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CONTENTS April/May 2018 VOL 61/ISSUE 4

DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 6 THE BROCK TALK 8 FLORIDA FOCUS 62 FLORIDA-BREDS AROUND THE COUNTRY Country-wide Florida-bred statistics

66 FARM MANAGEMENT —By Caitlin Bainum

68 EL POTRO —By Roberto Rodriguez

70 FTBOA MEMBERSHIP UPDATE —By Tammy A. Gantt

FEATURES 16

Imperial Hint gallops to victory in Horse Races Now Sprint

FLORIDA CUP DAY AT TAMPA BAY DOWNS

—By Brock Sheridan

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PROFILE: ALBERTO RULLAN

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AUDIBLE WINS THE FLORIDA DERBY

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TAMPA BAY DERBY

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GULFSTREAM PARK

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A FIRM REIGN

Alberto Rullan is living his dream —By Carlos Medina Todd Pletcher Saddles Fifth Florida Derby Winner as Audible captures the Florida Derby Quip is no joke in win at Tampa Bay—By Brock Sheridan Gulfstream continues growing summer racing with $4.1 million stakes schedule On the 40th anniversary of Florida-bred Affirmed’s 1978 Triple Crown, here’s a look back at his remarkable career.

—By JoAnn Guidry

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DOUBLE DIAMOND FARM STALLION SHOW

FTBOA celebrates it’s 2017 champions

FTBOA AWARDS GALA

—Photos byButch Crawford and John Nevarez

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EQUINE CARE: ANHIDROSIS

—By Heather Smith Thomas

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First Quarter Facts A

By BROCK SHERIDAN

s we complete the first quarter of 2018, there is plenty to be happy about in the thoroughbred racing world as the National Thoroughbred Racing Brock Sheridan Association and Equibase released the Thoroughbred RacEditor-in-Chief ing Economic Indicators recently.

Florida Equine Communications JOHN D. FILER PHOTO During March alone, we have seen $972.3 million wagered on thoroughbred races in North America, up 11.35 percent over the $873.283 million that passed through the mutuels during March of 2017. Even better for horsemen, average purses per race day in March were up nearly 14 percent to $224,790.

For the year, wagering on United States races has increased 6.22 percent to $2.627 billion while average purses per race day have increased 9.78 percent to $241,953.

In more local news, Florida stallions are once again off to a good start as the late Wildcat Heir and Double Diamond Farm’s First Dude have both eclipsed $1 million in progeny earnings through April 6.

Wildcat Heir has been represented by his leading earner Wild Dude, who has raced in Dubai at Meydan Racecourse in all four starts this year and has racked up $123,750 since , the most anticipated Jan. 1 according to Equineline stallion news will be determined statistics. In his most recent by the 2-year-olds on the track as start, the dark bay Florida-bred we begin to follow Florida’s first finished fourth behind American winner Mind Your Biscuits crop stallions and Florida-bred runner-up X Y Jet in the Group 1 Golden Shaheen sponsored by Gulf News.

Wild Dude was bred in Florida by Versatile Thoroughbreds LLC. He is out of the Doneraile Court mare, Courtly Choice.

Another top performer for the former Journeyman Stallions resident is Rainbow Heir, who won the $175,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint in January before being retired and taking up residence at Ocala Stud to begin his career as a stallion.

Through April 6, Wildcat Heir progeny have earned $1,210,682.

The leading active sire in Florida so far in 2018 is First Dude, whose offspring have produced $1,135,817 during the first three months.

His leading earner so far this year has been Madame

As we head into the summer months

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Uno with $110,900 in earnings. Bred by Melissa Anthony, David Nowicki, Madeline Nowicki & The Boys, Madame Uno recently took the Pleasant Acres Stallions Distaff Turf on Florida Cup day at Tampa Bay Downs to remain undefeated in three starts this year.

Madame Uno is out of Hi Avie, by Lord Avie.

On the General Sire List for Florida stallions, Wildcat Heir and First Dude are followed in the top five by Songandaprayer (Journeyman Stallions) with $757,580 in progeny earnings; High Cotton (Ocala Stud) with $638,146 and Gone Astray (Northwest Stud) with $460,146.

Last year, Florida stallion farms had a banner year with their first crop stallions and that success continues into their second crop years.

So far, the leading second crop stallion in Florida is Poseidon’s Warrior, who stands at Pleasant Acres Stallions near Morriston, Fla. His progeny earnings through April 6 were $378,697 with Firenze Fire coming in as his top earner.

Firenze Fire, a homebred product of Ron Lombardi’s Mr Amore Stable, has been on the road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) and at press time, before the Wood Memorial (G1), he had $155,000 in earnings for the year.

Out of My Every Wish, by Langfuhr, Firenze Fire has this year won the Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct, finished second in the Withers (G3) and fourth in the Gotham (G3). His start in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct will determine if he makes it into the Kentucky Derby starting gate on May 5.

Ranking second among second crop sires in the Sunshine state with $277,609 is Prospective, who stands at Ocala Stud.

So far, his top money earner has been Piven, who won the Limehouse Stakes at Gulfstream Park in January and has $48,035 to his credit in the first three months of the year.

The list of the Florida’s top five second crop stallions are completed by Treasure Beach (Pleasant Acres Stallions) with $206,789; Soldat (Woodford Thoroughbreds) at $195,420 and Brethren (Arindel Farm) with $178,952.

As we head into the summer months, the most anticipated stallion news will be determined by the 2-year-olds on the track as we begin to follow Florida’s first crop stallions in Get Away Farm’s Drill, Ocala Stud’s Fort Loudon, Pleasant Acres’ Handsome Mike, and Ocala Stud’s Uncaptured.

For the Florida thoroughbred breeding industry, 2018 could be a very good year. ■

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Bahamian Squall

By Gone West-Midway Squall by Storm Bird

2018 Stud Fee $5,000

Winner of: G2 Smile Sprint Handicap

Placed in: Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap First foals are yearlings in 2018

First Dude

By Stephen Got Even- Run Sarah Run by Smart Strike

2018 Stud fee $10,000

Named 2017 Florida Stallion of the Year by FTBOA Total progeny earnings of $3,653,163 Represented by 79 winners 1 graded-stakes winner & 3 blacktype stakes-placed runners

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Florida FOCUS by Brock Sheridan If Craig Bernick, president and COO of Glen Hill Farm in Ocala, is a fan of the classic southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, he might be wondering if he should change the name of his stakes-winning filly Compelled to Free Bird.

Cause there’s too many places she’s gotta be.

The Florida-bred Compelled won the $75,000 Mardi Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds in New Orleans Feb. 13 in her eighth career start at as many tracks. The 4-year-old daughter of War Front out of Mutually Benefit, by Dynaformer has raced at Saratoga, Belmont, Laurel, Gulfstream Park West, Gulfstream, Tampa Bay Downs, Pimilico and now Fair Grounds.

During that span, she has amassed a record of three wins, of which two are stakes, in her eight starts. Her other added-money victory came in November of 2016 when she took the $100,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf at Gulfstream Park West. She has also never finished worse than third and has never been de-

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Florida-bred Compelled

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Compelled Wins Mardi Gras Stakes

feated by more than 1½ lengths—and that came in her first start when third after being bumped at the start.

Making her first start in almost nine months, Compelled carried her consistency into the 5 ½ furlong Mardi Gras against 11 other fillies and mares on the turf.

With jockey Corey Lanerie aboard, Compelled was in no hurry from the start of the Mardi Gras as she settled into eighth, about six lengths off of front runners Triple Chelsea,

Justa Lady and Go Kart (Ire) as they went the first two furlongs in a fast :22.09.

Around the far turn, Lanerie kept Compelled on the rail to save ground before swinging her off the inside to begin her rally down the long Fair Grounds stretch. Midway for home, Triple Chelsea shook free from Justa Lady and Go Kart (Ire) as Finley’sluckycharm moved up to challenge from the outside as Compelled was still far back with an eighth of a mile to run, Compelled accelerated into high gear and rushed past the leaders for a onelength win over Finley’sluckycharm in second with Triple Chelsea another neck back in third.

The final time was 1:04.32 over the turf course rated as good.

Compelled was also bred under the Glen Hill banner and the $45,000 first-place check increased her career earnings to $202,320.

Compelled was let go at 6-1 and returned $15.40 on a $2 win ticket. She paid $9 to place and $2.80 to show. ■

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Statement from President Negron and Speaker Corcoran Regarding Gaming Legislation

ball’. We thank the many House and Senate members who listened to our message and often times supported our industry and agribusiness. Many thanks to FTBOA’s highly respected and hard-working lobbyist Matt Bryan. Matt is fairly unique as he represents only one client in the Florida pari-mutuel and gaming space—the FTBOA and the Florida breeders and owners—thus keeping our message and goals laser-focused.

“We will not only continue, but must actually step-up our work to keep our message alive and industry protected going forward,” Powell added. ■

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TALLAHASSEE–FLA Senate President Joe Negron (R-Stuart) and House Speaker Richard Corcoran (R-Land O’Lakes) released the following statement regarding proposed legislation on gaming considered during the 2018 Legislative Session.

“Despite the good faith efforts of both the House and Senate, a gaming bill will not pass the Legislature this session. We appreciate the tireless efforts of Chair Hutson and Chair La Rosa, as well as the many members of the House and Senate, and the professional staff, who worked diligently during these final days Univ. of Florida Racing Lab Receives and hours of session. Gaming remains one of RMTC Accreditation The Racing Medication and Testing Conthe most difficult issues we face as a Legislasortium board granted Inture. We are pleased with the progress made terim accreditation to the over the last week and know that our colUniversity of Florida Racleagues will continue to work on this imporing Laboratory (UFRL) at tant issue.” its Feb. 13 meeting at GulfFlorida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association CEO Lonny Powell also noted stream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. The that not having a gaming bill works in favor of Florida laboratory is poised to become the 10th racing testing laboratory to receive full RMTC Florida thoroughbred breeding and racing.

“The failure of the passage of a gaming bill Laboratory Accreditation. UFRL performs testthis session, in this specific instance, is good ing of thoroughbred, quarter horse and stannews for those who support and benefit from dardbred samples for the Florida Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering. live thoroughbred and pari-mutuel “The addition of the Florida racing. The main take-away is that Racing Laboratory marks a milethere will be NO decoupling once stone in the RMTC accreditation again and no historic expansion of program, as we are now very close casino gaming throughout the state. to full RMTC accreditation of “This session was particularly every horse racing testing laboraintense with the FTBOA needing to tory in the United States,” said oppose, from the very first days of RMTC Executive Director Dr. the session, attempts to decouple the Dionne Benson. “The addition of requirement of needing live racing the Florida laboratory would not to offer casino gaming at non-tribal Joe Negron facilities. It is notable that during the entire ses- have been possible without support and assission, the FTBOA, initially, followed by Tom tance from The Stronach Group, the Florida Ventura of OBS, were the only thoroughbred in- HBPA, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ dustry representatives to testify against thor- and Owners’ [Association], the Florida Divioughbred decoupling during the entire session. sion of Pari-mutuel Wagering and the Univer“We never fell for the usual ‘bob and sity of Florida Racing Laboratory’s leadership.”

Prior to the creation of the RMTC Accrediweaves, head-fakes and bait and switches’ designed to take our eye off the ‘No-Decoupling tation Program, there were nearly 20 laborato-

ries performing horse racing testing in the United States – many without any type of accreditation. Since that time, much of the laboratory work has been consolidated. Today, there are just 13 laboratories performing horse racing testing in the United States – 10 of which are now RMTC Accredited or Interim Accredited.

RMTC Accredited and Interim Accredited laboratories are now responsible for the testing of samples for 32 pari-mutuel racing jurisdictions in the U.S., including: AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA, WV and WY. RMTC Accredited Laboratories are required to participate in multiple rounds of quality assurance program testing prior to accreditation and each year after accreditation.

The quality assurance program acts as a check on the laboratories to ensure they are able to detect and quantify substances of concern in horse racing.

The only racing jurisdictions that are not utilizing an RMTC Accredited or Interim Accredited laboratory are Louisiana (thoroughbred and quarter horse), South Dakota (quarter horse) and Delaware (harness only).

“RMTC Accreditation ensures that laboratories can consistently and reliably detect a wide variety of substances at low concentrations, which is a key to providing a racing product in the U.S. that is safe and fair,” explained RMTC Chair Alex Waldrop. “The progress of the RMTC Laboratory Accreditation Program underscores the effectiveness of the RMTC in promoting laboratory proficiency and uniformity across the racing industry.”

The RMTC consists of 23 racing industry stakeholders and organizations that represent thoroughbred, standardbred, quarter horse and arabian racing. The organization works to develop and promote uniform rules, policies and testing standards at the national level; coordinate research and educational programs that seek to ensure the integrity of racing and the health and welfare of racehorses and participants; and protect the interests of the racing public. ■ THE FLORIDA HORSE • APRIL/MAY 2018 9

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Florida FOCUS Mom’s On Strike Adds to Win Streak in Albert M. Stall

gear and she did. She’s such a big filly, so the less she can be bottled up the better because her big stride is to her advantage.”

Mom’s On Strike was bred in Florida by Courtney Meagher and Chad Meagher and is out of Mom’s Deputy, by War Chant. The Stall was her fifth win in 13 career starts and the $45,000 first-place check increased her bankroll to $292,950.

Mom’s On Strike received her early training at Tom and Lori Fackler’s Best A Luck Farm in Ocala. The Fackler’s also consigned her to the 2015 Ocala Breeders’ Sales April Sale under the Best A Luck banner where she was purchased for $75,000 by Lansdowne Thoroughbreds.

Mom’s On Strike paid $5.80 to win, $3.80 to place and $2.80 to show. ■

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Mom’s On Strike won her fourth consecutive race and second straight stakes Feb. 17 when she took the $75,000 Albert M. Stall Memorial at Fair Grounds. The Stall featured ten older fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles on the turf.

Coming off of a half-length victory in the $75,000 Marie M. Krantz Memorial at Fair Grounds on Jan. 13, the 5-year-old daughter of Double Diamond Stallion First Dude went to the gate as the 4-5 favorite with jockey Adam Beschizza aboard.

Mom’s On Strike broke well from post six but was in no hurry to follow second-choice I’m Betty G., who broke on top and led the field around the clubhouse turn and through a first quarter-mile in a slow :24.40. With 20-1 longshot Malibu Bonnie running in second, X Y Jet Books Flight to Dubai With Pelican Romp Giada Vegas third and Mom’s On Strike settled into a mid-pack po- Also earns $25,000 FTBOA Bonus sition down the backstretch, I’m Betty G continued to lead through Florida-bred X Y Jet continued his comeback in spectacular fashion a half-mile in :49.79.

Feb. 17 as he easily won the Pelican Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs, winning As they approached the second turn, Beschizza fell back in the sad- his third added-money event in as many starts since his 11 months away dle but quickly regrouped and began to push Mom’s On Strike toward from the races and punching his ticket for a return to Dubai, U.A.E. the frontrunning I’m Betty G., who was a length ahead of Vagabond The Pelican featured seven older horses going six furlongs for the Princess running second with Giada Vegas another length back in third. $100,000 purse that also included a $25,000 “Win Only” bonus for Turning for home, I’m Betty G. still led Vagabond Princess by more Florida-breds from the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ than a length while Mom’s On Strike had only two horses beat while rac- Association. ing in the three-path. I’m Betty G kept Vagabond Princess at bay until According to trainer Jorge Navarro, the Pelican also acted as a prep the sixteenth pole when the latter went to the lead. Vagabond Princess race for the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen (Group 1) run at Meywas only able to stay in front for a few strides, however, as Mom’s On dan Race Course in Dubai, U.A.E. on the Dubia World Cup (G1) unStrike stormed to the lead from the outside and went on to win by 1½ dercard on Mar. 31. lengths over Vagabond Princess in second in 1:43.82 over the firm turf “He wants to go to Dubai. We want a vacation,” Navarro said, grincourse. Five Hearts rallied late to dead heat for third with I’m Betty G. ning. “We did the right thing coming here today [for the Pelican Stakes].

Trained by Joe Sharp for Carl R. Moore Management LLC and I didn’t want to work him six times. He’s an athlete, and if he takes one Brad Grady, Mom’s On Strike had both trainer and jockey concerned bad step, all the dreams are over. And now we’re ready for Dubai.” with the slow pace.

This will be the second trip to Dubai for X Y Jet who was only a “She has that one gear and when you pick her neck behind winner Muarrab in the 2016 Golden up into the straight she changes leads and lengthShaheen. However, an injury to his left front knee ens away. But if the pace is a little bit slack, you kept him away from the races for more than could be in danger,” Beschizza said. “I was a litseven months before he returned to finish fifth tle bit concerned there was going to be a shortage in the 2016 Vosburg Invitational at Belmont in of speed. There were a couple of horses I had to October. He was third in the Grade 3 Frank Debe wary of and I had them on either side of me so Francis Memorial Dash a month later before the they weren’t too far away. She’s come into her knee developed further problems and required own at the Fair Grounds. You have to be sure surgery to correct. you’re in the clear and don’t have too much to do Almost a year later, X Y Jet returned to win and she’ll get the job done.” the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector at Gulfstream Park Sharp, who won a maiden turf race earlier on in December before also winning the $100,000 the Fair Grounds card with Starving Artist, agreed.

Sunshine Millions Sprint by more than five “The maiden race [we won] went a lot faster,” lengths at Gulfstream on Jan. 20.

Sharp said. “So when those fillies went those X Y Jet was sent to the post in the Pelican as fractions, I was really worried. When [Mom’s On the 2-5 favorite and the son of Kantharos ran like Mom’s On Strike Strike] kicked out, I was hoping she had an extra the wagering public expected.

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Florida but continue its slot machine operations. To say that the FTBOA is disappointed would be an understatement.

“It is hard to believe that the Home of the Kentucky Derby would continue to back away from its storied history, abandoning the horsemen and breeders that helped build its brand and doing great harm to Florida’s Thoroughbred industry.

“With that said, Churchill Downs has more hoops to jump through and challenges to face related to this summer jai alai permit. It is far from a done deal. Obviously, the entire Florida thoroughbred industry has a vested interest in this matter. The FTBOA will continue its ongoing efforts to work with Churchill Downs and Calder to find a more industry-friendly and reasonable approach to continuing their racino operations in a manner satisfactory to all concerned.” ■ -Brent Fernung FTBOA President and Journeyman Stud Owner

Florida-bred X Y Jet

With regular jockey Emisael Jaramillo aboard, X Y Jet broke on top from post three and quickly went to the front while leading by a length over 3-1 second choice Recruiting Ready in second with Flashy Kyem another two lengths back in third.

After a rapid quarter-mile in :21.81, X Y Jet led the field around the far turn and extended his lead to three lengths before he finished the half-mile in :44.81 with a quarter-mile to run.

Neither Recruiting Ready nor any of the others were able to muster a challenge as Jaramillo gave X Y Jet a tap on the shoulder with his whip at the eighth-pole before cruising home seven lengths in front of runner-up Jaguar Poz in second with Divine Ambition third. The final time of 1:09.17 was just .03 off the stakes record. “[X Y Jet] is ready to run with any sprinter in the nation,” Navarro said. “I had a lot [of anxiety]. But he’s an amazing horse. As soon as he felt Recruiting Ready next to him (heading up the backstretch), that’s when he took off.”

“He’s feeling better than ever,” said Jaramillo. “His ability is from the gate to the wire.”

Bred in Florida by Didier Placencia, X Y Jet is out of Soldiersingstheblues, by Lost Soldier. The 6-year-old gelding won for the ninth time in 20 races and he earned $70,000 for Gary Hartunian’s Rockingham Ranch in Sherman Oaks, Ca. and Ivan Rodriguez’s Gelfenstein Farm of Ocala, who own X Y Jet. That pushes X Y Jet to $990,813.

X Y Jet paid $2.80 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.20 to show.

X Y Jet is a graduate of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales 2013 August Yearling Sale where he brought $56,000 from a bid from Antonio Sano. He was consigned by Two Sharp Hats. ■

Blue Bahia is Red Hot in Captiva Island Florida-bred Blue Bahia returned to her winning ways Mar. 10 at Gulfstream Park as the 5-year-old mare won the $75,000 Captiva Island Stakes for fillies and mares going five furlongs on the turf.

It was the second stakes victory on the day for trainer Jason Servis and jockey Paco Lopez who had earlier won the $75,000 Silks Run Stakes, also run at five furlongs on the grass, with Vision Perfect.

“The entire thoroughbred industry should be concerned that Churchill Downs has decided to attempt to exploit a bizarre statutory loophole to secure a summer jai alai permit at its Calder facility, in an apparent attempt to stop its horseracing activities and contributions in

Brent Fernung

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Florida FOCUS NATIONAL NEWS: Tampa Bay Jockey Ferrer Honored With Woolf Award

Florida-bred Blue Bahia

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Blue Bahia came back strong in the Captiva Island after finishing tenth in the $135,000 Ladys Turf Sprint at Gulfstream on Jan. 27. However, the 5-year-old mare had a good excuse for the uncharacteristic performance as she stumbled at the start.

Before the Ladys Turf Sprint, Blue Bahia had rattled off two consecutive victories in a high level, $40,000 optional claiming race at Parx in September followed by a victory in the $108,000 Claiming Crown Distaff Dash at Gulfstream on Dec. 2.

Blue Bahia was able to get away from the starting gate in good order in the Captiva Island as Lopez placed her in a comfortable stalking position in third behind Girls Know Best and Morticia. After a first quarter in a rapid :21.26, Blue Bahia remained on the rail around the far turn to save ground but was looking for room to run as they turned for home. Approaching the three-sixteenths pole, Lopez saw a small opening on the rail just to the inside of Girls Know Best and was able to get through and emerge as the leader.

Blue Bahia went under the finish line in :55.68 and three-quarters of a length ahead of Morticia in second with Just Talking another half-length back in third.

“I had a perfect trip,” Lopez said. “I loved my position today. My filly likes to come

from behind and she always tries. I was very lucky today,” Lopez said. “My filly didn’t stumble like she did the last time. The last time I got in perfect position and she stumbled very bad. Today I was very lucky. She’s a nice filly.”

Bred in Florida by her owner, Blue Bahia is by Wildcat Heir out of Chocolate Brown,

by Lion Hearted. The Captiva Island was her ninth win from 17 starts and the winner’s check of $44,640 pushed her career bankroll to $286,484.

The second choice in the wagering behind favored Morticia, Blue Bahia returned $6 to win, $3.80 to place and $3 to show. ■

Tampa Bay Downs jockey Jose Ferrer has been named as the 2018 recipient of the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Santa Anita Park officials announced.

The Woolf Award, which jockeys can win only once, honors a rider whose career and personal character earn esteem for the individual and the sport of Thoroughbred racing.

It is decided by a vote of active jockeys across the country.

Ferrer, a 53-year-old Tampa resident, was one of five finalists, defeating Javier Castellano, Alex Birzer, Joe Talamo and Rodney Prescott.

“It means the world to have the guys I’ve ridden with throughout my career vote for me,” said Ferrer, whose phone has been flooded with congratulatory text messages since the honor was announced. “It’s an unbelievable feeling. When I learned I had won, I was up all night with my wife Steffi, just to thank God for this opportunity and for my peers to consider me worthy of the award.”

“It’s a privilege and an honor to be with all those great riders and Hall of Famers who have won the Woolf Award,” Ferrer added.

Farm in Williston, Fla. With his horsemanship skills and just good old horse sense, the farm produced winners such as Foolish Pleasure, “His entry fee to heaven was paid for by his lord and savior, Jesus winner of the 1975 Kentucky Derby.

Christ.” This is what Joe King wanted to be put on his tombstone.

He was a past member of the American Quarter Horse Assn., the Joe was born on Aug. 30, 1926 in Dalhart, Tex., to WalFlorida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owner’ Associater and Mamie King and passed away on Feb. 18, 2018 at tion, and the Florida Cattleman’s Association. the E.T. York Hospice Haven in Gainesville, Fla. He loved to laugh and never met a stranger.

Joe was from a long line of cowboys and that is how he Joe was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and wanted to live his life. While working as an Army surgical Mamie King, his sister, Katherine King, and his daughtechnician during WWII, the surgeons he worked with were ter Julie Ann King Brown. Those left behind are his so impressed by his skills they offered to pay for his educadaughter, Linda Munson (Tom) of Crystal River, FL; tion in the medical field. Of course at 19 years old, he just daughter, Wynona Sullivan (David) of Williston; son, Larry King (Cookie) of Williston; 9 grandchildren and couldn’t wait to get back to his horses and cattle.

16 great-grandchildren.

He worked on cattle ranches in New Mexico, OklaJoe King and What a Pleasure homa, Texas, and Louisiana. He trained, showed, and In lieu of flowers, please make donations in memory raced quarter horses. Next he began training and racing of “Mr. Joe” to his church family, the Rafter Cross Cowthoroughbreds. After his success at training some horses for Mr. boy Church, P.O. Box 358, Williston, Fla., 32696. The family will be Howard Sams, he was offered the position of manager at Waldemar having a private graveside service at a later date. ■ FILE PHOTO

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The 69th Woolf Award Trophy, a replica of the life-sized statue of Woolf that has adorned Santa Anita’s Paddock Gardens area since 1949, will be presented to Ferrer in a winner’scircle ceremony at the Arcadia, Calif., racetrack on an as-yet to be determined date this spring.

The award is named for the legendary jockey known as “The Iceman,” who is probably best-known to modern horse racing fans as the jockey who rode Seabiscuit in the famous 1938 match race against War Admiral at Pimlico in Baltimore, an event immortalized in Laura Hillenbrand’s book Seabiscuit: An American Legend and the subsequent feature film.

Woolf is considered one of the greatest stakes riders of all time. In addition to his success with Seabiscuit, he won such major races as the Preakness, Santa Anita Handicap, Santa Anita Derby, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Arlington Handicap, Hopeful, Hollywood Derby, Hollywood Gold Cup, Coaching Club American Oaks and Brooklyn.

Woolf met a tragic end in 1946 when he fell from his mount in a race at Santa Anita and struck the ground headfirst. He died from a brain concussion the following morning without regaining consciousness.

Ferrer, who was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico and began his stateside career in 1982 at Calder Race Course in Miami, considers it natural to want to pass along his knowledge of the sport to riders who become his rivals the moment the startinggate bell clangs.

Ferrer, who stamped himself as a force to be reckoned with at age 19 by becoming the Jose Ferrer first jockey to win five races on a single card at the Meadowlands in New Jersey on Nov. 24, 1983, has ridden a number of good horses. His major stakes victories include the Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga on Stormy Pick in 2000; the 2000 Sorority Stakes (G3), also with Stormy Pick; the 2011 Bay Shore (G3) with J J’s Lucky Train; the 2001 Jersey Shore Breeders’ Cup Stakes (G3) with City 14 THE FLORIDA HORSE • APRIL/MAY 2018

Zip; the 1995 Cotillion Handicap (G2) with Clear Mandate; and the 1994 W.L. McKnight Handicap (G2) with Cobblestone Road.

Ferrer rode also-ran Hegar in the 1993 Preakness, his lone Triple Crown appearance. In 2003, he won the inaugural Angel Cordero Jr. Jockey Challenge in the Clasico Internacional del Caribe festival at Camarero in Puerto Rico, a competition among riders from six nations. ■

National Foal Numbers Drop The Jockey Club has released their 2018 National and State Fact Books and according to their projections, the national foal crop is expected to decline in 2018.

The Jockey Club estimates that the national foal crop in 2018 will be 19,925, a decrease of 4.6 percent compared to the 2017 foal crop in the United States. Including Canadian and Puerto Rican numbers, the total projected foals in North America this year is 21,500.

Foal crop numbers are estimated against The Jockey Club Reports of Mares Bred, scheduled to be filed by Aug. 1 of each breeding season.

Foal registrations should be completed within 12 months of the foal date, however, late registration is available for additional fees according to The Jockey Club website. This makes actual foal crop counts impractical before Dec. 31 of the crop’s 2-year-old year, the time at which the vast majority of foals are registered.

Through 2016, the most recent year numbers are available from The Jockey Club, Florida ranked second with 2,026 registered foals behind only Kentucky with 8,349. California came in behind Florida with 1,760 registered foals while New York was ranked fourth with 1,484 registered foals in 2016.

Florida foals made up 12.7 percent of the national thoroughbred crop that year while California was responsible for producing 9 percent, New York, 5.3 percent.

The 2018 figures estimate that the foal crop this year will be the smallest since 1965 when national thoroughbred breeders produced 18,846 foals.

Florida racetracks saw an increase in handle in 2017 according to The Fact Book, even

though race days in the Sunshine State remained level at 334. Last year Florida tracks handled $110,964,600, and increase of 8.1 percent over the $97,328,100 wagered on Florida racing in 2016. It was also the most money handled on thoroughbred racing in Florida since 2014 when $100,208,070 passed through the mutuels.

Although races increased in 2017 from 3,356 the previous year to 3,384 last year, the average field size dipped to 8.1 in 2017 versus 8.4 in 2016. ■

FMCSA Announces New ELD Waiver The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced

Tribe, Disney Ante Up For Gambling Amendment Gearing up for the November election, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. contributed $700,000 in February to a proposed constitutional amendment that could make it harder to expand gambling in the state. The tribe and Disney have largely bankrolled the political committee “Voters In Charge,” which spearheaded efforts to get the constitutional amendment on the ballot. The tribe, which operates casinos that are a major player in the state’s gambling industry, contributed $500,000 in February, while Disney contributed $200,000 —- all of the cash received during the month by Voters In Charge, according to a finance report posted Monday on the state Division of Elections website. The committee also spent nearly $560,000 during the month, with $500,000 going to Maryland-based SRH Media, Inc. for advertising.

The ballot proposal, if approved in November, would change the Florida Constitution and give voters the “exclusive right to decide whether to authorize casino gambling” in the state. It would require voter approval of casino-style games in the future. The proposal will appear on the ballot as Amendment 3. ■ — News Service of Florida

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additional steps to address the unique needs of the country’s agriculture industries and provided further guidance to assist in the effective implementation of the Congressionally-mandated electronic logging device (ELD) rule without impeding commerce or safety.

FMCSA is announcing an additional 90-day temporary waiver from the ELD rule for agriculture related transportation. Additionally, during this time period, FMCSA will publish final guidance on both the agricultural 150 air-mile hours-of-service exemption and personal conveyance.

It is important to note that this 90 days is an extension of the previous 90 days given to all agriculture commodity haulers. This is not a final decision on the livestock specific ELD exemption request filed in September—a determination on that request is still to be made. The AHC will continue to push for this exemption along with other livestock industry associations. The welfare, safety, and health of the animals in transit, together with the safety of other drivers on the road, are top priorities for the equine industry and its enthusiasts.

The AHC will continue to work with the FMCSA and the DOT during this delay to better meet the needs of the animal agriculture community to ensure that there are no unintended consequences from current ELD regulations.

If you have any questions, please contact the AHC. ■

ble Diamond Farm in Ocala, Fla.. In contrast to first-time mother Stopchargingmaria, this will be the sixth foal for the mare who is bred to Bodemeister.

Via Veneto was bred in Florida by her owner, and she is a half-sister to First Dude, the 2017 leading active Florida-bred sire who now stands at Double Diamond.

The foal she is carrying will be a full brother to Via Veneto Square, her 2-year old filly currently in training with Bob Baffert in California.

Other mares enrolled in the program include: Centre Court, bred and campaigned by G. Watt Humphries, who gave birth to a filly by Medaglia d’Oro on Feb. 15; La Verdad filly on March 15; Memento d’Oro also in foal to Bodemeister foaled March 27.

Via Veneto’s anticipated date of April 25 will be followed by Whitney’s Bird Town at Gainseway Farm on April 26 . Last in the program is Arravale, Canadian Sovereign Award winner in 2006 for Horse of the Year and Champion Turf Mare bred to American Pharoah, She has a projected foaling date of May 24 at Chanteclair Farm.

The foal patrol (www.foalpatrol.com) is optimized for viewing across all media platforms, including tablets and smart phones. Viewers can watch the daily routines of pregnant mares, foal births and growth on a daily basis.

Each mare has a site and blogs with their progress with alerts when foaling is near. ■ —Dorothy Callahan

Foal Patrol Launched by Museum It didn’t take director Cathy Marino long to realize the innovative idea of Foal Patrol, launched by the National Racing Museum and Hall of Fame, was going to be a success. “It was awesome,” was the staff consensus that Monday morning after Stopchargingmaria, the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (Grade 1) winner, had presented her audience with her first foal in prime time on the internet. The mare delivered a filly by Pioneerofthe Nile at Three Chimneys Farm to a fascinated audience on Feb. 2.

“I couldn’t stop watching,” was the general comment and the one Marino had hoped would be joined by the thousands who had fair warning of a Friday night foaling date. “That baby was on her wobbly legs in 30 minutes and looking for a place to eat.”

Foal Patrol was a concept officially inaugurated in December by recently-named Board of Trustees president John Hendrickson. The concept caught fire immediately as trustees embraced the idea and many pledged a mare and stable to the program. Eight are enrolled, whose foaling dates were spread out from January to May. The Phipps’ mare, Sabbatical at Claiborne Farm, was the first to deliver a week early. Her colt by War Front made the scene before everyone was ready to observe. But Stopchargingmaria’s filly arrived on time.

Another board trustee, Donald Dizney, was anxious to add his Via Veneto to the program.

Via Veneto is schedule for an April 25 foaling date at his Dou-

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mperial Hint showed why he was considered to be the star of the show at the 16th annual Florida Cup as the 5-year-old Florida-bred ran away with the $100,000 Horse Races Now Sprint Stakes over five other challengers.

The Sprint was for older, registered Florida-breds going six furlongs on the main track.

The 2018 version of the Florida Cup featured six stakes for Florida-breds, each worth $100,000, at Tampa Bay Downs. This year, the Florida Cup purses were increased by $25,000 each as a result of an initiative from the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, Tampa Bay Downs and the Tampa Bay Downs Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association.

Imperial Hint had a five-race winning streak snapped when he was second behind winner Roy H in the Grade 1 Twin Spires Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar on Nov. 4. Prior to that however, the son of Imperialism out of Royal Hint, by Lahint, had won an optional claiming race at Parx in December of 2016 to start his consecutive streak.

Trained by Luis Carvajal Jr., Imperial Hint followed that with victories in the $75,000 Fire Plug Stakes at Laurel in January of last year, the Grade 3 General George Stakes at Laurel in February, the Grade 3 Smile Sprint at Gulfstream Park in July and in the $100,000 Donald Levine Memorial Stakes at Parx in September. In each of his last six races, Imperial Hint has scored triple digit Beyer Speed Figures including two 109 speed figures in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint and in the Levine.

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“It was really easy,” Castellano said. “I’m very forJockey Javier Castellano, who flew in from Gulfstream to ride, had little trouble in the Horse Race Now tunate to ride this horse, and I thank Mr. Carvajal for Sprint as he placed Imperial Hint just to the outside of giving me the opportunity.”

Imperial Hint was bred in Florida by Shade Tree Thorthe early speed of Delta Bluesman as they went the first oughbreds of Reddick and is owned by Raymond Maquarter-mile in :22.55.

When the field moved around the far turn, Imperial mone of New Jersey. In a bit of a twist, Mamone had given Hint appeared to pick up the pace on his own as he Royal Hint to Shade Tree owner Bert Pilcher after she had easily passed Delta Bluesman before running away trouble becoming pregnant. Later, Mamone purchased Imdown the stretch to eventually win by five lengths in perial Hint privately from Pilcher.

“So I bought my own horse back,” 1:10.78 on the track rated fast.

Mamone said in the winners’ circle, “Everybody said they were afraid of this horse because he finished secbefore a laughing. ond in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, but it’s race like this, when you FLORIDA FUEGO ON FIRE IN a horse race and we’ve seen favorites know you have the best STONEHEDGE FARM SOUTH like mine get beat,” Carvajal said.

SOPHOMORE FILLIES “You’re always a little nervous behorse and you don’t fore a race like this, when you know Florida Fuego started her career in want to disappoint the you have the best horse and you don’t impressive fashion. Last June, the want to disappoint the public and the public and the bettors. David Fawkes trainee defeated a field bettors. You love to see a (1-5) horse You love to see a (1-5) of special weight maidens by five win that way. lengths—a group that included runnerhorse win that way.

“He’s a very easy horse to train,” up and future multiple stakes-placed Carvajal added. “We might have Pantyhose; and third-place finisher —trainer Luis Carvajal Jr. taken him to Dubai [for the $2-milHeavenly Love, who won her next start. lion Golden Shaheen (Group 1) on Mar. 31], but we had She returned to action on Dec. 9 and ran a rea couple of hiccups in his training. But we’re glad to be spectable fifth in the $75,000 House Party Stakes at here. He loves this track, and my team did a great job Gulfstream before improving slightly to finish fourth in with him. [Jockey] Raul Mena rode him in all his work- her next race against first level optional claimers Jan. outs here, and he told me he was doing super.”

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Deland got up for second with Delta Bluesman hangBut the 3-year-old filly took a big jump in improveing on for third. ment when she won the $100,000 Stonehedge Farm It was the ninth win in 14 starts for Imperial Hint South Sophomore Fillies Stakes over six other registered and the $60,000 winner’s check pushed his career Florida-bred, 3-year-old fillies going seven furlongs on bankroll to $875,155. Sent to the post as the odds-on the main track. favorite at 1-5, Imperial Hint returned $2.40 to win, Breaking from the inside post with Javier Castellano, $2.10 to place and $2.10 to show. who had already won two races at Tampa Bay that day, Florida Fuego was content to stay about four lengths off the pace of Mermaid of Honor with Prospective Lady running in second, about a length and one-half off the lead.

After a quarter-mile in :22.76, Castellano began to let Florida Fuego gain on the leaders as they went into the far turn. While racing three-wide, Florida Fuego got within three lengths of Mermaid of Honor as they completed the half-mile in :46.28.

Mermaid of Honor held off Florida Fuego until they hit the final furlong when the latter moved up to take the lead and go onto to win by a length and one-quarter over Mermaid of Honor in second with Starship Bonita another seven lengths further back in third. The final time was 1:25.10 and Castellano picked up his third win of the day as he also won the sixth race, a maiden special weight, with Night Owl.

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“I thought Javier did a great job,” Fawkes said.

“Sometimes when you stretch these horses out that are bred to be sprinters, they turn more into grinders, and she just had to grind this one out.”

Florida Fuego is owned by e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and was bred in Florida by Ocala Stud. She is by Kantharos out of the High Cotton mare Almost a Valentine.

Florida Fuego was consigned to the 2017 Ocala Breeders’ Sales March Sale where she brought a final bid of $70,000 from Mike Ryan as an agent. She was consigned by Ocala Stud.

The Sophomore Fillies was her second win from four career starts and she now has earnings of $98,360 with the $60,000 first prize.

Florida Fuego went off as the 5-2 second choice behind favorite Starship Bonita, who was bet down to 8-5.

Florida Fuego returned $7.60 to win, $4.40 to place and $3 to show.

EG VODKA STAKES WON BY SWAGGER NOT STAGGER

Swagger Jagger stayed close to the pace early and fought off a late run from Galleon Mast to win the $100,000 EG Vodka Turf Classic on the Florida Cup card. The Turf Classic featured a field of seven older registered Florida-breds going 1 1/8 miles on the turf.

Again Javier Castellano was aboard the winner for the fourth time on the day.

Claimed by trainer Mike Maker for $25,000 at Gulfstream Park West three races back in December, Swagger Jagger was fifth behind winner Galleon Mast in the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Turf at Gulfstream in January and fifth again, this time behind winner Conquest

Sandman in an overnight stakes at Gulfstream Feb. 17.

However, Swagger Jagger would not be denied Saturday at Tampa Bay. Breaking from the inside post, Castellano put Swagger Jagger just to the inside and a few strides behind frontrunner Expected Ruler as the 11-1 shot went through fractions of :24.48 for the first quarter-mile and :48.50 for the first half.

Swagger Jagger began to advance on the far turn and took the lead turning for home as Expected Ruler could not keep pace. However, Galleon Mast also moved up to challenge Swagger Jagger in the stretch as those two bumped each other in mid-stretch.

Swagger Jagger hit the finish just a nose in front of Galleon Mast in second with Second Mate another three and one-quarter lengths further back in third. Jockey Jose Ortiz, who rode Galleon Mast, lodged a claim of foul against the winner but the objection was not allowed. The final time was 1:48.08 over the first turf.

“When they came together to decide what horse was best, my horse won the race,” Castellano said. “The mile-and-an-eighth is not easy, and he responded so well. I’m very satisfied with the way he did it. I put him in a forward position early and let him find a good stride and a good rhythm. Near the end, it looked like my horse came out a little, but we didn’t have any contact and I think the stewards made the right decision.”

Swagger Jagger earned his fourth win from 19 career starts and increased his earnings to $205,859. He was bet down to the second favorite position at 5-2 and paid $7.40 to win, $3.20 to place and $2.10 to show.

Swagger Jagger is by Crown of Thorns and is out of Magical Mist, by Congaree. He was bred in Florida by Woodford Thoroughbreds.

Swagger Jagger wins the EG Vodka Turf Classic

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He’s Bankable triumphs in the Sophomore Turf

Noble Commander wins the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore

HE’S BANKABLE DEPOSITS SOPHOMORE TURF VICTORY

Florida-bred He’s Bankable lived up to his moniker on Florida Cup day when he took the $100,000 DRF Bets Sophomore Turf Stakes over stablemate March to the Arch in a photo finish. The Sophomore Turf was one of six stakes on the Florida Cup card and included a field of nine registered Florida-bred 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles on the grass.

Ridden by jockey Julian Leparoux for trainer Mark Casse, He’s Bankable wasted no time in going right to the lead in the Sophomore Turf as he went the first two furlongs in :23.12 with 90-1 longshot Coop Tries Harder giving chase in second with March to the Arch racing in third.

Post time favorite Zap Daddy tried to stay close in the early stages but did not fire and eventually finished sixth.

Meanwhile, He’s Bankable and Coop Tries Harder went at each other on the far turn with the former coming out of the bend a half-length in front. As they ran down the stretch for home, Coop Tries Harder could not keep pace and dropped back but March to the Arch remained in the fight.

As they raced under the wire in 1:41.29, He’s Bankable kept a nose in front of March to the Arch in second with The X in third, about two and one-half lengths back.

“Julien [Leparoux] thought he lost and Samy [Camacho, on March to the Arch] thought he won,” said Casse assistant Mitch Downs. “I’m sure [owner] Mrs. [Charlotte] Weber will be tickled. They both ran really big races and you couldn’t ask for any better.”

He’s Bankable and March to the Arch were both bred in Florida by Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Stud and both also race in the colors of her Live Oak Plantation. He’s Bankable is by Arch out of Slewfoundmoney, by Seeking the Gold.

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on turf. After three unsuccessful attempts on the main track in maiden special weight company, he broke through with a victory against special weight maidens on grass at Gulfstream Park in December. In his last start, he finished eighth, beaten ten lengths, in his first attempt against winners in a first level optional claiming race at Gulfstream in February, also on turf.

He’s Bankable went off at nearly 10-1 and paid $21.60 to win, $9.20 to place and $6.20 to show. The $60,000 first place check increased his career bank to $106,991 from two wins in six starts.

NOBLE COMMANDER RULES OCALA BREEDERS’ SALES SOPHOMORE

John Oxley’s Noble Commander remained undefeated in his two career starts and trainer Mark Casse and jockey Julian Leparoux won their second straight Florida Cup stakes when the lightly-raced colt won the $100,000 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore Stakes. The Sophomore Stakes is for 3-year-old registered Florida-breds going seven furlongs on the main track.

Noble Commander was coming out of a Feb. 16 maiden special weight victory at Gulfstream Park, a race he won by three-quarters of a length, in his only race previous to the Sophomore. While he had the least experience of his eight rivals, the Tampa Bay Downs punters made him the even money favorite at post time with the Kathleen O’Connelltrained Lord Barna the second choice at 4-1.

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the lead with Always a Dreamer, Bertiesbeauboaz and Silent Tiger racing to his inside.

After a quarter-mile in a relatively quick :22.60, Bertiesbeauboaz dropped back as Noble Commander went for the lead while racing three-wide in the turn.

Silent Tiger stayed up to challenge from between horses as Always a Dreamer struggled to keep pace on the rail.

Noble Commander and Always a Dreamer emerged from the turn together after a half in :46.04 but Noble Commander would be the better of the two in the stretch.

He hit the finish three-lengths in front of Always a Dreamer in second with Lord Barna third. The final time was 1:25.46.

“He has a lot of talent,” Leparoux said of the winner.

“He still has to learn some things, but I think he is going to keep getting better.”

Noble Commander was bred in Florida by GoldMark Farm LLC and is out of the Indian Charlie mare Indian Carlie. He earned $60,000 for the win in the Sophomore, increasing his career earnings to $85,800.

Noble Commander paid $4 to win, $3.60 and $2.60.

MADAME UNO IS NUMBER ONE IN PLEASANT ACRES DISTAFF TURF

Javier Castellano became the first jockey to win four Florida Cup races on one card and won five races total on the day, and trainer David Fawkes won his second Florida Cup race on the afternoon when Madame Uno won the $100,000 Pleasant Acres Distaff Turf in the final Florida Cup race of the day. The Distaff Turf saw nine registered Florida-bred fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles on the grass.

Jockeys who have won three Florida Cup races on the same day are Elvis Trujillo (2010), Daniel Centeno (2008) and Eddie Castro (2006).

“I’m very fortunate. From the beginning, I’ve had a lot of support from a lot of trainers and owners who have given me a lot of cool horses to ride,” Castellano said.

“I’m very blessed, and I’m hoping it will continue and praying that I stay healthy.”

Owned by Jeff Siskin, Arnold Levy and William Fuchs, Madame Uno was riding a two-race winning streak coming into the Distaff Turf.

After being sent to Fawkes in South Florida late last year from New York and the barn of trainer Philip Serpe, the 4year-old filly won a $50,000 starter allowance at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 28 before winning a mid-level optional claiming race by more than eight lengths on Mar. 7.

Those two performances convinced the betting public to make Madame Uno the 5-2 second choice behind even-money favorite Compelled, who had taken the $75,000 Marti Gras Stakes at Fair Grounds in February in her last race.

Just as she had done in her most recent win, Madame Uno went right to front from post three with Katinka putting on pressure from just to her outside. Those two went the first quarter in :23.42 and the half-mile in :47.55 but the latter could not keep pace as they raced around the far turn.

Meanwhile City of Ocala Florida Sire Stakes winner Surprise Wedding moved up to contend from the three path with longshot Steelin Magnolias also putting in a challenge as they began the run down the stretch.

In the run for home, Madame Uno kept Surprise Wedding at bay as Bonita also tried to make a late run but to no avail as Madame Uno won by a length in 1:41.57. Surprise Wedding held on for second, another length ahead of Bonita in third.

“I did not expect to see Javier on the lead,” Fawkes said. “I was talking to Joe [Bravo, the rider on Surprise Wedding] in the paddock, and he said [Madame Uno] was probably the speed in the Madame Uno claimed race. I didn’t think so, but she victory in the Pleasant Acres Distaff Turf really impressed me on the lead. This was a much-improved race.”

Bred by Melissa Anthony, David Nowicki, Madeline Nowicki & The Boys, Madame Uno is by Double Diamond Farm stallion First Dude out of Hi Avie, by Lord Avie.

Madame Uno has now won four of 12 career starts with earnings of $311,105.

She paid $7 to win, $3.80 and $3.20. ■

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rowing up in a small, mountainous town in Puerto Rico, Alberto Rullan dreamt of being a veterinarian.

Life in the coffee-growing region in the west-central part of the island revolved around agriculture. Besides coffee, Rullan’s family grew plantains, raised beef cattle and had horses. And the children helped work the farm.

“In the morning before school, we’d let the cows out into the pasture. At night, after school, we’d take the horses and bring the cows into the corral to avoid the rustlers,” he said.

The family farm sat at the foot of a mountain where

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some of the best coffee in the world grows. Adjuntas, his hometown, is famous for coffee. It was the coffee sipped by the monarchs of Europe and of Popes in the 19th Century. To this day, the town produces super premium arabica beans coveted by coffee aficionados around the world.

The coffee trees, carefully tended on small family-owned plots, produce superior tasting beans thanks to the rich soil and perfect climate. Each year’s harvest is cleaned and laid out to dry under the full sun like it was generations ago.

It all goes on at the foot of the mountain which resembles the head of a sleeping giant and is the source of Adjuntas’ nickname. It’s known as “The city of the sleeping giant.”

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erinarian. An equine specialist, Rullan made another big move a few months ago and took over the former Sanctuary equine rehabilitation facilities near Fellowship.

Rebranded the Equine Performance Center, Rullan brings his enthusiasm for improving the performance and well-being of horses of all kinds.

“I like to work with all types of horses. Sport horses are our speciality but we work with trail horses, ponies and even dogs,” Rullan said.

The level of care they provide is not based on the monetary value of the animals.

“We treat horses that are worth multi-millions but we also treat backyard horses that are companions. To the owner of a companion horse, they have a sentimental value you can’t put a price on,” he said. “We treat them all with the same care because they are all special.”

On one recent blustery day, a brindle pit bull mix named “Gator” put in his time in the aqua treadmill.

The dog had knee surgery, called the stifle joint in dogs and horses, and was using the aqua treadmill to keep up his fitness and keep muscle mass without causing too much impact on the recovering joint.

It’s the same machine used for horses. The animal is

We treat horses that are worth multi-millions but we also treat back“ yard horses that are companions. To the owner of a companion horse, they have a sentimental value you can’t put a price on. We treat them all with the same care

The lush, fertile land is because they are all special. —Dr. Alberto Rullan also cooler than the rest of the tropical island. The average temperature of 70 de- partially submerged in water while it walks on a treadmill.

It’s one of the most popular and effective treatments. grees earned Adjuntas its other nickname: “The Equine Performance Center offers a multitude of theraSwitzerland of Puerto Rico.”

While there is no skiing or mountain-top chalets, it pies including hyperbaric, swimming pool, cold saltwater spa, massage, chiropractic and acupuncture. does approach paradise.

But Rullan takes a holistic approach to treatments.

But this near paradise lacked some services including a veterinarian. Growing up, Rullan worried when animals The center offers nutritional analysis and can formulate a recommended diet. got sick. Sometimes it took days before a vet arrived.

“We do hair analysis and it tells us if they are not get“I said, ‘I want to be a veterinarian,’” Rullan said.

Fast forward about two decades and Rullan, now an ting enough of something or if they are getting too much Ocala resident, is living his dream as a practicing vet- of something,” he said.

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He remembers one case where the analysis showed the horse had near toxic levels of a certain metal. Turns out the horse was a cribber and was chewing on a metal clad item near his stall.

“The owner removed that and his levels came down to normal,” Rullan said.

His favorite therapy is hyperbaric chamber treatment.

Equine Performance Center is one of only a handful of centers in the country with an equine hyperbaric chamber. Several months ago, a horse came in with a drug-resistant infection in a hoof. It started after the mare stepped on a nail.

By the time it got to the center, she was on her second surgery, could not put any weight on the foot and the infection was starting to eat away at the navicular bone.

A few sessions in the hyperbaric chamber and the infection cleared up.

“Oxygen has antibacterial properties. The majority of bacteria cannot live in an oxygenated environment. In the hyperbaric, they receive oxygen directly - independent of the circulatory system - under pressure and it kills the bacteria. It is an underutilized therapy,” he said.

It’s one of the many “miracles”

“If you grow up with horses

, you want to come to Ocala because this is where there are the most horses. In Puerto Rico, Ocala is more well known for horses than Kentucky. —Dr. Alberto Rullan

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witnessed by Rullan at the center.

After the treatments, the same mare, which struggled to cycle, went into estrus and got pregnant.

While infection treatment is a typical use for the hyperbaric chamber, Rullan is excited by the anecdotal evidence he’s seen in regulating mares’ cycles.

“There haven’t been any studies, but we’ve seen several cases where they come in for other issues and they end up cycling,” he said.

Hyperbaric treatment also helps with Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Hemorrhage and other respiratory issues including heaves. The treatment also helps in the recovery of muscular injuries.

“You almost see them getting better before your eyes,” Rullan said.

At the center, the hyperbaric chamber is operated and supervised by a veterinarian, the only one to do so in the country.

It’s one of the many upgrades done to the center since the change in ownership. It’s been a wild first year in business.

When he took over the center last year, business grew at a steady pace and then Hurricane Irma hit in early September.

The storm tore through the length of the state dumping im-

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mense amounts of rain and causing damage from the Florida Keys to Jacksonville and all points in between.

It tore through Ocala early on Sept. 11 toppling hundreds of trees, damaging countless homes and cutting power for days to some areas.

The buildings and barns at the center suffered no significant damage and there were no injuries to man or beast. But the center’s outdoor therapy pool was a disaster. The vast amount of rain washed tons of dirt and debris into the pool.

It took weeks and thousands of dollars to get the pool back to a suitable condition. The pool is used to swim horses to help in conditioning and rehabilitation.

“As you can imagine, our business went way down after the hurricane. But we’re back now,” Rullan said.

But a few weeks later, Hurricane Maria hit closer to home. This time the storm strafed Puerto Rico and his beloved Adjuntas.

The storm knocked out power and communications across most of the island. It took days to confirm his family was safe. Everyone was OK, but the lush, green mountain of the sleeping giant was stripped bare.

“I saw pictures and the mountainside was brown. It took everything,” Rullan said.

His family’s coffee crop was devastated. Maria hit just as harvest season approached. Damage to homes was also extensive and most lost running water.

The narrow, winding roads leading to the city of about 20,000 residents made it difficult to get food and water to the area. But the resilient residents started rebuilding almost at once.

Rullan helped with efforts to get supplies to the island, including horse feed and veterinary medication. Power only returned in January. But Christmas still came: Santa and Mrs. Claus distributed donated toys to the hardest hit neighborhoods. And they celebrated the new year with the hope that things will get better.

That spirit to overcome obstacles is what inspired Rullan to pursue his dream of becoming a veterinarian. It wasn’t easy, but his dedication and the support of his parents and mentors helped him earn his Ivy-League degree in veterinary medicine.

Rullan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, one of the top vet schools in the country.

The university accepts only a fraction of those who apply.

Penn Vet, as the school is known, also operates the New Bolton Center, an internationally known large animal hospital with an emphasis on horse rehabilitation and performance and sport horse medicine. The center received worldwide attention when 2006 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Barbaro got treatment for a severely broken leg suffered in the Preakness Stakes (G1). Despite months of treatment and multiple surgeries, the colt succumbed to his injuries.

Other top thoroughbreds treated at New Bolton include

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Animal Kingdom and Paynter. Animal Kingdom, the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner, underwent surgery to repair a fracDr. Alberto Rullan ture suffered in the Belmont Stakes. He went on to win the $10 million Dubai World Cup in 2013. Paynter, winner of the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in 2012, needed emergency abdominal surgery to remove a large abscess from his digestive tract. Paynter returned to racing.

Rullan specialized in equine sports medicine at Penn Vet. But his path to Pennsylvania began in Adjuntas. When the vets did arrive to treat the farm animals, Rullan would share his dream of becoming a veterinarian. Rullan found

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Every horse loves to compete. To get them to a point “ where they can do that is really rewarding. When they come to Equine Performance Center, they can feel confident that they are in good hands. —Dr. Alberto Rullan

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out he needed high marks in school to even get considered, so he studied hard during the school year. In summer, he spent time with a practicing veterinarian.

After getting hands-on experience, he knew the profession was something he really wanted. He was accepted to Penn State University where he earned his undergraduate degree in animal services in 2002. His plan all along was to get into the University of Pennsylvania veterinary school.

It’s where his mentor in Puerto Rico studied.

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When he got accepted into Penn Vet, there was little time to celebrate. The program was rigorous and stressful, but he graduated with his VMD in 2006. After graduation, he did a yearlong internship at Louisiana State University’s veterinary hospital and clinic. At LSU he expanded his training in diagnosing and treating injuries through surgical and non-surgical treatment. He has a particular interest in using stem cells and regenerative therapies to better treat laminitis and other issues which cause lameness in horses.

After his internship ended, he settled in Ocala, which in Puerto Rico is the pinnacle of horse culture.

“If you grow up with horses, you want to come to Ocala because this is where there are the most horses. In Puerto Rico, Ocala is more well known for horses than Kentucky,” he said.

In 2009, Rullan opened a private practice near Summerfield and specialized in treating performance horses and specializing in treating laminitis.

Taking over the rehabilitation and conditioning center was a logical step for Rullan.

“It’s a tough business. We’re the only one in Ocala and lot of people don’t know what we really offer,” he said.

Working with sport horses of all levels is Rullan’s passion.

“I love to see them improve. Every horse loves to compete.

To get them to a point where they can do that is really rewarding,” he said. “When they come to Equine Performance Center, they can feel confident that they are in good hands.” ■

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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – udible roared to a three-length victory in the April 7, $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (Grade 1), establishing himself as an imposing candidate for this year’s Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) while providing trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey John Velazquez their record fifth wins of Gulfstream Park’s signature race for 3-year-old Triple Crown prospects.

Pletcher, who clinched his 15th consecutive training title at Gulfstream’s Championship Meet, saddled Always Dreaming for a five-length triumph in the 2017 Florida Derby before coming right back to score in the Kentucky Derby five weeks later.

Owned by WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International, Starlight Racing and Head of Plains 2018, Audible entered the 11⁄8-mile centerpiece of the 14-race program (five graded stakes) off a 5½length romp in the $350,000 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream in his 2018 debut Feb. 3.

“I think the excitement level for the owners is that this is what really drives them, this is what motivates them,” said Pletcher, who also won the Kentucky Derby with Super Saver in 2010. “These are the races they want to win. To get to Churchill I think is kind of everyone’s ultimate goal or ultimate dream.”

Audible picked up 100 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby to easily earn his way into the field for the May 5 Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs.

“It was similar to what we did with Always Dreaming last year. We knew we had to perform well in the Florida Derby or we weren’t going to accumulate enough points to get in, but we also all felt like if you don’t run well in your final prep then you’re probably not going to Churchill anyway,” Pletcher said. “The most important thing is we thought he ran a huge race in the Holy Bull, we did-

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n’t feel that there was a benefit to running him back in Audible, who made a wide sweeping move on the turn between, that we could hopefully take another step for- after steadily advancing on the backstretch under jockey ward by giving him some space between those races and John Velazquez. Audible drew away under mild pressure the fact that the Florida Derby is a Grade 1 is super-im- to a comfortable victory, while Hofburg and jockey Jose Ortiz closed well to finish second, 7¾ lengths ahead of portant to a stallion like he’s going to be.”

Pletcher-trained duo of Noble Indy, the Grade 2 Mississippi and jockey Julien Leparoux. Catholic Boy Louisiana Derby winner, and Magnum Moon, who cap- finished fourth, another 1½ lengths back, while Promtured the Rebel (G3) at Oaklawn, have also picked up ises Fulfilled and Strike Power finished last and next-toenough qualifying points to run in the Kentucky Derby. last, respectively, in the nine-horse field.

Audible ran 11⁄8 miles in 1:49.48 to win his fourth Audible sat several lengths behind a torrid early pace contested by Swale (G3) winner Strike Power and Foun- consecutive race after finishing third in his debut at Beltain of Youth (G2) victor Promises Fulfilled, who bat- mont in September. tled around the first turn before the former took the lead “Once he got to the horses on the lead I just tried to leaving the turn into the backstretch and was clocked in keep him busy down the lane and he kicked pretty good,” a suicidal :21.95 for the first quarter-mile under Robby Velazquez said. Velazque picked up the mount on AudiAlbarado. Promises Fulfilled continble when Javier Castellano opted to ued to lead the way past a half-mile in She figured the game ride West Coast in the Dubai World more reasonable :46.37 and threeCup. “I didn’t ride him last time but out. I never expected the way he ran today he was definitely quarters of a mile in 1:11.68 but the early sprinting took it’s toll as weak- her to lose. Every time impressive. [The distance] didn’t seem ened on the far turn.

I’ve brought her over, I to bother him at all. I think the farther Mississippi, who had settled in thought she would win. he goes the better he gets.” third on the backstretch, briefly took The Florida Derby has produced It took time for her to the lead leaving the turn into the homethe winners of 59 Triple Crown events, stretch, only to be swallowed up by figure it out that she is including 24 Kentucky Derby champions. Three of the last five Kentucky as good as she is.

Derby winners – Always Dreaming, —Coach Rock’s trainer Nyquist (2016) and Orb (2013) – also Dale Romans won the Florida Derby.

Hofburg picked up 50 qualifying points to earn his way into the Kentucky Derby field with his secondplace finish in his Grade 1 debut after breaking his maiden at Gulfstream Mar. 3 in his second lifetime start.

Hofburg is trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott who seemed pleased with the runner-up performance.

“Naturally, winning would have been the only thing that would have been better, but he ran well and he galloped out well,” Mott said. “He took a lot of dirt and was very professional. He was much more seasoned today and did everything right. He was the perfect gentleman and just much better behaved today. We’ve got to think about [the Kentucky Derby] he ran well enough and galloped out good enough that we’ve got to take everything into consideration but we’re not going to rule anything out at this point.”

Although Promises Fulfilled brought up the rear in the Florida Derby, the son of Shackleford could well show up in the Kentucky Derby.

“You live by the sword, you die by the sword,” trainer Dale Romans said. “We went wire to wire last time, but that doesn’t mean we don’t regroup and go back in the Derby.”

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Coach Rocks triumphs in the Gulfstream Park Oaks

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Roddy Valente, RAP Racing and West Point Thoroughbreds’ Coach Rocks, fresh off a front-running maiden triumph over the same track, came with a relentless drive through the stretch to catch favored leader Take Charge Paula and win the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks (Grade 2).

The 48th running of the 11⁄16-mile Gulfstream Park Oaks was for 3-year-old.

It was the second straight win and first in a stakes for Coach Rocks, who didn’t break her maiden until her seventh try, an eight-length romp Feb. 14.

She paid $7.60 to win and was a $95,000 purchase out of last March’s 2-year-old in training sale at Gulfstream. She Jockey Luis Saez and Coach We felt that he ran Rocks found themselves in tight quarwell at a mile and an ters going into the first turn, then set“She figured the game out. I never tled in mid-pack along the rail as 80-1 eighth last time and expected her to lose. Every time I’ve longshot Eight Thirtyone ran the first today we felt with that brought her over, I thought she would quarter-mile in :23.47 before being overtaken by Forward Gal (G3) win- race under his belt, he win. It took time for her to figure it out that she is as good as she is,” Romans ner Take Charge Paula after a half in would perform. said. “When she swung out wide and :47.27.

—Hi Happy’s trainer finding her rhythm, I thought she Alter Moon, at 24-1, ran six furTodd Pletcher would grind them down. I know she’s longs in 1:12.22 to wrest the lead away on the turn, but it was short-lived as Take Charge fit and distance wasn’t an issue.

“We dropped down and saved ground. It looked like Paula surged again and straightened for home with a clear advantage. Saez, meanwhile, had swung Coach Luis got stopped a little bit on the backside when one Rocks to the far outside where she circled the field and backed up into his face,” he added. “He had to go set her sights on the leader, gaining with every stride around, but it all worked out. Good horses overcome bad under tireless encouragement from Saez and pulling trips and win good races.”

Coach Rocks earned 100 qualifying points toward clear by 1½ lengths.

“What a rough trip,” Saez said. “My plan was to the May 4 Kentucky Oaks (G1), which Romans said will break and be right up front, first or second, but there was be the filly’s next start. Also earning Oaks points were a lot of speed in the race. Thankfully when we got to the Take Charge Paula (40), Princess Warrior (20) and Tell three-eighths pole, it got clear and she took off. When Your Mama (10). we came to the stretch, I thought the horse to beat was going to go, but my filly kicked fine and thank God we SMILES ALL AROUND FOR HI HAPPY IN PAN AMERICAN passed them.”

The winning time was 1:44.63 over a fast main track.

La Providencia LLC’s Hi Happy, a multiple Group 1 Take Charge Paula, the narrow 2-1 favorite who also ran winner in his native Argentina, got a perfect stalking trip second in the Davona Dale (G2) March 3, was 10 before pouncing on pacesetter One Go All Go around lengths clear of Princess Warrior in third. It was another the turn and drawing clear through the stretch to win the three lengths back to maiden Tell Your Mama in fourth. $250,000 Pan American (Grade 2) at Gulfstream Park.

It was the third Gulfstream Park Oaks win in four The 57th running of the 1½-mile Pan American was years for trainer Dale Romans, following Go Maggie for 4-year-olds and up on the grass.

Go in 2015 and Birdatthewire in 2015. By 2013 Trained by Gulfstream’s 15-time defending chamPreakness (G1) winner Oxbow, Coach Rocks had pion Todd Pletcher, who saddled Grade 2-winning prothree seconds and a third from six starts before her gram favorite Audible in the Florida Derby (G1), Hi maiden-breaking victory last out.

Happy completed the distance in 2:23.85 over a firm

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turf course. One Go All Go stayed up for second, while ‘BIG E’ CONQUERS ALWAYS DREAMING IN Classic Covey rallied up the rail for third and 9-5 fa- GULFSTREAM PARK HARDACRE MILE vorite and 2017 winner Sadler’s Joy made a belated bid Daniel Hurtak’s Conquest Big E registered a domoutside for fourth. inating front-running victory in the $300,000 GulfOne Go All Go raced comfortably on the lead stream Park Hardacre Mile (Grade 2), conquering through fractions of :23.96, :49.21, 1:13.79 and 1:38.15 2017 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Always Dreaming for the mile under mild pressure from Hi Happy to his in the process. outside and 22-1 long shot Markitoff trailing in behind The Donna Green Hurtak-trained 5-year-old gelding on the rail. Saez gave Hi Happy his cue as they ap- ran a mile in 1:35.92 to defeat Always Dreaming by proached the stretch for the second time, collaring the three lengths in the 71st running of the mile stakes for leader at the head of the lane and older horses. pulling away.

Always Dreaming, who captured I thought he ran well “[One Go All Go] was the speed of the 2017 Florida Derby (G1) by five first time off a layoff. lengths before going on to win the the race,” Saez said. “Everything went Gulfstream can be a Kentucky Derby, was making his first perfect. We sat second. At the halfmile pole I asked my horse and he start since being diagnosed with a bad tricky track when a kept battling. When we made the case of ulcers following a subpar horse gets loose like straight, he just took off.” showing in the Travers (G1) at It was the third win of the day for that. We got the trip we Saratoga last August. The Todd both Pletcher and Saez, who also rode were hoping for. We got Pletcher-trained 4-year-old son of stakes winners in the Sanibel Island Bodemeister had been training a nice clean trip. on Therapist and the Gulfstream Park sharply at Palm Beach Downs for his —Conquest Big E’s trainer Oaks (G2) on Coach Rocks. It was highly anticipated return to action.

Todd Pletcher also Pletcher’s third win in the Pan “I thought he ran well first time American, following Navesink River (2005) and Deel- off a layoff. Gulfstream can be a tricky track when a iteful Irving (2002). horse gets loose like that. We got the trip we were hop“We felt that he ran well at a mile and an eighth last ing for. We got a nice clean trip.” Pletcher said. “I time and today we felt with that race under his belt, he thought he fell into a good rhythm and ran steadily. The would perform,” Pletcher said. horse on the lead never came back.

“It was a positive effort. A mile is a tough distance to start off a layoff. We gave a way a lot of recency to pretty much the whole field,” he added. “I know the horse that won had a couple troubled trips here. He was a horse I was concerned about shaking loose. The main focus for us was to get a positive start.”

Conquest Big E had been compromised by troubled starts in his two most recent races, a second-place finish in the Jan. 27 Fred Hooper (G3) and a fourth-place finish in the Feb.24 Hal’s Hope (G3) but was quick out of the gate Saturday.

“He’s been having a little bit of a bad habit of hopping out of the gate, and it’s costing him a good position which has cost him in the other two stakes races

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were a “touchWeworried be-

that he ran in,” South Florida-based Green Hurtak said after celebrating her first graded-stakes victory. “We did a little gate work with him, trying to get him out of the habit, and it’s great when you’re a trainer and things work, because it’s not easy to get them out of bad habits.

I’m very proud of him today.”

The son of Tapit outsprinted his five rivals to grab an early lead, stalked by Always Dreaming along the backstretch while setting fractions of :23.57 and :45.88 for the first half-mile. The pacesetter edged away from his highprofile pursuer on the far turn under Jose Batista and powered away from Always Dreaming to win decisively.

Always Dreaming, the 9-5 second choice ridden by John Velazquez, held on to finish second, 1½ lengths ahead of stablemate Tommy Macho. Grade 1-stakes winner Irish War Cry, who captured the 2017 Holy Bull (G2) at Gulfstream) was never a serious factor as the 95 favorite.

Conquest Big E., who was purchased by Hurtak for $110,000 out of the Conquest Stable’s dispersal during the 2016 Keeneland November Sale, won for the fifth time in his 14-race career, as well as two stakes for his new connections.

LULL TURNS ON SPEED TO WIN HONEY FOX (G3)

Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider’s homebred Lull, making her first start finishing fifth in the Matriarch (G1) at Del Mar in November, set a fast pace and had just enough at the finish to hold off Res Ipsa and win the $250,000 Honey Fox (G3) at Gulfstream Park on Florida Derby Day. A 4-year-old daughter of War Front trained by Christophe Clement and ridden by Jose Ortiz, Lull went to the front and set fractions of :22.44, :45.06 and 1:08.56 while being chased around the first turn and

cause it was her first time back, but we knew she was big enough to win.

She’s top class, six, seven furlongs, a mile is probably her best.

backstretch by Stormy Victoria and Conquest Hardcandy. Entering the stretch, Ortiz and Lull opened up a two-length advantage and were just able to hold off Res Ipsa, who closed from last, by a nose.

“Jose is a great rider, that’s why he rides so much for us,” Clement said. “We were a touch worried because it was her first time back, but we knew she was big enough to win. She’s top class, six, seven furlongs, a mile is —Lull’s trainer probably her best. She’s a wonderful filly to be around. Christophe Clement Belmont day is definitely on our radar for her.”

Ortiz said Lull went a little faster than he expected early in the race, but that she was still running well within herself.

“Christopher (Clement) told me she has speed and just not to take a big hold and if she wants to be there [on the lead], let her be there. We were expecting softer fractions than that, but she was going fast but very relaxed.

That was important in getting home.”

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Gulfstream Crushes Total Handle and Derby Day Records The Florida Derby card generated a record total handle of $49,909,070 for the day.

The previous record for the highest single-day handle at Gulfstream excluding Breeders’ Cup was earlier this year on Pegasus World Cup Day when Horse of the Year Gun Runner won and fans wagered $41.9 million. Saturday’s handle was also a Florida Derby Day record, eclipsing the record in 2017 of $32.082 million.

Saturday’s handle, up 63 percent over last year’s Derby Day handle, was helped by a mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 that generated a North American record $16,583,425 in new money and a total Pick 6 handle of $21.3 million. That eclipsed both records set Jan. 28 at Gulfstream when a total Pick 6 handle of $19.7 million was paid out and $15.7 million of new money was wagered. ■ THE FLORIDA HORSE • APRIL/MAY 2018 35

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Agriculture Most Lucrative State-Bred Stakes Program in the Country

GULFSTREAM PARK FLORIDA-BRED STAKES & INCENTIVES

SUMMER 2018 Date Stake 5/12 Big Drama (Fla-bred) 5/19 Musical Romance (Fla-bred) 6/09 Soldier's Dancer (Fla-bred) 6/16 Ginger Punch (Fla-bred) 6/30 Carry Back 6/30 Azalea 7/07 Not Surprising 7/07 Martha Washington 8/04 Florida Sire Stakes Dr. Fager 8/04 Florida Sire Stakes Desert Vixen

Purse $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $75,000* $75,000* $100,000** $100,000** $100,000 $100,000

Sex F&M F&M F F F

Age Distance 3 & up 7 furlongs 3 & up 7 furlongs 3 & up 1 1/16 miles (T) 3 & up 1 1/16 miles (T) 3 YO 7 furlongs 3 YO 7 furlongs 3 YO 1 mile (T) 3 YO 1 mile (T) 2 YO 6 furlongs 2 YO 6 furlongs

FLORIDA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES Adam H. Putnam, Commissioner • 850-617-7289 • Fax 850-617-7281 e-mail: Paul.Balthrop@freshfromflorida.com • 407 S. Calhoun The Mayo Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399

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Date Stake 8/25 Benny the Bull (Fla-bred) 9/01 Florida Sire Stakes Affirmed 9/01 Florida Sire Stakes Susan's Girl 9/01 Proud Man 9/01 Sharp Susan 9/08 Sheer Drama (Fla-bred) 9/29 Florida Sire Stakes In Reality 9/29 Florida Sire Stakes My Dear Girl 9/29 Florida Sire Stakes Wildcat Heir

Purse $100,000 $200,000 $200,000 $100,000** $100,000** $100,000 $400,000 $400,000 $150,000

Sex

F F&M F

Age Distance 3 & up 7 furlongs 2 YO 7 furlongs 2 YO 7 furlongs 2 YO 7 ½ furlongs (T) 2 YO 7 ½ furlongs (T) 3 & up 7 furlongs 2 YO 1 1/16 miles 2 YO 1 1/16 miles 3 & up 1 mile

* Plus $25,000 FSS “Win Only” bonus ** Plus $25,000 for Florida-breds to be split 70%-20%-10% for first, second, third repectively.

For more information go to www.ftboa.com or e-mail floridasirestakes@ftboa.com www.facebook.com/thefloridahorse

FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Lonny T. Powell, CEO and Executive Vice President 801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474 • 352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603 • www.ftboa.com • info@ftboa.com

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By BROCK SHERIDAN

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et go at odds with odds of nearly 20-1, Quip stepped onto the road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (Grade 1) by winning the Grade 2 Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs Mar. 10.

The Tampa Bay Derby offered a $350,000 purse, plus an additional $50,000 bonus for Florida-breds from the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, to the nine 3-year-old going 1 1/16 miles on the main track.

Trained by former Bill Mott assistant Rodolphe Brisset, who has had his trainer’s license for less than a year, Quip earned 50 points towards qualifying for the Kentucky Derby, which should qualify him for the Run for the Roses set for May 5. Last year it took 30 points to make the Kentucky Derby starting gate.

Tampa Bay Derby runnerup Flameaway earned 20 points, while Floridabred World of Trouble earned 10 points for third. Vino Rosso was fourth and earned five Derby points.

World of Trouble, who was the post-time favorite at 8-5, and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. broke in at the start from post six while bumping Sam F. Davis (G3) winner Flameaway. However, World of Trouble was able lead the field into the clubhouse turn with Quip and jockey Florent Geroux just to his outside as Vino Rosso and Flameaway tucked in behind the leaders in third and fourth respectively as they went the first quarter-mile in a leisurely :24.54.

On a day when no winner on the main track was further back than third after a half-mile and five of the seven winners were within a length and onehalf of the leader at that point, jockey Florent Geroux kept Quip just off the flanks of World of Trouble as they passed the half-mile in :49.48.

World of Trouble and Quip led the field around the far turn as Flameaway moved up to contend from the three path.

At the top of the stretch, World of Trouble had the advantage on Quip

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Fourstar Crook claims the Hillsborough

with Flameaway chasing in third as the two leaders went stride for stride. Quip eased away from World of Trouble in deep stretch as Flameaway put in a late surge to get up for second. World of Trouble kept the show spot while Vino Rosso finished fourth.

In addition to his $35,000 check for third, World of Trouble also earned $5,000 from the FTBOA bonus.

The final time on the fast track was 1:44.72.

“We won a lot of big races with the Mott team, and you learn how to handle the feeling,” Brisset said after his 3-year-old colt Quip sprang a major upset in the 38th edition of the Tampa Bay Downs showcase. “But maybe it’s a little sweeter because it’s my name.

broke so good and I just stayed on the rail to save all “theSheground I could. I knew I had to have a good trip to beat this field. She is getting better and better every time. ” —Fourstar Crook jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.

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“On paper, it looked like we were going to be there early, and it was a matter of whether they were going to let us go [the half-mile] in 47 seconds or 49,” Brisset added. “I guess they let us go in 49, which was a little surprising to me. It was just a matter of him being fit enough; I’m not sure if we had him 100 percent, but he was fit enough to win today and that’s the main thing.”

“It seemed like he handled the track very well.

Both horses [Quip and World of Trouble] were doing great, and I’m glad to know Quip was best today,” Geroux added.

It was the third win in four starts for Quip, whose only loss came in his last race when seventh in the Grade 2 Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs in November.

“I’ve always thought a lot of him,” said Geroux.

“The way the Jockey Club unfolded, he was between horses most of the time and he didn’t really respond

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when I called him. But I’ve always known he had talent. Rodolphe rides him in the morning, and he said he was doing fantastic.”

Quip is by Distorted Humor out of Princess Ash, by Indian Charlie. He earned $210,000 in the Tampa Bay Derby which pushed his career earnings to $282,800.

Quip paid $40.20, $13.80 and $6.60.

WinStar president Elliot Walden said Quip is now a serious contender for the Kentucky Derby but has not yet decided where the next start will come for the bay colt.

“We’re going to enjoy this one and go from there,” Walden said.

Other graded stakes featured on the Festival Day card at Tampa Bay included the $225,000 Hillsborough (G3) for fillies and mares going 1 1/18 miles on the turf and the $200,000 Florida Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles on the turf. The card also featured

the $100,00 Challenger Stakes for older horses going Andina Del Sur 1 1/16 miles on the main track and the $75,000 Co- triumphs in the Florida Oaks lumbia Stakes for 3-year-old going a grassy mile.

Her last race she was maybe a little bit too keen for her “ own good, but today Julien had her relaxed and in the right spot. ” —Andina Del Sur trainer Thomas Albertrani

CRIME PAYS IN HILLSBOROUGH

The Hillsborough also featured a $25,000 “Win Only” bonus from the FTBOA while the Oaks had an additional $50,000 available for any Florida–bred who finished in the top six on a 60%-20%-10%-5%-3%2% basis.

Fourstar Crook won the $200,000 Hillsborough to win for the tenth time in her last 11 races.

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TAMPA BAY DERBY

War Story wins the Challenger Stakes

Aisquith and Bethlehem Stables, Fourstar Crook came from off the pace to defeat nine rivals in the Hillsborough giving the 6-year-old mare her sixth stakes win and second graded stakes victory.

She also won the $125,000 John Hettinger Stakes at Belmont in September for the second straight year, the Grade 3 Dr. James Penny Memorial at Parx in July, the $125,000 Mt. Vernon Stakes at Belmont in May, and the $150,000 Yaddo Stakes during the 2016 Saratoga season.

Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Fourstar Crook finished a head in front of Proctor’s Ledge in second with La Coronel third. The final time was 1:48.43 over the firm turf course.

It was also the tenth career win for Fourstar Crook, a daughter of Freud out of Avril a Portugal, by D’Accord, who now has $813,166 in lifetime earnings.

“She’s a good mare and very consistent,” Brown said.

“She ran terrific today.”

I hit him once at the “When I askedtophim,ofhethewaslanefullandof run. he just took off again. ” —War Story jockey Irad Ortiz Jr.

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“She broke so good and I just stayed on the rail to save all the ground I could,” Ortiz said. “I knew I had to have a good trip to beat this field. She is getting better and better every time. When I tipped her out, she gave a good kick in the end.”

Fourstar Crook paid $9.80, $5.40 and $3.80.

ANDINA DEL SUR IS BRIGHT IN FLORIDA OAKS

After breaking her maiden in her first try at Belmont Park in October, trainer Thomas Albertrani sent Andina Del Sur straight into stakes competition where she was third in the $100,000 Ginger Brew Stakes at Gulfstream Jan. 8 and third again in the Grade 3 Sweetest Chant Stakes at Gulfstream Feb. 3.

But the 3-year-old filly would not be denied in the Florida Oaks as she rallied from ninth to win by a head over Goodthingstaketime (Ire) in second and Altea (Fr) in third.

After the frontrunners set fractions of :23.62, :48.74 and 1:12.87, jockey Julian Leparoux sent Andina Del Sur three-wide on the turn and four-wide down the stretch to put her in the winners’ circle for second time in four starts. She earned $90,000 for owner Don Alberto Corp. and pushed her bankroll to $154,600 for her career.

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She paid $28.80, $11.20 and $5.80.

“She’s been knocking at the door her last couple of races and we noticed that she has really been galloping out strong,” Albertrani said. “Her last race she was maybe a little bit too keen for her own good, but today Julien had her relaxed and in the right spot and got the right trip.”

Renowned for his patience, Leparoux proved again his big-money riding skills.

“We had a good pace in front of us and she settled very nice for me,” he said. “I was able to get her out in the straight and she had a good kick. (Altea) came up on our outside, so that helped her to get going again.

“I don’t think she’s green, but she’s still a baby the way she ran in the straight,” Leparoux said. “I think she is going to improve a lot from today.”

WAR STORY WINS CHALLENGER STAKES

War Story sat just behind the pace set by Jay’s Way and You’re to Blame, began to excel while racing threewide on the far turn and took over inside the final furlong to win the Challenger Stakes by nearly six lengths over Rafting in second with You’re to Blame third.

Trained by Jorge Navarro for Ellis and John

Guarnere’s Imaginary Stables and Glen Ellis, War Story won the sixth time in 26 starts. The 6-year-old son of Northern Afleet was ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. and increased his career earnings to $813,166 with the $60,000 winner’s check “When I asked him, he was full of run,” Ortiz said. “I hit him once at the top of the lane and he just took off again.”

War Story returned $3.80 to win as the 4-5 favorite.

He also paid $2.80 to place and $2.30 to show.

Gidu claims victory in the Columbia by 13⁄4 lengths

GIDU (IRE) IS GOOD ENOUGH IN COLUMBIA.

While riding 3-5 favorite Gidu (Ire) in the Columbia Stakes, Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez sat just behind longshot Getyourmindright through fractions of :22.21 and :45.56 but sent the 3-year-old colt into his best stride after turning for home. They took command with ease passing the quarter pole and went on to win by 1¾ lengths over Captivating Moon in second with Smart Remark third.

Gidu is trained by Todd Pletcher for Zayat Stables LLC and earned $45,000. He has now won six of 26 career races and has $106,000 total earnings. His time of 1:34.52 for the mile is a stakes record in the second running of the Columbia.

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Gulfstream Continues Growing Summer Racing

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ighlighted by the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup ‘Win & You’re In’ $250,000 Princess Rooney (Grade 2) and $250,000 Smile Sprint (G3), Gulfstream Park announced a Spring/Summer Stakes program worth $4.1 million.

The Spring/Summer program represents an additional five stakes and $250,000 in additional purse money over last year.

The Princess Rooney and Smile Sprint will be part of the June 30 Summit of Speed.

The day will also include the $75,000 Carry Back, $75,000 Azalea and $75,000 Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint.

The finals of the $1.4 million FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes for 2year-old males and females – the $400,000 In Reality and $400,000 My Dear Girl - will be run Sept. 29 $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida and will be two of eight stakes conDerby (G1). Gulfstream will intested that afternoon including the crease purses 10 percent begin$150,000 Wildcat Heir for 3-yearBill Badget ning March 7 through the end of olds and up. The $100,000 opening leg of the Sire Stakes will be run Aug 4 and its Championship Meet. the middle leg will take place Sept. 1.

The schedule also includes a 10-race se- LUCRATIVE INCENTIVE PROGRAM ries of $100,000 races (six restricted to INSTITUTED FOR GULFSTREAM SPRING/SUMMER MEETS Florida-breds) which begins May 12 with the $100,000 Big Drama and $100,000 Soldier’s Gulfstream Park has announced plans to Dancer for 3-year-olds and up and the build on the success of Florida’s year-round $100,000 Musical Romance and $100,000 racing program during the upcoming Ginger Punch for fillies and mares.

Spring/Summer Meets through lucrative in“Our 2018 stakes schedule reaffirms our centives for both Florida-bred and open-comcommitment to a strong year-round racing pany horses. calendar in Florida,” said Gulfstream General One week after releasing a record stakes Manager Bill Badgett. “With a strong stakes program worth $4.1 million, Gulfstream ofschedule and more horsemen deciding to re- ficials have released a $1 million incentives main in South Florida or keep a year-round program that will further enhance the purses presence here, we’re looking at this being the during the spring and summer months. best spring and summer of racing in Florida The incentives program is the result of an in a decade.” agreement between Gulfstream Park, the Gulfstream’s Championship Meet, which Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ continues through April 1, will be high- Association (FTBOA) and Florida Horselighted this week by the Xpressbet.com men’s Benevolent and Protective Association Fountain of Youth (G2), a major prep for the (FHBPA).

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The incentives include: • Daily purses with the potential of reaching $300,000 • Purses for 2-year-old Florida-breds running in open maiden special weight that could reach $65,000 • Entry-level allowance purses worth $47,000 • Purses of $25,000 for $12,500 open claiming races • Purses of $24,000 for $16,000 claimers in non-winners of 2 or 3 races • Purses for 2-year-old Florida-breds open maiden claimers of $25,000 as high as $33,500 • Purses raised 10 percent for any 1 1/16mile dirt race when seven or more horses leave the paddock.

• Purses raised 10 percent for races taken off the turf and eight horses leave the paddock Gulfstream Park has posted gains in handle and purses each year since instituting spring and summer racing in 2013, and the record stakes and incentives programs in the upcoming months have been designed to further strengthen the year-round racing program while supporting Florida’s re-energized thoroughbred industry. Last year there were 134 juvenile races run during the spring and summer.

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With $4.1 Million Stakes Schedule

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Trainers keeping stables in South Florida for the summer include Todd Pletcher, Mike Maker, Eddie Plesa Jr., Ralph Nicks, Antonio Sano and David Fawkes.

Nik Juarez, Monmouth Park’s leading rider last summer, has decided to stay in South Florida this summer. He’ll join a jockey colony that will include Tyler Gaffalione and Edgard Zayas.

“This is just the latest example of The Stronach Group’s commitment to nurturing a strong Thoroughbred racing program in Florida,” said Badgett. “When Gulfstream started its year-round program in 2013, the spring and summer product was lacking in depth and quality. We now have a program that is getting stronger each year and many of the top horsemen who participate in our Championship Meet are now leaving horses year-round in Florida to support our program. This spring and summer promises to be our best. We want to thank the fans and horsemen for supporting our program as well as the FHBPA and FTBOA.” Lonny Powell, CEO of the FTBOA, said: “The FTBOA is very

pleased and excited about offering an unprecedented and lucrative purse incentive program for Florida-breds during the upcoming Summer meet at Gulfstream. For the first time the FTBOA will be funding an additional $1 million in Florida-bred purse enhancements for select overnight races, particularly two-year-olds, for open company and restricted races.

“Thanks to our partners The Stronach Group and the FHBPA, this summer meet will additionally benefit from an all-time high offering of $2.2 million in stakes purses and incentives for Florida-breds as well as Florida-sired horses of all ages on the dirt and turf. Our collective goal with all these incentives and purses is to grow and reward interest in the breeding and ownership of our homebreds com-

peting at both the stakes and overnight levels while continuing to build the successful Gulfstream summer racing program. If you are an owner or trainer campaigning at Gulfstream this summer and you want to consistently run for the big money, you are really going to want to have a good number of Florida-breds and Florida-bred/Florida-sired horses on your stable roster and in your shed row.”

Stephen W. Screnci, President of FHBPA, said: “The FHBPA is very excited over the upcoming spring/summer meets. It is very rewarding to see that, together, Gulfstream Park, the FTBOA and the FHBPA were able to collaborate to develop a program that furthers the interest of all horsemen. I am confident that these new additions to our Spring/Summer meets will only further enhance our already strong all-year program here in South Florida.” ■

If you are an owner or trainer campaigning at Gulf“ stream this Summer and you want to consistently run for the big money, you are really going to want to have a good number of Florida-bred and Florida-bred/Florida-sired horses on your stable roster and in your shed row! — FTBOA CEO Lonny Powell

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On the 40th anniversary of Florida-bred Affirmed’s 1978 Triple Crown, here’s a look back at his remarkable career.

By JOANN GUIDRY

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or 37 years, Florida-bred Affirmed reigned as the last Triple Crown winner. That time span was the longest ever between Triple Crown winners, surpassing the 25 years that loomed between Citation (1948) and Secretariat (1973).

As one of only 12 horses to win the Triple Crown, Affirmed will always have an elite place in thoroughbred racing history. And his legacy is further enhanced by the fierce competition he received from Alydar. The two racehorses had a longstanding rivalry since they were 2-year-olds and it was parlayed into a Triple Crown se-

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ries 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. An interesting bloodline twist of fate further connects Affirmed and Alydar. Louis Wolfson raced Raise a Native, the sire of Alydar and grandsire of Affirmed.

Wolfson, a Jacksonville businessman who owned Ocala-based Harbor View Farm, also bred and raced Florida-bred stakes winner

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Exclusive Native, the sire of Affirmed. Won't Tell You, the dam of Affirmed, was purchased by Wolfson for $18,000 at the 1972 Keeneland January sale.

Affirmed was foaled, raised, broken and trained at Harbor View Farm. Then in 1977, just as Affirmed was beginning what would be his storied racing career, Wolfson sold Harbor View Farm. He moved his horses to nearby Happy Valley Farm, which was owned and operated by his sons, Gary and Steve Wolfson.

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A RIVALRY FOR THE AGES

dar 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 ironwilled Affirmed. It was by only a neck this time, but yet again Affirmed bested Alydar, winning 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, Affirmed and Alydar presented everyone lucky enough to witness it with one of the most amazing thoroughbred performances in the history of the sport. The duo raced nearly in tandem, relentlessly toward the wire. They ran the third quarter in :24, the fourth quarter in :232⁄5 and the fifth quarter on the final turn in :241⁄5. 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 2:26 4/5.

And the thoroughbred industry had its 11th Triple Crown champion, the third in the decade of the 70s, following Secretariat (1973) and Seattle Slew (1977). The rivalry between Affirmed and Alydar had been so fierce that Affirmed captured the Triple Crown by a combined margin of victory of only 1¾ lengths, the smallest aggregate of all Triple Crown winners.

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As juveniles in 1977, Affirmed and Alydar met six times. Affirmed won four of those meetings: 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.

But surprisingly, given Affirmed's Eclipse Award, A CURSED VICTORY Affirmed and Alydar would meet one more time in Alydar was the slight favorite over him in the 1978 Kentucky Derby (G1). Affirmed never the Travers Stakes (G1) on Aug. 19 at got the memo.

Saratoga. And it turned out not to be the And as it turned out, the Kentucky storybook end this amazing rivalry deDerby would prove to be the easiest vicserved. With Affirmed in the lead and tory for Affirmed of all the Triple Crown Alydar rallying on the rail, jockey Lafitt races. By the quarter pole, jockey Steve Pincay Jr. moved the Triple Crown winCauthen had Affirmed on the lead by ner to the rail as well. Affirmed's rear two lengths with Alydar nowhere in made contact with Alydar's right front, sight. With only a furlong to go, Alydar causing the latter to be pulled up came charging but his rally was too late abruptly by jockey Jorge Valasquez. Dein coming. Affirmed cruised home the spite drifting to the middle of the track, Louis and Patrice Wolfson Kentucky Derby winner by a length and Alydar rallied again but couldn't overa half in 2:01 1/5. Alydar was second by a length and a take Affirmed. The latter crossed the finish line a length quarter over show-finisher Believe It. and three-quarters ahead of Alydar. But the stewards inTwo weeks later at Pimlico, Affirmed was the 1-2 quiry sign on the tote board immediately indicated that favorite and the Preakness Stakes (G1) would prove to the finish would likely not stand and it didn't. Alydar be a thriller. Once again, Affirmed had taken command was awarded the win and Affirmed was disqualified to as the field came out of the first turn and appeared to second. be on his way to a cruise-control victory. But the It was as though the racing gods were not happy with stretch run quickly became a battle to the wire as Aly- how the Travers Stakes had played out. Alydar, who had

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been declared the winner, came out of the race with a right front tendon gash and a sesamoid injury in the left front. Three weeks later, Alydar suffered a hairline fracture of a coffin bone during training. He would not race again until March 1979, but he and Affirmed would never be in the same starting gate.

As for Affirmed, his Travers Stakes disqualification was also followed by bad racing luck. On Sept. 16 at Belmont Park, he took on 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew in the Marlboro Cup Handicap (G1). Seattle Slew took the lead, never looked back and prevailed by three lengths over Affirmed.

Affirmed's bad luck continued in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) on Oct. 14 at Belmont Park. His saddle slipped and he finished an uncharacteristic fifth by more than 18 lengths to Exceller.

But despite that trio of mishaps and with his conquering the Triple Crown looming large, Affirmed would go on to be named the 1978 champion 3-yearold colt and North American Horse of the Year. Harbor View Farm would be honored with Eclipse Awards as the Outstanding Breeder and Outstanding Owner.

SHOWING HIS GREATNESS

Affirmed's bad racing luck lingered into the beginning of 1979. In his first start on Jan. 7 in the Malibu Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita, he finished third to Little Reb. That was followed by a second to Radar Ahead in the San Fernando Stakes (G2) on Jan. 20.

But finally Affirmed shook off his malaise, reeling off six consecutive Grade I victories: Strub Handicap (G1), Santa Anita Handicap (G1), Californian Handi-

cap (G1), Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), Woodward Stakes (G1) and Jockey Gold Cup (G1).

In the Santa Anita Handicap, Affirmed won by four and a half lengths in track record time of 1:58 3/5 for the mile and a quarter. In the Hollywood Gold Cup, he carried highweight of 132 pounds, winning by three-quarters of a length in 1:58 2/5 for the mile and a quarter.

Affirmed closed out the year and his career with a heart-pounding win over 1979 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Spectacular Bid. The duo met in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) on October 6 at Belmont Park. Affirmed prevailed by three-quarters of a length over Spectacular Bid with Coastal third.

The winner's share of $225,000 padded Affirmed's seasonal earnings to $1,148,800. That feat made Affirmed the first horse to record more than $1 million in seasonal earnings.

Not surprisingly, Affirmed was named the 1979 champion older horse and Horse of the Year. Harbor View Farm collected an Eclipse Award as Outstanding Owner.

Affirmed won 14 Grade Is, three Grade IIs, one Grade III and retired with lifetime earnings of $2,393,818. In 1980, Affirmed was inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Having been syndicated in late 1978 for $14,400,000, stood his first season at stud in 1980 at Spendthrift Farm, where his sire Exclusive Native and grandsire Raise a Native had stood. Affirmed, who was later moved to Jonabell Farm, sired 86 stakes winners and recorded total progeny earnings of nearly $55.8 million. Affirmed died on January 12, 2001, at age 26. ■

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by Exclusive Native – Won't Tell You,

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Ocala/Marion County thoroughbred farm Double Diamond opened its doors to prospective breeders as the area’s popular stallion shows got underway.

DON & IRENE DIZNEY: COGLIANESE PHOTO / ALL OTHER PHOTOS BY SERITA HULT

Double Diamond stallion Bahamian Squall stands for $5,000

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Donald and Irene Dizney

Double Diamond stallion and

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4) Lisa and Kevin Sheilley of the Chamber and Economic Partnership 5) Martha and Bert Pilcher and the Three Rules team take home champion 3-year-old colt 6) Ride On Curlin's owner Robyn Thompson and guest 7) Kevin Attard, Soli Mehta, William Sorren and friends toast their champion Starship Jubilee with Kinsman’s Jim Scott and FTBOA Board Treasurer Greg Wheeler 8) Vince and Ashley Mirachi join The Coburns of California Chrome fame 9) The silent and live charity auction for Florida Thoroughbred Charities raised almost $35,000 10) Terry Leffel of Daily Racing Form and Sally and Fred Moehring 11) Stephanie and Don Emrick of All-In Removal 12) Ocala Style Social Editor Ron Wetherington joined the social scene to cover the charity 13) Luc Paiemont is presented a trophy by Platinum sponsor StoneHedge Farm South's Marilyn Campbell along with Caledonia Road trainer Ralph Nicks, FTBOA President Brent Fernung and breeder Peter Vegso 14) Pleasant Acres Stallions, Joe and Helen Barbazon win leading Florida Freshman Sire with Poseidon's Warrior

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Equine Care

By HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

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orses sweat for many purposes, and the sweat expelled from the sweat glands contains many substances besides fluid. Laura Petroski, Staff Veterinarian, Kentucky Equine Research (KER), says horses release pheromones and excrete waste products in their sweat as well as cool the body via sweating. The output from sweat glands is controlled by a combination of factors.

“Nerves, hormones, and proteins are the main players that induce and control the release of sweat,” she says.

Blood supply to the skin in these areas is abundant, and the blood vessels are very efficient at redistributing blood flow within the skin. “Horses can rapidly modify blood flow to sweat glands. The hormones and proteins that activate sweat glands are transported in the blood,” she explains. Fluid can also be rapidly moved from the bloodstream into the sweat glands.

WHY DO HORSES SWEAT?

example, when horses exercise, chemical reactions in the muscles produce heat, which is then shed via the respiratory tract or via the skin,” says Petroski.

The skin plays a dominant role in this process as it dissipates 70% of the heat accumulated from muscle energy metabolism, with the respiratory system expelling about 23% of the excess body heat. “Horses can cool themselves fairly easily when at rest in high temperatures. When asked to exercise, however, this heat accumulates quickly and the heat load cannot be expelled fast enough. As generation of heat increases, the core temperature in the horse begins to rise and results in activation of the hypothalamus,” she says.

The hypothalamus is a part of the brain that regulates body temperature and sends out signals via hormones to the body to decrease core temperature. “These signals activate sweat

Electrolytes, Sweating, and Anhidrosis in Horses

“Horses sweat in response to increases in their internal temperature (such as a fever), excitement, pain, motor neuron disease, and metabolic disorders, specifically an inability to regulate blood insulin levels. Horses tend to sweat when stressed or in pain, as when they are colicking or tying-up,” she says.

Horses generally sweat as soon as their internal temperature begins to increase or when their bodies recognize that the temperature in the environment is greater than their internal temperature. “Normal resting internal temperature for horses is about 99 F. In hot conditions at rest, they have a gradual increase and a gradual decrease in the amount of sweat they produce,” says Petroski.

When the horse exercises, sweat output is considerably higher regardless of the outdoor temperature. “Horses begin to sweat at the start of exercise and the sweating rate can still be increasing at the end of the workout. Sweating rate is correlated with ambient temperatures, skin temperatures, and exercise,” she explains. When the horse exercises, working muscles produce heat as a by-product of energy production and movement, and this heat must be dissipated from the body.

HOW THE HORSE COOLS HIMSELF

Sweating doesn’t actually cool a horse. The evaporation of sweat off the body takes heat with it and cools the horse. “For

glands. The fluid they release evaporates on the surface of the skin and carries the heat with it, thus cooling the animal down,” she explains.

Exercise intensity, hydration status, and how well the horse acclimates to heat all play a role in how much a horse sweats.

Humidity affects the ability of sweat to evaporate, and hinders the efficiency of this cooling process. It seems like the horse is sweating more, because the sweat is not evaporating as readily and stays on the body longer. The horse stays wet but doesn’t become cooler.

“According to one study a horse weighing 450 kg (about 1000 pounds) has 300 L of fluid in its body. Of this fluid, 200 L is intracellular and 100 L is extracellular. Horses draw fluid from the extracellular compartments first before drawing fluid from elsewhere,” says Petroski.

As stated in that study, sweating rates can approach 10–12 L per hour during hard work. With substantial, prolonged exercise, fluid is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract first to replenish the extracellular fluid reserve.

“It is interesting to note that plasma volume decreases (decreased fluid in blood) before horses feel the urge to drink. Changes in blood concentrations don’t happen very often. If the environmental temperatures are mild, horses

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length of exercise. Protein, calcium, and magnesium are also present in equine sweat, but there are no substantial losses of these components and supplementation with these is usually not necessary,” says Petroski.

“It is important, however, to supplement sodium, potassium, and chloride via electrolyte supplementation after intense exercise, especially during hot or humid weather. KER makes a paste called Restore, which supplements the electrolytes lost in sweat. KER also makes a product called Restore SR, which contains a slow release mechanism that allows sodium to be released gradually into the GI tract for sustained absorption. It’s also important to remember that horses should have access to salt, whether that be free access to a salt block or salt added into their grain rations,” she says.

mia. Rectal temperature will be above normal.

“If there is suspicion of abnormal sweating, consult with your veterinarian. A drug called terbutaline may be administered to stimulate sweat glands in order to assess their functionality, and reach a diagnosis,” says Petroski.

cope just fine and should not need any medical intervention,” says Petroski.

That study found that sweat output is higher if the horse is working in an environment of 35 °C (95 F) rather than at 20 °C (68 F). During intense exercise, horses can lose up to 15 liters MANAGING THE ANHIDROTIC HORSE of fluid in an hour through sweat and through respiration.

“If a horse is diagnosed with anhidrosis, Evaporation of sweat from the skin surface you have some options on how to manage that is what cools the body. “The heat produced by horse safely. The most successful option muscle metabolism heats up this fluid and conwould be to move the horse from a location of verts a portion of it into a gaseous state. That high heat and humidity to a region with a gas is then released into the environment, escooler climate, although this might not be sentially taking the heat with it. The liquid that possible,” she says. doesn’t turn into a gas is cooler in temperature, If you are taking horses to a hot, humid clias it took the heat to evaporate liquid. These mate from a moderate climate, it is helpful to two mechanisms are what cools the body,” exacclimate them to the new climate slowly. plains Petroski.

Gradual adaptation would include sticking to Humidity affects the rate of evaporation. low-intensity exercise at first, with a gradual Humid air already contains a significant ANHIDROSIS (INABILITY TO SWEAT) increase in work. “It helps if you only exercise amount of water. “Evaporation is quicker A horse sweating in a normal manner can these horses very early in the morning or very when air is drier because particles in a higher get rid of approximately 70% of the body heat late in the afternoon when temperatures are at concentration (on the skin) move more easily generated during exercise or in high ambient their lowest,” she says. into the moisture-less air. Water molecules in temperatures. “If a horse is unable to sweat “Make sure areas paddocks and stalls a heavily concentrated space will readily move , potassium, and chloride via into a space that is LESS electrolyte supplementation after intense exercise, especially during hot or concentrated with water humid weather. —Laura Petroski, Staff Veterinarian, Kentucky Equine Research molecules. Molecules in a less concentrated space will NOT readily move properly, in cases of anhidrosis, the ability to have shelters that provide cover from the into a space with a greater concentration of thermoregulate can be dangerously compro- sun, and use fans for hot days. It can be very molecules,” she says. mised. Researchers don’t know how or why beneficial to have a large water source, like With high humidity, the air is already satu- anhidrosis affects some horses, but theories a pond, available for pastured horses if they rated with water molecules, which makes such as hormonal and electrolyte imbalances, need to cool down. Always have cool, fresh evaporation, or the movement of water mole- specifically low chloride, have been pro- water available to horses, wherever they are. cules from the skin and into the air, difficult. posed,” says Petroski.

Free choice salt blocks or loose salt, or “Due to decreased efficiency of evaporation, The first clinical sign you might notice in a adding an electrolyte mix to grain meals will the horse will lose more water and more elec- horse suffering from anhidrosis is minimal or help maintain an adequate concentration of trolytes in humid conditions,” she says. The no sweat production during times sweat would electrolytes in your horse’s body and enbody stays hot because of the lack of evapora- be expected. “Additional signs to look for courages him to drink. Frequent or continution, and calls for more sweating; the horse would be high respiratory rate and high rectal ous access to good quality hay also keeps losing fluid and electrolytes. temperature which don’t resolve within approx- encourages horses to drink and stay hyimately 30 minutes post exercise. Excessive drated. There are some drugs available for IMPORTANCE OF ELECTROLYTES lethargy and poor performance is also noted, use that may be given by your veterinarian, however success with these drugs has been The main minerals lost in equine sweat are most often during summer months,” she says.

These clinical signs are the result of inability limited. Work with your veterinarian to forsodium, potassium, and chloride. “The concentration of minerals lost in sweat increases to dissipate heat from the body into the envi- mulate a plan that may work best for you and with an increase in temperature, humidity, and ronment, resulting in mild to severe hyperther- your horse.” ■

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Mighty Eros Royal Hint Almost a Valentine Magical Mist Slewfoundmoney Indian Carlie Hi Avie

Off The Hook LLC Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc Ocala Stud Woodford Thoroughbreds Live Oak Stud GoldMark Farm LLC Melissa Lynn Anthony David Nowicki Madeline Nowicki & The Boys Sherry R. Mansfield & Kenneth H. Davis Kinsman Farm H & A Stables LLC Live Oak Stud Jennifer Quinones Mr. & Mrs. William A. T. Rainbow Denis A. Dwyer Mr. & Mrs. William A. T. Rainbow El Batey Farm LLC Woodford Thoroughbreds Best A Luck Farm LLC Arindel Farm Arindel GoldMark Farm LLC Classic Oaks Farm Woodford Thoroughbreds Manuel Andrade Dennis A. Drazin Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Randall E. Lowe Darsan Inc. Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC English Range Farm H & A Stables LLC Wilson Colindres Robyn Thompson Ocala Stud Sally J. Andersen Live Oak Stud Courtney Meagher & Chad Meagher Didier Plasencia Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC Glen Hill Farm Live Oak Stud Manuel Andrade Mr Amore Stables Susan M. Green

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Horse Races Now Sprint S. $100,000 Stonehedge Farm S. Soph. Fillies $100,000 EG Vodka Turf Classic S. $100,000 DRF Bets Sophomore Turf S. $100,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Soph. S. $100,000 Pleasant Acres Stallions Dsff Tf S. $100,000 Horse Races Now Sprint S. $100,000 Stonehedge Farm S.Soph. Fillies $100,000 EG Vodka Turf Classic S. $100,000 DRF Bets Sophomore Turf S. $100,000 Ocala Breeders' Sales Soph. S. $100,000 Pleasant Acres Staliolns Dsff Tf S. $100,000 Any Limit S. $75,000 Hutcheson S. 3/$100,000 Camilla Urso S. $54,650 Harrison E. Johnson Memorial S. $100,000 DRF Bets Bourbonette Oaks 3/$100,000 Captiva Island S. $75,000 Silks Run S. $75,000 Gotham S. 3/$300,000 Captiva Island S. $75,000 Lambholm S. Tampa Bay Derby 2/$355,000 Clasico Defensora S. 2/$36,923 Gulfstream Park Sprint S. 3/$100,000 Canadian Turf S. 3/$150,000 Melody of Colors S. $75,000 Melody of Colors S. $75,000 Daytona S. 3/$150,690 Lost in the Fog S. $60,125 Colonel Power Overnight S. $50,100 Albert M. Stall Memorial S. $75,000 Pelican S. $100,000 Miracle Wood S. $100,000 General George S. 3/$250,000 Minaret S. $50,000 Mardi Gras S. $75,000 Tampa Bay S. 3/$175,000 Cincinnati Trophy S. $50,000 Withers S. 3/$245,000 Palos Verdes S. 2/$196,000

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Live Oak Stud Helen Barbazon Joseph Barbazon & Lansdowne Thoroughbred William P Sorren Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc. El Batey Farm LLC Sienna Farms LLC Palm Beach Racing LLC Gail Rice Laurie Plesa Dream Walkin'' Farms Inc. Dr. K. K. Jayaraman MD & Dr. Vilasini Devi Jayaraman MD Stan Uragami David Melin & Eddie Plesa Pamela Edel Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Dream Walkin'' Farms Inc. William C. Schettine Woodford Thoroughbreds Ken Meeker & Phillip Cooper William P Sorren Glen Hill Farm Shadybrook Farm Inc Farm III Enterprices LLC Martha H. Johnson Ocala Stud Dr. Myron Wilson Laurie Plesa Midwest Thoroughbreds Inc. Christine Weiss Sinatra Thoroughbred Racing & Breeding LLC Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds Stonehedge LLC Gary Aiken Bridlewood Farm Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews

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Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’s Association • Lonny Powell – CEO, Executive Vice President • Brock Sheridan – Editor-in-Chief • Tammy Gantt – Associate Vice President, Membership Services, Events Director, Contributing Editor, Industry and Community Affairs • E. Jane Murray – Assistant Vice President, Administration & Operations

Gulfstream Park •Michael Costanzo – Claims Clerk •Peter Aiello IV – Track Announcer Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park •Heather Belmonte – Executive Assistant

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Tampa Bay Downs •Allison DeLuca – Racing Secretary Breeder •Rick Heatter Trainers •Todd Pletcher •Chuck Simon

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Pure Lemon Hissy Fit Analyze Your Life La Key Royal Current Cairenn Misschief Maas Exotic Princess Polar Jet Analyze Your Life Prevailing Party Beautiful Maiden Joe Pike Untaken

Unicorn Kid Sing That Song Smok'n Revel Magorda Bella Silver Steps Expect Nothing Forest Retreat Exotic Tap Fleet Ryan Smok'n Revel Ad Litem Rebooked Allofeverything Current Event

Sally J. Andersen L. Richard Kent & John Waterman David Melin & Eddie Plesa Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC Aurelio Gomez Richard E. Wilson Best A Luck Farm LLC Laurie Plesa San Basilio LLC Stan Uragami Matalona Thoroughbreds LLC GoldMark Farm LLC Ocala Stud Joanna Reisler Sinatra Thoroughbred Racing & Breeding LLC

2/17/18 2/16/18 2/11/18 2/10/18 2/10/18 2/9/18 2/9/18 2/4/18 2/4/18 2/4/18 2/3/18 2/3/18 2/1/18 2/1/18

$10,780 $24,500 $14,896 $76,000 $60,720 $42,000 $42,000 $10,340 $49,182 $10,340 $42,000 $42,000 $10,780 $67,000

$6,380 $4,860 $8,816 $45,600 $5,060 $23,940 $8,820 $6,380 $8,820 $1,100 $23,940 $8,820 $1,100 $6,700

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Striking Heir Silky Mitts Paco Ensaco Absolute Love Mr Stark Formal Dude First Mistress Qualifly Protostar My Boy Lenny Slewys Chosen One R Happy Ending Gracias Adios Red Shelby Yeehaw Silky Mitts She Might Tell Royalty for Life Pure One Lise''s Bigtopdrama Sunfest Katie''s Cowboy Dagney''s Warrior Scribe Dra. Padilla Crimson Creed Lady in Gold Taylorealswift Sister Sunday Boston Breeze Flying Bankroll Vital Noble Drama Zap Daddy Nightstrings Boom Daddy Striking Heir Blue Lute Messiah Fontanazza Warm Summer Wind At Odds Too Fly Salsa Happy Wanderer Mominou Kingdom Kept Wildcat Beauty Slick Silver Qualifly Absolute Love Vermillion Blaze Mermaid of Honor Pantyhose Currency Wave

Striking T Valid Silk Take Charge Annie Time for Love Gran Senorita Formal Desire Flip the Stone Fly Express Annies Fuse Now My Precious Slewsville Grand Episode Lady of Long Ago Rehocracy Breathtakingly Valid Silk She Did Tell Technically Wicked Pure Disco Touch the Top Timuquana Drifting Dagney Darling Dance for Terry Wood Witch Madame Red Izzie's Gold Fleet Ryan Crystal Minuet Sherrie Belle Frontier Franny Sydney's Kiss Queen Drama Zapoutofit Forestelle Lady Discovery Striking T Gorgeous Goose Verse Choir Phanie Slam Wild Warm Wind Virtuously So Fly Snug Harbour Phanie Slam Castle Kept Raffica Finest Silver Fly Express Time for Love What About Maeve Fancy Fusaichi Garter Belt Le Mi Geaux

Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc & Ruth Delaplane Ocala Stud David Palmer & Teresa Palmer Steve Feiger Arindel Lynne Boutte & Chris Boutte Shadybrook Farm Inc Herman Wilensky Mike Anderson JJ Brevan Stable LLC Mr. & Mrs. Jan Alan Meehan & Mr. & Mrs. John T. Petika Tim James Mawhinney & Karen Faye Mawhinney Mr. & Mrs. Angel Lopez Tom McCrocklin Frank Mermenstein & Craig Rounsefell Fastponies LLC Ocala Stud Firefly Farm Racing LLC Robert A Raymond Patricia Generazio Carl Bowling & Hallmarc Stallions LLC Donald R. Dizney LLC Mike Meeks Elite Equine Inc & Carol Hershe Peter Halsall & Chessmate Thoroughbreds International LLC Derek Evans & Marlene Evans Lambholm & Constance Wickes Marion G. Montanari Stan Uragami & BPN Kinsman Farm Robert C. Roffey Jr. Arboritanza Racing LLC & Jolane Weeks A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara Vanlangendonck Harold L. Queen Westbury Stables LLC & Alfonso Figliolia GoldMark Farm LLC Vegso Racing Stable Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc & Ruth Delaplane Mary Anne Denes & Mary Ellen Woelfel Sun Thoroughbred Stable Woodford Thoroughbreds Maurice Miller LLC Forum Stables LLC John Rio & Carole Rio Reece Smith & Robert Timmerman Vegso Racing Stable Woodford Thoroughbreds Tim Stewart Equest Thoroughbreds Inc. Tim Hills Dana Reiss & Craig Wheeler Herman Wilensky Steve Feiger Thestral Stables LLC Kinsman Farm Jacks or Better Farm Inc. Woodford Thoroughbreds

3/30/18 3/30/18 3/30/18 3/30/18 3/30/18 3/29/18 3/29/18 3/27/18 3/26/18 3/25/18 3/25/18 3/25/18 3/25/18 3/25/18 3/24/18 3/17/18 3/17/18 3/17/18 3/16/18 3/16/18 3/16/18 3/16/18 3/16/18 3/15/18 3/11/18 3/11/18 3/11/18 3/11/18 3/10/18 3/10/18 3/10/18 3/9/18 3/9/18 3/9/18 3/9/18 3/9/18 3/9/18 3/9/18 3/8/18 3/8/18 3/8/18 3/7/18 3/6/18 3/4/18 3/4/18 3/4/18 3/3/18 3/2/18 3/2/18 2/25/18 2/24/18 2/24/18 2/24/18 2/24/18

$47,000 $23,000 $47,000 $81,000 $47,000 $54,345 $48,700 $22,100 $22,100 $25,250 $20,500 $49,400 $48,700 $54,690 $21,500 $23,000 $20,142 $20,750 $47,000 $22,100 $47,000 $38,000 $47,000 $49,400 $11,000 $80,000 $11,000 $12,500 $26,750 $27,250 $27,250 $21,750 $47,000 $47,000 $47,000 $47,000 $47,000 $47,000 $38,000 $53,600 $53,600 $52,900 $22,100 $22,000 $47,900 $22,000 $43,610 $41,000 $22,100 $43,400 $22,100 $25,250 $40,000 $49,100

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Prayfromthewordgo Jule Royale Jen's Halo Real Clever Trick Conners Cat Demetra's Love Valid Silk Bianco Tartufo Provocateur Supposedly Seaside Escape Live Every Day Verse Choir Indian Carlie Daveron (GER) Sydney's Kiss Queen Drama Gorgeous Goose Cameron Crazies Roxie Fast Moon Sanctioned Floating Cloud American Skipper La Adelita Adorable Heidi Bethan Show Me Some Rythm So Fly Switchboard Prayfromthewordgo Valid Concorde Tricky Mistress Shoppers Return Silly Cat Caught Speeding Rajpur Road Trade Fair

McKathan Bros.

Darsan Inc. J&J Stables LLC Carlos Rafael James F. Hancock Kirk Laneve Ocala Stud Live Oak Stud Hickstead Farm Lambholm Pauleeanna Thoroughbreds LLC & Wickham Equine Holdings Get Away Farm Sun Thoroughbred Stable GoldMark Farm LLC Live Oak Stud A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara Vanlangendonck Harold L. Queen Mary Anne Denes & Mary Ellen Woelfel Rustlewood Farm Inc. Southwind Stables Inc. Verbarctic Farm Joe Shulthise & Janet Shulthise Thomas Coleman Moises Yanez Faraway Farm Sienna Farms LLC M. Borchetta M. Borchetta R. Silver M. Silver & H. Pearlstein Reece Smith & Robert Timmerman Hartley De Renzo Thoroughbreds McKathan Bros.

Ocala Stud Craig Lawrence Wheeler Craig L. Wheeler J D Farms Get Away Farm Cuvette Racing Corp Helen Barbazon Joseph Barbazon & Lansdowne Thoroughbred

2/23/18 2/23/18 2/23/18 2/23/18 2/23/18 2/22/18 2/21/18 2/18/18 2/18/18 2/18/18 2/17/18 2/17/18 2/17/18 2/16/18 2/16/18 2/16/18 2/16/18 2/16/18 2/16/18 2/16/18 2/15/18 2/13/18 2/12/18 2/11/18 2/11/18 2/9/18 2/8/18 2/5/18 2/4/18 2/4/18 2/4/18 2/3/18 2/2/18 2/2/18 2/2/18 2/2/18 10/5/17

$43,000 $20,000 $43,000 $23,000 $43,000 $10,780 $23,000 $38,000 $45,100 $45,100 $21,750 $54,000 $38,000 $43,000 $43,000 $20,500 $43,000 $43,000 $43,000 $43,000 $39,270 $38,000 $56,300 $21,750 $44,400 $75,000 $75,000 $22,100 $43,000 $43,000 $43,000 $38,000 $48,600 $10,780 $10,780 $48,600 $32,915

$25,800 $3,940 $9,030 $2,290 $4,300 $2,200 $2,300 $7,600 $10,000 $5,000 $13,550 $10,800 $4,180 $25,800 $25,800 $4,500 $9,460 $8,600 $5,160 $3,870 $23,400 $4,180 $9,000 $13,350 $10,000 $45,000 $45,000 $2,210 $25,800 $8,600 $4,300 $22,800 $30,700 $2,200 $1,100 $5,430 $19,545

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Helping Horses, Changing lives For 18 years, the Florida TRF has been giving retired thoroughbreds homes and retraining while also rehabilitating female inmates who are then placed in employment in the industry. The program is funded by Florida Thoroughbred Charities and each sponsorship and donation makes a difference in support of the life changing program.

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riving through Marion County, “Horse Capital of the World®”, even in the depths of winter I am amazed at the beauty of the large commercial farms located here. A particular topic of interest to me and one that I feel could have a real economic and environmental impact is a feeding/forage system for horses using annual ryegrass for winter forage.

Part of the beauty I described during the cold, dry winter months is the sight of annual rye grass popping up around the gates to farms and around the various structures of the farm, perhaps even lining the perimeter of the farm.

I propose planting ryegrass in your horse pastures instead of as a winter aesthetic! Ryegrass is one of the best winter annual forages to plant in this area and has the potential to produce a feed with over 70% dry matter and 20% crude protein. By planting annual ryegrass in the fall Get your copy today! (October-November being the optimal time to plant) you can extend the grazing season by three months or more in some cases. Three months of horses eating quality forage in your pasture versus three months of having to purchase excess high quality hay that may be difficult to find some years. The cost breakdown of planting this winter forage is a no brainer!

A secondary benefit to planting annual ryegrass for winter forage is improved soil quality in your pastures. Typically, once the temperature drops below the optimum growing temperature for summer pasture, it will go into dormancy and that is when our feed bill increases significantly because the grazing capacity is greatly reduced. Besides an increase in supplemental feed costs, the lack of ground cover in the pasture will allow for the area to become easily denuded, planting annual ryegrass will maintain soil structure and allow for continuous green cover and nutrient recycling.

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makes for an easier establishment process with less equipment. Buying quality seed is extremely important; buy from a facility with good storage practices that sell varieties recommended by the University of Florida per variety trials conducted each year.

Prior to planting your ryegrass, taking soil samples is crucial. This is simple and I am here to provide assistance if needed. This will provide a nutrient analysis of the soil in your planting area which will offer essential fertilization recommendations. Split fertilizer applications are optimal for best crop performance. Timing is key for successful ryegrass, you want to plant in the fall when temperature and moisture are ideal. Be aware that the sooner in the fall you choose to plant, the more competition that annual ryegrass will have with the existing summer perennial grasses (Bahia or Bermuda grass). Wait until the summer grasses begin to slip into dormancy so that the ryegrass can utilize the space and nutrients for its growth and not have to share with the Bahia or Bermuda grass.

Horses are not easy on a pasture, we all know this to be true, which is why we promote attention to stocking rates and sacrifice areas when discussing the management of horse pastures. Same goes during the establishment phase of your annual ryegrass, excluding animals from the area is critical. A minimum of 6-8”of growth is recommended prior to allowing animals to graze. Keep in mind that you want to graze the ryegrass no shorter than 3-4” before removing animals.

In conclusion, planting ryegrass in the fall can make for longer sustained pasture grazing and improved pasture conditions year-round. Having the added aesthetic from the lush, green ryegrass becomes ancillary to the benefits provided to your horses! n Caitlin Bainum Marion County Extension UF/IFAS 352-671-8792 or cbainum@ufl.edu

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EL Potro

por Roberto Rodriguez Apasionado con los caballos de carreras Editor de la plataforma informativa de los hípicos de habla hispana Sirviendo como puente para que nuestras culturas conozcan más del hipismo en los Estados Unidos

La magia del e 5 Racing C on apenas dos años y medio dentro de la industria, la familia “e”dwards ha logrado escalar a la cima del hipismo gracias a un temprano éxito muy pocas veces visto, sobre todo cuando nos referimos a un deporte con un grado de demanda y paciencia tan elevado, como lo son las carreras de caballos. Sin embargo, Bob Edwards ha contado con la fortuna de emprender sus nuevos proyectos satisfactoriamente gracias en gran parte a todo el equipo que trabaja arduamente tras bastidores para hacer de esta organización, una de las más resaltantes en las últimas dos temporadas.

Residentes en Florida y con experiencia en el negocio de fármacos (e5 Pharma, la cual es una compañía farmacéutica para mascotas), la familia Edwards asentó sus primeros pasos dentro la hípica en la segunda mitad del 2015, específicamente durante el mes de agosto, semanas más tarde Bob Edwards adquiere en la subasta para ejemplares de un año de Keeneland (septiembre) a la potranca New Money Honey por la suma de $450,000, la cuál 13 meses después de su compra rompiera el maiden en el Miss Grillo Stakes G3 en Belmont Park, para así entonces viajar a California y conquistar la Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf G1 de esa temporada bajo las órdenes de Javier Castellano.

Apoyado por su esposa Kristine y sus tres hijos; Cassidy, Riley y Delaney, Bob Edwards (e 5 Racing Thoroughbreds) siguió soñando motivado por una pasión hacía los purasangres de carreras creyendo que el prematuro éxito alcanzado en el 2016 no fue casualidad del destino. Así iniciaron un 2017 lleno de expectativas, responsabilidades y metas, Edwards continuó adquiriendo ejemplares a través de las subastas, incluso ha realizado varios viajes a Europa donde también es propietario de exitosos corredores como lo es el caso de Landshark, un hijo de Bated Breath (GB) que debutó ganando en el hipódromo de Leopardstown (Irlanda), luego finalizó segundo en el Plusvital Round Tower Stakes G3 en el óvalo de Curragh detrás de nada más y nada menos que US Navy Flag, un múltiple ganador G1 en el viejo continente hijo de War Front y nieto de Galileo (IRE) a través de la yegua Misty For Me (IRE).

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A comienzos del 2017 el potro Local Hero (Hard Spun) le dio al e 5 Racing las primeras satisfacciones en competencias pertenecientes a la ruta del Kentucky Derby G1, este ejemplar finalizó tercero en el Risen Star Stakes G2 y en el Louisiana Derby G2 $1M, sin embargo, no formó parte de la carrera de las rosas. Durante todo ese proceso, previamente en las subastas de Fasig-Tipton (AGO2016) y Kenneland (SEP2016), el e 5 Racing agregó a su flotilla dos de los mejores tresañeros en entrenamiento en estos momentos, me refiero a Rushing Fall y Good Magic.

Rushing Fall es una hija de More Than Ready que, hasta el momento se conserva invicta, después de triunfar en su debut, la potranca entrenada por Chad Brown ganó de manera impresionante el JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes G3 en Keeneland después de girar a tierra derecha entre los últimos lugares dando muestras de su feroz atropellada. Este implacable remate fue el mismo que le permitió colocarse entre las punteras, esta vez antes de entrar a la recta final del hipódromo de Del Mar y conquistar la Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf G1, dándole a su propietario la victoria en años consecutivos en este evento bajo la misma combinación e 5 racing - Castellano – Brown, carrera que valió su nominación al premio Eclipse como mejor dosañera.

Por su parte, el alazán Good Magic, propiedad de la familia Edwards en sociedad con las famosas sedas del Stonestreet Farm (Barbara Banke), obtuvo su primera victoria en la Breeders’ Cup Juvenile G1 derrotando entre otros al súper cotizado Bolt d’Oro, gracias a este triunfo Good Magic fue galardonado con el Eclipse como mejor potro de 2 años en el 2017. Con 34 puntos en la clasificatoria a la edición 144 del Kentucky Derby G1 en el momento que redactamos nuestra columna, el potro de $1 millón de dólares ha hecho honor a su nombre en tan solo 4 apariciones, avivando el fuego de la pasión por los caballos de carreras que ha motivado a esta emprendedora familia a seguir creyendo que la magia de los sueños puede hacerse realidad, siempre cuanto estemos dispuestos a luchar con amor, trabajo y dedicación porque esto suceda. ■

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THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION

distributed at the Ocala HITS Show Circuit and key businesses and equine events throughout the year

Horse Capital Digest Weekly (December–March) • Monthly (April–November)

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FTBOA Membership Update

Keeping Members Informed MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDER

Tammy A. Gantt

Associate Vice President, Director of Membership Services & Events, FEC Contributing Editor and FTC Industry & Community Affairs

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This is your last issue of The Florida Horse if you have not renewed your membership. In addition, services, mailings and discounts are also discontinued. Membership runs the calendar year with a grace period until March 31 annually. Don’t miss an issue, e-blast update, text reminder for deadlines, mailing, or event and other important membership information. Renew today at www.ftboa.com.

DRAWING WINNERS

All members who registered by March 31 were entered into a drawing for an Equine Savings Toro mower and the winner is Loretta Shaffer. Also, the March e-blast offered an opportunity to win a Toro blower, the winner from those who responded is Elizabeth Fowler. Be sure to watch for more opportunities to win Equine Savings blowers in the future.

FLORIDA THOROBRED FILLIES JOIN TAMPA TRIP

(above) Dee Walther of the Fillies in the winner circle (above left) Member Ann Riley enjoys The Florida Horse

In March, Tampa Bay Downs hosted an FTBOA Member Day at the Races featuring the biggest day for Florida-breds, the Florida Cup. It include an FTBOA Business Leaders bus trip from Ocala. The outing also included the Florida Thoro-bred Fillies, a charity dedicated to establishing a closer rapport between women in Florida’s horse industry.

January 1, 2015, as well as any unraced thoroughbred.

Expo events feature a vendor fair/marketplace, educational seminars, and a new Expo awards after-party. mThe event is presented by the charitable organization, Run For The Ribbons Inc., dedicated to providing off- track thoroughbreds (OTTB) the foundation needed to ensure a smooth transition into their next career and home.

“We know how versatile, intelligent, and honest a thoroughbred is. We intend to educate the community on the versatility of the breed. We also want to encourage the community and the thoroughbred racing industry to further support our efforts, as well as other charitable organizations in Florida who also dedicate their time and resources to positively impact the lives of these horses, “ said event organizer Laurine Fuller-Vargas.

“Our goal is to create an outlet for the horses post racing. We also hope to encourage post-racetrack owners and trainers to pave the road to successful futures for these transformation horses through proper training techniques and strong foundations,” added Fuller-Vargas. “We anticipate over 100 horses, and aspire to have the event be the biggest and most anticipated OTTB event annually in Florida, proudly showcasing the many talents of thoroughbreds and increasing their marketability in the Southeast.”.

RETIRED THOROUGHBRED RECOGNITION AT THE GALA

FTBOA is proud to support retired thoroughbreds.

FTBOA honored two Run for the Ribbons horse show series participants at the recent Gala. The high point rider was Ashley Terlep and the top thoroughbred was JT’s Big Dream, the high point horse for the series owned by Terlep.

The second Florida Thoroughbred Transformation Exposition will be held on April 27 through 29 at the Florida Horse Park. It will feature competition in eight disciplines.

Each discipline will have 2 divisions, one restricted and one open. The restricted division is for registered/tattooed off-track thoroughbreds whose last race or race training workout was on or later than January 1, 2015. The open division is for any registered/tattooed off-track thoroughbred whose last race or race training workout was prior to

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Ashley Terlep wins OTTB High Point Rider SILVER CHARM HONORED IN MUSEUM EXHIBIT

The Silver Charm Stakes will be run at Tampa Bay Downs on Kentucky Derby Day on May 5. To honor the horse, Old Friends Farm where the horse lives, and the FTBOA will be hosting a Silver Charm exhibit opening on Friday, May 4 at 1 p.m. From 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the exhibit will be unveiled along with a silent auction, historical photos and much more. ■

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