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VERSATILE, PRECOCIOUS, ALL CLASS

A Graded stakes winner on dirt and turf at 2. Grade 1 winner on dirt and turf at 3—won the Travers S. (G1) and Belmont Derby Inv. S. (G1). More than $2.1 million in earnings.

10 STAKES HORSES,

including Les Is Best, runner-up in this year’s Gowell S. at Turfway Park, and graded stakes-placed Faith Understood, 3rd in the Honeymoon S. (G3) at Santa Anita.

2 STAKES WINNERS—

G1 winners in Puerto Rico include SMOKEN BOY, who also won the Caesars H. at Horseshoe Indianapolis, and EL CATOLICO

More Than Ready - Song of Bernadette, by Bernardini Jonny Hilvers (559) 903-4391 jonnyhilvers@harrisfarms.com

From the EXECUTIVE CORNER

CAL-BREDS HAVE MANY AVENUES AVAILABLE

From graded-stakes wins at the Del Mar summer meet, to the spotlight of Breeders’ Cup weekend for California-bred juveniles, to boosted maiden bonuses beginning with the Santa Anita winter meet, the climate is increasingly favorable for California breeders.

• At the Del Mar summer meet, a pair of Cal-breds captured graded stakes–Lovesick Blues in the $400,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) and Om N Joy in the $100,000 Torrey Pines Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old lles.

e Bing Crosby is part of the Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Challenge Series, meaning the 7-year-old gelded son of Grazen, bred by Nick Alexander, received an automatic berth in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), to be held on the same track at the same six-furlong trip.

Om N Joy, a daughter of Om bred by co-owners Jerry and Connie Baker, ran her win streak to ve in the Torrey Pines for trainer Aggie Ordonez. It was Om N Joy’s rst venture into open company after winning a trio of Golden State Series stakes – the Evening Jewel, Melair, and Fleet Treat.

• e Del Mar summer meet also saw juicy opportunities for Calbred maidens, with 33 of them winning maiden special weight races and the Cal-bred maiden

bonus that goes directly to each winning owner of those races. e total of 33 Cal-bred maiden winners was up from 28 at last year’s corresponding meet and 27 the previous year. ose bonuses were in addition to the lucrative purses already o ered by Del Mar.

• Re ecting improving business trends and the resulting increase in fund generation, the Cal-bred maiden bonus has been boosted beginning when the Santa Anita winter meet opens Dec. 26 and will also be increased for the Del Mar summer meet.

All maiden special weight races in restricted and open company run at Santa Anita Park will receive a $2,500 increase in the maiden bonus award from $10,000 to $12,500. e same category of race will see a $2,500 increase from $12,500 to $15,000 during the Del Mar summer meet.

is adds to the growing success of the Cal-bred program, which produces winners at a high rate. e popular program has been in place since 2009, and the bonus is o ered in races run at 41 2 furlongs or longer.

Maiden special weight races run at Los Alamitos will continue to o er a $10,000 bonus award, and the $12,500 bonus award for Del Mar fall will also remain unchanged. e maiden bonus program

is funded jointly by the oroughbred Owners of California (TOC) and the CTBA to increase the value of investing in Cal-bred and California-sired horses.

Owners of Cal-bred horses that win an open maiden special weight race also receive the bene t of the current Cal-bred bonus available in open company in addition to the maiden bonus.

• Cal-breds will be showcased to the racing world during the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, with a pair of Golden State Series races on the undercard Friday, Oct. 31.

e Golden State Juvenile for colts and geldings and the Golden State Juvenile Fillies — both for 2-year-olds at seven furlongs with purses of $175,000 — will put our most precocious runners on display.

Final race order and post times for both Friday and Saturday programs will be announced Wednesday, Oct. 22. Nominations for all undercard stakes close Oct. 23 with the Del Mar Racing O ce.

Owners and trainers of contenders that are participating in the undercard races will receive race-day seating, parking, and a range of other premium bene ts.

Further information is available by contacting Del Mar Racing Secretary David Jerkens via email (David@dmtc.com) or phone (858-792-4230), or the Breeders’ Cup Racing Department at racing@breederscup.com or members@breederscup. com.

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CTBA TO HOLD MIXED SALE JAN. 20

The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association will conduct its mixed sale Jan. 20, 2026, at the Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex Park. The catalog will consist of breeding stock, 2-year-olds, yearlings, and horses of racing age. Entries will close Nov. 12. For further information, contact Loretta Veiga at 626-445-7800 ext. 227 or email loretta@ctba.com.

MAIDEN BONUS AWARDS INCREASE

All maiden special weight races in restricted and open company run at Santa Anita will receive a $2,500 increase in the maiden bonus award from $10,000 to $12,500 beginning with the start of the classic meet Dec. 26. The same category of races will see a $2,500 increase from $12,500 to $15,000 during the Del Mar summer meet. The program has been in place since 2009, and the bonus is offered for races run at 41⁄2 furlongs or longer.

Maiden special weight races run at Los Alamitos will continue to offer a $10,000 bonus award, and the $12,500 bonus award for Del Mar fall will also remain unchanged.

“The increases reflect this year’s positive trends, resulting in an increase in fund generation to create this opportunity to offer higher incentives,” said the CTBA’s Doug Burge. “This adds to the growing success of the California-bred program, which is producing winners at a high rate.”

Owners of California-bred horses that win an open maiden special weight race also receive the benefit of the current Cal-bred bonus available in open company in addition to the maiden bonus.

The maiden bonus program is funded jointly by the Thoroughbred Owners of California and the CTBA to increase the value of investing in California-bred and California-sired horses.

Man O Rose Wins Second

E.B. Johnston at Los Alamitos

Man O Rose took his second consecutive E.B. Johnston Stakes Sept. 13. The 5-year-old California-bred gelding is making a habit of crushing foes in the $75,000 stakes for Cal-breds at Los Alamitos, having won the 2025 edition by eight lengths and now the 2026 version by 51⁄4 lengths.

Edwin Maldonado rode Man O Rose both times for trainer Jeff Mullins. Man O Rose, the 2-5 favorite, broke on top and led throughout the mile race. He completed the distance in 1:35.52, coincidentally the exact time of his 2024 victory. Stamp My Passport finished second, 13⁄4 lengths ahead of Mystic Spirit in the six-horse field.

“This horse is pretty snappy away from the gate,” Mullins said. “Our plan was to get an easy lead, just keep him relaxed, and let him hit a nice, easy stride.”

Maldonado said he was very confident because of how well Man O Rose had been training.

“Around the second turn he had his ears pricked and I knew I had a lot of horse,” Maldonado said. “It’s a great feeling to win this race two years in a row.”

Jeff Mullins trains Man O Rose for owner-breeders Bruce and Beverly Zeitz. Man O Rose is a son of Stanford—Kathleen Rose, by Good Journey. With the win, he increased his lifetime earnings to $380,965.

JOHN HARRIS PHOTOS CORRECTION

The photo of John Harris that appeared on the cover of the September issue of California Thoroughbred was taken by Ron Mesaros. The photo credit incorrectly read Harris Farms. Mesaros, who regularly photographs the CTBA’s annual banquet, also took the portrait of Harris that appeared on the Contents page of that issue.

Man O Rose is all alone as he coasts to victory in his second E.B. Johnston Stakes

Del Mar Names Stakes for The Chosen Vron

The $100,000 Cary Grant Stakes for California-bred and California-sired runners has been renamed The Chosen Vron Stakes, Del Mar has announced. The seven-furlong race for 3-year-olds and up is scheduled this year for Nov. 8.

In making the name change, Del Mar is honoring the two-time Cal-bred Horse of the Year. The Chosen Vron retired last year after a five-year career that saw him win 19 of 25 starts, the majority of them stakes.

The partnership of Sondereker Racing, J. Eric Kruljac, Robert Fetkin, and Richard Thornburg owned The Chosen Vron. Kruljac also trained the gelding, who finished his career with $1,709,678

MORALES RECEIVES ROWAN FELLOWSHIP

Dr. Camilo Jaramillo-Morales has been named the recipient of the 2025 Louis R. Rowan Fellowship Award at the University of California, Davis. The award is funded through an endowment by the California Thoroughbred Foundation and honors the late leading California breeder, who was also a big supporter of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.

in purses. Among his major scores were twice winning the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar. He also won two editions of the Cary Grant, in 2022-23.

“He was an exceptional racehorse, and it was always an exciting day when he came out to run,” said Tom Robbins, Del Mar’s executive vice president for racing. “We think it is very fitting that one of our Cal-bred stakes has been renamed in his honor.”

Morales is a PhD candidate and resident in veterinary clinical pharmacology at UC Davis, as well as a staff veterinarian with the Equine Internal Medicine Service. His research includes studies on vonoprazan in Thoroughbreds, microRNA biomarkers in clodronate-treated horses, and erythropoietin-related microRNA expression.

He graduated as a veterinarian in 2012 and worked in large animal field service before completing a

Master of Science degree in equine internal medicine at CES University, Colombia, in 2015. He then served for six years as a faculty member and clinician at La Salle University. In 2019, he completed a specialty internship in large animal internal medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, and subsequently pursued residency training in large animal internal medicine with an equine emphasis at UC Davis.

Cal-bred Filly Brings Six Figures

A California-bred daughter of MacLean’s Music sold for $110,000 at the Sept. 15 session of the Keeneland September yearling sale.

George Krikorian bred the filly, who is out of the winning Congrats mare Sudden Fame. Trainer Robert Hess Jr. bought her from the consignment of Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa as agent. The second dam is Puerto Rican champion D’Wildcat Speed, who has also produced Lady Aurelia, a group 1 winner in Europe.

CAL-BREDS EXCEL AT EMERALD

With no racing in Northern California, many California-breds headed to Washington state for the Emerald Downs meeting during the summer. They excelled there by winning 162 of 413 races (39.2%), outdoing their Washington counterparts (114 wins for 27.6%) as well as Kentucky-breds (103 wins for 24.9%).

Cal-bred Si That Tiger was named top 3-year-old colt or gelding and sprinter for the meet. Blaine Wright, who led trainers at the Emerald stand with $563,511 in earnings, trains Si That Tiger for owners John and Janene Maryanski and Gerald and Gail Schneider.

Si That Tiger, a 3-year-old son of Smiling Tiger—Ros’s Girl, by Rosberg, bred by Darlyne Krieg, has made all his starts at Emerald Downs. A stakes winner there in 2024, he started four times at this year’s Emerald meet, with three wins and a second. Two of his wins came in stakes—the Auburn Stakes and Irish Day Stakes—and his second was in the Muckleshoot Derby.

Deceased California sire Smiling Tiger led all stallions at Emerald with 17 wins. Another California sire, Stanford, finished third with 14 wins.

Cal-bred The Chosen Vron gets a stakes named in his honor

Rowan Fellowship recipient Dr. Camilo Jaramillo-Morales

Kings River Knight Retires

California-bred champion Kings River Knight has been retired, it was reported in Daily Racing Form. The 7-yearold gelding won the Aug. 2 California Dreamin’ Stakes and later suffered an injury that prompted his retirement.

Kings River Knight hails from the longtime California breeding dynasty of the Johnston family’s Old English Rancho, which bred him. The Ellwood Johnston Trust raced him in partnership with Integrity Thoroughbred Racing LLC and Kenneth Tevelde.

Acclamation, the sire of Kings River Knight, is also an Old English homebred. He was named the Eclipse Award champion older horse of 2011 and has stood at stud in California.

Kings River Knight is out of a homebred Old English mare, the Poteen mare Seasontoperfection.

Kings River Knight retires with 13 wins and five seconds in 20 starts and total earnings of $855,830. Andy Mathis trained him early in his career, and John Sadler took over for the second half.

Kings River Knight won nine stakes. He went undefeated in 2024, when he was named champion Cal-bred turf horse, and he won his final three races: the 2025 Crystal Water Stakes, Bertrando Stakes, and California Dreamin’.

“This horse does love the turf,” Judy Johnston said in accepting Kings River Knight’s champion Cal-bred award earlier this year. “Acclamations like racing as better as they get older. It’s always nice to have a nice winner like Kings River Knight.”

QUALIFYING CLAIMING LEVELS

The following claiming levels for California owners premiums and stallion awards are currently in effect:

THIS MONTH IN

10 YEARS AGO

After topping the 2014 Barretts October yearling sale for $175,000, California-bred PACIFIC HEAT went on to become a stakes winner in only her second start. She crushed a maiden field by 131⁄2 lengths at Los Alamitos prior to capturing the $201,000 Golden State Juvenile Fillies Oct. 29, 2015, at Del Mar. Pacific Heat, ridden by Joe Talamo, went off as the 7-5 favorite in the seven-furlong Juvenile Fillies. She sat in third early, had an easy lead at the top of the stretch, and drew away to score by 51⁄4 lengths in 1:24.31. Peter Eurton trained Pacific Heat for Sharon Alesia, Mike Burns, and Ciaglia Racing LLC. Harris Farms and Donald Valpredo bred the daughter of Unusual Heat— Hotlantic, by Stormy Atlantic. Pacific Heat went on to win the 2016 Xpressbet California Cup Oaks and Evening Jewel Stakes, earning a total of $381,185.

25 YEARS AGO

California-bred ARABIAN LIGHT shipped to Keeneland in Kentucky and captured the Breeders’ Futurity (G2) Oct. 8, 2000. He accelerated from eighth on the backstretch to take the lead on the far turn of the 11⁄16-mile race under jockey Shane Sellers. Arabian Light drew off in the stretch to win by three lengths in 1:43.18 as the 17-10 favorite. Dollar Bill finished second. Bob Baffert trained Arabian Light for Prince Ahmed

bin Salman’s Thoroughbred Corporation. The 2-year-old colt broke his maiden at first asking at Hollywood Park, added the Graduation Stakes at Del Mar, and finished third in the Del Mar Futurity (G2) prior to his Keeneland foray. Kenneth Reinsch bred Arabian Light, a son of Fly So Free—Heartlight, by Majestic Light. Baffert bought him for $700,000 at the 2000 Barretts March 2-year-old select sale, then a record price for a Calbred 2-year-old in training.

Arabian Light

50 YEARS AGO

Trainer Ron McAnally saddled the one-two finishers of the Anoakia Stakes Oct. 8, 1975, during the Oak Tree at Santa Anita meeting. California-bred DOC SHAH’S SIREN outfinished her stablemate, Kentucky-bred Queen to Be, by a half-length. With jockey Jerry Lambert in the irons, Doc Shah’s Siren held off the strong closing rush of Del Mar Debutante (G2) winner Queen to Be, completing seven furlongs in 1:234⁄5. Cal-bred Awaken finished third. McAnally trained Doc Shah’s Siren for Fly Mac Stable and Ferguson. The filly was coming off a victory in the Junior Miss Stakes at Del Mar. She would later win the 1976 La Potranca Stakes at Hollywood Park and Trevose Stakes at Keystone and place in such stakes as the 1976 Test Stakes (G3) at Saratoga. Dr. Anne Bedrosian bred the daughter of Bold Hitter—Petite Poise, by Karara.

Pacific Heat

Multiple stakes-winning Cal-bred champion Kings River Knight heads to retirement

Ron Turcotte

Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who piloted Secretariat to his incredible Triple Crown run of 1973, died Aug. 22 at his home in Canada. He was 84.

In addition to riding Secretariat, Turcotte also won the 1972 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) aboard champion Riva Ridge. Lucien Laurin trained both horses for Meadow Stable.

Born in Canada, Turcotte became a jockey after first working as a hot-walker at E.P. Taylor’s farm. He rode his first winner at Fort Erie in 1962 and was Canada’s leading rider

IN Memoriam

that year. Turcotte repeated as Canada’s leading rider in 1963 before he came to the U.S. to ride.

During his career, which was cut short by a racing injury in 1978 that paralyzed him from the waist down, Turcotte rode such horses as Hall of Famers Arts and Letters, Dahlia, Damascus, Dark Mirage, Fort Marcy, Northern Dancer, and Shuvee. He was honored with the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

at Santa Anita in 1973.

Following his retirement, Turcotte often appeared at racetracks to help raise money for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. In 1990, he came to California to sign a Fred Stone Secretariat print, with about $30,000 of the proceeds from the print’s sale to benefit the PDJF.

While signing the prints one afternoon in a local hotel, Turcotte reminisced about Secretariat for this magazine.

Turcotte recalled discussing then-unraced Secretariat with Laurin in the Hollywood Park parking lot after he rode Riva Ridge to victory in the 1972 Hollywood Derby. Laurin told Turcotte that he wanted the jockey on Secretariat from his first start, but Turcotte explained that he had a prior commitment to ride Summer Guest for Elliott Burch. Instead of riding Secretariat in his debut, Turcotte won the Monmouth Oaks on Summer Guest.

RUMPUS CAT

RELOCATING FOR 2026 Street Sense – Sweet Catomine, by Storm Cat

BY CHAMPION 2-YEAR-OLD STREET SENSE OUT OF CHAMPION 2-YEAR-OLD FILLY SWEET CATOMINE

WON Back-to-back Races at Del Mar and Santa Anita, Earned Triple Digit Speed Figures 108, 107, 106, 102, 101...

STREET SENSE sired 12 Grade 1 Winners, including: MCKINZIE, MAXFIELD, SWEET REASON, WEDDING TOAST, SPEAKER’S CORNER, etc. SWEET CATOMINE won $1,059,600, multiple G1 winner at 2, G1 winner at 3 and full sister to LIFE IS SWEET, winner of $1,820,810, Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic-G1, Santa Margarita Invitational H.-G1, etc. Progeny to race are led by Maiden Special Weight Winner Clever Clover ($152.301) 2025 Winners include: HECKUVA GAL and SHADOWED THOUGHTS

Ultimately, Turcotte rode Secretariat in all but three of his races.

“He was a total racehorse,” Turcotte said. “You could run him on broken bottles, and it wouldn’t matter to him. I worked him on all kinds of tracks, and his action never changed.”

PROMOTE YOUR STALLION IN THE CALIFORNIA DIRECTORY

Now is the time to reserve your space in the 2026 Stallion Directory, published by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association. This is the leading resource for California mare owners looking for stallions.

2026 FEE: $2,500 LFSN

Discounts for multiple mare stakes and winning producing mares

The Stallion Directory will be published in December. Each stallion is featured with a full page of statistical data that includes pedigree, race record, stud analysis, and full family notes. In addition, a full-color photo across from the statistical page will show your stallion to his best advantage.

The deadline for inclusion in the Stallion Directory is Oct. 31. For further information, contact Loretta Veiga at 626-445-7800, ext. 227 or loretta@ctba.com.

CTBA DIRECTORS ELECTION DEADLINE APPROACHING

Those CTBA members who wish to seek election to the group’s Board of Directors may do so through the petition process, which must be completed 90 days prior to the CTBA’s Annual Meeting and Dinner. As per the association’s bylaws, the application needs to include a minimum of 25 signatures from current CTBA members for the applicant to be included on the ballot for this year’s election, which relates to the three-year term as a director from 2026-28.

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STALLION NEWS

■ First Winner for Halladay

Arkadelphia, a son of California stallion Halladay and a graduate of the Northern California yearling sale, became the stallion’s first winner when he scored by a length at Del Mar Aug. 22. Under jockey Edwin Maldonado, the 2-year-old gelding led throughout the five-furlong turf race.

Bettors made Arkadelphia the 4-5 favorite, as he was coming off a second at Del Mar Aug. 1. He defeated B G Bullet in a time of :57.87 for trainer Luis Mendez.

HV Bloodstock bred Arkadelphia in California. He is the first foal out of the winning City Zip mare Chili Petin and races for Harrell Ventures LLC. Checkmate Thoroughbreds offered Arkadelphia at the 2024 Northern California sale, where he was a $27,000 RNA. He has now earned $107,460. In his debut, Arkadelphia finished third in the Royal Palm Juvenile Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Halladay stands for $7,500 at Harris Farms in Coalinga. He also raced for Harrell Ventures, under the tutelage of trainer Todd Pletcher. Halladay’s wins included the 2020 Fourstardave Handicap (G1) at Saratoga.

■ Smooth Like Strait Moves to California

Multiple graded stakes winner Smooth Like Strait will stand the 2026 breeding season at Eclipse Thoroughbred Farm in Solvang after previously standing two seasons in Kentucky. He will stand for a stud fee of $3,500.

Smooth Like Strait enjoyed most of his racing success in California. Trained by Michael McCarthy, he won six stakes, including the 2021 Shoemaker Mile (G1T), and he earned $1,813,863. His stakes-placings included a second in the 2021 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T).

Cannon Thoroughbreds LLC bred

and raced Smooth Like Strait. The 8-year-old is a son of champion sprinter Midnight Lute out of the Flower Alley mare Smooth As Usual.

■ Mo Forza Gets First Winner

Mo Holland Drive became the first winner sired by California stallion Mo Forza when he won a maiden race for 2-year-olds at Santa Anita Sept. 28.

Ridden by Juan Hernandez and trained by Peter Miller, Mo Holland Drive completed six furlongs in 1:08.49, scoring by two lengths in the 11-horse field. The colt races for Miller’s Altamira Racing Stable, California Racing Partners, Ciaglia Racing LLC, Tom Kagele, and Nathan McCauley.

River Oak Farm LLC bred Mo Holland Drive in California from the winning Summer Front mare Awesome Drive. Mo Forza, a millionaire son of Uncle Mo, stands at Rancho San Miguel.

BY GUN RUNNER

OUTSTANDING FEMALE FAMILY

Out of Multiple SW/Twice Graded Stakes Placed Winner of $482,007 – Sister to KATHMANBLU, multiple GSW of $584,327

In conjunction with CTBA incentives offered, CTBA active members can also take advantage of incentives offered by Dehesa Farms to breed to Corporal for the 2026 breeding season.

For the 2026 breeding season, the following offers on approved mares will be extended to owners breeding to Corporal:

• 1st mare will receive $1000 off the stud fee.

• 2nd mare will receive $1500 off the stud fee.

• 3rd mare will receive $2,000 off the stud fee.

Any approved Black Type or Black Type producing mares will receive 50% off the regular stud fee.

Additional discounts offered by Dehesa Farms for mares booked to Corporal in 2026 will be as follows:

• $100 discount on foaling fee

• $2/day reduction off the regular board rate

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BRINGING THE FIREPOWER OF A CHAMPION SIRE TO CALIFORNIA

CORPORAL a $1,150,000 Keenland September Yearling raced for Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith. Trained by Brad Cox. BY THE LEADING SIRE LIFETIME BY A.E.I. AND HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE GUN RUNNER

2026 FEE: $5,000 LF

• 2nd dam Abba Gold Stakes Placed Winner of $179,732

• 3rd dam VALIANT JEWEL Stakes Winner of $296,680

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Gun Runner – Kathballu, by Bluegrass Cat

OCTOBER 2025

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California Legislature Honors

Mario Gutierrez

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

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

GOT CHROME?

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

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

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

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

$100,000 California Distaff Handicap Santa Anita 1314

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

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

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Closing date for sale entries is June 9, with a $300 entry fee, $1,000 upset price, and $500 minimum commission charge. For additional information, visit the CTBA’s web site at www.ctba.com or contact Cookie Hackworth, Sale Coordinator, at either cookie@ctba.com or (626) 445-7800, ext. 243.

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TOUGH SUNDAY – EASY EXACTA

Son of Leading California Sire Grazen, Carries on the Sire Power and Stakes Winning Lineage.

TOUGH SUNDAY

From 5 starters, 4 winners, 2 Stakes Winners. 80% Winners, 40% Stakes Winners. Average Earnings Per Starter $87,000. 2nd in the California Chrome California Cup Derby, January 18, 2025

Two-Year-Old Stakes Winners: Champion California-bred Two-year-old male SPEEDY WILSON ($156,150)

Golden State Juvenile Stakes and SHEA BRENNAN ($177,800) King Glorious Stakes

TOUGH SUNDAY (Grazen – Sunday Dress, by General Meeting), Winner of the Sensational Star S. at Santa Anita Four Times Stakes Placed, Twice Graded incl. 2nd Grade 3 Midnight Lute S.

By California’s Leading Sire of 2023-2024 GRAZEN Leading Active Lifetime Sire in the State, Sire of the Winners of Over $26M, 22 Stakes Winners, 37 Stakes Horses, 4 Graded Stakes Winners

TOUGH SUNDAY is out of SUNDAY DRESS (GENERAL MEETING), also dam of SUNDAY RULES (dam of Loretta Lynn), SUDDEN SUNDAY (dam of ROSE DAWSON and RUBY BRADLEY), etc.

2026 FEE: $2,500 LF

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Regional Sales

CAL-BREDS POPULAR AT YEARLING SALE

TEN OF THE 11 SIX-FIGURE SELLERS ARE CAL-BREDS

BY TRACY GANTZ FASIG-TIPTON PHOTOS

After Pete Parrella bought the $250,000 sale topper at the Sept. 23 Fasig-Tipton California yearling sale, trainer John Sadler spoke about the practical reasons why he and farm manager Terry Knight selected the filly. Then Parrella explained his reason for buying the California-bred half sister to multiple stakes-winning Cal-bred Carmelita’s Man.

“I singled Carmelita’s Man on a Pick 6 ticket and made a nice score,” Parrella said. Either way, Legacy Ranch bought an excellent prospect from Barton Thoroughbreds, which has been the leading California breeder for the past two years. Barton bred the sale topper from the North Light mare Carmelita. In addition to Carmelita’s Man, Carmelita’s foals include stakesplaced Buyback.

“The Corniches were selling very well at Keeneland, and she’s a very smooth, lovely filly,” Sadler said. “We thought she was the best horse in the sale. Pete’s had good luck buying out of this sale, and the state-bred program is solid.”

Sadler, who has trained such horses as Horse of the Year Flightline and national champions Accelerate and Stellar Wind, knows Cal-breds. He trained 2024 Calbred turf champion Kings River Knight for the last half of that horse’s excellent career, and people still remember what a terrific job Sadler did with Cal-bred champion Melair in the 1980s.

Eleven horses at the sale brought six figures, 10 of them Cal-breds. Barton sold four: three Cal-breds by first-year stallions based in Kentucky and a Kentucky-bred son of former Barton stallion Bodexpress.

“We’re so happy for them and look forward to seeing her race next year,” said Kate Barton Penner, Barton’s executive vice president, of the sale topper. “She was our

favorite and seemed like everyone’s favorite of those who came and saw her.”

Terry Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch sold three of the six-figure horses, including the

two highest-priced colts, who each brought $225,000. John Moroney, Thomsen Racing, and trainer Steve Knapp purchased both colts. Moroney bought last year’s $250,000 sale topper and recently had his first stakes win as an owner when Cal-bred Max Ciao, a $240,000 graduate of the 2024 sale, won the I’m Smokin Stakes at Del Mar.

One of the $225,000 colts is a Cal-bred son of Maxfield out of the Bring the Heat mare Lost Bus. The Cal-bred champion older female of 2016 and winner of that year’s Santa Monica Stakes (G2), Lost Bus has produced Bus Buzz, winner of the 2023 Real Good Deal and a $97,000 Fasig-Tipton sale graduate in 2021.

The other $225,000 colt is a Calbred son of Good Magic out of the stakes-winning Noble Causeway mare Noble and a Beauty. The second dam, stakes-placed Overandabeauty, is a half

A California-bred half sister to Camelita’s Man tops the Fasig-Tipton sale at $250,000

Legacy Ranch farm manager Terry Knight signs the ticket for the sales topper

sister to national leading sire Tapit.

Deceased Smiling Tiger had the highest-priced horses of sires based in California and was the only stallion represented by two six-figure yearlings.

Trainer Mark Glatt signed for a $175,000 son of Smiling Tiger for Dan Agnew and Hans and Ana Maron’s Saints or Sinners. The late John Harris’ Harris Farms consigned the colt, who is out of the winning Candy Ride mare Maziette.

“He just looked like a really athletic horse,” Glatt said. “He looked like he’d run early and have speed.”

Bloodstock agent Mersad Metanovic and trainer Brian Koriner collaborated on bidding $150,000 for a son of Smiling Tiger out of the winning Elusive Quality mare Valeria, also the dam of stakes winner Streak of Luck. Rancho San Miguel consigned the colt, and Metanovic signed on behalf of Samantha Siegel and Phil Lebherz.

“He’s the first Smiling Tiger who looked exactly like his daddy, and that’s why we bought him,” Metanovic said. “I came here for that one—that’s how nice he is. His conformation is perfect, and he has a great walk. These are two great owners who have supported California-breds in a big way.”

Harris also sold a $132,000 son of California sire Halladay, whose first foals are 2-year-olds. Steve Gasparrelli’s Slugo Racing, a regular buyer at the sale, purchased the colt, who is out of the winning Curlin mare Julie Napp. The mare is also the dam of stakes-placed Speed Pass.

Stormy Hull’s Critter Creek Farm consigned Paddock Buzz to the sale, and MyRacehorse bought the Cal-bred colt for $100,000. The youngster is a son of leading California sire Grazen out of the Unbridled’s Song mare Open Mic. He is a half brother to multiple stakes winner Opening Buzz and stakes-placed No Cover Charge.

A total of 141 grossed $4,605,900 at the sale, for an average of $32,666 and a median of $15,000. The average climbed 11.4% over 2024.

“The average was up a little from last year, which for a regional area is a good sign,” said Fasig-Tipton California representative Mike Machowsky. “We’re committed to serving and establishing a solid sale out here in Southern California to support the market and all the breeders.”

Trainer Steve Knapp bought two horses for $225,000 each: a Cal-bred half brother to stakes winner Bus Buzz (above) and a Cal-bred son of Good Magic (right)

Barton Thoroughbreds sold the sale topper, a daughter of Corniche

Golden State Series—I’m

Stakes

MAX SAYS CIAO

TERRY LOVINGIER-BREDS RUN ONE-TWO IN DEL MAR STAKES

BY JACK SHINAR

The $101,000 I’m Smokin Stakes was a reunion of sorts for a pair of Terry Lovingier-bred 2-yearold colts. The two battled through the stretch Sept. 5 at Del Mar, with Max Ciao prevailing by not much more than a whisker over Thirsty Rebel.

That was the best possible outcome for Lovingier, owner of the Lovacres Ranch. He owns Max Ciao, a California-bred son of freshman sire Maxfield, along with racing partner John Moroney and trainer Steve Knapp. Lovingier sold the Doug O’Neill-trained Thirsty Rebel to Mark D. Breen for $90,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton California fall yearling auction.

A third Lovingier homebred, Fionello, ran a fast-closing fourth in the I’m Smokin, beaten by a head for the show dough by Saul Elliot. Had the race been longer than 51⁄2 furlongs, Lovingier said he

thought Fionello, bought by Moroney for $250,000 at the same Fasig-Tipton sale, would have passed them all.

“All three babies were in the same pasture (at Lovacres),” Lovingier said. “They were kind of laid-back colts; they got along well at that age. Thirsty Rebel is a super well-balanced horse. Max Ciao was big. He’s 17 hands now, a lot more like Maxfield.”

Max Ciao was also offered at the Fasig-Tipton sale, but he did not reach his

$240,000 reserve.

“I thought he was worth a couple hundred grand,” said Lovingier, who won the 2024 I’m Smokin with Bodacious. “But when that didn’t happen, Steve said he’d take a piece and John said he’d buy in, too. That was John’s first stakes win, believe it or not, for as long as he’s been around. I’m very happy for him.”

It was also the first stakes win for progeny of Kentucky stallion Maxfield, a multiple grade 1 winner who stood at Darley for $40,000 in 2025. The son of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Street Sense ranked third nationally among first-crop sires as of Sept. 8.

Lovingier purchased the 9-year-old broodmare Bella Ciao, by Flatter, in foal to Maxfield for $165,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November breeding stock sale. The multiple stakes-placed mare was a fourtime winner of $201,047. Both of her foals to race are winners, and she has produced a pair of colts by Lovacres flagship stallion Stay Thirsty since her acquisition.

Ridden by Armando Ayuso, Max Ciao was sent off at 7-1 in the I’m Smokin, part of the Golden State Series. He sat third for most of the trip, racing on the outside of Thirsty Rebel and the pacesetting 7-5 favorite Sammy Davis. Smart winner of the Graduation Stakes at Del Mar a month earlier, Sammy Davis set a lively pace (:21.51, :44.71 for the half-mile) but weakened approaching midstretch.

That set it up for the stalkers Max Ciao and Thirsty Rebel, who battled headand-head from the three eighths pole all the way to the wire. Max Ciao won the nose bob in a time of 1:03.59. Saul Elliott and Fionello finished 11⁄4 lengths behind, with Sammy Davis fifth in the field of eight.

Max Ciao came into his first stakes try off a 61⁄4-length romp in a maiden allowance at Del Mar Aug. 8. He found trouble in both his maiden efforts before that but seems to have turned a corner. He has now banked $117,000.

“He had a hard time getting by (Thirsty Rebel); it was a really good race,” Knapp said, adding, “He’s still very, very green. There’s so much talent there, and he’s going to want to run longer.”

Max Ciao (left) noses out Thirsty Rebel in the I’m Smokin Stakes

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PHOTOS

John Moroney (left) enjoys his first stakes win, owning Max Ciao with Terry Lovingier (third from right) and trainer Steve Knapp (right)

THE BIG GUN RUNNER COMING TO CALIFORNIA

RUN

GUN RUNNER – RED HOUSE, BY TAPIT

WORLD CLASS PEDIGREE

FULL BROTHER TO RED ROUTE ONE, GRADED STAKES WINNER OF $2,165,107

DAM: RED HOUSE

A FULL SISTER TO UNTAPABLE, CHAMPION THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY, BREEDERS’ CUP DISTAFF

2ND DAM: FUN HOUSE – BROODMARE OF THE YEAR DAM OF GRADE 1 WINNERS: CHAMPION UNTAPABLE GR 1 ($3,926,625) AND PADDY O’PRADO GR 1 ($1,721,297) MAJOR SIRE

IMPRESSIVE RACE RECORD

• STAKES WINNER, GRADED STAKES PLACED

• EARNED $574,097 ON DIRT AND TURF

BRED BY WINCHELL THOROUGHBREDS WITH SPEED FIGURES OF 102, 105, 108, 114 VISITORS

2026 FEE: $3,500 LFSN

Discounts for multiple mare stakes and winning producing mares

TOO SASSY FOR THE FIELD

A 25-1 LONGSHOT, TOO SASSY BECOMES A DEL MAR STAKES WINNER

BY TRACY GANTZ

After jockey Umberto Rispoli rode against Too Sassy in a Del Mar turf maiden race, he knew she was quick.

“She really breaks fast,” Rispoli said. “She really outbroke everyone on the turf.”

Rispoli picked up the mount on Too Sassy in the $101,000 Generous Portion Stakes Sept. 1, and the two of them collaborated for a 25-1 victory.

The Generous Portion pitted eight 2-year-old California-bred and California-sired fillies against each other at 51⁄2 furlongs on the dirt. Though Too Sassy had finished third on the dirt in her debut at Los Alamitos, her win had come on turf. That and the presence of Liberation in the Generous Portion field helped fuel Too Sassy’s 25-1 price.

Liberation, a Cal-bred daughter of Omaha Beach who cost $130,000 at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton California yearling sale, had won in her debut by 13 4 lengths. She then finished fourth in the $100,500 California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Stakes after breaking last, getting squeezed at the start, and stumbling. The incident resulted in first-place finisher My Love Caroline getting disqualified and Liberation placed third.

Bettors forgave Liberation the loss, making her the 6-5 favorite in the Generous Portion. But Liberation’s connections hadn’t figured on Too Sassy. Liberation quickly took the lead. Too Sassy went with the favorite and put her nose in front from the inside. They traded the lead through the first quarter-mile in :21.40, attributed to Liberation. The rest of the field stayed well behind the first pair, with 11⁄2 lengths separating the leaders from third-place What’s a Good Name.

On the turn, Liberation stuck her head in front, and in the typ-

ical race between a favorite and a 25-1 shot, this was where Too Sassy should have folded. But as the cliché goes, Too Sassy didn’t know she was 25-1.

She deftly cut the corner to take command at the top of the stretch. From there, no one could catch Too Sassy, as she scored by 31⁄4 lengths in 1:04.02. Mohaven closed for second, a length in front of Liberation, who had a neck on What’s a Good Name.

“I thought somebody would go with us and we’d sit right on the outside edge,” said trainer Sam Scolamieri. “But nobody went—I was shocked. There was a great

bunch of fillies in her, and I was up against it. But I kept telling my friends, ‘Let’s mix it up. Let’s go after these guys.’ ”

Rispoli noted that Too Sassy was running comfortably alongside Liberation.

“She just kept running for me,” the jockey said. “I had a big help from the horse outside of me (Liberation), help going into the turn. Down the late she kept running. She switched leads and I was home free.”

Scolamieri trains Too Sassy for the Windy Ridge Stables of Ted Serna. Scolamieri bred Too Sassy in partnership with Hugh Yamshon and Woodbridge Farm LLC. Scolamieri and Yamshon raced Too Sassy’s dam, the Calbred Bedford Falls mare I’m Sassy.

Too Sassy looks like another good filly by California sire Om, who stands at Harris Farms. Om’s daughter Om N Joy had a five-race winning streak at the end of the Del Mar meet that included victories in the Fleet Treat Stakes and Torrey Pines Stakes (G3) at the track.

Too Sassy outruns her 25-1 odds to score in the Generous Portion Stakes at Del Mar

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Sam Scolomieri (third from right), the trainer and co-breeder of Too Sassy, celebrates with friends

PINING FOR JOY

OM N JOY BECOMES A GRADED STAKES WINNER

BY TRACY GANTZ

No winner on the Del Mar Aug. 30 card sported a longer winning streak than California-bred Om N Joy. While Fierceness, Gold Phoenix, and Formidable Man were writing their own sagas in graded stakes that day, Om N Joy expanded her streak to five, which includes four stakes, and added her first graded stakes trophy in the $151,000 Torrey Pines Stakes (G3) for 3-year-old fillies.

The one-mile Torrey Pines shaped up as far from easy for Om N Joy, whose three previous stakes victories had come in the Evening Jewel Stakes, Melair Stakes, and Fleet Treat Stakes, all Golden State Series races. Trainer Bob Baffert entered Tenma, who put together a streak of the Starlet Stakes (G2), Las Virgenes Stakes (G3), and Santa Anita Oaks (G2) before running fourth in the Kentucky Oaks (G1). For good measure, Baffert added twice graded stakes-placed Howin.

Bettors pounded the Baffert duo, sending Tenma off as the 7-10 favorite and Howin as the 2-1 second choice. Still, they didn’t overlook Om N Joy, who at 4-1 was the only other filly in the field in single digits. The other four were 20-1 or more.

One of those longshots, So There She Was, took the early lead, though Om N Joy outbroke her when the gate opened. Jockey Kent Desormeaux, who knows Om N Joy well, having piloted her in her last three races, let her settle where she likes, toward the

back of the pack.

“She had no problem taking dirt in her face,” Desormeaux said. “Last time she was totally on the bit, and I couldn’t keep her off the lead. Today her demeanor was so much different.”

Tenma raced in second, looking ready to pounce whenever jockey Juan Hernandez decided to ask her. Antonio Fresu on So There She Was had been able to slow down the pace to a :47.13 half-mile, and when Hernandez asked Tenma on the second turn, she couldn’t catch the longshot.

Meanwhile, Om N Joy was starting to pick off rivals, coming around the field on the turn. Into the stretch, she swooped down on So There She Was, who tried to hang on, but could not withstand the Cal-bred’s onslaught. Om N Joy defeat-

ed So There She Was by a half-length in 1:36.99, with Tenma another 13 4 lengths back in third.

“This is one of the greatest joys of my life,” said trainer Aggie Ordonez. “Not only to work with a horse like this, and her whole family—they’re very nice horses and a beautiful broodmare. But these people are great.”

Ordonez was speaking about the ownership group. Breeders Jerry and Connie Baker head it, along with Michael Golovko and Terrence Scanlan. The “beautiful broodmare” is Margie’s Minute, the first horse the Bakers ever raced. She produced a couple of winners before Om N Joy, who became the first stakes winner for California sire Om and ran her lifetime bankroll to $401,140.

One race before the Torrey Pines, Formidable Man remained perfect at Del Mar in the Del Mar Mile (G2T). Then later on the card, Fierceness defeated Journalism in the Pacific Classic (G1) and Gold Phoenix won a record fourth Del Mar Handicap (G2T). Yet it would be hard to surpass the fun Om N Joy’s owners and her many vocal fans had that day.

Om N Joy (left) extends her winning streak with a victory in Del Mar’s Torrey Pines Stakes

Om N Joy’s entourage continues to grow with every race

West Coast Diva

B. THOUGHTFUL EARNED THREE CONSECUTIVE CAL-BRED TITLES IN THE 1970S

BY TRACY GANTZ

B.Thoughtful made headlines because of what she accomplished. But she is also remembered due to her colorful owner, Carole Shannon Bohm.

Bohm and her husband, William, bred B. Thoughtful, the champion California-bred 2-year-old female of 1977, 3-year-old female of 1978, and older

female of 1979. Carole raced the filly in partnership with trainer Bob Wheeler, who was inducted into the national Hall of Fame in 2012.

Bohm, who died in 1994, was no bystander owner who showed up only on race day. She absolutely adored her horses, spent plenty of time with them at the barn, and loved to tell stories about them.

“I like to go visit,” she said. “It’s not just a business for me. I would drive most trainers crazy. I come out with my car-

rots, and my horses scream. My trainers don’t have to tell me, ‘That’s your horse, Carole, that one, the one with the three white legs.’”

One of the stories Carole often told was how she and her husband, who for 10 years managed the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood, became Thoroughbred owners. They fell in love with the photograph of a foal in a 1948 issue of this magazine. The filly was a Calbred daughter of Firozepore—Cheeky

California-bred champion filly B. Thoughtful, a powerhouse as a 2-year-old, partnered most of her career with jockey Don Pierce

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Sue, by Black Toney, and would be named Maid O’Fire.

“It was the cutest thing in the world,” Bohm said, “and so we went out to the ranch to see her.”

The Bohms bought Maid O’Fire for $1,500, and she produced Fluffy Thought, the dam of B. Thoughtful. Under Wheeler’s talented guidance, B. Thoughtful became the all-time leading Cal-bred female earner when she retired in 1979, having earned $424,755. She also—to hear Carole tell it—should have earned an Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old female of 1977 instead of East Coast-based Lakeville Miss.

“Of course, back then they didn’t pay any attention to California,” Bohm said. “They ignored the West Coast completely.”

Wheeler had already cemented his reputation as a first-class trainer by B. Thoughtful’s time. He had trained such stellar fillies as Bug Brush and Silver Spoon, both major winners against colts. He shepherded B. Thoughtful through a nearly undefeated record at 2, her only loss coming in her debut.

“She had been broken at San Luis Rey Downs,” Bohm said of B. Thoughtful, “and Bob was crazy about her.”

Jockey Don Pierce worked B. Thoughtful in the mornings and was scheduled to ride her when she debuted. But it didn’t work out.

B. Thoughtful’s Cal-bred championship triple, at 2, 3, and 4, was a first until Fran’s Valentine and Snow Chief equaled the feat the next decade. She also was voted California’s Valkyr Trophy twice.

Bob Wheeler and jockey Ray York with the good filly Silver Spoon

B. Thoughtful won the 1977 Hollywood Lassie Stakes by defeating Sweet Little Lady

Wheeler and co-owner Carole Bohm pose with B. Thoughtful, with Pierce aboard, after the 1977 Nursery Stakes at Hollywood Park

“Bob was not going to run her in that particular race originally, and Pierce’s agent put him on another horse,” said Bohm. “Then when Bob went ahead and ran her, they wouldn’t release Don to ride her.”

Even years later, Bohm had her precise recollection of why the filly lost the race under jockey Sandy Hawley.

“We told him, ‘Don’t hit her.’ She had never been hit, and she wasn’t going to need it with the field she was in against.

Even Bob’s assistant ponying Hawley to the post reminded him not to hit her.”

Bohm always blamed Hawley for the fourth-place finish, saying he hit B. Thoughtful right-handed, and she angled to the rail. Pierce rode her from then on except for two occasions when Darrel McHargue piloted her.

B. Thoughtful came back to break her maiden easily at Hollywood Park. She followed that with back-to-back Holly-

wood stakes wins, in the Nursery Stakes and by defeating odds-on favorite Sweet Little Lady in the Hollywood Lassie Stakes (G2). By that time, Sweet Little Lady was a double stakes winner at Hollywood and had won a stakes at Florida Downs as well. Because she broke out in hives, B. Thoughtful missed the Del Mar meeting. But she returned even stronger during the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita, defeating Grenzen in the Anoakia Stakes (G3)

B. Thoughtful’s final stakes victory came in the 1979 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita, again with Pierce aboard

B. Thoughtful and Pierce score in the 1978 Hollywood Oaks by six lengths in 1:473⁄5 for 11⁄8 miles, only one tick off the stakes record

B. Thoughtful and jockey Darrel McHargue captured the 1977 Oak Leaf Stakes (above), and the winner’s circle (right) included Wheeler and Bohm (second and third from right) next to presenter John Van de Kamp, the district attorney for Los Angeles County and future president of the Thoroughbred Owners of California

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HOLLYWOOD PARK PHOTO BY TOM DONOGHUE

and Oak Leaf Stakes (G2).

Those five consecutive wins in California were not enough for national voters compared to Lakeville Miss. The East Coast filly had more losses—a third in the Schuylerville Stakes (G3), fifth in the Spinaway Stakes (G1), and second in the Demoiselle Stakes (G2). But in between the Spinaway and the Demoiselle, Lakeville Miss captured the Astarita Stakes (G3), Matron Stakes (G1), and Frizette

Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park and Selima Stakes (G1) at Laurel.

The Bohms sold B. Thoughtful as a 3-year-old to Walter Haefner. In 1978, the filly won the Hollywood Oaks (G2) and Princess Stakes (G3). The following season she added the La Canada Stakes (G1) and El Encino Stakes.

B. Thoughtful’s Cal-bred championship triple, at 2, 3, and 4, was a first until Fran’s Valentine and Snow Chief equaled the feat

the next decade. She also was voted California’s Valkyr Trophy twice.

As a broodmare, B. Thoughtful wasn’t able to reproduce herself. However, she got four winners from 10 starters, including stakes-placed Emergency Fund, a son of Triple Crown winner Secretariat, and Select Few, a son of 1981 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Summing. She is also the granddam of My Bid, a group 1 winner in Peru, and The Bill, a group 2 winner in Australia.

B. Thoughtful’s foals included Emergency Fund, a colt by Secretariat

B. Thoughtful added the Princess Stakes at Hollywood in 1978

In her second start of 1979, B. Thoughtful won the El Encino Stakes

Breeding Stock Two-Year-Old’s Horses of Racing Age Yearlings

Deadline: November 12, 2025 1/20 2026 TUESDAY 12:00 NOON, FAIRPLEX - POMONA, CA

Contact: Loretta Veiga Phone (626) 445 7800 ext 227 Email: Loretta@ctba.com

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WEST COAST

THOROUGHBRED FARMS 2025/2026

The following pages spotlight 12 Thoroughbred farms on the West Coast, each of which’s purpose is to produce healthy, strong and talented horses who can successfully represent the local breeding and racing industry in the future.

The farms are diverse in size and scope and are situated throughout the Golden State—south from San Diego to north of San Francisco and from the coastal areas over to the desert regions.

The services they offer also differ, offering the choice of small boarding and lay-up farms to major facilities with complete training centers.

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ARROYO VISTA FARM

San Diego County’s Finest Thoroughbred Farm

Arroyo Vista Farm opened in early 2021 offering options for breeding, foaling, boarding, sale preparation and lay-ups. The farm is located in Valley Center, California on the property that was previously known as Valley Creek Farm. Arroyo Vista has raised Champion Cal Bred Giver Not A Taker, G1 winning Daddysruby, and stakes winners Only One America and Style Cat in consecutive years. We are also proud to announce six winners with seven wins raised on the farm at Del Mar 2025 Summer’s meet.

Arroyo Vista is the home of Visitant, the only stallion by Ghostzapper standing in California, as well as Texas Ryano, the only graded stakes winning stallion by Curlin standing in California.

Visitant is a multiple stakes winner and track record setter for 6 ½ furlongs. He is also graded stakes placed on the dirt and turf going two turns. His versatility has won him races from 5 ½ furlongs to 1 1/8 miles with earnings of $714,427. He won the Holiday Cheer Stakes in January of 2023 and then stood his first season at Arroyo Vista Farm. At the close of the 2023 breeding season, he successfully returned to the track, placing third in the Gr II Del Mar Mile. His first foals are yearlings in 2025, and they are strong in stature and also look precocious. Visitant is out of the mare Peppermint Lounge, (by Distorted Humor), a stakesplaced dam that won four of her six races.

Texas Ryano’s first crop began racing in 2021. His first winner that year, Peppermint Flirt, won a Maiden Special Weight as a two-year-old at Del Mar at the distance of one mile on the turf. His offspring have won on grass, synthetic and dirt and from 5 ½ furlongs to a mile. His most recent maiden winner, Waltz Across Texas, won at first asking in a Maiden Spe-

cial Weight at Del Mar this past summer. His dam, G3 winner Blending Element, produced six stakes-horses in addition to Texas Ryano including: Holladay Road, Tiz Elemental, Tiz a Blend and War Element.

Arroyo Vista Farm is situated on 40 acres of irrigated pastures and grass paddocks for mares, weanlings, and yearlings. Our front paddocks are fenced with a combination of white vinyl posts and rails with v-mesh for added safety. The larger pastures also have v-mesh horse fencing. Currently there are two barns, an 8-stall foaling barn and a four-stall stallion barn. Additional facilities include a new covered and climate controlled Eurociser and sand pens for layups. We are located just east of Escondido in Valley Center, a 45-minute drive to Del Mar and less than 30 minutes from San Luis Rey Downs. Santa Anita and Los Alamitos are also just 90 minutes away.

Arroyo Vista Farm is managed by Miguel Jimenez, who previously managed Ballena Vista Farm for many years. Miguel was mentored by Valley Creek Farm manager Leigh Ann Howard, and now leads a staff with a combined 80 years of experience in the thoroughbred industry. Dr. William Talbot is Arroyo Vista Farm’s attending veterinarian who also has many years of experience as a respected equine practitioner.

Arroyo Vista Farm is owned and operated by Henry and Robin Williamson, longtime thoroughbred owners and breeders, who race their horses under Williamson Racing LLC. Henry has been around thoroughbreds his entire life, with his first experience in the winner’s circle at Del Mar back in 1972, and his most recent win at Del Mar in the Summer of 2025 with Tejon Pass, by Justify out of Foxysox (GB).

For more information, visit our website here: WWW.ARROYOVISTFARM.COM

DEHESA FARMS

CALIFORNIA’S LEADING BREEDER DEHESA FARMS

BPowered by People Who Truly Care

Powered by People Who Truly Care

Barton Thoroughbreds has been operating for over eight years, after opening its gates for business in August 2017. The farm is situated in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, just thirty minutes from Santa Barbara and two and a half hours from Santa Anita Park. The near two hundred acres in a moderate climate provide the ideal space for boarding and raising thoroughbreds in California.

DDehesa Farms, owned and managed by Shane Easterbrook, sits on over 80 acres in the beautiful wine country just outside the small town of San Miguel on the Central Coast of California.

ehesa Farms, owned and managed by Shane Easterbrook, sits on over 80 acres in the beautiful wine country just outside the small town of San Miguel on the Central Coast of California.

Shane Easterbrook has managed the farm, previously owned by Rex and Nancy Dahlberg, for the last 20 years under Easterbrook Livestock Management. She has been the owner operator for the last 2 years and is deeply invested in the Thoroughbred industry.

Standing stud at Dehesa Farms is Corporal, the first son of Gun Runner to stand in California. Corporal stood his first season in 2025 and with a 97% conception rate his first

Barton Thoroughbreds is led by farm manager Kevin Dickson. Kevin was the manager of Vessels Stallion Farm for twenty-one years until assuming the role of farm manager for Ocean Breeze Ranch for two years. Kevin’s experience, along with education from Colorado State University studying Equine Science with an emphasis in reproduction, proves to be an asset in the development of Barton Thoroughbreds as the premier farm in California. Lacey Coler is another key player in the success of the farm, as her attention to detail, passion for horses, and experience in the industry make her the ideal administrative director. Barton Thoroughbreds is lucky to have someone with Lacey’s knowledge and expertise communicating with clients and being their point of contact through the many questions that arise as an owner and breeder.

Standing stud at Dehesa Farms is Corporal, the first son of Gun Runner to stand in California. Corporal stood his first season in 2025 and with a 97% conception rate his first

He sired Kangaroo Court, who won a Cal-Bred Maiden Special Weight at Del Mar by over 14 lengths, won the Echo Eddie Stakes, and also won an AOC at Santa Anita with an E-number of 107. Other notable runners include Grade 3-placed Doris Mae, as well as the $100,000 Iowa Breeders’ Derby Winner Rockin the Dad Bod with total earnings of over $260,000.

One Bad Boy is a multiple blacktype winning son of Twirling Candy, whose victories include the prestigious Queen’s Plate Stakes at Woodbine in 2019 with total earnings of over $600,000. One Bad Boy won Santa Anita’s Lure Stakes wire-to-wire and also earned four triple digit equibase speed figures.

Barton Thoroughbreds offers boarding, breeding, foaling, sales prep, and lay-up care. The lay-up side is led by an experienced horseman from Santa Anita Park who has over twenty-five years of experience in caring for thoroughbreds in training. The forty-five stall barn on the lay-up side is equipped with an EquiVibe stall used for rehabilitating horses. The farm has also invested in a state-of-the-art eurocizer and sand paddocks to aid in recovery. The most recent investment has been an aqua treadmill to even further the rehab effectiveness for these thoroughbreds. Multiple grass paddocks allow for quality turn-out time for your thoroughbreds as well.

Aside from offering unparalleled care for lay-ups, Barton Thoroughbreds is pleased to stand the following stallions: Cat Burglar, Dads Caps, One Bad Boy, Tap Back, and our newest addition Shaaz.

season we are excited to see the first foals by Corporal in 2026. This extremely well balanced, strong chestnut stallion has a kind demeanor and a commanding presence. The Keeneland sale saw an impressive turn out for Gun Runner offspring and we are proud to offer those bloodlines to California breeders. Dehesa Farms is working to establish stallion and farm incentives, in addition to the CTBA incentives, to continue building the California Thoroughbred market.

Cat Burglar is a Baffert-trained multiple graded-placed, black-type winner by Unbridled’s Song out of a strong female family. He defeated two Breeders’ Cup Classic winners and was on the board in 19 of his 22 career starts. Cat Burglar’s leading runner is Baby Kristen, who has earned over $260,000.

Dads Caps offers the speed influence in the roster, as the son of Discreet Cat won or placed in 10 graded sprint stakes and won the GI Carter Handicap twice in New York, retiring with earnings of $1.1 million.

Tap Back is a son of Einsten (BRZ) out of a Tapit mare and was an extremely precocious two-year-old, breaking his maiden at Del Mar in a Maiden Special Weight and winning the $200,000 Golden State Juvenile Stakes (Black Type) by six lengths. He was 2nd in the $100,000 King Glorious Stakes and 3rd in the $100,000 I’m Smokin Stakes. Tap Back’s first crop is two-year-olds in 2025, and he has sired 3 winners, including Crunchy at Del Mar.

Shaaz, the Grade 3-placed son by Uncle Mo out of a Graded Stakes producing Mineshaft mare, is the latest addition to the stallion roster. He was a $1.1 million dollar two-year-old purchase and had a brilliant career at the track before his racing career ended, winning his first three starts and defeating current Graded Stakes winner Hopkins. He had his highest Equibase speed figure of 110 in the Grade 3 Steve Sexton Mile Stakes. Shaaz has bred over 150 mares in his first two years at stud, and his first crop of conformationally impressive foals will be entering several sales rings in 2026.

Dehesa Farms is known for exceptional care of mares and foals, providing large pastures for quality growth and development of young horses. Since taking over ownership Shane has also hired several key employees to build up training services. Chato oversees the training activities with over 20 years experience. He moved to Dehesa Farms from Tommy Town in 2023. David is a stand out rider and a developing trainer who puts a lot of work into getting horses ready for the track. Training is now a key aspect of Dehesa Farms adding to our breeding, boarding, sales prep, and foaling services. In addition to the experience of our training crew we also have multiple other staff members with extensive experience to maintain a high standard of care. Amanda worked at Rancho San Miguel for 12 years before joining the team in 2024 and Israel has been part of Shane’s crew for over 13 years. Alex, Shane’s husband, has been part of the team for several years as well. Dehesa Farms is also fortunate to have two excellent veterinarians within a stone’s throw away that are highly skilled in overall care but also well known for their specialization in reproductive care.

With an experienced and compassionate staff Dehesa Farms is proud to offer exceptional care for all animals on the farm. Shane’s passion for the animals’ well-being forms the base of Dehesa Farms’. Her desire to see the Thoroughbred industry succeed in California fuels the daily efforts to produce quality horses and build relationships with our clients. Together we hope to build back California horse racing.

As the leading breeder in the state of California by earnings for the past two years, the team at Barton Thoroughbreds knows how to invest in the quality care of thoroughbreds and also help clients breed and raise their next champion Cal-Bred. Visitors are invited to tour the farm, see the stallions, and meet the management.

For more information, visit our website at WWW.DEHESAFARMS.com or contact

SHANE EASTERBROOK at (805) 610-9861 or email at DEHESAFARMS@GMAIL.COM

For more information, visit our website at WWW.DEHESAFARMS.com or contact SHANE EASTERBROOK at (805) 610-9861 or email at DEHESAFARMS@GMAIL.COM

Feel free to email info@bartonthoroughbreds.com, call the office at (805) 693-1777, or visit the website at bartonthoroughbreds.com.

BARTON THOROUGHBREDS LOOKS FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY.

BG THOROUGHBRED FACILITY

Everything needed to keep racehorses happy

Thoroughbred Facility, owned by Hector Castrellon and managed by Marcos Menjivar, is a high-class operation located in Hemet. The 51-acre spread boasts an exceptional staff and fine accommodations for its Thoroughbred athletes.

The farm offers 28 pastures with year-round grass, two 20-stall barns, a layup barn with run-out pens, and sand pens for turnout. A specially trained 24-hour foaling crew observes the farm’s broodmares, while cameras are mounted in each stall for an extra layer of observation. The property also includes a five-eighths of a mile training track.

The stallion roster for 2026 is made up of 6 horses: Gato Del Oro, King of Jazz (Arg), Mo The Beholder, Originaire (IRE), Oscar Nominated and Rousing Sermon.

Mo The Beholder, Uncle Mo – Leslie’s Harmony, by Curlin, from the female family of the phenomenal multiple G1 winner Beholder ($6,156,600), leading sire Into Mischief and G1 winner Mendelsshon. By the Eclipse Award juvenile champion and dual G1 winner Uncle Mo. First foals yearlings of 2026.

Stakes placed winner Gato Del Oro is a son of the great sire Medaglia d’Oro and out of the royally bred stakes winner Funny Feeling, a sister to Grade 1 hero Jimmy Creed. Her dam Hookedonthefeelin was a Grade 1 winner that went on to produce Grade 1 winner Pussycat Doll. Gato Del Oro has had seven winners in 2024 from 12 runners as of mid-September.

Originaire (IRE), by Zoffany the multiple Group1 winning Irish highlight out of Polly Perkins a multiple stakes winning two-year-old daughter of leading international broodmare sire Pivotal (GB). Originaire (IRE) is a five-time California G2 stakes-placed winner of $308,158.

Oscar Nominated is a welcome addition to the California stallion ranks. The only son of Kitten’s Joy to stand in California, Oscar Nominated earned over $1.5 million on the track with five stakes victories. His stakes-winning Theatrical dam, Devine Actress, also produced $2.3 million earner Oscar Performance, a Breeders’ Cup winning full brother to Oscar Nominated.

Dual winner King of Jazz (ARG) is a son of Giant’s Causeway and out of the group 1 winning mare Kiss Me Sweet (ARG), making him a half-brother to six winners, including two stakes horses. King of Jazz ran 10 times at Santa Anita and Del Mar, never finishing worse than fifth. He won from eight to 10 furlongs on the grass. His runners are led by Mischief’s King, who has 22 lifetime starts with 5 wins, 7 seconds, and 2 thirds.

Rousing Sermon, Lucky Pulpit – Rousing Again, by Awesome Again. California champion two-year-old was ranked among the top nine colts of his crop on the Experimental Free Handicap. He ran second by a neck in the $750K G1 CashCall Futurity beating Drill (G1), Handsome Mike (G2), Blingo (G2), Sky Kingdom (G3). He ran

1-2-3 in 20 of 36 career starts earning $821,572. His current runners are led by Keep It Coming, Mother’s Prayer and After My Own Heart.

Centrally located to Southern California’s track, the farm looks to answer all your needs as a breeding, layup, rehabilitation, and training facility.

Please contact Jessica Menjivar or Yessenia Menjivar at (951) 654-9100 or email bgfarminc@gmail.com

DAEHLING FARMS

By Justin & Julia Oldfield, 2nd Generation Owner Operators of Daehling Farms

Daehling Farms, LLC is the perfect partner to assist you with your boarding, breeding, layup and training needs. With increased competition in Southern California and all the other challenges we face in thoroughbred racing today, it’s important for your breeding and racing stock to receive a solid foundation that will give them the best chance to excel at the racetrack.

Anyone visiting the farm will immediately recognize the hundreds of acres of lush, irrigated pasture. These pastures serve as the backbone of our farm and certainly stand out as unique in the industry. At Daehling Farms, our focus is to provide a solid foundation to raise a great racehorse. This requires space, pasture and an overall setting that will allow a horse to mature the way a horse should.

Much of California is challenged by a lack of available water. We are blessed that our farm is located in an area with a strong supply of deeded groundwater and serviced by a municipal utility district with electricity rates for irrigation wells that are historically lower than other providers throughout the state. As a result, we can better manage our feed costs to keep our rates lower than average. Lower rates do not translate to a reduced level of care or nutrition, but rather reflects our desire for our customers to better succeed financially.

stability and consistency for the horses we start and prepare for the racetrack; with the focus on meeting the needs of both our owners and trainers.

We are excited to offer a strong line of stallions including Flavius, new to stud in 2024. Flavius is a son of leading sire War Front out of Starformer by Dynaformer. Flavius won over $850,000 and set a track record in the Tourist Mile Stakes at Kentucky Downs. He’s a black type winner at Saratoga, Kentucky Downs and Leopardstown (IRE) and was edged out slightly to place 2nd in the Grade 2 Seabiscuit Handicap achieving Beyer Scores of 105

and 103. Trained by Eclipse Award Winning Trainer Chad Brown, Chad says “When at his best, I was confident to run Flavius in any of the best races in his division. I certainly was not surprised by his track record at a mile (1:32:1) in the $750,000 Tourist Mile Stakes.”

In addition to breeding and boarding, we are also one of a few farms that offer starting and training. Our facility includes an all-weather 3/8-mile track, covered round pen, eurociser and most importantly dedicated training staff that have been with our operation for years. We work to ensure

In addition to Flavius, we offer many other quality and proven stallions. Our list of stallions standing at the farm includes:

• Gallant Son (Malabar Gold – Explicitly, by Exploit)

• Jersey Town (Speightstown – Jersey Girl, by Belong to Me)

• Mesa Thunder (Sky Mesa – Citiview, by Citidancer)

• Mo And Go (Uncle Mo – Malibu Cougar, by Malibu Moon)

• Pontiff (Giant’s Causeway – Preach, by Mr. Prospector)

Visit WWW.DAEHLINGFARMS.COM to see more information on farm, services, stallions and rates as you plan for the 2025 breeding season and prepare to start and train your horses for the track.

ECLIPSE THOROUGHBRED FARM

Exquisite Care for the Exquisite Athlete

Established in 2006, Eclipse Thoroughbred Farm is located on the former grounds of the Wygod family’s iconic River’s Edge farm in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley in Buellton, where it has maintained the standard of excellence that has long been its reputation.

Founded by owners Mike Scully and his wife Angie, Eclipse boasts a knowledgeable staff dedicated to ensuring horses there receive the best care available. Mike is a thirdgeneration horseman whose father and grandfather trained Thoroughbreds for racing and steeplechase in Ireland. Angie is a health science graduate who has worked as an athletic trainer most of her life while enjoying horses as an amateur jump rider. She is certified in functional electrical stimulation (FES) and is a laser therapy specialist and acupuncturist.

The farm stands California’s 2024’s leading sire by progeny earnings, Grazen, as well as four other stallions. Two of them, Stanford and Smooth Like Strait, are approaching their first seasons at Eclipse.

Eclipse has assembled a staff that ensures a perfect environment for training, breeding and rehabilitation of Thoroughbreds. The 120-acre facility offers grass turnouts, sand pens, a starting gate, and a half-mile training track designed

Generous Portion Stakes. Eclipse also stands Storm The Court, the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion.

Nick Alexander’s Grazen has earned his reputation as one of the leading sires in the state. The consistent gray son of Benchmark’s runners banked nearly $4.4 million in 2024 in

leading California for the second straight year. He currently leads the general sire list again in 2025.

Alexander’s sire Tough Sunday is a son of Grazen whose second crop to race in 2024 produced stakes winners Speedy Wilson and Shea Brennan from a small number of starters.

The sprinter Joey Freshwater, a Kentucky-bred multiple graded stakes winner, is back for his second season at stud. The dark bay son of Jimmy Creed won the Bay Shore Stakes (G3) and the Runhappy Stakes (G3).

and maintained by Steve Wood, the noted Southern California racetrack superintendent. Eclipse also offers the most up-todate therapeutic treatments.

Among those treatments are vibration therapy (Theraplate) for building bone density and increasing circulation, laser therapy (Pegasus Therapeutic Laser) for decreasing pain and inflammation while reducing healing time, FES for improved muscle health, cold therapy and a Eurosizer.

Among its leading recent California-bred graduates are graded stakes winner Lovesick Blues, stakes winners Lonesome Stew and Shea Brennan, Santa Barbarian, winner of the Snow Chief Stakes, and Hot Girl Walk, winner of the

Stanford comes to Eclipse from Harris Farms. A multiple graded stakes-winning son of Malibu Moon, the 13-year-old stallion earned more than $1.3 million. The Kentucky-bred’s leading California progeny include multiple stakes winners Man O Rose and Opening Buzz, multiple stakes-placed Flame McGoon, and stakes-placed Book Smart.

Multiple graded stakes-winning turf mile specialist Smooth Like Strait joins the Eclipse stallion roster following a stellar racing career. The Kentucky-bred son of Midnight Lute won or placed in 19 of 26 career starts with earnings of more than $1.8 million. He will be standing his first season in California in 2026 after two seasons at Kentucky’s War Horse Place.

For inquiries, phone (831) 236-4305, or visit the farm’s website at WWW.ECLIPSE-EQUINE.COM

A Peaceful Equine Paradise Covering All The Angles For State-Of-The-Art Equine Care

KINGFISHER FARMS K

ingfisher Farms has become known as a stellar destination for horses on layup and a tranquil place to raise mares and foals. Our property, located in Solvang, is rich in California Thoroughbred Racehorse history, dating back to The Anvil Ranch and most recently, River Edge Anvil Annex. In November 2024, we added another property to the Farm; formerly known as Crimson Farms.

Katie Fisher originally started the Farm with a sole focus on layups, which has always been her passion. Three years ago, Sydnee Brown joined the team to manage the Farm and add a new dimension with mares and foals. The Farm also handles retirees, sales prep, and breeding.

The Farm boasts 100 acres of grass pastures in a range of sizes to accommodate a single horse needing a freshener, to large pastures for multiple yearlings, mares, or retirees. The Farm also has sand paddocks, an 80-foot eurocizer, Horse Gym Aquatread and cold saltwater spa. The barns on the property house over 100 stalls and most have ComfortStall and Stable Comfort Sealed Orthopedic Flooring. These special flooring systems help keep horses comfortable during the rehabilitation of fractures, chips, joint, and soft-tissue problems while also maintaining the air quality and cleanliness of the barn. Automated EquiLume lighting contributes to the peaceful atmosphere. The barns are quiet, offering plenty of rest and relaxation for their equine inhabitants

All horses are weighed upon arrival and a custom feed schedule is set to help each horse become healthy from

the inside out. Each regimen and schedule is tailored to the individual’s needs and is laid out by the veterinarian and trainer. The follow-ups and rechecks are all communicated back to the referring veterinarian, trainer, and owners.

Mares are closely monitored throughout their pregnancy and Brown is present at each foaling to make sure that each one goes smoothly. The foals are handled starting on day one with consistency and patience.

Most recently, Kingfisher has added stallions to their roster. The talented Hard Spun son, Spun Intended is expecting his first foals this coming year. Tom’s Tribute and Conquest Smartee are also available for inspection.

The close-knit team of employees handling the horses considers themselves family, working seamlessly with each other. The team emphasizes health and cleanliness, as well as state-of-the-art technology to promote healing.

The serene, green property offers lush paddocks and the ultimate calm, ensuring that your horse will experience nothing but a relaxing, healing vacation away from the racetrack or a healthy start to life. Kingfisher Farms is available by appointment for tours of our newly renovated properties.

For more information:

contact the office at (805) 697-7290 or email at HELLO@KINGFISHERFARMS.COM or visit our website at WWW.KINGFISHERFARMS.COM

LEGACY RANCH

The Jewel of the Foothills

Sprawling over 145 acres in Clements, Calif., Legacy Ranch boasts three decades of experience in the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse industries. Pete and Evelyn Parrella’s outstanding breeding and training facility offers everything your horse needs for success.

Alongside the main barns is a five-furlong training track maintained by state-of-the-art equipment. Legacy Ranch’s longtime trainer, Terry Knight, lives on the property with his wife and office manager Dru, joined by 35 other employees.

Legacy Ranch stands several impressive stallions for 2025: Clubhouse Ride, Straight Fire, Phantom Wildcat, Forbidden Kingdom, Om and Tamarando.

Excitement surrounds new stallion Forbidden Kingdom, retired late in 2024. As a 3-year-old, the flashy son of American Pharoah won the San Vicente and San Felipe Stakes (both G2) and ran second in the Malibu (G1), earning $683,660.

Also new are Om and Tamarando, moving from Harris Farms. Om, a multiple graded stakes winner who retired in 2019 with more than $1.3 million in earnings, is having a breakout season at stud in 2025. As of September 17, he ranks second in progeny earnings among third-crop sires in the state on all surfaces, and first among third-crop turf sires. His 3-year-old filly Om N Joy has won four consecutive stakes including the Torrey Pines (G3) at Del Mar.

Larry and Marianne Williams’s Tamarando, a multiple graded stakes winner, has produced a solid list of stakes winners in recent years, including Passarando, Royal ‘n Rando and Tam’s Little Angel.

Clubhouse Ride quickly became one of the stallions to watch in California after entering stud service in 2015. The three-time graded stakes winner earned more than $1.3 million while also placing in multiple grade 1 events during a career that spanned six racing seasons.

As a sire, Clubhouse Ride gained attention early. In 2019, he was the state’s leading sire of 2-year-olds and second-leading second-crop sire. Since then, he has ranked in the top 10 for all California sires by progeny earnings each

year while proving to be remarkably versatile on all surfaces. Fourth in the state by earnings in 2024, he was second among turf sires.

Warren’s Showtime, a seven-time stakes winner with nearly $850,000 in purses and one of California’s fastest horses in recent years, is atop Clubhouse Ride’s leading progeny. Other top runners of his include Warren’s Candy Girl and Club Aspen

His daughter Chismosa was named the state’s Outstanding Older Female for 2024 after winning three stakes including the Las Flores (G3) and placing in two other graded events. The five-time stakes winner has earned $640,125 to date. Other top performers for Clubhouse Ride in 2024 were stakes winners Moment’s Pleasure and Curlin’s Kaos Straight Fire joined the Legacy Ranch roster in 2018. The son of Dominus broke his maiden at Del Mar, then finished second in the Del Mar Futurity (G1) and third in the Frontrunner Stakes (G1). He earned $146,400 in just four starts.

His notable offspring include Smuggler’s Run, Straight Up G, and Power Surge, all stakes winners. In 2023, his 3-year-old daughter Sassy Nature captured a stakes race at Gulfstream Park while earning $342,290.

Fun memories of top stakes horses such as His Legacy, Bella Banissa, and Big Fish—winner of both the 2020 Del Mar Juvenile Turf and the $200,000 California Cup Derby—and the world-record-setting Quarter Horse Griswold have hailed from the Legacy Ranch program. The farm also boasts several acres of vineyards just 75 miles outside Napa Valley.

All stallion stud fees are to be determined. For more information, please check our website at: WWW.LEGACYRANCHINC.COM, or call Terry Knight at (510) 928-4980 or call the office at (209) 759-3315.

LOVACRES RANCH

A Farm With an “Altitude”

Terry Lovingier’s profession is refinery maintenance and environmental engineering. But his passion is Thoroughbred racing and it’s embodied in his Lovacres Ranch, 600 sprawling acres in northern San Diego County.

Lovacres Ranch is a full-service facility including breeding, breaking and training of horses. Located at the mouth of Temecula Creek in a valley at the base of Palomar Mountain, it’s about 10 miles northwest of Warner Springs.

The ranch sits on beautiful countryside at an elevation of 3,500 feet. Between 50 and 100 foals are born at Lovacres Ranch every year. Being primarily a commercial breeder, Lovingier sells most of the horses he breeds but has raced many of his homebreds in small partnerships. The babies get their early schooling on Lovacres’ six-furlong training track.

The star of the show at Lovacres is Stay Thirsty. The son of Bernardini was California’s leading sire by progeny earnings in four of the past seven years, and he has led the state in number of runners and winners in each of the last two years.

Stay Thirsty is the broodmare sire of Fierceness, winner of the 2024 Travers Stakes (G1) and Florida Derby (GI) and the Eclipse Award champion juvenile of 2023.

Lovingier’s homebred Whiskeyginandbrandy, winner of the California Chrome California Cup Derby at Santa Anita in January, tops the progeny list for Stay Thirsty so far in 2025.

Stay Thirsty also is the sire of 2022 Cigar Mile winner and multiple graded stakes victor Mind Control, a lifetime earner of more than $2 million, and Godolphin Mile winner Coal Front, who banked more than $1.8 million. Stay Thirsty’s progeny purse earnings in 2020 and 2022 exceeded $5 million.

A Grade I winner as a 2-year-old, Stay Thirsty has passed along his precocity with 10 juvenile stakes winners. In 2021 – Stay Thirsty’s first crop in California – he led in Cal-bred 2-year-old purse earnings, number of 2-year-old winners and number of races won.

Stay Thirsty is known for his stamina and versatility and continues to produce offspring that attract significant attention in the auction ring, reaffirming his influence as a stallion.

Lovacres will stand three other stallions for the coming breeding season, including Finneus, a homebred son of Stay Thirsty entering his third season at stud.

Finneus is out of the California champion Ghostzapper broodmare My Fionna, topping the 2020 edition of the FasigTipton California yearling sale at $200,000.

Runner-up in the 2021 Del Mar Futurity, he is the 2021 Cal-bred champion 2-year-old male. Finneus was especially partial to Del Mar during his racing career, winning the Golden State Juvenile Stakes in 2021 prior to finishing second in both the Best Pal (G2) and the Futurity. Finneus earned $447,272 during his three-year racing career.

This season, Lovacres is excited to unveil freshman stallion Hopkins, the first son of Quality Road to stand at stud in the Golden State. The graded stakes winner from trainer Bob Baffert defeated Eclipse champion sprinter Straight No Chaser in taking the G3 Palos Verdes by 2 ¼ lengths.

Out of the Salt Lake mare Hot Spell, Hopkins sold for $900,000 as a Keeneland September yearling. Hopkins retired in 2024 with three wins and five seconds from 11 lifetime starts, earning nearly $380,000.

Please contact us at (562) 547-9848 or visit our website, WWW.LOVACRES.COM, for additional information.

MILKY WAY FARM

Located between Santa Anita and Del Mar

Milky Way Farm is located in the beautiful Temecula Wine Country, just a short drive from Santa Anita, Del Mar, San Luis Rey Downs, and Galway Downs. The ranch offers expansive eight-acre seasonal grass pastures for broodmares and threeto four-acre fields for young horses. Facilities include 24x24foot and 100x100-foot paddocks for rehabilitation and layup, dedicated areas for pre-foaling mares, and a light-controlled zone for cycling open mares. Foaling stalls measure 16x20 feet, are monitored around the clock, and are fully disinfected after each foaling. Recently, we have also completed new viewing areas for stallions and sale yearlings, continually improving the farm for horses and owners alike.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

At Milky Way Farm, our goal is to provide the best possible care for both horses and owners at our full-service facility. We value close communication with owners, welcome their input on the well-being of their horses, and encourage them to visit the farm as often as they wish.

BREEDING SEASON & STALLION ROSTER

Breeding season at Milky Way Farm is a special time, overseen by DR. CELESTE MARTIN, who brings a wealth of knowledge from her years at Rood & Riddle in Kentucky. Each year we work to introduce outstanding new stallions to California.

RED RUN , Stakes and Graded Stakes-placed son of GUN RUNNER out of a full sister to Champion Three-YearOld Filly and Breeders’ Cup Distaff Champion UNTAPABLE, and full brother to RED ROUTE ONE, Graded Stakes winner of $2,158,107.

AMERICAN THEOREM, Graded Stakes winner and Grade 1-placed by AMERICAN PHAROAH out of MIGHTY RENEE, joined the farm late in the breeding season.

RUMPUS CAT, by STREET SENSE out of Champion Two-Year-Old Filly SWEET CATOMINE (by STORM CAT) is relocating from Northern California to the farm for 2026. FAME, by EMPIRE MAKER out of LA FIRMA (by GIANT’S CAUSEWAY) will also begin his stallion career.

MIDNIGHT STORM, transferred from Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky for the 2023 breeding season. With career earnings nearing $1.8 million, MIDNIGHT STORM won seven graded races on dirt and turf, including the 2016 Shoemaker Mile (G1T), and finished third in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T). Now the sire of four crops, including two champions—IRON SKULL (Grade 1, Two-Year-Old) and SENOR TESTAFARRO—he is California’s Leading Fifth-Crop Sire with 120 winners earning $8,467,078.

PASSION FOR GOLD by MEDAGLIA D’ORO, Grade 1 winner of the Criterium Saint-Cloud and Champion Two-YearOld in France for Godolphin. GRAYDAR by UNBRIDLED’S SONG, Grade 1 winner of the Donn Handicap with a speed rating of 126. WIN THE SPACE by PULPIT, Grade 1-placed and a multiple graded stakes victor on turf.

COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE

Each foaling season brings new hopes and dreams for the future of California racing. Interest in breeding and buying racing prospects continues to grow, with the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association doing an outstanding job promoting horses and races. Our staff, led by farm manager JOHNNY ALVIRA, is dedicated to making Milky Way Farm an essential part of the California Thoroughbred industry. For information, please contact LINDA MADSEN at (909) 241-6600 or email MILKYWAYCATTLE@AOL.COM. Visit us on MILKYWAYTHOROUGHBREDS.COM and check out the full stallion roster.

PEACEFIELD FARM

Peaceful Retreats for Racing’s Elite

Even the most durable and consistent Thoroughbreds require a break from time to time, and that is what the staff at Temecula’s Peacefield Farm want to provide. Whether due to injury or just in need of some time away from the track, horses at Peacefield can count on a serene environment designed to promote physical and mental recuperation.

Owned by John, Jerry and Anne Amerman, the lushly landscaped 63-acre facility in the heart of Southern California horse country is overseen by manager Scott Siler and his seven-member staff. The well-appointed grounds are a point of pride and Siler believes it is a key to the farm’s success.

“It’s not easy to do that in the desert,” he noted. “It’s hard to keep up, something we have that others don’t.”

The Amermans also live on the property, creating an oasis for horses as well as thoughtful horse lovers.

Blacker described as the very early stages of bone remodeling, which was detected by a PET scan. Sending the colt to Peacefield for a few months of rest was a very easy decision for the trainer, who predicted that Straight No Chaser would come back bigger and better than ever. He did not disappoint, winning three stakes since that visit.

Time spent at Peacefield has paid off handsomely for its equine alumni, many of which went on to score major victories after some R&R at the tranquil farm.

Peacefield boasts a strong client list that over the years has included some of the best-known runners in Southern California. Straight No Chaser, for example, had 90-day and 60-day stays at Peacefield in 2023-24. He returned to the track in 2024 for trainer Dan Blacker and later captured the Cygames Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) to earn an Eclipse Award as the nation’s outstanding sprinter.

Clearly a late-bloomer who started his career at age 3 for MyRacehorse, Straight No Chaser was sidelined midway through his 4-year-old season in 2023 by what

Four-time Eclipse champion mare Beholder, elected to the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in 2022, is another star to have benefited from her time spent at Peacefield.

Some of the other Peacefield alums include female sprint champion and multiple grade-1 winner Ce Ce, multiple grade-1 winners Balance, Adoration and Melatonin, grade-1 winners Geaux Rocket Ride and Sweet Azteca, multiple graded stakes winners Senor Buscador, Texas Red, Harvest Moon and Forbidden Kingdom, and graded stakes winner Majestic Heat. Peacefield has large stalls accommodating up to 70 horses, with large grass fields, 40- by 60-foot paddocks and 24- by 48-foot corrals and walking rings.

The facility offers rehabilitation veterinary services as well as lay-up and yearling sales preparation.

Among the treatments available at Peacefield listed by Siler are acupuncture, chiropractic, regular massage, ultrasound and shockwave therapies, as well as a covered sixhorse Eurosizer and covered EquiVibe vibration plate.

Peacefield Farm is located at 38951 Pauba Road in Temecula, 92592. Contact the office at 951-302-0263 for further information.

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SUNSHINE AT MILKY

WAY

LINDA MADSEN

BY JACK SHINAR

You don’t have to look very hard these days to find negativity on the state of California racing and breeding. Tracks have shuttered, field sizes are shrinking, purses are stagnant, broodmare and foal counts are declining as farms close.

But you’ll never hear any of that coming from Milky Way Farm’s owner Linda Madsen. It’s not that the Temecula horsewoman doesn’t see the problems. She believes that the California racing industry will always find a way to keep the sport viable despite all the setbacks.

The “doom and gloomers” have always been around, she said, “but there are a lot of positives in California racing. The people we see here at the farm are all really positive (about the future). I’m an optimistic person; I’ve always

been that way. We’re always busy, but we’re so much busier now.”

As Madsen noted, “We’ve got the two most beautiful places in the world for racing in Del Mar and Santa Anita. We’ve also got the best weather. That’s why the Breeders’ Cup is held here so often.”

Currently, Madsen is the president of the California Farm Managers, which holds a popular stallion tour show at Milky Way and other farms. They invite not just industry people, but the public as well. The day features a catered lunch, the stallions, of course, and guest speakers.

At last year’s event, Madsen’s friend and longtime bloodstock agent Gayle Van Leer gave a talk on preparing horses for auction. About 90 people attended, Madsen said. At one point Van Leer “asked them how interested they were in selling horses

and about four or five people raised their hands. But when she asked how many wanted to own a racehorse, almost everyone’s hand shot up. That really struck me.”

Madsen has always loved horses.

“I was born in California. I’m never leaving. I’m not retiring either. I love what I’m doing. Every day when I wake up, I realize how lucky I’ve been. I’m up and ready by 5 o’clock every morning. It’s a great life.”

She first started riding when she was 3. By the time she was 11, she was showing champion Arabian horses bred and raised by her parents, Leland and Esther May Makeel. They were giants in the Arabian world, among those named as “Breeders of the Century” in 2000.

They purchased Milky Way in 1965, according to Madsen, and were foaling some 400 Arabian horses per year.

“It was the most exciting thing,” she said. “I was constantly asking myself, ‘How

Johnny Alvira, now a partner and the farm manager at Milky Way, attends a Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita with Madsen

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Linda Madsen enjoys trail riding in Wyoming during a rare vacation from Milky Way

can I be this lucky to be doing this?’”

Madsen also showed champion Guernsey and Longhorn cattle, and the Makeels were named supreme exhibitor at Cal Expo for nine years running, Madsen says. Some of the retired cattle still occupy a small pasture at Milky Way.

“I had the best parents in the whole world. I always did my best in school because I was afraid that if I didn’t, they might take that away.”

She attended Cal Poly Pomona and showed horses there, too. Cal Poly is home to the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center, the nation’s oldest Arabian horse breeding program.

She married Dr. Larry Seeman, a veterinarian specializing in broodmare care whose clients included El Rancho Murrieta, owned in part by legendary trainer Charlie Whittingham.

Around 2005, the couple, seeing that Arabian horse breeding was shrinking, began transitioning to Thoroughbred care. Whittingham boarded some of his layup horses at Milky Way. So did trainer Mel Stute, whose client Dan Schiffer, who was selling his family farm near Milky Way. They needed a place to board his stock along with some horses from other Schiffer clients, which is how Milky Way became a Thoroughbred facility.

(California has) the two most beautiful places in the world for racing in Del Mar and Santa Anita. We’ve also got the best weather.”

—Linda Madsen

Kentucky-bred broodmares. And she’s been at it ever since.

Sadly, both of her parents died during this time, as did Seeman in 2008. It was left to Madsen to carry on.

At Milky Way, Madsen put together a modest stallion roster to begin her breeding business. With the help of Van Leer, she also obtained about 15

Now with Johnny Alvira as her farm manager and also a partner in the business, the 100-acre Milky Way is a full-service farm. With a staff of 10 and a regular veterinarian in Dr. Celeste Martin, it is a busy place. They bred 250 mares at Milky Way in 2025, Madsen said.

“I have a fantastic staff,” she said.

Her approach to standing stallions is to “pick up sons of really good horses reflecting a variety of pedigrees.” She likes those that have also excelled on the track.

“Everybody wants something different,” she noted, and with more than a dozen stallions on hand, she probably has it.

One of the sires Madsen wants to promote heavily for the coming year is the big gray 8-year-old American Theorem. He came late to Milky Way in 2025, missing most of the breeding season. The Kretz Racing-owned son of American Pharoah won the Triple Bend (G2) and Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) in succession in 2022 while earning more than $600,000 in his career.

Madsen, with help from Van Leer, continues to import broodmares from Kentucky sales, believing they will provide better opportunities for her young stallions to establish themselves. She now has 50 broodmares at Milky Way. Nearly all her foals go to sales.

“We don’t run many horses at all, though we have sent a few out to (trainer) Antonio Garcia,” she said.

“It’s just better for us to sell. When one of our horses wins, we get a nice breeders’ award check. Even if we don’t own the horse anymore, it’s like we do. It feels the same.”

While talking about her optimism for the future, she pointed to a recent trip she made to Del Mar. She was impressed that the track’s purses remain highly competitive.

“One thing I noticed – there was a good crowd there and people were having fun. People want to be there.”

Multiple graded winner American Theorem will stand his first full season at Milky Way in 2026

Milky Way Farm started as an Arabian facility but is now devoted exclusively to Thoroughbreds

AUGUST 18, 2025 – SEPTEMBER 21, 2025

3-YEAR-OLDS & UP

Accelerate—Ladybug: Workday (103-54), g, 5 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 9/8, 5f, 1:00.34, $4,400. American Freedom—Sherika: Fordy G (111-59), g, 5 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 9/21, 5 1/2f, 1:03.24, $4,400.

Bayern—Pocketful: Low Dose (40-16), m, 7 yo, Grants Pass, STR, 9/14, 5 1/2f, 1:08.39, $4,400. Big Bad Leroybrown—Trappers Magic: Elegant Boy (15-5), g, 4 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 9/15, 5f, 59.12, $4,400.

Boat Trip—Songo'thesea: Seeket Sauce (10-4), g, 4 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 9/21, about 6f, 1:11.74, $3,604.

Bodexpress—Quick Wampum: Going Deep (39-14), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 9/1, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:43.50, $63,180.

Brave Victory—Chilada: I Am Amadeo (2-1), g, 5 yo, Sweetwater Downs, ALW, 9/12, 6f, 1:16.59, $6,500.

Cat Burglar—Janice Sue: Catmansue (41-20), c, 4 yo, Del Mar, SOC, 8/22, 6 1/2f, 1:15.82, $29,520.

Cat Burglar—Assyria: Track Robber (41-20), g, 4 yo, Assiniboia Downs, ALW, 9/2, 6f, 1:14.07, $10,800.

Cat Burglar—Shared Image: Baby Kristen (41-20), m, 6 yo, Louisiana Downs, AOC, 9/15, 5f (T), 56.66, $12,000.

Clubhouse Ride—Bella Roja: El Diablo Rojo (97-44), g, 8 yo, Del Mar, STR, 8/29, 5 1/2f, 1:02.98, $25,200.

Clubhouse Ride—Pica: Picahouse (97-44), g, 4 yo, Century Mile, STR, 8/30, 6 1/2f, 1:16.82, $10,800.

Clubhouse Ride—Kiama: Kikuride (97-44), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/31, 1mi (T), 1:36.59, $48,600.

Clubhouse Ride—Midnighthush: Grease Missle (97-44), f, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 9/7, 6 1/2f, 1:15.83, $7,980.

Clubhouse Ride—Lets Get Frisky: Clubhouse Bride (97-44), f, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 9/13, 5 1/2f, 1:04.04, $27,600.

Clubhouse Ride—Lottawampum: Special Club (97-44), g, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 9/19, 6 1/2f, 1:15.16, $24,480. Connect—Merrily Merrily: Non Toxic (155-71), g, 5 yo, Elko County Fair, ALW, 8/30, 5 1/2f, 1:08.80, $3,600.

Curlin to Mischief—Shezroxiie: Shezmisbehaving (40-21), m, 6 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/23, 1mi (T), 1:36.72, $48,600.

Curlin to Mischief—Pleasing Sunrise: Sunrise Mischief (40-21), g, 4 yo, Sweetwater Downs, STK, John Schiffer Memorial S., 9/6, 6 1/2f, 1:19.80, $13,500.

Curlin to Mischief—Pleasing Sunrise: Sunrise Mischief (40-21), g, 4 yo, Sweetwater Downs, STK, Exacta S., 9/13, 6 1/2f, 1:19.00, $13,100.

Dads Caps—La Strada: No Cap (60-33), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/21, 5f (T), 58.20, $48,600.

Dads Caps—Capaz: Dad Bod (60-33), g, 6 yo, Elko County Fair, STK, Ely / Elko S., 8/31, 5 1/2f, 1:06.00, $6,000.

Dads Caps—Assyria: Cap It Daddy (60-33), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, AOC, 8/31, 6f, 1:08.33, $11,970.

Dads Caps—Talihina Sky: Pole to Pole (60-33), g, 3 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 9/14, about 6f, 1:10.56, $3,551.

Dads Caps—Comin Easy: Otro Mas (60-33), g, 5 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 9/19, 5 1/2f, 1:02.86, $27,600.

Danzing Candy—Camino Song (IRE): Uncle John (67-19), g, 5 yo, Horseshoe Indianapolis, SOC, 8/27, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:40.43, $16,800.

Danzing Candy—Cotton's Point: Autism Mind (67-19), g, 4 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 9/7, about 6f, 1:11.80, $3,551.

Desert Code—Toomanytomorrows: Maybe Sometime (18-14), g, 7 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 9/20, 7f, 1:26.35, $4,081.

Don'tsellmeshort—Excessive Cindi: Furlongin for Luv (2-2), g, 7 yo, Sweetwater Downs, ALW, 8/31, 6f, 1:12.94, $7,250.

Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Sharp Warning (8-3), g, 8 yo, Blackfoot, SST, Good Old Boys S., 8/31, 6f, 1:13.30, $2,475.

Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Sharp Warning (8-3), g, 8 yo, Blackfoot, SST, Fun At The Fair Overnight S., 9/6, 6f, 1:14.10, $2,475.

Elusive Warning—Swiss Please: Sharp Warning (8-3), g, 8 yo, Arapahoe Park, STR, 9/20, 5 1/2f, 1:04.69, $4,080.

Flat Out—Maryneill: Nan Elizabeth (109-50), m, 7 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 8/22, 6 1/2f, 1:16.18, $7,980.

Frosted—Stunning Ghost: Case Hit (218-98), g, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 9/5, 5f (T), 57.15, $48,600.

Gato Del Oro—Heart of the Nile: Devil D' Oro (15-5), f, 4 yo, Arapahoe Park, ALW, 9/20, 6f, 1:13.10, $7,260.

Gig Harbor—Exciting Dixie: Dinos Dixie (22-4), g, 5 yo, Hawthorne, SOC, 8/31, 5 1/2f (T), 1:04.12, $9,000.

Goldencents—Margie's Minute: Zzyzx (323-159), m, 5 yo, Blackfoot, ALW, 9/1, 6f, 1:16.20, $1,787. Goldencents—Snap Out of It: Known Idea (323-159), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 9/6, 6 1/2f, 1:16.36, $27,600.

Grazen—Dim Lights: P Twentytwo (106-51), g, 3 yo, Sweetwater Downs, ALW, 8/22, 6f, 1:14.76, $6,500.

Grazen—Khalaya: Brainiac (106-51), g, 4 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 9/7, about 6f, 1:11.51, $3,551.

Grazen—Your Cheatin Heart: Isabel Ludlow (106-51), m, 5 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, AOC, 9/15, 6f, 1:13.18, $11,020.

Grazen—Sunshine Woman: Northvale Road (106-51), g, 6 yo, Assiniboia Downs, AOC, 9/16, 5 1/2f, 1:05.83, $11,100.

Grazen—Sunday Rules: Bronko Nagurski (106-51), g, 5 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STR, 9/19, 5 1/2f, 1:02.75, $11,520.

Haynesfield—Spinning Steel: Haynespun (9-5), m, 7 yo, Arapahoe Park, SOC, 9/19, 5f, 59.46, $3,480.

Hoorayforhollywood—Star Catch: Star Entry (3-1), g, 6 yo, Sweetwater Downs, SOC, 8/31, 5 1/2f, 1:06.81, $4,250.

Hoorayforhollywood—Star Catch: Star Entry (3-1), g, 6 yo, Sweetwater Downs, SOC, 9/20, 6 1/2f, 1:19.31, $5,250.

Jersey Town—Free Sunset: Jersey Sunset (22-11), m, 5 yo, Sweetwater Downs, ALW, 8/29, 5 1/2f, 1:09.29, $6,500.

Jersey Town—Look to the Sky: Regal Patriot (22-11), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 9/7, 5f (T), 56.40, $63,180.

Klimt—Westline: Mayacama (155-81), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, STR, 8/31, 1mi (T), 1:36.11, $31,020.

Many Rivers—Ambitoness: Many Ambitions (11-5), g, 6 yo, Blackfoot, STK, Jim and Saundra Evans Memorial S., 9/1, 5f, 1:02.00, $2,475. Mendelssohn—Ringmistress: Lady Mendelssohn (283-133), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/21, 1mi, 1:38.25, $48,600.

Misremembered—Ju Ju Baby: Don't Ju Forget (30-14), m, 6 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 9/7, 6 1/2f, 1:17.43, $27,600.

Mr. Big—Camille C: C Her Beauty (56-23), m, 5 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 9/15, 5 1/2f, 1:04.03, $4,400. Musketier (GER)—Kissamee Glitter: Christine's Jack (5-2), g, 9 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 9/14, about 6f, 1:09.81, $4,081.

Nyquist—Little Treasure (ITY): Stolen Treasure (221-104), c, 4 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 9/13, 6f, 1:10.63, $27,600.

Om—Julie Napp: Can't Sleep (59-30), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/28, 5f (T), 57.17, $63,180.

Om—Margie's Minute: Om N Joy (59-30), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, STK, Torrey Pines S. (gr. III ), 8/30, 1mi, 1:36.99, $90,000.

Om—Blissful Lady: Creative Om (59-30), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 9/6, 1mi 70yd, 1:40.42, $15,000.

Om—Heat to Perfection: Dominate (59-30), g, 3 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 9/14, 5 1/2f, 1:08.01, $3,960.

Orb—Quizzical: Whimsical Heir (22-6), m, 6 yo, Albuquerque, SOC, 9/4, 5f, 57.48, $7,860.

Pavel—Bas: Canani (31-10), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/23, 1mi, 1:35.69, $48,600.

Pavel—Taffeta: Madison Rae (31-10), f, 4 yo, Louisiana Downs, SOC, 9/9, 1mi (T), 1:36.75, $6,000.

Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Vivacious Beauty: Gantry (99-34), g, 4 yo, Blackfoot, ALW, 9/1, 4f 70yd, 56.75, $1,787.

Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Irish Exchange: Irish Prancer (99-34), f, 4 yo, Blackfoot, STK, Micki Lee Memorial S., 9/6, 5 1/2f, 1:09.30, $3,300.

Smiling Tiger—Starship Duchess: Jacrodra's Devil (137-57), m, 6 yo, Grande Prairie, ALW, 8/24, 5 1/2f, 1:06.10, $5,300.

Smiling Tiger—Starship Duchess: Jacrodra's Devil (137-57), m, 6 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 9/6, 7f, 1:25.47, $4,081.

Smiling Tiger—Starship Duchess: Jacrodra's Devil (137-57), m, 6 yo, Lethbridge - Rmtc, ALW, 9/13, about 6f, 1:09.48, $4,081.

Smokem—Clara's Dream: One Smokin' Rita (17-6), m, 5 yo, Thistledown, SOC, 8/20, 6f, 1:10.85, $13,020.

Smokem—Clara's Dream: One Smokin' Rita (17-6), m, 5 yo, Thistledown, SOC, 9/10, 6f, 1:11.52, $13,454.

Stanford—Film Actress: Galesville (100-57), f, 4 yo, Grants Pass, ALW, 9/7, 5f, 59.32, $3,960.

Stanford—Kathleen Rose: Man O Rose (100-57), g, 5 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, STK, E.B. Johnston S., 9/13, 1mi, 1:35.52, $41,625.

Stanford—Run for Retts: Bound for Heaven (100-57), f, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, AOC, 9/16, 7f, 1:28.65, $9,900.

Stay Thirsty—Light Striker: Stay Lit (182-75), g, 6 yo, Emerald Downs, STR, 8/31, 1 1/16mi, 1:43.26, $4,845.

Stay Thirsty—Black Bird Rock: Drink This Cup (182-75), f, 3 yo, Hollywood Casino At Charles Town Races, ALW, 9/12, 6 1/2f, 1:19.32, $19,680.

Stay Thirsty—Midnight Hunch: Keep Dancin Nick (182-75), c, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, AOC, 9/20, 1mi, 1:35.72, $27,600.

Strong Mandate—Princess Hillary: Falsely Accused (25-13), g, 7 yo, Assiniboia Downs, AOC, 9/2, 7 1/2f, 1:34.07, $11,100.

Tough Sunday—Carrie Rose: Shea Brennan (8-6), c, 3 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/31, 6 1/2f, 1:15.70, $63,180.

Twirling Candy—Sweet Esprit: Roubaix (256-113), m, 6 yo, Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort, ALW, 9/15, 1mi, 1:42.70, $10,440.

Ultimate Eagle—Luckyvic: Pedro Perez (1-1), h, 7 yo, Sweetwater Downs, SOC, 9/6, 5 1/2f, 1:07.12, $5,250.

Unusual Heatwave—Tizalwaysomething: Annan (8-2), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, AOC, 8/30, 1mi (T), 1:35.67, $48,600.

Win the Space—Time for Luck: Lucky Vegas (7-3), m, 5 yo, Albuquerque, SOC, 9/11, 7f, 1:20.88, $9,240.

2-YEAR-OLDS

Frosted—Floss Dancer: Frosted and Classy (218-98), f, 2 yo, Elko County Fair, STK, Thoroughbred Futurity, 8/31, 3 1/2f, 42.20, $2,955.

Marking—Lights On Broadway: Marking Broadway (68-24), c, 2 yo, Assiniboia Downs, STK, Osiris S., 9/10, 5 1/2f, 1:07.18, $30,600.

Maxfield—Bella Ciao: Max Ciao (35-11), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, STK, I'm Smokin S., 9/5, 5 1/2f, 1:03.59, $57,000.

Om—I'm Sassy: Too Sassy (59-30), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, STK, Generous Portion S., 9/1, 5 1/2f, 1:04.02, $57,000.

MAIDENS

Army Mule—Winning Sis: Bailey's Miracle (107-63), f, 3 yo, Arapahoe Park, MCL, 9/19, 4 1/2f, 53.75, $4,200.

Bernardini—Pragmatic Princess: Signora Vittoria (136-65), f, 4 yo, Louisiana Downs, MSW, 8/19, 6 1/2f, 1:18.88, $12,000.

Big Bad Leroybrown—Boo Who Who: Fumano's Magic (15-5), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 8/31, 5 1/2f, 1:04.65, $24,000.

Bodexpress—Tart's Knickers: Jack Fish (39-14), g, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/28, 5f (T), 57.84, $48,000. Bodexpress—Madame Giry: Wiki Kane (39-14), g, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 9/1, 5f (T), 57.87, $48,000. Bodexpress—Always Sweet: Endless Fashion (39-14), f, 3 yo, Belterra Park, MCL, 9/17, 6 1/2f, 1:21.03, $5,100.

Bolt d'Oro—Intermittent: Ventry Strand (216-102), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 9/7, 5f (T), 57.67, $48,000.

Bolt d'Oro—Ocean Dream: Ocean Bear (216-102), r, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 9/7, 5 1/2f, 1:03.95, $48,000.

Caravaggio—Ghost Flower: Cara Rose (95-48), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/21, 5f (T), 1:00.25, $48,000. Cat Burglar—Trick: Cagey Burglar (41-20), g, 4 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 9/5, 1mi, 1:38.18, $13,800 Cistron—Double Whopper: Whopper Factor (2-2), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 9/21, 5 1/2f, 1:04.38, $27,000.

Clubhouse Ride—Gliding By: Riding By (97-44), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 8/31, 1mi, 1:38.10, $4,845.

Desert Code—First Amendment: Broke the Code (18-14), f, 4 yo, Sweetwater Downs, MCL, 8/30, 6f, 1:16.25, $4,500.

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

n Abbreviations used for the class of race are similar to those used by Equibase: Alw–allowance; Hcp–overnight handicap; names of stakes race are spelled out, with the grade of the race, when applicable, in parentheses.

Goldencents—Malibu Too: Beauty in Autism (323-159), g, 4 yo, Elko County Fair, MCL, 8/29, 5 1/2f, 1:10.40, $3,555.

Grazen—Sudden Sunday: It's a Fairlife (106-51), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/28, 1mi (T), 1:39.96, $48,000.

Grazen—Sudden Sunday: Tina Turner (106-51), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MSW, 9/21, 5 1/2f, 1:03.12, $27,000.

Halladay—Chili Petin: Arkadelphia (7-1), g, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/22, 5f (T), 57.87, $62,400. Hard Spun—Run Zippy Run: Ten Figures (245-96), g, 3 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 8/23, 6f, 1:10.82, $24,000. Heartwood—Joyful Emma: Heartfull of Joy (6-3), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/21, 6f, 1:10.84, $9,000.

I'm Lock N Load—Blue's Lucky Girl: Lucky's Loaded (4-1), g, 4 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 8/31, 6f, 1:09.87, $5,700.

Instilled Regard—Seaside Magic: Regarding Harry (35-14), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/20, 1mi, 1:38.42, $9,000.

Listing—If Not for You: If Not for Cas (3-3), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/19, 5 1/2f, 1:06.12, $12,000.

Mendelssohn—Pearls for Girls: My Lovely Lydia (283-133), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MSW, 8/23, 6 1/2f, 1:15.09, $13,110.

Mendelssohn—Siqueira: Third Beer (283-133), c, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/29, 1mi (T), 1:40.19, $48,000.

Ministers Wild Cat—Mommacat: Horizon Wildcat (28-14), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/13, 6f, 1:10.70, $18,000.

Mr. Big—She's Legit: Big City Miss (56-23), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 9/6, 4 1/2f, 52.87, $3,820. Munnings—Belleofthebeach: Beach Queen (327-142), f, 3 yo, Penn National, MCL, 9/3, 6f, 1:13.10, $10,200.

Om—Officer Allie: Terry's Service (59-30), g, 3 yo, Sweetwater Downs, MCL, 8/29, 5 1/2f, 1:09.67, $4,500.

Om—Sea Royalty: Forever N Love (59-30), f, 2 yo, Elko County Fair, MSW, 8/30, 5 1/2f, 1:10.40, $3,000.

Om—American Farrah: We the Hobby (59-30), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 9/5, 1mi (T), 1:36.23, $48,000.

Om—Heat to Perfection: Dominate (59-30), g, 3 yo, Grants Pass, MSW, 9/8, 5f, 59.78, $3,960.

Om—Hard to Resist: Captain Fabulous (59-30), g, 4 yo, Albuquerque, MCL, 9/17, 5 1/2f, 1:04.98, $6,960.

Pavel—Then and Now: Donde Esta Jefe (31-10), f, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/19, 5 1/2f, 1:05.40, $12,000.

Richard's Kid—Letmetakeaselfie: Let Me Help You (28-8), g, 3 yo, Grants Pass, MCL, 9/15, 6 1/2f, 1:18.93, $3,575.

Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Lista Lucca: Cousin Theo (99-34), g, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 8/22, 6f, 1:10.71, $4,845.

Sir Prancealot (IRE)—Dark World: Pretty Prancealot (99-34), f, 4 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 8/31, 6f, 1:11.15, $24,000.

Slew's Tiznow—Cahill Royalty: Itza Dizzy Tizzy (14-7), f, 3 yo, Grants Pass, MSW, 9/15, 5f, 59.39, $3,960.

Smiling Tiger—Classic West: West Side Okie (137-57), f, 3 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 8/24, 6f, 1:09.91, $5,700.

Smiling Tiger—Isn't She Grand: Going With Her (137-57), f, 3 yo, Blackfoot, MSW, 9/1, 5f, 1:04.20, $1,237.

Smiling Tiger—In Perfect Style: Strongerthanbefore (137-57), g, 5 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 9/1, 6 1/2f, 1:17.27, $48,000.

Smiling Tiger—Southern Drawl: Ya'll Come (137-57), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/12, 6f, 1:11.36, $9,000.

Smiling Tiger—Finish Rich in Nyc: My Pal George (137-57), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos, MCL, 9/13, 4 1/2f, 52.13, $3,870.

Speightster—Zenzara: Dance Ella Dance (160-87), f, 4 yo, Belterra Park, MCL, 9/2, 6 1/2f, 1:21.11, $5,100.

Square Eddie—Lyla Della: L Squared (25-9), g, 5 yo, Albuquerque, MSW, 9/6, 5 1/2f, 1:04.04, $13,200.

Stanford—Obsesivecompulsive: Calming Force (100-57), g, 3 yo, Assiniboia Downs, MSW, 9/2, 6f, 1:14.85, $12,000.

Stanford—Love Makor: Maker and Sons (100-57), c, 2 yo, Horseshoe Indianapolis, MCL, 9/3, 5 1/2f, 1:06.50, $14,400.

Stanford—Obsesivecompulsive: Stanford Dropout (100-57), c, 2 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/20, 5f, 57.43, $12,000.

Stay Thirsty—Midnight Hunch: Keep Dancin Nick (182-75), c, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/23, 1 1/16mi (T), 1:43.91, $48,000.

Stay Thirsty—Edamame: Dyin a Thirst (182-75), f, 3 yo, Elko County Fair, MSW, 8/30, 6 1/2f, 1:20.50, $3,600.

Stay Thirsty—Tee Game: Tee N Off (182-75), g, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/20, 6f, 1:10.63, $9,000.

Summersimage—Jillsreward: Tiosimage (1-1), f, 2 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 8/24, 5 1/2f, 1:04.27, $9,120.

Tap Back—She'll Do: Crunchy (8-3), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 8/22, 5 1/2f, 1:05.75, $24,000.

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Texas Ryano—Rockin Dorita: Waltz Across Texas (20-4), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/24, 5f (T), 57.94, $48,000.

Tough Sunday—Your Cheatin Heart: Lena Lindgard (8-6), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 8/22, 6 1/2f, 1:17.97, $13,800.

Union Rags—Jadira: Miss Kona (205-82), f, 2 yo, Del Mar, MSW, 8/30, 6f, 1:11.27, $48,000.

Unusual Heatwave—Tizalwaysomething: Oliver Tiz (8-2), g, 2 yo, Emerald Downs, MCL, 8/31, 5f, 58.03, $5,700.

Vronsky—You're A Goat (GB): Goatski (51-24), f, 3 yo, Del Mar, MCL, 8/22, 1mi (T), 1:38.74, $24,000.

Vronsky—My Senses: Severe Clear (51-24), f, 3 yo, Los Alamitos Race Course, MCL, 9/19, 1mi, 1:38.22, $9,000.

DEWORMING STRATEGIES

A GOOD PROGRAM CAN MINIMIZE DRUG-RESISTANCE PROBLEMS

BY HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

Keeping worm burdens low in horses has become an increasingly larger challenge in recent years because worms are becoming more resistant to the effects of deworming drugs. Young horses are more vulnerable to internal parasite damage than adult horses, so most breeders try to keep foals, weanlings, and yearlings dewormed.

Dr. Martin Nielsen, DVM, PhD, DipACVM is a former associate professor at the MH Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, and is now professor at the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at Aarhus University in Denmark. He said foals and yearlings are the most important age group for parasite control.

“While our general recommendations are to deworm less frequently than in the past, we still treat young horses more often than adults,” Nielsen said. “But this frequent deworming increases

risk for developing drug resistance in the parasites.

“The major threat to young foals is the large roundworm, Parascaris. The best time to treat for this parasite is at 2 to 3 months of age (recommended in the American Association of Equine Practitioners parasite control guidelines). The reason for waiting this long is because efficacy of any anthelmintic is better in later stage of the parasite. If you treat too early, the only ascarids within the foal are migrating larvae,

and none of the current dewormers have any efficacy against this stage.

“In earlier years, ivermectin had efficacy against migrating larvae as well as adult worms in the gut. But today it no longer works against ascarids. There is so much resistance to that drug that we no longer recommend ivermectin for ascarid control.

“We need to wait until these worms reach the intestine, yet we don’t want foals shedding eggs at a high level (after worms mature in the intestine) because this increases infectivity of the environment— especially if there are many foals in the pasture. Some of these eggs will survive winter and still be viable to infect next year’s foal crop. We want to interrupt that cycle, and this is why we deworm foals at 2 to 3 months, just before the worms start shedding eggs. At this time we can kill most of them.”

If you wait too long, the worms will be much bigger. Killing them may cause impaction of the small intestine, which can be fatal. Your choice of dewormer may depend on whether the foal might be at risk for impaction, and whether you want a slow kill or a fast kill on worms.

“Benzimidazoles tend to be a slow kill,” Nielsen said. “Since we don’t have much evidence of benzimidazole resistance in Parascaris (like there is in small strongyles), these appear to be a safe choice for deworming foals. Ivermectin, however, generally no longer works for ascarids and carries some risks for impaction if it does work. Pyrantel is a paralytic drug (like ivermectin) and comes with the same risk, though there doesn’t seem to be as much resistance to this drug.”

If foals are dewormed at 2 to 3 months, a second deworming is usually given at weaning. At this age, the foal may have acquired more ascarids and some strongyles.

“A drug like fenbendazole generally works for ascarids, but usually has no efficacy against small strongyles anymore,” Nielsen said. “There may be a few populations of horses in which it would work, but the general rule of thumb is that you should assume it no longer works for strongyles unless proven otherwise.”

If you are treating mainly for strongyles, you might use ivermectin. You can’t

tell which drug to use simply by looking at foals, so your veterinarian may need to take fecal samples to check for eggs.

“After weaning, you might use an ivermectin product, perhaps in combination with praziquantel, to target tapeworms,” Nielsen said. “Some weanlings and short yearlings have issues with tapeworms.

You might check fecal egg counts because we can’t be 100% sure the ascarids are all gone in all of the foals.

“The current version of the AAEP guidelines (updated in 2024) is slightly different from their recommendations 5 years ago. Now, we strongly recommend fecal egg counts at weaning age. Sometimes weanlings and yearlings become re-infected with ascarids while becoming infected with strongyles.”

No single dewormer will work for all types of worms.

“I always recommend taking fecal sam-

Ascarids can show up in the manure

Older horses need worming as well as young ones

HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

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ples from weanlings,” Nielsen said. “The actual egg count is not as important— whether it’s 500 or 1,500—but the type of egg you find is important, to help you make the right decision on which parasite you should be treating, and which dewormer to choose.

“In weanlings or yearlings, we’d use a treatment regimen to reduce development of large strongyles. This is fairly easy to do because they have such a long lifecycle. The bloodworm (S. vulgaris) lifecycle is 6 to 7 months. As long as you treat in intervals shorter than 6 months with a drug that works, you can keep bloodworms at a very low level. The good news is that there is no resistance reported yet in large strongyles to the drugs we use.” said Nielsen.

That has led to a dramatic decline in prevalence of bloodworms over the past 50 years.

Some farms have left horses untreated because they had zero egg counts, figuring the horses no longer needed to be dewormed.

“The large strongyles may be waiting in the background for an opportunity to come back,” said Nielsen.

This has happened in Denmark and Sweden.

“It doesn’t take very many treatments to keep large strongyles out of a farm,” he said. “You may only need one or two treatments per year. With the recom-

mended treatments for foals, there is no chance for bloodworms to build up. Yet foals will probably still be exposed to them, which is good—to help develop some immunity to these parasites.”

Young horses are also exposed to tapeworms and need to be treated before the end of their first calendar year.

The good news is that there is no resistance reported yet in large strongyles to the drugs we use.”

—Dr. Martin Nielsen

“People generally use praziquantel, but could also use the pyrantel double dose,” Nielsen said. “They need to be aware that there is a growing problem with drug resistance in tapeworms, however. We have documented high levels of resistance to both praziquantel and pyrantel in Thoroughbreds, and this appears to be a widespread problem. I have seen this on many farms now.”

People should check for tapeworms in post-treatment samples to see if the deworming was effective.

The AAEP guidelines state that the baseline of treatment for all adult horses would be a spring and fall treatment, and then possibly additional treatments for certain horses, based on egg counts. A high shedder should have additional treatments.

Many yearlings are treated three or four times within their yearling year.

“At that age, we can primarily use ivermectin or moxidectin, but also other types of dewormers if we’ve shown they still work,” Nielsen said.

There are also some serious issues with Ivermectin and moxidectin resistance in small strongyles.

“This problem is now well established and spreading, especially in the Thoroughbred world,” Nielsen said. “In the U.S, we first documented this in Thoroughbred yearlings imported from Ireland to Kentucky.

“You should only use a product if you have actually tested it (by taking fecal samples afterward to see if there is reduced egg count). Otherwise, we are stuck with ivermectin and moxidectin for yearlings, an age where we can actually have a large burden of encysted larvae in arrested development.

“In some European countries, people have become so conservative with deworming treatments that they leave yearlings untreated through the grazing season. They might treat in the spring and fall, like the adult horses. I recommend that people at least consider treating yearlings once in mid-grazing season in a northern climate. Otherwise, they may build up a substantial parasite burden before fall.

“The most likely burden will be small strongyles at this time. But if it’s a long grazing season, 6 or 7 months, there may be more parasites. Disease caused by encysted small strongyle larvae is actually rare, however, in North America.”

Nielsen said people often treat blindly, without thinking about the parasites they are targeting. When deworming any horses—but especially during the first year of life—it is important to deworm appropriately for a specific parasite.

Whether adult horses need deworming depends a lot on turnout and access to green pasture. The lifecycle of these

When worming yearlings, treatment should focus on reducing development of large strongyles

parasites depends on grazing. Eggs from mature worms in the GI tract are shed with feces. The eggs hatch after a certain period in a warm, moist environment, and the larvae go through changes before becoming infective. At that point, they migrate onto nearby grass, to be eaten by a horse.

Even in relatively dry conditions they take advantage of morning dew and move onto nearby vegetation. They are readily found on the lower portion of plants. If grass is growing swiftly, they move up with the growth. Larvae can survive on vegetation even though it may dry out later in the day. Most of the larvae are on the first two to four inches but can sometimes be found 5 to 6 inches up the plant, under the right conditions.

In just about any situation when weather is warm, about 90% of the parasite population on a farm is in the pasture and only about 10% are in the animals. Those parasites are not evenly distributed; one horse may have more worms than another. The re-infestation risk is always highest when horses are grazing.

“Horses in training and racing may not get turned out on grass, in which case they will not acquire parasites,” said Nielsen. “Broodmares, on the other hand, are on

pasture. Here, seasonality will determine the timing, as it defines the parasite transmission. Some areas will have relatively long transmission seasons, while other areas (with shorter growing season and longer winter) will have shorter seasons.

“The duration of the transmission season will determine how many treatments may be needed. There are more details about this in the AAEP guidelines, which also contain examples of seasonality maps from different parts of the U.S.”

As a starting point, two treatments a year is a good basis.

“These can be administered at the beginning of the grazing season, and in the late summer/early fall. Fecal egg counts should be taken before and after deworming to check the efficacy of the treatment. Additional treatments can be considered for high strongyle shedders and could be timed in midsummer and/or in the late fall in a region with a long transmission season.”

Sometimes ascarids are found in adult horses, perhaps due to immunosuppression in these particular horses, or maybe some dysfunction that causes them to lack the normal age-dependent resistance or resilience to this infection. There may be a genetic factor.

Those issues are then compounded by the increasing resistance of worms to the drugs now used.

“Even for the macrocyclic lactones (ivermectin, moxidectin), resistance to this class is now well established in strongyle parasites,” Nielsen said. “We have also learned that shortened egg reappearance periods are not necessarily a sign of resistance, although it does represent a decrease in anthelmintic performance.

“The egg-reappearance period and the number of weeks it takes from the day of treatment until we have positive egg counts again has dramatically decreased. We did a study evaluating the efficacy of moxidectin and ivermectin, and for both drugs we found the egg reappearance period to be 4 weeks; egg counts were positive again in just one month.

“This is quite a contrast from how it used to be. For moxidectin it used to be 12 to 16 weeks of egg suppression in the 1990s, when these products first came out. For ivermectin it used to be 8 to 10 weeks, and now for both drugs it’s just one month. We are watching these egg reappearance periods become shorter and shorter and now have examples of farms where no dewormers are fully effective anymore.”

Whether adult horses need deworming depends a lot on turnout and access to green pasture, where they can pick up worms

DR. PAUL SICILIANO AND DR; KATHLEEN CRANDELL

2025 LEADING BREEDERS IN CALIFORNIA BY EARNINGS (THRU

Leading California Sires Lists

2025 LEADING

SIRES

IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS PER RUNNER

Sire

1 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 21

2 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

4 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

5 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

6 Om, 2012, by Munnings

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

8 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

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

10 Pavel, 2014, by Creative Cause

11 Jack Milton, 2010, by War

12 Gallant Son, 2006, by Malabar

13 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon

14 Tamarando,

2025 LEADING TURF SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

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

2 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

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

4 Om, 2012, by Munnings

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

6 Smiling Tiger, 2007, by Hold That Tiger

7 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile

8 Stay Thirsty, 2008, by Bernardini

9 Catholic Boy, 2015, by More Than Ready

10 Danzing Candy,

2025 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MONEY WON

2025 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY MEDIAN EARNINGS PER RUNNER

1 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker 13 15 $362,631 $24,480

2 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie 15 14 $421,671 $19,300

3 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

4 Desert Code, 2004, by E Dubai

5 Clubhouse Ride, 2008, by Candy Ride (ARG) 97

6 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin 40 36 $1,043,640 $11,958

7 Rousing Sermon, 2009, by Lucky Pulpit 12 10 $136,378 $11,379

8 Cat Burglar, 2010, by Unbridled’s Song 42

9 Midnight Storm, 2011, by Pioneerof the Nile

10 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon

11 Dads Caps, 2010, by Discreet Cat

12 Ministers Wild Cat, 2000, by Deputy Minister 28

13 Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow 14 11 $207,910 $10,013

14 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

15 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor

16 Gallant Son, 2006, by Malabar Gold

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

2025 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

1 Grazen, 2006, by Benchmark

2 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor 21

3 Om, 2012, by Munnings

4 Pavel, 2014, by Creative Cause

5 Mrazek, 2013, by Square Eddie

6 Curlin to Mischief, 2011, by Curlin

7 Empire Way, 2009, by Empire Maker

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

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

10 Jersey Town, 2006, by Speightstown

11 Tamarando, 2011, by Bertrando

12 Stanford, 2012, by Malibu Moon

13 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

I’ll Have Another, 2009, by Flower Alley

Leading California Sires Lists

2025 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA BY NUMBER OF WINNERS

2025 LEADING SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

Leading California Sires Lists

2025 LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA

MONEY WON

LEADING SIRES OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN CALIFORNIA BY AVERAGE EARNINGS

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

14 Tamarando,

2025 LEADING LIFETIME SIRES IN CALIFORNIA

Stallion (Foreign Foaled), Year, Sire

1 Grazen, 2006,

2 Mr. Big, 2003, by Dynaformer

3 Bluegrass Cat, 2003, by Storm Cat

5 Majestic Harbor, 2008, by Rockport Harbor

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

9 Southern Image, 2000, by Halo’s

18 Graydar, 2009, by Unbridled’s Song 9 43

19 Misremembered, 2006, by Candy Ride (ARG)

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

Passion for Gold, 2007, by Medaglia d’Oro

Slew’s Tiznow, 2005, by Tiznow

26 Anthony’s Cross, 2008, by Indian Charlie

40 Gig Harbor,

These statistics are for active California-based sires with a minimum of 50 foals of racing age, ranked here by their lifetime Average Earnings Index (AEI.) The statistics shown here are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. Sires that are dead, pensioned, or no longer standing in California remain on these lists until their last Cal-bred crop turns 3 years old. Statistics are from all available Northern Hemisphere racing with earnings adjusted for Hong Kong and Japan. Stakes winners and wins follow TJCIS stakes rules. Percentages are based upon number of named foals of racing age.

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