July 3 at age 81 will be virtually impossible to fill. His green and white silks are a familiar sight to anyone who has
attended races regularly throughout the state. In addition to the major tracks, those silks graced the fair circuit frequently, especially at the Big Fresno Fair, Harris’ local track and a particular favorite.
Right up until his death, Harris continued to work tirelessly for Cal-breds. As recently as the June 19 California Horse Racing Board meeting, Harris and fellow breeder and California Thoroughbred Breeders Association board member George Schmitt were trying to resurrect racing at Fresno and Ferndale.
Perhaps no one has served as long or in as many capacities at the CTBA as Harris. He began serving on the board in 1977 and continued to serve on it in 2025. He proved invaluable as legislative committee chairman and was president during a crucial time for the industry in the early 1990s, when California Cup came into being. Harris was inducted into the California Racing Hall of Fame in 2008.
Harris forged deep connections with many members of the California legislature, none more than with his good friend, the late Sen. Ken Maddy. He and Maddy partnered to breed and race horses, including Work the Crowd, who won 12 stakes—five of them graded—in the mid-1990s. Trained by Greg Gilchrist, Work the Crowd won champion Cal-bred titles for 2-year-old female of 1993, 3-year-old female of 1994, and champion grass mare in 1995.
Harris met Maddy when the latter was running for the California Assembly to represent the Fresno area.
“I was not too involved in politics then,” Harris wrote in a 1999 tribute to Maddy. “But once he mentioned that he liked horse racing, I knew that I had
found my main man.”
Harris’ efforts on behalf of the California industry helped bring about the passage of SB 14, the bill that initiated satellite wagering, and SB 1045, the bill providing incentive award money from out-of-state wagering.
Harris raced many horses in the name of Harris Farms, but he enjoyed collaborating as well. Perhaps his best partnership, both in horses and in friendship, was with Donald Valpredo, who died last October. The two of them had many good runners, Soviet Problem being the best of them.
Gilchrist trained Soviet Problem, the 1994 Cal-bred Horse of the Year. The champion 3-year-old female the
John was a mentor and close friend for 30 years. We would travel all over the country together to attend races, horse sales, and industry meetings. He taught me a lot over the years, and I owe my career to him. He had a real love for all aspects of racing and was a tremendous leader and advocate. The horse industry in California lost one of its best friends. He was a legend. We always looked out for each other, and I miss him dearly. He truly was the best.”
—Doug Burge
I had the privilege of being on the CTBA board with John, for over 20 years. His integrity, knowledge, and dedication to the racing industry were beyond compare. I’ll always cherish the knowledge, and memories I shared with John. He will be missed by myself and many others.”
—Pete Parrella
John loved racing, breeding great horses, studying pedigrees, helping others achieve success, and getting people involved in all the aspects of Thoroughbred horses, not just racing. He was always there to help promote new ideas as well as with our game legislatively in California and nationally. His absence will be felt by all, and I hope we can, as an industry, continue to keep his vision alive in the future. All my mares will miss our ‘drive by’ breedings with the Harris Farms stallions and outstanding staff. I will treasure my memories and our friendship.”
—Sue Greene
previous season, Soviet Problem in 1994 also took home the titles of older female, sprinter, and turf horse. It was the first time a horse had won four Cal-bred titles in a year, a feat not equaled until Lieutenant Dan did it in 2022.
Soviet Problem won two match races in 1994, the first on dirt at Golden Gate Fields and the second on turf at Del Mar. Her 10 stakes victories included that season’s Laurel Dash Stakes (G3) and back-to-back editions of the Valkyr Handicap. Soviet Problem lost a heart-breaker in the 1994 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), running second by a head to Cherokee Run.
Carla Gaines trained most of the Harris Farms runners in Southern California. Her charges included Cal-bred champions Closing Remarks and Super High and stakes winners Lucky J.H., Desert Law, and Coalinga Road. Gaines has always appreciated Harris’ support for her career.
“I won a $4,000 claimer with a horse named Glory Quest,” Gaines said. “That was my first horse for him. You would have thought I won a grade I. I groomed him. I galloped him. From that day on we had great fun. We won lots of stakes races and went to the Breeders’ Cup a time or two with horses. If it wasn’t for (John Harris), I don’t know how I would have succeeded.”
Other Harris runners included Cal-bred champion Moscow Changes, trained by the late Howard Zucker, and Teresa Mc. Gilchrist trained the latter, named for Harris’ mother and winner of such stakes as the 1991 California Cup Matron Handicap.
Born to Jack and Teresa Harris on their San Joaquin Valley farm, John Harris graduated from the University of California at Davis in 1965 with a degree in animal production. He joined his father in what became a huge cattle operation in Central California. Throughout his life, John believed in the value of education, frequently hiring college graduates and supporting many California universities. In 1981, he established the Jack A. Harris Memorial Scholarship Foundation to provide financial assistance to those pursuing higher education.
In 2020, Harris received the Jerry W. Fielder Memorial Award from the U.C. Davis Cal Aggie Alumni Association for contributions to the university. He has served on the university’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council and the Center for Equine Health’s Advisory Board.
At various times during his extensive career, Harris chaired the California Horse Racing Board and the Bay Meadows Op-
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John Harris was my friend. He was the biggest supporter of statewide horse racing we had. He was a kind and gentle man who got things done. We will all miss him and his advice and counsel. All of us in this industry owe him thanks.”
—George Schmitt
The Harralson family has known the Harris family for approximately 100 years. My grandfather and father knew Jack and John Harris because they welded on the water wells and equipment at Harris Farms during its early development. It was after I joined the CTBA board, while John was president, that I began to have more personal contact with John. While on the CTBA board, John was very generous. He flew me and fellow board members to many meetings and events to further the interests of the horse industry. He never allowed us to pay for anything. He encouraged everyone to be better and do better than they otherwise would have been. He seemed bigger than life, being almost everywhere and involved on a high level in many of the important undertakings here in Fresno County as well as throughout the state of California and the nation. Because of his generosity and his influence, I came to see John as ‘The King of Fresno County.’ He will truly be missed.”
—Dan Harralson
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erating Company and served on the board of the Thoroughbred Owners of California. Nationally, he was a board member of Breeders’ Cup Ltd. and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and a member of The Jockey Club.
The Edwin J. Gregson Foundation honored Harris in 2023 at its annual dinner in Rancho Santa Fe.
“The Gregson Foundation relies on the support of people like John Harris,” said Jenine Sahadi, the foundation’s president, at the time of that honor. “We are grateful not only for John’s decades-long financial support of our organization and programs, but also for his service to every aspect of the Thoroughbred industry.”
That service will continue to impact the California breeding and racing industry for many years to come.
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To further assist the membership of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association (CTBA) and subscribers of its official publication, California Thoroughbred, this monthly editorial page provides readers with updates about the association’s current policies, latest news, and upcoming events in the Golden State.
BY TRACY GANTZ
Richard Barton Enterprises, named the TOBA California Breeder of the Year for the second consecutive time, leads the state in breeders by providing top runners for others. All the Barton foals head to sales, resulting in Barton-breds running for a wide variety of owners throughout California and the nation.
Yet occasionally a horse isn’t ready for the sale ring or doesn’t reach its reserve. In those cases, the Barton team gets to enjoy running the horse themselves. That happened in 2024 with Hot Girl Walk, who triumphed in the $100,000 Generous Portion Stakes for California-bred and California-sired 2-year-old fillies at Del Mar. The daughter of Bodexpress—Awesome Mama, by Awesome Again, missed the 2023 Fasig-Tipton California sale due to a superficial laceration.
“While we of course love to watch any of our Barton-breds succeed on the track, it was extra special to race one of our own and win a Cal-bred stakes,” said Kate Barton Penner.
Penner serves as executive vice president for the outfit, founded by her parents, Richard and Beth Barton. With the help of Kevin Dickson, farm manager at their Barton Thoroughbreds and their dedicated group of farm employees, Barton led all California breeders in 2024 with earnings of $3,679,022 and 147 races won.
“We couldn’t have done it without our amazing team at the farm in Santa Ynez,” Penner said. “Kevin has done a great job overseeing all the daily operations, and he also plays a big role for us when consigning our horses at California sales.”
Barton will be among the leading state breeders honored at the TOBA National Awards Dinner, to be held at Fasig-Tipton in Kentucky Sept. 6. It is a fitting location because Barton led all consignors at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton California yearling sale and will offer many Cal-breds at this year’s edition, scheduled for Sept. 23.
“We are excited for sale season, with sending a large and impressive group to this year’s Fasig-Tipton California sale,” Penner said.
While Barton fully supports the Cal-bred program, it also markets horses nationwide, giving their Cal-breds opportunities outside of the state as well. This year they consigned horses to the Aug. 26 Texas Thoroughbred Association summer yearling
sale at Lone Star Park, and as they usually do, they will conclude their sale program with a consignment to the Oct. 23 Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders Association fall yearling and mixed sale.
Barton-breds who won stakes for others in 2024 included Pushiness, Principe Carlo, Roberta’s Love, and Spitten Kitten. Pushiness, purchased by Repole Stable for $115,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton California sale, exceled early in the 2025 Del Mar summer meet as well with a game nose victory in the $100,000 Daisycutter Handicap.
Barton’s success continued without a pause in 2025. Remaining at the top of the state’s breeders list, they had a banner day at Santa Anita May 24. Three Barton-breds won on the card. Liberation broke his maiden, followed by No Cap winning an allowance/optional claimer. Then Santa Barbarian, bred and raced by Barton and trained by Ryan Hanson, captured the $126,500 Snow Chief Stakes.
“Hanson has done a great job training him, and we couldn’t have been more elated with his performance in the Snow Chief Stakes,” Penner said.
Barton moved seamlessly on to Del Mar, where in addition to Pushiness, homebred Left Hand Man won on the opening-day card, July 18.
BY JACK SHINAR
Maybe it’s her flashy comefrom-behind running style that has produced three consecutive stakes victories, or simply her name. Whatever the reason, Om N Joy is becoming a crowd favorite, in the estimation of her breeder and co-owner Jerry Baker.
“They really seemed to respond to her,” he said of the fans at Del Mar following his 3-year-old chestnut filly’s decisive victory in the $152,000 Fleet Treat Stakes July 25. “I think people are really beginning to like her.”
This could be just the musing of a proud breeder having the time of his life. But the cheers are genuine and so are the smiles this daughter of Om generates.
With her latest victory, a
hands-down 41⁄4-length triumph, Om N Joy has won four straight races. The last three have come in Golden State Stakes-eligible events. Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux has been aboard for all three black-type wins for trainer Aggie Ordonez.
Baker and his wife, Connie, bred Om N Joy from the first horse they ever raced, the Hard Spun mare Margie’s Minute. They own her with minority partners Michael Golovko and Terry Scanlan. After seven straight losses to begin her career, Om N Joy has matured into a beast. Her latest tally, worth $85,500, boosted her career earnings to $311,140.
“It just gets more and more exciting,” Baker said. “The dream continues.”
In the seven-furlong Fleet Treat, Om N
Joy was making her first start since winning the 11 16-mile Melair Stakes at Santa Anita May 24. She was sent off as the 5-2 second choice in a field of 10 sophomore fillies. Delaware Park shipper Drink This Cup, making her stakes debut for trainer Michael Stidham, was slightly favored.
Drink This Cup was forwardly placed, stalking pacesetter Hurricane Layla along with Going Deep. Om N Joy, usually slow out of the gate, got away cleanly and settled in seventh early along the inside as Hurricane Layla rattled off a half-mile in a swift :44.69.
In tight rounding the turn, Drink This Cup backed out of the fray quickly approaching the quarter pole and was eased home in the stretch. Hurricane Layla, on the inside, and Going Deep battled on the front end as Om N Joy, nudged along by Desormeaux, picked up the challenge. By the time they reached the head of the stretch, Om N Joy was poised to strike.
Desormeaux guided Om N Joy through an opening, and the filly quickly took command. She led by 21 2 lengths at midstretch and was in hand to the wire while continuing to pull away in a final time of 1:23.23. Hot Girl Walk got up late to be a clear second, with Lady Mendelssohn third.
The Bakers credit Ordonez, earning her first-ever stakes win at Del Mar, for her patient handling of Om N Joy. But they are also quick to note the steady hand of Desormeaux, who was aboard the filly for her first two starts last summer at Del Mar before regaining the ride this spring.
“We always have had great faith in Kent Desormeaux,” Connie Baker said, and her husband added, “It’s a great feeling having Kent aboard.”
Desormeaux, 55, isn’t riding much these days. His latest start aboard Om N Joy was just his 75th mount of 2025 and his 12th win.
He said he’s been surprised by Om N Joy’s swift development over the past four months.
“I didn’t know she was that good, but she is,” Desormeaux said. “She is just that good. I’m the lucky pilot.”
BY JACK SHINAR
By any measure, Nick Alexander’s broodmare Queenofhercastle experienced a remarkable week at Del Mar.
Six days after her first foal, 7-year-old Lovesick Blues, upset the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) July 26, her most recent offspring to race, 3-year-old Speedy Wilson, produced a perfect bookend by capturing the $150,500 Real Good Deal Stakes.
“An embarrassment of riches,” Alexander noted with a chuckle.
Alexander no longer owns Lovesick Blues, having sold the son of Grazen privately to trainer Librado Barocio several months ago. But he still took special pride in seeing the gelding rally for an 18-1 surprise.
“He went by Baffert’s horse (Hejazi) in the stretch like he was tied to a post,” the breeder said.
As for Speedy Wilson, the champion California-bred male juvenile of 2024, Alexander said he was gratified to see him return in top form after a nine-month layoff. A stubborn infection, accompanied by a recurring fever, upended the brilliant bay colt’s planned 3-year-old campaign for trainer Phil D’Amato, the owner said.
“He looked like a million bucks in the paddock (before the Real Good Deal),” Alexander said. “And like Phil said afterward, we haven’t gotten everything out of him yet. There haven’t been any more issues, and he’s been getting a brisk workout every week (since mid-May). I can’t be any more optimistic than that.”
Not only did Speedy Wilson handily win the seven-furlong Real Good Deal—part of the lucrative Golden State Series stakes schedule—but the runner-up, Shea Brennan, completed an all-Alexander homebred exacta. Both Speedy Wilson and Shea Brennan are by Alexander’s young stallion Tough Sunday.
Queenofhercastle, a 13-year-old Ministers Wildcat mare bred by Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, was gifted to Alexander by her previous owner, Peter Jeong, upon her retirement from racing in 2016.
“Peter had a box near mine at Santa Anita, and we got to be friends,” Alexander said. “He did not breed horses, and he wasn’t interested in breeding her. He said to me, ‘Why don’t you just take her for your broodmare band?’ I’m glad I did. She’s been a very good mare.”
All three of Queenofhercastle’s foals to race are winners. She has produced two more Grazen colts, a yearling named Pete
Rose and a weanling, both chestnuts. Alexander said he bred her back to Tough Sunday for 2026.
Queenofhercastle’s dam, Silk Queen, by Touch Gold, was bred by Adena Springs and produced the Old Topper filly Queen Bee to You, a multiple graded stakes winner with earnings of $658,770.
In the Real Good Deal, Speedy Wilson was the 8-5 choice in a field of seven sophomores. After a sharp break, he settled near the rear of the pack for jockey Armando Ayuso on the outside of his stablemate, Shea Brennan. Tracking a sharp half-mile in :44.52, Speedy Wilson commenced a wide bid rounding the bend. Floated out past the quarter pole, he found his best stride and drove past Drop Um to take command midstretch. He drew off by 13⁄4 lengths in a solid time of 1:22.34.
Shea Brennan, lacking room along the inside through the lane, got clear in deep stretch and nipped Drop Um by a nose for second. Second-choice Style Cat was fourth.
Speedy Wilson recorded his third straight win for D’Amato and his first since an impressive showing in last November’s Golden State Juvenile Stakes at Del Mar. He has now banked $241,650 in five starts.
“He’s the real deal, this horse,” D’Amato said. “I can see him down the road competing in open company and two turns. He really wants to run all day.”
BY TRACY GANTZ
Nine stakes and counting: Kings River Knight just keeps adding up the victories. His latest came in the $152,000 California Dreamin’ Stakes at Del Mar Aug. 2.
Not only did Kings River Knight boost his incredible record, he also avenged his second in last year’s California Dreamin’ as one of the few Golden State Series races he has lost.
The 7-year-old California-bred gelding has quite a following, both fans and bettors. He has gone off as the favorite in 10 of his past 11 starts. Juan Hernandez has ridden him in 10 of those 11 races, being back aboard the 7-10 favorite in the California
Dreamin’ at 11 16 miles on turf.
“He’s just such a special horse for me,” Hernandez said. “I had a horse down in Mexico—I think I won six or seven on him. But this horse, I think I’m up to 10 on him now.”
Hernandez was exactly right. The California Dreamin’ was horse and rider’s 10th successful collaboration. Hernandez has been aboard for all of the gelding’s stakes wins, plus an allowance/optional claimer for good measure.
The California Dreamin’ fit Kings River Knight perfectly. He adores two-turn turf
races, especially when he can control the pace on the front end. Drawn into post 9, Hernandez got Kings River Knight over to the two path as they traveled out of the chute and into an easy lead.
“He jumped right out there and put himself on the lead, and we went from there,” the jockey said.
Annan pressured Kings River Knight briefly around the first turn, but then Kings River Knight reasserted himself. He set all the fractions: an easy first quarter in :23.56 followed by a half in :47.33.
Mr. Disrespectful took over in second down the backstretch, but the tag-teaming didn’t faze Kings River Knight. He remained in front around the second turn, and then Aligato took his turn. That rival stormed up in the stretch to no avail. Kings River Knight held him off by a half-length in 1:41.28, as Annan finished third.
“The only reason they were going to take the lead is if they’re really sending,” said Juan Leyva, assistant to trainer John Sadler. “This horse is hard to pass. When he’s up in front, it’s really hard to get by him. He’s a class horse; he showed it today.”
Kings River Knight hails from the historic Old English Rancho breeding program, which races him under the name of The Ellwood Johnston Trust with partners Integrity Thoroughbred Racing LLC and Kenneth Tevelde. By Old English homebred Eclipse Award winner Acclamation, Kings River Knight is out of the Poteen mare Seasontoperfection.
The Old English team and Sadler know how to care for warriors such as Kings River Knight, giving him eight months off between May 2024 and March 2025.
After a sixth in the March 30 Sensational Star Stakes as a warm-up, Kings River Knight has been perfect, stringing together the Crystal Water Stakes, Bertrando Stakes, and California Dreamin’ to raise his lifetime earnings to $855,830.
Champion Cal-bred turf horse of 2024, Kings River Knight would appear to have future Cal-bred titles and millionaire status in his future.
BY TRACY GANTZ
Social media and racing radio handicapping shows thrive on controversy. So, when Del Mar stewards disqualified My Love Caroline in the $100,500 California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Stakes Aug. 3, making Jasmina the winner, many weighed in and second-guessed the decision.
The incident that led to the disqualification happened at the start of the five-furlong Del Mar race for 2-year-old fillies. Liberation, the 1-2 favorite, broke last between My Love Caroline to her inside and Jasmina to her outside. Liberation got squeezed between My Love Caroline and Jasmina, stumbled, and trailed the field early. Ultimately, the stewards, in a majority decision, ruled that My Love Caroline broke out, causing Liberation to clip heels and costing her a chance at a better placing.
Shortly after the field came away from the gate, Mustang Knicky took the lead from the outside, with Jasmina and My Love Caroline not far behind. Those two ranged up outside of Mustang Knicky around the turn, and the three of them raced head and head through the early stretch.
Mustang Knicky backed out, leaving the deep stretch battle to My Love Caroline and Jasmina. They hit the wire together, with the head bob going to My Love Caroline. Tapatia Mia finished third, while Liberation closed for fourth. Time of the race was :59.02.
Because the stewards’ ruling noted that My Love Caroline caused the problem for Liberation, My Love Caroline was disqualified and placed fourth, behind Liberation. That elevated
Jasmina to first, Tapatia Mia second, and Liberation third.
“Man, I thought the head bob had gone my way,” said Kyle Frey, who rode Jasmina. “But I still congratulated Armando (Ayuso on My Love Caroline) just in case.”
Frey went on to praise Jasmina, calling her “a complete pro.”
Paul and Zillah Reddam bred Jasmina and race her in the name of their Reddam Racing LLC. Simon Callaghan trains the California-bred.
“You don’t want to win it like that, but she ran a great race,” Callaghan said. “When she broke good and got a nice trip and the favorite was a long way back, I was
thinking this was going according to plan. She’s a tough filly. She doesn’t show you a whole bunch in the morning, but she steps up in the afternoon.”
Jasmina began her career at Santa Anita, getting away slowly in a five-furlong maiden turf race and beating just one horse in the six-horse field. On the dirt at Los Alamitos told a completely different story, as Jasmina raced in third early and won the five-furlong event by five lengths. The CTBA marked her third start.
The Reddams bred and raced Jasmina’s sire and dam, Listing and Charred Rare. A daughter of Momentum, Charred Rare started only once. But she has produced nine winners from 10 starters, most by Square Eddie, including six-figure earners Rare Integrity, Carnivorous, and Vegan. Petit Filet, the mare’s 2021 filly by Pavel, ran second in the 2023 Golden State Juvenile Fillies.
Jasmina is Charred Rare’s first foal by Listing and that stallion’s first stakes winner. A son of Square Eddie, Listing in 2019 won the Quick Call Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga and the Desert Code Stakes and California Cup Turf Sprint Stakes at Santa Anita.
BY TRACY GANTZ
When trainer John Sadler worked one of Legacy Ranch’s 2-year-olds at Santa Anita with California-bred Sammy Davis, farm manager Terry Knight took notice.
“This horse worked better than our horse,” said Pete Parrella, co-owner of Legacy with his wife, Evelyn.
Tom Bachman, breeder and owner of Sammy Davis, is a Legacy client, and when Sadler told Knight that Sammy Davis might be for sale, Knight followed up and Legacy purchased the gelding.
“We just bought Sammy Davis a couple of months ago,” Parrella said. “Terry deserves all of the credit. He’s so
good at what he does, analyzing races and condition books.”
Sammy Davis wasted no time earning back his purchase price. Sadler unveiled him July 19, the first Saturday of the Del Mar summer meeting, and Sammy Davis responded with a 21⁄2-length victory as the 13-10 favorite against Cal-bred and California-sired maidens. Wheeled back three weeks later in the $98,000 Graduation Stakes Aug. 8, Sammy Davis scored again.
The five-furlong Golden State Series stakes drew five, including Hero Or Zero, a Reddam Racing homebred son of Pavel
who broke his maiden by 61 2 lengths at Santa Anita. That performance impressed bettors, who made Hero Or Zero the 7-10 Graduation favorite over Sammy Davis at 19-10.
When the gate opened, Hero Or Zero hopped in the air, coming away last. Sammy Davis and Trump Era to his inside bumped slightly, and then Sammy Davis took the lead under jockey Hector Berrios.
“He kind of popped the gate,” Sadler said. “In a short race like this, you just have to ride the break. These 2-year-old races are usually won up close or in front.”
Berrios noted that since Sammy Davis broke well, “we just went on with it.” The gelding led throughout and set all the fractions, with a first quarter in :22.33 and the half-mile in :45.35. Hero Or Zero made up ground but never could improve beyond third. The lone filly in the field, What’s a Good Name, raced in second the entire way, as Sammy Davis scored by 21⁄4 lengths in :57.92.
“He was making most of the running on his own,” Berrios said. “Then when I asked him, he finished up. I know the favorite had trouble at the start. Tough break for him; good for me.”
This was the first Graduation victory for owner, trainer, and jockey.
“Tom breeds a lot of nice horses,” Parrella said. “We’re always looking for nice racehorses. We’ve got some turf possibility too; he’s by Sir Prancealot, who’s really a nice stallion. We’ll just have to see how it plays out.”
Bachman bought Ready for Romance, the dam of Sammy Davis and a daughter of More Than Ready, for $125,000 at the 2019 Keeneland November Sale. The first foal she produced for Bachman was Cali Cat, a Cal-bred daughter of American Pharoah. Sold for $190,000 at the 2023 Keeneland September yearling sale, she has thus far placed in two stakes for owner Hronis Racing and Sadler, who trains her.
Sammy Davis is the mare’s second foal for Bachman, and there are some exciting ones in the pipeline. Ready for Romance has a 2025 filly by Life Is Good and has been bred to Omaha Beach.
BY JACK SHINAR
Grand Slam Smile’s California rivals received some unwelcome news following the $151,500 Solana Beach Stakes Aug. 17 at Del Mar. The two-time California-bred divisional champion filly appears to be better than ever in 2025.
Larry and Marianne Williams’ versatile 4-year-old daughter of Smiling Tiger took the lead after the break and led every step of the way in capturing the one-mile turf test in a solid time of 1:34.92. The chestnut filly held off the determined charge of Sneaker in the final sixteenth of a mile to register her sixth stakes win, five of those coming in lucrative Golden State Series-eligible events.
Winning for the eighth time in 14 career starts, Grand Slam Smile has finished worse than second just once in her career—when third in the Torrey Pines Stakes (G3) at Del Mar one year ago. She has proven equally adept while sprinting or routing, over grass or dirt. That has helped her to divisional titles at ages 2 and 3 and could mean more of the same this year.
Following her 2024 season, Grand Slam Smile was transferred from the barn of retiring veteran trainer Steve Specht to Sean McCarthy. Considering her temperamental attitude, opponents could always hope
for a pre-race meltdown as has happened in the past, but that no longer seems to be the case, said McCarthy. He credited Specht for helping him learn her quirks.
“I’m super happy for the Williamses and also Steve Specht; he’s been great,” McCarthy said. “He tells me all about her.”
The Solana Beach brought together nine fillies and mares, six of them prior stakes winners including defending champion Moment’s Pleasure. But bettors could see only Grand Slam Smile, the 13-10 favorite with William Antongeorgi III astride. Second-choice Sneaker, at 9-2, was coming off a front-running victory in the Fran’s Valentine Stakes May 24. So, it was no surprise that those two, breaking from the outside, took control soon after the start, clearing the field heading into the first turn.
On the backstretch, they were five lengths ahead of the rest as Grand Slam Smile maintained a comfortable lead over Sneaker while posting a :46.77 half-mile.
Sneaker, with Kazushi Kimura riding, increased the pressure with about three furlongs to run, but Grand Slam Smile responded to edge clear again at the quarter pole. In upper stretch, she was in front by about two lengths. Sneaker continued to run hard and made it close in the end. Antongeorgi went to the whip a couple of times in deep stretch and got to the wire a half-length ahead. A fast-closing Cornelia Fort came on for third, a length behind Sneaker.
“When she broke sharp like that and Billy went to the lead, I was good with it,” McCarthy said. “As long as she got down the backside and dropped that bit a little bit—and they didn’t push her too hard— we’d be okay, and that’s what happened. Sneaker put in a heck of a run at it, but when you look (Grand Slam Smile) in the eye, she gets mad and she just dug back in.”
Coming off a runner-up effort in the Osunitas Stakes at Del Mar July 20, Grand Slam Smile carried 121 pounds, four fewer than Sneaker. The victory was her second in three tries for McCarthy and boosted her earnings to $676,120.
Grand Slam Smile was bred by the Williamses out of Royal Grand Slam, by Grand Slam. The broodmare produced four other black-type winners for them, including Luck’s Royal Flush and Royal ’n Rando.
BY TRACY GANTZ
California breeding’s current string of victories in Del Mar’s Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) seemed destined to remain at two with the retirement of back-toback winner The Chosen Vron. But Lovesick Blues extended it to three with his surprising yet dominating performance July 26.
At 18-1 against the likes of $3,550,000 purchase Hejazi and Del Mar specialist Dr. Venkman, Lovesick Blues didn’t seem to figure in the six-furlong dirt race. The 7-year-old California-bred turf runner had become a stakes winner for the first time two starts previously down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course in the Si-
ren Lure Stakes.
Yet trainer Librado Barocio and jockey Geovanni Franco believed in him. Barocio noted that he had been teaching the gelding to close since he acquired him privately last year from breeder Nick Alexander. And though Franco had been riding Lovesick Blues in turf races, he had been working him on the main track.
“He excels well on the grass,” Franco said. “But as far as working on the main track, he’s always dragging me out there. So, I told Librado, ‘Why not take a chance at the Crosby,’ and (Lovesick Blues) responded like the champion he is.”
Lovesick Blues made good use of his lessons in closing. While Hejazi sped to the front early and set fractions of :21.78 and :44.48, Lovesick Blues had only two horses beaten.
But midway on the turn, Lovesick Blues began swallowing rivals as he swung wide with a huge, sustained move. In the stretch, he overhauled the three horses still in front of him and pulled away for a 13⁄4-length score in 1:08.74. Hejazi held on for second, 11⁄4 lengths ahead of World Record.
“When Geovanni was turning for home and circling them, I knew he was running,” said an emotional Barocio. “I picked up my wife—I was going crazy.”
Barocio races Lovesick Blues in the name of his Mia Familia Racing Stable. This is not the first time he has succeeded with horses from Alexander’s program. Barocio claimed Johnny Podres, like Lovesick Blues, a son of Alexander’s leading California sire Grazen, for $40,000 in 2023 and won the 2024 Sensational Star Stakes and Siren Lure with him.
“I met Librado when he claimed Johnny Podres and moved him up,” Alexander said. “Every time I saw him, he’d tell me how Johnny Podres was doing.”
Barocio saw Lovesick Blues at the layup facility where Alexander had sent the gelding. He asked Alexander if he would be interested in selling him.
“I thought he had had done so well with Johnny Podres that I’d like to give him a shot,” Alexander said. “He’s such a ‘swing for the stars’ guy—Mr. Enthusiasm.”
Barocio’s enthusiasm not only enabled Lovesick Blues to give the trainer his first grade 1 victory, but he also became the first grade 1 winner for Alexander as a breeder. Alexander congratulated Barocio in the winner’s circle, grabbing him in a huge hug.
Alexander bred Lovesick Blues from the Ministers Wild Cat mare Queenofhercastle, who meshes well with Grazen’s sire line. Lovesick Blues is one of three starters and winners for the mare, along with his full sister Dorie Miller, an earner of $157,393, and 2024 Golden State Juvenile Stakes winner Speedy Wilson, a son of Alexander’s Grazen stallion Tough Sunday.
The California Cup card at Santa Anita always spotlights California-breds, but the Jan. 18 edition also turned into a major coup for the Fasig-Tipton California yearling sale. Four graduates of the sale won that day, including in three of the stakes.
Three Georges, a $15,000 graduate in 2023, won the first race, followed by Big City Lights in the Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint Stakes, Old Pal in the Unusual Heat Turf Classic Stakes Presented by City National Bank, and Whiskyginandbrandy in the California Chrome Cal Cup Derby.
These are by no means the only successes to come out of the sale. My Summer Dream, Pushiness, Santa Barbarian, and Sunset Grazen are all stakes-winning Fasig-Tipton graduates.
When Big City Lights took the Cal Cup Sprint, he pushed his lifetime earnings to $578,420. Owner William Peeples has done well with the now 6-year-old, who cost just $22,000 in 2020 and is trained by Richard Mandella.
Old Pal sold for $160,000 in 2021 and has now earned $341,190. Whiskyginandbrandy was making only his second stakes attempt in the Cal Cup Derby and has parlayed his $55,000 purchase price in 2023 to $161,340 so far.
Pushiness, a $115,000 Cal-bred purchase in 2022, has even more recent form. She captured the July 26 Daisycutter Handicap at Del Mar. And Cal-bred Santa Barbarian scored in the May 24 Snow Chief Stakes Presented by City National Bank.
“In 2024 and so far in 2025, our sale grads have won or placed in 66 stakes,” said Fasig-Tipton California representative Mike Machowsky. “California Fall continues to produce quality runners on the West Coast year after year.”
Buyers may find similar success stories at this year’s sale, scheduled for Sept. 23. Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 266 entries for the sale, which will be held at Fairplex in Pomona beginning at 11 a.m. PDT.
“This sale annually offers the cream of the California-bred crop,” Machowsky said. “There is a strong representation from both leading California and nationally ranked sires, as well as good depth of pedigree on offer.”
Old Pal and Sunset Grazen are by leading California sire Grazen, who is represented by three colts and three fillies in this
year’s catalog. Likewise, Stay Thirsty, the sire of Whiskyginandbrandy, will be well represented, with seven colts and five fillies.
Other leading California sires with yearlings on offer include Catholic Boy, Clubhouse Ride, Midnight Storm, Sir Prancealot, Stanford, and Smiling Tiger.
Barton Thoroughbreds, the leading California breeder in 2023 and 2024, as usual has one of the largest consignments. Several are by stallions that stand at the farm, while some others are Cal-breds by out-ofstate sires.
One filly, hip #128, is by former Barton sire Bodexpress out of the Tapit mare Tap Tap Ur It. That makes her a half sister to current Barton stallion and stakes winner Tap Back, who is also represented by yearlings in the catalog. Another Bodexpress filly, hip #255, is a half sister to Pushiness, being out of the Empire Maker mare Imperial Pippin.
Other major California consignors bringing large groups include Checkmate Thoroughbreds, Harris Farms, Havens Bloodstock Agency, Lovacres Ranch, McCarthy Bloodstock, Milky Way Farm, Rancho San Miguel, and Woodbridge Farm.
Print catalogs are available, and the catalog may also be viewed online and via the Equineline sales catalog app.
JUNE 23, 2025 – AUGUST 17, 2025
Acclamation—Seasontoperfection: Kings River Knight (34-14), g, 7 yo, Del Mar, STK, California Dreamin' S., 8/2, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:41.28, $85,500. American Freedom—Sherika: Fordy G (110-55), g, 5 yo, Tillamook County Fair, SOC, 8/8, about 5f, 1:03.10, $4,950.
Bayern—Pocketful: Low Dose (40-16), m, 7 yo, Grants Pass, STR, 7/4, 5f, 58.52, $3,575.
Big Bad Leroybrown—Chatty Catty: Chatty Leroybrown (14-4), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, STK, Washington Oaks Presented by 1/ST Bet, 8/17, 1 1/16mi, 1:43.18, $27,500.
Boat Trip—Songo'thesea: Seeket Sauce (9-4), g, 4 yo, Grande Prairie, ALW, 8/9, 6f, 1:13.60, $3,604.
Bodexpress—Big Break: Big Swag (34-10), g, 3 yo, Great Falls, ALW, 7/13, 5 1/4f, 1:06.40, $3,300. Bodexpress—Big Break: Big Swag (34-10), g, 3 yo, Great Falls, ALW, 7/20, 5 1/4f, 1:06.60, $3,300.
Bodexpress—Big Break: Big Swag (34-10), g, 3 yo, Great Falls, STK, Turf Club Overnight TB Derby, 7/26, 5 1/4f, 1:06.40, $4,070.
Boisterous—Silent Fusaichi: Loud Fusaichi (45-18), m, 6 yo, Grande Prairie, STR, 7/12, 6f, 1:12.87, $3,816.
Boisterous—Shared Image: Druidic (45-18), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, STR, 7/31, 1mi (T), 1:36.34, $25,200.
California Chrome—Seaside Magic: Magic Chrome (63-26), m, 5 yo, Assiniboia Downs, AOC, 8/4, 5 1/2f, 1:06.18, $9,900.
Cat Burglar—Fly Away Angel: Stolen Halo (41-18), m, 6 yo, North Dakota Horse Park, STR, 7/25, 6f, 1:14.20, $2,500.
Cat Burglar—Unusual Storm: Crazy Storm (41-18), g, 4 yo, Grande Prairie, ALW, 7/26, 6f, 1:13.88, $3,604.
Cat Burglar—Shared Image: Baby Kristen (41-18), m, 6 yo, Louisiana Downs, AOC, 8/6, 5f (T), 57.47, $12,000.
Clubhouse Ride—Bella Roja: El Diablo Rojo (94-40), g, 8 yo, Lone Star Park, SOC, 7/6, 5f, 58.20, $10,560.
Coach Bob—Pahiatua: Sis Boom Bob (9-3), m, 6 yo, Belterra Park, SOC, 7/1, 5f, 59.45, $7,440.
Coil—Awesome Broad: One Fast Bro (4-3), g, 8 yo, Canterbury Park, AOC, 7/30, 1mi 70yd (T), 1:41.17, $14,700.
Curlin to Mischief—Crystal House: See Through It (40-19), g, 8 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 7/6, 6 1/2f, 1:15.47, $38,220.
Curlin to Mischief—Pleasing Sunrise: Sunrise Mischief (40-19), g, 4 yo, Wyoming Downs, ALW, 7/20, 4 1/2f, 51.10, $9,600.
Curlin to Mischief—Crystal House: See Through It (40-19), g, 8 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/20, 6 1/2f, 1:15.92, $63,960.
Curlin to Mischief—Sunpenny: Royal Halo (40-19), g, 5 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 7/27, 6f, 1:10.07, $4,845.
Dads Caps—Randy's Rocket: Jim's Jet (58-31), m, 5 yo, Crooked River Roundup, ALW, 7/9, about 5 1/2f, 1:09.20, $4,125.
Dads Caps—Capaz: Dad Bod (58-31), g, 6 yo, White Pine Racing, TRL, 8/17, 5 1/2f, 1:06.50, $3,575. Danzing Candy—Camino Song (IRE): Uncle John (62-17), g, 5 yo, Horseshoe Indianapolis, SOC, 7/2, 1mi (T), 1:33.26, $13,800.
Desert Code—Gumption: Steel Nerves (18-12), m, 6 yo, Tillamook County Fair, ALW, 8/7, about 5f, 1:05.20, $3,850.
Don'tsellmeshort—Early's Kid: Son o' Sanpete (2-1), g, 4 yo, Grande Prairie, ALW, 7/27, 5 1/2f, 1:08.08, $3,604.
Eddington—Kestner: Mattawa N That (3-2), g, 7 yo, Grants Pass, STR, 6/28, 5 1/2f, 1:05.13, $3,575.
Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Sharp Warning (8-3), g, 8 yo, Great Falls, STR, 7/12, 5 1/4f, 1:04.80, $3,300.
Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Sharp Warning (8-3), g, 8 yo, Great Falls, STR, 7/19, 5 1/4f, 1:03.80, $3,300.
Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Sharp Warning (8-3), g, 8 yo, Great Falls, STR, 7/27, 5 1/4f, 1:04.40, $3,300.
Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Sharp Warning (8-3), g, 8 yo, White Pine Racing, TRL, 8/17, 5 1/2f, 1:06.60, $3,575.
Enticed—Love's Illusion: Attracted (85-46), f, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, STK, Hastings S., 6/22, 6f, 1:09.15, $27,500.
Gallant Son—Phantom Ali: Derrygoolin (11-6), m, 6 yo, Canterbury Park, SOC, 6/25, 1mi, 1:42.81, $9,000.
Gervinho—Elegant Trick: Spanish Channel (2-2), m, 9 yo, Grants Pass, STK, Stars and Stripes S., 7/4, 6f, 1:11.84, $6,820.
Gig Harbor—Dance by Unionize: Ballyvaughan Gig (21-3), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/14, 5f (T), 57.08, $48,600.
Grazen—Freedom Ride: Travelin' Show (94-48), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 6/27, 5 1/2f, 1:03.17, $27,600.
Grazen—Sunday Rules: Bronko Nagurski (94-48), g, 5 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 6/27, 5 1/2f, 1:03.30, $11,520.
Grazen—Hard to Resist: Brand Loyalty (94-48), m, 5 yo, Lone Star Park, ALW, 7/5, 6f, 1:11.00, $20,640.
Grazen—Heat the Rocks: Roy Hobbs (94-48), g, 5 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 7/19, 6 1/2f, 1:15.63, $7,980.
Grazen—That's the Idea: Young Love (94-48), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/26, 5f (T), 57.66, $48,600.
Grazen—Queenofhercastle: Lovesick Blues (94-48), g, 7 yo, Del Mar, STK, Bing Crosby S. (gr. I ), 7/26, 6f, 1:08.74, $240,000.
Grazen—That's the Idea: Young Love (94-48), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/7, 6f, 1:10.24, $48,600.
Heat Shield—Heat Exposure: Hot Box (3-3), g, 7 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 6/27, 5 1/2f, 1:03.14, $27,600.
I'll Have Another—Cryptic: Pokerknightatvees (32-13), c, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/18, 6f, 1:10.02, $48,600.
I'll Have Another—Lady Hughes: Chicknfingerfriday (32-13), g, 5 yo, Great Falls, ALW, 7/19, 7f, 1:29.60, $3,300.
Jeranimo—Madame Forbes: In Without Knockin (13-6), f, 4 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 6/29, 5 1/2f, 1:04.99, $3,575.
Jeranimo—Saintcerely: Haughty Kitty (13-6), m, 5 yo, Crooked River Roundup, ALW, 7/10, about 7f, 1:30.40, $4,125.
Jersey Town—Look to the Sky: Regal Patriot (22-10), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/24, 5f (T), 57.58, $48,600. Kantharos—Imperial Pippin: Pushiness (207-91), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, STK, Daisycutter H., 7/26, 5f (T), 56.88, $78,000.
Kantharos—On Rainbow Bridge: Gates of Heaven (207-91), g, 7 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, STR, 8/6, 6f, 1:11.71, $8,236.
Lakerville—Ultimate Summer: Summer Lake (14-4), m, 6 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/26, 5f (T), 57.66, $27,600.
Last Draw—Millennium Brew: Draw Some (7-3), g, 5 yo, Sweetwater Downs, ALW, 8/17, 6 1/2f, 1:19.42, $6,000.
Majesticperfection—Double Dip: Double Perfection (10-5), g, 7 yo, Crooked River Roundup, ALW, 7/9, about 5 1/2f, 1:07.70, $4,675.
Many Rivers—Ambitoness: Many Ambitions (11-4), g, 6 yo, Cassia County Fair, ALW, 8/16, about 5f, 1:02.40, $2,220.
Ministers Wild Cat—Lemon Drop Sis: Lemon Drop Shot (28-13), g, 7 yo, Fairmount Park, AOC, 7/1, 1 1/16mi, 1:48.18, $12,600.
Ministers Wild Cat—Polar Kid: Casillalater (28-13), m, 9 yo, Crooked River Roundup, ALW, 7/10, about 5f, 1:02.40, $4,125.
Ministers Wild Cat—It's Your Life: New Every Morning (28-13), g, 7 yo, Great Falls, ALW, 7/19, 5 1/4f, 1:05.20, $3,300.
Ministers Wild Cat—Two to Tango: Paradise Poker (28-13), c, 3 yo, Great Falls, ALW, 7/20, 5 1/4f, 1:07.20, $3,300.
Ministers Wild Cat—It's Your Life: New Every Morning (28-13), g, 7 yo, Great Falls, ALW, 7/26, 5 1/4f, 1:04.60, $3,300.
Ministers Wild Cat—Lemon Drop Sis: Lemon Drop Shot (28-13), g, 7 yo, Fairmount Park, AOC, 8/9, 1mi 70yd, 1:44.31, $9,900.
Misremembered—Little Bit Lovely: Rochester's Finest (26-13), g, 5 yo, Chippewa Downs, ALW, 6/22, 6 1/2f, 1:21.40, $4,500.
Misremembered—Randy's Rocket: Artemus Gordon (26-13), g, 6 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 7/11, 1mi, 1:36.37, $4,845.
Mr. Big—Ok Doll: Big Tippa (55-21), f, 4 yo, Chippewa Downs, ALW, 6/22, 5 1/2f, 1:07.30, $2,000.
Mr. Big—Novel Twist: Zhivago (55-21), g, 5 yo, Great Falls, ALW, 7/26, 5 1/4f, 1:06.80, $4,440.
Mrazek—Electric Daze: Awareness Autism (15-7), f, 4 yo, Grande Prairie, ALW, 7/20, 5 1/2f, 1:08.02, $3,604.
Mrazek—Mo Style: Halo Uncle (15-7), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, STR, 7/24, 6f, 1:10.80, $16,560.
Mucho Macho Man—Always Sweet: Atomic Drop (91-40), g, 7 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, SOC, 7/5, 6 1/2f, 1:16.35, $13,200.
Musketier (GER)—Kissamee Glitter: Christine's Jack (4-2), g, 9 yo, Tillamook County Fair, STK, OHBPA Sprint S., 8/9, about 5f, 1:01.20, $3,988.
Nyquist—Predicate: Syntactic (204-92), g, 5 yo, Canterbury Park, SOC, 6/28, 1mi, 1:38.59, $7,200. Nyquist—Predicate: Syntactic (204-92), g, 5 yo, Canterbury Park, AOC, 8/16, 1mi, 1:37.92, $14,400.
Old Topper—Don't Lose Faith: Good Old Faithful (2-1), h, 7 yo, Great Falls, ALW, 7/19, about 4f, 54.60, $3,300.
Om—Margie's Minute: Om N Joy (53-22), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, STK, Fleet Treat S., 7/25, 7f, 1:23.23, $85,500.
Om—Blissful Lady: Creative Om (53-22), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 8/17, 1mi 70yd, 1:39.13, $7,980.
Pavel—Bas: Canani (29-9), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/2, 1mi (T), 1:34.93, $48,600.
Prince of Love—Shorty Jones: Shortman (1-1), h, 6 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 7/4, 6 1/2f, 1:16.52, $27,600.
Shaman Ghost—Very Few Details: Madiha (69-33), m, 6 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 7/6, 6 1/2f, 1:17.65, $27,600.
Sierra Sunset—Western Engagement: Western Sierra (3-1), g, 6 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 7/5, 5 1/2f, 1:04.49, $3,575.
Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Vivacious Beauty: Gantry (88-32), g, 4 yo, Crooked River Roundup, ALW, 7/9, about 5 1/2f, 1:06.20, $4,125.
Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Desert Steel: Sir Rocket (88-32), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/24, 5f (T), 57.29, $48,600.
Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Desert Steel: Sir Rocket (88-32), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/10, 5 1/2f, 1:03.96, $48,600.
Slew's Tiznow—Fancy Summer: Summers Choice (12-6), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, ALW, 8/3, 6 1/2f, 1:16.75, $13,680.
Smiling Tiger—Magic School: Bit's Tiger Magic (132-47), 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 (132-47), c, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, STK, Auburn S., 6/22, 6f, 1:08.62, $27,500.
Smiling Tiger—Royal Grand Slam: Grand Slam Smile (132-47), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 6/28, 6 1/2f, 1:14.97, $38,220.
Smiling Tiger—Starship Duchess: Jacrodra's Devil (132-47), m, 6 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, STK, Fillies and Mares Spring S., 6/29, 7f, 1:25.37, $5,856.
Smiling Tiger—Brooke's Halo: Shining Tiger (132-47), g, 4 yo, Grande Prairie, CST, Marathon Series S., 7/6, 1mi, 1:43.57, $5,697.
Smiling Tiger—Starship Duchess: Jacrodra's Devil (132-47), m, 6 yo, Grande Prairie, SST, Distaff Series S., 7/13, 5 1/2f, 1:06.47, $5,697.
Smiling Tiger—English Royal: R B's Tiger (132-47), f, 4 yo, Grande Prairie, STR, 7/20, 6f, 1:13.37, $3,816.
Smiling Tiger—Magic School: Bit's Tiger Magic (132-47), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/27, 5f (T), 56.58, $63,180.
Smiling Tiger—Ros's Girl: Si That Tiger (132-47), c, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, STK, Irish Day S., 7/27, 6 1/2f, 1:15.58, $27,500.
Smiling Tiger—Starship Duchess: Jacrodra's Devil (132-47), m, 6 yo, Grande Prairie, SST, Distaff Series S., 8/10, 6 1/2f, 1:20.48, $5,856.
Smiling Tiger—English Royal: R B's Tiger (132-47), f, 4 yo, Grande Prairie, STR, 8/16, 6f, 1:12.60, $3,816.
Smiling Tiger—Royal Grand Slam: Grand Slam Smile (132-47), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, STK, Solana Beach S., 8/17, 1mi (T), 1:34.92, $85,500.
Smokem—Clara's Dream: One Smokin' Rita (17-6), m, 5 yo, Thistledown, ALW, 6/26, 6f, 1:11.55, $17,820.
Smokem—River Kiss: El Siete Leguas (17-6), g, 4 yo, Wyoming Downs, ALW, 8/3, 6f, 1:11.50, $8,100.
Square Eddie—Frege: Dichotomy (25-7), m, 9 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, STR, 6/23, 7f (T), 1:24.19, $8,236.
Square Eddie—Grandiose Tactics: Eddie Crosswire (25-7), g, 5 yo, Grande Prairie, STR, 7/20, 5 1/2f, 1:07.16, $3,816.
Stanford—Alwazabridesmaid: Prayer of Jabez (94-49), g, 6 yo, Wyoming Downs, STK, Inaugural S., 6/28, 6f, 1:10.00, $14,400.
Stanford—Run for Retts: Bound for Heaven (94-49), f, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, ALW, 7/22, 6f, 1:13.60, $10,800.
Stanford—Magic Lily: Book Smart (94-49), g, 6 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/25, 5f (T), 56.64, $63,960.
Stanford—Film Actress: Galesville (94-49), f, 4 yo, Tillamook County Fair, ALW, 8/8, about 5f, 1:03.20, $3,300.
Stanford—Nine to Five Lady: Ko Olina (94-49), m, 6 yo, Grande Prairie, ALW, 8/9, 5 1/2f, 1:06.91, $3,816.
Stay Thirsty—Star Chant: The Comrie Rule (179-66), m, 5 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, SOC, 6/28, about 6f, 1:10.56, $4,028.
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.
Stay Thirsty—Sobresaliente: Staysober (179-66), h, 6 yo, White Pine Racing, ALW, 8/15, 5 1/2f, 1:08.10, $3,300.
Street Boss—Eternally: Boss Sully (134-58), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/31, 5f (T), 56.61, $65,520.
Tom's Tribute—Ring True: Madame Gazelle (16-7), m, 5 yo, Crooked River Roundup, STK, OHBPA Distaff S., 7/12, about 5 1/2f, 1:06.30, $4,500.
Tom's Tribute—Sheeza Milky Way: O K Rose (16-7), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/31, 1mi (T), 1:36.65, $48,600.
Tough Sunday—Bodes Well: Nanci Griffith (8-4), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 7/26, 1mi, 1:39.00, $48,600.
Tough Sunday—Queenofhercastle: Speedy Wilson (8-4), c, 3 yo, Del Mar, STK, Real Good Deal S., 8/1, 7f, 1:22.34, $85,500.
Vancouver (AUS)—Sweet Boss: Stamp My Passport (24-13), g, 6 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 7/4, 1mi, 1:35.79, $36,660.
Vronsky—La Darling: Clovisconnection (49-22), g, 5 yo, Emerald Downs, STK, Budweiser S., 6/22, 6f, 1:08.56, $27,500.
Vronsky—Lost Prophet: Midnight Special (49-22), g, 9 yo, Hawthorne, SOC, 7/17, 5 1/2f (T), 1:04.14, $9,000.
Winning Cause—Leaps 'n Bounds: Chelsiesdanziglite (3-1), g, 5 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 7/5, 5 1/2f, 1:03.63, $3,575.
Listing—Charred Rare: Jasmina (3-2), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, STK, California Thoroughbred Breeders' Association S., 8/3, 5f, 59.02, $57,000.
Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Ready for Romance: Sammy Davis (88-32), g, 2 yo, Del Mar, STK, Graduation S., 8/8, 5f, 57.92, $57,000.
Anthony's Cross—Be Faithful: Thatwouldbewrong (13-2), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/25, 6f, 1:11.26, $4,845.
Big Bad Leroybrown—Chatty Catty: Chatty Leroybrown (14-4), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/13, 1mi, 1:38.80, $5,700.
Bluegrass Cat—Judge Randi: Satis (18-6), m, 5 yo, Belterra Park, MCL, 7/30, 1mi, 1:44.26, $5,525.
Bodexpress—Sensationalize: Express Kid (34-10), c, 2 yo, Canterbury Park, MSW, 7/3, 4 1/2f, 52.58, $13,800.
Bodexpress—Quandary: Skyexpress (34-10), f, 2 yo, White Pine Racing, MSW, 8/15, 4 1/2f, 55.50, $3,300.
Cat Burglar—Capaz: Anna's Girl (41-18), f, 4 yo, Grande Prairie, MSW, 7/6, 4f, 48.47, $3,604.
Cat Burglar—Assyria: Track Robber (41-18), g, 4 yo, Wyoming Downs, MSW, 7/19, 6f, 1:12.70, $7,800.
Cat Burglar—Fracas: Wreckless Rhett (41-18), g, 2 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 8/16, 5f, 57.48, $9,120.
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Last Draw—Montada: At the Cross (7-3), g, 3 yo, Wyoming Downs, MSW, 7/27, 4 1/2f, 52.50, $7,800.
Listing—Charred Rare: Jasmina (3-2), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 6/28, 5f, 57.77, $27,000.
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Maxfield—Bella Ciao: Max Ciao (20-6), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/8, 5 1/2f, 1:04.72, $48,000.
Ministers Wild Cat—Knockout Bertie: Knockout Guy (28-13), g, 5 yo, Delaware Park, MCL, 6/26, 1mi, 1:41.88, $10,800.
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Ministers Wild Cat—Didugetmypoint: Circuit Court (28-13), f, 3 yo, Saratoga, MCL, 7/25, 6 1/2f, 1:17.94, $25,850.
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Om—Crown On Tap: Beverly T (53-22), f, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/18, 1mi, 1:41.10, $4,845.
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Oscar Nominated—Marina Del Heat: Devine Marina (7-1), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/4, 6f, 1:12.26, $9,000.
Pavel—Pridelander: Italio (29-9), c, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 6/29, 5f, 58.73, $27,000.
Practical Joke—Little Song: Little Ditty (277-122), g, 3 yo, Louisiana Downs, MCL, 7/14, 1mi 70yd, 1:45.38, $5,100.
Richard's Kid—Dream Saver: Sir Dreamer (27-7), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 6/22, 6f, 1:09.53, $9,120.
Richard's Kid—Lavender Touch: Brunchandcrunch (27-7), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/7, 6f, 1:10.40, $48,000.
Rumpus Cat—Sunny Oak: Heckuva Gal (8-2), f, 2 yo, Wyoming Downs, TRL, 7/12, 5f, 58.60, $3,600.
Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Weekfair (FR): Lady Victoria (88-32), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/4, 5 1/2f, 1:06.64, $13,800.
Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Willapa: Prancin Lady (88-32), f, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/13, 6f, 1:10.36, $9,120.
Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Ready for Romance: Sammy Davis (88-32), g, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 7/19, 5f, 57.97, $48,000.
Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Magic Garden (IRE): Magical Miss (88-32), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/3, 5f (T), 57.25, $48,000.
Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Farmers Wife: Just a Kiss (88-32), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/15, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:44.05, $48,000.
Slew's Tiznow—Fancy Summer: Summers Choice (12-6), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 7/11, 6f, 1:10.11, $9,120.
Smiling Tiger—Gone Blues: Smiling Capote (132-47), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 7/5, 1mi, 1:38.96, $9,000.
Smiling Tiger—Style Award: He's a Knockout (132-47), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/8, 5f (T), 57.84, $48,000.
Smiling Tiger—Fiery Lady: Tiger Lady (132-47), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 8/15, 5 1/2f, 1:07.02, $18,000.
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Stanford—Run for Retts: Divine Gift (94-49), f, 4 yo, Canterbury Park, MCL, 7/24, 6f, 1:13.64, $6,000.
Stanford—Her Irish Eyes (IRE): Bourbon Street Boy (94-49), g, 3 yo, Hawthorne, MCL, 7/27, 5 1/2f, 1:05.20, $5,400.
Stanford—Lady Lemon Drop: Silvercreek Kid (94-49), g, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, MCL, 7/29, 5 1/2f, 1:07.85, $6,000.
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EACH MAJOR TYPE REQUIRES A DIFFERENT PROTOCOL Coffin bone x-rays play a critical role in laminitis
BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS
More than a million horses suffer from laminitis each year in the U.S. alone, and it is the second leading cause of death or euthanasia. Andrew van Eps, BVSc, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, professor and the Dean W. Richardson Endowed Chair of Equine Disease Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, has done much research on this disease.
“The important thing to know is that laminitis happens for three reasons,” van Eps said. “The least common reason is when horses are lame and putting too much weight and stress on one limb compared to the others. We call this supporting-limb laminitis.”
New Bolton has spent much time and effort on laminitis research. Van Eps noted that the position he holds is a direct result of the legacy of Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner who tragically was injured in that year’s Preakness (G1). Barbaro subsequently developed supporting-limb laminitis and had to be euthanized, despite heroic measures at New Bolton to save him.
“We’ve worked hard on that issue and have shown that it is a low-blood-flow problem in the affected limb,” van Eps explained.
“We recently had a paper accepted for publication in which we showed that horses that are not walking around properly—not just when they have too much load on one leg—suffer some damage to the laminae. This is exacerbated and becomes worse when they put too much load on a particular leg, and that’s when we see it manifest clinically in the supporting leg. But it is also happening in the other feet as well.”
This knowledge may enable researchers to design strategies to prevent laminitis in horses that have fractures or other situations preventing normal weight-bearing patterns on limbs.
“The second-least common cause for horses to develop laminitis is when they get sick with inflammatory diseases like colitis, retained placenta, etc.,” van Eps said. “This is the form that people have done the most research on over the years.
“The biggest development in that area has been that we’ve found we can halt this by cooling the feet in horses that are at risk, or even after onset of lameness due to laminitis. Now we are looking at how we can refine the ways we do it and make it more practical in a hospital setting.
“The most common reason horses get laminitis is because of high insulin. Some of these animals are genetically predisposed to make a lot of insulin. Others are simply overweight and ingesting too much carbohydrate/starch in pasture, hay, or grain. Some of them have other problems, like Cushing’s disease (PPID), that exacerbate or drive the higher insulin production.
have proved to be very effective for insulin control in horses.”
These drugs, also called gliflozins or flozins, inhibit reabsorption of glucose in the kidney and therefore lower the blood sugar, removing the major driver for insulin production.
ter. The horses’ comfort improves, and we are seeing outcomes in those cases that in the past were felt to be impossible.”
Van Eps explained that laminitis caused by high insulin levels will create damage at a microscopic level that in most cases differs from laminitis in a horse that is ill or has developed a supporting-limb problem.
“Probably the most important discoveries in recent years have been in improving our understanding of how high blood insulin levels can directly damage the feet, and how we can better control insulin in horses. Although we’ve used human anti-diabetic drugs like metformin to try to control insulin in horses and ponies for many years, the results have been inconsistent and discouraging. Most recently, a newer class of anti-diabetic drugs, the SGLT2 (Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2) inhibitors,
The most common reason horses get laminitis is because of high insulin.”
—Dr. Andrew van Eps
“Ertugliflozin is one of those drugs that help move glucose out of the system through the urinary tract. These drugs are very effective in most horses in controlling insulin levels, so now we have a much better tool to help control insulin. What we are seeing in some of these severe cases of laminitis is that when we reduce the insulin with these drugs, they actually get bet-
“In the sick horses or support-limb cases, there is actual separation and damage that is irreparable,” he said. “By contrast, in most of these insulin cases, it’s more a situation of stretching instead of complete separation. The cells of the lamellae divide excessively and produce some new hoof-like material, leading to the formation of what we call the lamellar wedge, which contributes to rotation of the bone within the hoof. Some of these processes are surprisingly reversible if you don’t let it go too long.
“Now we have this tool for better insulin control and can see what it can do. The problem with these drugs, however, is that they are just a Band-Aid for high insulin. We give them, and they control the insulin, but as soon as you stop giving them, the problem recurs if nothing else has changed. It doesn’t solve the underlying issue, so we still have to try to control insulin production with management, especially diet and exercise over the long term.”
Some fundamental changes must occur for that horse from a nutritional and exercise standpoint. Many horses are kept in situations and environments that exacerbate the problems.
“It’s no different than cats, humans, etc. with metabolic syndrome that leads to type 2 diabetes,” van Eps said. “To really solve the problem, diet and exercise need to be changed. But it is nice that we now have a tool we can use quickly to control the insulin when horses show signs of laminitis, to prevent and even reverse some of the damage in the feet.
“A lot of research now is focused on
early detection of horses that are at risk for developing high insulin and laminitis. We run a lab here at New Bolton that measures insulin and measures some of the markers in blood that can help us predict the horses that will have trouble.
“We, and some other groups, are working on some of these markers, like adiponectin (a protein hormone secreted primarily by fat tissue that plays a crucial role in regulating metabolism, insulin sensitivity, and inflammation). There has been some work done in the UK showing that adiponectin is a good predictor of laminitis in ponies. But it’s never really been looked at in horses, so our lab is looking at this in horses. At this point, it looks like it is similar to ponies, and that having low adiponectin is a strong risk factor for laminitis.”
Another new development is being able to more rapidly measure insulin.
“Five years ago, we used to take blood samples and send them to the lab, and it took about a week to get the results, and there wasn’t much we could do in the meantime,” van Eps said. “Now we have methods in the lab to get results within an hour or two. There are even some stall-side insulin tests that can turn around quickly on-site. This has been a big benefit to veterinarians
in treating these animals quicker, since high insulin in a horse is an emergency that needs to be addressed quickly.
“There are some other drugs in use today, including pioglitazone. This one is not nearly as effective as ertugliflozin at reducing insulin, but it increases adiponectin. High adiponectin may be
In the coming years I think we will have a better understanding of the processes that drive high insulin in individual animals, and we will be able to tailor treatment accordingly.”
—Dr. Andrew van Eps
protective against laminitis, even in the face of high insulin. We are still working on whether boosting adiponectin with drugs like pioglitazone might be something we need to do along with the SGLT2 inhibitors, to give a more lasting effect—more protective against laminitis even when you stop giving the SGLT2 inhibitor drugs.
“I think we are still in our infancy in understanding the specific reasons why certain individual horses and ponies have high insulin and then being able to address them in specific ways. At the moment we are treating them all similarly. In the coming years I think we will have a better understanding of the processes that drive high insulin in individual animals, and we will be able to tailor treatment accordingly.”
Another drug that’s been suggested for use is methylated tirilazad.
“This one seems to have specific effects on the gut and the overgrowth of specific bacteria in a very specific scenario, such as carbohydrate overload,” van Eps said. “This was published in a paper as an experimental model. It rarely happens in field situations, however, and has nothing to do with insulin; it is more of a model for sepsis.”
Besides careful diet and management of horses, the best prevention of laminitis entails routine screening for horses at risk.
“One problem is that most people view insulin as something stable that you can measure,” van Eps said. “For instance, if you measure it one week and it’s 50 and you measure it the next week and it’s 40, they think this is an improvement.
“The reality, however, is that insulin levels change from minute to minute and hour to hour. A single insulin test doesn’t tell you much, unless it is really high, and then you know there’s an imminent problem. If it’s normal on a single sample, however, it doesn’t tell you that much about what the metabolic status of that particular horse is and what its risk for high insulin and laminitis might be, particularly at times of exposure to high carbohydrate content in pasture or forage. So, our research on markers like adiponectin is to see if we can get more information out of a single sample.”
It’s important to consider running more than just a baseline insulin test. Other options might include a dynamic test, such as an oral sugar test, where you give the horse a known amount of something like Karo syrup and then measure the insulin response. Samples could also
be taken pre-and post-feeding to try to get an idea, with the feed the animal is on, regarding the insulin response.
“For early diagnosis and screening, we need more than just a single point-intime test,” van Eps said. “Regular testing can be very helpful.”
People used to test just the horses they knew might be prone to laminitis.
“Now I think it’s important for most horses to be tested as part of their health check or wellness exam,” van Eps said. “We know that Cushing’s disease can exacerbate insulin problems, so any horses over the age of about 12 should probably be tested. We used to say age 15, but some horses can develop problems quicker, so it is important to start screening for this issue.
“We often come across animals with acute laminitis, yet they have been in the same environment with the same management since they were foals and never had an issue. Now they are 10 years old and having a problem. As animals get older, just as we get older, insulin sensitivity starts to decrease.
“This is a natural age-related change, and it is important to remember. Just because an animal has been ok or has tested ok doesn’t mean it will always be ok. Early testing of metabolic status is the most important thing that people can do, and then adjust the horses’ diet, management, and exercise based on that information.”
One thing that can help is to confine the horse while the lamellar tissue is damaged, so the horse won’t be putting more pressure on the feet.
“It is common to give anti-inflammatory drugs like Bute to make the horses feel more comfortable, and this is an important early part of treatment,” van Eps said. “It is important, however, that these horses are not able run around just because they are more comfortable; they will damage their feet further.”
is risk for damaging the kidneys. We sometimes use acetaminophen in horses in combination with NSAIDs because it has some pain-relieving effects without as much risk. We also sometimes use gabapentin or other drugs that target the neuropathic side of things, though the jury is still out on how helpful those are.”
Since a high non-structural carbohydrate in pasture grass is a common inciting cause of an acute laminitis flareup, it is important to keep those horses away from lush pasture by locking them up or using a grazing muzzle.
“Preferably, they should be locked in a small yard or stall,” van Eps said. “In some cases, it may be appropriate to cool the feet as a first-aid measure to limit damage. But this is actually quite difficult to do effectively in a field situation. Severe cases should come to a hospital environment, where it can be accomplished more effectively.”
Most mild cases can be dealt with on the farm, however, and the horse is probably better off that way.
“Usually, it’s just a matter of confining them, along with medications and some soft support for the feet,” van Eps said. “Sand is an ideal surface for these animals, but sometimes people use boots or silicone impression material to help make the feet more comfortable and maybe prevent some of the mechanical damage that happens.”
In terms of anti-inflammatory drugs, Bute is still more effective than some of the newer ones like the COX2-selective drugs.
“The attending veterinarian may also prescribe other pain-relieving drugs, like acetaminophen,” van Eps said. “We are always better off to use multiple agents because there will be less toxicity.
“The problem with NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) is when you use high doses and too long, there
Hoof care is also important, especially for the chronic stages. But the most important thing is to address the underlying cause.
More laminitis research is needed, but this kind of research relies on donations.
“We are not funded by government, and there is very little money available from typical scientific granting sources because there is no human equivalent to laminitis,” van Eps said. “There are fewer people involved in laminitis research today, and we need to encourage younger veterinarians to pursue laminitis research. It’s still a terrible problem for horses.”
Sire
1 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 21 11
2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark
3 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie
4 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin
5 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker
6 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley 84
7 Om, 2012, by Munnings
8 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown
9 Gallant Son, 2006, by Malabar Gold
10 Point Piper, 2010, by Giant’s Causeway
11 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)
12 Pavel, 2014, by Creative Cause
13 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 95
14 Tamarando,
15
16
17
18
Sire Rnrs Strts Wnrs Wins Earned
1 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB) 81 199
2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark 54 120 14 15 $1,154,779
3 I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley
4 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger
5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)
6 Om, 2012, by Munnings
7 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy
8 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini
9 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon
10 Catholic Boy, 2015, by More Than
Storm,
12 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig
1 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker 13
2 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie 15
3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark
4 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit
5 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai
6 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 40 32
7 Gallant Son, 2006, by Malabar Gold 11 11
8 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 12
9 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile
10 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG)
11 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon 95 72 $1,539,053 $9,300
12 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 28 17 $362,205 $9,277
13 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat 60 44 $789,987 $8,957
14 Vronsky, 1999, by Danzig
15 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song
16 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown
17 Misremembered,
18
1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark
2 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 21
3 Mrazek, 2013, by Square
4 Om, 2012, by Munnings
5 Pavel, 2014, by Creative
6 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin
7 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)
8 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker
9
10
12
14 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer
1
2
3
4
7
9
I’ll Have
Grazen,
6 Smiling Tiger, 2007-24,
7
8
Gato Del Oro, 2014, by Medaglia d’Oro
Cistron, 2014, by The Factor
Rumpus Cat, 2015, by Street Sense
Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire
1
2 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer
3 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat
5 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor
6 Sir Prancealot (IRE), 2010, by Tamayuz (GB)
8
9 Southern Image, 2000, by
18 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song
19 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)
20 James Street, 2007, by El Prado (IRE)
Passion for Gold, 2007, by Medaglia d’Oro
22 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai
Richard’s Kid, 2005, by Lemon Drop Kid
26 Danzing Candy, 2013, by Twirling Candy
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Hip
Color/sex
gr/ro.f.
b.c.
dkb/b.f.
gr/ro.c.
dkb/b.c.
ch.c.
ch.c.
dkb/b.c.
b.f.
ch.f.
gr/ro.f.
dkb/b.c.
b.c.
dkb/b.f.
dkb/b.c.
dkb/b.c.
dkb/b.f.
b.c.
b.c.
dkb/b.f.
b.f.
dkb/b.c.
ch.f.
b.c.
b.c.
b.c.
b.f.
ch.f.
ch.c.
dkb/b.c.
b.c.
TIZ THE LAW
MAXFIELD
STAY THIRSTY
SMOKEM
STAY THIRSTY
GOOD MAGIC
STAY THIRSTY
STAY THIRSTY
MCKINZIE
STAY THIRSTY
LIAM’S MAP
STAY THIRSTY
GOVENOR CHARLIE
SMOKEM
SMOKEM
SMOKEM
STAY THIRSTY
MCKINZIE
STAY THIRSTY
STAY THIRSTY
OMAHA BEACH
INDEPENDENCE HALL
STAY THIRSTY
WAR OF WILL
SMOKEM
STAY THIRSTY
AUDIBLE
DRAIN THE CLOCK
TIZ THE LAW
STAY THIRSTY
MCKINZIE
LEZENDARY
LOST BUS
LOTTA ATTITUDE
MEGHAN
MIDNIGHT HUNCH
NOBLE AND A BEAUTY
ONE SMOKIN’ LADY
RAPID REPAIR
REIGN
RIVER KISS
SHEMAKESMEHAPPY
SHOW IT N MOE IT
SIP SIP HOORAY
WANDA B THIRSTY
WICKED FRESH
WICKED TEMPER
AT THE SPA
BABY BEA SCATTIN
BELLA CIAO
BOSSY BELLE
CASTELLANI
CEDAR HALL
CLARA’S DREAM
CREATIVE INSTINCT
DAYLIGHT AHEAD
DISCREET DEE
DOTHRAKI QUEEN
DREAM COLLECTOR
E Z PHARIS
GHOST FLOWER
HONOLULU
Sire of Dam
ZENSATIONAL
BRING THE HEAT
SHARP HUMOR
TAPIT
MIDNIGHT LUTE
NOBLE CAUSEWAY
SMOKE GLACKEN
ARCH
SPEIGHTSTOWN
AWESOME GAMBLER
MAJESTIC WARRIOR
GRACE UPON GRACE
STAY THIRSTY
STAY THIRSTY
WICKED STRONG
TAPIT
OUTWORK
SCAT DADDY
FLATTER
STREET BOSS
QUALITY ROAD
BAYERN
DROSSELMEYER
CREATIVE CAUSE
MINESHAFT
DISCREET CAT
PURE PRIZE
COLLECTED
AMERICAN PHAROAH
GHOSTZAPPER
MACLEAN’S MUSIC
All horses are broke and galloping and Cal-Bred registered
Birth Date
01/09/2024
03/10/2024
04/02/2024
04/16/2024
03/29/2024
05/10/2024
03/25/2024
04/13/2024
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03/28/2024
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03/07/2024 01/14/2024
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03/11/2024
03/22/2024 04/24/2024
03/16/2024
02/21/2024
04/03/2024
03/07/2024
01/29/2024
01/14/2024
03/15/2024
01/04/2024
04/01/2024 01/27/2024
03/28/2024
04/05/2024 04/11/2024 02/11/2024