Xpressbet Breeders` Cup Sprint

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SPRINT DIVISION
Xpressbet breeders’ cup sprINt
xpressbet breeders’ Cup sprINt (Gr. I)
30th Running
Santa Anita Park
$1,500,000 Guaranteed
FOr tHree-YeAr-OLds & upWArd
sIx FurLONGs
Northern Hemisphere Three-Year-Olds, 124 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs.; Southern Hemisphere Three-Year-Olds, 122 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs. All Fillies and Mares
allowed 3 lbs. Guaranteed $1,500,000 purse including travel awards, of which 55% of all monies to the owner of the winner, 18% to second, 10% to third,
6% to fourth and 3% to fifth; plus travel awards to starters not based in California.
The maximum number of starters for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint will be limited to fourteen (14). If more than fourteen (14) horses pre-enter, selection will
be determined by a combination of Breeders’ Cup Challenge winners, Graded Stakes Dirt points and the Breeders’ Cup Racing Secretaries and Directors
panel. Please refer to the 2013 Breeders’ Cup World Championships Horsemen’s Information Guide (available upon request) for more information.
Nominated Horses
Pre-Entry Fee:
Entry Fee:
1% of purse
1% of purse
To Be Run Saturday, November 2, 2013
Pre-Entries Close Monday, October 21, 2013
breeders’ Cup racing Office
Santa Anita Park
285 W. Huntington Dr.
Arcadia, CA 91007
Phone: (859) 514-9422
Fax: (859) 514-9432
E-mail: [email protected]
Pre-entries for the Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1)
Horse
Owner
Bahamian Squall
Donald R. Dizney
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Gone West - Midway Squall by Storm Bird - Bred in Florida by Donald R. Dizney
Capo Bastone
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners
Ch.c.3 Street Boss - Fight to Love by Fit to Fight - Bred in Kentucky by H.Sexton, S.Sexton,T.Bozarth &Silver Fern
Fast Bullet
Zayat Stables, LLC
Ch.h.5 Speightstown - Renfro Valley Star by Dayjur - Bred in Kentucky by Roy Gottlieb
Gentlemen's Bet
Harry T. Rosenblum
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Half Ours - Lady of Sun by Gentlemen (ARG) - Bred in Florida by Juvenal Diaz
Justin Phillip
Zayat Stables, LLC
Dk B/ Br.h.5 First Samurai - Ava Knowsthecode by Cryptoclearance - Bred in Kentucky by Oakbrook Farm
Laugh Track
Gary Barber & WinStar Farm, LLC
B.c.4 Distorted Humor - Flaming Heart by Touch Gold - Bred in Kentucky by WinStar Farm, LLC
Majestic Stride
Edward J. Brown Jr., Alan Klein & Phillip Lebherz
B.g.4 Trippi - Great Looking Miss by Great Above - Bred in Florida by Harold J. Plumley
Points Offthebench
Donnie Crevier & Charles V. Martin
Dk B/ Br.g.4 Benchmark - Mo Chuisle by Free House - Bred in California by Gary Rocks
Private Zone
Good Friends Stable
B.g.4 Macho Uno - Auburn Beauty by Siphon (BRZ) - Bred in Ontario by Adena Springs
Reneesgotzip
Lanni Family Trust
Ch.f.4 City Zip - No Dress Code by Distorted Humor - Bred in Kentucky by John Liviakis
Secret Circle
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman
B.c.4 Eddington - Ragtime Hope by Dixieland Band - Bred in Kentucky by Willmott Stables
Sum of the Parts
Klaravich Stables, Inc. & William Lawrence
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Speightstown - Enjoy the Moment by Slew's Royalty - Bred in Kentucky by Farfellow Farms Ltd.
Trainer
David Fawkes
Todd A. Pletcher
D. Wayne Lukas
Ron Moquett
Steven M. Asmussen
Mark E. Casse
Jeff Bonde
Tim Yakteen
Doug O'Neill
Peter Miller
Bob Baffert
Thomas M. Amoss
The Lumber Guy
Barry K. Schwartz
Michael E. Hushion
Gr/ro.c.4 Grand Slam - Boltono by Unbridled's Song - Bred in New York by Stonewall Farm
Trinniberg
Sherry Parbhoo
Shivananda Parbhoo
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Teuflesberg - Bella Dorato by Goldminers Gold - Bred in Kentucky by J M Stables, Inc.
Wine Police
J. Kirk and Judy Robison
Henry Dominguez
Ch.g.5 Speightstown - Deputy Cures Blues by War Deputy - Bred in Kentucky by John Mulholland & Martha Jane Mulholland
HIstOrY OF tHe breeders’ Cup sprINt
date
track
Winner
Jockey
Odds
to $1
Margin
Nov. 10, 1984
Nov. 2, 1985
Nov. 1, 1986
Nov. 21, 1987
Nov. 5, 1988
Nov. 4, 1989
Oct. 27, 1990
Nov. 2, 1991
Oct. 31, 1992
Nov. 6, 1993
Nov. 5, 1994
Oct. 28, 1995
Oct. 26, 1996
Nov. 8, 1997
Nov. 7, 1998
Nov. 6, 1999
Nov. 4, 2000
Oct. 27, 2001
Oct. 26, 2002
Oct. 25, 2003
Oct. 30, 2004
Oct. 29, 2005
Nov. 4, 2006
Oct. 27, 2007
Oct. 25, 2008
Nov. 7, 2009
Nov. 6, 2010
Nov. 5, 2011
Nov. 3, 2012
Hollywood Park
Aqueduct Racetrack
Santa Anita Park
Hollywood Park
Churchill Downs
Gulfstream Park
Belmont Park
Churchill Downs
Gulfstream Park
Santa Anita Park
Churchill Downs
Belmont Park
Woodbine
Hollywood Park
Churchill Downs
Gulfstream Park
Churchill Downs
Belmont Park
Arlington Park
Santa Anita Park
Lone Star Park
Belmont Park
Churchill Downs
Monmouth Park
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park
Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs
Santa Anita
eillo
precisionist
smile
Very subtle
Gulch
dancing spree
safely Kept
sheikh Albadou (Gb)
thirty slews
Cardmania
Cherokee run
desert stormer
Lit de Justice
elmhurst
reraise
Artax
Kona Gold
squirtle squirt
Orientate
Cajun beat
speightstown
silver train
thor’s echo
Midnight Lute
Midnight Lute
dancing In silks
big drama
Amazombie
trinniberg
Craig Perret
Chris McCarron
Jacinto Vasquez
Patrick Valenzuela
Angel Cordero Jr.
Angel Cordero Jr.
Craig Perret
Pat Eddery
Eddie Delahoussaye
Eddie Delahoussaye
Mike Smith
Kent Desormeaux
Corey Nakatani
Corey Nakatani
Corey Nakatani
Jorge Chavez
Alex Solis
Jerry Bailey
Jerry Bailey
Cornelio Velasquez
John Velazquez
Edgar Prado
Corey Nakatani
Garrett Gomez
Garrett Gomez
Joel Rosario
Eibar Coa
Mike Smith
Willie Martinez
1.30
3.40
11.00
16.40
5.80-a
16.60
12.20
26.30
18.70
5.30
2.80
14.50-f
4.00
16.60
3.80
3.70
1.70
9.60
2.70
22.80
3.70
11.90
15.60
2.50
2.70
25.30
5.20
7.90
13.70
nose
3/4 length
1 1/4 lengths
4 lengths
3/4 length
neck
neck
3 lengths
neck
neck
head
neck
1 1/4 lengths
1/2 length
2 lengths
1/2 length
1 1/2 lengths
1/2 length
1/2 length
2 1/4 lengths
1 1/4 lengths
head
4 lengths
4 3/4 lengths
1 3/4 lengths
nose
1 1/2 lengthc
Neck
3/4 lengths
a — Gulch coupled with High Brite
f — field entry
Winner’s
post position
No. of
starters
5
2
1
11
10
2
4
9
8
5
11
4
5
5
3
5
10
3
10
11
2
3
1
2
4
6
1
7
9
11
14
9
13
13
13
14
11
14
14
14
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
11
14
10
9
9
12
9
14
Year
1984 (track fast)
1985 (track fast)
1986 (track fast)
1987 (track fast)
1988 (track sloppy)
1989 (track fast)
1990 (track fast)
1991 (track fast)
1992 (track fast)
1993 (track fast)
1994 (track fast)
1995 (track muddy)
1996 (track fast)
1997 (track fast)
1998 (track fast)
1999 (track fast)
2000 (track fast)
2001 (track fast)
2002 (track fast)
2003 (track fast)
2004 (track fast)
2005 (track fast)
2006 (track fast)
2007 (sloppy-sealed)
2008 (track fast)
2009 (track fast)
2010 (track firm)
2011 (track fast)
2012 (track fast)
Fastest winning time:
1:07.77 — Kona Gold (2000)
1/4
:22 2/5
:22
:21 1/5
:21 1/5
:21
:21 4/5
:21 4/5
:21
:21 3/5
:21
:21 1/5
:21 3/5
:21 3/5
:21 2/5
:21
:22.04
:20.82
:22.45
:21.53
:21.02
:21.23
:22.01
:21.55
:21 2/5
:21.28
:21 4/5
:21.34
:21.12
:21.41
FrACtIONs (6 Furlongs)
1/2
5/8
:45 3/5
:44 4/5
:43 3/5
:44
:44 1/5
:44
:44 2/5
:44 2/5
:43 3/5
:43 4/5
:44 3/5
:44 2/5
:44
:43 4/5
:44 1/5
:44.16
:43.56
:44.75
:43.91
:43.32
:43.47
:44.56
:44.40
:44
:43.85
:44 1/5
:44.55
:44.41
:43.73
slowest winning time:
1:10 2/5 — Gulch (1988)
:57 1/5
:55 4/5
:55 4/5
:56 2/5
:55 3/5
:56
:56 3/5
:56 2/5
:56 1/5
:55 3/5
:56 1/5
:55.83
:55.39
:56.30
:56.09
:55.07
:55.56
:56.65
:56.24
:55 4/5
3/4
1:10 1/5
1:08 2/5
1:08 2/5
1:08 4/5
1:10 2/5
1:09
1:09 3/5
1:09 1/5
1:08 1/5
1:08 3/5
1:09 2/5
1:09
1:08 3/5
1:08
1:09
1:07.98
1:07.77
1:08.41
1:08.89
1:07.95
1:08.11
1:08.86
1:08.80
1:09
1:07
1:08
1:09.05
1:09.17
1:07.98
Largest winning margin:
4 3/4 lengths — Midnight Lute (2007)
(track record)
(1:09 2/5)
(1:08 1/5)
(1:07 3/5)
(1:08 2/5)
(1:08 3/5)
(1:07 4/5)
(1:07 4/5)
(1:08 3/5)
(1:07 4/5)
(1:07 1/5)
(1:08 3/5)
(1:07 4/5)
(1:08 3/5)
(1:07 4/5)
(1:08 3/5)
(1:07.80)
(1:08.60)
(1:07.66)
(1:08.00)
(1:07.20)
(1:07.82)
(1:07.66)
(1:07.59)
(1:07 2/5)
(1:06 3/5)
(1:06 3/5)
(1:07.55)
(1:07.55)
(1:06.98)
smallest winning margin:
nose — Eillo (1984)
nose — Dancing in Silks (2009)
performance of Favorites
Finish
Year
Horse
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Eillo
Mt. Livermore*
Groovy
Groovy
Mining
Sewickley
Dayjur
Housebuster
Rubiano
Birdonthewire
Cherokee Run
Not Surprising
Lit de Justice
Men’s Exclusive
Affirmed Success
Forestry
Kona Gold
Kona Gold
Orientate
Aldebaran
Midas Eyes
Lost in the Fog
Henny Hughes
Midnight Lute
Street Boss
Zensational
Girolamo
Jackson Bend
Amazombie
*Best finish in a coupled entry
Won
3rd
4th
2nd
10th
5th
2nd
9th
3rd
11th
Won
4th
Won
6th
6th
4th
Won
7th
Won
6th
10th
7th
14th
Won
3rd
5th
11th
3rd
8th
Odds to $1
1.30
e-3.00
.40
.80
1.70
3.80
2.40
.40
2.10
3.20
2.80
3.30
4.00
3.40
2.50
3.70
1.70
3.50
2.70
2.10
3.60
.70
1.60
2.50
2:10
1.80
4.10
2.80
3.50
Year
Winner
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Eillo
Precisionist
Smile
Very Subtle
Gulch
Dancing Spree
Safely Kept
Sheikh Albadou (GB)
Thirty Slews
Cardmania
Cherokee Run
Desert Stormer
Lit de Justice
Elmhurst
Reraise
Artax
Kona Gold
Squirtle Squirt
Orientate
Cajun Beat
Speightstown
Silver Train
Thor’s Echo
Midnight Lute
Midnight Lute
Dancing In Silks
Big Drama
Amazombie
Trinniberg
status of Winners
status
Deceased
Deceased
Deceased
Deceased
Stud, Lane’s End Farm, Ky.
Broodmare, Manor Stud, England
Broodmare, Lakland Farm, Ky.
Deceased
Retired, Privately Owned, Ca.
Retired, Tehachapi Ranch, Ca.
Pensioned, Darley, Ky.
Broodmare, Claiborne Farm, Ky.
Stud, Magali Farm, Ca.
Retired, Evergreen Farm, Ky.
Retired, Privately Owned, Va.
Stud, Diamond G Ranch, Okla.
Deceased
Stud, Iburi Stallion Station, Japan
Stud, Gainesway Farm, Ky.
Retired, Padua Farm, Fla.
Stud, WinStar Farm, Ky.
Stud, Vinery, Ky.
Retired
Stud, Hill ‘n’ Dale, Lexington, Ky.
Stud, Hill ‘n’ Dale, Lexington, Ky.
Retired
Retired
Retired
Still in Training
Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint
BAHAMIAN SQUALL e
126
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Gone West - Midway Squall by Storm Bird
Bred in Florida by DONALD R. DIZNEY (Apr 11, 2009)
28Sep13 Bel7
04Aug13 Sar9
06Jul13 Crc9
08Jun13 Crc11
09Feb13 GP9
19Jan13 GP8
02Dec12 GP8
10Nov12 Crc10
20Oct12 Crc11
09Jun12 Crc9
Workout(s):
Stk - VsbrghIvG1 - 400k 78-103 3 5
ft
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ft
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ft
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Stk - SmlSprtHG2 - 350k 99-112 7 1
ft
6f¾^ :21¿¼ :44¿½ 1:10¸¾ 3g
Stk - PoncheH - 75k 100-108 2 5
Stk - GpSprtChG3 - 150k 117-114 6 2
ft
7fº^ :22¹» :44½¶ 1:21¾º 4g
sys
6f¶^ :22¶» :45¹¸ 1:10¸½ 4g lStk - SunMilSprn - 150k 106-110 7 5
ft
7f¼^ :22½½ :45¹½ 1:21¶¸ 3g lStk - SunshineSt - 100k 71-117 3 6
ft
6f¾^ :21»^ :44¾¼ 1:10½¹ 3g lStk - JDudlySprH - 125k 114-116 8 2
ft
5K»» :22º¶ :45º¾ 1:04¹¿ 3g
Aoc 25000nw2/x-N 80-108 2 5
Stk - Unbridled - 75k 74-99 2 5
ft
6f¾» :22^^ :45»¹ 1:10»¿ 3
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12 Oct 13 GP 4F ft :48.3b 12/72
e Breeders' Cup Challenge Automatic Qualifier
Owner: DONALD R. DIZNEY
Trainer: DAVID FAWKES
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22 Sep 13 GP 4F ft :47.1b 2/103
6 1 2 1
$343,310
2013:
8 3 3 0
$160,670
2012:
14 4 5 1
$503,980
Life:
Turf:
0 0 0 0
$0
Course:
0 0 0 0
$0
Off Dirt:
1 0 1 0
$30,000
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JustinPhillip118¸ BahamianSquall119¨µ Gentlemen'sBet 116¨µ alt crs 1/16,hard drve 5
BahamianSquall118¶£ Trinniberg 123¨© JacksonBend120¨µ
3 wide,edged away 12
BlackDiamondCat117¶£ CloseItOut119¡ GrandeShores 113¨µ
inside,weakened 8
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dueled,yielded late
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5-6wd late bid
BahamianSquall114¹¡ FortLoudon120¶ CloseItOut123¶£
inside bid,drove clear
CloseItOut116¨µ BahamianSquall 115¸¢ BullDozer 119¶¢ 4w bid1/4,clear,caught
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chased,gaining
FortLoudon 122¹£ BahamianSquall117¸¢ Angelofdistinction119¶¡ stumbled,bumped start
14 Sep 13 GP 4F ft :47.1b 4/107
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GONE WEST,
b, 1984
BAHAMIAN SQUALL
dkb/br, c
April 11, 2009
MIDWAY
SQUALL,
dkb/br, 1991
Raise a Native, 1961
4s, SW, $45,955
Mr. Prospector, 1970
838 f, 78 SW, 2.34 AEI
14s, SW, $112,171
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI Gold Digger, 1962
35s, SW, $127,255
12 f, 7 r, 7 w, 3 SW
Secretariat, 1970
21s, SW, $1,316,808
Secrettame, 1978
653 f, 57 SW, 2.95 AEI
10s, SW, $101,598
Tamerett, 1962
15 f, 12 r, 10 w, 2 SW
35s, wnr, $25,415
8 f, 6 r, 6 w, 5 SW
Northern Dancer, 1961
18s, SW, $580,647
Storm Bird, 1978
636 f, 147 SW, 5.10 AEI
6s, SW, $162,869
South Ocean, 1967
681 f, 63 SW, 2.27 AEI
22s, SW, $70,147
12 f, 9 r, 9 w, 4 SW
Best Turn, 1966
28s, SW, $270,339
Oh So Precious, 1984
335 f, 35 SW, 2.78 AEI
21s, SW, $135,048
Amathea, 1974
5 f, 4 r, 3 w
37s, SW, $105,802
14 f, 12 r, 9 w, 2 SW
Native Dancer
Raise You
Nashua
Sequence
Bold Ruler
Somethingroyal
Tim Tam
Mixed Marriage
Nearctic
Natalma
New Providence
Shining Sun
Turn-to
Sweet Clementine
Iron Ruler
Julchen
BAHAMIAN SQUALL'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3
8
3(1)
3(2)
0
$160,670
at 4
6
1(1)
2(2)
1(1)
$343,310
Lifetime
14
4(2)
5(4)
1(1)
$503,980
Sire: GONE WEST, b, 1984-2009. Raced 2 yrs, 17 sts, 6 wins, $682,251. Won Dwyer S (gr. I), Gotham
S (gr. II), Withers S (gr. II); 2nd Wood Memorial Invitational S (gr. I), Peter Pan S (gr. II), Hutcheson
S (gr. III); 3rd Fountain of Youth S (gr. II).
Lifetime: 22 crops, 1,263 foals, 1,020 rnrs (81%), 691 wnrs (55%), 206 2yo wnrs (16%), 101 sw
(8%), 1.81 AEI, 2.49 CI, 513 sale yrlgs, avg $290,446, 6.2 TNA.
In 2013: 3 sw
1st dam: Midway Squall, dkb/br, 1991. Bred by Fawn Leap Farm (Ky.). Unraced. Dam of 15 named
foals, 13 rnrs, 12 wnrs, 3 sw. ($50,000, 1994 keenov; $100,000, 1997 keejan, Carson City).
1995: Barren.
1996: Storm'n Eddy, b c, by Woodman. Raced 4 yrs, 22 sts, 2 wins, $108,890. ($150,000 ftsaug
yrlg).
1997: SQUALL CITY, b f, by Carson City. Raced 3 yrs, 10 sts, 4 wins, $173,190. Won La Habra S
(T); 3rd Corona H. Dam of 8 foals, 7 rnrs, 4 wnrs, 2 sw, including LADY CHACE ($252,225),
VINDY CITY ($151,465), Big Tiz ($239,650). ($280,000 keesep yrlg).
1998: Juniper Springs, gr/ro f, by Wekiva Springs. Raced 3 yrs, 15 sts, 1 win, $56,620.
1999: Daisy French, b f, by Wild Again. Unraced. Dam of 5 foals, 5 rnrs, 3 wnrs, including Singer
Island ($54,657).
2000: Itchetucknee, b c, by Carson City. Raced 3 yrs, 21 sts, 2 wins, $28,453. Sire.
2001: Barren.
2002: British Attitude, dkb/br c, by Broad Brush. Raced 5 yrs, 34 sts, 5 wins, $183,583. 2nd Lola
Bella S, Beau Genius H (T). Sent to Ven 2011.
2003: Spring Is Here, b f, by Gulch. Raced 3 yrs, 14 sts, 1 win, $43,290. Dam of 2 foals, 1 rnr, 1
wnr. ($175,000 easmay 2yo).
2004: Acadia Breeze, b f, by Royal Academy. Raced 3 yrs, 17 sts, 4 wins, $152,066. 3rd Hot
Milk S (R).
2005: Engadin, b g, by Thunder Gulch. Raced 5 yrs, 59 sts, 4 wins, $53,258.
2006: Ameriheart, b c, by Lion Heart. Raced 3 yrs, 19 sts, 3 wins, $32,754.
2007: APRIORITY, b c, by Grand Slam. Raced 4 yrs, 28 sts, 5 wins, $477,433. Won Mr. Prospector
S (gr. III); 2nd Carter H (gr. I), Churchill Downs S (gr. II), Count Fleet H (gr. III), Sunshine Millions
Sprint S (R); 3rd Potrero Grande S (gr. II).
2008: Timuquana, b f, by Smart Strike. Raced 2 yrs, 8 sts, 0 wins, $35,039.
2009: BAHAMIAN SQUALL, dkb/br c, by Gone West.
At 3: Won Sunshine State S (R); 2nd Unbridled S, Jack Dudley Sprint H (R).
At 4: Won Smile Sprint H (gr. II); 2nd Alfred G. Vanderbilt H (gr. I), Sunshine Millions Sprint S
(R); 3rd Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship S (gr. III).
2010: Belvin, b c, by Empire Maker. Raced 2 yrs, 7 sts, 1 win, $64,761.
2011: Barren.
2012: Sierra Squall, b f, by Grand Slam. ($250,000 keesep yrlg).
2013: B f, by First Dude.
Inbreeding: 4SX5D Native Dancer.
Nicking: GONE WEST w/STORM BIRD mares: 17 foals, 13 strs, 10 wnrs (59%), 4 2yo wnrs
(24%), 4 SW (24%), 2 GSW (12%)
Broodmare sire: STORM BIRD, b, 1978-2004. Sire of 367 dams of 2,522 foals, 1,938 rnrs (77%),
1,372 wnrs (54%), 388 2yo wnrs (15%), 1.55 AEI, 1.41 CI; 165 sw.
2nd dam: OH SO PRECIOUS, dkb/br, 1984-1998. Bred by Creekviewal Corporation (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs,
21 sts, 4 wins, $135,048. Won Jersey Belle S; 2nd Comely S (gr. III), Bay Meadows Debutante S.
Granddam of SQUALL CITY, Lord of the Track.
Breeder/Owner
Donald R. Dizney ... Born: Pensacola, Fla. ... Residence: Palm Beach,
Fla. ... Family: wife Irene, children Danielle, Deirdre and David, and nine
grandchildren ... Education: Distinguished alumnus of Eastern Kentucky
University. While attending EKU, he was first introduced to racing by
taking day trips to Keeneland.
Breedersʼ Cup Record
Starts 1st
2nd
3
0
0
2005
2010
2011
3rd
0
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Sprint
Earnings
$0
Diamond Omi
First Dude
Apriority
10th
8th
6th
Quick facts about Donald R. Dizney:
• Dizneyʼs homebred Bahamian Squall earned his way into the 2013
Sprint with a victory in the Breedersʼ Cup “Win and Youʼre Inʼ Smile
Sprint Handicap (G2) at Calder, defeating 2012 Sprint champion
Trinniberg in the process. It was first stakes win for the son of Gone
West, who next out ran a very strong second at Saratoga in the Alfred
G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) for trainer David Fawkes....Bahamian
Squall was on tap to contest the Vosburgh (G1) on Oct. 5 and Dizney
planned to make the trip to New York to watch him run.
• Dizney has had three previous Breedersʼ Cup starters, with Apriority,
who is still in training with Fawkes, running sixth in the 2011 Sprint,
First Dude finishing eighth in the 2010 Classic, and Diamond Omni
winding up 10th in the 2005 Juvenile Fillies.
• Dizney serves as chairman of the board of Orlando-based United
Medical Corporation, which owns and operates a chain of acute care
and psychiatric hospitals in the Southeastern United States and the
Caribbean … He also is chairman of PremierCare, a company that
provides specialized care to the senior population ... He and his wife,
Irene, in 1996 established the Donald R. Dizney chair in Addiction
Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine ... Also
serves as an international chairman for The Haggai Institute, which is
dedicated to training Christian leadership throughout the world.
• In addition to being a member and steward of The Jockey Club,
Dizney is on the board of trustees of the Thoroughbred Owners and
Breeders Association and is a past president and current board
member of the Florida Thoroughbred Breedersʼ and Ownersʼ
Association, past president of the Florida Horse Council and past
board member of Breedersʼ Cup ...While serving on the board of the
FTBOA, often as president, he was instrumental in the passage of
legislation to allow Sunday racing and the minors bill. He aided in
laying the ground work for inter-track-wagering and in the creation of
the Florida-bred stakes program.
• Raised in a military family, he moved with his family to Lynch, Ky.,
where he captained the Lynch High School football team to a state
championship ... He was in the Churchill Downs infield when Carry
Back won the 1961 Kentucky Derby with his patented
come-from-far-back run and decided he would like to own a
Thoroughbred someday.
• Dizneyʼs passion for sports included ownership interests in USFL
Tampa Bay Bandits, USFL Orlando Renegades and AFL Orlando
Predators … Dizney recruited and hired now-famous ESPN football
analyst Lee Corso as his coach for the Orlando Renegades … Served
as president of the University of Florida Gators Boosters during
2006-07, at which time they were national champions in both football
and basketball. As a longtime Bull Gator, Dizney is now a Legacy
Director for the University of Florida …The lacrosse facility at the
University of Florida is named Donald R. Dizney Stadium.
• Dizney bred and owned First Dude, who finished 8th in the 2010
Classic and won the 2011 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) and Alysheba S.
(G3). First Dude also finished second in the 2010 Preakness and
Pennsylvania Derby (G2) and third in four Grade 1 events: the
Belmont Stakes, Haskell Invitational, Travers Stakes, and Toyota
Bluegrass Stakes.... First Dude came out of the Gold Cup with a
strained tendon and was retired to stud at Dizneyʼs Double Diamond
Farm in Florida ... Dizney pledged 1 percent of First Dudeʼs graded
stakes earnings to equine research at the Grayson-Jockey Club
Research Foundation. “I believe strongly in the work of the
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and am glad to support it
in this way,” he said. Dizney named First Dude for 2008 Republican
vice presidential candidate Sarah Palinʼs husband, Todd, who called
himself the First Dude while Palin was governor of Alaska ... First
Dudeʼs first foal, born in 2013, is a filly and she is a half-sister to
Broken Vow. “His foals look very good and his first crop will be going
to the sales soon,” said Roger Brand, general manager of the farm.
“He covered 134 mares in his first crop and 150 in his second.”
• Dizney purchased his first horse in 1983, the same year he opened
550-acre Double Diamond Farm near Ocala, Fla... He owns a
broodmare band of about 38 … Son David is president of Double
Diamond, and son-in-law Roger Brand is its vice president and general
manager.
• Double Diamond currently stands First Dude and American Spirit,
while millionaire and multiple graded stakes winner Wekiva Springs
was pensioned in 2013. Belmont Stakes winner Sarava, now enjoying
retired life at Old Friends in Kentucky, once stood there … Northern
Afleet, sire of 2005 Preakness and Belmont winner Afleet Alex, who
now stands at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky, was once a stallion at the
farm. Double Diamond previously also stood Runaway Groom, winner
of the Travers and sire of Breedersʼ Cup Sprint winner Cherokee Run
and Wekiva Springs … One of Dizneyʼs earliest equine buys was
Jetting Angel. She produced Wekiva Springs... Double Diamond bred
the colt Distinction, by Seattle Slew out of Omi, who became the
highest-priced Florida-bred yearling when he sold for $4.2 million at
the 2000 Saratoga yearling sale.
• Other top horses racing in Dizneyʼs red, white and blue diamond colors
have been graded stakes winners Semoran, Joint Effort, Diamond
Omi, Anet and homebred Century Park. Semoran was his only
Kentucky Derby starter (1996) ... Racing stable currently has 27
Thoroughbreds in training coast to coast with conditioners who include
Bob Baffert, Chad Brown, Bill Mott, David Fawkes, Bill White and Mike
Machowsky.
Trainer
David Fawkes ... Born: Oct. 3, 1959, Aurora, Ill. ... Residence: Davie,
Fla. ... Family: wife Celia, daughter Natalie.
Starts 1st
2nd
3
0
0
2010
2011
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
3rd
0
Earnings
$1,080,000
Big Drama
Apriority
Big Drama
1st
6th
7th
Quick facts about David Fawkes:
• Fawkes made a winning debut at the 2010 Breedersʼ Cup when the
4-year-old Big Drama went gate to wire to capture the Sprint. It also
was the first Breedersʼ Cup triumph for jockey Eibar Coa and
owner-breeder Harold Queen. Big Drama would go on to be voted the
champion sprinter and Fawkes collected the horseʼs Eclipse Award,
also his first. “That was really neat,” he said. “How often do you get
that opportunity?”
• Fawkes has another big shot at the brass ring in 2013 and said heʼs
excited about possibly repeating in the Sprint, this time with Donald
Dizneyʼs Bahamian Squall, who defeated defending Sprint champion
Trinniberg in the Smile Sprint Handicap (G2) at Calder Race Course
on July 6... Bahamian Squall came back one month later to be second
despite a troubled trip in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt (G1) at Saratoga and
observers considered that effort to be even better than his Calder win.
“Heʼs even sharper now than he was before he won the Smile or ran in
the Vanderbilt,” Fawkes said in mid-September.
• The game plan for bringing Bahamian Squall up to the Sprint will
almost mirror the successful one Fawkes employed for Big Drama
when he won in 2010. Bahamian Squall was on track to compete in
the Vosburgh (G1) on Oct. 5 at Belmont Park. Big Drama was second
in the Vanderbilt and the Forego (G1) at Saratoga after winning the
Smile.
• Big Drama came back to defend his title in the 2011 Sprint, and
Fawkes also ran Donald Dizneyʼs Apriority in the same event. Big
Drama, who finished seventh, was retired after the race with earnings
of $2,746,000 from 11 wins in 19 starts. He currently stands at
Woodford Stallions at Stonewall Farm in Florida and his first foals hit
the ground this year. “They are beautiful. Everyone is raving about
them,” Fawkes said.... Apriority, who won the Mr. Prospector Stakes
(G3) at Gulfstream after running sixth in the 2011 Sprint, is still in
training with Fawkes as a 6-year-old.
• Fawkes and Big Drama got off to a good start in 2011 when the
five-year-old set the track record for six furlongs while winning the Mr.
Prospector Stakes (G3) in 1:08.12 on Jan. 15. Big Drama next won the
Whippleton Stakes at Calder Race Course on Sept. 4 ... Other top
horses for Fawkes that year include Duke of Mischief, who captured
the $1 million Charlestown Classic (G3) and Apriority was second in
the Churchill Downs Sprint (G2).
• As a 2-year-old, Big Drama completed the rare sweep of the
three-race Florida Stallions Stakes series and won the Boydʼs Gaming
Delta Jackpot (G3) ... At age 3 in 2009, he set a track record in the
Swale (G2) at Gulfstream, but was disqualified and placed second. He
bypassed the Derby after suffering complications of a minor stall injury,
and delayed the start of the Preakness after rearing in the gate and
losing his rider. In Aug. 2009, Big Drama opened a commanding lead
in the West Virginia Derby (G2) before being beaten a neck in his last
start at over a mile.
• Fawkesʼ family owned and operated riding stables about an hour west
of Chicago and he became acquainted with racing through family
friend Don Gibbons, a trainer on the Chicago circuit. At 16, Fawkes
went to work for Gibbons and began exercising racehorses along with
doing all other barn chores. He was a jockey in 1977 and ʼ78 and won
with two of 26 mounts – including his first start – all on the Chicago
circuit.
• After his brief riding career ended, Fawkesʼ transition to the training
side of the business included galloping horses for Bernie Flint and
working as an assistant trainer in Chicago to Christine Janks before
relocating to Florida in mid-1990s. Also was an assistant for Butch
Richards at Calder ... Began Florida training career in 1998 with
encouragement from Dr. Donald Frazier, who races as Pyrite Stables;
he trained multiple stakes winner Tour the Hive for that outfit.
• His wife, Celia, juggles the stableʼs bookkeeping with raising their
daughter, and galloping some horses – including Big Drama ... Based
primarily in South Florida, Fawkes has 40 horses at Gulfstream Park
and another 15 stabled at Palm Meadows.
• Prior to Big Drama, favorite horse was multiple stakes winner and
Grade 2 winner Forty One Carats, whom he trained for the News and
Buckingham Stable. Forty One Carats died in 2001 from complications
of surgery to repair a condylar fracture after earning $828,843 in
winning seven of 22 starts … Fawkes called the horse “a project” to
work with. “We had to work on his feet, his legs, his brain. He had so
much natural talent.” … Forty One Carats, won the 2000 Smile Sprint
Handicap, setting a still-standing track record for six furlongs (1:08.95).
He was also victorious in the 1999 Indiana Derby and Pegasus
Handicap (G2), setting a track record of 1:45.2 for the 1-1/8 miles at
the Meadowlands.
CAPO BASTONE
124
Owner: ECLIPSE THOROUGHBRED PARTNERS
Trainer: TODD A. PLETCHER
Ch.c.3 Street Boss - Fight to Love by Fit to Fight
Bred in Kentucky by H.SEXTON, S.SEXTON,T.BOZARTH &SILVER FERN (Apr 25, 2010)
24Aug13 Sar11
08Jun13 Bel9
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16Feb13 GP9
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Life:
Turf:
Course:
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STREET BOSS,
ch, 2004
CAPO BASTONE
ch, c
April 25, 2010
FIGHT TO LOVE,
ch, 1993
Machiavellian, 1987
7s, SW, $355,790
Street Cry, 1998
736 f, 78 SW, 1.93 AEI
12s, SW, $5,150,837
1,205 f, 72 SW, 2.22 AEI Helen Street, 1982
10s, SW, $177,894
13 f, 11 r, 10 w, 2 SW
Ogygian, 1983
10s, SW, $455,520
Blushing Ogygian, 1994 815 f, 24 SW, 1.19 AEI
12s, wnr, $48,300
Fruhlingshochzeit, 1984
6 f, 4 r, 3 w, 1 SW
18s, wnr, $72,812
16 f, 12 r, 9 w
Chieftain, 1961
36s, SW, $405,256
Fit to Fight, 1979
479 f, 43 SW, 2.04 AEI
26s, SW, $1,042,075
834 f, 41 SW, 1.38 AEI Hasty Queen II, 1963
Unraced
16 f, 14 r, 12 w, 6 SW
Secretariat, 1970
21s, SW, $1,316,808
Love Is Love, 1986
653 f, 57 SW, 2.95 AEI
11s, wnr, $41,680
Stephanie Leigh, 1977
1 f, 1 r, 1 w
13s, SW, $123,050
3 f, 3 r, 2 w
Mr. Prospector
Coup de Folie
Troy
Waterway
Damascus
Gonfalon
Blushing Groom
Fruhlingstag
Bold Ruler
Pocahontas
One Count
Queen Hopeful
Bold Ruler
Somethingroyal
Northern Dancer
Quadruple
CAPO BASTONE'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
4
1
0
2(2)
$288,000
at 3
5
2(1)
1(1)
0
$371,608
Lifetime
9
3(1)
1(1)
2(2)
$659,608
Sire: STREET BOSS, ch, 2004. Raced 2 yrs, 13 sts, 7 wins, $831,800. Won Bing Crosby H (gr. I),
Triple Bend Invitational H (gr. I), Los Angeles H (gr. III); 2nd Ancient Title S (gr. I); 3rd Sentient Flight
Group Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I).
Lifetime: 2 crops, 197 foals, 127 rnrs (64%), 78 wnrs (40%), 31 2yo wnrs (16%), 4 sw (2%), 1.35
AEI, 1.58 CI, 165 sale yrlgs, avg $52,559, 1.0 TNA.
In 2013: 3 sw, 67 2yos, 29 2yo rnrs, 13 2yo wnrs, 31 sale yrlgs, avg $57,645.
1st dam: Fight to Love, ch, 1993. Bred by Stonewall Farm (N.Y.). Raced 4 yrs, 45 sts, 8 wins, $175,871.
3rd Broadway H (R). Dam of 8 named foals, 7 rnrs, 5 wnrs, 1 sw. ($30,000, 1994 keesep yrlg).
2000: Point Clear, ch f, by Elusive Quality. Raced 3 yrs, 7 sts, 2 wins, $74,232. Dam of 6 foals, 3
rnrs, 2 wnrs. Sent to Korea 2011. ($145,000 keesep yrlg).
2004: Tizmeanttobe, dkb/br f, by Tiznow. Raced 2 yrs, 6 sts, 2 wins, $17,585. Dam of 3 foals, 2
rnrs, 2 wnrs. ($37,000 keesep yrlg).
2005: C J's Leelee, gr/ro f, by Mizzen Mast. Raced 2 yrs, 7 sts, 2 wins, $172,463. 2nd Golden
Rod S (gr. II), Regret S (gr. IIIT). ($100,000 keesep yrlg).
2007: Bobby's Gal, ch f, by Consolidator. Raced 1 yr, 10 sts, 0 wins, $12,950. ($140,000 keesep
yrlg; $43,000 easmay 2yo).
2008: Wharton Wizard, ch c, by Lemon Drop Kid. Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 0 wins, $1,916. ($85,000
keesep yrlg).
2009: Cheap Perfume, b f, by Mizzen Mast. Raced 2 yrs, 12 sts, 2 wins, $17,145.
2010: CAPO BASTONE, ch c, by Street Boss. (; $175,000 obsmar 2yo).
At 2: 3rd Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), FrontRunner S (gr. I).
At 3: Won Foxwoods King's Bishop S (gr. I); 2nd Derby Trial S (gr. III).
2011: La Sorella, ch f, by Corinthian. Unraced. ($110,000 obsmar 2yo).
2013: F, by Flatter.
Nicking: STREET BOSS w/FIT TO FIGHT mares: 2 foals, 1 str, 1 wnr (50%), 1 2yo wnr (50%), 1 SW
(50%), 1 GSW (50%)
Broodmare sire: FIT TO FIGHT, b, 1979-2008. Sire of 255 dams of 1,330 foals, 1,032 rnrs (78%),
713 wnrs (54%), 187 2yo wnrs (14%), 1.03 AEI, 1.38 CI; 55 sw.
2nd dam: Love Is Love, dkb/br, 1986-1993. Bred by Stonewall Farm (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 11 sts, 1
win, $41,680.
Breeder
Hargus and Sandra Sexton ... Born: Hargus, Aug. 18, 1920, in Green
Hall, Ky. ... Sandra, March 15, 1948 in Safford, Ariz. … Sandra is the
niece of the legendary California owner-breeder Rex Ellsworth, best
remembered as the owner of 1955 Kentucky Derby winner and 1956
Horse of the Year Swaps. ... Residence: Versailles, Ky.
Starts 1st
2nd
7
1
0
1994
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
3rd
2
Juvenile Fillies
Dirt Mile
Juvenile
Sprint
Dirt Mile
Ladies' Classic
Juvenile
Earnings
$957,000
Morris Code
Corinthian
Silent Valor
Gayego
Gayego
Satanʼs Quick Chick
Capo Bastone
13th
1st
8th
4th
3rd
8th
3rd
Quick facts about Hargus and Sandra Sexton:
• The Sextons return to the 2013 Breedersʼ Cup with 2012 Breedersʼ
Cup Juvenile third-place finisher Capo Bastone, who went on to win
the Kingʼs Bishop Stakes (G1) and place second in the Derby Trial
Stakes (G3) as a 3yo. Going into the Juvenile last year, he finished
third in the Frontrunner Stakes (G1) in only his third start. ... Capo
Bastone, by Street Boss, was bred by the Sextons in partnership with
Tom Bozarth and Silver Fern Farm from the mare Fight to Love, by Fit
to Fight. The mare had already produced multiple graded
stakes-placed C Jʼs Leelee when owned by the Sextons and Bozarth.
The partners sold Capo Bastone at the 2012 OBS March sale for
$175,000 to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners through agent Nick de
Meric, after the colt had RNAʼd at the 2011 Keeneland September sale
for $45,000.
• The Sextonsʼ mare Fight to Love, dam of Capo Bastone, produced a
2011 filly by Corinthian, a stallion they co-bred, but did not foal in
2012. The Fit to Fight mare has produced five winners from seven
starters, two of them graded stakes-placed, and is in foal to Flatter for
2013.
• Satans Quick Chick finished third in the 2011 Beldame Stakes (G1) to
eventual Horse of the Year Havre de Grace on her way to becoming
the Sextonsʼ sixth Breedersʼ Cup starter as breeders. She finished 8th
in the Ladiesʼ Classic.
• Sexton found more Breedersʼ Cup success in recent years with
Corinthian, winner of the inaugural Breedersʼ Cup Dirt Mile in 2007,
who was co-bred with Ben Waldenʼs Gracefield Equine, and Gayego,
bred solely by the Sextons and fourth in the 2009 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint
and third in the 2010 Dirt Mile.
• Corinthianʼs dam, the Easy Goer mare Multiply, died in 2007, the same
year that her son won the Breedersʼ Cup Dirt Mile and the Metropolitan
Handicap (G1). She had already produced Grade 2 winner Desert
Hero. Among the eight or so mares the Sextons own in partnership
with Walden is Be Fruitful, Corinthianʼs full sister, who has produced a
2011 Dynaformer filly and is in foal to U S Ranger for 2013.
• Sexton bred Morris Code, who finished 13th in the 1994 Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile Fillies, went on to become a multiple stakes winning earner of
$745,167.
• Together and in partnership, the Sextons have bred five starters in the
Kentucky Derby: Crypto Star, Desert Hero (Corinthianʼs half-brother),
Ragtime Rebel, Valhol and Gayego.
• Other stakes horses bred by the couple, either individually or in
partnership include I Love Silver, Southern Sandra, Daring Pegasus,
Xtreme Bid, Presumed Innocent, Rock Opera, Silent Valor, Flower
Forest and Package Store.
• The Sextons acquired one of their first broodmares when Walden
purchased the stakes-placed Lady Godolphin, a daughter of Son Ange
in foal to Bobʼs Dusty, for $4,200 at the 1986 Fasig-Tipton November
mixed sale ... On a subsequent breeding to Red Ransom, Lady
Godolphin produced Sri Pekan, who became a multiple G2 winner in
England.
• The Sextons own several properties with a total of about 900 acres in
Kentuckyʼs Bluegrass region and have about 40 broodmares, with
around eight in partnership with Ben Walden Jr. Their farm name is
Oakcrest Farm in Versailles, Ky. They sell most of their maresʼ
offspring as weanlings or yearlings at the Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton
sales in Lexington with Kitty Taylorʼs Warrendale Sales as their
primary consigning agent.
• The Sextons formed a new breed-to-sell partnership with Steven and
Brandi Nicholson … Sexton has described himself as the farmer and
his wife as the horse person of the operation.
• Hargus Sexton became deeply involved in the Thoroughbred industry
in the early 1980s. He was a close associate of Ben Walden Jr. during
the time he developed Vinery in Midway, Ky., and helped arrange the
acquisition of such Vinery stallions as 1991 Horse of the Year and
Breedersʼ Cup Classic winner Black Tie Affair (Ire) … During that time,
Vinery evolved into one of the worldʼs largest and most sought-after
stallion rosters with more than 30 stallions at its peak … Walden sold
Vinery in 1998.
• Hargus Sexton, for years a major Central Kentucky breeder, has had a
long-standing association with the Walden family dating back to Ben
Walden Jr.ʼs grandfather Julien Walden, who was a premier tobacco
farmer in Kentucky … Sexton was a partner with the Waldens in the
tobacco warehouse business and also was involved in the insurance
business.
Owner
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners ... Owner(s): Racing Syndicate under
the leadership of Aron Wellman and Lee Midkiff. ... Location: Del Mar,
Calif. ... Web site: www.eclipsetbpartners.com
Starts 1st
2nd
1
0
0
2011
3rd
1
Earnings
$99,000
Juvenile Fillies Turf Sweet Cat
3rd
Quick facts about Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners:
• Founded in Aug. 2011, the partnership had its first Breedersʼ Cup
starter by that October with Sweet Cat, in the Juvenile Fillies Turf at
Churchill Downs. A 13-to-1 long shot, Sweet Cat raced close to the
lead throughout the one-mile race, but weakened to third, beaten just
two lengths.
• On its own or in partnership, Eclipse was represented in three
Breedersʼ Cup races in 2012. Capo Bastone was third in the Juvenile
for Eclipse; In Lingerie ran ninth in the Filly & Mare Turf for Eclipse and
Gary Barber; and Tara From the Cape finished fourth in the Juvenile
Fillies Turf for Eclipse, Barber and Debmar Stables.
• Capo Bastone opened the 2013 season winning an allowance optional
claimer at Gulfstream Park. Runner-up to stablemate Forty Tales in
the Derby Trial (G3) in April, Capo Bastone rebounded from a
disappointing effort in the Woody Stephens (G2) to win the Kingʼs
Bishop (G1) at Saratoga Race Course in August.
• Eclipse has a promising juvenile in 2013 in Danza, a chestnut son of
Street Boss who broke his maiden in his debut at Belmont Park in July,
and finished third in the Saratoga Special (G2) at Saratoga Race
Course in August.
• The partnershipʼs top horse in 2012 was 3-year-old Empire Maker filly
In Lingerie. Also trained by Pletcher, In Lingerie went unraced at 2, but
had four wins in seven starts as a sophomore, including the Spinster
(G1) at Keeneland, the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at Pimlico, and the
Bourbonette Oaks (G3) at Turfway Park. In Lingerie was also second
in the Alabama (G1) and third in the CCA Oaks (G1), both at Saratoga.
• Eclipse defended its Bourbonette Oaks title in 2013 with Silsita, a
3-year-old Macho Uno filly it campaigns with Tanourin Stable. Off the
board in two subsequent graded stakes attempts, Silsita captured the
My Princess Jess stakes at Saratoga.
• The first horse to carry the Eclipse colors was a 2 year-old colt by the
name of Patrioticandproud, who broke his maiden impressively at
Woodbine Racecourse in Toronto, Canada in Oct. 2011. Perennial
leading Canadian conditioner, Mark Casse, trains Patrioticandproud, a
Proud Citizen colt who broke a seven-race losing streak by winning the
Toronto Cup Stakes on July 14, 2012 at Woodbine.
• Eclipse president Aron Wellman has nearly a decade of experience in
forming high-end racing partnerships. Wellman made his first
significant purchase while he was practicing law in Los Angeles as a
litigator, in Dec. 2002, when he formed a partnership to acquire a 2
year-old maiden filly from Europe named Three Degrees. After winning
a graded stakes and establishing herself as one of the best turf fillies
in the country, it was Three Degrees whom Wellman attributes to the
formation of his initial foray into formal racehorse syndication: LGL
RACING. In slightly more than 3 years, LGL boasted a win percentage
of well over 25 percent and campaigned graded stakes stars such as
Valbenny and Miss Singhsix.
• In Dec. 2007, Wellman was recruited to become vice president of the
Team Valor International syndicate. During his 3-1/2-year tenure with
the company, Team Valor won a total of 200 races, 58 stakes races,
34 of them graded, including nine Grade 1s, the 2010 Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile Turf with Pluck, and the 2011 Kentucky Derby with Animal
Kingdom.
• Eclipse chairman, Lee Midkiff co-founded Express-Close.com, a
mortgage services and title fulfillment company. Having grown that
company from the initial three founders to an organization with over
220 employees, Midkiff eventually sold the business to a leading
Fortune 600 company. He is currently CEO of CIN Legal Data
Services, an information services company specializing in providing
data used in streamlining the creation and filing of Federal Bankruptcy
petitions by consumer bankruptcy attorneys. Midkiff has participated in
racing partnerships as an owner and is now using his technological
and business background to revolutionize the syndicate experience.
• Also on the Eclipse staff is TVGʼs Christina Olivares, who carries the
title of Director of Partners and Media Relations. Kelsey Marshall is the
Partner Relations liaison.
Trainer
Todd A. Pletcher ... Born: June 26, 1967, Dallas, Texas ... Residence:
Garden City, N.Y. ... Family: wife Tracy, children Payton, Kyle and
Hannah ... Education: Graduated from the University of Arizona in 1989
with a bachelorʼs degree in Animal Science. ... Web site:
www.toddpletcherracing.com
Starts 1st
2nd
95
7
10
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
3rd
12
Sprint
Juvenile
Filly & Mare Turf
Sprint
Sprint
Mile
Sprint
Classic
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Turf
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
2005
Earnings
$13,209,650
Rare Rock
Graeme Hall
Pico Teneriffe
More Than Ready
Trippi
Balto Star
Left Bank
Harlanʼs Holiday
Appleby Gardens
Chapel Royal
Ashado
Balto Star
Newfoundland
Ashado
Proud Accolade
9th
12th
12th
5th
9th
12th
5th
9th
5th
3rd
2nd
9th
12th
1st
6th
2006
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Mile
Sprint
Turf
Classic
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Filly & Mare Turf
Filly & Mare Turf
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Turf
Speightstown
Flower Alley
Ashado
Capeside Lady
Adieu
Host (Chi)
Limehouse
Lion Tamer
English Channel
Flower Alley
Lawyer Ron
Fleet Indian
Pool Land
Spun Sugar
Honey Ryder
Quiet Royal
Wait a While
Circular Quay
King of the Roxy
Scat Daddy
Cotton Blossom
Octave
Friendly Island
English Channel
1st
2nd
3rd
6th
7th
7th
6th
3rd
5th
11th
9th
dnf
9th
8th
3rd
9th
4th
2nd
8th
4th
3rd
2nd
2nd
3rd
2007
2008
2009
Turf
Go Deputy
Turf
Icy Atlantic
Classic
Any Given Saturday
Classic
Lawyer Ron
Distaff
Indian Vale
Distaff
Octave
Distaff
Unbridled Belle
Filly & Mare Turf Honey Ryder
Juvenile Turf
The Leopard
Mile
Host (Chi)
Mile
Icy Atlantic
Turf
English Channel
Classic
Fairbanks
Filly & Mare Turf Wait a While
Juvenile
Munnings
Juvenile
Silent Valor
Juvenile Turf
Bittel Road
Dirt Mile
Readyʼs Echo
Filly & Mare Sprint Game Face
Juvenile
Aikenite
Juvenile
Eskendereya
Juvenile Fillies
Devil May Care
Juvenile Fillies Turf Rose Catherine
Juvenile Turf
Interactif
7th
11th
6th
7th
9th
3rd
5th
2nd
7th
5th
9th
1st
10th
3rd
10th
8th
8th
2nd
9th
5th
9th
11th
2nd
3rd
2010
2011
2012
Marathon
Nite Light
Mile
Cowboy Cal
Sprint
Join in the Dance
Classic
Quality Road
Dirt Mile
Aikenite
Juvenile
Stay Thirsty
Juvenile
Uncle Mo
Juvenile Fillies
R Heat Lightning
Juvenile Turf
Allure dʼAmour
Juvenile Turf
More Than Real
Juvenile Turf
Pluck
Ladies' Classic
Life At Ten
Ladies' Classic
Malibu Prayer
Turf Sprint
Rose Catherine
Classic
Stay Thirsty
Classic
Uncle Mo
Filly & Mare Sprint Her Smile
Juvenile Fillies Turf Stopshoppingmaria
Juvenile Fillies Turf Sweet Cat
Juvenile Turf
Finale
Ladies' Classic
Super Espresso
Mile
Sidneyʼs Candy
Sprint
Aikenite
Distaff
Love and Pride
8th
10th
9th
12th
8th
5th
1st
2nd
13th
1st
1st
11th
10th
7th
11th
10th
3rd
2nd
3rd
7th
7th
6th
4th
5th
Filly & Mare Sprint Turbulent Descent
Filly & Mare Turf In Lingerie
Juvenile
Shanghai Bobby
Juvenile Fillies
Dreaming of Julia
Juvenile Fillies
Kauai Kate
Juvenile Fillies Turf Tara from the Cape
Turf
Turbo Compressor
Turf Sprint
Bridgetown
7th
9th
1st
3rd
4th
4th
12th
14th
Malice also won the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) ... Pletcherʼs other Triple
Crown wins came from Rags to Riches in the 2007 Belmont Stakes
and Super Saver in the 2010 Kentucky Derby.
• Pletcherʼs 2013 stable also features 3-year-old filly sensation Princess
of Sylmar, winner of four Grade 1 stakes: the Beldame, Alabama,
Coaching Club American Oaks and Kentucky Oaks ... His other Grade
1 winners in 2013 include Verrazano in the Haskell and Wood
Memorial; Cross Traffic in the Whitney; Capo Bastone in the Kingʼs
Bishop; Graydar in the Donn; and Overanalyze in the Arkansas Derby.
Quick facts about Todd A. Pletcher:
• Pletcher collected the 3,000 win of his career on Feb. 11, 2012 when
Spring Hill Farm won the third race at Gulfstream Park.
• Pletcher added to his impressive Breedersʼ Cup totals in 2012 when
2-year-old champion Shanghai Bobby won the Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile
... It was his seventh Breedersʼ Cup victory ... His best year at the
Breedersʼ Cup came in 2010 when he won three Breedersʼ Cup races:
the Juvenile with eventual champion Uncle Mo, the Juvenile Turf with
Pluck, and the Juvenile Fillies Turf with More Than Real.
• Pletcher has led the nation in earnings seven times, including the last
three years ... He is well on his way to a fourth straight earnings crown
in 2013 ... Pletcher is currently second in all-time earnings with
$253,112,790 through Sept. 30, 2013 ... He trails only his mentor, D.
Wayne Lukas. ...
• Pletcherʼs other Breedersʼ Cup winners are English Channel (2007
Turf), Ashado (2004 Distaff), and Speightstown (2004 Sprint).
• His Breedersʼ Cup totals through 2012 stand at 95 starts, with 7 wins,
10 seconds and 12 thirds and earnings of $13,209,650 ... He ranks
fourth in earnings and fifth in wins.
• Pletcherʼs 2013 campaign was highlighted by his third Triple Crown
victory when Palace Malice captured the Belmont Stakes ... Palace
• His 10 Eclipse Award champions through 2012 are Shanghai Bobby,
Uncle Mo, Rags to Riches, Lawyer Ron, English Channel, Wait a
While, Fleet Indian, Speightstown, Ashado and Left Bank.
• His list of stakes winners in 2012 included Shanghai Bobby, Stay
Thirsty, Awesome Maria, Caixa Eletronica, Calibrachoa, Violence,
Overanalyze, Dreaming of Julia, Kauai Katie, Unlimited Budget, Love
and Pride, Gemologist, Dominus and Turbulent Descent
• In 2011, Pletcher had to withdraw two-year-old champion and early
favorite Uncle Mo with an unknown illness the day before the Kentucky
Derby. The colt was later found to have cholangiohepatitis, a liver
disorder, and was sent to WinStar Farm for several months of
recovery. He returned to run a very game second in the 2011 Kingʼs
Bishop at Saratoga, getting beaten by just a nose by Calebʼs Posse.
He won the Kelso (G2) at Belmont before running 10th in the
Breedersʼ Cup Classic, the final race of his career.
• Despite having to scratch Uncle Mo from the Kentucky Derby, Pletcher
did play a part in that yearʼs race as Uncle Moʼs defection left his
jockey, John Velazquez, available; Velazquez picked up the mount on
Derby winner Animal Kingdom.
• Stay Thirsty stepped up during his stablemateʼs recovery. After a 12th
place finish in the Kentucky Derby, Stay Thirsty finished second in the
Belmont Stakes and won the Jim Dandy (G2) and Travers Stakes
(G1). He also finished third in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1).
• 2011 was the second consecutive year in which Pletcher had to
scratch a Kentucky Derby favorite; in 2010, Eskendereya, winner of
the Fountain of Youth (G1), Florida Derby (G1) and Wood Memorial
(G1) was injured the week of the race. Pletcher had won eight different
Kentucky Derby preps with six different horses, and it was Super
Saver who finally got him his elusive first Derby win. The WinStar
Farm color-bearer rebounded from a second-place finish in the
Arkansas Derby (G2) to capture the Kentucky Derby under a patented
rail-skimming ride from jockey Calvin Borel.
• 2010 saw Pletcher win 14 Grade 1 races. In addition to the Kentucky
Derby with Super Saver and Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile and Champagne
with Uncle Mo, his wins included: Life At Ten (Beldame, Ogden
Phipps); Quality Road (Donn, Metropolitan Handicap, Woodward);
Devil May Care (Mother Goose, Coaching Club American Oaks); R
Heat Lightning (Spinaway); Discreetly Mine (Kingʼs Bishop); the Malibu
Prayer (Ruffian); Eskendereya (Wood Memorial).
• Pletcher won Eclipse Awards as Outstanding Trainer in 2010, 2007,
2006, 2005, and 2004 and was the leader in earnings 2010-12 and
2004-07.
• Pletcher had a relatively slow 2009, winning only three Grade 1 races.
Among other ʼ09 highlights were Dunkirkʼs second-place finish in the
Belmont and the transfer of Quality Road to his stable.
• Pletcher started 2008 by collecting his 2,000th career win on January
13 with On the Virg and finished the year as the second-leading
trainer, behind Steve Asmussen, with 208 wins from 1090 starts and
$13,571,546 in earnings. Among his best horses in 2008 were
Fairbanks, Game Face, Cowboy Cal, Unbridled Belle, and Wait a
While.
• Pletcher earned his fourth consecutive Eclipse Award as Outstanding
Trainer in 2007, the third trainer to accomplish that feat, joining Bobby
Frankel (2000-2003) and Laz Barrera (1976-79). He won his third
Breedersʼ Cup race with English Channel in the Turf, trained three
Eclipse Award Champions – Rags to Riches (Three-Year-Old Filly),
English Channel (Turf Horse) and Lawyer Ron (Older Male) – and won
Grade 1 races with six other horses.
• Pletcher won his first Triple Crown race in 2007 when Rags to Riches
became the first filly since Tanya in 1905 to win the Belmont. The
Preakness is the only Triple Crown race Pletcher hasnʼt won.
• In 2007, Pletcher trainee Lawyer Ron broke the track record set by
Pletcherʼs first Eclipse Award winner, Left Bank, when he captured the
Whitney in a final time of 1:46.64. Previously, also in the Whitney, Left
Bank had equaled the Saratoga track record of 1:47 set by Tri Jet in
1974.
• Pletcher shattered his own record from 2006 when he ended the year
with $28,576,097 in earnings. In 2006, his stable earned $26,820,243.
He surpassed D. Wayne Lukasʼ record of 92 stakes victories in a year
on Oct. 15, 2006, when Scat Daddy won the Champagne, and he
finished that year with 100 stakes wins out 416 starters. He also broke
Lukasʼ record of 53 graded stakes victories in a year with 57 victories.
Two of his horses won Eclipse Awards in 2006: Fleet Indian (Older
Female) and Wait a While (Three-Year-Old Filly).
• With 47 individual stakes winners in 2005, Pletcher became the first
trainer to crack $20 million in purse earnings with $20,867,842.
• In 2004, Pletcher won his first two Breedersʼ Cup races with Ashado
(Distaff (now the Ladies Classic)) and Speightstown (Sprint), which
helped him lead the nation in earnings with $17,511,923 and win his
first Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer. Ashado and Speightstown
were both voted the champions of their divisions.
• A perennial leader in New York, Pletcher won five consecutive
Saratoga training titles from 2002-2006. After three consecutive years
in second place, he regained the title in 2010 and won his fourth
straight crown in 2013 ... In 2011, he broke his own record for wins
during the meet with 38 ... A 10-time champion at Saratoga, Pletcher
won his first title at the Spa in 1998 ... He also holds training titles at
Belmont Park, Aqueduct, Gulfstream Park and Keeneland.
• While in college, Pletcher spent his summers working with trainers
Henry Moreno, D. Wayne Lukas and Charlie Whittingham; he went to
work as an assistant for Lukas two weeks after his college graduation.
• After seven years with Lukas, Pletcher opened his own public stable
with seven horses in Dec. 1995 at Hialeah and won his first race in
Feb. 1996 at Gulfstream Park with Majestic Number. Among his early
success stories was Jersey Girl, who won seven consecutive races
before being injured, including three Grade 1 stakes: the Acorn, the
Mother Goose and the Test.
• Pletcher grew up in the racing business, helping his father, Jake (J.J.)
Pletcher, who trained Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses throughout
the Midwest and California. Jake Pletcher continues to work with
Thoroughbreds at a training center in Ocala, Fla.
• Pletcher has reduced his stable in recent years to around 100 horses
and employs four assistant trainers. Tristan Barry works with Pletcher
at Saratoga and Palm Meadows; Michael McCarthy oversees
Pletcherʼs Belmont stable; Ginny DePasquale works at Saratoga and
Palm Meadows and often travels with Pletcher horses; and Anthony
Sciametta works with Pletcher at Monmouth and Gulfstream ... Former
Pletcher assistants who have gone on to train on their own include
George Weaver, Michelle Nihei, Seth Benzel and Michael Dilger.
126
FAST BULLET
Ch.h.5 Speightstown - Renfro Valley Star by Dayjur
Bred in Kentucky by ROY GOTTLIEB (May 03, 2008)
31Aug13 Sar9
08Jun13 Bel7
06Dec12 Bhp7
03Nov12 SA10
12Nov11 Hol5
09Oct11 SA9
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Owner: ZAYAT STABLES, LLC
2013:
2012:
Life:
Turf:
Course:
Off Dirt:
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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$243,334
$31,200
$330,334
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dueld,off rail,falterd
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inside,strong handling
ins,ask 5/16,faded
3wd bid,ridden out
inside,clear,driving
8
6
8
14
6
11
14s, SW, $112,171
Gone West, 1984
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
17s, SW, $682,251
Secrettame, 1978
SPEIGHTSTOWN, 1,263 f, 101 SW, 1.81 AEI
10s, SW, $101,598
ch, 1998
15 f, 12 r, 10 w, 2 SW
Storm Cat, 1983
8s, SW, $570,610
Silken Cat, 1993
1,414 f, 180 SW, 2.97 AEI
4s, SW, $102,120
Silken Doll, 1980
8 f, 5 r, 1 w, 1 SW
7s, SW, $68,550
FAST BULLET
11 f, 7 r, 7 w, 3 SW
ch, h
Danzig, 1977
May 3, 2008
3s, wnr, $32,400
Dayjur, 1987
1,074 f, 202 SW, 3.97 AEI
11s, SW, $750,770
Gold Beauty, 1979
546 f, 30 SW, 1.14 AEI
12s, SW, $251,901
5 f, 4 r, 3 w, 2 SW
RENFRO VALLEY
Rajab, 1973
STAR,
14s, wnr, $75,600
Brave Raj, 1984
dkb/br, 1995
294 f, 18 SW, 1.42 AEI
9s, SW, $933,650
Bravest Yet, 1978
14 f, 12 r, 11 w, 2 SW
6s, pl, $6,860
5 f, 4 r, 3 w, 2 SW
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Secretariat
Tamerett
Storm Bird
Terlingua
Chieftain
Insilca
Northern Dancer
Pas de Nom
Mr. Prospector
Stick to Beauty
Jaipur
Classicist
Bravo
Perfect Hand
FAST BULLET'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3
2
2
0
0
$55,800
at 4
2
1
0
0
$31,200
at 5
2
1(1)
0
0
$243,334
Lifetime
6
4(1)
0
0
$330,334
Sire: SPEIGHTSTOWN, ch, 1998. Raced 4 yrs, 16 sts, 10 wins, $1,258,256. Champion sprinter. Won
Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), Churchill Downs H (gr. II), True North Breeders' Cup H (gr. II), Alfred G.
Vanderbilt H (gr. II), Artax H; 2nd Amsterdam S (gr. II), Jaipur H; 3rd Vosburgh S (gr. I).
1st dam: Renfro Valley Star, dkb/br, 1995. Bred by Warren W. Rosenthal (Ky.). Raced 1 yr, 5 sts, 1 win,
$13,457. Dam of 9 named foals, 8 rnrs, 6 wnrs, 1 sw.
2000: Caffeine Rush, dkb/br f, by Mountain Cat. Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 0 wins, $330. Dam of 2 foals,
2 rnrs, 1 wnr. ($5,500 ftkoct yrlg).
2001: Blairs Roarin Star, dkb/br g, by Roar. Raced 4 yrs, 21 sts, 4 wins, $181,771. 2nd Hollywood
Juvenile Championship S (gr. III). ($25,000 keesep yrlg; $50,000 barmar 2yo).
2002: Dutchman, b g, by Smart Strike. Raced 1 yr, 5 sts, 0 wins, $1,712. ($52,000 keesep yrlg;
$60,000 barmar 2yo).
2003: Cinq Etoiles, ch f, by Five Star Day. Unraced. Dam of 3 foals, 1 rnr, 1 wnr, including Memphis
($129,480). ($100,000 keenov wnlg).
2004: Corage, b f, by Five Star Day. Raced 3 yrs, 6 sts, 1 win, $35,820. ($38,000 ftkjul yrlg;
$75,000 easmay 2yo).
2005: Star Player, b g, by Tale of the Cat. Raced 6 yrs, 47 sts, 8 wins, $234,718.
2006: Splendid Appeal, dkb/br g, by Successful Appeal. Raced 5 yrs, 52 sts, 4 wins, $84,460.
($20,000 keesep yrlg).
2007: Barren.
2008: FAST BULLET, ch c, by Speightstown. ($230,000 keesep yrlg).
At 5: Won RTN True North H (gr. II).
2009: Ubusuku, dkb/br f, by Hat Trick (Japan). Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 1 win, $3,220. ($3,500 ftkoct yrlg).
2010: Barren.
2011: Slipped.
2012: B f, by Zensational. ($32,000 keesep yrlg).
2013: Barren.
Inbreeding: 5SX5SX5D Bold Ruler; 3SX4D Mr. Prospector; 5SX4D Northern Dancer.
Nicking: SPEIGHTSTOWN w/DAYJUR mares: 4 foals, 4 strs, 3 wnrs (75%), 0 2yo wnrs
(0%), 1 SW (25%), 1 GSW (25%)
Broodmare sire: DAYJUR, dkb/br, 1987-2013. Sire of 201 dams of 1,117 foals, 864 rnrs (77%), 551
wnrs (49%), 165 2yo wnrs (15%), 1.22 AEI, 1.44 CI; 51 sw.
2nd dam: BRAVE RAJ, dkb/br, 1984-2006. Bred by W.S. Karutz (Fla.). Raced 1 yr, 9 sts, 6 wins,
$933,650. Champion 2yo filly. Won Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies S (gr. I), Del Mar Debutante S
(gr. II), Sorrento S (gr. III), Florida Stallion/My Dear Girl S (R), Florida Stallion/Susan's Girl S (R); 2nd
Junior Miss S. Dam of BRAVO BULL (c, Holy Bull; $128,165. Won Prairie Mile S; 3rd Precisionist
H; sire), RUSSIAN TANGO (f, Nijinsky II; $92,390. Won The Very One H; dam of EUROSILVER),
Granddam of MUNTEJ, Without A Doubt,, Film Editor, Thundering Justice, Noor Zabeel.
Breeder
Roy Gottlieb ... Born: July 15, 1933 in Chicago ... Residence:
Northbrook, Ill.
• He currently only has three broodmares, but at one time had as many
as 50.
Quick facts about Roy Gottlieb:
• For more than 20 years, he was a parner of Wise Dan breeder Morton
Fink and their operation was called Carelaine Farm. “Unfortuntately, I
am not his partner with Wise Dan,” he quipped. “I wish him a lot of
luck. Iʼll be at the (2013) Breedersʼ Cup with him.”
• Breeder of Fast Bullet who was 6th in the 2012 Sprint and is slated to
return for the 2013 edition.
• Gottliebʼs primary business is as a Real Estate Consultant. His firm is
called Roy Gottlieb and Associates. It is located in Northbrook, Ill., a
suburb of Chicago and only a few miles from Arlington Park.
• Notable horses bred or owned by Mr. Gottlieb either alone or in
partnership with Mr. Fink include European champion Producer, G1
stakes winner Annoconnor and graded stakes placed Adlibber.
Owner
Zayat Stables, LLC ... Owner(s): Ahmed Zayat ... Born: Aug. 31, 1962,
Cairo, Egypt ... Residence: New Jersey, New York, Egypt and London ...
Family: wife, Joanne; and children, Ashley, Emma, Justin and Benjamin
... Education: Masterʼs degrees in business and public health from
Boston University and Harvard University. ... Web site:
www.zayatstables.com/
Starts 1st
2nd
16
0
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
3rd
0
Juvenile
Juvenile
Filly & Mare Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Turf
Juvenile
Mile
Juvenile
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Earnings
$265,625
Got the Last Laugh
Malt Magic
Baroness Thatcher
Z Humor
Zee Zee
Forefathers
Fri Guy
Pioneerof the Nile
Thorn Song
Eskendereya
Zensational
Jaycito
A Z Warrior
Riley Tucker
13th
12th
4th
5th
8th
10th
7th
5th
9th
9th
5th
7th
12th
9th
2012
Marathon
Sprint
Jaycito
Justin Phillip
11th
5th
Quick facts about Zayat Stables, LLC:
• The 2013 season has been another emotional one for Zayat Stables,
led by Breedersʼ Cup Sprint contender Justin Phillip getting his first
Grade 1 win and the return of Grade 1 winner Paynter from life
threatening illness.
• Justin Phillip, named for owner Ahmed Zayatʼs son, ran fifth in the
2012 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint and developed into a tougher divisional
force in 2013. The son of First Samurai broke through for his top-level
win in Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at Saratoga in August and
was second by a neck to Private Zone in the Vosburgh Invitational
(G1).
• June 2013 marked the return of Paynter, who nearly died after
developing colitis and the early onset of laminitis in the wake of his
victory in the 2012 Haskell Invitational (G1). After lengthy stays at
Upstate Equine Medical Center in New York and Fair Hill Therapy
Center in Maryland, Paynter returned to Baffertʼs shedrow last
December and won a 7-furlong allowance test at Hollywood Park in his
first start back. Three races later, Paynter finished second to 2012
Breedersʼ Cup Classic runner-up Mucho Macho Man in the Awesome
Again Stakes (G1). “If you donʼt believe in miracles, you certainly have
to start believing in one, because seeing Paynter – his attitude, – heʼs
a warrior,” Zayat said.
• Extreme highs and lows also defined Zayat Stables in 2012, led by the
exploits of Grade 1 winners Bodemeister. Bodemeister – named for
trainer Bob Baffertʼs son Bode – was favored to give the operation
their first Kentucky Derby triumph following his 9-1/2 length victory in
the Arkansas Derby (G1) only to finish second to Iʼll Have Another in
both the Derby and Preakness Stakes. With Bodemeister sitting out
the Belmont Stakes, stablemate Paynter nearly pulled off the victory
but was caught late by Union Rags giving Zayat and Baffert the
distinction of finishing second in all three Triple Crown races, and all
three races lost by a total of two lengths.
• Zayat has had 16 Breedersʼ Cup starters to date with Baroness
Thatcher, fourth in the 2007 Filly & Mare Sprint, posting his best finish
to date. Zayat also campaigned former Breedersʼ Cup starter
Eskendereya, runaway winner of the 2010 Wood Memorial (G1) and
the horse considered by many to be the heavy favorite for that yearʼs
Kentucky Derby… On the Sunday prior to the Derby, Eskendereya
was withdrawn from the race and subsequently retired to stud duty due
to a soft tissue injury in his left front leg.
• Following a tumultuous 2010 season in which Zayat filed for Chapter
11 bankruptcy protection, Zayat Stables regrouped in 2011 and was
once again a presence on some of racingʼs biggest days ... Zayatʼs
Nehro finished second in the 2011 Kentucky Derby behind Animal
Kingdom and was fourth in the Belmont Stakes before being sidelined
with an ankle chip in his right front fetlock.
• In Feb. 2010, Zayat filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an attempt to
protect his operation from efforts by Fifth Third Bank to have a receiver
appointed to oversee Zayat Stables … Fifth Third Bank had filed suit
against Zayat in Dec. 2009 in an attempt to recover more than $34
million in loans but the two sides reached a settlement in June under
which the Fifth Third loan would be satisfied by the end of 2014 … In
the wake of the legal problems, Zayat scaled back his operation and
now carries about 150 horses total compared to the more than 250
horses he had in the past ...”As the business has evolved over the last
couple of years because of the turn of the economy and obviously the
turn in our industry, we are becoming more cost conscious about
overhead and realize that not every runner in your stable is going to be
an allowance let alone a stakes horse,” Zayat said.
• Made his first appearance at the Breedersʼ Cup in 2006 and had the
morning-line favorite for the 2010 Breedersʼ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint
in Rightly So but the daughter of Read the Footnotes was scratched
the morning of the race after being examined by the veterinary panel.
• Zayat was the nationʼs leading owner in 2008 as his stable racked up
nearly $6.9 million in earnings and 116 victories ... Other top runners
include multiple Grade 1 winner and current Vinery stallion Pioneerof
the Nile, the second place finisher in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, graded
stakes winner Prayer for Relief, who missed the 2011 Breedersʼ Cup
Classic after spiking a fever, A Z Warrior, Jaycito, Thorn Song, Eatonʼs
Gift, Baroness Thatcher and Soul Warrior.
• Zayat made splashy, big-ticket purchases starting in 2005 including
Maimonides, a $4.6 million Keeneland September yearling, by the late
Vindication ... Also purchased the sale topper at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton
Saratoga select yearling sale, a filly by Empire Maker, for $1.6 million,
named Mushka. Mushka would go on to become a Grade 1 winning
millionaire and finished second in the 2009 Breedersʼ Cup Ladiesʼ
Classic behind Life Is Sweet for new owners Brushwood Stable after
Zayat sold Mushka for $2.4 million at the 2008 Keeneland November
sale. The first foal out of Mushka topped the 2012 Keeneland
September yearling sale when the son of Distorted Humor sold for
$1.65 million.
• Introduced to race horses in his early teens while competing in
national show jumping events in his native Egypt, Ahmed Zayat
formed Zayat Stables in 2005 and saw the operation enjoy immediate
success with Grade 1 winners Point Ashley and Downthedustyroad.
• An entrepreneur known for turning companies around, Zayat is best
known for the privatization of Al Ahram Beverages Company (ABC),
which was later sold to Heineken International after turning into the
largest beverage manufacturer and distributor in the Middle East. In
addition to the beverage industry, he is the largest shareholder in the
largest manufacturer of glass containers in Egypt, Misr Glass
Manufacturing (MGM), and is involved in other industries.
Trainer
D. Wayne Lukas ... Born: Sept 2, 1935, Antigo, Wis. Given name is
Darrell. ... Residence: Louisville, Ky. ... Family: son, Jeff. ... Education:
Earned a masterʼs degree in education at the University of Wisconsin,
where he worked as an assistant basketball coach for two years ...
Became a teacher and head basketball coach in high school for nine
years, including a seven-year stint in LaCrosse, Wis. ... During summers,
trained and raced horses in South Dakota before turning to training full
time.
Starts 1st
2nd
156
19
21
1984
1985
3rd
15
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Earnings
$20,320,520
Lifeʼs Magic
Lucky Lucky Lucky
Tankʼs Prospect
Fiesta Lady
Tiltalating
Alabama Nana (Ire)
Ladyʼs Secret
Lifeʼs Magic
Ketoh
Louisiana Slew
Arewehavingfunyet
Family Style
Twilight Ridge
1986
1987
2nd
6th
2nd
7th
8th
4th
2nd
1st
9th
11th
8th
2nd
1st
Sprint
Sprint
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Mt. Livermore
Pancho Villa
Ladyʼs Secret
Twilight Ridge
Capote
Pledge Card
Anything For Love
Sacahuista
Pine Tree Lane
Clabber Girl
North Sider
Sacahuista
Sharp Cat
Contempt
Success Express
Tejano
Blue Jean Baby
Classic Crown
Dream Team
Lost Kitty
Over All
High Brite
On the Line
Pine Tree Lane
3rd
5th
1st
6th
1st
10th
10th
4th
2nd
2nd
6th
1st
2nd
10th
1st
3rd
11th
6th
3rd
10th
7th
5th
10th
11th
1988
1989
1990
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Sprint
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Sprint
Distaff
Slew City Slew
Classic Crown
Winning Colors
Is It True
Darby Shuffle
Lea Lucinda
One of a Klein
Open Mind
Some Romance
Steinlen (GB)
Gulch
High Brite
Slew City Slew
Highest Glory
Open Mind
Winning Colors
Wonders Delight
Grand Canyon
Special Happening
Stella Madrid
Voodoo Lily
Steinlen (GB)
On the Line
Luthierʼs Launch
dnf
5th
2nd
1st
2nd
3rd
11th
1st
6th
2nd
1st
12th
6th
5th
3rd
9th
10th
2nd
4th
3rd
11th
1st
dnf
5th
1991
1992
1993
1994
Juvenile
Mile
Sprint
Sprint
Turf
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Mile
Sprint
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Fire in Ice
Steinlen (GB)
Carson City
Senor Speedy
Shy Tom
Twilight Agenda
Grand Girlfriend
Train Robbery
Big Sur
Dance Floor
Star of Cozzene
Deposit Ticket
Media Plan
Twilight Agenda
Lite Light
Mountain Cat
Salt Lake
Tabasco Cat
Stellar Cat
Tabasco Cat
Timber Country
Cat Appeal
Flanders
Lilly Capote
10th
4th
10th
9th
10th
2nd
6th
12th
11th
6th
3rd
10th
5th
9th
6th
5th
13th
3rd
5th
2nd
1st
dnf
1st
5th
1995
1996
1997
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Sprint
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Sprint
Turf
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Serenaʼs Song
Chimes Band
Harlan
Serenaʼs Song
Editorʼs Note
Hennessy
Honour and Glory
Cara Rafaela
Golden Attraction
Tipically Irish
Editorʼs Note
Serenaʼs Song
Boston Harbor
Gold Tribute
Cheyenne City
City Band
Sharp Cat
Honour and Glory
Lord Carson
Marlin
Sharp Cat
Double Honor
Grand Slam
Time Limit
2nd
5th
4th
5th
3rd
2nd
4th
2nd
3rd
6th
12th
2nd
1st
6th
8th
10th
9th
3rd
4th
13th
2nd
6th
dnf
7th
1998
1999
2000
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Sprint
Classic
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Bay Harbor
Love Lock
Fantastic Fellow
Trafalger
Cat Thief
Mountain Range
Tactical Cat
Time Bandit
Yes Itʼs True
Unbridled Delight
Grand Slam
Partnerʼs Hero
Cat Thief
Natalie Too
High Yield
Millencolin
Cash Run
Surfside
Cat Thief
Spain
Surfside
Scorpion
Yonaguska
Cash Deal
14th
9th
8th
8th
3rd
9th
8th
13th
11th
8th
2nd
8th
1st
12th
3rd
10th
1st
3rd
7th
1st
2nd
9th
12th
12th
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2008
2010
2011
2012
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
Sprint
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Turf
Dirt Mile
Sprint
Juvenile
Sprint
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Turf
Orientate
Spain
Jump Start
Day Trader
Orientate
Race for Glory
Be Gentle
Renaissance Lady
Azeri
Stellar Jayne
Consolidator
Ex Caelis
Folklore
Pegasus Wind
Be Smart
Ninth Client
Mine That Bird
Hamazing Destiny
Optimizer
Hamazing Destiny
Broken Spell
Hamazing Destiny
Optimizer
12th
2nd
11th
11th
1st
9th
11th
13th
5th
3rd
4th
4th
1st
11th
12th
9th
10th
2nd
8th
5th
6th
10th
11th
Quick facts about D. Wayne Lukas:
• D. Wayne Lukas expects to bring six horses to the Breedersʼ Cup in
2013: Will Take Charge (Classic); Strong Mandate (Juvenile); Fast
Bullet (Sprint); Skyring (Turf); All Cash (Juvenile Turf); and Tour Guide
(Turf Sprint). Two already have Grade 1 wins this year: Travers
winner Will Take Charge and Hopeful Stakes winner Strong Mandate.
With Grade 2 wins this year are Fast Bullet (True North Handicap) and
Skyring (Dixie Stakes). All Cash, a maiden after four starts, was fourth
last out in the Bourbon Stakes (G3). Tour Guide owns two ungraded
stakes wins.
• Lukas has the most Breedersʼ Cup wins of any trainer in history with
19, more than double the count of the next nearest trainer, Bill Mott
with 9. Lukasʼs Breedersʼ Cup earnings stand at $20,320,520, also the
most of any trainer by more than $4 million. Since the first Breedersʼ
Cup in 1984, Lukas has saddled 156 runners, also more than any
other trainer, and has had at least one entry in a Breedersʼ Cup race
every year except 2007 and 2009. His first Breedersʼ Cup win came in
the 1985 Distaff with Lifeʼs Magic. His most recent was Hightailʼs
victory in the 2012 Juvenile Sprint. He trained one Classic winner, Cat
Thief in 1999, and has been most successful with youngsters, saddling
five winners in both the Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies. He also trained
four Distaff winners, including Ladyʼs Secret, who won in 1986 and
was that yearʼs Horse of the Year.
• In summary, Lukasʼs Breedersʼ Cup winners are Capote (1986),
Success Express (1987), Is It True (1988), Timber Country (1994) and
Boston Harbor (1996) in the Juvenile; Twilight Ridge (1985), Open
Mind (1988), Flanders (1994), Cash Run (1999) and Folklore (2005) in
the Juvenile Fillies; Lifeʼs Magic (1985), Ladyʼs Secret (1986),
Sacahuista (1987) and Spain (2000) in the Distaff; Gulch (1998) and
Orientate (2002) in the Sprint; Cat Thief in the 1999 Classic; Steinlen
in the 1989 Mile; and Hightail in the 2012 Juvenile Sprint.
• Lukas is part of Breedersʼ Cup history as an owner as well. He
partnered with Overbrook Farm to campaign Grand Canyon, second in
the 1989 Juvenile, and with Overbrook Farm and Sugar Maple Farm to
run Big Sur, off the board in the 1991 Juvenile.
• Lukasʼs major clients have included the late San Diego Chargers
owner Eugene Klein; Overbrook Farm; Beverly Lewis and her late
husband, Robert; Michael Tabor; David Reynolds; Rob Mitchell; Tom
Van Meter; Susan Magnier; and those with Lukasʼs Breedersʼ Cup
contenders this year, Robert Baker and William Mack (Strong
Mandate); Willis Horton (Will Take Charge); Ahmed Zayat of Zayat
Stables (Fast Bullet); and Brad Kelly of Calumet Farm (Tour Guide, All
Cash, and Skyring).
• Lukasʼs skill with horses began early. Raised on a 10-acre farm
outside Antigo, Wis., the second of three children, he raced his pony at
the Antigo County Fairgrounds. Even before he was in high school he
began developing his skills in evaluating and buying horses. With his
friend Clyde Rice, later a successful horseman himself and father of
trainer Linda Rice, Lukas bought mustangs headed to slaughter, broke
and trained them, and resold them at auction. He began his career
training Quarter Horses and rose to the top, averaging more than $1
million in purse earnings annually and turning out 23 Quarter Horse
champions.
• Lukas turned to training Thoroughbreds full-time in 1978. The first
horse to put him in the national Thoroughbred spotlight was Terlingua,
a daughter of Secretariat, one of 1978ʼs top juvenile fillies, and
eventually the dam of super stallion Storm Cat. Terlingua gave Lukas
his first stakes win, the Nursery Stakes in June 1978 at Hollywood
Park. Less than a month later he earned his first graded win, the G2
American Handicap with Effervescing, also at Hollywood. In 1980
Lukasʼs career leapt forward when Hall of Fame trainer John Nerud
sent him 3-year-old Codex to train for Tartan Farm. Codex not only
gave Lukas his first G1 win, the 1980 Santa Anita Derby, but also his
first win in a Triple Crown series, that yearʼs Preakness Stakes.
• Codexʼs 1980 Preakness Stakes victory was the first of Lukasʼs record
14 wins in Triple Crown races. Appropriately enough, it was another
Preakness winner, Oxbox in 2013, who moved Lukas out of a tie with
Hall of Fame trainer James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons as the
winningest trainer on the Triple Crown trail. Lukas has won the
Kentucky Derby four times, the Preakness six times, and the Belmont
four times. Among his Kentucky Derby winners is Winning Colors, one
of just three fillies to win the Run for the Roses. In one dominant
stretch he won six straight Triple Crown races, starting with Tabasco
Catʼs victories in the 1994 Preakness and Belmont; continuing with a
sweep of the 1995 Triple Crown series with two different horses,
Thunder Gulch in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont and Timber
Country in the Preakness; and ending with Grindstoneʼs victory in the
1996 Kentucky Derby. The streak ended when Nick Zito won the 1996
Preakness with Louis Quatorze, but Lukas was right back in the
winnerʼs circle that year with Belmont winner Editorʼs Note.
• Lukas has won the Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer four times
(1985, 1986, 1987, and 1994) and was inducted into the Hall of Fame
in 1999. He became North Americaʼs all-time leading trainer by
earnings in 1988 and was the first trainer to top the $100 million and
$200 million marks in career earnings. As of Oct. 19, 2013, Lukas
leads all trainers with $265,488,401 in purse earnings. He has 4,681
wins and 7,410 placings from 27,525 starters, a 44 percent
in-the-money performance. Lukas has trained 24 champions,
including three named Horse of the Year: Ladyʼs Secret (1986),
Criminal Type (1990) and Charismatic (1999).
• In addition to his success at the races, Lukas is known for mentoring
assistants who also have gone on to successful, sometimes stellar,
training careers: Todd Pletcher, Kiaran McLaughlin, Dallas Stewart,
Mark Hennig, Randy Bradshaw, Mike Maker, George Weaver, Bobby
Barnett, Gerald Butler, and Mike Marlow. His current and long-time
assistant is Sebastian Nicholl.
• In July 2013, Governor Steven Beshear appointed Lukas to the
Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, succeeding Michael Pitino.
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GENTLEMEN'S BET
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Half Ours - Lady of Sun by Gentlemen (ARG)
Bred in Florida by JUVENAL DIAZ (Mar 04, 2009)
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13Apr13 OP9
16Mar13 OP11
08Feb13 OP8
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2012:
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HALF OURS,
gr/ro, 2003
GENTLEMEN'S BET
dkb/br, c
March 4, 2009
LADY OF SUN,
ch, 2000
Unbridled, 1987
24s, SW, $4,489,475
Unbridled's Song, 1993
566 f, 49 SW, 2.65 AEI
12s, SW, $1,311,800
1,394 f, 102 SW, 2.05 AEI Trolley Song, 1983
7s, wnr, $25,914
12 f, 9 r, 5 w, 1 SW
Storm Cat, 1983
8s, SW, $570,610
Zing, 1997
1,414 f, 180 SW, 2.97 AEI
8s, wnr, $39,500
Key Phrase, 1991
6 f, 4 r, 2 w, 1 SW
6s, SW, $233,300
12 f, 6 r, 5 w, 1 SW
Robin des Bois, 1987
6s, SW, $45,193
Gentlemen, 1992
83 f, 5 SW, 3.70 AEI
24s, SW, $3,608,558
Elegant Glance, 1986
306 f, 1 SW, 0.62 AEI
Unraced
7 f, 5 r, 2 w, 1 SW
Storm Cat, 1983
8s, SW, $570,610
July Sun, 1995
1,414 f, 180 SW, 2.97 AEI
2s, unpl, $1,680
Good Example, 1986
2 f, 1 r, 1 w
15s, SW, $166,480
9 f, 9 r, 5 w, 2 SW
Fappiano
Gana Facil
Caro
Lucky Spell
Storm Bird
Terlingua
Flying Paster
Sown
Nureyev
Rare Mint
Loose Cannon
Hidden Glance
Storm Bird
Terlingua
Crystal Glitters
Divona
GENTLEMEN'S BET'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
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2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3
1
1
0
0
$24,300
at 4
7
4(1)
0
2(2)
$242,400
Lifetime
8
5(1)
0
2(2)
$266,700
Sire: HALF OURS, gr/ro, 2003. Raced 3 yrs, 7 sts, 5 wins, $319,680. Won Richter Scale Sprint
Championship H (gr. II), Three Chimneys Juvenile S; 2nd Alysheba S (gr. III).
1st dam: Lady of Sun, ch, 2000. Bred by John T.L. Jones Jr. and Ashford Stud (Ky.). Unraced. Dam of
3 named foals, 2 rnrs, 2 wnrs, 1 sw. ($145,000, 2001 keejul yrlg).
2007: Royal King, b c, by Pico Central (Brz). Unraced.
2009: GENTLEMEN'S BET, dkb/br c, by Half Ours.
At 4: Won Iowa Sprint H; 3rd Alfred G. Vanderbilt H (gr. I), Count Fleet Sprint H (gr. III).
2010: Tempered Threat, b g, by Forest Danger. Raced 1 yr, 1 st, 1 win, $14,000.
Inbreeding: 5SX5DX5D Northern Dancer; 3SX3D Storm Cat.
Nicking: HALF OURS w/GENTLEMEN (ARG) mares: 1 foal, 1 str, 1 wnr (100%), 0 2yo wnrs
(0%), 1 SW (100%), 0 GSW (0%)
Broodmare sire: GENTLEMEN (Arg), ch, 1992. Sire of 67 dams of 184 foals, 114 rnrs (62%), 68
2nd dam: July Sun, ch, 1995-2001. Bred by Buckram Oak Farm (Ky.). Raced 1 yr, 2 sts, 0 wins, $1,680.
Breeder
Juvenal Diaz ... Born: Oct. 19, 1954 in Tangancicuaro, Mexico ...
Residence: Ocala, Fla. ... Family: Wife: Yolanda; Children Edgar,
Fernando and Nancy,
Quick facts about Juvenal Diaz:
• Was the original owner of champion and 2010 Breedersʼ Cup Distaff
runner up Blind Luck. Purchased the filly by Pollardʼs Vision for
$11,000 and then tried to pinhook the filly at the Ocala Breeders Sales
Companyʼs April auction of 2-year-olds in training, but had to buy her
back for $10,000. He finished off her training, and when she blew
away a field in a $40,000 maiden claiming race by 13-1/4 lengths at
Calder in her debut, the buyers showed up.
• Diaz, who rode Meadowlake and Black Tie Affair and won 3,164 races
while riding primarily in the Chicago area, bought Two Item Limit for
$20,000 as a yearling in 1999 before selling her for $50,000 at auction
the following spring. Two Item Limit went on to win three graded
stakes, place in the 2001 Breedersʼ Cup Distaff and two other Grade 1
races, and earn a shade over $1 million.
• To stay within his budget while scouting horses at auctions, Diaz said
he focuses on horses who are athletic instead of horses with top
pedigrees or who have perfect conformation, with Baby J being a
perfect example.
• Diaz retired from the saddle in 2000 and began to breed, own and train
horses. Those that ended up in Chicago he would give to Mike Reavis
to train (Diaz had long ridden for Reavis). The ones that werenʼt sold
and remained in Florida he trained.
• Diaz shows seven wins as a trainer and eight as an owner.
• Along with his wife Yolanda, Juvenal owns and operates Omega Farm
in Ocala, Fla. “I originally called it ʻJockey Club Farmʼ but The Jockey
Club asked me to change the name to avoid confusion, so I did.”
• Juvenal breeds a handful of mares, currently three and prefers to sell
them privately rather than in the sales. “You have to get these horses
to run crazy times like 9.4 (seconds for an eighth) to get noticed and I
donʼt like to push them to run that fast that soon. I let them run
naturally.”
• Bred 2013 Florida Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf and Orchid
Stakes (G3) winner Regalo Mia.
Owner
Harry Rosenblum ... Born: Aug. 9, 1950 in Little Rock, Ark. ...
Residence: Little Rock, Ark. and Hot Springs, Ark. ... Family: Wife Kay,
who was Miss Arkansas 1969 ... Education: Majored in pre-med and
graduated with a B.S. in biology from Hendricks College. Although he
was accepted to medical school, he declined and went into business
instead.
Starts 1st
2nd
1
0
0
1987
Turf
3rd
0
Earnings
$140,000
Vilzak
4th
Quick facts about Harry Rosenblum:
• Breedersʼ Cup Sprint contender Gentlemenʼs Bet will bring Rosenblum
back to the event for the first time in 26 years. “Vilzack, who was fourth
in the Breedersʼ Cup Turf in 1987, was my first and last Breedersʼ Cup
horse, so itʼs been quite a while. Weʼre really excited about
Gentlemenʼs Bet and looking forward to being at Santa Anita to see
him run,” he said. “Heʼs never been off the board in a dirt race” ...
Gentlemenʼs Bet added the Iowa Sprint Handicap to his resume in
2013 and was third in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at
Saratoga and the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn.
• Rosenblum acquired Gentlemenʼs Bet through a private purchase. “I
received a call from another trainer, who suggested I call (breeder)
Juvenal Diaz. I buy privately and donʼt claim horses,” he said. “I paid
that trainer a bonus and sent him to Wayne Catalano in Chicago.
When Wayne got him, he couldnʼt believe how fast he was. But then
he got sick. When he came back, he broke his maiden but suffered a
non-displaced condylar fracture so I gave him a lot of time off, even
more time than he needed. When he was ready, I wanted him to be in
Arkansas with me, so I gave him to Ron Moquett, who is as good a
trainer and a good caretaker.”
• His full name is Harry Truman Rosenblum, and he is named for Harry
S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States from 1945-1953
and the countryʼs vice president under Franklin D. Roosevelt from
January 1945-April 1945. President Truman also was his godfather.
“That is the truth,” he said. “My father, who was born in 1892, served in
the U.S. Cavalry in World War I. They met in the army and became
best friends, and remained so for the rest of their lives. I remember
Harry Truman coming to our home when I was a little boy.”
• Kay Allen Rosenblum was Miss Arkansas 1969 and competed in the
Miss America pageant. “I tried to get set up on a blind date with her
then, but she wouldnʼt go. We met years later and that was it. We were
married nine months after being inrtoduced and that was in 1976,” said
Harry. “Sheʼs still as beautiful inside and out, lovely and talented as
when she was Miss Arkansas.”
• Harry and Kay Rosenblum have always loved horses and a few years
after they were married in 1976, he bought 50 percent of their first
horse, Sylvester Road, who won by eight lengths only one week later.
That was all it took. “Kay loves the horse business, just as I do. Iʼve
had some good horses over the years and my first good one was
Swingin Sway. Iʼve had a few European horses, too,” he said. “Injuries
have been the biggest problems Iʼve had with my horses.”
• Rosenblum has been in the financial services and investment business
for 38 years and is the managing director of Crews and Associates, a
major firm headquartered in Little Rock, Ark.
• The Rosenblums had about three dozen horses in training with Hall of
Famer Jack Van Berg in California at one time and Harry said he was
on an airplane every weekend to be in the barn and absorb as much
as he could about racing and training. He got quite an education. “Iʼd
be in Jackʼs barn and get in the stalls and go over every leg of every
horse. Iʼd get on a pony and be out on the track with Jack and (Hall of
Famer) Wayne Lukas watching horses train. I learned so much from
Jack, he is the consummate horseman. Those days were some of my
best times in racing, including when Jack ran Vilzack in the Breedersʼ
Cup,” he said.
• The Rosenblums currently maintain a small stable of eight or nine
horses, which he said is manageable and what he likes at this stage,
and they also own a few horses in partnership with Team Valor. One
of his horses he is high on going into 2014 is a 2-year-old named Tale
of Honor. “This business really is the thrill of victory and the agony of
defeat. The last couple of years have been brutal. I had a really nice
2-year-old by Curlin that I had to put down when he got sick and went
into kidney failure,” he said. “Tale of Honor is my best 2-year-old. I
bought him at the Saratoga sale and Ron (Moquett) said heʼs one of
the best 2-year-olds heʼs had.” Part of the impetus for buying the colt
was that his maternal granddam is Silent Eskimo, who was bred by the
late John Franks, a four-time Eclipse Award winner as Outstanding
Owner and the owner of 1998 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile winner and
champion 2-Year-Old Male Answer Lively. “John was a very dear
friend of mine,” said Rosenblum. “He was a great man and I remain in
touch with his widow. Just recently, I was telling her about this colt and
weʼre both excited about him.”
• Rosenblum enjoys watching his horses run at his home track of
Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs. “Weʼre really blessed to have such a
nice track and such good purses,” he said.
Trainer
Ron Moquett ... Born: August 31, 1971 in Ft. Smith, Ark. ... Residence:
Hot Springs, Ark. ... Family: Wife Laura, son Chance and daughter
Chandler ... Education: Majored in engineering at the University of
Arkansas.
Starts 1st
2nd
1
0
0
1999
3rd
0
Juvenile Fillies
Earnings
$0
Asher
6th
Quick facts about Ron Moquett:
• Moquett is headed back to the Breedersʼ Cup for the first time since
1999 with Sprint contender and Iowa Sprint Handicap winner
Gentlemenʼs Bet for owner Harry T. Rosenblum. Graded stakes winner
Asher, whom he calls one of the best heʼs trained in his 16-year
career, finished sixth in the Juvenile Fillies in 1999. “I think we could
win it,” he said when asked about the ability of the fleet Gentlemenʼs
Bet.
• This year has been especially meaningful for Moquett, who also sent
out stakes winners Livi Makenzie and Right to Vote, the latter he took
over training early in the season after the multiple graded stakes
placed horse was purchased privately and sent to his barn. Moquett
added Lasix and took off the blinkers and was rewarded when Right to
Vote won the Kellyʼs Landing Stakes at Churchill Downs by five
lengths in wire-to-wire fashion on June 29 ... The victory was part of a
dream weekend during which he won three stakes in a row in fewer
than 24 hours and went four-for-five with his horses in that three-day
span. In addition to Right to Voteʼs stakes win at Churchill,
Gentlemenʼs Bet and Livi Makenzie won stakes at Prairie Meadows.
Up until then, Moquett had won 11 total stakes in his career. “That was
really good and every week should be that good,” he said. “Thatʼs the
kind of stuff that happens to (Steve) Asmussen, (Todd) Pletcher, and
(Wayne) Lukas, not us. It all worked out that weekend. Itʼs good to be
lucky,” he said.
• After Gentlemenʼs Bet finished third in the Alfred G. Vandebilt
Handicap (G1) at Saratoga, Moquett elected to skip the Vosburgh (G1)
and run in the Phoenix Stakes (G3) at Keeneland due to the difficulty
of shipping back and forth to Belmont Park from his base at Churchill
Downs.
• Thanks to the 3-year-old filly Amieʼs Dini, Moquett had a particularly
good 2012 meet at Oaklawn Park, winning 11 races, including the
Martha Washington with the filly, who was also second in the
Honeybee (G3) and third in the Fantasy (G2).
• Known for his ability to bring new owners into the business, Moquett
puts together partnerships under his Southern Springs Stable banner
... Heʼs also recognized for his abilities as a horseman. “Iʼm really
proud of getting the most out of horses with the least amount of talent.
I take their problems and I fix them,” he said. “Things are going great
this year.”
• His biggest stars have been Asher, Go Now, Rare Money, Mystery
Giver and Seek Gold, who shocked the field in the 2006 Stephen
Foster Handicap (G1) at Churchill Downs.
• Born and raised in Fort Smith, Ark., trainer Ron Moquett began
attending races at Oaklawn Park at a young age and decided early on
he wanted to be a trainer ... Started out with trainer Bernie Flint and
moved up from hotwalker to foreman before going on his own in 1996
... He currently races in Arkansas, Kentucky and Saratoga, where he
took a small string for the first time this year.
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Bred in Kentucky by OAKBROOK FARM (Apr 05, 2008)
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Owner: ZAYAT STABLES, LLC
Trainer: STEVEN M. ASMUSSEN
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FIRST SAMURAI,
ch, 2003
JUSTIN PHILLIP
dkb/br, h
April 5, 2008
AVA KNOWSTHECODE,
b, 1994
Storm Cat, 1983
8s, SW, $570,610
Giant's Causeway, 1997 1,414 f, 180 SW, 2.97 AEI
13s, SW, $3,078,989
1,884 f, 146 SW, 1.86 AEI Mariah's Storm, 1991
16s, SW, $724,895
10 f, 9 r, 7 w, 2 SW
Dixieland Band, 1980
24s, SW, $441,320
Freddie Frisson, 1993
1,306 f, 117 SW, 1.91 AEI
24s, SW, $263,037
Frisson, 1988
4 f, 4 r, 4 w, 1 SW
Unraced
6 f, 6 r, 4 w, 2 SW
Fappiano, 1977
17s, SW, $370,213
Cryptoclearance, 1984
410 f, 48 SW, 4.40 AEI
44s, SW, $3,376,327
1,193 f, 42 SW, 1.14 AEI Naval Orange, 1975
11s, wnr, $9,300
8 f, 7 r, 6 w, 1 SW
Avatar, 1972
33s, SW, $464,609
Ava Romance, 1981
469 f, 18 SW, 1.45 AEI
56s, SW, $283,749
Sunny Romance, 1973
8 f, 8 r, 6 w, 2 SW
12s, SW, $43,262
12 f, 9 r, 6 w, 1 SW
Storm Bird
Terlingua
Rahy
Immense
Northern Dancer
Mississippi Mud
Fappiano
Mavera
Mr. Prospector
Killaloe
Hoist the Flag
Mock Orange
Graustark
Brown Berry
Gallant Romeo
Sundestine
JUSTIN PHILLIP'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
4
1
1
2
$48,128
at 3
10
2(1)
0
3(3)
$250,234
at 4
8
1
3(2)
1(1)
$278,800
at 5
9
3(2)
2(2)
2(2)
$671,275
Lifetime
31
7(3)
6(4)
8(6)
$1,248,437
Sire: FIRST SAMURAI, ch, 2003. Raced 2 yrs, 8 sts, 5 wins, $915,075. Won Champagne S (gr. I),
Hopeful S (gr. I), Fountain of Youth S (gr. II); 2nd Hutcheson S (gr. II); 3rd Bessemer Trust Breeders'
Cup Juvenile (gr. I).
1st dam: Ava Knowsthecode, b, 1994. Bred by Oakbrook Farm (Ky.). Raced 4 yrs, 29 sts, 3 wins,
$156,596. 3rd Senorita S (gr. IIIT). Dam of 10 named foals, 8 rnrs, 7 wnrs, 5 sw.
2000: Ava Darling, dkb/br f, by Gilded Time. Raced 2 yrs, 10 sts, 1 win, $48,040. Dam of 6 foals,
4 rnrs, 2 wnrs, including Safe Crossing ($187,250).
2001: Farfalina, blk f, by Old Trieste. Raced 1 yr in Mex, 4 sts, 0 wins, $238. Dam of 5 foals, 5
rnrs, 3 wnrs. ($43,000 keesep yrlg).
2002: ALEX'S ALLURE, ch f, by Sky Classic. Raced 3 yrs, 12 sts, 3 wins, $69,270. Won Senorita
S (T). Dam of 2 foals, 1 rnr, 1 wnr. ($65,000 keesep yrlg).
2003: KEYED ENTRY, dkb/br c, by Honour and Glory. Raced 4 yrs, 12 sts, 4 wins, $322,852. Won
Hutcheson S (gr. II, NTR, GP, 71/2 furlongs in 1:27.12); Deputy Minister H (gr. III); 2nd Gotham
S (gr. III); 3rd Wood Memorial S (gr. I). Sire. Sent to KSA 2013. ($145,000 ftkjul yrlg).
2004: Code Variance, b f, by Awesome Again. Unraced. Dam of 3 foals, 3 rnrs, 3 wnrs, including
Deighan ($77,780). ($130,000 keesep yrlg).
2005: Slipped.
2006: SUCCESSFUL MISSION, dkb/br g, by Successful Appeal. Raced 5 yrs, 21 sts, 8 wins,
$353,101. Won Miami Mile H (gr. IIIT), Elkwood S, I Take All S (T); 2nd Elkwood S (T). ($360,000
keesep yrlg).
2007: Is It Safe, b f, by Yes It's True. Unraced. ($185,000 keesep yrlg).
2008: JUSTIN PHILLIP, dkb/br c, by First Samurai. ($400,000 keesep yrlg).
At 3: Won Woody Stephens S (gr. II); 3rd Foxwoods King's Bishop S (gr. I), Jerome S (gr. II),
Bay Shore S (gr. III).
At 4: 2nd Alfred G. Vanderbilt H (gr. I), True North H (gr. II); 3rd Mr. Prospector S.
At 5: Won Alfred G. Vanderbilt H (gr. I), Count Fleet Sprint H (gr. III); 2nd Vosburgh Invitational S
(gr. I), RTN True North H (gr. II); 3rd Forego S (gr. I), Palos Verdes S (gr. II).
2009: ALGORITHMS, b c, by Bernardini. Raced 2 yrs, 3 sts, 3 wins, $301,500. Won Holy Bull S
(gr. III). ($170,000 keesep yrlg).
2010: Encode, dkb/br c, by Bernardini. Raced 1 yr, 2 sts, 1 win, $44,100. ($625,000 keesep yrlg).
2012: Dkb/br c, by Tapit. ($1,200,000 keesep yrlg).
2013: Dkb/br c, by Bernardini.
Inbreeding: 4SX3D Fappiano.
Nicking: FIRST SAMURAI w/CRYPTOCLEARANCE mares: 4 foals, 4 strs, 4 wnrs (100%),
2 2yo wnrs (50%), 2 SW (50%), 2 GSW (50%)
Broodmare sire: CRYPTOCLEARANCE, dkb/br, 1984-2009. Sire of 383 dams of 1,637 foals, 1,181
rnrs (72%), 792 wnrs (48%), 158 2yo wnrs (10%), 1.04 AEI, 1.29 CI; 60 sw.
2nd dam: AVA ROMANCE, ch, 1981. Bred by Happy Times Farm (Ohio). Raced 5 yrs, 56 sts, 7 wins,
$283,749. Won Indian Maid H (T), Rose de Bartolo Memorial H (R); 2nd Lady Mannequin H, River
Downs Budweiser Breeders' Cup S (T), My Charmer H (T), First Lady S (R), Lottery Winner S (R),
Ms. Southern Ohio S (R), Myrtlewood H (R); 3rd River Downs Budweiser Breeders' Cup S (T),
Governor's Buckeye Cup (R), Governor's Buckeye Cup H (R). Dam of TIME FOR ROMANCE (f, Gilded
Time; $92,250. Won Mesa H; 3rd Camilla Urso H; producer), AVA SINGSTHEBLUES (f, Dixieland
Band; $41,714. Won Big Tree Ranch Claiming S; 3rd White Tail S; producer; dam of Glitteration).
Granddam of Barb's Groom Skip, Wanna Kat, Texan Light, Ale Victoria.
Breeder
Oakbrook Farm ... Owner(s): Pat Klussman ... Family: Three
daughters.
Farm.
Quick facts about Oakbrook Farm:
• Pat Klussman continues to keep the coupleʼs breeding operation
going, selling the colts and keeping her fillies to replenish the
broodmare band. She hasnʼt raced much since her husbandʼs death.
• Justin Phillip is the latest offspring of Ava Knowsthecode to run in the
upper levels. Trained by Steve Asmussen, the 5-year-old son of First
Samurai was purchased by Ahmed Zayat for $400,000 and named the
horse for his son.
• Bill Klussman died in 2003 at the age of 71, two days after watching
Keyed Entry run in the Kentucky Derby on television. He never had a
chance to see the subsequent stakes winners Ava Knowsthecode
would produce.
• Justin Phillip, who finished fifth in the Breedersʼ Cup last year and is
heading back to California again for a second try, is having one of his
best seasons to date winning the Count Fleet Sprint (G3), and the
Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap (G1). He also finished third in the Forego
(G1) and second in the Vosburgh Invitational (G1).
• Klussman keeps her horses at Catherine Parkeʼs Valkyre Stud in
Georgetown, Ky.
• Ava Knowsthecode also has produced stakes winners Alexʼs Allure,
Keyed Entry, Successful Mission and Algorithms, and Justin Phillip.
She produced a Bernardini colt in 2013 and her yearling colt by Tapit
sold for $1.2 million at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. She
was bred to Giantʼs Causeway for 2014.
• Keyed Entry finished last in the 2006 Kentucky Derby after winning the
Hutcheson (G2). He went on to win the Deputy Minister (G3). He
stands stud at Bridlewood Farm in Florida.
• Algorithims gave Oakbrook the chance for a second Kentucky Derby
winner in 2012 after he won the Holy Bull (G3) but fractured a splint
bone in his right front leg and was retired. He stands at Claiborne
• The Klussmans partnered with Catherine Parke after attending a
Keeneland auction in the early 1970s. Together with Parke, they built a
small broodmare band that produced a string of stakes winners.
• One of the mares bought by the Klussmans and Parke included Ava
Romance, who they bred to Cryptoclearance to produce Ava
Knowsthecode, winner of the Grade 3 Senorita Stakes in 1997.
• Oakbrook also produced Northern Emerald, winner of the Flower Bowl
Invitational (G1) in 1995.
• The couple met in California, attended college at San Jose State, and
moved to Los Angeles so Bill could take an accounting job. Bill
ultimately switched to building single-family homes, and was very
successful.
Owner
Zayat Stables, LLC ... Owner(s): Ahmed Zayat ... Born: Aug. 31, 1962,
Cairo, Egypt ... Residence: New Jersey, New York, Egypt and London ...
Family: wife, Joanne; and children, Ashley, Emma, Justin and Benjamin
... Education: Masterʼs degrees in business and public health from
Boston University and Harvard University. ... Web site:
www.zayatstables.com/
Starts 1st
2nd
16
0
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
3rd
0
Juvenile
Juvenile
Filly & Mare Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Turf
Juvenile
Mile
Juvenile
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Earnings
$265,625
Got the Last Laugh
Malt Magic
Baroness Thatcher
Z Humor
Zee Zee
Forefathers
Fri Guy
Pioneerof the Nile
Thorn Song
Eskendereya
Zensational
Jaycito
A Z Warrior
Riley Tucker
13th
12th
4th
5th
8th
10th
7th
5th
9th
9th
5th
7th
12th
9th
2012
Marathon
Sprint
Jaycito
Justin Phillip
11th
5th
Quick facts about Zayat Stables, LLC:
• The 2013 season has been another emotional one for Zayat Stables,
led by Breedersʼ Cup Sprint contender Justin Phillip getting his first
Grade 1 win and the return of Grade 1 winner Paynter from life
threatening illness.
• Justin Phillip, named for owner Ahmed Zayatʼs son, ran fifth in the
2012 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint and developed into a tougher divisional
force in 2013. The son of First Samurai broke through for his top-level
win in Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) at Saratoga in August and
was second by a neck to Private Zone in the Vosburgh Invitational
(G1).
• June 2013 marked the return of Paynter, who nearly died after
developing colitis and the early onset of laminitis in the wake of his
victory in the 2012 Haskell Invitational (G1). After lengthy stays at
Upstate Equine Medical Center in New York and Fair Hill Therapy
Center in Maryland, Paynter returned to Baffertʼs shedrow last
December and won a 7-furlong allowance test at Hollywood Park in his
first start back. Three races later, Paynter finished second to 2012
Breedersʼ Cup Classic runner-up Mucho Macho Man in the Awesome
Again Stakes (G1). “If you donʼt believe in miracles, you certainly have
to start believing in one, because seeing Paynter – his attitude, – heʼs
a warrior,” Zayat said.
• Extreme highs and lows also defined Zayat Stables in 2012, led by the
exploits of Grade 1 winners Bodemeister. Bodemeister – named for
trainer Bob Baffertʼs son Bode – was favored to give the operation
their first Kentucky Derby triumph following his 9-1/2 length victory in
the Arkansas Derby (G1) only to finish second to Iʼll Have Another in
both the Derby and Preakness Stakes. With Bodemeister sitting out
the Belmont Stakes, stablemate Paynter nearly pulled off the victory
but was caught late by Union Rags giving Zayat and Baffert the
distinction of finishing second in all three Triple Crown races, and all
three races lost by a total of two lengths.
• Zayat has had 16 Breedersʼ Cup starters to date with Baroness
Thatcher, fourth in the 2007 Filly & Mare Sprint, posting his best finish
to date. Zayat also campaigned former Breedersʼ Cup starter
Eskendereya, runaway winner of the 2010 Wood Memorial (G1) and
the horse considered by many to be the heavy favorite for that yearʼs
Kentucky Derby… On the Sunday prior to the Derby, Eskendereya
was withdrawn from the race and subsequently retired to stud duty due
to a soft tissue injury in his left front leg.
• Following a tumultuous 2010 season in which Zayat filed for Chapter
11 bankruptcy protection, Zayat Stables regrouped in 2011 and was
once again a presence on some of racingʼs biggest days ... Zayatʼs
Nehro finished second in the 2011 Kentucky Derby behind Animal
Kingdom and was fourth in the Belmont Stakes before being sidelined
with an ankle chip in his right front fetlock.
• In Feb. 2010, Zayat filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in an attempt to
protect his operation from efforts by Fifth Third Bank to have a receiver
appointed to oversee Zayat Stables … Fifth Third Bank had filed suit
against Zayat in Dec. 2009 in an attempt to recover more than $34
million in loans but the two sides reached a settlement in June under
which the Fifth Third loan would be satisfied by the end of 2014 … In
the wake of the legal problems, Zayat scaled back his operation and
now carries about 150 horses total compared to the more than 250
horses he had in the past ...”As the business has evolved over the last
couple of years because of the turn of the economy and obviously the
turn in our industry, we are becoming more cost conscious about
overhead and realize that not every runner in your stable is going to be
an allowance let alone a stakes horse,” Zayat said.
• Made his first appearance at the Breedersʼ Cup in 2006 and had the
morning-line favorite for the 2010 Breedersʼ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint
in Rightly So but the daughter of Read the Footnotes was scratched
the morning of the race after being examined by the veterinary panel.
• Zayat was the nationʼs leading owner in 2008 as his stable racked up
nearly $6.9 million in earnings and 116 victories ... Other top runners
include multiple Grade 1 winner and current Vinery stallion Pioneerof
the Nile, the second place finisher in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, graded
stakes winner Prayer for Relief, who missed the 2011 Breedersʼ Cup
Classic after spiking a fever, A Z Warrior, Jaycito, Thorn Song, Eatonʼs
Gift, Baroness Thatcher and Soul Warrior.
• Zayat made splashy, big-ticket purchases starting in 2005 including
Maimonides, a $4.6 million Keeneland September yearling, by the late
Vindication ... Also purchased the sale topper at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton
Saratoga select yearling sale, a filly by Empire Maker, for $1.6 million,
named Mushka. Mushka would go on to become a Grade 1 winning
millionaire and finished second in the 2009 Breedersʼ Cup Ladiesʼ
Classic behind Life Is Sweet for new owners Brushwood Stable after
Zayat sold Mushka for $2.4 million at the 2008 Keeneland November
sale. The first foal out of Mushka topped the 2012 Keeneland
September yearling sale when the son of Distorted Humor sold for
$1.65 million.
• Introduced to race horses in his early teens while competing in
national show jumping events in his native Egypt, Ahmed Zayat
formed Zayat Stables in 2005 and saw the operation enjoy immediate
success with Grade 1 winners Point Ashley and Downthedustyroad.
• An entrepreneur known for turning companies around, Zayat is best
known for the privatization of Al Ahram Beverages Company (ABC),
which was later sold to Heineken International after turning into the
largest beverage manufacturer and distributor in the Middle East. In
addition to the beverage industry, he is the largest shareholder in the
largest manufacturer of glass containers in Egypt, Misr Glass
Manufacturing (MGM), and is involved in other industries.
Trainer
Steve Asmussen ... Born: Nov. 18, 1965, Gettysburg, S.D. ...
Residence: Arlington, Texas ... Family: wife, Julie; sons, Keith James,
Darren Scott and Eric Mark.
Starts 1st
2nd
29
4
4
2003
2004
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010
3rd
2
Earnings
$6,877,180
Distaff
Lady Tak
Juvenile
Cuvee
Sprint
Posse
Sprint
Bwana Charlie
Sprint
Cuvee
Juvenile
Private Vow
Classic
Curlin
Juvenile
Kodiak Kowboy
Juvenile
Pyro
Classic
Curlin
Classic
Student Council
Dirt Mile
Pyro
Turf Sprint
Storm Treasure
Juvenile Fillies Turf Jungle Tale
Classic
Haynesfield
Dirt Mile
Thiskyhasnolimit
Sprint
Riley Tucker
2011
2012
7th
12th
4th
4th
13th
14th
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
11th
6th
3rd
5th
11th
7th
9th
Dirt Mile
Dirt Mile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Turf
Turf Sprint
Dirt Mile
Filly & Mare Sprint
Ladies' Classic
Sprint
Turf Sprint
Turf Sprint
Tapizar
Wilburn
My Miss Aurelia
Daddy Nose Best
Regally Ready
Tapizar
Dust and Diamonds
My Miss Aurelia
Justin Phillip
Great Mills
Unbridledʼs Note
5th
7th
1st
6th
1st
1st
2nd
2nd
5th
4th
2nd
Quick facts about Steve Asmussen:
• Steve Asmussen expects to send three runners to the 2013 Breedersʼ
Cup. Bound for the Juvenile Fillies is Untapable, undefeated in two
starts including the Pocahontas Stakes (G2), a Breedersʼ Cup
Challenge “Win and Youʼre In” race. Returning to the Breedersʼ Cup is
Justin Phillip, expected for the Sprint after finishing fifth in that race in
2012. Since that result he earned his first Grade 1 victory, the 2013
Vanderbilt Handicap, and came within a neck of winning another, the
Vosburgh Invitational. Also returning is Unbridledʼs Note, intended
again for the Turf Sprint after finishing second in that race in 2012.
• Asmussen has saddled 29 Breedersʼ Cup starters and to date has four
wins in four different races: the 2012 Dirt Mile with Tapizar; the 2011
Turf Sprint with Regally Ready; the 2011 Juvenile Fillies with My Miss
Aurelia; and the 2007 Classic with Curlin.
• Asmussen first entered the Breedersʼ Cup picture in 2003, saddling
Posse in the Sprint, Cuvee in the Juvenile, and Lady Tak in the Distaff;
Posse finished best, coming home fourth. After an also-ran finish with
Private Vow in the 2005 Juvenile and no entries in 2006, Asmussen
had a breakthrough Breedersʼ Cup in 2007. In addition to Curlinʼs
Classic victory, Pyro and Kodiak Kowboy finished second and third,
respectively, in the Juvenile. In 2008, Curlin returned to the Classic but
could not repeat, finishing fourth, while Storm Treasure came home
third in the Turf Sprint. Asmussenʼs lone entry in 2009, Jungle Tale,
was fifth in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, and he was off the board with
three starters in 2010. In 2011, he was back in the winnerʼs circle with
My Miss Aurelia (Juvenile Fillies) and Regally Ready (Turf Sprint);
three others were off the board, although Tapizar counted his first
Breedersʼ Cup earnings with a fifth in the Dirt Mile. In 2012, all six of
Asmussenʼs Breedersʼ Cup entries brought home checks: Tapizarʼs
win in the Dirt Mile; seconds by My Miss Aurelia in the Ladiesʼ Classic
(now Distaff), Dust and Diamonds in the Filly and Mare Sprint, and
Unbridledʼs Note in the Turf Sprint; a fourth by Great Mills in the Turf
Sprint; and Justin Phillipʼs fifth in the Sprint.
• Asmussenʼs Breedersʼ Cup stars have been well rewarded on Eclipse
Awards night. Curlin was twice named Horse of the Year, for 2007 and
2008, and Kodiak Kowboy, returned to Asmussen for his final two
starts after a stint with Larry Jones, was named top sprinter for 2009.
My Miss Aurelia, undefeated in four starts as a 2-year-old, took home
the Eclipse Award as 2011ʼs top juvenile female.
• In addition to Asmussenʼs Breedersʼ Cup hopefuls, other stable
standouts in 2013 have been 4-year-old Cluster of Stars, undefeated
in seven starts including two Grade 2 stakes; multiple graded stakes
winner Master Rick; and Grade 3 winners Brazen Persuasion and
Mico Margarita.
• Asmussen was North Americaʼs leading trainer by wins in 2002, 2004,
2005, and 2007 through 2011. He won the Eclipse Award as
outstanding trainer in 2008, when he set the record for number of wins
in a year with 622, and won the award again in 2009 when he broke
his own record with 650 wins. He also was the first trainer in history to
win 500 races in one year, scoring 555 in 2004, crushing the record of
476 held by Jack Van Berg since 1976. Asmussen set a North
American record on Feb. 7, 2004, when he won 10 races in one day,
including three stakes, from 16 starters at five tracks.
• Through Oct. 19, 2013, Asmussen has 6,588 career wins, second
among all North American trainers only to Dale Baird, whose win total
stood at 9,445 when he was killed in an auto accident in 2007.
Asmussen also has 5,264 seconds and 4,437 thirds among his 31,204
starters, a 52 percent top-three performance. His purse earnings stand
at more than $210 million, fifth among all trainers lifetime. Saddling
Basalt at Remington Park, Asmussen earned his 6,000th win on Nov.
18, 2011, the fifth trainer to reach that milestone. He holds multiple
training titles including at Ellis Park, Fair Grounds, Keeneland, Lone
Star Park, Monmouth, Oaklawn Park, Remington Park, Retama Park,
Sunland Park, and Churchill Downs.
• Asmussen currently has about 100 horses in training, divided among
New York, Kentucky, and Oklahoma operations. His assistants are
Scott Blasi, Darren Fleming, and Toby Sheets.
• Among Asmussenʼs major clients are Winchell Thoroughbreds, who
owns Untapable; Zayat Stables, who owns Justin Phillip; and Mike
McCarty, who owns Unbridledʼs Note. The trainerʼs operation suffered
a blow in 2011 with the death of leading client Jess Jackson of
Stonestreet Stable. Jacksonʼs wife, Barbara Banke, continues to run
the stable. Two horses that Asmussen trained for Jackson left
near-indelible marks on racingʼs history books, earning three straight
Horse of the Year Eclipse awards between them: Curlin in 2007 and
2008 and Rachel Alexandra in 2009.
• Rachel Alexandra was purchased by Jackson and Harold McCormick
after her 20-length win in the 2009 Kentucky Oaks. The filly was
undefeated in eight starts as a 3-year-old, including historic wins over
males in the 2009 Preakness Stakes and Haskell Invitational and over
older males in the 2009 Woodward Stakes. Retired in 2010, she was
bred to Curlin and delivered her first foal in January 2012. The foal
was named Jessʼs Dream following a naming contest that drew more
than 6,500 submissions.
• Asmussen trained Curlin from his second start after Midnight Cry
Stables sold majority interest in the colt to Stonestreet and partners
George Bolton and Padua Stables; Stonestreet eventually owned the
horse outright. Curlin won the Preakness Stakes and Breedersʼ Cup
Classic in 2007 and followed with wins in the Dubai World Cup,
Stephen Foster Handicap, and Jockey Club Gold Cup in 2008. The
Gold Cup win pushed his career earnings over the $10 million mark
and past Cigar as the top American earner in history. After finishing
fourth in the 2008 Breedersʼ Cup Classic, Curlin was retired to stand at
Laneʼs End Farm.
• Asmussen learned the racing business from his parents, Keith and
Marilyn Asmussen, who breed, own, and train. He was helping to walk
hots and mucking stalls by the age of five. In a childhood accident, he
lost part of one thumb while holding a horse through a chain link fence.
Asmussen took out his jockeyʼs license at age 16 and rode for three
years in California, New Mexico, and New York before difficulty
maintaining weight forced him to abandon race riding. His brother,
Cash, now also a trainer, was the Eclipse Award top apprentice jockey
in 1979 before becoming a champion rider in Europe. The Asmussen
family operates Asmussen Horse Center, a breeding and sales
operation, and El Primero Training Center, both in Laredo, Texas.
• Asmussen began training Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses in New
Mexico in 1986 and won his first Thoroughbred stakes in 1987, the
Bessemer Stakes with Scout Command at Birmingham Race Course.
His first graded win, the G3 Derby Trial in 1996, came with Valid
Expectations, his first major contender and winner of seven stakes
from 1995 through 1997. His first G1 win came in 1999 with Mother
Goose Stakes winner Dreams Galore.
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LAUGH TRACK
B.c.4 Distorted Humor - Flaming Heart by Touch Gold
Bred in Kentucky by WINSTAR FARM, LLC (Feb 19, 2009)
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DISTORTED
HUMOR,
ch, 1993
LAUGH TRACK
b, c
February 19,
2009
Forty Niner, 1985
19s, SW, $2,726,000
920 f, 57 SW, 1.97 AEI
Danzig's Beauty, 1987
8s, SW, $205,806
14 f, 8 r, 6 w, 2 SW
Touch Gold, 1994
15s, SW, $1,679,907
812 f, 31 SW, 1.26 AEI
FLAMING HEART,
b, 2001
Hot Lear, 1995
7s, SW, $106,050
9 f, 5 r, 3 w, 1 SW
14s, SW, $112,171
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
File, 1976
22s, SW, $73,774
11 f, 11 r, 7 w, 1 SW
Danzig, 1977
3s, wnr, $32,400
1,074 f, 202 SW, 3.97 AEI
Sweetest Chant, 1978
40s, SW, $414,410
11 f, 10 r, 9 w, 1 SW
Deputy Minister, 1979
22s, SW, $696,964
1,141 f, 90 SW, 2.53 AEI
Passing Mood, 1978
9s, SW, $45,361
9 f, 7 r, 6 w, 5 SW
Lear Fan, 1981
8s, SW, $175,901
891 f, 84 SW, 1.74 AEI
Medicine Woman, 1985
12s, SW, $161,427
13 f, 11 r, 10 w, 3 SW
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Tom Rolfe
Continue
Northern Dancer
Pas de Nom
Mr. Leader
Gay Sonnet
Vice Regent
Mint Copy
Buckpasser
Cool Mood
Roberto
Wac
Dr. Blum
Julita
LAUGH TRACK'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
1
0
1
0
$11,389
at 3
4
2
1
1
$87,546
at 4
4
2(1)
1(1)
0
$184,632
Lifetime
9
4(1)
3(1)
1
$283,567
Sire: DISTORTED HUMOR, ch, 1993. Raced 3 yrs, 23 sts, 8 wins, $769,964. Won Commonwealth
Breeders' Cup S (gr. II), Churchill Downs H (gr. II), Ack Ack H (gr. III), Salvator Mile H (gr. III), Screen
King S; 2nd Fayette S (gr. II), Jerome H (gr. II), Kentucky Cup Classic H (gr. III); 3rd Cigar Mile H (gr.
I), Philip H. Iselin H (gr. II), King's Bishop S (gr. II).
Lifetime: 12 crops, 1,139 foals, 922 rnrs (81%), 717 wnrs (63%), 147 2yo wnrs (13%), 118 sw (10%),
2.21 AEI, 2.21 CI, 490 sale yrlgs, avg $244,421, 4.5 TNA.
1st dam: FLAMING HEART, b, 2001. Bred by Adena Springs (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 13 sts, 5 wins,
$253,414. Won Hill 'n' Dale S, Strolling Belle S (R); 2nd Next Move H (gr. III). Dam of 4 named
foals, 4 rnrs, 4 wnrs, 1 sw. ($1,500,000, 2007 keenov, Street Cry (Ire)).
2008: Mythical Bride, ch f, by Street Cry (Ire). Raced 3 yrs, 13 sts, 1 win, $35,040.
2009: LAUGH TRACK, b c, by Distorted Humor. ($180,000 keenov).
At 4: Won Vigil S (Can-III); 2nd Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix S (gr. III).
2010: Saint X., b c, by Tiznow. Raced 2 yrs, 9 sts, 1 win, $58,214. ($450,000 keesep yrlg).
2011: Commissioner, b c, by A.P. Indy. Raced 1 yr, 2 sts, 1 win, $59,000.
2012: Dkb/br c, by Tiznow.
2013: Barren.
Inbreeding: 5SX5D Hail to Reason; 4SX5DX5D Northern Dancer.
Nicking: DISTORTED HUMOR w/TOUCH GOLD mares: 4 foals, 3 strs, 2 wnrs (50%), 0 2yo
wnrs (0%), 1 SW (25%), 1 GSW (25%).
Broodmare sire: TOUCH GOLD, b, 1994. Sire of 230 dams of 642 foals, 429 rnrs (67%), 307 wnrs
(48%), 106 2yo wnrs (17%), 1.30 AEI, 1.45 CI; 23 sw.
2nd dam: HOT LEAR, b, 1995. Bred by Glencrest Farm (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 7 sts, 4 wins, $106,050.
Won Santa Clara H, Bay Meadows Debutante S, Courtship S; 2nd Fremont H T; 3rd Miss America
H. Dam of Dash for Money (f, General Meeting; $53,202. 3rd Railbird S, gr. III; dam of NO SPIN,
So Lonesome).
Breeder/Co-Owner
WinStar Farm ... Owner(s): Kenny Troutt ... Born: born Jan. 8, 1948, in
Mount Vernon, Ill. ... Residence: The Troutts live in Dallas, Texas ...
Family: wife, Lisa, three children ... Professional Background: Troutt
founded Excel Communications, a long-distance telephone service and
communications company. ... Web site: www.winstarfarm.com
Quick facts about WinStar Farm:
• The past few years ushered in several changes within the WinStar
organization. In Oct. 2010, it was announced that Kenny Troutt had
bought Bill Casner out of his portion of WinStar and was now the sole
owner of the operation with Casner staying on as the farmʼs largest
client. Casner and Troutt both stated the dissolution of their
partnership was a “business strategy” and that their longtime
friendship remained intact. Weeks later, WinStar president Doug
Cauthen announced he was leaving the farm to create his own
independent consulting service. Former trainer Elliott Walden, who
conditioned 1998 Belmont Stakes winner Victory Gallop, took over as
president and CEO of WinStar.
• In 2013, WinStar, both alone and in partnership, has been represented
by graded stakes winners Take Charge Indy, Revolutionary, General
Election, and Laugh Track. Take Charge Indy, a Grade 1-winning son
of A.P. Indy out the Grade 1 winner Take Charge Lady, was retired to
WinStar after suffering a left-front condylar fracture during the
Monmouth Cup Stakes (G2) and will stand the 2014 breeding season
at the farm. He is a half-brother to leading 3-year-old colt Will Take
Charge.
• This year, as a breeder WinStar has also been represented by graded
stakes winners Fiftyshadesofhay, Mr. Hot Stuff and Go Blue or Go
Home. Originally campaigned by WinStar, Mr. Hot Stuff finished third
in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) in 2009 and competed in both the
Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. He was later sold and gelded
and is now a new star on the steeplechase circuit, winning the A. P.
Smithwick Memorial Steeplechase Stakes (G1) at Saratoga in August.
• WinStar Farm expanded its facilities in 2013 by building a
state-of-the-art stallion barn to house its top sires like Distorted Humor,
Tiznow, Speightstown, and More Than Ready as well as new
prospects Bodemeister and Gemologist. The new stallion barn
features 18 stalls, two breeding sheds, three viewing areas to inspect
the stallions, and 22 paddocks that are three acres each.
• Major sires More Than Ready and Congrats made up part of a group
of five stallions who relocated to WinStar at the beginning of 2013. The
group also included Kodiak Kowboy, Pure Prize, and Street Hero.
They were the remainder of the stallions that formerly stood at Vinery
Ltd. At the end of 2012, former Vinery stallions Pioneerof the Nile and
Maimonides were also moved to WinStar.
• In 2011, WinStar earned its first Breedersʼ Cup victory in stunning
fashion, when Drosselmeyer won the Breedersʼ Cup Classic at odds of
14-1.
• In a banner 2010 season, WinStar captured both the Kentucky Derby
and Belmont Stakes with Super Saver and Drosselmeyer, respectively,
and earned its first Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner. WinStar first
gained national fame as the breeder of 2003 Kentucky Derby and
Preakness Stakes winner Funny Cide, but Super Saver, a homebred,
marked the first classic winner owned by Casner and Troutt.
• WinStar captured the 2009 $6 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) with
its homebred Well Armed, whom Casner personally rehabilitated on
his farm in Texas after the gelding suffered a broken pelvis that kept
him sidelined for more than a year following the 2006 United Arab
Emirates Derby (UAE-G2).
• Sold first foal out of Grade 1 winner Awesome Humor, a colt by Storm
Cat, for $8.2 million at the 2006 Keeneland September yearling sale.
• Other horses bred by WinStar (singly and partnerships) include One
Cool Cat (Europeʼs champion 2-year-old of 2003), Grade 1 winners
Golden Ticket and Sharp Lisa, graded stakes winners Doubles
Partner, Rule and Itʼs No Joke, English group winner Lucky Story,
Pompeii and Ministerʼs Bid.
• Today, WinStar Farm is comprised of approximately 1,864 acres,
including an original 450-acre tract of land, once known as Silver Pond
Farm. Settled in the 1700s by the Williams of Tidewater Virginia, the
Silver Pond property remained in the family for over 150 years. Today
the original farmhouse, smokehouse, pond, bank barn and Osage
orange allee on Pisgah Pike are listed on the National Register of
Historic Places. Casner and Troutt initially purchased the 1,450-acre
Prestonwood Farm property near Versailles, Ky., from brothers Art,
Jack and J.R. Preston, also natives of Texas, and renamed it WinStar
Farm in early 2000.
• The farm offers WinStar Stablemates to fans of the sport. It is an
online, exclusive membership club that delivers a unique insiderʼs view
of the thoroughbred racing industry. Benefits include VIP,
private-guided, behind-the-scenes tour of WinStar Farm, including
picnic lunch at Farm; access to cams throughout the farm; photo
opportunities with WinStarʼs stallions; access to the Handicapperʼs
Edge; and free contests and entry into four random drawings annually
to name a WinStar yearling.
• Troutt formerly owned Landview Farm, a Thoroughbred operation in
Nebraska, which he sold in 1982. Troutt met former trainer Casner in
the late 1970s when they attempted to claim the same horse at
Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha, Neb., and later campaigned a claiming stable
together. Both Troutt and Casner withdrew from active participation in
racing during the 1980s and 1990s while pursuing other business
interests.
• With the Race Track Chaplaincy of America, Troutt created the White
Horse Award, presented annually to a farm or racetrack worker who
performs an unselfish heroic act for a horse or a human.
• Troutt currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Thoroughbred
Owners and Breeders Association as well as on the Board of Directors
for the Breedersʼ Cup.
Co-Owner
Gary Barber ... Born: Johannesburg, South Africa. ... Residence: Los
Angeles ... Family: Three daughters ... Education: Studied commerce at
Wits University in South Africa on a soccer scholarship.
Starts 1st
2nd
4
0
0
3rd
2
Earnings
$597,000
return trip to the $5 million Breedersʼ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park
after romping in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Belmont Sept 28. It
was his first win since the Sunshine Millions Classic in January.
Six-year-old Ron the Greek ran fourth in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup
Classic at Santa Anita after winning the Santa Anita Handicap (G1)
earlier in the season and finishing sixth in 2012 Jockey Club Gold Cup.
7th
3rd
4th
3rd
• Barber also will be represented by Percussion, of whom he is sole
owner, in the 2013 Breedersʼ Cup Marathon (G2). The durable
five-year-old gelding is a winner of five of 27 starts, with 2013 being his
most successful season to date. He won his first stakes this year, the
Albert the Great at Belmont, as well as running second in the Brooklyn
Handicap (G2) and third in the Alydar Stakes.
• Barber has owned three Breedersʼ Cup starters with his brother, Cecil.
The pair has had two third-place finishes – with Delegation in the 2012
Dirt Mile and Cost of Freedom in the 2009 Sprint. In 2008, they sent
out Zappa, who finished seventh in the inaugural Marathon.
• Barberʼs Sisterly Love won the Ontario Matron Stakes (G3) in late July
2013, and his Delegation won the Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine
July 1.. Barber also co-owns multiple graded stakes winner Comma to
the Top with fellow movie-makers Roger Birnbaum and
KevinTsujihara. Among the five-year-oldʼs wins this season are the
Los Angeles Handicap (G3) and Tom Fool Handicap (G3). He also
won the Cash Call Futurity (G1) at two.
2008
2009
2012
Marathon
Sprint
Classic
Dirt Mile
Zappa
Cost of Freedom
Ron the Greek
Delegation
Quick facts about Gary Barber:
• He also owns, or has owned, horses in partnerships with several other
owners and racing operations, including Team Valor International,
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Altamira Racing Stable, Kevin
Tsujihara, and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
• Ron the Greek [trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott for Brous Stable,
Wachtel Stable, breeder Jack T. Hammer and Gary Barber] earned a
• Barberʼs stable was led in 2012 by standout three-year-old filly In
Lingerie. Trained by Todd Pletcher for Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners
and Barber, the daughter of Empire Maker won the G1 Spinster last
fall and Keeneland, and also scored in the March 24 Bourbonette (G3)
and May 18 Black-Eyed Susan (G2), and was second in the Alabama
(G1) and third in the Coaching Club American Oaks (G1). She retired
late last year with a record of 4-2-1 from seven starts, for career
earnings of $712,265,
• Formed a successful partnership with Jim Stoneʼs Stoneway Farm in
owning Spring Venture, who secured a “Win and Youʼre In” berth in the
2012 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G2) with her victory in the
Natalma Stakes (G2). She was unplaced in the Breedersʼ Cup.
• His horses have won not only in the United States, but in France,
Ireland, Australia and South Africa. In addition to 2006 Woodbine Mile
(G1) winner Becrux, who also was the 2004 champion two-year-old
male in Italy, Barber has raced (with Team Valor) Sweet Stream,
winner of the 2004 Prix Vermeille (G1) in France, and Carnadore, the
2004-05 two-year-old male champion in South Africa.
• Previous top runners include 2000 Santa Anita Derby (G1) winner The
Deputy (Ire), campaigned in partnership with Team Valor; other graded
stakes winners include Gitano Hernando (GB), winner of the 2009
Goodwood Handicap (G1) at Oak Tree at Santa Anita and headed for
the Breedersʼ Cup Classic before being declared out; Red Arrow
(Aus), winner of Hollywood Parkʼs 2009 Los Angeles Handicap (G3);
Reine de Romance (Ire); Geronimo (Chi); Fast Parade; Hull; Media
Mogul; Becrux (Ity); and $50,000 claim Cost of Freedom, who went on
to win the Ancient Title Stakes (G1), Los Angeles Handicap (G3) and
Vernon O. Underwood Stakes (G3).
• Co-founder, along with Roger Birnbaum, and CEO of Spyglass
Entertainment, which has produced such motion pictures as
“Seabiscuit” (nominated for seven Academy Awards), “Memoirs of a
Geisha” (won three Academy Awards), “The Insider” (nominated for
seven Academy Awards) and “The Sixth Sense” (nominated for six
Academy Awards). Barber has served as executive producer of more
than 50 films, including “Seabiscuit.”
• Initially worked as a chartered accountant in South Africa and a
certified public accountant in the United States. He emigrated to the
United States in 1982, following his brother Cecil, who came in 1979.
Trainer
Mark E. Casse ... Born: Feb. 14, 1961, Indianapolis, Ind. ... Residence:
Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada, and Ocala, Fla. ... Family: wife, Tina; seven
children: Cheryl, Norman, Joel, Alex, Camille, Kyle and Colby; three
grandchildren ... Norman is the top assistant to his father. ... Web site:
www.casseracing.com
Starts 1st
2nd
15
0
1
1994
2001
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
3rd
2
Earnings
$1,129,000
Sprint
End Sweep
Juvenile Fillies
Jealous Forum
Juvenile Fillies
Higher World
Juvenile
Skip Code
Juvenile Fillies
Clearly Foxy
Filly & Mare Turf Sealy Hill
Juvenile Turf
Skip A Date
Juvenile Fillies
Delightful Mary
Juvenile
Prospective
Juvenile Fillies
Northern Passion
Classic
Pool Play
Dirt Mile
Delegation
Juvenile
Dynamix Sky
Juvenile Fillies
Spring in the Air
Juvenile Fillies Turf Spring Venture
11th
8th
12th
9th (DH)
6th
2nd
11th
3rd
13th
7th
8th
3rd
6th
5th
13th
Quick facts about Mark E. Casse:
• Casse has started 15 horses in the Breedersʼ Cup and came close in
2008 with Canadian Filly Triple Crown winner Sealy Hill, who led in
deep stretch, but finished second in the Filly and Mare Turf, and with
Delegation, third in the 2012 Dirt Mile. Six of his horses have
competed in the Juvenile Fillies.
• Casse has won five Sovereign Awards as Canadaʼs top trainer,
including consecutively in 2011-2012, and in back-to-back-to-back
years (2006-2007-2008). He holds the record for the most consecutive
wins. Two of his trainees were the Canadian Horse of the Year and
eight are Sovereign Award winners and have a combined 12 trophies
among them- Uncaptured (2012 Horse of the Year and 2-Year-Old
male), Spring in the Air (2012 3-Year-Old Filly), Delightful Mary (2010
2-Year-Old Filly), Marchfield (2008-09 Outstanding Older Horse on
dirt), Sealy Hill (2007 3-Year-Old Filly, Turf Female, and Horse of the
Year), Kimchi (2006 3-Year-Old Filly), Added Edge (2002 2-Year-Old
Male) and Exciting Story (1999 2-Year-Old Male).
• Although 2013 was lagging behind Casseʼs spectacular success in
2012, he was still ranked in the top 10 with $5,853,619 in earnings
through September 26 and won a number of significant graded stakes
and major Canadian stakes, including the Prince of Wales which is the
second leg of the Triple Crown, this year. A top trainer at Woodbine for
more than a decade, he was on his way in to his seventh consecutive
title and eighth overall with almost three times as many wins as his
nearest competitor. He has been the top juvenile trainer there for the
past 15 years.
• Casse had his career-best year in 2012, ranking 7th in earnings in
North America with earnings of $10,234,707 and 129 wins, including
many top stakes, to build upon his record-setting success in 2011,
when his horses topped $7 million in purses and won 140 races. “It
was the best year weʼve ever had. Itʼs funny. We thought 2011 was
pretty good, but then last year just blew that one away,” said Casse,
who ended up ranked in the top five of graded stakes-winning trainers.
• Casse had a bevy of promising two-year-old fillies in his barn in 2012,
including Spring Venture, who won the Natalma Stakes (G2) at
Woodbine on the way to a 13th place finish in the Juvenile Fillies Turf.
Her stablemate, John Oxleyʼs Spring in the Air, who closed strongly for
second in the Natalma and went on to win the Alcibiades (G1), was
fifth in the Juvenile Fillies. In 2011, Northern Passion took the same
route to the Juvenile Fillies, where she finished seventh. Spring
Venture was Casseʼs fourth Natalma winner in seven years.
• Casseʼs impressive colt Uncaptured, who was under consideration for
the 2013 Dirt Mile, took the 2012 Clarendon, Vandal, and Swynford
Stakes as a juvenile after breaking his maiden at first asking for owner
Oxley. Although he skipped the Breedersʼ Cup, Uncaptured was voted
as Canadaʼs Horse of the Year and 2-Year-old champion male at
yearʼs end. “Heʼs a beautiful moving horse. Heʼs just all class,” said
Casse. Uncaptured won the 2013 Prince of Wales Stakes, the second
leg in Canadaʼs Triple Crown, giving Casse his second straight trophy
from the race and third overall.
• Casse added to a strong 2012 with 3-year-olds winning graded stakes.
Oxleyʼs filly Dixie Strike won the Prince of Wales Stakes, the second
jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown, after finishing third against the
boys in the first leg, the prestigious Queens Plate. She also won the
Selene Stakes (G3) and the Florida Oaks. Prospective and Stealcase,
both owned by Oxley as well, are multiple 2012 derby winners, with
Prospective taking the Tampa Bay Derby (G2) and the Ohio Derby
(G3) and Stealcase notching the Ontario Derby (G3).
• Casse oversees an expansive stable of over 80 horses and is based at
Woodbine in Ontario, Canada, with divisions a major division in
Kentucky overseen by his son and top assistant Norman, while his
wife Tina operates a training center in Ocala, Fla. named Moonshadow
Farm. The operation employs more than 50 people in the United
States and Canada. Casse is the former private trainer and operations
director for the massive Mockingbird Farm, which former owner Harry
Mangurian dispersed in 1999.
• In 2011, he won a record 119 races at Woodbine and more purses
than any other horseman in a single year ($6,670,906) to eclipse the
mark he set in 2007.
• Casse won the 1,000th race of his career on Aug. 9, 2008 when
Laragh won a maiden allowance for juvenile fillies at Woodbine.
Through Sept. 25, 2013, he had won 1,592 races in his career.
• One of his favorite horses is Sealy Hill, the only filly to capture the
Canadian Filly Triple Crown and a Eugene Melnyk homebred who was
retired after nearly winning the 2008 Breedersʼ Cup Filly and Mare Turf
and is now a top young broodmare for Melynk. “I really miss having
her in the barn,” Casse said, who had one of her daughters in the barn
in 2012. His other good horses have included Met Mile (G1) upset
winner Exciting Story, 2011 Stephen Foster Handicap (G1) winner
Pool Play, Seaside Retreat, who ran 10th in the 2006 Kentucky Derby,
Top Notch Lady, who competed in the 2006 Kentucky Oaks,
Marchfield, winner of the $500,000 Breedersʼ Stakes (G1) in 2007 and
the Sky Classic (G2) in 2009.
• Father, Norman, retired as the chairman of the board of the Ocala
Breedersʼ Sales in 2006 and is a 40-year-plus veteran of
Thoroughbred owning, breeding and training.
• Casse immersed himself in Thoroughbred racing when only 12 years
old. A trip in a horse van with his father to see Secretariat win the
Kentucky Derby in 1973 in track record time completely hooked him.
He began running his fatherʼs Cardinal Hill Farm when he was only 15
and began training officially when he was 18. He won his first race in
1979 at Keeneland.
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Bred in Florida by HAROLD J. PLUMLEY (Jan 22, 2009)
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TRIPPI,
b, 1997
End Sweep, 1991
18s, SW, $372,563
817 f, 47 SW, 1.54 AEI
Jealous Appeal, 1983
18s, wnr, $80,855
9 f, 7 r, 7 w, 4 SW
MAJESTIC STRIDE
b, g
January 22, 2009
Great Above, 1972
63s, SW, $331,377
605 f, 39 SW, 1.61 AEI
GREAT LOOKING
MISS,
Native Look, 1975
b, 1993
28s, wnr, $17,780
13 f, 8 r, 6 w
Forty Niner, 1985
19s, SW, $2,726,000
920 f, 57 SW, 1.97 AEI
Broom Dance, 1979
28s, SW, $330,022
15 f, 12 r, 9 w, 1 SW
Valid Appeal, 1972
36s, SW, $201,733
791 f, 88 SW, 2.19 AEI
Jealous Cat, 1975
26s, wnr, $12,210
8 f, 8 r, 6 w
Minnesota Mac, 1964
11s, SW, $63,275
244 f, 18 SW, 1.87 AEI
Ta Wee, 1966
21s, SW, $284,941
5 f, 5 r, 5 w, 4 SW
Native Royalty, 1967
40s, SW, $304,517
593 f, 30 SW, 1.34 AEI
Havelook, 1964
13s, wnr, $2,900
11 f, 9 r, 6 w
Mr. Prospector
File
Dance Spell
Witching Hour
In Reality
Desert Trial
Cougar II
Only the Loyal
Rough'n Tumble
Cow Girl II
Intentionally
Aspidistra
Raise a Native
Queen Nasra
Prince John
Myway
MAJESTIC STRIDE'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3
3
1
1
0
$37,200
at 4
2
2
0
0
$56,400
Lifetime
5
3
1
0
$93,600
Sire: TRIPPI, b, 1997. Raced 2 yrs, 14 sts, 7 wins, $666,220. Won Vosburgh S (gr. I), Riva Ridge S
(gr. II), Tom Fool H (gr. II), Flamingo S (gr. III), Swale S (gr. III); 2nd Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup
Sprint H (gr. II); 3rd Amsterdam S (gr. III).
Lifetime: 10 crops, 777 foals, 474 rnrs (61%), 390 wnrs (50%), 123 2yo wnrs (16%), 41 sw (5%),
In 2013: 3 sw, 78 2yos.
1st dam: Great Looking Miss, b, 1993. Bred by Harry T. Mangurian Jr. (Fla.). Raced 4 yrs, 45 sts, 6
wins, $146,731. 2nd Born Famous H (T); 3rd Maggies Pistol H. Dam of 10 named foals, 8 rnrs, 5
wnrs. ($26,000, 1994 obsaug yrlg; $4,000, 2008 obswin, Sligo Bay (Ire).
2000: Sting Man, b c, by Lit de Justice. Raced 4 yrs, 36 sts, 2 wins, $121,086. ($35,000 adsspr 2yo).
2001: Wild Fun, b g, by Wild Rush. Raced 1 yr, 6 sts, 0 wins, $6,072.
2002: Northern Emperor, gr/ro g, by El Prado (Ire). Raced 1 yr, 1 st, 0 wins, $165. Died 2006.
2003: Bear Rock, dkb/br g, by Awesome Again. Raced 2 yrs, 5 sts, 1 win, $10,725.
2004: Golden Indy, b g, by Golden Missile. Raced 2 yrs, 21 sts, 3 wins, $19,463.
2005: Rich Man's Girl, b f, by Touch Gold. Raced 2 yrs, 4 sts, 0 wins, $4,716. Dam of 2 foals, 1
rnr, 1 wnr, including Golden Tiago ($38,391).
2007: Milwaukee Star, b c, by Milwaukee Brew. Unraced. ($9,000 keenov wnlg; $9,500 texaug yrlg).
2008: Corpus Christi Bay, b f, by Sligo Bay (Ire). Raced 3 yrs, 18 sts, 3 wins, $41,030. ($3,000
obsaug yrlg; $22,000 obsapr 2yo).
2009: Majestic Stride, b g, by Trippi. ($50,000 obsaug yrlg).
2010: Chicharo, b c, by Belgravia. Unraced. Sent to Korea 2012. ($2,700 obswin yrlg; $18,000
obsaug yrlg; $35,000 baroct yrlg; $20,000 barmar 2yo; $20,000 barmay 2yo).
2011: Barren.
Inbreeding: 5SX4D Intentionally; 5SX4D Raise a Native.
Nicking: TRIPPI w/GREAT ABOVE mares: 7 foals, 7 strs, 6 wnrs (86%), 3 2yo wnrs (43%),
2 SW (29%), 1 GSW (14%)
Broodmare sire: GREAT ABOVE, dkb/br, 1972-1998. Sire of 224 dams of 1,290 foals, 958 rnrs
(74%), 727 wnrs (56%), 191 2yo wnrs (15%), 1.44 AEI, 1.33 CI; 77 sw.
2nd dam: Native Look, b, 1975. Bred by Leslie Combs II (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs, 28 sts, 2 wins, $17,780.
Dam of Court Observer (f, Court Trial; $110,537. 2nd Gala Lil H; dam of IVAN EL GRANDE), Great
Looker (f, Great Above; $62,389. 3rd Poinsettia S; producer), Royal Clarion (f, Proud Clarion;
$50,094. 3rd Fledgling S; producer).
Breeder
Harold J. Plumley ... Born: Feb. 7. 1927, Convoy, Ohio ... Family: wife
Opal, sons Michael, Richard, William and Stephen, plus 10 grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Quick facts about Harold J. Plumley:
• Is the breeder of 2010 Breedersʼ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Dubai
Majesty ... Also bred stakes winnner DʼFunnybone, 13th in the 2009
Juvenile and Jealous Profit, 10th in the 2005 Juvenile ... Is likely to be
represented for the fourth time as breeder of Sprint prospect Majestic
Stride, who he sold for $50,000 at the 2010 OBS Select Yearling Sale.
• Established 600-acre Plumley Farms, a commercial breeding
operation, selling primariy in the yearling market, in Ocala in 1995 …
First horse he raced was graded stakes winner Sweetsouthernsaint,
who was the 1997 Florida-bred champion 2-year-old colt.
Sweetsouthernsaint, who stood at Ocala Stud Farms, was sold in 2010
and now sold and at Haras El Aguila in Panama … Began selling
portions of the farm in 2007 as part of estate planning.
• Served as president of the Florida Thoroughbred Breedersʼ and
Ownersʼ Association for parts of four years from 2001-2004.
• Primary businesses are Plumley Farms, Plumley Companies and
Plumley Bull Station … Sold Paris, Tenn.-based automotive rubber
manufacturing business in 1995 ... Has raised purebred Hereford and
Angus cattle for more than 30 years.
Co-Owner
Alan Klein ... Born: Aug. 30, 1955 in Los Angeles ... Residence:
Burlingame, Calif. ... Family: wife Susie, sons Evan, a graduate of
Pomona College (Calif.) and Adam, a senior at Stanford. ... Education:
Bachelorʼs degree from the University of California Berkeley. ... Racing
Career: After leaving racing for several years while establishing himself in
business, began “to dabble” a bit about four years ago ... Met Philip
Lebherz and became partners ... Smiling Tiger became their first G1
winner with his victory in Del Marʼs Bing Crosby Stakes in 2010; went on
to finish third in the Breedersʼ Cup Sprint, where he figures to run again
this year ... Klein gives trainer Jeff Bonde much credit for the success he
and Lebherz have had as partners ... “Jeff picks out our horses; he has a
great eye for yearlings and he is a terrific trainer,” Klein says ... The
partners have announced plans to sell Smiling Tiger at the Fasig-Tipton
November sale the day after the Breedersʼ Cup.
• Smiling Tiger became their first G1 winner with his victory in Del Marʼs
Bing Crosby Stakes in 2010 and became their first Breedersʼ Cup
starter when he finished third that year ... Smiling Tiger also won the
2010 Ancient Title Stakes (G1) and 2011 Triple Bend Hanidcap (G1) ...
He came off a four month layoff to finish third once again in the 2012
Sprint.
Starts 1st
2nd
2
0
0
• Klein gives trainer Jeff Bonde much credit for the success he and
Lebherz have had as partners ... “Jeff picks out our horses; he has a
great eye for yearlings and he is a terrific trainer,” Klein says.
2010
2012
3rd
2
Sprint
Sprint
Earnings
$297,000
Smiling Tiger
Smiling Tiger
3rd
3rd
Quick facts about Alan Klein:
• After leaving racing for several years while establishing himself in
business, began “to dabble” a bit about five years ago ... Met Philip
Lebherz and became partners.
• Klein is back with partner Lebherz and Edward (Rusty) Brown Jr. as
co-owners of Majestic Stride and Distinctiv Passion, both being aimed
toward this yearʼs Sprint, though the latter will have to be made eligible
by payment of a special fee ... Majestic Stride has been something of a
surprise to his owners and trainer Jeff Bonde, coming off a long layoff
due to injury to score two solid allowance-race victories and set
himself up for a run in the Sprint.
• Became interested in the sport as a youngster while going to the races
at Santa Anita with his father. Owned his first horse in partnership with
his father in the early 1970s ... Wound up owning three or four horses
with his father over a few years and “we had a lot of fun with that.”
• Worked as a certified public accountant for several years before
becoming chief financial officer for Bay Environmental Management
Company. The company was sold in 2001 and Klein now acts as a
self-employed wealth-management consultant.
Co-Owner
Edward (Rusty) Brown Jr. ... Born: Sept. 18, 1955 in Troy, N.Y. ...
Residence: Irvine, Calif.
Quick facts about Edward (Rusty) Brown Jr.:
• Heading into his first Breedersʼ Cup with a starter, but wonʼt be there to
share in the pageantry – and a possible victory in the Sprint. “Iʼll be
playing in a golf tournament in Louisiana, one that I play in all the
time,” Brown said. “But Iʼm guessing the country club will have a
big-screen TV on which I can see it. Itʼs ironic, because Iʼve been to
the Breedersʼ Cup the past three years, but wonʼt be there when I have
a horse running.”
• In reality, he could have two Breedersʼ Cup runners – Majestic Stride
and Distinctiv Passion, both in the Sprint. The latter will have to be
eligible through a special fee required of those horses not originally
nominated to the Breedersʼ Cup.
• Came to have Jeff Bonde as trainer through his friendship with Philip
Lebherz, a longtime racing client of Bondeʼs.
• Recalls how Bonde came to him a few years ago and asked him to
help him out by buying into a horse the trainer had bought at a sale.
After refusing at first, he reconsidered and agreed to buy 65 percent.
That was Twice the Appeal and he says, with a chuckle, “Jeff twisted
my arm into the Kentucky Derby.”
• Is not a newcomer to racing having grown up in Troy, N.Y., near
Saratoga Springs, and he went to the races at The Spa often.
• Bought his first horse in 2001. Remembers the horseʼs first win while
being trained by Bob Hess Jr. and ridden by Laffit Pincay Jr. The
name: The very appropriate Such Charisma.
• Has 15 horses in training, most with Jeff Bonde, but also some with Bill
Spawr and Mike Mitchell.
• Moved to Southern California in 1979 as an employee of John
Hancock Insurance Co. Has for the past several years operated Word
and Brown Cos., a nationwide firm specializing in employee benefits
with offices in Irvine, Orange, San Jose and San Diego in California,
and Dallas and Atlanta.
Co-Owner
Philip Lebherz ... Born: March 26, 1953 in San Diego, Calif. ...
Residence: Portola Valley, Calif., south of San Francisco ... Family: wife
Sharon, four children, two grandchildren. ... Education: Degree in
business and accounting from Chico State University in Chico, Calif.
Starts 1st
2nd
2
0
0
2010
2012
Sprint
Sprint
3rd
2
Earnings
$297,000
Smiling Tiger
Smiling Tiger
3rd
3rd
Quick facts about Philip Lebherz:
• After scoring two third-place finishes with Smiling Tiger in the 2010
and 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint with partner Alan Klein, Lebherz is
back with partner Klein and Edward (Rusty) Brown Jr. as co-owners of
Majestic Stride and Distinctiv Passion, both being aimed toward this
yearʼs Sprint, though the latter will have to be made eligible by
payment of a special fee.
• Majestic Stride has been something of a surprise to his owners since
he came off a long layoff to score two solid allowance-race victories to
set himself up for a Sprint run.
• Lebherz had his first starter in a Triple Crown race in 2011 when Sway
Away ran in the Preakness Stakes after being excluded from the
Kentucky Derby because of a lack of money needed to get into the
field; finished 12th in the Preakness.
• Twice before, Lebherz had horses on the Triple Crown trail, but neither
made it to the Kentucky Derby – one by choice, one by injury ... Epic
Honor was heading toward the 1999 Derby but when he was beaten in
Keenelandʼs Lexington Stakes (G2) by a horse that had run for a
claiming price earlier in the year, it was decided to skip the Derby and
aim for the Belmont Stakes ... The ex-claimer that beat Epic Honor at
Keeneland was Charismatic, who went on to the win the Derby and
Preakness Stakes and finish third in the Belmont ... Epic Honor was
injured prior to the Belmont and didnʼt run.
• In 2008, Lebherz was a partner in Sierra Sunset, who won the Rebel
Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park, moving to an important spot on the
Triple Crown trail only to have an ankle injury send him to the
sidelines.
• Other stakes winners: Ericaʼs Smile, Cinderella Liberty, Sierra
Sweetie, Slew the Man and Excessive Passion ... First horse was Just
Plain Fancy, claimed in 1995.
• Lebherz tips his hat to his longtime – and only – trainer, Jeff Bonde,
saying, “Jeff has a wonderful eye for a young horse. He has
consistently come up with stakes winners from the $40,000-$80,000
range at yearling sales.”
• Founder, chairman and chief executive officer of LISI Inc., a company
dealing mainly in health insurance and diversified financial services ...
Started company in 1977 ... In 2003, created the Foundation for Health
Coverage Education, designed to provide public and private health
insurance eligibility information to help more people access coverage
... LISI is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., while FHCE is based in
San Jose, Calif.
Trainer
Jeff Bonde ... Born: Oct. 30, 1954, Pleasanton, Calif. ... Residence:
Pleasanton, Calif. ... Family: sons Max, Duke III, Tucker, Brooks and
daughter Vikki.
Starts 1st
2nd
5
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2005
2010
2011
2012
3rd
2
Earnings
$402,500
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Filly & Mare Turf
Sprint
Spain
Smiling Tiger
Cambina
Smiling Tiger
4th
3rd
8th
3rd
Quick facts about Jeff Bonde:
• Bonde is on his way to another $2-million-plus earnings year in 2013
with a stable thatʼs headed by the very fleet Sheʼs a Tiger, a 2-year-old
filly that won the Del Mar Debutante in a race that had jockey Gary
Stevens rhapsodic, even to the point of saying he could see her
getting into a high-cruising speed the likes of his 1988 Kentucky Derby
winner Winning Colors. She appears headed for the Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile Fillies.
• And, yes, Sheʼs a Tiger is kin to Bondeʼs major sprinter of yesteryear,
Smiling Tiger, third in both the 2010 and 2012 Sprint. Sheʼs a
half-sister, both from the fine broodmare Shandra Smiles ... Joining
Sheʼs a Tiger as stakes-quality horses in the Bonde barn in 2013 are
Distinctiv Passion, a prospect for the Sprint; Unusual Way, Fightin
Mean Mad and Nechez Dawn.
• In addition to Smiling Tiger, Bondeʼs other Breedersʼ Cup starters were
Spain, 4th in the 1999 Juvenile Fillies, Blacky the Bull, 8th in the 2011
Juvenile Sprint and Cambina, 8th in the Filly & Mare Turf.
• Bonde had a solid year in 2011, thanks to Smiling Tiger, who was a
two-time G1 winner during the year, as well as 3-year-old filly
Cambina, who dead-heated for first in Hollywood Parkʼs American
Oaks (G1), and 3-year-old male Twice the Appeal, winner of the
Sunland Derby. He also was stakes placed with the 3-year-old Sway
Away. Twice the Appeal made it into the Kentucky Derby where he
finished 10th of 19, while Sway Away, fourth in the Arkansas Derby
(G1) in his final prep for the Kentucky Derby, came up short in money
earned and just missed the Run for the Roses, but ran in the
Preakness, finishing 12th.
• Has always had a special affinity for training young horses. Won two
straight Lost in the Fog Stakes for 2-year-old males – Smiling Tiger in
2009 and Road Ready in 2010. He trained both the Washington- and
California-bred juvenile fillies of the year in 2005 – Cinderella Liberty
and Sierra Sweetie, respectively. Sierra Sweetie won four stakes
during the year and returned in 2006 to win the California Breedersʼ
Cup Oaks. Sierra Sunset won the 2007 Bay Meadows Juvenile and
the Cal Cup Juvenile, and the 2008 Rebel Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn
Park. Unfortunately, he was injured in the race and went to the
sidelines of the Triple Crown trail.
• • After many years on the Northern California circuit, Bonde began to
increase his presence in Southern California following the closure of
Bay Meadows in 2008. In the intervening years, has become a regular
at all major Southern California race meets, while maintaining a
prominent spot on the Northern California circuit.
• Bonde bounced back from a disastrous 1997 when a bogus
financial-adviser-turned-horse-owner defrauded the trainer and family
members of nearly $1 million. The man, Donald Bickerstaff, was
convicted of bilking some 75 clients of approximately $15 million and
sent to prison. Bonde and family members lost their lifeʼs savings, but
Bondeʼs horses rescued the situation by winning purse money of $1.7
million that year.
• Began his career in 1969, working for trainer Jerry Dutton in Northern
California. Took out trainerʼs license in 1973 at age 19. He gives
Dutton credit for helping him learn the basics of the training game.
• Bonde seemed destined to work on the racetrack, since his father,
Duke Bonde Jr., uncle Bob Depont and brother, Gary, are farriers, and
his grandfather, Duke Sr., was a trainer.
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Bred in California by GARY ROCKS (Feb 27, 2009)
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Trainer: TIM YAKTEEN
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Alydar, 1975
26s, SW, $957,195
689 f, 77 SW, 5.07 AEI
BENCHMARK,
b, 1991
Winters' Love, 1982
10s, wnr, $48,911
13 f, 11 r, 10 w, 2 SW
POINTS OFFTHEBENCH
dkb/br, g
February 27, 2009
Free House, 1994
22s, SW, $3,178,971
181 f, 7 SW, 0.98 AEI
MO CHUISLE,
gr/ro, 2004
Visible Gold, 1988
24s, SW, $353,075
4 f, 1 r, 1 w
Raise a Native, 1961
4s, SW, $45,955
838 f, 78 SW, 2.34 AEI
Sweet Tooth, 1965
41s, wnr, $86,004
13 f, 10 r, 8 w, 3 SW
Danzig, 1977
3s, wnr, $32,400
1,074 f, 202 SW, 3.97 AEI
Cold Hearted, 1974
20s, SW, $59,353
13 f, 11 r, 9 w, 3 SW
Smokester, 1988
4s, wnr, $35,600
404 f, 12 SW, 1.35 AEI
Fountain Lake, 1988
16s, SW, $57,778
8 f, 7 r, 4 w, 1 SW
22s, SW, $696,964
1,141 f, 90 SW, 2.53 AEI
Fit and Fancy, 1982
1s, unpl
10 f, 9 r, 6 w, 1 SW
Native Dancer
Raise You
On-and-On
Plum Cake
Northern Dancer
Pas de Nom
The Axe II
Turn to North
Never Tabled
Small World
Vigors
Hotsie Totsie
Vice Regent
Mint Copy
Vaguely Noble
Alma North
POINTS OFFTHEBENCH'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
2
1
0
1
$45,360
at 3
1
1
0
0
$34,800
at 4
5
4(2)
1
0
$434,780
Lifetime
8
6(2)
1
1
$514,940
Sire: BENCHMARK, b, 1991. Raced 5 yrs, 16 sts, 7 wins, $636,707. Won Goodwood Breeders' Cup H
(gr. II), Del Mar Breeders' Cup H (gr. II), San Bernardino H (gr. II); 2nd San Diego H (gr. III); 3rd Triple
Bend Invitational Breeders' Cup H (gr. II), Californian S (gr. II), San Diego H (gr. III).
In 2013: 8 sw, 25 2yos, 5 2yo rnrs, 1 2yo wnr, 4 sale yrlgs, avg $8,950.
1st dam: Mo Chuisle, gr/ro, 2004. Bred by Trudy McCaffery (Calif.). Unraced. Dam of 3 named foals,
2 rnrs, 2 wnrs, 2 sw. ($13,000, 2007 baroct, Benchmark).
2008: BENCH POINTS, ch g, by Benchmark. Raced 4 yrs, 20 sts, 5 wins, $309,258. Won Lazaro
Barrera Memorial S (gr. III), Graduation S (R), I'm Smokin S (R); 3rd San Felipe S (gr. II), Real
Good Deal S (R).
2009: POINTS OFFTHEBENCH, dkb/br g, by Benchmark.
At 4: Won Bing Crosby S (gr. I), Santa Anita Sprint Championship S (gr. I).
2010: Slipped.
2011: Captain Buzz, gr/ro c, by Buzzards Bay. Unraced.
2013: B c, by Benchmark.
Inbreeding: 4SX5DX5D Northern Dancer.
Nicking: BENCHMARK w/FREE HOUSE mares: 4 foals, 2 strs, 2 wnrs (50%), 2 2yo wnrs
(50%), 2 SW (50%), 2 GSW (50%)
Broodmare sire: FREE HOUSE, gr/ro, 1994-2004. Sire of 31 dams of 65 foals, 31 rnrs (48%), 19
2nd dam: VISIBLE GOLD, ch, 1988. Bred by Due Process Stable (Ont.). Raced 4 yrs, 24 sts, 8 wins,
$353,075. Won Santa Anita Budweiser Breeders' Cup H (gr. IIIT), Louis R. Rowan H (T), Osunitas
H (RT); 2nd Wilshire H (gr. IIT). Dam of Visible Slew (f, Seattle Slew; $106,800. 3rd Princess S,
gr. II; producer).
Breeder
Gary Rocks ... Born: 1950, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Vegas, Nev. ... Family: Single.
... Residence: Las
Quick facts about Gary Rocks:
• Has been in the Thoroughbred business for 45 years. …worked for
many years & traveled with Hall of Fame trainer Laz Barrera. …has
had a trainerʼs license in the past and has also worked with good
friends Jim Buss & Scott Hansen. …Named Points Offthebench after
his connection with Jim Buss, son of former Los Angeles Lakers owner
Jerry Buss….Rarely attends the races anymore, but still breeds and
claims a few horses and loves to play & teach others Keno in Las
Vegas.
• Acquired Mo Chuisle at the 2007 Barretts October Mixed Saleʼs River
Edge consignment for $13,000. “I was ready to go to $25,000 and told
Russell Drake (River Edge Farm Mgr.) that I am taking her home with
me.” ….the purchase of the maiden mare at Barretts was a good one,
as the foal was eventual G3 winner Bench Points, a full brother to
Points Offthebench…. “I am 2 for 2.” …both Bench Points and Points
Offthebench are trained by Tim Yakteen and were purchased privately
by Donnie Crevier & Charles “Chip” Martin.
• Mo Chuisle, is an unraced daughter of major graded stakes winner
Free House, who was bred by Trudy McCaffery, a well-known
California owner & breeder who passed away in 2007…Gary Rocks no
longer owns Mo Chuisle. She is now owned by Gary Broad, who
currently has a weanling full brother to Points Offthebench. Gary will
not be in attendance at Santa Anita for Breedersʼ Cup. He has had his
fill of big days while with Laz Barrera and prefers to watch the races
from home in Las Vegas.
Co-Owner
Donnie Crevier ... Born: Jan. 27, 1945 in Los Angeles ... Residence:
Laguna Beach, Calif. ... Family: Three grown children; three
grandchildren.
• So far, Points Offthebench has already bested his brother in earnings
with $514,940 in a career covering three years and eight starts. Heʼs
never been worse than third in his career, with six wins.
Quick facts about Donnie Crevier:
• Began in racing in 1988, dealing mostly in claiming stock until he and
partner upgraded to Bench Points and, eventually, his full, younger
brother, Points Offthebench.
• First shot at the Breedersʼ Cup World Championships, and what a way
to do it: Points Offthebench, owned in partnership with Charles Martin,
won not just one, but two “Win and Youʼre In” stakes – Del Marʼs Bing
Crosby Stakes and Santa Anitaʼs Sprint Championship, both Grade 1
events.
• Partners also raced Bench Points, full brother to their Breedersʼ Cup
candidate, also with trainer Tim Yakteen. Bench Points counted victory
in Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes (G3) among his five victories and
$309,008 in purse earnings in four years of racing.
• In case anyone is wondering, the names of the two geldings donʼt
reflect a connection to basketball; itʼs the connection with the sire,
outstanding California stallion, Benchmark.
• Terms Points Offthebenchʼs success, “Way beyond our wildest
dreams.”
• Operated a BMW dealership in Santa Ana, Calif., which he sold two
years ago. He now operates Crevier Classic Cars in Costa Mesa,
Calif. The business includes storage, sales and an events facility.
Co-Owner
Charles V. Martin ... Born: April 26, 1972 in Valparaiso, Ind. ...
Residence: Studio City, Calif. ... Family: Wife Marta; sons Charlie, 5,
Jonathon, 3. ... Education: Graduate of Indiana University.
Quick facts about Charles V. Martin:
• Taking first shot at the Breedersʼ Cup World Championships, and what
a way to do it: Points Offthebench, owned in partnership with Donnie
Crevier, won a pair of “Win and Youʼre In,” races – Del Marʼs Bing
Crosby Stakes and Santa Anitaʼs Sprint Championship, both Grade 1
events.
• Partners also raced Bench Points, a full brother to their Breedersʼ Cup
candidate, who was also trained by Tim Yakteen. Bench Points
counted a victory in Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes (G3) among his
five victories and $309,008 in purse earnings in four years of racing.
• So far, Points Offthebench has already bested his brother in earnings
with $514,940 in a career covering three years and eight starts. Heʼs
never been worse than third in his career, with six wins.
• Began in racing in 2004, dealing mostly in claiming stock until he and
partner upgraded to Bench Points and, eventually, his full, younger
brother, Points Offthebench. By his count, Martin believes he and
trainer Tim Yakteen have won about 18 races over time.
• In case anyone is wondering, the names of the two geldings donʼt
reflect a connection to basketball; itʼs the connection with the sire,
outstanding California stallion, Benchmark. Even so, one of the
partners in Bench Points was Frank Mariani, a colleague of Los
Angeles Lakers basketball team.
• Originally owned Points offthebench with his breeder, Gary Rocks, but
bought him out with partner Crevier.
• Martinʼs long-term association with trainer Yakteen also has resulted in
the trainer being godfather to Martinʼs oldest son, Charlie.
• Martin operates Martin Consulting Services, a business involved in
collective bargaining, professional negotiation and as trustee to
pension funds.
Trainer
Tim Yakteen ... Born: July 29, 1964 in Nuremburg, Germany ...
Residence: Pasadena, Calif. ... Family: Wife Millie; sons Sam and Ben.
Quick facts about Tim Yakteen:
• Hoping to saddle his first Breedersʼ Cup trainee in Points Offthebench,
winner of Del Marʼs Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) ... Following Crosby
victory, he said, “My first Grade 1 winner. Itʼs been a long time. At least
eight years.”
• Has been involved with other Breedersʼ Cup runners while serving
twice as an assistant to Bob Baffert and for seven years with
legendary Charlie Whittingham.
• Opened a public stable in 2004 and registered his first victory when
Sabiango won the Kentucky Cup Turf Handicap (G3) that summer at
Kentucky Downs. He trained that horse for Monty Roberts, known as
“The Horse Whisperer.”
• Another early “big horse” was Stratham, who gave him stakes victories
at three race meets in Southern California: the 2005 Pinjara Stakes at
Oak Tree at Santa Anita, La Puente Stakes in 2006 at Santa Anita and
the Will Rogers Stakes, also in 2006, at Hollywood Park.
• Came to the United States from Germany in 1982 and began working
with Standardbreds at Los Alamitos before joining Baffert in 1986
shortly before he switched to training Thoroughbreds.
• Wife Millie Ball is a race analyst for HRTV.
PRIVATE ZONE e
B.g.4 Macho Uno - Auburn Beauty by Siphon (BRZ)
Bred in Ontario by ADENA SPRINGS (Apr 12, 2009)
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MACHO UNO,
gr/ro, 1998
PRIVATE ZONE
b, g
April 12, 2009
AUBURN
BEAUTY,
dkb/br, 2002
Great Above, 1972
63s, SW, $331,377
Holy Bull, 1991
605 f, 39 SW, 1.61 AEI
16s, SW, $2,481,760
1,109 f, 51 SW, 1.39 AEI Sharon Brown, 1980
32s, wnr, $45,860
14 f, 12 r, 10 w, 2 SW
Blushing Groom, 1974
10s, SW, $407,153
Primal Force, 1987
512 f, 92 SW, 3.96 AEI
8s, wnr, $74,251
Prime Prospect, 1978
12 f, 6 r, 6 w, 2 SW
36s, SW, $203,906
4 f, 3 r, 4 w
Itajara, 1983
4s, SW
Siphon, 1991
225 f, 15 SW, 7.26 AEI
25s, SW, $3,136,428
676 f, 17 SW, 0.93 AEI Ebrea, 1979
wnr
11 f, 7 r, 6 w, 1 SW
22s, SW, $696,964
Sundown Serenade,
1,141 f, 90 SW, 2.53 AEI
1994
4s, wnr, $33,705
Amelia Bearhart, 1983
6 f, 4 r, 3 w
13s, wnr, $24,211
15 f, 12 r, 9 w, 3 SW
Minnesota Mac
Ta Wee
Al Hattab
Agathea's Dawn
Red God
Runaway Bride
Mr. Prospector
Square Generation
Felicio
Apple Honey
Kublai Khan
Resela
Vice Regent
Mint Copy
Bold Hour
Myrtlewood Lass
PRIVATE ZONE'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2 in Pan
4
2(1)
1
0
$12,420
at 3 in NA, Pan
11
1(1)
4(3)
1(1)
$174,160
at 4 in NA, UAE
4
2(2)
1(1)
0
$327,240
Lifetime
19
5(4)
6(4)
1(1)
$513,820
Sire: MACHO UNO, gr/ro, 1998. Raced 3 yrs, 14 sts, 6 wins, $1,851,803. Champion 2yo colt. Won
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), Grey Breeders' Cup S (Can-I), Massachusetts H (gr. II), Pennsylvania
Derby (gr. III); 3rd Hopeful S (gr. I), Suburban H (gr. II), Ohio Derby (gr. II).
In 2013: 7 sw, 43 2yos, 10 2yo rnrs, 1 2yo wnr, 18 sale yrlgs, avg $40,833.
1st dam: Auburn Beauty, dkb/br, 2002. Bred by Adena Springs (Ky.). Unraced. Dam of 5 named foals,
1 rnr, 1 wnr, 1 sw. Sent to Brz 2010. ($6,000, 2010 keenov, Showing Up).
2007: Minister Brewster, ch c, by Milwaukee Brew. Unraced. ($1,000 keenov wnlg).
2008: Chasida, b f, by North Light (Ire). Unraced.
2009: PRIVATE ZONE, b g, by Macho Uno. ($15,000 keesep yrlg).
At 2: Won Clasico German Ruiz B. (Pan-III).
At 3: Won Clasico Francisco Arias Paredes y Alberto Arias Espinos (Pan-I); 2nd Malibu S (gr. I),
Vernon O. Underwood S (gr. III), Damascus S; 3rd Gallant Bob S.
At 4: Won Vosburgh Invitational S (gr. I), Pirate's Bounty S (R); 2nd Palos Verdes S (gr. II).
2010: Black Lace, dkb/br f, by Afleet Alex. Unraced.
2011: No report.
2012: Good Impression, b c, by Impression.
Inbreeding: 5SX5D Gold Digger.
Nicking: MACHO UNO w/SIPHON (BRZ) mares: 5 foals, 4 strs, 3 wnrs (60%), 1 2yo wnr
(20%), 1 SW (20%), 1 GSW (20%)
Broodmare sire: SIPHON (Brz), b, 1991. Sire of 166 dams of 502 foals, 346 rnrs (69%), 214 wnrs
(43%), 52 2yo wnrs (10%), 0.91 AEI, 1.36 CI; 9 sw.
2nd dam: Sundown Serenade, ch, 1994-2007. Bred by Richard D. Maynard and Burning Daylight
Farms (Ont.). Raced 2 yrs, 4 sts, 1 win, $33,705. 2nd Shady Well S R.
Breeder
Stronach Stables/Adena Springs ... Owner(s): Frank Stronach ...
Born: Sept. 6, 1932, in Weiz, Austria ... Residence: Austria. Also has
homes in Canada, Florida, Colorado and Kentucky ... Family: wife,
Frieda; son, Andy, who is heavily involved in the farms and racing
interests and daughter, Belinda, a former member of the Canadian
Parliament, who now serves as President and CEO of Stronachʼs new
company, The Stronach Group. ... Web site: www.adenapringsfarm.com;
www.magna.com
Starts 1st
2nd
32
5
0
1984
1989
1990
1994
1996
1997
1998
3rd
2
Classic
Classic
Classic
Turf
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Turf
Juvenile
Mile
Sprint
Classic
Classic
Classic
Earnings
$8,728,400
Canadian Factor
Mi Selecto
Mi Selecto
Alwuhush
Honky Tonk Tune
King Ruckus
Only Royale (Ire)
Cash Deposit
Helmsman
Friendly Lover
Touch Gold
Awesome Again
Touch Gold
6th
8th
9th
4th
11th
12th
5th
4th
6th
11th
9th
1st
8th
1999
2000
2001
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2012
Distaff
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Filly & Mare Turf
Classic
Filly & Mare Turf
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile
Classic
Classic
Classic
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Mile
Distaff
Ladies' Classic
Classic
Classic
Tap to Music
Wild Rush
Golden Missile
Tap to Music
Perfect Sting
Golden Missile
Collect the Cash
Perfect Sting
Macho Uno
Macho Uno
Macho Uno
Milwaukee Brew
Carson Hollow
Ghostzapper
Sugar Spun
Silent Name (Jpn)
Ginger Punch
Ginger Punch
Einstein (Brz)
Game on Dude
5th
14th
3rd
5th
6th
13th
11th
1st
1st
4th
5th
3rd
13th
1st
8th
6th
1st
6th
11th
7th
Quick facts about Stronach Stables/Adena Springs:
• Adena Springs was represented as breeder in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup
Classic by Game On Dude, a multiple Grade 1 winner who finished
seventh as the favorite. A gelding, he returned in 2013 as a 6-year-old
to register five graded stakes wins from five starts, including the Santa
Anita Handicap (G1), Pacific Classic (G1), and Hollywood Gold Cup
(G1). ... Game on Dude, by Adena Springsʼ Breedersʼ Cup Classic
winner Awesome Again, was consigned by Adena Springs through
Hidden Brook, agent, to the 2008 Keeneland September yearling sale
where he was bought back for $210,000 and later sold privately. ... His
dam, Worldly Pleasure, was sold to Korean interests for $15,000 at the
2009 Keeneland November mixed sale in foal to Macho Uno, a
homebred half-brother to Awesome Again who won the Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile in 2000.
• Also in 2013, Adena Springs bred Judy the Beauty, by homebred
Breedersʼ Cup Classic winner Ghostzapper out of homebred stakes
winner Holy Blitz, who, like Adena Springs homebred champion Macho
Uno, is by Holy Bull. ... Multiple grade 1-placed Judy the Beauty was
sold to owner-trainer Wesley Ward for $20,000 at the 2010 Keeneland
September yearling sale, and despite twice being entered and
withdrawn from subsequent sales by Ward, is a contender for the 2013
Breedersʼ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
• Adena Springs leads the Breedersʼ Cup money list as top breeder.
• Second leading owner by money won in Breedersʼ Cup history.
• The operation has produced five Breedersʼ Cup winners. Awesome
Again won the Classic in 1998, capping an unbeaten season. He later
sired 2004 Classic winner Ghostzapper and 2007 Distaff winner
Ginger Punch. In 2000, Adena Springs captured two Breedersʼ Cup
events, taking the Juvenile with Macho Uno and the Filly and Mare
Turf with Perfect Sting.
• The farm campaigned homebred Ghostzapper, a son of 1998
Breedersʼ Cup Classic winner Awesome Again, and out of Broodmare
of the Year Baby Zip. Ghostzapper completed an unbeaten season in
2004, winning the Classic in record time at Lone Star Park, to earn
Horse of the Year honors. He was inducted into the National Museum
of Racing Hall of Fame in 2012.
• In addition to Awesome Again and Ghostzapper, the farmʼs other top
runners have included Breedersʼ Cup winners and Eclipse Award
champions Ginger Punch, Macho Uno and Perfect Sting. Bred but
didnʼt race Ghostzapperʼs multiple graded stakes-winning half-brother
City Zip, a Grade 1 winner who finished 7th behind Macho Uno in the
2000 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile and ninth in the 2001 Breedersʼ Cup
Mile.
• The farm has campaigned two classic winners – homebred Red Bullet,
who took the 2000 Preakness Stakes, and Touch Gold, owned in
partnership with Stonerside Stables, who foiled Silver Charmʼs Triple
Crown bid in the 1997 Belmont Stakes.
• Stronach campaigned 1980 Eclipse Award champion older female
Glorious Song in partnership with Nelson Bunker Hunt.
• Eight-time winner of Canadaʼs Sovereign Award as outstanding
breeder (1997-1999, 2005-2008 and 2010) and nine-time winner as
outstanding owner (1993-1995, 1997-1999, 2002-2003 and 2005).
Jess Jackson.
• Stronach has received the Eclipse Award as leading owner four times:
1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008.
• The farm is named for the earliest inhabitants of the Kentucky
property, the Adena Indians.
• In 2005, operation became the first breeder in history to receive the
Eclipse Award and the Sovereign Award for the same year. It did so
again in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
• Stronach races horses under the name Stronach Stable, with the
majority of his horses bred under the name Adena Springs.
• Stronach received the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders
Associationʼs national breeder award for 2004.
• The farm has won the Eclipse Award for outstanding breeder a record
eight times (2000, 2004-2008 and 2010-2011).
• The broodmare band has included three horses named Broodmare of
the Year: Baby Zip (2005), dam of Ghostzapper and Grade 1 winner
City Zip; Primarily (in Canada), and Primal Force (2000), dam of
Macho Uno and Awesome Again.
• Stronach and/or Adena Springs has bred and/or raced more than 225
stakes winners.
• Adena Springs also has breeding farms in Florida and Canada, and
stands stallions at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in New York
with tentative plans to also stand stallions in Maryland.
• Stronach bought his initial property in Kentucky in 1989. In 2005, he
bought more than 2,000 acres of a former cattle farm near Paris, Ky.,
and sold the original Adena Springs acreage near Versailles, Ky., to
• On June 30, 2011, Stronach gained sole control of his racing and
gaming assets by forming a new privately held company called The
Stronach Group. As part of a previously announced reorganization, the
company now runs Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields, Portland
Meadows, Pimlico Race Course, Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, the
account wagering service Xpressbet, Amtote and a share of the racing
TV channel HRTV.
• MEC declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2009 and began
selling off assets including Lone Star Park, Remington Park and
Thistledown racetracks. The remaining racing assets were aquired in a
“stalking horse bid” by MI Developments, another subsidiary of Magna
International.
• He was the founder and chairman of Magna Entertainment Corp.
(MEC), which was the banner under which he originally began owning
and operating racetracks starting in early 2000.
• Stronach has served on numerous corporate, government and
university boards and has provided assistance to a wide range of
charitable and community service organizations.
• In 1957, he formed a tool and die company, Multimatic Investments
Ltd., which expanded into the production of automotive components. In
1969, Multimatic merged with Magna Electronics Corporation Limited,
and subsequently became Magna International Inc. Magna designs,
develops and manufactures automotive systems, assemblies, modules
and components, and engineers and assembles complete vehicle
systems, primarily for sale to original equipment manufacturers of cars
and light trucks in North America, Europe, Asia and South America.
Magna is publically traded on both the New York Stock Exchange
(MGA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (MG.A).
• Stronach was born in Austria and emigrated to Canada in 1954 with a
working background in tool and machine engineering.
Owner
Good Friends Stable ... Owner(s): Rene Douglas, Dr. Hilton Gordon,
Denis Savard, Dave Flanzbaum and Joseph Casciato.
Quick facts about Good Friends Stable:
• Private Zone will be the first Breedersʼ Cup starter for Good Friends
Stable.
• Good Friends Stable consists of Rene Douglas, Dr. Hilton Gordon,
Denis Savard, Dave Flanzbaum and Joseph Casciato.
• Rene Douglas is a former jockey whose career was ended when he
was paralyzed in a spill at Arlington Park on May 23, 2009. His mount,
Born To Be, clipped heels at the top of the stretch and went down,
landing on top of the rider.
• Douglasʼs career as a jockey included a win in the 2006 Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile Fillies aboard Dreaming of Anna as well as a victory in the
1996 Belmont Stakes with Editorʼs Note. Douglas had 15 mounts in
the Breedersʼ Cup.
• As a jockey, Douglas won 3,587 races including 85 graded stakes.
His Grade 1 stakes wins include the 2004 Ashland with Madcap
Escapade, the 2004 Yellow Ribbon with Light Jig, the 2005
Shoemaker Mile with Castledale, the 2007 Ashland with Christmas
Kid, the 2007 Beverly D. with Royal Highness, the 2008 Manhattan
with Dancing Forever and the 2008 Secretariat with Winchester.
• Since his injury, Douglas has been spotting racehorses for his group of
friends, which he dubbed Good Friends Stable. Their first purchase
was Golden Moka, a Canadian-bred racing at Hipodromo Presidente
Remon, which they purchased for $60,000. That horse went on to win
Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie, the second leg of Canadaʼs Triple
Crown.
• Of the other owners, most famous is National Hockey League Hall of
Fame center Denis Savard, who spent most of his 19 seasons in the
NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks. He later was an assistant coach
and then head coach for the Blackhawks and currently serves as an
“ambassador” for the team.
• Also part of the ownership group are Chicago-area residents Dr. Hilton
Gordon, Judge Joseph Casciato and Dave Flanzbaum. Casciato
served on the Illinois Racing Board for several years. Flanzbaum
finished second (by $1) in the 2012 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping
Championship.
Trainer
Doug F. OʼNeill ... Born: May 24, 1968, Dearborn, Mich. ... Residence:
Santa Monica, Calif. ... Family: wife Linette, children Daniel and Kaylin
Dixie. Credits brother Dennis, his chief assistant, with getting him started
in training. ... Web site: www.dougoneillracing.com
Starts 1st
2nd
25
3
1
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
3rd
1
Mile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile
Juvenile
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
Sprint
Sprint
Filly & Mare Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Dirt Mile
Dirt Mile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Earnings
$3,720,500
Decarchy
Sharp Lisa
Jealous Profit
Stevie Wonderboy
Lava Man
Sharp Lisa
Great Hunter
Areyoutalkintome
Thorʼs Echo
Maryfield
Overextended
Grace Anatomy
Slewʼs Tiznow
Slewʼs Tizzy
Azul Leon
Square Eddie
12th
6th
10th
1st
7th
6th
3rd
13th
1st
1st
7th
7th
10th
11th
9th
2nd
2009
2010
2012
Juvenile Fillies
Turf Sprint
Turf Sprint
Classic
Classic
Juvenile
Sprint
Turf
Black Magic Mama
Square Eddie
Quick Enough
Handsome Mike
Richardʼs Kid
Heʼs Had Enough
Boxeur des Rues
Cogito
8th
10th
10th
9th
5th
2nd
13th
7th
Quick facts about Doug F. O'Neill:
• Has saddled 25 Breedersʼ Cup starters previously, with three winners:
Stevie Wonderboy in the 2005 Juvenile, Thorʼs Echo in the ʼ06 Sprint
and Maryfield in the inaugural Filly & Mare Sprint in ʼ07. All three won
Eclipse Awards in their divisions. Finished second in the Juvenile
twice, with Heʼs Had Enough in 2012 and with Square Eddie in 2008.
• Won back-to-back runnings of the Santa Anita Derby (G1) with
Goldencents in 2013 and Iʼll Have Another in 2012. Goldencents in
2013 also has won the Sham S. (G3) and competed in the Kentucky
Derby and Preakness.
• Was on the wildest ride of his career in the spring of 2012 when he
saddled Iʼll Have Another to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness
Stakes. However, as often happens, despair followed as the 3-year-old
colt suffered tendinitis and was pulled from the Belmont Stakes,
ending his quest for the Triple Crown. Later, owner J. Paul Reddam
sold the dual classic winner to Japanese interests for $10 million.
• During Iʼll Have Anotherʼs Triple Crown season, OʼNeill befriended
Hope Hudson, a 12-year-old from Missouri who is battling a rare
disease, after meeting her on the backstretch of Churchill Downs
Derby week and brought her into the winnerʼs circle for both the Derby
and Preakness. She and her family were at Churchill for her first
up-close look at the Thoroughbreds she loves, thanks to the
Make-A-Wish Foundation. Hope was with OʼNeill at Santa Anita in
2013 to see Goldencentsʼ victory.
• In addition to Goldencents, OʼNeill has saddled 2013 graded stakes
winners Concave (Sorrento S. G2), Reneeʼs Titan (Santa Ynez S. G2),
Handsome Mike (Commonwealth S. G3), and Richardʼs Kid (Cougar II
H (G3). Several of OʼNeillʼs clients purchased Richardʼs Kid in the
middle of 2012, and Richardʼs Kid ran fifth in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup
Classic.
• A perennial leading trainer in Southern California in recent years, he
has won 25 titles on the circuit since 2002, including the
spring/summer Hollywood Park and Del Mar titles in 2010. The
Hollywood Park title was his fifth for the spring/summer meet. In 2007,
he tied with Jeff Mullins, each saddling 26 winners, a record number
for a Hollywood Park spring meet ... Most recently he was leading
trainer at the 2011 Fairplex meet.
• Associated with one of the greatest claim stories in racing history with
Lava Man. Claimed for $50,000 at Del Mar in Aug. 2004, the gelding
was retired in Aug. 2008 with earnings of $5,268,706, more than
$5-million since the claim by S T D Racing and Jason Wood. In 2006,
Lava Man swept Southern Californiaʼs top three races for older horses
– the Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup and Del Marʼs
Pacific Classic – the first time any horse won all three races in the
same year. (Game On Dude became the second horse to accomplish
the feat in 2013.) Lava Manʼs third successive Hollywood Gold Cup in
2007 put him in the record books with the legendary Native Diver as
the only other horse to accomplish the feat. With the Gold Cup win
over Hollywood Parkʼs Cushion Track, Lava Man became the first
horse in history to win a G1 race over three different surfaces ... Lava
Man now serves as a stable pony for OʼNeill, and foreman Sabas
Rivera most often rides him. Lava Man likes to stroll through the
shedrow after his work is done and help himself to the grain bin, as
c a p t u r e d
o n
Y o u T u b e :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GESVqzDQEuM.
• Won his 1,000th North American race when No Means Maybe
captured the Bustles and Bows at Fairplex Park Sept. 13, 2007 …
OʼNeillʼs first stakes win was Tanks Forthemusic in the 1996 CTBA
Marian Stakes at Fairplex Park. OʼNeill is approaching 2,000 wins and
has total purse earnings of more than $86 million, putting him 20th on
the all-time trainer list.
• First major stakes winner was Classy Cara, winner of the 2000
Fantasy Stakes and Honeymoon Handicap … Won his first Grade 1
race when Sky Jack scored in the 2002 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) ...
Won the 2003 Japan Cup Dirt with 48-1 longshot Fleetstreet Dancer, a
$40,000 claim by OʼNeill in 2002.
• Named California Thoroughbred Breedersʼ Association Trainer of the
Year in 2002 and 2006.
• Other stakes winners trained include Enriched (a half-brother to Lava
Man), Informed, Necessary Evil, Acting Lady, Sharp Lisa, Supah Blitz,
Cobalt Blue, Notional, Great Hunter, Shamdinan, Excessivepleasure
and Super Freaky.
• Considers his operation a team effort, his stable often called Team
OʼNeill. In addition to his brother, Dennis, who is not only his major
assistant but buys most of the horses at sales, Leandro Moro and Jack
Sisterson also are assistant trainers. Other key people in Team OʼNeill
are Steve Rothblum, Sharla Sanders, and Nancy Rodriguez. OʼNeill
has four foremen: Fausto Cepedes, Carlos Pena, Benjamin Perez, and
Sabas Rivera.
• Began working at the track in 1986, right out of high school, and
learned under Jude Feld, Hector Palma and Doug Peterson before
taking out his license in 1994.
RENEESGOTZIP
Ch.f.4 City Zip - No Dress Code by Distorted Humor
Bred in Kentucky by JOHN LIVIAKIS (May 06, 2009)
18Aug13 Dmr4
18Jul13 Dmr7
26Dec12 SA4
01Dec12 Bhp3
03Nov12 SA7
06Oct12 SA8
05Sep12 Dmr3
04May12 Bhp7
31Mar12 SA4
03Mar12 SA9
Workout(s):
123
Owner: LANNI FAMILY TRUST
Trainer: PETER MILLER
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$141,000
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CITY ZIP,
ch, 1998
Carson City, 1987
15s, SW, $306,240
1,025 f, 100 SW, 1.82 AEI
Baby Zip, 1991
16s, SW, $60,395
13 f, 11 r, 8 w, 3 SW
RENEESGOTZIP
ch, f
May 6, 2009
Distorted Humor, 1993
23s, SW, $769,964
1,139 f, 118 SW, 2.21 AEI
NO DRESS
CODE,
ch, 2000
Westfold Vale, 1989
20s, SW, $51,872
11 f, 7 r, 6 w
Raise a Native
14s, SW, $112,171
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI Gold Digger
Blushing Promise, 1982
Unraced
1 f, 1 r, 1 w, 1 SW
Blushing Groom
Relaunch, 1976
18s, SW, $278,100
725 f, 89 SW, 2.66 AEI
Thirty Zip, 1983
44s, SW, $585,970
13 f, 13 r, 13 w, 3 SW
Forty Niner, 1985
19s, SW, $2,726,000
920 f, 57 SW, 1.97 AEI
Danzig's Beauty, 1987
8s, SW, $205,806
14 f, 8 r, 6 w, 2 SW
Flying Paster, 1976
27s, SW, $1,127,460
428 f, 48 SW, 2.27 AEI
In Hopes, 1982
11s, wnr, $33,500
6 f, 5 r, 4 w, 2 SW
In Reality
Summertime
Promise
Foggy Note
Tri Jet
Sailaway
Mr. Prospector
File
Danzig
Sweetest Chant
Gummo
Procne
Affirmed
Cascapedia
RENEESGOTZIP'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
1
1
0
0
$27,000
at 3
9
4(3)
3(3)
1(1)
$487,460
at 4
2
2(1)
0
0
$141,000
Lifetime
12
7(4)
3(3)
1(1)
$655,460
Sire: CITY ZIP, ch, 1998. Raced 2 yrs, 23 sts, 9 wins, $818,225. Won Hopeful S (gr. I), Saratoga Special
S (gr. II), Amsterdam S (gr. II), Sanford S (gr. II), Tremont S (gr. III), Jersey Shore Breeders' Cup S
(gr. III), Bergen County S, Hirsch Jacobs S; 2nd Futurity S (gr. I), Hutcheson S (gr. II), Kentucky Cup
Sprint S (gr. II), Kentucky Breeders' Cup S (gr. III); 3rd Fountain of Youth S (gr. I), King's Bishop S
(gr. I), Kelso H (gr. IIT), Flash S.
1st dam: No Dress Code, ch, 2000. Bred by James Brunacini (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 4 sts, 1 win, $17,096.
Dam of 5 named foals, 3 rnrs, 3 wnrs, 1 sw. Sent to Tur 2012. ($205,000, 2000 keenov wnlg;
$60,000, 2005 keenov, Congaree; $50,000, 2006 keenov, Include; $110,000, 2012 keenov,
City Zip).
2006: Whowearsthepants, ch f, by Congaree. Raced 2 yrs, 12 sts, 2 wins, $31,577. ($20,000
keenov wnlg; $9,500 ftnopn yrlg; $10,000 ftkoct yrlg).
2007: Top Dresser, b f, by Forest Camp. Unraced.
2008: Orville Got Even, b g, by Stephen Got Even. Raced 2 yrs, 16 sts, 2 wins, $21,080. ($3,700
keejan yrlg).
2009: RENEESGOTZIP, ch f, by City Zip. ($3,500 ftkoct yrlg; $45,000 obsapr 2yo).
At 3: Won Santa Ynez S (gr. II), Skillful Joy S, C.E.R.F. S (R); 2nd La Brea S (gr. I), Santa Anita
Oaks (gr. I), Las Virgenes S (gr. I); 3rd Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT).
At 4: Won Rancho Bernardo H (gr. III, NTR, Dmr, 61/2 furlongs in 1:14.48).
2011: L. A. Freeway, b c, by Run Away and Hide. Unraced. ($87,000 keesep yrlg).
2012: Ch c, by Run Away and Hide. ($175,000 keesep yrlg).
Inbreeding: 3SX4D Mr. Prospector.
Nicking: CITY ZIP w/DISTORTED HUMOR mares: 3 foals, 2 strs, 2 wnrs (67%), 1 2yo wnr
(33%), 2 SW (67%), 1 GSW (33%)
Broodmare sire: DISTORTED HUMOR, ch, 1993. Sire of 240 dams of 526 foals, 334 rnrs (64%),
2nd dam: WESTFOLD VALE, ch, 1989. Bred by Ridder Thoroughbred Stable (Calif.). Raced 3 yrs, 20
sts, 8 wins, $51,872. Won La Primavera H; 2nd Coquette Breeders' Cup H, Las Donas H. Dam of
Emmaria (f, Hansel; $62,774. 2nd Miss Houston S; 3rd Bayou City S; producer).
Breeder
John Liviakis ... Born: Aug. 27, 1956 in Sacramento, Calif. ...
Residence: Kentfield, Calif. ... Family: wife, Renee and five children:
Audrey, Caroline, Katherine, Thomas and Michael. ... Education: After
earning an associateʼs degree from American River College he majored
in business and economics at the University of California-Berkeley. ...
Web site: www.liviakis.com
Liviakisʼ father, Mike.
• Liviakisʼ wife, Renee, is the namesake for Reneesgotzip, who won the
Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) by almost eight lengths this year as well as
the C.E.R.F. Stakes, and Reneeʼs Queen, first in the Oak Tree
Juvenile Fillies.
• 2013 contenders Handsome Mike, unplaced in the 2012 Classic, and
Reneesgotzip, third in the 2012 Turf Sprint, are returning to the
Breeders Cup one year after being among the three horses bred by
John Liviakis in his first year at the World Championships. His other
starter was Reneeʼs Queen, unplaced in the Juvenile Fillies. In 2011,
he came close as an owner and breeder with Sorrento Stakes (G3)
winner Mighty Caroline. “She was one of the favorites for the Juvenile
Fillies Turf, but she got hurt before the race and had to be scratched,”
he said. “Now sheʼs one of my broodmares in Kentucky.”
• Other top runners that Liviakis has owned and/or bred include Gentle
Audrey and Captain Kurt. He sold Reneeʼs Titan to Mrs. Paul Reddam
after she chased probable Juvenile Fillies favorite Executiveprivilege in
the Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) this summer. “Gentle Audrey was
fourth in a Grade 1 and I had an offer of $1 million for her from Sheihk
Mohammed (bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai). But she had
chips in her ankle and didnʼt pass the vet test so I kept her. Captain
Kurt was a grade one horse and one of the top horses in New
Zealand, but he got hurt, too.”...Liviakis said that he also owned a
Standardbred, Pretty Katherine, and she was a champion 2-year-old
pacing filly and a world record holder....Gentle Audrey, Mighty Caroline
and Pretty Katherine are named for his three daughters.
• Handsome Mike was sold to J. Paul Reddam after he placed in the
2011 Generous Stakes (G3). He went on to race in Grade 1
competition and won the 2012 Pennsylvania Derby (G2) in an upset
last year. “I was super high on the colt. I could tell when he was just a
kid that heʼs intelligent, has a nice personality, and is light on his feet.
He has no wasted motion and has a beautiful way of going. But Paul
Reddam really wanted him as a prospect for the Cash Call Futurity
and you canʼt keep them all,” he said. “You canʼt sell the ones nobody
wants. I sold him for a lot of money.” Handsome Mike is named for
• Liviakis buys racing prospects at the sales and sells horses, but in
recent years he has gotten more invested in the breeding end of the
business. He has 23 broodmares, including Mighty Caroline and
Gentle Audrey, and nine weanlings plus nine yearlings at Hill ʻnʼ Dale
Farm, Taylor Made Farm and War Horse Farm in Kentucky. “My
philosophy is to sell the ones people really want, keep the ones I like a
lot, and give away the ones people donʼt want,” he said ... Right now
he has only two horses in training with Melody Conlon in Southern
California and Billy Morey at Golden Gate, but nine 2-year-olds are on
Quick facts about John Liviakis:
their way to the races ... His game plan for buying at the sales is, “Iʼm
trying to find the next stars, just like with the stock market, Iʼm looking
for that one – the one nobody else has figured out yet,” he said.
said. “We use an advanced feeding program with the best nutrients
and supplements and itʼs expensive, but you can tell it works because
all of my horses look healthy and look really good,” he said.
• Liviakis, formerly a licensed trainer, fell in love with horses and racing
when as a child his father took him to the races at Cal Expo. “I was
very into sports as a kid and here were all these beautiful
Thoroughbreds competing. The horses are magic on earth and the
greatest of Godʼs creatures. It was a thrill to see how athletic and
magnificent they are.”... He said that he has made a study of equine
sports medicine, genetics, training, nutrition, and all aspects of
breeding. “I am very interested in how to get the healthiest horse,” he
• Liviakis became a stockbroker for E.F. Hutton out of college and soon
was the firmʼs top broker in the United States in under two years of
being licensed. He later worked for Merrill Lynch and independently
before founding his own company, Liviakis Financial Communications
in 1986. He is recognized as a pioneer who redefined financial public
relations by introducing ideas never before conceived. The company is
considered to be the leading financial public relations firm in the world.
Owner
Lanni Family Trust ... Family: The Lanni Family Trust consists of
Debbie Lanni and sons Sean and Patrick, the family of founder J.
Terrence Lanni, who passed away at the age of 68 on July 14, 2011, at
his home in Pasadena, Calif., following a long battle with cancer.
Starts 1st
2nd
3
1
1
1999
2000
2011
Sprint
Mile
Classic
3rd
0
Earnings
$1,420,000
Silic (Fr)
Ladies Din
Game On Dude
1st
8th
2nd
Quick facts about Lanni Family Trust:
• Game On Dude has been a stakes-winning sensation this year,
winning all six of his starts in 2013. Game On Dude races in the name
of the Lanni Family Trust in partnership with Mercedes Stable,
Diamond Pride and Bernard Schiappa. The gelding is trained by Bob
Baffert. Game On Dude has topped the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
for a number of weeks this year and is a possible contender for
year-end honors.
• Game On Dude won five straight stakes races this year under Hall of
Fame jockey Mike Smith (listed in chronological order): Native Diver
(G3), San Antonio (G2); Santa Anita Handicap (G1); Charles Town
Classic (G2) and Hollywood Gold Cup (G1). When Smith had riding
duties at Saratoga aboard 2012 Older Female Champion Royal Delta,
jockey Martin Garcia took over and rode the 6-year-old gelding to
victory in the Pacific Classic (G1). Part of the Win and Youʼre In
Challenge Series, the victory earned Game On Dude a berth in this
yearʼs Breedersʼ Cup Classic for a third consecutive year.
• The Lanni Family Trust currently owns six runners, according to
Debbie Lanni, widow of J. Terrence (known as Terri) Lanni. With just
six runners, the Lanni Family Trust is fortunate to own another runner
being prepped for the 2013 Breedersʼ Cup, Reneesgotzip. The
4-year-old filly is wholly owned by the Lanni Family Trust and trained
by Peter Miller. She won the Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3) during
the Del Mar meet and finished second in the La Brea Stakes (G1) at
Santa Anita. Racing against males, Reneesgotzip was third in the
2012 Breedersʼ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) under Garrett Gomez at Santa
Anita. (The race was won by Mizdirection, the only other filly in the
field.)
• Game On Dudeʼs victories this year in the three major West Coast G1
races for older horses – the Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold
Cup and Pacific Classic – made him only the second runner ever to
take Californiaʼs handicap triple. The first was Lava Man in 2006.
• Mrs. Lanni awaits the racing debut of Burlister, another of the Lanni
Family Trustʼs six runners. He is a 4-year-old son of Malibu Moon.
“Terri bought him at Keeneland. He is a grey horse. We were watching
the Royal Wedding together in 2011. Their coach was pulled by four
impressive all grey horses. The lead horse was referred to as
ʻBurlister.ʼ So we chose that as his name.”
• The late Terri Lanniʼs interest in racing dated back to his childhood.
Lanniʼs father, Anthony, also bred and raced in California before his
death in 1969. While in graduate school, he was partners with a
brother and his sister in Greenhill Stable, which had claiming horses
with L.J. Brooks and Charles Comiskey.
• Established the Lanni Family Trust to enjoy Thoroughbred racing as a
family and for estate planning purposes. According to Debbie, grown
sons Sean and Patrick are interested in racing as well.
• Prior to the Lanni Family Trust, Lanni co-owned Silic, winner of the
1999 Breedersʼ Cup Mile, and Ladies Din, eighth in the 2000 Breedersʼ
Cup Mile. Lanni and Schiappa owned Ladies Din and both were
among the owners of Silic. Trained by Julio Canani, Ladies Din won
two G1 events, the Shoemaker Breedersʼ Cup Mile and the Eddie
Read Handicap. Among other runners Lanni owned in partnership
prior to establishing the trust were Greek Sun, winner of the 1991
Jersey Derby and Sinister Minister, winner of the 2006 Blue Grass
Stakes. Lanni owned 85 percent of Shining Energy, winner of the 2006
Gamely Breedersʼ Cup Stakes. Bought half interests in stakes-winning
grass horses Porto Santo and Charmo from David Milch at Del Mar.
• Lanni retired as chairman of the board and CEO of MGM Mirage (now
known as MGM Resorts, International), a Las Vegas-based
entertainment, hotel and gaming giant which owns major casino
properties including MGM Grand, Mirage Resorts, Bellagio, Mandalay
Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, Circus Circus, Treasure Island, New York New
York and Boardwalk. Joined MGM Grand Inc., on June 1, 1995.
Named chairman and CEO in May 2000, when he oversaw the
acquisition of Mirage Resorts by MGM Grand Inc. He retired in
November, 2008. Son Sean is an executive with MGM Resorts,
International. His title is Executive Director International Development
and Administration.
• The elder Lanni was COO of Caesars World Inc., starting in 1977.
Prior to that was treasurer of the California-based Republic
Corporation. Served on the Board of Trustees of Santa Clara
University, USCʼs Keck School of Medicine and Marshall School of
Business. Was a member of the Ronald Reagan Presidential
Foundation. Served on the Board of Directors at K.B. Homes. Was
Chairman of the Board of American Gaming Association. Inducted into
the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2000. Recipient of Casino Journalʼs 2001
Lifetime Achievement Award. Was a Director of the Del Mar
Thoroughbred Club for 10 years.
• Last fall, Debbie Lanni accepted the 2012 Sarno Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Casino Design” bestowed posthumously to her
husband, Terri Lanni. Presented annually since 2003, the Sarno
Award for Lifetime Achievement is the highest honor afforded any
individual involved in the design and construction of casino resorts. It
is named for Jay Sarno, the grandfather of casino design, who
envisioned such well-known casino resort properties as Caesars
Palace and Circus Circus in the 1960s.
Trainer
Peter Miller ... Born: Oct. 2, 1966 in Los Angeles ... Residence:
Carlsbad, Calif. ... Family: wife, Lani; son, Jacob, 6 months.
Starts 1st
2nd
4
0
0
2007
2011
2012
3rd
1
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Turf
Turf
Turf Sprint
Earnings
$99,000
Set Play
Majestic City
Kindergarten Kid
Reneesgotzip
11th
13th
6th
3rd
Quick facts about Peter Miller:
• Miller is looking forward taking another run at the Breedersʼ Cup Turf
Sprint with Reneesgotzip, who was third last year. He also finished
sixth in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Turf with Kindergarten Kid, a horse
that joined his barn in the weeks leading up to the Breedersʼ Cup ...
The trainer made his Breedersʼ Cup debut in 2007 when Set Play,
winner of that yearʼs Del Mar Debutante, finished 11th in the Juvenile
Fillies. The Miller-trained Majestic City was 13th in the Juvenile Turf in
2011.
• Miller enjoyed one of his best seasons to day in 2012. He captured the
training title at Del Mar by winning three races on closing day to edge
past Hall of Famer Bob Baffert 21-20. It was his first training title and
came after a 0-31 stretch, leading the trainer to say, “It was becoming
very frustrating. If I had hair I would have been pulling it out. But itʼs
nice to finish strong like that.” ... With just over two months remaining
in 2013, the trainer wasnʼt too far behind of 2012 numbers. Through
Oct. 20, he had won 67 races and his horses had earned $3,226,354.
Last year, his horses won 77 races and earned $3,643,345.
• Hit the national stage in a big way in 2011 when he sent out Comma to
the Top, who had scorched most of his 2-year-old opposition in 2010,
to run in the Kentucky Derby following a narrow second behind Midnite
Interlude in the Santa Anita Derby. Unfortunately, Comma to the Top
finished last in the 19-horse field and exited the race with a leg injury
that put him on the shelf, until that fall ... Still racing at age 5, Comma
to the Top won three stakes in 2013, including the Tom Fool Handicap
(G3) and Los Angeles Handicap (G3) ... The gelding is currently
recovering from a foot injury that will prevent him from starting in the
Breedersʼ Cup.
• Acknowledges that his major focus is on the development of young
horses, beginning with buying horses at sales for 2-year-olds in
training. Generally, he has from 40-50 horses in training at his
Hollywood Park headquarters. He usually buys in the mid-to-lower
money ranges. For example, he was able to buy Set Play for $105,000
and another good 2-year-old stakes winner, Whatever Whenever, for
$100,000.
• While some may consider Miller an overnight sensation, his career as
a trainer of record actually goes back to 1988, the year he saddled his
first winner, Dynashield, at Santa Anita.
• Miller had put in serious apprenticeship work with Hall of Fame trainer
Charlie Whittingham, rubbing horses full time following high school
graduation. During his tenure with Whittingham he was able to be
around such standout racehorses as Kentucky Derby winners Sunday
Silence and Ferdinand, Lord at War, Estrapade, Greinton and Palace
Music. In addition to working with Whittingham, Miller also learned
under Joe Manzi, Mike Mitchell and Hal King.
• Other stakes winners include Fast Parade and Backbackbackgone.
• During his early training days, he was located at San Luis Rey Downs
near San Diego, Calif, where he broke and trained horses, some of
which were his own trainees.
• Went to the races as a youngster with his mother and stepfather. The
latter, Gary Hallman, owned horses and ran under the stable name of
Winning Ways Stable. The young Miller wanted to be a jockey so, at
age 10, spent a year in jockey school at Castaic, Calif. However, his
family was told by a doctor, that he would grow way too big to be a
jockey, so the youngster began thinking about becoming a trainer. He
started by working as a groom during summers while attending high
school. From there, his path took him to Whittingham and the other
major trainers under whom he learned the business.
• Generally, he has from 40-50 horses in training.
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Trainer: BOB BAFFERT
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SECRET CIRCLE
b, c
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RAGTIME HOPE,
b, 2002
Fappiano, 1977
17s, SW, $370,213
Unbridled, 1987
410 f, 48 SW, 4.40 AEI
24s, SW, $4,489,475
Gana Facil, 1981
566 f, 49 SW, 2.65 AEI
19s, wnr, $85,100
7 f, 6 r, 5 w, 2 SW
Chief's Crown, 1982
21s, SW, $2,191,168
Fashion Star, 1992
592 f, 53 SW, 2.28 AEI
19s, wnr, $214,759
Miss Ivor, 1975
11 f, 10 r, 6 w, 1 SW
19s, wnr, $52,427
14 f, 11 r, 7 w, 2 SW
Northern Dancer, 1961
18s, SW, $580,647
Dixieland Band, 1980
636 f, 147 SW, 5.10 AEI
24s, SW, $441,320
1,306 f, 117 SW, 1.91 AEI Mississippi Mud, 1973
34s, SW, $277,285
11 f, 6 r, 4 w, 1 SW
Smarten, 1976
27s, SW, $716,426
Good 'n Smart, 1988
602 f, 49 SW, 1.70 AEI
9s, wnr, $9,890
Smiling Cece, 1975
9 f, 5 r, 4 w, 2 SW
13s, wnr, $6,620
8 f, 6 r, 5 w, 1 SW
Mr. Prospector
Killaloe
Le Fabuleux
Charedi
Danzig
Six Crowns
Sir Ivor
Sandy Blue
Nearctic
Natalma
Delta Judge
Sand Buggy
Cyane
Smartaire
Forli
R. Thomasina
SECRET CIRCLE'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
3
3(2)
0
0
$348,990
at 3
4
2(2)
2(2)
0
$670,000
at 4
1
1
0
0
$34,800
Lifetime
8
6(4)
2(2)
0
$1,053,790
Sire: EDDINGTON, ch, 2001. Raced 3 yrs, 17 sts, 6 wins, $1,216,760. Won Pimlico Special H (gr. I),
Gulfstream Park H (gr. II), Calder Derby (gr. IIIT); 2nd Pegasus S (gr. III); 3rd Preakness S (gr. I), Travers
S (gr. I), Wood Memorial S (gr. I), Donn H (gr. I), Oaklawn H (gr. II), Gotham S (gr. III).
In 2013: 37 2yos, 12 2yo rnrs, 3 2yo wnrs, 8 sale yrlgs, avg $17,038.
1st dam: RAGTIME HOPE, b, 2002. Bred by W.S. Farish (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs, 21 sts, 3 wins, $127,715.
Won Catcharisingstar S, Noble Robyn S (T); 2nd Judy's Red Shoes S (T), Sweettrickydancer S
(T), Lulu's Ransom S, Ravolia S. Dam of 3 named foals, 3 rnrs, 2 wnrs, 1 sw. ($50,000, 2003
keesep yrlg).
2008: Eddington Limit, b g, by Eddington. Raced 2 yrs, 13 sts, 3 wins, $93,226. ($90,000 obsmar
2yo).
2009: SECRET CIRCLE, b c, by Eddington. ($165,000 obsmar 2yo).
At 2: Won Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint, Jack Goodman S.
At 3: Won Rebel S (gr. II), Southwest S (gr. III); 2nd Arkansas Derby (gr. I), Sham S (gr. III).
2010: Barren.
2011: Behedeman, ch c, by Eddington. Raced 1 yr, 2 sts, 0 wins, $4,630.
2012: Ch c, by Eddington. ($60,000 keesep yrlg).
2013: Barren.
Inbreeding: 5SX3D Northern Dancer.
Nicking: EDDINGTON w/DIXIELAND BAND mares: 9 foals, 6 strs, 5 wnrs (56%), 1 2yo wnr
(11%), 1 SW (11%), 1 GSW (11%)
Broodmare sire: DIXIELAND BAND, b, 1980-2010. Sire of 576 dams of 2,977 foals, 2,281 rnrs
(77%), 1,720 wnrs (58%), 480 2yo wnrs (16%), 1.60 AEI, 1.39 CI; 188 sw.
2nd dam: Good 'n Smart, b, 1988. Bred by Berkeley Bayne (Md.). Raced 2 yrs, 9 sts, 1 win, $9,890.
Dam of REALLY POLISH (f, Polish Numbers; $399,569. Won Dogwood S, gr. III, Bayakoa S, Pippin
S; 2nd Churchill Downs Distaff Turf Mile S, gr. IIIT, Althea S; 3rd Kentucky Oaks, gr. I, WinStar Distaff
H, T; producer). Granddam of CHICKS A FLYIN.
Breeder
Willmott Stables ... Owner(s): Peter Willmott ... Born: June 1, 1937,
Glens Falls, N.Y. ... Residence: Chicago, Ill. ... Family: wife Michele;
daughter Audrey, sons Matthew and Christopher; son John Sherman
from a prior marriage. ... Education: Graduated from Williams College in
1959 with a B.A. in economics and from Harvard with an M.B.A. 1961.
Quick facts about Willmott Stables:
• The third time became the charm for Willmott when Secret Circle, his
third Breedersʼ Cup starter as breeder, won the 2011 Juvenile Sprint ...
Secret Circle won the 2012 Southwest (G3) and Rebel Stakes (G2) at
Oaklawn before going to the sidelines after a second-place finish in the
Arkansas Derby (G1). His comeback race Oct. 14 was so impressive,
it earned him a spot in the Sprint.
• Willmott was also represented as breeder of Sand Springs, 11th in the
2005 Mile and Williams News, 13th in the 2000 Turf.
• Sold Secret Circle at the 2011 OBS March 2-year-old sale for
$165,000 to Bob Baffert. Willmottʼs mare Ragtime Hope also produced
a full sibling to Secret Circle in 2011 and 2012. She was bred to Arch
in 2013 after not getting in foal last year.
• Campaigned homebred Grade 1 winner Eddington, the sire of Secret
Circle, until injury forced his retirement in 2005. The classic-placed son
of Unbridled won the Pimlico Special and compiled a career record of
6-3-6 from 17 starts with earnings of $1,216,760. Eddington stands at
Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky.
• Keeps about 15 broodmares at Longfield Farm near Goshen, Ky. and
consigns his yearlings through Longfield.
• Has named many of his horses after personal connections, including
sprinter Williamstown (the town in Massachusetts where his family has
a summer home and his alma mater Williams College is located), Ide
(the street on which they live in Williamstown) and Sand Springs (a
pool company in Williamstown).
• Sand Springs, foaled at Longfield Farm, was campaigned by the
Willmotts for her first 19 starts before they sold her in 2004 at the
Keeneland breeding stock sale. She finished unplaced in the 2005
Mile.
• Among the stakes winners the Willmotts have campaigned are Ide,
who won seven straight races as a juvenile and 3-year-old before
being injured prior to the 1996 Kentucky Derby; additional graded
stakes winners Gray Cashmere, an earner of $514,923, and Aud, who
earned $485,623; plus three winners of the Pocahontas Stakes –
Fretina, Mission Park and Water Street.
• In 2006, invested in a partnership in Lion Tamer to stand him for stud
duty, with Georgia Farms, Drew Peltier, and Rebecca Farms. The son
of Willʼs Way stands at Clear Creed Stud in Louisiana.
• Willmott was re-elected chairman of the Thoroughbred Owners and
Breeders Association board of trustees Aug. 7, 2013 in Saratoga
Springs, N.Y.
• Started owning horses in 1988 in the name of Willmott Stables for
himself, and in partnership with his brother Thomas in Waterfall
Stables.
• President of Willmott Services Inc., a retail holding and consulting
company … Served as an executive with Federal Express and Zenith
Electronics, among others … Grandfather owned and operated a glove
factory that manufactured womenʼs formal gloves. It was located near
Broadway in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., before it was relocated to Glens
Falls, where it closed in the 1960s.
Co-Owner
Watson & Weitman Performances LLC ... Owner(s): Karl Watson and
Paul Weitman ... Born: Watson: Sept. 6, 1950; Kansas City, Mo.;
Weitman: March 12, 1943, Springfield, Ga. ... Residence: Tucson, Ariz.
... Family: Watson: wife Kathy; children Karl A., Krista and Joseph.
Weitman: wife Betty; sons Neal and Craig.
Starts 1st
2nd
9
2
2
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
3rd
0
Distaff
Sprint
Sprint
Juvenile
Classic
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Earnings
$3,450,000
Tough Tizʼs Sis
Midnight Lute (in partnership)
Midnight Lute (in partnership)
Lookin At Lucky (in partnership)
Lookin At Lucky
Drill (in partnership)
Candrea (in partnership)
Executiveprivilege
7th
1st
1st
2nd
4th
10th
11th
2nd
Quick facts about Watson & Weitman Performances LLC:
• Watson and Weitman usually have about a dozen horses in training
with Bob Baffert and own many in partnership with Mike Pegram,
including the 3-year-old filly Executiveprivilege, who is preparinfg for
her second Breedersʼ Cup start in the Filly & Mare Sprint. Last year,
she won three stakes, including the Del Mar Debutante (G1) and
finished second to Beholder in the Juvenile Fillies.
• Pegram, Watson and Weitman purchased Executiveprivilegeʼs
yearling half-brother by Any Given Saturday for $300,000 at the 2012
Keeneland yearling sale. The colt is currently training forwardly for his
career debut.
• Pegram, Watson and Weitman also own Secret Circle, winner of the
2012 Rebel Stakes (G2) and Southwest Stakes (G3) and second in
the 2012 Arkansas Derby (G1). In 2011, Secret Circle won the
inaugural Sentient Jet Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile Sprint. He sufferied a
hairline sesamoid fracture diagnosed a couple of days after the
Arkansas Derby and did not start again until Oct. 2013 when he made
a winning return in an allowance optional claiming race.
• Other recent stakes winners raced by Pegram, Watson and Weitman
include Drill and Coil. Drill won the 2012 Lazaro S. Barrera Memorial
Stakes (G3), 2012 San Vicente Stakes (G2) and 2011 Del Mar Futurity
(G1). Coil, winner of the 2011 Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) and
Affirmed Handicap (G3), returned from a nine-month layoff to capture
an allowance race and finish second in the Pat OʼBrien Stakes (G2) in
2012 before finishing seventh in the Breedersʼ Cup Sprint. He came
back in 2013 to win the Grade 2 San Pasqual before retiring to stand
at Magali Farms.
• Pegram, Watson and Weitman raced two-time Eclipse Award winner
Lookin At Lucky, champion 3-year-old male of 2010 and champion
2-year-old male of 2009. Lookin At Lucky won the 2010 Preakness
Stakes, Haskell (G1), Rebel Stakes (G2) and Indiana Derby (G2), and
he finished fourth in the 2010 Breedersʼ Cup Classic. Baffert bought
Lookin At Lucky at the 2009 Keeneland 2-year-old sale for $475,000.
Lookin At Lucky finished an unlucky second to Vale of York in the
2009 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile. Lookin At Lucky received his name
when Pegram and Watson discussed the good fortune the three of
them had racing horses together. “Youʼve been lucky in the horse
business,” Watson told Pegram. “But Iʼm going to tell you something,
youʼre looking at lucky now.”
• Midnight Lute was the first horse raced by Pegram, Watson and
Weitman, and he won consecutive Breedersʼ Cup Sprints in 2007 and
ʼ08. They bought unraced Midnight Lute privately in the spring of his
2-year-old year. Initially hampered by throat problems requiring
surgery early in his career, Midnight Lute was named for former
University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson.
• Watson and Weitman have also enjoyed good fortune with multiple
stakes winners Da Stoops and Tough Tizʼs Sis. Tough Tizʼs Sis,
whose stakes victories include the 2007 Ladyʼs Secret S. (G1) and
2008 Ruffian H. (G1), was seventh in the 2007 Emirates Airline
Breedersʼ Cup Distaff (G1).
• Watson recalls attending the races in Nebraska: “When I worked in
Omaha from 1976-81, I went to Ak-Sar-Ben with a friend named Ron
Huber, who owned horses,” he said. Watson had horses with Jack Van
Berg and Barry Knight before he teamed with Weitman and sent
horses to Bob Baffert in the mid-1990s.
• Weitman, who met Baffert through the trainerʼs brother, Bill, bought his
first horse about 15 years ago.
• Watson and Weitman keep about six to eight broodmares, boarded at
Hill ʻnʼ Dale Farm in Kentucky, where Midnight Lute stands. They have
been breeding extensively to Midnight Lute, whose first foals are
2-year-olds of 2012. Tough Tizʼs Sis has a 2-year-old filly in 2012 and
yearling colt by Midnight Lute and a weanling filly by Tapit. The mare
was bred back to Lookin At Lucky in 2012.
• Watson began selling cars in the Kansas City area ... Bought first
dealership in 1981, selling Chevrolets and Mazdas in St. Joseph, Mo.
... Moved to Tucson in 1984 and bought a Chevrolet dealership ... Six
or seven years later added a couple more dealerships in Albuquerque,
N.M., which were later sold ... Owns Chevrolet and Infiniti dealerships
in Tucson ... Weitman was a high school teacher and basketball coach
for seven years in Millersville, Ga., before he started selling cars ...
Bought a Buick dealership in Tucson in 1977 and has since added
Lexus, Jaguar, Range Rover, Kia, Suzuki and Hummer dealerships.
• Weitman graduated from Valdosta State (Ga.) in 1964 with a B.A. in
sociology and a minor in psychology ... Watson started college at
Lawrenceburg in Kansas, but left school and began selling cars.
Co-Owner
Michael E. Pegram ... Born: Feb. 16, 1952, in Fort Knox, Ky. ...
Residence: Paradise Valley, Ariz.; Del Mar, Calif.; Gardinerville, Nev. ...
Family: wife Mary Ellen; children Amy, Tiffany and Tim.
Starts 1st
2nd
17
5
2
1992
1993
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
3rd
1
Sprint
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Distaff
Juvenile
Classic
Sprint
Sprint
Juvenile
Classic
Filly & Mare Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Earnings
$5,138,000
Thirty Slews
Thirty Slews
Zippersup
Johnbill
Silverbulletday
Silverbulletday
Captain Steve
Captain Steve
Midnight Lute
Midnight Lute
Lookin At Lucky
Lookin At Lucky
Irish Gypsy
Drill
Candrea
Executiveprivilege
1st
4th
7th
5th
1st
6th
11th
3rd
1st
1st
2nd
4th
8th
10th
11th
2nd
Quick facts about Michael E. Pegram:
• Keeps about 15 Thoroughbreds in training with Bob Baffert, whom he
met through Hal Earnhardt, an Arizona-based car dealer and another
Baffert client. Initially owned Quarter Horses and switched to
Thoroughbreds with Baffert in 1988.
• With Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, Pegram owns 3-year-old filly
Executiveprivilege, preparing to make her second Breedersʼ Cup start
in the 2013 Filly & Mare Sprint. Last year, she won three stakes,
including the Del Mar Debutante (G1) and finished second in the
Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile Fillies. In April 2012, Executiveprivilege topped
the Ocala Breedersʼ Sales Company 2-year-old sale at $650,000.
• Pegram, Watson and Weitman purchased Executiveprivilegeʼs
yearling half-brother by Any Given Saturday for $300,000 at the 2012
Keeneland yearling sale. He is preparing for his career debut.
• Pegram, Watson and Weitman also own Secret Circle, winner of the
2012 Rebel Stakes (G2) and Southwest Stakes (G3) and second in
the 2012 Arkansas Derby (G1). In 2011, Secret Circle won the
inaugural Sentient Jet Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile Sprint. He suffered a
hairline sesamoid fracture diagnosed a couple of days Arkansas Derby
and did not start again until Oct. 2013 when he made a winning return
in an allowance optional claiming race.
• Other recent stakes winners raced by Pegram, Watson and Weitman
include Drill and Coil. Drill won the 2012 Lazaro S. Barrera Memorial
Stakes (G3), 2012 San Vicente Stakes (G2) and 2011 Del Mar Futurity
(G1). Coil, winner of the 2011 Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) and
Affirmed Handicap (G3), returned from a nine-month layoff to capture
an allowance race and finished second in the Pat OʼBrien Stakes (G2)
in 2012. Coil finished seventh in the Breedersʼ Cup Sprint and came
back in 2013 to win the Grade 2 San Pasqual before retiring to stand
at Magali Farms.
• Pegram, Watson and Weitman raced two-time Eclipse Award winner
Lookin At Lucky, champion 3-year-old male of 2010 and champion
2-year-old male of 2009. Lookin At Lucky won the 2010 Preakness
Stakes (G1), Haskell (G1), Rebel Stakes (G2) and Indiana Derby (G2),
and he finished fourth in the 2010 Breedersʼ Cup Classic. Baffert
bought Lookin At Lucky at the 2009 Keeneland 2-year-old sale for
$475,000. Lookin At Lucky finished an unlucky second to Vale of York
in the 2009 Grey Goose Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile (G1). Lookin At Lucky
received his name when Pegram and Watson discussed the good
fortune the three of them had racing horses together. “Youʼve been
lucky in the horse business,” Watson told Pegram. “But Iʼm going to tell
you something, youʼre looking at lucky now.”
• Midnight Lute was the first horse raced by Pegram, Watson and
Weitman, and he won consecutive Breedersʼ Cup Sprints (G1) in 2007
and ʼ08. They bought unraced Midnight Lute privately in the spring of
his 2-year-old year. Initially hampered by throat problems requiring
surgery early in his career, Midnight Lute was named for former
University of Arizona basketball coach Lute Olson.
• Pegram as a sole owner has started horses six times in Breedersʼ Cup
races. He won the 1998 Juvenile Fillies with Silverbulletday, who
entered racingʼs Hall of Fame in 2009, and finished third in the 2000
Classic with Captain Steve. Silverbulletday, purchased for $155,000 as
a yearling, was named 2-year-old filly champion in 1998 and
3-year-old filly champion in 1999, despite finishing sixth in that yearʼs
Breedersʼ Cup Distaff. She was retired in 2000 with 15 wins and
earnings of $3,093,207. Captain Steve won the worldʼs richest race in
2001, the $6 million Dubai World Cup, and retired with earnings of
$6,828,356.
• In 1998, Pegram campaigned 3-year-old champion Real Quiet, winner
of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. The $17,000 yearling
missed the Triple Crown by a nose at the wire of the Belmont Stakes,
losing to Victory Gallop. Real Quiet, a Grade 1 stakes winner at ages
2, 3 and 4, was retired with earnings of $3,271,803. Pegram retained
an interest in the stallion, who died in Sept. 2010 after a paddock
accident.
• First Thoroughbred Pegram purchased at auction was Thirty Slews,
bought in partnership for $30,000. Thirty Slews became a multiple
stakes winner, highlighted by a victory in the 1992 Breedersʼ Cup
Sprint.
• Pegram also has campaigned major stakes winners Pussycat Doll,
Gibson County, Commitisize, Isitingood, High Stakes Player,
Icecoldbeeratreds, Danthebluegrassman, Arches of Gold,
Hookedonthefeelin, Censored, Argolid, Favored One,
Preachinatthebar, Queen of Money, Woke Up Dreamin, Ventana, Irish
Gypsy and Letthebighossroll. Pussycat Doll, who won G1 stakes in
2005, 2006 and 2007, was particularly meaningful to Pegram since
she is by Real Quiet out of his Grade 1 stakes-winning mare
Hookedonthefeelin. Pussycat Doll won the 2005 La Brea Stakes (G1)
at Santa Anita, the same race her dam won in 1999.
Big Sport of Turfdom Award, presented by the Turf Publicists of
America. Contributing founder of the National Thoroughbred
Association.
• Owns about 12 broodmares, boarded at Hill ʻnʼ Dale Farm in Kentucky,
including Silverbulletday and Thru nʼ Thru (in partnership with Watson
and Weitman). Silverbulletday has a 2-year-old filly, yearling filly and
weanling colt, all by Midnight Lute. She is in foal to Misremembered.
Thru nʼ Thru, in foal to Midnight Lute, has a 2-year-old colt and
yearling colt by Midnight Lute and a weanling filly by Lookin At Lucky.
Silverbulletway, an unraced daughter of Silverbulletday by Storm Cat,
has produced two-time stakes winner Crisis of Spirit and now has a
2-year-old colt and yearling filly by Midnight Lute and a weanling colt
by Lookin At Lucky. She is back in foal to Lookin At Lucky.
• First horse owned with his father, Jim, and his fatherʼs friends was
$7,500 claimer Storm Strike, who won a stakes at Beulah Park and
finished sixth to champion John Henry in the 1978 Round Table H.
(G3) at Arlington Park. Later owned Quarter Horses in partnership with
his father.
• Pegram is chair of the Thoroughbred Owners of California. Honored
with his wife by the Gregson Foundation in 2009. Recipient of the 1998
• First attended races at Ellis Park just across the river in Kentucky while
growing up in Princeton, Ind., also hometown of Dodgersʼ great Gil
Hodges.
• Owns Bodines Casino in Carson City, Nev., and Carson Valley Inn in
Minden, Nev. ... Previously owned a string of 22 McDonaldʼs
restaurant franchises in Arizona, but has sold them.
Trainer
Bob Baffert ... Born: Jan. 13, 1953, Nogales, Ariz. ... Residence:
Arcadia and Del Mar, Calif. ... Family: wife Jill, sons Bode, Taylor,
Canyon and Forest and daughter Savannah. ... Web site:
www.bobbaffert.com
Starts 1st
2nd
76
8
10
1991
1992
1993
1996
1997
1998
1999
3rd
3
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Sprint
Juvenile
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Classic
Juvenile
2000
Earnings
$12,370,000
Soviet Sojourn
Thirty Slews
Thirty Slews
Zippersup
Criollito (Arg)
Johnbill
Souvenir Copy
Marie J
Vivid Angel
Silver Charm
Silverbulletday
Excellent Meeting
Silverbulletday
General Challenge
River Keen (Ire)
Captain Steve
11th
1st
4th
7th
12th
5th
7th
4th
6th
2nd
6th
2nd
1st
10th
11th
11th
2001
2002
2003
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Sprint
Classic
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Classic
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Forest Camp
Chilukki
Tuzla (Fr)
Forestry
Captain Steve
Caffe Latte (Ire)
Arabian Light
Flame Thrower
Point Given
Notable Career
Officer
Habibti
El Corredor
War Emblem
Bull Market
Kafwain
Vindication
Atlantic Ocean
Composure
Santa Catarina
Congaree
Consecrate
Class Above
Victory U. S. A.
6th
2nd
2nd
4th
3rd
9th
5th
8th
2nd
5th
5th
7th
12th
8th
4th
2nd
1st
9th
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
7th
3rd
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile
Sprint
Distaff
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Filly & Mare Sprint
Juvenile
Sprint
Classic
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Classic
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Dirt Mile
Dirt Mile
Filly & Mare Sprint
Juvenile
Ladies' Classic
Sprint
Roman Ruler
Diamond Omi
Malt Magic
Too Much Bling
Tough Tizʼs Sis
Indian Blessing
Midnight Lute
Indian Blessing
Midshipman
Midnight Lute
Richardʼs Kid
Lookin at Lucky
Always a Princess
Zensational
Lookin at Lucky
AZ Warrior
Gabbyʼs Golden Girl
Game On Dude
Irrefutable
The Factor
Irish Gypsy
Drill
Plum Pretty
Euroears
5th
10th
12th
6th
7th
1st
1st
2nd
1st
1st
6th
2nd
5th
5th
4th
12th
10th
2nd
9th
8th
8th
10th
5th
9th
2012
Classic
Dirt Mile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Marathon
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Game on Dude
Fed Biz
Power Broker
Title Contender
Executiveprivilege
Jaycito
Capital Account
Coil
Fast Bullet
7th
8th
5th
8th
2nd
11th
12th
7th
6th
Quick facts about Bob Baffert:
• Baffert is fifth in Breedersʼ Cup earnings with $12,370,000 and a
record of 8-11-3 … He has won the Sprint three times, twice with
champion Midnight Lute (2007-08) and once with Thirty Slews (1992),
the Juvenile Fillies twice with eventual champions Indian Blessing
(2007) and Silverbulletday (1998), the Juvenile twice with Vindication
in 2002 and Midshipman (2008), and the inaugural Juvenile Sprint with
Secret Circle (2011) ... He experienced one of his most disappointing
Breedersʼ Cups in 2012 when out of his 10 starters, the best
performance was a second by Executiveprivilege in the Juvenile
Fillies.
• Four times Baffert has won two legs of the Triple Crown: with Hall of
Fame member Silver Charm (1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness),
Real Quiet (1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness), Hall of Fame
member Point Given (2001 Preakness and Belmont) and War Emblem
(2002 Kentucky Derby and Preakness) … He won a fifth Preakness
with champion Lookin At Lucky in 2010, tying him for third with T.J.
Healey, one behind D. Wayne Lukas and two behind leader R.W.
Walden.
• In 2012, he ran second in all three legs, with Bodemeister in the Derby
and Preakness and with Paynter in the Belmont.
• With Paynter in 2012, Baffert won his sixth Haskell Invitational (G1) at
Monmouth to break his own record. Paynter returned to victory in 2013
after a life-threatening illness. Baffertʼs earlier Haskell winners were
Coil in 2011, Lookin At Lucky in 2010, Roman Ruler in 2005, War
Emblem in 2002 and Point Given in 2001.
• In 2013, Game On Dude became the second horse to win the Santa
Anita Handicap (G1), Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), and Pacific Classic
(G1) in the same year, joining Lava Man, who did it in 2006. Game On
Dude earned a “Win and Youʼre In” berth to the Breedersʼ Cup Classic
with his Pacific Classic victory.
• In addition to Game On Dudeʼs win in the Pacific Classic, Baffert has
had two other horses earn Breedersʼ Cup berths by taking a “Win and
Your In” race. Fed Biz earned a trip to the Dirt Mile with a victory in the
Pat OʼBrien Stakes (G1) and Book Review reserved a spot in the Filly
& Mare Sprint by winning the A Gleam Handicap (G2) ... Baffert has
also won graded stakes in 2013 with Midnight Lucky,
Fiftyshadesofhay, Fast Bullet, Liaison, Shakin It Up, Flashback, Guilt
Trip, Coil, Govenor Charlie, Sky Kingdom, Code West, and Super
Ninety Nine.
• Game on Dudeʼs Gold Cup victory was Baffertʼs third consecutive win
in the race, following Game On Dude in 2012 and the trainerʼs one-two
finish in 2011 with First Dude and Game On Dude. Baffert earlier won
the Gold Cup in 2002 with Congaree and in 1999 with Real Quiet.
Game On Dude also won the Santa Anita Handicap in 2011, and
Baffert earlier won the race with Misremembered in 2010 and General
Challenge in 2000. Baffert has won three other Pacific Classics (two
with Richardʼs Kid and one with General Challenge).
• Has won a record 11 runnings of the Del Mar Futurity (G1), the most
recent in 2012 with Rolling Fog. That victory also gave Baffert 102
stakes wins at Del Mar, the most of any trainer. He extended that
record to 105 in 2013 by adding the Pacific Classic, Pat OʼBrien S (G2)
with Fed Biz, and Fleet Treat S. with Sweet Marini.
• At Oaklawn Park in 2013, Baffert continued to dominate the trackʼs
3-year-old races with his second straight victory in the Southwest
Stakes with Super Ninety Nine. In 2012, he won the Arkansas Derby
(G1) with Bodemeister, Rebel S. (G2) with Secret Circle and both
divisions of the Southwest S. (G3) with Castaway and Secret Circle.
• In 2012, Baffert suffered a heart attack in Dubai after traveling there to
run Game On Dude in the Dubai World Cup (G1). He had three stents
inserted during a procedure in Dubai after doctors discovered that two
arteries were blocked. Baffert sent a 13-second video of himself from
his hospital bed in Dubai to Daily Racing Form. He returned to the
United States several days later and quickly recovered.
• Won 2011 Kentucky Oaks (G1) with Plum Pretty, his second win in the
race following Hall of Fame member Silverbulletdayʼs victory in 1999.
• Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009 in just his second year of
eligibility.
• Eclipse Awards as Outstanding Trainer: 1999, 1998, and 1997 … Led
in national earnings four straight years, from 1998-2001. Was second
only to Todd Pletcher in 2012. Through early Sept. 2013, he also was
ranked second to Pletcher in earnings.
• Eclipse Award Champions (11 horses winning 14 titles): Lookin At
Lucky, Midshipman, Indian Blessing, Midnight Lute, Chilukki, Point
Given, Real Quiet, Silverbulletday, Silver Charm, Vindication and War
Emblem … Point Given was named Horse of the Year in 2001.
• Won the 2011 Santa Anita Derby (G1) with Midnight Interlude,
becoming the first trainer in more than half a century to win both the
Santa Anita Derby and Santa Anita Handicap in one year … Also won
the Santa Anita Derby in 2009 with Pioneerof the Nile, 2001 with Point
Given, 1999 with General Challenge, 1998 with Indian Charlie and
1996 with Cavonnier.
• At the 2012-13 Santa Anita winter meeting, Baffert won a record 11th
training title, having also led trainers at the 2012 Santa Anita autumn
meeting … Won his third Hollywood fall title in 2013 following titles in
2001 and 1999 and his second consecutive Hollywood spring/summer
title in 2012 … Leading trainer at the Oak Tree Racing Association
meeting in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2009 and 2010 (the first four at Santa
Anita and the fifth at Hollywood) … Won seven consecutive titles at
Del Mar, from 1997-2003.
• Received the 1997 Mr. Fitz Award from the National Turf Writers
Association and the 1997 Big Sport of Turfdom Award from the Turf
Publicists of America.
• Won the Dubai World Cup (G1) twice: in 1998 with Silver Charm and
in 2001 with Captain Steve.
• Trained four Quarter Horse champions, including 1986 world
champion Gold Coast Express, after beginning his Quarter Horse
training career at Rillito Downs in Tucson and then moving to Los
Alamitos in 1983 ... Won the Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos
in 1986 with Gold Coast Express and in 1988 with Shawneeʼs Favorite
… Made transition to Thoroughbreds during the late 1980s, mostly due
to the encouragement of owners Mike Pegram and Hal Earnhardt. He
gave up his Quarter Horse division in 1991 after recording a stakes
triple in the California Cup during the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita.
• The fourth of seven children, Baffert grew up on an Arizona cattle
ranch near the Mexican border and got started in the horse business
grooming and galloping Quarter Horses owned by his father … After
graduating from high school in 1971, took a year to pursue his dream
of becoming a jockey. He won 30 races, but grew tired of trying to
maintain jockey weight, so he enrolled in the University of Arizonaʼs
Racetrack Industry Program.
4 1 0 0
$125,080
2013:
6 4 1 0
$538,600
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15 6 2 0
$716,543
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14s, SW, $112,171
Gone West, 1984
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
17s, SW, $682,251
Secrettame, 1978
10s, SW, $101,598
ch, 1998
15 f, 12 r, 10 w, 2 SW
Storm Cat, 1983
8s, SW, $570,610
Silken Cat, 1993
1,414 f, 180 SW, 2.97 AEI
4s, SW, $102,120
Silken Doll, 1980
8 f, 5 r, 1 w, 1 SW
7s, SW, $68,550
SUM OF THE PARTS
11 f, 7 r, 7 w, 3 SW
dkb/br, c
Seattle Slew, 1974
April 2, 2009
17s, SW, $1,208,726
Slew's Royalty, 1980
1,050 f, 114 SW, 3.66 AEI
7s, wnr, $67,675
Crown the Queen, 1969
308 f, 17 SW, 1.33 AEI
11s, SW, $12,387
10 f, 9 r, 7 w, 1 SW
ENJOY THE MOFleet Mel, 1968
MENT,
1s, wnr, $2,750
Miss
Fuddy
Duddy,
1981
dkb/br, 1995
140 f, 7 SW, 0.98 AEI
Unraced
Wet Eyes, 1972
15 f, 13 r, 12 w, 2 SW
21s, wnr, $13,890
5 f, 2 r, 1 w
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Secretariat
Tamerett
Storm Bird
Terlingua
Chieftain
Insilca
Bold Reasoning
My Charmer
Swaps
Village Beauty
Lucky Mel
Fleet Etta
Grounded II
Bradwell
SUM OF THE PARTS' RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
5
1
1(1)
0
$52,863
at 3
6
4(3)
1(1)
0
$538,600
at 4
4
1(1)
0
0
$125,080
Lifetime
15
6(4)
2(2)
0
$716,543
1st dam: ENJOY THE MOMENT, dkb/br, 1995. Bred by Jacoby Family Trust (Calif.). Raced 3 yrs, 16
sts, 9 wins, $540,608. Won A Gleam H (gr. II), Rancho Bernardo H (gr. III), Las Flores H (gr. III), Valiant
Pete H (R); 3rd Santa Monica H (gr. I). Dam of 9 named foals, 7 rnrs, 5 wnrs, 1 sw.
2001: Moment to Enjoy, ch c, by Coronado's Quest. Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 0 wins, $1,640.
2002: Deciding Moment, dkb/br g, by Dixieland Band. Raced 2 yrs, 5 sts, 0 wins, $1,200.
2003: Old Thunder, b c, by Fusaichi Pegasus. Raced 3 yrs, 9 sts, 3 wins, $125,585. ($200,000
keesep yrlg). Died 2007.
2004: Slipped.
2005: Believeinthemoment, ch f, by Cat Thief. Raced 7 yrs, 66 sts, 1 win, $62,901.
2006: Hopeful Moment, ch f, by Strong Hope. Unraced. ($110,000 ftkjul yrlg).
2007: Dipole Moment, dkb/br f, by Roman Ruler. Raced 2 yrs, 10 sts, 1 win, $35,233. ($45,000
keesep yrlg).
2008: Deborah's Moment, dkb/br f, by Lemon Drop Kid. Raced 3 yrs, 15 sts, 1 win, $55,109.
($110,000 keesep yrlg).
2009: SUM OF THE PARTS, dkb/br c, by Speightstown. ($75,000 ftkjul yrlg; $150,000 barmar 2yo).
At 2: 2nd Kip Deville S.
At 3: Won Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix S (gr. III), Red Legend S, Tom Ridge S; 2nd Groovy S (T).
At 4: Won Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix S (gr. III).
2011: Speculative Bubble, dkb/br f, by Sky Mesa. Unraced. ($120,000 keesep yrlg).
2012: Dkb/br c, by Latent Heat. ($60,000 keesep yrlg).
2013: Dkb/br c, by Tizway.
Nicking: SPEIGHTSTOWN w/SLEW'S ROYALTY mares: 1 foal, 1 str, 1 wnr (100%), 1 2yo wnr (100%),
1 SW (100%), 1 GSW (100%)
Broodmare sire: Slew's Royalty, dkb/br, 1980. Sire of 87 dams of 290 foals, 178 rnrs (61%), 120
2nd dam: Miss Fuddy Duddy, ch, 1981. Bred by Kelley and Jacoby (Calif.). Unraced. Dam of MISS
INN ZONE (f, Slew's Royalty; $284,510. Won Baja California Senoritas S; 2nd Shywing H, RT; dam
of ZONING IN), Royal Issue (g, Slew's Royalty; $74,950. 2nd Zany Tactics S, R).
Breeder
Farfellow Farms ... Owner(s): Kip and Suzanne Knelman ... Born: Kip
was born in 1948 in Grand Forks, N.D. ... Residence: Edina, Minn.,
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Paris, Ky. ... Family: three sons Ben, Joey
and Jak ... Education: Kip holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in
international relations from the University of Minnesota and the University
of Southern California, respectively.
Starts 1st
2nd
5
1
0
1999
2006
2007
Juvenile
Sprint
Distaff
Juvenile
3rd
0
Earnings
$612,900
Anees
Enjoy the Moment
Lemons Forever
Shore Do
1st
14th
5th
8th
Quick facts about Farfellow Farms:
• The Knelmans entered the racing industry in 1987 through a friend in
Minneapolis. Their first horse, Syncopation, ran at Canterbury Downs
in the claiming and allowance ranks. They enjoyed success in 1999
with multiple stakes winner Enjoy the Moment, who counts among her
nine wins four stakes – the A Gleam Handicap (G3) at Hollywood;
Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3) at Del Mar; and Las Flores Handicap
(G3) and Valient Pete Handicaps, both at Santa Anita. She also ran
third in the Santa Monica Handicap (G1) the following year. She was
unplaced in the 1999 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint – the coupleʼs first and only
appearance as owners in the Breedersʼ Cup.
• The Knelmans kept their graded stakes winning mare Enjoy the
Moment after racing her and she has produced five winners through
2013. Her son, Sum of the Parts, by Speightstown, is her best foal to
date, with six wins including his most recent – the Phoenix Stakes (G3)
at Keeneland for the second consecutive year. Sum of the Parts was
the sixth horse to twice win the Phoenix – the oldest stakes race in
America, which made its debut in 1853.
• The Phoenix is a “Win and Youʼre In” qualifier for the Breedersʼ Cup
Sprint. Last year, Sum of the Parts ran fourth after battling on the lead.
• Enjoy the Moment has a 2011 Sky Mesa filly, a 2012 Latent Heat colt,
a 2013 Tizway colt, and was bred to Bodemeister this year.
• Kip Knelman wanted to sell Critikola, the dam of Kentucky Oaks
winner Lemons Forever, but his wife and son Jak overruled him
because she was such an attractive foal. Knelman credits his wife with
the decision to breed the mare to Lemon Drop Kid. At that time, their
stated goal was to raise yearlings who would be of sufficient quality to
sell in the select yearling sales.
• Other notable horses they have bred include Buddha (2002 Wood
Memorial winner), Interest Only, Moon Over Prospect, and Grade 3
winner Pink Champaign Flower, Teewinot, Kodema, and Critikola and
Gallo Del Bar (both in South America) They raced Lemons Foreverʼs
stakes-placed half-sister, Critikal Reason (by Aptitude). Stakes
winners campaigned include Chelsea Flower, Teewinot, Kodema and
Critikola and Gallo Del Bar (both in South America).
• They sold a Danzig-Montage colt at the 1998 November sale at
Keeneland for $1.45 million “My wife and I have made this a very
successful operation because we make the decisions together,” Kip
said. “We both have somewhat different personalities and they
complement one another when we are making decisions regarding
broodmares and racehorses.”
• Kip has been an executive in the field of investment management.
Former president and CEO of Investment Advisers, Inc., a firm which
handled a $17 billion institutional pension fund. Retired in 1998, but
two years later formed Knelman Asset Management Fund, which was
subsequently bought out in 2005 by Lazard, a global investment
banking and asset management firm. He remained in an executive
position with Lazard and currently runs the companyʼs growth equity
operation.
• Together, the Knelmans started a philanthropic foundation, the
Farfellow Foundation, which among other projects assists
underprivileged high school students with college tuition. “We didnʼt
put our name on it because I think giving when anonymous is nicer,”
said Suzanne.
Co-Owner
Klaravich Stables Inc. ... Owner(s): Seth Klarman ... Born: May 21,
1957 in New York City ... Residence: Brookline, Mass. ... Family:
Married with three children. ... Education: B.A. from Cornell; graduated
from the Harvard Business School with an MBA in 1982.
Starts 1st
2nd
4
0
0
2007
2011
3rd
0
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Turf
Earnings
$30,000
Globalization
Phantom Income
Animal Spirits
starter in 2011. After Currency Swap won the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at
Saratoga, he was pointed to the Juvenile, but was injured in October
and didnʼt return to the races until March 2012. His notable
performances included a victory in the Amsterdam (G1) at Saratoga in
July and a second-place finish in the Woody Stephens Stakes (G2) at
Belmont in June.
• In winning the 2011 Hopeful, Currency Swap became the first Grade 1
winner for Klaravich Stables and Lawrence.
11th
13th
5th
Quick facts about Klaravich Stables Inc.:
• Seth Klarmanʼs Klaravich Stables owns many horses in partnership
with William H. Lawrence; they own approximately 100 horses, most of
which they have purchased at auction.
• Klaravich and Lawrence enjoyed their best Breedersʼ Cup to date in
2012 ... Balance the Books finished third in the Juvenile Turf and Sum
of the Parts was fourth in the Sprint ... Had four prior starters:
Globalization, 11th 2007 Juvenile, Phantom Income 13th 2007
Juvenile Fillies, Sum of the Parts, 6th 2011 Juvenile Sprint and Animal
Spirits, 5th 2011 Juvenile Turf ... Potentially have another Juvenile Turf
hopeful in 2013 in Due Diligence.
• Klaravich and Lawrence had hoped to have another Breedersʼ Cup
• Before his 2011 Breedersʼ Cup appearance, Animal Spirits won the
Bourbon Stakes (G3) at Keeneland in October. Klaravich Stables and
Lawrence got their second consecutive win in that race when Balance
the Books won it in 2012; the “Win and Youʼre In” race ensured
Balance the Books a spot in the Juvenile Turf. Klaravich Stables and
its partner William Lawrence are the only owners to win the Bourbon
Stakes twice.
• Klarman is the president of The Baupost Group, one of the most
successful hedge fund companies in the world. Following his
graduation from Cornell, he began his professional career with Mutual
Shares Corporation. He went on to Harvard Business School and
joined the newly formed Baupost in 1982.
• In 1991, Klarman published a book titled “Margin of Safety:
Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor.”
Now out of print, the book is a rare find and fetches up to $2,000. A
2011 Harvard Business School news release said that the book can be
rented on eBay.
• In 2011, he was one of five graduates to receive Harvard Business
Schoolʼs highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award.
• Klarman is a baseball fan and in 2009 purchased a minority interest in
the Boston Red Sox.
• Klarman discovered racing by growing up three blocks from Pimlico
Race Course. He bought his first horse in the 1980s with a friend and
then became involved in partnerships. In 1993, he and an old friend,
Jeff Ravich, who grew up with Klarman in Baltimore, started Klaravich
Stables, which was derived from the two ownersʼ names. Ravich left
the racing end of the partnership to start his own stable on the West
Coast in 2004, though he still owns several broodmares in partnership
with Klarman. Klarman kept the stable name and formed a partnership
with William Lawrence, whom he met through a mutual friend. Their
horses race under the dual listing of Klaravich Stables, Inc. and
William H. Lawrence.
• Subordination, a $75,000 purchase, was Klaravichʼs first graded
stakes winner. He compiled a record of 11-3-1 in 21 starts and earned
$1,221,068 in purse money. Subordination won eight graded stakes on
the dirt and turf and on the East and West coasts including two Grade
1s, the 1997 Hollywood Derby and the 1998 Eddie Read. His other
graded stakes victories were in the Jamaica (G2), Brooklyn (G2),
Belmont Breedersʼ Cup Handicap (G2), Hill Prince (G3), Fort Marcy
(G3) and Canadian Turf Handicap (G3).
• One of Klaravichʼs best-known runnerr was Read the Footnotes, who
won the 2003 Nashua (G3) and Remsen (G2) and the 2004 Fountain
of Youth (G1) by a neck over Second of June; the colt finished seventh
in the 2004 Kentucky Derby (G1).
• Other stakes winners for Klaravich and Lawrence include Summer
Doldrums (Whirlaway and Colonial Turf Cup (G3) in 2007, Presque
Isle Mile in 2008); Outperformance (2006 Hill Prince (G3)); Phantom
Income (2007 NATC Futurity); Worstcasescenario (2009 Adirondack
(G2)): Fenway Faithful, (2009 Sleepy Hollow); Yawkey Way (2010 Ann
Clare); Fiscal Policy, (2010 Bassinet); Populist Politics (2010 Louisiana
Futurity and 2011 Louisiana Showcase Mile); Zero Rate Policy (2011
Rumson); Animal Spirits (2011 Bourbon Stakes (G3)); and Balance the
Books (2012 Bourbon Stakes (G3)).
• Klaravichʼs horses are trained by Rick Violette, Chad Brown, Tom
Amoss, Terri Pompay, Dale Romans, Bill Mott, and Al Stall Jr.
• Most of the horses owned by Klaravich Stables are given names with
financial connections. However, some have names linked to baseball,
including 2009 Sleepy Hollow stakes winner Fenway Faithful and 2010
Ann Clare winner Yawkey Way.
Co-Owner
William Lawrence ... Born: 1961 ... Residence: New York City and
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Family: Wife, Gloria; son, Will, and daughter,
Elizabeth. ... Education: A graduate of the Wharton School of Business
at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Lawrence owns all of his horses in partnership with Seth Klarmanʼs
Klaravich Stables; they own approximately 100 horses, most of which
they have purchased at auction. They do “no breeding of note,”
Lawrence said.
Quick facts about William Lawrence:
• Lawrence and Klaravich have had six Breedersʼ Cup starters. In 2007,
at Monmouth Park, Globalization finished 11th in the Juvenile and
Phantom Income finished 13th in the Juvenile Fillies. In 2011, at
Churchill Downs, Sum of the Parts finished sixth in the Juvenile Sprint
and Animal Spirits finished fifth in the Juvenile Turf. In 2012, at Santa
Anita Park, Balance the Books was third in the Juvenile Turf, and Sum
of the Parts was fourth in the Sprint.
• Sum of the Parts picked up his first victory of the year on Oct. 4 in his
fourth start of 2013, taking the Phoenix Stakes (G3) at Keeneland for
the second straight year at odds of 12-1 for trainer Tom Amoss. It was
also the second straight year he earned an automatic berth to the
Breedersʼ Cup Sprint by winning the race.
• In 2013, Balance the Books has one win in five starts, taking the Stroll
Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in August. Sixth in the Blue Grass
Stakes (G1), he also was third in the Solar Splendor Stakes and most
recently ran ninth in the Jamaica (G1) at Belmont Park Oct. 5.
• The partnership owns Readtheprospectus, a 4-year-old gelded son of
Read the Footnotes who has won seven consecutive starts dating
back to Oct. 2012. This year, he has reeled off five in a row, including
the Commentator Handicap in June and the Spite The Devil Stakes on
Sept. 19, both at Belmont Park, in his most recent efforts.
• A juvenile son of Harlanʼs Holiday, Shadow Banking broke his maiden
in his career debut on Sept. 11, and came back to run second to Chad
Brown-trained stablemate Bobbyʼs Kitten in the Pilgrim (G3), both at
Belmont Park, the latter on Oct. 6.
• The partnership had hoped to have another Breedersʼ Cup starter in
2011. After Currency Swap won the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga,
he was pointed to the Juvenile but was injured in October and didnʼt
return to the races until March 2012. Currency Swap went on to
capture the You and I Stakes and the Amsterdam (G2), the latter at
Saratoga, and run second in the Woody Stephens (G2) last year, but
has made only one start in 2013, running third in an optional claiming
allowance at Saratoga in July.
• In addition to winning the Amsterdam at Saratoga in 2012, Lawrence
and Klaravich won the Saratoga Special (G2) with Spurious Precision
and the With Anticipation (G2) with Balance the Books. Spurious
Precision was injured in a training accident that September and had to
be euthanized.
• Before his 2011 Breedersʼ Cup appearance, Animal Spirits won the G3
Bourbon Stakes at Keeneland in Oct. 2011. Lawrence and Klaravich
became the first owners to win that race twice when Balance the
Books won it in 2012; the “Win and Youʼre In” race ensured Balance
the Books a spot in the Juvenile Turf.
• An investment adviser, Lawrence is the co-founder of the New
York-based Meridian Capital Partners, Inc., where he is the CEO and
Chief Investment Officer. Meridian Capital has offices in New York City
and Albany, N.Y.
• Lawrence grew up in Latham, N.Y., near Albany, and started attending
the races at Saratoga at the age of 12. He said that he and his friends
talked about buying horses when they were growing up, and when he
became successful in his business career and in a position to enter the
sport as an owner, he bought his first horse in 2004, through a
partnership with Klarman.
• After Currency Swap won the Amsterdam, he said, “To win any race at
Saratoga is a dream, and to win a big race is just unbelievable. Iʼve
been coming to this track since I was about 12 years old, and when
you win the big races, itʼs beyond fun.”
• Lawrence met Klarman, who is also the principal in a major investment
fund, through a mutual friend. Klarman at the time owned horses with
Jeff Ravich, who was later phased out the racing partnership.
• The 2011 Hopeful winner Currency Swap, trained by Terri Pompay,
was the first Grade 1 winner of the Klaravich-Lawrence partnership.
Their stakes winners have been Summer Doldrums (Whirlaway and
Colonial Turf Cup (G3) in 2007, Presque Isle Mile in 2008);
Outperformance (2006 Hill Prince (G3); Phantom Income (2007 NATC
Futurity); Worstcasescenario (2009 Adirondack (G2); Fenway Faithful,
(2009 Sleepy Hollow); Yawkey Way (2010 Ann Clare); Fiscal Policy,
(2010 Bassinet); Populist Politics (2010 Louisiana Futurity and 2011
Louisiana Showcase Mile); Zero Rate Policy (2011 Rumson); Animal
Spirits (2011 Bourbon Stakes (G3)); and Balance the Books (2012
Bourbon Stakes (G3)).
• Lawrence and Klaravich horses are trained by Rick Violette, Chad
Brown, Tom Amoss, Terri Pompay, Dale Romans, Bill Mott, and Al
Stall Jr.
• Most of their horses have names with a financial connotation. “Itʼs
about 80 to 90 percent,” Lawrence said. “Occasionally, we will name
one for a wife or a relative and there are a few baseball-themed ones
in there because Seth owns a part of the Red Sox. We continue to
amaze even ourselves with the number of financial names we can
come up with each year. If the financial markets and the economies
around the globe continue to have excitement, we can come up with
lots of new names.”
• Lawrenceʼs biggest thrills in racing are Currency Swapʼs victory in the
Hopeful, Summer Doldrumsʼ win in the Colonial Turf Cup, and
Spurious Precisionʼs win in the Saratoga Special, with the latter
perhaps getting the nod as most exciting. Said Lawrence, “That was
electric.” Of the horseʼs death, he said, “He was really good. That one
hurt a lot.”
Trainer
Thomas M. Amoss ... Born: Nov. 17, 1961, New Orleans, La. ...
Residence: Louisville, Ky. ... Family: wife Colleen and daughters Ashley
and Hayley ... Education: Graduate of Louisiana State University with a
degree in marketing.
Starts 1st
2nd
8
0
0
1999
2000
2002
2006
2012
Distaff
Distaff
Turf
Juvenile
Distaff
Turf
Sprint
3rd
2
Earnings
$766,200
Heritage of Gold
Heritage of Gold
Williams News
Lone Star Sky
Baghdaria
Rush Bay
Sum of the Parts
3rd
3rd
13th
11th
7th
4th
4th
Quick facts about Thomas M. Amoss:
• The New Orleans native has saddled eight starters in the Breedersʼ
Cup with two third-place runs by Heritage of Gold in the 1999 and
2000 Distaff being his best finishes. In 2012, Sum of the Parts ran
fourth in the Breedersʼ Cup Sprint, and he was sixth in the Juvenile
Sprint the year before. Sum of the Parts will make his third consecutive
appearance in a Breedersʼ Cup event this year, again in the Sprint. He
earned a berth this year, like last, by capturing the Phoenix Stakes
(G3) at Keeneland.
• Amoss, who has over 2,800 career victories and over $74 million in
purse earnings, sends out winners at an amazing 25 percent clip. The
national average for all trainers is 16 percent.
• In addition to Sum of the Parts, other stakes winners for Amoss in
2013 were So Many Ways, who won the Charlestown Oaks and the
Eight Belles Stakes (G3) and Delaunay, who won the Churchill Downs
Stakes (G2) ... Although he did not win a stakes, the trainer enjoyed
quite a ride with MyLute during the first half of 2013. The colt was
second in the Louisianna Derby, fifth in the Kentucky Derby and third
in the Preakness Stakes.
• Sum of the Parts also won the $400,000 Red Legend Stakes at
Charlestown and the Tom Ridge Stakes at Presque Isle during his
sophomore campaign. Other 2012 stakes winners for Amoss include
Unhedged, Delaunay, Global Power, Starlite Starbrite, Key Donation, It
Happened Again, Cyllano, and Sterling Madame.
• Shared Propertyʼs victory in the Arlington-Washington Futurity (G3) at
Arlington Park was his top win in 2011. He also had stakes wins with
Tidal Volume, Culotte, Little Polka Dot, Populist Politics, and Lawsonʼs
Lady.
• His stable is based primarily at Churchill Downs and Fair Grounds, but
he has maintained a small string at Arlington Park most years. In 2011,
he had a fairly large contingent at Indiana Downs where he won that
trackʼs training title.
• Amoss earned his 2,000th win on April 29, 2008 when he sent out Cat
Splendor to victory in the fourth race at Churchill Downs. He began his
training career in 1987, saddling his first winner, Prize Dream, at
Sportsmanʼs Park.
• Amoss has won eight training titles at Fair Grounds, and was inducted
into the Fair Grounds Hall of Fame in 1999. He also has been the
training leader at Ellis Park, Kentucky Downs and Churchill Downs.
• Amoss began walking hots for Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg in
high school at the Fairgrounds. After graduating from LSU, he worked
for trainer Frank Brothers in Louisiana and then spent a year as a
veterinary assistant before returning to the barn as an assistant to
Larry Robideaux and John Parisella, the latter in New York. In 1987 at
the age of 25, he went out on his own.
• He captured his first graded stakes victory in 1990 when Festive won
the New Orleans Handicap (G3) at Fair Grounds.
• He conditioned the multiple Grade 1 winner Heritage of Gold, a $2.3
million earner who won both the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park and
the Go for Wand at Saratoga in 2000. Heritage of Gold ran third in
back-to-back editions of the Breedersʼ Cup Distaff in 1999 and 2000.
Other graded stakes winners have included Dernier Croise, Finally
Here, Hattiesburg, Miss Lodi, No Jacket Required, Royal Spy, Rush
Bay, Baghdaria, Backtalk and Williams News. He won the 2008
WinStar Derby with Liberty Bull.
• Amoss lost his home in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit and
he relocated to Louisville with his family – wife Colleen and daughters
Ashley and Hayley.
• Tom is a familiar face to most racing fans due largely in part to his
part-time role as an analyst on TVG when that network bases itself at
Keeneland and for its popular “The Works” show leading up the
Kentucky Derby and Breedersʼ Cup World Championships.
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15 f, 12 r, 10 w, 2 SW
El Gran Senor, 1981
8s, SW, $502,819
Bright Candles, 1987
399 f, 55 SW, 2.69 AEI
34s, SW, $405,091
Christmas Bonus, 1978
12 f, 12 r, 11 w, 2 SW
28s, SW, $140,557
15 f, 12 r, 11 w, 5 SW
Unbridled, 1987
24s, SW, $4,489,475
Unbridled's Song, 1993
566 f, 49 SW, 2.65 AEI
12s, SW, $1,311,800
1,394 f, 102 SW, 2.05 AEI Trolley Song, 1983
7s, wnr, $25,914
12 f, 9 r, 5 w, 1 SW
Buckaroo, 1975
18s, SW, $138,604
Buckaroo Zoo, 1993
523 f, 29 SW, 2.06 AEI
27s, SW, $216,728
General Chanel, 1986
5 f, 4 r, 3 w, 1 SW
12s, pl, $4,095
13 f, 11 r, 8 w, 1 SW
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Secretariat
Tamerett
Northern Dancer
Sex Appeal
Key to the Mint
Sugar Plum Time
Fappiano
Gana Facil
Caro
Lucky Spell
Buckpasser
Stepping High
General Holme
Joy Returned
THE LUMBER GUY'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3
8
4(3)
1(1)
0
$736,050
at 4
3
0
1(1)
0
$24,250
Lifetime
11
4(3)
2(2)
0
$760,300
Sire: GRAND SLAM, dkb/br, 1995-2012. Raced 2 yrs, 15 sts, 4 wins, $971,292. Won Moet Champagne
S (gr. I), Futurity S (gr. I), Peter Pan S (gr. II); 2nd Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), Swaps S (gr. II), Jerome
H (gr. II), Seattle Slew S (T); 3rd Buick Haskell Invitational H (gr. I), Coolmore Lexington S (gr. II).
Lifetime: 12 crops, 1,444 foals, 1,135 rnrs (79%), 870 wnrs (60%), 206 2yo wnrs (14%), 80 sw (6%),
1st dam: Boltono, gr/ro, 2000. Bred by Linda L. Ramsey (Ky.). Unraced. Dam of 5 named foals, 4 rnrs,
4 wnrs, 3 sw. ($80,000, 2001 keesep yrlg; $77,000, 2003 keenov, Dixie Union).
2004: Dead foal.
2005: Critical Cathy, gr/ro f, by Gold Token. Raced 2 yrs, 6 sts, 3 wins, $121,830.
2006: Sam the Sailor, dkb/br c, by Bernstein. Unraced.
2007: MAGICAL SOLUTION, b f, by Stormin Fever. Raced 3 yrs, 21 sts, 3 wins, $75,712. Won
Niagara S (R).
2008: BOLD DEED, ch g, by Anasheed. Raced 2 yrs, 9 sts, 3 wins, $161,000. Won Packett's Landing
S (R); 2nd New York Stallion Spectacular Bid S (RT); 3rd Westchester S (gr. III).
2009: THE LUMBER GUY, gr/ro c, by Grand Slam.
At 3: Won Vosburgh Invitational S (gr. I), Jerome S (gr. II), Miracle Wood S; 2nd Xpressbet
Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I).
At 4: 2nd Chowder's First S (R).
Inbreeding: 5SX4D Buckpasser; 3SX5D Mr. Prospector.
Nicking: GRAND SLAM w/UNBRIDLED'S SONG mares: 6 foals, 5 strs, 4 wnrs (67%), 0 2yo
wnrs (0%), 1 SW (17%), 1 GSW (17%)
Broodmare sire: UNBRIDLED'S SONG, gr/ro, 1993-2013. Sire of 413 dams of 1,295 foals, 873 rnrs
(67%), 582 wnrs (45%), 166 2yo wnrs (13%), 1.51 AEI, 1.46 CI; 63 sw.
2nd dam: BUCKAROO ZOO, b, 1993. Bred by Hobeau Farm. (Fla.). Raced 4 yrs, 27 sts, 5 wins,
$216,728. Won Las Madrinas H, Woodside S, Fling Ding S; 2nd Selima S gr. III, E. B. Johnston
S, Kachina H; 3rd Linda Vista H gr. III, June Darling S R. Dam of KUDU (g, Menifee; $409,426.
Won Docent H, R).
Breeder
Stonewall Farm ... Owner(s): Audrey Haisfield ... Born: Black Mountain,
N.C. ... Residence: Versailles, Ky. and Palm Beach, Fla. ... Family:
husband Richard.
• Purchased the former Gaillardia Farm, a 179-acre property near
Versailles, Ky. for $4.5-million in 2004 … Renamed the facility
NeverTell Farm before naming it Stonewall Farm.
Quick facts about Stonewall Farm :
• The couple built a large stallion complex at Stonewall which was
launched in 2006 with Medaglia dʼOro, runner-up in the 2002 and ʼ03
Breedersʼ Cup Classic; Marquetry, sire of Breedersʼ Cup Sprint
winners and Eclipse Award champions Artax (ʼ99) and Squirtle Squirt
(ʼ01); and Leroidesanimaux, runner-up in the 2005 Breedersʼ Cup Mile
and champion turf male. Stonewall bought the breeding rights in
Leroidesanimaux from TNT Stud prior to the 2005 Breedersʼ Cup and
he raced for both entities … Leroidesanimaux, the sire of 2011
Kentucky Derby winner and 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Mile runner up, stood
at Hallmarc Stallions at Stonewall Farm in Ocala, FL through the 2013
breeding season and is being relocated to Lanwades Stud in
Newmarket, England for the 2014 breeding season ... Medaglia dʼOro
was sold and stands at Darley, and Marquetry was pensioned in May
2010 at the age of 23 after standing his first season at Stonewall Ocala
... Other stallions include A.P. Warrior and Value Plus, which are
currently at Hallmarc.
• One year after making their Breedersʼ Cup debut as the breeders of
Drill, 10th in the 2011 Juvenile, Stonewall Farm was back in 2012 with
Tara From the Cape, fourth in the Juvenile Fillies Turf and The Lumber
Guy, second in the Sprint ... The Lumber Guy is preparing for his
second try in the 2013 Sprint.
• Cat Dancer, the dam of Drill, was sold as part of a settlement in 2010
when Stonewall faced lawsuits and bankruptcy litigation for owing
creditors upwards of $16 million, and all mares were sold. Stonewall
claimed they couldnʼt pay the banks what was owed when customers
hadnʼt paid their stud fees and were not allowed to recoup some of
their investment by selling the progeny at public auction because the
banks were withholding stallion certificates.
• The Lexington, Ky. farm was shut down and put on the market and five
stallions relocated to Florida ... After several years on the market, it
sold in Sept. 2013 to Jose Luis Espinoza for $7.5 million ... He
renamed the farm Stonewall Dominion.
• Lawyer Ron, the 2007 champion older male, stood stud at Stonewall
until his untimely death on July 10, 2009 from colic surgery
complications.
• The Haisfieldʼs son, Marc, is the owner of Hallmarc Stallions at
Stonewall Farm Ocala, which is the largest stud farm in Florida. In
addition the stallions relocated from Kentucky, the farm stands 2010
Breedersʼ Cup Sprint winner Big Drama and Grade 1 winners General
Quarters and Telling.
• Richard was involved in upscale real estate development in places
such as Aspen, Colo. and Middleburg, Va. … In 2005, Richard
renovated a block of historic Versailles, Ky. called Thoroughbred
Square, which has office and retail space.
• Audrey, who has a black belt in karate, operated an internationally
recognized breeding farm for smooth-gaited Peruvian Paso horses
based in Californiaʼs Santa Ynez Valley before venturing into the
Thoroughbred business in 2001 by buying interests in several stallions
as investments.
Owner
Barry K. Schwartz ... Born: May 25, 1942, in New York City ... Family:
wife Sheryl; children Stephanie and Jonathan.
Starts 1st
2nd
6
0
1
1998
2005
2006
2012
3rd
1
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Ladies' Classic
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Earnings
$503,670
Noteasybeingreen
Three Ring
Nothing But Fun
Attilaʼs Storm
Attilaʼs Storm
The Lumber Guy
10th
3rd
7th
4th
5th
2nd
Quick facts about Barry K. Schwartz:
• Schwartz has made six starts in the Breedersʼ Cup with horses owned
either solely or in partnership, with his best finish being in 2012, when
he finished second in the Sprint with homebred The Lumber Guy.
Previously, his best finish was third by Three Ring in the 1998
Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile Fillies. He was a partner in Atillaʼs Storm, who
finished fourth in the 2005 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint and fifth in the race
the following year.
• Schwartz purchased the filly Three Ring for $250,000; the ill-fated filly
was a five-time stakes winner, earning $773,400 on the track. She
finished third in the 1998 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile Fillies. She competed
against males in the 1999 Kentucky Derby and, in her subsequent
start, won the Acorn Stakes (G1) against her own sex at Belmont Park.
• The Lumber Guy won the 2012 Vosburgh Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park
to give Schwartz his first Grade 1 victory since Three Ring took the
1999 Acorn. It was the first career Grade 1 win for trainer Michael
Hushion. The colt had four wins from six career starts heading into the
2012 Breedersʼ Cup. ... He is winless in three tries in 2013, but was
second in the listed Chowderʼs First Stakes at Saratoga.
• Schwartz also is part-owner of Grade 1 winner Sean Avery, whom The
Lumber Guy defeated in the Vosburgh.
• Schwartz purchased the Unbridledʼs Song mare Boltono for $77,000 in
2003; the mare has produced three stakes winners, with the most
successful being The Lumber Guy, who has earned more than
$750,000. Boltono died the day the colt was foaled, on April 13, 2009,
and the colt was raised by a nurse mare. He was later named for
Thoroughbred owner Aaron Jones, who owns a major sawmill
company.
• Other recent stakes winners bred by Stonewall include Lovely Lil, the
champion New York-bred older female and female sprinter of 2011.
The daughter of Tiznow defeated open company in the Go For Wand
Handicap (G2) at Aqueduct to cap that championship season.
• Other stakes winners campaigned by Schwartz include Degenerate
Jon, Boom Towner, Only Queens, Perfect Poppy, Seeking the Sky,
Fire King, Turnofthecentury, Dr. Root, Beru, Great Intentions and
Fernando Po.
• Stonewall was the breeder of Dr. Root, winner of the 1991 Sword
Dancer Handicap (G1); Grade 3 winner Seeking the Sky; and multiple
stakes winner Beru. The farm bred Turnofthecentury, a Grade 2
winner, in partnership.
• Schwartz, who has owned Thoroughbreds since 1978, owns the
700-acre Stonewall Farm in Granite Springs, N.Y.
• Schwartz is the co-founder and former chief executive officer of Calvin
Klein, Inc.
• Schwartz and Klein, a childhood friend, launched the company in 1968
with a $10,000 investment. They sold the company in 2003 for over
$700 million.
• Schwartz began attending races at Belmont Park when he was 15.
• Schwartz was awarded the 2001 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Award as The
Person Who Did The Most For Racing by the New York Turf Writersʼ
Association.
• Schwartz was a member of the board of trustees for the New York
Racing Association from 1994 to 2004, and served as the boardʼs
chairman and NYRAʼs CEO from 2000 to 2004. He also is a member
of The Jockey Club.
• Hobbies include collecting art and antique books, philately (stamp
collecting) and ornithology (the study of birds).
• Member of the board of trustees of the Philatelic Foundation.
• Schwartz met his wife, Sheryl, on a blind date at the Roosevelt
Raceway harness track.
Trainer
Michael Hushion ... Born: Sept. 14, 1948; New York City ... Residence:
Massapequa, Long Island, N.Y. ... Family: Sons Ryan and Quinn and
daughter Casey. His wife Sharon died Sept. 9, 2012 after a lengthy battle
with cancer. ... Education: Economics major, University of Oklahoma.
Starts 1st
2nd
3
0
1
1998
2005
2012
Juvenile
Distaff
Sprint
3rd
0
Earnings
$270,000
Noteasybeinggreen
Nothing But Fun
The Lumber Guy
10th
7th
2nd
Quick facts about Michael Hushion:
• Hushion returns to the Breedersʼ Cup for a second straight year in
2013, bringing sprinter The Lumber Guy, second in last yearʼs Sprint,
and promising 2-year-old filly Artemis Agrotera. It will be the fourth
Breedersʼ Cup appearance for Hushion, who also saddled
Noteasybeingreen, 10th in the 1998 Juvenile and Nothing But Fun,
seventh in the 2005 Distaff.
• Owned by longtime client Barry Schwartz, The Lumber Guy is winless
in four starts, three of them this year, since finishing second in the
2012 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint. Left in California following the Breedersʼ
Cup, he was seventh in a pair of graded stakes tries under trainer Neil
Drysdale before being reunited with Hushion in the spring. The Lumber
Guy was second in the Chowderʼs First stakes at Saratoga Race
Course in August in his first start in six months, then was seventh in
the Vosburgh (G1) at Belmont Park, a race he won in 2012.
• A New York-bred homebred daughter of Roman Ruler owned by
Chester and Mary Broman, Artemis Agrotera earned her way to the
2013 Juvenile Fillies by winning the Frizette (G1) at Belmont Park on
Oct. 5. The 1-1/4-length victory came in her first try against winners
and in open company off an 11-3/4-length romp over fellow state-bred
maiden fillies in her debut on Aug. 16 at Saratoga.
• Hushion arrived at the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup with The Lumber Guy,
having earned an automatic berth to the Sprint by virtue of a victory in
the “Win and Youʼre In” Vosburgh (G1). In the Sprint, The Lumber Guy
broke from post 11 and tracked pacesetter and eventual winner
Trinniberg around the track, finishing second by three-quarters of a
length.
• The Lumber Guy also won the Jerome Stakes (G2) and Miracle
Woods Stakes ... Hushionʼs other top runners in 2012 were Nicole H, a
winner of three stakes who had been a graded stakes winner in 2011,
and Mine Over Matter, also campaigned by Chester and Mary
Broman.
• In early 1991, Hushion was training a small stable in the mornings and
tending the service bar at a restaurant not far from Belmont Park at
night. Despite the size of his stable, Hushion was winning at a strong
percentage. In an article in Daily Racing Form, Hushion was quoted as
saying that he wanted to play the claiming game with New Yorkʼs top
trainers at the time – Peter Ferriola, Gaspar Moschera and Robert
Klesaris – or, as Hushion phrased it, “I would love to get a chance to
play poker with those guys.” The article caught the attention of Calvin
Klein CEO Barry K. Schwartz, who was looking to run his horses more
often. Hushion was hired, and immediately found success.
• In Dec. 1991, he claimed Reappeal for $14,000; he won 10 races and
earned more than $175,000 before he was claimed a year later for
$25,000.
• Hushion was leading trainer in Aqueductʼs 1992-ʼ93 inner track meet
and the Big Aʼs leading trainer in the 1993 Spring Meet.
• Notched his 1,000th career victory on Feb. 28, 2007 at Aqueduct with
River City Rebel.
• Hushion trained such popular horses as Boom Towner, Fire King and
Papua, as well as Lovely Lil, How About Now, Great Intentions,
Sunrise Smarty, Seeking the Sky, Bedside Manner, Blare of Trumpets
and Turnofthecentury.
• After three years at college, Hushion decided to come back to New
York. One day, he went to Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkensʼ barn at
Belmont Park, where a friend of his worked. It was afternoon feeding
time, and Hushion arrived just in time for the daily touch football game.
After the game, Hushion asked Jerkens for a job. He remained with
Jerkens for six years, then went out on his own in 1975 and saddled
his first winner, Tugboat Ryan, at Aqueduct.
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TRINNIBERG
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Teuflesberg - Bella Dorato by Goldminers Gold
Bred in Kentucky by J M STABLES, INC. (Mar 16, 2009)
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Owner: SHERRY PARBHOO
Trainer: SHIVANANDA PARBHOO
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2013:
2012:
Life:
Turf:
Course:
Off Dirt:
4
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2
5
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4
5
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1
0
1
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0
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$69,786
$1,382,000
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$88,936
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BahamianSquall118¶£ Trinniberg123¨© JacksonBend120¨µ
bid,outfinished 12
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came in bit start 9
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pace 2p,gave way
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off rail,gamely
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chased fast pace
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20
TEUFLESBERG,
b, 2004
TRINNIBERG
dkb/br, c
March 16, 2009
BELLA DORATO,
dkb/br, 2003
Hennessy, 1993
9s, SW, $580,400
Johannesburg, 1999
1,346 f, 76 SW, 1.58 AEI
10s, SW, $1,014,585
1,498 f, 61 SW, 1.21 AEI Myth, 1993
16s, wnr, $25,110
9 f, 9 r, 5 w, 1 SW
Devil's Bag, 1981
9s, SW, $445,860
St. Michele, 1996
956 f, 46 SW, 1.75 AEI
7s, pl, $11,410
Line, 1988
7 f, 4 r, 3 w, 1 SW
Unraced
8 f, 7 r, 6 w
Crafty Prospector, 1979
10s, wnr, $116,955
Goldminers Gold, 1993 1,070 f, 93 SW, 1.91 AEI
11s, SW, $205,109
Miss Secreto, 1986
123 f, 1 SW, 0.89 AEI
16s, SW, $278,533
7 f, 7 r, 6 w, 3 SW
Salem, 1968
13s, SW, $203,488
Witchkin, 1988
194 f, 11 SW, 1.29 AEI
6s, wnr, $5,232
Magic Acorn, 1977
11 f, 10 r, 10 w
27s, wnr, $27,330
6 f, 5 r, 4 w
Storm Cat
Island Kitty
Ogygian
Yarn
Halo
Ballade
Mr. Prospector
Border
Mr. Prospector
Real Crafty Lady
Secreto
My First Fling
Cyane
Witching Hour
Torsion
White Oak Run
TRINNIBERG'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
5
1
2(2)
0
$101,300
at 3
8
4(4)
2(2)
0
$1,382,000
at 4 in NA, UAE
4
0
1(1)
0
$69,786
Lifetime
17
5(4)
5(5)
0
$1,553,086
Sire: TEUFLESBERG, b, 2004. Raced 2 yrs, 21 sts, 5 wins, $621,981. Won Woody Stephens S (gr.
II), Southwest S, Sugar Bowl S; 2nd Carry Back S (gr. II), Sanford S (gr. II), Glow S (RT); 3rd Rebel
S (gr. III), LeComte S (gr. III).
Lifetime: 3 crops, 61 foals, 44 rnrs (72%), 26 wnrs (43%), 8 2yo wnrs (13%), 4 sw (7%), 2.22 AEI,
1.24 CI, 27 sale yrlgs, avg $18,573, 0.4 TNA.
1st dam: Bella Dorato, dkb/br, 2003. Bred by J M Stables (N.Y.). Raced 2 yrs, 14 sts, 1 win, $103,420.
3rd Finger Lakes Juvenile Fillies S. Dam of 4 named foals, 3 rnrs, 3 wnrs, 1 sw. ($460,000, 2012
ftknov).
2008: Troponin, dkb/br c, by Shaniko. Raced 3 yrs, 22 sts, 3 wins, $65,712.
2009: TRINNIBERG, dkb/br c, by Teuflesberg. ($1,500 ftkoct yrlg; $21,000 obsapr 2yo).
At 2: 2nd Three Chimneys Hopeful S (gr. I), Nashua S (gr. II).
At 3: Won Xpressbet Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I), Woody Stephens S (gr. II), Bay Shore S (gr. III),
Swale S (gr. III); 2nd Carry Back S (gr. III), Gallant Bob S.
At 4: 2nd Smile Sprint H (gr. II).
2010: Ostourah, dkb/br f, by Teuflesberg. Raced 2 yrs, 4 sts, 1 win, $59,460. Sent to Fr 2013.
($80,000 ftkoct yrlg; $450,000 easmay 2yo).
2011: Donatienne, b f, by Bandini. Unraced. ($250,000 ftkoct yrlg).
2012: Dead foal.
Inbreeding: 5SX4SX4D Mr. Prospector.
Nicking: TEUFLESBERG w/GOLDMINERS GOLD mares: 2 foals, 2 strs, 2 wnrs (100%), 2
2yo wnrs (100%), 1 SW (50%), 1 GSW (50%)
Broodmare sire: GOLDMINERS GOLD, ch, 1993-2012. Sire of 6 dams of 20 foals, 16 rnrs (80%),
2nd dam: Witchkin, b, 1988. Bred by Richard L. Ruffner Jr. (Va.). Raced 2 yrs, 6 sts, 1 win, $5,232.
Dam of Dream of Kaylee (c, Cactus Ridge; $76,372. 3rd Kentucky S, gr. III), Jovanna (f, Minardi;
$130,420. 2nd Finger Lakes Juvenile Fillies S), Eddie White Sox (g, Deputed Testamony; $148,160.
2nd Genesee Valley Breeders' H, R).
Breeder
JM Stables Inc. ... Owner(s): Joseph Marino and John Marino ... Born:
Joe was born in Kingston, N.Y. on March 20, 1945 and John was born
there on October 31, 1934 ... Residence: Brothers Joe and John and
their wives live on their farm in Saugerties, N.Y. ... Family: Joe is married
to Kathleen and they have one daughter and three grandsons; John is
married to Jean and they have one son and two grandsons ...
Education: Joe majored in mathematics at Sienna College ...
Professional Background: The Marino brothers worked at IBM, Joe for
21 years and John for 31 years. Joe was a financial analyst and cost
engineer and John was an expediter working in the warehouse and
shipping departments.
Starts 1st
2nd
2
1
0
2012
Sprint
3rd
0
Earnings
$810,000
Trinniberg
Quick facts about JM Stables Inc.:
1st
• The Marino brothers were in the beef cattle business together and
after Joeʼs daughter developed an interest in horses, they started their
operation with quarter horses ... In 1985, Joe investigated the New
York Thoroughbred breeding program and that began their
involvement with Thoroughbreds. They purchased their 34-acre farm
and began by boarding a few horses. “It took off from there,” said Joe.
“Now we board about 20 broodmares for clients and have a few of our
own. We run the farm like a nursery; we breed, then foal, and then
start the process all over again.”
• The Marinos also race horses and have owned winners at all three
NYRA tracks. “We had a nice horse named Jovanna and she won her
first time out, which was at Saratoga, by 12 lengths,” said Joe.
• 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint winner and champion sprinter Trinniberg
became JM Stables first Breedersʼ Cup winner one year after he
became their first starter when unplaced in the Juvenile Sprint.
• The Marinos missed watching the Sprint live at Santa Anita because
they were preparing to offer his dam, Bella Dorato, at the Fasig-Tipton
sale where she brought a final price of $460,000.
Owner
Sherry Parbhoo ... Born: Sept. 6, 1987 on the island nation of Trinidad
and Tobago ... Residence: Davie, Fla. ... Family: Father, Shivananda,
and grandfather, Bisnath, are involved with her in the familyʼs stable. ...
Education: B.S. in biology from Nova Southeastern University. She plans
to enter dental school and practice dentistry.
Quick facts about Sherry Parbhoo:
• Sherry became invloved in racing at a young age through her father,
Shivananda, and her grandfather, Bisnath, who owned and trained,
respectively, about 25 horses in New York and South Florida. 2012
Breedersʼ Cup Sprint winner and champion sprinter Trinniberg, who
finished 7th in the inaugural Juvenile Spint in 2011, was one of eight of
the familyʼs current 20 horses that was transferred from her father to
her as the owner in Aug. 2012. “Racing is a family business for us. Itʼs
in our blood,” she said.
• Their best horses include Giant Ryan, who ran eighth in the 2011
Breedersʼ Cup Sprint. He had to be euthanized in early summer 2012
after sustaining multiple leg fractures while competing in the True
North Handicap (G2) at Belmont and then developing post-surgical
laminitis. The family was very attached to the horse, who was named
for Shivanandaʼs son Ryan, and went to great lengths to try to save
him.
• In March 2012, the Parhboos took Giant Ryan to Dubai to compete in
the Golden Shaheen (G1-UAE), where he ran fifth against the worldʼs
top sprinters at Meydan Race Course on World Cup night ... The
family returned to Dubai in 2013 with Trinniberg, who finished 11th in
the same race.
• The Parhboos own all of the horses they have in training and in 2010,
Shivananda was the leading owner and Bisnath was the leading
trainer at the Tropical at Calder meet.
• Sherry works with her father in the family trucking business, XLS
Delivery Service, in south Florida.
Trainer
Shivananda Parbhoo ... Born: April 17, 1965 in Trinidad/Tobago ...
Residence: Davie, Fla. ... Family: Wife Vicki, four children.
Starts 1st
2nd
3
1
0
2011
2012
Sprint
Sprint
3rd
0
Earnings
$810,000
Giant Ryan
Trinniberg
8th
1st
Quick facts about Shivananda Parbhoo:
• Parhboo is the son of Bisnath Parboo and their surnames are spelled
differently because of a typo when the family first immigrated from the
Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in 1982. Until Aug.
2012, the elder trained the horses owned by the younger, but now
Shivananda has taken over the training duties and his father is listed
as his assistant. Sherry Parbhoo, the daughter of Shivananda and the
granddaughter of Bisnath, became the owner of Trinniberg and seven
of the other 20 horses currently owned by family members, as part of
the transition.
• Champion Sprinter Trinniberg, winner of the Breedersʼ Cup Sprint in
2012, is the familyʼs best horse. He was seventh in the inaugural
Juvenile Sprint in 2011 and finished a disappointing eleventh in the
Dubai Golden Shaheen in 2013, but came second in the Smile Sprint
Handicap (G2). His name is a combination of the Parhbooʼs native
Trinidad and Teufelsberg, the horseʼs sire.
• Trinniberg chased the early pace in the 2012 Kentucky Derby and
faded out of contention, but he did win the Bay Shore (G3), Swale (G3)
and Woody Stephens (G3) stakes. The way the family acquired
Trinniberg was even more of a surprise than the way they came to get
Giant Ryan. “An employee and I were making a delivery and stopped
by OBS (Ocala Breeders Sales,” Shivananda said. “I didnʼt even
realize there was a sale going on. We walked in at about 11 a.m., and
were getting ready to walk out when I saw this horse. We turned
around and went back in and I bought him (for $21,000). I didnʼt even
have a catalogue. I just liked his looks. He has a great back-end. I
didnʼt even have a checkbook with me. We went back to South Florida
and I sent my worker back to Ocala with a check the next day.”
Trinniberg had to be supplemented to the 2011 Breedersʼ Cup.
• The Parhboosʼ only other Breedersʼ Cup starter is Giant Ryan, the
eighth pace finisher in the 2011 Sprint. Giant Ryan, winner of the 2011
Vosburgh (G1) and the Smile Sprint Handicap (G2), took the family all
of the way to Dubai when he ran to a fifth place finish in the Golden
Shaheen (G1-UAE) at Meydan Race Course on World Cup night. The
Parhboos are credited with finding a new team of veterinarians who
could bring the horse back from fungal infections in his feet that
compromised his earlier career. But after suffering multiple leg
fractures while competing in the 2012 True North Handicap (G2) and
then contracting post-surgical laminitis, Giant Ryan was euthanized. “It
was terrible but thatʼs a part of racing,” said Shivananda Parhboo, who
named the horse for his grandson, Ryan. “We all loved Giant Ryan.”
The horse was purchased as part of a package of six horses in training
and they paid $180,000 for the entire lot. “He was a three-year-old
then,” he said. “We had no idea that he would turn out to be that kind
of horse.”
• The Parhboos rose to prominence in racing in 2010 when Shivananda
won leading owner and Bisnath won leading trainer honors at Calder
Race Course, but they didnʼt hit the national spotlight until one year
later when they ran two horses in the Breedersʼ Cup. They buy their
horses at the Ocala Breeders Sales Company auctions or privately.
Although they have been asked to train for other owners, they always
politely decline as they intend to keep the operation a family business
exclusively. Their horse have earned more than $2 million.
• “Iʼve gone to the races since I was about five,” said Shivananda
Parhboo. “My father was a trainer in Trinidad, but he gave it up when
we immigrated to the United States. He got back into owning horses in
New York.Then started training on his own.” Bisnath Parboo said that
he went to the races with his father, Vatoon, who was a businessman
in Trinidad and Tobago, and he eventually became a trainer. “But I
never had the best horses and never won any stakes,” said Bisnath.
After coming to the United States in 1982 when Shivananda was 17,
Bisnath located his family in the New York City area and started the
family trucking company. After using Joe Parker and Barclay Tagg as
his principal trainers, Bisnath took out his New York trainerʼs license in
1987 but it took more than 90 starters before he won his first race at
Aqueduct a year later. By then many of the family members had
relocated to South Florida so Shivananda moved the trucking
company there. In 2007, Bisnath also relocated to South Florida and
relocated the stable from Belmont Park to Calder Race Course.
• Owns a trucking company, XLS Delivery Service, in south Florida.
WINE POLICE
126
Owner: J. KIRK AND JUDY ROBISON
Trainer: HENRY DOMINGUEZ
Ch.g.5 Speightstown - Deputy Cures Blues by War Deputy
Bred in Kentucky by JOHN MULHOLLAND & MARTHA JANE MULHOLLAND (Feb 24, 2008)
29Sep13 RP5
ft
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25Aug13 Dmr7
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26Dec11 SA9
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24Sep11 Prx10 ft
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01Aug11 Sar8
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06Sep10 Sar9
ft
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Workout(s):
19 Oct 13 Zia 4F ft :49.3b 18/29
Stk - RPSprntCpL - 150k 76-101 2 2
2¡ 2«¬ 1¶ 1£ Gomez E P 121
Stk - POBrienG2 - 250k 108-104 8 10 5¸¢ 7º£ 4¹ 4¸£ Gomez G K 119
Aoc 62500cnd-N
103-106 5 5 2«¬ 1¶ 1¡ 1¶¡ Garcia M 120
Stk - MalibuG1 - 300k 58-76 9 3 9º¢ 8¼¢ 9¶¶ 8¶¾¡ Talamo J 118
Stk - JimmyV - 85k 88-107 10 6 6¹¢ 4º¡ 2¸¡ 2¶£ Leparoux J R 118
Stk - GallntBob - 250k 70-92 4 6 6º 5¼ 5¶¶ 4¶^¢ Leparoux J R 115
Stk - DstrtdHmr - 75k 57-96 1 1 5º 5¹¡ 4¶¡ 1¡ Leparoux J R 118
Stk - AmstrdamG2 - 150k 82-103 3 1 3¶¡ 4¸ 3¨µ 3º¢ Leparoux J R 117
Alw 62100nw1/x
56-91 1 4 5¹ 2¶¡ 1¡ 1¸¢ Albarado R 117
Stk - HopefulG1 - 250k 86-89 4 1 2¶ 2¡ 3¨µ 3¹¡ Bridgmohan S 120
13 Oct 13 Zia 4F ft :48.3b 3/8
L
L
L
L
LA
L
L
L
LA
L
22 Sep 13 Zia 5F ft 1:02b 4/7
2.40
15.60
5.60
18.40
*2.30
3.20
*.80
4.10
*.90
2.10
2013:
2012:
Life:
Turf:
Course:
Off Dirt:
3
0
11
0
1
2
2
0
5
0
0
1
WinePolice121£ Alsvid123¸ OkieRide121¶
FedBiz121¶ Goldencents120£ GonnaFlyNow119¶
WinePolice120¶¡ Doyouseemecoming122¶¡ Gladding120£
TheFactor 123¹¡ Rothko119¸¢ Associate118¨©
Will'sWildcat118¶£ WinePolice118¶ UncleBrent118»£
RoyalCurrier116¹£ Poseidon'sWarrior 115¡ Indiano122¼
WinePolice118¡ FreeEntry118¶£ HigherCourt118¨µ
Caleb'sPosse 123º Redeemed117¨µ WinePolice 117¶
WinePolice117¸¢ IndianCouncil123£ Enclosure119¶¢
BoysAtTosconova120¶£ StayThirsty120¶£ WinePolice 120¿¡
15 Sep 13 Zia 4F ft :47.3h 3/27
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
$153,000
$0
$337,037
$0
$0
$46,777
held sway
4wd into str,outkicked
off rail str,met bid
chased 3wd,no rally
inside 1/4 pl
no threat
bump after brk,up late
chased duel,outkicked
reeled in leader,clear
bid 5/16pl,outfinished
7
12
6
10
10
7
5
7
6
4
14s, SW, $112,171
Gone West, 1984
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
17s, SW, $682,251
Secrettame, 1978
10s, SW, $101,598
ch, 1998
15 f, 12 r, 10 w, 2 SW
Storm Cat, 1983
8s, SW, $570,610
Silken Cat, 1993
1,414 f, 180 SW, 2.97 AEI
4s, SW, $102,120
Silken Doll, 1980
8 f, 5 r, 1 w, 1 SW
7s, SW, $68,550
WINE POLICE
11 f, 7 r, 7 w, 3 SW
ch, g
February 24,
2008
22s, SW, $696,964
War Deputy, 1991
1,141 f, 90 SW, 2.53 AEI
9s, SW, $141,725
Sweet Alliance, 1974
200 f, 11 SW, 1.44 AEI
15s, SW, $179,219
6 f, 6 r, 4 w, 3 SW
DEPUTY CURES
Cure the Blues, 1978
BLUES,
10s, SW, $178,106
May
Time,
1994
b, 2000
845 f, 84 SW, 1.96 AEI
Unraced
Sharmoon, 1986
7 f, 7 r, 5 w, 3 SW
20s, wnr, $75,900
11 f, 9 r, 7 w
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Secretariat
Tamerett
Storm Bird
Terlingua
Chieftain
Insilca
Vice Regent
Mint Copy
Sir Ivor
Mrs. Peterkin
Stop the Music
Quick Cure
General Assembly
Holiday Dancer
WINE POLICE'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2010
2011
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
2
1
0
1(1)
$55,000
at 3
6
2(1)
1(1)
1(1)
$129,037
at 5
3
2(1)
0
0
$153,000
Lifetime
11
5(2)
1(1)
2(2)
$337,037
1st dam: DEPUTY CURES BLUES, b, 2000. Bred by Elizabeth and Gordon Lickrish (Ont.). Raced 4 yrs,
25 sts, 5 wins, $434,707. Won Lady Angela S (R), Rainbow Connection S (RT); 2nd Sweet Briar
Too S, Ontario Lassie S (R), South Ocean S (R), Victorian Queen S (R); 3rd Jammed Lovely S (R).
Dam of 3 named foals, 3 rnrs, 3 wnrs, 1 sw. ($6,412, 2001 ontsep yrlg; $130,000, 2005 keenov;
$125,000, 2010 keejan, Malibu Moon).
2007: Ruler Nekia, ch g, by Roman Ruler. Raced 4 yrs, 25 sts, 4 wins, $29,821. ($20,000 keesep
yrlg).
2008: WINE POLICE, ch g, by Speightstown. ($190,000 keesep yrlg).
At 2: 3rd Three Chimneys Hopeful S (gr. I).
At 3: Won Distorted Humor S; 2nd Jimmy V. "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up!" S; 3rd
Amsterdam S (gr. II).
At 5: Won Remington Park Sprint Cup S.
2009: Moon Traveler, b c, by Malibu Moon. Raced 3 yrs, 9 sts, 1 win, $61,275. 3rd OBS Championship (Colt and Gelding Division) S (R). ($325,000 obsmar 2yo).
2010: Dead foal.
2012: B f, by Street Sense. ($150,000 ftsaug yrlg).
2013: B f, by Ghostzapper.
Inbreeding: 5SX5D Northern Dancer; 4SX5SX5D Secretariat.
Nicking: SPEIGHTSTOWN w/WAR DEPUTY mares: 1 foal, 1 str, 1 wnr (100%), 1 2yo wnr
(100%), 1 SW (100%), 0 GSW (0%)
Broodmare sire: WAR DEPUTY, dkb/br, 1991. Sire of 40 dams of 109 foals, 70 rnrs (64%), 51 wnrs
(47%), 17 2yo wnrs (16%), 1.02 AEI, 1.34 CI; 5 sw.
2nd dam: May Time, b, 1994. Bred by Thomas W. Webb (Ont.). Unraced. Dam of NYUK NYUK NYUK
(g, Mutakddim; $874,551. Won Woodstock S; 2nd Jacques Cartier S, Mt. Sassafras S, R, Kenora
S, R; 3rd Queenston S, R), BUCEPHALUS (c, Cape Canaveral; $134,000. Won Clarendon S, R; 3rd
Achievement S, R), Sun Hawk (c, Mutakddim; $80,038. 3rd Achievement H, R).
Owner
Kirk and Judy Robison ... Born: 1940 Southern California ...
Residence: El Paso, Texas ... Education: San Jose State University.
Quick facts about Kirk and Judy Robison:
• The Robisons will be represented at their first Breedersʼ Cup as
owners with Wine Police, who is pointed to the 2013 Sprint after
winning the Remington Park Sprint Cup. After purchasing the gelded
son of Speightstown for $190,000 at the 2009 Keeneland September
yearling sale, Robison sent him to his east coast trainer Steve
Asmussen. Wine Police broke his maiden at Saratoga in 2010 and
finished third in the Hopeful Stakes (G1) behind Boys at Toscanova
and Stay Thirsty. Now an earner of more than $300,000 going into the
Breedersʼ Cup, Wine Police also won the 2011 Distorted Humor
Stakes at Saratoga.
• Campaigns multiple stakes winner Isnʼt He Clever, second a neck in
the 2012 Sunland Derby (G3) and on the bubble to run in that yearʼs
Kentucky Derby. Isnʼt He Clever holds a 2013 track record at Sunland
Park for six and a half furlongs in 1:13.45 and has earned $542,703 for
trainer Henry Dominguez. Another success with Dominguez came
when he claimed Twelve Twenty Two for $25,000 in 2010 at
Hollywood Park and won $250,000 with her after that.
• Often the leading owners in New Mexico, including 2012 when they
were the leading owners at all four New Mexico tracks and earned
$1,295,552 in that state alone.
• Other top horses campaigned have included I Love Silver (third behind
Point Given in the 2001 Santa Anita Derby [G1]), Imco Spirit, Tapit
Dancer, and Show Some Magic, who they picked out of the 2011
Keeneland September yearling sale for $70,000 and who has earned
more than $400,000.
• A cheerleader for New Mexico racing, he has watched it grow and
wants to be involved in its success. As much as any owner wants the
Kentucky Derby, a Sunland Derby (G3) would mean the world to
Robison.
• He told the El Paso Times in 2011 that “Being successful in racing is
twenty percent skill and eighty percent luck. There are so many things
that can happen that affect the horse, and you may invest in a horse
that you think is going to be good, but something happens. It can be a
humbling sport, that is for sure. There are no guarantees of success,
and that is something you have to deal with and understand.”
• Southern California native Kirk Robison built a fortune across the
Southwest when he moved to El Paso 30 years ago and started
owning Peter Piper Pizza and Burger King franchises. He breeds as
well as races, with Henry Dominguez his trainer in the west and Steve
Asmussen in the east,
• Kirk began following racing when a kid in Southern California in the
1950ʼs, his father Billy sharing his love of the sport with him. He began
to buy horses in the late 1990ʼs and now owns about 75 horses, 30 of
them in training.
Trainer
Henry Dominguez ... Born: El Paso, Texas in 1958 ... Residence: El
Paso, Texas ... Education: Austin High School.
Quick facts about Henry Dominguez:
• Dominguez is hoping for Wine Police to give him what would be the
biggest win of his long and respected career in the 2013 Breedersʼ
Cup Sprint. Dominguez trains in the Southwest for longtime owners
Kirk and Judy Robison, whose horses are with Steve Asmussen in the
east, as was Wine Police when the gelding broke his maiden at
Saratoga in 2010 and finished third in the Hopeful Stakes (G1) behind
Boys at Toscanova and Stay Thirsty. An earner of more than $300,000
going into the Breedersʼ Cup, Wine Police won the 2013 Remington
Park Sprint Cup to prep for the race.
• Has been New Mexicoʼs winningest trainer for several years. Through
October 19, has won 35 races at Southern California tracks, 23 of
them at Santa Anita, the site of the 2013 Breedersʼ Cup where
Dominguez is attempting to win his first Breedersʼ Cup race with Wine
Police.
• Perhaps his best horse was Song of Navarone, winner of the 2007
WinStar Derby (now Sunland Derby) which he purchased for $190,000
at the 2006 OBS April 2yo sale. Song of Navarone went on to set track
records at two tracks, win five stakes, place in eight more (including
thirds in the San Diego Handicap [G2], Sham Stakes [G3], and Lone
Star Park Handicap [G3] ), and earn more than $750,000.
• For long time owners Kirk and Judy Robison, trains multiple stakes
winner Isnʼt He Clever, second a neck in the 2012 Sunland Derby (G3)
and on the bubble to run in that yearʼs Kentucky Derby. Isnʼt He Clever
holds a 2013 track record at Sunland Park for six and a half furlongs in
1:13.45 and has earned $542,703.
• Also for the Robisons, trained Twelve Twenty Two, a $25,000 claim in
2010 from Hollywood Park who earned $305,356 and won three
stakes. Other top horses have been Hayleyʼs Halo, Goodbye Norma
Jean, and Show Some Magic.
• Dominguez has never won a graded stakes in his more than 1,300
victories. He has earned more than $25 million in purses while training
mostly in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona.
• El Paso, Texas native who has made New Mexico his base. Was a
jockey from 1974-1983, then an assistant to D. Wayne Lukas for nine
years. Growing up with Jeff Lukas, he learned a lot from Lukas and
laughs that heʼs the “one that got away” from Lukas. Says the most
important thing he learned from Lukas was attention to detail. ... Took
out his own training license in 1990.
• One of seven kids, Dominguezʼ brother has a race named for him at
Sunland Park that Henry covets winning, the Albert Dominguez
Memorial Stakes. Albert Dominguez was a trainer, starter, and track
official, and was seven years older than Henry. He died at age 55.

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