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September • 2014 • VOL 57/ISSUE 7

FEATURES 22 FLORIDA SIRE STAKES

Jacks or Better, Gold Dominate Florida Sire Stakes —By Brock Sheridan

28 A LASTING FAME

Racing Hall of Fame jockey Jacinto Vasquez has called Ocala home since retiring from riding in 1996.

—By JoAnn Guidry

38 MAKING THE GRADE

Prudhoe Bay makes the grade in G3 Jersey Shore —By Dave Allen

44 GETTING A HANDLE ON IT

Gulfstream By The Numbers —By Jim Freer

50 RICH SCHEDULE

Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet To Offer Record $11.25 Million Stakes Schedule

54 TEN UNORDINARY QUESTIONS

With Bob Miller, Chaplain, Ocala Farm Ministry

56 RETIRED THOROUGHBREDS —By Tammy A. Gantt

62 EQUINE CARE: A PERSISTANT STRAIN EHV-1 Continues to Be a Challenge —By Heather Smith Thomas

DEPARTMENTS/COLUMNS 6 THE BROCK TALK 8 FLORIDA FOCUS 20 FTBOA MEMBER UPDATE —By Tammy A. Gantt 26 FLORIDA SIRE STAKES UPDATE

Top FSS Sire to Watch Hear No Evil —By Tammy A. Gantt

34 INDUSTRY NEWS —By Tammy A. Gantt 58 LEADING SIRES 59 LEADING 2ND CROP SIRES 63 DOWN MEMORY LANE: 1971 64 AROUND THE COUNTRY Country-wide Florida-bred statistics

72 FARM MANAGEMENT

Environmentally Speaking —By Jamie Cohen

74 CATON’S CALL

Sun & Spa —By Caton Bredar

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Brock Sheridan

Editor-in-Chief Florida Equine Publications

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Encouraging Move I n this issue of The Florida Horse, we have feature coverage of the first leg of the Florida Sire Stakes on page 22, which is part of the Florida Sire Stakes program, consisting of more than $2.5 million in purse awards for 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds and older that are FTBOA registered Florida-breds by FTBOA registered Florida stallions.

For the first time, the lucrative series is being run at Gulfstream Park with a new name after a 31-year run at the old crosstown Calder Race Course. Now that the first two races in the series have now been completed, it appears the move to Gulfstream is paying off.

The first thing south Florida residents may have noticed is that the series received significant marketing and promotion throughout the Miami area prior to the event. In fact, according to executives at Gulfstream, the marketing and promotions budget for the Aug. 9 Desert Vixen and Dr. Fager Stakes was almost as much as the budget spent each year to promote the Grade 1 Florida Derby, the marquee event at Gulfstream during their winter “Champions” season.

good numbers and were excited and engaged during the day’s racing, capped off by trainer Stanley Gold and owner Fred Brei’s Jacks or Better Farms sweeping the first two legs of the series with Leap Year Luck in the $110,500 Desert Vixen Stakes for fillies and Sing Praises in the $112,000 Dr. Fager Stakes for colts and geldings. With the sweep, Gold tied Frank Gomez with 14 wins all-time in the series just to add to the historical significance of the day.

I say this not to blow praising smoke up the elevator at Gulfstream, but rather to encourage our membership and readers to consider attending one or both of the remaining legs of the series. The next leg of the series will be the seven furlong Susan’s Girl Stakes in the fillies division and the seven furlong Affirmed Stakes in the colts and geldings division, to be run on Sept. 6. Additionally, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association and Gulfstream Park will be offering a special package for the final leg, the My Dear Girl Stakes for fillies and the In Reality Stakes for males on Oct. 4.

For that final leg, the FTBOA will offer a travel entertainment, package sponsored by BG Equestrian Resort near Ocala, that will include a VIP bus trip to/from Hallandale Beach and Ocala, discounted hotel options, tickets to a Gulfstream sponsored private pre-race party Friday night in the paddock, a Saturday morning VIP tram tour of the barns and entertainment complex and a VIP luncheon in their elite Ten Palms dining room during the races. For those not attending on the bus, Gulfstream has provided additional VIP seating for FTBOA members adjacent to the VIP bus group.

So if you’ve been deterred from attending the Florida Sire Stakes or Florida Stallion Stakes in the past at Calder, I encourage you to consider a trip this year. You may find the new Florida Sire Stakes much to your liking, even more as a fan than as a breeder or owner. ■

For the first time, the lucrative series is being run “ at Gulfstream Park with a new name after a 31-year run at

the old crosstown Calder Race Course and as the first two races in the series have now been completed, it appears the move to Gulfstream is paying off.

When fans arrived at Gulfstream Park that day, if they hadn’t seen the advertising or checked the entries before walking up to the grandstand, it was immediately apparent that the Florida Sire Stakes were to be run that day and they were something special.

The track partnered with FTBOA to produce largescale branded signage placed in strategic positions throughout the track including the paddock, under the rail at the finish line, in the winners’ circle, on the starting gate and other locations throughout the grandstand.

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Florida FOCUS Compiled by Dave Allen & Brock Sheridan

Sing Praises Unstoppable in Bi Fred Brei’s Jacks or Better Farm colt Sing Praises was simply too much for the field of 11 in the $75,000 Birdonthewire Stakes at Gulfstream Park on July 12. The homebred juvenile colt demolished the fiveand-a-half furlong race by five-and-a-half lengths.

The chestnut son of Journeyman Stud stallion Hear No Evil out of the Awesome of Course mare Sacred Psalm was lightly regarded by the betting public, having missed breaking his maiden in his only start, a fiveand-a-half furlong, $43,000 special weight contest at Gulfstream Park on June 29.

Trained by Stanley Gold, the punters gave Sing Praises little chance of breaking his maiden in a stakes race, considering that the 4-5 post time favorite Dekabrist had set a track record when he annihilated maidens by 15¼ lengths in his career debut. Going

to the gate for only the second time, Sing Praises was given juicy odds of 20-1 when he was loaded into post eight with Ramsey Zimmerman in the irons.

At the sound of the bell, the Jacks or Better Farms tandem of Sing Praises and Of Course broke best of all and were running 1-2 in the opening strides of the race. Sing Praises went to the front and took early command of the contest, setting a swift fraction of :22.13 for the opening two furlongs. Sing Praises was a length in front of his stablemate Of Course and rider Abdiel Jaen, who were trying to fend off I’m Venezuelan and Santiago Gonzalez in third.

Heavy favorite Dekabrist had fallen all the way back to eighth place and struggled to find his best stride.

Taking the pack around the far turn, Sing Praises was still in charge by half-a-length

after a half-mile in :45.22. I’m Venezuelan wrested second place away from Of Course, who was a length back in third. Dekabrist and rider Edgard Zayas were going backwards, drifting to ninth place as they turned for home.

The early speed would be no obstacle for Sing Praises, who saved his best kick for the final three-sixteenths of the race. Coming down the grandstand side, the colt stretched his lead to four-and-a-half lengths by the time he reached the five panels in :57.42.

I’m Venezuelan was still the best of the rest, a length ahead of Of Course. Meanwhile, Kulak and Michael Ritvo had started to roll late and had moved into fourth place after getting a rating trip in the sixth spot.

Sing Praises made no mistake of showing the crowd who was “much the best”, stretching his lead to five-and-half

Coco’s Wildcat Crushes Cassidy Stakes

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cat Heir out of the Sword Dancer (IRE) mare Coco’s for Real was bet down to 4-1 odds for the Cassidy Stakes.

Breaking from the rail with Eduardo Nunez aboard, Coco’s Wildcat broke well at the start and took over the lead along the inside. She blazed fractions of :21.96 and :45.05 for the first quarter-mile and half, opening up a two-length lead over Standard Deal and Edgard Zayas in second. Naval Command and Juan Leyva were a length behind Standard Deal in third.

Free and clear of the competition coming out of the far turn, Coco’s Wildcat

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Florida-bred Coco’s Wildcat wasted no time getting to the lead and running away with the $75,000 Cassidy Stakes at Gulfstream Park on July 12. The five-anda-half furlong race for 2-year-old fillies had a field of 12.

A homebred owned by Gilbert G. Campbell of Tyngsboro, Mass., Coco’s Wildcat came into the Cassidy Stakes off three-length win in a four-and-a-half furlong, $43,000 maiden special weight race on May 25. Trained by Kathleen O’Connell, the bay daughter of Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Journeyman Stud stallion Wild-

Florida-bred Coco’s Wildcat

poured it on as she powered her way down the stretch. She was five-and-a-half lengths in front of 63-1 longshot Artistic Touch and Antioco Murgia by the time she reached the

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lengths over the final sixteenth before crossing the wire in 1:04.12. Kulak and Ritvo powered their way into second place, a length-and-a-quarter ahead of

sixteenth-pole in :57.77. Naval Command was still a length back in third, but the competition could only watch in awe as Coco’s Wildcat pulled further way in the final strides of the race.

Coco’s Wildcat was five-and-threequarter lengths to the good when she stopped the clock in 1:04.90. Naval Command won the battle for second by a nose over the closing Miss Amalita and rider Ramsey Zimmerman.

Completing the order of finish in the Cassidy Stakes were Artistic Touch, 6-5 favorite Curlin’s Princess, Standard Deal, Ryabinka, Wild Paris, I’m a Good Looker, Jamie’s Dancer, Awesomendensome, and Quick Reward. Starlet of Mine, Dogwood Trail, and Lincoln High were scratched.

For rider Eduardo Nunez, winning the Cassidy Stakes was a piece of cake.

Florida-bred Sing Praises

third place finisher I’m Venezuelan.

Completing the order of finish were Of Course, favorite Dekabrist, Vespertini, Carlito’s Dream, Million Heir, Wicked

“I had the rail and she has speed,” Nunez said. “It was easy. I think she’s going to be a nice filly.”

Trainer Kathleen O’Connell said that the post position dictated the strategy for Coco’s Wildcat, but the bias of the track certainly worked in her filly’s favor.

“Speed had been holding up today, so I wasn’t worried,” O’Connell said. “She has a lot of natural speed. Being in the onehole, you’re almost committed to make that move.”

Coco’s Wildcat returned mutuels of $10.40 to win, $6.20 to place, and $4.20 to show. Naval Command paid $6.20 and $4.60, while Miss Amalita paid $6.00 to show.

With the $43,245 of portion of the purse from her first stakes win, Coco’s Wildcat now has $69,745 from two wins in her first two starts. ■

Rascal, I’m Free, and Kutuzov.

For trainer Stanley Gold, everything about Sing Praises’ performance hinged on the opening break.

“I told Ramsey that he’s good in the gate but he acts up behind the gate. I told him I’ve had him to the gate three or four times and he’s still been acting up,” Gold said. “I said, ‘He’s quick out of the gate. If he breaks good and he can get the lead, take it, and that’s all she wrote.’”

Despite the blazing fractions, rider Ramsey Zimmerman says he was able to get his mount to relax before making his dominating run in the stretch.

“I got the best trip. The horse broke real fast and I was able to get over to the fence and that was all there was,” Zimmerman said. “I was able to find a couple spots to give him a breather before I went to riding him and it worked out for the best.”

At 20-1, Sing Praises blew up the tote board, paying $43.80 for the win, $16.00 to place, and $9.00 to show. Kulak paid $8.80 and $6.20, while I’m Venezuelan returned $5.60 to show. The $2.00 exacta paid a generous $461.60 and the trifecta returned $1,853.10.

Breaking his maiden in impressive fashion, Sing Praises earned $43,710, bringing his lifetime earnings up to $53,030. ■

Correction In the Lost Leaders column of the August issue of The Florida Horse we incorrectly stated that the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner was Super Saver when in fact it was Animal Kingdom that defeated Mucho Macho Man. Also, we neglected to mention that the earner of $5,625,410 was owned during the first years of his racing career by Dream Team Racing.

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Florida FOCUS

East Hall Rallies to Win Ohio Derby THISTLEDOWN PHOTO

Since breaking his maiden at Gulfstream Park in October, Florida-bred East Hall had yet to cross the finish line first in nine starts since. That, however, did not mean the son of Winding Oaks Farm stallion Graeme Hall had not been performing at a high level as all of his races but one (in which he was placed first through disqualification), since, had been in stakes, three of which were graded.

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Florida-bred East Hall (No.12)

East Hall got off the snide in impressive fashion, however, as he took the 80th running of the $300,000 Ohio Derby at Thistledown near Cleveland on July 19, defeating 10 others in the mile and one-sixteenth race for 3-year-olds.

Breaking from the far outside post, jockey Juan Leyva and East Hall took back and settled mid-pack as 3-2 favorite Almost Famous and 2-1 second choice Jessica’s Star led the field into the clubhouse turn and getting the first quarter-mile in :23.20. While racing down the backstretch, Almost Famous began to take the lead alone, putting a length on Jessica’s Star as they finished the first half-mile in :46.88. Around the far turn, Jessica’s Star caught Almost Famous and had a length lead on Almost Famous while Leyva shifted East Hall to the outside to begin his run.

At the top of the stretch, Jessica’s Star was still a length in front of Almost Famous, who was now some three lengths ahead of East Hall in third with Bump Start also right there in fourth.

Down the stretch Jessica’s Star appeared to be on track for the win but East Hall was making a late run on the outside. Those two hit the wire together with East Hall a head in front of Jessica’s Star in second, just more than two lengths ahead of Almost Famous in third. The final time was 1:44.22 over the track labeled wet fast as a summer shower dampened the fast track just as the horses were loading for the Derby.

East Hall was bred in Florida by Mary Haire of Dunnellon and now races for H. Jack Hendricks and Roger Justice. He is trained by William Kaplan. Out of the Sultry Song mare East Long Lake, East Hall now has three wins from 16 career starts with earnings of $360,370.

Purchased for $55,000 out of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales April sale in 2013 East Hall returned $20 to win at 9-1 odds. ■

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Florida FOCUS

Florida-bred Good Lord

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Good Lord Masterful in Don Bernhardt Stakes Florida-bred Good Lord dug down late to fend off a charge by Ghost Is Clear to hold on and win the $50,000 Don Bernhardt Stakes at Ellis Park on July 19. The six-anda-half furlong contest for 3-year-olds and up had a field of six.

Owned by Thomas Shank and Stan Young, Good Lord was sent to the gate in the Don Berhardt Stakes as the 4-5 favorite based on the his two-and-three-quarter-length win in the seven furlong, $58,000 Kelly’s Landing Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 28. The 7-year-old bay gelding by Greatness out of the Whadjathink mare Dowager Lady has been on form since he returned to the track in a three-length score against mid-level allowance/optional claimers at Churchill Downs on May 26. Trained by Forrest Kaelin, Good Lord was going for career win number 13 when he went to the gate with Leandro Goncalves in the irons.

Good Lord’s race got off to a dubious start when he hopped at the sound of the bell; however, the Florida-bred quickly found his footing and ran down Ouimet and Jesus Castanon to grab the lead after the opening sixteenth of the race. Taking the pack down the backstretch, Good Lord was in command by a length over Ouimet and Ghost Is Clear and rider Ricardo Santana, Jr. Good Lord set the opening quarter in :22.68 and was still a length to the good of Ghost Is Clear when he reached the half-mile in :45.31. Ouimet was in third by a length.

Although he was loose on the lead for most of the race, the competition was going to make Good Lord work for the photo in the winner’s circle. Good Lord had opened up a length-and-a-half lead over Ghost Is Clear when he reached the sixteenth-pole in 1:08.43, but Ghost Is Clear was just kicking into high gear for his final charge. As the 6 year-old gelding by Ghostzapper started gain-

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Kantharos Sires First Winner some chestnut broke his maiden by 11 ¾ lengths at first asking in :57 4/5 seconds at Churchill, before dominating the Bashford Manor S. (G3) by 9½ lengths in his

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ing on the Florida-bred with every stride, Good Lord was unwilling to hand over the lead to his foe. The two battled all the way to the wire, but it was Good Lord who stopped the clock in 1:14.55 by a neck over Ghost Is Clear. Nicklaus Way and rider Francisco Torres were a distant third.

Completing the order of finish in the Don Bernhardt Stakes were Ouimet, Congenial, and Ol Army.

The odds-on favorite in the race paid mutuels of $3.80 to win, $2.40 to place, and $2.10 to show. Ghost Is Clear returned $2.80 and $2.40, while Nicklaus Way paid $3.20 to show.

Getting his third win in-a-row, Good Lord added another $30,000 of earnings to his bankroll. The sturdy Florida-bred has earned $645,454 and has amassed a career record of 60-13-9-12. He was bred by Marilyn Fazo Seltzer. ■

Ocala Stud’s freshman sire Kantharos, an undefeated multiple graded stakes-winning juvenile by Lion Heart, sired his first winner, July 26th when his 2-year-old filly Katie’s Kiss drew off by 5½ lengths to win a $43,000 Maiden Special Weight gate to wire at Gulfstream Park.

Trained by David Fawkes, Katie’s Kiss broke sharply and never looked back, stopping the clock in 51.67 seconds for four and one-half furlongs. The bay filly was bred in Florida by Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck, of Morriston and she hails from the stakes-producing Boston Harbor mare Sydney’s Kiss. Katie’s Kiss earned $26,860 for the win for owners Stonestreet Stables LLC, who also campaigned her sire Kantharos on the racetrack.

Kantharos was one of the top 2-yearolds in the country in 2010. The hand-

next start. He went on to win the Saratoga Special S. (G2) in another dominating performance, drawing off by 7¼ lengths and completing an undefeated and untested juvenile campaign.

Kantharos stood the 2014 breeding season at Ocala Stud in Ocala for a fee of $5,000 stands and nurses. ■

Ciaran’s Prize Wires Assiniboia Oaks Field From the sound of the bell to the stopping of the clock, Florida-bred Ciaran’s Prize proved who was the best 3-year-old filly at Assiniboia Downs on Aug. 5 by taking the $45,801 Assiniboia Oaks in gate-to-wire fashion. The mile-long race at the Winnipeg, Manitoba, track had a field of six.

Owned by James Thares, Ciaran’s Prize made the trip north of the border following a nine-anda-half length domination of a mile-long, $30,040 allowance race at Canterbury Park on July 11. Based on these credentials, the daughter of Yes It’s True out of the Crafty Prospector mare Think Fast was bet down to even-money favoritism for the Assiniboia Oaks.

Breaking from post five, Ciaran’s Prize and rider Quincy Hamilton broke third fastest behind Nose the Pose and Runaway Delite; however, the Florida-bred trained by Joel

Berndt was fleet of foot and rushed to the front on the outside. Ciaran’s Prize was in the lead by a head over Aware and Renaldo Cumberbatch when she reached the opening two furlongs in :26.20. Although Nose the Pose and Christopher Husbands held third after the opening quarter, it would be a struggle for them to hold off Idling and Chavion Chow.

Once Ciaran’s Prize took ahold of the lead, she refused to relinquish it. She would set fractions of :52.40 and 1:15.40 as she cruised down the backstretch and rolled around the far turn. Over the course of the middle halfmile, she would stretch her lead from a nose to a length-and-a-half by the time she was entering the stretch. Idling and Aware could only watch from second and third place as the Florida-bred pulled away from them.

Ciaran’s Prize added another half-length to her lead by the time she reached the eighth-

pole in 1:29.20 and was a comfortable three lengths to the good when she crossed the wire in 1:41.60. Aware finished second, fourand-a-half lengths ahead of Idling in third.

Completing the order of finish in the Assiniboia Oaks were Runaway Delite, Nose the Pose, and Jungle Lass. Regal Silver was scratched.

Living up to her supporters’ expectations, Ciaran’s Prize returned $4.10 to win, $2.40 to place, and $2.10 to show. Aware paid $2.80 and $2.40, while Idling paid $2.80 to show.

The victory in the Assiniboia Oaks was Ciaran’s Prize’s third win in ten career starts. Bred in Florida by John B. Penn, the bay filly banked $28,030 for her performance in the Keystone Province. Sold for $45,000 from the consignment of Wavertree Stables, Inc. (Ciaran Dunne), Agent, at the Barretts 2013 March Sale of Select Two-Year-Olds, Ciaran’s Prize has earned $77,800 to date. ■ THE FLORIDA HORSE • SEPTEMBER 2014 13

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Florida FOCUS

Track biases are a peculiar thing. Some tracks favor speed horses loose on the lead, while other tracks wear down frontrunners on the rail to the benefit of late-charging closers.

After the first two days at Del Mar, it appears that the brand-new wider turf course may have a bias towards Florida-breds.

On July 19, two days after Florida-bred Enterprising throttled past the field in the $100,000 Oceanside Stakes, Florida-bred longshot Istanford took the mile-long, Grade 2 San Clemente Handicap in gate-to-wire fashion.

The $200,000 race over the firm turf at Del Mar was for 3-year-old fillies and had a field of 12.

Owned by Ike Thrash, Dawn Thrash, Janet Alley, and Sam Alley, Istanford was overlooked by the bettors because of her seventh place finish in the mile-and-an-eighth, Grade 3 Regret Stakes over the turf at Churchill Downs on June 14. Despite her length win in the mileand-a-sixteenth, Grade 3 Arlington Classic at Arlington Park on May 24, the punters sent the Michael Stidham-trainee to the gate with 10-1 odds in the San Clemente Handicap.

For Stidham, the instructions for rider Rafael Bejarano were pretty clear.

“With California speed we didn’t know who would be sending and who wouldn’t,” Stidham said. “I told Rafael to break sharp and if you got the lead, fine, but if somebody else wants the lead let them have it.”

Bejarano executed the plan perfectly. Istanford broke sharp from post eight and was hustled to the front by her rider. If Bejarano was expecting an early challenge for the lead, it never happened. The field conceded the front spot to the Florida-bred, who would open up a two-length lead over the pack as she took them through fractions of :23.13, :46.70, and 1:10.14.

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Istanford Runs Away With San Clemente ‘Cap with Joe Talamo, and Tepin with Stewart Elliott all battled for second and third place.

Coming around the far turn, it looked as if the competition was going to make a run at Istanford; however, the Florida-bred had more than enough left in the tank to resist a late challenge. Instead of succumbing to the pace, Istanford tapped her reserves and stretched out her two-length lead as she came down the grandstand side, reaching the eighth-pole in 1:21.88 before stopping the clock in 1:33.83, two-and-a-half lengths ahead of Tepin in second and closer My Conquestadory in third.

“I knew there was other speed in the race and I wasn’t expecting to be on the lead. But my filly broke so well and went right to the front and I just let her go,” Bejarano said of his ride. “She was relaxed out there; she was running easy. That’s why she had that nice kick at the end. She wasn’t running that hard.”

For a horse that “wasn’t running that hard”, Istanford missed equaling the San Clemente stakes record by :00.29.

Completing the order of finish in the San Clemente Handicap were post time favorite Diversy Harbor, Sushi Empire, Tiz Kissable, San-

Florida-bred Istanford

diva (IRE), Miss Machiavelli, Concave, Morning Fix, Tiz the Key, and Sheza Smoke Now. With an affinity for a grass course which may be biased towards Florida-breds, Stidham says that Istanford is very likely to stay “where the turf meets the surf ”.

“Obviously, she loves this firm turf here.

We’ll see [what’s next]. We always nominate to a lot of stakes and we’ll be looking around.

But the way she ran on this turf course, it’s (staying at Del Mar) something to think about,” Stidham said.

Bred by Hardacre Farms of Ocala, Istanford is the daughter of Istan out of the Tale of the Cat mare Aerocat. The $120,000 purse from the San Clemente Handicap boosted her career earnings to $328,365 from 10 lifetime starts. She was sold for $25,000 from the consignment of Summerfield (Francis & Barbara Vanlangendonck), Agent, at the 2012 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s August Selected Yearling Sale. ■

Three Chimneys Partners With Besilu Stables Three Chimneys Farm located in Midway, Ky., and Besilu Stables of Ocala, Fla., have entered a partnership on the collection of thoroughbreds developed by Benjamin León Jr.’s Besilu operation, one of North America’s premier racing and broodmare outfits in recent years.

“It’s a truly exciting moment for both sides, and at a personal level, it’s even more exciting to share with a friend like Gonçalo Torrealba our common passion for horses,” León said. “Our goals and core principles are aligned, and we look forward to a successful future together.”

The objective of the new partnership is to breed and race at the highest levels in the industry, which is a commonality shared between León and Three Chimneys chairman Gonçalo Torrealba.

“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with Ben León on his exceptional group of horses,” said Torrealba. “He has developed one of the finest select collections of bloodstock in the world, and we look forward to teaming up for many breeding and racing successes together in the future. For Three Chimneys, this venture is a big step forward toward reaching the heights of success we hope to achieve.”■

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Merit Man Excels in Green Flash Handicap Making his second start since a yearlong layoff, Florida-bred Merit Man announced that he was back in a big way when he ran down a field of seven in the $90,000 Green Flash Handicap at Del Mar on Aug. 13.

The five furlong stakes race was for 3-yearolds and up.

Owned by Bruce Chandler, Double Kee LLC, and Purple Shamrock Racing, Merit Man was trying to recapture the promise that he carried with him at the start of his career.

The bay colt bred by Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds and Stephen Barberino began his career with wins in the six furlong, $100,000

Tim Conway Stakes at Santa Anita as a 2year-old and a three-quarters-of-a-length win in the six furlong, $140,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes at Gulfstream Park in his 3-year-old debut. The son of Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds stallion With Distinction out of the Precise End mare Precise Strike just missed winning the six furlong, Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint in 2012 by a nose. The Bob Hess, Jr., trainee’s 3-year-old season came to an abrupt halt following an off-theboard finish in the seven furlong, Grade 2 Woody Stephens Stakes in June 2013. After over a year away from the track, he made his

return in a five furlong, high-level allowance/optional claiming race over the Del Mar turf on July 18, where he finished fourth.

With a tightener under his belt, Merit Man was ready to reclaim his spot in the winners’ circle when he was loaded into post two with Kent Desormeaux as his pilot.

When the gates sprung open, Florida-bred Remind Mee and Fernando Perez shot to the lead and set the pace, a length ahead of Mr. Sexy with Tiago Pereira and Wine Police with Elvis Trujillo. As Perez took Remind Mee through a swift opening fraction of :21.93, Desormeaux let Merit Man rate the field in fifth

Enterprising Scorches Field in La Jolla Handicap aboard for the La Jolla Handicap.

At the sound of the bell, Schoolofhardrocks and jockey Martin Garcia grabbed the lead early over Tonito M with Victor Espinoza and I’ll Wrap It Up with Elvis Trujillo in the irons.

Schoolofhardrocks would lead the strung-out pack through fractions of :23.92, :48.13, and 1:11.30 for the first six furlongs of the La Jolla Handicap. Meanwhile, Mike Smith was content to take Enterprising to the rail in the opening strides of the race, allowing the bay colt to stalk the field as they went around the clubhouse turn and down the backstretch. After passing Argyle Cut and Corey Nakatani on the backstretch, Enterprising cruised in fifth place, waiting for the moment to strike.

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Florida-bred Enterprising triumphantly returned to the Del Mar turf with a stunning late surge to take the mile-and-a-sixteenth, Grade 3 La Jolla Handicap on Aug. 9. The $150,250 stakes race for 3-year-olds over the firm re-conditioned turf course at Del Mar had a field of six.

Coming into the race off a win by a neck in the mile-long, $116,000 Oceanside Stakes over the Del Mar turf on July 17, Enterprising was bet down to 3-2 favoritism as the 122-pound highweight when he was sent to the gate in post six with Mike Smith

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ing out of the far turn; however, the way he made his move left people in awe. The Florida-bred moved up into striking-range of the pack. With Tonito M hugging the rail in front of him, Mike Smith angled Enterprising out and split through a hole with I’ll Wrap It Up on the outside. Enterprising veered back to the rail after clearing Tonito M, ready to roll with his stretch run to the wire.

While Schoolofhardrocks was still in the lead at the eighth-pole, he could not have realized that Enterprising was coming on like a freight train along the rail. Enterprising picked off his rivals one-by-one until he gained the lead and reached the sixteenthpole in 1:35.41. From there he poured it on, covering the last sixteenth in a blazing :06flat, and stopping the clock in 1:41.31. Enterprising prevailed by a length-and-a-quarter over I’ll Wrap It Up, who finished a halflength in front of Sammy Mandeville in third.

Completing the order of finish were Schoolofhardrocks, Tonito M, and Argyle Cut. Even Mike Smith was caught off-guard

by Enterprising’s late burst.

place, just behind Oligarch and Kayla Stra.

Remind Mee would lead the pack around the far turn a length-and-a-half in front of Wine Police and Mr. Sexy, who had traded po-

“Last sixteenth in less than six (seconds)! Wow! Are you serious? He was cookin’. He really got to going between the eighth and the sixteenth (poles),” Smith said. “Very impressive race. Even more impressive than his last (the one-mile Oceanside in which he closed to win from 12 lengths back) because he was going farther. This race really sets him up for the next one (nine-furlong Del Mar Derby Aug. 31).”

Trained by Tom Proctor for owner Glen Hill Farm of Ocala, Enterprising returned mutuels of $5.00 to win, $3.80 to place, and $2.80 to show. Longshot I’ll Wrap It Up paid $10.00 and $4.00, while Sammy Mandeville paid $4.20 to show.

Bred by Leonard Lavin’s Glen Hill Farm, Enterprising is by Elusive Quality out of the A.P. Indy mare Indy Blaze. The win in the La Jolla Handicap was Enterprising’s fourth stakes win from nine career starts. Banking $90,000 from the La Jolla Handicap, Enterprising has now earned $334,650 to date. ■

sitions by the time they rounded the quarter pole and entered the stretch. Merit Man was still in fifth, but coming out of the far turn, Desormeaux angled him out from the rail and into the center of the track for his stretch run.

Remind Mee was still a length-and-a-half to the good in front of Wine Police and Mr. Sexy when he reached the eighth-pole in :44.75.

Charging from the back of the pack, Merit Man passed Oligarch and Caracortado and was in fourth place with a furlong left to go. Flying down the lane on the outside, Merit Man ran down Mr. Sexy, Wine Police, and Remind Mee to prevail by a half-length when he crossed the wire in :57.22. Remind Mee held second by a length-and-a-quarter over Wine Police in third.

Completing the order of finish were Mr. Sexy, favorite Caracortado, Oligarch, and No Jet Lag. At 5-2 on the tote board, Merit Man paid $7.20 to win, $3.60 to place, and $2.60 to show. Florida-bred Remind Mee returned $5.80 and $4.00, while Wine Police paid $3.00.

The “Sunshine State exacta” paid $19.10.

The win in the Green Flash Handicap was Merit Man’s third stakes win, boosting his career record to 9-4-1-1. He is now a perfect 2for-2 over the Del Mar main track. Merit Man banked $56,100 from his win in the Green Flash Handicap, bringing his lifetime earnings up to $462,030. He was sold for $75,000 from the consignment of Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds, Agent, at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company in April 2012. ■

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Gulfstream Park Announces $1.775 Million Fall Turf Festival Stakes Schedule Gulfstream’s 40-Day Boutique Meet at Calder Race Course to Offer 23 Stakes Gulfstream Park announced it will run from this inaugural meet, get feedback from 1/2 furlongs and two at a mile on the turf 23 stakes races, including 12 turf stakes, horsemen and fans, and begin building on along with the Millions Turf Preview and worth a total of $1.775 million during the Fall what we hope will be a great fall tradition in Millions Filly & Mare Turf Preview at 1 1/16 miles, the Millions Distaff Preview for Turf Festival, a 40-day boutique meet pre- thoroughbred racing.”

The Fall Turf Festival will begin Wednes- fillies and mares at a mile, and the Millions sented by Gulfstream Park at Calder Race day, Oct. 8 and the Saturday, Oct. 11 program Classic Preview.

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The afternoon of Nov. 29 will be a day to The meet, which will run from Wednes- will feature the first stakes of the meet, the day, Oct. 8 through Sunday, Nov. 30, will fea- $75,000 Eight Miles West for 3-year-olds and showcase 2-year-olds. The six races will inture twenty one $75,000 stakes races and two, up at a mile. The following weekend, Satur- clude open and filly divisions at six furlongs, $100,000 graded stakes. The meet will also day, Oct. 18 will feature two turf events, the one mile and one mile on the turf.

The Fall Turf Festival will run Wednesday include three Saturday programs with multi- $75,000 Showing Up for 3-year-olds and ple stakes races. The highlights of the first $75,000 Cellars Shiraz for 3-year-old fillies. through Sunday. There will be two exceptions. There will be racing Monday Oct. 13, Both will be contested over a mile course.

Fall Turf Festival include: Sunshine Millions Preview Day Satur- Columbus Day, and Tuesday, Nov. 11, Vet•The $600,000 Sunshine Millions Preview Day Saturday, Nov. 8, with eight $75,000 day, Nov. 8, restricted to Florida-breds, will eran’s Day. There will be no live racing during stakes races for Florida-breds including four feature four stakes for 2-year-olds, two at 6 those weeks on Wednesday. ■ juvenile stakes and the We believe the stakes schedule for the first Fall Turf Festival presented by Gulfstream Millions Classic PrePark will serve as a bridge between the summer and winter meets and benefit local view at 1 1/16 miles.

•The $100,000 horsemen as well as those shipping to Gulfstream and Palm Meadows for the winter Tropical Turf Handicap season and Championship Meet.

—Gulfstream’s Vice President of Racing P.J. Campo (G3) for 3-year-olds and up and the $100,000 My Charmer (G3) for fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, will both be contested at 1 1/8 miles on Saturday, Nov. 22.

•Juveniles will take center stage Saturday, Nov. 29 with six, $75,000 2-year-olds stakes ranging from six furlongs to a mile on both the main track and turf course.

“We believe the stakes schedule for the first Fall Turf Festival presented by Gulfstream Park will serve as a bridge between the summer and winter meets and benefit local horsemen as well as those shipping to Gulfstream and Palm Meadows for the winter season and Championship Meet,” said Gulfstream’s Vice President of Racing P.J. Campo. “Obviously, this will be a new experience for all of us, but we intend to learn

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By BROCK SHERIDAN HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA.— un a horse in a race and a trainer can expect one of a few emotions after. They can expect disappointment if they don’t win and happiness and satisfaction if they do. On Aug. 9 at Gulfstream Park, trainer Stanley Gold experienced both emotions in the $110,500 Desert Vixen division of the Florida Sire Stakes as his trainees Leap Year Luck and Standard Deal finished first and second respectively in the six furlong dash for 2-year-old FTBOA registered Florida-bred fillies by FTBOA stallions standing in Florida.

“I was not as surprised at [Leap Year Luck] as I was disappointed by [Standard Deal],” Gold said after the race.

“But I was first and second and if it would have been different, I would have been second and first so...”

The surprise came late in the Desert Vixen for Gold and most of the wagering public who let Leap Year Luck go off at 13-1, the second longest price on the board among the seven runners.

At the start, 9-5 favorite Katie’s Kiss broke best of all from the rail as Standard Deal gave chase in second after breaking from post five. Those two went on even terms midway down the backstretch with Katie’s Kiss on the inside with Standard Deal right alongside her as those two went the first quarter-mile in a sizzling :22.09. Meanwhile, Leap Year Luck was racing in fifth, some sixand-one-half lengths behind the two frontrunners. Around the far turn, Standard Deal put a head in front but Katie’s Kiss stayed tough as they made their

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way to the stretch for home. After a half-mile in :45.09, Katie’s Kiss remained close but with an eighthof-a-mile to run, Standard Deal began to pull away and Leap Year Luck was putting in a rally on the outside.

Just as it looked as if Standard Deal might run away with the victory, Leap Year Luck and jockey Jesus Rios raced into the picture and within 100 yards, she had the lead, eventually winning by fourand-three-quarter lengths over her stablemate Standard Deal in second. Katie’s Kiss was another two-and-a-half lengths further back in third. The final time was 1:11.74 over a track rated as fast.

It was the 13th win in the now Florida Sire Stakes for Gold, who trails only Frank Gomez who saddled 14 winners in the series.

Leap Year Luck was bred in Florida by her owner, Fred Brei’s Jacks or Better Farm in Ocala. She is by the Journeyman Stud stallion Hear No Evil and is out of Lucky of Course, by Awesome of Course. The victory was the first in three starts for Leap Year Luck who earned $67,140 and pushed her career bankroll to $76,100. She returned $28.80 to win, $10.60 to place and $6 to show. Standard Deal returned $5.40 and $4 while Katie’s Kiss paid $3.40 to show.

length-and-three-quarters in front of Of Course, who is also owned by Jacks or Better Farm and trained by Gold. Jaiden’s Best was third, another three-and-onequarter lengths back. The running time for the Dr. Fager was 1:11.38.

After the race, Zimmerman acknowledged that he became very confident early in the race.

“I was home free [at the top of the stretch],” Zimmerman said. “I had so much horse. It was awesome.”

It was the second victory in three starts for Sing Praises and his second consecutive win in stakes com-

In the $112,000 Dr. Fager Stakes, Gold and Jacks or Better Farm continued their winning ways when Sing Praises went gate to wire for the victory.

Also run at six furlongs, the Dr. Fager Stakes was for 2-year-old FTBOA registered Florida-breds by FTBOA Florida stallions [at the and featured a field of eight. the stretch]. I had so much Sent to the post as the horse. It was awesome. odds-on favorite at 1-2, Sing Praises and jockey Ramsey —jockey Ramsey Zimmerman Zimmerman broke best of all from the outside post and immediately went to the front, getting a length-and-a-half on the trio of Social Media on the rail, Of Course between horses and Rockemagain racing three-wide. After getting the first two furlongs in :22.38, Social Media could not keep up, Rockemagain got within a length and Of Course also joined the fray as they headed into the far turn. Zimmerman was able to slow Sing Praises a bit around the far turn as they went the first half-mile in :45.53 with Sing Praises now two lengths ahead of Of Course in second, who was just a head in front of Wayne’s Way in third.

Down the stretch however, Zimmerman looked to be in complete control and seemingly never asked Sing Praises for his best effort, hitting the finish a

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pany having won the $89,000 Birdonthewire Stakes at Gulfstream Park on July 14. Also bred in Florida by Jacks or Better Farms, Sing Praises now has career earnings of $179,357. Sing Praises is also by Hear No Evil and is out of Sacred Palm, by Awesome of Course.

Sing Praises returned $3.00 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show while Of Course returned $4.80 to place and $2.80 to show. Jaiden’s Best paid $2.40 to show.

The victory put Gold in a tie with Frank Gomez for most wins in the Florida Sire Stakes series at 14, a feat Gold also took in stride.

“Frank was a great trainer that I really admired,” Gold said. “We’ll put an asterisk there because he had the title at Calder when it was the Stallion Stakes. Now it’s the Sire Stakes and at a new home here at Gulfstream.”

Gold was equally complimentary of Sing Praises and Zimmerman.

“Those other horses started to inch-up to him late but I think it was more of a matter that Ramsey had him wrapped up and he was well within himself. Ramsey rode a wonderful race.” ■

Florida-bred Sing Praises won the Dr. Fager Stakes

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Hear No Evil Emerges as Top Sire To Watch in Florida Sire Stakes

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n its 32 year history, the Florida Sire Stakes (formerly the Florida Stallion Stakes) has showcased talent, not only the runners but also their sires. In the first leg of the 2014 Florida Sire Stakes, a leader has emerged in Florida-bred Hear No Evil.

Moving up the historical leader board with six wins to his credit thanks to wins by Leap Year Luck and Sing Praises in August, the sire is now tied with Montbrook for fifth. Hear No Evil’s first appearance on the leader board began in 2009 with a sweep by Jackson Bend. Last year he produced the In Reality winner Best Plan Yet. There are some clear reasons why Hear No Evil is climbing in the standings. Hear No Evil was a versatile racehorse competing as a stakes horse at ages 2, 3, 4, and 5 on dirt and turf, short and long and he passes that versatility on. His sire line of Carson City/Mr. Prospector/Raise a Native produces precocious 2-year olds. The soundness of the line is an attribute that also helps horses get ready to perform early in their careers. Hear No Evil matches well with a wide array of broodmare sires. However, he is showing an affinity for the Deputy Minister line through daughters of his stablemate, Florida-bred Awesome of Course which produced FSS winners Sing Praises and Leap Year Luck. He is also well matched with the Storm Cat/Northern Dancer line that produced his top runner to date, Jackson Bend.

Hear No Evil stands at Journeyman Stud. He was one of the top leading juvenile sires in 2013.

With two more legs to go in both divisions, he could move to the top of the leader board if Leap Year Luck and Sing Praises can pull off series sweeps. A sweep scenario would tie him with alltime Florida Sire Stakes sire Valid Appeal with ten wins. It took Valid Appeal a span of three decades from 1987 to 2000 to accomplish that feat and Hear No Evil could be on the brink of that record in a five year run.

Living to age 30, Valid Appeal fittingly was by In Reality and he produced Desert Vixen, both FSS race namesakes. His son Seacliff swept the 1995 series and Seacliff went on to rank in the top 45 second crop sires. A homebred for Harry Mangurian, Jr. of Mockingbird Farm, Valid Appeal sired 86 stakes winners and earners of $45 million. He topped the $2-million mark in year-end progeny earnings over ten times.

The second leading sire in the series, active sire Awesome of Course has dominated the program since 2010 with eight wins to his credit. He is represented by a number of contenders including

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starters in the first leg of the series, Of Course and Social Media.

Awesome of Course is the sire of champion juvenile filly, Awesome Feather, who swept the series in her unbeaten 2-year old season in 2010 on her way to becoming an Eclipse division champion.

His progeny, Fort Loudon swept the colt division the following year. “Awesome” also won with fillies Redbud Road in the Desert Vixen and Awesome Belle in the My Dear Girl Stakes in 2011. One of the top perennial Florida sires, Awesome of Course stands at Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Fla. Deceased sire Baldski also has eight wins, tied with Awesome of Course for second in the standings. Baldski’s wins ranged from 1984 to 1989.

Notebook is fourth in the standings with seven wins from 1998 to 2005. While standing at Ocala Stud, Notebook sired 35 graded stakes winners including FSS In Reality winner Booklet. Booklet went on to win the Fountain of Youth and was Florida's 2002 Horse of the Year. Notebook also sired Three Ring, twice winner of FSS races. His other FSS winners included the winner of two legs of the 2002 colt’s division Lawbook and Effectiveness and Consider Thesource, My Dear Girl winners in 1995 and 2005, respectively.

Tied with Hear No Evil with six wins in fifth position, deceased stallion Montbrook is represented by one of his last progeny in the 2014 series with Taama. His previous winners included Big Drama who swept in 2008; Snuck In, winner of the Dr. Fager and Affirmed Stakes in 1999; and Trust N Luck, winner of the In Reality in 2002. Montbrook stood at Ocala Stud and was Florida’s leading sire in 2002, 2003, 2008, and 2009. ■

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Racing Hall of Fame jockey Jacinto Vasquez has called Ocala home since retiring from riding in 1996.

By JOANN GUIDRY

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ow 70, Racing Hall of Fame jockey Jacinto Vasquez is up at 4:30 a.m. and galloping a horse by dawn. It’s something Vasquez began doing as a teenager in his native Panama and kept on doing through an accomplished 36-year riding career. When he retired in 1996, Vasquez trained horses at Ocala-based Classic Mile Training Center, where he also galloped his charges. Today, Vasquez gallops horses for others.

“I go over to Jimmy Kirk’s barn at Classic Mile first and get on a couple of horses for him,” said Vasquez, who was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1998. “Then I go over to the Nelson Jones Training Center. My friend Claudia Bellandi, who owns Oak Bell Farm, leases a barn there and I gallop horses for her.”

And Vasquez isn’t getting on just the easy ones, the ones who hobby-horse around the track. He prefers to exercise the young horses, who are just learning to be racehorses.

“I like to get on the babies because I feel like I have a good way with them and I can teach them something,” he said. “It’s nice to see a young horse develop. I get a lot of gratification from that. As long as I’m healthy, I plan to keep on galloping.”

In addition to galloping, Vasquez is a regular at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company auctions.

He buys horses for clients and occasionally will buy one to pinhook for himself.

“I’ve been around horses since I was a kid,” he said. “And I still like being around horses and horse people. It’s just who I am.”

This past summer, Vasquez’s racing celebrity status became known to a whole new segment of Ocala residents. When retirement commu-

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Jacinto Vasquez nity On Top Of The World’s Master the Possibilities Princess Rooney and captured the 1986 Breeders’ Cup

A Lasting Fame

program took a senior group on a field trip to Oak Bell Sprint on Florida-bred Smile. In addition to those naFarm, they got the added bonus of Vasquez. He cov- tional champions, Vasquez was the regular rider of chamered the highlights of his career, answered questions pions Christmas Past, What a Summer and Revidere. and then gave a galloping demonstration. Vasquez was And at various times in their careers, Vasquez rode chamsuch a hit that he was requested as a Master the Pos- pions Forego, Manila, Lemhi Gold and Risen Star.

Another distinction that Vasquez holds is that he twice sibilities speaker. So many people signed up for his July 14th appearance that the event had to be moved rode horses who defeated the mighty Secretariat. Prior to into a larger OTOW Circle Square Cultural Center au- Big Red’s 1973 Triple Crown victory, Vasquez rode Angel ditorium. An estimated 150 people showed up to hear Light to a Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) win; Sham was second and Secretariat finished third. Then in the Whitney Vasquez regale them about his riding exploits.

“I enjoyed doing the to ride in my country. I was an talks because it’s good for people in the community to aggressive rider right from the start. I didn’t take any flack know about the thoroughfrom anyone and that’s how I rode my whole career. bred industry,” Vasquez said. “So many people don’t realize how important Handicap (G1) after the Triple Crown races, Vasquez pithe thoroughbred industry is to Ocala.” loted Onion to a win with Secretariat coming in second.

By the time Vasquez retired in 1996, he had ridden “Secretariat was a great horse. But even great horses 5,231 winners and his mounts had banked more than $78 have an off day,” Vasquez said. “I was fortunate to be on million in purse earnings. According to The Jockey Club horses who were just good enough to beat Secretariat statistics, Vasquez won 254 stakes, including 126 graded on one of those days.” stakes, from 1976-1996. His highlight reel includes twice winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) with Florida-bred ■ VASQUEZ DID NOT come to thoroughbred racFoolish Pleasure (1975) and the filly Genuine Risk ing in a conventional manner. The eighth of 10 children (1980). Vasquez rode the great Ruffian to the 1975 Filly in his family, he grew up in Las Tablas, Panama, where Triple Tiara, tallied the 1983 Kentucky Oaks (G1) aboard a supermarket brawl led him to the racetrack.

“You had to be tough

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Vasquez now gallops horses for Claudia Bellandi, owner of Oak Bell Farm.

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“I had gotten into a fight at the supermarket and I was going to jail,” Vasquez said of his childhood mischief. “But a family friend, Mrs. Gustines, stood up for me and kept me out of jail.”

Mrs. Gustines just happened to be the mother of jockey Heliodoro Gustines and she had a plan to keep the young Vasquez out of trouble. She took him to watch her son ride at the track in Mexico City; told him he needed to go to work at the racetrack and maybe become a jockey. Vasquez took the advice, first working as a groom as he earned his way up to riding. While Vasquez had found his calling, it did not keep him out of trouble.

Shortly after riding his first race in 1959 at Panama’s Remon Racetrack, he also received the initial suspension of his career. But his talent was undeniable. That same year, and only 15-years-old, he was the leading apprentice rider in Panama.

“You had to be tough to ride in my country,” Vasquez said. “I was an aggressive rider right from the start. I didn’t take any flack from anyone and that’s how I rode my whole career.”

Always one to go his own way, Vasquez even turned down legendary Florida breeder/owner Fred Hooper.

The latter had discovered a treasure trove of riding talent in Panama and would come down to sign them up to ride for him in the United States. Included in that group was Braulio Baeza, a Panamanian who would eventually precede Vasquez into the Racing Hall of Fame. But Vasquez did not sign up with Hooper and instead found his own way to New York. There he again benefited from the Gustines family connection. Heliodoro Gustines was already riding in New York and connected Vasquez with jockey agent Vince DeGregory. And that became a very successful partnership.

Having to establish his riding career, Vasquez and DeGregory took the journeyman route through racetracks across the country. Vasquez carried his tack to Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska and New Jersey. Along the way, he was the leading rider at various tracks, including Churchill Downs in 1962. By 1968, Vasquez returned to primarily riding on the New York circuit and venturing south to the Miami tracks in the winter. Perhaps because he was from a warm-climate country, Vasquez always did well at Calder Race Course’s Tropical meet.

He was the leading rider at the latter five times over the course of his career (1973 & 1974; 1980 & 1981; 1991).

But racing is full of highs and lows. In 1983, Vasquez had a dream season as he won 19 stakes, including 15 graded stakes, and his mounts earned $4.1 million. On Princess Rooney, he won the aforementioned Kentucky Oaks and Ashland Stakes (G2). He swept to a trio of

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Jacinto Vasquez Grade 1 victories on Highland Blade, capturing the July 6, 1975,Vasquez opted to ride the undefeated filly.

A Lasting Fame

Marlboro Cup Invitational (G1), Brooklyn Handicap (G1) and Pan American Handicap (G1). Aboard May Day Eighty, Vasquez won the Delaware Handicap (G1) and Matron Handicap (G2); tallied a win in the Bowling Green Handicap (G1) on Tantalizing.

Then came the nightmare of 1984. Vasquez was suspended from riding by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board for alleged race fixing. The nearly yearlong suspension ended when Vasquez was never indicted and never faced a grand jury.

“There was a lot pressure to clean up racing in New York and they needed a scapegoat,” Vasquez said of the incident. “I had never been shy about giving my opinion.

And I had been trying to organize a jockey’s union. But they never proved that I did anything wrong and then it was over.”

■ FREE TO RIDE again, Vasquez shrugged off the suspension as easily as he changed silks between races.

By the end of 1985, he had won 19 stakes and his mounts had earned $4.8 million in purse money. Included in his eight graded stakes victories that season were the Arlington Classic (G1) and the Fairmount Park Derby (G3) on Florida-bred Smile. In 1986, Vasquez rode Smile to wins in the Equipoise Handicap (G3) and Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1). Smile, a Frances A. Genter homebred, garnered the Eclipse Award as champion sprinter that season as well.

“Smile had some physical issues and that made him a challenge to ride,” Vasquez said. “But he was a very good racehorse who to have overcame his problems.”

Prior to Smile, Vasquez the riding career that I did. And now I was no stranger to having enjoy my life in Ocala. I can still be success with Florida-breds. around horses and play golf with my In 1974, he picked up the friends. If you’re a horse person, mount on Florida-bred Foolish Pleasure at the end Ocala is a really good place to live. of the season, just in time to win the Champagne Stakes. The Waldemar Farms-bred runner had previously won five other stakes that season and was named the 1974 champion 2-year-old colt.

Vasquez then became Foolish Pleasure’s regular rider, tallying 1975 wins in the Flamingo Stakes, Wood Memorial and the aformentioned Kentucky Derby. Foolish Pleasure was also second in both the Preakness Stakes (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1). But despite that impressive record, Wajima was voted the 1975 champion 3-year-old colt instead of Foolish Pleasure.

When Foolish Pleasure and Ruffian were set up to meet in their ill-fated match race at Belmont Park on

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Vasquez said of his decision, “Foolish Pleasure was a very good horse, but Ruffian was a great horse.” Unfortunately, Ruffian broke down down a half-mile into the mile-and-a-quarter race and was later euthanized.

An event Vasquez called “a very bad and sad day.”

In addition to Foolish Pleasure and Smile, Vasquez rode many outstanding Florida-bred racehorses during his career. Elite members of that group were Florida-bred graded stakes winners Flashy Runner, Tappiano, Big Stanley, Forever Silver, Pistols and Roses and Silver of Silver.

■ VASQUEZ’S CONNECTION to Ocala and the Florida thoroughbred industry predated even Foolish Pleasure and riding titles at Calder. He first visited Ocala in the early 1960s, when he was riding for Freeman Keyes’ Reverie Knoll Farm. There were divisions of the farm in Kentucky and Florida, first in Fort Lauderdale and then Ocala.

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“There weren’t that many farms in Ocala then,” Vasquez said. “But you could see that it was going to become one of the best places in the world to raise thoroughbreds.”

Over the decades, Vasquez became a regular visitor to Ocala, making many business connection and friends. He watched it grow into a major thoroughbred center and liked what he saw.

“Ocala was a beautiful, peaceful place to visit,” Vasquez said. “It was a thriving thoroughbred community and I liked it more and more every time I visited. I began to think that Ocala would be a good place to live when I retired.”

And that’s exactly what happened. When Vasquez hung up his tack in 1996, he settled down in Ocala. But he didn’t sit in his house watching TV all day and although an avid golfer, he didn’t spend all his time on the golf course either. The latter was for afternoons. Mornings, like it had been since he was a teenager, were for horses.

Vasquez got his trainer’s license and leased a barn at Classic Mile Training Center, shipping off the farm to racetracks. For several years, he bought yearlings and 2year-olds in training for far-flung clients, including from Hong Kong, Singapore and the Philippines. Vasquez would ready them for racing careers and then ship the horses out when he deemed they were ready. And, of course, he galloped his charges.

Years later, downturns in the thoroughbred industry and health issues forced Vasquez to shut down his training operation. But he couldn’t stay away or off a horse for too long, hence back to galloping at 70.

“I was very fortunate to have the riding career that I did,” Vasquez, who has six grandchildren and another on the way at this writing, said. “And now I enjoy my life in Ocala. I can still be around horses and play golf with my friends. If you’re a horse person, Ocala is a really good place to live.”

And apparently, a good place to be famous too. ■

By the time Vasquez retired in 1996, he had ridden 5,231 winners and his mounts had banked more than $78 million in purse earnings.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

U.S. Racing Drug Test Results Comparable to USADA & WADA Testing

LEXINGTON, KY – The results of anti-doping drugs tests conducted in 2013 by state racing commissions, the United States AntiDoping Agency, and the World Anti-Doping Agency are “virtually identical” according to an analysis of all pertinent testing results.

“The numbers don’t lie,” said Racing Commissioners International President Ed Martin, noting that U.S. racing commissions sent 340,932 biological samples to a network of professional drug testing laboratories in 2013.

And 99.65% of those samples were found to have no violation.

By comparison, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) performed 9,197 doping control tests in 2013. Of the samples tested, approximately 99.55% were determined to have no violation.

In 2013, testing authorities reporting to the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) performed 207,513 drug tests. Of that testing, 98.97% were found to have no adverse analytical finding.

“The anti-doping testing effort of U.S. racing regulators is 60% larger TOBA NAMES OFFICERS AND 4 TRUSTEES TO BOARD

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced the re-election of Peter Willmott as chairman of its Board of Trustees. Also joining Willmott on the Board of Trustees to serve three-year terms as new members are Barbara Banke, Mike Caruso, Brant Laue and Kenneth McPeek.

Re-elected to three-year terms were current trustees Clifford Barry, Antony Beck, John Greely IV, Michael McMahon, Peter Willmott and Jack Wolf.

Immediately following its annual members meeting, the TOBA Board of Trustees met to elect officers for the 2,000-member association. Officers named for 2014-2015 are: Peter Willmott, chairman, Dr. J. David Richardson, vice-chairman; Dan Metzger, president; Eric Hamelback, secretary; and Michael McMahon, treasurer.

“We are honored to have these new trustees join the board,” said Peter Willmott. “The industry is making progress on significant issues facing it and I am excited to have the enthusiasm and expertise of the new members as well as the returning trustees and TOBA management to work on the integrity and economic issues impacting all of us.”

The TOBA Board also approved the appointment Craig Bernick to the American Graded Stakes Committee. The 2014-2015 committee is comprised of TOBA members Dr. J. David Richardson (chair), Reynolds Bell, Jr., Craig Bernick, Michael Levy, J. Michael O’Farrell and Peter Willmott and racing officials Allison DeLuca (Tampa Bay Downs), Rick Hammerle (Santa Anita Park), Ben Huffman (Churchill Downs and Keeneland), Martin Panza (NYRA) and Thomas Robbins (Del Mar).

than the entire world wide effort of WADA. Our program is 37 times larger than the one operated by USADA,” Martin said.

“Drug testing oversight in racing is performed by government agencies not beholden to anyone but the public. We all have the same challenge and we are all combatting it the same way and our results are similar,” he noted. “All sports have a challenge with those who would deliberately rely on doping to affect performance. We must continue to be vigilant in detecting and developing tests for substances that emerge.”

In 2013, racing commissions cited a total of 1,140 medication rule violations. Of that number, 1.2% (14) were for the most egregious Class 1 doping substances; 5.9% (68) for Class 2 doping substances.

The overwhelming majority of violations - 60.3% (687) - were for overages of Class 4 and 5 substances considered therapeutic overages and not doping. Also, 32.5% (371) of the violations were for Class 3 substances.

The following chart is a state by state breakdown of the results of racing commission drug testing conducted during 2013: Jurisdiction

Drug Tests Violations

Adverse Analytical Finding

Rate (%)

Clear Rate (%)

Alabama ..............................1,576 ......................1..................0.063 ................99.94 Arkansas (Failed to Report) Arizona ................................5,518 ....................28..................0.507 ................99.49 California* ...........................26,005 ....................89..................0.342 ................99.66 Colorado ..............................1,176 ......................3..................0.255 ................99.74 Delaware Harness .................4,504 ......................3..................0.067 ................99.93 Delaware Thoroughbred.........1,889 ......................8..................0.424 ................99.58 Florida* ...............................68,317 ..................251..................0.367 ................99.63 Iowa .....................................9,825 ....................24..................0.244 ................99.76 Idaho ......................................363 ......................5..................1.377 ................98.62 Illinois ................................13,817 ....................30..................0.217 ................99.78 Indiana .................................8,792 ......................5..................0.057 ................99.94 Kentucky ..............................7,588 ....................56..................0.738 ................99.26 Louisiana ...........................12,806 ....................74..................0.578 ................99.42 Massachusetts .....................4,805 ....................23..................0.479 ................99.52 Maryland ..............................8,898 ......................1..................0.011 ................99.99 Michigan ..............................1,936 ....................20..................1.033 ................98.97 Minnesota ............................4,523 ....................18..................0.398 ................99.60 Montana ...................................61 ......................3..................4.918 ................95.08 North Dakota ...........................106 ......................0..................0.000 ..............100.00 Nebraska ................................970 ......................3..................0.309 ................99.69 New Jersey ..........................9,611 ....................22..................0.229 ................99.77 New Mexico .........................3,061 ....................51..................1.666 ................98.33 Nevada ...................................182 ......................1..................0.549 ................99.45 New York ............................53,136 ....................67..................0.126 ................99.87 Ohio ...................................14,311 ....................75..................0.524 ................99.48 Oklahoma ............................8,308 ....................42..................0.506 ................99.49 Oregon .................................1,211 ......................9..................0.743 ................99.26 Pennsylvania ......................32,678 ....................52..................0.159 ................99.84 South Dakota ..........................132 ......................0..................0.000 ..............100.00 Texas .................................11,010 ....................68..................0.618 ................99.38 Virginia ..................................1555 ....................26..................1.672 ................98.33 Washington ..........................1,179 ......................8..................0.679 ................99.32 West Virginia ......................20,923 ....................73..................0.349 ................99.65 Wyoming .................................160 ......................1..................0.625 ................99.38 All Jurisdictions .................340,932 ...............1,140..................0.334 ................99.67 * Fiscal Year 2012-2013

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Top Owners, Breeders to be Honored at 29th Annual TOBA National Awards Dinner Campbells named Florida Breeder of the Year The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s 29th Annual National Awards Dinner will be held on Friday, September 5 at the Lexington Convention Center in Lexington, Ky. The TOBA National Awards Dinner honors the achievements of thoroughbred owners in the four major North American racing regions and breeders in 22 states and Canada.

The following regional owners will be honored: Eastern Region Owner of the Year: Midwestern Region Owner of the Year: Southern Region Owner of the Year: Western Region Owner of the Year:

Phipps Stable Kenneth L. & Sarah K. Ramsey Willis D. Horton Gary & Mary West

A National Owner of the Year will be selected from these regional owners. The National Owner will be revealed at the Awards Dinner.

The state and Canadian breeders of the year are: Arizona: California: Canada: Florida: Illinois: Indiana: Iowa: Kansas: Kentucky: Louisiana: Maryland: Michigan: Minnesota: New Jersey: New Mexico: New York: North Carolina: North Dakota: Oregon: South Carolina: Texas: Virginia: Washington:

Richard Owens Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams Sam-Son Farm Gil & Marilyn Campbell Darrell & Sadie Brommer Deann & Greg Baer William Hobbs Lance & Valerie Gabriel Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey Glen C. Warren Robert E. Meyerhoff Jerry & Lisa Campbell Richard Bremer & Cheryl Sprick Quiet Winter Farm Mike Carson & Bill Carson Patricia S. Purdy Elizabeth H. Muirhead Leigh Backhaus George Hurliman Franklin G. Smith Sam Stevens & Sammy Stevens Estate of Edward P. Evans Keith & Jan Swagerty

TOBA’s National Breeder and National Small Breeder of the Year will be selected from the above list of breeders and announced at the Awards Dinner.

THE JOCKEY CLUB PROJECTS FOAL CROP OF 22,000 IN 2015

The Jockey Club is projecting a 2015 North American registered thoroughbred foal crop of 22,000, it was announced by Matt Iuliano, the organization’s executive vice president and executive director.

The projections for the 2013 and 2014 foal crops were 23,000 and 22,000, respectively.

“The projection for the 2015 foal crop is based on reports of mares bred received to date, and we estimate that approximately 80% of those reports have been received,” Iuliano said.

Additional foal crop information is available in The Jockey Club’s Online Fact Book at jockeyclub.com/factbook.asp and in the online state fact books.

The foal crop projection, traditionally announced in mid-August, is computed by using Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received to date for the 2014 breeding season. RMBs are to be filed by August 1 of each breeding season.

Stallion owners who have not returned their RMBs for the 2014 breeding season are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. Interactive RegistrationTM, which enables registered users to perform virtually all registration-related activities over the Internet, is the most efficient means of submitting RMBs and is available at registry.jockeyclub.com.

TOBA will also honor Helen Alexander with the new Robert N. Clay Award. The purpose of this award is to enhance awareness and promote education among horsemen regarding the impact of land loss on the equine community. In partnership with the Equine Land Conservation Resource, this award recognizes a member of the thoroughbred community who has made an outstanding contribution to preserving land for equine use.

Additionally, TOBA will honor Take Charge Lady as the National Broodmare of the Year. This award offers catalog designation from the North American International Cataloguing Standards Committee.

Owned by Katie Ruppel, successful competitive eventer Houdini will be named the Rood & Riddle Thoroughbred Sport Horse of the Year. This award is presented to the owner of the ex-thoroughbred racehorse that has excelled in sport horse competitions as tracked by the United States Equestrian Federation.

National Awards Dinner sponsors include H.E. Sutton Forwarding Company, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Jackson Family Wines, Woodford Reserve, Zoetis, John Deere, Flair Nasal Strips, Daily Racing Form, OwnerView.com Thoroughbred Owner Conference and Blood-Horse Publications. Tickets for the National Awards Dinner may be purchased at toba.org.

TOBA, based in Lexington, Ky., was formed in 1961 and is a national trade organization of leading thoroughbred breeders and owners.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

AHC Opposes Easing of Import Restrictions on Horses From Saudi Arabia

The American Horse Council has opposed the easing of the current 60-day U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) import requirement on horses from Saudi Arabia.

Horses from Saudi Arabia, and all countries affected with African Horse Sickness (AHS), must be quarantined for 60 days before entering the U.S., while horses from non-AHS countries may be admitted with a shorter quarantine period.

The extended period is required to ensure that horses from AHS countries are not infected with AHS, which has a long incubation period. AHS is a highly contagious and deadly disease that affects horses, donkeys, and mules and has a mortality rate of up to 95% in native horse populations like that in the U.S. In response to a 2009 request by Saudi Arabia to be recognized as free of AHS, USDA studied the status of the disease in that country. The USDA evaluation used information provided by Saudi Arabia and other sources. Based on its evaluation, USDA concluded that AHS was not known to be present in Saudi Arabia and that the likelihood of introducing AHS into the U.S. through imports of horses from that country was low.

But USDA also concluded that “the biological and economic consequences of an AHS outbreak in the United States could be high.” In June, USDA proposed to change the federal import rules to remove Saudi Arabia from the list of countries affected

by AHS and allow horses to be imported with a much shorter quarantine period.

In lengthy comments filed with the Department on Aug. 11, the AHC opposed removing Saudi Arabia from the list of countries affected with AHS. The AHC maintained that the potential benefits were not sufficient to offset the potential adverse consequences, which included the high mortality rate, up to 95%; the costs of caring for or euthanizing and disposing of sick horses; the imposition of interstate and international controls and travel restrictions on equine movements, which is so important to the industry, that would accompany an outbreak; and the resultant economic effects and lost revenue to the industry in breeding, racing, showing and exhibiting horses.

The AHC noted that most of the U.S.’s trading partners, and particularly the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), did not recognize Saudi Arabia as AHS-free. The AHC also questioned whether USDA or the industry itself would have the resources to respond to an AHS outbreak.

The AHC concluded that the USDA evaluation did not make a sufficient case to change the rules and put U.S. horses and the $102 billion U.S. horse industry at risk of AHS. 36 THE FLORIDA HORSE • SEPTEMBER 2014

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Prudhoe Bay makes the grade in G3 Jersey Shore

By DAVE ALLEN

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lorida-bred Prudhoe Bay skimmed the rail all the way to graded-stakes winner status when he out-kicked five rivals in the Grade 3, $100,000 Jersey Shore Stakes on Aug. 16. The six furlong race for 3-year-olds was run over the Monmouth Park main track.

A homebred owned by George and Karen Russell’s Rustlewood Farm of Reddick, Fla., Prudhoe Bay has been working his way up the ladder since he broke his maiden by a half-length in his 2-year-old debut. The dark-bay or brown colt by Songandaprayer out of the Lion Heart mare Cameron Crazies graduated to stakes winner in his first start as a 3-year-old, the six furlong, $50,000 OBS Sprint Stakes at the Ocala Training Center in January. He outlasted a field of seven Florida-breds in the seven furlong, $75,000 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Sophomore Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on Florida Cup Day in April. Trained by Eddie Plesa, Jr., Prudhoe Bay just missed by a half-length last time out in a five-and-a-half furlong, mid-level allowance/optional claiming race over the turf at Monmouth Park on June 29.

Returning back to the dirt for the Jersey Shore Stakes, Prudhoe Bay would have to overcome the rail post when he went to the gate with Paco Lopez aboard.

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Making the Grade At the sound of the bell, Prudhoe Bay took what could have been a disadvantage and turned it into an asset. He broke well and Lopez hustled the colt forward to fight for the early lead. Debt Ceiling and Jose Navarro held the lead in the two-path, just in front of Prudhoe Bay on the rail, as he covered the opening quarter in :22.23. Favorite Tale and John Bisono were a length back in third.

Going around the far turn, Debt Ceiling was still in front of Favorite Tale on the outside when he reached the quarter pole in :44.60. Hugging the rail all the way around, Prudhoe Bay was in third place by

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only a head as the pack entered the lane.

At the top of the stretch, Debt Ceiling started to bear out as he began to tire. Paco Lopez moved Prudhoe Bay off the rail and made their charge to the wire. Coming down the grandstand side, Prudhoe Bay battled Favorite Tale for the lead and was a half-length in front of his rival when he reached the eighth-pole in :56.57. Floridabred Glacken Too with Abel Castellano, Jr., was a length back of the leaders in third.

Despite Favorite Tale’s best efforts, he could not keep up with Prudhoe Bay’s late rush. The Florida-bred poured it on over the final sixteenth, stretching his lead out to three-quarters-of-a-length when he crossed the wire in 1:09.08. Favorite Tale finished second, a

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length-and-a-half in front of Glacken Too in third.

Completing the order of finish in the Jersey Shore Stakes were Griff, Wonderfella, and early pacesetter Debt Ceiling.

The solid performance by Prudhoe Bay matched the expectations of his trainer, Eddie Plesa, Jr. “I thought he ran fantastic, but that doesn’t surprise me,” Plesa said. “He’s really been training great. I wasn’t really thrilled with the post–the rail is tough–but

Paco (jockey Lopez) handled it great and did what he needed to do today.”

Prudhoe Bay paid $12.40 to win, $4.80 to place, and $3.00 to show. Favorite Tale, the 6-5 favorite, paid $3.20 and $2.20, while Florida-bred Glacken Too paid $3.40 to show.

Graduating to graded-stakes winner status brought with it a $60,000 check, boosting Prudhoe Bay’s career earnings to $191,535. His record is now 9-4-1-1. ■

I thought he ran fantastic, but that doesn’t surprise me. He’s really been training great.

“I wasn’t really thrilled with the post–the rail is tough–but Paco (jockey Lopez) handled it great and did what he needed to do today. ” —trainer Eddie Plesa Jr.

Florida-bred Prudhoe Bay makes a late run and captures the Grade 3 Jersey Shore Stakes.

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

FLORIDA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES Adam H. Putnam, Commissioner 850-617-7341 • Fax 850-617-7331 e-mail: Christopher.denmark@freshfromflorida.com 407 S. Calhoun • 416 Mayo Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399

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Getting a Handle On It

By JIM FREER

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ead-to-head racing became history in South Florida this July 1 and since then, Gulfstream Park has been the scene for a chapter about large fields and impressive handle.

Gulfstream’s summer of 2014 story also includes a purse increase and growing optimism around Florida’s thoroughbred industry.

“We are doing about what we expected [since July 1] and we are pleased with our field size and handle numbers,” Gulfstream president Tim Ritvo said on Aug. 11.

“This is the start. We will never stop improving.”

A review of Equibase charts shows how Gulfstream’s numbers have been improving since the end of its 12 months of head-to-head weekend racing against Miamiarea neighbor Calder Casino & Race Course.

Gulfstream averaged 9.3 starters per race for its 24 racing days from July 1 through Aug. 10. The Hallandale Beach track’s average daily all-sources handle was $3.9 million for that six week period.

During the last two weeks of June, Gulfstream’s averages for six race days were 7.9 starters per race and allsources handle of $2.6 million. Calder averaged 6.6 starters per race and handle of $600,000 for the six days, Calder

Fall Schedule—September through December

■ Saturday Sept. 6 — at Gulfstream; second legs of the Florida Sire Stakes series, administered by FTBOA. The $250,000 Affirmed is for males and the $250,000 Susan’s Girl is for fillies. Both are seven furlongs on dirt.

■ Saturday Oct. 4 — at Gulfstream; third and final legs of Florida Sire Stakes series.

The $350,000 In Reality is for males and the $350,000 My Dear Girl is for fillies. Both are 1 1/16 miles on dirt.

■ Wednesday Oct. 8 — Opening of the 40-day Gulfstream at Calder meet, which will run through Sunday, Nov. 30. Gulfstream is calling the meet the Fall Turf Festival.

Twelve of its 23 stakes races are scheduled for turf.

■ Saturday Nov. 8 — $600,000 Sunshine Millions Preview Day, administered by the FTBOA. It will have eight $75,000 stakes races for Florida-breds.

■ Saturday Nov. 29 — Juvenile Showcase, with six $75,000 stakes for 2-year-olds.

■ Saturday Dec. 6 — Gulfstream will open its four-month Championship Meet with the $1 million Claiming Crown. Gulfstream is holding the event for the third straight year. The meet will run through March 28—Florida Derby day.

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had 48 races and Gulfstream had 51 over the six days.

Earlier this spring, Calder had been averaging about $900,000 per day in handle.

Gulfstream’s field sizes have grown 17 percent since July 1. Its average daily handle has been higher than the combined Gulfstream-Calder handle for June.

On July 24, Gulfstream increased its average daily purses 10 percent. In announcing that increase on July 17, Gulfstream said it was able to take that step because of its post-July 1 growth in handle and field size.

Gulfstream’s average daily purses were in the $240,000 range in early August. In June, Calder’s average daily purses were about $100,000.

“Purse money is the mother’s milk of the industry, and that [purse increase] will produce a better racing product for the fans to wager on,” said Gulfstream-based trainer Joe Calascibetta, “We now have everyone pushing in the right direction,” added Calascibetta, who has trained graded stakes winners Wicapi, Crystal Symphony and Pica Slew.

“They [Gulfstream] listen to the needs of the horsemen by way of meeting sometimes on a weekly basis. Tim Ritvo has said many times ‘this is your track and we are here to make things better for all concerned.’”

Ritvo was a trainer before becoming vice president of racing at Gulfstream in 2011 and president of the track in 2012. He also is chief operating officer of the racing division of The Stronach Group, Gulfstream’s parent company which is based in Aurora, Ont. “There are many ways in which the new racing schedule is good for the state’s racing industry and for breeders in particular,” Ritvo said. “Their future depends on having a strong racing program in Florida, and we are a racing company that is committed to racing.”

He added: “We are only four hours from Ocala. You can send your babies here and run year-round. You can always ship out of state for a race, and then come back.”

Lonny Powell, the CEO and Executive Vice Presi-

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dent of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, is also optimistic based on the new numbers at Gulfstream.

“Though we are now just beginning this new era of singular racing management and marketing in the Miami area, it is hard not to feel the already surfacing positive business trend” Powell said. “Increased wagering obviously fuels purses, breeders and owners awards and we have seen just that so far at Gulfstream. As long as Gulfstream continues to invest in its customers, products and facilities the Florida thoroughbred industry should benefit from and reflect these strengths and positive trends for some time to come.”

THE COMPETITION

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Gulfstream on many days in July and August has had the largest field sizes among major U.S. tracks.

On most August days. Gulfstream has been third in handle among U.S. tracks—trailing only Saratoga and Del Mar. Gulfstream’s handle on most days has been slightly higher than Monmouth Park, the Oeeanport, N.J., track that has an entrenched and popular summer meet.

Gulfstream is in its second summer of racing, and first without competition from Calder.

Gulfstream’s recent handle numbers are an indication of the national popularity of its name among simulcast and Advance Deposit Wagering bettors. Ritvo said about 10 percent of Gulfstream’s recent handle is on-track.

Gulfstream’s summer meet numbers have become impressive, and in July, Ritvo said he expected the summer meet would be profitable.

Gulfstream’s winter meet remains its driver for revenues and profits. It had average daily all-sources handle of $8.6 million in 2012-2013 and $8.6 million in 2013-2014.

Ritvo is optimistic that Gulfstream’s field sizes and handle will grow during the remainder of its summer meet that began July 1 and will run through Oct. 5.

He said that several trainers who are at Saratoga, Monmouth or other northern tracks plan to ship some horses to Gulfstream earlier than in previous years. The attractions are South Florida’s mild weather and the chance to run for attractive purses.

Next year, Gulfstream will be able to plan for its summer meet without concerns that Calder will cut into its field sizes and handle.

Under the agreement the two tracks announced on July 1, Gulfstream will lease and run Calder’s racing operations through 2020. There will be racing two months a year at Calder, this year in October and November.

Gulfstream will have racing the other ten months.

Churchill Downs Inc. remains the owner of Calder, and continues to operate its casino.

Details of this fall’s racing at Gulfstream and at the “Gulfstream at Calder” meet are in the adjacent box.

Gulfstream released the Calder meet schedule on Aug. 13, giving trainers and owners sufficient time to plan their schedules. That was not the situation a year ago.

This spring, there were concerns that some Floridabased owners might reduce their purchases of 2-yearolds and there were reports that numerous owners were ready to send horses to tracks outside Florida.

Owners and trainers were fearful that Calder and Gulfstream might run head-to-head for another 12 months. The settlement announced July 1 has helped restore their confidence about racing in Florida.

“People were shuttling back and forth between the tracks and planning was difficult,” said trainer Stanley Gold. “We have stability again, and higher purses. Both sides apparently got some things that they wanted.”

Gold and owner Fred Brei, of Jacks or Better Farm in

As long as Gulfstream continues to invest in “ its customers, products and facilities the Florida thoroughbred industry should benefit from and reflect these strengths and positive trends for some time to come.

—Lonny Powell, CEO, Florida Thoroughbred

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Breeders’ and Owners’ Association

Ocala, have provided the biggest story at Gulfstream’s Summer Meet. On Aug. 9 they sent out Jacks or Better homebreds that finished first and second in both opening legs of the Florida Sire Stakes. Sing Praises won the $100,000 Dr. Fager for males, followed by Of Course.

Leap Year Luck and Standard Deal finished one-two in the Desert Vixen for fillies.

Gulfstream’s 2-year-old races also include numerous horses that were purchased at sales of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company.

OBS president Tom Ventura said that amid concerns about the Calder-Gulfstream rivalry some regular buyers from Florida may have reduced their activity at OBS sales this year, adding that it was hard to quantify.

He said the new situation Field Sizes and Handle, July 1 to August 10 Starters All-Sources/ Avg at Gulfstream should provide Week Races/Avg Per Race Handle Per Day more incentive for buyers July 1-6 39-334 8.8 $15,131,591 $3.8 million 9.7 $15,470,533 $3.8 million who want to race in Florida. July 10-13 39-377 July 17-20 39-372 9.5 $15,993,835 $4.0 million They will have an opportu- July 24-27 41-381 9.3 $14,909,908 $3.7 million 9.3 $16,810,951 $4/2 million nity at the OBS Fall Mixed July 31-Aug.3 41-379 Aug.7-10 42-395 9.4 $15,863,387 $4.0 million Sale to be held Oct. 14-16. ■ Total 241-2238 9.3 $94,180,205 $3.9 million

Gulfstream by the Numbers

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Gulfstream Here We Come 2014 TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY DIVISION 8/9 Desert Vixen Stakes - 6 furlongs-Dirt 9/6 Susan's Girl Stakes - 7 furlongs-Dirt 10/4 My Dear Girl Stakes - 11/16 miles-Dirt

2014 TWO-YEAR-OLD COLT DIVISION 8/9 Dr. Fager Stakes - 6 furlongs-Dirt 9/6 Affirmed Stakes - 7 furlongs-Dirt 10/4 In Reality Stakes - 11/16 miles-Dirt 46 THE FLORIDA HORSE • SEPTEMBER 2014

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Florida Sire Stakes Program (FSS)

heads to Gulfstream Park for 2014. The FSS program consists of over $2.5 million in purse awards for 2year-old, 3-year-old and older races and includes the lucrative Florida Sire Stakes – a six race series for two-year-olds which will be held on Aug. 9, Sept. 6 and Oct. 4, 2014.

Also included are a $5,000 FSS purse supplement for each of 30 two-year-old maiden special weight races, with 15 races for fillies and 15 races for colts/geldings.

These 30 races started in April 2014 with at least two races per week, and each race at a distance of at least 4.5 furlongs. The $5,000 FSS purse supplement will be awarded to the winner of a maiden special weight race if the winner is registered for the 2014 FSS.

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Starting with foals of 2012

that are eligible for the 2014 Florida Sire Stakes, the FTBOA is administrator for the Florida Sire Stakes series. Foals are eligible for the Florida Sire Stakes series, and the two-year-old, three-year-old and up supplemental stakes program if:

1. The foal’s

sire was an FTBOA-registered stallion standing in Florida when the foal was conceived, AND

2. The foal is a Florida-bred registered with the FTBOA, AND

3. The foal is kept eligible with payment of eligibility fees by the deadline(s) required

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2012 – Stallion registered with FTBOA 2013 – No weanling payment required

2013 – Stallion registered with FTBOA 2014 – No weanling payment required

2014 – Yearling payment required:

Before/on May 15 - $250; May 16 through Nov. 15 - $500

Before/on May 15 - $250; May 16 through Nov. 15 - $500

Before/on Jan. 15 - $250; Jan. 16 through Feb. 28 - $500

2015 – Two-year-old payment required:

Before/on Jan. 15 - $250; Jan. 16 through Feb. 28 - $500

If yearling payment was not paid in 2014, a one-time payment of $5,000 can be made by Jan. 15, 2015 to complete registration.

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Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet To Offer Record $11.25 Million Stakes Schedule

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ulfstream Park announced in August a record $11.25 million stakes program for its 2014-2015 Championship Meet, highlighted by the 64th running of the prestigious $1 million Florida Derby (G1) on March 28.

The winter stakes program will have a total of 67 stakes races - 37 graded - and will include purse increases for nine stakes, the addition of two new stakes, and the inaugural running at Gulfstream of the W. L. McKnight (G3), La Prevoyante (G3) and Fred Hooper (G3).

Gulfstream’s 76th season of thoroughbred racing, which will kick off Dec. 6 with the 15th running of the $1 million Claiming Crown and conclude Florida Derby Day, will once again play host to the finest thoroughbreds in the world and Hall of Fame trainers and jockeys. Gulfstream’s stakes program will accommodate the country’s most promising 3-year-old colts and fillies, turf stars and older horses.

Gulfstream’s Championship Meet will also include six Super Saturdays with programs featuring more than five stakes races.

Some of the Championship Meet highlights:

races (seven graded) including the 1 1/8-mile Derby, which has produced the winners of 57 Triple Crown events. The Gulfstream Park Oaks (G2), which has been changed from 1 1/8 miles to 1 1/16 miles, will be joined by the Pan American (G3), Orchid (G3), Honey Fox (G2), Appleton (G3), Skip Away (G3) and Sir Shackleton. The Honey Fox, Skip Away and Appleton have all received purse increases.

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Florida Derby Day will include eight stakes

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Rich The $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) on Feb. 21, a major prep for the Florida Derby, will highlight an afternoon of eight stakes (seven graded) including three graded turf stakes in the Mac Diarmida (G2), The Very One (G3) and Canadian (G3).

The Holy Bull (G2), for 3-year-olds going 1 1/16 miles, will be one of five stakes on Jan. 21, including the Forward Gal (G2) and Hutcheson (G3).

The $500,000 Donn Handicap (G1) for older horses and the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1) will be two of the

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SCHEDULE six stakes (four graded) contested on Feb. 7.

Other graded races will include the Fred Hooper (G3), formerly run at Calder, and Suwannee River (G3).

Four turf stakes formerly run at Calder will be moved to Gulfstream in December.

The $75,000 Tropical Park Derby and $75,000 Tropical Oaks will be run Dec. 20 while the W.L. McKnight (G3) and La Prevoyante (G3) will be run Dec. 27.

The Sunshine Millions will be run Jan. 15 with five stakes worth $1.1 million, highlighted by the $350,000 Sunshine Millions Classic.

Gulfstream will add two stakes to its schedule. The $75,000 H. Allen Jerkens will be run Jan. 31 for 4-year-olds and up on the turf at two miles, and the $75,000 Texas Glitter will be run Feb. 7 for 3-year-olds at five furlongs on the turf.

“The stakes schedule for the 2014-2015 Championship Meet shows Gulfstream Park’s commitment to thoroughbred racing, horsemen throughout North America, and our fans,” P.J. Campo, Gulfstream’s Vice President of Racing, said. “We have increased the purses of nine

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stakes races, added two more, and tweaked some of the distances of our graded stakes to help horsemen as they prepare their horses for some of our major races later in the meet.

“The changes we’ve made have come after careful consideration and dialogue with horsemen from around the country. We also talked to fans and took into consideration the changes they suggested. Horsemen will find kinder progressions in distances and better spacing to some of our stakes races, and fans will see large fields and our weekends filled with major graded-stakes races.”

Ten of those major races will have purse increases. The Gulfstream Park Handicap (G2),

for older horses, will be increased from Glitter Feb. 7 at five furlongs, and the $250,000 to $300,000 while the Honey Fox $150,000 Palm Beach Feb. 28 at 1 1/16 miles.

Three-year-old fillies will have the (G2), for fillies and mares at a mile on the turf, will be increased from $200,000 to $300,000. $100,000 Ginger Brew at 7 ½ furlongs Jan. The remaining stakes races getting purse in- 3, the $100,000 Sweetest Chant at a mile Jan. creases from $100,000 to $150,000 are all 24, and the $150,000 Herecomesthebride Grade 3 events. They are: the Hutcheson (3- (G3) at 1 1/16 miles Feb. 28.

Gulfstream, which has played host to year-olds), Herecomesthebride (3-year-old fillies), Appleton and Pan American (older horses Horses of the Year and older handicap chamon the turf), Marshua’s River and The Very One pions Cigar, Invasor, Saint Liam and Skip Away, will have plenty of (fillies and mares on the turf), and the Skip Away and Hal’s The changes we’ve opportunities beginning Hope (older horses). made have come after with the Hal’s Hope on Jan. 10. The $350,000 Sunshine The Rampart (G3), for careful consideration Millions Classic will be fillies and mares at a mile, and dialogue with contested Jan. 17. Three has been moved from Florida Derby Day to Foun- horsemen from around weeks later, Gulfstream will play host to the $500,000 tain of Youth Day and will the country. go from 1 1/8 miles to one —P.J. Campo, Gulfstream’s Donn Handicap at 1 1/8 mile and its purse will be Vice President of Racing miles and the $100,000 Fred Hooper (G3) at a mile. The $100,000.

Connections stabled at Gulfstream and its Gulfstream Park Handicap (G2) March 7 will satellite training center, Palm Meadows, will be followed by the Skip Away at 1 3/16 miles have several options to prepare their colts for on Florida Derby Day. Older fillies and mares will have the the spring classics.

The schedule for colts and geldings kicks $250,000 Sunshine Millions Distaff Jan. 17, the off Jan. 3 with three options: the $100,000 $150,000 Hurricane Bertie (G3) Feb. 14, the Mucho Macho Man (formerly Gulfstream Rampart (G3) Feb. 21, the $200,000 Royal Park Derby) at a mile, the $100,000 Spectac- Delta (G2), formerly the Sabin and renamed ular Bid at six furlongs and the $100,000 after Besilu Stable’s two-time champion, and the Dania Beach (G3) at 7 ½ furlongs on the turf. $200,000 Inside Information (G2) March 21.

Gulfstream’s 180-foot wide turf course On Jan. 24, the 1 1/16-mile $400,000 Holy Bull (G2) and seven-furlong $150,000 Hutch- will see many of the country’s top stars beeson will be contested followed by the 1 1/16- ginning opening day with 33 turf stakes, 16 mile $400,000 Fountain of Youth (G2) Feb. 21 graded. The first graded stakes for older and the seven-furlong $200,000 Swale (G2) horses will be the 1 1/2-mile W.L. McKnight Feb. 28. It all leads to the prestigious $1 mil- (G3) Dec. 27. The $200,000 Fort Lauderdale (G2) will be run Jan. 10 followed by the Jan. lion Florida Derby Saturday, March 28.

The schedule for 3-year-old fillies begins 17 Sunshine Millions Turf, the Jan. 31 H. Jan. 3 with the $100,000 Old Hat (G3) at six Allen Jerkens, the Feb. 7 Gulfstream Park furlongs and continues with the $200,000 Turf Handicap and Gulfstream Park Turf Forward Gal (G2) at seven furlongs Jan. 24, Sprint, the Feb. 21 Mac Diarmida and Canathe $200,000 Davona Dale (G2) at a mile Feb. dian Turf (G3), the March 14 Silks Run, and 21, and the $250,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks the March 28 Pan American and Appleton.

Fillies and mares will hit the turf Dec. 27 (G2) at 1 1/16 miles on Florida Derby Day. Gulfstream’s turf course will provide a for the La Prevoyante (G3), the Jan. 10 plethora of options for 3-year-old colts and Marshua’s River, the Jan. 17 Sunshine Milfillies. Beginning with the Dania Beach, lions Filly & Mare Turf, the Feb. 7 Suwannee stakes for 3-year-olds on the turf will include River (G3), the Feb. 21 The Very One and the $100,000 Kitten’s Joy at a mile Jan. 24, Ladies Turf Sprint, and the March 28 Honey the inaugural running of the $75,000 Texas Fox and Orchid. ■

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An ongoing series where The Florida Horse editor Brock Sheridan poses 10 “away from ordinary” business

10“Unordinary” Questions

With Bob Miller, Chaplain, Ocala Farm Ministry Name: Bob Miller

Title: Chaplain

Organization: Ocala Farm Ministry

Please tell us your name, organization and title.

Bob Miller, Chaplain, Ocala Farm Ministry In a nutshell, describe your organization and your responsibilities?

The mission of the Ocala Farm Ministry is to show the love of Christ to the folks in the horse farm industry. We provide economic, spiritual and emotional support as well as emergency transportation, educational programs, including language and literacy classes and sports programs for youth. My responsibilities, with the help and guidance of our board of directors, is to oversee and administer these programs.

What specifically got you involved in the Florida thoroughbred industry?

My wife and I were looking for a way to serve the community as minister of the Gospel. Steve and Beverly Tortora along the the McKathan brothers introduced me to Peggy Sprinkles when this organization was in the planning stages. I’ve been the chaplain ever since [which is now nine years.]

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What is your favorite sport outside horse racing?

Boxing.

What is one of your more fond memories to date in the Florida thoroughbred industry?

When the Ocala Farm Ministries received the Carry Back Award from the Farm Managers Association.

What are your favorite songs or musical artists?

Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and all of the country and western classics.

What are your favorite movies or television programs?

TV: Fox News and Jeopardy. Movies: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

What are your favorite reads?

The autobiography of Jesus Christ [otherwise known and the Bible]. Non-fiction: I just finished My Promised Land by Ari Shavit and the The Same Kind of Different Me. What are your favorite foods?

Cuban and Thai.

Why do you think people should breed, own and race Florida-breds?

I’m not an expert on horses [or anything else for that matter] but in here Florida, we have the best people [trainers, breeders etc.], the best weather and great grass. ■

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questions to a variety of Florida thoroughbred industry leaders

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Chaplain Bob Miller oversees and administers the programs of the Ocala Farm Ministry

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Retired Thoroughbreds

Many retired thoroughbreds are given a lifelong home on the very farms where they were broodmares. On a recent visit to Bill and Lyn Rainbow’s The Acorn Farm in Ocala, Fla., retired mares Lindsay Frolic, Cherokyfrolicflash, Grab the Green and Try Your Best showed that age, retirement and 100 degree heat does not slow them down. These “old biddies” as Bill affectionately refers to them, spend their days frolicking in the Florida sunshine.

Foaled April 25, 1992, Florida-bred Lindsay Frolic was a graded stakes winner with 11 firsts in 24 starts earning $422,664. A fan favorite at Calder Race Course, the influential broodmare was considered for induction into the track’s Racing Hall of Fame last year and has a stakes run in her honor. Lindsay still loves to run. According to Bill, “Lindsay acts like she wants to go back to the track and wants to run 22’s.”

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Try Your Best Her half sister and paddock-mate, 27year old Cherokyfrolicflash is the stakes placed dam of millionaire Smokn’ Frolic. A full brother to Smokn’, Smoke’n Coal was the OBS juvenile sales-topper in 2007.

Grab the Green, a stately speckled grey mare, was a multiple graded stakes winner with $454,023 in earnings. Born in 1988, she raced from 1991 to 1994. She is full sister to graded stakes winner Reach The Top. Her son Get A Lawyer did not win on the racetrack but was retrained as a hunter/jumper and has won reserve champion at Horse Shows in the Sun (HITS) Ocala in 2014, every time he competed under his show name Neighbor.

The 20-year old Florida-bred Try Your Best is stakes placed mare from the Tri Jet line and a four time winner of over $100,000.

Cherokyfrolicflash

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

WILDCAT HEIR Farm Name

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

Earnings

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Wild Dude

$211,000

27

$36,556

30

$67,867

Courtney Ryan

$97,037

21

$19,929

11

$35,136

Name

Sire Name

Wildcat Heir

Forest Wildcat

Journeyman Stud

$3,468,961

180

95

7

8

1

$3,515,367

With Distinction

Storm Cat

Hartley/DeRenzo

$2,280,148

156

72

1

1

0

$2,384,567

Graeme Hall

Dehere

Winding Oaks

$1,904,195

107

59

2

2

0

$1,910,468

Harlington

Unbridled

Winding Oaks

$1,151,031

51

35

2

2

0

$1,154,887

Pollard's Vision

Carson City

Pleasant Acres

$1,089,814

102

37

0

0

0

$1,151,082

Two Step Salsa

Petionville

Get Away Farm

$1,034,022

37

18

1

1

1

$1,052,637

City Place

Storm Cat

Hartley/DeRenzo

$1,018,668

57

36

1

2

1

$1,027,932

Exclusive Quality

Elusive Quality

Journeyman Stud

$1,022,149

79

32

1

1

0

$1,026,822

Strong Contender

Maria's Mon

HallMarc Stallions

$906,401

43

17

4

7

1

Montbrook

Buckaroo

Deceased

$838,260

67

24

0

0

Value Plus

Unbridled's Song

HallMarc Stallions

$829,655

79

32

0

0

Circular Quay

Thunder Gulch

Journeyman Stud

$798,217

56

29

0

Imperialism

Langfuhr

Get Away Farm

$817,974

66

26

A. P. Warrior

A.P. Indy

HallMarc Stallions

$734,860

58

Bring the Heat

In Excess (IRE)

Ward Ranch

$706,136

49

High Cotton

Dixie Union

Ocala Stud

$683,514

62

Cowtown Cat

Distorted Humor

Journeyman Stud

$650,619

47

19

1

1

0

$672,038

Concerto

Chief's Crown

Deceased

$660,998

59

33

0

0

0

$664,971

Concorde's Tune

Concorde Bound

Deceased

$579,470

45

24

1

1

0

$592,259

Wicked Tune

$94,350

Saint Anddan

A.P. Indy

Journeyman Stud

$541,530

42

19

0

0

0

$589,946

You're No Saint

Act of Duty

Mr. Prospector

Deceased

$536,997

50

23

1

1

0

$537,115

Belgravia

Mr. Greeley

Hartley/DeRenzo

$245,273

16

9

1

1

0

In Summation

Put It Back

Ocala Stud

$469,470

39

15

1

1

Leading the Parade A.P. Indy

Lamholm South

$425,566

34

16

0

It's No Joke

Distorted Humor

HallMarc Stallions

$418,403

27

13

1

Halo's Image

Halo

Deceased

$404,534

31

16

0

Double Honor

Gone West

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg 2yo Avg Sold

2yo Avg

East Hall

$280,000

6

$17,000

9

$32,633

Run a Dubb Dubb

$116,750

4

$8,500

3

$18,333

Aqua Regia

$130,100

19

$7,807

9

$27,167

Dance With Fate

$524,800

11

$19,682

9

$41,667

La Tia

$190,434

3

$13,333

2

$24,000

Money Game

$79,540

22

$13,305

21

$27,357

$908,029

Grand Contender

$344,750

1

$5,000

0

$863,506

Schivarelli

$116,200

15

$28,400

18

$39,972

0

$856,423

Long On Value

$83,088

5

$7,600

3

$36,167

0

0

$832,899

Reporting Star

$110,221

12

$20,875

14

$17,000

1

2

0

$822,218

Mr. Baker

$144,897

9

$14,944

4

$25,125

23

0

0

0

$738,039

A. P. Corsair

$95,843

9

$11,444

7

$32,929

22

0

0

0

$706,136

Sydneyrella

$102,645

1

$3,000

1

$10,000

26

0

0

0

$703,634

Tarpy's Goal

$74,510

16

$22,281

19

$42,737

Drover Crazy

$67,860

12

$13,000

15

$32,967

Cu Soonerthanlater

$47,769

3

$9,000

6

$40,500

$60,150

10

$7,610

10

$23,800

Aggiornamentos

$61,901

1

$5,000

2

$11,500

$489,448

Florida Sun

$85,808

2

$33,500

0

$473,157

Puntrooskie

$109,400

17

$16,412

28

$32,625

0

0

$428,337

Clever Royal

$52,306

2

$5,500

1

$8,000

1

0

$418,403

Mallard's Bro

$70,560

2

$3,850

2

$4,750

0

0

$404,534

Blonde On Blonde

$49,430

5

$31,900

Get Away Farm

$359,800

57

18

1

1

0

$377,942

Double Secret

$72,250

Sweet Return (GB) Elmaamul

Journeyman Stud

$367,192

31

11

0

0

0

$367,192

Sweet Abandon

$52,680

1

$10,000

Benny the Bull

Lucky Lionel

Winding Oaks

$343,171

26

12

1

1

0

$343,171

Joe Pike

$48,741

2

$7,382

Three Wonders

Storm Cat

Deceased

$339,644

32

13

0

0

0

$339,644

Trelawny

$61,010

Hear No Evil

Carson City

Journeyman Stud

$324,735

33

9

1

1

0

$324,735

Sing Praises

$68,030

1

$10,500

3

$10,000

Indy Wind

A.P. Indy

Journeyman Stud

$265,006

22

11

0

0

0

$307,003

Perfect Wind

$40,125

4

$6,875

1

$5,500

Yesbyjimminy

Yes It's True

Bridlewood Farm

$287,988

27

14

1

1

0

$293,576

Yes Mz Olga

$40,141

6

$16,467

6

$44,333

West Acre

Forty Niner

Deceased

$284,309

25

12

1

1

0

$284,309

Fifty Acres

$50,300

1

$12,000

4

$19,250

Proud Accolade

Yes It's True

1

$5,000

The Green Monkey Forestry

Deceased

$221,795

21

9

0

0

0

$230,056

Reynolds

$43,522

Hartley/DeRenzo

$219,937

17

9

0

0

0

$219,937

Kinz Funky Monkey

$63,200

Wagon Limit

Conquistador Cielo Bridlewood Farm

$213,576

12

6

1

1

0

$213,576

Gypsy Melody

$44,580

Unbridled Time

Unbridled's Song Signature Stallions

$206,384

17

11

0

0

0

$206,384

Time Has Come

$31,735

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Leading Florida 2nd Crop Sires The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing results updated through July 31, 2014. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.

TWO STEP SALSA Name

Sire Name

Farm Name

BENNY THE BULL

IN SUMMATION NA Stk Gr Earnings Strtrs Wnrs SW's Wins SW's

Earnings

Leading Earner

Leading Earnings

Yrlg Sold

Yrlg 2yo Avg Sold

2yo Avg

Two Step Salsa

Petionville

Get Away Farm

$1,034,022

37

18

1

1

1

$1,052,637

Dance With Fate

$524,800

11

$19,682

9

In Summation

Put It Back

Ocala Stud

$469,470

39

15

1

1

0

$473,157

Puntrooskie

$109,400

17

$16,412

28

$32,625

Benny the Bull

Lucky Lionel

Winding Oaks Farm $343,171

26

12

1

1

0

$343,171

Joe Pike

$48,741

2

$7,382

5

$31,900

Yesbyjimminy

Yes It's True

Bridlewood Farm

$287,988

27

14

1

1

0

$293,576

Yes Mz Olga

$40,141

6

$16,467

6

$44,333

Hello Broadway

Broken Vow

Ups and Downs Farm $121,308

6

5

0

0

0

$121,308

Tiz Showbiz

$34,715

1

$1,000

1

$14,000

Forty Grams

Distorted Humor

Northwest Stud

2

1

0

0

0

$89,145

World Gone Wright

$88,820

4

$2,925

3

$14,500

$89,145

$41,667

Flashstorm

Storm Cat

Northwest Stud

$86,979

7

4

0

0

0

$86,979

Flash Song

$31,942

8

$24,688

Silver Tree

Hennessy

Ocala Stud

$85,690

10

5

0

0

0

$85,690

Splendoronthegrass

$21,024

2

$10,000

1

$25,000

Rock Hampton

Storm Cat

Ric Deg Farm

$68,823

8

2

0

0

0

$68,823

Condestable

$37,466

4

$5,125

6

$9,917

Too Shy Will Fly

Wild Event

Dodie C. Duys

$21,309

1

1

0

0

0

$21,309

Shy's Aly

$21,309

Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’s Association •Lonny Powell – CEO, Executive Vice President •Brock Sheridan – Editor-in-Chief •Tammy Gantt – Membership Services, Events Director

Hialeah Park •R. Peter Aiello IV – Director of Simulcasting, Track Announcer •Scott Hinckley – Asst. Mutuel Manager

Gulfstream Park •Michael Costanzo – Claims Clerk •Peter Aiello IV – Track Announcer

Ocala Breeders’ Sales •Tom Ventura – President •Kevin Honig – Mutuels

Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park •Heather Belmonte – Executive Assistant

Tampa Bay Downs •Allison DeLuca – Racing Secretary •Doug Murray – TRPB Agent Trainer •Todd Pletcher

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Equine Care

A Persistant

EHV-1 Continues to Be a Challenge

By HEATHER SMITH THOMAS here are several types of equine herpesviruses.

Some are more damaging to the horse than others. Equine herpes virus 1 (EHV-1) can cause respiratory illness, abortion in pregnant mares, and on occasion a more severe (and sometimes fatal) illness involving the nervous system (neurologic herpes). Numerous strains of EHV-1 exist in nature.

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A number of studies have provided evidence that neurologic disease is more frequently associated with EHV-1 strains of a certain mutant genotype rather than the “wild” type of this virus. However, one survey has shown that 14% of all neurologic cases of the disease were associated with the “wild” strains. Historically the neurologic form was infrequent, but since 2000 there has been significant increase in the number of outbreaks, both in North America and in other parts of the world. Outbreaks in the U.S. have occurred at various racetracks and at other performance or show events where horses congregate from various areas.

Researchers are trying to learn more about the different genetic types of the virus that can cause this disease. Udeni Balasuriya BVSc, MS, PhD (Professor of Virology, Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky) has received funding for a research project to investigate the genetic diversity among EHV-1 isolates from outbreaks of neurologic disease.

With enough samples, he will be able to identify and compare viruses. This financial support enables him to test samples at no charge.

A protocol is available for sampling horses—with instructions on how best to collect samples and ship them to the laboratory, along with a summary of the horse’s case history. Veterinary charges to collect samples are reimbursed, and shipping costs paid, to encourage people to send samples. To evaluate the virus, Dr. Balasuriya wants to obtain samples from at least 3 or 4 major outbreaks. The purpose is to isolate the virus in the laboratory for further characterization of its genetic makeup.

“I don’t believe that a single mutation is the sole determinant of neurologic disease in horses. There is not enough evidence to support this theory. Studies have shown that in outbreaks there can be both genetic types (mutant and wild type). People tend to believe that a single nucleotide mutation is responsible for disease, but I strongly believe it is not,” says Balasuriya.

It has been known for many years that a certain percentage of neurologic cases are associated with the “wild” type. The laboratory at the Gluck Center

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Strain has also isolated EHV-1 of the mutant or neuropathologic type (some of which contain additional mutations) from horses that did not develop neurologic signs. The goal of this study is to clarify the relationship between neurologic disease and genetically specific strains of EHV-1, and determine if additional mutations in the virus genes influence the development of neurologic disease.

“To do this, we need the clinical samples with good case histories of the horses from which they are obtained.

We sometimes get samples, without any history. We need medical histories from both the initial case of neurologic disease and the immediate in-contact horses. The study currently lacks sufficient field samples to complete the study,” he says.

At this point he is frustrated by lack of samples to do the research. “For instance, there was a large outbreak in North Carolina that was highly publicized, but we were unable to obtain any samples during the outbreak.

Owners are sometimes reluctant to submit samples People tend to believe that a when neurologic outbreaks single nucleotide mutation is reare highly publicized by the sponsible for disease, but I enough samples to be signifimedia,” he says. cant. Then we can sequence His study aims to clarify strongly believe it is not. the whole genome of each the relationship between the —Udeni Balasuriya BVSc, MS, PhD (Professor of Virology, Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research virus isolate and see what it genetic type of the virus and Center, University of Kentucky tells us. There are two importhe frequency and severity of neurologic disease in horses, and identify additional tant things to bear in mind. One is that we need a good mutations that could be involved. “This information is clinical history on each horse or case. We can sequence critical, to enable us to design improved diagnostic as- the genome but we have to know how to tie this to the says, vaccines, and medications (for treating horses clinical picture. The second thing is that we have to look with the neurologic form of the disease) in the future,” at the whole genome, and not just a particular gene or says Balasuriya. Another goal is to generate panels of genes,” he explains.

“If we are provided appropriate samples we will extensively characterized virus isolates for further investigation which could help people to develop more send results directly to the submitting veterinarian within two working days,” he says. Free nasal swab effective control strategies for EHV-1.

The certain window of opportunity for obtaining the sampling kits are available upon request. All charges necessary samples is not year-round. Usually it is associated with sample collection and shipment will fall/winter when these outbreaks occur. “I need clinical be defrayed by Dr. Balasuriya. There is a sample subsamples (nasal swabs and blood samples in purple tubes mission form to be filled out with detailed case histosamples) from a couple of outbreaks—to provide ries. This is very important because there are many

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EHV-1 can cause neurologic disorders

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EHV-1 can lead to neonatal death

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kind of sample with that on a Q-tip, for instance?

The surface area and volume of material you collect is different. People need to pay attention to these kinds of details if they really want to get accurate results,” Balasuriya says.

The sample collection has to be done properly, in order to isolate the virus. “That’s what allows us to study the virus. Without live virus we cannot do much. To isolate the virus, the samples need to be collected properly and transported on ice to the laboratory. We already We want to look at some ge- have many archived samnetic factors in the horses. Not ples but the case histories other reasons that a all horses develop neurologic are very sketchy.” horse might show neuOther diseases and disease when exposed. rologic signs. It is improteins that might be in—Udeni Balasuriya portant to be able to volved need to be addifferentiate, and not just assume that it’s EHV-1. dressed. “We want to look at some genetic factors “People are interested in finding out how much in the horses. Not all horses develop neurologic virus is in a sample, but if they don’t collect the disease when exposed. There may be some gesamples in a consistent way, you cannot make a netic factors making some horses more suscepticomparison. Nasopharyngeal swabs are pre- ble to neurologic disease, whereas other horses are ferred, or nasal swabs at least 6 to 8 inches long. resistant. Many things need to be investigated,” How do you compare the amount of virus on that he says. ■

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Memory Lane Down

1971

D

Sapling Stakes, the Christiana Stakes and the Great American Stakes. Fred W. Hooper’s Susan’s Girl captured the Signature Stakes. Hooper’s Florida-bred Authorize became his 33rd stakes winner when he won the 1971 Fountain of Youth Stakes New stallions retiring to the Ocala/Marion County area included Alley Fighter and Distinctive. Alley Fighter (Rough’n Tumble – Crafty Donna, by Crafty Admiral) had won the Santa Anita Derby while being stakes-placed in the San Jacinto Stakes, San Felipe Stakes and Santa Catalina Stakes. He retired to stud at Shady Lane Farm with earnings of $152,840 Distinctive (Never Bend – Precious Lady, by Requested) won the Governor Nicolls Stakes, William du Pont Jr. Handicap, Gravesend Handicap and Rumson Handicap. The earner of $211,880 retired to stallion duty at Ocala Stud Tom and Betty Lavery relocated from Virginia to Ocala, establishing their Lavery Stables at the previous Stonybrook Farm in Fellowship. Stanley Hubbard purchased Grant A. Dorland’s Roseland Farm and renamed it North Star Ranch.

Norman Casse bought 200-acre Gateway Farm and changed its name to Cardinal Hill Farm Louis and Patrice Wolfson’s Ocala-based Harbor View Farm was the leading breeder in North America by earnings for the second straight year. Harbor View Farm runners posted earnings of $1,739,214, while the farm was also the leader by number of total wins (394) and total winners (163).

Harbor View Farm was represented by five Florida-bred stakes winners in 1971: Native Royalty, Sonny Says Quick, Lion Sleep, Sign of the Times and Whispering Palms. ■

Florida-bred Dr. Fager

FILE PHOTO

By JOANN GUIDRY r. Fager became the first Florida-bred inducted into the National Racing Museum’s Hall of Fame in 1971. Bred by Tartan Farms, Dr. Fager was a world record holder, multiple national champion and lifetime earner of $1,002,642 Raced by Tartan Stables, Dr. Fager notched 18 wins, two seconds and one third in 22 lifetime starts from 1966-68. Of those 18 wins, 16 were stakes victories. His wins included tallies in some of the most prestigious races in the country: the Cowdin Stakes, the Gotham Stakes, the Withers Stakes, the Vosburgh Handicap, the Suburban Handicap and the Whitney Stakes. Carrying 134 pounds, he set a world record of 1:32 1/5 for mile in the Washington Park Handicap Dr. Fager (Rough’n Tumble—Aspidistra, by Better Self) was the 1967 North American champion sprinter. In 1968, he was once again the champion sprinter as well as being named champion handicap horse and champion grass horse. Putting the package altogether, Dr. Fager was also named the 1968 North American Horse of the Year At the January Hialeah Sale of Florida-bred 2-year-olds in training, Fame and Power topped the vendue when he fetched $85,000. The colt by Bolinas Boy out of Neshanic, by *Princequillo, was bred and sold by Farnsworth Farms. Louisiana horseman Harvey Peltier bought the full brother to stakesplaced Famed Prince and half-brother to stakes winner Fusilier.

The $85,000 purchase price would prove to be the highest price paid for a juvenile at public auction for the year The Hialeah sale grossed $3,639,500 with an average of $14,500 Florida-breds were distinguishing themselves in stakes races at racetracks across the country. Forward Gal, the 1970 North American champion 2-year-old filly, swept to four stakes wins in the 1971 season: the Betsy Ross Handicap, the Comely Stakes, the Monmouth Oaks and the Gazelle Stakes. Office Queen, the 1970 North American champion 3year-old filly, also returned in fine form as a 4-year-old with a win in the Bed O’Roses Handicap Florida-bred Bold Reasoning won his seventh straight race with a tally in the Jersey Derby that season. Little did anyone know that six years later, Bold Reasoning would become the sire of a Triple Crown winner when Seattle Slew swept the series in 1977 In the juvenile ranks, Florida-breds Chevron Flight and Susan’s Girl were gaining attention. Chevron Flight won the

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

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

Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track Off ID Pos Race Name

Grade/ Value

Earngs

F

3

Istan

Aerocat

Hardacre Farm LLC

7/19/14

DMR 1

San Clemente H.

Good Lord

G

7

Greatness

Dowager Lady

Marilyn Fazo Seltzer

7/19/14

ELP

1

Don Bernhardt S.

East Hall

G

3

Graeme Hall

East Long Lake

Mary K. Haire

7/19/14

TDN

1

Ohio Derby

$300,000 $180,000

Enterprising

C

3

Elusive Quality

Indy Blaze

Glen Hill Farm

7/17/14

DMR 1

Oceanside S.

$116,700

$69,120

Sing Praises

C

2

Hear No Evil

Sacred Psalm

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

7/12/14

GP

1

Birdonthewire S.

$91,250

$58,710

Coco''s Wildcat

F

2

Wildcat Heir

Coco's for Real

Gilbert G. Campbell

7/12/14

GP

1

Cassidy S.

$77,750

$43,245

I''m Steppin'' It Up

R

6

Congrats

Cindy Woo Who

Thomas L Croley

7/5/14

DEL

1

Carl Hanford Memorial S.

$57,625

$37,500

C. Zee

C

3

Elusive Bluff

Diamondaire

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

7/5/14

GP

1

Cherokee Run S.

$90,000

$58,710

Mr. Baker

H

5

Imperialism

No More Tax

Get Away Farm

7/5/14

GP

1

Housebuster S.

$90,000

$59,640

Joe Pike

C

3

Benny the Bull

Allofeverything

Joanna Reisler

7/4/14

CMR

1

Copa Quatro de Julio S.

1/$25,098

$15,486

Bim Bam

H

7

Deputy Wild Cat

Laurel Light

J D Farms

7/2/14

MNR 1

Independence Day S.

$75,000

$45,150

Scatcapade

F

3

Scat Daddy

Concorde Escapade

Patricia Generazio

7/30/14

SAR

2

Coronation Cup S.

$100,000

$20,000

Joe Pike

C

3

Benny the Bull

Allofeverything

Joanna Reisler

7/27/14

CMR

2

Jose Celso Barbosa S.

1/$25,850

$5,500

Decisive Moment

H

6

With Distinction

Lady Samira

Just For Fun Stables

7/26/14

GP

2

Eight Miles East S.

$75,000

$14,400

Salamera

F

4

Successful Appeal Autumn Music

Tanourin Stable

7/26/14

MTH

2

Regret S.

$86,500

$15,000

C. Zee

C

3

Elusive Bluff

Diamondaire

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

7/26/14

SAR

2

Amsterdam S.

2/$200,000

$40,000

Choctaw Chuck

G

3

Bwana Charlie

Taylor's Choice

Virgilio Lopez

7/24/14

SAR

2

Quick Call S.

$100,000

$20,000

Great Attack

H

7

Greatness

Cat Attack

Edward Seltzer & Murray Durst

7/20/14

SAR

2

Lucky Coin S.

$100,000

$20,000

Private Money Game G

3

Congrats

Private Prom Party

Rapputi Stable LLC

7/19/14

NP

2

Count Lathum H.

$48,740

$10,000

Indian Splendor

F

4

Indian Ocean

Jeet

Paul R. and Mary Anne Denes

7/13/14

MTH

2

Klassy Briefcase S.

$64,800

$12,000

Naval Command

F

2

Midshipman

Lucky Flyer

Woodford Thoroughbreds

7/12/14

GP

2

Cassidy S.

$77,750

$13,950

Tightend Touchdown G

5

Pure Precision

Starry Mark

Chad Stewart & Laurie Stewart

7/12/14

PRX

2

Parx Dash H.

3/$200,000

$40,000

I''m the Lucky One C

3

Value Plus

Beautiful Caroline

Thomas L. Croley

7/10/14

DEL

2

Nick Shuk Memorial S.

$50,250

$10,000

Jo Jo''s Comet

G

4

Peace Rules

Cacoon

Barbara Rehbein

7/5/14

GP

2

Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint S. $75,000

$14,100

Nesso

F

3

Roman Ruler

Devotedness

Donald R. Dizney

7/5/14

GP

2

Cash Run S.

$75,000

$14,100

Grande Shores

H

6

Black Mambo

Sexy Stockings

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

7/5/14

GP

2

Housebuster S.

$90,000

$14,400

Speightsland

C

3

Speightstown

Pool Land

Eugene Melnyk

7/5/14

WO

2

Charlie Barley S.

$101,200

$20,000

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C. Zee/Cherokee Run S.

2/$201,750 $120,000 $50,000

$30,000

LESLIE MARTIN PHOTO

Enterprising/Oceanside S.

BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO

Istanford/San Clemente H. (G2)

BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO

Istanford

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

Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

continued

Track Off ID Pos Race Name

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Unhedged

F

4

Broken Vow

Smart Wildcat

Westbury Stables LLC & Alfonso Figliolia

7/1/14

WO

2

Sweet Briar Too S.

$115,000

$20,000

Bull Account

C

3

Benny the Bull

Take Into Account

Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson

7/27/14

CMR

3

Jose Celso Barbosa S.

1/$25,850

$2,750

Ribo Bobo

G

6

Louis Quatorze

Private Prom Party

Rapputi Stables LLC

7/27/14

MTH

3

Teddy Drone S.

$130,000

$10,000

Wildcat Red

C

3

D'wildcat

Racene

Moreau Bloodstock International Inc. & Winter Racing Enterprise 7/27/14

MTH

3

William Hill Haskl Inv.S. 1/$1,030,000 $100,000

Daring Kathy

F

3

Wildcat Heir

Dare to Mambo

John Eaton & Steve Laymon

7/23/14

SAR

3

Lake George S.

2/$200,000

$20,000

Spring Up

C

4

Spring At Last

Orma Giusta (BRZ)

Haras Santa Maria de Araras S. A.

7/20/14

DMR 3

Eddie Read S.

1/$300,250

$36,000

Disruption

G

4

Street Boss

Disrupt

Bridlewood Farm

7/20/14

EMD

3

Mt. Rainier H.

$50,000

$7,500

Discreetly Elusive

F

3

Discreet Cat

Pretty Elusive

E. Paul Robsham Stables LLC

7/20/14

MTH

3

Miss Woodford S.

$72,800

$7,000

Kings Over

G

5

Trippi

Mop Squeezer

Gary Aiken

7/19/14

GP

3

Skip Trial S.

$75,000

$3,638

Via Bendita

F

3

Borrego

Crystal Kris

Mat Monaco

7/18/14

NP

3

Northlands Oaks

$48,980

$5,000

Aquinnah

M

6

City Place

Oglala Sue

Anthony Lenci

7/13/14

MTH

3

Klassy Briefcase S.

$64,800

$6,000

I''m Venezuelan

G

2

War Chant

Attico

Orlyana Farm

7/12/14

GP

3

Birdonthewire S.

$91,250

$7,050

Miss Amalita

F

2

Pomeroy

Fort Carillon

Amalio Ruiz Lozano

7/12/14

GP

3

Cassidy S.

$77,750

$9,725

Cajun Breeze

H

6

Congrats

Cajun Dawn

Curtis G Mikkelsen & Patricia J Horth

7/5/14

GP

3

Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint S. $75,000

$7,050

Salamera

F

4

Successful Appeal Autumn Music

Tanourin Stable

7/5/14

GP

3

Pasaena S.

$75,000

$7,275

Florida Sun

F

3

Belgravia

Wildcat Widow

Richard V. Thompson & Linda J. Thompson

7/5/14

GP

3

Cash Run S.

$75,000

$7,050

Bahamian Squall

H

5

Gone West

Midway Squall

Donald R. Dizney

7/5/14

GP

3

Housebuster S.

$90,000

$7,200

Bodacious Barb

M

6

Agnes Gold (JPN) Fleeting Kiss

Susan S Stark

7/2/14

MNR 3

Firecracker S.

$75,000

$7,500

Youcan''tcatchme

M

5

The Daddy

7/1/14

WO

Sweet Briar Too S.

$115,000

$10,000

Poppy's Baby Girl (GB) Strouds Lane Farm

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Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Kingdom''s Crown

F

4

Wildcat Heir

Garopaba

The Big Stable

7/30/14

PID

1

$29,850

$18,000

Historical Fact

M

5

Seize the Day

Historical

Harry D. Burns

7/30/14

TDN

1

$22,500

$13,500

Takajo

G

4

Congrats

Ariel Rose

Rustlewood Farm Inc.

7/28/14

SAR

1

$102,000

$61,200

Brock N Rock

G

6

Gibson County

Glitterball

Michael Crowe & Judy Crowe

7/27/14

GF

1

$3,400

$1,870

Thinkinquality

G

4

Exclusive Quality

Thinkinoutofthebox

William G. Law

7/27/14

PID

1

$30,500

$18,000

Very Playful

M

5

Drewman

Very Laughable

Larry Foggle

7/25/14

MTH

1

$40,560

$22,800

The Pink Wildcat

F

3

Wildcat Heir

Lady in Pink

Winchester Baye Acres Inc.

7/24/14

BTP

1

$14,500

$8,990

My Diamond Gal

F

4

Concorde's Tune

Groom's Gal

Sara Zimmerman

7/23/14

SUF

1

$18,620

$11,400

Double Secret

F

3

Double Honor

Smart Secretary

Southern Cross Farm

7/21/14

PID

1

$32,160

$19,200

Vinny''s Wildcat

C

3

Wildcat Heir

B L's Vinnys Girl

Frank Bertolino

7/21/14

SUF

1

$18,620

$11,400

Amaicing Gerry

G

5

City Place

Yasou Doc's Angels

William L. Phillips III

7/21/14

SUF

1

$18,620

$11,400

La Torera

M

7

Great Pyramid (IRE)

Quaking Aspen (SAF)

William F. Murphy Annabel Murphy & Connie Scanlon

7/20/14

FAR

1

$2,700

$1,350

Distinctly Mine

F

4

With Distinction

Flying Blind

Emerald Pastures Corp.

7/19/14

MNR

1

$25,300

$15,433

Valery Stripe

F

2

Cool Coal Man

Shegoestoeleven

Bridle Oaks Farm Inc.

7/18/14

CMR

1

$9,425

$6,212

Checkered Cab

G

4

Double Honor

Glory City

Jennifer Hayford

7/18/14

GPR

1

$3,136

$1,716

Gallopin Greatness

G

4

Greatness

Galloping Dancer

Benchmark Racing Stable LLC

7/17/14

CT

1

$28,300

$16,800

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Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Vince''s Valentina

F

3

Grand Slam

Nuestra Star

Farm II Enterprises LLC and Off The Hook Partners LLC

7/16/14

SUF

1

$18,620

$11,400

Beau Gris

G

8

Diligence

Vienna Dawn

Eason Thoroughbreds LLC

7/13/14

GPR

1

$3,135

$1,716

Two Term Leader

G

4

Political Force

Four Plus Four

Glen Hill Farm

7/13/14

MNR

1

$28,400

$17,892

Monaguska

M

5

Yonaguska

Monaroll

A. Delaperriere Stables LLC

7/12/14

PRX

1

$50,100

$27,000

Bellamy Storm

G

4

Bellamy Road

Relentless Storm

Kinsman Farm

7/12/14

SUF

1

$18,620

$11,400

Ciaran''s Prize

F

3

Yes It's True

Think Fast

John B. Penn

7/11/14

CBY

1

$30,040

$17,100

Voodoo Tales

F

4

Tale of the Cat

Coverly

Farnsworth Stables LLC

7/10/14

BEL

1

$77,000

$46,200

Flash Glory

G

3

Flashstorm

Back to Glory

The Big Stable

7/9/14

SUF

1

$18,620

$11,400

Talent N Passion

F

4

City Place

Anythingispossible

Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds Charlie Dobbs & Frank Berris

7/9/14

SUF

1

$18,620

$11,400

J''s Two Step Halo

F

3

Two Step Salsa

J's Happy Halo

Janis Maitlen

7/8/14

PID

1

$29,900

$18,000

Bold Tango

G

5

Boastful

Dance for Leoni

Bryan R. Baker

7/5/14

CT

1

$28,100

$16,800

Choctaw Chuck

G

3

Bwana Charlie

Taylor's Choice

Virgilio Lopez

7/3/14

PID

1

$37,430

$22,200

Dawn''s Song

M

8

Unbridled Time

American Dawn

Betty King

7/2/14

CMR

1

$6,885

$3,993

Star Harbour

H

6

Indian Charlie

Snug Harbour

Peter Vegso & Anne Vegso

7/2/14

MNR

1

$37,100

$22,631

All About Yasom

G

4

Max's Pal

Cosmic Fusion

Shirley LePage

7/2/14

SUF

1

$18,620

$11,400

Choral Society

G

5

Holy Bull

Star Singer

Mayo West Farm & Liam Benson

7/1/14

PRX

1

$30,000

$18,000

Ant Hill

G

4

Indy Wind

Marabunta

John Elder

5/12/14

SUF

1

$18,620

$11,400

Paltarrevenge

G

4

Milwaukee Brew

Bang Up Play

Harold J. Plumley

7/30/14

PID

2

$31,200

$6,400

One Golden Road

G

5

Sabre d'Argent

It's the Cats Meow

Joseph J. DiGrazia & Thomas J. DiGrazia

7/27/14

MTH

2

$39,800

$8,000

Special Dinner

G

4

Formal Dinner

Kris' Special Kay

Lloyd W. Lockhart

7/26/14

SUF

2

$18,620

$3,800

French Quarter

G

3

Shakespeare

Cent Nouvelles

Kathleen A. Taylor

7/26/14

WO

2

$69,979

$11,720

Tamazula

F

3

Two Step Salsa

Sleeping Bird

Get Away Farm

7/24/14

AP

2

$31,000

$6,200

Seventh Son

G

6

Closing Argument

Abduckted

Jim Patten

7/23/14

PID

2

$33,900

$6,000

Green Money

F

4

The Green Monkey

Take Into Account

Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson

7/21/14

CMR

2

$12,150

$2,430

Cement Clement

G

3

Limehouse

Gouge

Mr. & Mrs. John A. DeVault III

7/21/14

DEL

2

$37,750

$7,400

Xtra Luck

G

3

Exchange Rate

Miu Miu

Haras Santa Maria de Araras S.A.

7/19/14

ELP

2

$27,941

$3,400

Kingdom''s Crown

F

4

Wildcat Heir

Garopaba

The Big Stable

7/17/14

PID

2

$30,400

$6,400

Lintlaw

G

3

Rockport Harbor

Sarcasm

Amy Dunne

7/16/14

NP

2

$17,848

$3,680

Darn Proud

M

7

Proud and True

Lady Lisa

Linda Robson

7/14/14

SUF

2

$18,620

$3,800

Behind Closeddoors

F

4

Yes It's True

Mystery Dance

Susan Kahn

7/13/14

FMT

2

$14,000

$2,764

Act of Madness

G

4

Act of Duty

Touch of Madness

Gilbert G. Campbell

7/13/14

MNR

2

$28,400

$5,680

Peace At Last

C

4

Peace Rules

Funky Fraulein

John David Zuidema Jr.

7/13/14

TDN

2

$21,000

$4,200

Stephanies Wildcat

F

3

D'wildcat

Kisses Included

Rick Sutherland

7/12/14

LS

2

$21,000

$4,080

Babe''s Ruler

F

3

Roman Ruler

Leo's Gypsy Dancer

Bryan Hicks

7/12/14

WO

2

$73,064

$18,752

Cutty Shark

G

3

Old Fashioned

A Sea Trippi

Bridlewood Farm

7/11/14

CT

2

$27,200

$4,050

Fantastical

G

6

Indian Ocean

Dixie Image

Bridlewood Farm

7/11/14

EVD

2

$29,000

$5,000

House Money

F

3

Wildcat Heir

Betty's Courage

Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung

7/8/14

PRX

2

$45,000

$9,000

Sleipnir''s Rule

G

4

Peace Rules

Timely Tina

H & E Ranch

7/6/14

CPW

2

$3,050

$762

Drama Coach

C

4

Montbrook

Nancy's Glitter

Cashel Stud Inc.

7/5/14

AP

2

$34,000

$6,800

Cuckoo Charlie

G

5

Indian Ocean

Cuckoo Sue

Carol Kemp

7/5/14

CT

2

$28,100

$4,200

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Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

Darkness Love

G

6

Alke

Top Tigress

Tim Stewart

7/5/14

LS

2

$21,000

$4,080

Valdina Saint

G

4

Tiz Wonderful

Witchful Saint

Hickstead Farm

7/4/14

LS

2

$22,000

$4,380

Runs With Bulls

G

5

Flashy Bull

For All Who Dream

Rosebrook Farms LLC

7/3/14

LS

2

$21,000

$4,180

Green Money

F

4

The Green Monkey

Take Into Account

Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson

7/2/14

CMR

2

$6,885

$1,377

Double Secret

F

3

Double Honor

Smart Secretary

Southern Cross Farm

7/2/14

PID

2

$37,030

$7,400

Mangrove Pond

G

7

Forest Wildcat

Stars in Your Eyes

Eugene Melnyk

7/2/14

SUF

2

$18,620

$3,800

Darn Proud

M

7

Proud and True

Lady Lisa

Linda Robson

7/30/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

Model Citizen

G

4

Cowtown Cat

Leggy Super Model

Philip Matthews & Karen Matthews

7/27/14

CBY

3

$36,100

$3,135

Good Time Seth

G

3

Graeme Hall

Thunder Wonder

Tim James Mawhinney & Karen Faye Mawhinney

7/25/14

ARP

3

$12,500

$1,250

Conquest Whiplash

F

3

Hear No Evil

Saint Sammi

Chris J Gabel

7/25/14

WO

3

$61,340

$6,446

To It and From It

M

5

Simon Pure

Clown Factor

Holly D''Abate

7/23/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

Dawn''s Song

M

8

Unbridled Time

American Dawn

Betty King

7/21/14

CMR

3

$12,150

$1,215

Trip Six

G

8

Devil His Due

Chichi Dancer

Silverleaf Farms Inc

7/21/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

Rapid Mizz

F

4

Mizzen Mast

Crispy Lights

Hannahill Farm

7/19/14

GF

3

$3,400

$408

Step Brother

H

5

Spanish Steps

Marquet Niche

Lucy Edwards & Randell Edwards

7/19/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

My Myrina

F

3

War Chant

Second Pres

Sara Yutani & Fred Yutani

7/17/14

LAD

3

$20,500

$2,255

Wide Eyed Wonder

F

4

Tiz Wonderful

Holy Manda

LeAnne M. Robbins

7/17/14

PID

3

$30,400

$3,200

Thinkinquality

G

4

Exclusive Quality

Thinkinoutofthebox

William G. Law

7/16/14

PID

3

$37,100

$2,250

Gallop Girl

M

6

Wildcat Heir

Gemley

Wildcat Heir Syndicate & Top Turf Stables

7/16/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

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Off Pos

Grade/ Value

Earngs

7/16/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

Ann Lorenson Lynch

7/14/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

Bang Up Play

Harold J. Plumley

7/13/14

PID

3

$37,440

$3,200

Belgravia

No On Saturday

The Big Stable

7/13/14

TDN

3

$21,000

$2,100

5

Alphabet Soup

Peppermint Bay

Kenneth E. Proctor & Barbara Proctor

7/13/14

WYO

3

$6,500

$650

M

5

Indian Ocean

Doc's Honey

Dr. & Mrs. James Gamble

7/12/14

PRX

3

$50,100

$4,950

My Diamond Gal

F

4

Concorde's Tune

Groom's Gal

Sara Zimmerman

7/9/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

Carters Gap

G

4

Freud

Catchy Patton

Eugene Melnyk

7/9/14

TDN

3

$21,000

$2,100

Chevron Light

C

4

Colony Light

Nickel Beauty

J D Farms

7/6/14

GP

3

$25,000

$3,000

Bull Account

C

3

Benny the Bull

Take Into Account

Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson

7/5/14

CMR

3

$9,089

$1,033

Tamazula

F

3

Two Step Salsa

Sleeping Bird

Get Away Farm

7/4/14

AP

3

$34,000

$3,400

Grave

G

4

Belgravia

Queen Bailey

Cheryl Hurn

5/12/14

SUF

3

$18,620

$1,900

Horse Name Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Proud Ink

F

4

Proud Accolade

Hannah's Ink

William Cauchi

Souparion

F

4

Alphabet Soup

Arion

Paltarrevenge

G

4

Milwaukee Brew

Belgravia''s Hope

C

3

Alphabets Tuff Gal

M

Brush Creek Honey

Date

■FLORIDA-BRED FINISHERS—MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Win/Place/Show Grade/ Value

Earngs

1

$30,267

$17,100

DMR

1

$76,750

$45,000

7/26/14

GP

1

$36,800

$23,200

A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara Vanlangendonck

7/26/14

GP

1

$41,600

$26,500

Gattina Bella

Herman Wilensky

7/26/14

GP

1

$43,000

$26,500

Any Given Saturday

Fast Profit

Harold J. Plumley

7/26/14

HP

1

$12,200

$5,800

2

Langfuhr

Snappy Tune

Maxxam Alliance

7/25/14

GP

1

$43,000

$26,500

G

3

Congrats

Tartan Tigress

James K McFadyen Kenneth F Bailey & Edward H Molstad

7/24/14

CBY

1

$27,000

$16,200

Gottcha Bob

C

2

Gottcha Gold

Rose Bay

Ocala Stud

7/24/14

CT

1

$26,200

$15,600

Jackie’s Daughter

F

3

Pulpit

Supah Jackie

Bryan Hicks & Melodee Hicks

7/24/14

IND

1

$32,000

$19,200

Kicking Kitty

F

3

Northern Afleet

Yes I'm a Lady

Kitty Cheeks

7/24/14

PID

1

$29,780

$17,400

Rising Tigress

F

4

Indian Ocean

My Daddy's Noactor

Judy Beaumont

7/21/14

SUF

1

$17,640

$10,800

Guarimbero

C

3

In Summation

Z Gal

Beth Bayer

7/20/14

GP

1

$36,000

$22,200

Jaiden’s Best

G

2

Wildcat Heir

Truly the Best

Gilbert G. Campbell

7/20/14

GP

1

$46,600

$31,500

Indian Rain Dance

G

4

Indian Ocean

Full of Dance

Michael Mandara & Deeana Mandara

7/20/14

SAR

1

$83,000

$49,800

Blisstering Strike

F

3

Curlin

Brief Bliss

Sally Andersen

7/19/14

PEN

1

$28,500

$17,100

Johnnie O

M

6

Holy Ground

Other

John O. Sutton

7/19/14

SUF

1

$17,640

$10,800

Amazing Summation F

2

In Summation

Amazer

Ocala Stud

7/18/14

CT

1

$26,400

$15,600

Tsunami Night

G

2

Zanjero

Thruforthenight

Rolling Meadows Farm Millenium Farms & Winchell Thoroughbre

7/18/14

SAC

1

$27,809

$15,650

Set of J’s

C

3

Wildcat Heir

Twisted Truth

Brent Fernung & Crystal Fernung

7/17/14

IND

1

$32,000

$19,200

Too Fast

G

4

Cherokee Run

Think Fast

John B. Penn

7/15/14

MNR

1

$19,400

$12,610

Free Flowing

G

4

Safe in the U S A

Clever Rhapsody

Bruno Schickedanz

7/14/14

SUF

1

$17,640

$10,800

Niconellie

G

2

West Acre

Barnie Fife

Gilbert G. Campbell

7/13/14

GP

1

$48,000

$31,500

Corner the Market

F

3

With Distinction

Legacy's Silver

Kelly Warhurst

7/13/14

GP

1

$34,800

$22,200

Horse Name Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Bonnie K

F

2

Majestic Warrior

Royal Confection

Elizabeth P. Whelan David J. Whelan Teresa Murphy & Steve Mur

7/30/14

PEN

Grachus the Hunter

G

3

Rock Hard Ten

Back to Earth

Farnsworth Stables LLC

7/26/14

Master Blender

C

4

Pomeroy

P. J.'s Eskimo

H & A Stables LLC & Annie D. Scott

Katie’s Kiss

F

2

Kantharos

Sydney's Kiss

What’s Up Kiddo

F

2

Exclusive Quality

Profitsharon

F

4

Smart as a Fawkes

C

Blue Bomber

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Earngs

1

$48,000

$31,500

MTH

1

$38,200

$22,800

7/11/14

IND

1

$32,000

$19,200

Bridlewood Farm

7/10/14

DEL

1

$35,750

$21,000

Twilight Service

Vegso Racing Stable

7/10/14

DEL

1

$37,000

$21,000

Express Tour

Return of Mom

Karen Silva

7/10/14

PID

1

$28,925

$17,400

2

Pomeroy

Ashlee's Lady

Jean White & Brambly Lane Farm

7/9/14

IND

1

$32,000

$19,200

G

4

Formal Dinner

Kris' Special Kay

Lloyd W. Lockhart

7/9/14

SUF

1

$17,640

$10,800

Dancing Vision

F

3

Pollard's Vision

Mystery Dance

Susan Kahn

7/8/14

FP

1

$11,210

$5,700

Haines City

F

4

City Place

Hold Your Place

Hartley De Renzo Thoroughbreds

7/8/14

MNR

1

$19,400

$11,446

Delightful Liz

F

3

Limehouse

Song and Delight

Tax-Free Strategies LLC FBO Craig L. Wheeler

7/7/14

DEL

1

$37,125

$21,000

McQ

C

3

Wildcat Heir

Ashlee's Lady

Brambly Lane Farm & Steve Dwoskin

7/6/14

AP

1

$34,000

$20,400

Fierce Tide

C

2

Shakespeare

Silk Ridge

Hi-Tide Farm LLC

7/6/14

GP

1

$45,900

$31,500

Crux

G

3

Congrats

Keep Me Straight

Cheryl A. Curtin

7/5/14

LRC

1

$43,508

$25,200

Gourmet Delight

C

3

Gottcha Gold

Western Tornado

Ocala Stud

7/5/14

MTH

1

$36,620

$20,520

Mr Lightning Boy

C

2

Discreetly Mine

Unhurried

Vegso Racing Stable

7/3/14

AP

1

$34,000

$20,400

Twenty Six Acts

F

3

Strong Contender

Cat Dancer

Glen Hill Farm

7/3/14

LRC

1

$42,250

$25,200

Cooper’s Crescent

C

2

R. Cooper

Exempt

Briar Lane Farm

7/30/14

PID

2

$28,910

$5,800

Rivery Hall

R

3

Graeme Hall

Rivery

Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson

7/29/14

FP

2

$8,320

$1,600

Horse Name Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Like a Queen

F

2

Corinthian

Arcanum

Lambholm

7/12/14

GP

Hazel Eyed Girl

F

2

Wildcat Heir

Sicilian Soul

Red Oak Stable

7/12/14

Quality Moment

F

4

Exclusive Quality

Present Moment

Alan Parker & Janet W. Hoke DVM

Gulf Coast Breeze

F

4

Stormy Atlantic

Quicaria

Cleveland Sound

C

2

More Than Ready

Maximum Express

G

3

Gotta Get Paid

C

Special Dinner

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Earngs

2

$12,200

$2,200

MTH

2

$36,120

$7,200

7/26/14

WYO

2

$4,000

$800

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

7/25/14

GP

2

$43,000

$8,960

Yeah Me

Robert A. Murphy & Dr. Sandy Price-Murphy

7/24/14

LAD

2

$22,760

$4,000

Da Stoops

Geeze Louise

Lonnie Stokes

7/24/14

PID

2

$29,780

$5,800

2

Yesbyjimminy

Lerma

Bridlewood Farm

7/23/14

IND

2

$32,000

$6,400

C

3

Keyed Entry

Mighty Patriot

Lori A. Smock

7/23/14

PID

2

$28,275

$5,800

Elevensixtyseven

M

6

Mr. Livingston

Spiritofthevalley

Ronnie Louchart

7/21/14

MNR

2

$19,400

$3,880

Don Lupe

C

2

Bluegrass Cat

Contractual

Glen Hill Farm

7/21/14

PRX

2

$45,000

$8,800

Secret Feather

G

3

Montbrook

Classic Feather

Maurice Miller LLC

7/20/14

BTP

2

$13,000

$2,600

Invite Only

C

2

High Cotton

Valid Invitation

Ocala Stud

7/20/14

CBY

2

$27,000

$5,400

Boyfriend’s Back

G

4

Put It Back

Mill Waki's Best

Maurice Miller LLC

7/20/14

GP

2

$36,000

$7,500

Big N Toasty

F

3

Brother Derek

Key Lime Secret

Alan Parker & Janet W. Hoke DVM

7/20/14

MTH

2

$36,120

$7,200

Comet Sixty Two

F

3

Stroll

Romance Dance

Ken Meeker & Phillip Cooper

7/19/14

AP

2

$34,020

$6,800

Awesome Madam

F

2

Awesome of Course

Diablo's Madam

Louie Rogers Thoroughbreds LLC

7/19/14

CBY

2

$27,000

$5,400

Kantune

C

2

Kantharos

Our Tune

Susan Kahn

7/19/14

DMR

2

$76,250

$15,000

Leap Year Luck

F

2

Hear No Evil

Lucky of Course

Jacks or Better Farm Inc.

7/19/14

GP

2

$37,400

$8,600

It’s Easy to Say

F

3

Yesbyjimminy

She Too

Thomas Bosch & Jean M. Bosch

7/19/14

PEN

2

$28,500

$5,700

Tigger’s Gold

F

4

Sabre d'Argent

Thisgatosnoactor

Judy Beaumont

7/19/14

SUF

2

$17,640

$3,600

Tiz Awesome

G

3

Tiz Wonderful

Northern Vacation

Carolin von Rosenberg & Mike Yovankin

7/18/14

NP

2

$19,807

$3,460

Magsamelia

F

3

Mineshaft

Rare Elegance

Marion G. Montanari

7/18/14

SAR

2

$83,000

$16,600

M G Junior

C

3

Alajwad

Love Attraction

Lou Gurino

7/18/14

TDN

2

$19,500

$3,900

Dodge City Kitty

F

3

Cowtown Cat

Goodbye Beautiful

Ponder Hill Inc.

7/17/14

PRM

2

$38,019

$5,940

Brooks Gift

F

3

Montbrook

Connie's Charmer

Freddie Hyatt

7/16/14

MNR

2

$19,400

$3,880

Felicidades

F

3

Congrats

Hondo Creek

Geoff Roy

7/16/14

TDN

2

$19,500

$3,900

Amigo

C

3

Hard Spun

Dat You Miz Blue

Arindel Farm LLC

7/15/14

PID

2

$34,120

$5,800

Cooper’s Crescent

C

2

R. Cooper

Exempt

Briar Lane Farm

7/14/14

PID

2

$29,110

$5,800

Smoltz

C

2

Montbrook

Digital Delight

Grantland J. Johnson & Gary Caple

7/13/14

GP

2

$48,000

$8,600

Deputy Dia

G

4

Seeking the Dia

Sarah's Wish

Peacock Ridge

7/13/14

RUI

2

$7,600

$1,672

Back to Seattle

C

3

Put It Back

Seemein Seattle

Mary George

7/12/14

GP

2

$31,200

$7,500

Frosty Girl

F

2

Saint Anddan

Snow Sprite

Dennis Johnson

7/12/14

GP

2

$38,100

$8,600

What’s Up Kiddo

F

2

Exclusive Quality

Gattina Bella

Herman Wilensky

7/12/14

GP

2

$48,000

$8,600

Lucky Bella

F

2

A. P. Warrior

Zulmin

Edwin T. Broome

7/12/14

MTH

2

$38,200

$8,000

Firespike

C

2

Flower Alley

Fairy Valley

Carlos Rafael Michael Bossio & Cherie Abner

7/11/14

ELP

2

$25,250

$3,200

Sweetjiminycricket

G

3

Sweet Return (GB)

Precious Platinum

Thomas O’Neil

7/9/14

SUF

2

$17,640

$3,600

Benny Is a Jet

G

3

Benny the Bull

Ashley and I

Mary Jean Bonfili

7/6/14

AP

2

$34,000

$6,800

Dream Police

R

2

Wildcat Heir

Powerful Package

Angela M Ingenito

7/6/14

LRC

2

$43,006

$8,400

Evelyn’s Dream

F

2

Graeme Hall

Dreaminadream

Sunshine Thoroughbred Corp.

7/5/14

GP

2

$37,400

$8,600

Profitsharon

F

4

Any Given Saturday

Fast Profit

Harold J. Plumley

7/5/14

HP

2

$11,220

$2,200

Horse Name Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Misery’s Joke

F

3

It's No Joke

Bob's Prima Donna

Ernesto Leon Scarpetta

7/26/14

HP

Candy Man Can

G

3

Lemon Drop Kid

Snow Cone

Live Oak Stud

7/26/14

Count On Ben

H

7

Sligo Bay (IRE)

Valid Symmetry

Adena Springs

B. F. Forever

C

2

Awesome of Course

Go Girlfriend Go

Yes

F

3

In Summation

Goin With the Flo

F

3

Codasco

C

Cumberland Gap

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Earngs

2

$36,620

$7,200

IND

2

$32,000

$6,400

7/1/14

PID

2

$33,250

$7,000

Geoff Roy

7/30/14

TDN

3

$19,500

$1,950

Bronx Cheer

Lori A. Smock

7/28/14

MNR

3

$19,400

$1,940

Benny the Bull

Ashley and I

Mary Jean Bonfili

7/27/14

AP

3

$31,000

$3,100

2

Hal's Image

Good Dancing

Rose Family Stables LTD

7/26/14

GP

3

$41,600

$4,300

F

2

Imperialism

Blue Flash

Shadybrook Farm Inc. & William Lussky

7/26/14

GP

3

$43,000

$4,300

Fruit Ludt

C

3

Congrats

Weight No More

Milan Kosanavich & Machmer Hall

7/26/14

MTH

3

$38,900

$4,000

Whitcomb Hill

C

2

Saint Anddan

Harliday

NTS Stable Inc.

7/25/14

GP

3

$43,000

$4,300

Indian Rocket

F

2

Indian Charlie

Yellow Heat

E Paul Robsham Stable LLC

7/25/14

SR

3

$29,242

$4,106

Bonita Luna

F

4

Graeme Hall

Story of Glory

Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd H. Carnes

7/25/14

WO

3

$56,972

$6,149

Polished Degree

C

3

Congrats

Polished Trick

Four Horsemen’s Ranch

7/23/14

PID

3

$28,275

$2,900

Nopalito

C

2

Two Step Salsa

Haut Monde

Get Away Farm

7/20/14

AP

3

$42,160

$3,400

Five Wars

G

3

War Chant

Glittering Georgia

Robert L. Pastor & Linda S. Pastor

7/20/14

GP

3

$36,000

$3,600

Royal Grant

C

2

Line of David

Agnes Rose

Woodford Thoroughbreds

7/20/14

GP

3

$46,600

$3,940

Lacey the Spartan

F

3

Benny the Bull

Interesting

Greg James

7/20/14

MNR

3

$19,400

$1,940

Calculator

C

2

In Summation

Back to Basics

Ocala Stud

7/19/14

DMR

3

$76,250

$9,000

Diamond Appeal

G

6

Diplomatic Jet

Native Appeal

George T. Gurrola

7/19/14

TDN

3

$19,500

$1,950

General Keon

G

3

Zanjero

Sweet Tart

Murray Stroud

7/19/14

WO

3

$58,876

$6,149

The Comish

C

2

In Summation

Pentelicus Gold

Ocala Stud

7/18/14

MTH

3

$49,200

$4,000

Erdenet

G

6

Pomeroy

Going Away Blues

David Wylie Perkins

7/17/14

CT

3

$26,100

$2,600

Slap Shot

G

3

Spring At Last

Melo Note

Lonnie Stokes

7/15/14

MNR

3

$19,400

$1,940

Video Mov

C

2

High Cotton

Betsy Blue

Michael T. Beach

7/13/14

GP

3

$48,000

$4,300

Sophia’s Pride

F

3

Pleasant Tap

Sophia's Reward

Just for Fun Stable

7/13/14

GP

3

$34,800

$3,600

Strategikon

C

3

Langfuhr

Lokoya Red

Ascendant Farms LLC

7/12/14

DEL

3

$35,875

$3,850

Siccar

F

2

Graeme Hall

Gladstonia

Tanourin Stable

7/12/14

GP

3

$38,100

$4,300

Scintillant

F

2

Wildcat Heir

Street Dancing

Tanourin Stable

7/12/14

GP

3

$48,000

$4,300

Dancing My Way

F

2

Wildcat Heir

Clever Me

Lambholm & Ella Felcher

7/12/14

MTH

3

$38,200

$4,000

Absolutely Classy

F

2

High Cotton

Moss Bluff

Ocala Stud

7/10/14

AP

3

$38,200

$3,400

Our Carly

F

2

Value Plus

Run Carly Run

John Patitucci

7/9/14

DEL

3

$40,500

$3,850

Kicking Kitty

F

3

Northern Afleet

Yes I'm a Lady

Kitty Cheeks

7/8/14

PID

3

$28,275

$2,900

Chispi Affair

F

3

D'wildcat

Dotted Line

Edward Poremba & Hannah Poremba

7/7/14

DEL

3

$37,125

$3,850

Boss Man

G

4

English Channel

Jenny Joy

Kinsman Farm

7/6/14

BEL

3

$75,000

$7,500

Five Gears

G

4

With Distinction

Sea West

Michelle L. Redding

7/6/14

GP

3

$30,600

$3,600

Negrito

G

3

Wildcat Heir

White Ruffle

Jacarie Farm

7/6/14

MTH

3

$39,600

$4,000

Dona Flor

F

3

Dynaformer

Quite a Bride

Haras Santa Maria de Araras S.A.

7/5/14

GP

3

$30,000

$2,700

Summer Break

F

3

Marcavelly

Pure Malt

Zayat Stables LLC

7/4/14

PRX

3

$45,000

$4,840

Evolution

C

2

Speightstown

Exit to Heaven

Baccari Bloodstock Chester Prince & Dr. Carolin von Rosenburg

7/2/14

BEL

3

$75,000

$7,500

Tiz Awesome

G

3

Tiz Wonderful

Northern Vacation

Carolin von Rosenberg & Mike Yovankin

7/1/14

NP

3

$16,462

$1,660

Horse Name Sex Age Sire

Dam

Breeder

Date

Track ID

Summation Time

C

3

In Summation

Load Up

Oakleaf Farm

7/5/14

MTH

Jackie’s Daughter

F

3

Pulpit

Supah Jackie

Bryan Hicks & Melodee Hicks

7/4/14

Amigo

C

3

Hard Spun

Dat You Miz Blue

Arindel Farm LLC

Felicidades

F

3

Congrats

Hondo Creek

Bronx City Boy

C

3

Indian Ocean

Benny Is a Jet

G

3

Jamie’s Dancer

F

Hot Flash

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FARM MANAGEMENT

How Does the Farm Stack-up, Environmentally Speaking?

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ello to all. It’s discussed often that horse farms can cause water quality problems through various management practices, but I’ve never given

by Jamie Cohen, Farm Outreach a “checklist” for a farm to determine how the farm stacks Coordinator up, environmentally speaking, regarding BMP usage. The FDEP Small Scale Horse Operations Manual, dep.state.fl.us/water/nonpoint/docs/nonpoint/SmScaleHorseOps.pdf, has a great overview evaluation that farms can use to help get ideas about how well the farm stacks up concerning ideal BMP usage. The basic topics cover manure management and storage, pasture management, erosion control and storm water control from roofs and other structures.

First, making an aerial sketch of the farm to get an idea where barns/homes, roads, water bodies, paddocks, well location, etc., are in relation to one another may be helpful and is suggested. Next, write down where the manure storage is (or spread) and what parts of the farm are on a slope/hill. From there, ask yourself: 1. Is any manure storage in an acceptable location (at least 100 feet from water bodies/wells)?

2. Is manure on an impervious surface (concrete, compacted clay/lime rock), away from flooding areas, water bodies and hilly areas?

3. Is piled manure disposed of at least every three months, never exceeding 200 cubic yards?

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

5. Is manure not spread on hilly areas that exceed an 8% slope?

6. If composting on the farm, is it being done correctly and in compost bins?

7. If not composting in bins, are the piles on an impervious surface, covered and not near water bodies?

8. Regarding pastures, is there enough acreage to comfortably accommodate all animals so that grass can remain healthy and strong? (1 horse per 1.5 – 5 acres) 9. If the numbers of horses are high/acreage, are the pastures being carefully managed as to allow grass to maintain at least 3” in height?

10. Is pasture grass never mowed lower than 5”?

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11. Are the horses being removed from the pasture when the grass is 3 or fewer inches?

12. Are pastures being soil-tested before fertilization, or at least every 2 – 3 years?

13. If there are limited grazing areas, is there a pasture rotation process in place to maintain the pastures throughout the year? If not, is there a sacrifice area for the horses and/or is supplemental hay being provided to help maintain grass height?

14. Are manure piles picked out of pastures, or are piles being dragged routinely?

15. Whether using manure or commercial fertilizer, is the application never being done just prior to an expected heavy rain?

16. If erosion is a problem on the farm, are those areas receiving extra care to address/fix the issues?

17. Are filter strips made of grass/shrubs placed around water bodies and wash racks to help control run off in these areas?

18. Are gutters on the barns and homes, or are shrubs and other things planted to help take up excess storm water?

19. Are pesticides not used at all or being used and stored correctly?

This list will give you a good general overview of things to consider to determine how environmentally friendly the farm and its management practices are for the water and land. The goal is to answer “YES” to as many questions as possible, or as applicable to the farm. If you get a score of 10 or under, then the farm needs to adopt some improved management practices to stay within legislation. Please remember that each of these areas, if not properly managed, can cause excess nutrients to impact ground and surface waters, meaning the more careful we all are, the more we all help keep our industry and passion strong. As always, keep up the good management practices. ■ Jamie A. Cohen 352-671-8792 Farm Outreach Coordinator UF/IFAS Extension, Marion County jamiecohen@ufl.edu

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CATON’S CALL

Sun and Spa

by Caton Bredar

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here’s a theory—yet unproven by any scientific studies—that athletes who train in tropical climates have a competitive edge when returning to action in more “normal” climate conditions. The body’s intake of fluids – so the theory goes, combines with the efficiency needed to stay cool, to create a stronger, more highly functioning, better performer.

Or maybe, at least when it comes to horse racing, there’s just something in the Florida water.

Whatever the case, Florida horses have more than held their own now and in years past at the mecca of East Coast summer racing that is Saratoga. Still, the wagering public hasn’t seemed to catch on. Led most recently by the front running victory of Averill Racing and Silver Oak Stable’s R Free Roll in the Grade 2 HRTV Honorable Miss Stakes—joining C.C.’s Pal as the second Florida-bred filly to win the race in the past three years—a strong contingent of South Florida horses have already shipped up and shown up in graded stakes races at the Spa, largely out running their odds.

For the connections of R Free Roll, it was a rare venture outside of Florida with the 4-year-old, only the second time the daughter of Rockport Harbor had raced outside the Sunshine State. At post time, the second longest price on the board took no prisoners, going straight to the front on the sloppy going, leading each step of the way and ultimately stopping the clock in 1:10.12 a length-and-a quarter in front of her nearest rival.

The win was the first graded stakes victory for the filly and the first at Saratoga for trainer Danny Gargan, who had received her just a few weeks earlier from Florida-based Kirk Ziadie. Quick to credit both Ziadie and owner/breeder Richard Averill for the conditioning of the filly and the selection of the spot, Gargan sounded optimistic about the future should R Free Roll return to New York.

“It’s obviously up to the owners where the next game is,” Gargan said from the winner’s circle. “The way she ran with this bunch…I don’t think they were catching her late.”

Florida horses have more than held their own now and in years past at the mecca of East Coast summer racing that is Saratoga

74 THE FLORIDA HORSE • SEPTEMBER 2014

That Florida horses consistently “over” perform at Saratoga is a point not wasted on many Florida horsemen. When Fred Brei of Jacks or Better Farm sent his homebred C. Zee up to trainer Nick Zito for the Grade 2 Amsterdam the second weekend of the meet, it was continuation of a pattern he fashioned early on alternating stock between Stanley Gold in Florida and Hall of Famer Zito—a pattern that has served him well in the past with horses like Jackson Bend. The plan almost worked to perfection; sent off as one of the longer shots in the field, the son of Elusive Bluff came up just a couple lengths shy of Coup de Grace for a more than respectable second place finish.

And then there’s Little Alexis, who, while not a Florida-bred, is most certainly a Florida horse now.

Owned by Priscilla Vaccarezza and Little Dreams Racing, the filly who gave Carlo Vaccarezza his first win as a trainer was developed, trained and raced exclusively in Florida. Sent up from Gulfstream to Donna Green at Saratoga for the Grade 1 Test, the filly entered the starting gate undefeated in two prior starts.

What she lacked in experience, she made up for in tenacity; the lightly raced miss encountered some traffic issues yet rallied strongly to come up just a nose shy of runner-up Miss Behavior, a length-and-a-nose shy of now multiple Grade 1 winner Sweet Reason, at odds of 25-1.

It would be difficult to say whether it’s the breeding, the training in the heat, the limestone of Marion County or perhaps a combination of all factors— that now, and in years past has contributed to the success of Florida horses at Saratoga. Still, whatever the magical combination, horseplayers would be wise to start adding a little sunshine to their spa treatments—something horsemen have known for years. ■ Caton Bredar is a freelance writer, producer and reporter. She appears frequently on HRTV, the Network for Horse Sports, and is a weekly contributor to SIRIUS/XM Radio's "Down the Stretch". She has also appeared on various horse racing broadcasts for ESPN, ABC, CBS, FOX and the World Feed for the Dubai World Cup.

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