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DECEMBER • 2014 • VOL 57/ISSUE 10

DEPARTMENTS/COLUMNS 6 THE BROCK TALK 8 FLORIDA FOCUS 26 MEMORY LANE–1978 —By JoAnn Guidry

28 LEADING SIRES 30 LEADING JUVENILE SIRES 32 FTBOA MEMBERSHIP UPDATE 48 FTBOA ANNUAL MEETING 78 AROUND THE COUNTRY Country-wide Florida-bred statistics

88 FARM MANAGEMENT

—By Jamie Cohen

90 WAYS OF THE WEST

—By Gary West

FEATURES 18 SUNSHINE MILLIONS PREVIEW —By Brock Sheridan & Mike Mullaney

34 CLASSIC INQUIRY

Bayern survives inquiry to take Breeders’ Cup Classic —By Brock Sheridan & Patrick Vinzant

42 TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS Q&A with FTBOA CEO Lonny Powell

54 DESTINY DELIVERS

In the name of their Destiny Oaks of Ocala, Bill and Janet Grube tallied a trio of 2014 Florida-bred stakes winners. —By JoAnn Guidry

62 THOROUGHBRED OWNERS’ CONFERENCE —By Tammy A. Gantt

68 EQUINE LIEN LAWS —By Amanda Simmons & Renee E. Thompson

74 CONSISTENT COURTNEY

Courtney Ryan keeps on winning: Florida-bred leads all North American mares in victories this year

76 RUN FOR THE RIBBONS: PHOTO SPREAD —Tammy A. Gantt

84 EQUINE CARE

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Through Rose Colored Binoculars H

appy Holidays to all and here’s to a lucky and prosperous New Year. Like many of you, the holiday season is my favorite time of the year with the giving of gifts and celebrating with family and friends. The New Year provides my optimistic nature with plenty of fodder and nutrition for what I believe will be a great 2015.

This melioristic attitude is prevalent in my person around this time as I always become re-inspired by again watching the likes of “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Elf ” as they return to me my belief in guardian angels and the Spirit of Christmas. The rosy tent that you see in my eye glasses is evident but certainly not restricted to my personal outlook because I also read the Daily Racing Form through those same lenses and create certain horses and races in my mind through rose-colored binoculars.

In other words, I see good times ahead for Florida-bred thoroughbreds in 2015.

Juveniles, by definition in our game, always offer hope and there are a few Florida-breds that I think have a real

“Juveniles, by definition in our game

, always offer hope and there are a few Florida-breds that I think have a real chance to make an impact on the national stage in 2015 in Calculator and Mr. Jordan.

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chance to make an impact on the national stage in 2015 in Calculator and Mr. Jordan.

We missed Calculator in the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Santa Anita on Nov. 1 when he was scratched the day before the $2 million race eventually won

by Texas Red. What we did see from the son of the Ocala Stud stallion In Summation was two second-place finishes in the Grade1 Del Mar Futurity and the Grade 1 FrontRunner Stakes behind BC Juvenile morning line favorite American Pharoah, who was also scratched from the Juvenile by trainer Bob Baffert. We also saw Calculator defeat a thirdplace Texas Red in the Frontrunner, a race like the Del Mar

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Futurity in that American Pharoah had an uncontested lead that may have compromised the chances of a stalking Calculator and closing Texas Red. I look for Calculator to again surface sometime in the late winter or early spring in some of the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (G1) prep races on the west coast such as the Sham Stakes on Jan. 10 or the Robert Lewis Stakes (G2) on Feb. 7, both at Santa Anita.

Calculator is trained by Peter Miller for Richard C. Pell—and believe me when I say Miller was just as disappointed as Baffert when their respective Juveniles scratched from the Breeders’ Cup. Closer to home, Mr. Jordan may have made his next start in the $75,000 Smooth Air Stakes at Gulfstream Park after press time, and I’m hoping he was just as impressive there as he was in winning the $75,000 Juvenile Sprint Stakes against fellow Florida-breds at Gulfstream Park West on Nov. 8. The Sprint was the second win in as many starts for the son of Ocala Stud stallion Kantharos, who galloped to a three-length win against his fellow Florida-breds after breaking his maiden by 6 ½ lengths at Monmouth Park in September.

If Mr. Jordan, who is a striking almost white colt whose photo appears in the table of contents and on page 23 of this issue, continues with his maturity and winning ways, I look for him in the east coast Kentucky Derby prep races at Gulfstream Park, Fair Grounds, New York or Oaklawn.

Mr. Jordan is trained by Eddie Plesa Jr. for David Melin, Leon Ellman and wife Laurie Plesa. Plesa just completed a masterful job with the career of $1.7 million earner Itsmyluckyday, who was a troubled 15th in the 2013 Derby but bounced back to finish second to Oxbow in the Preakness (G1). So he knows how to get one to the Triple Crown in good order.

And here’s hoping that my rose colored binoculars are fortuitous and not just providing something for me to hope for after New Year’s Day. ■

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Florida FOCUS Compiled by Brock Sheridan & Mike Mullaney

He’s Notyouraveragejoe – at least, on turf.

Florida-bred Notyouravergejoe again showed an affinity for running on grass Oct. 18 at Gulfstream Park West, where he pulled off a

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Florida-bred Notyouraveragejoe

17-1 upset in the $90,000 Showing Up Stakes, his second stakes victory on turf in as many tries.

The son of Discreet Cat scored by 1¼ lengths in the mile stakes for 3-year-olds while earning every dollar of the $60,000 winner’s share of the purse. Ridden by Eduardo Nunez, Notyouraveragejoe broke sharply to grab an early lead while quickly challenged by Little Daddy and jockey Edgard Zayas, who kept the pressure on around the first turn and along the backstretch. Notyouraveragejoe inched away on the far turn and continued on to post an impressive hard-earned victory.

“I thought he ran great. I was happy he got the lead. I thought there was a horse on the inside that had some speed, but that never developed,” said Stephen DiMauro, who trains the winner for co-breeder Darsan Inc and Appaloosa Finance. Darley is the other breeder of record for the bay colt, who is out of the Jules mare Jule Royale.

“I was a little concerned when that horse challenged him on the backside and pressed him, but he ran well,” DiMauro said.

Dustymour finished second under Santiago Gonzalez, a nose in front of Shiva Ryan and jockey Diego Gomez.

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Notyouraveragejoe ran the distance in 1:36.57. It was his first race since finishing off the board in the Quality Road Stakes over Gulfstream Park’s main track on June 28, and only his second race of the year.

“It was a long time getting him back to the races. I’m just happy that he ran a good race, never mind win,” DiMauro said. “He’s had some physical ailments, nothing major. I had to stop with him once during the winter. I got him back to the races in June but he aggravated it again and I had to stop again. He’s a bit of a handful to train, so it’s been difficult.”

Notyouraveragejoe broke his maiden over a sloppy Gulfstream main track in September 2013 in his fourth lifetime start. He came right back to win the $100,000 Juvenile Turf, a restricted stakes for Florida-bred horses, in his grass debut last November at Gulfstream. He then finished second in the off-the-turf Pulpit Stakes before going on the shelf until June.

“Obviously, he likes the grass. He’s 2-for2 on it, so I’d like to keep him on it if I can,” DiMauro said.

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Cellars Shiraz an Easy Score for Classy ‘Kathy’ John Eaton and Steve Laymon’s Florida homebred Daring Kathy made a triumphant return to Dade County Oct. 18 to capture the $90,000 Cellars Shiraz Stakes at Gulfstream Park West. Returning from a two-race journey to Saratoga and Woodbine for graded-stakes Florida-bred Daring Kathy

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Sunshine Sweep: Floridians Take Twin Stakes at GPW

engagements, the daughter of Journeyman Stud stallion Wildcat Heir asserted her class to score a 3¼-length victory in the mile turf stakes for 3-year-old fillies.

“I love my filly. I had her mother and her grandmother and all her siblings. We couldn’t be more pleased,” owner Kathy Eaton said.

“We’re so pleased with the great job the people who take care of her have done. She’s an unbelievable horse.”

The even-money favorite broke alertly from the starting gate under jockey Abdiel Jaen to set the pace throughout. She was never seriously threatened.

“We’ll keep her down here through the winter. She’s a Florida-bred and they certainly have a nice program here,” Eaton said. “In the spring, we’ll start looking at the races.”

Kandhara, who had a little early trouble, closed well under Eduardo Nunez to finish second, three-quarters of a length ahead of Dun Won and jockey Diego Gomez.

The David Fawkes-trained Daring Kathy ran the mile in 1:36.67 to post her fourth straight easy victory in South Florida and first since finishing third in the Lake George (G2) at Saratoga and third in the Ontario Colleen (G3) at Woodbine.

The Cellars Shiraz romp was her third

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Good Lord, the 7-year-old bred in Florida

by Marilyn Fazo Seltzer of Golden Beach, showed he hasn’t lost his zip Nov. 1 at Mountaineer, registering a gate-to-wire victory in the $133,000 Mountaineer Mile.

The oldest horse in the field, Good Lord tallied by a neck over the onrushing Page McKenney with Dawly third, 1¼ lengths farther back. The winner set fractions of :23.70, :46.92 and 1:11.81, finishing in 1:38.68.

Good Lord dropped three straight in Tampa last winter and spring, finishing out of the money in each attempt, but became reinvigorated when he reached Kentucky where he won three straight, including the Kelly’s

Florida-bred Good Lord

Fort Loudon to Stand at Bridlewood

Greatness, Telling Return to Florida

Fort Loudon, a graded stakes winner of nearly $1 million will stand his first season at stud in 2015 at Bridlewood Farm in Ocala, Fla.

By Awesome of Course and out of the graded stakes winning and million dollar earning mare Lottsa Talc, by Talc, Fort Loudon swept the male division of the 2011 Florida Stallion Stakes at Calder Race Course. After breaking his maiden there by 10 lengths for owner Jacks or Better Farm of Ocala, Fort Loudon won the $75,000 Dr. Fager division of the FSS at six furlongs before winning the $125,000 Affirmed division of the FSS at seven furlongs. He then went on to take the $300,000 In Reality division to give himself a sweep of the lucrative series, joining other Jacks or Better homebreds Jackson Bend (2009) and Awesome Feather (2010) on the list of only twelve horses that have swept the 31-year-old series.

Fort Loudon came back just as strong as a 3-year-old, winning the $75,000 In Summation Stakes, $75,000 Unbridled Stakes and the Grade 3 Carry Back Stakes, all at Calder. At age four, Fort Loudon won the Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Sprint Challenge and was third in

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Landing at Churchill Downs and a three-peat in the Don Bernhardt at Ellis Park.

Sent to Oklahoma in August, he was listless sixth in the DMV Sprint at Remington but regained form in his most recent effort prior to the Mountaineer Mile, finishing second to Pants on Fire in the Wild n Wonderful at Charles Town.

Notably, Pants on Fire finished third to repeat winner Goldencents and Tapiture in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Santa Anita Nov. 1.

Good Lord was the 7-2 third favorite in the Mountaineer Mile and paid $9.20. Favored in the race was Dawly, off at 2-1. Page McKenney, off at 9-1, had won six of his last eight

the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Handicap. Exemplifying his soundness and constitution, Fort Loudon also raced at age five, finishing second to Singanothersong in the Grade 3 Mr. Prospector Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

Fort Loudon finished his career with earnings of $931,973, winning eight of his 30 career starts with four seconds and four thirds.

Fort Loudon will stand for a fee of $4,000 live foal for the 2015 season as the property of A Syndicate. For more information, contact Bridlewood Farm manager George Isaacs at 352-622-5319.

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Fl.-bred Good Lord Finds Redemption

coming into the race, including stakes races at Parx and Penn National.

It was Good Lord’s second victory in the Mountaineer Mile, having won the race in 2012. He was third in last year’s renewal over a muddy track.

Good Lord is owned by Thomas Shank and San Young and is trained by Kaelin Forrest. He has won 14 of 63 career starts, with earnings of $743,714.

He is by the Mr. Prospector stallion Greatness, who now stands at Prestige Stallions in Ocala, out of Dowager Lady, by Whadjathink.

Fort Loudon

Greatness

Former Florida stallions Greatness and Telling have returned to the Sunshine State after standing last season in Kentucky and will stand the 2015 breeding season at Prestige Stallions in Ocala.

Greatness, by Mr. Prospector - Harbour Club, by Danzig, is the sire of millionaire Immortal Eyes and the hard-knocking stakes winner Good Lord (14 wins in 63 starts), graded-stakes winner Great Attack and the nine-time winner Shankopotamus.

Telling, a royally bred son of A.P. Indy, is out of the Grade 1-winning Deputy Minister mare Well Chosen. A two-time winner of the Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, Telling retired sound and earned

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stakes victory. After breaking her maiden on the Gulfstream main track in January and finishing off the board in a stakes on dirt at Calder in February, Daring Kathy broke her maiden on turf at first asking on the Florida Derby undercard at Gulfstream Park. She returned to capture the Honey Ryder by 3¾ lengths and the Starfish Bay by 5½ lengths over the Gulfstream turf before heading north.

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Florida FOCUS

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Drill, a multiple graded-stakes winning son of Eclipse champion Lawyer Ron, has taken up residence at Manny Andrade’s Get Away Farm north of Ocala for the 2015 breeding season.

Drill came out of the box quickly as a 2year-old, breaking his maiden at Del Mar in his second start, then winning the Grade 1

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Del Mar Futurity over 4-5 favorite Creative Cause just 25 days later. In his next start he finished second to Creative Cause in the Norfolk Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita.

At the conclusion of his juvenile season, Drill was co-ranked 12th with future champion sprinter Trinniberg on the 2011 Experimental Handicap, above such future stars as I’ll Have Another, Take Charge Indy and Optimizer.

As a 3-year-old, Drill won the San Vicente Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita and the Laz Barrera Memorial (G3) at Hollywood Park. In his career, he finished in the top four in 12 graded stakes, five of them Grade 1s, and earned $557,022.

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Ocala Stud Sets Fees for 2015 Stallion Roster J. Michael O’Farrell Jr.’s Ocala Stud has set stud fees for its seven-stallion roster for 2015, which includes the addition of multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire and Canadian Horse of the Year, Uncaptured.

Uncaptured enters stud at an introductory fee of $6,000 stands and nurses, and is followed by popular stallions High Cotton, Kantharos and Prospective who will all stand 2015 for a fee of $5,000 stands and nurses.

J. Michael The full 2015 roster O’Farrell Jr. with fees are as follows: Adios Charlie ..............................$3,000 High Cotton.................................$5,000 In Summation.............................$2,500 Kantharos ...................................$5,000 Overdriven..................................$3,000 Prospective.................................$5,000 Sweet Return..............................$3,500 Uncaptured.................................$6,000 For more information about Ocala Stud’s roster of stallions, please contact Joe or David at 352-237-2171, or visit OcalaStud.com.

Journeyman Announces 2015 Stud Fees Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Ocala-based Journeyman Stud has released the 2015 stud fees for its roster of stallions.

Leading the way with a stud fee of $10,000 is Brent & Crystal current leading Florida Fernung stallion Wildcat Heir, who also topped the state’s general sire list in 2010, 2011 and 2013.

Wildcat Heir stands as property of Journeyman Stud.

It has been a banner year for Journeyman Stud with stallions standing at the farm siring all six winners of the inaugural running of the Florida Sire Stakes at Gulfstream Park.

In addition, in two of the FSS races it was a Journeyman Stud stallions trifecta, as well as a 1-2 and two 1-3 finishes in five of the events.

On the current 2014 Florida juvenile sire list, Journeyman Stud stallions Wildcat Heir, Hear No Evil, Exclusive Quality and Awesome of Course are ranked 1-2-3-4. Hear No Evil and Awesome of Course stand as property of Jacks or Better Farm while Exclusive Quality stands as property of Journeyman Stud.

“We are very excited and extremely gratified with the success that Journeyman Stud stallions have had this year,” said Brent Fernung, who with wife Crystal established the operation in 2008.

“The level of success we’ve reached in such a short time is not only a testament to the quality of our stallions. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to stand such outstanding stallions and the mare owners who have supported them.”

Awesome of Course.....................$5,000 Cool Coal Man..........................$3,500 Exclusive Quality ......................$2,500 Hear No Evil .............................$2,500 Indy Wind.................................$2,000 JP’s Gusto................................$2,000 Kiss the Kid..............................$3,500 Wildcat Heir ...........................$10,000 Winslow Homer........................$5,000

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Drill to Stand at Get Away Farm

Drill’s dam is the Storm Cat mare Cat Dancer, who was purchased for $885,000 as a broodmare prospect at the 2006 Keeneland January Sale. She then sold for $1.4 million in foal to Tiznow at the 2011 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Mixed Sale. Her 2008 foal, Javanese, brought $1.5 million at Saratoga as a yearling.

This is the female family of 3-year-old champion Little Current, winner of the Preakness (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1).

Drill will stand for $4,500 live foal as the property of Andrade. For more information contact Andrade at 561-371-8006 or Larry Anderson at 352-591-1275 or, via e-mail, getawayfarm@aol.com.

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nearly $900,000 during his racing career. His first-crop yearlings were well-received in the market, selling for up to $180,000.

Also standing at Prestige are Burning Roma (by Rubiano), Causeway’s Kin (by Giant’s Causeway) and Kibbutznik (by El Prado).

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Florida FOCUS Two More 7-Figure Buys for Bridlewood

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Bridlewood’s John Malone and George Isaacs were at it again Nov. 5 at the Keeneland November sale, paying a North American record $3 million for a weanling and $1.9 million for a 5-year-old broodmare.

On Nov. 3 they spent $2 million to purchase the 10-year-old broodmare Concinnuous, the dam of millionairess Iotapa, and the next day they went to $1.9 million for the Grade 1-winning mare Egg Drop and to $1.1 million for the stakes-winning 4-year-old Renee’s Titan.

Concinnuous and Egg Drop are both in foal to the nation’s leading sire, Tapit; Renee’s Titan is in foal to Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Orb. Wednesday, with owner Malone on the phone and his farm manager Isaacs in attendance at the Lexington, Ky., sale, Bridlewood purchased Peace Preserver and what some observers called the star of the session, a weanling daughter of Tapit from the Storm at mare Serena’s Cat. Peace Preserver, a daughter of War Front out of the Forty Niner mare Preserver, won five races in her racing career, including the Grade 3 Noble Damsel, while earning $382,166.

Peace Preserver is in foal to Galileo (Ire).

Bridlewood outlasted Mandy Pope of Whisper Hills Farm to secure the weanling, who was co-bred

by Hill n Dale and George Isaacs Dell Ridge farms.

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Appleton, had purchased Serena’s Song as a weanling from this same sale in 1992. He sold Serena’s Song to Bob and Beverly Lewis the next year at the Keeneland July Sale.

Date Set for Pleasant Acres Stallion Show Joe and Helen Barbazon have announced their annual stallion show will be held at their Pleasant Acres stallion facility Saturday, Dec. 20, from 11 a.m. to 2 pm.

The event will be highlighted by the addition of Brethren, an undefeated 2-year-old and graded-stakes winning half-brother to leading

freshman sire Super Saver.

Both first-year sires in 2014 will join young sires Anthony’s Cross (Indian Charlie); Beau Choix (Elusive Quality); Pollard’s Vision (Carson City), Poseidon’s Warrior (Speightstown) and Treasure Beach (GB) (Galileo (IRE)).

Lunch will be served and special incentives will be offered. Those who bring a toy will qualify for the “Toys for Tots” drawing for complimentary seasons.

For more information contact Michelle Hemingway at (352) 895-6512, e-mail, Michelle@pleasantacresstallions.com or, Helen Barbazon (352) 207-0286, e-mail, Helen@pleasantacresstallions.com.

Obituary:

Ricky Leppala Highly respected pinhooker and trainer, Ricky Leppala, 62, died Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at his home in Ocala after a brief battle with very aggressive cancer. Ricky is survived by his two sons, Hunter and Dalton Leppala; his brothers Danny and Jimmy Leppala; nieces Alisa, Emily and Mia Leppala and faithful dog, Gauge.

Richard Norman Leppala Jr. was born on August 6, 1952 in Wayne, Michigan.

He started riding quarter horse races at age 15. He rode for prominent quarter horse trainers and owners Buddy Nesmith, Don Ming, J.L. Gladwell, Cleveland Wheeler and Carl Bowling, among others. Ricky transitioned into training thoroughbreds catapulting into the limelight rapidly becoming known as a developer of young horses with a very keen eye for talent.

Among the best racehorses conditioned and sold by Leppala are 1997 Horse Of The Year and Champion 2-year-old Colt Favorite Trick who won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and retired with earnings over $1.7M, Delaware Township a multiple Grade 1 winner of $996,950, Max’s Pal a MGSP stakes winner of $728,896, Flamethrower a multiple Grade 2 winner of $458,200 and more recently, Reneesgotzip was his $3,500 yearling purchase that he sold for $45,000 at OBS April 2011. She went on to become a multiple graded stakes winner of over $869,000, setting the track record at Del Mar for 6 ½ Furlongs in 1:14 2/5.

Ricky was the consummate horseman, a kind friend and a great man that will be missed by so many in the thoroughbred industry.

The family would like to send a special thanks all of those who showed such great love and support in his final days. In lieu of flowers, Ricky has requested an education fund to be established for the benefit of Dalton and Hunter Leppala. Donations may be sent to Friends Of Ricky at Community Bank and Trust of Florida, 1603 SW 19th Ave., Ocala, FL 34471-3136.

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Three-time Grade 1 winner and accomplished sire Sweet Return (GB), owned by the Red Oak Farm of John J. Brunetti, will join a select roster of stallions and stand the 2015 breeding season at Ocala Stud Farm.

The upcoming breeding year will be the 8th season at stud for the British-bred son of Elmaaul - Sweet Revival (GB). Sweet Return’s offspring have accounted for 16 victories in 2014, including a runaway win by the first-out 2-year-old colt Wildling at Del Mar in August. His 2013 crop, which included 15 winners, ranked in the Top 5 of third-crop stallions in the state of Florida.

On the race track, Sweet Return won the Hollywood Derby (G1-T) at age 3, the Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap (G2-T) and San Marcos Stakes (G2-T) at age 4, and the

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Eddie Read (G1-T) and Charles Whittingham Memorial (G1-T) Handicaps at age 5.

Overall, Sweet Return won 8 races, earned $1,801,377, and posted 18 triple-digit Beyer numbers.

“We look forward to a new and expanded relationship with the famed Ocala Stud Farm,” said Red Oak Stable Racing Manager and General Manager Richard Sacco.

“Sweet Return has some very talented offspring in competition right now and we believe he will be an attractive stallion during the 2015 breeding season.”

“Ocala Stud and Red Oak Farm are neighbors and long-time members of the Florida Thoroughbred community here in Ocala,” said Ocala Stud Farm’s David O’Farrell. “But beyond that, the O’Farrell and the Brunetti families have shared a level of passion and mutual respect over three generations that has made for a great relationship.”

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Sweet Return To Stand At Ocala Stud In 2015

Sweet Return

“We are grateful to partner with Mr. John J. Brunetti to stand Sweet Return at Ocala Stud Farm in 2015, and we’re looking forward to the opportunity of having success together.”

Sweet Return will stand at Ocala Stud Farm for a $3,500 fee. Contact Ocala Stud Farm at (352) 237-2171 or on the web at www.ocalastud.com to make arrangements for the 2015 breeding season.

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Head East East Hall rolls past

‘Red’ in Classic

By BROCK SHERIDAN & MIKE MULLANEY —MIAMI GARDENS or anyone who had questioned trainer Bill Kaplan’s long-standing assertion that East Hall was on the verge of becoming a special racehorse, the 4-yearold gelding’s performance in the $100,000 Millions Classic Preview on Nov. 8 should provide compelling evidence.

Round Three of his rivalry with Wildcat Red went to East Hall when he came from sixth in the seven-horse field, picked up the leaders on the turn and rolled by his nemesis to win the 1 1/16-mile test for 3-year-olds and older by two lengths.

“This horse is a tremendous finisher,” Kaplan said after the Mary K. Haire-bred chestnut scored his third victory in his last four starts. “It doesn’t matter where you put him early, he’ll run hard all day long. Today the pace was fast. He started going after them at the three-eighths pole and he was all ‘Go! Go! Go!’ He has a tremendous cardio-vascular system … a really nice horse.”

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Florida-bred Swinger’s Party triumphs in the Distaff Preview

With Luis Saez up, East Hall ran the distance in 1:46.99 after tracking fractions of :23.51, :47.33, 1:12.48 and 1:39.83.

A tiring Wildcat Red, who held a brief lead in midstretch and was favored at 6-5, held second by a head over Schivarelli. Longshot I’m Steppin’ It Up, the early pacemaker, was fourth, followed by Undeniable Temper, Sr. Quisqueyano and Megamove.

Wildcat Red had gotten the better of East Hall in their previous matches, beating his rival by 10½ lengths in the Quality Road June 28 and outfinishing him when they went 2,3 behind General A Rod in the Gulfstream Park Derby on New Year’s Day. “He’s improved all the way through the year,” Kaplan said of East Hall. “He’s had a couple of bad races, mainly because of post position and getting in trouble. Every race he gets clear in the stretch, he runs down anybody.”

East Hall won the Ohio Derby in his first start after getting trounced in the Quality Road, was roughed up badly in the early running of the Super Derby (G2), in which he finished sixth, then rebounded to beat Vicars in Trouble, the Super Derby winner, in the subsequent Indiana Derby (G2) in his most recent outing on Oct. 4.

The Sunshine Millions Classic, Jan. 17, likely will be East Hall’s next assignment.

“He came out of the race great; no problems,” Kaplan said the day after the race. “He’s developing as he gets older, and he’s a horse that’s getting better and better. He’s

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going to be a heck of a 4-year-old, I hope, and he’s going to get better with the longer distances. He really wants the mile and a quarter, classic-type of distance. He’s improving and he thrives on racing, and he’s done really well.”

East Hall, owned by Jack Hendricks and Roger Justice, paid $6.80.

“Bill and his team have done a fantastic job with this horse,” Hendricks said. “This horse has got a heart on him as big as Texas. He’s always trying and he gives you everything he’s got every time, except when he gets himself hurt. Then, he’s smart enough to take care of himself. To me, that’s a smart horse.”

The son of Winding Oaks stallion Graeme Hall out of the Sultry Song mare East Long Lake has won five of 19 career starts with earnings of $723,305.—M. Mullaney SWINGER’S PARTY TAKES DISTAFF

Miller Racing’s Swinger’s Party took over with three furlongs, opened a big lead and repulsed a strong bid from longshot Flutterby to win the $100,000 Sunshine Millions Distaff Preview by three-quarters of a length at Gulfstream Park West.

Swinger’s Party, a 4-year-old filly bred by Farnsworth Stables, came into the opening event of the seven-race Millions Preview off a seventh-place finish after a troubled start in the Grade 3 Shuvee over a muddy strip at Saratoga on July 27.

“It was a very tough race up there,” said trainer Marty

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Wolfson said. “She just loves this track. She won two in a row here last year [by a combined 12½ lengths], so she loves it here. She’s very, very good when she’s fresh and she comes from off the pace now. She didn’t used to; she used to go right to the front.”

Her blowout breeze for this race, four furlongs in :47.07 at Gulfstream Park Nov. 3, signaled her readiness for this event.

Devil’s Cave, favored at 7-5, grabbed the early lead but she was done after the opening quarter-mile in :23.73.

Second-choice Puddifoot, after a short duel with Devil’s Cave, took charge briefly before she, too, gave up the ghost, eventually fading to last in the eight-horse field.

Swinger’s Party moved to the lead, opening a 2½length advantage before Flutterby closed and made it close at 16-1.

Swinger’s Party, a bay or brown daughter of Medaglio d’Oro out of the Stormin Fever mare Franscat, improved her record to four wins from 13 starts with earnings of $155,925.

Her best stakes showings prior to the Distaff Preview were runner-up performances in the Nancy’s Glitter and Cellars Shiraz, a pair of $75,000 stakes against open company.

She was ridden by Edgard Sayas and is trained by Marty Wolfson.

Flutterby had 3¾ lengths on third-place Don’tcallmecharley with Quinnkat a neck back in fourth.

“We had planned to stalk the pace and let the speed go out there,” Zayas said. “We had hoped Devil’s Cave would get an easy lead but it wasn’t like that. [Puddifoot] kept fighting her, so it set up perfect for Swinger’s Party. Once she got the lead she was waiting for horses, but I took her out a little bit and she kept on going. She finished up strong.”

Devil’s Cave, Winning for Sarah, Holiday Magic and Puddifoot competed the order of finish.

Fractions for the race were :23.73, :47.56, 1:13.39 with the final time for the mile 1:40.59.—M. Mullaney

Florida-bred Leap Year Luck wins the Juvenile Filly Sprint Preview

LEAPING REBOUND

Jacks or Better Farm’s homebred Leap Year Luck rebounded in a big way from her debacle in the My Dear Girl, the final leg of the Florida Sire Stakes, and handily scored in the $100,000 Juvenile Filly Sprint, the curtain dropper to the Sunshine Millions Preview program at Gulfstream Park West.

“I wasn’t sure about her today,” said trainer Stanley Gold. “She ran good and then she ran bad and sometime fillies will do that. She has been difficult to figure out.”

With Jesus Rios aboard, Leap Year Luck ran last in the field of 10 through an opening quarter of :22.67 set by the co-favored Coco’s Wildcat. A hot half of :46.33 took all the starch out of Coco’s Wildcat, who eventually retreated to last place.

Leap Year Luck was still mired far back in the field

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SUNSHINE MILLIONS PR EV I EW EASY PACE THE CURE FOR HANGOVER SATURDAY

Hangover Saturday, under a rocking-chair ride from Abdiel Jaen, took the lead at the break from her rail position, opened a comfortable advantage through equally comfortable fractions and coasted home a 2¼-length winner of the $100,000 Juvenile Filly Turf.

The cleverly named Hangover Saturday, a 2-year-old bay daughter of the Johannesburg mare Margarita Friday, finished the mile turf race in 1:39.27 after setting fractions of :25.09, :51.25 and 1:15.86.

The Florida homebred, who was sired by Pomeroy, is owned by John Eaton, Steve Laymon and Mark Sayeg and she was the second choice in the Juvenile Filly Turf.

“Financially, it is better to be in Ocala,” Eaton said.

“So everything we’ve had over the last five or six years has been Florida-bred and we’ll continue that way. Everybody should have Florida-breds. It’s a great program.”

The even-money favorite Like a Queen finished seventh of the eight that met the starter.

Hangover Saturday had things her own way throughout the Juvenile Filly Turf, challenged only for a brief moment by Gorgeous Dream as the field neared the far turn. Her advantage was reduced to a half-length at that point but she quickened and once again opened a sizable lead with little exertion.

“This race was not totally unexpected,” trainer David

LESLIE MARTIN PHOTO

Florida-bred Hangover Saturday wins the Juvenile Filly Turf Preview

as the 11-1 Savingtime inherited the lead and opened a three-length advantage, but Leap Year Luck was in high gear and was in third through six furlongs in 1:12.81.

Leap Year Luck could not be denied in the straightaway and in short order she engulfed Savingtime, who comfortably held the place.

Her final time for the 6½ furlongs was 1:19.35.

Leap Year Luck won by 2¼ lengths over Savingtime with Moment of Delight third, 2¾ lengths farther back.

Holywell was fourth, followed by Joni Gail, Jamie’s Dancer, Sum Roar, L’Eau de Fontaine, Awesome Ice, Like a Charm and Coco’s Wildcat.

The winner is a bay daughter of Journeyman Stud stallion Hear No Evil out of Lucky of Course, out of Awesome of Course who also stands at Journeyman.

A maiden when she took the Desert Vixen, opening leg of the Florida Sire Stakes series, Leap Year Luck was subsequently second in the Susan’s Girl prior to her performance in the My Dear Girl, which still has her trainer perplexed.

“You go, ‘What was it? Was it the two turns or did she just not feel good that day? Then today she runs big again around one turn,” he said. “So you say she is a one-turn horse. I guess I was right about two turns with this filly. An off-the-pace sprinter suited the track today and she ran big.”

Winner of two of her six starts, she has earned $161,834. She paid $17.20 to win.—M. Mullaney

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Fawkes said. “She’s been training really great. She’s been doing everything right in the morning and I figured, if she could get a pace like this, she’d be dangerous. Today she did everything right.”

Miss Margaret rallied for second and took a threehorse photo, finishing a head in front of Catfight Cowgirl, who had a neck in front of the fading Gorgeous Dream.

Discreet Romance, Herecomsmisskitty, Like a Queen and Wild Cat Magic completed the order of finish.

Hangover Saturday broke her maiden in her first race, a five-furlong turf race at Gulfstream Park in August that she won by 4¾ lengths after a front-running effort. She tried the main track in her next start, the Susan’s Girl, the middle leg of the Florida Sire Stakes, and finished last of 13. She bounced back with a fifthplace finish in the Our Dear Peg, over a mile of the Gulfstream Park turf.

She came into the Juvenile Filly Turf off a 1:00 2/5 breeze for trainer David Fawkes Nov. 1 at Gulfstream Park.

“She’s going to be a sprinter,” Eaton said. “We took a shot with her at a mile just because there is no place to run a 2-year-old winner, not at five and-a-half or six furlongs. But [Jaen] got away walking. When I saw [a halfmile] in 51 [seconds] I started walking to the winners’ circle.”

Hangover Saturday, who raised her earnings to $91,305, paid $7.40 to win.—M. Mullaney

MR. JORDAN TAKES JUVENILE SPRINT

Jockey Paco Lopez picked up his third victory of the day and favored Mr. Jordan ran like his wagering supporters needed as those two took the $100,000 Millions Juvenile Sprint. The Juvenile featured 2-year-old Florida-breds sprinting 6½ furlongs on the main track.

At the start, Lakota Warrior broke best of all from the nine post and had two lengths on the field of nine before the race was more than a few seconds old. Sing Praises was second with Morgan’s Harbour third and Hear That Tune fourth as they raced out of the chute and on to the main course and the run down the backstretch.

Lakota Warrior continued to show the way going into the far turn after making the first two furlongs in :22.98, but Sing Praises was edging closer on the outside as those two made the turn in tandem with Mr. Jordon ranging up on the outside.

After a half-mile in :46.98, Lakota Warrior was still in front with Sing Praises right there at his side as Mr. Jordan began to hit his best stride.

Down the stretch, Mr. Jordan took the lead and began to pull away, eventually hitting the wire three lengths in front in 1:18.32 with Morgan’s Harbour second and Sing Praises third.

Mr. Jordan is owned by David Melin, Leon Ellman and Laurie Plesa and is trained by Edward Plesa Jr. He was bred in Florida by Philip and Karen Matthews of Ocala and is a grey/roan son of Ocala Stud stallion Kantharos out of Miss Skeetd, by Cloud Hopping.

Florida-bred Mr. Jordan triumphs in the Juvenile Sprint Preview

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SUNSHINE MILLIONS PR EV I EW “Needless to say, if you have a 2-year-old this time of year that shows you that talent, you’ve got to have (the classics) in the back of your mind,” Plesa said.

Mr. Jordan is a graduate of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company April sale of 2-year-olds where he brought a final bid of $155,000.

“He’s correct. He doesn’t have any flaws, conformation-wise,” Plesa said. “He’s just a nice-sized athletic horse that’s really grown into his body from the time I got him to now. He’s a bigger, stronger horse than when I bought him. He’s just gone the right way, not just from what he’s done on the racetrack, but from a physical standpoint.”

The $60,000 winner’s share of the Juvenile Sprint purse pushed his earnings to $80,520 from two wins in two starts.

Owner David Melin talked about what it’s like to have a young thoroughbred with so much potential: “Eddie said they thought he was something special.

Looks like he was right.”—B. Sheridan LATE RUN GIVES FIRESPIKE JUVENILE TURF VICTORY

LESLIE MARTIN PHOTO

Florida-bred Firespike takes the Juvenile Turf Preview

Firespike was made the 8-5 favorite in the $100,000 Juvenile Turf and he ran the last quarter-mile like he deserved the wagering support. The Juvenile Turf featured 11 Florida-bred 2-year-olds going one mile on the grass.

After an even start, 6-1 fourth choice Platinum Prince went for the lead from post three while longshot Chocolate Wildcat also made an early run from post five. As they went by the grandstand for the first time, Platinum Prince put some distance on longshot Chocolate Wildcat with 9-2 third choice Less Than Perfect in third and Black Martino, another with long odds, in fourth.

After a first quarter in :23.25, Platinum Prince had almost two lengths on Chocolate Wildcat who was another length and-a-half in front of Black Martino on the rail and Less Than Perfect on the outside. The field remained that way until midway on the far turn when Chocolate Wildcat and Less Than Perfect began to press Black Martino as I’m Venezuelan and Firespike began to move from further back.

The leaders were still in front coming down the stretch when Firespike appeared suddenly between horses and immediately began to draw off, leaving little doubt he was the winner with more than an eighth of a mile to go.

Firespike hit the wire four lengths in front of I’m Venezuelan in second with Less Than Perfect third. The final time for the mile was 1:36.15.

Trained by Michael Maker and ridden by Edgar Prado, Firespike runs for Skychai Racing LLC Kevin Warner Charles. A son of Flower Alley and the Dix-

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ieland Band mare Fairy Valley, Firespike was bred in Florida by Carlos Rafael, Michael Bossio and Cherie Abner. Firespike now has two wins from five starts and the $58,280 check increased his earnings to $123,509. —B. Sheridan BAD DEBT LOOKS GOOD IN TURF

Bad Debt came into the $100,000 Millions Turf Preview as the 3-5 favorite and did not disappoint as he won the 1 1/16 Turf Preview for older horses, holding off a late charge by Trior in second.

The field broke evenly at the start but Breitling Flyer went quickly to the front and led the field of eight past the finish line for the first time with She’s Spooky in second and Triple Cross in third. As they raced around the first turn and made the first quarter-mile in an honest :23.70 Breitling Flyer began to further separate himself from the pack, leading by as much as five to six lengths heading down the backstretch run. Meanwhile She’s Spooky held second with E B Ryder in third with Bad Debt stalking in fourth.

The field continued that way as they made their run toward the final turn but by the time they hit the halfmile marker in :47.64, Breitling Flyer’s lead had vanquished as She’s Spooky ranged up between horses with Bad Debt racing three-wide. Those three came out of the turn in tandem but Bad Debt had the best stride and

quickly went to the lead with Breitling Flyer hanging tough on the inside while She’s Spooky could not keep pace. Meanwhile Tryer, who had raced just behind the top four for most of the early going, was making a late run between horses and looked to be a threat as they raced past the sixteenth pole.

However, Bad Debt would not relinquish the lead, hitting the wire 1:41.92 on the turf course listed as firm.

After the race, trainer Mike Trombetta spoke about getting Bad Debt back in his barn after they had lost the 7-year-old gelding to a claim at Belmont Park in July, only to claim him back in August.

“This horse is very near and dear to us,” Tombetta said. “And we’re very glad to get him back. Losing him was like losing the family dog.”

Owner Robert Leibner, a retired attorney from Washington, D.C., was also quick to point how special Bad Debt has been to the two.

“If you look as [Bad Debt’s] numbers, they have been incredibly consistent,” he said. “He never lost his form.

Over the years Mike and I have had 47 horses together.

We have three now.”

Bad Debt was bred in Florida by Pennston Farms Inc. He is by Grand Reward and is out of Pleasant Ring, by Pleasant Tap. The victory in the Millions Turf Preview was his 15th win from 56 career starts. He now has earnings of $818,930. ■

Florida-bred Bad Debt wins the Turf Preview

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Memory Lane Down

1978

By JOANN GUIDRY

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he year 1978 was an amazing one for the Florida thoroughbred industry. Florida-breds Affirmed, Mac Diarmida, Dr. Patches and It’s In the Air all captured Eclipse Awards as champions. Affirmed reached the rarified status of Triple Crown winner and became the third Floridabred to be named the North American Horse of the Year. Louis and Patrice Wolfson’s Harbor View Farm, breeder/owner of Affirmed, garnered Eclipse Awards as Outstanding Breeder and Outstanding Owner.

Affirmed and his arch rival Alydar resumed their rivalry from the previous year on the Triple Crown trail. The duo provided racing fans with a thrilling epic battle of outstanding racehorses with the ultimate prize on the line. It began

Florida-bred with the Kentucky Derby (G1), won by Affirmed by a length Affirmed and a half over Alydar. Two weeks later in the Preakness

Stakes (G1), the pair battled down the stretch with Affirmed prevailing by a neck over Alydar. It was high drama in the Belmont Stakes (G1) three weeks later. Affirmed and Alydar raced in tandem for the last mile, each horse swapping slim leads until Affirmed triumphed by a head.

Affirmed became the 11th Triple Crown winner, being named champion 3-year-old colt and Horse of the Year. In addition to the Triple Crown races, Affirmed also won the San 26 THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2014

Felipe Handicap (G2), Santa Anita Handicap (G1), Hollywood Derby (G1) and Jim Dandy Stakes that season. Trained

by Laz Barrera, Affirmed won $1,245,018 on the year.

In a span of less than six months, Mac Diarmida won seven graded stakes on the turf. Along the way, the 3-year-old Minnesota Mac colt defeated such outstanding horses as Tiller, Waya (Fr) and John Henry.

Mac Diarmida’s graded stakes wins that season included: Washington D. C. International (G1), Canadian International Championship Stakes (G1), Secretariat Stakes (G2), Lexington Handicap (G2), Lawrence Realization Stakes (G2), Leonard Richards Stakes (G3) and Long Branch Stakes (G3). He also won the Golden Grass Handicap and finished third in the Man o’War Stakes (G1).

At the end of the year, Mac Diarmida collected the Eclipse Award as champion turf horse. Bred by John H. Hartigan, owned by Jerome M. Torsney and trained by Flint “Scotty” Schulhofer, Mac Diarmida banked $501,984 on the season.

By the legendary Florida-bred champion Dr. Fager, it was only fitting that Dr. Patches would be named the season champion sprinter. For the record, he was co-champion sprinter with J. O. Tobin.

No doubt Dr. Patches’ stunning neck victory over 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew in the Paterson Handicap went a long way toward that championship title. The 4-year-old gelding bred and raced by Tartan Farms closed out the season with wins in the Vosburgh Handicap (G1) and Meadowlands Cup. Trained

by John A. Nerud, he earned $344,724 on the season.

It’s In the Air also shared her championship title; she and Candy Éclair were named co-champion 2-year-old filly for the year. It’s In the Air was bred by Gary and Stephen Wolfson’s Happy Valley Farm. The sons of Louis and Patrice Wolfson sold the Mr. Prospector filly as a weanling for $25,000 to Jerry Frankel. The latter raced her for first five starts, including a win in the Mademoiselle Stakes. Then just prior to the Arlington-Washington Lassie (G3), Frankel sold her for $300,000 to the elder Wolfson.

Racing in Harbor View Farm’s silks, It’s In the Air won the Arlington-Washington Lassie, Oak Leaf Stakes (G1) and was second in the Frizette Stakes (G1). She earned $195,665 that season.

Deceased Dr. Fager was the state’s leading sire while Mr. Prospector was the leading juvenile sire. Night Invader, who stood at Farnsworth Farms, was the leading national juvenile sire by winners (15) and races won (27). ■

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Leading Florida Sires The following list includes currently active, deceased and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through Oct. 31, 2014. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

WILDCAT HEIR

GRAEME HALL

WITH DISTINCTION NA Stk Gr Earnings Strtrs Wnrs SW's Wins SW's

Earnings

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg 2yo Avg Sold

2yo Avg

Name

Sire Name

Farm Name

Wildcat Heir

Forest Wildcat

Journeyman Stud

$5,267,920

212

120

7

10

1

$5,361,953

Daring Kathy

$282,466

12

$45,208

30

$67,867

With Distinction

Storm Cat

Hartley/DeRenzo

$3,714,639

181

100

3

3

0

$3,833,202

Decisive Moment

$155,727

10

$15,750

11

$35,136

Graeme Hall

Dehere

Winding Oaks

$3,051,852

123

75

2

3

1

$3,064,514

East Hall

$582,175

9

$20,889

9

$32,633

Pollard's Vision

Carson City

Pleasant Acres

$2,017,350

142

60

3

5

0

$2,196,872

Mister Pollard

$246,603

2

$7,500

9

$27,167

Exclusive Quality

Elusive Quality

Journeyman Stud

$2,037,934

98

43

2

4

0

$2,042,816

Holywell

$400,225

5

$6,600

21

$27,357

Harlington

Unbridled

Winding Oaks

$1,604,794

63

42

2

3

0

$1,613,962

Uzziel

$133,448

2

$6,250

3

$18,333

Value Plus

Unbridled's Song

HallMarc Stallions

$1,467,700

87

46

1

2

1

$1,506,159

Long On Value

$333,088

4

$8,000

3

$36,167

A. P. Warrior

A.P. Indy

HallMarc Stallions

$1,411,201

69

33

1

1

0

$1,415,326

Moment of Delight

$145,750

22

$8,295

7

$32,929

Two Step Salsa

Petionville

Get Away Farm

$1,351,554

44

23

1

1

1

$1,374,277

Dance With Fate

$524,800

10

$21,500

9

$41,667

Montbrook

Buckaroo

Deceased

$1,277,560

80

37

0

0

0

$1,314,818

Schivarelli

$147,100

5

$18,800

20

$37,625

Bring the Heat

In Excess (IRE)

Ward Ranch

$1,203,383

56

31

0

0

0

$1,203,383

Sydneyrella

$175,775

1

$10,000

Strong Contender

Maria's Mon

HallMarc Stallions

$1,158,779

46

22

4

8

1

$1,160,634

Grand Contender

$344,750

Imperialism

Langfuhr

Get Away Farm

$1,091,491

82

33

1

2

0

$1,096,306

Mr. Baker

$150,037

7

$4,100

4

$25,125

High Cotton

Dixie Union

Ocala Stud

$1,051,096

76

34

0

0

0

$1,071,216

Tarpy's Goal

$97,430

40

$17,148

20

$40,810

In Summation

Put It Back

Ocala Stud

$1,026,443

57

27

1

1

0

$1,030,824

Puntrooskie

$134,400

20

$11,270

28

$32,625

$398,770

1

$10,000

3

$10,000

8

$40,375

Hear No Evil

Carson City

Journeyman Stud

$969,740

38

18

3

5

0

$969,740

Sing Praises

Concerto

Chief's Crown

Deceased

$898,129

66

42

0

0

0

$902,296

Cu Soonerthanlater

$47,881

Concorde's Tune

Concorde Bound

Deceased

$739,229

46

28

1

1

0

$758,534

Wicked Tune

$94,350

It's No Joke

Distorted Humor

HallMarc Stallions

$724,618

29

17

1

1

0

$724,618

Amulay

Act of Duty

Mr. Prospector

Deceased

$706,361

51

28

1

1

0

$706,479

Act of Madness

Belgravia

Mr. Greeley

Hartley/DeRenzo

$344,246

19

11

1

1

0

$705,956

Florida Sun

Awesome of Course Awesome Again

Journeyman Stud

$642,565

25

11

1

1

0

$642,565

Twotwentyfive A

Benny the Bull

Lucky Lionel

Bridlewood Farm

$529,602

34

20

1

1

0

$539,584

Leading the Parade

A.P. Indy

Lamholm South

$528,227

36

18

0

0

0

Double Honor

Gone West

Get Away Farm

$503,862

59

25

1

1

0

$132,500

3

$1,567

$73,790

2

$4,750

2

$11,500

$85,808

1

$6,000

2

$33,500

$195,351

8

$15,750

6

$19,500

Joe Pike

$48,741

7

$4,286

5

$31,900

$532,912

Clever Royal

$53,846

1

$8,000

$522,004

Double Secret

$78,898

2

$6,250

Halo's Image

Halo

Deceased

$518,186

32

17

0

0

0

$518,186

Blonde On Blonde

$60,525

Three Wonders

Storm Cat

Deceased

$516,659

32

15

0

0

0

$516,659

Two Wonders

$90,530

Indy Wind

A.P. Indy

Journeyman Stud

$451,911

27

14

0

0

0

$500,146

Perfect Wind

$55,355

The Green Monkey

Forestry

Hartley/DeRenzo

$491,550

19

13

2

2

0

$491,550

Green Doctor

$171,024

1

$5,000

West Acre

Forty Niner

Stonehedge Farm

$446,288

30

16

1

1

0

$446,288

Fifty Acres

$50,300

4

$19,250

Kantharos

Lion Heart

Ocala Stud

$424,345

23

10

0

0

0

$424,345

Kantune

$44,560

Proud Accolade

Yes It's True

Deceased

$361,620

25

13

0

0

0

$369,881

Brezno

$61,460

Unbridled Time

Unbridled's Song

Signature Stallions

$319,076

18

12

0

0

0

$319,076

Valley King

$59,335

Hal's Image

Halo's Image

Get Away Farm

$294,780

19

8

0

0

0

$294,780

Jamie's Dancer

$97,615

Straight Man

Saint Ballado

Signature Stallions

$291,502

25

14

0

0

0

$291,502

Hengist

$35,043

Scorpion

Seattle Slew

Pinecrest Stables

$267,753

28

9

0

0

0

$271,213

Tryer

$57,879

Cool Coal Man

Mineshaft

Journeyman Stud

$206,034

20

5

1

1

0

$206,034

Scindia

$60,232

Hello Broadway

Broken Vow

Ups and Downs Farm $201,165

10

6

0

0

0

$201,165

Tiz Showbiz

$51,782

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$4,000

14

$22,214

25

$58,480

10

$13,150

19

$36,053

1

$14,000

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11

1

1

0

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Journeyman Stud

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4

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Journeyman Stud

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8

1

1

0

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Ocala Stud

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0

0

0

$424,345

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14

$22,214

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$58,480

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8

0

0

0

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Carson City

Pleasant Acres

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4

1

1

0

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$153,300

2

$7,500

9

$27,167

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Forty Niner

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6

0

0

0

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Wicked Rascal

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4

$19,250

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Hartley/DeRenzo

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6

0

0

0

$224,343

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10

$15,750

11

$35,136

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A.P. Indy

HallMarc Stallions

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3

0

0

0

$213,941

Moment of Delight

$145,750

22

$8,295

7

$32,929

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In Excess (IRE)

Ward Ranch

$211,352 13

6

0

0

0

$211,352

Lost Bus

$70,600

1

$10,000

Cool Coal Man

Mineshaft

Journeyman Stud

$206,034 20

5

1

1

0

$206,034

Scindia

$60,232

19

$36,053

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FTBOAMEMBERSHIP UPDATES

Keeping members informed UPCOMING DEADLINES

Happy holiday season! Wth the end of the year fast approaching, FTBOA reminds you of some upcoming deadlines.

■ Florida Sire Stakes

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January 15 – Two year old deadline $250 final payment February 15 – Stallion registration deadline - $2,000 ■ Stallion Season Charity Auction

January 28, at Ocala Breeders’ Sales immediately following the auction.

The list of stallions will be posted in January at ftboa.com and bidder’s information is also online. Please be sure to bid as this is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Florida Thoroughbred Charities which funds the Second Chance Farm for retired thoroughbreds at the Lowell Correctional Institute in which women inmates receive an equine certification degree as part of the program. The funds also are awarded for student scholarships.

■ Charity Art Exhibition

Dania Sierra of Sierra Fine Arts has produced an original exhibition, “ The Colorful World of Florida-breds and More” that will be on display at the FTBOA Museum and Gallery through April 7. The exhibition is colorful and avant-garde and includes famed Florida-breds Holy Bull, Affirmed and Mucho Macho Man,

along with Zenyatta and California Chrome among other racing paintings. Originally from Cuba, Sierra studied fine art in the United States, but still uses bold colors typical of the Caribbean islands. Thirty percent of all pieces sold go to the Florida Thoroughbred Charities.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

Watch your mail for your personalized membership renewal in the mail. The dues remain the same of $100 and additional discounts have been added for 2015, along with current benefits and discounts. We encourage current members to get a friend, client or potential horse owner to join FTBOA in 2015 as we continue to expand our membership.

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The FTBOA is proud to announce a national car and truck discount with the Crystal River Automotive Group. The dis-

count applies on all new Dodge, Crystal, Ram , Jeep, Chevy and Nissan vehicles.

The program is similar to the program developed in the past by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. They work with you regardless of where the vehicle you want is located. Just call with your specs to Gary Darden at 352-795-1515 for more information.

HOLIDAY CHARITY GIVING

Second Chances Thoroughbred Retirement Farm The program is looking for books on equine massage, equine therapy, equine careers, braiding and clipping. They are also in need of gently worn or new saddles, bridles, blankets, and halters, a new John Deere Gator and John Deere tractor.

Small items and cash donations can be dropped off or mailed to the FTBOA offices, attention Florida Thoroughbred Charities, 801 SW 60th Avenue, Ocala Florida 34474. Drop-offs are also accepted at Roma Italian Restaurant in Ocala. For larger donations please call 352-629-2160. Donations of horse art and horse related items are also accepted with advance notice for silent auctions, charity raffles and charity art sales. For more information, call 352629-2160. ■

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Bayern survives inquiry to take Breeders’ Cup Classic 34 THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2014

By BROCK SHERIDAN and PATRICK VINZANT

—ARCADIA CALIF. ayern survived an inquiry by the Santa Anita stewards to take the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade 1) here Nov. 1.

It was the first victory in the 1¼-mile Classic for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, owner Kaleem Shah, Inc. and jockey Martin Garcia.

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BREEDERS’ CUP LIMITED PHOTOS

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And it was a local victory as well: Bayern received his early training from Eddie Woods at his training center in Ocala.

It was the fourth win in his last five starts for Bayern going back to his victory in the Woody Stephens Stakes (G2) on June 7. He was then ninth in the Preakness Stakes (G1) won by California Chrome before

taking the Woody Stephens (G2) at Belmont Park in June, the Haskell Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park in July, then finishing 10th in the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga. In his last start, the son of Offlee Wild and Alittlebitearly, by Thunder Gulch won the Pennsylvania Derby (G2) by nearly six lengths at Parx on Sept.

20, a race in which California Chrome was sixth.

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Bobby’s Kitten—Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint

Take Charge Brandi—Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Dayatthespa—Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf

Texas Red—Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

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And just like Bayern does in most of his victorious efforts, he won the Breeders’ Cup Classic going from gate to wire for his sixth victory in 10 career starts.

But the Breeders’ Cup Classic was not without incident this year.

At the start, Bayern broke in sharply, impeding Shared Belief and Moreno. But Garcia quickly put Bayern back to his task as he led Toast of New York in second and California Chrome in third through early fractions of :23.12 for the first quarter and :46.44 for the first halfmile and three-quarters in 1:10.22.

That running order never changed and Bayern held a clear advantage until Toast of New York and California Chrome made it a horse race coming down the stretch, erasing Bayern’s lead to hit the wire nearly together. However, at the wire Bayern was still a nose in front of Toast of New York in second with California Chrome another neck back in third.

The final time on the fast main track was 1:59.88.

After the race, Garcia was quick to point out how special the victory was.

“It’s an amazing feeling, a dream come true,” Garcia said. “To compete in these races, especially this day, is a big thing for everyone. In this situation, you don’t take away when a horse likes to run on the lead. We let him run, and if anything happens, you make adjustments. In this race, he broke really good and I took advantage.”

Baffert also said how special it is to finally win the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

“This has been so long in the making,” he said. “When he hit the wire, I was just like…it’s been so many years in the making and to finally get it done [win the Classic] it was just so great, and with

my wife, Jill, here, and my son [Bode].

We go through a lot to get here, and then there was the inquiry and all of that.

“How about Toast of New York? He would not go away, and California Chrome, he showed up. Shared Belief didn’t get a chance to run. But, Bayern is really something. He showed up.”

Bayern paid $14.20 to win, $8 to place and $5.20 show. Toast of New York returned $18 and $10.80 while California Chrome fans got back $5.40 for their show tickets.

Bayern picked up a winner’s check of $2.75 million, pushing his earnings to $4,389,680.

It was a day for longshots in the Breeders’ Cup as Take Charge Brandi started the World Championship races by taking the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at odds of 61-1. It was the sixth win in the Juvenile Fillies for trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

Then Dayatthespa won the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) before trainer Wesley Ward of Ocala took the $1 million Draftkings’ Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1) with Judy the Beauty.

Dayatthespa received her early training from Niall Brennan of Ocala.

Bobby’s Kitten gave trainer Chad Brown his second Breeders’ Cup victory on the day (he also trains Dayatthespa) when he won the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1). Texas Red then upset Carpe Diem in the $2 million Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), winning at odds of 13-1 for the brother combination of trainer Keith Desormeaux and jockey Kent Desormeaux.

Texas Red also received his early training in Ocala as he spent time at Mayberry Farm.

Main Sequence then won the $3 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) for trainer Graham Motion before Work All Week won the XPressBet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) at odds of 19-1. Then Karakontie became the first Japanese-bred to win a Breeders’

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Judy The Beauty—Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

Main Sequence—Breeders’ Cup Turf Mile

Bayern won the Breeders’ Cup Classic going from gate to wire for his sixth victory in 10 career starts.

Cup race when he won the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at odds of 30-1.

A crowd of 61,114 was on hand Saturday for the second day of the 31st Breeders’ Cup World Championships, bringing the two-day total attendance to 98,319, 4% higher than the 2013 twoday attendance of 94,628. The total attendance is a Breeders’ Cup record at Santa Anita since the expansion to a twoday event.

Saturday’s crowd was 4% more than the 2013 Saturday crowd of 58,795.

Total two-day common-pool handle for the Friday and Saturday race cards of the

31st Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park was $151,158,815, representing a 6% decrease from the 2013 figure of $160,704,877.

Wagering on Saturday’s 12-race Breeders’ Cup card was $105,979,291, down 3% from the 2013 handle of $109,184,432.

Saturday’s all sources handle was adversely impacted when two races on the Breeders’ Cup undercard were shifted from the turf to the main track.

The two-day wagering total on the 13 Breeders’ Cup World Championship race was $128,215,643. Handle on last year’s 14 Breeders’ Cup races was $136,549,714.

Work All Week—Breeders’ Cup Sprint

Karakontie—Breeders’ Cup Mile

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Untapable asserts dominance in Breeders’Cup Distaff

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Napravnik announces retirement after victory

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ntapable asserted her dominance over the distaff division overcoming a wide trip to run down pacesetter Iotapa and a fast-closing Don’t Tell Sophia to take the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) at Santa Anita on Oct. 31.

It was also a day in which Florida horsemen asserted themselves as the three other Breeders’ Cup winners on the day received early training in Marion County.

The impressive performance was almost overshadowed when Untapable’s jockey, Rosie Napravnik, announced her retirement to start a family in her post-race interview.

Napravnik, 26, said she is pregnant.

“I am announcing my retirement,” Napravnik said. “My husband Joe [Sharp] and I will start a family. His career is brand new and thriving, so it’s kind of good timing. I can’t think of a better way to go out. I feel wonderful.”

Untapable stamped herself the new queen of the distaff division with her first victory against older fillies and mares in the Distaff.

Trained by Steve Asmussen and owned

by Ron Winchell’s Winchell Thoroughbreds, Untapable was wide much of the race breaking from post 10 in the 11-horse field.

She won by 1¼ lengths over Don’t Tell Sophia, who rallied from last to pass Iotapa in the final stride for second.

Untapable will stay in training as a 4-yearold for Asmussen. The daughter of Tapit has won eight of 11 in her career with her most notable victory before the Distaff being the Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Her career earnings are $2,996,725.

“I don’t think anything [Untapable] did this year was easy,” Asmussen said. “What a tremendous feeling to be involved with

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I don’t think “ anything [Untapable] did this year was easy.

What a tremendous feeling to be involved with this filly all year long and the races that she’s giving us … and how good she is. Today definitely makes her a champion, and that’s enough said.

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BREEDERS’ CUP LIMITED PHOTOS

—trainer Steve Asmussen

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Goldencents—Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile

Hootenanny—Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf

Lady Eli—Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf

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this filly all year long and the races that she’s giving us … and how good she is.

Today definitely makes her a champion, and that’s enough said.”

The final time for the 1 1/8 miles over the main track was 1:48.68. Untapable returned $5.20 to win as the favorite.

Earlier on the card, W. C. Racing’s Goldencents became the first repeat winner of the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1). After setting torrid fractions of :22.06 and :44.80, Goldencents was tackled by Tapiture at the top of the stretch and held him safe completing the mile in 1:35.16. In his first start for Doug O’Neill’s assistant Leandro Moro, Goldencents won by 1¼ lengths over Tapiture with Pants On Fire checking in third.

“This is very exciting,” Mora said.

“When I saw Tapiture coming I started to sweat. But Goldencents kept trying and I started to relax. He wasn’t going to let anyone beat him today.”

Goldencents, a 4-year-old son of Into Mischief, returned $3.40 as the 3-5 favorite. The Dirt Mile was the final start of his 18-race career.

Goldencents finished with seven wins, seven seconds and career earnings of $3.044 million. He was sold by Greg and Karen Dodd’s Southern Chase Farm at the 2012 OBS June Sale for $62,000 to Dennis O’Neill.

“I knew I was going fast, and I had to find a way to give him a little break from the three-eighths to the quarter pole. I was able to do that,” said Rafael Bejarano, who was aboard for both Breeders’ Cup wins on Goldencents.

“When the other horse started to come to me, I held onto him just a little bit before I turned him loose. When I turned him loose, he fired big.”

American-trained juveniles stole the spotlight in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) and $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1).

Wesley Ward trained his first Breeders’ Cup winner when Hootenanny rallied past his stablemate Luck of the Kitten to take the Juvenile Turf and Chad Brown won his third Breeders’ Cup race with Lady Eli in the Juvenile Fillies Turf.

Hootenanny was a winner for Ward and Coolmore’s Magnier, Smith and Tabor at Royal Ascot this year, beating more than 20 rivals in the Windsor Castle Stakes. He hadn’t raced since the Group 1 Prix Morny on Aug. 24 at Deauville in France. Hootenanny was making his first start beyond six furlongs in the one-mile Juvenile Turf.

Ridden by Frankie Dettori, Hootenanny won by three-quarters of a length over pacesetter Luck of the Kitten. Daddy DT rallied for third. The son of Quality Road completed the mile on the firm turf in 1:34.79. He paid $14 to win.

“It was my first time on him but I had seen him run in England, so I knew his style,” Dettori said. “He wasn’t pulling. I got him settled. When I turned him on, I knew I had the race.”

Hootenanny won for the third time in five starts, and now has career earnings of $751,985. The trainer’s Ward Ranch is in Ocala.

Trainer Chad Brown thought Lady Eli was special from the first day he breezed her on turf.

“I remember the first time I saw her breeze on the turf,” Brown said. “It took my breath away.”

Broken in Ocala by Eddie Woods, Lady Eli demonstrated how special she is, remaining undefeated with an impressive 2¾-length score in Juvenile Fillies Turf. The Wardtrained Sunset Glow finished second with the English-trained Osaila (Ire) closing for third.

Lady Eli’s final time of 1:33.41 for the mile on the turf was a stakes record for the Juvenile Fillies Turf and more than a second faster than Hootenanny in the Juvenile Turf.

Lady Eli finishes the season with a perfect 3-for-3 record. She went off the 2-1 favorite and returned $6.80 to win.

Breeders’ Cup reported a gain in Friday attendance, but a decline in total parimutuel handle for the first day of the World Championships compared to 2013.

A crowd of 37,205 was reported for the Friday card, which was up 3.8% from last year. Total handle for the card, with four Breeders’ Cup races, was $45,815,112, down 11% from the 2013 card, which had five Breeders’ Cup races. ■

Important FTBOA

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JULY

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Feb. 15 Feb. 18

Candidate Forms Deadline

TBD

AUGUST Members Info Meeting Late Stallion Registration Deadline FTBOA Info Center at OBS Foal Registration Deadline

TBD Aug. 1 TBD Aug. 31

SEPTEMBER MARCH Membership Renewal Deadline Awards Gala FTBOA Info Center at OBS FTBOA Marion County Legislative Days

March 1 March 16 March 17-19 March TBD

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TBD April 21-24

MAY Farm and Service Directory Deadline Kentucky Derby Florida Sire Stakes Yearling Payment

May 1 May 2 May 15

JUNE Scholarship Application Deadline FTBOA Info Center at OBS Election Candidate forms available

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OCTOBER Stallion Directory Page Deadline FSS Finals Trip Charity Golf Tourney FTBOA Info Center at OBS Board Elections-Ballots Due in Person Annual Meeting Breeders’ Cup

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NOVEMBER Late/Late Stallion Registration Deadline FSS Late Yearling Payment Farm City Farm Festival Farm City Ag Hall of Fame Dinner

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Takin’ Care of Business Our annual sit-down with FTBOA CEO on another year concluding and the year ahead

Q

J. FILER PHOTOS

: As the saying goes, “time flies.” You will have been at the helm of FTBOA exactly three years in January. Reflect upon your tenure so far.

In some ways it has flown, yet in many other ways it seems like I have been here much longer. Things have been pretty positive and we have really made some real progress on multiple fronts. I’m sure most would agree that the FTBOA now has very real leadership seat at the national and state decision and policy making tables.

Our members’ needs, priorities and achievements are being addressed more than had been in some time. Members have a lot on the line while contributing much to the sport, community and economy. Breeders and owners work hard in a business that can be very tough and chal-

lenging. I knew the horses and farms would be special. The people, however, have impressed me even more. In most cases, my expectations have either been met or exceeded so far. That being said, I am not the kind of guy to ever be totally satisfied. There is always room for improvement and more progress -especially in our industry. I am not really a status-quo or normal routine guy which is no problem here in Florida with this job. That being said, it is not an easy job, so I am so glad I came in with the diverse background I have in the business and the many relationships I have built over a lifetime of involvement in the horse industry. It must also be noted that nothing of significance could be possible here at FTBOA without a great team–a great staff, engaged president and board and informed membership.

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Lonny T. Powell

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: This may be a real basic question, what are the some of the key areas of expertise a modern day FTBOA CEO must call upon in order to get the job done? How has your previous deep and diverse industry experience helped you and FTBOA? This may sound kind of over simplified, but a majority of what I do has not differed too materially whether it be here as FTBOA CEO, president of Santa Anita, CEO of Racing Commissioners International or director of the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program. You have to be an organizer, facilitator, negotiator, planner and good listener.

I’m very much a people person and love to help, develop and engage with others. I would say re-organizations and turn-arounds have played a big part in my career. FTBOA was certainly in need of some of that when I was hired. I guess most people who know me or have worked or been around me would say my strong hand is management, public relations, planning, team building, community, regulatory and government affairs.

This all being said, none of that experience outweighs my early race track jobs during high school and college where I mowed the paddock grass, cleaned the jocks’ room toilets and eventually, worked my way up for quite a few race meets as an assistant starter and jockey valet. Having a jockey and Jocks’ Guild manager as a father who was already a thirdgeneration horseman provided me with some pretty solid footing underneath me from the start.

arrangement with Genting World Gaming, Gulfstream/The Stronach Group and the FHBPA as well as any effort to get through an actual uniform medication policy.

The bizarre so-called “Oxford Downs” excuse for a “race track”—a clear front for a poker room with racing conducted at the lowest of levels and priorities—opened for a few incredibly underwhelming days of so-called quarter horse “racing” amid numerous integrity, safety and customer concerns. The entire Florida as well as national thoroughbred industry as well as the legitimate quarter horse people and OBS came out in strong opposition and disbelief. The national media certainly wasn’t fooled. These bogus racing permits remain an issue with opposition to them growing virtually every week.

The relocation of our FSS Florida-bred stakes program from Calder to Gulfstream and the addition of an FSS FTBOA Member Day added a whole new dimension to our operation.

The finals led to the highest handle for the Gulfstream summer meet and for the history of the stakes series. That day of Florida-bred racing was huge.

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: Can you expand on what you see as the long-term impact of the Gulfstream assumption of the operation of the Calder dates? What are your thoughts on and relationship with the Stronach folks?

The jury will be out for some time in order to truly determine all the positive and not so positive impacts associated with such a complex and monumental deal. For sure, it has been a : As 2014 comes to a close, what would you say have big plus in terms of the two tracks stopping the insane and selfbeen the most significant developments and issues of inflicted dates overlap which served none of the industry stakethe year that have impacted Florida thoroughbred breeding holders or Florida wagering fans well. It also moved the heart and and racing and the FTBOA? vast majority of our racing to Gulfstream, the modern facility I believe, first and foremost, 2014 will be known in our far more preferred by horseplayers, on-track fans and most of industry as the year of the “Gulfstream-Calder cease fire and the horsemen. In my opinion, Gulfstream, with its Racino and redates deal.” This was a long awaited and pursued objective by tail/entertainment model is really the direction most tracks need to evolve into in respect to marketing to is finding a way to grow breeders’ future generations. No doubt, the end awards, running opportunities and economic incentives for Florida- result should be good for the business, breds. Also an ongoing to-do is anything political that helps adprovided all parties were together for vance and protect the business interests of our horses and their the greater good of Florida breeding owners and breeders. and racing. We will still always have Gulfstream and others including ourselves during the last 10n room for improvement. Purses and facilities have certainly benmonths, and due to the scope and impact of such a game- efited to date—which is a great thing. That being said, our work changing deal between two very large corporations, domi- has become more challenging in many ways now that Miami nated the pari-mutuel business and political landscapes. No has evolved into a “one thoroughbred track market. Monopomatter what you tried to do and accomplish, it remained the lies do present their challenges and we are dealing with more of “800-pound gorilla” in the room. them at the moment than we had either anticipated or need They Other select and somewhat out of the ordinary issues are transitioning in some ways so things should settle down of note impacting our industry in 2014 included: soon, hopefully. We very much want them to be successful and The Seminole Tribal Compact negotiation which put are proud of their brand and enthusiasm for the sport.”

As far as the relationship between FTBOA and Gulfthe brakes on all gaming, pari-mutuel and horse related legislation last season including the trail blazing partnership stream/The Stronach Group, the previously discussed initia-

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tives really seemed to pull our two organizations even closer together for a time. Frank and I have always maintained a positive and cooperative relationship since I left his employ in 2001. That’s not to say that we and the track ownership don’t have our respectful disagreements—we just try not to let our eyes be taken off the same page which is all about building the Florida thoroughbred industry.

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: When it comes to industry opportunities and challenges in 2015 and even beyond, what does your crystal ball tell you? Can you share with us some of the items on your “to do list?”

Never off our list is finding a way to grow breeders’ awards, running opportunities and economic incentives for Florida-breds. Also an ongoing to-do is anything political that helps advance and protect the business interests of our horses and their owners and breeders. From an association perspective, we continue to tweak our member services, programs, community outreach and education. My instinct tells me 2015 will be dominated by the downstream impact of the yet to be finalized Seminole tribal gaming compact which will almost certainly lead to some interesting alliances and maneuvers by the gaming and pari-mutuel interests during the upcoming legislative session. We will do everything we can to insert ourselves right in the middle. Ideally, we, the FHBPA, Gulfstream and Tampa Bay Downs can be in sync on many of the issues as that always improves your chances of getting some good things done in Tallahassee.

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: What would you say are the top current strengths and areas in need of improvement on which our entire industry needs to keep working and/or communicating to the industry, government, politicians and community?

We are fortunate to have a number of strengths through either years of hard work and/or through the blessings of the good Lord. Our brand in terms of breeding, conditioning and racing is one of the most respected in the world. Florida’s blend of tourism, great year-round weather and major-league state status makes for a great quality of life for both horses and people. The accomplishments over history through today of some of our horses, farms, owners, breeders, horsemen and tracks sure help with the brand. Our economic impact on all levels as well as respected rankings with the national industry are certainly important to our ability to present a credible and often respected point-of-view.

All that being said, we, like all racing states, need to find ways to improve our economic conditions, grow the fan and owner bases and educate our public officials, communities and media as to why our industry is not only worth maintaining—it is worth growing and investing and participating in.

We need to work harder to reach out and communicate and educate better. Here in Florida, we also need to strive to find

more ways to be even more inclusive of our many new farm owners, managers and owners from the international world— particularly our friends and members within the Latino and South American communities.

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: Since your arrival to Florida and Ocala you have been in demand by many community, industry and service groups in terms of presence and participation. What are some of the more interesting and relevant entities to which you have been recruited to offer leadership and expertise to?

When I was first visited with about this position, the then board members placed a high priority on getting FTBOA and

“We, like all racing states,

need to find ways to improve our economic conditions, grow the fan and owner bases and educate our public officials, communities and media as to why our industry is not only worth maintaining—it is worth growing and investing and participating in.

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our industry engaged much more visibly and impactfully within our city, county, state and the overall industry. I heard pretty much the same thing when I arrived from many elected officials and business leaders. The board, staff and I have taken that charge seriously. There are a number of folks on the team who really try to step-up in this area. In this light and as an example, I have accepted two separate appointments by Agriculture Commissioner Putnam to serve as a board member of the Florida Horse Park (which I am now vice-chair) as well as his state Animal Industry Technical Council where I represent the entire Florida horse industry. The state Farm Bureau has named me their equine technical advisor and I was recently elected to the board of the Florida Society of Association Executives. All of these not only help us be good corporate and individual citizens via public service, they also provide real eye-ball-to-eye-ball opportunities to promote the importance of our members, industry and association to some very influential decision, policy and opinion makers from around the state and area. Anything we can reasonably do to advance the Florida-bred brand, horse racing, horses in general and the economies of Ocala, Marion County and the state of Florida can only be a good thing for us all collectively.

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: You’ve now been in Florida and Ocala for three years.

How do you find living and working here?

I just totally love it! The people, the great horses past and present, the rich tradition and the uniquely contagious Ocala and Florida lifestyle. Though the job and our work can be pretty demanding and affords very little downtime or privacy, I think I get more satisfaction and enjoyment than ever before. Being surrounded by so many good people and having the kind of staff and board that we do contributes so much to making the journey a good one. For sure, I am proud to be a Floridian and Ocalan! ■

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Increases in membership; expansion of benefits and services for members; an agreement that shelved years of animus between Gulfstream Park and Calder Race Course; progress made in refining and resurrecting a breeders’ award bonus and stallion awards, and increases in Florida Sire Stakes (FSS) horses, FSS purse money and FSS handle were highlights of his first year of service.

In addition to Russell, Lonny Powell, CEO and executive vice president, and Tammy Gantt, membership services and events director highlighted 4% enrollment growth for the FTBOA membership. The increase was the result of a concerted campaign to grow membership along with FTBOA’s services and benefits to provide increasing value to members.

Membership growth led to the unveiling of a New Members Mentor Program, which matches new members, according to their special interests, to existing members who volunteer to take part in the program. The goal is for existing members to provide expertise and welcome new members to the association through an initial phone call, then a one-on-

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one meeting and a new member reception in 2015. Members were encouraged to sign up online at ftboa.com to participate.

In 2014, a number of social and political events were added to the schedule and the same will occur in 2015. Members will receive a list of those events with membership renewals in January.

The FTBOA member services department continues to add membership discounts. Discounts increased from four in 2012 to more than 50 in 2014. Before the end of the year, FTBOA plans to unveil a deep discount for members needing a state-of-the-art, robust website presence.

Russell also discussed the agreement between the parent companies of Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino and Calder Casino and Race Course. The Stronach Group (TSG), parent company of Gulfstream Park, and Churchill Downs Inc., parent company of Calder Race Course, longtime antagonists, had been engaged in a struggle for South Florida horsemen and handle until they signed an agreement that was approved by the state of Florida on July 1. The agreement permitted Gulfstream to take over racing operations this fall at the Calder property, conducting the meeting under the sobriquet of “Gulfstream Park West.” The agreement will last six years.

Of particular interest to FTBOA members was the Florida Sire Stakes. FTBOA began administering the program for the foals of 2012. The program went from a six-race Florida Stallion Stakes series for horses by Florida stallions who paid eligibility payments to a comprehensive $2.5 million stakes program for FTBOA registered Florida-breds who made eligibility payments and were by FTBOA Florida registered stallions.

Russell made comparisons of the previous program at Calder and the current one administered by FTBOA to show the first year success that has been achieved. In 2014, the purse money for the FSS was $1.4 million increasing from $1 million in 2013. In 2014, 476 horses were made eligible for the FSS, signaling a 19% increase from 2013. Also, the handle from Oct. 4 – the day of the finals of the FSS and the first time that Gulfstream hosted the event – was $6.3 million on a 12-race card. Last year, on the similar day when there was concurrent racing at Gulfstream and Calder, total handle on the combined 17 races was $3.8 million.

Russell and Powell also spoke of the challenges that lay ahead, namely: • Casino-driven initiatives that seek to separate, or “decouple,” gaming from its statutory obligations to the horse racing-breeding industry; • Renegade “racing” operations that, in their myopic pursuit of gaming licenses, readily surrender principles of integrity and safety; • Ramifications of a nationwide foal-crop reduction; • Regulatory loopholes that allow for shortcuts in safety and financial matters, and, • Installation of uniform language and definitions of racing for the State of Florida.

Powell also shared a Jockey Club report that said Florida enjoyed a 2% increase in the number of mares bred this year. This was the third consecutive year of increases in mares bred. ■

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In the name of their Destiny Oaks of Ocala, Bill and Janet Grube tallied a trio of 2014 Florida-bred stakes winners.

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Some things are just meant to be.

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Bill Grube

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or Bill and Janet Grube, it took destiny’s hand to gently nudge them into the thoroughbred business.

And when they committed all the way to the industry, it was only fitting that they named their farm Destiny Oaks of Ocala.

Established in 2005, the Grubes’ Destiny Oaks posted a milestone 2014 racing season. The farm has been represented to date by three Florida-bred stakes winners, including a pair of graded stakes winners.

Edison started the party with a win in the Harry Jeffrey Stakes on July 17, following that with a victory in the Canadian Derby (G3-Can) by 11½ lengths on Aug. 16.

Three weeks later on Sept. 6, the Grubes had a day that breeders dream about: Lucky Player won the Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs and Quality Rocks captured the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes at Arlington Park. The latter victory was particularly gratifying because Quality Rocks carried the Grubes’ green silks into the winner’s circle.

“We watched both races at home back-to-back and it was very exciting,” Janet said. “We were yelling and cheering them home every step of the way. It’s very gratifying to see a horse you bred and raised go on to do well at the racetrack.”

Prior to the 2014 trio, Destiny Oaks had been represented by 2009 Floridabred multiple stakes winner She’s Our Annie and graded stakes-placed winner Tiny Woods. She’s Our Annie, who was

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the first stakes winner bred by Destiny Oaks, also raced for the Grubes. But she held a special place in the Grubes’ hearts for another reason too. She’s Our Annie was named in honor of the Grubes’ daughter Annie, who was 14 when she died in a 1989 car accident.

“We weren’t even in the thoroughbred business when Annie died,” Janet said. “But she was an animal lover like I am and she would have loved having a horse named after her. It was very special to us that She’s Our Annie was our first stakes winner.”

THAT FIRST DATE

Bill and Janet, who are both from small towns outside Indianapolis, have been married for 44 years. They met thanks to a two-pitchers-of-beer deal.

“I was going to school at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute,” Bill, who grew up on a 40acre vegetable farm, said. “My buddy Pete showed me his sister’s high school graduation picture and I told him that I wanted to meet her. He said he’d arrange a date for Bill & Janet Grube two pitchers of beer and I

Bill graduated with a master’s in business administration from Harvard in 1972. He and Janet moved quickly back to Indiana, settling down in an Indianapolis suburb. Bill wasted little time kicking off his business career, serving as executive vice president of Rock Island Refining Corporation from 1973-1989. Janet, who had promised herself she’d go back to college and get a degree once her children were older, did just that. She earned an accounting degree from Indianapolis-based Indiana University-Purdue University (IUPUI) in 1987.

“Getting my degree was just something I felt like I needed to do,” Janet said. “I wanted to finish something that I had started.”

Bill’s business career took a major turn in 1990. He helped form The Heritage Group, which purchased Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P, that year. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Calumet Specialty Products is a leading independent producer of hydrocarbon and fuel products in North America. The Fortune 500 company

was Janet who made the final decision on buying “theItfarm.

Then we said it was destiny that we bought a farm, so we named it Destiny Oaks. ”

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thought that was a good deal to meet a pretty girl.”

Pete’s sister was Janet, who was then a freshman at Indiana University in Bloomington, a little more than an hour’s drive from Terre Haute.

Bill, Pete and a group of other friends drove over to Bloomington for the arranged first date.

“Bill and I went to a movie and had ice cream afterwards,” Janet recalled. “Then Bill, Pete and their friends drove down to Louisville for the 1969 Kentucky Derby.

So in a way, horse racing played a part in our first date.”

After the Kentucky Derby outing, Bill called Janet and they began dating. When Bill graduated in 1970 from Rose-Hulman with a bachelor’s of science in chemical engineering, he was offered a scholarship to Harvard Business School in Boston. Before leaving for the East Coast, Bill asked Janet to marry him.

“It was one of those life decisions,” Janet said. “We could try to have a long-distance relationship or we could get married. If we got married, that meant I had to drop out of college and move. We got married in the summer of 1970 and we’ve been together ever since.”

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owns 11 facilities in seven states; it also owns and leases additional blending and storage facilities throughout the U.S. Bill serves as chief executive officer and vice chairman of the Calumet Specialty Products board of directors.

THAT FIRST RACEHORSE

Neither Bill nor Janet had been around horses growing up or at anytime in their adult lives. But a thoroughbred found a way into their lives.

“I had a client who owed me a good bit of money,” Bill remembered. “He didn’t have the money, but he had a racehorse. So in lieu of money, I took a half interest in the racehorse.”

The racehorse was Strawberry Rush, a 1991 roan mare by Northern Jove out of the Believe It mare Believer. In 1993, Strawberry Rush was second in the Illinois Silent Beauty Stakes at Hawthorne. She was retired

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in 1994 with one win, three seconds and one third in 16 starts for career earnings of $35,547.

“We had grown fond of ‘Strawberry’, so we bought her outright when she retired,” Bill said. “We wanted to breed her and raise a few babies. Her original owner was a client of Mike Helmbrecht, who owned a little farm in Lexington, and so we boarded her there.”

Helmbrecht, who owned Woodbridge Farm, had previously served as the farm manager of Gainesway Farm for five years. Strawberry Rush had seven foals; her leading earner was Lastraw, a 2004 roan/gray colt by Tactical Cat who made an incredible 79 starts on his way to career earnings of $109,884. By the time Strawberry Rush died in 2004, the Grubes now also owned a pair of fillies purchased at the 2001 Keeneland September yearling sale.

“Now we had several horses and we started thinking about buying a farm,” Janet said. “We were also thinking about buying a home somewhere warm to go to in the winter. We talked to Mike about it and he said a farm in Ocala would do the trick. We also told Mike that he was going to have to move too and manage the farm for us.”

After about a year and-a-half of looking for a suitable farm in the Ocala area, the Grubes bought 55 acres just northwest of Ocala in 2005. The acreage was part of a previously 400-acre thoroughbred farm that became a hunter/jumper operation named Wings Spread. The portion the Grubes bought had a four-stall stallion barn and a house on it. It was also adjacent to Nick and Jaqui de Meric’s Eclipse Training Center, which would give them access to a community training track.

“Bill and Mike liked the barn, the pastures and being next door a training track,” Janet said. “I really liked the house and could see us living there.”

From his perspective, Bill said, “It was Janet who made the final decision on buying the farm. Then we said it was destiny that we bought a farm, so we named it Destiny Oaks.”

DOWN ON THE FARM

Helmbrecht went right to work, adding four more stalls to the previous stallion barn and converting it to an eight-stall yearling barn. A 16-stall broodmare barn was subsequently built. The horses the Grubes already owned were moved from Lexington to Ocala. Then through primarily buying yearling fillies to race then retire, the broodmare band gradually grew to its current number of 18. The Grubes breed primarily to sell in the yearling market and privately. But they will keep an occasional horse, usually a filly, to race. In the latter category, the Grubes currently have eight horses with various trainers at different racetracks. Counting broodmares, their offspring and horses at the racetrack, the Grubes’

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This grand Live Oak was a factor in the purchase of the Marion County property.

thoroughbred holdings number 50 at this writing.

In addition to Helmbrecht, the farm staff includes his daughter Joclyn, who serves as assistant farm manager. The Helmbrecht duo is joined by jack-of-all-trades Eric Chavez.

“Bill and Mike plan all the matings of our broodmares,” Janet said. “My job is to spoil the babies and feed carrots to all of the horses. I love the babies and we always plan to be on the farm during foaling season. The foal alarm goes off and we dash down to the broodmare barn.”

The Destiny Oaks broodmares are bred to stallions in both Florida and Kentucky, depending on the best matches. Some of the Florida stallions visited by the farm’s broodmares include First Dude, High Cotton, Adios Charlie, Biondetti, Soldat, Wildcat Heir and Awesome of Course. Included in the Destiny Oaks broodmare band are stakes producers Girl Gone Crazy, Heart of Grace, Elusive Virgin and Janetstickettocats.

At the 2005 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November mixed sale, the Grubes paid $90,000 for Girl Gone Crazy. The 2001 chestnut mare by Roar out of the Storm Bird mare Stormfeather was in foal to Medaglia d’Oro at the time.

The resultant foal would become the Grubes’ first stakes winner in She’s Our Annie. The Florida-bred filly named after the Grubes’ daughter won a trio of 2009 stakes races at three different tracks: The Esplanade Stakes at Fair

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Grounds, The Dream Supreme Stakes at Churchill Downs and Prima Donna Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Racing only the one season, She’s Our Annie retired with earnings of $142,080 on five wins and one second in six starts.

Bred to two-time Horse of the Year Curlin, She’s Our Annie produced a 2012 chestnut filly. She was then sent to Kentucky to be re-bred when misfortune struck. She’s Our Annie developed severe colic due to a bacterial infection and died. The Curlin filly was immediately put on a nurse mare, not returning to Destiny Oaks until she was weaned at five months old.

“What happened to She’s Our Annie was very upsetting for us,” Janet said. “But we were happy to have had her. We decided to keep her Curlin filly to race and named her She’s Annie’s Girl.”

Girl Gone Crazy, the dam of She’s Our Annie, had a 2013 Lonhro (Aus) colt, a 2014 Tiznow colt and is in foal to Animal Kingdom.

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Elusive Virgin, the dam of Quality Rocks, produced a as broodmares, they have definitely found their true 2013 Old Fashioned filly and a 2014 Lookin At Lucky calling and increased their worth.

At the 2004 Keeneland September yearling sale, the filly. The latter sold for $87,000 at the 2014 OBS October Grubes paid $50,000 for a filly by Exploit out of Subtle fall mixed sale. Elusive Virgin is in foal to First Defence.

Completing the 2014 trifecta of Destiny Oaks stakesRaise, by Raise a Native. Named Heart of Grace, the filly notched but one win in six starts to bank a mere $8,999. producing mares is Janetstickettocats. The Storm Cat But in 2011, now broodmare Heart of Grace produced a out of Ticket to Houston, by Houston, mare was purcolt by Bernardini, which the Grubes sold privately as a chased for $160,000 at the 2009 Keeneland September yearling. The colt was then consigned by Wavertree Stable, yearling sale. She was named as a surprise to Janet, but agent, to the 2013 Fasig-Tipton Florida March juvenile her namesake has mixed feelings about the moniker.

“The problem is that because the name runs together sale. There he sold for $950,000 to Demi O’Byrne, agent.

Named Edison, the Florida-bred colt became first a and there’s no apostrophe, people tend to pronounce it ‘Janet sticket to cats’ and that stakes winner (Harry Jeffrey Stakes) and then a graded stakes winner It most certainly has sounds awful,” says Janet. “It’s sup(Canadian Derby-G3) in 2014. Edibeen a wonderful year pose to be ‘Janet’s ticket to cats, reto the Broadway show Cats. son is raced by Fouad El Kardy, Bob for us. It’s great bring- ferring I just call her ‘Ticket’.”

Butz and Rick Running Rabbit. ing the whole family, Awkward name aside, JanetTrained by Robertino Diodoro, Ediincluding the six grand- stickettocats is the dam of 2014 son has to date banked $181,286.

Heart of Grace produced a 2013 kids, down to the farm. Florida-bred graded stakes winner filly by Uncle Mo, who sold for We can relax and just Lucky Player. By Lookin At Lucky, 2012 bay colt won the Iroquois $210,000 at the Saratoga yearling have a good time. We’re the Stakes (G3) and was second in the sale, and a 2014 Bodemeister filly. really enjoying being in She is barren for 2015. the thoroughbred busiThe next important yearling purchase was Elusive Virgin, a 2004 ness more than we filly by Elusive Quality out of Purer could have even imagThan Pure, by Turkoman. The ined. —Bill Grube Grubes paid $75,000 for her at the 2005 Keeneland September yearling sale. Racing for the Grubes, Elusive Virgin won only one race in seven starts to earn $17,785. But in 2012, she produced a bay filly

by Rock Hard Ten and when the filly was a $37,000 RNA at the 2013 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s August yearling sale, the Grubes decided to race her. Named Quality Rocks, the Florida-bred filly broke her maiden at first asking then won the Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes in her second start. In the latter, she was trained by Mike Helmbrecht’s brother William Helmbrecht.

“After the Arlington-Washington Lassie win, there Prairie Meadows Juvenile Mile Stakes. Sold privately as a was a lot of interest in Quality Rocks, so we sold 75 per- yearling by the Grubes, Lucky Player races for Jerry Durant cent of her,” Bill said. “We still own 25 percent of her for of Texas. To date, he has earned $115,691 on two wins and the time being.” one second in five starts. He also started in this year’s Now co-owned by Destiny Oaks of Ocala, Flavor Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita, finishing eighth to winner Racing, Wachtel Stable and Brous Stable, Quality Rocks Texas Red in the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) is currently trained by Bill Mott. In her first start for the on Nov. 1. As for Janetstickettocats, she produced a 2014 partnership, she finished second in the JP Morgan Chase colt by Lonhro (Aus) and is in foal to Midnight Lute.

Jessamine Stakes (G3) on Oct. 8 at Keeneland. To date, “It most certainly has been a wonderful year for us,” Bill she has earnings of $106,200 on two wins and one sec- said. “It’s great bringing the whole family, including the six ond in four starts. In her most recent race, Quality Rocks grandkids, down to the farm. We can relax and just have a was 10th in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at good time. We’re really enjoying being in the thoroughbred Santa Anita on Oct. 31. business more than we could have even imagined.” ■

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Let a horse breath on you, you will fall in love.

—Brad Weisbord

The goal is to find the next big horse.

—Aron Wellman

Good horses make good trainers.

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ometimes it takes something very simple like a well-executed idea at the right time to create an industry shift. The inaugural Thoroughbred Owners Conference did just that in October by refreshing the minds of seasoned professionals about the moments that inspired them to get into the game in the first place. The conference also became a place to watching budding new owners grow in confidence surrounded by many of the greats of racing.

Approximately 300 people, including 120 longtime owners and 100 prospective owners, attended the inaugural Thoroughbred Owners Conference hosted by OwnerView from October 13 to 16 in Lexington, Ky. The event drew widespread praise from both participants and sponsors, a number of which reported it to be a first class THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2014 63

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INAUGURAL THOROUGHBRED OOWNERS CONFERENCE educational and entertaining experience, with dress, race dates, owner hospitality contacts, what was to come at the conference.

The first day also featured a welcome rethe most accelerated learning designed for and links to each track’s website.

“By presenting information such as daily ception at Adena Springs Farm with full access prospective and seasoned owners and players at all levels of the game. But it was much average purse distribution, we can help the to the facility, including a breathtaking more than that, it was a game changer in how owner determine venues in which their horses panorama view of the expansive operation we think about the ownership experience and will be competitive,” Falter said. “It will also from a steeple tower atop the stallion barn. a perspective in how we all should think about help owners find contact information for all Stallions were showcased and reigning Florida-bred Horse of the Year Mucho Macho the tracks in one convenient location.” our industry.

With the site firmly in place, the natural ex- Man was met with anticipation from the crowd While industry insiders and fans alike have been craving a new owner experience tension of OwnerView’s efforts to retain and as his owner Dean Reeves talked emotionally and owner education for a long while, it has attract owners was launching the first national about the horse’s performance in the Breeders’ only been in the last few years that this area of owners conference. The four-day conference Cup Classic and the journey as an owner he focus has shifted to the top of mind and re- featured panels with successful owners dis- has had with the horse.

The following morning, racetrack execusources have been devoted to it. The need for cussing their approaches to ownership and a central resource to encourage thoroughbred sales and bloodstock professionals discussing tives, owners, trainers, jockeys and bloodstock ownership was identified in the compre- the search for talented equine athletes. The advisors converged for the first session. Bill Thomason of Keeneland, Chris Kay hensive economic study of the of the New York Racing Associasport that was commissioned For owners to get the best experience they

by The Jockey Club and conshould know what their goals are and then seek tion, Joe Harper of Del Mar and Mike Rogers of The Stronach ducted by McKinsey & Coma trainer to match their goals.

Once an owner Group kicked off the conference pany in 2011. This came as no develops his goals, I recommend researching with a review of their “owner expesurprise to industry insiders and trainers to find out their different approaches. rience” programs. Durkin, who refans alike who have been ripe Once an owner has done their research, they cently retired as the track announcer for a new owner experience and at the New York Racing Association owner education to draw new can then focus on the process of developing tracks, was tapped as master of cerowners to the game and provide trust. The trainer is hired to do the job to get the emonies. And he was masterful, experiences to keep current most out of the horse. —Brent Johnson quipping to the crowd and sharing owners engaged. Racetracks, with successful owner relationships, have conference included behind-the-scenes tours poignant racing moments he had enjoyed in his been catering to owners for years also saw this of some of the world’s leading breeding oper- career. His style and stories made for worthshift from simply owner services to an over- ations along with evening social events both while interludes and spectators looked forward at the track and on farms that gave attendees a to his “nuggets of wisdom”. all ownership experience.

The key takeaway of the session was that With the study as a guide, OwnerView chance to gather to meet and network with was launched by The Jockey Club and Thor- other owners and industry professionals. The horsemen liaisons are becoming a thing of past oughbred Owners’ and Breeders’ Association keynote address came from Hall of Fame and that tracks and the industry are now creat(TOBA) in May 2012 with Gary Falter serv- golfer and thoroughbred owner Gary Player. ing ownership experiences which are consising as vice president of operations of the free, Additional hosts included the Thoroughbred tent with other sports. Several spoke about their informational website. OwnerView literally Owners and Breeders Association, The Jockey cooperative efforts as concierges, calling other tracks to ensure their owners received a great grew exponentially blanketing information Club and Keeneland Race Course.

The program kicked off with a tour of experience before, during and after visiting a about trainers, racing syndicates, licensing, aftercare, state incentive programs, veterinary Keeneland racetrack, which to most owners “member” track in another state.

However, this session was just the warmwould have been old hat, but the informative care and racetracks.

The site contains a real clearinghouse for tour guides showcased the renovated surface up to an intensifying program full of content owners. For example, “racetracks” lists most in detail and pointed out the chalets that will and sentimental moments that included Penny thoroughbred tracks in the U.S. and Canada be in use for the 2015 Breeders’ Cup, the Chenery coming onstage in a surprise apgrouped by their daily average purse distribu- first at the course. This first-to-know and be- pearance and talking about the ultimate tion, and provides information such as ad- hind- the-scenes experience was a hint of owner’s experience of a lifetime as an owner

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of one of the greatest horses of all-time, Secretariat. It was almost as if there was a collective holding of breath in awe as the feeling of her experience permeated the auditorium.

Cell phone cameras snapped and video rolled.

It became clear the education was not just about what was being laid out onstage but what was being felt – genuine moments, hard to explain - where not only the horses are the revered champions but also the people who hold them in that regard.

Here came the parade of the who’s who of racing past and present: Bill Mott, Carl Nafzger, former Governor Brereton Jones, Stuart Janney III, Dallas Stewart, Graham Motion, Dr. Jeffery Berk, Mike Ryan, Dr. Bramlage, the children of racing legacies like the Hancocks, Phipps, Bells, Laffit Pincay III, Richard Migliore, Chris McCarron, Donna Brothers, Pat Day and Rosie Napravanick, plus the aforementioned Chenery, Durkin, Thomason, Rogers and Harper, all part of the very fabric of the racing world. And the list went on…

Content was also abundant in sessions like “Trainers and their owners: what makes a successful trainer/owner relationship” which featured trainers Graham Motion, Bill Mott, Dallas Stewart and Joan Scott and their owners Brent Johnson, Dr. J. David Richardson, Dr. Charles Kidder and Roger McDaniel.

Johnson said for owners to get the best experience they should know what their goals are and then seek a trainer to match their goals.

Once an owner develops his goals, he recommends researching trainers to find out their different approaches. Once an owner has done their research, they can then focus on the process of developing trust. The trainer is hired to do the job to get the most out of the horse.

Johnson gave the example of how he and trainer Graham Motion worked through Better Talk Now’s campaign. It would be Johnson’s first time to Breeders’ Cup and the horse had a bad work. They handicapped the race to see how the horse would fit in the races and with the others horses. They pulled blood on the horse to determine a reason for the bad work. They went

over him completely from a vet standpoint. He galloped fine. Johnson said he was just getting to know Motion better, but they’ve now gone to Dubai and Japan on their journey.

Owner Dr. Kidder shared his experience.

He explained that not one size fits all when it comes to trainers. He wanted top level and sent only top level horses to his trainer and three of four were stakes winners. He said typically he will text his trainer regarding his horses and then he would call when not so busy.

During the discussion, Mott took a moment to share one of his greatest training experiences with Cigar, who had passed only days before the conference began. Cigar’s string of grade I’s are one of racing all-time training feats, however, Mott humbly pointed out that “good horses make good trainers”.

McDaniel said he encourages new owners to ask people questions, and ask even more after that so they can see the whole picture. He sees Scott not as his horses’ trainer but as his teacher.

Bray expressed the common theme of the panel that communication is the key for owners and that doing homework before establishing the relationship is key. Each trainer-owner pair said that levels of communication can range from touching base daily to only touching base when a strategy for a horse is needed, like when the horse is leading up to a big race or just after one.

“Thoroughbred Auctions: Finding the athletes” was a team comprised of owners, agents, veterinarian and trainers talking about what goes into finding the thoroughbred at sales.

The panel included owners Aron Wellman and Terry Finley, trainer Carl Nafzger, DVM Jeff Berk, bloodstock advisors Mike Ryan and Pete Bradley and Keeneland’s Tom Thornbury.

Finley explained his role as one of the general manager with scouts who look for athletes in the unbelievable sport. He likened it to an NFL sports franchise saying most owners cannot get the first round draft pick so the goal

Gary Player’s Beatitudes for Horse Owners ■ Find someone you can trust ■ It’s a sport where everyone has a chance ■ Some people and horses are scared to win ■ Change is the price of survival ■ Everything in business is negotiable except quality ■ A promise made is a debt incurred ■ For all we take in life, we should pay ■ Get out, get fit for your great country ■ Persist and stand up ■ Common sense is far more important than intelligence ■ Trust instinct to the end ■ Great heights are not attained by sudden flight but by the toil at night ■ No substitute for personal contact - write the letter, pick up the phone ■ Memories are the cushions of life ■ Help a person when you can ■ We all know a heck of a lot about nothing

Breeder Gary Player, legendary golfer and longtime Thoroughbred owner, delivered the keynote address for the conference. Player has owned the 20,000-acre Gary Player Stud in South Africa since 1974 and is consistently among the leading breeders in South Africa. He has frequently implored those involved in horse racing to come up with innovative ideas that would generate interest in the sport.

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INAUGURAL THOROUGHBRED OOWNERS CONFERENCE at auction is to check time and time again. The feels that finding athletes is an art not science. the process of buying horses, developing a team may consist of a “fifth round” draft pick While he looks for the best physically con- plan, finding the best people to form a team for a horse with pedigree and physicality to formed horse, his eye is on the intangibles of and he works to buy horses for his clients that keep sound because you cannot get those other look and attitude. Wellman’s caveat to potential he likes, not just to fill the clients’ lists.

“The Riders” featured Migliore leading picks. Finley suggested it is important for buy- owners, be sure to budget and don’t go over the ers at auction to have a system and a process. budget. New owners watch the prices go up and McCarron, Brothers, Day and Napravnik in a This is important in a game that owners have to discipline is the key, Wellman says. He encour- discussion of their experiences with owners ages owners not to get caught up in the moment and their horses. get better because the competition gets better.

The evening was capped off by Gary Dr. Berk discussed buying horses from a vet- and to trust the talented people and advisors and Player’s keynote address (see sidebar for higherinary perspective and said he looks at physi- to keep composure.

Mike Ryan re-iterated the panel’s com- lights), followed by a cocktail reception cality and heart scores. He encouraged owners to use data that will give them a edge when de- ments. “What are your goals, objectives, cost hosted by Starlight Racing which featured a ciding what to buy and what to stay away from. factors, time frame involved and budget to buy signature blue drink to match their racing colSellers do their job of bringing horses that are a race prospect? Ryan shared his experiences ors with an elite level vodka flown in from ready to the sale and it is the buyers job to be with Breeders’ Cup winner and Horse of the actor George Clooney’s Italian villa. Dinner careful, do their homework. Berk also pointed Year Saint Liam. He believes that horses have was sponsored by the Breeders’ Cup, the Naout there he loves racing and loves the excite- a class factor and that good horses and smart tional Thoroughbred Racing Association, ment of a two year old going into the gate the horse handle stress well coming through a hole Daily Racing Form, Bessemer trust and Ownon the rail in a race and fight through it when erView and included an auction of an original first time after going through a sale.

Finding the right racehorse is an art but Dr. other horses won’t. Ryan also said that at the piece painted that night during the event by Berk said veterinarians as part of the buyer’s sales beauty is in the eye of the observer and famed racing artist Peb Bellocq.

Wednesday’s agenda included a panel disteam can combine the art and science. Dr. Berk that everyone likes a different kind of horse. gave the example that if a buyer sees a horse Ryan also said the small horses do not always cussion devoted to the care of horses and inwith a great walk, great presence, a Maserati do as well at sale, but pointed out that two cluded Dr. Jeff Blea, Dr. Larry Bramlage, Ed frame, they still don’t know what’s under that champions Blushing Groom and Northern Bowen of the Grayson Jockey Club Research chassis. The horse may look really good and Dancer were considered too short. He said Foundation, Erin Crady of Thoroughbred may have inherited genetically the right to plenty of small horses are good horses, so keep Charities of America (TCA), James Hastie of Thoroughbred Aftercare Alcompete at high levels, but not the Horse racing is about the horse. Promoting the liance Foundation and Nancy heart and endurance. The vet’s role Kelly of The Jockey Club Safety in the buying process should be horse the right way and putting the horse first in with what the vet has shown the these contemporary times. It is important to keep up Net Foundation.

Dr. Bramlage noted that nobuying team, what can the team with the times by creating a good experience for accept. Sometimes new owners owners at the track and at the sales. —Walter Hancock body else spends more money on their species than the horse will back off immediately when a problem is found but with a good team, each in mind foaling date and family comparisons. industry when it comes to horse health. DurTrainer of Florida-bred Kentucky Derby ing his tenure as a vet, he has seen a coming person’s experience can be put to use.

As an owner, Wellman said he makes a winner Unbridled and Kentucky Derby win- of age of not just repairing an injury to save point of surrounding himself with exceptional ner Street Sense, Nafzger shared his insights the horse’s life but to save their career. He guys who know the yearling and two year old with attendees. He said what is important to gave the example of Personal Ensign who sales. He brings a mentor of 15 years with him owners must be important to the trainer. It is was injured and not only came back but won and they act as a team to select the best year- good for both to be ‘on the same’ page when the 1988 Breeders’ Cup Distaff and went on lings. He also uses a private clocker at two year trainer and owner come toe-to-toe, it can be to be undefeated in 12 races. He said she just old sales and the team assesses gallop out times. worked out. Nafzger advised owners to look refused to lose.

Dr. Blea informed the audience that the Wellman said all buyers are trying to compete at babies on the farm, watch them grow, rein the big leagues and the sales can be a blood view health records and know the family of key to horse fitness is feeding a horse like an pumping experience just like a big race can be. the horses you may want to buy in the future. athlete with more carbs for the energy burnPete Bradley likes to educate owners on ing body. He stresses the use of grains that are The goal is to find the next big horse. Wellman

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well made, comprehensive products along he could to give them the thrill of what it with good hays like alfalfa and timothy. Colic would be like to have a winning horse.

Walter Hancock said that horses were in his in barns can happen by feeding changes.

He also recommends that trainers avoid blood and he returned to the farm after college.

He liked that his family let him develop pasexcessive supplements.

Erin Crady highlighted the mission of TCA sion even though he recalls growing up on the noting that aftercare is important because farm and the feeling of excitement. He feels everyone wins - the industry, the people and horse racing is about the horse so he suggests the horse. She said many people think race- promoting the horse the right way and putting the horse first in these contemhorses are high strung animals porary times. He said is is imand they are when in training Aftercare is and in a stall with pent up enimportant because portant to keep up with the ergy, but when turned out the everyone wins–the times by creating a good expehorses have a different energy industry, the people rience for owners at the track and at the sales. level. She gave an example of and the horse.

Brad Weisbord, the son of Courageous Comet that was on the Olympic team after being on the track. Thoroughbred Daily News publisher Barry Kelly with Safety Net for jockeys and ex- Weisbord, went to school for business but ercise riders noted, “What job has an ambu- had no interest in the banking world and lance that follows you around while you wanted to work with his passion–horses. He work?” Kelly received the Red Smith “Good enjoys his partnerships and advising roles Guy” award for her humanitarian efforts and he says , “Let a horse breathe on you, within the thoroughbred industry and also re- you will fall in love.”

He also gave a caveat to new owners, ceived the award of excellence from the Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA) for “Don't get involved if you think it is about “faithfully supporting the mission of RTCA to making money.” He said he has had a profprovide, with excellence, for the spiritual, itable partnership , but he enjoys the feeling of emotional, physical and social/educational winning a race. He also said one pro of being in partnerships is needs of horse racing’s workforce.”

Ed Bowen said that there is a great deal of that smaller percentages research going on and encouraged owners to allow the owners to have make sure their trainer and veterinarian keep more action with less risk. He also up with what is going on and what new tech- said to innovate by attracting peoniques may be of value. He noted that research ple outside the normal circle.

Daisy Phipps said that she used to discoveries do not happen in “chunks” but are long term projects. He said to find a trainer and spend weeks at Claiborne and Lane’s End vet that are curious and want to keep up with growing up and that her family breeds to race. current research. He said the research program The business was set up to pass on generation is funding projects at 41 universities. He noted to generation and the 2013 Kentucky Derby won by Orb really was a “horse that brought the progress of cryotherapy is very exciting.

The segment with young people with a us back together.” She also recalled Easy family history in the sport was highly antic- Goer when she was 13 years old and saw the ipated throughout the conference. “Genera- race where he broke the track record. “He was tion Next” kicked off with examples of a cool horse to grandfather,” she said, “And youth engaged in the sport. For example, a Personal Ensign made me love the sport.”

Anna Seitz was a hit on the panel when a number on the panel recall D. Wayne Lukas pulling a kid in the winners’ circle each time video of her watching a race and cheering on a

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horse in her partnership was shown. The video went viral at the time and she had no idea it was being recorded. In the You Tube video, a clearly emotional Seitz jumps in the air enthusiastically during the race and gets louder and louder cheering on the winner on the TV in a bar. It’s one of those America’s Funniest Home Video moments because it’s fun to watch and got a huge round of applause from attendees as it struck a chord that it’s okay to show your excitement for the sport. “I always get excited, “ Seitz said.

Seitz’s goal is to have a legacy, have racing partnerships with women and make horse racing easy to understand. When I’ll Have Another won the Derby, she said the experience was drinking a mint julep in the sun out with good friends.

Ogden (Dinny) Mills Phipps, the chairman of The Jockey Club, delivered closing remarks for the conference. The closing reception was held at Stonestreet Farm, the home of Rachel Alexandra and three Horse of the Year Eclipse awards. The mare enjoyed the event from her large paddock as guests were greeted warmly by the Stonestreet team, who have operations in Kentucky and Florida.

Many of the speakers throughout the conference had stayed which gave participants an opportunity to talk one-on-one with them. Upon departure, each guest received a Curlin labeled bottle of wine from their vineyard collection.

Falter concluded, “This conference epitomized OwnerView’s mission to attract and retain owners in Thoroughbred racing, and we built an agenda designed to be educational, informative, entertaining, and rewarding for all attendees.”

But beyond that, the conference had the long-awaited, unplanned participant - the moments of magic – the kind that reach you deep inside and swell out in memories of why you have a love for horses and the sport in the first place and that magic that touched your heart in a way that left an indelible mark. ■

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of Florida’s Antiquated Equine Lien Laws

By AMANDA SIMMONS LUBY and RENEE E. THOMPSON Reprinted with permission from the Florida Bar Journal and the authors.

Steinbrenner, Gates and Onassis families) to your regular Joe farmers, horse trainers, children and retirees.2 Florida’s equine lien laws impact all of them.

Miscellaneous personal property lien laws are recognized in Part II of F.S. Ch. 713. Like Part I, courts must strictly construe Part II statutes.3 Fortunately, at least for lienholders, Part II is a diverse collection of broadly worded statutes that establish liens, often with less stringent perfection requirements than those required in Part I. Thus, the need to strictly construe the statutes is routinely tempered by the lack of strict perfection requirements.

Many of the personal property lien laws4 have not been amended since they were enacted decades ago, and are rooted in

any attorneys are familiar with the construction lien laws found in F.S. Ch. 713, Part I, which are fairly well-developed by case law.

However, liens are not just available for those who provide labor and materials to construction projects. Liens are also available for a broad spectrum of other service providers in other industries pursuant to F.S. Ch. 713, Part II, but many such service providers (and their attorneys) may be unaware of these lien rights. Given the varied array of personal property liens available, this article does not intend to explore in-depth each kind of lien recognized by F.S. Ch. 713, Part II, but rather provide an overview of the types of liens available and how Continued next page such liens are perfected and enforced within Florida’s equine industry.

The equine industry in Florida is big business.

Florida ranks only behind Texas and California with respect to the total number of horses (500,000). Approximately 440,000 Floridians are involved in the industry as horse owners, service providers, employees and volunteers. Even more participate as spectators at equine-related events. The horse racing industry alone has a greater overall economic impact than baseball’s spring training.1 All equine activities generate approximately $5 billion for Florida’s economy. People from all walks of life are involved in Florida’s total equine industry, from the wealthiest families (e.g. the Bloomberg,

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Florida’s Antiquated Equine Lien Laws Florida’s agricultural history. Some have remained substantively unchanged since they were first enacted in the 19th century. Specifically regarding the equine industry, Part II includes personal property liens available to those who provide care and maintenance for horses;5 provide veterinary services;6 provide feeding and caring for racehorses and polo ponies;7 and stallion owners who provide the service of the stallions for breeding purposes.8

These liens take priority over all other after-acquired liens, but they may not exceed the value of the services performed or goods supplied.9 In some circumstances, personal property liens can also take priority over a prior secured party if the lienor is still in possession of the property.10 Additionaly, a lien only attaches to the horse that was improved by the service providers, but is also imposes personal liability on the property owner.11 LIENORS IN PRIVITY — PERFECTION

Generally, for those equine industry providers in privity with the owner, there is no global requirements in Part II to provide notice of the lien to the owner in order to perfect a lien as the owner is presumed to have notice that the horse is being provided services.12 A lien goes into effect upon the provision of services; and, unlike what is found with construction liens, there is no global requirements to record a claim of lien.13 For those in privity with the owner, irrespective of whether such privity was created through oral or written agreement, the statutes do not mandate that a claim of lien arising from the care of a horse be recorded because it is presumed the owner is aware services are being rendered to the animal.14 For those who provide feed to racehorses and polo ponies, irrespective of privity, the lien attaches at the time of delivery of such feed and is presumed consumed by the horses at the delivery site at the time of delivery.15 Veterinarians also have a lien on horses from the date services were rendered to the animal.16 Stallion owners, who can generate substantial income from standing their stallions at stud, are the only lienors in the horse business who are required to actually record a claim of lien in order to perfect it. A claim of lien arising from a stallion servicing a mare must be recorded in the county in which the mare resides within 18 months from the last time the stallion serviced the mare.

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LIENORS NO IN PRIVITY—PERFECTION

For those equine industry service providers not in privity with the owner, a lienor can typically perfect his or her lien on the horse in an easier fashion than what is required of construction liens. In most cases, to perfect a lien, the lienor in the horse business need only mail to the owner a “notice of lien.”17 There is no specific deadline as to when this notice of lien is required to be delivered, nor are there requisites as to how this notice of lien is required to be served.18 The case law interpreting F.S. §713.75 is minimal, at best, and the stature itself is somewhat nebulous as to certain factors.

Fortunately, the limited case law that does exist requires that this simple notice of lien contain the following information: 1) the service performed or to be performed; 2) a description of the property being improved; 3) the amount of the lien; and 4) the detailed contact information for the owner.19 In essence, this is nothing more than an invoice.

Compare this to what is required to perfect a construction lien. Construction liens for contractors not in privity with the land owner typically require 1) the contractor to provide notice to the owner within 45 days from the date of first furnishing services and/or materials; 2) that the claim of lien, using the format provided in the stature, is recorded in the county where the real property exists no later than 90 days from the date of final furnishing; 3) and that a copy of such claim of lien be delivered to the owner via US certified mail, global carrier, or hand delivery with 10 days from the date of the recordation.20 Another difference between Part I and Part II is that the notice of lien mandated by F.S. §713.75 may be served simultaneously as the claim of lien, to the extent a recorded claim of lien is even required at all. As mentioned above and irrespective of whether he or she has privity with the owner or not, stallion owners are the only lienors in the horse business who have an affirmative duty to record a claim of lien in order to perfect the lien rights.21 Part II mandates that the stallion owner must not only provide written notices of the lien, but he or she must also record a claim of lien with the clerk in the county where the owner of the mare last resided no later than 18 months from the last service date.22 That some liens can be perfected without recordation of a claim of lien is recognized by F.S. 85.051, which provides the one-year statute of limitations period for bringing suit under Ch. 713.

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When there has been no record of a notice of lien, an action to enforce a lien (if it exists without such record) must be brought within 12 months from the accrual of the unpaid rent, the performance of the work, or the furnish of the materials, and if there has been such record, the action must be brought with 12 months from the time of such record.23 Given the age of most of the Part II lien statutes and in light of the legislative intent seen in Part I, an attorney whose client is a lienor not in privity with the owner should, as a matter of best practice, advise the lienor to record the claim of lien regardless of whether it is actually required by statute, in addition to serving a copy of that claim of lien (via certified mail or overnight carrier) on the owner within a reasonable time frame after the last day services are rendered so as to leave no doubt that the lien is perfected.

HOW AND WHEN LIENS AGAINST HORSES CAN BE INFORCED

As set forth in depth below, Part II lien laws typically give the lienor the upper hand in dealing with payment disputes, especially when the lienor still possesses the animal. However, owners have a mechanism to have their liened horses returned if they dispute payment of the monies demanded by the lienor. A lien placed on personal property typically lasts only one year, but such lien can be released from the animal by the posting of a bond pursuant to F.S. §713.76. If an owner posts a bond, the lienor must promptly relinquish the horse to the owner or subject himself or herself to misdemeanor charges.24 It is then left to the court to determine who should obtain the amount of the bond posted, as possession of the horse should have been returned to the owner.

WHEN ACTIONS SHOULD BE BROUGHT—

Should the owner not post a bond, all lienors who recorded a claim must bring an action to enforce that lien within 12 months from the date of recordation.25 When no claim of lien need be recorded, an action must be brought within 12 months from the date the last services were rendered and remain unpaid.26 An ambiguity exists, however, with the respect to the lienors not in privity and F.S. §713.75 and §85.051. The former statute provides that a “lien shall exist from the time of delivery of the notice of lien of the amount unpaid…,” while the latter statute provides that a lien exists for up to 12 months from the time the services/materials were rendered and remain unpaid. Because there is a no statutory timeframe for when a lienor not in privitiy must serve a notice of lien, and unless the notice of lien is sent to the owner via certified mail or some other service where the date of deliv-

ery can be confirmed, a lienor may never know when a notice of lien is actually delivered to the owner. Thus, because of the statutory ambiguity, a practitioner should advise clients who do not have privity with the owner that regardless of when the mandatory notice of lien is actually served under §713.75, the absolute deadline for filing suit to enforce a lien is 12 months from the date services were last rendered, not the date of delivery of the notice of lien, since the notice could be delivered months after services have ceased. It is better to err on the side of filing suit earlier rather than later to avoid any defense related to the enforcement action being time-barred.

TYPES OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

As with Part I, lienors under Part II have the ability to bring standard actions at law, actions to enjoin the removal of the horse from a county, and summary actions.27 The first two forms of enforcement are common enough that descriptions need not be made here. Though not often used, a “summary action,” as authorized per F.S. §85.011(5) could be highly beneficial to equine industry lienholders because these actions expedite and condense the litigation process, which can result in enormous cost savings as compared to standard litigation. For a summary action procedure to be triggered, the lienor must strictly follow the procedures outline in F.S. §51.011. A summary action significantly shortens a party’s timeframe for responding to a complaint or counterclaim (from 20 days to only five), only allows oral depositions as a means of discovery (unless permission is otherwise granted by the court), and requires a final hearing to be set in short order—though no specific time frame is provided.

The lienor must also specifically request a summary action in the complaint and must indicate in the complaint the statutes that authorize such action. Otherwise, the court will not give the case the expedited attention to which a summary action is entitled.

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Florida’s Antiquated Equine Lien Laws and limited discovery involved, the enforcement approach that horse owners may find to be the most onerous is a “sale without judicial proceedings” or a “non-judicial sale.”28 Unique to liens arising from the care of horses (and other animals) and presuming no bond has been posted, §713.65 and §85.031(2) permit the lienor to keep possession of the liened horse up to three months from the date the charges become due.29 Though the legislative history and case law on the purpose of this limited possessory period are sparse, it is logical to presume that this is our legislature’s way of giving leverage to the lienor to force payment from the owner. However, the maximum three-month possessory period also imposes a duty on the lienor to mitigate damages and resolve the cloud on the title because, otherwise, the cost of caring for the animal, and necessarily the amount due to the lienor, increases daily.30 The limited possessory period forces the lienor to make a decision within three months from the first day of arrearage as to how he or she will enforce the lien, either a nonjudicial sale or any of the aforementioned legal actions.

For liens specifically arising from taking care of animals, F.S. §85.031(2) actually enables a stable owner or trainer to force the sale of the horse without judicial proceedings after only one month or arrearage (with a limit that the lienor cannot keep the horse for more than three months once the account first becomes due).31 This short timeframe for enforcement should be a wake-up call to all horse owners who board and/or train their horses with someone else; they don’t have the luxury of falling behind on their month board or training bills because a lienor in possession is entitled to act quickly and sell the horse in order to enforce his or her lien.

This nonjudicial sale of the animal can be effectuated by simply posting notice in three public places, only two of which are specified: the local courthouse and a public, conspicuous location at 72 THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2014

the lienor’s place of business. The statutes do not prescribe how the third notice must be given, but practice has found that publication in a local newspaper typically suffices, as does another public, conspicuous location, such as city hall. These notices must describe the time and location of the sale, a detailed description of the animal being sold, and the amount of the debt.32 The notice must be provided at least 10 days in advance of the sale.33 Of note is that F.S. §85.031(2) lacks any requirement to provide notice to the owner of an upcoming nonjudicial sale. Given this omission, and as experienced repeatedly by the authors in their equine practices, it is not uncommon for a modern-day owner to not receive a notice of the sale, nowithstanding the owner’s dispute as to any balance owed to the lienor. Part II lien laws simply do not mandate that the defaulting owner be given notice of the nonjudicial sale before it occurs. While a singular federal district court has previously recognized the deficiencies in Florida’s lien law statures, deficiencies that ultimately resulted in the repeal in 1979 of subsection F.S. §85.031(3), Florida state courts continue to find the lien laws impacting the horse business constitutional.

In Hahn v. Carson, 462 F. Supp. 854 (M.D. Fla. 1978) a towing company that had towed and impounded a car on behalf of the Duval County Sheriff’s Office was enjoined from selling the owner’s car when he refused to pay the fees. The towing company threateded to sell the car under the old F.S. §85.031(3), which specifically pertained to a towing company’s ability to impound and sell motor vehicles through a nonjudicial sale. Like F.S. §85.031(2), which is still valid, subsection 3 did not require that the owner be put on notice of the pending nonjudicial sale. This caused the district court great consternation. In enjoining the towing company from selling the car, the district court discussed the statutes’ nonjudicial sale provisions at length and found the omission of a mandatory notice to owner and opportunity to be heard unconstitutional.

The apparent legislative purpose of this statutory scheme is to give an expeditious legal recourse to those persons who, have performed labor or services to the personal property in general, and to motor vehicles in particular, are owed and entitled to payment of their justly earned and due charges. The intent is good, but it cannot justify the immense risk of error contained in the statute.34 In contrast and by way of another example, a horse owner who lived out of the country lost ownership of a racehorse valued at $150,000 after the owner’s horse

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trainer gave the requisite public notices required under F.S. §85.031(2) and purchased the horse for herself at the public auction for $10. The disputed balance was $6,500. The horse owner, who lived in Europe and never received notice of the nonjudicial sale, had no idea the sale took place and the trainer was able to subsequently sell the horse privately one month later and make a handsome profit. This anecdote demonstrates how personal property liens can create ulcers for horse owners.

While in the above scenario the original horse owner certainly would have surviving claims against the trainer regarding the disputed balance, even if an original owner is willing to challenge the legitimacy of the nonjudicial sale in court, the sparse case law in Florida indicates our state courts’ willingness to strictly construe these statutes and validate a nonjudicial sale, notwithstanding the Hann decision above.35 Particularly relevant is the Fifth DCA case of Lloyd v. Brendemuehl, 714 So. 2d 1154 (Fla. 5th DC A 1998), which involved the nonjudicial, public sale of three thoroughbred horses under F.S. §85.031(2). In that case, the court validated the legitimacy of the nonjudicial sale even though the owner did not receive any notice prior to the sale. However, even while the court upheld the constitutionality of §85.031(2), the court was nevertheless critical of the statute’s antiquated notice requirements: Notwithstanding, we note that subsection §85.031(2) was enacted more than 30 years ago and its notice provision could stand some modernization. Posting a notice of proposed sale in three places in the county may have been sufficient in times gone by. Perhaps the statute should be amended to at least provide that notice by certified mail be sent to the last known address of the debtor advising of the amount of the lien, and the date, time and location of the sale.36 CONCLUSION

Notwithstanding the Fifth DCA’s recommendation to the Florida Legislature to update Part II lien laws and the enforcement provisions contained in F.S. §85.031, as of the publication of this article, there has been no substantial effort to do so. Until a notice to owner becomes mandatory prior to any nonjudicial sale, lienholders may typically have the upper hand in enforcing their liens under Part II. As such, horse owners and their attorneys would be sell-advised to stay on top of all equine accounts and be prepared to post bonds in the event of a dispute with a lienor so as to avoid losing ownership of very valuable assets. ■

Amanda Simmons Luby is a partner at the law firm Shutts & Bowen, LLP, in Orlando. She is the founder of the firm’s equine law practice group and a member of the firm’s constructon and commercial litigation groups. Author’s note: An exerpt from an earlier, condensed version of this article, not tailored toward the equine industry, was previously published in the Daily Business Review in September 2011 by Ms. Luby.

She is also a member of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’Association and serves on their Community Outreach committee.

Renee E. Thompson is a partner at the law firm of Mateer & Harbert, P.A. She practices in their Ocala office, in the areas of commercial litigation and equine law. She is the Fifth Circuit representative to The Florida Bar Board of Governors and serves as the board liaison to the Animal Law Committee of the The Florida Bar.

Footnotes 1 Florida Thoroughbred Breeder’s and Owners’ Association, President’s Remarks (March 2014), http://www.ftoba.com/news/presidents-report/2983-presidents-remarks.

2 American Horse Council in Washington, D.C., http://www.horsecouncil.org.

3 Rieck & Fleece v. Cunniff, 190 So. 8,9 (1939) 4 In general, other personal property lien rights are available for those who provide labor on machines (Fla. Stat. §713.56; cut lumber (Fla. Stat. §713.57); improve any kind of personal property used commercially (Fla. Stat. §713.59); gin cotton (Fla. Stat. §713.595); create manufacturer’s molds, ties, or dies (Fla. Stat. §713.596); perform any services or furnish materials to the maintenance and improvement of water craft (Fla. Stat §713.60); manufacture, alter, or repair anything of value (Fla. Stat. §713.61—last amended in 1887); provide materials such as lumber, sand, or any other material that is to be incorporated into manufactured products (Fla. Stat. §713.62); provide any locomotive or machine for use in the railroad or telegraphy system (Fla. Stat. §713.63; provide materials that are furnished to vessels (Fla. Stat. §713.64); furnish pest control (Fla. Stat. §713.665); provide boarding and lodging and hotel (Fla. Stat. §713.67, §713.68); procure loans or advances of money or goods or chattels (Fla. Stat. §713.71); own a mobile and/or operate a mobile home park or recreational vehicle park for rent (Fla. Stat. §713.77); recover, tow or store vehicles and vessels (Fla. Stat. §713.78); recover, tow, or store mobile homes (Fla. Stat. §713.785); provide interior design services (Fla. Stat. §713.79).

5 Fla. Stat. §713.65.

6 Fla. Stat. §713.655.

7 Fla. Stat. §713.66.

8 Fla. Stat. §713.70.

9 Fla. Stat. §§713.50, 713.73 and 713.75 10 Associates Comm. Corp. v. Ross, 465 So. 2d 663, 664 (Fla. Stat. §DCA 1985)(citing Fla. Stat. §679.310) 11 Fla. Stat. §713.73.

12 Fla. Stat. §713.74.

13 Id. 14 Fla. Stat. §§85.011(3) and 713.74; see also Carter v. Gearty, 105 So. 329 (1925) 15 Fla. Stat. §713.66.

16 Fla. Stat. §713.655.

17 Fla. Stat. §713.75.

18 Id. 19 Rieck & Fleece, 190 So. At 9.

20 Fla. Stat. §713.18.

21 Fla. Stat. §713.70 22 It should be noted that this 18-month deadline to perfect the claim of lien does not apply to other miscellaneous liens. This 18-month period takes into account the animals’ gestation periods to allow time for live progeny to be born. Once this claim of lien is recorded, this statute also prohibits the sale of the mare or cow unless payment of the account is made or unless the bull or stallion owner agrees in writing.

23 Fla. Stat. §85.051 (emphasis added).

24 See Associates, 465 So. 2d at 666; Fla. Stat. §713.76(3).

25 Fla. Stat. §85.021.

26 Fla. Stat. §§85.011 and 85.051.

27 Fla. Stat. §§85.011 and 85.021.

28 Fla. Stat. §85.031(2).

29 Associates, 465 So. 2d at 666 30 Id. At 664-665, discussing Ocala Foundry & Machine Works v. Lester, 38 So. 51 (1905).

31 In situations not involving an animal when, for example, storage costs continue to accrue, the lienor must wait the 90 days before disposing of the property.

32 Fla. Stat. §85.031(2).

33 Id. 34 Hann v. Carson, 462 F. Supp. 854, 867.

35 See Boyd v. Panama City Boat Yard, Inc., 522 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988).

36 Lloyd, 714 So. 2d. at 1157

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Courtney Ryan keeps on winning: Florida-bred leads

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fter leading Courtney Ryan through a 2013 campaign that included six wins, 15 money finishes and nearly $114,000 in purses from 18 starts, trainer Tammy Levy wasn’t sure what her stable star would do for an encore in 2014.

A Florida-bred daughter of the Hartley/ DeRenzo stallion With Distinction, Courtney Ryan has been even better as a 5-year-old, leading all North American mares in victories.

She picked up win No. 10 on Nov. 2 at Gulfstream Park West, extending her bankroll to $130,837 in 14 races. Out of the Jules mare Rare Treasure, Courtney Ryan was bred by Vince Haydock of Pembroke Pines, Fla. The only horse with more wins this year is 5year-old gelding Handsup Moneydown, who is 11-for-15 racing primarily on the Mid-Atlantic circuit. His last start came on Sept. 20.

“It’s very surreal,” Levy, 47 said. “I don’t know what to say. Sometimes, I have a really hard time wrapping my brain around the fact that she’s accomplished so much, and that I’ve only been training for five years and I got my hands on her. We did this together. It just brings tears to my eyes. It’s just amazing. She’s been great for me, and I still don’t believe that she’s won so many races. I look at the pictures lining 74 THE FLORIDA HORSE • DECEMBER 2014

my wall, and I can’t believe she’s done it.”

Overall, Courtney Ryan has won 19 of 57 lifetime starts for purses of more than $305,000. She only had two wins from 19 races when Levy claimed her for $6,250 out of a second-place finish in a one-mile dirt race on July 21, 2012.

Since then, Courtney Ryan piled up 17 wins, nine seconds, four thirds and $261,583 in purses from 37 starts for Levy. Two of her seconds have come by a head and a neck, the latter in the Claiming Crown Iron Lady last December at Gulfstream Park.

“Nothing has changed, and I think that’s the beauty of Courtney Ryan,” Levy said. “Consistency is epic for her. She has the same groom, the same exercise rider, the same pony, the same pony boy, the same stall. We just try to listen to her and she kind of points us in the direction she wants to go. She’s incredibly intelligent and she’s keen on letting us know what she wants to do, so we try to give her that. Every time she wins, I have to cry on my way to the winner’s circle. So many horses don’t run 19 times in their career, let alone win 19. I’m very proud.”

When it comes to putting her finger on the secret to Courtney Ryan’s success, Levy,

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all North American mares in victories this year

Florida-bred Courtney Ryan

who lives and operates a small farm near Gulfstream Park West in Southwest Ranches, attributes it all to the mare she trains for her husband Ron’s IAB Stable.

“I don’t have another horse like her. I’ve never had another horse like her,” Levy said. “I don’t know what she has. I wish I could tell you; I would try to replicate her. It’s just something inside of her. She loves to run. She loves what she does. She’s very competitive. I think our team is very competitive, so I don’t know if she can get that vibe from us, but she is. It’s her heart. She’s just got an enormous heart.”

Courtney Ryan also has a loyal and devoted fan base, from her own Facebook page to the crowd that gathers whenever and wherever she runs.

“She has a huge Facebook following,” Levy said. “We go to the races and whenever we’re in the winner’s circle, especially at

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n’t have very many conditions left. Obviously, I don’t look to put her in any spot I could lose her. She’s amazing. Whatever I put in front of her, she doesn’t balk at it.”

As long as Courtney Ryan continues to thrive at the racetrack, Levy said she will keep bringing her back to do what she loves.

“She’s never had a freshening. She’s never wanted one,” Levy said. “After some of her more difficult races, we’ve She’s just an honest horse that likes the game, she likes the job, and walked her maybe a week and she just comes out of she’s having a good time. This is her way of showing everybody that she’s having a great time, and there’s nothing wrong with that. —trainer Tammy Levy her skin. By the end of the week, she’s ready to go what she wants, and she wants it now. She can “I kind of just go from race to race at this back to the track. She loves going to the track.

“She’s just an honest horse that likes the be a handful. She’s not mean or vicious or point and when she’s ready and lets me know anything like that. She’s just a handful. She’s she wants to run, I look to see what’s avail- game, she likes the job, and she’s having a spunky, and she’s spoiled. She wants what she able,” Levy said. “We’ve talked about look- good time. This is her way of showing everywants and she’s going to have it. She can have ing for some overnight stakes and the fact that body that she’s having a great time, and whatever she wants, really. She is the queen of we might have to ship her because she does- there’s nothing wrong with that.” ■ Gulfstream Park, she probably has three deep of people outside the winner’s circle clapping and cheering for her. People come by the barn to visit her. Sometimes people will stop and ask me, ‘I’m just dying to know, what is it like to be with Courtney Ryan?’

“She has moments that she’s very sweet, but she’s very pushy and she wants

my barn, and she’s definitely earned it.”

To date, Courtney Ryan has never raced outside her home state, but Levy knows that she may have to look outside Florida for future starts. Levy planned to run her once more at the Gulfstream Park West meet that ran through Nov. 30, and then point to Gulfstream Park’s Championship meet, which opens Dec. 6.

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The All Thoroughbred Horse Show Series

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continue in October with a Halloween Festival and Horse Show. Show director Laurine Fuller-Vargas expanded the themed show to include more than 40 classes, face painting, pumpkin painting, games, a horse-rider costume class with awards for most original, funniest, scariest and cutest as well as a costume contest for children and adults.

The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association is a sponsor of the shows, one of the first programs of its kind in Florida. The Run for the Ribbons All Thoroughbred Horse Show began in April showcasing the talents of thoroughbreds after retirement and has since grown into the series. Additional sponsors include T & T Distributors, the Equine Medical Center of Ocala, El Sol Equine Practice, Valley Ridge Ranch, Berrettini Feed Specialists, J & J Tack Shack, Central Florida Equine Studies, Woodford Thoroughbreds, Tampa Bay Downs, Tampa Bay Downs HBPA, Jerry Parks Insurance, Cavalor, Randy K Bradshaw Breaking and Training, Karen Grimes and Farm Tours of Ocala. For information on upcoming shows, contact FullerVargas at 774-328-1760.

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

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—STAKES RACES Win/Place/Show Horse Name Daring Kathy

Sex Age Sire F

3

Dam

Wildcat Heir

Breeder

Dare to Mambo

Date

John Eaton & Steve Laymon

10/18/14

Track Off ID Pos GPW

1

Race Name

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Cellars Shiraz S.

$105,000

$68,010

Notyouraveragejoe C

3

Discreet Cat

Jule Royale

Darsan Inc. & Darley

10/18/14

GPW

1

Showing Up S.

$105,000

$68,010

Classic Point

M

5

Flatter

Discerning

J. V. Shields Jr.

10/13/14

BEL

1

Punkin Pie S.

$98,000

$60,000

Valery Stripe

F

2

Cool Coal Man

Shegoestoeleven

Bridle Oaks Farm Inc.

10/12/14

CMR

1

Clasico Dia de la Raza S.

2/$26,460

$15,660

Holywell

F

2

Exclusive Quality

All Saint's Day

Tracy Pinchin

10/4/14

GP

1

Florida Sire My Dear Girl S.

$358,000

$215,301

Hubba Shake

C

2

Street Sense

Franscat

Farnsworth Stable LLC

10/4/14

GP

1

Armed Forces S.

$75,000

$44,175

Sing Praises

C

2

Hear No Evil

Sacred Psalm

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

10/4/14

GP

1

Florida Sire In Reality S.

$372,000

$214,495

East Hall

G

3

Graeme Hall

East Long Lake

Mary K. Haire

10/4/14

IND

1

Indiana Derby

2/$507,100

$298,175

Peace and War

F

2

War Front

More Oats Please

Sally J. Andersen

10/3/14

KEE

1

Darley Alcibiades S.

1/$400,000

$240,000

Control Stake

C

2

Discreetly Mine

Be a Quiet Honey

B.P.N.

10/25/14

DED

2

Jean Lafitte S.

Full Moon''s Back

C

4

Put It Back

Moonshot

Cheryl Janine McGuire & James P. McGuire

10/25/14

GPW

2

Gin Rummy Champ S.

Bling It On Baby

F

2

Pomeroy

Majestic Glitter

Janet Erwin

10/24/14

RP

2

Awesome Warrior

F

2

A. P. Warrior

Awesome Medicine R. C. Van Voorhees & Liz Steinbach

10/12/14

CMR

2

Quality Rocks

F

2

Rock Hard Ten

Elusive Virgin

Destiny Oaks of Ocala

10/8/14

KEE

Moment of Delight

F

2

A. P. Warrior

Sweetness

Jimmy Randolph

10/4/14

GP

$200,000

$40,000

$90,000

$17,100

E. L. Gaylord Memorial S.

$50,000

$10,000

Clasico Dia de la Raza S.

2/$26,460

$5,400

2

JPMorgan Chase Jessamine S. 3/$150,000

$30,000

2

Florida Sire My Dear Girl S.

$69,452

Like a Queen

F

2

Corinthian

Arcanum

Lambholm

10/4/14

GP

2

Our Dear Peggy S.

Royal Squeeze

C

2

Wildcat Heir

Mop Squeezer

Gary Aiken

10/4/14

GP

2

Florida Sire In Reality S.

C. Zee

C

3

Elusive Bluff

Diamondaire

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

10/3/14

KEE

2

Ponderway

$358,000 $75,000

$13,800

$372,000

$69,192

Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix

3/$200,000

$40,000

3/$200,000

$20,000

1/$26,950

$2,750

Toasting

F

4

Congrats

L & D Farms Inc.

10/26/14

BEL

3

Turnback the Alarm H.

Green Money

F

4

The Green Monkey Take Into Account

Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson

10/26/14

CMR

3

Clasico Wiso G.

Moonwalker

G

3

Congrats

Rate Shock

Chester A Bishop

10/25/14

GPW

3

Gin Rummy Champ S.

$90,000

$8,550

Aztec Key

C

2

Circular Quay

Aztec Sally

Nick deMeric Jaqui deMeric & Prestonwood Partner 10/25/14

NP

3

Canadian Juvenile S.

$51,500

$5,000

Voodoo Tales

F

4

Tale of the Cat

Coverly

Farnsworth Stables LLC

10/13/14

BEL

3

Punkin Pie S.

$98,000

$10,000

Awesome Ice

F

2

Awesome of Course Diamondaire

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

10/4/14

GP

3

Florida Sire My Dear Girl S.

$358,000

$34,726

Honor Earned

C

2

Graeme Hall

Sunshine Thoroughbred Corp.

10/4/14

GP

3

Florida Sire In Reality S.

$372,000

$34,596

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show Horse Name

Sex Age

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

True to You

F

2

Scat Daddy

April True

H & A Stables LLC & Annie D. Scott

10/30/14

IND

1

$40,120

$20,400

Hobnob Hill

F

2

Montbrook

Lavender Hill

Rustlewood Farm Inc.

10/29/14

TDN

1

$22,500

$13,500

F

4

With Distinction

Flying Blind

Emerald Pastures Corp.

10/26/14

TDN

1

$25,500

$15,300

Risk Factor

C

4

Stormy Atlantic

Samantha O

Westbury Stables

10/22/14

GPW

1

$44,000

$27,000

J''s Two Step Halo

F

3

Two Step Salsa

J's Happy Halo

Janis Maitlen

10/22/14

TDN

1

$24,000

$13,920

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COURTESY THISTLEDOWNS

East Hall/Indiana Derby (G2)

COADY PHOTO

Peace and War/Darley Alcibiades S. (G1)

MARTIN PHOTO

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show continued Horse Name

Sex Age

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Watch Me Go

H

6

West Acre

Sabbath Song

Gilbert G. Campbell

10/21/14

ZIA

1

$36,000

$22,320

Collymore Place

G

5

Graeme Hall

Collymore Hall

Eugene Melnyk

10/19/14

MNR

1

$22,800

$13,908

Shakesperian Dream

F

3

Shakespeare

Cocktailsandreams

Patricia Generazio

10/18/14

HAW

1

$21,000

$12,600

Dancingovertheline

M

5

Exclusive Quality

Dance Lightly

Juliana Whittenburg Gary Ellebracht William Steele

10/18/14

RP

1

$31,650

$17,796

D''cajun Cat

G

3

D'wildcat

Rabiadella

Eico Stable

10/17/14

DED

1

$31,100

$18,000

Getaway Keys

F

3

Keyed Entry

A Special Toast

Circle S Ranch

10/15/14

CT

1

$26,000

$15,420

Irish Media

G

3

Mass Media

Tri Some Irish

Lewis Bronfman & Leonard Marinello

10/15/14

PEN

1

$30,149

$17,700

Cho Time

G

4

Burning Roma

Cho Chang

Harold Queen

10/10/14

LRL

1

$42,809

$23,940

Indy Awesome

G

4

A.P. Indy

Awesome Fleet

Donald R. Dizney

10/4/14

HAW

1

$23,506

$12,600

Big Bad Barry

G

5

Bernstein

Payable On Demand

Sucher LLC

10/4/14

LBG

1

$3,400

$1,802

Time for Tutt

G

7

Untuttable

Sunny Again

Gilbert G. Campbell

10/3/14

PEN

1

$31,329

$17,700

Proud Soldier

C

4

Proud Accolade

My Friend Melini

Marion G. Montanari

10/3/14

TDN

1

$22,500

$13,500

Copy Catter

G

3

Wildcat Heir

Raebear

Murray Stroud

10/2/14

CT

1

$27,000

$16,140

Collymore Place

G

5

Graeme Hall

Collymore Hall

Eugene Melnyk

10/1/14

MNR

1

$20,000

$11,600

Rick the Bartender

G

6

With Distinction

Yira

Jorge Tabraue

10/30/14

CT

2

$27,000

$5,380

Fullfaithandcredit

C

3

Colonel John

Diamant Lady

Rick Sutherland

10/25/14

FL

2

$18,200

$3,640

Slews Best Quality

G

4

Elusive Quality

Slews Final Answer

Live Oak Stud

10/25/14

GRM

2

$26,250

$4,500

Miss Tatey Cat

F

4

Simon Pure

Successful Katie

Ponder Hill Inc.

10/25/14

WO

2

$82,011

$11,720

Grande Shores

H

6

Black Mambo

Sexy Stockings

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

10/22/14

GPW

2

$44,000

$9,560

Gasparilla Float

F

3

Wagon Limit

Gasparilla Parade

Stella Thayer

10/22/14

LRL

2

$42,000

$8,820

Fly Bye Pomeroy

C

4

Pomeroy

Fly Bye Dancer

Scott Lackey

10/20/14

PRX

2

$45,500

$9,000

Laugh It Up

F

3

Straight Faced

E Major

Adam Parker & Suzette Parker

10/20/14

ZIA

2

$27,000

$5,940

Gotta Get Paid

C

2

Pomeroy

Ashlee's Lady

Jean White & Brambly Lane Farm

10/18/14

DED

2

$32,000

$6,000

Mnmssweepinbeauty F

4

With Distinction

Statute

Gordon Reiss & Lindie Reiss

10/18/14

RP

2

$31,650

$5,932

Saint Emma''s Fire

F

2

Cabo Lobo

The Emmanator

Larry Altman

10/17/14

PEN

2

$33,689

$5,900

Dukin'' With Dale

C

2

Indian Charlie

Arboresque

Chester Prince Anne Prince Chris Baccari & Carolin 10/13/14

PRX

2

$48,480

$9,000

Dave the Usher

C

3

Cowtown Cat

Forest Mystery

Brenda Jones

10/10/14

LRL

2

$42,809

$8,820

Workerbee

F

4

Purim

Workeworkebusybee

Charles R Patton

10/9/14

GPW

2

$35,800

$7,800

Bad Debt

G

7

Grand Reward

Pleasant Ring

Pennston Farms Inc.

10/9/14

KEE

2

$57,801

$11,240

Hey Bud

G

4

Showing Up

Awesome One

Adena Springs

10/8/14

TDN

2

$25,000

$4,800

Travelin Dream

G

5

Express Tour

Steppedoutofadream

Karen J. Silva

10/5/14

WO

2

$82,800

$11,720

Skip''s World

C

4

Bachelor Blues

Skip Command

Michael Fennessy

10/3/14

GP

2

$35,800

$5,875

It''ll Be Fine

C

2

Greatness

Whitepark Bay

The Big Mares LLC

10/3/14

KEE

2

$55,200

$10,000

Vuelve Ruben M.

G

6

Concerto

Candlelightdinner

Ocala Stud

10/2/14

CMR

2

$10,122

$2,066

Jconstanza

C

4

The Daddy

Charm Hopping

Bella Inizio Farm LLC

10/29/14

MNR

3

$20,000

$2,000

Roma''s Sister

F

2

Burning Roma

Sister Nan

Gerald Bennett

10/29/14

TDN

3

$22,500

$2,250

Mali

M

5

Bwana Charlie

Fortunate Bebe

Heiligbrodt Racing Stables

10/26/14

TDN

3

$25,500

$2,550

Hawks Nest

G

3

Wildcat Heir

Let It Roar

Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung

10/25/14

RP

3

$34,125

$3,290

Close It Out

G

6

Closing Argument

Honeymoon Sweep

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel H. Rogers Jr.

10/22/14

GPW

3

$44,000

$4,780 $5,460

Allie''s Event

G

8

Wild Event

Crewsin' Allie

Lori Smock

10/22/14

KEE

3

$62,559

Parellis Valor

G

6

Freefourinternet

Slewshi

Laura Nelson

10/20/14

ZIA

3

$27,585

$2,750

Daylighting

F

3

Graeme Hall

Golden Daybreak

Carlos Hernandez & Michael Feriole

10/18/14

DED

3

$36,600

$3,300

Kearney Square

G

3

Act of Duty

Cozzene Along

Gilbert G. Campbell

10/18/14

DEL

3

$35,900

$3,410

A Shot Away

M

7

Posse

A Kiss Away

Carson Springs Farm & Letto Thoroughbreds

10/18/14

HAW

3

$28,840

$2,100

Zamquick

M

5

Pomeroy

Zamsweet

Arlene M. Powell

10/18/14

KEE

3

$57,353

$5,150

Hey Cuz

G

5

The Kaiser

B L's Forest

Frank Bertolino

10/17/14

BTP

3

$11,200

$1,120 $6,446

Spin Wild

G

4

D'wildcat

Spinning Jolie

Equest Thoroughbreds Inc.

10/13/14

WO

3

$89,186

Draxhall Woods

G

4

Graeme Hall

Josey Hill

Eugene Melnyk

10/12/14

PRX

3

$45,000

$4,950

So Blessed

F

4

Chapel Royal

Caveat Apt

Maurleen Miller

10/11/14

PEN

3

$29,500

$3,245

Tamazula

F

3

Two Step Salsa

Sleeping Bird

Get Away Farm

10/11/14

WO

3

$69,979

$6,446

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Florida-Breds Aro

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The Country und

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—ALLOWANCE Win/Place/Show continued Horse Name

Sex Age

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

$20,300

$2,030 $1,071

Laugh It Up

F

3

Straight Faced

E Major

Adam Parker & Suzette Parker

10/10/14

ALB

3

Concerto by Two

C

2

Concerto

Pyrite Or Bust

Tom McCrocklin

10/10/14

CMR

3

$9,425

Black Bullet

G

5

Repent

Q. P. Cat

Stephen P. Brunetti

10/10/14

LRL

3

$42,000

$4,620

One Golden Road

G

5

Sabre d'Argent

It's the Cats Meow

Joseph J. DiGrazia & Thomas J. DiGrazia

10/9/14

LRL

3

$42,000

$4,620

Senora de Lujan

F

4

B L's Appeal

One for Dorothy

Brendan Bowes & Robert Hudson

10/8/14

LRL

3

$46,190

$4,620

Puntrooskie

G

3

In Summation

Siren Cove

John David O''Farrell J. Michael O''Farrell Jr. & Our

10/5/14

WO

3

$86,522

$8,195

Jazzysdudeaintrude

G

4

Alke

Anise's Wild Girl

L & D Farm & Larry Vaughn

10/4/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

Salt On the Rim

F

4

Keyed Entry

Club Meeting

Bridlewood Farm

10/3/14

HP

3

$13,200

$1,400

Cleveland Sound

C

2

More Than Ready

Twilight Service

Vegso Racing Stable

10/3/14

KEE

3

$55,200

$5,000

King Henry

G

6

Congrats

Wood Witch

Derek Thomas Evans

10/3/14

LRL

3

$55,000

$6,050

Cuckoo Charlie

G

5

Indian Ocean

Cuckoo Sue

Carol Kemp

10/2/14

CT

3

$27,000

$2,690

Galadriel Lady

F

4

Aragorn (IRE)

Cozie Advantage

Red Oak Stable

10/2/14

PEN

3

$34,320

$3,245

Yes Or No

F

4

Indygo Shiner

Hour Regal Lady

Jim Ballinger & Milan Kosanovich

10/1/14

MNR

3

$20,000

$2,000

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show Horse Name Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Family Broodmares IV LLC

10/30/14

GPW

1

$34,000

$20,400

Cardinal Cove

F

2

Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Crystal Cove

Jakob''s Way

G

2

West Acre

Jessica's Way

Gilbert G. Campbell

10/30/14

GPW

1

$34,000

$20,400

Brother Bobo

C

2

Kantharos

Private Prom Party

Milan Kosanovich & Machmer Hall

10/27/14

GPW

1

$34,000

$20,400

My Cattleya

F

2

Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Moonlit Star

David Char

10/27/14

GPW

1

$41,600

$26,500

Rockinatten

G

2

High Cotton

Suite Ten

John B. Penn

10/26/14

GPW

1

$40,900

$26,500

Medic

G

4

Pure Precision

Most Kas

Louise L. Williamson

10/25/14

CT

1

$25,000

$14,820

Stand and Salute

C

2

Saint Anddan

Gotham City Girl

Red Oak Stable

10/25/14

GG

1

$26,315

$15,600

Prague

G

3

Chapel Royal

Dante's Mary

William C. Schettine

10/24/14

FL

1

$20,480

$11,400

Miss Mandate

F

2

Pioneerof the Nile

Baba's Mandate

Jack T. Hammer

10/24/14

SA

1

$56,500

$33,600

The Judge Chuckles

C

2

Exclusive Quality

Stan's Love

Joel W. Sainer

10/23/14

GPW

1

$34,000

$20,400

Perfect Fit

F

2

Majesticperfection

Choose the Right

Christine Hosier & Kelly McDaniel

10/23/14

RP

1

$28,000

$16,443

L''Eau de Fontaine

F

2

With Distinction

Carson's Baby

Tanourin Stable

10/18/14

GPW

1

$40,900

$26,500

Tall Hammer

G

3

Montbrook

Atlantic Sky

Sergio Centeno

10/18/14

MNR

1

$17,500

$11,025

Roma''s Sister

F

2

Burning Roma

Sister Nan

Gerald Bennett

10/18/14

TDN

1

$21,000

$12,600

Responsive

F

2

Strong Hope

Jane Reaction

Alejandro Delgado-Sanchez

10/18/14

WO

1

$63,004

$33,540

Double the Cheers

C

2

Concerto

Frisky Cheerleader

Elizabeth H. Muirhead

10/14/14

IND

1

$32,000

$19,200

Platinum Prince

C

2

Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Platinumplus

Marty Hershe & Carol Hershe

10/12/14

GPW

1

$41,600

$26,500

Hobnob Hill

F

2

Montbrook

Lavender Hill

Rustlewood Farm Inc.

10/12/14

MNR

1

$17,500

$10,500

Daggett

G

3

Da Stoops

Ask My Lawyer

Lonnie Stokes

10/11/14

FL

1

$19,680

$11,400

King of Bay

G

3

Medaglia d'Oro

Queenofalldiamonds

Live Oak Stud

10/11/14

GPW

1

$36,800

$23,200

Takeitdowntheroad

G

2

Strut the Stage

Sutherland

Calypso Stables Inc.

10/11/14

WO

1

$46,600

$27,000

Wait No More

F

3

Medaglia d'Oro

Wait a While

Arindel Farm LLC

10/10/14

GPW

1

$36,800

$23,200

Road Racer

G

6

Cimarron Secret

Hannah's Time

Francis McDonnell

10/10/14

TDN

1

$21,000

$12,600

Like a Charm

F

2

Quality Road

Gaston A.

B.P.N.

10/9/14

GPW

1

$34,000

$20,400

Flaming Hot Salsa

C

2

Two Step Salsa

Miss Flaming

Jack Treadway & Sharon Treadway

10/9/14

GPW

1

$41,600

$26,500

Catfight Cowgirl

F

2

Cowtown Cat

Deposit Only

Tracy Pinchin

10/4/14

GP

1

$40,900

$26,500

Charlie''s Brother

C

2

With Distinction

Rockandrollqueen

Dr. Tiffany A. Atteberry & Scott Brown

10/4/14

GP

1

$41,600

$26,500

Kingofalldiamonds

G

4

Giant's Causeway

Queenofalldiamonds

Live Oak Stud

10/4/14

MID

1

$19,400

$12,000

Indian Rocket

F

2

Indian Charlie

Yellow Heat

E Paul Robsham Stable LLC

10/3/14

FNO

1

$29,370

$15,650

Unsaintly

C

2

Saint Anddan

Wild in Manila

Dr. D. W. Frazier

10/3/14

GP

1

$43,000

$26,500

Abide in Me

F

3

Tiz Wonderful

Scoot On By

Gail Rice

10/3/14

LRL

1

$40,000

$22,800

Doodetta

F

3

Wildcat Heir

Leah's Angel

David Robbins

10/3/14

SA

1

$57,000

$33,600

Five Wars

G

3

War Chant

Glittering Georgia

Robert L. Pastor & Linda S. Pastor

10/2/14

GP

1

$38,000

$23,200

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Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Bleu Brave

G

3

Northern Afleet

Ruban Bleu

Haras Santa Maria de Araras S.A.

10/2/14

RP

1

$28,000

$11,132

Bleu Brave

G

3

Northern Afleet

Ruban Bleu

Haras Santa Maria de Araras S.A.

10/2/14

RP

1

$28,000

$11,132

Shimmering Cara

F

2

Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Shimmering Brook

Patricia Generazio

10/1/14

LRL

1

$42,240

$22,800

Aztec Key

C

2

Circular Quay

Aztec Sally

Nick deMeric Jaqui deMeric & Prestonwood Partner

10/1/14

NP

1

$16,342

$9,960

Gorgeous Dream

F

2

Pomeroy

Gorgeous Goose

Mary Anne Denes & Mary Ellen Woelfel

10/30/14

GPW

2

$34,000

$6,800

Black Martino

C

2

Two Step Salsa

Eyes a Fox

Bailey Bolen

10/30/14

GPW

2

$34,000

$6,800

Nopalito

C

2

Two Step Salsa

Haut Monde

Get Away Farm

10/28/14

IND

2

$32,000

$6,400

Colormepompom

C

2

Pomeroy

Colormein

Wanda Polisseni

10/27/14

GPW

2

$34,000

$7,140

He''s a Slam Dunk

G

3

First Samurai

Dancing Fool

Red Oak Stable

10/27/14

PRX

2

$45,500

$8,800

Pioneerof the West

C

2

Pioneerof the Nile

Del Mar Cat

Faraway Farm

10/26/14

SA

2

$57,250

$11,200

Performance Bonus

C

2

Discreetly Mine

Unlimited Pleasure

Ocala Stud

10/25/14

BEL

2

$75,000

$15,000

Colonel Dettwiller

F

2

Colonel John

Clever Monique

Woodford Thoroughbreds

10/25/14

GPW

2

$38,100

$8,600

My Pisano

C

3

Yesbyjimminy

Diplomatic Angel

Bridlewood Farm

10/25/14

TDN

2

$21,000

$4,200

Boom Boys

G

3

Strong Contender

Gritsie Girl

Kathie Haines & Carol Hershe

10/25/14

ZIA

2

$25,085

$5,500

Hectors Pride

C

3

Cowtown Cat

Your Gorgeous

Red Sunset Farm

10/24/14

GPW

2

$35,200

$7,600

Yourdreamsormine

C

2

Mr. Sekiguchi

Fly Apple Shu

Bridlewood Farm

10/23/14

GPW

2

$34,000

$6,800

Thoughtless

F

2

Rockport Harbor

Whistle Call

Peggy S. Dellheim Norman Dellheim & Darley

10/23/14

HAW

2

$24,800

$4,000

One Lucky Step

C

2

Two Step Salsa

One Buck Coyote

Gerald Bennett & Mary Bennett

10/21/14

IND

2

$32,000

$6,400

Strict Compliance

F

2

Into Mischief

Diva Dyna

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson

10/19/14

BEL

2

$75,000

$15,000

Bold Summit

G

3

In Summation

All Two One

Becky Bunn

10/19/14

GPW

2

$35,200

$7,940

Alpha Warrior

C

2

Majestic Warrior

Maid Guinevere

Kinsman Farm

10/19/14

MNR

2

$17,500

$3,500

A Colt Following

G

2

Montbrook

Consider Thesource

Rustlewood Farm Inc.

10/18/14

GG

2

$32,555

$5,200

Kantune

C

2

Kantharos

Our Tune

Susan Kahn

10/18/14

SA

2

$57,250

$11,200

He''s a Slam Dunk

G

3

First Samurai

Dancing Fool

Red Oak Stable

10/17/14

LRL

2

$40,000

$8,400

Be Nice Coach

C

2

Put It Back

Solemn

Bridlewood Farm

10/15/14

HAW

2

$20,200

$4,000

Microwave George

C

2

Concerto

Cricket Box

Ocala Stud

10/13/14

CMR

2

$7,123

$1,454

Nyoman

G

2

Kantharos

Countess Kelly

Versatile Thoroughbreds LLC

10/12/14

GPW

2

$38,100

$8,960

Que Regalo

F

3

Tale of the Cat

Deb's Favoite Gift

Nature Coast Thoroughbreds

10/12/14

PRX

2

$45,000

$8,800

See Through

F

3

Pollard's Vision

Ta Aruf

David J. Lavoie

10/12/14

SA

2

$57,836

$11,200

Amigo

C

3

Hard Spun

Dat You Miz Blue

Arindel Farm LLC

10/11/14

DEL

2

$34,425

$6,000

Royal Stage

F

2

Shakespeare

Berlin Blues

Helen Barbazon & Joseph Barbazon

10/11/14

GPW

2

$37,400

$8,600

In the Wild Clover

F

4

Wildcat Heir

Forever Poggi

J. Adalberto Roig Jr.

10/11/14

IND

2

$32,000

$6,400

Indy Bones

F

3

Indy Wind

Meckejudah

Clarence Gunnels

10/10/14

BTP

2

$10,400

$2,080

Red Sundress

F

2

Hello Broadway

Yomna

Ups and Downs Farm

10/9/14

GPW

2

$34,000

$7,140

Wild Card Hit

F

2

Wildcat Heir

Pretty Valay

Carolyn Kirk & Donald Sackett

10/8/14

GPW

2

$37,400

$8,600

Erdenet

G

6

Pomeroy

Going Away Blues

David Wylie Perkins

10/4/14

CT

2

$25,000

$5,000

Jake''s Mandate

G

7

Full Mandate

Bold Glitter

Michael Crowe & Judy Crowe

10/4/14

MID

2

$20,000

$3,600

Iphone Addiction

C

2

Big Brown

Successful Sarah

Off The Hook Partners LLC & Farm III Enterprises

10/3/14

GP

2

$43,000

$8,960

Colonel Dettwiller

F

2

Colonel John

Clever Monique

Woodford Thoroughbreds

10/3/14

GP

2

$37,400

$8,600

Stirling Castle

G

4

Imperialism

Starship Elaine

James Webb

10/2/14

GP

2

$38,000

$7,940

Gasupthejet

C

2

Mr. Sekiguchi

Onaccountofyou

Molly Lightner & Joclyn Helmbrecht

10/1/14

RP

2

$28,000

$5,498

Miss Margaret

F

2

Bwana Charlie

Danielle's Affair

Helen Marie Napolitano

10/30/14

GPW

3

$34,000

$3,400

Overseer

C

2

Rock Hard Ten

Mystical Woman

Vegso Racing Stable

10/30/14

GPW

3

$34,000

$3,400

Wildcat Doll

F

2

Wildcat Heir

Doc's Doll

Dr. & Mrs. James Gamble

10/29/14

IND

3

$32,000

$3,200

Coalminer

C

2

Cool Coal Man

A Special Toast

Mari George

10/27/14

GPW

3

$34,000

$3,400

Gato Dorado

F

2

Cowtown Cat

My Rolex

Tracy Pinchin

10/27/14

GPW

3

$41,600

$4,300

Movie Night

G

3

Congrats

Feature Film

Stan Boileau

10/27/14

PRX

3

$45,500

$4,840

Lagrats

F

2

Congrats

La Iluminada

Harold Queen

10/25/14

GPW

3

$38,100

$4,300

Jake''s Mandate

G

7

Full Mandate

Bold Glitter

Michael Crowe & Judy Crowe

10/25/14

GRM

3

$31,200

$3,000

Diamond Appeal

G

6

Diplomatic Jet

Native Appeal

George T. Gurrola

10/25/14

TDN

3

$21,000

$2,100

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■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show continued Horse Name Sex Age

Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Whateveryouwant

C

2

Kantharos

Reeyre

Loren D. Nichols

10/24/14

BEL

3

$90,000

$9,000

Pure Talent

C

3

Chatain

Good Enough

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

10/24/14

GPW

3

$35,200

$3,460

Domino Johnson

C

3

Stephen Got Even

Good Intentions

Donald R. Dizney

10/24/14

SA

3

$67,330

$6,720

Dance of Freedom

G

2

Bluegrass Cat

Maria's Dance

Sally Andersen

10/23/14

GPW

3

$34,000

$3,060

Mystra

F

2

Lemon Drop Kid

Mystic Rhythms

Vegso Racing Stable

10/23/14

HAW

3

$24,800

$2,000

Pro Daddy

C

2

Scat Daddy

Polish Ruby

William F. Murphy & Annabel Murphy

10/22/14

KEE

3

$53,720

$4,840

D'' lady Is Wild

F

4

D'wildcat

Ghostofalady

Y-Lo Racing Stables LLC

10/22/14

TDN

3

$21,000

$2,100

Gray Beau

G

4

Imperialism

Please Pick Me

Verbarctic Farm

10/19/14

GPW

3

$35,200

$4,140

Unbridled Courage

F

2

Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Unbridled Temper

Family Broodmares III LLC

10/18/14

TDN

3

$21,000

$2,100

Rapid Red

C

2

Circular Quay

Laura's Minstrel

John Rio & Carole Rio

10/15/14

HAW

3

$20,200

$2,000

Black Martino

C

2

Two Step Salsa

Eyes a Fox

Bailey Bolen

10/13/14

GPW

3

$36,700

$4,300

Tutti Sanno

C

2

Mass Media

Town Secret

Michael F. Feriole

10/12/14

GPW

3

$38,100

$4,660

Jakob''s Way

G

2

West Acre

Jessica's Way

Gilbert G. Campbell

10/12/14

GPW

3

$41,600

$3,940

Mellow Mei Mei

F

2

Spring At Last

Klepto Cat

Donarra Thoroughbreds LLC

10/11/14

LRL

3

$45,460

$4,400

Southern Prospect

F

2

Northern Afleet

American Skipper

Thomas Coleman

10/11/14

RP

3

$28,000

$3,061

Silver Sassy

F

2

Silver Tree

Dont Say No Sierra

Just For Fun Stables

10/9/14

GPW

3

$34,000

$3,740

Catalina Red

C

2

Munnings

Lovely Dream

France Weiner & Irwin J. Weiner

10/9/14

GPW

3

$41,600

$3,940

Slider

G

3

Spellbinder

Perfect Pitch

Lonnie Stokes

10/6/14

FL

3

$19,360

$1,900

Theophilia

F

2

Flatter

Theola

Carolyn M. Wilson

10/5/14

BEL

3

$73,500

$7,500

Express Jet

C

2

Kantharos

Lucky Mama

Woodford Thoroughbreds

10/4/14

GP

3

$41,600

$4,300

Diamondback

G

2

Giant's Causeway

Queenofalldiamonds

Live Oak Stud

10/3/14

GP

3

$43,000

$4,300

Awesome Traum

C

2

Awesome Again

Traum

Donald R. Dizney

10/3/14

KEE

3

$54,822

$4,840

Stylo

C

3

Street Boss

Bereba

Tanourin Stable

10/2/14

GP

3

$38,000

$4,140

X Y Jet

C

2

Kantharos

Soldiersingsblues

Didier Plasencia

10/2/14

GP

3

$36,700

$3,940

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Equine Care

DMSO and its

By HEATHER SMITH THOMAS

D

imethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) has been used by veterinarians and horsemen for several decades and has been called a wonder drug.

It has proved beneficial for internal (by intravenous administration) and external use, for reducing pain and inflammation.

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This clear, colorless to straw-yellow liquid is slightly syrupy. The late David McCarroll (an outstanding sportsmedicine veterinarian for many years at Interstate Equine Services, Goldsby, Oklahoma) in an interview shortly before his death said that DMSO freezes at a higher temperature than water. It becomes solid at about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. “Once it becomes solid it takes awhile to liquefy again,” he said.

“It produces a significant amount of heat when mixed with water. It is soluble in many different solvents such as alcohol, acetone, chloroform or ether.

The 2.5% solution of DMSO is isotonic, meaning it has the same number of particles as saline or blood and has the same tonicity as serum,” said McCarroll.

DMSO was first identified in Russia in 1866. It is a by-product of the wood industry and used as a commercial solvent since 1953. Its potential for treating animals and humans was “discovered” in 1961 by Robert Herschler, a chemist working for a pulp and paper manufacturer, and also by Dr. Stanley Jacob, a surgeon at University of Oregon medical school. They were both amazed at this liquid’s ability to penetrate the body and carry other substances with it.

“This versatile drug has been around for a long time and was called the miracle drug of the 1980’s. It still has many beneficial uses,” said McCarroll. “It is used in veterinary medicine because of its many pharmacological effects. Most important, it is a free-oxide radical scavenger. Thus it acts as an anti-inflammatory, and has anti-ischemic and radio-protective qual-

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Use in Horses COMMON USES FOR DMSO ities. It traps free radicals of oxygen,” he said.

DMSO penetrates easily through the skin. It can act This drug can be used for many things, but the only as a carrier to promote the absorption of other com- suggested use on the package insert is that it be used pounds, including drugs and toxins that would not nor- topically to reduce acute swelling due to trauma. Many mally go through the skin. “One of the common horsemen and veterinarians use it for this purpose on occurrences when DMSO is used topically or intra- injured legs. venously is the almost immediate detection of a cer“It comes in a gel form for topical use, and a liqtain odor that can be detected on the animal’s breath. uid for intravenous use. Veterinarians commonly use Some people describe it as an odor of almonds or gar- it intravenously to treat things like trauma to the lic, but it has a very distinctive odor,” McCarroll said. brain or spinal cord, because it reduces swelling in This odor stays with the animal for some time. these areas. DMSO is used to treat edema in the Sometimes just breathing the air in an area where brain and spinal cord in certain conditions like enDMSO has been recently used can produce a taste in cephalitis, equine protozoal myelitis (EPM), spinal your mouth that has been described as similar to oys- cord injury, etc.” ters, garlic or rotten onions. “When applied topically or “We also use it as an adjunctive therapy in intestinal

by IV, DMSO goes into the blood quickly and is ex- surgeries and for analgesia post-operatively—for colic creted through the lungs, giving the breath a garlic or surgery, for instance. We use it for other sources of burnt-almond smell.” pain, such as the discomfort associated with muscle Some people recommend using protective gloves when applying it There have not been a lot of controlled studies regarding its use, but topically to an animal, but this DMSO is used very commonly for a variety of different conditions in won’t completely prevent the drug veterinary medicine. —David McCarroll penetrating through the glove and skin. The odor and taste may be experienced by the person applying the DMSO. “When you use it externally, it should be applied to clean surfaces. This becomes important when you are using other topical medications where the horse might be drug tested for competition. You don’t want to combine it with any other product that might be applied on the skin, or it could carry that product through the skin and give the horse a bad test,” explained McCarroll.

“For instance, there is a relatively new non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug called Surpass that is designed to be used topically. When used according to directions it will not cause a positive drug test. But if you combine it with DMSO the drug level will be too high within the body and will cause a positive test,” he said.

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Equine Care soreness. Post-weaning we can use it to reduce conditions that are due to swelling and is often swelling of the mammary gland in mares. It’s used in treating trauma to the central nervous also used in dogs for the treatment of antifreeze system or intractable pain due to colic. It is a poisoning,” said Mcvery good product, but Carroll.

There used to be warnings that there’s not a lot of reDMSO is useful for it would cause cataracts in peo- search being done currently on it. ple, but this is not a concern any“There have not more. The medical grades of been a lot of controlled DMSO are much more pure now, studies regarding its and don’t have any of the impuri- use, but DMSO is used ties that would cause its collec- very commonly for a variety of different contion into the lens of the eye —David McCarroll ditions in veterinary medicine. For instance, we often use it for muscles tying up. In that situation, a 10% solution can be given intravenously. We use it for acute laminitis and for cantharadin poisoning (blister beetle toxicity). In this situation it is given intravenously, to lessen the effect of that toxin on the kidneys and GI tract,” he said.

There are probably as many uses as people can think of, and there are not very many contraindications for using it. There has been controversy over DMSO, but it has proven to be very safe in most instances.

“There used to be warnings that it would cause cataracts in people, but this is not a concern anymore. The medical grades of DMSO are much more pure now, and don’t have any of the impurities that would cause its collection into the lens of the eye. Many decades ago, it was thought to be harmful to the eyes, but not so much anymore.”

Many veterinarians use DMSO almost daily in their practices. McCarroll said he rarely had any problems with it, and he used a lot of it intravenously. One of the most common applications is on athletic horses with sore muscles. He said it makes a very dramatic improvement in their comfort level. In these situations he used about 60 mls of a 90% solution, diluted to 300 mls, to give intravenously.

“Many surgeons use DMSO in post-operative colic cases, for treatment of endotoxemia in those types of conditions—to improve microcirculation around the bowel.

This promotes better healing and also gives some pain relief. DMSO can relieve pain in

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FARM MANAGEMENT

Essentials in Land Protection

by Jamie Cohen, Farm Outreach Coordinator

H

Is manure storage in an acceptable location (at least 100 feet from water bodies/wells) and on an impervious surface?

If manure is spread, is care taken to spread 100 feet or more from sinkholes or water bodies?

Is composting being done correctly and in compost bins?

Is there enough pasture acreage to comfortably accommodate all animals for healthy and strong grass?

Are the pastures being carefully managed as to allow grass to maintain at least 3” in height? And so on...

The link below is of all adopted/priority BMAP areas in Florida, with nineteen BMAP’s having been already finalized and adopted. (Rainbow and Silver Springs, in Marion County, are considered to be priority areas). It’s beneficial for commercial farms to sign up to the equine BMP Manual to receive a NOI, or Notice of Intent, to help protect equine operations. Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) also has a BMP Manual to be used by non-commercial Small Scale Equine Operations, giving information on farm BMPs and management practices. Both manuals are very similar, with the greater detail in the FDACS manual. http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/docs/bmap/bmap_activities.pdf Farms utilizing BMPs have made great improvements to the farms in last few years, from having manure piles , grass height, fertilization and possibly once spanning the length of a football field to now coma sacrifice lot get included in your land management plan. posting or using dumpsters.

Manure management improvements have armed farms and possibly a sacrifice lot get included in the plan.

Different grazing systems can be used on the land to help with greater protection to the surface and ground waters; best preserve pasture grasses. Continuous grazing is the clas- each was achieved simply from education and outreach sic system allowing horses to be out on pasture for extended and the industry’s desire to “do the right thing”.

This year, appreciate all the ways that the farms have periods of time. Often used more than any other practice, this system works well only if the acreage is overly sufficient improved the management practices and devise a plan for to handle the number of grazing animals, as it often leads to improving management practices for the upcoming year. bare spots, or entirely stripped paddocks, with weedy, un- Please appreciate how fortunate we are for open spaces eaten areas and diminished forage and root health. Rota- with clean water. As always, keep up the good managetional grazing, done by dividing pastures and/or moving ment practices. ■ horses’ off and on grazing areas into different paddocks/pastures, can help better maintain pasture health and vigor.

Jamie A. Cohen To determine how good a job your farm is doing with 352-671-8792 • Farm Outreach Coordinator UF/IFAS Extension, Marion County • jamiecohen@ufl.edu BMPs, ask: ello to all! I’m always shocked to realize that the end of a year has come so quickly. The year 2014 was very positive and productive for the equine industry and for farms. Taking a moment to review and see changes always makes me appreciate the past year and sets me up for a fabulous new start to another year.

Land protection is something essential to maintaining the equine industry and our amazing way of life. Organizations, such as the Conservation trust for Florida, http://conserveflorida.org and the Equine Land Conservation Resource, ELCR, https://elcr.org, each work to protect rural landscapes, specifically in Florida and across the country. Protecting land enables natural area preservation for wildlife and family farms to continue for future generations. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that 6,000 acres of open land are lost daily, so protection is critical.

Preserving land is much easier with a pasture management plan; it’s something that every farm owner and manager should consider implementing to maintain a basic routine, achieve maximum forage productivity and manage weeds, as well as economically maximize/maintain pastures year-round. This benefits horses and is a great first defense against excess nutrients reaching the ground and surface waters. Be sure that topics like water, grass height, fertilization

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by Gary West Gary West is an award winning turf writer who has covered horse racing for more than 30 years in many publications including The Dallas Morning News and Ft. Worth StarTelegram. He currently writes for ESPN.com and several other publications on a freelance basis.

hat is it about sports that fills stadiums and ballparks and grandstands and keeps the television networks scurrying to secure more sporting content? Why do you watch games, matches and races?

If you’re a purist, you might watch because you appreciate the demonstration of skill and talent, the virtuosity of it all. You might even view the competitors as entertainers, not just athletes and not very unlike singers and dancers. You can appreciate a Tiger Woods drive just as you might a Celine Dion ballad.

But that hardly explains the fanaticism that often characterizes sports fans, with their replica jerseys, loyalty tattoos, tailgating, body paint and high fives. And the fanaticism doesn’t stop there. During an EaglesPackers game at Lincoln Field in Philadelphia, Christopher Noteboom suddenly ran onto the field trailing a cloud of dust behind him; at the 30-yard line, he dropped to his knees and made the sign of the cross. After being arrested, he explained that he was spreading the ashes of his recently departed mother. She was an Eagles fan.

Clearly people look to sports for more than just entertainment and athletic virtuosity. Fans have become parasitic, and they depend on sports for soul-nourishment, for something they can’t find anywhere else, but what exactly? And, more to the point, can horse racing deliver it? Well, here’s one person’s answers to such questions in the context of the recent Breeders’ Cup. First, many fans, whether they realize it or not, look to sports for justice, an uncomplicated, limpid expression of justice, free of nuance or contingency or extenuation. And if they find, by their own accounting, less justice in their daily lives, they turn more frequently to sports, where the best team and fastest horse usually win. Specifically, fans look for virtues made vivid — i.e., talent, determination, loyalty, perseverance, strength, courage — and then rewarded. That’s why sports are so satisfying and reassuring; they create a place where virtue’s unambiguously is defined, even showcased and then celebrated. It’s something professional wrestling figured out years ago, even before Cowboy Bob Ellis defeated The Sheik.

This, of course, could lead to problems for some major sports, especially football. Many fans today find themselves swirling in cognitive dissonance — the stress and

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discomfort that result from holding contradictory beliefs, as defined by famed psychologist Leon Festinger — when they discover that a player they admire is, once he leaves the field, actually a remorseless, violent criminal who assaults women. Professional football is a gargantuan presence in American culture, but its popularity will soon begin to decline. Can horse racing fill even part of the void?

Maybe. But a major obstacle is the brevity of most racing careers. The last racehorse to inspire fanatical devotion was Zenyatta, and, not coincidentally, she raced as a 6-year-old. Will Bayern, Toast of New York, California Chrome, Shared Belief, Tonalist and Candy Boy — the first six finishers in the recent Breeders’ Cup Classic, all 3-year-olds, still be racing in 2017? A gelding, Shared Belief might be; as for the others, certainly not.

And if the sport is to present fans with a transparent expression of justice, the Breeders’ Cup must take steps ensure the integrity and validity of its “championship” races. How can the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf be billed as a “championship” event when there’s no such championship? How can a speed bias be allowed to distort outcomes year after year after year at the same venue? And if there’s to be justice, how can a panel of arbiters agree they’ve just witnessed a wrong and then do nothing about it? The Santa Anita stewards were shamefully craven. And their explanation — that Bayern’s veering in sharply at the start “did not alter the original order of finish” — was disturbingly disingenuous. That isn’t to say Bayern didn’t give a terrific performance or that justice was even possible at that point, for the runner-up, Toast Of New York, also wreaked havoc and nothing could restore Shared Belief’s opportunity to remain unbeaten. And, granted, the Breeders’ Cup had no control over the stewards, but perhaps it should; maybe it should appoint a special panel of arbiters, an all-star board of stewards from around the country, or possibly even an international group.

The fear here is that casual fans who watched the recent Breeders’ Cup were turned off by it. Were there any champions that inspired fanatical devotion? Was there any justice? The Breeders’ Cup gave fans little of what they look for in sports. Horse racing and the Breeders’ Cup must do better; that has never been more important. ■

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