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Clear Creek stud has been the leading Louisiana Consignor
5 of the last 6 years. It is no wonder since the Clear Creek Stud Consignment has
produced Stakes Winners of over $2 million in recent years, including two-year-old
G2SW Designer Legs, a 2012 sale graduate who won the G2 Adirondack Stakes on
August 11. The undefeated filly now has three wins from three starts.
Our 2013 Consignment represents another outstanding group of
individuals with excellent pedigrees and conformation.
Visit us in person or at our website
to see what we have to offer.
Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s
Breeders Sales Company of
Louisiana, Inc.
AnnuAL YeArLIng SALe
SepTemBer 24, 2013
Ike Hamilton expo Center • West monroe, Louisiana
Yearlings by Leading National
and Regional Sires.
Out of Stakes Winning Mares,
Graded Stakes Producing
Mares, Stakes Producers,
Black Type families, and
families with tremendous
potential.
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Hip #94
Hip #102
Hip #104
Hip #106
Hip #107
Hip #118
Hip #123
Hip #125
Hip #135
Hip #137
Hip #140
Hip #150
Hip #152
Hip #157
Hip #158
Hip #159
Hip #161
Hip #165
Hip #167
Hip #179
Hip #184
Hip #186
Hip #195
Hip #199
Hip #200
Hip
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Hip 12
Hip #14
Hip #21
Hip #22
Hip #28
Hip #43
Hip #44
Hip #48
Hip #51
Hip #55
Hip #58
Hip #59
Hip #60
Hip #65
Hip #66
Hip #70
Hip #72
Hip #80
Hip #88
Hip
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Filly, Laabity-Zarb's Queen
Colt, Ready's Image-Barsanti
Tensas Tough, Half Ours-Bella Trieste
Colt, Half Ours-Brynes Girls
Colt, Yankee Gentleman-Kaileysgal
Colt, Ole Rebel-Catchherifucan
Filly, Ide-Devilish Candy
Colt, Bernstein-Diamondinthestream
Rosary Man, Songandaprayer-Doubtless
Filly, Half Ours-Elegant Designer
Filly, Porto Foricos-Exploited Kris
Filly, Tale of Ekati-Fonda Ronda
Colt, Half Ours-Forty Smiles
Colt, Porto Foricos-Foxy Leggs
Filly, Half Ours-Gatorize
Colt, Ole Rebel-Glitzi's Joy
Hands in the Air, Jazil-Haqeeaq
Colt, Ruler's Court-Hey Donna
Colt, Ole Rebel-Indian Paintbrush
Filly, Ford Every Stream-Kat Goddess
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Filly, Ole Rebel-Lady Toulouse
Colt, Porto Foricos-Lady Yankee
Colt, Half Ours-Lucky Haley
L'Air Frais, Smooth Air-Maggio
Filly, Ole Rebel-Mandy's Girl
Colt, Behindatthebar-Princess Malagra
Filly, Half Ours-Montanis
Filly, Half Ours-My Intended
Colt, Half Ours - Mystery At Sea
Mia Weea, Lion Tamer-Phone Carol
Filly, Laabity-Pleasant Sands
Filly, Ide-Primary Motive
Filly, Half Ours-Redwood Rose
Filly, Half Ours-Rose Condor
Filly, Porto Foricos-Sarah Can Run
Colt, B. J.'s Mark-Sarahlane'sdestiny
Colt, Half Ours-Sarah's My Angel
Colt, Jump Start-Scintillating
Filly, Forefathers-Strong Evidence
Colt, Zarbyev-Siberian Cat
Filly, Zarbyev-Star of Destiny
Colt, Henny Hughes-Swifty Victress
Filly, B. J.'s Mark-Taylor's Playmate
Filly, Afternoon Deelites-Valory
Filly, Half Ours-Westend Tapper
Filly, Langfuhr -What's Your Point
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for pedigrees and photos of this impressive consignment
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Louisiana. Their 2013 foals are on the ground,
and are an attractive athletic group of
youngsters. It is not too early to be making
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are impeccably bred, and come from a diverse
selection of outstanding families. We are sure
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The Official Publication of the
Louisianna Thoroughbred
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HORSE
Summer 2013
VOLume 31, NumBer 4
Features
The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders
Association
13 Book Review:
Jack, From Grit to Glory
19 LTBA; Celebrating 50 Years
OFFICerS
Jake Delhomme, President
Keith myers, First Vice President
Brett Brinkman, Second Vice President
roger Heitzmann III, Secretary/Treasurer
Myra Lewyn
24 2013 LTBA Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet
28 The Tools of the Business
29 Legendary
Gary McMillen
Louisiana Legends Night
34 Louisiana-breds “Shine”
DIreCTOrS
Jay Adcock, Coushatta
Charlotte Stemmans Clavier, Carencro
Tom early, Folsom
Dexter A. Gary, m.D., Baton Rouge
Jeff Delhomme, Breaux Bridge
Nathan Granger, Abbeville
michelle LaVoice, Covington
Neal mcFadden, Lafayette
Val C. murrell, Folsom
Lora Pitre, Opelousas
michele rodriguez, Covington
D.S. “Shine” Yound Futurities
35 Louisiana Cup 2013
Randall McMillen
53 Summer 2013 Foals
Editor
Administrative
Assistant
Contributors
Photography
DEPARTMENTS
LTBA Update .........................................6
Leading Sires in Louisiana....................9
Pedigree Patterns................................66
Louisiana Bred Stakes Winners ..........41
Horse Sense .......................................59
Here and There ...................................61
LTBA Minutes ......................................71
Advertisers Index ................................88
Linda mcLellan
Pamela Settoon
myra Lewyn
Gary mcmillen
randall mcmillen
ronnie Virgets
Heather Smith Thomas
Alexander Barkoff
Coady Photography
Hodges Photo
Linda mcLellan
Pam Settoon
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Louisiana Horse
Breeders Sales Co. of Louisiana Graduates
include Over 50 Louisiana Bred Stakes Winners
with $14 Million in Earnings
LOOK AT THE TIME
$266,870
SITTIN AT THE BAR
$418,140
Earnings to date
Earnings
to date
AMANECER DE ORO
$389,493
Earnings to date
TORTUGA STRAITS
$812,143
SMITTY’S
SUNSHINE
$532,219
Lifetime Earnings
Lifetime Earnings
Louisiana Thoroughbred breeders associaTion hosts the
BrEEDErS SALES COMpAny Of LOuISIAnA, InC.
2013 yEArLInG SALE
TuESDAy, SEpTEMBEr 24
Ike Hamilton Expo Center, West Monroe, Louisiana
Congratulations
to GII Adirondack Stakes
Winner, Designer Legs, a
2012 Sale Graduate!
The 2013 BrEEDErS SALES COMpAny Of LOuISIAnA yEArLInG SALE is expecting to have THE BEST CATALOG yET!!!
featuring yearlings by the following Stallions:
Afternoon Deelites
Any Given Saturday
Artie Schiller
Awesome Again
B.J.’s Mark
Behindatthebar
Bernstein
Big Top Cat
Bluegrass Cat
Brahms
Brother Derek
Candy Ride
Choosing Choice
Classic Alliance
Closing Argument
Congrats
Cowboy Cal
Devil His Due
Discreetly Mine
Don’t Get Mad
Dunkirk
D’wildcat
E Dubai
Eddington
El Corredor
English Channel
Eugenes Third Son
Exchange Rate
Exclusive Quality
Finest Hour
Flower Alley
Ford Every Stream
Forefathers
Gaff
Gigawatt
Good and Tough
Grand Appointment
Half Ours
Harborage
Henny Hughes
Hold Me Back
Honest Man
Horse Greeley
Ide
Indy Talent
Istintaj
Intimidator
Jazil
Jump Start
K One King
Kipling
Kitalpha
Kodiak Kowboy
Laabity
Langfuhr
Latent Heat
Legion Field
Lion Tamer
Lydgate
Mineshaft
My Friend Max
My Pal Charlie
Old Forester
Ole Rebel
Porto Foricos
Posse
Private Vow
Proud and True
Pure Prize
Quiet American
Ready’s Image
Rockport Harbor
Ruler’s Court
Run Production
Saint Afleet
Salute The Sarge
Scrimshaw
Shaniko
Sharp Humor
Smooth Air
Songandaprayer
Sorcerer’s Stone
Tale of Ekati
Tenpins
Time Bandit
Tiz Wonderful
Too Much Bling
Unbridled’s Song
Unbridledsensation
War Eagle
Warriors Reward
Yankee Gentleman
Yes It’s True
Zarbyev
Zede
All under one roof • Sale will be web-cast
MArk yOur CALEnDArS!
For catalogues or more information contact Louisiana oroughbred breeders association P.o. box 24650, new orleans, Louisiana 70184
www.louisianabred.com • 504.947.4676 • 1.800.772.1195 • [email protected]
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
LTBA UPDATE
TURNING THE (PRESIDENT'S) CORNER, by outgoing LTBA President Dexter Gary, MD
I
have enjoyed serving as your
President of the Louisiana
Thoroughbred Breeders Association these past two years. I want to
thank the membership, our entire
office staff and the board of directors with whom I served for all the
help and support we received.
As always my actions are directed to what we believe is in the best
interest of the LTBA. Following my
beliefs and principles I encouraged
and nominated Jake Delhomme for
the office of President.
Jake Dellhomme will be an
excellent president. His knowledge
of the horse industry, his leadership
qualities, his charisma, his work
ethic, his recognition by all people
in all walks of life will reflect positively on the LTBA.
Keith Myers serving as First
Vice President will further
strengthen the LTBA leadership.
From success in the board room of
LHC, to success of his Coteau
Stables, to his active participation
in the LTBA he has shown insight
and exhibited problem solving
skills.
Brett Brinkman serving as
Second Vice President also brings a
wealth of horse industry knowledge
and experience.
Thanks also to current and former board members I served with
during my tenure as president; Jay
Adcock, Brett Brinkman, Charlotte
Clavier, Jake Delhomme, Jeff
Delhomme, Chrisie Early, Tom
Early, Nathan Granger, Michele
LaVoice, Neal McFadden, William
Meaux, Jim Montgomery, Val
Murrel, Keith Myers, Allen Peltier,
Lora Pitre, Corky Pleasant, and
Look for the Pelican State Thoroughbreds Consignment at the
Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana 2013 Yearling Sale
September 24 • Ike Hamilton Expo Center • West Monroe Louisiana
5
9
15
16
17
35
36
37
39
47
53
74
75
81
6
F Ide-Annika
C Ide-Auto Be Del
C Posse-Biogio's Kids
F Sharp Humor-Blueyed Lass
C Congrats-Brightbraveandgood
F Yankee Gentleman-Classy Ide
C Zarbyev-Clear Fantasy
C Awesome Again-Clear Sailing
F Songandaprayer-Dana's Lucky Lady
G Half Ours-Double Bend
C Half Ours-Emerald Lady
F Discreetly Mine-Hide the Halo
C Candy Ride-Highest Class
C Unbridled's Song-Jasmine Gardens
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87
98
100
101
108
109
112
132
141
160
168
176
180
C
C
F
F
C
F
F
F
C
F
C
C
C
F
Lion Tamer-Just Plain Jesse
Zarbyev-Karen's Star
Zarbyev-Lexiconia
Exclusive Quality-Lovely
Ford Every Stream-Luanne's Gift
Mineshaft-Maria Elena
E Dubai -Maximalista (ARG)
My Pal Charlie-Midnight Delight
Yankee Gentleman-Our Dalila
D'wildcat-Princess Composer
Quiet American-Sarah's Peak
Ide-Silver Bride
Exchange Rate-Speightstown Belle
Zarbyev-Steve's Brite Lite
Louisiana Horse
LTBA UPDATE
Look for the
Brehon Farm
Consignment
at the
BREEDERS SALES
COMPANY OF
LOUISIANA
Yearling Sale
September 24
Ike Hamilton Expo Center
West Monroe, Louisiana
YEARLINGS BY MILLIONAIRES
LEADING SIRES, SIRES OF SWS
FROM BLACK-TYPE FEMALE FAMILIES.
Featuring
Hip #18 filly by multi G1SW KODIAK
KOwBOy ($1,663,363). Out of a
half sister to AmANeCer De
OrO.
Hip #20 colt by G1SW and GSW sire
BLueGrASS CAT ($1,761,280).
Out of SW mare ($520,564.) Half
brother to weSTOVer wILDCAT.
Hip #27 filly by G2SW and Leading Louisana
Juvenile Sire HALF OurS. Out of
G3SW mare.
Hip #116 filly by multi G2SW, G1 placed
COwBOy CAL ($1,037,810). Out
of Stakes Placed mare. Producer.
Michele Rodriquez. Their actions
are and were always directed to the
betterment of the Louisiana horse
industry and the Louisiana
Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
Things don't just happen -therefore my thanks to our staff.
The day to day operation of the
LTBA is in the capable hands of
Roger Heitzmann and he is assisted
by Threse Arroyo, Billie Courville,
Rachel Gandy, Loretta Romero,
Michele Salvino, Karen Stamm,
and Katie Cronvich.
Our Louisiana Horse Magazine
is professionally run by Linda
McLellan and Pamela Settoon. The
magazine faces changes in the distribution patterns brought about by
social media outlets.
The Breeders Sales Company of
Louisiana (a wholly owned subsidiary of the LTBA) is currently
restructuring to improve its position within the state. Darren
English (Sales Director of BSCOL)
is doing a good job.
We are currently upgrading our
computer systems which should
make the office more efficient,
effective and always with our eye
on economy of scale.
Julie Calzone was instrumental
in our success during the legislative
session. We will be evaluating our
advertising program with Calzone
and Associates.
Mike Whitler continues to competently perform inspection duties.
The LTBA has been well represented by our legal experts Alison
Walis and Alison Bell and by our
financial auditor Greg Romig.
Thanks especially to our membership and our legislative support.
As your board member I will
continue to contribute ideas promoting increased membership participation and benefits.
Including
#3
#8
#34
#85
#99
#105
#134
#138
#189
filly, My Friend Max-Ziarita
colt, Tenpins-Atticuslady
colt, Harborage-Classic Lass
filly, My Friend Max-Just Call Me Janet
filly, My Pal Charlie-Like a Butterfly
filly, My Friend Max-Magic Madam
colt, Finest Hour-Patti’s Court
filly, My Friend Max-Polite Lil Lady
colt, Harborage-Think Green
Brehon Farm sold winners of
both 2011 sales stakes
(A.L. “Red” Erwin & Elge Rasberry)
as well as consecutive winners
(2010-11-12)
of the A.L. “Red” Erwin Stakes!
For complete pedigrees, go to
www.louisianabred.com.
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Louisiana Horse
LEADING
LOUISIANA SIRES
Through August 18, 2013
2013 LEADING LOUISIANA SIRES - BY MONEY WON
Rk Stallion, year, sire
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
SONGANDAPRAYER, 1998, Unbridled's Song
CLOSING ARGUMENT, 2002, Successful Appeal
D'WILDCAT, 1998, Forest Wildcat
HALF OURS, 2003, Unbridled's Song
TENPINS, 1998, Smart Strike
YANKEE GENTLEMAN, 1999, Storm Cat
SUN KING, 2002, Charismatic
LEESTOWN*, 1994, Seattle Slew
GREELEY'S GALAXY, 2002, Mr. Greeley
GOOD AND TOUGH*, 1995, Carson City
IDE, 1993, Forty Niner
SALUTE THE SARGE, 2005, Forest Wildcat
PRIVATE VOW, 2003, Broken Vow
GOLD TRIBUTE, 1994, Mr. Prospector
MY FRIEND MAX, 1992, Danzig
LION TAMER, 2000, Will's Way
OSIDY, 2002, Storm Cat
AFTERNOON DEELITES, 1992, Private Terms
WILDCAT SHOES*, 2001, Forest Wildcat
RUN PRODUCTION, 2000, Saint Ballado
RUNNERS
227
119
102
64
103
85
88
87
35
62
76
44
52
56
40
47
43
50
40
33
WINNERS
RACES
WON
117
61
47
34
54
37
34
34
18
32
30
22
18
23
21
19
21
21
21
13
169
106
73
50
75
59
45
46
23
44
44
31
27
27
29
23
28
30
31
21
STK
WIN
10
5
2
2
0
1
0
3
2
0
0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
MONEY
EARNED
$3,626,232
$2,496,083
$1,737,976
$1,314,324
$1,297,042
$1,152,358
$930,811
$926,562
$922,558
$743,588
$707,599
$670,159
$601,340
$556,588
$537,074
$517,438
$473,895
$468,340
$467,768
$455,536
PERCENTAGE
WNRS/RNRS
51%
51%
46%
53%
52%
43%
38%
39%
51%
51%
39%
50%
34%
41%
52%
40%
48%
42%
52%
39%
AVG PER
RUNNER
$15,975
$20,975
$17,039
$20,536
$12,593
$13,557
$10,577
$10,650
$26,359
$11,993
$9,311
$15,231
$11,564
$9,939
$13,427
$11,009
$11,021
$9,367
$11,694
$13,804
2013 LEADING TWO-YEAR-OLD LOUISIANA SIRES - BY MONEY WON
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
HALF OURS, 2003, Unbridled's Song
BIG TOP CAT*, 2002, Storm Cat
MY FRIEND MAX, 1992, Danzig
RAINMAKER, 1999, Storm Cat
CHATAIN, 2003, Forest Wildcat
MY PAL CHARLIE, 2005, Indian Charlie
FOREFATHERS, 2004, Gone West
TIME BANDIT, 1996, Time for a Change
SUN KING, 2002, Charismatic
UNBRIDLEDSENSATION, 2004, Unbridled's Song
SAINT AFLEET, 2001, Northern Afleet
PRIVATE VOW, 2003, Broken Vow
ELUSIVE BLUFF, 2006, Elusive Quality
BEHINDATTHEBAR, 2005, Forest Wildcat
LION TAMER, 2000, Will's Way
Summer 2013
RUNNERS
8
10
16
9
9
8
1
1
5
8
8
3
7
6
2
9
3
5
5
6
WINNERS
3
5
4
3
4
3
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
RACES
WON
6
6
4
3
4
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
STK
WIN
MONEY
EARNED
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
$206,655
$196,252
$177,423
$87,780
$75,379
$72,021
$52,685
$46,405
$43,365
$39,860
$39,426
$39,275
$38,789
$36,870
$36,800
$29,620
$29,105
$28,832
$24,735
$22,820
PERCENTAGE
WNRS/RNRS
37%
50%
25%
33%
44%
37%
100%
100%
40%
12%
12%
33%
14%
16%
50%
0%
33%
20%
20%
16%
AVG PER
RUNNER
$25,832
$19,625
$11,089
$9,753
$8,375
$9,003
$52,685
$46,405
$8,673
$4,983
$4,928
$13,092
$5,541
$6,145
$18,400
$3,291
$9,702
$5,766
$4,947
$3,803
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LEADING LOUISIANA SIRES
LIFETIME LEADING LOUISIANA SIRES - BY MONEY WON
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
10
ROBYN DANCER, 1987, Crafty Prospector
SULTRY SONG, 1988, Cox's Ridge
SEFAPIANO*, 1989, Fappiano
ZARBYEV, 1984, Nureyev
KIPPER KELLY*, 1987, Valid Appeal
OPEN FORUM*, 1994, Deputy Minister
DEERHOUND*, 1988, Danzig
HOMEBUILDER*, 1984, Mr. Prospector
COUNT THE TIME, 1989, Regal Search
TWILIGHT AGENDA*, 1986, Devil's Bag
SNUCK IN, 1997, Montbrook
RUNNERS WINNERS/RK
643
549
476
554
419
489
261
311
263
265
281
252
305
367
252
312
224
233
276
216
495/1
398/2
335/4
369/3
300/6
321/5
194/12
236/7
187/15
194/12
231/9
182/16
205/11
234/8
190/14
207/10
168/19
169/18
180/17
158/20
RACES
WON
STK
WIN
1531
1733
1092
1020
1090
971
849
764
754
605
971
543
642
710
532
652
722
718
565
615
73
63
55
73
37
52
81
27
46
32
25
25
36
20
21
19
24
24
25
11
MONEY
EARNED
$35,773,995
$29,892,944
$26,031,734
$24,957,252
$22,716,315
$21,026,513
$17,299,488
$16,327,872
$15,512,223
$14,990,092
$14,908,859
$14,839,648
$13,759,712
$13,311,026
$13,023,560
$12,802,023
$12,776,863
$10,862,626
$9,790,703
$9,760,167
PERCENTAGE
WNRS/RNRS
76%
72%
70%
66%
71%
65%
74%
75%
71%
73%
82%
72%
67%
63%
75%
66%
75%
72%
65%
73%
AVG PER
RUNNER
$55,636
$54,450
$54,689
$45,049
$54,216
$42,999
$66,282
$52,501
$58,982
$56,566
$53,056
$58,887
$45,114
$36,270
$51,681
$41,032
$57,040
$46,621
$35,474
$45,186
Louisiana Horse
LEADING LOUISIANA SIRES
LIFETIME LEADING TWO-YEAR-OLD LOUISIANA SIRES - BY MONEY WON
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
ROBYN DANCER*, 1987, Crafty Prospector
OPEN FORUM*, 1994, Deputy Minister
SULTRY SONG, 1988, Cox's Ridge
KIPPER KELLY*, 1987, Valid Appeal
SEFAPIANO*, 1989, Fappiano
DEERHOUND*, 1988, Danzig
BAG*, 1989, Devil's Bag
RICHTER SCALE, 1994, Habitony (IRE)
COUNT THE TIME, 1989, Regal Search
TENPINS, 1998, Smart Strike
PORTO FORICOS, 1995, Mr. Prospector
RUNNERS WINNERS/RK
394
250
179
348
225
157
285
203
150
154
214
160
135
121
172
127
133
114
114
68
167/1
94/3
70/7
133/2
84/4
68/9
65/10
63/11
70/7
53/14
61/12
82/5
58/13
40/16
74/6
37/19
46/15
40/16
40/16
16/20
RACES
WON
STK
WIN
MONEY
EARNED
PERCENTAGE
WNRS/RNRS
213
126
89
179
104
90
87
84
83
77
74
119
78
47
93
50
58
61
57
22
18
13
7
1
6
6
10
7
6
7
3
8
17
5
13
8
5
7
4
7
$6,935,632
$4,018,659
$3,773,346
$3,264,655
$2,916,003
$2,581,292
$2,578,131
$2,450,608
$2,361,434
$2,183,267
$2,100,373
$2,058,617
$1,963,513
$1,959,248
$1,677,522
$1,559,103
$1,510,496
$1,476,092
$1,425,403
$1,371,793
42%
37%
39%
38%
37%
43%
22%
31%
46%
34%
28%
51%
42%
33%
43%
29%
34%
35%
35%
23%
AVG PER
RUNNER
$17,603
$16,075
$21,080
$9,381
$12,960
$16,441
$9,046
$12,072
$15,743
$14,177
$9,815
$12,866
$14,545
$16,192
$9,753
$12,276
$11,357
$12,948
$12,504
$20,173
The statistics contained in these rankings were furnished by The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc. Data provided or compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc. generally
is accurate, but occasionally errors and omissions do occur as a result of incorrect data received by others, mistakes in processing and other causes. The Jockey Club Information Systems,
Inc. disclaims responsibility for the consequences, if any, of such errors, but would appreciate them being called to its attention.
Every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, but The Louisiana Horse cannot guarantee their complete accuracy. An asterisk (*) indicates that a stallion had died - the sire will remain
in the ranking until after his last Louisiana crop are two-year-olds. Statistics cover North American racing only. While every effort was made to include all stallions standing in Louisiana, we
may have inadvertently missed some. Any stallion information will be appreciated.
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Pomeroy-Two Punch Lil
Retiring to Louisiana for 2014
G2 Hutcheson winner
YANKEE GENTLEMAN
Storm Cat-Key Phrase
His first Louisiana bred crop running in 2013
Sire of 2013 G2 Risen Star winner I’VE STRUCK A NERVE
CANADIAN FRONTIER
Gone West-Borodislew
Sire of 2012 G3 placed winner, Canadian Mistress
BEHINDATTHEBAR
Forest Wildcat-Rhiana
Sire of first crop stakes placed filly, Miss Monroe
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Book Review:
Jack From Grit to Glory
A Lifetime of Mentoring, Dedication and Perseverence
The True Story of Jack Van Berg, an American Horse Racing Legend by Chris Kotulak
I
n modern pop culture, there is a
game “Six Degrees of Kevin
Bacon” where anybody in the
American movie industry can be
linked to actor Kevin Bacon in six
steps or less through the movies
they have worked on. I propose that
in horse racing one could play the
game “Six Degrees of Jack BVan
Berg.”
For over half a century, the legendary trainer has won races and
influenced trainers across the
United States. Many current trainers’ “pedigrees” can be traced back
to early beginnings under the wing
of Jack Van Berg. Chris Kotulak
masterfully tells Van Berg’s story.
Hand-picked by Van Berg,
Kotulak is uniquely qualified to
chronicle his biography. Having
grown up in Van Berg’s native
Nebraska, Chris began his career
in horse racing as a teenager working the backstretch at Ak-Sar-Ben.
A self-trained track announcer he
called races in Nebraska, Louisiana
and California, before working for
TVG as an analyst and reporter.
With dedicated research and
numerous interviews, Kotulak
begins with a family history and the
hard-scrabble beginnings of Jack’s
father, the larger-than-life Marion
Van Berg and his rise through the
ranks of owners and trainers.
Through the mentoring of his
father, Jack Van Berg learned an
uncompromising work ethic as well
as hard-earned knowledge of thoroughbreds, which have brought
him to the top of the lifetime leading trainer ranks.
A “must read” for anyone interested in thoroughbred racing.
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The book may be purchased at
www.jackfromgrittoglory.com and
that fans can go to Facebook: Jack
Van Berg. Books may also be purchased at Stemmans Horse Supply
(1-800-544-6773)
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include him in
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Secret run
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9 wins
$255,425
Triple Digit
Beyers 4 times!
By GSW EnD SwEEp, sire of successful sire Trippi. A
half brother to graded stakes performers Don Julio A
(ARG), El Tibetano (ARG)
Already sire of a winner with only three starters to date.
Sire of Secrets on Ice, 1 win and 2 seconds from five 2013
starts.
2013 Secret Run- Go
Ahead Mae filly
2013 Secret Run- Ms Ford colt
Yearling by Secret Run out of
Sneaky’s Secret
2013 Secret Run- Liberty Point
colt
2014 Fee: $1,000
Standing at:
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1025 Cass St., Sulphur, LA 70663
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LTBA
Celebrating 50 Years
of Vision, Industry Growth
by Myra Lewyn
“Y
ou can’t shut the stall door
after the horse is gone.”
That’s what Roger Heitzmann
III of the Louisiana Thoroughbred
Breeders’ Association said other
states can learn from one of
nation’s most effective state breeders’ organizations, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this
year.
A small group cobbled together
in 1963 founded what evolved into
LTBA on the grassroots principles
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of membership involvement,
focusing on goals that produce
results, and engaging in the legislative process. The payoff for a
half-century of unrelenting dedication to that simple strategy:
$25.7 million in breeders awards
and purse supplements in 2012
and a place among the top breeding states in the U.S.
The ultimate goal of the LTBA
founders was simple: improve the
Louisiana-bred.
“We were a small group and all
we were trying to do was to
encourage people to breed better
quality horses in Louisiana,” said
Perry Segura, a New Iberia architect who is the lone surviving
member of the founding group that
included A. L. “Red” Erwin,
Gaston Lanaux, and Jack DeFee,
among others. “By doing this, we
figured if you make it possible for
them to get more money and to
compete, then they would be sub19
ject to breed better horses.”
In 2013, the evidence is clear
that the Louisiana-bred has indeed
improved and successfully competes outside the state-bred ranks,
including at the graded stakes
level. On August 11 at Saratoga
Race Course, Valene Farm’s
Designer Legs became the latest example, winning the
$200,000 Adirondack Stakes
(G2) to be undefeated in three
career starts—all at tracks outside of Louisiana.
The LTBA, which is based
at Fair Grounds in New
Orleans, administers the
nation’s most comprehensive
breeders’ incentive awards program for state-breds. As an
accredited
Louisiana-bred,
Designer Legs earns a 20%
breeders award for finishing in
the top three in her out-of-state
stake races.
Made possible by years of
efforts by the LTBA, the program is fueled by the group’s
portion of revenues from offtrack betting, video poker, slot
machines, and breakage (the
money that remains when parimutuel payoffs at the state’s four
racetracks are rounded off to a
nickel/dime on the dollar).
Racetrack slot machines were
first installed at Delta Downs in
2002. Wildly successful from the
outset, the machines generated
nearly $8 million in revenue from
134,000 patrons, most streaming
across the Texas border, in the first
16 days of operation at the Vinton
track.
That year, Louisiana’s breeders
awards totaled $2,142,487; in
2012 with slots operational at all
the state’s tracks, the awards
totaled $9,779,101. Purse supplements totaled $976,027 in 2002
and exploded to a 2012 figure of
$15,951,588.
With only 142 registered foals
in Louisiana some 50 years ago
when the LTBA’s foundation was
laid, the state has risen to rank
second only to Kentucky by
number of stallions in 2012,
with 188 and was fourth
behind Kentucky, Florida, and
California, with 2,244 mares
bred that season, according to
2012 breeding statistics kept
by The Jockey Club.
In the last three decades
Tom Early has been the LTBA
torchbearer, the face of the
Louisiana breeder.
“He lead the LTBA into
what it is today…with help
from board members and legislators throughout the years,”
said Heitzmann, who took the
reins from Early last spring in
directing the group’s daily
operations. “He was the backbone of our organization for many
years.”
Now a member of the LTBA
board of the directors, Early started out as a field inspector for the
Key Statistics in Louisiana Breediing
Total Purse Money earned by Louisiana-breds
Number of Louisiana-bred starters
Average earnings per Louisiana-bred started
20
1963
1987
2012
$522,000
$20,861,233
$81,537,722
330
5,077
7,036
$1,581
$ 4,166
$11,589
Louisiana Horse
“We figured if you make it possible for them to get more
money and to compete, then they would be subject to
breed better horses.”
Perry Segura
Sole living member of the original LTBA Board of Directors
group in 1974 and took the helm in
1985. He led the group during a
sea change in the state’s
Thoroughbred industry that started
in the 1980s and led to unprecedented growth in the both the racing and breeding sectors.
“If you want to have somebody
on your arm walking through the
halls of the capital and talking
about this industry…I would be
more than uncomfortable if Tom
wasn’t on it,” Clear Creek Stud
General Manager Val Murrell, an
LTBA member for more than 30
years, said about Early’s leadership of the LTBA.
Early said the LTBA has been
very successful in convincing the
Legislature that the state’s
Thoroughbred industry is agribusiness in addition to a gambling
business.
“I think people just associate
horse racing with gambling, but
when you start thinking about the
business part of it—fence building
and selling feed and veterinarians
and the blacksmith and the hay
growers—they realize it has a big
economic impact on the state. At
one time we were the third leading
industry in the state behind
tourism and oil and gas.”
During his leadership of the
LTBA, Early saw the implementation of off-track betting in the state
in 1987, the formation of the
group’s sales company in 1988,
the arrival of video poker in 1991
as well as the acquisition of what
is now the Louisiana Horse trade
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publication, the closing of
Jefferson Downs racetrack in
1992, and the passage of enabling
slots legislation in 1998. From
2005, a breeders’ showcase day for
accredited Louisiana-breds has
been held at each of the state’s
four racetracks.
“Obviously the biggest change
that’s come in all the years I was
there is all of the alternative forms
of gambling,” Early said. “Offtrack betting, video poker, slot
machines. Slot machines make
more money than anything else.
We went from paying about a million and a half in breeders awards
before the slot machines to paying
about $10 million a year today.”
In December 1991 at Fair
Grounds, the LTBA in conjunction
with the state’s Quarter Horse
breeders held the first Lousianabred showcase day—Louisiana
Champions Day—an 11-race card
that attracts local and national
attention.
L. P. “Bud” Thibodaux of
Lafayette, who has been in the
horse business about 40 years and
elected to the LTBA board 1982,
recalled “I was watching the
California Cup on TV and said to
myself, “Why can’t we do something like that and promote our
Louisiana horses?’” In synchronicity, around the same time,
Maurice Chappuis was watching
the Maryland Million and had the
same idea. Jack Lohman became
involed, and says Thibodaux, “the
idea [came to life] of having some-
Jack Lohman
B.B. “Sixty” Rayburn
Frank “Buddy” Abadie
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Breeder
J. Adcock’s Red River Farm
Foxwood Plantation
Foxwood Plantation
Ryder River Ridge Farm
Foxwood Plantation
Foxwood Plantation
Foxwood Plantation
Foxwood Plantation
Foxwood Plantation
Foxwood Plantation
Foxwood Plantation
J. Adcock
J. Adcock
J. Adcock
J. Adcock
J. Adcock
Foxwood Plantation
Clear Creek Stud, Inc.
John Franks
John Franks
John Franks
Joe Adcock
John Franks
John Franks
John Franks
John Franks
John Franks
Joe Adcock
John Franks
J.P. Dorignac
Robert F. Roberts
Joe Adcock
Joe Adcock
J.P. Dorignac
Joe Adcock
Joe Adcock
Joe Adcock
J.C. Meadows
Joe Adcock
L.J. Cobb
thing where we can let everybody
see what we have done and show
all the nice horses on one particular day. So we went to Baton
Rouge and the deal was done.”
“I said I wanted a Champions
Day at every track, and eventually
we had them,” Early said.
Delta Downs has Louisiana
Premier Night in February,
Evangeline
Downs
features
Louisiana Legends Night during
the July 4th weekend, and
Louisiana Downs has Louisiana
Cup day each August.
Early said one man stands out
as the most influential in the
LTBA’s history: Jack Lohman, one
of Louisiana’s leading ownerbreeders for nearly three decades.
He served several terms as the
association’s vice president.
“He helped write the legislation
for the special maiden race that
started in 1983. Louisiana
Champions Day—he came up
with the idea of how to finance
that (and legislation passed in
1989), and video poker. In 1978,
he proposed slot machines at the
racetrack… and they said that
would never happen.
“They give all the credit to
(State Senator B. B.) “Sixty”
Rayburn. He was very influential
because he was the senator. But
the guy who came up with the
ideas and wrote the legislation was
Jack Lohman. A real visionary and
way ahead of his time. It’s a shame
he’s not alive to see this today.”
Lohman died July 10, 1997, fol-
lowing a long battle with cancer.
“What I think is really important to understand, Lohman was
visionary enough to see the future
and Sixty was powerful enough to
get it passed,” Murrell said.
There are pressing issues facing
Louisiana’s breeders, but Early is
upbeat.
“The economy in general,”
Early said of the most critical
issue. “But right now you see a lot
of Louisiana breeders going out
and buying better mares; we’ve
got better stallions standing here
than we did at anytime in the past.
I think it’s a good time to be in the
breeding business.”
As a service to the state’s breeders, the LTBA established the
Breeders Sales Co. of Louisiana
25 years ago, replacing a company
that went out of business in the
mid-1970s when Fasig-Tipton Co.
starting holding auctions. FasigTipton built a sales facility at
Louisiana Downs and conducted
sales until 1987.
“When the oil market crashed
in ’86, they pulled out,” Early said.
“They continued to have the 2year-olds in training sale because
that was the best sale they had. But
the yearling sale, they gave up.
“I was able to put together a
yearling sale at the Fair Grounds.
We had a sale in a tent at the Fair
Grounds and that’s when we
formed the Breeders’ Sales Co. of
Louisiana.”
Early said Adirondack winner
Designer Legs “just verifies the
Louisiana Horse
“The guy who came up with the ideas and wrote the
legislation was Jack Lohman. A real visionary and way
ahead of his time.”
Tom early
LTBA Secretary/Treasurer 1985-2008, CeO 2009-12
fact that we’re selling good horses
down here.”
Thibodaux co-bred Louisianabred grade 1 winner Up the
Apalachee back in 1984. He
acknowledges that the Louisianabred is vastly improved from when
he first started in the business. But
there is still work to do, he said.
“We’ve got some much better
stallions in Louisiana now; the
only thing we need to do now is
upgrade the mares. If you don’t
have the right mare, the stud cannot do it by himself,” he said.
In the early 19th century,
Louisiana thrived as a center of
Thoroughbred
breeding.
Louisiana’s horses were so highly
regarded that in 1856 they were
America’s first exports to take on
the English Thoroughbred on the
English Turf. The Civil War intervened, however, and brought the
state’s Thoroughbred breeding to
the edge of extinction.
The idea of a breeders’ association came to fruition when about a
dozen horsemen, led by St.
Tammany Parish Sherriff A. L.
“Red Erwin” met at Fair Grounds
to discuss how they could revitalize and incentivize horse breeding.
“We all went to work and talked
to our legislators and just got some
money from the Legislature to sort
of fund (the group) to begin with.”
Segura said. “Then later on, we
passed some legislation to help
with some additional funds.”
Segura also credits Sixty
Rayburn as a driving force to help
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the breeders get needed the legislation to succeed: an incentive
awards program for breeders that
later was expanded to stallion
owners.
“Sixty Rayburn came into the
group shortly after we formed it
and also became the chairman for
many years and probably was the
champion of the organization and
did more for the organization than
anybody else I believe,” Segura
said.
“We also passed legislation to
get three races at each racetrack
every day for Louisiana-bred horses only.”
New Orleans native Frank
“Buddy” Abadie was the first to
oversee the association’s day-today operations.
“He knew more about horse
racing than anybody else and he
guided us,” Segura said of Abadie.
Abadie spent 17 years with the
organization as secretary-treasurer, during which time he created a
record system, established a summer office in Lafayette, formed a
trade publication, and fought legislative battles.
“Sixty Rayburn and Jack
Lohman were huge helps, of
course,” Abadie told the Louisiana
Horse in 1997, “but every piece of
legislation there was, between
1969 and 1982, I either thought it
up, or went to Baton Rouge to
defend it.”
Early
eventually
became
Abadie’s assistant and when
Abadie retired, Early took over.
Perry Segura
Sheriff A.L. “Red” Erwin
“I’d like to say something about
the vision these men had and what
they tried to accomplish,” Segura
said. “The people who have operated the LTBA—and I haven’t had
any hands on involvement for a
long time—the people who have
done it have gone a long way in
building up what we started into
something much, much better that
seems to be growing more and
more.”
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2013 LTBA Annual Meeting
and Awards Banquet
L
ouisiana Thoroughbred
Breeders Association members
came from around the state to New
Orleans Fair Grounds Saturday, June
8 for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the
LTBA. Following a very informative
presentation
“Rhodo-coccus
Diagnosis and Early Treatment in
Foals” by Dr. Ann Chapman of the
LSU Equine Health Studies Program,
the 2012 Leading Louisiana-bred
runners, breeder and their connections
were honored.
Former LTBA CEO Tom Early was
also recognized for his remarkable
career with the association. In gratitude, Early was presented with a trophy; the original bronze that all of the
breeders trophies have been cast from.
LTBA board member, Jake
Dehomme presents the owner’s
trophy to Dale Ladner, for his
Accredited Louisiana bred
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, Sittin
At The Bar. Sittin At The Bar was
bred by Spendthrift Farm, LLC.
LTBA board member, Jeff
Dehomme presents the trophy for
Champion Three-Year-Old Filly,
She’s Prado’s Idol to the filly’s
owner Garland Goins, accepting
for breeder Evelyn M. Hobbs.
Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association staff, (l-r) Loretta Romero, Louisiana Downs field office representative; Beverly Maynard; Karen Stamm; Katie Cronvich; Roger Heitzmann III, Secretary Treasurer, Pamela
Settoon, Louisiana Horse administrative assistant; Linda McLellan, Louisiana Horse editor; Billie Courville,
Evangeline Downs field office representative; Michelle Salvino; and Therese Arroyo, comptroller.
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Louisiana Horse
S. Michael Paciera, breeder of
Champion Three-Year-Old Colt or
Gelding Look At The Time, accepts
the trophy from LTBA board member, Keith Myers. Look At The Time
is owned by Hooties Racing, LLC.
Jake Arians accepts the trophy for
Champion Four-Year-Old & Up filly
or mare Speedacious on behalf of
breeder Elm Tree Farm, LLC from
LTBA board member, Michelle
LaVoice. Speedacious is owned by
Carl R. Moore Management, LLC.
Also for the 4th consecutive year, Star Guitar was
voted over-all Louisiana bred horse of the year.
Evelyn Benoit accepts the award from LTBA
President, Dexter Gary. Benoit’s Brittlyn Stables also
brough home bronze tropies for 2012 Broodmare of
the Year, X Strawdnair, and 2012 Leading Breeder by
Percentage of Winners.
Evelyn Benoit accepts the trophy
for Accredited Louisiana bred
Champion Four-Year-Old & Up
maie, Star Guitar from LTBA board
member, Brett Brinkmann. This
was the 4th consecutive year Star
Guitar won this award for
owner/breeder Brittlyn Stable, Inc.
Former LTBA CEO, Tom Early was honored for his
many years of service to the Louisiana thoroughbred
industry. LTBA Secretary/Treasurer Roger Heitzmann,
III Early with a bronze in gratitude for everything Early
has done for the breeding program.
Represenataives were not present to accept awards for Two-Year-Old Colt or Gelding, Westernator, owner,
Keith & Steve Asmussen, breeder, Keith Asumssen; 2012 Stallion of the Year, Leestown; Leading Breeder by
Breeders Awards 2012, J. Adcock’s Red River Farm.
Summer 2013
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PEDIGREE
PATTERNS
By Myra Lewyn
A Perfect Gentleman for Louisiana
Finding the right stallion prospect for a regional
market can be daunting, but Le Mesa Stallions owner
Brett Brinkman secured a sire he believes is ideal for
Louisiana breeders in Kentucky expatriate Yankee
Gentleman.
“He brings a ton of class and a ton of breeder profitability,” Brinkman said of the 14-year-old Storm Cat
horse, a speed influence who has been among
Louisiana’s top sires since standing at the Carencro
operation for the first time in 2009.
“People that breed to him where he stands right
now, they can take their horses to any kind of marketplace and stack up well. More importantly, with
(Louisiana’s) restricted breeders’ award program, as
those horses win races and are very competitive in that
restricted racing program, they earn the breeders’ back
money.”
Yankee Gentleman’s success is evidenced by his
sire statistics.
From his 388 foals in seven crops of racing age,
267 (69%) have started, with a remarkable 198 (74%)
reaching the winner’s circle. Of his winners, an
impressive 70 (35%) are 2-year-old winners. He is
represented by 42 stakes performers, 17 (9%) of
which are stakes winners.
“A stallion of that quality standing in a restricted
program that pays breeders’ awards the way we do, it
just adds a bonus to who breeds to him and uses him
for what he’s worth,” Brinkman said of Yankee
Gentleman, emphasizing his offsprings’ ability to
bring home a paycheck.
“For the most part, they’re money earners; they’re
very useful racehorses; very rugged racehorses. He
can get you a class horse, but more so, he can just get
you a horse that get’s to the winner’s circle.”
Through late July 2013, Yankee Gentleman’s progeny have accounted for $14,963,595 in earnings.
His top runners include grade 1-winning sprinter E
Z’s Gentleman (who earned $359,711), Louisianabred star mare Speedacious ($572,514); graded stakes
winners Washington Bridge ($273,502) and Yankee
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Fourtune ($323,530), top earner Golden Yank
($936,584), Tidal Pool, who finished third in the
Kentucky Oaks (G1), and former 2013 classics candidate I’ve Struck a Nerve ($305,790).
Yankee Gentleman himself was a brilliant sprinter
whose racing career was cut short due to a suspensory injury at age four, forcing his retirement.
Campaigned by prominent California owners-breeders Martin and Pam Wygod, he raced for two seasons,
posting four wins and a second from 10 career starts
and earning $202,547.
No son of Storm Cat has won a six-furlong stakes
faster than his 1:07.90 at Del Mar in the 2003 Pirates
Bounty Stakes, his most notable victory.
A precocious juvenile, he won his career debut win
by 11 lengths going seven furlongs in March 2002 at
Gulfstream Park and scored a five-length win when
stretching out to 1 1/16 miles two starts later at
Belmont Park.
Kentucky-bred Yankee Gentleman is out of the
Wygod’s Santa Monica Handicap (G1) winner Key
Phrase, a Flying Paster mare, who won her first five
starts. She is a half sister to leading California sire
Tribal Rule, also a son of Storm Cat. His third dam,
Bad Seed, produced California leading stallion
Pirate’s Bounty, who stood for 19 years at the
Wygod’s River Edge Farm in Buellton, California.
Yankee Gentleman is a full brother to Zing, the dam
of Louisiana sire Half Ours, a son of Unbridled’s
Song.
From the Northern Dancer line, Storm Cat was a
source of both speed and stamina. North America’s
leading commercial sire for two decades, the son of
Storm Bird out of Terlingua, by Secretariat, died at
age 30 this spring at Overbrook Farm in Kentucky,
leaving a lasting legacy.
Though unsound—his knees were offset, Storm Cat
did not race beyond this sophomore season. As a juvenile, he won the 1985 Young America Stakes (G1) and
finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) en
route to career earnings of more than a half-million
dollars.
Many believe Storm Cat passes on his offset knees
Louisiana Horse
to his offspring, but more importantly they have inherent commercial appeal. During his legendary stallion
career he got an astounding 91 yearlings that sold for
a million dollars or more, 108 stakes winners, and 12
champions. He was a leading sire and broodmare sire
but sparkled as a sire of two-year-olds, leading the
juvenile sire list a record seven times (1992, 1993,
1995, 1998, 1999, 2002, and 2004).
Yankee Gentleman is a four-generation outcross,
which Brinkman believes has its advantages.
“If you look at Storm Cat and you knew Storm Cat
and you knew the traits Storm Cat had—you definitely don’t want to double that up anywhere or have it too
close; too many of those negative traits too close to
one another if you could help it.
“I try to cross (Mr. Prospector) mares back on him.
A lot of more Thoroughbredy-type mares and lines
back to him. Mares with some length and leg under
them. I always try to go that route with him if I can.”
Yankee Gentleman is linebred 5x5 to English
champion and leading sire Nasrullah through Bold
Ruler via Storm Cat and Fleet Nasrullah via Key
Phrase. The Irish-bred son of Nearco was a new speed
influence for the U.S. when he arrived from Europe to
stand at Claiborne Farm in 1951. Tail-mile descendants include Blushing Groom, Bold Ruler, Mill Reef,
Nashua, Never Bend, Seattle Slew, and Secretariat.
Yankee Gentleman began his stud career at former
Kentucky Gov. Brereton C. Jones’ Airdrie Stud and
was among the state’s top-ten freshman sires in 2007.
Brinkman said he solicited Jones on the possibility
of taking Yankee Gentleman to Louisiana because he
saw a potential that the horse could fill.
“He can get you any kind of a horse; he gets you a
rugged horse that can stand the rigors of year-round
racing, but he can also get you a stakes horse,” he said.
“The fact that he gets grass horses, the fact that he gets
speed horses, route horses, just lends to a restricted instate program and him being a nice horse in it.”
Yankee Gentleman’s first full crop of Louisianabreds are two-year-olds of 2013 and some of those
youngsters already have made an impression.
His state-bred juveniles to start this season include
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Northern Dancer ‘61
Storm Bird ‘78
Terlingua ‘76
Storm Cat ‘83
Secretariat ‘70
Terlingua ‘76
Crimson Saint ‘69
YANKEE GENTLEMAN, 1999
Gummo ‘62
Flying Paster ‘76
Procne ‘69
Key Phrase ‘91
Grenfall ‘68
Sown ‘83
Bad Seed ‘69
Nearctic ‘54
Natalma ‘57
New Providence ‘56
Shining Sun ‘62
Bold Ruler ‘54
Somethingroyal ‘52
Crimson Satan ‘59
Bolero Rose ‘58
Fleet Nasrullah ‘55
Alabama Gal ‘57
Acroterion ‘62
Philomela ‘54
Graustark ‘63
Primonetta ‘58
Stevward ‘59
Rich and Rare II ‘55
7 1/2-length debut winner Da House, subsequently
runner-up in the Sunny’s Halo Stakes at Louisiana
Downs; Lady Grantham, a six-length winner at
Evangeline Downs; Yankee Gambler, a 6¼-length
debut winner at Lone Star Park; and Witch Hunt, runner-up in Stormin Encore’s track record-setting victory going a half-mile at Evangeline Downs.
“I think he’s going to continue to do well once we
get a few Louisiana crops on the ground running and
doing the job,” Brinkman said. “I think he’ll have
some stars show up.”
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The Tools of the Business
“The closest thing to owning an NFL franchise is being
in the thoroughbred business.”
-Eugene Klein, owner of the San Diego Chargers
and Eclipse Award leading owner for three years
T
he thoroughbred business is a
business, and for a breeder to
be successful he or she needs to be
willing and able to take care of
business side of their program.
Roger Heitzmann III, Louisiana
Thoroughbred Breeders Association (LTBA) secretary/treasurer,
emphasized how important that
process is in his introductory
remarks at a seminar hosted by
The Jockey Club Information
Systems, The Jockey Club and
Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders
Association, held at Evangeline
Downs Racetrack & Casino on
July 25, 2013.
The LTBA uses data and information to promote the industry.
Statistics help the LTBA demonstrate how large an economic
impact the thoroughbred industry
makes in Louisiana. “It is a great
Kyle Degener, The Jockey Club
Information Systems Account
Representative
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story and we get a great reception
every time we tell it,” said
Heitzmann.
Heitzmann emphasized that it is
important for breeders to fill out
their paperwork correctly so that
they can get the breeders awards
due them. He stated that the LTBA
“wants you to help us help you.”
In an effort to do just that,
Heitzmann invited The Jockey
Club to present a seminar educating Louisiana breeders on their
many services and new applications, or apps.
Today, much business is done
online via a personal computer,
tablet or smartphone. Smart
phones and tablets make it easy to
bring your business with you to
the barn or to the track. There are
many apps available for free or for
a nominal fee to aid breeders.
Whether a breeder could use help
in the daily operation of their business, researching sales catalogs
and pedigrees, or filling out annual required reports, “there’s and
app for that.”
The Jockey Club and Jockey
Club Information Systems have
many tools and apps to aid today’s
breeders in this way.
Kyle Degener, The Jockey Club
Information Systems Account
Representative spoke about
equineline.com reports and services, portfolio service, apps for
iPad and iPhone and programs for
owners, trainers and farms.
Andrew B. Chesser, The Jockey
Club
Customer
Service
Coordinator discussed the registration and naming processes, interactive registration, mobile initiatives, and tattoo ID services.
Billie
Courville,
LTBA
Evangeline Downs field office representative was on hand, along
with Heitzmann, to answer breeders’ questions and assist with
LTBA membership.
For more information on The
Jockey Club services go to theirwebsite www.jockeyclub.com. To
contact Kyle Degener email [email protected],
or
Andrew B. Chesser email [email protected].
For more information on the
Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders
Association call Roger Heitzmann
at 504-947-4676.
Andrew Chesser, The Jockey
Club Customer Service
Coordinator
Louisiana Horse
Legendary
by Gary McMillen
Huge crowds...large fields....back to back stakes for one owner/trainer pair...veteran jockey wins three stakes....a
stakes record broken....By all accounts, history was being made on Louisiana Legends Night at Evangeline Downs.
Louisiana Legends Classic $100,000 • Mile and one sixteenth
Populist Politics Don’t Get Mad-Cedar Summer, by Souvenir Copy
Breeder: B. Wayne Hughes Owner: Klaravich Stables, Inc. Trainer: Tom Amoss
R
ead the latest racing stories. Listen to the fans
around the racetracks of Louisiana. You don’t hear
the “S-word” anymore. Star Guitar is retired, leaving
the Louisiana-bred handicap division wide open.
Klaravich Stables’ Populist Politics took advantage of
the level playing field to win the $100,000 Louisiana
Legends Classic on July 6 at Evangeline Downs.
Populist Politics is a two turn specialist with a grinding running style that most often results in getting a
check. The 5-year-old son of Don’t Get Mad—Cedar
Summer, by Souvenir Copy had not raced since a photo
finish second at Fair Grounds on March 30 and was
shipped in from Churchill Downs by trainer Tom
Amoss off a long series of conditioning drills. Not to
worry. Populist Politics showed a history of throwing
in big races off a layoff.
Matched up again with jockey Gerard Melancon,
Summer 2013
Populist Politics had two horses beat after a half mile
but was settled and relaxed. The fast pace of the leaders began to take its toll and Populist Politics’ rally
began on the far turn. Four wide and passing horses one
by one, Populist Politics surged to the front in upper
stretch and briefly drew off. Melancon went to work in
the last 200 yards to hold off the late run of Hud’s
Rebellion and win driving by a half length. Final time
for the 1-1/16 mile was 1:47.83.
“It’s not lost on me that tonight he did not face his
nemesis (Star Guitar) that he could never beat,” trainer
Tom Amoss said as he held the winning trophy. “With
the absence of the big horse, the division is a lot more
open now than it has been in the past. I was happy to
have a race that set up for Populist Politics. The pace
was very rapid and Gerard rode a great race. He knows
the horse well and knows exactly what to do with him.”
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For Melancon, the positives outweighed the negatives. “I had a little concern about him being away from
the races for three months,” Melancon offered, “but I
had a lot of confidence in Tom (Amoss) having him
ready. Inside the sixteenth-pole he switched leads and
from there I just kept him busy. He’s grown up a lot
since I last rode him as a 3-year-old.”
Populst Politics was bred by B. Wayne Hughes.
With his eighth win from 25 career starts, Populist
Politics topped the $500,000 lifetime earnings plateau.
pace until reaching the far turn where he seized the
lead. Eramia did not have to look back to see who was
coming. String King drew off with an explosive turn of
foot to win by 3-3/4 lengths in the final time of 1:42.18
for the 1-1/16 mile on the turf. Harry Benoit’s Sadie’s
Soldier closed for a clear second.
Dressed in his usual blue jeans, owner-trainer-breeder Charlie Smith inspected his runner in the winner’s
circle. “Shipping into a strange environment and first
time running under the lights was my only concern,”
Smith said. “You never know how he would take to all
that but a race horse is a race horse and you can’t bring
your racetrack with you.”
Leaving no stone unturned, Smith had schooled
String King in the paddock the night before the race.
Numbers have a way of describing determination.
The career box of String King (23:9-5-3) shows a
descending W-P-S line that indicates a horse that wants
to get to the wire first.
Louisiana Legends Distaff
Louisiana Legends Turf
$100,000 • About one and one sixteenth miles (turf)
String King
Crowned King-String Dancer, by Fly A Kite (IRE)
Breeder/Owner/Trainer: Charlie Smith
$100,000 • One mile and seventy yards
Little Miss Protocol
Crowned King-String Dancer, by Fly A Kite (IRE)
Breeder/Owner: Coteau Grove Farms LLC
Trainer: Pat Devereux
Y
eah. Yeah. Yeah. String King had finished a courageous third in the Grade II Mervin Muniz
Handicap and a bang up second in the Grade III
Colonel Bradley Handicap at Fair Grounds but an argument can be made that the strongest performance of his
career came in the $100,000 Louisiana Legends Turf.
String King can be a mean cuss before, during and
after a race. In the saddling paddock the son of
Crowned King—String Dancer, by Fly a Kite was on
the muscle and tight as a drum. On the race track, he
didn’t start the fight but he finished it.
Under Richard Eramia, String King stalked the early
T
op quality breeding farms have an overriding philosophy of purpose and a strategy of how to
(L-R) Jeff, Jake and Jerry Delhomme of Set-Hut Stables. Tom Amoss, trainer of Louisiana Legends Classic winner, Populist Politics. String King
owner/breeder/trainer, Charlie Smith. Chrisie and Tom Early with Roger Heitzmann, III
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Louisiana Horse
accomplish that mission. For Coteau Grove Farms, the
goal is to raise horses that can compete at the stakes
level in Louisiana and elsewhere. Little Ms Protocol is
their flagship filly and she demonstrated the farm’s
ability to deliver.
Carrying top weight of 123 lbs, including leading
rider Diego Saenz, Little Ms Protocol stalked a moderate pace in the mile and 70 yard event. Three wide
down the backside, the chestnut daughter of El
Corredor—Character Builder, by Coronado’s Quest
made her customary move at the top of the stretch.
After gaining command, Little Miss Protocol drew off
to win in the final time of 1:42.46. Longshot Sweettalkin Hottie rallied up for a non-threatening second.
Owner Keith Myers explained what Little Ms
Protocol means to Coteau Grove. “She just validated
everything that we are trying to accomplish,” Myers
said. “She is the first home-bred off the farm and it’s
such a great feeling to know that we can make it work.
We have put her in some tough spots but she has performed legit out of state against top competition.”
Louisiana Legends Mile, Colts & Geldings
$100,000 • One mile
Sunbean
Brahms-X Strawdnair, by Malagra
Breeder/Owner: Brittlyn Stable, Inc.
Trainer: Ron Faucheux
T
ime to print new programs. Brittlyn Stable’s
Sunbean smashed the Evangeline Downs track
record by over half second in the $100,000 Louisiana
Legends Mile Colts division. For emphasis, the homebred entire son of Brahms made it look easy.
Triple Crown nominated, Sunbean was the lone
stalker as the field rounded the first turn. Staying inside
under Corey Lanerie, Sunbean got comfortable with
his place in the pecking order and began to inch forward. Momentum built around the second turn when
Corey Lanerie allowed Sunbean to accelerate. Blinkers
off and back to his old ways, Sunbean altered course to
the outside and was self propelled to the wire in the
final time of 1:35.75. The winning margin over Skip
the Pinot was a widening 5-3/4 lengths.
The new trainer for Sunbean, Ron Faucheux, chose
to run Sunbean in the Louisiana Legends Mile rather
than the Classic. Simple strategy: same purse, softer
company. “This horse has been facing tough competition,” Faucheux remarked about Sunbean coming off
three graded stakes. “Today it helped to be in the right
spot and get the horse back to his old ways. He was real
sharp out there and closer than usual. Corey’s ride was
picture perfect.”
Sunbean carried 124 lbs in his victory and now has
four wins and a second against state-bred competition.
Louisiana Legends Mile, Fillies
$100,000 • One mile
Mischievous Mama
Into Mischief-Homemaker, by Afternoon Deelites
Breeder: Spendthrift Farm, LLC
Owner: Nicholas Abate and Darlene Peterson
Trainer: Wes Hawley
N
o waiting around. Cleared for take off. Nicholas
Abate and Darlene Peterson’s Mischievous Mama
won the $100,000 Louisiana Legends Mile for Fillies
with a turn of foot that became a tour de force.
Darting away from the gate, Mischievous Momma
(L-R) Pat Devereaux, Little Miss Protocol trainer. Ginger and Keith Myers react to the win of their homebred filly, Little Miss Protocol. Trainer Ron
Faucheaux, and owner Evelyn Benoit hug following Sunbean’s win. Corey Lanier atop Sunbean. Crowds scramble for t-shirts tossed by winning jockey.
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(under Don Simington) secured the rail and flew away.
Despite being hard held, Mischievous Mama opened
up a nine length lead down the backside. The runaway
leader simply ran the competition off their feet.
Expected to tire and falter down the stretch, the daughter of Into Mischief just kept going.
“I knew she was going quick,” Simington said.
“Rating wise, she is not one you can do a whole lot
with. She lets you know that she has her own way of
running. She surprised me tonight. At the quarter-pole
she just cut out and run.”
Final time for the mile was 1:37.01 and produced
the largest (8 lengths) winning margin of the night.
Bred by Spendthrift Farm, the lightly raced
Mischievous Mama is trained by Wesley Hawley and
shows two other large margin wins to her credit.
impeccable three-for-three at the Opelousas strip.
Allowed to settle in the early going under Mark
Guidry, Sittin At the Bar took aim on the leaders
around the far turn with a four wide attack. Once in the
straightaway, she changed leads and drew off with
complete authority and was ridden out to a four length
victory in the final time of 1:03.52 for 5-1/2 furlongs.
Bred by Spendthrift Farm and trained by Brett
Brinkman, Sittin At the Bar has not been bashful about
taking on tough competition. The Louisiana Legends
Ladies Sprint was her tenth consecutive stakes effort.
The story of the filly’s name originates with the owner.
“I’m a single guy so when I go out I’m usually by myself
at the table or sitting at the bar,” explained Ladner with a
smile. “She loves sprinting and she absolutely loves this
surface,” Ladner continued. “We have taken a few ambitious shots with her around two turns but that’s not her
game. I’ve never had one quite like her.”
Louisiana Legends Ladies Sprint
$100,000 • Five and one half furlongs
Sittin At The Bar
Louisiana Legends Sprint
Into Mischief-Fast Laner, by Mutakddim
Breeder: Spendthrift Farm, LLC
Owner: P. Dale Ladner
Trainer: Brett Brinkman
$100,000 • Five and one half furlongs
I
f you want to beat Dale Ladner’s filly Sittin At the
Bar, you better go somewhere other than Evangeline
Downs. After the $100,000 Louisiana Legends Ladies
Sprint, the 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief is an
Unitas
Sunday Break (JPN)-Caught In The Dark, by Night Shift
Breeder: J. Adcock
M
ore reason to celebrate. If owner Dale Ladner
was sitting at the bar earlier, he was laying at the
(L-R) Mischievous Momma trainer, Wes Hawley. A jubilant Louisiana Legends Fillies Mile winners circle. Sittin At The Bar connections, Dale Ladner, owner,
and Brett Brinkman, trainer.
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Louisiana Legends Starter Stakes
$75,000 • Seven and one half furlongs (turf)
Well’s Gold
Gold Tribute-Lucky Bucks Lady, by Spend A Buck
Breeder: J. Weldon Granger
Owner: Mel Phillips
Trainer: Ralph Irwin
bar after the $100,000 Louisiana Legends Sprint. His
5-year-old gelding Unitas outran his odds, giving the
exuberant owner back to back victories in both stakes
sprints of the night.
Like a tour guide on a crowded street, jockey Mark
Guidry kept Unitas trouble free, while racing just
behind and wide of the pace setters. Making his fourth
start off a layoff, the son of Sunday Break—Caught In
The Dark, by Night Shift threw in a long sustained
rally down the center of the track to complete a final
clocking of 1:03.58 for the 5-1/2 furlongs.
For Mark Guidry, the race must have felt like slow
motion. “It feels like old times out there,” Guidry said
after winning his third stakes race on Louisiana
Legends Night. “Good things are happening. I have
been fortunate to have the holes open up but you have
to remember that it is the horses that are doing the
work.”
Trained by Brett Brinkman and bred by J Adcock,
Unitas was winning for the eighth time from 28 career
starts. His 9-1 odds made for the highest win mutual of
the night.
W
hen a purse of $75,000 is the smallest pot of the
night, you know it’s going to be a rich night of
racing. Knights Prairie Racing Stable’s consistent
Well’s Gold won the Louisiana Legends Starter Stakes
by a convincing 3-1/4 lengths and started jockey Mark
Guidry’s remarkable run of winners.
Kept to the outside, Well’s Gold dueled with
Midway Mine in a long battle down the backside
before gaining a clear advantage on the second turn.
From there the gelded son of Gold Tribute—Lucky
Bucks Lady, by Spend a Buck was on cruise control to
the wire, coming home in the final time of 1:29.33 for
the 7-1/2 furlongs on the firm turf course.
Owner Mel Phillips understood the primary contributing factor to the winning performance. “It is real
important in these types of races to have a veteran jockey like Mark Guidry up on your horse. He knows
where and when to put your horse in the right spot.”
Bred by J Weldon Granger, Well’s Gold was claimed
out of a $5,000 non-winners of two lifetime and has
now earned $188,052 in a 22 race career in which the
gelding has never recorded a third place finish.
(L-R) Mark Guidry rode home three winners this Louisiana Legends Night. Ladner and Brinkman returning to the winners circle after winning Louisiana
Legends Sprint. Well’s Gold Owner, Mel Phillips. Scholarship winners, Stacie Allen and Ashley F. Martarona with Roger Heitzmann and Billie Courville.
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Louisiana Breds “Shine”
at Evangeline Downs
Solid Sender & Le Gris win respective divisions of
the D. S. Shine Young Memorial Futurity
SOLID SENDER
LE GRIS
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with $75,000 going to the winner, and a full field of
twelve started with 2.50 to 1 race favorite Pioneer’s
Era checking in 2nd, with Senior Rapidor, Mr.
Madalyn, and Contrarian Bet the next runners across
the finish line.
Previously held at the distance of five furlongs
throughout its 47-year history, The “Shine” was contested at the distance of 5 ½ furlongs and the running
times for each division was nearly identical, with the
colts & geldings running slightly faster, 1:04.04 compared to 1:04.15 for the fillies on a track labeled
muddy after rainstorms pelted the area earlier in the
day.
The winning margin of victory in both divisions
was 2 ¼ lengths.
Scott and Company (Michael, Barry, and William
Scott) own Solid Sender and she is a daughter of Early
Flyer and the Spend a Buck mare Miss Ritz was purchased from the 2013 John Franks Two-Year-Old-inTraining Sale here at Evangeline Downs this past
April. Trained by Sam Breaux, she was bred in
Louisiana by Tom Curtis & Wayne Simpson.
Le Gris, a gelded son of Half Ours, was purchased
at the August 2012 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Yearling
Sale from consignor Janie Roper by owners Coteau
Grove Farms LLC (Ginger & Keith Myers). He was
bred in Louisiana by HHZ Equine Arrowhead Farm,
LLC and is trained by Patrick Devereaux Jr.
olid Sender & Le Gris, two $10,000 purchases by
their current owners, each captured a division of
the D. S. “Shine” Young Memorial Futurity, a
$100,000 added event for Louisiana Bred 2-year-olds
at Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino on
Saturday evening, July 27. Solid Sender, taking
advantage of a blistering early pace set by race
favorite Whata Friend, angled outward at the top of
the stretch, rallied past tiring rivals in deep stretch
under jockey Gerard Melancon taking the lead in the
final 100 yards then pulled clear for the win, while Le
Gris tracked pacesetter Stormin Encore before taking
charge at the top of the stretch and responding to urging from rider Richard Eramia edged clear in the final
220 yards for the victory. Sent off as the 2.20 second
choice in the betting, Solid Sender returned $6.40 for
the victory, her second in as many starts, while Le
Gris, making his fourth start and also notching his second career win, paid $34.20 to his backers as a 16.10
to 1 outsider.
The filly division, which was the richer of the two
with a purse of $128,425, featured a field of nine and
paid $77,055 to the winning connections. Whata
Friend, who had won both of her previous career
starts, held on for the runner-up spot after setting the
early pace thru splits of 21.56 & 44.86. Lady Notional
was next across the finish line in 3rd.
The colts & geldings division was worth $125,000,
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Louisiana Horse
LOUISIANA
CUP 2013
by Randall McMillen
Charlie Smith and Richard Eramia in
the paddock before the Louisiana Cup
Turf Classic.
Ginger and Keith Myers head to the
winners circle following Little Polka
Dot’s win in the Louisiana Cup Distaff.
Mark Guidry won four stakes over the
course of Louisiana Cup Day
Far left: Brett Brinkman leads Sitting At
The Bar, with Mark Guidry astride to the
winners circle following the Louisiana
Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.
Left: LTBA $1,000 Scholarship winners
Wendell Mitchell and Nola Parker flanked
by LTBA Sec/Treas. Roger Heitzmann,
Therese Arroyo and Billie Courville.
Ronnie Ward
Summer 2013
P. Dale Ladner
Dr. Glen Warren
Andy Leggio
Patrick Devereux
Roger Heitzmann
and Mike Whitler
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Louisiana Cup Distaff $100,000 • Mile and one sixteenth turf
Little Polka Dot Orientate-Silky Oaks, by Regal Intention
Breeder: Southern Equine Stables Owner: Coteau Grove Farm, LLC Trainer: Patrick Devereux, Jr.
T
he boys are going to have to
wait. Doesn't look like Coteau
Grove Farms’ Little Polka Dot is
ready for a date with a stallion.
Keith and Ginger Myers’ seven
year-old mare was originally purchased to become a broodmare at
their central Louisiana farm. After
watching Little Polka Dot’s performance in the $100,000 Louisiana
Cup Distaff her connections don't
forsee a "date" with a top sire anytime soon. "We couldn't be more
proud of her, she's never trained
better or looked better" explained
Keith Myers. "I looked at her today
and she doesn't even look like a
seven year-old mare. Our original
plan was to put her on the farm as a
broodmare but the way she is running that is going to be sometime in
the future."
It was high time to make
amends. Little Polka Dot had been
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over the Louisiana Downs turf
course twice before and both
attempts resulted in “off the board”
finishes. "She's always run terrible
here" elaborated winning conditioner Pat Devereux "It’s hard to
leave that 80 Beyer (last race) in the
barn. If she repeated that she couldn't lose."
With Mark Guidry in the irons
Little Polka Dot broke sharp from
her outside post, proceeded right to
the inside rail and took charge of
the race. Leading ten other runners
and under controlled energy, Little
Polka Dot was glued to the rail and
she would stay there throughout.
Esther Carl chased close in tow for
six furlongs, on the outside never
further than a length off of the lead.
That foe was shrugged off at the top
of the stretch as Little Polka Dot
skirted clear to a two length lead.
The fast closing filly Paoli made a
strong rally down the center of the
course but fell 3/4 lengths short.
Final time for the 1-1/16 mile on
the turf was 1:42.14. Little Ms
Protocol, the other Myer's runner
finished a fast closing third, 1 3/4
lengths back. "If you take this race
off the turf and put it on the dirt
they (the results) probable flip
around. Little Ms. Protocol is a true
champion but dirt is really her
home." said trainer Devereux.
Bred by Southern Equine Stable,
Little Polka Dot is honest as the day
is long. She has now won ten times
from thirty-four starts with an “in
the money” resume of 76%. A
daughter of Orientate from the
Regal Intention mare Silky Oaks,
Little Polka Dot won for the first
time in 2013 after three consecutive
runner up finishes. She earned
$60,000 for her Louisiana Cup
Distaff victory.
Louisiana Horse
Louisiana Cup Turf Classic $100,000 • Mile and one sixteenth turf
String King Crowned King-String Dancer, by Fly A Kite
Breeder/Owner/Trainer: Charlie Smith
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round the barn they call him
“Floyd,“ a nickname derived
from the 1930’s bank robber named
Pretty Boy Floyd. Racing enthusiasts know him by String King. Call
him what you like, but the five yearold gelding showed his usual hard
hitting toughness in the $100,000
Louisiana Cup Turf Classic. Facing
seven opponents, String King laid
down the law as soon as the starting
gate popped open. Sensing a soft
pace developing, jockey Richard
Eramia made a command decision
and prompted String King to go to
Summer 2013
the front in the early stages of the 11/16th mile turf test. "He's the best
turf horse around here," explained
Eramia. “With the best Louisianabred grass horse in training, I didn't
want to take any chances getting in
any trouble so I put him on the lead
and took it to 'em."
It wasn’t exactly a free ride. The
fractions were not soft by any
means. String King was pushed to
complete a half mile in 47 flat and a
mile in 1:34.58. For mere mortal
horses this could suggest a slow
final quarter mile. Not for a scrap-
per like “Floyd.“ String King just
got stronger down the lane and
came home a winner by two
lengths, stopping the tele-timer in
1.40.70, about half of a second
short of the track record.
The convincing win in the
Louisiana Turf Cup makes an argument that a passing of the crown
may be in order. Charlie Smith's
String King, fittingly enough a
strapping son of the sire Crowned
King, may well be turning into the
best Louisiana-bred runner in training after the retirement of fan
favorite Star Guitar. Picking up
where Star Guitar left off, String
King is the new fan favorite, returning the lowest win mutual of
Louisiana Cup day; $2.80. "They
all expect him to win" said a
relieved Smith while accepting celebratory congratulations from railbirds on the edge of the winners circle. "He carries a lot of weight with
him. He carries the weight of the
grandstand along with the weight of
the jockey. The fractions were realistic. If they are going to mess
around and lag out there, he’ll take
it to ‘em.“
As an owner/breeder/trainer,
Charlie Smith knows his horse.
“He is full of himself most of the
time. Around the barn he’s good. In
the stall he’s good. But when you
get him out on the race track it’s a
different situation. He can get a little ornery.”
On his best behavior for the
Louisiana Cup Turf Classic, the
gelded son of Crowned King-Fly a
Kite, by String King pushed his
career earnings over $500,000.
And the year is just half over for
“Floyd” to do more damage.
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Louisiana Cup
Filly and Mare Sprint
$60,000 • 6 furlongs
Sittin At The Bar
Into Mischief-Fast Laner, by Mutakddim
Breeder: Spendthrift Farm LLC
B
onus Time. There was a lot
more up for grabs in the
$60,000 Louisiana Cup Filly and
Mare Sprint than meets the eye.
That's because Dale Ladner's three
year-old filly Sittin At the Bar was
in the midst of chasing a $100,000
Bonus Payout. The Louisiana Cup
Filly and Mare Sprint is the second
leg of a trio of races which need to
be won by the same filly to secure
the bonus.
Trained to the minute by Brett
Brinkman, Sittin At the Bar was all
business. The daughter of Into
Mischief was relaxed at the rear of
the pack by Mark Guidry for the
opening half mile. When Mark
roused Sittin At the Bar she
responded like a lightning bolt. She
engulfed the field and blew by to
win for a runaway score by 4 3/4
lengths.
A humbled Guidry, who won
four stakes on the Louisiana Cup
card explained his success. "She's a
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very nice filly. Keep her out of trouble and she'll do the rest. Brett
Brinkman has done a great job with
her. I just get on the horse for a couple of minutes. The trainer, owner,
grooms, exercise riders they
deserve all the credit.”
Next step for Sittin At the Bar is
September 21st in the Elge
Rasberry. "She's incredibly special
to me," said a proud Ladner. "I'm
bringing a bunch of family and
friends up for her next race and
were going to have a good time."
Bred by Spendthrift Farm, Sittin
At the Bar (a bay filly by Into
Mischief out of Fast Laner by
Mutakddim) was purchased for
$30,000 at the Breeder Sales
Company of Louisiana 2011 yearling sale. Her career record
improved to seven wins and three
placings from twelve starts.
Gonzales lodged a claim of foul
against the winner. Lady Notional
was game to the wire but drifted
badly into Pagini in the final stages
of the race and was disqualified and
placed fourth. Pagini races as a
home-bred for Missouri native H.
Allen Poindexter.
Louisiana Cup Derby
$75,000 • Mile and one sixteenths
Skip The Pinot
G.W.’s Skippie-Pinot Pals, by Pulling
Punches
Breeder/Owner: Dr. Glen Warren DVM and
Andy Leggio
Trainer: Andrew Leggio, Jr.
Louisiana Cup Juvenile Fillies
Pagini
Saint Afleet-Joyful Gal, by Etbauer
Breeder/Owner: H. Allen Poindexter
Trainer: Ronnie Ward
Y
oung horses are sometimes unpredictable and can produce
surprises. Both occurred in the
$50,000 Louisiana Cup Juvenile
Fillies. The Ronnie Ward trained
Pagini produced a 30-1 upset in the
eleven horse field of two year-olds.
After originally finishing second to
Lady Notional jockey, Nicasio
D
r. Glen Warren and trainer
Andrew Leggio are no
strangers to the winner’s circle but
the victory by Skip the Pinot in the
$75,000 Louisiana Cup Derby had
to bring a smile to their faces. Dr.
Warren owns and raced Skip the
Pinot’s sire G.W. Skippie and Mr.
Leggio primarily owns the mare,
Pinot Pals, making Skip the Pinot a
home-bred through and through.
Skip the Pinot used his natural
early speed to seize command of
the Louisiana Cup Derby right from
the start. Under patient handling by
jockey Mark Guidry the pair were
never threatened and won the
Derby by 4 1/4 lengths in a final
time of 1:44.76.
Excited by the results Dr. Warren
explained the mating of Skip the
Pinot. “The sire (G.W. Skippie) was
Louisiana Horse
a stakes horse. We have him down
at Clear Creek Stud and plan on
advertising him next year. The
mare is a young mare and has
thrown some pretty good looking
babies so far,” Warren said.
“I knew we were having a nice
pace up front,” Guidry said.
“Whenever I needed her I knew all
I had to was ask.”
Tensas Harbor was bred by Curt
Leake from the Boston Harbor
mare Harbor Princess.
Louisiana Cup Sprint
Louisiana Glory
Honour and Glory-Montanis, by More Than
Ready
Breeder/Owner: Stanley Seelig
Trainer: Carl J. Woodley
Louisiana Cup Oaks
$75,000 • Mile and one sixteenths
Tensas Harbor
Private Vow-Harbor Princess, by Boston
Harbor
Breeder: Curt Leake
Owner: Cantrell Family Partnership
Trainer: Keith Desormeaux
A
perfect trip can mean a lot in
horse racing. Nine three yearold fillies lined up to tackle the 1
1/16 mile distance of the $75,000
Louisiana Cup Oaks. 6/5 betting
favorite Mischievous Mama set
right out to set the pace and opened
up by almost ten lengths. Lingering
at the rear of the pack was the
Cantrell Family Partnership’s filly
Tensas Harbor. Picking up momentum throughout Tensas Harbor was
still five lengths off the lead turning
for home. It wouldn’t matter a bit.
Mark Guidry swung his charge
widest of all into the six path and
boy did she finish. As the frontrunners began to wilt the daughter of
Private Vow picked them off one by
one, winning by widening two
lengths.
Summer 2013
Louisiana Cup Juvenile
Burning Warrior
A.P. Warrior-Burning Woman, by Carson City
Breeder: Gulf Haven Farms
Owner/Trainer: Henry Ray Dunn
H
enry Ray Dunn’s Burning
Warrior improved his career
record to a perfect 2 for 2 with
another daylight victory in the
$50,000 Louisiana Cup Juvenile.
The three year-old son of A.P.
Warrior coasted to a wire to wire
victory in a snappy time of 1:10.47,
three seconds faster than the
Juvenile Fillies race.
“He’s a real fast horse. He won
his first race pretty easy and looked
well within himself today” commented Dunn. Gene Batia’s Gulf
Haven Farms bred the winner out of
the Carson City mare Burning
Woman. Burning Warrior was the
first stakes bred winner for his
breeder.
S
tanley Seelig’s home-bred
Louisiana Glory, racing in
stakes competition for the first
time, captured the $60,000
Louisiana Cup Sprint, the closing
day feature on the Louisiana Cup
Day program. Starting from the #13
post, Louisiana Glory broke running with the pack but was
restrained to run in mid-pack as the
leaders proceeded to cut out blistering fractions.
Jockey Colby
Bourque steered his charge into the
six path turning for home and
Louisiana Glory dug in with determination and refused to lose. After
a sustained run through the homestretch, Louisiana Glory ran by
runner-up Palmy Bay who ran a
winning race but came up a head
short. “I was worried about the
inside horse (Palmy Bay), he
looked like he had some horse left
but my horse fought hard all the
way to the wire.” elaborated
Bourque.
Louisiana Glory earned $36,000
for his one minute and ten seconds
of hard work. The Carl J Woodley
trainee has shown a fondness for
the Louisiana Downs oval, with
three wins and a second from four
outings.
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The following two-year-old colts and geldings are eliglible for the 2013 LOUISIANA STALLION STAKES
A HIGHER WAGER
ACE CASTLE
AFTERNOON SECRET
ANDY ROO ROO
ARANSAS BAY
ARCTIC MONARCHOS
ARCTIC RIVER
AWESOME CAM
BEHIND THE GUN
BIG DOG DOUG
BIG GATOR
BLOCKHOUSE
BOJANA
BOULDER THAN STONE
BRAHMS GLORY
BUGS DEVIL
BULLDOZER BRENT
C. ZEE
CAJUN FURY
CAN I GETA WITNEZZ
CHARLIE Z
CHARLIE'SDREADLOCKS
CHRIS' RECKIN BALL
CLASSIC CHARMER
C'MAW CHARLIE
COMPOSER'S DREAM
CORGI PRINCE
CRAWFISH
CRESCENTCITYCOWBOY
CUBBYS KAT
CUTRONE COVER
DA HOUSE
DARYLSLITTLEENGINE
DEELITEFUL DEPUTY
DIMMIT RAY
DONNA'S BLUE BAYOU
DREWRY'S BLUFF
EASY WAGER
ELLAS PRODUCTION
EMMA'S PRINCE
EXPECT ELPRADA
FATHERLAND
FIGHTINGATTHEBAR
FLEAUX EASY
FLY ME ANYWHERE 11
FOGGY GOGGLE
FOREGONECONCLUSION
FORERUN
FOREST FRIENDS
FORT WAGNER
FORTY SMILES 11
FUZZTH 11
GEAUX CAJUN
GI ODYSSEY
GIVEN US HOPE 11
GLORIOUS JENNA 11
GONEBEYOND
GOOD AND COOL
GREEN BELLY
GREET THE DAY
HALF EXPLOITED
HALF YOURS
HE'S A GENTLEMAN
HIDEITINHISPOCKET
HOLY TOWN DANCE
HOOPANDHONEY
HYLANDS WILL
I VOW TO YOU
IDE B E Z TO NJOY
IMAGINEIMINLOVE 11
IRISH BARD
K J R DELTA SUN
K J R SASSY SUN
K J R SOARING STAR
KIGHTS HONOR
KING'SGREENDANCER
LE GRIS
LEE CIRCLE
LEMONY CRICKET 11
LITTLE BIG BEAR
LOGANSPORT L A
LOGISTICATOR
LUCKY BIG BOY
MARVELOUS MEL
MIDNIGHT HAZE
MINA LAKE
MOJITO MCLASH
MR ROCKIN WEST
MS LUCILLE 11
MY BOY GENE
MY CHARLIE RAY
MYBROWNEYEDGAL 11
MYPALCHARLIEBROWN
NIGHT DIAMOND 11
OKIE'S THORN
OLE PETE
OURS CAN CATCH
PARTNERS PROSPECT
PASS 'EM UP
PIPPA RONI
PLEASURE SPEAKING
POCKET LUCKY
PRESIDENT CHARLIE
PURE TALENT
RAMBOLDI
RECONCILIATOR
RED EMPIRE
RED RIVER
REDWOOD ROSE 11
RISCHOE
ROAN LEGACY
ROBERT E. LEE
ROCKET REBEL
ROSSINI'S RUBY
ROYAL STREET 11
RUGGED ANDY
SARAH'S MY ANGEL 11
SAY CHARLIE
SCHUTZ
SHAKE YA ROPE
SHAW BREEZE
SHYLOH'S FRIEND
SINFULLY GOOD
SMITTY'S RAZERHAWK
SO RUSTON
STORMING BY YAWL
SWEETWATER SKY
SWIFTY VICTRESS 11
TEJAS
THEYCALLEDHIMBIG
TIGER BILL
TORCH 11
TOUGH THOMAS
UNCLE BIRD
W V STEELE
WEDDED PRINCE
WIN LION WIN
WITCH HUNT
YANKEE GABLER
YANKEE GROOM
YANKEE HUNTER
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
ZILKER PARK
The following two-year-old fillies are eliglible for the 2013 LOUISIANA STALLION STAKES
A GIRL NAMED MACY
A TAD EARLY 11
A VOW TO CHLO CHLO
ALL IN THE ART
ALL JAZZED UP
AMBER Q.
ANGEL BAYOU QUEEN
ANTONELLA
BABYRUTH BAY
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
BEGUE 11
BELLES PLUME
BETURSELFRICH
BEYONDALLEXPECTATION
BREI'S A BREEZING
BUDDY'S GIRL
BYAPPOINTMENTONLY
CAROLINE'S PRANCER
CASH FOR PATTI
CHICKASAW BAYOU
CHRISTY CAN
CHRISTY'S VOW
DALIS ON STAGE
DANIELLE'S WAY
DARING LASSIE
DEVIL'S BACKBONE
DIRECT MEMORY
DIRECT PULSE
DIXIE DARLENE 11
DIXIELAND BELLE
DON'T EXPECT MUCH
DOUBLE UP ANNIE
ELOPEMENT
EMPTY BASKET
ESPY 11
FACE TURNER 11
FAITH VALENTINE
FALLEN IDOL
FOLLY ISLAND
FOXY LEGGS 11
FRANKATYAFEET
FRANNYDOODLEDANDY
G LUSIVE
GATO MOJADO
GOLLY MY MOLLY
HALF SUSIE'S
HALFHEARTHALFSOUL
HATAINSROYALROUJ
HAVEALITTLEFUN
HOME OF AMERICA
IDE LIKE A REASON
IDE RATHER DANCE
IRON IZZY
JESSIE'S TEDDYBEAR
JONNY'S JEWEL
JOYFROMTHEGITGO
JYSELE'S GOLD
KAMIEFROMTHEGITGO
KIMISTRY STARR
KITTY TWO
LA PETIT MORT
LABEL ME TOUGH
LADY GRANTHAM
LADY PREMIER 11
LEE ROAD
LILY RHETT
LINDACIOUS
LION KILLA
LOOKING AT THE BAR
LOOSE BUTTON
LOVE ALLISON
LOVELY IN LAVENDER
LUCKY LADY DANA
LUNARSTRIKE
LUPA 11
MADISON'S YANKEE
MARRY ME KATE
MARVELOUS MADDIE
MAVERICKI
MIRACLES 11
MISS IDE
MISS LUMBAR ROLL 11
MONEYFROMTHEGITGO
MR. GREEN GIRL
MY CRUSADER LADY
MY PAL MARCIA
MY PRIVATE OPINION
MYSTIC SMILE
NATIVE PENNY 11
NO FAIRY TALE
OCEAN EXPRESS 11
OH NO PETRINO
ONE MAGIC SCENE
OUR GATOR GIRLS
OUR QUISTA
PLATINUM LADY
PLEDGE PIN
PORTO KNOWS
PRIMARY MOTIVE 11
PRIVATE SUNSHINE
PROOF IN THE PUDDIN
QUEEN NOLA
RASPBERRY DELIGHT
REBEL FROM ABOVE
RED HILL ROAD
REGAL BATHSHEBA
REPO ZEST 11
RIDING WITH ANGELS
ROSSINI'S ROCKET
ROSSINI'S ROUGE
RUBYFROMTHEGITGO
SANDY BAY LADY 11
SARAH CAN RUN 11
SASSY ENCOUNTER
SCARLETT CIMARRON
SEEMS LEGIT
7 furlongs • Louisiana Downs • September 22, 2012
If you have any questions, call the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association
at: 504-947-4676 or 1-800-772-1195 or email: [email protected]
SHARE THE KINGDOM
SHE'S NOT GUILTY
SILKY LADY
SISTER WOMAN
SOCIAL CALENDAR
SOFT AND SWEET
SOLO BUENA
SOTHYPANN 11
SPECTACULAR DOVE 11
STACI'S BELL
STATIC PEAK
STREAMLINER
SUNNY SHAMROCK 11
SURE FOOT SUE
SWEEPING HOURS 11
TEXAS CACTUS
TIME TO EMBRACE
TISHOMINGO
TOOLIFE
TOP DOLL
TOUGH KATIE
TWISPY MISTY
UP A NOTCH
VALID PLAY
VERY SPECIAL
WILD DREAMS OF U
YANKEE CHARM
YANKEE RA
LOUISIANA-BRED
STAKES WINNERS
North American Stakes Wins by Accredited Louisiana-bred Thoroughbreds
DESIGNER LEGS
LITTLE POLKA DOT
ADIRONDACK S.
LOUISIANA CUP DISTAFF S.
Saratoga, August 11, 2013, $200,000 guar., $200,000 gross value.
2yo, f, 6 1⁄2 furlongs, fast, 1:16.42 (TR 1:13.74).
DeSIGNer LeGS
(S. Bridgmohan) by neck......................................122
$120,000
40,000
Thank you marylou by1 3⁄4 ....................................122
Birdstone-Menifeeque by Menifee
Fiftyshadesofgold by neck .....................................122
20,000
My Golden Song-Hadif Cat by Hadif
Also ran: Hop the Six 120 ($10,000) Charmed Hour 118 ($6,000),
Who’s in Town 118 (DQ from 1st).
Louisiana Downs, August 17, 2013 $100,000 guar., $100,000 gross
value. 3yo & up, f&m, 1 1/16 mile, turf, firm, 1:42.14 (TR 1:40.17).
LITTLe POLKA DOT
(M. Guidry) by ¾ ..................................................118
$60,000
Paoli by 1 ...................................................................118
20,000
Silent Name (JPN)-Picata by Rizzi
esther Carl by head.................................................120
11,000
Sefapiano-Kirsten by Rare Brick
Also ran: Little Ms Protocol 124 ($6,000), Ladyzarbridge 118 ($3,000),
Sweettalkin Hottie 120, Divine Lorretta 124, Burning Creole 118,
Drinking Fund 124, Shezacrazylilsis 120, Mucho Mans Gold 116.
PRAIRIE GOLD LASSIE S.
Prairie Meadows, July 20, 2013, $75,000 guar., $75,000 gross value.
2yo, f, 5 1⁄2 furlongs, fast, 1:06.19 (TR 1:02.26).
DeSIGNer LeGS
$45,000
(S. Laviolette) by 1⁄2 ................................................118
Divergent View by neck ..........................................116
15,000
Congrats-Wasted Wisdom by Gold Fever
9,000
Bakken Baby by 2 1⁄2 ...............................................116
Valid Expectations-Royalactgo by General Royal
Also ran: Del Mar Holiday 117 ($3,750), More Than Beauty 117
($2,250), Holy Missile 118, Yokohama Mama 116, Ella’s Glory 116).
DeSIGNer LeGS ch. f. 2011
Dehere
Graeme Hall, 1997
Win Crafty Lady
Suave Prospect
Elegant Designer, 2000
Rosana’s Design
Deputy Minister
Sister Dot
Crafty Prospector
Honeytab
Fortunate Prospect
Debonair Dancer
Dr. Carter
Autumn in Ireland
Owner: Valene Farms; Breeder: Tommy Hewett; Trainer: Gary
Scherer
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2
3
3
0
0
$180,000
Sire: GrAeme HALL, stands at Winding Oaks Farm, Ocala, FL.
Dam: Elegant Designer, 8 wins at 2-4, $416,785.
06
07
08
09
10
11
Elegant Honor, ch.c., Double Honor. Unraced.
Peace Designer, ch.f., Peace Rules. Unraced.
Barren.
Current Design, dkbb.c., Tiznow. 1win at 3-4, $48,785.
No Record.
DeSIGNer LeGS, ch.f., Graeme Hall. 3 wins at 2, $180,000.
At 2 1st Adirondack S., Prairie Gold Lassie S.
12 Unnamed, dkbb.f., Half Ours. Unraced.
13 Unnamed, f., Colonel John. Unraced.
Summer 2013
LITTLe POLKA DOT dkbb. m. 2006
Blushing Groom
Mt. Livermore
Flama Ardiente
Orientate, 1998
Cox’s Ridge
Dream Team
Likely Double
Vice Regent
Regal Intention
Tiffany Tam
Silky Oaks, 1993
Majestic Light
Scheming Light
Scheming
Owner: Coteau Grove Farms LLC; Breeder: Southern Equine
Stables, LLC; Trainer: Patrick Devereux, Jr.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
3-7
34
10
10
6
$533,271
Sire: OrIeNTATe, stands at Northview Stallion Station, Chesapeake
City, Maryland.
Dam: SILKy OAKS, 6 wins at 2-6. $264,779.
01 Fitting Tribute, b.g., by Carson City. 10 wins at 3-6, $136,529.
02 Silk House, dkb/g/, by Chester House. 5 wins at 2-5, $54,073.
03 Barren.
04 Deregulation, dkb.g. by Capote. 1 win at 2-4, $16,872.
05 Slipped.
06 LITTLe POLKA DOT, dkbb.f., by Orientate, 10 wins at 3-7,
$533,271.
At 4, 3rd Louisiana Champions Day Ladies.
At 5, 1st Louisiana Showcase Ladies Sprint., Unbridled Sidney S.;
2nd Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint S.; 3rd Louisiana Cup
Filly and Mare Sprint S.
At 6, 1st Lookout S.; 2nd Louisiana Bred Premier Night Matron S.,
Red Camelia S., Tellike S.
At 7, 1st Louisiana Cup Distaff S.; 2nd Red Camelia S, Opelousas
S., Matron S.
07 La Coquille, dkb.f., by Eugene’s Third Son. Unraced.
08 Dynamic Resource, gr/ro. c., by Tale of the Cat. 1 win at 3-4, $31,079.
09 Unnamed c., by Art Museum. Unraced
10 Salty Jim, dkb.c., by Salute The Sarge. 1 win at 3, $24,000.
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STAKES WINNERS
SITTIN AT THE BAR
LOUISIANA CUP FILLY AND MARE SPRINT S.
Louisiana Downs, August 17, 2013, $60,000 guar. $60,000 gross value.
3yo & up, f&m, 6 furlongs, fast, 1:10.46 (TR 1:08.40).
SITTIN AT THe BAr
(M. Guidry) by 4 ¾ ...............................................120
$36,000
Amanda michelle by 3 ¾.......................................122
12,000
Grand Appointment-Cherie's Code by Lost Code
Foreign Girl by ¾ ....................................................118
6,600
Run Production-Foreign Envoy by Zarbyev
Also ran: Patter Flatter 120 ($3,600), Cherub Heart 122 ($1,800), Little
Ms Veta 122, Diamond Lucy 118.
LOUISIANA LEGENDS LADIES SPRINT S.
Evangeline Downs, July 6, 2013, $100,000 guar., $100,000 gross value.
3yo & up, f&m, 51⁄2 furlongs, fast, 1:03.52 (TR 1:02.58).
SITTIN AT THe BAr
(M. Guidry) by 4....................................................118
$60,000
20,000
wire me Bessie by 21⁄4 .............................................123
Wire Me Collect-Betsy Holly by Grindstone
11,000
u Belong to me by 11⁄4 .............................................116
Scrimshaw-Red Cause by Red Ransom
Also ran: Little Ms Veta 117 ($6,000), Suitefriendsofmine 111 ($3,000),
Fast City 118, Foreign Girl 116, Amanda Michelle 122, Wild Whirly
Bird 115, Caroline Dehere 116.
ACADIANA S.
Evangeline Downs, May 31, 2013, $50,000 guar., $50,000 gross value.
3yo, 7 furlongs, fast, 1:23.13 (TR 1:22.43).
SITTIN AT THe BAr
(M. Guidry) by neck..............................................122
$30,000
miss Goodthing by 1...............................................122
10,000
Closing Argument-Thunder Lure by Thunder Gulch
5,500
Tactical Gift by 21⁄2 ...................................................117
Tactical Cat-Idol Gift by Miner’s Mark
Also ran: , Coin Toss 119 ($3,000), Snappy Girl 117 ($1,500),
Mischievous Mama 119, Dawn’s Cherokee 118, Ante Up Annie 122
(DQ from 2nd).
CRESCENT CITY OAKS
Fair Grounds Race Course, March 30, 2013, $75,000 guar., $75,000
gross value. 3yo, f, 1 mile 70 yards, 1:44.02 (TR 1:41.00).
SITTIN AT THe BAr
$45,000
(S. Bridgmohan) by 3⁄4............................................121
15,000
mischievous mama by 33⁄4 ......................................121
Into Mischief-Homemaker by Afternoon Deelites
8,250
Hometown Gossip by 13⁄4 ........................................121
Milwaukee Brew-Bovell Road by Graeme Hall
Also ran: Mucho Mans Gold 121 ($4,500), Flower Lady 121 ($2,250),
King’s Gate 121, Fantacious 121, Tensas Harbor 121.
Owner: P. Dale Ladner; Breeder: Spendthrift Farm LLC.; Trainer:
Brett A. Brinkman.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-3
12
7
2
1
$418,140
Sire: INTO mISCHIeF stands at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington,
Kentucky.
Dam: Fast Laner, 10 wins, $272,283.
08 Unnamed, b, c, by Osidy. Unraced.
09 Brittany's Tuition, b, f, by Osidy. 4 wins at 2-4, $80,412.
10 SITTIN AT THe BAr, b, f, by Into Mischief. 7 wins at 2-3,
$418,140.
At 2, 1st Louisiana Futurity (Fillies), Louisiana Champions Day
Lassie S.; 2nd My Trusty Cat S.; 3rd Delta Downs Princess S.
At 3, 1st Louisiana Legends Ladies Sprint S., Crescent City Oaks,
Louisiana Cup Filly and Mare Sprint S., Acadiana S.; 2nd Louisiana
Bred Premier Night Starlet S.
11 Barren.
12 Unnamed, f, by Tiz Wonderful. Unraced.
13 Unnamed, f, by Dublin. Unraced.
STRING KING
LOUISIANA CUP TURF CLASSIC S.
Louisiana Downs, August 17, 2013, $100,000 guar., $100,000 gross
value. 3yo & up, 1 1⁄16 mile, turf, firm, 1:40.70 (TR 1:40.17).
STrING KING
(R. Eramia) by 2 ....................................................124
$60,000
Hud’s rebellion by 1...............................................118
20,000
Ole Rebel-Jazzy Gin by Albert the Great
Sadie’s Soldier by 2 ½ ............................................124
11,000
Lost Soldier-Whiplash Wilma by Encourager
Also ran: Heavenville 118 ($6,000), Pioneer Tiger 118 ($3,000),
Tensas Cold Front 118, Twin City 120, Lee’s Spirit 124.
LOUISIANA LEGENDS TURF S.
3yo & up, 1 1⁄16 mile, turf, firm, 1:42.18 (TR 1:40.33).
STrING KING
$60,000
(R. Eramia) by 3 3⁄4 .................................................118
Sadie's Soldier by 3 .................................................120
20,000
Look At the Time by head......................................120
11,000
Brahms-Alashir by Alysheba
Also ran: The Wolf is Back 118 ($6,000), Skipberry Wine 118 ($3,000),
Twin City Thunder 118, Up and Out of Site 118, Freddie One Bite 118.
STrING KING, b. g. 2008
Barkerville
Crowned King, 2000
Formeredith
SITTIN AT THe BAr, b. f. 2010
Harlans Holiday
Into Mischief, 2005
Lelie’s Lady
Mutakddim
Fast Laner, 2001
Lois Laner
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Harlan
Christmas in Aiken
Tricky Creek
Crystal Lady
Seeking the Gold
Oscillate
Cutlass Reality
A Shade Faster
Fly a Kite
String Dancer, 1990
One for Emprey
Owner/Breeder/Trainer: Charles Craig Smith
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3-5
24
10
5
Mr. Prospector
Euryanthe
Dynaformer
Sovereign Mistress
Be My Guest
Honey Bend
Empery
Fashing
3rd
3
Earnings
$519,052
Louisiana Horse
Sire: CrOwNeD KING, stands at McKeever Racing Stable in
Bossier City, Lousiana.
Dam: String Dancer, 2 wins at 3-5, $17,347.
97 Dead Foal.
98-03 No Record.
04 String Ready, dkbbr. f., by Combat Ready. 1 win at 3-6, $35,750.
05 Stringduction, ch. c., by Run Production. Unraced.
06 Slipped.
07 Dead Foal.
08 STrING KING, b.g., by Crowned King. 10 wins at 3-5, $519,052.
At 3, 1st Louisiana Champions Day Turf S.; 3rd Louisiana Cup
Derby
At 4, 1st Louisiana Champions Day Turf S., Mr. Sulu S., John Franks
Memorial S.; 2nd Louisiana Cup Turf Classic S.; 3rd Unbridled S.
At 5, 1st Louisiana Cup Turf Classic S. Louisiana Legends Turf S.;
2nd Col. E.R. Bradley H., John Franks Memorial S.; 3rd Mervin H.
Muniz Jr. H.
09 String Attack, gr/ro, c, by Combat Ready. Placed at 3-4, $6,670.
TENSAS HARBOR
$142,850.
At 3, 1st Louisiana Cup Oaks; 3rd Louisiana Bred Premier
Night Starlet S.
11 Grand Isle, b.g., by Grand Slam. Unraced.
12 Barren.
13 Unnamed, ch.c., by Trappe Shot. Unraced.
LOUISIANA GLORY
LOUISIANA CUP SPRINT S.
Louisiana Downs, August 17, 2013, $60,000 guar., $60,000 gross value.
3yo & up, 6 furlongs, fast, 1:10.12 (TR 1:08.40).
LOuISIANA GLOry
(C. Hernandez) by ½.............................................122
$36,000
Palmy Bay by 1 ........................................................116
12,000
Lydgate-Palmetto Bay by Broad Brush
easy Jazz by ½.........................................................122
6,600
Easyfromthegitgo-Jazzy Judy by Siberian Express
Also ran: Joyce’s Rebel 120 ($3,600), Paula’s Deelites 120 ($1,800),
Top Cat Boogie 118, Amanecer de Oro 118, Eugene’s Moment 118,
Kissimmee Kyle 118, Where’s Cain 120, Su Casa G Casa 124.
LOUISIANA CUP OAKS
3yo, f, 1 1⁄16 mile, fast, 1:46.05 (TR 1:41.44).
TeNSAS HArBOr
(M. Guidry) by 2....................................................120
$45,000
miss Goodthing by neck.........................................116
15,000
Closing Argument-Thunder Lure by Thunder Gulch
Ante up Annie by 2 ¾ ............................................122
8,250
Majestic Warrior-Always Annie's by Regal Intention
Also ran: Kisses for Carrots 116 ($4,500), Tujuacagofast 118 ($2,250),
Mischivous Mama 122, Royal Rush 118, Zara Lauren 116, Under the
Radar 118.
TeNSAS HArBOr b. f. 2010
Broken Vow
Private Vow, 2003
Smooth as Silk
Boston Harbor
Harbor Princess, 2000
Steal the Thunder
Unbridled
Wedding Vow
Deputy Minister
Sacque (GB)
Capote
Harbor Springs
Lyphard
That’s a Kennedy
Owner: Cantrell Family Partnership Henry Ray Dunn; Breeder: Curt
Leake; Trainer: J. Keith Desormeaux.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-3
12
4
3
1
$142,850
Sire: PrIVATe VOw, stands at Red River Farms, Coushatta,
Louisiana.
Dam: Harbor Princess, Placed at 4, $10,540.
06 Listisimo, b.f., by More Than Ready.1 win at 2, $41,925.
07 Veronica's Lake, b.f., by Salt Lake. 5 wins at 2-5, $130,970.
At 3, 2nd Lady Charles Town S.
08 No Record.
09 Tensas Salt, b.f., by Salt Lake. 1 win at 2-3, $43,016.
At 2, 3rd Louisiana Jewel S.
10 TeNSAS HArBOr, b.f., by Private Vow. 4 wins at 2-3,
Summer 2013
LOuISIANA GLOry, b. c. 2009
Relaunch
Honour and Glory, 1993
Fair to All
More Than Ready
Montanis, 2004
Madruga
In Reality
Foggy Note
Al Nasr (FR)
Gonfalon
Southern Halo
Woodman’s Girl
Irish River (FR)
Sleep On It
Owner/Breeder: Stanley B. Seelig; Trainer: Carl J. Woodley.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-4
12
6
3
2
$168,592.
Sire: HONOur AND GLOry, pensioned.
Dam: Montanis, 2 wins at 2-3, $23,010.
09 LOuISIANA GLOry, b.c., byHonour and Glory. 6 wins at 2-4,
$168,592.
10 Montaguska, dkbb.g., by Yonaguska. 1 win at 2-3, $13,430.
11 Louisiana Flyboy, ch.c., by Fusaichi Pegasus. 1 win at 2, $15,600.
12 Unnamed, dkbb.f., by Half Ours. Unraced.
13 Unnamed, f., by My Pal Charlie. Unraced.
BURNING WARRIOR
LOUISIANA CUP JUVENILE S.
2yo, 6 furlongs, fast, 1:10.47 (TR 1:08.40).
BurNING wArrIOr
(F. Rodriguez) by 4................................................117
$30,000
Sweet Top Cat by 5.................................................117
10,000
Big Top Cat-Sara Sweet by Belek
H an F's Sensation by 10 ¾ ..................................117
5,500
Unbridledsensation-True Babu by River Keen (IRE)
Also ran: Coach Johnny 117 ($3,000), Tensas Evidence 117 ($1,500),
Upclosenpersonal 115, Yes It’s a Fact 118, Odessey Dawn 118,
Iwantodator 117, Cubbys Kat 117, Sweetwater Sky 119.
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STAKES WINNERS
BurNING wArrIOr b. g. 2011
A.P. Indy
A.P. Warrior, 2003
Warrior Queen
Carson City
Burning Woman, 2004
Zacatecana
Seattle Slew
Weekend Surprise
Quiet American
Call Me Fleet
Mr. Prospector
Blushing Promise
Slew o’ Gold
Reine des Iles
Owner/Trainer: Henry Ray Dunn; Breeder: Gulf Haven Farms.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2
2
2
0
0
$45,600
Sire: A.P. wArrIOr, stands at HallMarc Stallions at Stonewall
Farm Ocala, Ocala, Florida.
Dam: Burning Woman, 1 win at 3, $8,535.
09 Unnamed, dkbb. f., Sunriver. Unraced.
10 No Record.
11 BurNING wArrIOr, b.g., A. P. Warrior. 2 wins at 2, $45,600.
At 2, 1st Louisiana Cup Juvenile S.
12 Unnamed, b.c., Run Production. Unraced.
PAGINI
LOUISIANA CUP JUVENILE FILLIES S.
2yo, f, 6 furlongs, fast, 1:13.02 (TR 1:08.40).
PAGINI
(N. Gonzales) by ½ ..............................................115
$30,000
Lady Grantham by head........................................117
10,000
Yankee Gentleman-Yes It's Gold by Yes It's True
miss monroe by 2 ¼ ..............................................117
5,500
Behindatthebar-Really Roan by Commendable
Also ran: Diva Dash 117 ($3,000), Whata Friend 119 ($1,500), Twilight
Express 117, Glamoride 118, One Magic Scene 115, Caroline’s Prancer
117, Nurse Emmielle 116, Lady Notional 117 (DQ from 1st).
PAGINI, c. f. 2011
Northern Afleet
Saint Afleet, 2001
Saintly Silk
Etbauer
Joyful Gal, 2002
SKIP THE PINOT
Dancing Jana
LOUISIANA CUP DERBY
Louisiana Downs, August 17, 2013 $75,000 guar., $75,000 gross value.
3yo, 1 1⁄16 mile, fast, 1:44.76 (1:41.44).
SKIP THe PINOT
(M. Guidry) by 4 ¼ ...............................................118
$45,000
Johnny Handsome by 1 ¾ .....................................122
15,000
Zanjero-Go Girlfriend Go by Demidoff
One King's manby 3...............................................116
8,250
K One King-Mist of Honour by Honour and Glory
Also ran: Lattin Devil 122 ($4,500), Danny T 116 ($2,250), Up the Rent
118, Illusive Halo 116, My Future Quest 116.
Afleet
Nuryette
Saint Ballado
Creole Lady
Silver Deputy
Insurprise
Northern Smartee
Restless Brat
Owner/Breeder: H. Allen Poindexter; Trainer: Ronnie P. Ward.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2
3
1
1
0
$35,000
Sire: SAINT AFLeeT, stands at Landlock Equine Center,
Coushatta, Louisiana.
Dam: Joyful Gal, 2 wins at 3-5, $48,810.
09 Joyful Lady, b.f., by Macabe. 1 win at 2-3, $8,448.
10 Joyful Angel, b.f., by Macabe. 2 wins at 2-3, $34,557.
11 PAGINI, ch.f., by Saint Afleet. 1win at 2, $35,000.
At 2, 1st Louisiana Cup Juvenile Fillies S.
12 Joy of the Saints, ch.f., by Saint Afleet. Unraced.
PreTTy NOT gr/ro. g. 2010
Skip Away
G.W.’s Skippie, 2000
Logical Reasoning
Pulling Punches
Pinot Pals, 2005
Subtle Difference
Skip Trial
Ignot Way
Lord Avie
Donna’s World
Two Punch
Voo Doo Dance
Valiant Nature
Quiet Nature
Owner: Glen Warren and Andrew Leggio, Jr.; Breeder: Dr. Glen Warren
DVM & Andy Leggio; Trainer: Andrew Leggio, Jr..
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
3
7
3
1
2
$118,200
Sire: G.w.’S SKIPPIe, standing at Clear Creek Stud, LLC in Folsom,
Louisiana.
Dam: Pinot Pals, 1 win at 2-3, $36,350.
10 SKIP THe PINOT, gr/ro, g, by G.W.’s Skippie. 3 wins at 3-5,
$118,200.
At 3, 1st Louisiana Cup Derby; 2nd Louisiana Legends Mile Colts
and Geldings S.
11 Another Pinot, ch. f., by B.J.’s Mark. Unraced.
12 Kix Qatin, b. f., by Ole Rebel. Unraced.
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LE GRIS
D.S. “SHINE”YOUNG MEMORIAL FUTURITY
Colt & Gelding Division
2yo, c&g, 5 1⁄2 furlongs, muddy, 1:04.04 (TR 1:02.58).
Le GrIS
$75,000
(R. Eramia) by 2 1⁄4 .................................................120
25,000
Pioneer’s era by 1⁄2 ...................................................120
Time Bandit-Pioneer Gal by Pioneering
13,750
Senior rapidor by 1⁄2 ................................................120
Heckle-Senorita Rapida by Falstaff
Also ran: Mr. Madalyn 120 ($7,500), Contrarian Bet 120 ($3,750), Big
Gator 120, Stormin Encore 120, Macandales 120, Tony Winner 120,
Sweetwater Sky 120, Charlie’s Ring 120, Cajun Sensation 120.
Le GrIS, gr/ro. g. 2011
Unbridled’s Song
Half Ours, 2003
Zing
Unbridled
Trolley Song
Storm Cat
Key Phrase
Louisiana Horse
El Corredor
La Flamenco, 2004
Feather Stitch
Mr. Greeley
Silvery Swan
Silver Hawk
Broom Dance
Owner: Coteau Grove Farms LLC; Breeder: HHZ Equine Arrowhead
Farm, LLC; Trainer: Patrick Devereux, Jr.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2
4
2
0
1
$96,450
Sire: HALF OurS, stands at Clear Creek Stud, LLC, Folsom, Louisiana.
Dam: LaFlamenco, unplaced at 2, $200.
09 J T Max, b.g., Trippi. 2 wins at 3-4, $56,570
10 Keyed Flamenco, dkbb. f., Keyed Entry. Unplaced at 3, $0.
11 Le GrIS, gr/ro.g., Half Ours. 2 wins at 2, $96,450.
At 2, 1st D.S. “Shine” Young Memorial F.
SOLID SENDER
D.S. “SHINE”YOUNG MEMORIAL FUTURITY
Filly Division
2yo, f, 5 1⁄2 furlongs, muddy, 1:04.15 (TR 1:02.58).
SOLID SeNDer
$77,055
(G. Melancon) by 2 1⁄4 ............................................120
25,685
whata Friend by 3⁄4 ..................................................120
My Friend Max-Whata Rock by Malagra
Lady Notional by neck............................................120
14,126
Notional-The Lady Excavate by Excavate
CLeveR CRy
Street Cry (Ire)-Cherlindrea, by Clever Trick
Also ran: Jias Pal 120 ($7,705), Girl’s World 120 ($3,854), Lexi’s Love
120, Belles Plume 120, Off Cycle 120, Hue Blue Bayou 120.
SOLID SeNDer, b. f. 2011
Timeless Moment
Gilded Time
Gilded Lilly
Early Flyer, 1998
Classic Go Go
Bistra
Carols Christmas
Buckaroo
Spend a Buck
Belle de Jour
Miss Ritz, 1999
Danzig
Danzig’s Juliette
Julie the Flapper
Owner: Scott and Company; Breeder: Tom Curtis & Wayne Simpson;
Trainer: Samuel Breaux
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2
2
2
0
0
$86,055
Sire: eArLy FLyer, stands at Valor Farm in Pilot Point, Texas.
Dam: Miss Ritz, 7 wins at 2-4, $260,673.
05 Strike It Ritz, dkbb.g., Smart Strike. 3 wins at 2-6, $43,673.
06 Valid Ritz, dk b.c., Valid Expectations. 3 wins at 2-3, $53,102.
08 Smokey Ritz, gr/ro.f., Smoke Glacken. 1 win at 2-3, $24,070.
09 Ritz Master, b.g., Master Command. 2 wins at 3-4, $37,670.
10 Arabian Ritz, b.f., Mutakddim. Placed at 2-3, $16,170.
11 SOLID SeNDer, b.f., Early Flyer. 2 wins at 2, $86,055.
At 2, 1st D.S. Shine Young Memorial Futurity
13 Unnamed, f, Kodiak Kowboy. Unraced.
zede
Strawberry Road (Aus)-Index’s, by Storm Bird
b Clever Cry is a striking son of G1 Dubai World Cup b ZEDE is a stakes-winning, graded stakes-placed
/
& G1 Stephen Foster winner STREET CRY; sire of
3 time champion older mare Zenyatta ($7,304,580).
b Out of the Grade 1 producing mare,
CHERLINDREA, who is a stakes winner herself,
by CLEVER TRICK. Clever Cry is a half-brother to
two Graded horses: G1SW NOTHING TO LOSE
($809,210), and G3 placed stakes winner
EVERYTHING TO GAIN ($420,412).
1st foals are 2yos of 2013
2014 Fee: $750 Live Foal
son of STRAWBERRY ROAD. ZEDE won the
Tampa Bay Derby, and was 2nd in the Grade II
Peter Pan Stakes.
b ZEDE has produced several stakes horses from a
very limited number of foals, including QUEEZEE
DEEZEE ($162,890) and Zenato ($155,105). His
2013 crop is now available for inspection
2014 Fee: $500 Live Foal
payable September 1st of year bred
payable September 1st of year bred
PLeASe CoMe By And See ouR ConSiGnMent
at the Breeders Sales Co. of Louisiana yearling Sale in West Monroe, September 24
Brown’s Thoroughbred Farm
BoARdinG • FoALinG • LAy-uPS • SALeS PReP • 70 Ft. exeRCiSeR
P.O. Box 333 • 78275 Watts Rd., Bush, La. 70431
Home: 985-886-1051 • Fax: 985-886-1282
[email protected] • [email protected] • www.brownsthoroughbredfarm.com
Summer 2013
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STAKES WINNERS
Debbie Ann 117, Mucho Mans Gold 119, Afternoon Tango 119,
Graustarkian 119, Coin Toss 119.
LITTLE MS PROTOCOL
mISCHIeVOuS mAmA dkbb. f. 2010
LOUISIANA LEGENDS DISTAFF S.
3yo & up, f&m, 1mile 70 yards, fast, 1:42.46 (TR 1:40.11).
LITTLe mS PrOTOCOL
$60,000
(D. Saenz) by 2 1⁄4 ...................................................123
Sweettalkin Hottie by 1 ..........................................118
20,000
Oratory-Blue Broad by Cure the Blues
11,000
Shezacrazylilsis by 2 1⁄2 ............................................122
Ide-Proper Dial by Proper Reality
Also ran: Lady Zarbridge 118 ($6,000), Drinking Fund 120 ($3,000),
Aubrey’s Walk118.
LITTLe mS PrOTOCOL ch. f. 2009
Mr. Greeley
El Corredor, 1997
Silvery Swan
Coronado’s Quest
Character Builder, 2002
Broadway Express
Gone West
Long Legend
Silver Deputy
Sociable Duck
Forty Niner
Laughing Look
Broad Brush
Bunting
Owner/Breeder: Coteau Grove Farms; Trainer: Patrick Devereux, Jr.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-4
12
5
2
3
$583,890
Sire: eL COrreDOr, stands at Hill 'N' Dale Farms, Lexington,
Kentucky.
Dam: Character Builder, 4 wins, $186,308.
08 Unnamed, b,c, by Sky Mesa. Unraced.
09 LITTLe mS PrOTOCOL, ch.f., by El Corredor. 5 wins at
2-3, $583,890.
At 2, 1st Louisiana Jewel S., Princess S.; 2nd Donnie Wilhite
Memorial S.
At 3, 1st La. Bred Permier Night Starlet S., Louisiana Legends
Mile S.; 2nd Crescent City Oaks; 3rd Louisiana Cup Oaks,
Sarah Lane’s Oates S., Acadiana S.
At 4, 1st Louisiana Bred Premier Night Distaff S., Louisiana
Legends Distaff S.; 3rd Sixty Sails H.
10 She’s A Character, b.,f., by Porto Foricos. 1 win at 3, $14,410.
11 Coteau Rouge, c, by Tale Of The Cat. Unraced.
12 Union Builder, c, by Yankee Gentleman. Unraced.
13 Peace Out, c., by Unbridled’s Song. Unraced.
Harlan’s Holiday
Into Mischief, 2005
Leslie’s Lady
Afternoon Deelites
Homemaker, 2001
Open House
Owner: Nicholas Abate & Darlene Peterson; Breeder: Spendthrift Farm,
LLC; Trainer: Wesley E. Hawley
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-3
9
3
1
1
$121,530
Sire: INTO mISCHIeF, stands at Spendthrift Farm, Lexington,
Kentucky.
Dam: Homemaker, 9 wins at 2-6, $303,485.
09 Garzacountyqueen, dk b. f., Harlan's Holiday. Unraced.
10 mISCHIeVOuS mAmA, dk b.f., Into Mischief. 3 wins st 23, $121,530.
At 3, 1st Louisiana Legends Mile Fillies S.; 2nd Crescent City
Oaks.
12 Unnamed, b.c., Line of David. Unraced.
13 Unnamed, f., Court Vision. Unraced.
POPULIST POLITICS
LOUISIANA LEGENDS CLASSIC S.
3yo & up, 1 1⁄16 mile, fast, 1:43.83 (TR 1:43.26).
POPuLIST POLITICS
$60,000
(G. Melancon) by 1⁄2 ...............................................118
Hud’s rebellion by neck.........................................118
20,000
Ole Rebel-Jazzy Gin by Albert the Great
11,000
Arkansas martini by 1 3⁄4 ........................................118
Alyzig-Maggio by Joy’s Report
Also ran: Lee’s Spirit 120 ($6,000), Heavy on Themister 123 ($3,000),
Beauty’s Pioneer 118, Hit the Road Lee 120, Idefromthebayou 118,
Watch My Smoke 118, Top Cat Boogie 118.
POPuLIST POLITICS b.c. 2008
Stephen Got Even
Don’t Get Mad, 2002
Class On Class
MISCHIEVOUS MAMA
LOUISIANA LEGENDS MILE S. (FILLIES)
3yo, f, 1 mile, fast, 1:37.01 (TR 1:35.75).
mISCHIeVOuS mAmA
(D. Simington) by 8...............................................119
$60,000
Tujuacagofast by neck.............................................124
20,000
Bwana Charlie-Our Dalila by Our Emblem
Ante up Annie by 3.................................................124
11,000
Majestic Warrior-Always Annie’s by Regal Intention
Also ran: Miss Goodthing 124 ($6,000), Flower Lady 119 ($3,000),
46
Harlan
Christmas in Aiken
Tricky Creek
Crystal Lady
Private Terms
Intimate Girls
Deputy Minister
Open House
Souvenir Copy
Cedar Summer, 2001
Low Pressure
A.P. Indy
Immerse
Jolie’s Halo
Classic Value
Mr. Prospector
Dancing Tribute
Storm Bird
Don’t Touch Lil
Owner: Klaravich Stables, Inc. and William H. Lawrence;
Breeder: B. Wayne Hughes; Trainer: Thomas M. Amoss.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-3
25
8
6
5
$551,416
Sire: DON’T GeT mAD, deceased.
Dam: Cedar Summer, 3 wins at 2-5, $107,625.
08 POPuLIST POLITICS, b.c., by Don’t Get Mad. 4 wins at 2-5,
$551,416
Louisiana Horse
09
10
12
13
At 2, 1st Louisiana Futurity.
At 3, 1st Louisiana Showcase Mile S., Mr. Sulu S.; 2nd Louisiana
Champions Day Classic S., Super Derby Prelude S., Gentilly S.; 3rd,
Super Derby, Crescent City Derby.
At 4, 1st B-Connected S.; 2nd Gold Cup S., Southern Oaks
Plantation Costa Rising S.; 3rd La. Bred Premier Night
Championship S.
At 5, 1st Louisiana Legends Classic S.; 2nd Costa Rising S.; 3rd
Louisiana Bred Premier Night Championship S.
Spacey Stacy, dkbb.f., by Osidy. 1 win at 3-4, $21,122.
Politicking, b.c., by Osidy. Unraced.
Unnamed, ch.f., vyTiz Wonderful. Unraced.
Unnamed, f., by Tizway. Unraced.
SUNBEAN
LOUISIANA LEGENDS MILE S.
Colt & Gelding Division
3yo, 8 furlongs, fast, 1:35.75 *New Track Record Set
SuNBeAN
$60,000
(C. Lanerie) by 5 3⁄4 ................................................124
Skip the Pinot by 1 ..................................................119
20,000
G.W.’s Skippie-Pinot Pals by Pulling Punches
Lattin Devil
11,000
by 2 3⁄4 ......................................................................124
Latent Heat-By the Belle by Geri
Also ran: Johnny Handsome 124 ($6,000), Nutty Brown 117 ($3,000),
Don’t Be Mad 117, Palmy Bay 124, Valse 118, Warren’s Rebel 117,
Skinny 117.
Sire: BrAHmS, stands at Elite Thoroughbreds in Folsom, Louisiana.
Dam: X Strawdnair, 5 wins $40,009.
02 meAN BuTTerBeAN, dkbbr, g, by My Friend Max. 6 wins at
3-8, $223,850.
At 4, 1st Lookout S.; 2nd Louisiana Champ. Day Classic S.,
Marshland S.
At 5, 2nd Louisiana Premier Night Championship S.
03 BrOTHer BeAN, dkbbr, g, by My Friend Max. 10 wins at 3-6,
$434,460.
At 3, 2nd Louisiana Champ. Day Sprint S.
At 4, 1st La. Premier Night Sprint S.; 2nd Louisiana Lagniappe
Sprint S.
At 5, 2nd Need For Speed S.
At 6, 1st Junius Delahoussaye Memorial S., Louisiana Cup Sprint S.
,Big Earl S.; 2nd Need For Speed S.
04 Unnamed, dkbbr, c, by Storm Day. Unraced.
05 mISS BeAN wAH, dkbbr, f, by Afternoon Deelites. 4 wins at 3-5,
$205,890.
At 4, 2nd Louisiana Cup Distaff S.
At 5, 1st Louisiana Showcase Distaff S.
06 No Record.
07 Good Human Bean, b, f, by Langfuhr. 4 wins at 2-4, $141,160
At 3, 2nd Louisiana Champions Day Ladies Sprint S.
At 4, 2nd Louisiana Cup Filly and Mare Sprint S.; 3rd Louisiana
Bred Premier Night Matron S.
08 Beanevelent Fun, b, g, by My Friend Max. 2 wins at 3-4, $64,327.
09 BeANwAH'SmACHINe, dkbbr, g, by Successful Appeal.
4 wins at 2-4, $177,152.
At 2, 1st Louisiana Futurity, Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile.
10 SuNBeAN, b, c, by Brahms. 4 wins at 3, $228,900.
At 2, 1st Louisiana Futurity
11 Unnamed, b, c, by Quiet American. Unraced.
12 Unnamed, b, f, by Half Ours. Unraced.
13 Unnamed, f., by Super Saver. Unraced.
GENTILLY S.
Fair Grounds, February 23, 2013, $60,000 guar., $60,000 gross value.
3yo, 1 mile 70 yards, good, 1:42.76 (TR 1:41).
SuNBeAN
$36,000
(C. Hernandez) by 4 3⁄4 ...........................................116
12,000
Hopeful Notion by 5 3⁄4.............................................116
Notional-Hope For by Rahy
Nubin ridge by 7.....................................................116
6,000
Gold Tribute-So Sorry by The Prime Minister
Also ran: Skip the Pinot 116 ($2,400), Heitai 116 ($1,200), Johnny
Handsome 116 ($600), Phantom’s Ghost 116 ($600) , Pure Pegasus 116.
SuNBeAN, b. c. 2010
Danzig
Brahms, 1997
Queena
Malagra
X Strawdnair, 1995
Zacado Zacado
Northern Dancer
Pas De Nom
Mr. Prospector
Too Chic
Majestic Light
Regal Gal
Buck ‘N Bronc
Rather Sensational
Owner: Brittlyn Stable, Inc.; Breeder: Brittlyn, Inc.; Trainer: Albert M.
Stall, Jr. (Gentilly); Ron Faucheux (La. Legends).
Age
2-3
Summer 2013
Starts
9
1st
4
2nd
2
3rd
0
Earnings
$228,900
UNITAS
LOUISIANA LEGENDS SPRINT S.
3yo & up, 51⁄2, fast, 1:03.68 (TR 1:02.58).
uNITAS
$60,000
(M. Guidry) by 1⁄2....................................................120
20,000
easy Jazz by 1⁄2 ..........................................................116
Easyfromthegitgo-Jazzy Judy by Siberian Express
11,000
Strong and Tough by 1⁄2 ...........................................116
Good and Tough-Hija de Plata by Slew City Slew
Also ran: Su Casa G Casa 123 ($6,000), Eugene’s Moment 116
($3,000), Joyce’s Rebel 117, Zip Motion 118, Amanecer de Oro 116,
Southern Dude 120.
NEED FOR SPEED S.
Evangeline Downs, May 17, 2013, $50,000 guar., $50,000 gross value.
3yo’s & up, 5 furlongs, firm, 57.35 (TR 55.11).
uNITAS
(M. Guidry) by 1....................................................118
$30,000
10,000
Sweetsouthernmoon by 1⁄2 .......................................117
Sweetsouthernsaint-Amotelgirl by Bates Motel
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STAKES WINNERS
Thunder Harbor by 1⁄2............................................117
5,500
Rockport Harbor-Polar Capp by Carnivalay
Also ran: Bravo Habibi 118 ($3,000), Eugene’s Moment 116 ($1,500),
Comisky’s Humor 116.
uNITAS, dk. b or br. g. 2008
Forty Niner
Sunday Break (Jpn), 1999
Catequil
Night Shift
Caught in The Dark, 2000
Captive Heart
Mr. Prospector
File
Storm Cat
Pacific Princess
Northern Dancer
Ciboulette
Conquistador Cielo
Knights Beauty
Owner: P. Dale Ladner; Breeder: J. Adcock; Trainer: Brett A.
Brinkman.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-5
28
8
2
2
$310,458
Sire: SuNDAy BreAK, Stands at Haras de Grandcamp, France.
Dam: Caught in The Dark, 4 wins at 2-6, $76,134.
08 uNITAS, dkbbr, g, by Sunday Break (JPN). 8 wins at 2-4, $310,458.
At 2, 2nd Stardust S.; 3rd Louisiana Legacy S.
At 3, 1st B-Connected S.
At 4, 1st Oak Hall S.; 3rd Louisiana Legends Sprint S.
At 5, 1st Louisiana Legends Sprint S., Need For Speed S.
09 Buoniconti, b, g, by Leestown. Unplaced at 2-3, $1,721.
10 Unnamed, dkbbr, c, by Grand Appointment. Unraced.
11 Antonella, b, f, by Private Vow. Unraced.
Sire: GOLD TrIBuTe, stands at Red River Farms, Coushatta,
Louisiana.
Dam: Lucky Buck’s Baby, 1 win at 2-3, $10,716.
07 Lucky Dillon, b.c., Deputy Diamond. Unraced.
08 weLL'S GOLD, b.g., Gold Tribute. 7 wins at 3-5, $191,452.
At 5, 1st Louisiana Legends Starter S.
09 Tributetodagirls, b.f., Gold Tribute. Unraced.
DRINKING FUND
HONEYMOON S.
Louisiana Downs, June 1, 2013, $50,000 guar., $50,000 gross value.
3yo & up, f&m, 1 mile, firm, 1:36.62 (TR 1:34.20).
DrINKING FuND
(C. Rosier) by neck................................................124
$30,000
Divine Lorretta by neck..........................................124
10,000
Mutakddim-My April by Sky Classic
5,500
esther Carl by 2 1⁄2 ...................................................120
Sefapiano-Kirsten by Rare Brick
Also ran: Little Ms Protocol 124 ($3,000), Ladyzarbridge 118 ($1,500),
Pretty Not 118.
DrINKING FuND gr/ro. m. 2006
Dixieland Band
Placid Fund, 1992
Sunset Strait
Marfa
Drink Bubbly, 1996
WELL’S GOLD
Miss Bubbly
LOUISIANA LEGENDS STARTER S.
3yo & up, 7 ½ furlongs, firm, 1:29.33 (TR 1:27.80).
weLL’S GOLD
$45,000
(M. Guidry) by 3 1⁄4 ................................................118
No rules Now by 1..................................................118
15,000
Toolighttoquit-Heavenly Rules by Moses Tablet
8,250
Tupelo Playboy by 1 1⁄2 ............................................118
Cuvee-Native Gate Dancer by Gate Dancer
Also ran: Burning Creole 116 ($4,500), Chad Be Glad 118 ($2,250),
Ryland T 120, Ruston Kat 120, Cousin Kevin 120, Midway Mine 123,
Fish Cakes 118, Friend of Indy 123, Im Funny for Money 118.
weLL’S GOLD b. g. 2008
Mr. Prospector
Gold Tribute, 1994
Dancing Tribute
Spend a Buck
Lucky Buck’s Baby, 2002
Wish You Love
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Nureyev
Sophisticated Girl
Buckaroo
Belle de Jour
Damascus
Mysterious Realm
Owner: Knights Prairie Racing; Breeder: J. Weldon Granger, DVM;
Trainer: Ralph R. Irwin.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
3-5
23
7
7
0
$191,452
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Northern Dancer
Mississippi Mud
Naskra
Illustrative
Foolish Pleasure
Gray Matter
Wajima
Champagne Woman
OwnerTrainer: Joseph M. Foster; Breeder: Leonard E. Brown,
DVM
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
3-7
31
13
6
2
$241,548
Sire: PLACID FuND, stands at The Stock Exchange, Church
Point, Louisiana.
Dam: Bold Threat, 5 wins, $82,419.
02 Far Out Bubbly, b.f ., Far Out Wadleigh, placed at 3 $2,935.
03 Chill the Bubbly, b.c., Far Out Wadleigh. Unraced.
04 Unnamed, b.f ., Go for Gin. Unraced.
06 DrINKING FuND, grro.f., Placid Fund. 13 wins at 3-7, $241,548.
At 7, 1st La. Bred Premier Night Ladies Starter S., Honeymoon S.
07 Uncle Wesley, gr/ro.g., Tricky, Unplaced at 5, $80.
LOOK AT THE TIME
JOHN FRANKS MEMORIAL S.
Louisiana Downs, June 1, 2013, $50,000 guar., $50,000 gross value. 3yo
& up, 1 mile, firm, 1:34.62 (TR 1:34.20).
LOOK AT THe TIme
(B. Walker Jr.) by neck..........................................118
$30,000
String King
by 3..........................................................................118
10,000
Crowned King-String Dancer by Fly a Kite (IRE)
Louisiana Horse
Sadie’s Soldier
by 1½ .....................................................................124
5,500
Also ran: Heavenville 118 ($3,000), Lee’s Spirit 124 ($1,500),
Blackntansatlarrys 118.
Brahms, 1997
Alashir, 1990
LOOK AT THe TIme b. g. 2009
Northern Dancer
Danzig
Pas de Nom
Mr. Prospector
Queena
Too Chic
Alydar
Alysheba
Bel Sheba
Kings Lake
Lake Champlain (IRE)
Sensibility
Owner: Hooties Racing, LLC; Breeder: Mike Paciera; Trainer: Dwight
J. Viator
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-3
11
5
1
2
$266,870
Sire: BrAHmS, stands at Elite Thoroughbreds in Folsom,
Louisiana.
Dam: Alashir, unraced.
94 Sheba Dancer, b, f, by Danzatore. Unraced.
95 No Record
96 Raindrop, ch, g, by Summer Squall. 7 wins at 2-6, $124,980.
97 Unnamed, b, c, by Nureyev.
98 No Record.
99 Unnamed, ch, c, by Geri.
00 Alashir's World, ch, f, by Spinning World. 2 wins at 2-3,
$76,400.
01 Pause for Applause, ch, f, by Woodman.1 win at 3-4, $17,129.
02 World on Fire, dkbbr, f, by Storm Creek. Placed at 2-3, $5,716.
03 Feu D'artifice, b, c, by Stravinsky. Placed at 2-4, $8,542.
04 Slipped
05 Unnamed, c, by Kafwain. Unraced.
06 Princess Giovanni, ch, f, by Marquetry. 1 win at 2-4, $4,026.
07 Barren.
08 Sunday Sunshine, ch, f, by Sunday Break (JPN). 3 wins at 2-4,
$49,174.
09 LOOK AT THe TIme, b, g, by Brahms. 5 wins at 2-4,
$266,870.
At 3, 1st A. L. (Red) Erwin S., Crescent City Derby, Gentilly
S. (R); 2nd Rajun Cajun S.; 3rd Louisiana Legends Mile S.
At 4, 1st John Franks Memorial; 3rd Louisiana Legends Turf S
.
INAUGURAL S.
Evangeline Downs, April 17, 2013, $50,000 guaranteed, $50,000 gross
value. 3yo, 6 furlongs, fast, 1:08.63. *New Track Record Set.
LATTIN DeVIL
$30,000
(Leblanc, K.P.) by 71⁄2.............................................121
Hardrock eleven by neck.......................................117
10,000
Rock Hard Ten-Stark Beauty by Undbridled’s Song
5,500
Successful Story by 51⁄4 ............................................118
Successful Appeal-Top Story by Carson City
Also ran: Prior Restraint 119 ($3,000), Mr D’s Runaway 117 ($1,500),
Knockitdownhard 117.
LATTIN DeVIL dkbr. g. 2010
Wavering Monarch
Maria’s Mon
Carlotta Maria
Latent Heat, 2003
Capote
True Flare
Proflare
Theatrical (IRE)
Geri
Garimpeiro
By the Belle, 2000
Cozzene
Cozzena
Minett
Owner: Terrell Jarrett Jr. Breeder: Highclere; Trainer: Jorge Lara.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-3
8
4
1
2
$149,990
Sire: LATeNT HeAT, stands at River Oakes Farm, Inc. in
Sulphur, Oklahoma.
Dam: By the Belle, placed, $5,710.
05 Orabell, dkbb.f., by Orientate, 4 wins at 2-6, $102,990.
At 5, 2nd Dr. O.G. Fischer Memorial H.
06 Divine Design, ch.f., by Cuvee, 4 wins at 2-4, $61,601.
08 Dark Galaxy, b.f., by Dehere. Unraced.
09 Barren.
10 LATTIN DeVIL, dkbb.g., by Latent Heat, 4 wins at 2-3, $149,990.
At 2, 2nd Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile S.
At 3, 1st Inaugural S., Ragin Cajun S.; 3rd Louisiana Legends Mile
Colts & Geldings S.
11 Bugs Devil, dkbb.c., by Behindatthebar, unplaced at 2, $0.
SADIE’S SOLDIER
JOHN HENRY S.
LATTIN DEVIL
RAGIN CAJUN S.
Evangeline Downs, June 1, 2013, $50,000 guar., $50,000 gross value.
3yo, 7 furlongs, ft, 1:22.81 (TR 1:22.43).
LATTIN DeVIL
(D. Meche) by 3 1⁄2 .................................................122
$30,000
warren’s rebel by head .........................................117
10,000
Ole Rebel-Gayle’s Approval by With Approval
5,500
Don’t Be mad by 3 1⁄4 ..............................................118
Don’t Get Mad-Form an Accord by Dynaformer
Also ran: Hero Force 122 ($3,000), Skinny 117 ($1,500).
Summer 2013
Evangeline Downs, April 27, 2013 $50,000 guar., $50,000 gross value.
3yo & up, 11⁄16 mile, turf, firm, 1:42.91 (TR 1:40.33).
SADIe'S SOLDIer
$30,000
(Saenz, D.) by 51⁄4 ...................................................116
Bauers Got Hours by neck.....................................118
10,000
Stephen Got Even-Miss Class Action by Alleged
Its mr Slew to you by head....................................116
5,500
Vindication-Go for It Lady by Mr. Prospector
Also ran: Quality Control 117 ($3,000), Rules of Honor 116 ($1,500),
Midnight Mischief 117, Watch My Smoke 116, Global Stage 118,
Borego’s Barbarian 116, Batter Up 120, Hit the Road Lee 123,
Redhotrush 116.
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STAKES WINNERS
SADIe’S SOLDIer dk.b. or br. h. 2007
Northern Dancer
Danzig
Pas de Nom
Lost Soldier, 1990
Secretariat
Lady Winborne
Priceless Gem
Dance Spell
Encourager
Tanta Bella
Whiplash Wilma, 1990
Forward Charger
Beforward
Beseech
Owner: Harry L. Benoit; Breeder: L. P. Cormier; Trainer: Brett A.
Brinkman.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-6
27
8
5
6
$372,012
Sire: LOST SOLDIer, deceased.
Dam: Whiplash Wilma, 11 wins at 2-4, $195,276.
96 Fantom Fury, ch, g, by Am All Charged Up. 11 wins at 3-8, $71,381.
97 Whirlwind Wanda, ch, f, by Red Attack. 11 wins at 3-7, $77,578.
98 mollie mcLash, ch, f, by Irish Open. 10 wins at 3-7, $139,214.
99 No Record.
00 Fantasy On Fire, ch, f, by Texas City. 3 wins at 2-4, $57,935.
At 2, 3rd Genesis S.
01 Joshua Jude, b, g, by Leestown. 14 wins at 2-8, $226,625.
02 Wilma's Star, dkbbr, c, by Deputy Diamond. Placed at 2-3, $10,800.
03 Wilma's Lil Crisis, ch, g, by Out Of The Crisis. 2 wins at 2-3,
$37,800.
04 Not Covered Previous Year.
05 Demi Chue Crisis, b, g, by Out Of The Crisis. 3 wins at 2-5, $63,682.
06 No Record.
07 SADIe'S SOLDIer, dkbbr, c, by Lost Soldier. 8 wins at 2-6,
$372,012.
At 3, 3rd Louisiana Showcase Mile S.
At 5, 1st Louisiana Cup Turf Classic S., John Henry S.; 2nd
Louisiana Legends Turf S.; 3rd Louisiana Showcase Mile S.
At 6, 1st John Henry S.; 2nd Louisiana Legends Turf S.; 3rd
Louisiana Cup Turf Classic S., Dixie Poker Ace S., John Franks
Memorial S.
08 Wire Me Sadie, dkbbr. f., by Wire Me Collect. 5 wins at 2-4,
$79,123.
09 No Record.
10 Collect The Whip, b. c., by Wire Me Collect. Unraced.
11 No Record.
12 Unnamed, dkbb.f., by Purim. Unraced.
13 Unnamed, c., vy Private Vow. Unraced.
SOUTHERN DUDE
BAYOU ST. JOHNS S.
Fair Grounds Race Course, March 31, 2013 $60,000 guar., $60,000
gross value. 4yo & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, firm, 1:03.16 (TR 1:02.73).
SOuTHerN DuDe
$36,000
(R. Napravnik) by 3⁄4 .................................... 122
Tey’s Big Boy by 2 .........................................118
12,000
My Friend Max-True Reprisal by Top Avenger
6,600
No rules Now by 2 1⁄4 .....................................122
Toolighttoquit- Heavenly Rules by Moses Tablet
Also ran: Su Casa G Casa 124 ($3,600), Yonaguska Storm 122
($1,800), Joyce’s Rebel 118, Gustav Bay 118, Raiseanothergator
119, Viva La Zippy 118, Sunday’s Child 115.
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SOuTHerN DuDe b. g. 2008
Will’s Way
Lion Tamer, 2000
Tippecanoe Creek
Cobra King
Viva Vega, 2008
Ree Saspri
Easy Goer
Willamae
Olympio
Country Delight
Farma Way
Straight Story
Pachuto
Pacific Reader
Owner: Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc.; Breeder: Summer Grove
Farm, LLC & Lemon Tree Farm; Trainer: Thomas M. Amoss
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
4-6
13
7
2
2
$227,077
Sire: Lion Tamer stands at Clear Creek Stud, LLC, Folsom,
Louisiana.
Dam: Viva Vega. 1 win, $9,000.
07 Karen's Choice, b.c., by Value Plus. 2 wins at 3-5, $30,573.
08 SOuTHerN DuDe, b.g., Lion Tamer. 7 wins at 4-6, $227,077.
At 3, 3rd Louisiana Champions Day Sprint S.
At 5, 1st Bayou St. John S.; 2nd Dark Star Cup S.; 3rd Twin Spires
Turf Sprint S.
09 Viva La Zippy, b.g, City Zip. 2 wins at 2-4, $69,143.
10 Cajun Rocket, dkbb.f., Lion Tamer. Unplaced at 3, $0.
11 Analemma, dkbb.f., Half Ours. 1 win at 2, $24,000.
12 Unnamed, b.f., Munnings. Unraced.
13 Unnamed, f., Ide. Unraced.
JOHNNY HANDSOME
CRESCENT CITY DERBY S.
gross value. 3yo, 1 1⁄16 mile, fast, 1:45.68 (TR 1:42.02).
JOHNNy HANDSOme
$45,000
(C.J. McMahon) by 2 1⁄4.........................................122
15,000
Hero Force by 1⁄2 .......................................................122
Political Force-Doubtless by Grand Slam
8,250
Skinny by 51⁄2 .............................................................122
Private Vow-Weight No More by Pure Prize.
Also ran: Executive Call 122 ($4,500), Hopeful Notion 122 ($2,250),
Unbridled’s Score 122, One King’s Man 122, Don’t Be Mad 122, First
Son 122.
JOHNNy HANDSOme b. g. 2010
Runaway Groom
Cherokee Run
Cherokee Dame
Zanjero, 2004
A.P. Indy
Checkered Flag
Shawnee Creek
Mr. Prospector
Demidoff
Secrettame
Go Girlfriend Go, 2001
Blushing John
You Go Girlfriend
End of Night
Owner: Diamond Racing, Inc.; Breeder: Millenium Farms at Moon
Lake; Trainer: Albert M. Stall, Jr.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-3
8
3
3
0
$134,370
Sire: ZANJerO, stands at Millenium Farms, Lexington, Kentucky.
Dam: Go Girlfriend Go, 3 wins at 2-7, $107,056.
Louisiana Horse
09 Unnamed, dkbbr, f, by Shaniko. Unraced.
10 JOHNNy HANDSOme, b.g., by Zanjero. 3 wins at 2-3,
$134,370.
At 3, 1st Crescent City Derby; 2nd Louisiana Cup Derby.
11 Forest Friends, ch, c, by Chatain. Unraced
12 Unnamed, ch, c, by Awesome of Course. Unraced.
13 Unnamed, c, by Awesome of Course. Unraced.
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
At 7, 1st Gold Cup S.
At 8, 1st Costa Rising S.
Erl Girl, b.f., by Erlton. 3 wins at 2-7, $67,167.
Prince Spirit, ch.c., by Prince of the Mt. Unraced.
Erl's Spirit, ch.f., by Erlton. 1 win at 3-4, $11,215.
No Record.
Fancey Faith, ch.f., by Lydgate. Placed at 2-3, $5,226.
No Record.
Unnamed, dkbb.c., by Lydgate. Unraced.
LEE’S SPIRIT
DIVINE LORRETTA
COSTA RISING S.
gross value, 4yo & up, 1 1⁄16 mile, fast, 1:44.20 (TR 1:42.02).
Lee’S SPIrIT
(S. Bridgmohan) by nose......................................117
$36,000
12,000
Populist Politics by 1 1⁄4 ............................................121
Don't Get Mad-Cedar Summer by Souvenir Copy
watch my Smoke by neck .....................................117
6,600
Leestown-Starlight Wishes by Carson City
Also ran: Get in Da House 119 ($3,600), Heavy On Themister 123
($1,800).
Lee’S SPIrIT dkbb. g. 2005
Seattle Slew
Leestown, 1994
Bright Candles
Dahar
Spirit Catcher, 1989
Surprise Pink
Bold Reasoning
My Charmer
El Gran Senor
Christmas Bonus
Lyphard
Dahlia
Sovereign Path
Cresset
Owner: Edward J. Johnston, Scott Boudreaux, & Donald Gaudet;
Breeder: J. Adcock; Trainer: Edward Johnston.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
2-8
58
12
8
10
$624,793
Sire: LeeSTOwN, deceased.
Dam: Spirit Catcher, 1 win, $4,660.
95 Lot O' Stitches, gr/ro, g, by Lot O' Gold. 1 win at 2-6, $13,767.
96 Bourbon Boogie, dkbbr, g, by Nelson. 4 wins at 3-6, $154,349.
At 5, 2nd Louisiana Champions Day Turf S.
97 Quest Mount, b, f, by Conveyor. Unplaced. $0.
98 Windy Casper, dkbbr, c, by Wild Gale. Unraced.
99 Dead Foal.
00 K. O. Spirit, b, f, by K. O. Punch. Placed at 2, $10,132.
01 Unnamed, gr/ro, f, by With Approval. Unraced
02 Unnamed, b, c, by Rodeo. Unraced.
03 Supertrooperroger, b, c, by Nelson. Unplaced. $0.
04 No Record.
05 Lee'S SPIrIT, dkbbr, g, by Leestown. 12 wins at 2-8, $624,793.
At 2, 1st Calcasieu S.
At 3, 1st A. L. (Red) Erwin S., Chick Lang Jr. Memorial S., Grand
Prairie Turf Challenge S., No Le Hace S.; 2nd Pair Of Deuces S.;
3rd Louisiana Breeders' Derby
At 4, 2nd La. Premier Night Championship S., Barksdale S., John
Franks Memorial S.; 3rd Louisiana Cup Turf Classic S., Mr. Sulu S.
At 5, 1st Barksdale S.
At 6, 2nd John Franks Memorial S.; 3rd La. Bred Premier Night
Championship S.
Summer 2013
RED CAMELIA S.
gross value. 4yo & up, f&m, 1 1⁄16mile, turf, firm 1:44.60 (TR 1:42).
DIVINe LOrreTTA
(Graham, J.) by 1 ...................................................116
$36,000
12,000
Little Polka Dot by 1 1⁄4............................................120
Orientate-Silky Oaks by Regal Intention
Burning Creole by 1................................................116
6,600
Burning Roma-Endymion Maid by Storm Bird
Also ran: Beverly Belle 117 ($3,600), Paoli 116 ($1,800), Ladyzarbridge
116, Insincerely Yours 120, Premo’s Star 118.
DIVINe LOrreTTA ch. m. 2008
Mr. Prospector
Seeking the Gold
Con Game
Mutakddim, 1991
Seattle Slew
Oscilate
Dance Number
Nijinsky II
Sky Classic
No Class
My April, 2000
Sea Hero
Sailor’s Lift
Cosmetic Lift
Owner: Randy Davis and Associates Inc.; Breeder: R. Davis &
Associates; Trainer: James E. Hodges.
Age
Starts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earnings
3-5
25
6
6
5
$221,232
Sire: muTAKDDIm, stands in Argentina.
Dam: My April, unraced.
06 Hot Fuss, ch.c., by Riviera (FR). Unraced.
07 Sweet Louellen, ch.f., Leestown. 1 win at 3-6, $10,100.
08 DIVINe LOrreTTA, ch.f., Mutakddim. 6 wins at 3-5,
$221,232.
At 4, 3rd Red Camelia S, Honeymoon S.
At 5, 1st Red Camelia S.; 2nd Honeymoon S.
10 April Simone, ch.f., Zarbyev. Unplaced at 2-3, $1,444.
12 Blazin Red Ruler, ch, c, Ruler's Court, Unraced.
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nearly $26 Million
Owners and Breeders Awards paid Out In 2012
The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association
offers the most comprehensive awards program in the u.S.
3 RACeS PeR dAy offered for
accredited Louisiana breds at each
track each day in Louisiana
20% Breeders' Awards paid to
accredited Louisiana breds finishing
first, second or third in any race in
Louisiana
20% Breeders' Awards paid to
accredited Louisiana breds finishing
first, second or third in any stakes
race outside of Louisiana
World Wide Breeders Awards paid to accredited Louisiana breds
finishing first, second or third in any
race outside of Louisiana
Purse Supplements:
One half of breakage used to
supplement races restricted to
accredited Louisiana breds
30% of the thoroughbred share of
net wins from slot machines at the
race tracks is used to supplement
purses for accredited Louisiana
breds
½ of 1% of video poker franchise fee
statewide with 2/3 of fund going to
thoroughbreds
Showcase at Evangeline Downs in
conjunction with the 4th of July
weekend, Louisiana Cup Day at the
Louisiana Downs meet and
Louisiana Champions Day in
December at Fair Grounds
Multiple State Bred days Louisiana is the only state with more
than one State Bred Day. We now
have one at each track for a total of
four. Louisiana Premier Night in
February at Delta Downs, Louisiana
Stallion Awards are paid based on
a stallion's progeny finishing first,
second or third in an allowance,
handicap or stakes race in Louisiana
or in a stakes race outside of
Louisiana.
LOUISIANA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 24650, New Orleans, LA 70184
800.772.1195 • 504-947-4676 • www.louisianabred.com [email protected]
Colt by Half Ours-Crypto Note.
Breeder: Dennis Milligan.
Filly by Profiler-Kellerin.
Breeder: Charles J. Guilbeau &
Maggie Schoeman.
Colt by Run Production-Little Miss
Halo.
Breeder: Jacob & Kara Brown.
SUM MER
2013
FOA LS
his years foals are all on the ground and they look
great. We look forward to seeing them at the track.
If you would like to see more foal pictures then go to
our website: www.louisianabred.com
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Filly by Yankee Gentleman-Royal
Diva. Breeder: Clifford J. Grum.
Summer 2013
Colt by Wilburn-Dickson Street.
Breeder: Steve Knight.
Colt by Canadian Frontier-Condesa
El Prado.
Breeder: William Neal Williamson Jr.
Filly by Songandaprayer-Bon Lil.
Breeder: Marablue Farms.
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Filly by Ole Rebel-Camera Ready.
Breeder: Mark Deckert.
Colt by Interactif-Miss Spot Club.
Breeder: Stewart M. Madison.
Colt by Grand Appointment-Scott's
Truluck.
Breeders: Veronica Hopkins and
Charles Guilbeau.
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Filly by Orthodox-Heidi Sparkles.
Breeder: Heidi Lamarche Hughes.
Colt by Flower Alley-Wanna
Cuddle.
Breeder: Daniel Family Farms,
LLC & Jerry D. Daniel.
Filly by Smart Sherri-Victoria's Bid.
Breeder: Charles J. Guilbeau Jr.
Colt by Tenpins-Starfall.
Breeder: Channon Farm, LLC.
Colt by Super Saver-Miss Marcia.
Breeder: DocAtty Stables.
Filly by Puck-Sarah's Best Day.
Breeders: CJ Woodley, Dwayne
Gallineau, & Lora Pitre.
Louisiana Horse
Colt by Custom for CarlosHeaven's Slam.
Breeder: Perry Segura.
Colt by Spring Last-Mi Isabella.
Breeder: Alan Peterson.
Colt by Forefathers-Nancy Gail.
Breeder: Carl Davis.
Summer 2013
Filly by Interactif-High On Love.
Breeders: Neal & Mary McFadden.
Filly by Orthodox-My Fast Lady.
Breeders: Marcia Lamarche & Lora
Pitre.
Colt by Tiz The One-Blue Angel.
Breeders: Charles Hicks, Tyner
Ventures, Mike Litowkin.
Filly by Intimidator-Fancy Stride.
Breeder: Cordell Ruiz.
Colt by Incriminate-Learning the
Wau. Breeder: Charles Guilbeau
Jr & David Tillson.
Filly by Tiz The One-Stormqueller.
Breeder: John T. Bellow.
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Colt by Due Date-The Things You
Do.
Breeders: Elaine Carroll & Lora
Pitre.
Colt by Yankee Gentleman-No
New Tax.
Breeder: Roger C. Goss
Colt by Spritely Walker-Almost
Mary.
Breeder: Ashley Ray.
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Colt by Grand Slam-Jaguariuna.
Breeder: Perry Segura.
Filly by SongandaprayerUnihibited.
Breeder: Marablue Farms.
Colt by High Cascade-Indian
Braid.
Breeders: Farrell T. Fresh & Linda
Anne Brown.
Colt by Early Flyer-Enticing Mr. G.
Breeder: Thomas M. Galvin.
Colt by Closing ArgumentCollectzcat.
Breeder: Royce Roberts.
Colt by First Samurai-Anything But
Quiet.
Breeder: Marcia Lamarche.
Louisiana Horse
Colt by Maybry's Boy-Pretty
Honoree.
Breeders: Maggie Schoeman &
Charles J. Guilbeau.
Colt by Orthodox-Way Too High.
Breeders: CJ Woodley, Dwayne
Gallineau, & Lora Pitre.
Colt by Ide-Social Home.
Breeders: Farrell T. Fresh and
Linda Anne Brown.
Filly by Successful AppealPalmetto Bay.
Breeder: Barrone Farms.
Filly by High Cascade-Peaches
First Lady. Breeder: William Neal
Williamson Jr.
Colt by Sorensen's Song-Smoke
Glacken.
Breeder: James Dimel.
Colt by Big Top Cat-Royal
Receiver.
Breeder: Patricia Chennault.
Filly by Private Vow-Triple
Treasure.
Breeder: Baronne Farms.
Filly by Proudinsky-Omens
Omega. Breeders: Kirk & Becky
LeBlanc Farms LLC.
Summer 2013
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ATTENTION
LOUISIANA
BREEDERS
Have a question about foal registration?
Didn’t receive a breeders award?
Want to know about stallion awards?
Or, if you have any other questions or
problems we might be able to help you
with, call us on our toll free number:
1-800-772-1195
or e-mail: [email protected]
Local numbers for our area offices:
Main Office, Fair Grounds, New Orleans - (504) 947-4676
Evangeline Downs, Opelousas - (337) 942-1884
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Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association
P.O. Box 24650, New Orleans, Louisiana 70184
HORSE
SENSE
By Heather Smith Thomas
Shoeing the Racehorse
for Various Track
Surfaces
T
he way a horse is shod, and
the type of shoes he wears,
can make a difference on how
well—and how safely he can
run—on different types of footing.
Shoeing the racehorse has taken
on a new set of challenges with the
new poly tracks. The proper
amount of traction is crucial, and
the racehorse industry is looking at
whether traction, per se, is detrimental or helpful in various situations.
“It’s a whole new ball game
now, with the different track surfaces,” says Steve Norman, a
Kentucky farrier who is on the toe
grab committee that has been
addressing safely issues. “Safety is
foremost on many people’s minds,
especially with what happened
with Eight Belles in the Kentucky
Derby a few years ago. We wonder
whether we are hindering or helping horses, with traction devices.
Are we doing the right thing or the
wrong thing in how we are shoeing these horses?” he asks.
“We’ve had slow motion videos
for the past 35 years to help us
look at how horses move, and
these are now helping us look at
how horses run on poly tracks and
dirt tracks. Looking at the difference in what happens during the
slide phase of the stride has us
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scratching our heads. Should we
ban toe grabs on certain surfaces?
Do we have enough data to say
horses don’t need them? I’ve been
on this committee since it started
and it’s been interesting to learn
how the horse’s foot hits the
ground,” says Norman.
“We have extensive videos and
are still trying to figure out all the
factors. The data so far is saying
the poly track is a home run for
safety issues, but we don’t have
enough statistical data to say it’s
always best, versus dirt. Right now
we can say we’ve had less horses
injured on the poly track, but that’s
only because we’ve run less races
on those. We need more numbers
of races to get a true comparison,”
explains Norman.
“We’ve convinced people they
don’t need toe grabs on the poly
track. Here at Keeneland, and the
affiliated track in Cincinnati,
they’ve banned toe grabs that are 2
millimeters or higher. Two millimeters can hardly be called a
traction device. It’s more like a
wear plate, to protect the toe and
keep the aluminum from wearing
away as fast.”
In 2008 Keeneland banned hind
toe grabs, after Todd Pletcher
equaled the win record without
using them. “Keeneland figured a
horse doesn’t need toe grabs on
the hinds. But in January 2009
they had 8 horses break down that
month in Cincinnati, on their poly
track. So the state veterinarian and
various people got together and
said the cause of those injuries
might be because they had no toe
grabs behind. So they changed the
rule and said you could have toe
grabs, and they’ve had fewer
breakdowns since. So Keeneland
now allows toe grabs on the hind
feet,” says Norman.
“Turfway Park is the only synthetic track that allows use of 6
millimeter toe grabs on the hind
feet, and this was due to recommendations by the jockeys—saying the horses were slipping when
coming out of the gate, with not
enough traction,” he says.
The Keeneland track has been
deteriorating, losing its consistency. “The surface was becoming
more powdery, like running in
deep sand. They recently added
more wax to the surface to give it
a better consistency. Santa Anita in
California has switched back to a
dirt track, after having a synthetic
track for several years,” says
Norman.
A study at Cal Poly a few years
ago looked at front toe grabs and
came up with statistics showing
that toe grabs on the front feet
could be detrimental. “We can’t
really say we don’t need them
behind, because we still don’t have
quite enough data,” says Norman.
Every racetrack makes it own
rules but tries to comply with recommendations of the safety/welfare committee. “There are 15 of
us on the committee, giving rea59
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sons why we feel the way we do
on these issues. Almost every racetrack now bans toe grabs and stipulates that the horses have only 2
millimeters (or less) on the front
feet, and that’s the way it’s been
for 15 years (using Queens plates,
XT shoes with 2 millimeter toe
grabs, etc). We made this a model
rule in hopes the racetracks would
comply, and most of them have.
But the hind feet are a different
issue,” explains Norman.
“At first everyone was using 4
millimeter toe grabs, and then
went to 2 millimeter toe grabs
except for California. The standard
now in most states is 2 millimeter
grabs on the front feet and 6 millimeters on the hinds,” he says.
Mitch
Taylor
(Kentucky
Horseshoeing School) is also on
the safety/welfare committee. “We
have to figure out how to manage
for different track surfaces, including synthetic. Some people want
us to shoe the hinds and leave the
fronts barefoot. Others want to
shoe the fronts and leave the hinds
barefoot. They are trying everything.”
When horses run on poly track
or synthetic surface, it changes the
way they move. “The slide phase
of the stride is minimized on some
poly tracks, especially the new
ones. The tracks that have a few
years’ use have loosened up a little
and this lets the foot slide more
normally,” says Taylor. Because of
the differences in surfaces, this
makes it more challenging to shoe
the horse.
“A synthetic track has a high
shear component. A dirt track has
low shear strength. The poly track,
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because it has so many fibers and
rubber, wax, etc. has a different
kind of give. It doesn’t break away
from the foot like dirt does. It’s
like the difference between putting
your hand into sand with a little
moisture in it (and it breaks away
from your hand) compared to
putting your hand on a trampoline.
Both of them yield and give, but
the latter is knitted together and
does not break away. Instead, it
rebounds back. This is similar to
the give on a poly track,” explains
Taylor.
If you look at a dirt track microscopically, it’s just tiny round
pieces that fall apart. There is
nothing to hold them together.
“This is why people put clay, loam
and water into a dirt track to give it
more consistency,” he says.
Taylor feels that a properly
maintained turf track is probably
the ideal footing for horses. Good
sod has more integrity than loose
dirt, with the root structure under
the grass to hold everything
together. The grass on top gives
some cushion to the footing. By
contrast, a dirt track can be very
hard, or it can be wet and sloppy.
On a dirt track after the horses
work and train for an hour or so in
the morning the footing is very
deep and cuppy. “It becomes difficult for horses to labor through it.
The foot sinks all the way into the
depressions and the fetlock drags
on the ground as the foot is sliding.
If fetlock joints drop too far as
they are sliding, they rub the hair
and hide off the back of the fetlock—and bleed,” says Taylor.
“With a poly track, the foot
doesn’t sink in so much. It keeps
them up on the cushion a little
more. That cushion takes a lot of
the impact and gives a little back,
which dirt doesn’t do at all. There
are no holes in the synthetic surface when horses are running
ahead of you. In a dirt track these
holes can be several inches deep,
and horse’s feet may fall into them
or partway on and off them, which
is hard on the legs. A nicely maintained dirt tract is great, but you
can never control weather conditions. And if you are the 6th or 7th
horse back in the pack, you will be
running through holes, no matter
how good a shape the track was in
to begin with,” says Taylor.
“I’m not saying horses don’t
need traction on dirt tracks, but we
have to be careful about it, especially in the front feet. We’ve
found that on dirt tracks the horse
needs a little traction on the hind
feet for good propulsion. A low toe
(small traction device) is still
appropriate on the hind feet, but
not in front. On poly track, I feel
that no traction is needed, for most
horses. A flat shoe like a Queens
plate is plenty,” says Taylor.
In summary, horses need to be
shod as individuals--in the best
possible way to protect and
enhance their natural conformation and action without hindering
their movement. At the same time,
consideration must be given to the
footing and surfaces that these
horses will be running on, to help
prevent injuries as well as giving
the horse a chance to run his best
race.
Louisiana Horse
HERE & THERE
SALES NEWS
Breeders Sales Company
of Louisiana names
English Director
Louisiana has retained Daren
English to serve as sales director
for its 2013 annual yearling sale.
The sale will be held, Tuesday,
September 24, 2013 at the Ike
Hamilton Expo Center in West
Monroe, Louisiana.
English has 30 plus years in the
equine sales business. He attended
Oklahoma State University and
earned a degree in Animal Science
Livestock Merchandising. He
worked for the national and top
ranked Fasig Tipton sales company
15 years. He was stable manager,
recruited buyers and horses for
sales and inspected sales horses. He
also worked with the Texas
Thoroughbred Association as stable
manager and recruited horses for
those sales.
“Our annual yearling sale is conducted on behalf of our members,”
said Roger Heitzmann, executive
director of the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
“Last year’s sale was one of our
most successful sales and the addition of Daren to our team helps us
recruit top quality yearlings as well
as successful buyers for our sale.”
All accredited Louisiana bred
foals of 2012 auctioned in this sale
are eligible for a Bayou State
Bonus. Any such colt/gelding sold
in this sale winning the 2014
Louisiana
Champions
Day
Juvenile, the 2015 Crescent City
Derby, and the 2015 A.L. “Red”
Summer 2013
Erwin Memorial Stakes will
receive a $100,000 bonus at the
completion of the final race. Any
such filly sold in this sale winning
the 2014 Louisiana Champions
Day Lassie, the 2015 Crescent City
Oaks, and the 2015 Elge Rasberry
Memorial Stakes will receive a
$100,000 bonus at the official completion of the final race.
The bonus paid will be added to
the earnings of the winning horse
and paid to the owner of the horse
at that time after the official completion of the final race.
“Our goal is to increase the value
of the Louisiana bred for our breeders,” said Heitzmann. “Our number
one purpose is to assist our members and breeders reap rewards for
their investment and hard work in
producing Louisiana breds.”
Louisiana mails the catalogue and
their website has an interactive catalogue and a PDF version that can
be downloaded.
The sale will be web-cast on the
website. For more information call
(800) 772-1195.
Stemmans, Inc. to Hold
Annual Winter Mixed Sale
Stemmans, Inc. – Horse Sale is
proud to announce its Annual
Winter Mixed Sale Sunday, January
5th, 2014. This year’s edition will
be held at, Lafayette’s Blackham
Coliseum. Last year’s edition of the
sale was held for the first time at
this location and worked very well
for both consignors and buyers.
“We were pleased with the
results” said Don Stemmans, direc-
tor of Sales for Stemmans, Inc. –
Horse Sale. “There was a strong
market for yearlings, horses of racing age and broodmares, I feel
some horsemen made strong deals
on horses that will produce well in
the future” he continued.
For more information or a consignment contract please call our
office at 1‐800‐544‐6773.
OBS August Yearling Sale
Numbers Up
An active third and final session
of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s
August yearling sale Aug. 22 in
Ocala, Fla. fueled new sale open
session records for average and
median prices.
Buyer and seller confidence was
high ahead of the three-day sale,
and the optimism was justified in
the sales ring.
For the two open sessions, 503
horses sold for a total of
$8,418,200, compared with 405
head selling for $5,092,500 a year
ago. The record average price of
$16,736, up 33.1% from $12,574 in
2012, surpassed the previous mark
of $12,758 set in 2004.
The median price of $13,000
was also a sale record, and that figure was up 52.9% from last year's
record of $8,500. The buy-back
percentage was 14.6%; it was
20.3% in 2012.
"Looking back, we cataloged
1,151 horses in the 2009 book and
sold 662 horses for $7.6 million,"
said Tom Ventura, OBS president.
"We cataloged 841 horses this
year and sold 646 for $16.1 million.
We are obviously out of the dol61
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drums and moving in the right
direction.
For the final session, 236 horses
sold for $3,797,600, compared with
194 selling for a total of $2,176,900
at the corresponding session a year
ago. The average price was
$16,092, an increase of 43.4% from
$11,221 in 2012. The median price
escalated 46.9% from $8,000 last
year to $11,750. The buy-back percentage was 17.8%; it was 21.1%
last year.
Next up on the OBS calendar is
the fall mixed sale, slated for Oct.
15-16.
OBS June 2-Year-Olds
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s
June sale of 2-year-olds in training
and horses of racing age in Ocala,
Fla. closed June 19 breaking
records.
For the entire sale, 426 juveniles
sold for a sale record $14,424,100,
surpassing last year's record total of
$10,563,100 for 421 horses sold.
The sale's average price of $33,859
is also a record, up 35% from last
year's sale record average of
$25,090. The median price established a new benchmark, rising
33.3% to $20,000 compared with
$15,000 in 2012. The buy-back percentage for the sale was 23.9%; it
was 20.4% last year.
Oklahoma Summer Sale
Registers Gains
Carter Sales Company reported
record increases at the OKC
Summer Thoroughbred sale held at
the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds
Aug. 19.
The gross of $448,600 was the
best recorded for the sale, while the
average of $8,011 rose 41.6% from
$5,654 last year, organizers said.
The median was $6,000, while the
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buy-back rate fell from 28% in
2012 to 22%.
A session for horses of racing
age was added this year. Twelve
horses were offered, and five sold
for an average of $10,200. The
average price for the yearling session was $7,796.
Average Up at FasigTipton Kentucky July
The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July
yearling sale July 15 in Lexington
started this year's yearling season
on a strong note with double-digit
percentage increases in average and
median.
The one-day sale registered a
10.45% improvement in average to
$89,785 and a 20% increase in
median to $72,000. Buy-back rate
was 26.6% with 163 of the 222
horses offered selling. Last year's
buy-back rate was 33.2%.
Total sales were down 4.7% to
$14,635,000, but that was to be
expected because, with reduced
foal crop numbers, the number of
horses offered at this year's sale
was down 21.5% to 222.
“We're very pleased with the
sale,” said Fasig-Tipton president
Boyd Browning. “Not only were
the statistics encouraging but the
overall feel and energy felt good. If
you were on the sales grounds
Friday, Saturday, Sunday or today;
there was energy and enthusiasm
for Thoroughbreds.”
Browning said people are feeling
good about the yearling sale season
after the July sale.
“I think it bodes well for the
yearling sales all throughout North
America,” Browning said. “It's
important that we start it off with a
good, strong sale and we're very
pleased with the results."
Depth Fuels Keeneland
April Gains
A strong middle market helped
pace the 2013 Keeneland April 2year-olds in training sale to solid
gains in both average and median
April 8 in Lexington.
The top of this year's sale was
similar to last year, with the same
$700,000 top price and three juveniles reaching or surpassing halfamillion dollars. But a strong middle market helped average jump
19.34% to $197,288 vs. $165,322 a
year ago and median surge 25% to
$150,000 ($120,000 last year). Like
last year, 59 horses sold but total
sales this year were up 19.34% to
$11.64 million from 2012's $9.75
million.
The 26.25% RNA rate was down
41.67% from last year's 37.89%
rate. The sale saw 59 horses sell
and 21 RNAs.
BREEDING NEWS
Flashpoint to Stand at
LeMesa
Spendthrift Farm has purchased
Flashpoint, winner of the G2
Hutcheson Stakes and G3 Jersey
Shore Stakes). The multiple graded
stakes-winning son of Pomeroy
will take up stud duty at Le Mesa
Stallions near Carencro, La., for the
2014 breeding season.
Spendthrift is intorducing its
“Share the Upside” program to
Louisiana breeders for the first time
with Flashpoint.
Flashpoint broke his maiden first
time out by 6 1/4 lengths in 6 furlong maiden special weight at
Aqueduct. He followed up that performance with a dominating 7 1/4
length victory in the G2 Hutcheson
Stakes at Gulfstream in his second
race.
Louisiana Horse
Later that year, Flashpoint produced another dominating performance with a 7-length victory in
the G3 Jersey Shore Stakes at
Monmouth. He finished his career
with a victory in the Sam Houston
Sprint Cup Stakes, in which he
earned a 99 Beyer speed figure.
Flashpoint retired with a record
of 5-1-2 from 15 starts and career
earnings of $361,722.
Flashpoint was bred in Florida
by Silverleaf Farms out of the
speedy multiple stakes winner Two
Punch Lil.
"Flashpoint was one of the best
American 3-year-old sprinters of
the last decade," said Ken Wilkins,
Spendthrift's stallion director. "His
race record is filled with several
dominating wins. ... But more than
anything, we are excited to bring
Louisiana breeders the Share the
Upside program for the first time."
Mauk Four to Holly Hill
Rick and Wanda Srygley are
moving their stallion Mauk Four
(Boston Harbor-Moroccan Magic)
to Holly Hill Farm in Benton,
Louisiana. A graded stakes winner
of nearly $300,000, Mauk Four has
fourteen winners and two stakes
horses from twentyone starters to
date and close to $700,000 progeny
earnings through 5-13-13.
Mauk Four's fee will remain
$1,500 Live Foal. He is nominated
to Breeders' Cup.
Miss Monroe First Winner
for Behindatthebar
Louisiana stallion Behindatthebar was represented by his first
winner when Miss Monroe captured a five-furlong maiden special
weight for juvenile fillies in her
third start July 27 at Louisiana
Downs.
Behindatthebar is an 8-year-old
son of Forest Wildcat out of
Rhiana, by Runaway Groom, bred
in Kentucky by Dr. Frank Justice
and Meadow Oaks Farm. Raced at
3, he captured the Coolmore
Lexington Stakes (gr. II) at
Keeneland in his last start. In five
races he was out of the money only
once while winning three times.
Behindatthebar stands at Le
Retiring to stud at
SebaStien Farm
IdE LIkE A douBLE
Ide-Make Mine A Double
7 Time Stakes Winner of $632,416
Set Track Record at Evangeline Downs - 1 mile in 1:36.28
2008 Louisiana Bred Champion 3 Year Old Colt
Earned black type 17 times
Broke maiden at two. Ran from two to seven.
Lifetime record 42-10-9-4
By perennial leading Louisiana sire, IDE.
2013 Fee: Private
Also standing
CrIdEr
Closing Argument-Frankie’s Lady
Graded Stakes Placed winner of $101,066
Broke maiden at two
2nd in the G3 Lone Star Derby at 3
By CLOSING ARGUMENT,
the current 2012 leading sire in Louisiana
2013 Fee: Private
Standing at
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(Colt and Gelding Div.)
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$150,000 A.L. (Red) Erwin
Summer 2013
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OBITUARIES
Louisiana Breeder Boorhem Dies at
Age 91
William Boorhem, who founded and operated
Foxwood Plantation in Belcher, La., died May 31 in
Dallas, Texas, at age 91.
Born in Los Angeles, Calif., Boorhem was a fighter pilot with the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Following the war, Boorhem relocated his family to
Dallas and was co-founder of Crushers, a limestone
crushing company that was later sold to Vulcan
Materials. Boorhem later became a partner in establishing Boorhem-Fields, an aggregate company in
Sherman, Calif.
After that company was sold, Boorhem pursued his
long-term goal of breeding and racing Thoroughbreds.
He and his second wife, Pat, established Foxwood
Plantation.
Foxwood Plantation bred more than two dozen
stakes winners, most them with "Zarb" in their names,
and raced in Foxwood's colors. Among the top runners
bred by Foxwood was 1996 Arkansas Derby (gr. II)
winner Zarb's Magic, as well as the multiple stakes
winners Zarb's Luck, Leslie's Love, Zarb's Dahar, Our
Love, My Star Runner, and Zarbycat (in partnership
with Henry Brilliant).
Under Boorhem's direction, Foxwood was selected
as Louisiana's breeder of the year nine consecutive
times by the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders
Association. In addition to his racing and breeding
endeavors, Boorhem was also active in supporting
backstretch benevolence programs.
Boorhem is survived by his six children. The family has requested memorials in Boorhem's honor to the
Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association in
Bossier City, La., or to a favorite charity.
Horse Trainer, NFL Player Jim Hudson
Dies
Jim Hudson, the former New York Jets safety who
helped the team to its only Super Bowl title in 1969
and went on to train Thoroughbreds and Quarter
Horses on the Texas circuit, has died at age 70.
The team confirmed on its official site that Hudson
died June 25 in Austin. The cause of death was not
disclosed.
Hudson was a starting safety against the Baltimore
Colts, making a key play in the first half of the Super
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Bowl III victory. The Colts were trailing 7-0 when
they tried a flea-flicker from Earl Morrall to Tom
Matte and back to Morrall, who never saw a wideopen Jimmy Orr waving his arms near the goal line.
Instead, Morrall threw to Jerry Hill near the Jets 10,
but Hudson stepped in front of the toss for an interception that ruined the Colts' potential scoring drive.
The former University of Texas player had six tackles in the 16-7 win, and finished with 15 career interceptions in six seasons with the Jets.
Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Hudson was a defensive back and quarterback for the Longhorns and
helped lead them to the national championship in
1963. He also threw a 69-yard touchdown pass in the
1965 Orange Bowl—a 21-17 victory over Joe
Namath's Alabama squad. Hudson later signed with
the Jets as a free agent.
Hudson and former NFL quarterback John Hadl
went into real estate together in the Austin area after
their playing careers were over. Among the prominent
horses trained by Hudson during a career that spanned
more than 30 years were St. Martin's Cloak, which he
also owned, 10-time stakes winner Icy Morn,
Daggett's Crossing, a winner of six stakes races, Lydia
Jane, Calexus, Snug, Local, and Amazing Star.
Hudson, inducted into the Texas Men's Hall of
Honor last year, is survived by wife Lise. Services for
Hudson are to be held July 1 at 1 p.m. at Riverbend
Church in Austin.
Greg Swinford
Greg Swinford, senior catalog writer at The Jockey
Club in Lexington, died Aug. 3. The 27-year employee was 59.
"He was the nuts and bolts of the catalog department," said Steve Gillespie, general manager of operations for The
Jockey Club Information Systems. "He had a work
ethic that was second to none and his quality standards
were second to none. He did the work of two people."
Swinford, a native of Harrison County, Ky., was
instrumental in the development of the current cataloging system that is in place at TJC.
Swinford is survived by his wife, Marilyn Peak
Swinford; his father, Charles Swinford; and three
brothers and a sister.
Louisiana Horse
Mesa Stallions, near Carencro, La.
His stud fee for 2013 was $2,500.
Sire Porto Foricos Dies
Porto Foricos, the sire of
Canadian 2-Year-Old Champion,
My Vintage Port ($734,353), died
June 1 at LSU School of Veterinary
Medicine from complications of
colic. Porto Foricos was by the premier sire of sires, Mr. Prospector
and from the immediate female
family of sires A.P. Indy and Raja
Baba. He is the sire of five stakes
winners including Delaforce, who
earned in excess of $400,000 and
Annie’s Purse ($341,427).
In 2013 Porto Foricos has 35
starters with twelve winners with
earnings of $240,640. Porto
Foricos has stood at Clear Creek
Stud in Folsom, La. since 2007.
Successful Sire
Unbridled's Song Dies
Unbridled's Song, who made
headlines in the sales ring, on the
track, and as a stallion, died July 26
in Lexington at Rood and Riddle
Equine Hospital. He was euthanized after a rapid decline in his
health as a result of a large mass
present in multiple sinus cavities
and around the optic nerves. The 20
year old stallion had completed his
17th season at Taylor Made
Stallions in Nicholasville, Ky.
where he stood for $60,000.
Unbridled's Song sold for $1.4
million at the 1995 Barretts March
sale, a world-record price for a
horse at a 2-year-olds in training
sale. But buyer Hiroshi Fujita
would back out of the sale because
he said his veterinarian detected a
bone chip in the colt's left front
ankle. Seller Ernie Pargallo and
consignor Taylor Made would dispute that diagnosis, but Paragallo
Summer 2013
said he welcomed the opportunity
to race the promising son of 1990
Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner
Unbridled.
On the track, Unbridled's Song
won the 1995 Breeders' Cup
Juvenile (gr. I) at Belmont Park. At
3, he won the Florida Derby (gr. I)
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and Wood Memorial Stakes (gr. II).
Bred
in
Kentucky
by
Mandysland Farm, Unbridled Song
was out of the Caro mare Trolley
Song. He retired with a record of 54-0 from 12 starts and earnings of
$1,311,800.
He then joined Taylor Made as a
stallion. He is the sire of champions
Midshipman, 2008 champion 2yo
colt, and Embur's Song, Canada's
2011 champion older mare as well
as Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic
(gr. I) winners Unrivaled Belle and
Unbridled Elaine.
From 14 crops to race to date,
Unbridled's Song has sired 730
winners from just over 1,000 lifetime starters, with nearly $90 million in career progeny earnings.
In the sales ring, Unbridled's
Song has had 26 yearlings surpass
$1 million from his first 14 crops.
Sons of Unbridled's Song at stud
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already include sires of grade I
winners in Even the Score and First
Defence, and his daughters have
ranked him among the top broodmare sires, having produced many
grade or group I winners internationally.
In Louisiana he is represented by
leading sires Songandaprayer who
stands at The Stallion Station at
Copper Crown in Opelousas and
Half Ours who stands at Clear
Creek Stud in Folsom; as well as
Honest Man who stands at Red
River Farms, in Coushatta;
Incriminate at Fanlew Farms in
Sarepta; Unbridledsensation at
Louisiana Stallion Station North in
Carencro.
Leading Sire Storm Cat
Dies at Age 30
Leading sire and grade I winner
Storm Cat was euthanized April 24
at Overbrook Farm near Lexington,
Kentucky due to complications of
old age. He was 30.
A son of Storm Bird out of the
stakes-winning mare Terlingua,
Storm Cat was bred and raced by
William T. Young. During his racing career, he captured the G1
Young America Stakes and finished
second in the 1985 G1 Breeders'
Cup
Juvenile
accumulating
$570,610 in career earnings.
Storm Cat retired from racing in
1987 to stand at Overbrook Farm.
After breeding his first book of
mares for a 1988 fee of $30,000.
Over the years his fee rose to as
high as $500,000.
According to Overbrook, Storm
Cat sired earners of over $127 million, eight champions, and 108
graded stakes winners including
winners of the Preakness Stakes
(gr. I), Belmont Stakes (gr. I),
Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), and five
Louisiana Horse
Breeders' Cup races. He topped the
general sire list twice, the juvenile
sire list a record seven times, and
was leading broodmare sire in
2012.
Storm Cat retired from active
stud duties in 2008.
“Storm Cat was a once-in-a-lifetime horse...My father often said
that Storm Cat made him look like
a genius,” Overbrook Farm owner
William T. Young Jr. said in a statement.
Currently 287 sons of Storm Cat
are at stud. Yankee Gentleman
stands at LeMesa Stallions in
Carencro, LA for $5,000. Osidy at
Elite Thoroughbreds for $2,000.
Rainmaker
at
All
Star
Thoroughbreds for $2,000. Art
Museum at Red River Farms for
$1,500.
Jockey Club Forecasts
Dip in 2014 Foal Crop
The Jockey Club is projecting a
2014 North American registered
Thoroughbred foal crop of 22,000,
it was announced Aug. 10 by Matt
Iuliano, the organization's executive vice president and executive
director.
The Jockey Club also announced
downward revisions for the 2012
and 2013 foal crops to 23,500 and
23,000, respectively. The original
projection for both the 2012 and
2013 foal crops was 24,700.
“The revisions to the 2012 and
2013 foal crops are the result of
receiving fewer reports after the
August 1 reporting deadline of
mares being bred,” said Iuliano.
The foal crop projection for
2014 represents a decline of 4.3%
from the revised projection for
2013.
Additional foal crop information
is available in The Jockey Club's
Summer 2013
Online
Fact
Book
at
jockeyclub.com/factbook.asp, and
in the state fact books at jockeyclub.com/statefactbook.asp.
RACING NEWS
Delta Downs Reports
12.5% Handle Spike
Delta Downs closed its 2012-13
Thoroughbred meeting Saturday,
March 23 with healthy gains in
handle throughout the 87-day
stand, which began October 19.
All-sources handle for the season was $141,735,025, up 12.52%
compared with the 2011-12 meeting that produced $125,963,850.
This year's daily average handle
from all sources was $1,629,138, or
13.81% higher than last year's daily
figure of $1,431,407.
The largest portion of increased
handle for this year came off track,
as the daily average simulcast handle during the meet was $1,599,553
compared with last year's figure of
$1,402,708.
The
percentage
increase for daily simulcast handle
was 14.03%.
On-track handle also enjoyed an
increase as local fans averaged
$29,584 in wagers per day, which
was 3.08% better than last year's
number of $28,699.
In all, Delta Downs hosted 897
races during the season which
included a total of 8,139 starters.
The average number of starters per
race was 9.07.
One of the reasons for Delta
Downs' handle success in recent
years has been the development of
the track's signature event, Delta
Downs Jackpot Day. This year
marked the 10th anniversary of the
$1,000,000 Delta Downs Jackpot
(gr. III) race in November and the
live program, which included two
graded stakes races and more than
$2.2 million in total purse money,
produced all-sources handle of
$4,359,362. It was the second-highest single day handle in track history dating to 1973.
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Delta Downs Stakes
Schedule Worth $4.6M
Delta Downs Racetrack &
Casino has released its 2013-14
Thoroughbred stakes schedule,
which includes 32 races and $4.6
million in total purse money.
The highlight of the upcoming
88-day season, which runs from
Oct. 11-March 15, will come Nov.
23. On that Saturday the track will
host eight stakes and offer $2.25
million in total purses including the
11th running of the $1 million
Delta Downs Jackpot (gr. III).
There will be a special post time of
1:15 p.m. CST for the Jackpot program.
Last year's Delta Downs Jackpot
program produced the second-highest single-day pari-mutuel handle
in track history of $4,359,362, only
1.57% less than 2011, when fans
bet a record $4,434,099.
LTBA
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COMPLAINT LINE
There is now a toll free number
available to LTBA members to
report someone violating the Bylaws in reference to the domicile of
mares in the state of Louisiana. A
call is handled anonymously by an
independent answering service.
You will not be asked for your name
or contact number.
When the answering service
receives a complaint, an inspector
will be notified and an independent
investigation will be conducted.
Any infractions will be reported to
the Board of Directors.
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Other highlights of the new
stakes schedule are a pair of prep
races on the third weekend of the
meet.
On Oct. 25 the $150,000 My
Trusty Cat will serve as a prelude to
the $500,000 Delta Downs Princess
(gr. III), and on Oct. 26 the
$200,000 Jean Lafitte will be a
steppingstone to the Jackpot. The
$500,000 Delta Downs Princess
also takes place on the Delta
Downs Jackpot program in
November.
The richest nighttime program
of the season will take place Feb. 1
with another edition of Louisiana
Premier Night. The Saturday card
features 10 stakes for Louisianabred horses and more than $1 million in purses. The highlight is the
$200,000 Louisiana Premier Night
Championship for older horses
competing at 1 1/16 miles.
Live racing will begin each night
during the season at 5:45 p.m.
Minimum Purse for
Graded Stakes to be
Raised
The American Graded Stakes
Committee announced Aug. 12 it
will raise for 2014 the minimum
purse required for a stakes race to
be eligible for grade I or grade II
status.
Minimum purse levels will be
increased by $50,000 for both
grade levels to $300,000 for grade I
stakes and $200,000 for grade II
stakes races. Minimum purses for
grade III, listed, and grade-eligible
stakes races will remain at
$100,000, $75,000 and $75,000,
respectively, for 2014.
Breeders' Cup to Santa
Anita in 2014
For an unprecedented three years
in a row, the Breeders' Cup World
Championships will be returning to
Santa Anita Park in 2014, according to an announcement by
Breeders' Cup officials June 10.
The dates will be Oct. 31-Nov. 1,
2014.
The World Championships drew
89,742 to the Arcadia, Calif., track
in 2012, with total wagering of
$148 million, and the event is
scheduled to be held at Santa Anita
for the seventh time this Nov. 1-2.
The 2014 Breeders' Cup World
Championships will mark the 11th
time the event will be held in
Southern California. In the release,
Breeders' Cup officials indicated
no decisions have been made on
host sites beyond 2014.
Stakes Conditions Tool
on BloodHorse.com
BloodHorse.com announced an
enhanced, Web-based version of
the popular quarterly print supplement National Stakes Conditions
Book on August 22, 2013. The
online tool offers the same comprehensive schedule of stakes races as
provided by The Blood-Horse for
nearly 20 years, but adds the immediate availability of the most current information.
The new tool—accessible on
desktop computers and mobile
devices—features a variety of
searchable categories including
date range, racetrack, age or sex of
the runner, distance, and racing surface. Races can be sorted by region
and search results feature icons
denoting restricted stakes, races
restricted by state-bred status, or as
part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge
"Win and You're In" series.
The web-based National Stakes
Conditions Book can be found at
BloodHorse.com/NSC.
Louisiana Horse
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Borel Headlines Hall of
Fame Class for 2013
Three-time Kentucky Derby (gr.
I)-winning jockey Calvin Borel is
one of six to enter the National
Museum of Racing and Hall of
Fame's 2013 class it was
announced April 26. Equine stars
Invasor, Housebuster, and Lure also
will be enshrined, along with
steeplechase greats McDynamo
and Tuscalee.
A Louisiana native, Borel, 46,
who recorded his 5,000th career
win earlier this year, won the
Kentucky Derby three times in a
four-year span with Street Sense in
2007, Mine That Bird in 2009, and
Super Saver in 2010. He was also
the regular rider of 2009 Horse of
the Year Rachel Alexandra.
Borel's mounts have earned
more than $120 million during his
riding career. He also won the
George Woolf Memorial Jockey
Award in 2010. He has earned riding titles at Churchill Downs,
Oaklawn Park, Ellis Park,
Kentucky Downs, and Delta
Downs.
Delahoussaye Wins Laffit
Pincay Jr. Award
Hall of Fame jockey Eddie
Delahoussaye was presented the
10th annual Laffit Pincay Jr. Award
during the Hollywood Gold Cup
(gr. I) program July 6 at Betfair
Hollywood Park.
Pincay, a member of racing's
Hall of Fame since 1975, will make
the presentation between the fifth
and sixth races.
The Pincay Award is presented
yearly to someone who has served
the sport with integrity, extraordinary dedication, determination, and
distinction.
A native of New Iberia, La.,
Delahoussaye won 6,384 races—
making him one of 17 jockeys with
at least 6,000 wins—during a
career that spanned all or part of
five decades, ending with his retirement in January 2003.
Still active in racing as an
owner-breeder and bloodstock
advisor, Delahoussaye is a director
on the board of the Edwin J.
Gregson Foundation, a non-profit
organization established in 1998 to
develop programs to benefit and
enhance the quality of life of
California's backstretch workers
and their families.
Asmussen Second in
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ahead of Hall of Fame conditioner
Jack Van Berg into second place for
most lifetime training victories
when favored Jake Jourdan romped
home 5 1/4 lengths in front March
28 at Fair Grounds Race Course &
Slots.
The victory was number 6,418
for the 47-year-old Asmussen.
Asmussen is an 11-time Fair
Grounds training champion and
leads the current standings at the
New Orleans oval.
The late West Virginia-based
trainer Dale Baird, killed in a car
crash in 2007 at age 72, remains the
world’s all-time leading conditioner with 9,445 winners over a 46year career.
Kentucky gets $6 million
in case settlement
Kentucky officials announced
June 19 that the state is receiving
$6.075 million in an online poker
case settlement.
Kentucky officials filed a lawsuit
in 2008 to seize 141 domain names
that allegedly were involved in illegal internet gambling in the state.
Later, Kentucky joined lawsuits
filed by federal prosecutors against
some of the same internet domain
names in the Kentucky case. The
settlement is between Kentucky
and those prosecutors, the state
announced.
Beshear said the funds would be
put in the state’s General Fund.
The settlement far from ends the
issues of online poker and Internet
gambling. Churchill Downs Inc.
hopes to conduct online gambling
if it is legalized by Congress and/or
individual states.
Illinois House Approves
ADW Bill
Advance deposit wagering in
Illinois, illegal in the state since the
first of the year due to failed legislation, moved one step closer to
finally being restored as lawmakers
in the Illinois House passed a measure to renew electronic wagering.
On Sunday, May 26, lawmakers
passed a bill by a vote of 90-18 to
restore ADW in Illinois through the
end of the year, according to the
Quad City Times. The measure
now heads to the Illinois Senate for
consideration.
The state has already lost out on
revenue from wagering on the
Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
According to the article, in 2012,
taxes generated from ADWs generated some $1.8 million for the state.
A recent state audit showed that
racetracks did not receive any of
the $115 million that was supposed
to offset a loss in revenue when
casinos opened in the state.
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Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association Board Of Directors Meetings Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
June 7, 2013
Landry’s Seafood Restaurant, Lakefront
New Orleans, Louisiana
Directors Present:
Jay Adcock
Brett Brinkman
Charlotte Clavier
Jake Delhomme
Jeff Delhomme
Dr. Dexter Gary
Nathan Granger
Michelle LaVoice
Neal McFadden
Jim Montgomery
Val Murrell
Keith Myers
Lora Pitre
Michelle Rodriguez
Directors Absent:
None
Others Present:
Terry Adcock
Therese Arroyo
Julie Calzone
Billie Jo Courville
Roger Heitzmann III
Mary McFadden
Linda McLellan
Natalie Montgomery
Loretta Romero
Alison Wallis
Dr. Dexter Gary called the meeting to order and asked Loretta
Romero to call the roll. A quorum was present and the meeting
was ready to proceed with business.
Charlotte Clavier led us in prayer.
Minutes of April 10, 2013:
Val Murrell made a motion to have the attorney condense the minutes to read without the personal comments. Val asked if we could
look into purchasing a better device to record because he listened
to the tapes in the past and couldn’t understand the voices. After
discussion on the equipment used to record the minutes the board
decided to have Roger and Dexter review the minutes without the
personal comments and forward a copy to the board.
Roger said he and Billie were working with Travis, a technician at
Evangeline Downs, on exploring a new recording device to handle
our meetings.
Minutes of May 7, 2013 – Teleconference Meeting:
Val Murrell made a motion to approve the teleconference minutes
as written as well as the minutes of the April 10, 2013 meeting
with the discussed changes. The board made a unanimous decision
to approve the minutes of both meetings.
Roger explained the black type changes concerning a double
restriction and a minimum race quality score requirement for its
age/sex division.
Roger notified the board that the ballots for the Board of Directors
Election were mailed on June 3, 2013 and will be counted on July
1, 2013. The approved list was sent to True Ballot with the members of the Membership Committee also receiving a copy.
The number of nominations received to the Elge Rasberry and
A.L. “Red” Erwin Memorial stakes were given to the board.
Roger notified the Board that Stallion Awards were to be mailed
in the first week of August.
Lora Pitre made a motion to enter into Executive Session.
Michelle Rodriguez seconded the motion which was unanimously
approved.
Lora made a motion to exit Executive Session. Charlotte Clavier
seconded the motion which was approved by all. No official business was voted on in executive session.
Lora Pitre moved that the law firm Jones & Walker be hired at an
initial budget not to exceed $10,000 to research Articles and ByLaws of the Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana and how they
apply to the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association and
members of its board. Jake Delhomme seconded the motion,
which was voted on and passed unanimously.
Roger read a letter from Ms. Bettie Guidry concerning the industry and the problems she personally was experiencing. The board
discussed the letter, but no action was taken.
Committee Reports:
Technology: Keith Meyers – Chairman.
Keith reported after meeting with Raj Shetye, staff, and others that
we needed to control the computer system in house. He reported
that the server, our cloud and all information should be available
and accessible to management. He reported that Raj met with
Rodney Frisard and the meeting went well. It was also reported
that we are currently looking into the capabilities of the system
that we currently use. We may have additional capabilities that
may not have been explored.
Michele Rodriguez made a motion to allocate $35,000 to use on
upgrading the current computer system as needed. Charlotte seconded the motion, which was voted on and all were in favor.
Greg Romig presented the board with the results of our annual
audit.
Greg explained our operating revenues and the best practices and
needs for improvement for our non-profit association.
He suggested seeking a corporate attorney to review the Articles
of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Breeders Sales Company of
Louisiana since Mr. Paul Bonin obtained them in 1988.
The board decided to address this subject later in the meeting.
Finance & Audit: Charlotte Clavier – Chairperson.
Charlotte reported on the timing and trending issues. The board
discussed the expenditures of the association and Charlotte made
a motion that when the board engages a budget review at the
August meeting, if what is spent is trending to over 10% of the
budgeted amount or greater than $1000 the board will address the
issue. Michelle LaVoice seconded the motion, which was voted on
and passed unanimously.
Progress report was presented by Roger Heitzmann. Roger stated
the lobbyist did a good job at the last session. The annual meeting
will be held Saturday June 8 in the Black Gold room. Seventy-five
members responded to the notices.
Legends Night will be on July 6, 2013 at Evangeline Downs and
Louisiana Cup Day will be held on August 17, 2013 at Louisiana
Downs. The board discussed the need to increase participation in
our annual meetings.
The membership forms, accreditation forms, and Breeders Sale
Company of Louisiana Consignor Contracts were mailed.
Breeders Sales Company: Val Murrell – Chairman.
Dexter Gary asked the records to show all board members with a
conflict of interest with the Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana
left the meeting room during the discussion of the upcoming sale.
Val introduced Daren English as our new director of sales. Darin
said he traveled around our state and received all positive responses.
Summer 2013
By-Law Committee: Neal McFadden – Chairman
Nothing to report at this time
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Events Committee: Michelle LaVoice – Chairperson
Government Affairs: Nathan Granger – Chairman
Grievance Committee: Brett Brinkman – Chairman
Inspection Committee: Jim Montgomery – Chairman
Membership and Nominating Committee: Lora Pitre –
Chairperson
Salary and Benefit Committee: - Michele Rodriguez –
Chairperson
New Business:
Charlotte Clavier made a motion to assist Evangeline Downs in
the cost of the production of TVG for Legends Night for an
amount of $5000. Michele Rodriguez seconded the motion, which
was voted on and passed unanimously.
Old Business:
Charlotte explained she was contacted again by the Southern
Regional 4H and F.F.A. to sponsor this event. Val Murrell made a
motion to pledge $1000 to the event. Charlotte Clavier seconded
this motion, voted on and passed.
The board discussed the need to have a retreat again this year prior
to our board meeting. It is tentatively scheduled for August 16,
2013 at 10:30 a.m.
Date, Time, and Place of next Board of Directors Meeting.
The next meeting is set for August 16, 2013 in Shreveport,
Louisiana. The time and place of the next board meeting will be
determined upon availability.
There being no further business to come before the board of directors, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted,
Roger Heitzmann III, Secretary/ Treasurer
Teleconference Meeting Minutes
May 7, 2013, 1:30 P.M.
Directors Present:
Jay Adcock
Brett Brinkman
Charlotte Clavier
Jake Delhomme
Jeff Delhomme
Nathan Granger
Michelle LaVoice
Neal McFadden
Jim Montgomery
Loretta Romero
Val Murrell
Lora Pitre
Michele Rodriguez
Directors Absent:
Dr. Dexter Gary
Others Present:
Therese Arroyo
Roger Heitzmann III
Alison Wallis
The teleconference meeting was called to order by Michele
Rodriguez.
Michele asked Roger Heitzmann III to conduct the meeting.
Summer 2013
Roger asked the board to review the list mailed out to them concerning the associate members and the voting members. After discussion Lora Pitre made a motion to approve the voting list.
Michele Rodriguez seconded this motion which was voted on and
passed all in favor.
Lora Pitre made a motion to approve the new membership form.
Neal McFadden seconded the motion which was voted on and
passed unanimously.
Lora Pitre made a motion to approve the new accreditation form.
Neal McFadden seconded the motion which was voted on and
passed unanimously.
Val Murrell stated the fees were discussed in regards to the
Breeders Sales Company of Louisiana at the last meeting however there was not a motion. Val Murrell made a motion to ratify the
changes of fees for the BSCOL. Brett Brinkman seconded the
motion which was voted on and passed.
Old Business:
Alison Wallis asked the minutes to reflect her written opinion she
gave regarding Neal McFadden. Alison Wallis requested that it be
noted in these minutes that she stated at the board meeting on
April 10, 2013, that the bylaws should be interpreted that Neal
McFadden should complete the term of Corky Pleasant. However,
after careful review of the articles of incorporation and the bylaws,
it is her professional opinion that the board’s appointment of Neal
McFadden to the board of directors lasts only until the next vote
of the members.
New Business:
Theresa Arroyo needs hours of directors participation in business.
Discussions were held by the board concerning the cost of associate membership. Nathan Granger made a motion to table these
ideas until figures can be studied at a later date. Michele
Rodriguez seconded this motion which was voted on all in favor.
Adjournment: The teleconference meeting was adjourned at 2:00
P.M.
Minutes prepared by:
Roger Heitzmann III
April 10, 2013 1:00 P.M.
Evangeline Downs, John Henry Room
Opelousas, Louisiana
Directors Present:
Brett Brinkman
Charlotte Clavier
Jake Delhomme
Jeff Delhomme
Dr. Dexter Gary
Nathan Granger
Michelle LaVoice
Neal McFadden
Jim Montgomery
Val Murrell
Keith Myers
Lora Pitre
Michele Rodriguez
Directors Absent:
Jay Adcock
Others Present:
Therese Arroyo
Julie Calzone
Billie Jo Courville
Sunny Francois
Roger Heitzmann III
Linda McLellan
Allen Peltier
Loretta Romero
Alison Wallis
Mike Whitler
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Neal McFadden made a motion to approve the minutes of the
Board of Directors meeting held on February 5, 2013 as corrected. Jim Montgomery seconded the motion which was voted on
Nathan Granger made a motion to approve the minutes of the
Board of Directors Teleconference meeting held on March 4,
2013. Neal McFadden seconded the motion which was voted on
Roger Heitzmann reported to the board on the LTBA's activities
since the last meeting.
(1) The ballot for TOBA candidates and Horse of the year 2012
are in each director's folder.
(2) The open race breeder awards were balanced and will be distributed for both the Fair Grounds and Delta Downs at the appropriate time.
(3) The annual meeting will be held in New Orleans, June 8, 2013
in the Black Gold Room at the Fair Grounds race course.
(4) The annual audit is currently underway.
(5) Progress is being made on the computer system negotiations
and a more aggressive approach may be necessary.
(6) A more detailed technology report will be given later in the
meeting.
Roger called on Nathan Granger to report on the Acadiana Caucus
luncheon held at the capitol in Baton Rouge and attended by
Nathan, Charlotte Clavier, Jake Delhomme, Tom Early, Dexter
Gary, Michelle LaVoice, Val Murrell, Keith Myers, Roger
Heitzmann, and Therese Arroyo. The LTBA delegation was well
received with positive feedback for the breeding industry. Nathan
noted there were more legislator attendees than ever. The caucus
was addressed by Nathan Granger, Jake Delhomme, Keith Myers
and Dr. Dexter Gary to positive responses.
Roger continued with his report that Mr. Clay Ryder of Ryder
River Ridge Farm had be asked to address the board re: written
complaints about alleged neglect of thoroughbreds on that farm,
but a text message had been received stating on the advice of his
attorney he (Mr. Clay Ryder) would not be attending the meeting.
The status of the current sales stakes to be run at Louisiana Downs
will require OTB funds to maintain the current purse structure.
Sunny Francois was called upon for a brief technology update.
Contract negotiations are continuing. More is being learned about
the capabilities of the current system. Online membership forms
are available on the LTBA website with the ability to accept electronic payment.
Dr. Gary thanked Keith Myers for his helpful involvement on the
Technology Committee.
The minutes reflect Michelle Rodriquez arrived.
Roger informed the board that billing for accreditations (currently
offered) is not cost effective if added to the computer contract. The
board then discussed the pros and cons of billing with considerations for time, postage costs, etc. Upon completion of the discussion, Neal McFadden made a motion for the LTBA to require the
necessary payment with the foal accreditation application form.
The LTBA will no longer bill for accrediting foals as in the past
with a billing option. Charlotte Clavier seconded the motion,
which was voted on and passed unanimously.
Roger sent the board a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Clay Ryder of
Ryder River Ridge Farm mandating his presence at our meeting.
The LTBA has received written and verbal complaints about
alleged neglect of thoroughbreds located on his property. Lora
Pitre made a motion to expel Clay Ryder’s membership as well as
the membership of Ryder River Ridge Farm from the LTBA for
failure to answer the complaint. Mr. Ryder does have the right to
appeal. Keith Myers seconded the motion, which was voted on
and passed unanimously. Roger suggested to the board that attorney Alison Wallis writes the letter to Clay Ryder concerning his
expulsion.
Dexter Gary asked Roger Heitzmann to announce the results of
the TOBA representative for the year 2012 as voted on by the
board. Roger announced that Coteau Grove Farms, LLC has been
chosen. Roger also announced that the board has voted Brittlyn
Stables homebred Star Guitar as the 2012 Horse of the Year.
Committee Reports:
Breeders Sales Company: Val Murrell – Chairman
The chairman of the committee expressed that a sales representative should be hired again to promote our annual yearling sale and
suggested Carol Murray who served in that position last year. Val
also noted that a new sales director is needed to be hired to replace
Tom Early. After a significant discussion it was determined and
agreed that budgetary limitations would only allow the hiring of
one individual, who would serve as sales director and representative. After still more discussion, Val made the motion to have
Roger Heitzmann hire a sales director as he deemed necessary
after consultation with the Sales Committee. Keith Myers sug-
THANK YOU LTBA FOR 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE LOUISIANA BREEDER
Thank you
Louisiana Thoroughbred
Breeders Association
for
50 Years of Service
The Don Stemans Family
Summer 2013
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gested that any salary should consist of a base pay plus incentives.
This was voted on and passed by eligible voters.
By-Law Committee: Neal McFadden – Chairman.
No report.
Events Committee: Michelle LaVoice – Chairperson.
Michelle reported the next event would be the annual meeting at
the Fair Grounds in June. Michele Rodriguez addressed the
Champions Day Dinner Dance party and the possibility of it moving to a different location due to lack of attendance. Jake
Delhomme suggested we change it to a one day event and possibly having it on Saturday afternoon in conjunction with the races
at the Fair Grounds like they currently do with Starlight Racing.
Therese reported having it all on the same day would save the
association approximately $30,000. The committee will talk to the
Fair Grounds about changes and report to the board.
Charlotte reported the following:
1. First Quarter Financials and Audit will be presented at the June
meeting.
2. Audit is ongoing now – Jose Aponte III CPA with Laporte is
the lead auditor his direct contact number is 1-504-835-5522 ext
3186 if you have any questions.
3. Conflict of Interest – we discussed with Jose that there is little
in the way of guidance in the law currently but that CPAs are trying to determine “Best Practices”, after much discussion we propose that is in event proprietary information or discussion is to
take place, we should go into executive session. Those excluded
from the vote should leave the room and the vote taken in executive session. A report after executive session to the decision will
be to the whole board.
Charlotte made a motion to no longer accept checks if the maker
has presented the LTBA with two or more NSF checks previously. Neal McFadden seconded this motion, which was voted on and
passed unanimously. Loretta Romero asked that the satellite
offices could receive a list of these names so they don’t accept
these checks. Therese said they would provide a list to the staff at
our monthly staff meeting.
The board entered into a lengthy discussion about vacancies on the
board.
Neal McFadden asked Alison if he was fulfilling Corky Pleasant’s
unexpired term or would he have to run for election. Alison
replied; “you will need to run again”. Alison said she read it earlier and was reviewing it now. Alison stated if people get elected on
their own they serve 3 years otherwise they serve until the next
annual vote by members.
The board entered into a lengthy discussion about vacancies and
unexpired terms. Neal explained he believed he would fill Corky’s
unexpired term and asked Alison to again review the by-laws.
Alison took a moment to review.
Then Alison stated “Neal was correct” he should serve Corky’s
unexpired term and there would be 5 board positions available.
Therese Arroyo read a note about the nominations to the board.
Charlotte Clavier nominated Glen Bernard and Lora Pitre nominated Pierre (Rocky) Landry III.
There are 5 current board members seeking re-election: Dr. Dexter
Gary, Jim Montgomery, Brett Brinkman, Charlotte Clavier, and
Jeff Delhomme.
Salary & Benefits: Michele Rodriguez – Chairperson.
Nothing to report
Technology: Keith Myers – Chairman.
The reports were given earlier at the meeting.
Old Business:
None noted
New Business:
None noted
Date, Time, and Place of next Board of Directors meeting.
The next meeting was set for June 7, 2013 in New Orleans,
Louisiana at 4:00 P.M at Landry’s on the Lakefront.
Roger Heitzmann III, Secretary/ Treasurer
Governmental Affairs: Nathan Granger – Chairman.
Nathan reported earlier at the meeting.
Brett Brinkman arrived at the meeting.
Grievance Committee: Brett Brinkman – Chairman
No report
Membership & Nominating: Lora Pitre – Chairperson.
Lora Pitre made a motion to go into executive session.
Neal McFadden seconded the motion.
Executive session started at 3:11 P.M. and returned at 3:42 P.M.
Lora reported on the Board of Directors Election Schedule.
April 10, 2013 – Nominations due from membership committee
April 19, 2013 – Send letter to membership announcing nominees
and asking for nominees from the membership
May 10, 2013 – Nominees due from membership with resume and
picture
June 3, 2013 – Mail ballots and resumes no later than this date
July 1, 2013 – Count Ballots
Summer 2013
March 4, 2013 1:00 P.M.
Teleconference Meeting
Directors Present:
Jay Adcock
Brett Brinkman
Charlotte Clavier
Jake Delhomme
Jeff Delhomme
Dr. Dexter Gary
Nathan Granger
Michelle La Voice
Neal McFadden
Jim Montgomery
Val Murrell
Lora Pitre
Directors Absent:
Michele Rodriguez
Others Present:
Therese Arroyo
Julie Calzone
Roger Heitzmann III
Loretta Romero
Alison Wallis
The meeting was called to order by Dr. Dexter Gary.
Dexter Gary reported the need to discuss matters pertaining to the
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upcoming legislative session and the need for a lobbyist to protect
the interests of the Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
The board entered into a discussion to act on a proposal of hiring
a lobbyist for our association.
Julie Calzone reported on the information the Government Affairs
committee had received and recommended the firm of Haynie and
Associates. Julie explained the three important issues concerning
tax exemptions for the horse industry that was under review. Julie
stated this group was really strong in Baton Rouge and represented Churchill Downs and Caesar’s properties. No paid employee of
the association can be hired as a lobbyist.
Charlotte Clavier made a motion to accept the recommendations
of the Government Affairs committee and Julie Calzone, and enter
into an agreement with Haynie and Associates for a period of four
months at the price of $25,000, plus any tax required by IRS rules
and regulations. Val Murrell seconded this motion. A roll call vote
was taken by Loretta Romero with the results being 12 yeas and 1
abstaining vote by board member Lora Pitre.
February 5, 2013 1:00 P.M.
Evangeline Downs
Opelousas, Louisiana
Directors Present:
Jay Adcock
Brett Brinkman
Charlotte Clavier
Jake Delhomme
Jeff Delhomme
Dr. Dexter Gary
Nathan Granger
Michelle La Voice
Neal McFadden
Jim Montgomery
Val Murrell
Lora Pitre
Michele Rodriguez
Roger Heitzmann asked about the possibility in the future of having conflicting interests between the groups being represented by
the same lobbying firm. It was discussed that the rules governing
lobbyists would apply if this were to happen.
Other business:
Neal McFadden reported that the Livestock and Sanitary Board
had received information that a horse sale was seeking permission
to be conducted in St Tammany parish in the city of Bush. Neal
will bring more information to the next meeting.
Adjournment: The teleconference meeting was adjourned at 1:30 P.M.
Minutes prepared by:
Roger Heitzmann III
Directors Absent:
Keith Myers
Others Present:
Judy Agular
Therese Arroyo
Rob Byrne
Julie Calzone
Billie Jo Courville
Bobby Duhon
Roger Heitzmann III
Tommy Hewett
I. Lee Lange
Linda McLellan
Beverly Maynard
Nathalie Montgomery
Jerry Newgebaver
Pat Newgebaver
Allen Peltier
Patrick Richmond
Victoria Richmond
Loretta Romero
Raj Shetya
Randel Stutes
Czarina Walker
Alison Wallis
Mike Whitler
LTBA
ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT
LINE
There is now a toll free number available to LTBA members to report someone violating the By-laws in reference
to the domicile of mares in the state of Louisiana. A call
is handled anonymously by an independent answering
service. You will not be asked for your name or contact
number.
When the answering service receives a complaint, an
inspector will be notified and an independent investigation will be conducted.
Any infractions will be reported to the Board of Directors.
1-866-854-3773
Summer 2013
Charlotte Clavier made a motion to approve the minutes of the
Board of Directors meeting held on December 6, 2012. Michele
Rodriguez seconded the motion which was voted on and passed
unanimously.
Roger Heitzmann explained the progress the organization was
making.
Louisiana Champions Day was a success with the military presence and we will continue to support our troops again next year.
Roger added a once a month staff meeting to keep all offices aware
of current and future happenings.
The office mailed out 1099’s, Horse of the Year Ballots, and Out
of State Breeders awards. The 2015 Louisiana Futurity had 629
nominations this year which is very close to last year’s count.
TOBA candidates will be chosen at the next meeting.
Roger reported the membership was declining. Lora Pitre suggested the associate membership cost be lowered. Nathan Granger
suggested we revisit the criteria of membership to enlarge the
membership.
Czarina Walker made a presentation on the functional specifications for a new LTBA computer system. The next step will be the
design plans which will be ready next week for the technology
committee to review. The board discussed the internal side which
will allow us to follow the horse and not the owners.
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Raj Shetya was our next guest who was invited by Keith Myers to
speak to the board about the new computer system. Raj explained
the need for a contract to be in place with the different boundaries
to protect our transition such as servers, host, backup and recovery
for the new system. Raj volunteered to look at our contract and projected budget for the association.
Sunny Francois reported on the update to our current system. The
test portal was in place for the online membership form on the
internet web-site. Michele La Voice made a motion to accept
Sunny’s presentation on the implementation of the online membership form using Pal Pay. Charlotte Clavier seconded the motion and
the motion passed unanimously.
Julie Calzone presented a selection of web-site changes and
requested that the staff and board of directors fill out the questionnaire and return it to her office.
Patrick Richmond, the President of the Louisiana Horse Rescue
Association addressed the board asking for their assistance in
obtaining a standard of care to be adopted for equines. Patrick
thanked the board for prior donations made to Louisiana Horse
Rescue and requested that the LTBA amend their by-laws to allow
breeder’s awards be held and escrowed for members not in good
standing.
Dexter Gary said no disciplinary action could be taken unless a
written complaint was received and the matter has been resolved in
court.
Lora Pitre made a motion to send a letter to Clay Ryder @ Ryder
River Ridge asking him to address the concerns and complaints
received by the office at the next Board of Directors Meeting.
Charlotte Clavier seconded the motion, which was voted on and
passed unanimously.
Linda McLellan made a presentation to the board on changes to be
made in the future to Louisiana Horse Magazine. Linda announced
this is the 50th year edition and asked for pictures or articles of
interest to be sent to her.
in the amount of $5.00 in order to implement Pay Pal on our online
web site. Michele Rodriguez seconded this motion, which was
voted on and passed unanimously.
Charlotte Clavier made a motion to approve the financial report as
present to the board. Lora Pitre seconded the motion, which was
voted on and passed unanimously.
Governmental Affairs: Nathan Granger – Chairman.
Nathan stated the sales tax exemptions currently being scrutinized
in Baton Rouge is being monitored and reminded the board of the
Acadian Caucus luncheon on April 9, 2013.
Val Murrell made a motion to hire a lobbyist to protect our interest.
No action taken.
Grievance Committee: Brett Brinkman – Chairman.
Brett reported on the committee’s findings concerning the fee
schedule for violations. The board entered into discussion concerning the fees and criteria for violations. Nathan Granger made a
motion for the chairman of both the inspection and grievance committees along with the President of the association meet to review
violations make a ruling and then send to the Board for approval.
Jay Adcock seconded the motion, which was voted on and passed
unanimously.
Inspection Committee: Jim Montgomery – Chairman.
Jim Montgomery made a motion to go into Executive Session. Neal
McFadden seconded the motion.
The board returned to regular session.
Allison Wallis reported Mike Whitler’s contract was reviewed and
approved.
Membership & Nominating: Lora Pitre – Chairperson.
No report.
The annual meeting will be set for June 8th at the Fair Grounds
Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Salary & Benefits: Michele Rodriguez- Chairperson.
Michele reported that the $150,000 requested from the key man life
policy that was to be used in the 2012 budget was not distributed
until 2013. The actual amount received in 2013 was 121,016.13
which was the maximum amount the LTBA could receive without
dipping into the policy.
Committee Reports:
Technology: Keith Myers – Chairman.
The reports were given earlier at the meeting.
Breeders Sales Company: Val Murrell – Chairman.
No report
Old Business:
None noted
By-Law Committee: Neal McFadden – Chairman.
No report
New Business:
Mr. Rob Byrne presented an update on the share holder meeting for
the Equine Sales of Louisiana.
Events Committee: Michelle La Voice – Chairperson.
Michelle informed the board that Delta Downs split the costs of the
t-shirts on Premiere Night and everyone who attended had a great
time.
Charlotte reported on the financial statements and budgets for the
association. Michelle La Voice made a motion to accept the La
Horse magazine budget as reported. Charlotte Clavier seconded the
motion which was voted on and passed unanimously.
Keith Myers volunteered to have our coverage on commercial
insurance, liability insurance and auto insurance reviewed and any
changes will be sent to the board before our next meeting.
The board entered into a discussion about the financials and a
motion was made by Charlotte Clavier to add a convenience charge
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Lora Pitre made a motion to waive the penalty on accreditation fees
on horses adopted by Louisiana Horse Rescue from Ryder River
Ridge Farm and allow them to register for the fee of $25.00
Charlotte Clavier seconded the motion, which was voted on and
passed unanimously.
Date, Time, and Place of next Board of Directors meeting.
The next meeting was set for April 10, 2013 in Opelousas,
Louisiana at 1:00 P.M.
Roger Heitzmann III, Secretary / Treasurer
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NIGHT DIAMOND 11
NOT YOUR DAY
NURSE EMMIELLE
O
OCEAN EXPRESS 11
ODESSEY DAWN
OLE PETE
ON MOONLIGHT BAY
ONE MAGIC SCENE
OUR NEW EMPIRE 11
P
PARKERS NITE OUT
PASS 'EM UP
PASTOR BILLY G
PERSIMMON PRINCESS
PICAROON
PICK A PEACH
PLATINUM LADY
PLEDGE PIN
POCKET THUNDER
POQUITO
PORTLY
PRADO'S EMPRESS
PRINCESS SWEET PEA
PRIVATE SUNSHINE
PUMMILL
Q
QUEEN NOLA
QUIET BANDITE
R
R JONES SEMPER FI
RAMOS RUNFURME
RASCAL
REBEL FROM ABOVE
RED HILL ROAD
RED RIVER
REPO ZEST 11
RIDGE WAKI
RIDING WITH ANGELS
ROAN LEGACY
ROBERT E. LEE
ROCKET REBEL
ROOKIE DOO
ROWDY RICHARD
RUGGED ANDY
S
SAINT DOMINIC
SAINTS VISION
SALTY'S OFFICER
SAMMIE'S TOUCH
SARAH'S MY ANGEL 11
SASSY ENCOUNTER
SAX SYMPHONY
SHAWN JUNIOR
SHEERED
SHOW BIZ SMITH
SILKY LADY
SINFULLY GOOD
SMITTYS RAZRHAWK
SOLO BUENA
STREAMLINER
STROLLINTHEBIGEASY
SUDDEN STRIKE
SUPADUPAMAN
SURGATE
SWEEPING HOURS 11
SWEET ALICE BENBOW
SWEET LI WINNING
SWEET MIMI
SWEETWATER SKY
T
TEDIOUS
TETON PARTY TIME
TIME TO EMBRACE
TONY WINNER
TOP DOLL
TWIN CITY DIVA
TWISPY MISTY
U
UNCLE BIRD
UNCOMMON QUEEN 11
UP A NOTCH
V
VALID AGENDA
W
WAYWARD SPIRIT
WILD DREAMS OF U
WORDLY DREAMER
X
X STRAWDNAIR 11
Y
YANK'S DIVA
YANKEE GAMBLER
YANKEE HUNTER
YES IT'S A FACT
YESIMDREAMING
Z
ZILKER PARK
2014
Eligibles for the
2014 Louisiana
Futurity to be
held at the
Fair Grounds.
A
AC'S BLACKCAT 12
AFTER THREE
AIRPLANE SLIM
ALIX M 12
ALWAYS ON THE GO 12
ALWAYS TWINING 12
ANGELIC DEED 12
ANGELOF GETTYSBURG
ANOTHERHAPPYENDING 12
ASAREER 12
AYALA STRAND 12
B
B GENE 12
BABY BRYNN ALYSSA
BARSANTI 12
BEAUALLIS 12
BEAUTIFUL BERTHA
BEGUE 12
BERIGHT 12
BERTIE'S MYTH
C
CARNIVAL TIME
CARTOGRAPHER
CASA MIMATY 12
CASUAL FEAT 12
CAT'S CANDY RIDE 12
CATCHHERIFUCAN 12
CHAMPAGNE TRUFFLES 12
CHARLIE ATLAS
CHARLOMAINE 12
CHERRY BOUNCE
CHICOT ROAD
CLASSIC BEAR
CLASSIC LANDON
CLASSY YANKEE
CLOSER TO RUSTON
COFRESI TESORO 12
COVER GIRL ELLE 12
COXSWAIN
CRANBERRY SAUCE 12
CRYPTO CREAM 12
CUBS FAN 12
CUP RACER 12
CZAREVNA 12
D
DAISY FOR RUBIANO 12
DALTONS PORTO
DELUSIONAL K K
DEPUTY ROYAL 12
DEVILISH CANDY 12
DIXIE BREES
DIXIELAND DANCER 12
DON'T RUFFLE ME 12
DREAM EXTREME 12
DYNAMIC IDEA
DYRCE 12
E
EL YEAH 12
ELK HOLLERING 12
ELLENSBURG 12
ELLIE BOO 12
ELLIE GEE 12
ESTELLA ELLA 12
ETOILE PETITE 12
EVEN STREET
EX WIVES
EXPLOITED KRIS 12
F
FAIRYLAND LUSTRE 12
FALL FLOWER 12
FANTASY QUEEN
FICKLE FANNY 12
FLEET JUSTICE 12
FLIP PIT
FLIPPANT 12
FLY BROTHER FLY
FORTY BABES 12
FORTY SMILES 12
FOUR LEAF CHIEF
FOXY LEGGS 12
FRISKY ROCKET 12
G
GABBY'S GOT GRACE
GALLOP'S GREATNESS
GATORIZE 12
GEIGER GEISHA 12
GENTILLY LACE 12
GENTLEMAN JAKE
GENUINE MISS 12
GINGERTINI
GO SEE DADDY 12
GRABLE 12
GRAND FAIS DO DO
GRANDE BASIN
GRAYSON'S YANKEE
H
HALIBURTON HONEY 12
HARRY LONG LEGS
HEAVENLY PAL
HIDE THE HALO 12
HOLLY BEACH 12
HOLLYHOCKS 12
HOLY LOVE 12
HOPE'S TRIUMPH 12
HOT SERVE 12
HOT YANKEE
I
I'MAVIKINGPRINCESS 12
IDA MARIA 12
IDESHINE
IGETTOGO
IHAVEMYEYEONYOU 12
IMPERTINENCE 12
IMPRESSIVE STAR 12
IMPULSIVE BANDIT
IN THE WILD 12
INCLINATION 12
INDIAN PAINTBRUSH 12
INFINITE MOMENT 12
INTERRUPTION 12
INTIMIDATING LADY
IRISH REACH 12
IRISH SALUTE
J
JACK AND THE QUEEN
JACK IN THE POPS
JACKSON'S G G
JACYMARA 12
JAX BE QUICK
JAXONS GRAND
JAZZNWITHCANDY 12
JUDY'S TURN TO FLY 12
JUST CALL ME JANET 12
JUST KISSING BUCK
K
KALILA STAR
KALOOKAN LESSIE 12
KAMARLA 12
KAT GODDESS 12
KATLIN'S ROCKET 12
KEEP'EM FLYING
KIAWAH'S MAGIC 12
KING'S MISSION
KISSES FOR SUGAH
L
LA MISMA 12
LA PETITE JUSTICE 12
LA SALLE GLORY 12
LADY TOULOUSE 12
LADY YANKEE 12
LAINES HOWDY DOODY
LANDING MAN
LAVENDER 12
LE CORDON BLEU 12
LEAN AND MEAN
LEAVETHETIP
LET US BE GLAD
LETITHAPPENTIGER 12
LIKE A BUTTERFLY 12
LOCHLIN SLEW 12
LOUISIANA BROWN
LOUISIANA LACE 12
LOVE THAT RUSTON
LOVELY POINT
LOYALAMBIC 12
LUCKY HALEY 12
LYDICUS
M
MAGIC POWER 12
MAJESTIC REPORT 12
MANDY 12
MARIA ELENA 12
MCCONNELL SPRINGS 12
MELISMA 12
MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING 12
MINACIOUS 12
MIND BLOWING 12
MIRACLES YANKEE
MISO SMOOTH
MISS BEAN WAH 12
MISS MARNI 12
MISS RUSTON
MISSONI 12
MISSY'S LION TAMER
MODEL PERFORMER 12
MONTANIS 12
MOODY WOMAN 12
MR. RUSTON
MUST BE A NIGHTMARE
MY ELLE PRADA 12
MY GABBY GIRL
MY GAL CHARLIE
MYSTERY AT SEA 12
MYSTERY ST. 12
N
NANNY'S PEACH
NEVER CAN TELL 12
NO BLARNEY 12
NOCHE DE GUARDIA 12
NORA JEAN
O
ON A HOLY SATURDAY
ON BROADWAY 12
OPEN SKIES 12
OUR NEW EMPIRE 12
OVAL 12
P
PARKDALE 12
PASSION FOR WORDS 12
PETE'S FLAIR 12
PETTIT 12
PO HUCKIE
PORTONESS
POWDERJAY 12
PRIMARY MOTIVE 12
PRINCESS FARRAH
PRIVATE JOSHUA G
PRIVATE PROMISE
PRODUCTION PROMISE
PUCKTASTIC
PYRITE RAIN 12
R
REBEL ANNIE
REBIRTH 12
RED CARPET DIVA 12
RED RIVER ROMANCE
REDWOOD ROSE 12
REGAL FLING 12
RIVER CACHE 12
ROOTIE TOOT
RUE BELLAMY
S
SADIE JANE
SAINT AUBIN 12
SALUTETHEPRINCESS
SAMMIE SAM 12
SARAH CAN RUN 12
SARAH'S MY ANGEL 12
SARAH'S PEAK 12
SASSY ME 12
SCINTILLATING 12
SEASIDE AFFAIR 12
SEATTLE DIVA
SEISMIC SILENCE
SHAKOPEE 12
SHEDROW COCKTAILS
SHIMMERING LACE 12
SHOWTIME SPECIAL 12
SHY EDA 12
SILVER BRIDE 12
SMILE N BETSY 12
SO BIG
SOCCORY 12
SOCORRO COUNTY 12
SOME CAME RUNNING 12
SOONER FEVER 12
SOPHIE'S CAT 12
SPANISH ICE 12
SPREADING THE NEWS 12
STANFORD REUNION 12
STAR CELEBRITY 12
STAR OF GLORY 12
STARIA 12
STOLEN GEM 12
STORM WITCH 12
STREET BLUES
STRETCH A MAN
STRONG CURRENCY
SWEET ON AMBER
SWEETERTHANTHEDAY 12
SWIFT LISA
SWIFTY VICTRESS 12
SWINGTIME MUSIC 12
T
TACTICAL INFO 12
TACTICAL PLUS 12
TASTE OF APPROVAL 12
TEE TWO
TEX'S MISTRESS 12
THE LADY EXCAVATE 12
THE PICKETT FACTOR
THEYPLAYINGOURSONG
THISTLE BEAR 12
TOMMEYESGOLD 12
TOP AFLEET
TOUGH KICKS
TRIMMED
BIRDPARISHANMCHALE
BLUEYED LASS 12
BODIDIT
BOJANGLE'S CAT 12
BOSTON BERT
BOSTON PRODUCTION
BREAK SIXTY 12
BROAD JUMP 12
BROKE THE CODE 12
BRONZE ABE 12
BRYNES GIRLS 12
BUCKLES AND KINKS 12
TWIN CAT 12
TWOSTEPNSISTERS
U
UNION BUILDER
V
VALID ART
VALORY 12
W
WARRIOR DASH
WATCH THE HALO
WEE EDI LEE
WESTEND TAPPER 12
WHAT GENTLEMEN DO
WHEELS OF STEEL
WINNING LADY 12
WOODMAN'S PRIZE 12
X
X STRAWDNAIR 12
Y
YES IT'S GOLD 12
YOU'RE A MONKEY 12
Z
ZARB'S RUN
ZIPPIT YANKEE
ZYDECO CHA CHA
ZYLA
2015
Eligibles for the
2015 Louisiana
Futurity to be
held at the
Fair Grounds.
A
A LITTLE RESPECT 13
ABRUZZI RIDGE 13
AETTA 13
AGGIE TRIO 13
AIN'T IT SWEEP 13
ALARMING PROSPECT 13
ALREADY BLESSED 13
AMARELLE 13
AMBLE 13
AMORIAH 13
ANGEL'S LIL BABY 13
ANNE MARGARET 13
ANOTHERHAPPYENDING 13
ANYTHING BUT QUIET 13
ARCTIC INDIAN 13
AREGULATIONHOTTIE 13
ART OF ILLUSION 13
ASHLEY'S PICK 13
AYALA STRAND 13
B
CYNTHIA ROSE 13
H
BALLAD OF BERTIE 13
BAND OF OUTSIDERS 13
BARSANTI 13
BEAUALLIS 13
BEGUE 13
BEL AIR KID 13
BELLA'S BEAUTY 13
BELLEACTON 13
BELSAY 13
BERIGHT 13
BERMUDA BRIDE 13
BERRYS REWARD 13
BETTER THAN HONOUR 13
BETTY THE BABE
BHANGALOO RUBY 13
BIDUADEAU 13
BILLIE'S GARDEN
BITTERSWEET BONNIE 13
BLUE ANGEL 13
BLUE MISSILE 13
BLUSHING DEED 13
BOJANGLE'S CAT 13
BOY CRAZY 13
BREAK SIXTY 13
BRIGHTBRAVEANDGOOD 13
BROAD JUMP 13
BRONZE ABE 13
BROWN EYED BABY 13
BRUCO VALE 13
BRYNES GIRLS 13
BUCKLES AND KINKS 13
BUDDY'S MISSION 13
BUSTIC 13
BUTTERCUP'S SONG 13
D
HALIBURTON HONEY 13
HAPPYFROMTHEGITGO 13
HAQEEAQ 13
HARD EVIDENCE 13
HEAVEN'S SLAM 13
HECKUVA TIME 13
HEIDI SPARKLES 13
HIDE THE HALO 13
HOLLY BEACH 13
HOLY CHIMES 13
HOLY LOVE 13
HOME FOR GOOD 13
HONEY BELL 13
HONKY TONK HOPPER 13
HONOUR THE BRAVE 13
HOT DREAMS 13
HOTTAMOLLY 13
HOW 'BOUT NO 13
HUCKIE 13
HUNT WITH HARRY 13
HUNTING TRIP 13
C
F
CAJUN HOTTIE 13
CAN'T ROLL A SEVEN 13
CAPTURED MOMENT 13
CARELESS JEWEL 13
CAT'S CANDY RIDE 13
CAT'S M.D. 13
CATBIRD CREEK 13
CATCHHERIFUCAN 13
CELEBRIAN 13
CERTAIN PRIDE 13
CHAMPAGNE ATTITUDE 13
CHAMPAGNE D'ORO 13
CHARLIE'S MOONBEAM 13
CHEROKEE JEWEL 13
CHOOSE THE RED 13
CHRIS'S PRINCESS 13
CIEL CLASSIC 13
CINDY EMBERS 13
CLASSIC COURTNEY 13
CLASSY ALY 13
CLASSY BECK 13
COLLECT Z CAT 13
COME ON PRECIOUS 13
CONDESA EL PRADO 13
COOL COOL COOL 13
COUTURE APPEAL
CRIMSON AND ROSES 13
CRYPTIC FACT 13
CRYPTO NOTE 13
CRYSTAL CURRENT 13
CUP RACER 13
CUSTOM FOR CHLOE
FAIRYLAND LUSTRE 13
FAIRYTALE LIFE 13
FALL FLOWER 13
FANCY STRIDE 13
FANTASTIC YEAR 13
FIDDLER'S PLEASURE 13
FIVE GOLD RINGS 13
FLAWLESS GOLD 13
FLOWERS AND VINES 13
FOREST RAINBOW 13
FORGE AHEAD 13
FORTY BABES 13
FOURCARROTDIAMOND 13
FRENCH MARTINI 13
FRESH 13
FULL MOON BLUES 13
FULLBRIDLED'S SIS 13
FUSE IT 13
FUZZY RISQUE 13
D'ORO DOLL 13
DAISY FOR RUBIANO 13
DAKOTA DAZZLER 13
DANA'S LUCKY LADY 13
DANDY'S SUNSHINE 13
DATTTS COOL 13
DAWN'S ANGEL 13
DAY'S SUNSET 13
DEADLY DREAMER 13
DECEMBER GIRL 13
DELUXE EDITION 13
DEPUTY ROYAL 13
DERBY DEBUT 13
DESERT DIGGER 13
DEVILISH BRUNETTE 13
DEVILISH CANDY 13
DIAMONDINTHESTREAM 13
DIXIE HYMN 13
DOUBTLESS 13
DOYOUWANTTODANCE 13
DREAM EXTREME 13
DUES UP FRONT 13
DUPLICATION 13
E
EDACIOUS REALITY 13
ELEGANT DESIGNER 13
ELLE DIVA 13
ENTICING MR. G 13
ETOILE PETITE 13
EXCLUSIVE WILDCAT 13
EXPLOITED KRIS 13
EXPRESSIVE STAR 13
G
GAL ALOUD 13
GALLOP 13
GATORIZE 13
GEIGER GEISHA 13
GENUINE MISS 13
GO SEE DADDY 13
GOOD HUMAN BEAN 13
GOOD MOOD 13
GRABLE 13
GRAND FACILE 13
GRAND FLIGHT 13
GURU 13
I
I DIG U 13
I DREAM OF ERICA 13
I HAVE AN IDEA 13
I SAID SO
I TOLD YOU SO 13
I'M JUST A PEACH 13
I'M WILD 13
I'MAVIKINGPRINCESS 13
ICY DAY 13
IDOL GIFT 13
IHAVEMYEYEONYOU 13
ILLUSTRIOUS DREAM 13
IMANACTRESS 13
IMPERTINENCE 13
IMPRESSIVE STAR 13
IN THE WILD 13
INAWORD 13
INDIAN LILLY 13
INDIAN TRIBE 13
INFINITE MOMENT 13
ISABELLA'S CROWN 13
ISLE OF GREY 13
J
J LO'S HALO 13
JACKPOT MISS 13
JAGUARIUNA 13
JEROLD'S SISTER 13
JET'S TRADITION 13
JOE'S BLUFF 13
JOHANNA G 13
JORDYN'S THEATRICS 13
JOYFUL SUMMER 13
JULIA'S CHILD 13
JURIST 13
JUST CALL ME JANET 13
JUST TAP ONCE 13
K
KALOOKAN LESSIE 13
KARATE KATIE 13
KATILAC OFTHESTARS 13
KATLILA 13
KAZEN 13
KIAWAH'S MAGIC 13
KICKS 13
KINDLING 13
KOHENSTRONG
LA DANSEUR 13
LA MISMA 13
LA SALLE GLORY 13
LABADEEL 13
LADY BUTTON EYES 13
LADY FINGERS 13
LADY GISELLE 13
LADY MORENO 13
LADY NICHOLAS 13
LADY SEAGIRL 13
LAST APPROACH 13
LAST SONG 13
LECOMPASS 13
LEEDY JONZ 13
LETITHAPPENTIGER 13
LEVEE BREAK 13
LIKE A BUTTERFLY 13
LIKE A LOVER 13
LITTLE MISS DEB 13
LIVELY LADY 13
LONE STAR QUEST 13
LOOKING TWICE 13
LOOTTOOL
LOUISIANA LACE 13
LOVE CATCHER 13
LOVE POWER 13
LOVE THAT DANCE 13
LOVENOTLOST 13
LUCKY BE ME 13
LUCKY HALEY 13
LUNA BEAN 13
M
MADAM BLING 13
MADEL 13
MAGIC POWER 13
MAGIC WAND 13
MAINSAIL 13
MAMBO LAKE 13
MARYFIELD 13
MEADOWLANDING 13
MENA TIME 13
MERCY SAKES ALIVE 13
MESSINGER 13
MIDNIGHT DELIGHT 13
MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING 13
MILA'S FAME 13
MILITARY MISS 13
MINDEMOYA 13
MINIATURE MAGIC 13
MISS BEAN WAH 13
MISS BLUE EYES 13
MISS CORTINA 13
MISS HELEN JAY 13
MISS MARNI 13
MISS RITZ 13
MISSONI 13
MISSSERVICESTRIPE 13
MISSY'S ADVANTAGE 13
MISTRESS NO. ONE 13
MONTANIS 13
MOODY WOMAN 13
MORNING RIDGE 13
MS FORT MADISON 13
MY JODY 13
MY MADAME 13
MYSTERY AT SEA 13
N
NATIVE GATE DANCER 13
NELLALUNA 13
NEVER CAN TELL 13
NO END IN SIGHT 13
NO MORE TAX 13
NOITE 13
NORTHERN GHOST 13
O
OFF THE CHARTS 13
OFF THE RICHTER 13
OLE SKIP ROPE
OLEMISS REBEL 13
OMENS OMEGA 13
OPEN SKIES 13
ORITA 13
OUR LOVE 13
OUR NEW EMPIRE 13
OVAL 13
P
P J PRADO 13
PACIFIC INDY 13
PALMETTO BAY 13
PARDON MY FRENCH 13
PARKDALE 13
PASSION FOR WORDS 13
PAVLINA 13
PEINTURE ANCIENNE 13
PERSUADING 13
PINK MITTEN 13
PIRATE'S ALLEY 13
POPPIN 13
PRIMARY MOTIVE 13
PRINCESS MALAGRA 13
PRINCESS SOFIA 13
PROSPECT OF LOVE 13
PUSSYCAT PORTO
PYRITE RAIN 13
R
R SALTY VET 13
RACE AROMA 13
RECKON 13
RED CAUSE 13
REGAL BOOT 13
REMEMBERANCE 13
REPO ZEST 13
RETAINED 13
REVERENCE 13
RHODELIA 13
RING AND A PRAYER 13
RINGBANG CITY 13
RISEN DAY 13
RISEN ROXIE 13
RIVER DYNA 13
ROSE HUNTER 13
ROYAL DIVA 13
ROYAL SWEEP 13
RUBY PARK 13
RURAL RED 13
S
SAMMY VAN AMMY 13
SARAH CAN RUN 13
SARAH'S MY ANGEL 13
SASSY GAL 13
SASSY ME 13
SATIN SASH 13
SCHOOL GIRL 13
SCINTILLATING 13
SEATTLE SAVOY 13
SERENE LAKE 13
SET POINT 13
SHARE 13
SHARED CAUSE 13
SHEZA SEXY A. P. 13
SHEZAGREATGAL 13
SHIMMERING LACE 13
SHOWTIME SPECIAL 13
SHY BABY 13
SHY EDA 13
SILK LINE LADY 13
SIN TOWN 13
SING MY A. P. C.'S 13
SKI RACE 13
SKIP ALL THE WAY 13
SLAMMIN' LIL 13
SMARTICA 13
SMITTY'S SUNSHINE 13
SO SOCIAL 13
SO SORRY 13
SOCORRO COUNTY 13
SOPHIE'S CAT 13
SPARKLING DIAMOND 13
SPECIAL BROAD 13
SPICEY SOUFFLE 13
SPRING BRIDE
STANFORD REUNION 13
STARFALL 13
STICK SAVE 13
STONEY BEACH 13
STORM BOUNTY 13
STORM WITCH 13
SUGAR CREEK GIRL 13
SUGAR RUN 13
SUNNY SHAMROCK 13
SUSAN JANE 13
SWEET JACKIE JO 13
SWEET MACARONI 13
SWEET TWINEY WINEY 13
SWIFTY VICTRESS 13
SWINGTIME MUSIC 13
SWOOP CITY 13
W
WANNA CUDDLE 13
WANTON 13
WATKINS GLEN 13
WAVE THE COLORS 13
WE ARE STRIKE NG 13
WEDDING DAY BLUES 13
WEEPNOMOREMYLADY 13
WEST MADISYN 13
WESTEND TAPPER 13
WESTERN SWEEP 13
WHAT'S YOUR POINT 13
WHO WAS 13
WHO'S SORRY NOW 13
WILD ENCOUNTER 13
WILD FOR CATHRINE
WILREIGN 13
WIN FOR STACY 13
WIND IN MY WINGS 13
WINE DIVA 13
WINNING LADY 13
WOOD ART 13
WOODMAN'S PRIZE 13
X
X STRAWDNAIR 13
Y
YANKEE RAE RAE
YES IT'S GOLD 13
Z
Z RACEY BULLET 13
ZAAFIRA 13
ZADA RAE 13
T
TACTICAL INFO 13
TACTICAL PLUS 13
TASTE OF APPROVAL 13
TERMINAL MORAINE 13
THE BETER MAN CAN 13
THE LADY EXCAVATE 13
THE THINGS YOU DO 13
THEHEARTOFDIXIE 13
THISTLE BEAR 13
TIME SHARE
TIZ A' GREELEY 13
TIZ T'WAS 13
TOASTTOFRIENDSHIP 13
TOMMEYESGOLD 13
TOO BAD FU 13
TOO FAST FOR ME 13
TOO MUCH CLASS 13
TORY'S TRIUMPH 13
TRIPLE TREASURE 13
TRULY LUCKY 13
TRYSTING 13
TWINKLING ROSE 13
TWO STEPPIN' TONI 13
U
U K TRICK 13
UNBRIDLED ACTION 13
UNCOMMON QUEEN 13
UNUSUAL STRIKE 13
UP WE GO 13
V
VALORY 13
VELOURIOUS 13
If you have any
questions, call the
Louisiana
Thoroughbred
Breeders
Association
at :
504-947-4676 or
1-800-772-1195 or
email :
[email protected]
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ADVERTISERS INDEX
5B Farm......................................11
Louisiana Horse Rescue .............66
LTBA Organization Chart ..........83
Breeders Sales Co. of Louisiana ..5
Louisiana Horse Stallion Register ...
Marsh & McLennan Agency ......65
Brehon Farm.................................8
...............................................14-17
Maximum Performance................8
Brown’s Thoroughbred Farm .....45
Louisiana Horse Subscription ........
Muscadine Farm .........................69
Clear Creek Stud ............................
....................................................70
My Pal Charlie .............................3
.Inside Front Cover, 1, Back Cover
Louisiana Stallion stakes............40
OCD Pellets................................13
Coteau Grove Farms.....................7
LTBA ...................................52, 58
Peach Lane Farms ......................69
Elite Thoroughbreds .....................2
LTBA Complaint Line..........68, 79
Pelican State Thoroughbreds........6
Flashpoint .....................................3
LTBA Mare Change of
Sebastien Farm ...........................63
Garver, Matthew, Attny ..............67
Domicile .....................................74
Secret Run ..................................18
Goetz Transportation ..................69
LTBA Mare Leave .....................76
Stemmans, Don, family..............75
Hurricane Bluff Training Center 65
LTBA Mare Registration ............72
Southern Oaks Plantation ...........10
LeMesa Stallions ........................12
LTBA Mare Return.....................78
Thoroughbred Transport, Inc......69
Louisiana Futurity Eligibles..84-87
LTBA Membership.....................81
Werk Nicks .................................75
88
Louisiana Horse
hroughout the year accredited Louisiana-breds compete at the
various tracks around the state, and even the country, with
one goal in mind....to ultimately run on Louisiana Champions
Day. On this day, the best Louisiana-breds gather to run for a
share of the $1.1 million in purses, and to prove that they
are indeed c h a m p i o n s .
T
11 RACES
$1,100,000
IN PURSES
December 14, 2013 • Fair Grounds • New Orleans
Offering eight thoroughbred races for accredited Louisiana-breds
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Thoroughbred Races
Conditions
Lassie
Juvenile
Starter Handicap
Sprint
Ladies Sprint
Turf
Ladies
Classic
2yo fillies
2yo colts & geldings
(running for $20,000 or less in 2013)
3yo & up
3yo & up
3yo & up
3yo & up, fillies and mares
3 year olds & up
Guaranteed
Purse
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
100,000
100,000
50,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
150,000
Distance
6 furlongs
6 furlongs
Mi & 1/16
6 furlongs
6 furlongs
Mi & 1/16
Mi & 1/16
Mi & 1/8
Early Bird Nomination Deadline
September 16 • $150 each
Final Nomination Deadline
November 1 • $500 each
for more information contact
LOUISIANA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
1-800-772-1195 or 504-947-4676 • [email protected]
It is not too early to start thinking about what stallions you want to breed to in 2014. At Clear Creek Stud, we
are dedicated to developing a top notch and varied stallion roster to suit your breeding needs. Over the years,
stallions from Clear Creek’s roster have sired at least 30 Louisiana bred Champions. Clear Creek Stud stallions
have sent their progeny to the winners circle in more than 260 stakes races.
Stallions for 2014
Half Ours (Unbridled's Song - Zing, by Storm Cat) Lion Tamer (Will's Way - tippecanoe Creek, by
olympio) 2012 LeAding
A LeAding nAtionAL
JUveniLe Sire, rAnkS
#1 in LoUiSiAnA by
earnings, number of winners and
stakes winners. Sire of 2013 SWs
gentLemen’S Bet, winner of
the Iowa Sprint H. at Prairie
Meadows and now G1 placed hitting the board in the g1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. Aug. 4 at
Saratoga, and Louisiana Bred juvenile SW Le griS, winner
of the $100,000 D.S. Shine Young Mem. F.
$5,000 LFSN; or $4,500 payable September 1 of year bred
Star Guitar (Quiet American - minit towinit, by
tHird CroP Sire oF
LoUiSiAnA BredS •
LeAding Sire oF
LoUiSiAnA BredS HiS
1St, 2nd And 3rd CroPS!
Sire of 2013 SWs HEAVY ON
THEMISTER, winner of the
$200,000 Louisiana Premier Night Championship S.;
Southern Dude, Bayous St John S. winner, G3 placed at
Churchill Downs. Yearlings sold at ‘12 Breeders Sales
Company of Louisiana yearling sale for $40,000, $22,000,
etc. with an AVERAGE OF $16,200 For 5 HEAD AT THE W.
MONROE SALE.
malagra) FoUr time
LoUiSiAnA Bred HorSe
oF tHe YeAr • ALL time
LeAding LoUiSiAnA
Bred moneY eArner.
Ide (Forty niner - maytide, by naskra) LeAdS ALL
ACtive StALLionS
StAnding in LoUiSiAnA
BY LoUiSiAnA-Bred
eArningS For tHe FoUr
YeArS rUnning, 2009,
2010, 2011 & 2012! Remarkable
Elected to 2013 Fair Grounds Hall
of Fame. Stakes Winner every
year from ages two to seven. Set
NTR at Evangeline Downs in final start - 1 1/16 miles in
1:43.71. Pedigree includes dr. FAger on the top and
dAmASCUS on the bottom, making him a powerful cross
to two legends, archrivals and Hall of Famers
72% Winners from Starters. Over
$23 million progeny earnings.
Average Earnings per Starter $54,167.
Custom For Carlos (more than ready -
B.J.’s Mark (Sheikh Albadou-gem’s For Julie, by diamond
meadow oaks by meadowlake)
grAded StAkeS Winner
At tHree And FoUr •
eArned triPLe digit
BeYerS Five timeS WON
THE G3 JERSEY SHORE STAKES
GOING 6 F. IN 1:08 FLAT! On the
board in 11 of 15 starts. Earned
$483,865. By G1SW millionaire
more tHAn reAdY, out of meadow oaks, a stakes
placed winning daughter of meAdoWLAke. Half brother
to mimi’S BLing.
Prospect) $43,000 Ave per Starter. 67% Winners from
Starters. 11% Stakes horses
$2,500 LFSN; or $2,000 September 1 of year bred
G.W.’s Skippie
(Skip Away-Logical reasoning, by Lord
Avie) Sire of Louisiana Cup Derby Winner SkiP tHe
Pinot.
Ole Rebel (Carson City-velvet tulip, by valid Appeal)
Multiple Stakes Winning Sprint Specialist by CArSon
CitY. Two stakes placed winners in 2013, Hud’s rebellion
and Warren’s rebel.
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SUMMER 2013
VOLUME 31, NUMBER 4

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