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DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 6 THE BROCK TALK 8 FLORIDA FOCUS 54 FTBOA MEMBERSHIP UPDATE

By Tammy A. Gantt

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MEMBERSHIP SURVEY RESULTS

Compiled by Tammy A. Gantt

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STATISTICS OF FLORIDA-BREDS AROUND THE COUNTRY 74 FLORIDA-BRED REGISTRATION FORM 76 PRACTICALLY SPEAKING —By Mark Shuffitt 78 FARM MANAGEMENT —By Jamie Cohen YOUR FLORIDA HORSE PARK —By Connie Duff Wise 82 CATON’S CALL By Caton Bredar

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FLORIDA DERBY CHAMP WINS KENTUCKY DERBY

By Brock Sheridan

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Branding themselves among the best By Cynthia McFarland

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WOODFORD THOROUGHBREDS

Wild About Chrome polishes off field in Florida Cup Sprint

SHINY START IN THE FLORIDA CUP

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By Brock Sheridan

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A new venue adds to the success of the annual FTBOA Awards

FTBOA CHAMPIONS AWARDS GALA

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On the 35th anniversary of Florida-bred Affirmed’s Triple Crown, he is still the last horse to have won the elusive equine crown.

A FIRM ANNIVERSARY

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A look at Florida-bred Silver Charm’s thwarted Triple Crown attempt

ROSES AND SILVER MEMORIES

By JoAnne Guidry

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Florida stallions help create Brock Sheridan

Editor-in-Chief Florida Equine Publications

Record Trends at OBS B

y now most in the thoroughbred business are aware that the folks at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company are off to a darn good year in 2013 with their 2-year-old in training sales.

After experiencing double digit increases and smashing records during their March sale of Selected 2-YearOlds, the Ocala-based sales company continued that trend during their April sale of juveniles in training as they saw their average go from $43,458 in 2012 to $60,535 this year, an increase of 39.3%. They also set a new standard for the median price at the four-day auction as that measure went from $27,000 last year to $35,000 at this year’s April sale, an increase of 29.6%.

What many may not know however, is how much Florida stallions and breeders contributed to the success experienced so far this year at OBS – especially during the April sale.

Leading the pack in April was Two Step Salsa, a first crop stallion that stands at Manuel Andrade’s Get Away Farm located in Reddick, Fla. once again During the April sale, 12 give you a few thousand more two-year-olds by Two Step reasons for you to breed your Salsa sold for an average of future thoroughbred star in $74,542 and median price of $55,000—well above the the Sunshine State. averages for the sale. His top seller was Hip Number 483, a dark bay or brown colt out of the stakes-placed Pioneering mare Homesteader who brought a final bid of $420,000 from Conquest Stables LLC. Consigned by Dr. Barry Eisaman’s Eisaman Equine of Williston, Fla., the dark bay or brown colt was one of two juveniles by Two Step Salsa to bring six figures during the sale. The other colt was Hip Number 376, another Florida-bred that dropped the gavel at $120,000.

Also having a banner sale among Florida sires was Wildcat Heir, who stands at Journeyman Stud in Ocala.

Twelve juveniles by Wildcat Heir went through the ring during the April sale, bringing $797,000 while averaging $66,417 with a median price of $63,500—both figures also a good bit above the general averages for the auction.

Three 2-year-olds by Wildcat Heir brought six figures including Hip Number 4, who helped kick-off the sale by going for $180,000 from the consignment of de Meric JOHN D. FILER PHOTO

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Sales, Agent. A Florida-bred colt out of the stakes winning mare Additional Prayer, by Songandaprayer, the bay colt was purchased by New Farm.

Last year Put it Back just edged Wildcat Heir as the leading Florida sire and the two kept the rivalry going during the April Sale. Standing at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Put it Back saw four of his get bring $206,000 during the April sale for an average of $51,500 and a median of $44,500.

His top seller was Hip Number 519, a Florida-bred colt out of the winning mare I See Gold, by Sejm that brought $80,000 on a final bid by Mersad Metanovic Bloodstock.

He was consigned by Blue River Bloodstock, Agent.

Another first crop sire from Florida turned heads as In Summation, who stands at Ocala Stud, had 16 offspring bring $1,022,500 for an average of $63,906 and a median of $42,500. His top seller was Hip Number 613, a Floridabred colt that went for $250,000 to Steven W. Young, Agent. Out of the winning Dove Hunt mare Load Up, the dark bay or brown colt is a half-brother to stakes-placed St. Joe and was consigned by Azpurua Stables, Agent.

Ocala Stud also had success at the April sale with their popular stallion High Cotton, who sold sixteen 2-year-olds for $966,500 for an average of $60,406 and a median of $20,000. His top seller was the second highest-priced juvenile of the entire sale, Hip Number 548 that went for $600,000 to St. Elias and West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc. Consigned by Ocala Stud, this Florida-bred colt is out of the Aloha Prospector mare Keikik, making him a halfbrother to stakes winner St. Louis City.

Other Florida stallions of note during the sale where Graeme Hall, who stands at Winding Oaks Farm in Ocala and had ten 2-year-olds go for $590,000 for an average of $59,000; Journeyman Stud stallion Circular Quay, who had ten get bring $526,000 for an average of $52,600; Journeyman Stud stallion Hear No Evil, who had but two offspring in the sale but one brought $370,000; and Cowtown Cat, another Journeyman Stud stallion whose nine get had an average of $52,000 and a median selling price of $41,500.

So as the breeding season winds down, and if by chance your mare is still not in foal, Florida stallions once again give you a few thousand more reasons for you to breed your future thoroughbred star in the Sunshine State. ■

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Florida FOCUS Compiled by Brock Sheridan

Florida-bred Silsita (No. 11)

Let go at 9-1 odds behind odds-on favorite Pure Fun, Florida-bred Silsita took the $100,000 Fathead Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park, the co-featured race on the day the Henderson, Ky., track also ran the Grade 3

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Florida-bred

Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Racing Spiral Stakes and the Team Valor Rushaway Stakes.

Racing for breeders Tanourin Stables of Morriston, Fla., who co-own the filly with Eclipse Thoroughbreds, Silsita gave Aron

Wellman’s Eclipse Thoroughbreds of Del Mar, Ca., their second consecutive win in the Bourbonette. They won the one mile race last year with In Lingerie.

After breaking well, Silsita kept pace with front-running longshot Martha’s Moon while racing four-wide under Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez Jr. Those two led the field of 12 through slow fractions of :24.09 for the first quarter-mile and :47.56 for the half-mile over Turfway Park’s Polytrack main surface.

At the top of the stretch, 31-1 outsider Marathon Lady and jockey Robbie Albarado found room on the inside and rallied past those two, but Silsita fought back while Martha’s Moon stopped badly, eventually finishing last.

Meanwhile Silsita and Marathon Moon went down the stretch in a head bobbing battle that ended with Silsita getting a nose in

Montbrook, Four-time Florida Champion Sire,

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Montbrook, Florida’s four-time leading sire, has died. Pensioned from stud duty due to declining fertility, the 23year-old Buckaroo stallion at J. Michael O’Farrell Jr.’s Ocala Stud in Ocala, Fl., where he was born, raised and stood his entire career at stud.

Montbrook covered a couple dozen mares the 2013 breeding season, but only a couple had been discovered to be in foal.

“Montbrook has been a flagship stallion whose contributions have been significant, not only to Ocala Stud but also the Florida breeding industry,” said O’Farrell. “We bred him, sold him as a 2-year-old, and were lucky enough to buy him back after his racing career to 8 THE FLORIDA HORSE • APRIL/MAY 2013

Ocala Stud stallion Montbrook

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G2 Winner Adios Charlie Sires First Foal

front at the wire, finishing the mile in 1:38.27. Hollywood Starlet winner Pure Fun was another three lengths back in third.

"It's very exciting to see this filly jump up and win like this," said Ginny DePasquale, long time assistant to Todd Pletcher, the trainer of Silsita. "It seemed like a good spot and Todd felt she was improving over a period of time in Florida. So we thought we'd take a shot and obviously it worked out quite well. Whatever they have in mind, I'm sure they're going to make the right decision for her."

Trainer Ken McPeek was not disappointed with the effort by Pure Fun. "It looked like she was fighting the track a little the last quarter of a mile. It's her first start of the year and we thought she had a chance to get beat today. But she's a good

filly and it's a step in the right direction."

It was the first stakes win for Silsita, who broke her maiden, going around two turns on grass at Calder Casino and Race Course in November. She was then transferred to Todd Pletcher’s care at Palm Meadows training center in Boynton Beach, Fla., and made her next start and finished fourth against $75,000 optional claimers over Gulfstream Park’s main track on Jan. 3. In her last race before the Bourbonette, the daughter of Macho Uno and the Wild Again mare Naturally Wild finished third after leading the one mile turf race, again against $75,000 optional claimers.

Silsita paid $20.40, $9.20, and $4.20.

She now has two wins and a third in four career starts, three coming since January, and has earned $84,725.

Dies at 23 stand him, so he’s a special horse to us.

I believe his influence on racing will continue to carry on for many years through his sons at stud and daughters in many broodmare bands around the country.”

A Florida champion sire in 2002, 2003, 2008 and 2009, Montbrook has lifetime progeny earnings of more than $42 million to date from 17 crops of racing age. He’s sired 47 stakes winners, 15 Graded stakes winners, four Grade 1 winners and two champions to date. His champions include 2010 Eclipse Champion Sprinter and Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) winner Big Drama, and 2001 Puerto Rican Champion Imported 3Year-Old, Monteration.

Montbrook also enjoyed success in the sales ring as a stallion. He sired multiple session toppers, including Chapel Royal who topped the 2003 Ocala Breeders’ Sales February 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale at $1.2 million.

As a racehorse, Montbrook was sold for $260,000 by his breeder, Ocala Stud, in 1992 as a 2-year-old-in-training at OBS. He went on to win five of eight starts as a 3-year-old, sprinting to victories in the De Francis Dash (G3), Riva Ridge (G3), Jersey Shore and Hirsch Jacobs stakes before retiring to stud in 1996 with earnings of $373,728.

A striking dark bay horse, Montbrook was out of the Jet Diplomacy mare Secret Papers.

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Silsita Garners Respect

Adios Charlie, the Grade 2-winning son of Indian Charlie, was represented by his first foal when a bay filly was born on March 2 at Ocala Stud Farm.

Bred by Ocala Stud, the filly is out of the stakes-producing Notebook mare Ennuhway, dam of popular Saratoga stakes winner Lisa’s Booby Trap. A winner of nine races, Lisa’s Booby Trap began her career with four straight wins by an average margin of more than 10 lengths, including a six-length win in the Loudonville Stakes at Saratoga.

“This filly is a crackerjack foal, and a great first sign for the stallion career of Adios Charlie,” J. Michael O’Farrell, owner of Ocala Stud,

said. “He bred 48 mares last year after getting a late start. Adios Charlie has the right combination of talent, pedigree and looks to be a top sire and his first foal couldn’t be more impressive.”

A $400,000 2-year-old in training purchase at OBS, Adios Charlie impressively broke his maiden by 6 ¾ lengths at Gulfstream before winning the one-mile Jerome S. (G2) at Belmont over several graded stakes winners in his next start. He was also runner-up in the Peter Pan Stakes (G2) and Dwyer Stakes (G2) before retiring with earnings of $251,090.

By the late top sire Indian Charlie, Adios Charlie is out of the stakes-winning and multiple stakes-producing mare Teak Totem, a full sister to multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Teaks North.

Adios Charlie is standing his second season at Ocala Stud for a fee of $3,000 stands and nurses. For inquiries, or to set up an inspection, please contact David O’Farrell at 352-237-2171.

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Florida FOCUS

Things sometimes just have a way of working out. That may be the theme of Florida-bred Regalo Mia’s career after she had a difficult time of things last year as a 3-year-old.

"We just got nosed out in the Herecomesthebride (G2) at Gulfstream Park in March then came back in the Appalachian (G3) at Keeneland in April at a mile and we knew that wasn’t going to be her distance," trainer Michelle Nihei said. "We were just nosed out in the Sands Point (G2) at Belmont in April and we then flew her to California for a Grade 1. She got off the plane out there and she got a temperature. We immediately flew her back and she developed pneumonia – probably on the flight back."

Regalo Mia made it back to the track in October and finished third in an overnight stakes at Belmont Park but her next start ended with a ninth-place finish in the Grade 2 Mrs. Revere Stakes at Churchill Downs in November.

Time For Another Vacation.

Regalo Mia was given some 60 days off before coming back to win the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Turf at Gulfstream on Jan. 19. Her next race was Mar. 30 and she responded with yet another win on the Gulfstream grass, taking the Grade 3 Orchid Stakes at a mile and one-half.

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Regalo Mia Finds Her Stride in Orchid Victory

Florida-bred Regalo Mia

"The rest absolutely made a difference," Nihei said. "She’s a little filly anyway and she’s matured now and a totally different filly."

Regalo Mia broke well from the inside post in the Orchid but jockey Luis Contreras immediately allowed her to settle back into sixth along the rail as 25-1 longshot Closing Range took the field of ten through fractions of :24.56 for the first quarter-mile and :49.49 for the half. Around the far turn another longshot took over as 54-1 choice Game Fair led the field but then Irish Mission took over at the top of the stretch. But Regalo Mia had them in her sights as she circled the field and was making up ground. By the time they hit the sixteenth-mile marker, Regalo Mia was going fastest of all and went on to win by two lengths. Angegreen rallied from tenth to get up for second, a nose in front of Irish Mission in third.

The final time of the Orchid was 2:23.48.

"She kicked very hard at the end and was nice and relaxed the whole way," Contreras said. "I was in a great stalking position behind the leaders and by the time I asked for more at the quarter pole, she just exploded."

After enduring all of the rough breaks last year, Nihei was very clear what the win in the Orchid meant. "Winning this one is really special. I’ve always thought she would go any distance. These [longer races] are rider’s races and she’ll let you do anything. She’ll break well, shut off and then she is all yours."

Nihei was equally clear as what the goals were for Regalo Mia this year. "We’re hoping she will be a champion Florida-bred," she said. "We won’t pick races just for that, but I think she’s an outstanding f illy."

Regalo Mia races for Steven W. Ciccarone of Baltimore and was bred in Florida by Juvenal Diaz. She is by Sligo Bay (IRE) and out of Shake It Up, by Red Bullet. Regalo Mia now has three wins from 10 career starts and earnings of $327,721.

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Florida FOCUS

Florida-breds Finish One, Two As Jewel of a Cat Quick in Stormy Blues

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El Haseena, who was bred in Florida by Devil Eleven Stable of Secaucus, N.J. and Francis A. Vanlangendonck of Morriston, Fla., paid $2.40 and $2.10. Sense of Reality returned $3.10 to show.

Telling Has First Reported Foals HallMarc stallion Telling, back-toback winner of the Sword Dancer Invitational (G1) at Saratoga, has had his first reported foals. A filly produced from the Not for Love mare Dolly by Golly was foaled Mar. 3 in Dunnellon, Fla., and a colt out of Perfect’s Lil Sis by Purge was born Mar. 10 at Hal Queen’s Ocala farm. The filly was bred by Jan Cubbage and the colt is owned by Alex and Mary Lieblong who campaigned Telling.

"We have eagerly anticipated the arrival of Telling’s first foals, and the first ones are everything we could have asked for,” said Lisa Simoff, HallMarc’s director of client relations and out-of-state services. “We believe the sky is the limit for this exceptional young stallion. Racing is crying out for durability and soundness as well as brilliance and Telling provides just that.”

Telling is by sire of sire’s A.P. Indy out of the Grade 1-winning mare Well Chosen, by Deputy Minister.

Telling was an iron horse, making 28 starts from ages three to seven en route to career earnings of $848,409. Telling stands for $10,000 live foal.

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hitting the wire two and three-quarters lengths ahead of Ek Haseena in second with Sense of Reality, another two and one-quarter lengths back in third. The final time over the fast track was :59.09.

Jewel of the Cat is trained by Ben Perkins Jr. for J & J Stables and GSP Stable and was bred in Florida by Mr. & Mrs. Marty Hershe of Ocala. She is by Wildcat Heir, who stands at Journeyman Stud, also in Ocala, and is out of Marbleous Routine, by Pentelicus.

“Benny really had her ready,” DeCarlo said. “I had a handful of horse the whole way.

She actually was kind of waiting on the horse outside a little bit. I thought she might get a little tired because the track is deep and she hadn’t run in a little Florida-bred Jewel of a Cat while. She is a lot stronger physically and is a joy to ride. She is a stone runner.”

Perkins was more reflective after the race, saying why he and his father purchased her out of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company April Sale last year for $40,000 from the consignment of Bo Hunt.

“She has been a real backstretch. Around the far turn, Jewel of a nice filly for us,” Perkins said. “We bought Cat moved closer to Bridge Night as fellow her at this time last year because my dad told Florida-bred Ek Haseena also raced up to me to buy her because she looked exactly like the outside of those two. After a first quar- Wildcat Heir. She looked a lot like him comter-mile in :22.72 Jewel of a Cat began to ing down the lane.”

Jewel of the Cat paid $3.60, $2.40 and get an edge and by the time they turned for home, she had taken the lead while still rac- $2.10 and has now won three of five starts ing between horses. Ek Haseena was stub- with two seconds including a runner-up perborn on the outside until mid-stretch when formance in the $130,000 Selma Stakes at Jewel of a Cat began to pull away, eventually Laurel Race Course in her last out on Oct. 27.

Florida-bred Jewel of a Cat picked up her first career stakes victory in just her fifth start when she took the $100,000 Stormy Blues Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on April 21. The Stormy Blues was the first of three stakes on the card at the historic “Old Hilltop” course and featured a field of seven 3-year-old fillies going five furlongs on the main track. The race had been scheduled to be run over the turf course but was moved to the main track and lost three entrants to scratches.

Sent off as the odds-on favorite at 4-5 with jockey Chris De Carlo aboard, Jewel of the Cat broke fifth from the outside post and was quickly placed behind early leader Bridge Night-GB while racing three-wide down the

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Florida FOCUS

Florida-bred Twilight Ridge, the oldest living Breeders’ Cup winner, passed away April 2 at Mike Rutherford’s Manchester Farm in Lexington, Ky. She was 30-years-old.

Bred in Florida by Dr. Thomas E. Burrow, Twilight Ridge won the Grade 3 Astoria Stakes at age two before going on to win the 1985 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Aqueduct Racecourse, a race in which she defeated stablemate and champion Family Style for trainer D. Wayne Lukas and owner Eugene V. Klein.

She finished her racing career in 1987 at age four with four wins from 15 starts and earnings of $743,083.

Following her racing career, Twilight Ridge was sold in foal to Saratoga Six for $1,325,000 at the Night of the Stars sale at Fasig-Tipton in 1987 when purchased by Rutherford.

Twilight Ridge, a daughter of Cox’s Ridge and the Quibu daughter Waving Sky,

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Florida-bred Twilight Ridge

went on to become a successful broodmare with 11 winning foals including 1995 Demoiselle Stakes (G2) winner La Rosa, stakes winner Daylight Ridge and multiple graded stakes producer Taittinger Rose and Le Bernardin, the dam of stakes winners Daylight Ridge and Game Coin.

She was pensioned in 2007 and lived out her days happily at Manchester Farm where she will be buried.

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Twilight Ridge Dies At Age 30

Florda-bred Dan the Tin Man

Dan the Tin Man Rocks Woodstock Florida-bred Dan the Tin Man took his first stakes race April 21 at Woodbine near Toronto defeating a group of four other 3year-olds going six furlongs in the 115th running of the $150,000 Woodstock Stakes.

Let go as the fourth choice at nearly 6-1, Dan the Tin Man broke alertly from the rail and found himself in a speed dual with Black Hornet racing just to his outside. Those two led the pack through a solid first two furlongs in :22.48 until they hit the far turn when Dan the Tin Man began to draw clear. At the top of the stretch, Dan the Tin Man had a length and one-half on Black Hornet who was now falling back while 4-5 favorite Five Iron was rallying from last in an effort to catch Dan the Tin Man and jockey Patrick Husbands. But the Florida-bred gelding was able to hold off Five Iron, hitting the finish line a half-length the better with Power Phil another three lengths back in third. The final time for the six furlongs was 1:10.21 over Woodbine’s Polytrack main surface.

"Looking at the Racing Form, he ran a very nice race with an 81 Beyer [maiden win on July 8, 2012 at Woodbine]," Husbands said. "I told myself to try and steal it. I thought if he could run back to that Beyer, that he'd win this race. He showed he was the best today."

That maiden victory came in Dan the Tin Man’s second career start and when trainer Ricky Griffith put blinkers on the son of Songandaprayer for the first time. He kept the blinkers on the then 2-year-old for his next two starts, but could only manage a third-place finish in the $168,000 Swynford Stakes at Woodbine in September. Two more dull finishes came in a seventh-place finish in the $100,000 Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Juvenile at Presque Isle Downs on Sept. 29 and the 10th-place finish in the $150,000 Display Stakes back at Woodbine in December at 1 1/16 miles.

Griffith, who trains Dan the Tin Man for Glenn Harvey and Steve Duffield’s Debmar Stables, then gave Dan the Tin Man some time off, put the blinkers back on and shortened back to six furlongs in the Woodstock for the winning results.

It was the second win from seven career starts for Dan the Tin Man, who was bred in Florida by Moreau Bloodstock International, Inc. of Citra, Fla., and the $87,699 first-place check increased his career bankroll to $151,113. Out of the Mecke mare Mrs. M, Dan the Tin Man paid $13.60, $3.90 and $2.70.

Five Iron returned $2.50 and $2.10 while Power Phil sent back $2.40 to his supporters in the show pool.

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Procurement Has The Goods in La Puenta Woodford Thoroughbreds’ stallion Biondetti recently had his first mare confirmed in foal. BJ’s Royalty, a 7-year-old daughter of Kafwain, out of the mare Repeat Royalty, by Zuppardo's Prince, has checked in-foal on one cover. The mare is owned by Beth Biondetti Bayer and Valerie Bridges, and is stabled at Beth Bayer’s Fogg Road Farm in Reddick.

Biondetti is a son of leading sire Bernandini and is standing his first season at stud for a fee of $4,000, live foal.

This colt is from the first crop of Journeyman Stud stallion J P’s Gusto, a multiple graded stakes winner of the Del Mar Futurity (G1), California’s leading juvenile and an earner of $811,760. This foal is out of the Belong to Me mare Golden Horseshoe, an earner of more than $156,000 on the track. This colt is also a half-brother to Journeyman Stud stallion J P’s Gusto a Wildcat Heir colt that sold at last year’s Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company April sale for $170,000 to Steve Young. He was born on February 23 at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Bloodstock in Ocala. (photo from WTW 3-22) 16 THE FLORIDA HORSE • APRIL/MAY 2013

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First Foals by J P’s Gusto Begin to Arrive

Florida-bred Procurement

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First Mare in Foal To Biondetti

Santa Anita, but was not to be denied April 21. With Rosengold on to another race, Procurement was able to live-up to the expectations of the Santa Anita bettors who made the 3-year-old bay colt the 4-5 favorite in the 11⁄8 mile La Puenta Stakes on grass.

With jockey Garrett Gomez aboard, Procurement broke from the three post and was quickly placed in a stalking position behind 41 Little Jerry and 5-2 second choice Counting Days as those two matched strides while going the first quarter-mile in :23.86 and the first half-mile in :47.34. Around the far turn, Little Jerry had the inside and put a half-length on Counting Days while Gomez was beginning to let Procurement begin to catch the leaders while racing three wide.

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Florida-bred Procurement just missed getting his first stakes victory last time out when second by a half-length to Rosengold in the Mar. 29, $72,000 Pasadena Stakes at

ment began to draw away. As they hit the finish line, Procurement was more than three lengths clear of Little Jerry in second and Counting Day in third. The final time for the La Puenta was 1:46.33 over a course rated as firm.

Bred in Florida by Leonard Lavin’s Glen Hill Farm in Ocala, which is now managed by Lavin’s grandson Craig Bernick, Procurement is by Milwaukee Brew and out of Florida-bred Free to Soar, by Unbridled. The La Puenta Stakes victory boosted his career earnings to $130,268 and he now has three wins from nine lifetime starts. While it took Procurement five tries to break his maiden, he started his career running against the likes of now Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (G1)-bound My Lute and Goldencents.

Trained by Tom Proctor, Procurement returned $3.60, $2.40 and $2.10 in the La Puenta while Little Jerry paid $3.00 and $2.20. Counting Days paid also paid $2.20 to show.

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By BROCK SHERIDAN

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fter being named the morning line favorite at 7-2 for the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby presented

by Yum! Brands (G1) after the draw on Wednesday, Orb had a difficult time holding on as the favorite as early money came in on Louisiana Derby (G2) winner Revolutionary and Santa Anita Derby (G1) victor Goldencents. But as the race drew near, money began to come in on Florida Derby (G1) champ Orb and he would not disappoint his supporters on a rainy afternoon at Churchill Downs on May 4.

Orb broke awkwardly from post 15 but jockey Joel Rosario was able to angle the bay colt toward the inside to save ground. While Palace Malice led the field under the wire for the first time in :22.57, Orb followed in 16th-place, making the clubhouse turn going four wide in the 19-horse field. Down the back stretch, Palace Malice continued to show the way making the half-mile in :45.33 with Oxbow in second on the rail and Verrazano third on the outside with Vyjack and Goldencents stalking them. Approaching the half-mile maker, Palace Malice was still in front but tiring as Orb was still far back but beginning to pick-up the pace while moving six-wide around far turn. At the top of the stretch Normandy Invasion and Oxbow had the lead but Orb was advancing quickly on the far outside. By midstretch, Orb made the lead and was able to hit the wire two and one-half lengths ahead of a hard charging Golden Soul in second with Revolutionary in third.

The final time for the classic distance of 10 furlongs was 2:02.89 over the track labeled sloppy and sealed.

“I had a perfect trip,” Rosario said at the post race press conference. “ [Orb] was really calm, very relaxed, and I think [trainer] Shug [McGaughey] did a really good job with him.

Sometimes he can be a little handful but he was perfect today. It worked out perfect.”

It was the first Derby victory for Rosario, McGaughey and owners and Stuart S. Janney III and Dinny Phipps’ Phipps Stable. McGaughey put into words what the victory meant.

“Obviously it's a huge, huge thrill for me. It's a race I've always wanted to win, a race I've always wanted to compete in if I thought I had the right horse, and finally today we had the right horse.

“I don't know what it will be like tomorrow morning when I pinch myself and figure all this out, but there's a lot of people to thank and I'm just the guy that pushed the button. But

with Stuart and Dinny and the people in my barn, put so much time and pride into Orb as well as all the rest of them, they're the real key, and like I say, I'm the lucky one that gets the accolades and the trophy.”

The Kentucky Derby was the fifth straight win for Orb going back to Nov. 24 at Gulfstream Park when the son of Malibu Moon and the Unbridled mare Lady Liberty defeated special weight maidens. He then won a first level, $75,000 optional claimer at Gulfstream in January before winning the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) and Florida Derby (G1) in his next two races. He is now five for eight lifetime with earnings of $2,335,850. Orb is the 22nd Florida Derby winner to also take the Kentucky Derby.

Orb also spent considerable time in Florida as a youngster, having received his early training from Niall Brennan at his training center located in Ocala. He also has been stamped with some Florida bloodlines as grandsire Unbridled, who won the Kentucky Derby in 1990, was bred in Florida by Tartan Farms and was owned by Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association Hall of Famer Frances S. Genter.

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Orb flashes and splashes to win in Kentucky Derby Orb paid $12.80 after going off as the 5-1 favorite and returned $7.40 to place and $5.40 to show. Golden Soul at 34-1 paid $38.60 and $19.40 while Revolutionary supporters also got back $5.40 for their $2 show investment.

“I said to myself when this all got in the process, that I was going to go over there and have fun, and I've been excited,” McGaughey said. “I was excited today a lot more than being nervous, and I did think I had the right horse.

He'd done everything well. He did everything well all winter. We shipped him up here, all that went well. He seemed to get over the track. Every day we trained him, he got over the track good. ”He had a great workout here and he was terrific in the paddock and post parade and going in the gate, and so when they swung the latch, I thought to myself, just enjoy the race. If it works, it works, if it doesn't, it doesn't. Luckily it did work.”

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Woodford Thoroughbreds: Branding themselves among the best

By CYNTHIA MCFARLAND

ometimes all it takes is one inspiring moment to completely change directions. For Scott Kintz, general manager at the Florida division of Woodford Thoroughbreds, that pivotal moment was all about one dramatic view.

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John and Susan Sykes, the owners of Woodford Thoroughbreds, first saw the property, as well.

Initially established as Due Process Farm by Robert Brennan, the property was bought by the Sykes in 1997, who changed the name to Cloverleaf Farm II. In the summer of 2007, they purchased part of the former ClassicStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., renaming it Woodford Thoroughbreds. Although they retained the Florida property, for all practical purposes, it was considered closed, as their horses and the focus of the operation shifted to the 304-acre Kentucky location.

In 2010, the Sykes decided to reopen the Florida farm for business, moving a number of mares back to the Sunshine State. “The farm in Kentucky became Woodford Thoroughbreds in 2007,” says Matt Lyons, gen-

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Sure enough, when you drive past the farm office and take that gentle right hand curve, the sweeping expanse of rolling, oak-studded pastures, pristine training track and lake makes a powerful impression. Powerful enough for Kintz to change his mind and accept the position as manager of breeding operations at the 1,000-acre operation north of Ocala.

“We were happy in Kentucky and weren’t looking to get out of there, but this was a good opportunity,” recalls Kintz, 44, who came on board with Woodford in the summer of 2012 and was soon promoted to general manager. “The deciding moment was when we pulled into the gates and drove around and saw that great view overlooking the racetrack and pastures.”

No doubt that same scene was influential when

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When Kintz (inset) joined the Woodford roster in 2012, he brought a lifetime of experience to his management position. Both his father and grandfather were trainers, so he comes by his horse heritage naturally.

eral manager of Sykes’ Woodford Thoroughbred Holdings.

Lyons’ role is to oversee both Florida and Kentucky operations—from breeding, stallions and training to sales.

“We’ve had Cloverleaf in Florida for the last couple years, but as breeders, we felt it was the right time to make it all one entity instead of having groups of horses under the names Cloverleaf and Woodford,” Lyons explains.

“Everything became Woodford Thoroughbreds in 2012.”

When Kintz joined the Woodford roster in 2012, he brought a lifetime of experience to his management position. Both his father and grandfather were trainers, so he comes by his horse heritage naturally.

A native of Ohio, he moved to Kentucky right after high school graduation, going to work for

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trainer Bill Helmbrecht.

After four years, Kintz went out on his own, training primarily on the northern Kentucky circuit from 1990 to 1996. After marrying his wife Kim in 1995, he realized life on the racetrack wasn’t exactly family-friendly, so he decided to find work on a farm. It was while working at Taylormade that he met Mark Lyons. The two remained friends and last year, when John Sykes was looking for someone to run his Florida operation, Lyons called Kintz.

It wasn’t long before Kintz drove down to Ocala, toured the farm and made his decision. Today, he and Kim reside on the Florida division with their children Angela, Lizzi, Nick, and Hayden.

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ceed, but the business in general get better and do well.”

On the breeding end, Woodford Thoroughbreds is currently standing four stallions, all at the Florida location. Repent, Crown of Thorns and Biondetti are owned by Woodford Thoroughbreds; Vineyard Haven is the property of Darley Stud Management LLC. Woodford is the majority owner in popular sire, Congrats, who currently stands at WinStar Farm in Kentucky.

We have as strong a broodmare Construction is in the planning phase for Woodford band as anyone, and we’re very Thoroughbreds’ stallion facil- loyal to our stallions when it comes ity in Versailles. The plan is to breeding to them. The mares that for Congrats to stand there nick well to our Florida stallions once it’s completed.

Developing young stal- are here for a reason.

—Scott Kintz lions into popular sires is a primary mission of the farm. Successful Florida sire Repent is a perfect example, who, with six crops to race, 200-plus winners and 21 stakes winners, ranks as one of the state’s hottest stallions.

Kintz hopes Crown of Thorns, Biondetti and Vineyard Haven will follow closely in Repent’s hoofprints.

First foals for Crown of Thorns and Vineyard Haven arrived this season. Biondetti, a group 1 winner by champion Bernardini, stood his first season at stud this year.

“We are constantly looking for new stallions, but it’s a tough game; everything has to line up,” reflects Kintz.

“Race record is very important. It’s not the end all, but it sure makes things easier when you’re trying to promote a stallion.”

The right mares are crucial to making a stallion during his first seasons.

Woodford Thoroughbreds owns close to 100 mares, with 50-plus of those at the Florida farm. The band is comprised of mares the farm has raised and bought.

“We have as strong a broodmare band as anyone,” says Kintz, “and we’re very loyal to our stallions when it comes to breeding to them. The mares that nick well to our Florida stallions are here for a reason.”

There are clearly some blue hen mares in the Florida broodmare band. Kintz notes that those include the dams

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FULL-SERVICE OPERATION

With a little over 1,300 acres between the two operations and a highly-experienced staff, Woodford Thoroughbreds is poised to continue moving forward as a full-service commercial farm offering breeding, boarding, training, sales preparation and representation.

“The farm is known for quality; we want to focus on that and doing things the right way, not only with the horses, but in our business practices as well,” notes Kintz.

“Mr. and Mrs. Sykes are so good for the industry. They’re into it 100%, they want to see not only their farm suc-

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of Rockport Harbor, Yes It’s True, Crown of Thorns, Imperialism, and Graeme Hall, to mention a few.

“These are all older mares and if we bred them to the top stallions in Kentucky, it’s going to be harder to get that money out of them, but these are the kind of mares that make young stallions, so that’s why they’re here in Florida,” he says. “Another plus for those mares being here is that the winter is easier on them. They’re not having to fight the cold all winter; 38 degrees and raining, there’s nothing worse than that for the horse.”

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Woodford Thoroughbreds, but the difference in location does change some details.

“Our pastures here in Florida are a mixture of Bahia and Coastal grass, so we have to feed top quality hay and feed,” says Kintz. “The bottom line is you’ve got to feed horses what they need to grow and get bigger and stronger.

“I’m a big believer in horses needing to be horses.

Our horses are in the stall a minimal amount of time unless there’s a reason,” he adds. “It’s better to have them outside year-round and it’s a little easier to do when you’re down here in Florida. It sure is nice to raise foals here in the winter time where we’re not having to fight

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the snow and mud. Here, the rain just soaks in; it’s amazing the difference between the ground here and in Kentucky. Horses’ feet tend to do better without that mud; you don’t get dew poisoning, ‘scratches’ and hoof abscesses here nearly as much as back home in Kentucky.”

Kintz is all about hands-on. Most of his day is spent outside on the farm going from one area to another, checking on horses and the day’s activities. “I go through a lot of note pads taking notes on horses. As a manager, I spend a lot of time on the phone; it’s a constant,” he says. “But cell phones aren’t just about talking. I use mine to take photos. Say, a horse comes in with a cut on

his leg. If need be, I can take a picture and send it to the owner within minutes.”

He’s found that everevolving technology has definitely been positive for the horse business.

“Technology can be over the top, but ultrasounds and cell phones are two of the best things about it. In my opinion, ultrasounding a mare is the best invention ever made when it comes to breeding horses.

There’s no reason not to use ultrasound when breeding. The ultimate goal would be if every mare could be bred once and get in foal,” says Kintz. “Back in the ‘old days,’ you’d palpate a mare, breed her, palpate and breed again, if need be. Now with books where a stallion is covering 100 to 200 mares, it’s rare to get a double breeding.”

TRAINING & SALES

Over at the training area, one of the things farm trainer John Dowd likes best is that, with three spacious barns and 80 stalls, every horse has the opportunity to be turned out for part of the day, something he feels is vital to the horses’ overall health and well-being.

Another bonus is the fact that the operation not only has a meticulously-mainOne especially nice “perk” for Wood- tained 5/8-mile dirt track, but ford Thoroughbreds’ clients is the also a European-style turf gallop. Surrounded by an inside guest house at the Florida division. hedge, the gallop covers 1-1/2 Tucked into a secluded corner of the miles of gently rolling land, offering a valuable training property, the stately home is suroption for horses of all ages. rounded by majestic, moss-draped “It’s very much like you’d find in Europe,” says Dowd, oaks and has its own private pool. who spent 21 years training at the racetrack before taking the reins as resident trainer at Woodford’s Florida division last year. “It’s a great tool for bringing back and freshening older horses because it’s a change from the racetrack and is mentally good for them. It’s also good in the early stages of breaking yearlings. They go there after we start them in the field. We like to spend about 30 days on the turf gallop before going to the main track.”

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In addition training its own homebreds and pinhooks, THOUGHTS ON THE INDUSTRY the farm also accepts outside horses for breaking as With his background and love of the industry, yearlings, race training, sales preparation and represen- Kintz is bothered by the fact that fans in the general tation. The Florida division is home to 80 to 100 train- public often have a negative perception of thoroughing horses during peak season. bred racing.

Woodford Thoroughbreds had its first juvenile con“They only see the bad part of it and that’s not how signment at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Selected it is at all. The industry as a whole is a pretty good inSale of Two-Year-Olds in Training this spring where they dustry. There’s no doubt in my mind that there is way sold client horses, as well as their own. Standouts from more good than bad, but the focus is on the bad.” the sale included a homebred Malibu Moon colt that He strongly believes one valid way to change the brought $370,000 and a Tale of the Cat filly they pin- way people look at the business is to address the issue hooked for $47,000 out of the of medication, but he wouldn’t start Keeneland September sale that sold Horse racing is one of with race day medication. for $220,000.

“Let’s get rid of the illegal medthe oldest sports ever. ications and set up better testing Plans call for Woodford to have representation at all major yearling, People like to own horses first before we try to get off Lasix mixed and two-year-olds in trainand other race day medications,” and be in the horse ing sales.

Kintz suggests. “I don’t think the “If it’s a thoroughbred and goes industry, so I don’t think guys who are cheating get punished through the auction, we can sell it,” it will ever go away. enough to make a difference. When says Kintz. a trainer gets a bad test, he can just —Scott Kintz One especially nice “perk” for pass his horses on to his buddy. If Woodford Thoroughbreds’ clients is the guest house at you got a bad test and on that day all the horses in the Florida division. Tucked into a secluded corner of the your barn were frozen—even if you had a horse in property, the stately home is surrounded by majestic, the Kentucky Derby—that would make a difference. moss-draped oaks and has its own private pool.

Then owners would really look harder at who they’re “It’s much nicer than having to come to town and stay getting to train their horses. If this happened, it would in a hotel. It lets clients spend more time with their change the public perception of our business.” horses and feel like they’re part of the farm,” says Kintz.

Kintz believes the industry is currently on an up“You don’t have to make an appointment to come see swing after the nation’s economy plummeted in 2008. your horses when you’re here as a guest. That lets peo“If you look back over the history of the horse busiple feel like they’re at home and that we’re not hiding ness, there are always ups and downs, it’s very cyclianything when it comes to taking care of their horses.” cal,” notes Kintz. “I think it’s just an adjustment period and I think we’re on our way back. We’ve got some things as an industry in general that we have to work on; I think the medication policies need to be nationwide and a nationwide governing body could be great for horseracing.

“Horseracing is one of the oldest sports ever.

People like to own horses and be in the horse industry, so I don’t think it will ever go away, even though it’s always changing. I’m am optimist. I wouldn’t discourage my children from getting in the horse industry; I wouldn’t have a problem if they followed my path.”

Kintz says some of the best advice he’s ever received came from his grandfather. “He always told me, ‘Let the horse tell you what he wants.’ You’ve got to be in tune with the horse and let him tell you—either through actions or condition—what he needs. If horses are happy, they’ll tell you and if they’re not, you’ve got to figure out why not.” ■

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Kintz with Biondetti, a group 1 winner by champion Bernardini, stood his first season at stud this year.

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Wild About Chrome polishes off field in Florida Cup Sprint

By BROCK SHERIDAN OLDSMAR, FLA.— lorida-breds are known for their speed but it was a come from behind victory that was needed to take the $75,000 Hilton Garden/Hampton Inn Suites Sprint for Florida-bred older horses going six furlongs at Tampa Bay Downs April 16. The Sprint was part of the track’s Florida Cup, which each year celebrates the Florida-bred with six stakes, all for those bred in the Sunshine State.

It’s Me Mom, the defending champion in the Sprint, broke on top as usual, while Star Harbor broke well from the inside post to be second early and Country Gun raced in third. It’s Me Mom led the field of 11 through the first two furlongs in a quick :21.87. Around the far turn Star Harbor began to move inside It’s Me Mom as Country Gun also began to make a run. Those three hit the stretch together but It’s Me Mom could not keep up as Wild About Chrome joined the leaders after racing four-wide.

Down the stretch Wild About Chrome got the lead as Country Gun fell back and Sneaking Uponyou and Soaring Stocks rallied to get into contention.

At the wire, it was Wild About Chrome a length in front of Sneaking Uponyou in second and Soaring Stocks third another half-length back. They stopped the clock in a time of 1:10.91 for the six furlongs over a track rated as fast.

Wild About Chrome remained undefeated in five starts with the win and has proven to be a very good claim after being taken for $16,000 on Mar. 8.

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Florida-bred Wild About Chrome storms from behind to capture the Florida Cup Sprint.

again, but they did [in a non-winners of three event on March 8],” trainer James McCullough said. “I told my wife, ‘We have to take this guy.’ ” The 4-year-old gelding came back to win a

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HOOH WHY CONTINUES WINNING LEGACY IN DISTAFF

In the eyes of the betting public, co-favorites Hooh Why and Inaugurate had separated themselves from the rest of the field, each at 2-1 in the $75,000 Distaff with the third choice being Millennia at 9-2. In the end, the punters turned out correct but Hooh Why and Inaugurate both had to fight for every inch of their one-two finish respectively.

Scenario Analysis broke best of all from post seven in the 11⁄16-mile grass event and led the field of ten as they raced under the wire for the first time. Before they hit the clubhouse turn, Awesome Belle got to the lead and was racing with 27-1 choice Lavallee Twist as they went stride-for-stride while going the first quarter-mile in a pedestrian-like :24.81 and the first half-mile in :48.58.

Inaugurate chased those two while laying third and Hooh Why was sixth while racing three-wide and in the clear.

As they rounded the far turn, Awesome Belle took the lead as Lavelle Twist dropped back and both Inaugurate and Hooh Why were having trouble finding racing room

There is no “ quit in this guy.

He just kept running.

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$19,900 first level allowance race on Mar. 24 before being entered into the Florida Cup Sprint.

“Then we decided he was good enough to take a chance with,” McCullough said.

Jockey Ron Allen Jr., who was aboard Wild About Chrome for the first time, also thought the move to enter the stakes was correct.

“This guy [Wild About Chrome] has settled in for Mr. McCullough; he can wait to make his run now,” Allen said. “With all that speed up front today, I thought we would have a serious chance. I know how this track plays and being outside entering the stretch was where I wanted to be.

“There is no quit in this guy. He just kept running.”

Wild About Chrome is by Indian Ocean and out of the Frosty the Snowman mare Keri’s Snowman and he was bred in Florida by Bridlewood Farm in Ocala.

Wild About Chrome is owned by the trainer and his wife of 52 years, Nannette. The $45,000 winner’s check increased his earnings to $83,790.

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Hooh Why claimed victory in the Florida Cup Distaff

with Inaugurate on the rail just behind the leaders and Hooh Why trying to start a rally further back.

Into the stretch, Awesome Belle was tough on the rail as Inaugurate finally found running room between horses and Hooh Why got in the clear on the outside.

Midway down the stretch Awesome Bell tired while Hooh Why got the lead with Inaugurate second and Sweet Little Lion chasing them to no avail. At the wire Hooh Why was a head in Our lane opened up entering the front of Inaugurate in secstretch and we were suddenly run- ond and Sweet Little Lion ning past horses. This was her day third, another three-quarters of a length further back. The and she deserved to win.

—Jockey Ronnie Allen Jr. final time was 1:42.56 over the turf course rated as firm.

Hooh Why is by Cloud Hopping and is out of the Corporate Report mare Magic Merger. She was bred in Florida by Gail Gee and now races for Mark Hoffman and Earl J. Trostrud Jr. She is trained by Rick Slomkowski and increased her earnings to $1,210,103.

Ron Allen Jr. rode Hooh Why. “I told Ronnie [Allen, Jr.] ‘Do not push the button until you turn for home,’” Hoffman said, “and then she’ll give you everything she has. Ronnie rode her great and did not cut her loose until she turned for home. But she was getting in trouble and I didn’t know if she could get there in time.”

Allen appeared to have followed those instructions to a tee, but he admitted he needed a little luck at the top of the stretch.

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“The leaders fanned out pretty wide in the turn, and I waited some more,” Allen said. “Our lane opened up entering the stretch and we were suddenly running past horses. This was her day and she deserved to win.”

BOY OF SUMMER SPRINGS TO VICTORY IN JOURNEYMAN STUD SOPHOMORE TURF

Boy of Summer started the Florida Cup races with a stalking win in the Journeyman Stud Sophomore Turf going 11⁄16 miles on the grass for a $75,000 purse.

Sent off as the third choice at 3-1 in the field of seven, Boy of Summer broke well from the number one post and settled nicely behind Balino, Rico Suave, China Holiday and Kanturk Kid as they passed by the grandstand for the first time. The group of 3-year-olds stayed in that order through fractions of :23.49 for the first quarter-mile and :48.83 for the first four furlongs until the far turn when Rico Suave made a move around Balino to get the lead. As they turned for home, Balino fought back on the inside and those two battled for the lead as Boy of Summer swung to the outside.

China Holiday was also making a move on the outside as Kanturk Kid began to lose ground.

With a sixteenth of-a-mile left to run, Boy of Summer got the lead between horses with China Doll matching strides on the outside and Balino still not giving away on the rail. It looked as if Boy of Summer would get a slight advantage but China Holiday would not give in as those two hit the wire noses apart with Balino still

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right there. At the wire, Boy of Summer was a head in front of China Holiday in second with Balino third, another three-quarters of a length back. The final time on the clock was 1:43.67.

Assistant trainer Jesus Prada, who brought Boy of Summer to Tampa Bay Downs from South Florida for trainer Rodolfo Garcia, said there was little discussion before the race about strategy.

“I didn’t give [jockey] Daniel [Centeno] any instructions. I just told him to win the race,” Prado said.

However, Centeno left nothing to chance and had developed a plan.

“I watched replays of the horse’s last races, so I was confident he would close,” Centeno said. “There was speed up ahead of us and I had a good spot inside and I was able to wait with him. Entering the stretch, he fired when I asked. They weren’t stopping ahead of us, but we got a lane and he was best.”

Boy of Summer was bred in Florida by Tim Ahern and E.Z. Everard and is by Exclusive Quality, who stands at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, the sponsor of the Sophomore Turf. He is out of the Maudin mare Melancholy Baby and the Sophomore Turf was his third win from nine career starts. The $45,000 firstplace check more than doubled his career earnings to $99,010.

Boy of Summer was a graduate of the 2012 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company April sale where he was sold for $32,000 from the consignment of Blue River Bloodstock.

KAPLAN PULLS UPSET WITH PUTITINMYPOCKET IN STONEHEDGE SOPHOMORE FILLIES

Trainer Bill Kaplan has said many times that he buys only Florida-breds when he travels to public auctions.

And he’s done quite well over the years with the likes of Musical Romance, the 2011 Florida-Bred Horse of the Year and Eclipse Award winner; Seacliff, a multiple stakes winner of $450,000; and Castlebrook, also a multiple stakes winner and earner of $445,000, running from his Calder-based stable. So it’s not very often that the betting public lets one of his trainees go off as a long shot in a Florida-bred stakes.

I watched replays of the horse’s But that’s exactly what happened in the [Boy of Summer] last races, so I was $75,000 Stonehedge confident he would close Farm South Sophomore —Jockey Daniel Centeno Fillies Stakes when Putitinmypocket was let go at 25-1 in the seven furlong event.

Breaking slow from post four with jockey Juan Leyva aboard, Putitinmypocket dropped back toward the back of the pack in the field of eight as Cotton Pickin , Cindys Casino and Holy Macho Mattie all went for the lead. That trio raced three abreast down the backstretch in :22.90 for the first two furlongs until they got to the far turn when Cotton Pickin and Cindys Casino began to put daylight between themselves and Holy Macho Mattie. Turning for home it looked as if the race would be between Cotton Boy of Summer closes to Pickin and Cindys Casino until midway down the stretch take the Journeyman Stud Sophomore Turf. when Putitinmypocket began to find her best stride.

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I had ridden her before and been up on her in the “mornings, so I knew what I had. ” —jockey Juan Leyva

Putitinmypocket earns an upset win in the Stonehedge Sophomore Fillies Stakes. (above) while Hobbs bested the field in the Besilu Turf Classic (below)

Putitinmypocket went on to win by two lengths over Cindys Casino in second and Cotton Pickin in third. The final time was 1:25.39.

Although Putitinmypocket was let go at long odds, Kaplan felt she had a chance in the Sophomore Fillies, espe-

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cially after Leyva had her closer to pace in the early going. “[Breaking poorly] has been her problem all along,” Kaplan said. “I got my rider up here for this race and he did a sterling job. He kept her up close and found a spot between horses and she gave a terrific effort. She has a heck of a finishing kick. She has been real competitive in all of her races, and today she was placed forwardly.

I thought she would win [on the backstretch]. She’s got a lot of talent; she can go long, too.”

Leyva too thought Putitinmypocket would be dangerous if he was able to create some racing luck for her.

“I had ridden her before and been up on her in the mornings, so I knew what I had. She broke really well, but I wanted to wait with her so I let the leaders get away. I asked her for run in the turn and when we hit the stretch, she was really rolling. I was sure we would win it before we got to the sixteenth pole.”

Putitinmypocket is by leading Florida stallion Put It Back, who stands at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, and is out of Irish Drop by Way West-Fr. She was bred in Florida by Oak Lane Farm and the Sophomore Fillies was her second win from 12 career races.

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FLORIDA CUP She was also a graduate of the OBS April sale last year where she brought $35,000 from the consignment of Sescan LLC. She now has lifetime earnings of $103,252 for Adam Lazarus’ Pinnacle Racing Stables in Aventura, Fla. LEADERS PROVE BEST IN BESILU TURF CLASSIC

It was another opportunity for leaders to shine in the $75,000 Besilu Turf Classic for older horses going 11⁄8 miles on the grass. Tampa Bay Downs leading jockey Daniel Centeno was aboard Hobbs, also by Put It Back, Florida’s leading stallion in 2012.

Star Channel broke well from post seven along with Amomenttomambo and Alley Oop Oop and those three led the field through a slow pace of :24.73 for the first quarter-mile and :49.29 for the first four furlongs. Down the backstretch Hobbs began to edge nearer as Star Channel had the lead around the far turn. Turning for home Star Channel was still in front on the rail while Hobbs was boxed in but Centeno found room, made a move and was able get up late for the win.

Hobbs hit the wire in 1:49.22, a half-length in front of Star Channel in second and Bad Debt in third in a photo for the place spot.

Hobbs is out of the Dehere mare Minster Abbey. The 4-year-old bay gelding was bred in Florida by Minerva Stud of Jacksonville. It was the fifth win in 13 career starts for Hobbs, who was trained by Kathy Mongeon for Peter D. Kelly. Hobbs now has lifetime earnings of $254,725.

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CITY OF WESTON WINS BUMPY OBS SOPHOMORE STAKES

Favored City of Weston survived a claim of foul to win the $75,000 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore Stakes for 3-year-old Florida-bred fillies going seven furlongs.

City of Weston broke well from post four and went for the lead but 9-1 choice Risk Factor was able to wrestle the front position away. As they left the seven furlong chute and raced onto the main oval, Ruler of Love joined the leaders as did Mind Spell on the inside. Around the far turn Risk Factor and Ruler of Love separated away from City of Weston but by the time they turned for Just a few strides before the wire, home, City of Weston all three bumped momentarily while rallied to the outside and City of Weston was able to stick a nose those three went down in front of Ruler of Love. the stretch in tandem.

Just a few strides before the wire, all three bumped momentarily while City of Weston was able to stick a nose in front of Ruler of Love in second and Risk Factor in third. Jockey Daniel Centeno on Ruler of Love claimed foul against the winner but after the stewards reviewed the replay several times, the order of finish remained the same. They covered the seven furlongs in 1:23.48.

City of Weston is by Florida-bred Holy Bull and out of the Souvenir Copy mare How About Datt and the gray/roan colt was bred in Florida by Antonio Sano.

Trained by Sano, City of Weston is owned by Luis City of Weston (below) survives a bump at the Ortiz’s Cloud Nine Stables, giving Ortiz his second wire to claim the OBS Sophomore Stakes.

Florida Cup victory on Florida Cup Day. ■

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By BROCK SHERIDAN lorida-bred Unlimited Budget kept her record unblemished when she took the Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on Mar. 30 as part of the Louisiana Derby (G2) undercard. The Fair Grounds Oaks, which was run at 11⁄16 miles on the main track for a $500,000 purse, has produced five of the last eight winners of the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks, run the day before the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (G1). The most recent of those was Brereton Jones’s Believe You Can, who accomplished the double Oaks parlay last spring.

Trained by five-time Eclipse Award winner Todd Pletcher, who had a big day at Fair Grounds winning the $1 million Louisiana Derby (G2) with Revolutionary and the $400,000 New Orleans Handicap (G2) with Graydar to go with the Oaks win, Unlimited Budget has won three graded stakes since breaking her maiden at Aqueduct on Nov. 9.

She came back to win the Grade 2 Demoisel at Aqueduct in November before making her first trip to New Orleans in February to take the Grade 3 Rachel Alexandra Stakes.

Sent off as the odds-on choice at 9-10, Unlimited Budget broke a bit slow from post seven and she and jockey Javier Castellano found themselves fourwide around the first turn before settling into third behind So Many Ways and

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Unlimited Budget cashes second-choice Flashy Gray. After a first quarter mile in :23.32 and the first four furlongs in :46.90 Castellano began to move closer to the leaders approaching the far turn and again went four wide while chasing them down circling for home. They went five wide into the stretch as So Many Ways fell back, leaving Flashy Gray and Unlimited Budget to fight it out down the stretch. With a furlong to run, Unlimited Budget began to pull away and was a length and three-quarters ahead of runner-up Flashy Gray, who was more than two lengths ahead of Seaneen Girl in third. Going over the fast track, they stopped the time in 1:43.22.

Bred in Florida by Ocala Stud, Unlimited Budget is by Street Sense and out of the Valid Appeal mare Unlimited Pleasure. The $300,000 winner’s check almost doubled her career earnings to $610,200 and she has four wins from four lifetime starts.

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A On the 35th anniversary of Florida-bred Affirmed’s Triple Crown, he is still the last horse to have won the elusive equine crown.

By JOANN GUIDRY nly 11 thoroughbreds have won the coveted Triple Crown, a title that with each passing year seems all the more impossible to achieve. In 1978, Florida-bred Affirmed captured the Triple Crown—and 35 years later remains the last horse to have done so. The time span is now the longest ever between Triple Crown winners, surpassing the 25 years that loomed between Citation (1948) and Secretariat (1973).

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high praise, but his legacy is enhanced by the fierce competition he received from Alydar. The two racehorses had a long-standing rivalry since they were 2-year-olds and it was parlayed into a Triple Crown series vividly remembered to this day.

Bred and raced by Louis and Patrice Wolfson’s Ocala-based Harbor View Farm, Affirmed was a bright chestnut by Exclusive Native out of Won’t Tell You, by Crafty Admiral. Alydar, bred and raced by the fabled Calumet Farm, was a deeper-hued chestnut by Raise a Native out of Sweet Tooth, by On-and-On. As juveniles in 1977,

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Affirmed and Alydar met six times. Affirmed won four of those meetings: the Youthful Stakes, Hopeful Stakes (G1), Futurity Stakes (G1) and Laurel Futurity (G1). Alydar captured the Great American Stakes and Champagne Stakes (G1).

At year’s end, Affirmed garnered the 1977 Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old male.

And yet Alydar was the slight 1978 Kentucky Derby (G1) favorite over Affirmed.

Affirmed never got the memo. As it turned out, the Kentucky Derby would prove to be the easiest victory for Affirmed of all the Triple Crown races. By the eighth pole, jockey Steve Cauthen had Affirmed on the lead by two lengths with Alydar nowhere in sight.

Alydar’s charge was too late in coming and Affirmed cruised home the Kentucky Derby winner by a length and a half in 2:011⁄5. Alydar had to settle for second.

Two weeks later at Pimlico, the Preakness Stakes (G1) would prove to be more of a thriller.

Once again, Affirmed had taken command as the field came out of the first turn and appeared to be on his way to a cruise-control victory. But the stretch run quickly became a battle to the wire as Alydar pressed on the outside. The two horses raced side by side, giving their all and showing their heart. But try as he might, Alydar could not get past the iron-willed Affirmed. It was by only a neck this time, but yet again Affirmed bested Alydar and won the Preakness Stakes in 1:542⁄5.

All that remained for Affirmed was to win the Belmont Stakes (G1) and become the 11th Triple Crown champion. While everyone anticipated another great race between the two rivals, no one could have expected the high drama that was delivered.

For the final mile of the Belmont Stakes, AfAffirmed returned as a firmed and Alydar pre4-year-old in 1979 to further sented everyone lucky lay claim to being one of the enough to witness it, with greatest racehorses of all time one of the most amazing by winning six consecutive thoroughbred performances in the history of the grade-one stakes races. sport. The duo raced nearly in tandem, relentlessly toward the wire.

With a furlong to go, Alydar inched forward, Affirmed drew even again, another surge from Alydar, Affirmed came back, Alydar dug deeper, Affirmed refused to be beaten, and at the wire it was Affirmed by a defiant head in 2:264⁄5!

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And the thoroughbred industry had its Triple Crown champion, no doubts and no questions asked. Affirmed would go on to be the 1978 champion 3-year-old colt and North American Horse of the Year. Harbor View Farm would be honored with an Eclipse Award as the Outstanding Breeder.

Affirmed returned in 1979 to further lay claim to being one of the greatest racehorses of all time. As a 4-year-old, he won six consecutive grade-one stakes: the Strub Handicap (G1), Santa Anita Handicap (G1), Californian Handicap (G1), Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), Woodward Stakes (G1) and Jockey Gold Cup (G1).

He was retired at the end of the year with lifetime earnings of $2,393,818. Not surprisingly, he was named the champion older horse and repeated as Horse of the Year. In 1980, Affirmed was inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Affirmed had a successful career as a stallion, standing initially at Spendthrift Farm and then later at Jonabell Farm, where he died on January 12, 2001, at 26. â–

For the final mile of the Belmont Stakes, Affirmed and Alydar presented everyone lucky enough to witness it with one of the most amazing thoroughbred performances in the history of the sport.

Taking home the roses in the Kentucky Derby (below) would prove to be the easiest victory of all the Triple Crown races.

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he Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association each year supplements the stakes schedules at each of the Florida race tracks in an effort to further promote the Florida thoroughbred.

This winter the FTBOA again teams up with Gulfstream Park in Hallandale and Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar to present a lucrative schedule of stakes races both for open company and those exclusively for Florida-breds. Gulfstream Park annually puts the spotlight on Florida-breds during their Sunshine Millions Day while Tampa Bay highlights their Florida equine natives on Florida Cup Day. Sunshine Millions Day will be conducted this year on Jan. 19 and will feature six races worth $1.3 million including the $400,000 Sunshine Millions Classic. The Classic was won last year by Mucho Macho Man, who would go on to have a banner year in 2012 culminating with his runner-up performance to Fort Larned in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Santa Anita Nov. 3.

But last year’s Sunshine Million Turf winner Little Mike, would one-up his fellow Floridian as he capped off his 2012 campaign by winning the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1).

Rewarding Excellence The Stakes Program at Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs Keeps Improving Other prominent winners during the Sunshine Millions were Awesome Feather, who kept her career record unblemished to that point by romping home in the Distaff and It’s Me Mom upsetting Florida-bred Horse of the Year and North American champion Musical Romance in the Filly and Mare Sprint.

2013 Florida Sunshine Millions with $1.3 million in purses include:

The event is funded by Gulfstream Park ($600,000), The Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association ($350,000) and the FTBOA ($350,000).

There are an additional 16 stakes at Gulfstream Park that will include $40,000 each supplemented to the purse to promote Florida-bred thoroughbreds and registered Florida stallions. The $40,000 added to the purse of each of these stakes will go to the registered Florida-bred and Florida-sired thoroughbreds that finish in the top three of these races with 70% of the $40,000 going to a Florida-bred winner, 20% to second and 10% to third.

These races include the $100,000 Gulfstream Park Derby, $100,000 Old Hat, $100,000 Spectacular Bid and the $75,000 Ginger Brew Stakes to be run Jan. 1; The$100,000 Kitten’s Joy Stakes on Jan. 20, the $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes and $200,000 Forward Gal Stakes on Jan. 26; The $100,000 Sweetest Chant on Jan. 27; the $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes (G2) on Feb. 2, the Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) and $250,000 Davona Dale (G2) on Feb. 23, the $150,000 Swale Stakes (G3) and $100,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3) on Mar. 2; the $150,000 Palm Beach Stakes (G3) on Mar. 3; and the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) and Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2) on Mar. 30.

Gulfstream Park also offers two other stakes that are restricted to Florida-breds in the $100,000 Sunshine State Stakes for 3-year-olds and older on Dec. 2 and the $100,000 Ocala Stakes for fillies and mares on Dec. 30.

Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla., also will feature a number of stakes designed to promote the thoroughbred breeding industry in the state highlighted by the Florida Cup on April 6.

This year the Florida Cup will include:

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Florida Cup is funded by Tampa Bay Downs, the FHBPA and the FTBOA who each contribute $150,000 to the popular day’s stakes purses.

There are also several stakes on the Tampa Bay Downs schedule that are open stakes, but registered Florida-breds by registered Florida Stallions will have entry preference and will be eligible to run at additional money provided by the FTBOA. On opening day Dec. 1, the $75,000 Inaugural Stakes and the $75,000 Sandpiper Stakes will each include $25,000 from the FTBOA and the Pasco and Gasparilla Stakes, each worth $100,000, will each include $50,000 from the FTBOA. The FTBOA will also offer $50,000 to supplement the purses of the Grade 3, $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes and $150,000 Florida Oaks on Feb. 2 and a $25,000 supplement from the FTBOA is included in the Super Stakes on Jan. 23. On Mar. 9, the $100,000 Suncoast Stakes will include $50,000 from the FTBOA.

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Race Age/Sex Distance/Surface Purse Iron Horse Stakes 3yo & up 1 1/16 mi. $100,000 Express Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo & up . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 fur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Glass Slipper Stakes F&M, 3yo & up 7 fur. $100,000 Rapid Transit Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo & up . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 fur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Tiara Stakes F&M, 3yo & up 1 1/16 mi. Turf $100,000 Emerald Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo & up . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 mi. Turf . . . . . . . . . . .$125,000 Jewel Stakes 3yo & up 1 1/8 mi. $200,000 Sunshine State Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo & up (Fla) . . . . . . . . .7 fur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$60,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (G3) F&M, 3yo & up 6 fur. $100,000 South Beach Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F&M, 3yo & up . . . . . . . .7 ½ fur. Turf . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Dania Beach Stakes 2yo 1 mi. Turf $100,000 Harlan’s Holiday Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo & up . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 El Prado Stakes 3yo & up 1 mi. Turf $75,000 Mr. Prospector Stakes (G3) . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo & up . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 fur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Ocala Stakes F&M, 3yo & up (Fla) 1 mi. $60,000 Gulfstream Park Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Old Hat Stakes (G3) Fillies, 3yo 6 fur $100,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 fur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Ginger Brew Stakes Fillies, 3yo 1 1/16 mi. Turf $60,000 Mashua’s River (G3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F&M, 4yo & up . . . . . . . .1 1/16 mi. Turf . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Fort Lauderdale Stakes (G3) 4yo & up 1 1/16 mi. Turf $100,000 Hal’s Hope Stakes (G3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4yo & up . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 The Sunshine Millions Classic 4yo & up 1 1/8 mi $400,000 Sunshine Millions Distaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F&M, 4yo & up . . . . . . . .1 1/8 mi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300,000 Sunshine Millions Turf 4yo & up 1 1/8 mi. Turf $150,000 Sunshine Millions F&M Turf . . . . . . . . . . . .F&M, 4yo & up . . . . . . . .1 1/8 mi. Turf . . . . . . . . . . . .$150,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint 4yo & up 6 fur. $150,000 Sunshine Millions F&M Sprint . . . . . . . . . .F&M, 4yo & up . . . . . . . .6 fur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150,000 Kitten’s Joy Stakes 3yo 1 1/16 mi. Turf $100,000 Holy Bull Stakes (G3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$400,000 Forward Gal Stakes (G3) Fillies, 3yo 7 fur. $200,000 Sweetest Chant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fillies, 3yo . . . . . . . . . . .1 mi. Turf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint 4yo & up 6 fur. $75,000 Hutcheson Stakes (G2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3yo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 fur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150,000 Donn Handicap (G1) 4yo & up 1 1/8 mi. $500,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1) . . . . .4yo & up . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 mi. Turf . . . . . . . . . . . .$300,000 Suwanee River Stakes (G3) F&M, 4yo & up 1 1/8 mi. Turf $150,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint (G2) . . . . . . . . . . .4yo & up . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 fur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150,000 Hurricane Bertie (G3) F&M, 4yo & up 6 ½ fur. $150,000 The Very One Stakes (G3) . . . . . . . . . . . . .F&M, 4yo & up . . . . . . . .1 3/8 mi. Turf . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2) 4yo & up 1 3/8 mi. Turf $150,000 Sabin Stakes (G3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F&M, 4yo & up . . . . . . . .1 1/16 mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Canadian Turf Stakes (G3) 4yo & up 1 mi. Turf $150,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) . . . . . . . . . .3yo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/16 mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$400,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) Fillies, 3yo 1 1/16 mi. $250,000 Ladies Turf Sprint Stakes . . . . . . . . . . . . .F&M, 4yo & up . . . . . . . .5 fur. Turf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$60,000 Swale Stakes (G3) 3yo 7 fur. $150,000 Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3) . . . . . . . .Fillies, 3yo . . . . . . . . . . .1 1/8 mi. Turf . . . . . . . . . . . .$100,000 Palm Beach Stakes (G3) 3yo 1 1/8 mi. Turf $150,000 Gulfstream Park Handicap (G2) . . . . . . . . .4yo & up . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 mi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300,000 Honey Fox Stakes (G3) F&M, 4yo & up 1 mi. Turf $100,000 Inside Information Stakes (G2) . . . . . . . . .F&M, 4yo & up . . . . . . . .7 fur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150,000 Pan American Stakes (G2) 4yo & up 1 ½ mi. 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t hardly seems possible that more than a decade and-ahalf has passed since Silver Charm became the sixth Florida-bred to win the Kentucky Derby (G1). The image of the antique gray Silver Charm and fellow Florida-bred Captain Bodgit in that thrilling stretch duel in the shadow of the Twin Spires remains a high-definition memory.

But perhaps what makes the spring of 1997 so indelible is that the excitement carried on after the Run for the Roses too.

Silver Charm and his cohorts put on a grand show in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) as well.

And it all started with the Kentucky Derby. After having taken the lead from the striking and nearly-white Californiabred Free House, Silver Charm was soon pressed by Captain Bodgit. The Florida-bred duo raced in tandem down the stretch, promising the Florida thoroughbred industry a win-win outcome no matter who crossed the finish line first. By a head, it

was Silver Charm who became the sixth Florida-bred Kentucky Derby (G1) winner and gave the Sunshine State its first-ever 12 finish in the historic race. Free House had to settle for third.

Two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes (G1), it was high drama again. Silver Charm and Free House charged down the stretch, stride for stride. Threatening on the outside was Captain Bodgit. At the wire, it was a three-horse photo finish with Silver Charm prevailing by a head over Free House; Captain Bodgit but a neck back in third. Silver Charm became the sixth Florida-bred Preakness Stakes winner and Captain Bodgit attained millionaire status.

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For the Belmont Stakes (G1) three weeks later, the stage was set for the possibility of the first Triple Crown winner since Florida-bred Affirmed in 1978. That scenario hadn’t occurred since the 1989 Sunday Silence-Easy Goer Triple Crown series.

Unfortunately, the Ed Wiest-bred Captain Bodgit was retired before the Belmont Stakes with a strained tendon injury to the left foreleg. While Silver Charm lost his fellow Florida-bred running mate, he gained a new rival in Kentucky-bred Touch Gold. Coowned by Frank Stronach, Touch Gold had finished fourth in the Preakness after stumbling at the start.

As the Belmont Stakes field straightened out into the stretch, Silver Charm and Free House pulled away in what looked to be another two-horse race. With a mid-stretch surge, Silver Charm took the lead and appeared on the verge of making history. But closing on the far outside was Touch Gold, gaining with every stride and overtaking Silver Charm in the final 50 yards.

It was a bittersweet loss for the Florida thoroughbred industry. While Florida-bred Silver Charm was thwarted in his Triple Crown attempt, Florida-bred Affirmed remained the last horse to have won the Triple Crown.

Closing out the season with earnings of $1,638,750, Silver Charm garnered the Eclipse Award as champion 3-yearold colt. He was also named the 1997 Florida-bred champion 3-year-old colt.

Silver Charm was bred by Mary Lou Wootton, foaled and raised at Dudley Farm, and sold by Janie Roper for $16,500 at the 1995 Ocala Breeders’ Sales August yearling sale. The Silver Buck – Bonnie’s Poker, by Poker colt was bought by Randy Hartley and Dean DeRenzo, who later sold him privately as a juvenile for $85,000 to J.B. and Kevin McKathan.

The latter duo was representing trainer Bob Baffert on behalf of owners Robert and Beverly Lewis.

After his Kentucky Derby/Preakness Stakes victories, Silver Charm would go on to race for two more seasons. Winning a total of 11 stakes, he earned $6,944,369. Silver Charm would stand stud at Three Chimneys Farm from 2000-2004 before being sold to Japanese interests.

Although he is no longer here in this country, Silver Charm’s 1997 Triple Crown run will remain a vivid memory for decades to come. ■

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The silent auction held at the Gala raised over $18,000 for the charity. A couple of events scheduled later in the year include a golf tournament in October (specific date and time to be announced) and a Holiday Gather54 THE FLORIDA HORSE • APRIL/MAY 2013

ing with the date, time and specifics still to be announced. The event will include a donation of a canned good or new, unwrapped toy for charity and other fundraiser activities during the event. Businesses interested in donating a service or item or sponsoring the event can contact Tammy at tgantt@ftboa.com or call directly at 352-291-2889.

CALLING ARTISTS!

The FTBOA Gallery has exhibits planned throughout the year, but there are gaps in the exhibition schedule that we would like to fill with artists that promote the sport of horse racing, breeding and ownership. Accepted artwork may be on display or available for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Florida Thoroughbred Charities. To donate artwork, please contact Tammy at tgantt@ftboa.com or call 352-291-2889.

NEW! LIBRARY KIOSK

The FTBOA Members’ library has been upgraded to include a computer terminal for accessing popular industry sites including Equibase, The Jockey Club, Daily Racing Form, sales and racetrack websites. Free areas of each help members research pedigree and race records, view sales results and upcoming sales, follow a specific horse’s workouts and races, view industry trends and fact books and view condition books and racetrack news. The terminal also has a short-cut to FTBOA’s website which features stories from Wire to Wire online, member news, member forms and database capability to confirm Florida-breds. The office also offers printing and copying services for a small fee for information you may want to take with you. Next to the li-

brary kiosk is also our Education Station binder featuring print-outs of horse health, agriculture and general horse topics.

PROMOTING THE OCALA- MARION COUNTY HORSE INDUSTRY

Did you know that there are two tour companies that focus specifically on horse farm tours in the Ocala area?

Farm Tours of Ocala was started by a local real estate agent Karen Grimes, who needed income in the down marketplace.

She saw a demand for quality tours to horse farms in the area. She filled the niche and now has a business that has been voted one of the “Top Marion County Attractions” by Trip Advisor. Tours cost $35 per person. Book online at www.farmtoursofocala.com or call Karen at 1-352-8959302. Tours can be tailored to interests and other breeds that are prominent in the “Horse Capital of the World”.

Tom Sweeney, a racing stable owner and racing enthusiast, hosts busloads of area groups from The Villages. Most of the participants of the tours have very little background in the horse industry and many have retired to the Ocala area from other parts of the country. Over 2,000 people have participated in Tom’s tours and he does private tours for 2 to 25 also. He focuses only on thoroughbreds. Tour costs vary. To book a tour, contact Tom at 352525-0402 SPEAKING OF MARION COUNTY AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME

Agriculture in Marion County continues to be a thriving industry. Since its inception in 2003, the Marion County Agricultural Hall of Fame has been recognizing individuals who have made tremendous achievements and contributions to the

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furtherance of agriculture in our community. Inductees are commemorated with a bronze plaque displaying their photo and short bio. The plaques are placed on permanent exhibit in the foyer of the Extension Service's Auditorium. UF/IFAS Marion County Extension Service is now accepting nomination forms for the 2013 Agricultural Hall of Fame. To nominate an individual, please complete the application form at marioncountyfl.org/countyextension and fax, mail or hand deliver to UF/IFAS Marion County Extension Service before 4 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 2013. All nominee applications will be reviewed by committee members and judged from a standard score sheet.

Out of the 29 past inductees, seven have direct connections to the thoroughbred industry: Elmer Heubeck - A leader in the Florida thoroughbred industry, Heubeck managed the first thoroughbred operation in the area and developed his own farm, Quail Roost, into a highly successful thoroughbred and angus operation. He developed horse training patterns and schedules; and was a member of numerous Florida thoroughbred organizations.

Joseph O'Farrell - Founder and owner of Ocala Stud Farm, OFarrell organized the first Two-Year-Olds in Training sales in Hialeah. He was a national leading commercial breeder, promoter of the Florida thoroughbred industry and was responsible for bringing the legendary sire Rough’N Tumble to Marion County.

His son Michael O'Farrell is now owner of the historic farm. O’Farrell has dedicated his life’s work to the promotion and improvement of Florida’s thoroughbred industry. He is recognized as a national leading commercial breeder and locally as a leading consignor of two-year-

old sales and as a leading contributor to Marion County’s reign as “Horse Capital of the World.”

Dr. William R. Brawner - A veterinarian in Marion County for over 50 years, Brawner was a pioneer in equine reproduction. He was awarded Lifetime Membership to the Florida Thoroughbred Farm Managers Club in 1990 and was inducted into the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners associations Hall of Fame in 2004.

Carl G. Rose - Owner of Rosemere Farm, Rose is one of the early pioneers in the thoroughbred industry in Marion County. Throughout his life, Rose promoted agriculture through improving pasture grasses, promotion of purebred cattle, organizing the Southeastern Livestock Show and Sale, and working with FFA and 4-H clubs.

Jackson C. Dudley - A horse farm owner in Marion County, Dudley helped bring attention to the thoroughbred industry in Marion County through his part ownership of Needles, Floridas first Kentucky Derby winner in 1956. He was a long-time member of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders & Owners Association.

Bonnie M. Heath - A force in the Florida’s thoroughbred industry, Bonnie Heath is noted as the co-breeder/owner to Needles, Florida’s first Kentucky Derby winner in 1956. Owner of Bonnie Heath Farm, Heath served as the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders & Owners Association president and worked tirelessly to promote the industry. He was also a strong supporter of the United Way of Marion County. ■

Tammy Gantt, member services coordinator, contributing editor

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$6,425,486

Animal Kingdom $6,060,000

9

$45,804

1

With Distinction

Storm Cat

Hartley/DeRenzo

$1,225,118

111

40

3

3

0

$1,233,666

Merit Man

$207,500

25

$12,156

23

$100,000 $34,239

Put It Back

Honour and Glo

Bridlewood Farm

$1,224,169

111

45

7

9

3

$1,231,638

Hobbs

$86,885

14

$16,826

5

$73,200

Wildcat Heir

Forest Wildcat

Journeyman Stud

$947,878

99

37

1

1

0

$1,022,798

Starship Wildcat

$62,810

23

$33,913

13

$65,154

Exclusive Quality

Elusive Quality

Journeyman Stud

$1,005,904

67

28

3

3

0

$1,005,904

Sr. Quisqueyano

$170,350

12

$9,875

8

$26,375

Repent

Louis Quatorze

Woodford Thoroughbreds

$758,016

75

28

2

2

0

$758,016

Rule Number Six

$54,975

13

$15,722

1

$8,000

Graeme Hall

Dehere

Winding Oaks Farm

$679,422

66

28

0

0

0

$679,422

Marathon Lady

$103,100

23

$18,739

10

$59,000

Value Plus

Unbridled's Son

HallMarc Stallions

$536,640

69

25

0

0

0

$616,560

Triple A. Rating

$39,760

12

$7,124

3

$25,667

A. P. Warrior

A.P. Indy

HallMarc Stallions

$509,820

41

14

0

0

0

$512,421

Siete de Oros

$162,500

9

$36,250

2

$108,500

Concorde's Tune

Concorde Bounty Deceased

$489,404

48

19

0

0

0

$494,095

Wicked Tune

$76,250

1

$125,000

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FTBOAMEMBERSHIP

NEWS

Member Survey Results What Our Members Said

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n January, the FTBOA sent out a communications survey to members with a goal to establish the most effective forms of communications to reach the membership, the preferred frequency of the communications and the preferred subject matter.

Members returned 277 surveys (as of March 27) out of 1,404 members for a 19.7% response rate. Some of the results have already begun to be implemented in various FTBOA communications and Florida Equine Publications including The Florida Horse and Wire to Wire and will be future drivers in how FTBOA communicates, what FTBOA communicates and the ways FTBOA delivers the communication to our members.

Based on area codes, the majority of members reporting back were from the Marion County/Central Florida area with 49%.

Eleven percent were from out-of-state and 10% reported in from South Florida including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.

The Tampa area made up 4%. About 25% did not list an identifier.

Anonymous responses had the same tone as respondents who had identified themselves.

When asked “What forms of communication do you use regularly?”, 75% of responding members reported using U.S. mail followed closely by e-mail at 73%. Third choice was the home phone with 57%.

Tied in fourth place at 47% was the use of cell phones and use of the web. Of the 73% using e-mail, 81% reported they check their e-mail daily, 18% check it weekly and about 1% check it annually.

Of the total respondents, 19% reporting posting items online, 11% reported visiting equine industry media sites, 7% reported blogging, about 10% reported the use of social media. (Respondents had multiple responses). From total respondents, 6% reported Facebook, about 4 % reported Twitter with .7% Linked In and .4% You Tube.

Members who reported visiting equine industry media sites are as follows: 17% Bloodhorse.com, 6% TDN.com (Thoroughbred Daily News), 3% Equibase.com, 3% Floridahorse.com, 1% PaulickReport.com, .7 % thehorse.com and .7% E-nicks. (Note the floridahorse.com is a regional site geared toward horse resources not the official FTBOA publication - The Florida Horse or the FTBOA website at www.ftboa.com.)

When asked “Which of the following FTBOA sources of information do you use on a current basis?”, over 84% reported The Florida Horse and about 57% reported the regular mail. Since the magazine is sent by mail to every FTBOA member, it is not surprising members use it as an overwhelming source of FTBOA information. E-mail was used 58 THE FLORIDA HORSE • APRIL/MAY 2013

by 43% of respondents in communication with FTBOA. Wire to Wire was reported by over 36%, making it the fourth source of information. Wire to Wire is distributed only in Marion County in which 49% of respondents were from, making this high percentage even more reflective of the publication’s popularity in the area.

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FTBOA SOURCES DO YOU USE ON A CURRENT BASIS?

1 The Florida Horse 84.4% 2 Regular Mail 56.9% 3 E-mail 42.7% 4 Wire to Wire 36.6% 5 www.FTBOA.com 27.5% 6 Phone 22.9% 7 Office Visit 10.7% 8 The Florida Horse Facebook page 6% 9 Fax 4.6% 10 Twitter 0%

When members were asked “How often you would like to receive membership information from FTBOA?”, almost 70% reported they would like information on a monthly basis, while those that were more connected with e-mail, the web and social media sites, reported they would like information on a weekly basis (22.5%). About 15% of members who responded wanted information in a timely fashion giving examples of notification of changes within the organization, industry improvements, upcoming meetings, breaking news of interest including legislature, equine health concerns and industry news. See Table 2 below.

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HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION FROM FTBOA?

Answered 257

Monthly 179 69.60%

Weekly 58 22.50%

Timely Fashion 38 14.80%

Annually 19 7.40%

When given a list of topics and asked “What communication are you most interested in from FTBOA?”, 78.3% wanted Florida industry news, 72% notification of deadlines, 55% equine agriculture news, 48.2% special topics, 47% legislative, 47% upcoming events and 41% member services.

The responses were implemented in the March issue of The Florida Horse leading to the addition of a Legislative Update (47% of members expressed interest in this topic) and Membership Updates

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WHAT COMMUNICATION ARE YOU MOST INTERESTED IN FROM FTBOA?

FL Industry Deadline Equine AG Special Upcoming Member Florida TB Charities/ Committee By-Laws News Notifications News Topics Legislative Events Services Fundraisers Meeting Updates Governance

174 78.30%

160 72%

122 55%

107 48.20%

104 47%

126/270 47%

91 41%

(which includes deadlines (72%), upcoming events (47%), member services (41%), fundraisers (24%) and committee updates (19.6%).

The survey also re-confirmed that the re-occurring feature of “Florida-breds Around the Country”, which began last Fall, and reports of conferences happening in Florida are of interest to members (78% Florida specific industry news, 55% Equine Ag News and 48.2% special topics specifically equine health was commented on).—see Table 3 above.

Over 64.4% of members favored an e-newsletter as the preferred method of receiving information from FTBOA with The Florida Horse ranked as number two with 59%. A little over 42% of members reported they prefer a newsletter delivered by the U.S. mail and over 30% said Wire to Wire. See Table 5 below.

When asked to rank preferred methods of communication with FTBOA, members selected the following in the Top 3: over 91% for e-newsletter, about 89% The Florida Horse and 59% U.S. mail.

The FTBOA website and Wire to Wire rounded out the top 5 preferred methods (40.7% and 35.8% respectively). See table 4 below.

When asked to rank number one only, over 74% requested an enewsletter. When asked to rank number two only and number three only, The Florida Horse led all others with 34.6% in each. See table 6.

54 24.30%

4

53/270 19.6%

38 17.10%

Member Orientation

Ad Rates Volunteer

35 30 27 15.80% 13.50% 12.20%

WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED METHOD OF COMMUNICATION WITH FTBOA?

E-Newsletter U.S. Mail Newsletter The Florida Horse Wire to Wire www.ftboa.com

91.4%

6

59.3%

88.9%

35.8%

40.7%

COMMUNICATION RANKING

Rank Chosen E Newsletter U.S. Mail Newsletter The Florida Horse www.ftboa.com

1 2 3

74.1% 12.3% 4.9%

22.2% 27.2% 9.9%

19.8% 34.6% 34.6%

19.8% 4.9% 16.0%

FTBOA’s current system of an e-blast has been replaced with the most widely used e-newsletter – Constant Contact. The program has a newsletter format, is more likely to be accepted by e-mail systems as regular mail not junk or spam mail, and provides analytics to review who received the e-mail, opened the e-mail and who clicked through to the various links provided in the e-mail. This system assures more members receive the e-newsletter and tracks what issues are important to the based on what topics were clicked through. The FTBOA encourages members to confirm their e-mail and also asks members to accept e-mail from info@ftboa.com in advance to ensure delivery to their in box. Members with concerns can call or stop by the office so FTBOA 5 WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED METHOD OF RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION? staff can assist with helping them set The Florida U.S. Mail FTBOA Website Cell Cell Phone Home Phone up their e-mail to accept FTBOA E Newsletter Horse Monthly Newsletter Wire to Wire www.ftboa.com Phone Text Voice Mail Voice Mail Fax 143 131 94 68 46 42 33 24 22 e-mails, if needed.

64.4% 59% 42.1% 30.6% 20% 18.9% 14.80% 10.8% 9.9 —compiled by Tammy A. Gantt

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By BROCK SHERIDAN

“A race ‘between’ horses, therefore, is a contest pitting horse against horse that takes place during the same span of time, beginning for all with a single starting signal and ending when the last horse crosses the finish line. The horse must perform simultaneously, not sequentially, which means that they are connected, not only by the fact of being opponents, and not only the the fact of competing on the same race course, but also temporally,” Van Landingham ruled.

The Palm Beach Post also noted that Florida is the only state that allows gambling on barrel racing and that the ruling also could also block the barrel racing facilities from conducting gambling in cardrooms and offer slot machine gambling at the track. ■

Florida administrative law judge ruled May 6 that barrel racing is not a legitimate gambling activity and that the state of Florida should not have granted pari mutuel licenses to entities asking for such.

Judge John G. Van Landingham’s 85-page ruling is a victory for the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owner’ Association, the Florida Horsemen’s Benelovent and Protective Association, the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association and the Florida Quarter Horse Breeders’ and Owners’ Association which have been fighting pari mutuel barrel racing in front of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation which regulates gambling in the Florida.

According to a report in the Palm Beach Post, Van Landingan agency to establish ham ruled that barrel racing such a policy stealthily by the issuance of expedient licenses; this is equally true was never contemplated by the legislature or by voters when whether the policy is highly controversial or widely praised. A race ‘between’ they approved other horse rac- horses, therefore, is a contest pitting horse against horse that takes place during ing in a constitutional amend- the same span of time, bement in 1969. Van Landingham ginning for all with a sinruled that the DBPR incorrectly gle starting signal and issued a license to Gretna Rac- ending when thelast horse ing in 2011 and to Hamilton crosses the finish line. The Downs Horsetrack near Jack- horse must perform sisonville without a rule author- multaneously, not sequenizing barrel racing. tially, which means that “Florida administrative law they are connected, not does not allow an agency to only by the fact of being establish such a policy stealthopponents, and not only ily by the issuance of expedithe the fact of competing ent licenses; this is equally true whether the policy is on the same race course, highly controversial or widely but also temporally. praised,” Van Landingham —administrative law judge Van Landingham wrote.

Florida administrative law does not allow

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BY TAMMY A. GANTT n March 24, the Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association held a Pedigree and Conformation Clinic at the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Fla. The class included pedigree and breeding theories, conformation from a veterinarian’s perspective, live conformation evaluations, a practical approach to planning matings and live conformation evaluations from a seller’s and buyer’s perspective.

The clinic is part of TOBA’s overall mission to further the knowledge of industry participants, thereby helping them make informed decisions.

TOBA along with The Jockey Club partnered to launch OwnerView last fall as part of the mission to education. The program created for thoroughbred owners to view detailed statistics for any active trainer, compare statistics between trainers, review trainer profiles, view lists and statistics of racing syndicates, see owner profiles and post profiles, find out about horse ownership and licensing, create a retirement plan for your Thoroughbred, learn about state incentive programs and view industry resources. Visit the site at https://www.ownerview.com/.

Davant Latham, a full-service bloodstock agent, discussed pedigree and breeding theories. Popular pedigree theories included nicking, dosage, Estes, Rasmussen Factor, outcross or hybrid vigor and line-breeding. Nicking is based on the premise that certain sirelines “nick” with others to result in superior run-

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ners. The pro is that the system assigns an easily understandable letter grade to hypothetical matings and it discusses only sires which are more familiar to new participants to horse racing. The cons are that it considers only the males in the pedigree and goes back only as far as the third generation. An example of how nicking cannot always predict is the F nick that should have produced a less superior runner than Lawyer Ron. Developed by Frenchman Col. Vuillier who names certain superior sires as “chefs de race” and qualifies

comes to broodmare prospects, an unraced “When itmare can be better than an unplaced one ”

—Joe Seitz, Director of Sales, Brookdale Farm

Participants take a look at a sales consignment for the FasigTipton Select Sale as bloodstock agent Tom McGreevy and Ocalabased bloodstock agent Eddie Woods explain various ways to analysis a prospective purchase.

them according to their offspring’s best racing ability in terms of optimum distances. Dr. Franco Varola contined the work and later Dr. Steve Romans. The positives are that it assigns an easily understandable numbers rating with a guide and it has been in use for a long time. Again the con is that it only considers the males in the pedigree and when a previously unqualified horse wins a big race like the Kentucky Derby, the dosages are adjusted after the fact. Good examples of horses causing dosage adjustments are Strike the Gold and Mine That Bird.

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The Estes method was developed by Blood Horse editor Joe Estes who believe that stakes winners were more likely to produce other stakes winners over nonstakes winners. What’s great about this method is that it is proven by general breeding statistics and it starts with the mare not the stallion. The negative is that stakes wins are expensive to purchase and stakes winners are often from top quality, stakes producing families and logically have a better than average chance of producing stakes winners. An example was Nelson Bunker Hunt, who spent time buying the cheaper halfsisters of good producers .

Leon Rasmussen advocated line breeding to significant females to produce superior runners with his Rasmussen Method. The method’s downfall is that it is more complicated and difficult than nicking or dosage while its pros are that it starts with the mare, not stallion and it has historical evidence of success.

Outcross or hybrid vigor is the theory that the mating of two unrelated horses will result in superior runners such as it did in Mendel’s studies with peas and crops. But, the problem is that no thoroughbred can truly be outcrossed because they descended from three stallions and 52 English mares. A good example of an outcross was Ribot.

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The final theory of linebreeding is the practice of increasing the presence of desired ancestors in the pedigree. Generally it applies when the duplicated ancestor appears closer than the third generation. This method has been used with success in the development of any “breed” within a species and it shows historical evidence of success. The concern is the myth of a small gene pool that can result in weak mutations.

Dr. Jeffery Berk, of Equine Medical Associates, shared common myths about buying horses at auction from a veterinarian’s perspective. He suggested as owners, the main interest in conformation should be relative to the athleticism of a potential purchase and any conformation defects of the limbs that are significant enough to be a risk factor for future unsoundness. A bloodstock agent is the talent scout looking for an athletic selection. His or her evaluation is crucial to an owner’s success. While, the deviations from normal limbs including toed-in, toed-out, offset knees, back in the knees are conformational defects that may or may not be significant in the racing performance of the horse.

This is where a veterinarian can provide insight. Dr. Berk stressed when buying horses at a sale, it is important to have built a good team with a trusted bloodstock agent and veterinarian. The teamwork includes good communication, advisement, discussions and understanding what the risk and reward factors are for the buyer being advised. A good team gathers information to buy the right horse at the right price. This involves assessing a horse without perfect conformation or breath-

ing and determining if the horse can be successful. A good example is Awesome Gem whose throat was asymmetrical and could have turned off buyers but the horse went on to have a successful and long career.

Joe Seitz of Brookdale Farm, producer of sales graduates I’ll Have Another, Bodemeister, Tapit, Brother Derek and Lost in the Fog. They sold Untouched Talent, the dam of Bodemeister, for $5 million, the highest priced broodmare in the world in 2012. Seitz explained their farm’s practical approach to mating. First, the farm chooses the right broodmares based on budget, quality and at least a five year plan. He suggests building a team of agent, veterinarian, and trainer. They believe in treating the broodmares as a business and establish a budget, hire experts to assist, don’t count on luck and try not to fall in love with the horses. Seitz said, “While it is nice to have one big blue hen mare to spread the

Bloodstock agents and buyers agree that watching a horse walk past can tell a lot about the horse’s athleticism, balance and conditioning. (at top) Debbie Easter performs a conformation evaluation on several horses for the class. (inset)

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Ciaran Dunne of Wavertree Stables of Ocala shows an example of a horse with a muscular neck which is was inherited from his sire.

risk have 4-5 quality mares. Broodmares should be selected on pedigree, conformation and their race records, but keep in mind those that have all three may be seven figure animals.”

Trainer Richard Violette, Ocala-based sales agent Eddie Wood and bloodstock agents Tom McGreevy, Ocala-based Wavertree Stable’s Ciaran Dunne and Gainesway Farm’s Debbie Easter advise clients on purchases whether they are for racing, breeding or sales. Clients rely on the horses recommended by each and their knowledge of the market. Each gave conformation evaluations of horses going through the select sale. They also focused on the importance of being informed.

Woods’ training philosophy has been to let the horse dictate what sale they go to and keep them sound along the way. Woods said, “ You can’t make a horse run any faster than it’s capable of running. The horse either has ability, or it doesn’t. The challenge is to keep the horse sound while they are training.

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You’re always trying to get a horse ready to perform at that level when it reaches the track.”

McGreevy shared his unique method of viewing every horse at the sale – in their stall. McGreevy spends countless hours looking at each horse in their stall. Then he narrows his selections down from that point. Among horses he has selected are Horse of the Year Harve de Grace, Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Round Pond, Kentucky Derby runner up Eight Belles, Hard Spun, Old Fashioned, Rockport Harbor and Joyful Victory among others.

While, in contrast, Dunne suggests watching the horse walk from very far away to see how the horse covers the ground, the fluidity of the gait, the distance he covers and the balance the horse has. He likened it to watching a great athlete like Michael Jordan walk by. An athletic horse can be spotted just by walking. Dunne has had success with his methods having such notable runners as Effectual, Honey Ryder and Shakespeare among others. ■

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■FLORIDA-BREDS AROUND THE COUNTRY ————By Race Type/Grade ————

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—STAKES RACES Win/Place/Show Breeder

Flat Out City of Weston Master Rick Summer Exclusiv Procurement Dan the Tin Man Jossy Do It Jewel of a Cat Battier Sr. Quisqueyano Boy of Summer Putitinmypocket Hobbs City of Weston Hooh Why Wild About Chro Unlimited Budget Regalo Mia African Rose Silsita Cor Cor Discreet Dancer Comma to the To Flashpoint Unlimited Budget Sahara Sky Good Lord Persuasive Paul Singlet Rubysandpearls Golden Mystery Red Lead Fort Loudon Cor Cor Brave Dave Bear Tough Tiger Sacred Ovation Regalo Mia Immortal Eyes Ek Haseena Lubango Hardrock Eleven Candrea Red Lead E B Ryder Beat the Blues Sahara Sky Speak Logistics Pyrite On My Min China Holiday Cindys Casino Star Channel

Cresta Lil How About Dattt Whata Gem Summer Dream Free to Soar Mrs. M Clandestine Marbleous Routin Whobabydatiz Royal Navy Melancholy Baby Irish Drop Minster Abbey How About Dattt Magic Merger Keri's Snowman Unlimited Pleasur Shake It Up Darby Rose Naturally Wild Babe's Flair West Side Dancer Maggies Storm Two Punch Lil Unlimited Pleasur Seeking the Sky Dowager Lady Witch of the Air Taylor's Choice Think I Luv You Mysterious Angel Upside Lottsa Talc Babe's Flair Sing That Song Dazzling Deelite Unbridled's Jane Shake It Up Private Eyes Deed Miss Listo Stark Beauty Burn Brightly Upside Back to Earth Imtheblues Seeking the Sky Miss Sabrina Frame of Mind Chinaberry Tribal Run Reach the Top

Nikolaus Bock 4/27/13 Haras Gran Derby 4/27/13 English Ranch Farm 4/27/13 Ponder Hill Inc 4/25/13 Glen Hill Farm 4/21/13 Moreau Bloodstock International Inc. 4/21/13 Allen Amato & Mike Galinski 4/20/13 Mr. & Mrs. Marty Hershe 4/20/13 Loren Nichols & Dr Joseph Tripi 4/7/13 Do-Little Farm LLC 4/6/13 Tim Ahearn Jr. & E Z Everard 4/6/13 Oak Lane Farm 4/6/13 Minerva Stud LLC 4/6/13 Haras Gran Derby 4/6/13 Gail Gee 4/6/13 Bridlewood Farm 4/6/13 Ocala Stud 3/30/13 Juvenal Diaz 3/30/13 Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 3/24/13 Tanourin Stable 3/23/13 A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara Vanlangendonck 3/11/13 E. Paul Robsham Stable LLC 3/9/13 Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson 3/2/13 Silverleaf Farms Inc. 3/2/13 Ocala Stud 2/23/13 Martin Stables Inc. 2/23/13 Marilyn Fazo Seltzer 2/23/13 William J. Kearns 2/23/13 McKathan Bros.

2/22/13 David Cassidy 2/10/13 Adena Springs 2/10/13 Adena Springs 2/10/13 Jacks or Better Farm Inc. 2/9/13 A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara Vanlangendonck 2/2/13 David Melin Bea Oxenberg & Eddie Plesa Jr. 4/27/13 Penny''s In a Stream LLC 4/27/13 France Weiner & Irv Weiner 4/25/13 Juvenal Diaz 4/25/13 Adena Springs 4/20/13 Devil Eleven Stable A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara V 4/20/13 Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 4/20/13 Farm III Enterprises & Off The Hook Partners LLC 4/17/13 Ocala Stud 4/14/13 Adena Springs 4/14/13 Farnsworth Stables LLC 4/13/13 Edward Pendray B. K. Pendray William F. Murphy & Annabe 4/11/13 Martin Stables Inc. 4/6/13 Centaur Farms Inc. 4/6/13 Dr. D. W. Frazier 4/6/13 Carolyn Wilson 4/6/13 Southern Chase Farm Inc. Karen Dodd & Greg Dodd 4/6/13 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Rogers Jr. 4/6/13

7 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 7 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 5 6 3 4 3 7 7 4 3 3 5 3 4 8 3 6 3 4 7 3 6 5 3 6 3 3 4

Flatter Holy Bull Master Comman Exclusive Qualit Milwaukee Brew Songandaprayer Proud Accolade Wildcat Heir Tale of the Cat Exclusive Qualit Exclusive Qualit Put It Back Put It Back Holy Bull Cloud Hopping Indian Ocean Street Sense Sligo Bay (IRE) Bwana Charlie Macho Uno Smoke Glacken Discreet Cat Bwana Charlie Pomeroy Street Sense Pleasant Tap Greatness Olmodavor Real Quiet Pomeroy Awesome Again Red Bullet Awesome of Cou Smoke Glacken Put It Back Roar of the Tiger Congrats Sligo Bay (IRE) Greatness Songandaprayer Bwana Charlie Rock Hard Ten Trippi Red Bullet Bluegrass Cat Great Pyramid (I Pleasant Tap High Cotton Seattle Fitz (ARG Harlan's Holiday Strong Contende English Channel

Unlimited Budget/Fair Grounds Oaks (G2)

Discreet Dancer/Gulfstrem Park H. (G2)

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H C C C C G F F C C C F G C M G F F F F F C G H F H G C F G M G C F C G G F G F G G F G F M H C M C F C

Date

Track Off ID Pos Race Name BEL CRC LS BHP SA WO EVD PIM AQU CRC TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM FG GP SUN TP OTC GP AQU HOU FG SA TAM TUP AQU AQU GP SUN GP FG CRC WO BHP KEE CT PIM PIM EVD SA SUN CRC OP AQU CRC SUN TAM TAM TAM

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Westchester S. Big Drama S. Texas Mile S. Harry Henson S. La Puente S. Woodstock S. Hallowed Dreams S. Stormy Blues S. Fit to Fight S. Calder Derby Journeyman Stud Sophomore Turf S. Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies S. Besilu Stables Turf Classic S. Ocala Breeders' Sales Sophomore S. Distaff Turf S. Hilton Garden/Hampton Inn Suites Sprint S. Fair Grounds Oaks Orchid S. Harry Henson H. Fathead Bourbonette Oaks OBS Sprint (Filly Division) S. Gulfstream Park H. Tom Fool H. Sam Houston Sprint Cup S. Rachel Alexandra S. San Carlos S. Super S. Turf Paradise Derby Ruby Rubles S. Java Gold S. Hurricane Bertie S. Curribot S. Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship S. Battle of New Orleans S. Big Drama S. Jacques Cartier S. Harry Henson S. Bewitch S. Webb Snyder Charles Town Dash H. Stormy Blues S. Henry S. Clark S. Inaugural S. Santa Lucia S. Sunland Park H. Calder Oaks Carousel S. Carter H. Calder Derby Czaria S. Journeyman Stud Sophomore Turf S. Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies S. Besilu Stables Turf Classic S.

Grade/ Value

Earngs

3/$147,000 $54,500 3/$200,000 $73,600 $72,260 $154,200 $50,000 $75,000 $73,500 $250,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000 2/$490,000 3/$150,000 $75,000 3/$100,000 $50,000 2/$300,000 3/$200,000 $50,000 3/$200,000 2/$200,750 $65,750 $75,000 $73,500 $73,500 3/$150,000 $50,000 3/$150,000 $74,250 $54,500 $169,200 $73,600 3/$150,000 $50,000 $75,000 $91,750 $50,000 $83,600 $75,000 $100,000 $100,000 1/$400,000 $250,000 $50,000 $75,000 $75,000 $75,000

$90,000 $33,500 $122,000 $44,010 $42,600 $90,000 $30,000 $45,000 $45,000 $150,350 $45,000 $45,000 $45,000 $45,000 $45,000 $45,000 $300,000 $90,000 $45,000 $57,660 $30,000 $180,000 $120,000 $30,000 $120,000 $120,000 $45,000 $44,640 $45,000 $45,000 $90,000 $30,000 $90,000 $45,000 $11,000 $30,000 $14,670 $30,000 $9,900 $15,000 $15,000 $10,000 $14,200 $16,500 $19,800 $20,000 $80,000 $48,500 $11,000 $15,000 $15,000 $15,000

Sahara Sky/San Carlos S. (G2)

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Dam

COGLIANESE PHOTO

Horse Name Sex Age Sire

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—STAKES RACES Continued Win/Place/Show Horse Name Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Ruler of Love Inaugurate Sneaking Upony Pyrite On My Min Mordi''s Miracle Flashpoint Marathon Lady King Solomon Brazilian Court Distinctive Yolie Battier Green Money Argentine Tango R Free Roll Bim Bam Teaks North Doubles Partner Alley Oop Oop Beat the Blues Pyrite On My Min Den''s Legacy Ruler of Love Good Lord Yukon Wildcat Ron the Greek My Lady Lauren Chosen Miracle Tiz Gianni Gentlemen''s Bet Marathon Lady Discreet Dancer Reporting Star Apriority African Rose Balino Cotton Pickin Bad Debt Risk Factor Sweet Little Lion Soaring Stocks Successful Song Merit Man Promise Me a Cat Emma''s Encore Den''s Legacy Mind Spell Toasting Clawback Cathy''s Crunche Fort Loudon Cindys Casino Mambo Flyer Reporting Star Hurricane Ike Honey Chile Speak Logistics Comma to the To Promise Me a Cat Heir Kitty Bahamian Squall Appealing Stella Singlet Great Attack

Lovmeaton Top Mambo Chestnut Game Frame of Mind Enchanted Woods Two Punch Lil Abuela Esther (UR Tricky Thunder Devotedness Siphoneous Whobabydatiz Take Into Account Duchess d'Or Jewels N Gems Laurel Light Teaksberry Road Serena's Sister Nizy's Lizzie Imtheblues Frame of Mind Sunshine Song Lovmeaton Dowager Lady Box of Joy Flambe' Regala Di Trieste Royally Chosen Tizprecious Lady of Sun Abuela Esther (UR West Side Dancer Classic Beauty Midway Squall Darby Rose Love That Touch Kats Golden Ways Pleasant Ring Samantha O Perfect Catch Silk Stocks Song for Annie Precise Strike Promise Me Magic French Opera Sunshine Song I'm a Love Bug Ponderway Cloudrunner Miss Atticus Lottsa Talc Tribal Run Forbidden Image Classic Beauty Parental Uproar Christmas Time Miss Sabrina Maggies Storm Promise Me Magic Be Silver Midway Squall Rucielo Taylor's Choice Cat Attack

Faye W. Little 4/6/13 Glen Hill Farm 4/6/13 McLaughlin Family Limited Partnership 4/6/13 Dr. D. W. Frazier 3/24/13 Zayat Stables LLC 3/23/13 Silverleaf Farms Inc. 3/23/13 Stud El Aguila 3/23/13 Rancho Grande Farm Inc. & Ideas Medical Inc. 3/11/13 Donald R. Dizney 3/11/13 Thoroughbred Management LLC 3/9/13 Loren Nichols & Dr Joseph Tripi 3/9/13 Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson 3/3/13 Jacks or Better Farm Inc. 3/2/13 Richard Averill 3/1/13 J D Farms 2/23/13 Brylynn Farm Inc. 2/16/13 Arthur I. Appleton 2/16/13 Jacks or Better Farm Inc. 2/16/13 Edward Pendray B. K. Pendray William F. Murphy & Annabe 2/12/13 Dr. D. W. Frazier 2/9/13 Gaye Swartz 2/2/13 Faye W. Little 4/27/13 Marilyn Fazo Seltzer 4/27/13 Ocala Stud 4/20/13 Jack T. Hammer 4/20/13 Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC 4/20/13 Adena Springs 4/20/13 Adena Springs 4/14/13 Juvenal Diaz 4/13/13 Stud El Aguila 4/10/13 E. Paul Robsham Stable LLC 4/6/13 Gilbert G. Campbell 4/6/13 Donald R. Dizney 4/6/13 Heiligbrodt Racing Stable 4/6/13 Joe Serena & Vivi Serena 4/6/13 Vogt Farms 4/6/13 Pennston Farms Inc. 4/6/13 Westbury Stables 4/6/13 Kinsman Farm 4/6/13 E. Paul Robsham Stable LLC 4/6/13 Live Oak Stud 3/30/13 Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds & Stephen Barberino 3/30/13 Big C Farm 3/26/13 Equest Thoroughbreds Inc. 3/17/13 Gaye Swartz 3/16/13 Bridlewood Farm 3/11/13 L & D Farms Inc. 3/11/13 Loren Nichols 3/9/13 Gilbert G. Campbell 3/9/13 Jacks or Better Farm Inc. 3/9/13 Southern Chase Farm Inc. Karen Dodd & Greg Dodd 3/9/13 Pamela F. Edel 3/3/13 Gilbert G. Campbell 3/3/13 Stanley Boileau 3/2/13 Peachtree Stable 2/24/13 Centaur Farms Inc. 2/23/13 Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson 2/23/13 Big C Farm 2/22/13 Pedro Gonzalez & Jorge Herrera 2/16/13 Donald R. Dizney 2/9/13 Stonecliff Farm 2/9/13 McKathan Bros.

2/2/13 Edward Seltzer & Murray Durst 2/2/13

C M G M C H F G C F C F C F H G H H M M C C G G H F H H C F C G H F C F G C M G M C M F C G F C M C F F G H M C G M F C M F H

3 5 7 6 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 6 5 6 3 5 5 4 3 4 3 6 4 3 3 6 3 5 5 6 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 3 6 5 3 5 5 3 4 5 4 6

Peace Rules Empire Maker Snuck In Seattle Fitz (ARG Lawyer Ron Pomeroy Graeme Hall Double Honor Harlan's Holiday With Distinction Tale of the Cat The Green Monk Black Mambo Rockport Harbor Deputy Wild Cat Northern Afleet Rock Hard Ten Monsieur Cat Great Pyramid (I Seattle Fitz (ARG Medaglia d'Oro Peace Rules Greatness Forest Wildcat Full Mandate Hard Spun Ghostzapper Giacomo Half Ours Graeme Hall Discreet Cat Circular Quay Grand Slam Bwana Charlie Mr. Elway High Cotton Grand Reward Stormy Atlantic Red Bullet Trippi Successful Appe With Distinction D'wildcat Congrats Medaglia d'Oro Proud Accolade Congrats Put It Back West Acre Awesome of Cou Strong Contende Black Mambo Circular Quay Graeme Hall Invisible Ink High Cotton Bwana Charlie D'wildcat Wildcat Heir Gone West Closing Argume Real Quiet Greatness

Date

Track Off ID Pos Race Name TAM TAM TAM SUN AQU OP TP OTC OTC GG LRL CMR TAM GP FG GP TAM TAM FG SUN SA CD LS CT CT EVD SA SUN OP OP AQU CRC SA SUN TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM TAM GP GP PRX GP OP OTC OTC AQU GG GP TAM CMR GP HOU GP GP SA AQU SA GP TAM AQU GP

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Grade/ Value

Ocala Breeders' Sales Sophomore S. $75,000 Distaff Turf S. $75,000 Hilton Garden/Hampton Inn Suites Sprint S. $75,000 Harry Henson H. $75,000 Excelsior S. 3/$150,000 Hot Springs S. $73,500 Fathead Bourbonette Oaks 3/$100,000 OBS Sprint (Colt and Gelding Division) S. $50,000 OBS Championship (Colt & Gelding Division) S. $100,000 Camilla Urso S. $51,650 Private Terms S. $100,500 Clasico Dia de la Mujer S. 2/$45,500 Challenger S. $60,000 Primal Force S. $56,900 Fair Grounds H. 3/$145,500 Mac Diarmida S. 2/$150,000 Tampa Bay S. 3/$150,000 Tampa Bay S. 3/$150,000 Mardi Gras H. $72,750 El Diario S. $50,000 Robert B. Lewis S. 2/$196,000 Derby Trial S. 3/$201,425 Texas Mile S. 3/$200,000 Webb Snyder Charles Town Dash H. $50,000 Charles Town Classic S. 2/$1,500,000 Hallowed Dreams S. $50,000 San Simeon S. 3/$100,250 Sunland Park H. $75,000 Count Fleet Sprint H. 3/$250,000 Fantasy S. 3/$400,000 Carter H. 1/$400,000 Calder Derby $250,000 Potrero Grande S. 2/$150,250 Czaria S. $50,000 Journeyman Stud Sophomore Turf S. $75,000 Stonehedge Farm South Sophomore Fillies S. $75,000 Besilu Stables Turf Classic S. $75,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Sophomore S. $75,000 Distaff Turf S. $75,000 Hilton Garden/Hampton Inn Suites Sprint S. $75,000 Rampart S. 3/$150,000 Besilu Stables Florida Derby 1/$1,000,000 Langhorne S. $72,810 Inside Information S. 2/$150,000 Rebel S. 2/$600,000 OBS Sprint (Colt and Gelding Division) S. $50,000 OBS Championship (Filly Division) S. $100,000 Fred "Cappy" Capossela S. $100,000 Camilla Urso S. $51,650 Gulfstream Park H. 2/$300,000 Suncoast S. $59,000 Clasico Dia de la Mujer S. 2/$45,500 Palm Beach S. 3/$150,000 Maxxam Gold Cup H. $100,000 Ladies Turf Sprint S. $60,000 Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. 2/$400,000 San Carlos S. 2/$200,750 Ruby Rubles S. $73,500 Sweet Life S. $81,850 Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship S. 3/$150,000 Manatee S. $50,000 Correction S. $95,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint S. $75,000

Earngs $15,000 $15,000 $15,000 $16,500 $30,000 $15,000 $18,600 $10,000 $20,000 $10,000 $20,000 $9,100 $9,000 $14,000 $30,000 $30,000 $22,500 $22,500 $15,000 $11,000 $40,000 $19,337 $20,000 $4,950 $125,000 $5,500 $12,000 $7,500 $25,000 $40,000 $40,000 $24,250 $18,000 $5,000 $7,500 $7,500 $7,500 $7,500 $7,500 $7,500 $15,000 $100,000 $8,530 $15,000 $60,000 $5,000 $10,000 $10,000 $6,000 $30,000 $10,000 $4,550 $15,000 $11,000 $6,000 $40,000 $24,000 $7,500 $9,162 $15,000 $5,000 $10,000 $7,500

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show Horse Name E B Ryder Pastor Puckett Lady Repent Whiskey Bravo You Say When Good to Gold Dixie''s Back

Sex Age Sire F G M C C F F

3 6 5 3 2 3 4

Bluegrass Cat Repent Repent Fusaichi Pegasus Concerto Pomeroy Put It Back

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Dam

Breeder

Date

Back to Earth John's Love Mystery Maiden Lovely Dream Shes Waiting Free Skate Dixie Image

Farnsworth Stables LLC Clover Leaf Farms II Inc. Ralph Biszantz France Weiner & Irwin J. Weiner Jesus Rodriguez Emerald Pastures Corp. Inc. Bridlewood Farm

4/28/13 4/28/13 4/28/13 4/27/13 4/26/13 4/26/13 4/23/13

Track ID CRC MNR PIM EVD CMR PEN FP

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

$27,400 $25,300 $42,000 $26,860 $7,592 $31,682 $8,320

$17,100 $15,433 $23,940 $15,000 $4,684 $18,600 $4,800

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Continued Win/Place/Show Horse Name Admired Big Sky Country El Uno Dreaming of Luc Bulaga Singing My Way Take It Out Transparent Will Run for Beer Wild About Chro Saint of Saints Admired Vicarious Won Barisoff Heir Gone Wild Hundred Adams African Rose Thankfulness River Rocks Explosive Argum King Henry Whining Heir Gone Wild G G''s Girl Holy Smoke Western Pine Tip Your Hat Maji Moto Allure Green Money Anduril Sweet Xareni Thank U Philippe Bad Debt R Next Escapade Starship Zorro Tiz a Par Rapacious Hallie Brooks A Shot Away Sneakin the Gold Iloveyoubutimbo Triple Cross El Suri It''s Saturday Nit Espresso Royale Defend La Glamorosa Miss My Rosie Dan''s My Man She Was Free J T Max Aquinnah Jackwagon Shuttlecock Big Lucky El Bagre My Lady Lauren Dreaming of Luc Oh Mexico Spanish Ridge Bloody Smart Passion Rules Rosesintherain Milenario Shotinthefog Brooklyn Cowbo Maggie Simon Egg Drop Sweet Xareni Dixie Deputy

Sex Age Sire F F G F G G F C G G C F F F M G F G C F G G M M G G F G M F C F G G F C C C F M G G G H F M G M F G F G M G F C G F F G G F G F G G G F F F C

4 3 5 3 5 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 5 6 4 5 3 3 5 4 5 6 5 8 4 6 5 3 3 4 6 6 3 3 3 4 3 6 7 5 3 6 4 5 3 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 5 3 6 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 3

Sharp Humor Put It Back Macho Uno Concerto Orientate Wilko Put It Back Bernardini Spanish Steps Indian Ocean Saint Anddan Sharp Humor Elusive Quality Put It Back Wildcat Heir Macho Uno Bwana Charlie Congrats Western Pride Closing Argume Congrats Simon Pure Wildcat Heir Buddha One Nice Cat West Acre Trippi Bwana Charlie Invisible Ink The Green Monk Aragorn (IRE) Bob and John Proud Accolade Grand Reward Brother Derek Giant's Causewa Tiz Wonderful Street Sense A. P. Warrior Posse Gold Token Pomeroy Werblin Spanish Steps Put It Back Macho Uno Graeme Hall Fire Slam D'wildcat Sabre d'Argent Mr. Livingston Trippi City Place Indian Ocean Gottcha Gold Congrats J Be K Hard Spun Concerto Bwana Charlie Spanish Steps Gaff Peace Rules Keyed Entry Cowtown Cat Saint Anddan Pomeroy Simon Pure Alphabet Soup Bob and John Dixie Union

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Indyfendant Wings of Gold Fierce Resistance Grand Veranda Ahorita Gingerbread Dixieland Gulch Habiboo My Working Gal Keri's Snowman Pretty Ready Indyfendant Win With a Wink Miz Betty Grace Grisham Pearlwood Darby Rose Pelicus Affair Flip the Stone T. N. T. Red Wood Witch Sweeping Showers Grisham Appealing Baby Holy Lady Pine Baroness Polished Trick Q. E. Slew Hierarchy Take Into Account Wait 'til Midnight Reeyre She Did Tell Pleasant Ring Valid Silk Starship Voodoo Par Golfer Hidden Pleasure Jon's Kimberly A Kiss Away Sneaky Partner Penne Scoot On By Victoria's Wedding Miz Betty Grace Star Mountain Spring Dana's Lucky Lady Rainbow Smile Slick Lady Then Today Alway La Flamenco Oglala Sue Unbridled Approv Unbridled Bliss My Agenda She's On Appeal Regala Di Trieste Grand Veranda Captain Molly D's Secret Code Ain't It Sweep Meu Paixao (ARG) Twothirty Pop I Top Brewmatic No Better Time Maggies Storm Rehocracy Reeyre Red Pine

WinStar Farm LLC Eico Stable B.J. Geissinger & Karen West Ocala Stud J. Michael O''Farrell Jr. Joseph M. O''Farrell III e Woodsfield Farm Pam Allen Bridlewood Farm Hardacre Farm LLC Martin Stables Inc. Bridlewood Farm James Culver WinStar Farm LLC Live Oak Stud Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC New Farm Adena Springs Heiligbrodt Racing Stable Lucas Farm Inc. & Barry Menefee & Jacalyn Menefee Shadybrook Farm Inc. Alan Parker & Janet W. Hoke DVM Derek Thomas Evans Barbara Rehbein New Farm E & D Enterprises & Buddha Syndicate Stan Stefanski & IWIN Farms LLC Gilbert G. Campbell Four Horsemen''s Ranch Elizabeth P. Whelan Steve Murphy & Teresa Murphy Peachtree Stable Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson Paul Rothfuss & Barbie Rothfuss Loren D. Nichols Edward Poremba & Hannah Poremba Pennston Farms Inc. Ocala Stud Starship Stables & Laurence Leavy Monarch Stables Hickstead Farm Mr. & Mrs. Marty Hershe Carson Springs Farm & Letto Thoroughbreds Ryan Jolley & Melody Jolley Bryan Hicks & Melodee Hicks Gail Rice Martin Stables Inc. Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC David J Lavoie Lloyd Carnes & Lisa Carnes Sienna Farms LLC Hardacre Farm LLC Gilbert G. Campbell David & Teresa Palmer AbraCadabra Farms LTD Anthony Lenci Charles Patton Ocala Stud Agape Enterprises Worldwide LLC Beth Bayer Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC Ocala Stud J. Michael O''Farrell Jr. Joseph M. O''Farrell III e Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson BryLynn Farm Heiligbrodt Racing Stable Tim Dodd & Renee Dodd Littlebrother Farm LLC Stone Alley Linda Eileen Capozzoli Silverleaf Farms Inc. Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson Centaur Farms Inc. Loren D. Nichols Ocala Stud & Ebert Vans Inc.

4/21/13 4/20/13 4/20/13 4/18/13 4/7/13 4/6/13 4/5/13 4/4/13 3/30/13 3/24/13 3/21/13 3/19/13 3/14/13 3/13/13 3/7/13 3/6/13 3/3/13 2/21/13 2/21/13 2/18/13 2/16/13 2/16/13 2/12/13 2/9/13 2/9/13 2/9/13 2/9/13 2/7/13 2/4/13 2/3/13 2/3/13 2/2/13 2/2/13 4/28/13 4/27/13 4/27/13 4/27/13 4/26/13 4/26/13 4/24/13 4/20/13 4/20/13 4/19/13 4/18/13 4/18/13 4/15/13 4/14/13 4/13/13 4/13/13 4/13/13 4/12/13 4/3/13 3/29/13 3/24/13 3/19/13 3/17/13 3/17/13 3/15/13 3/13/13 3/11/13 3/9/13 3/8/13 3/6/13 3/6/13 3/2/13 3/2/13 3/1/13 2/24/13 2/23/13 2/22/13 2/21/13

MNR PRX TAM CRC PIM PIM MNR AQU TAM TAM GP MNR LRL GP CT BEU SUN CT GP HOU PEN SUN CT DED GP SUN TUP PEN HOU CMR CMR CMR TAM PIM CD CRC PEN KEE PEN HAW FL TAM KEE CMR KEE PRX CRC CMR OP PRX MNR CT TAM TAM MNR FG MNR DED GP TUP CMR MNR BEU DED CMR PRX CT FG SA CMR GP

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

$28,400 $49,568 $20,200 $27,100 $42,000 $42,000 $25,300 $63,650 $19,300 $19,900 $47,850 $25,300 $39,200 $43,500 $27,000 $5,200 $35,900 $26,100 $43,500 $21,000 $32,240 $25,600 $28,000 $33,100 $53,400 $32,000 $13,000 $32,922 $21,500 $11,248 $7,830 $7,191 $29,100 $55,000 $49,204 $25,900 $31,000 $52,080 $31,682 $37,200 $27,500 $20,200 $53,056 $10,789 $59,827 $58,780 $25,900 $11,248 $55,000 $48,500 $22,200 $26,200 $17,800 $19,900 $25,300 $41,830 $22,200 $35,770 $43,500 $13,000 $10,100 $25,300 $5,200 $40,430 $7,990 $59,780 $28,200 $44,960 $59,294 $10,789 $43,500

$17,608 $28,200 $12,248 $17,100 $23,940 $23,940 $15,433 $40,200 $12,076 $12,420 $28,710 $15,686 $22,800 $26,100 $16,200 $3,224 $21,540 $15,600 $26,100 $12,480 $18,600 $15,360 $16,800 $18,000 $33,800 $19,200 $8,060 $18,600 $12,600 $6,657 $4,634 $4,437 $18,300 $11,550 $8,220 $5,600 $6,200 $10,020 $6,200 $6,000 $5,500 $4,040 $10,520 $2,295 $10,280 $9,400 $5,850 $2,295 $11,000 $9,400 $4,440 $5,200 $4,040 $4,212 $5,060 $8,200 $4,440 $7,100 $9,135 $2,548 $2,295 $5,060 $1,040 $6,700 $1,598 $9,400 $5,600 $8,200 $11,600 $2,295 $9,570

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Continued Win/Place/Show Horse Name Kamilah Beauty Patriotic Dream Cajun Don Big John B Mambo Flyer Folk Singer I Know It All Success Rate Explosive Argum Rupertactofduty Term Loan Maggie Simon Gibson County Li Cheetah Pants Double Ours Yes This Is It Uptown Anthem Escrow Kid Triple Great Beach Lightning Forest Jingles Wellingtons App Distinctive Yolie Franklinpark Vee''s Accolade Silver Summation Espresso Royale Pomeroy Star Snow Fair Beach Lightning R Holiday Mood Bonnistar Nothing But Fire Grey by You Super Candy I Am Discreet Milwaukee Mixer Lady Repent Oh Mexico Uptown Anthem Correspondent Waleska''s Weddi Gibson County Li Nothing But Fire Mambo Flyer Pomeroy Star On Time Again Shotinthefog Waleska''s Weddi Remember Lynn

Sex Age Sire F R G G F H F C F M C F H F C H G G M M G F F G G G M G M M M G G G G F G M G G M F H G F G F G F M

3 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 3 6 4 4 5 3 3 5 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 8 6 3 4 3 5 5 4 3 5 3 5 6 3 5 4 4 3 5

Gaff Patriot Act Full Mandate Hard Spun Black Mambo Forest Danger Montbrook Friends Lake Closing Argume Act of Duty City Place Simon Pure Gibson County Safe in the U S A Half Ours Yes It's True Gottcha Gold City Place Greatness Greatness Forestry Half Ours With Distinction Essence of Duba Proud Accolade Closing Argume Macho Uno Pomeroy Snow Ridge Greatness Trippi Full Mandate Lexicon Concorde's Tune Candy Ride (ARG Discreet Cat Milwaukee Brew Repent Bwana Charlie Gottcha Gold Rock Hard Ten Peace Rules Gibson County Lexicon Black Mambo Pomeroy Holy Bull Saint Anddan Peace Rules Mongoose

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Beautiful Beau All My Dreams Lac Dawat Baldomera Forbidden Image Folk Art Star Rainbow Snappy Tune T. N. T. Red Stars n Scars Appella Maggies Storm Super Lass Just Call Me Berty Double Bling Raspberry Affair Strike the Harp Free Strike Triple Top Beachnick Just a Jingle Wellingtons Choic Siphoneous Dandy Rose Bridget of Eire Sliver of Silver Star Mountain Gal From Ipanima Their Serve Beachnick Polish Holiday Family Trouble No Prospect Exotic Cat Zuppa Silk Concorde Cocktailsandream Mystery Maiden Captain Molly Strike the Harp Uplifting Dancing Code Super Lass No Prospect Forbidden Image Gal From Ipanima Speak Your Mind Brewmatic Dancing Code It's Krista

Best A Luck Farm LLC & Norman Casse Michael Clare Carl Bowling Brylynn Farm Inc. Pamela F. Edel Brent Fernung Crystal Fernung & Dr. Phil Matthews Ocala Stud Maxxam Alliance Alan Parker & Janet W. Hoke DVM Rupert B. Brown Jerry M. Cutrona & Jeanne H. Cutrona Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson Marilyn Lewis & Saronda Smith Lambholm & Colts Neck Stables Oliver B. Brooks Jr. Joseph Barbazon & Helen Barbazon Greg E Norman Robert B Shoukry Bathen Thoroughbreds LLC. Carl Bowling E & D Enterprises Whisper Hill Farm LLC Juvenal Diaz Thoroughbred Management LLC Willis Family Stables Inc. Martha Magliacane Southern Chase Farm Inc. & Karen Dodd David J Lavoie Cashel Stud Inc. Darcy Scudero & Center Stage Farm E & D Enterprises E. Paul Robsham Stable LLC Stanley Moles Larry E. Altman Lenora Kay Black Captain Jakeman & Mrs. W. C. Jakeman E Paul Robsham Stable LLC Patricia Generazio Ralph Biszantz Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson Robert B Shoukry Glen Hill Farm Big C Farm Marilyn Lewis & Saronda Smith Larry E. Altman Pamela F. Edel Cashel Stud Inc. British Mist Breeding & Racing Linda Eileen Capozzoli Big C Farm Heather Hurlbut

2/18/13 2/17/13 2/10/13 2/9/13 2/3/13 2/1/13 4/28/13 4/27/13 4/27/13 4/23/13 4/23/13 4/20/13 4/20/13 4/19/13 4/18/13 4/16/13 4/14/13 4/14/13 4/12/13 4/11/13 4/10/13 4/7/13 4/5/13 4/5/13 4/4/13 4/1/13 4/1/13 3/31/13 3/29/13 3/27/13 3/27/13 3/25/13 3/23/13 3/22/13 3/17/13 3/13/13 3/1/13 2/22/13 2/22/13 2/21/13 2/21/13 2/18/13 2/17/13 2/15/13 2/13/13 2/10/13 2/6/13 2/4/13 2/3/13 2/2/13

CMR TAM HOU GP CMR TAM CRC CRC LS BEU FL EVD TAM KEE LS CT CRC PRX PEN CT PEN PRX GG GP AQU MNR PRX CMR TAM CT GP BEU CT MNR TUP GP CT LRL TUP GP TAM CMR TAM CT CMR CMR TUP PRX CMR CMR

2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

$7,830 $18,100 $21,500 $53,400 $11,248 $17,800 $27,400 $25,900 $25,000 $5,200 $23,000 $29,140 $20,200 $53,056 $21,000 $26,000 $25,900 $59,400 $32,240 $28,100 $35,960 $48,000 $34,204 $48,950 $63,650 $37,100 $58,780 $7,191 $17,800 $28,200 $57,928 $5,200 $27,000 $25,300 $15,700 $43,500 $28,200 $40,000 $13,200 $43,500 $17,500 $7,830 $18,100 $27,100 $10,789 $11,248 $15,700 $64,540 $11,248 $7,191

$1,598 $4,040 $4,280 $11,335 $2,295 $4,040 $2,800 $2,800 $2,739 $520 $2,300 $2,750 $2,020 $5,260 $2,266 $2,600 $3,050 $6,050 $3,410 $2,800 $3,410 $5,170 $4,080 $5,885 $6,700 $3,710 $5,170 $765 $1,720 $2,800 $8,164 $520 $2,700 $2,530 $1,539 $4,350 $2,800 $4,400 $1,294 $4,785 $2,192 $799 $2,020 $2,700 $1,148 $1,148 $1,539 $5,170 $1,148 $765

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show Horse Name Sweet Mike Amomenttomam Decisive David Belle of the Cong Colorful Image Her Royalship Shinning Powers Seattle Me Up Take Time to Pra Lady Dozer King Solomon Coffee Man Who Needs Author Bob Noelle''s Quay Konko Jones Macho Spaces

Sex Age Sire G G C M F F C F C F G C F G F C G

3 6 3 5 3 2 3 3 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4

Sweet Return (G Black Mambo Sunriver Mr. Livingston Ready's Image Langfuhr Indygo Shiner Point Given Songandaprayer Trippi Double Honor Imperialism Montbrook Concerto Circular Quay Saint Anddan Macho Uno

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Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Thunderous Wave Marsing Super Deelites Stackal Colorama My Lordship Awesome Powers Donna Slew Scattitude Willa Cather Tricky Thunder Heythisis Sarah Cutoffs Sequentially She's Sterling Jabibti (PER) Winter Spaces

Michael P. Cristello Zollie Durr William Schettine Magalen O. Bryant Joanne Crowe & Joe Pickerrell Live Oak Stud Mr. & Mrs. Hernando Gutierez Dr. Robert Baker Joanne Crowe & Donald Crowe Judi Hicklin Rancho Grande Farm Inc. & Ideas Medical Inc. Get Away Farm Ocala Stud J. Michael O''Farrell Jr. & Edward Wiest DVM Dahl Farms LLC Kay Dennis & Florida Bloodstock LLC Ricardo Morales Y-Lo Racing Stables LLC

4/28/13 4/28/13 4/27/13 4/27/13 4/26/13 4/26/13 4/26/13 4/26/13 4/25/13 4/24/13 4/24/13 4/22/13 4/21/13 4/21/13 4/20/13 4/19/13 4/13/13

ATL TAM CRC FX ATL CRC PIM TAM PIM IND TAM MNR PIM TAM HAW LS CRC

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

$27,000 $19,400 $27,100 $15,000 $15,000 $34,000 $40,000 $17,900 $40,000 $32,501 $19,700 $19,400 $40,000 $19,400 $28,000 $20,000 $27,400

$16,200 $12,300 $17,100 $9,000 $9,000 $21,100 $22,800 $10,030 $22,800 $19,501 $11,960 $11,640 $22,800 $12,300 $16,800 $11,820 $17,100

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Continued Win/Place/Show Horse Name No Distinction Biorhythm Ondine One Wild Fire Free Shipping Salty Emperor Burning Truth Pablo Del Monte Pure Loyalty Dancing Flashy Sweet N Discreet Hold''em Hustler Trev Unfettered Yes This Is It Wickette Rebecca''s Bay Channel the Gree Shesa Sweet Secr Dreaming of Susi Western High El Bagre Monaguska Lori''s Store Heart and Pride Good to Gold Nemrac Disruption Summer Exclusiv Mnmssweepinbe Wise Maker Lenderoflastreso My Lady Lauren Tap It Easy Kingofalldiamon Retreive Marathon Lady J T Max Course I''ll Wynn She''s a Gold Min Ocean''s of Mone Missile Assault Josh''s Butta Butt Big Sky Country What a Spot Dreaming of Luc Stallwalkin'' Dud Maura''s Purse Diana''s Daisy Miscombobulate Bella Nicole How Coool Is He Sweet Rocket Ma Miss Derek Who''s Daddy Is Delta Bluesman W W Distinction Sweetsouthernpi Expropriate Drain Them Dry Concorde West Pass Me a Bottle Yes Briar Mojo Decisive David Drover Crazy Salty Emperor Major Affair Ondine Victorious Won Colonel Red Remind Mee Great Rising Star Author Bob Lily''s Jackie Boy

Sex Age Sire C F F F H G F C C F F G C C H F F F F F C G F F G F G G C F C F F F C C F G M F F C F F F F G F F C F C G F G C G G F G C F F F C C G G F F C C H G G

3 3 3 4 5 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 3

With Distinction Malibu Moon Medaglia d'Oro D'wildcat Indian Ocean Salty Note Burning Roma Giant's Causewa Simon Pure Flashy Bull Discreet Cat Alphabet Soup Exclusive Qualit Rockport Harbor Yes It's True Indian Ocean Sligo Bay (IRE) English Channel Peace Rules Cowtown Cat High Cotton J Be K Yonaguska El Prado (IRE) Western Pride Pomeroy Repent Street Boss Exclusive Qualit With Distinction Wised Up Yes It's True Hard Spun Tapit Giant's Causewa Put It Back Graeme Hall Trippi Awesome of Cou Smart Strike Indian Ocean With Distinction Keyed Entry Put It Back Arch Concerto City Place Hal's Image Langfuhr D'wildcat Bellamy Road Put It Back Mr. Livingston Brother Derek Scat Daddy Wagon Limit With Distinction Sweetsoutherns Shakespeare Grand Reward Concorde's Tune Concorde's Tune In Summation Circular Quay Sunriver Cowtown Cat Salty Note Officer Medaglia d'Oro More Than Read Boastful Peace Rules Greatness Concerto Bluegrass Cat

Dam

Breeder

Date

Casting Call Mystic Rhythms Arrow in Flight Madam Fireplace La Joya Escondida Rising Empress Truth Or Dehere One Hot Wish Bourbon Night Dancing Elaine West Side Dancer Just in Passing East Lake Classic New York Jessica Raspberry Affair Twenty Reasons Inhisimage Grab the Green Stalwart's Secret Yes It's Royalty Western Tornado She's On Appeal Monaroll Big Promise Heart of a Fighter Free Skate Dogwood Patty Disrupt Summer Dream Statute Heaven's Light Pashmina Regala Di Trieste Victory Pool Queenofalldiamon Pleasant Quality Abuela Esther (UR La Flamenco How Ya Doing In the Gold Peggy's Lady Bridal Glow Red Hot Baroness Wings of Gold Eversmile Grand Veranda Chelle Spendabuc Makememoneyho Oglala Sue As Do I Payer Way Indian Moccasin Sweet Glory Quick Text Twirl Smoke Alarm Beautiful Mistress Misspitch Gone Exclusive Suave and Pretty Delta Silks Wine Spot Yeah Me Alleged World Super Deelites Her She Shawklit Rising Empress Arctic Affair Arrow in Flight Win Approval Tropical Runner Ice Girl Cat's Evil I. Sequentially Tiz Twentyfour K

Big C Farms 4/13/13 Peter Vegso Racing Stable 4/12/13 Gilbert G. Campbell 4/12/13 Karen J. Silva 4/12/13 Bridlewood Farm 4/10/13 Bruno Schickedanz 4/10/13 University of Florida Foundation 4/7/13 Wesley A. Ward 4/7/13 Jacqueline Fleck 4/7/13 Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson 4/7/13 E. Paul Robsham Stable LLC 4/5/13 J. R. Cavanaugh 3/30/13 Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis 3/27/13 Sally J. Andersen 3/24/13 Greg E Norman 3/20/13 Jeff Zlonis & David Wichman 3/19/13 Pamela Edel 3/18/13 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Rogers Jr. 3/17/13 Bathen Thoroughbreds LLC 3/16/13 Gerald F. Bailey 3/15/13 E. Paul Robsham Stable LLC 3/14/13 Beth Bayer 3/11/13 A. Delaperriere Stables LLC 3/9/13 Glen Hill Farm 3/9/13 Kathy Machesky 3/6/13 Emerald Pastures Corp. Inc. 3/6/13 Catherine Dickenson 3/3/13 Bridlewood Farm 3/2/13 Ponder Hill Inc 3/2/13 Gordon Reiss & Lindie Reiss 3/1/13 J D Farms 3/1/13 Off The Hook Partners LLC & Farm III Enterprises LLC 2/24/13 Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC 2/23/13 New Farm 2/23/13 Live Oak Stud 2/23/13 Bridlewood Farm 2/22/13 Stud El Aguila 2/21/13 AbraCadabra Farms LTD 2/19/13 Wynn Jolley & Mary Jolley 2/16/13 Live Oak Stud 2/15/13 Peggy J. Follin 2/10/13 Tim James Mawhinney & Karen Faye Mawhinney 2/7/13 Tracy L. Bearden 2/6/13 Eico Stable 2/4/13 Glen Hill Farm 2/3/13 Ocala Stud J. Michael O''Farrell Jr. Joseph M. O''Farrell III e 2/2/13 Maria M. Haire 2/1/13 Rose Family Stables LTD 4/26/13 Anthony Lenci 4/26/13 Derby Daze Farm 4/25/13 Dr. Robert Baker 4/24/13 George G. Isaacs 4/24/13 Alton Ison & Majel E Ison 4/21/13 Scott Lanier 4/21/13 Joseph Barbazon & Helen Barbazon 4/20/13 Denis A. Dwyer 4/20/13 Imagine LLC 4/19/13 Katherine Devall 4/16/13 Alexander Schettine 4/14/13 Dr. R. D. Daniels Jr. Dr. C. B. Daniels Robert Brown & Nancy 4/13/13 Ocala Stud 4/13/13 Saronda Smith 4/13/13 Robert A. Murphy & Dr. Sandy Price-Murphy 4/11/13 Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews 4/11/13 William Schettine 4/6/13 Gulf Coast Farms Bloodstock LP 4/6/13 Bruno Schickedanz 3/30/13 Sabine Stable & Tim F. Ahearn Jr. 3/30/13 Gilbert G. Campbell 3/29/13 Live Oak Stud 3/28/13 Bryan R. Baker 3/27/13 Mat Monaco 3/23/13 Marilyn Seltzer & Beth Bayer 3/22/13 Dahl Farms LLC 3/22/13 Destiny Oaks of Ocala 3/20/13

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

OP KEE SA TAM BEU CT CRC KEE SA TAM GP SUN GP SUN CT MNR HOU TAM FON GP GP MNR PRX TAM GP PEN RIL GG SA HAW TAM AQU DED GP GP GP OP CT TAM LRL SA CT TAM PRX SA GP GP CRC TAM ATL TAM TAM CRC HST HST TAM FP MNR CRC MNR OP TAM GG OP CRC SA CT SA SA GP GP GG GG TAM DED

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

$57,000 $52,479 $56,250 $19,100 $4,500 $26,000 $27,100 $46,998 $56,750 $19,400 $54,600 $20,500 $46,200 $20,500 $26,200 $19,400 $19,000 $19,100 $7,400 $42,000 $42,000 $19,400 $46,980 $24,100 $50,400 $31,200 $1,600 $30,640 $57,750 $28,000 $20,000 $60,000 $31,400 $42,000 $49,350 $42,000 $53,000 $26,400 $19,700 $38,000 $57,750 $26,200 $19,700 $48,980 $56,250 $42,000 $42,000 $34,000 $17,900 $15,000 $17,000 $19,700 $25,000 $22,231 $21,946 $17,900 $13,300 $19,400 $25,600 $19,400 $57,000 $17,000 $28,000 $56,000 $25,600 $56,750 $26,100 $56,750 $56,250 $49,350 $46,200 $32,446 $33,418 $17,900 $34,310

$34,200 $29,340 $33,600 $11,960 $2,700 $15,600 $17,100 $26,280 $33,600 $12,300 $35,070 $12,300 $27,720 $12,300 $15,600 $11,252 $10,920 $11,960 $4,440 $25,200 $25,200 $11,252 $27,000 $14,640 $32,550 $18,000 $896 $16,200 $33,600 $16,800 $12,300 $36,000 $17,460 $25,200 $32,550 $25,200 $31,800 $15,600 $12,300 $21,660 $33,600 $15,600 $12,130 $27,000 $33,600 $25,200 $25,200 $7,070 $4,000 $2,700 $3,400 $4,000 $5,250 $3,800 $3,800 $4,000 $1,900 $3,880 $5,600 $3,880 $11,400 $3,400 $4,500 $11,200 $5,850 $11,200 $5,200 $11,200 $11,200 $11,340 $9,240 $5,400 $5,400 $4,170 $6,700

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Continued Win/Place/Show Horse Name Blissful Gold Master Deceiver Tragedy''s Trium Union Made Dream Ketch Argosy Our Unbridled G Daddy Loves Gol Hold''em Hustler Miss Mulligan Celtics Stride Street Trick Distinct Sparkle Carters Gap Quiquinho Dreamlicious Lily''s Jackie Boy Morethanahalo How Coool Is He Master Deceiver Our Unbridled G Saturday''s Girl Colonel Red Tragedy''s Trium Lyla Dawn Flashy Bangles Cotton Blend Bellamy Storm Retreive Marathon Lady Awarding Burning Truth Lori''s Store My Lady Lauren Morethanahalo Thinkinquality John Maples Rugged Rascal Chapel Wine La Hija de Olga Summer Interlud Miss Mulligan Peaceful Prince It''s a Bad Rapit M G Prince Tactical Image Blissful Gold One Golden Road Delux Deelite Deb''s Trip Thinkinquality Author Bob Burlman Peace At Last Pretty Patsy Rugged Rascal Sweet Rocket Ma Scully Bella Nicole Honey''s Back Union Made Great Rising Star Donnasgreenma Brother Pete Miss Hemingway Ramsey Branch Drama Coach Coffee Man Master Deceiver Copper Bay Pure Loyalty Celtics Stride How Coool Is He Tactical Image Jojo''s Revenge

Sex Age Sire F G F F C C F F G M C F F C C F G C C G F F C F F F F C C F C F F F C G G G F F M M G C C G F C G F G G G C F G G C F F F H C C F C C C G G C C C G C

3 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 3 2 6 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3

Gottcha Gold Bwana Charlie With Distinction Dixie Union Chapel Royal With Distinction Unbridled's Song Scat Daddy Alphabet Soup Milwaukee Brew Irish Road Street Sense With Distinction Freud Keltos (FR) Ecclesiastic Bluegrass Cat Halo's Image Put It Back Bwana Charlie Unbridled's Song Any Given Satur Boastful With Distinction Werblin Flashy Bull Graeme Hall Bellamy Road Put It Back Graeme Hall Keyed Entry Burning Roma El Prado (IRE) Hard Spun Halo's Image Exclusive Qualit Alajwad Closing Argume Chapel Royal Hear No Evil Put It Back Milwaukee Brew Best of the Rest Tapit Henny Hughes Halo's Image Gottcha Gold Sabre d'Argent Wekiva Springs Trippi Exclusive Qualit Concerto Drewman Peace Rules Gimmeawink Closing Argume Mr. Livingston Tale of the Cat Bellamy Road Put It Back Dixie Union Greatness Gouldings Green Broken Vow Circular Quay Cowtown Cat Montbrook Imperialism Bwana Charlie Sligo Bay (IRE) Simon Pure Irish Road Put It Back Halo's Image Ghostzapper

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Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Pearly White Creative Trickster Apache Dancer Jeux de Danse Fast Call Lorline Miss Gem Glitz N Gold Just in Passing Miss Delia Staisha Brief Bliss Constant Sparkle Catchy Patton Imperiossa (IRE) Gratorious Tiz Twentyfour K Morethanamiracle Indian Moccasin Creative Trickster Miss Gem Ricki S Tropical Runner Apache Dancer Lila Wanblee Bojangle Now Cotton House Bay Relentless Storm Pleasant Quality Abuela Esther (UR All My Dreams Truth Or Dehere Big Promise Regala Di Trieste Morethanamiracle Thinkinoutoftheb Highland Penny Merci Merlot Moment Olgamar Silver Petticoat Miss Delia Zee Custard Lady Grandeur Eastside Westside Dont Say No Sierr Pearly White It's the Cats Meow Blessings Queen Debby Thinkinoutoftheb Sequentially Crissy's Comet Funky Fraulein Alice in Wonder Merci Sweet Glory Hot Tip Payer Way Perpetualhoneym Jeux de Danse Cat's Evil I. Dusty Sparkle Andrea Gail Destiny's Yield Sanibel Sole Nancy's Glitter Heythisis Sarah Creative Trickster Ms Royal Swain Bourbon Night Staisha Indian Moccasin Dont Say No Sierr Diamant Lady

Cashel Stud Inc. Leprechaun Racing Charlie Dobbs Farnsworth Farms Anthony Stallone Jr. Marco Gazzani & Eduardo Azpurna Jr. Don Mattox & Pam Mattox Emerald Pastures Corp.

J. R. Cavanaugh Weiss Robert C. Roffey Jr. Sally Andersen Betty King Eugene Melnyk Luisa Degwitz Hidden Point Farm Inc. Destiny Oaks of Ocala Kathy Machesky George G. Isaacs Leprechaun Racing Don Mattox & Pam Mattox Steve Schriever Bryan R. Baker Charlie Dobbs Stori D Atchison & Ricky Leppala BryLynn Farm Inc. Jacalyn Menefee Kinsman Farm Bridlewood Farm Stud El Aguila Lori A. Smock University of Florida Foundation Glen Hill Farm Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC Kathy Machesky William G. Law Louis Gurino Sally J. Andersen Hardacre Farm LLC Tanourin Stable Anthony K Gordon Weiss University of Florida Foundation Sienna Farms LLC Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC Just For Fun Stables Cashel Stud Inc. Joseph J. DiGrazia & Thomas J. DiGrazia John McCarthy Gordon Racing Corp William G. Law Dahl Farms LLC Louie Rogers & Clint Rogers John David Zuidema Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Darryl John Foster Sally J. Andersen Alton Ison & Majel E Ison Hickstead Farm Dr. Robert Baker Paul Sharp Farnsworth Farms Marilyn Seltzer & Beth Bayer Dr. Myron Wilson Craig L. Wheeler Destiny Oaks of Ocala Cypress Farms 1991 Cashel Stud Inc. Get Away Farm Leprechaun Racing Adena Springs Jacqueline Fleck Robert C. Roffey Jr. George G. Isaacs Just For Fun Stables Rick Sutherland

3/16/13 3/16/13 3/15/13 3/15/13 3/14/13 3/14/13 3/13/13 3/10/13 3/9/13 3/8/13 3/8/13 3/7/13 3/3/13 3/2/13 3/1/13 2/23/13 2/22/13 2/22/13 2/22/13 2/18/13 2/16/13 2/15/13 2/13/13 2/12/13 2/11/13 2/11/13 2/6/13 2/3/13 2/3/13 2/3/13 2/3/13 2/2/13 2/2/13 2/1/13 2/1/13 4/28/13 4/27/13 4/27/13 4/26/13 4/26/13 4/26/13 4/21/13 4/21/13 4/20/13 4/20/13 4/16/13 4/14/13 4/13/13 4/13/13 4/13/13 4/13/13 4/12/13 4/10/13 4/7/13 4/7/13 4/6/13 4/6/13 4/6/13 4/6/13 4/5/13 4/5/13 4/4/13 3/30/13 3/30/13 3/28/13 3/27/13 3/24/13 3/24/13 3/24/13 3/24/13 3/23/13 3/22/13 3/22/13 3/20/13 3/17/13

HAW PRX FG GP CT GP TAM GP SUN HOU TAM GP FG TP TAM GP DED GP TAM PRX TAM GG GP FG BEU HOU TAM AQU GP OP TAM GP TAM DED GP TAM CHL CHL ATL CRC TAM LS TAM TAM TDN MNR HAW CRC HAW PIM TAM TAM CT MNR TAM CNL CRC SA TAM FP GP GG PEN SA GP GP FG MNR PRX SA SA TAM TAM DED FG

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

$28,000 $45,500 $39,000 $42,000 $26,400 $42,000 $17,600 $44,100 $20,500 $20,000 $17,600 $45,150 $39,000 $18,240 $20,000 $42,000 $30,800 $42,000 $17,600 $46,500 $19,700 $32,508 $45,150 $39,000 $4,500 $19,000 $19,700 $60,000 $44,100 $53,000 $17,900 $42,000 $17,600 $28,000 $42,000 $19,400 $19,400 $19,400 $15,000 $34,000 $17,900 $20,000 $19,400 $17,900 $14,000 $19,400 $28,000 $27,400 $28,000 $40,000 $17,300 $17,300 $26,000 $19,400 $19,400 $15,000 $25,600 $56,750 $17,000 $13,680 $54,600 $33,642 $30,000 $56,750 $49,350 $46,200 $39,000 $19,400 $46,000 $56,750 $56,250 $17,900 $17,300 $34,310 $39,000

$5,600 $9,000 $7,800 $8,820 $5,200 $8,820 $4,000 $10,500 $4,305 $3,940 $4,000 $10,080 $7,800 $2,360 $4,000 $8,820 $5,820 $8,820 $4,170 $9,000 $4,170 $5,400 $10,500 $7,800 $900 $3,760 $4,000 $12,000 $10,920 $10,600 $4,000 $8,820 $4,000 $5,600 $7,980 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 $1,500 $3,670 $2,000 $2,189 $2,170 $2,000 $1,400 $1,940 $2,800 $3,050 $2,800 $4,400 $2,000 $2,000 $2,600 $1,940 $2,000 $1,500 $2,500 $6,720 $1,700 $950 $5,670 $3,240 $3,300 $6,720 $5,208 $4,158 $4,290 $1,940 $4,950 $6,720 $6,720 $2,000 $2,000 $3,685 $4,290

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Continued Win/Place/Show Horse Name Chippette Donnasgreenma Dangerous Hill Beautiful Sunset Autobahn Legen Indy Awesome Cathy''s Irish Boy Precious Amanda Drama Coach Colonel Red Jetbird Blissful Gold Great White Channel the Gree Without Guilt Blue Deep Pure Loyalty Great Rising Star Cathy''s Irish Boy Concorde West Lady Dozer Paint the Moon Konko Jones Tactical Image Indy Awesome Great White Lil Barbie Doodle Gold Empire Mystery Me Celtics Stride Dreamcastle Trev Atlantic Dream Farah

Sex Age Sire F C C F C C G F C C F F C F F C C H G C F G C G C C F F F C F C F F

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3

Purge Gouldings Green Forest Danger Act of Duty Smart Strike A.P. Indy R. Cooper Montbrook Montbrook Boastful Wildcat Heir Gottcha Gold Wilko English Channel With Distinction Saint Anddan Simon Pure Greatness R. Cooper Concorde's Tune Trippi Malibu Moon Saint Anddan Halo's Image A.P. Indy Wilko Pomeroy Empire Maker Bwana Charlie Irish Road Graeme Hall Exclusive Qualit Stormy Atlantic Imperialism

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Chippi Dusty Sparkle Cherry Hill Gal Miss Dulany Autobahn Girl Awesome Fleet Cordon Negro Lady Miralux Nancy's Glitter Tropical Runner Soldiersingsblues Pearly White Ms. Fast Slew Grab the Green Guilt Free Saratoga Ball Bourbon Night Cat's Evil I. Cordon Negro Delta Silks Willa Cather Paint Me Red Jabibti (PER) Dont Say No Sierr Awesome Fleet Ms. Fast Slew Powerful Two Pun In the Gold Tembisa Staisha Gulch Bay East Lake Classic Frosty Promise Flipaway

William P. Sorren Dr. Myron Wilson New Farm Amalio Ruiz Lozano Live Oak Stud Donald R. Dizney Edward G. Gerrits David Melin & Leon Ellman Cashel Stud Inc. Bryan R. Baker Didier Plasencia Cashel Stud Inc. Enrique Hernandez Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Rogers Jr. Donna Wheeler Greg Wheeler & Bridle Oaks Farm Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Marty J. Hershe Jacqueline Fleck Marilyn Seltzer & Beth Bayer Edward G. Gerrits Ocala Stud Judi Hicklin Lambholm Ricardo Morales Just For Fun Stables Donald R. Dizney Enrique Hernandez Kirk Laneve Live Oak Stud Castletop Stables Robert C. Roffey Jr. John Shaw Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis Bridlewood Farm Belinda M. Kitos & Dr. Robert J. Kitos

3/15/13 3/14/13 3/14/13 3/9/13 3/9/13 3/9/13 3/8/13 3/7/13 3/6/13 3/6/13 3/2/13 3/1/13 3/1/13 2/24/13 2/23/13 2/22/13 2/17/13 2/17/13 2/17/13 2/16/13 2/16/13 2/13/13 2/10/13 2/8/13 2/8/13 2/8/13 2/3/13 2/3/13 2/3/13 2/3/13 2/2/13 2/1/13 2/1/13 2/1/13

GP CT GP BEU GP TAM TAM GP FG GP SA HAW TAM TAM GP GP SA SA TAM OP TAM GP HOU DED TAM TAM GG GP SA TAM GP GP GP TAM

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

$42,000 $26,400 $42,000 $4,500 $43,050 $22,300 $17,600 $45,150 $45,000 $50,400 $57,250 $28,000 $20,000 $17,300 $42,000 $42,000 $57,000 $57,500 $17,000 $53,000 $19,700 $45,150 $19,000 $30,000 $17,300 $17,300 $28,720 $43,050 $56,250 $17,900 $42,000 $42,000 $43,050 $17,300

$4,620 $2,600 $4,200 $450 $4,830 $2,500 $1,700 $4,830 $4,950 $4,830 $6,720 $2,800 $2,000 $2,000 $4,200 $4,620 $6,720 $6,720 $1,700 $5,300 $2,040 $4,830 $1,991 $3,080 $2,000 $2,000 $3,240 $4,830 $6,720 $2,000 $4,200 $3,780 $4,830 $2,000

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Please type or print in ink

Due by August 31 of year foaled

APPLICATION FOR

FLORIDA-BRED REGISTRATION FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION 801 SW 60th Avenue · Ocala, Florida 34474-1827 • Phone (352) 629-2160 · Fax (352) 629-3603 Application must be complete and accompanied by required fee or it will be returned.

Please see reverse side for instructions on registration and all deadline information.

Breeder(s) of Foal __________________________________________________________________ Owner of dam at foaling (must match Jockey Club Breeder of Record) FTBOA Member Name _________________________________Member # ____________________ Breeder’s Address __________________________________________________________________ Street or Box Number __________________________________________________________________ City State Zip Breeder’s Home Phone _________________________Cell Phone ____________________________ Email Address ____________________________________________________________________ Name of Farm _______________________________________Phone No. _____________________ Where foal was dropped Farm’s Address ____________________________________________________________________ Street or Box No. ____________________________________________________________________ City State Zip

Sex Color C/F

Date Foaled

Sire

OFFICE USE ONLY Foal of 20_________ Member: ( ) (75)

(150)

(300) (7,500)

Non-Member ( ) (150) (300)

(600) (7,500)

Date Received _____ Computer ( )

Dam

Dam’s Sire

I certify that the information provided above is true and correct and that the foals identified above are Thoroughbred horses foaled in the state of Florida and are therefore eligible for registration as “Florida-Breds”. I assume full responsibility for the registration of these foals and agree that if any of the information provided herein is false or fraudulent: (1) the horses shall no longer be considered Florida-Breds, (2) I will be forever denied the privilege of registering any horses as Florida-Breds, (3) I will be forever denied the benefit of any and all breeders’ awards in Florida, and (4) all my rights and privileges of membership in the FTBOA shall be surrendered forever. I further understand and acknowledge that Breeders’ Awards, Stallion Owner Awards (if available), the Florida Sire Stakes, and FTBOA purse supplements are governed by the terms and conditions stated herein, of chapter 550, Florida Statutes, and of the annual awards plan submitted by the FTBOA and approved by the Florida Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering pursuant to s. 550.26165, Florida Statutes.

Signature ____________________________________________________________________ Date

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DIRECTIONS FOR FLORIDA-BRED REGISTRATION

1. Review and complete this Application in its entirety.

2. Submit completed Application to the FTBOA, along with a check in the appropriate amount (see FTBOA Fee Schedule below). Postmarked/paid before/on August 31 of year foaled to avoid increased fees.

Mail to: Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, 801 SW 60th Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34474-1827 ADDITIONAL TERMS

FTBOA BYLAWS -ARTICLE XI -Florida-Breds Section 1. (a) Only a Thoroughbred horse foaled in the State of Florida may be registered with the Association as a Florida-Bred.

Upon receipt and verification of a completed application and the required fees, the horse may be registered in the Florida Foal Book, and the FTBOA certificate or seal affixed to its Jockey Club Certificate thereby attesting that the horse is a registered Florida-Bred, and, therefore, entitled to enter Florida-Bred races and other races for Florida-Breds.

Any owner or breeder of a Thoroughbred horse foaled in the state of Florida may appeal to the FTBOA’s Board of Directors to adjudicate any matters pertaining to registration.

Such adjudication by the Board of Directors shall prevail.

The breeder of record as shown on the Jockey Club Certificate of a registered FloridaBred shall be eligible for Breeders’ Awards under the Association’s annual awards plan submitted and approved pursuant to section 550.26165, Florida Statutes, if: (a) the Florida-Bred is registered as such on or before December 31 of its yearling year; or (b) the breeder of record is the owner of the Florida-Bred if registered at any later time.

FTBOA FEE SCHEDULE FEE FOR FTBOA MEMBER On/Before August 31 of Weanling Year...................$75

FEE FOR NON-FTBOA MEMBER On/Before August 31 of Weanling Year..................$150

September 1— December 31 of Weanling Year .....$150

September 1— December 31 of Weanling Year .....$300

Yearling (January 1 and December 31) ..................$300

Yearling (January 1 and December 31) ..................$600

2-year-old year or later* ......................................$7,500

2-Year-Old year or later* .....................................$7,500

* The current owner may remit $2,500 of the stated $7,500 fee to qualify for Florida Owners’ Awards only. The breeder may remit $5,000 of the stated $7,500 fee to qualify for Breeders’ Awards only, but the breeder may exercise this option only if the breeder is the current owner of the horse.

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PRACTICALLY SPEAKING

Structure, Soundness and Performance

E

quine Conformation, the horse’s overall body shape or form, is evaluated on how closely a horse compares to a particular set of standards.

Conformation determines how a horse moves and how well a horse will hold up under the rigors of training. Eye-appeal, overall health and soundness are also affected by conformation. Professor Byron Good of Michigan State University has defined conformation as the “relationship of form to function.” Relationship of form to function is the reason conformation of thoroughbreds, quarter horses, warm bloods, etc. are all different.

There are six important aspects to take into account when evaluating horses: Balance, Muscling, Structural Correctness, Quality, Type, and Tracking. These points, when taken into account along with the horse’s pedigree combine to give an indication of the potential the animal has to achieve its intended purpose.

Balance – Balance is defined as the size and distribution of the individual parts of a horse and how well they fit together to form a proportionate animal.

Horizontal balance considers the arrangements of the parts from front to rear. Vertical balance considers the arrangement of the parts from the withers to the ground.

Balance is best evaluated by viewing a horse from the side at a distance of 25 to 35 feet. This will allow the horse to be viewed without distortion caused by shadows and angles. A “well-balanced” individual will divide into three equal parts so that the front (shoulder), middle (barrel) and rear (hip area) thirds are proportionate to each other. For horizontal balance, the neck, shoulder, back and hip should be similar in length. A vertically balanced horse will be the same height at the withers as at the hip. Additionally, the depth of the heartgirth should be equal to the distance from the floor of the heartgirth to the ground.

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fect action. The neck should be long, slightly athletic ability. Bulge and definition creases arched, as well as fine and clean about the are evaluated to indicate quantity of muscle.

Muscle Quality – High quality muscle is throatlatch for maximum balance and maneuverability. Clean throats allow for ease of characterized by a long smooth muscle patbreathing and maximum flexion of the chin tern where the muscles tie in deeply to the point of attachment to the skeleton. without binding the jaws on the neck.

Structural Correctness – Structural corShoulder – Conformation of the shoulder dictates the strength of movement and length rectness is how the bones of the skeleton fit toof stride in the front legs. The shoulders gether to produce proper angles and alignments should be long and sloping blending smoothly a horse requires to be able to perform at an opwith the neck and heartgirth. The angle or timal level as an athlete. Points of evaluation slope of the shoulder should be approximately include: straight legs free from any unsoundnesses, correct slope of pastern and shoulder, 45 degrees relative to a horizontal line.

Withers – The withers should be high and length of forearms and cannons, etc. Leverage prominent, not flat and thick. They should not is gained with a maximum length from hip to be sharp, but should be prominent enough to hock and minimum length of cannon.

Quality – Quality is defined as the overhold a saddle without an excessively tight girth.

Back – The back should be short and all refinement, smoothness and style that a strong and serve to form a smooth transition horse possesses.

Refinement is characterized as freedom from the withers to the loin. Short backs and long underlines move the front and rear legs from coarseness and unnecessary wastiness, farther apart, raise the head and croup, as well and is evaluated about the head, neck, throatlatch, lower legs and feet. as increase the height and length of stride.

Smoothness is defined as all the body Hip – The desirable hip is well muscled, long and fairly level. Long, level croups ac- parts fitting together with no roughness or commodate more muscling, resulting in projections and is measure by evaluating a more power and impulsion from the rear horse’s entire muscle pattern and haircoat.

Style is a measure of a horse’s “presence” quarters.

Muscling – Muscle is the tissue that in appearance and attentiveness when the moves the skeleton. In general, muscle should horse is standing and moving.

Type – Remember the breed and know be evaluated on how it will affect a horse’s athletic ability. Since most of the power used the ideal characteristics for that breed type.

Gender – Stallions should look more in motion comes from the hindquarters, the horse’s hips, thighs and gaskins should be es- masculine and should be more massive, pecially muscular. In addition, development while mares and fillies should be more femof the muscles should be extensive, relative inine in appearance.

Tracking – Tracking refers to a to specific breed requirements. how a horse moves and is often reMuscle Quantity – Quantity ferred to as his/her “way-of-going.” refers to the total amount of musThe horse’s “way-of going” is evalcle present on the skeleton and uated on three characteristics: 1) should be evaluated in seven straightness or trueness of stride, 2) major areas: chest, forearm, length of stride and 3) snap and shoulder, loin, hip, stifle, and flexion. Horses should travel in a gaskin. The muscle groups in UF/IFAS Marion coordinated, agile, and efficient these areas are responsible for the CountyLivestock Agent manner. ■ majority of a horse’s power and Mark Shuffitt

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he 2012 Needles Award was presented to John and Carole Rio at the March FTBOA Awards Gala in Ocala, Fla. The Rios were represented as breeders with 2012 Florida-bred multiple graded stakes winner, Mucho Macho Man. The Rios were also honored in 2011. The Needles award was established by the FTBOA to honor Florida breeders who own small thoroughbred operations and who have made outstanding contributions We chose the mower because we needed to the Florida thoroughone to use on our new farm. It couldn’t have bred industry. Standing come at a better time.

17 hands tall, Mucho —John and Carole Rio, John Deere Needles Breeder of the Year Macho Man is a tough horse to overlook both for his size and for his talent. A 2008 colt by Macho Uno out of the Ponche mare Ponche de Leona, Mucho Macho Man’s 2012 wins included the Florida Sunshine Millions Classic, Gulfstream Park Handicap (G2), Suburban Handicap (G2), seconds in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and Woodford Stakes (G1) and third in the Alysheba Stakes (G2). He bankrolled $1,712,767.

The Rios sold Mucho Macho Man privately as a two year old. In 2011, they sold his dam Ponche de Leona for $300,000 at the Keeneland November mixed sale. They consign as Caballo Grande and lease stalls at the Ocala Horse Farm complex for their training division. For their small breeding operation, which includes three broodmares, the Rios just moved into their new farm in April. The award prize was donated by John Deere through National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Advantage program. The program offers discounts from John Deere – a longtime supporter of the thoroughbred industry – among other businesses including Sherwin According to the Rios,” We chose the Williams and Valvoline. The prize choice was mower because we needed one to use on a Gator (value $9,600) or a commercial our new farm. It couldn’t have come at a mower (value $9,300). better time.” ■

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FARM MANAGEMENT

The Many Benefits of Adding Compost to Pastures

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ello to all. Now that spring is upon us, fertilizing is always a topic which is on the minds of many farm owners and mangers. Before commercial fertilizers were invented, land application of animal waste was the only means of adding nutrients to the soil. While excess manure can be a benefit or a negative, depending on the situation, your farm’s pastures can certainly benefit from using the manure/soiled bedding by incorporating needed nutrients to the soil and also be a tremendous soil amendment, all done while still practicing Best Management Practices.

Composting the manure prior to spreading it on the pastures is more preferable than spreading fresh manure, although you can safely spread fresh manure if there is no alternative. Compost is preferred because it offers many benefits not found with simply spreading fresh manure.

While maintaining the pastures Properly composting kills approximately 90% of and good manure management are weed seeds, which helps both critical Best Management eliminate weed trouble.

Practices for farms, the two can Any weeds that inadverwork hand-in-hand very nicely. tently come baled into the hay will often hold seeds; these seeds are able to travel through a horse’s body completely undigested and then be deposited onto the pasture when they pass in the manure. The seeds are then able to germinate in the ground, creating additional weed problems. Composting helps curtail that problem.

Additionally, much of the soil in Florida is very sandy and has very little organic matter. As has been mentioned many times before, composting is a tremendous soil amendment that can really boost organic content of soils. Freshly spread manure will also add organic matter to soil, so it can help maintain or raise the soil’s organic matter content, however, it’s important to keep in mind that when spreading manure from stalls bedded with sawdust or shavings, the applied stall waste can actually stunt plant growth. Wood products contain carbon that soil microbes use for energy. When this reaction is taking place, nitrogen is not adequately produced so these microbes can end up utilizing the soil’s nitrogen to such a degree that they

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can actually limit plant growth. To manage this nutrient deficiency, nitrogen fertilizer often needs to be applied, ironically creating a need for a nutrient that needs limiting in Florida. Manure/soiled bedding that is fully composted before it is applied to the land will avoid this problem completely. Composting also further stabilizes the nitrogen into a slow release form and destroys fly larvae and internal parasites which can be so problematic for the horses. Moisture retention is one more added benefit, so critical for Florida’s sandy soils and during long, dry periods. The waterholding capacity can help keep grass stronger because water is better able to stay in the soils.

Bare patches that form in paddock corners that become sandy spots and difficult areas to hold grass can be especially helped with the incorporation of composted manure. Spreading and tilling the composted manure in these areas can really help give a boost for re-growth because of all these already mentioned benefits. Keep areas blocked off from the horses until growth is well established by buying some inexpensive electric tape to put around denuded areas.

If there is any interest in using compost in your flowerbeds, it can also be successfully be used as mulch. This is a particularly good use of unfinished compost. It will continue to break down so, like all other mulch varieties, will need to be re-applied once or twice a year, but it has a nice look and the water holding capacity is an added bonus.

While maintaining the pastures and good manure management are both critical Best Management Practices for farms, the two can work hand-in-hand very nicely. You can contact me or your local Extension agent if you ever need any help with these, or other questions. As always, keep up the good management practices! ■

Jamie A. Cohen • 352-671-8792 Farm Outreach Coordinator UF IFAS/Marion County Extension Service • jamiecohen@ufl.edu

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hose four little words ignite what's been termed the most intense two minutes in sports. Spring is a time when the equine industry is all abuzz with horse racing and breeder’s sales and the unspoken hope for future races.

I have lived in Florida all my life and I still manage to catch the excitement and anticipation of seeing fine thoroughbreds run.

I always enjoy speculating about who will become a winner. This year in particular has been very exciting; as we hoped and anticipated seeing horses from Florida compete.

So if you too caught racing-fever this year, we hope your dreams came true!

And as the Foundation for the Florida Horse Park celebrates spring and the equine industry’s proud racing history, we too are working on making our dreams of growing and expanding our facility, come true.

This has been a very busy season for the Foundation at the Florida Horse Park, with our most recent Ocala Derby Night, Whinny, Wine and Nibbles in January and then in March, the super-fabulous Sylvia Zerbini’s Grande Liberte, which was an amazing performance. We were thrilled when Ms. Zerbini announced at this event that she intends to partner with the Florida Horse Park and make this her winter home. This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone and we look forward to working together to make this dream possible.

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capital campaign drive working toward our goals of building a covered arena, barns and stalls. In addition, we will begin planning for next season’s fundraising events. Planning and coordinating all the details of our fall and winter events is a time-consuming process that lends itself well to the warmer weather and longer days of the summer months.

So, keep us in your thoughts as we move forward in our endeavors and remember to visit the Horse Park, where other fun events will be happening this month including: Dressage Show Jumping and 3 Phase Schooling Show, hosted by Partners of the Park, May 11, 2013; Cross Country School Day and Jumper Ring Rental, May 12, 2013; STRIDE Dressage, May 19, 2013; Dressage Show Jumping and 3 Phase School Show, hosted by Partners of the Park, June 8, 2013; and Cross Country School Day and Jumper Ring Rental, June 9, 2013. For information about other upcoming events, please visit our website at www.flhorsepark.com or give us a call at (352) 307-6699.

We thank you for our continued success which is only possible through your support. ■ Happy Trails,

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BIO MEDICAL LAB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 BRIDLEWOOD FARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 DOUBLE DIAMOND FARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 FLORIDA HORSE PARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42, 43 FEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55, 59, 77 FTBOA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 JOURNEYMAN STUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13, 17, 84 NTRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 OCALA STUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 OCD EQUINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 SOUTHERN STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

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Kingdom’s Cup A

long the outside rail, deep into the first turn past the glittering Meydan Hotel, I could hear it.

Not Terry Spargo’s distinctive Australian voice calling the horses bursting from their starting stalls; more

by Caton Bredar the long, loud cheer of a crowd thousands of voices strong, joined in a common language. Appreciation for the moment—literally millions of dollars on the line, finely tuned horse and human flesh from all corners of the globe, and a species revered locally for centuries for its speed, stamina and brilliance—shining more brilliantly than ever under dark Dubai skies and bright Dubai lights.

The masses cheered for the start of a magnificent sporting event, the Dubai World Cup, and as the field streaked by me poised on my mount, Lucky Find, I practically cheered along with them. Royal Delta was on the lead, and not far behind, flanked to her outside was Animal Kingdom. They were out of sight, down the backstretch then into the final turn as the outriders and I all moved into position to later, catch up with the winners and also-rans. Deep in the homestretch with the wire fast approaching, the cheering reached a crescendo; one coppery blur started to inch as away from the pack—victory comfortably in sight. as star-appeal, Tiger Woods has From the start, we may nothing on Animal Kingdom. as well have been cheering for the winner.

Animal Kingdom, the first Kentucky Derby winner since Silver Charm to cross oceans and compete in the desert in, what people around the world have dubbed the “richest race on the planet”, went one better than his predecessor by becoming the first Kentucky Derby winner to capture a grade 1 at age five, the first American-trained horse to win the World Cup since the race moved to Meydan.

Remarkable in his versatility as well as durability, the somewhat robust, strapping horse twice overcame injury—a slab fracture following a tumultuous run in the Belmont Stakes as a three-year-old, and a recurrence of the same injury while prepping for a run in the 2012 Dubai World Cup as a 4-year-old. That Animal Kingdom even made it to Dubai is somewhat remarkable and against the odds. That his trip much of the way for the 2,000 meters in the 2013 Dubai World Cup—nearly a

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mile and a quarter—was wide, and his position— prompting pacesetter Royal Delta—was bold, seem somehow apropos.

The only thing easy about Animal Kingdom, it seems, is his ability to win when it counts the most.

Even determining what nation the horse represents isn’t easy. By a Brazilian sire Leroidesanimaux who stands in Florida, out of a German mare Dalicia, the Kentucky-bred is trained by British expatriate Graham Motion, ridden to victory in the World Cup by Dominican Republic native Joel Rosario, bred and campaigned by American-based Team Valor and owned in part for the World Cup by Australian-based Arrowfield Stud. Arrowfield purchased the right to stand the Derby winner in Australia shortly after his runner-up finish in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Mile, with the plan for him to retire to stud in September.

So impressive was the victory, sometime after the Dubai World Cup, Dubai’s own Darley purchased 29% of Animal Kingdom and the North American rights to stand the horse at stud. Forgive the director of the Dubai National Band for some confusion, as to what anthem, exactly, to play in the Dubai World Cup winner’s ceremony following the race.

When it comes to ethnicity as well as star-appeal, Tiger Woods has nothing on Animal Kingdom.

In the end, it was a somewhat unfamiliar version of “Advance Australia Fair” that was performed that historic night, as flags of various nations unfurled and fireworks burst in dazzling sound and light. To American race fans, it couldn’t matter less. The record books will show Animal Kingdom as US-based and trained—brilliantly trained, for that matter, by Motion and his team based primarily at Fair Hill training center in Maryland.

That state can claim no small part in the Animal Kingdom story, just as fans in Florida cheered when the horse entered the Gulfstream Park walking ring for the Derby winner’s 2013 debut, his final start on US soil.

If he should race and win at Royal Ascot, another international chapter will be added to a most amazing story of a horse truly belonging to the world and to history. In the meantime, there’s something about a Kentucky Derby winner that will always belong uniquely to all of us here at home. ■

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