Geico Breeders` Cup Turf Sprint

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geico breeders’ cup TurF spriNT
geico Breeders’ cup TurF spriNT (gr. i)
6th Running
Santa Anita Park
$1,000,000 guaranteed
For THree-YeAr-oLds & upWArd
six ANd oNe HALF FurLoNgs oN THe TurF
Northern Hemisphere Three-Year-Olds, 124 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs. Southern Hemisphere Three-Year-Olds, 122 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs. All Fillies and Mares
allowed 3 lbs. Guaranteed $1 million purse including travel awards, of which 55% of all monies to the owner of the winner, 18% to second, 10% to third,
6% to fourth and 3% to fifth; plus travel awards to starters not based in California.
The maximum number of starters for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint will be limited to fourteen (14). If more than fourteen (14) horses pre-enter, selection
will be determined by a combination of Breeders’ Cup Challenge winners, Graded Stakes Turf points and the Breeders’ Cup Racing Secretaries
and Directors panel. Please refer to the 2013 Breeders’ Cup World Championships Horsemen’s Information Guide (available upon request) for more
information.
Nominated Horses
Pre-Entry Fee:
Entry Fee:
1% of purse
1% of purse
To Be Run Saturday, November 2, 2013
Pre-Entries Close Monday, October 21, 2013
Breeders’ cup racing office
Santa Anita Park
285 W. Huntington Dr.
Arcadia, CA 91007
Phone: (859) 514-9422
Fax: (859) 514-9432
E-mail: bcracing@breederscup.com
Pre-entries for the Geico Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1)
Horse
Owner
Boat Trip
James Hirschmann, III & Bluegrass Industries, LLC
B.c.4 Harlan's Holiday - Turning Wheel by Seeking the Gold - Bred in Kentucky by Galleria Bloodstock & Samac
Capo Bastone
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners
Ch.c.3 Street Boss - Fight to Love by Fit to Fight - Bred in Kentucky by H.Sexton, S.Sexton,T.Bozarth &Silver Fern
Caracortado
Blahut Racing, LLC, Donkey Island Racing, LLC & Kagele Brothers, Inc. et al.
Ch.g.6 Cat Dreams - Mons Venus by Maria's Mon - Bred in California by Mike Machowsky
Chips All In
Jean Everest, John O'Brien, Danny Valdez , Michelle Turpin & Julie Crandall
B.c.4 North Light (IRE) - Maria's Mirage by Maria's Mon - Bred in Kentucky by Adena Springs
Cristoforo Colombo
Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, & Derrick Smith
B.c.3 Henrythenavigator - La Traviata by Johannesburg - Bred in Kentucky by La Traviata Syndicate
Dimension (GB)
Riverside Bloodstock, LLC
Dk B/ Br.g.5 Medicean (GB) - Palatial (GB) by Green Desert - Bred in Great Britain by Cheveley Park Stud Ltd
Handsome Mike
Reddam Racing, LLC
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Scat Daddy - Classic Strike by Smart Strike - Bred in Kentucky by John Liviakis
Havelock
Silverton Hill, LLC
B.g.6 Great Notion - Piconeach (NZ) by Spectacular Love - Bred in Maryland by Silverton Hill, LLC
Jeranimo
Robert V. LaPenta and B.J. Wright
B.h.7 Congaree - Jera by Jeblar - Bred in Florida by Brylynn Farm, Inc.
Mizdirection
Jungle Racing, LLC, Strauss, Nish, Grohs, MSK Racing Ventures, LLC & Beljak
Gr/ro.m.5 Mizzen Mast - Deceptive by Clever Trick - Bred in Kentucky by Joseph J. Perrotta
Obviously (IRE)
Anthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardino
B.g.5 Choisir (AUS) - Leala (IRE) by Montjeu (IRE) - Bred in Ireland by Miss Deidre Cogan
Reneesgotzip
Lanni Family Trust
Ch.f.4 City Zip - No Dress Code by Distorted Humor - Bred in Kentucky by John Liviakis
Trainer
Michael Pender
Todd A. Pletcher
Michael Machowsky
Jeff Mullins
Aidan P. O'Brien
Conor Murphy
Doug O'Neill
Darrin Miller
Michael Pender
Mike Puype
Mike R. Mitchell
Peter Miller
Rock Me Baby
West Point Thoroughbreds, Inc.
Craig Dollase
Dk B/ Br.g.4 Rock Hard Ten - Barbara Orr by Tale of the Cat - Bred in California by Mercedes Stables LLC
Silver Max
Mark Bacon & Dana Wells
Dale L. Romans
B.c.4 Badge of Silver - Kissin Rene by Kissin Kris - Bred in Kentucky by S. C. Snowden, S. Lauffer & W. Lauffer
Spring to the Sky
Anthony P. McCarthy
Bruce R. Brown
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Langfuhr - Seek to Soar by Seeking the Gold - Bred in Kentucky by Phillips Racing Partnership
Tightend Touchdown
Mr. Amore Stable
Jason Servis
Ch.g.4 Pure Precision - Starry Mark by Marquetry - Bred in Florida by Chad Stewart & Laurie Stewart
Tour Guide
Calumet Farm
D. Wayne Lukas
B.c.3 Broken Vow - Homefortheholidays by Came Home - Bred in Kentucky by Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc.
Unbridled's Note
Mike McCarty
Steven M. Asmussen
B.c.4 Unbridled's Song - Siberian Fur by Siberian Express - Bred in Kentucky by Gulf Coast Fms&Unbridled's SongSyndicate
HisTorY oF THe Breeders’ cup TurF spriNT
date
Track
Winner
Jockey
odds
to $1
Margin
Oct. 25, 2008
Nov. 7, 2009
Nov. 6, 2010
Nov. 5, 2011
Nov. 3, 2012
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park
Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs
Santa Anita
desert code
california Flag
chamberlain Bridge
regally ready
Mizdirection
Richard Migliore
Joe Talamo
Jamie Theriot
Corey Nakatani
Mike Smith
36.50
3.40
6.90
2.30
6.90
1/2 length
1 3/4 lengths
1 1/2 lengths
1 1/2 lengths
1/2 length
Year
FrAcTioNs (6 1/2 furlongs)
1/2
3/4
1/4
2008 (course firm)
2009 (course firm)
2012 (track firm)
:20 3/5
:21 2/5
:21.11
Year
:41 3/5
:43
:42.39
FrAcTioNs (5 furlongs)
1/2
1/4
2010 (track firm)
2011 (track firm)
:21.59
:22.45
performance of Favorites
Finish
Year
Horse
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Fleeting Spirit (IRE)
California Flag
Silver Timber
Regally Ready
Unbridled’s Note
4th
Won
5th
Won
2nd
1:05 1/5
1:05 1/5
:44.6
:44.81
odds to $1
4.40
3.40
3.00
2.30
$4.70
Winner’s
post position
Winner
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Desert Code
California Flag
Chamberlain Bridge
Regally Ready
Mizdirection
14
14
14
14
14
6 1/2 furlongs
(track record)
1:11 3/5
1:11 1/5
1:11.39
(1:11)
(1:11)
5 furlongs
(track record)
:56.53
:56.48
(:55.45)
(:55.45)
status of Winners
status
Year
9
3
1
8
11
No. of
starters
Stud, Harris Farms, CA
Retired
Still in Training
Still in Training
Still in Training
Geico Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
4 1 1 1
$72,080
2013:
5 3 0 0
$111,456
2012:
12 4 1 2
$193,196
Life:
Turf:
8 4 1 1
$182,416
Trainer:
MICHAEL
PENDER
B.c.4 Harlan's Holiday - Turning Wheel by Seeking the Gold
Course:
2 1 1 0
$53,600
Bred in Kentucky by GALLERIA BLOODSTOCK & SAMAC (May 13, 2009)
Off Dirt:
0 0 0 0
$0
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Workout(s):
13 Oct 13 SA 4F ft :48.2h 16/47
21 Sep 13 SA 5F ft :59.4h 4/92
14 Sep 13 SA 5F ft 1:01.3h 28/58
6 Sep 13 SA 4F ft :48.3h 6/12
BOAT TRIP
126
Owner: JAMES HIRSCHMANN, III &
BLUEGRASS INDUSTRIES, LLC
HARLAN'S
HOLIDAY,
b, 1999
BOAT TRIP
b, c
May 13, 2009
TURNING
WHEEL,
dkb/br, 1993
Storm Cat, 1983
8s, SW, $570,610
Harlan, 1989
1,414 f, 180 SW, 2.97 AEI
30s, SW, $403,174
Country Romance, 1976
99 f, 6 SW, 2.78 AEI
21s, SW, $89,976
9 f, 9 r, 8 w, 1 SW
Affirmed, 1975
29s, SW, $2,393,818
Christmas in Aiken, 1992 840 f, 86 SW, 2.42 AEI
6s, wnr, $31,628
Dowager, 1980
12 f, 11 r, 9 w, 1 SW
3s, unpl
10 f, 9 r, 8 w
Mr. Prospector, 1970
14s, SW, $112,171
Seeking the Gold, 1985 1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
15s, SW, $2,307,000
Con Game, 1974
935 f, 92 SW, 2.29 AEI
12s, wnr, $24,080
10 f, 10 r, 6 w, 3 SW
Nijinsky II, 1967
13s, SW, $667,220
Misinskie, 1980
851 f, 155 SW, 4.71 AEI
9s, pl, $2,150
Kankakee Miss, 1967
10 f, 9 r, 8 w, 3 SW
35s, wnr, $34,475
14 f, 12 r, 11 w, 3 SW
Storm Bird
Terlingua
Halo
Sweet Romance
Exclusive Native
Won't Tell You
Honest Pleasure
Princessnesian
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Buckpasser
Broadway
Northern Dancer
Flaming Page
Better Bee
Golden Beach
BOAT TRIP'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
3
0
0
1
$9,660
at 3
5
3(1)
0
0
$111,456
at 4
4
1
1(1)
1
$72,080
Lifetime
12
4(1)
1(1)
2
$193,196
Sire: HARLAN'S HOLIDAY, b, 1999. Raced 3 yrs in NA and UAE, 22 sts, 9 wins, $3,632,664. Won
Florida Derby (gr. I), Toyota Blue Grass S (gr. I), Donn H (gr. I), Pennsylvania Derby (gr. III), Iroquois S
(gr. III), Miller Genuine Draft Cradle S, Cleveland Kindergarten S (R), Hoover S (R); 2nd Dubai World
Cup (UAE-I), Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I), Fountain of Youth S (gr. I), Lane's End Breeders' Futurity
(gr. II), Holy Bull S (gr. III); 3rd Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I).
Lifetime: 7 crops, 668 foals, 493 rnrs (74%), 370 wnrs (55%), 136 2yo wnrs (20%), 46 sw (7%), 1.63
AEI, 1.68 CI, 437 sale yrlgs, avg $84,421, 1.6 TNA.
In 2013: 17 sw, 129 2yos, 48 2yo rnrs, 19 2yo wnrs, 60 sale yrlgs, avg $112,350.
1st dam: TURNING WHEEL, dkb/br, 1993. Bred by Flaxman Holdings. (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs in Eng and
Fr, 9 sts, 5 wins, $143,415. Won La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte (Fr-III), Coupe du Fonds Europeen
de l'Elevage; 2nd Prix du Journal Week-End Grand Prix Anjou Bretagne. Dam of 10 named foals,
9 rnrs, 8 wnrs, 2 sw. ($180,000, 2007 keenov, Stormy Atlantic).
1999: Carinae, dkb/br f, by Nureyev. Raced 2 yrs in Eng and NA, 10 sts, 2 wins, $96,051. 2nd
Manhattan Beach S (T), Flawlessly S (T), Newton Fund Managers Rockingham S. Dam of 6
foals, 6 rnrs, 4 wnrs.
2000: Imago Mundi, dkb/br c, by Spinning World. Raced 5 yrs in Fr, 16 sts, 3 wins, $55,972.
3rd Prix de Saint-Patrick.
2001: Barren.
2002: Great Loop, dkb/br c, by Seattle Slew. Raced 1 yr in Fr, 2 sts, 0 wins.
2003: Pendragon, ch c, by Rahy. Raced 6 yrs in Eng, 38 sts, 7 wins, $73,712.
2004: RALLYING CRY, dkb/br c, by War Chant. Raced 6 yrs in Eng, Fr, NA, and UAE, 39 sts, 9
wins, $332,058. Won McFadden Memorial Sprint Claiming Series S; 2nd Troy S; 3rd U.A.E. Two
Thousand Guineas (UAE-III), Inside the Beltway S (T). ($90,000 keesep yrlg).
2005: Tuaoi, ch c, by Rahy. Raced 5 yrs in Fr, 68 sts, 9 wins, $214,024.
2006: Sunwise, dkb/br c, by Arch. Raced 4 yrs in Eng and Ire, 13 sts, 2 wins, $36,517. ($250,000
keesep yrlg). Died 2012.
2007: Dkb/br f, by Dixie Union. Died 2008.
2008: Atlantic Swing, dkb/br f, by Stormy Atlantic. Raced 4 yrs in Ire and NA, 10 sts, 1 win,
$26,617. 3rd Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Cooley Fillies' S. ($105,000 keenov wnlg).
2009: BOAT TRIP, b c, by Harlan's Holiday. ($100,000 obsmar 2yo).
At 3: Won Tsunami Slew S (T).
At 4: 2nd Eddie D Stakes (gr. IIIT).
2010: Spinning Time, ch f, by Giant's Causeway. Unraced. Sent to Ire 2011. ($150,000 keesep yrlg).
2012: Ch c, by Tale of the Cat. ($25,000 keenov wnlg; $115,000 ftkjul yrlg).
2013: Dkb/br c, by Scat Daddy.
Inbreeding: 5SX4D Northern Dancer; 5SX4D Raise a Native.
Nicking: HARLAN'S HOLIDAY w/SEEKING THE GOLD mares: 3 foals, 2 strs, 2 wnrs (67%),
0 2yo wnrs (0%), 1 SW (33%), 0 GSW (0%).
Broodmare sire: SEEKING THE GOLD, b, 1985. Sire of 426 dams of 2,074 foals, 1,609 rnrs (78%),
1,135 wnrs (55%), 329 2yo wnrs (16%), 1.81 AEI, 1.53 CI; 135 sw.
2nd dam: Misinskie, b, 1980. Bred by W.S. Farish (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs in Eng, 9 sts, 0 wins, $2,150.
Dam of SPACE CRUISER (c, Foolish Pleasure; $116,773. Won Norwegian Two Thousand Guineas,
Nor-II, Pilot Fineliner Cup; 2nd L. Fjogstad Norwegian St. Leger, Nor-III, Jahre Line Norwegian
Derby, Nor-I, Noble Dancer Vandrepremie, Nor-III, Cock of the North S; 3rd Dewhurst Rockingham
S, Ovrevoll Grand Prix), MINDS MUSIC (c, Silver Hawk; $150,349. Won Racing Post Godolphin S;
2nd Pertemps St. Leger, Eng-I, Quantel Aston Park S; 3rd Ormonde S, Eng-III, O & K Troy S; sire),
Ajfan (f, Woodman; $132,144. 2nd Fillies' Mile S, Eng-I; 3rd Madagans One Thousand Guineas,
Eng-I, Butlins Southcoast World Prestige S, Eng-III; dam of BIG MAVERICK, El Laoob), Nutbush
One (f, Conquistador Cielo; $37,270. 2nd Fair Star S, T; dam of RARE BUSH). Granddam of HEALING KNOWLEDGE, EYE OF TAURUS.
Owner
B.J. Wright ... Born: Nov. 7, 1937 in Shelbyville, Ky. ... Residence:
Pasadena, Calif. ... Family: Son, Jay (Robert Jay Wright, Jr.), two
daughters, Cherie Harris and Lesley Wright. Two grandchildren, Bryan
Harris and Althea Catherine Wright.
Quick facts about B.J. Wright:
• Jeranimo, his first Breedersʼ Cup runner, finished seventh in the
Breedersʼ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs in 2011. The following year,
Jeranimo finished sixth in the Breedersʼ Cup Mile at Santa Anita.
• Wrightsʼ runners are all trained by Michael Pender. His top 2013
stakes winner is again Jeranimo, winner of the Eddie Read Stakes
(G1) and the San Gabriel Stakes (G2) for the second time. Last year at
six, Jeranimo won the Shoemaker Mile (G1) a “Win and Youʼre In
Series” race, earning his berth in the Breedersʼ Cup Mile. ... Also in
2013, Wrightʼs Ultimate Eagle finished second in the San Pasqual
Handicap (G2), and Boat Trip finished a nose back in second with a
late burst of speed in the Eddie D. Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita.
• Boat Trip, a 4-year-old son of Harlanʼs Holiday, is owned in partnership
with James Hirschmann III. In 2012 at 3, Boat Trip won three races
from four starts including the one-mile Tsunami Slew Stakes at Betfair
Hollywood Park.
• A significant interest in Jeranimo was purchased in Jan. 2013 by
prominent Thoroughbred owner Robert LaPenta of New York.
According to a statement issued by LaPenta, Jeranimo was purchased
both for racing and as a stallion prospect, and after the Breedersʼ Cup
will be transferred from Michael Pender to Chad Brown to race on the
East Coast in 2014.
• Jeranimo has been Wrightʼs stable star since 2010. His earnings now
top $1.4 million. His first major stakes win was the Strub Stakes (G2)
in 2010 when he was four. He also won the San Gabriel Handicap
(G2) that year. At five, he won the Oak Tree Mile (G2) and the Citation
Handicap (G2). Also in 2011, Jeranimo finished third in the Frank E.
Kilroe Mile (G1) and second in the Eddie Read Handicap (G1). In
2012, the son of Congaree won the Shoemaker Mile (G1), and placed
in the San Gabriel, San Francisco Mile (G3) and third in the Del Mar
Mile Handicap (G2). This year at seven, Jeranimo has won the Eddie
Read Handicap and the San Gabriel Stakes.
• Ultimate Eagle also was a solid campaigner for Wright. In 2011,
Ultimate Eagle won the Oak Tree Derby (G2), followed by the
Hollywood Derby (G1) and was third in the Sir Beaufort Stakes. In
2012, Ultimate Eagle won the Strub Stakes (G2). Then, after finishing
10th in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), 4-year-old Ultimate Eagle had
surgery for bone chips in an ankle. He returned to competition in 2012
to finish second in the Citation Handicap (G2) at Betfair Hollywood
Park. He began his campaign this year with a second in the San
Pasqual Handicap (G2). Then the 5-year-old son of Mizzen Mast was
shipped to Gulfstream Park to compete in the Donn Handicap (G1),
but grabbed a quarter at the start and was pulled up ... Ultimate Eagle
was retired in October and will start his stud career in 2014 at Special
T Thoroughbreds in Temecula, Calif.
• Jeranimo and Ultimate Eagle gave Wright some memorable weekends
in 2011. On Oct. 8, Jeranimo won the Oak Tree Mile (G2) at Santa
Anita. One week later, Ultimate Eagle won the Oak Tree Derby (G2) in
his first stakes outing. Then, on Nov. 26th, Jeranimo won the Citation
(G2) at Hollywood Park and Ultimate Eagle won the Hollywood Derby
(G1) the next day, the first Grade 1 victory for Wright and Pender.
• A $70,000 purchase at the Barrettʼs Two Year Olds in Training Sale in
May 2009, Jeranimo is the first runner to earn $1 million for Wright.
The ticket was signed by Rick Taylor, owner of Special T.
Thoroughbreds where Wright breaks his young horses, trains his
young horses and boards his broodmares. Has a total of 21
Thoroughbreds, including horses in training, young horses, layups and
broodmares. Wrightʼs Thoroughbred interests are part of his Bluegrass
Industries L.L.C. but customarily race under his name.
• Wright enjoys naming his horses. “I like to watch my horses develop
before I name them,” he commented, waiting until he knows enough
about each individual to give an appropriate moniker. Wright observed
that the 2-year-old was a warrior. His original choice was Geronimo,
for the fierce Apache chief. That was turned down by The Jockey Club.
Considering the coltʼs pedigree, by Congaree out of Jera, by Jeblar,
Wright submitted Jeranimo, and the name was accepted.
• Named Ultimate Eagle for close friend, John Paul DeJoria. The name
is derived from the parable “The Eagle and the Oyster” by Multatuli, a
name given to Eduard Dekker, a philosopher. The life of the oyster is
safe and secure, while the life of the eagle is fraught with challenges
but allows the bird to soar to great heights. DeJoria began with
nothing, sold newspaper, built several businesses, and is now a
multi-billionaire.
• Polonius became the first graded stakes winner for Wright and trainer
Mike Pender when he won the Will Rogers Stakes (G3T) at Hollywood
Park in May of 2008. He also won the Pasadena Stakes that year.
Polonius, a Florida-bred son of Broken Vow-Word oʼ Ransom, by Red
Ransom, was a $150,000 purchase at the Barrettʼs sale in March
2007.
• Wright is Board Chairman of LifeSource Water Systems, a water
filtration company in Pasadena which he bought into as a full partner in
1985 shortly after the companyʼs founding. He later bought out his
partner.
• Gives filtered water to his horses. Wright noted that Desert Stormer, a
Storm Cat mare who defeated the boys in the 1995 Breeders Cup
Sprint, was fed LifeSource water from the beginning of her racing
career by her owner, Joanne Nor. The company even developed a
portable system which travelled with the mare when she shipped to
race.
• His belief in the relationship of good water to oneʼs health led him to
designate a portion of his horsesʼ winnings to Nancy Santulloʼs House
of the Children, which provides clean water and sanitation to the
people of the Southeastern Peruvian Amazon. Wright wishes to help
Santullo fund her vision, which is “to create a replicable model of
culturally appropriate WASH (Water Sanitation and Health).”
• Wright serves on the board of House of the Children. Wright says it
costs $400,000 per village to sanitize the water and build a central
latrine. According to Wright, water is sanitized using indigenous
methods, such as filtering through rocks and sand. The water is
purified employing methods which are accessible to those living in
remote Amazon villages. Without clean water, life expectancy for the
villagers is about 40 years. He encourages people to visit the website
and donate, www.houseofthechildren.org.
• During his boyhood in Shelbyville, Ky., Wright was awed at the display
of fervor and reverence as people mourned the death of Man oʼ War in
Nov. 1947. At that point, he determined to race horses someday.
• Wright went to college at Transylvania University in Lexington,
Kentucky. With high test scores but not a diligent student and finding
many distractions, Wright soon dropped out.
• In the 1950ʼs, Wright met John Y. Brown Jr., introduced by mutual
friend Jim Amato, who later served as mayor of Lexington, Ky. Wright
was impressed with Brown who was putting himself through law school
by selling Encyclopedia Britannica sets, earning $35,000 per year at a
time when that was many times the average income per family.
Inspired, Wright went to work for Collier, a competing encyclopedia
publisher. (Brown later headed up Kentucky Fried Chicken and was
governor of Kentucky from 1979-83.)
• Wright found success at Collier Publishing Company, selling
encyclopedias. His position took him to Iowa and then, in 1961, he was
transferred to California as the District Sales Mgr. of Southern
California. In 1969, Wright resigned as vice president of sales of the
Pacific Division in order to pursue other interests.
• Bought his first horse for $1,000 when he was in his 20ʼs, in
partnership with two friends. Won a couple of races. A second runner
was not as successful and Wright left the business, returning in the
1990ʼs. Bought several inexpensive runners with the hope of having
one good one. When that did not work out, began looking for better
horses.
• Coached football for Glenoaks Elementary School in Glendale. There
he coached his son, Jay, and a young Mike Pender, the quarterback
for the Pop Warner team which had an undefeated season.
• After observing Pender for two years, Wright gave him a 3-year-old
colt, Benson Road, to train. Wright was convinced he would never win
a race. After Benson Road broke his maiden, Wright began to
purchase better young prospects for Pender to train.
• Son, Jay, (Robert Jay Wright Jr.) and daughter Cherie and her
husband, Mark Harris, own and manage LifeSource Water Systems,
Inc. Mark is president of LifeSource. Jay is also a professional bass
fisherman and an FLW champion. Daughter Lesley lives in Santa
Cruz.
• Silks are fire engine red and forest green halves.
Trainer
Michael Pender ... Born: Feb. 14, 1966 in Los Angeles ... Residence:
Arcadia, Calif. ... Family: wife, Andrea; daughter, Megan, and son,
Matthew.
Breedersʼ Cup Record
Starts 1st
2nd
2
0
0
2011
2012
Mile
Mile
3rd
0
Earnings
$0
Jeranimo
Jeranimo
7th
6th
Quick facts about Michael Pender:
• Best runners in 2013 are Jeranimo, Ultimate Eagle and Boat Trip.
Pender saddled stable star Jeranimo to win the San Gabriel Stakes
(G2) in January. Then the 7-year-old son of Congaree won the Eddie
Read (G1) in July. Boat Trip was a fast-closing second in the Eddie D.
Stakes (G3) on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita on Sept. 27th.
Earlier in the year, Ultimate Eagle finished second in the San Pasqual
Handicap (G2) in January following a second-place finish in the Nov.
2012 Citation Handicap (G2). He grabbed a quarter in the Donn
Handicap (G1) and was pulled up.
• All three of Penderʼs 2013 stakes winners are owned by B.J. Wright.
Jeranimo is owned in partnership with New York owner Robert
LaPenta, who announced he bought a significant interest in the
7-year-old stallion in late January.
• In 2012, Pender saddled Jeranimo to finish sixth in the Breedersʼ Cup
Mile. Jeranimo earned his 2012 Breedersʼ Cup berth and his first
Grade 1 score with a win in the Shoemaker Mile on grass at Betfair
Hollywood Park. In 2011, Jeranimo became the first horse Pender
saddled for a Breedersʼ Cup event. He finished seventh in the
Breedersʼ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs.
• Pender and Wright bought Jeranimo for $70,000 at the Barretts Equine
Limited May 2008 Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. Agent Rick
Taylor signed the ticket. Jeranimo was a four-time Grade 2 stakes
winner in 2010, winning the Strub Stakes and San Gabriel Handicap,
to become the best runner Pender had trained to date. In 2011, he
won the Oak Tree Mile and Citation Handicap. He is the first
milllion-dollar earner for Pender and Wright, with $1,401,364 in career
earnings prior to 2013 Breedersʼ Cup.
• Had best year to take in 2012 with stables earnings of $1,254,976. Is
on track to top that this year with earnings at $1,243,942 in early
October.
• Another good runner for Pender and Wright has been Ultimate Eagle.
A $70,000 purchase at the March, Ocala Two-Year-Old in Training
sales in 2010, Ultimate Eagle won the Strub Stakes (G2) in February
at Santa Anita. Racing last year at three, the son of Mizzen Mast won
the Hollywood Derby (G1) and Oak Tree Derby (G2) at Santa Anita.
His earnings total $547,800.
• Ultimate Eagleʼs front-running victory in Grade 1 Hollywood Derby in
Nov. 2011, was the first Grade 1 victory for Pender and Wright. The
day before, Jeranimo won the Citation Handicap (G2), giving Pender
and Wright a weekend stakes double.
• Less than nine months later, Pender and Wright recorded their second
Grade 1 victory when Jeranimo won the Shoemaker Mile at Hollywood
Park. Pender paired with owner B.J. Wright to win the Strub Stakes
(G2) twice in three years, in 2010 with Jeranimo and in 2012 with
Ultimate Eagle.
• Bought Polonius for $150,000 at the 2007 Barretts March sale. Made
his first start in June, winning his maiden outing by six lengths.
Polonius won the Pasadena Stakes in March of his 3-year-old year,
the first stakes win for Pender and Wright. Then in May 2008, Polonius
became the first graded stakes winner for Pender and Wright when he
won the Will Rogers Stakes (G3) on the grass at Hollywood Park.
• Penderʼs main client is B.J. Wright, who years before, had coached his
own son, Jay, and Pender, the quarterback, on a Pop Warner League
football team at Glenoaks Elementary School in Glendale, Calif. Nearly
25 years later, Wright observed Penderʼs first winner, $10,000 claimer
OrangeʼEm, at Santa Anita in 2005. Wright gave Pender an
unpromising 3-year-old colt to train. When the colt, Benson Road, won
his third lifetime start at Hollywood Park, the partnership was forged.
• Recorded his first win as a trainer on Feb. 23, 2005 with OrangeʼEm at
Santa Anita.
• Trainer Michael Pender did not take the standard route to the stable
area. Although introduced to the sport at a young age as a fan by his
mother, Pender earned degrees in psychology – a B.A. from the
University of California at Santa Barbara and an M.A. from Pepperdine
University – and taught high school English and American history at La
Canada Flintridge for 15 years before making the switch to the track in
2004.
• After college, Pender had an internship with Quarter Horse trainer
Bubba Cascio in Texas. Pender long yearned for a career in racing. “I
started shortening my teaching hours and built a horse-racing
syndicate called El Presidio Farms with 40 or 50 people and 15
horses,” Pender said of the transition.
• Penderʼs grandparents came to the United States from the
Netherlands in the early part of the last century. They changed the
Dutch family name from Van Pender to Pender, dropping the “Van.”
CAPO BASTONE
124
Owner: ECLIPSE THOROUGHBRED PARTNERS
Trainer: TODD A. PLETCHER
Ch.c.3 Street Boss - Fight to Love by Fit to Fight
Bred in Kentucky by H.SEXTON, S.SEXTON,T.BOZARTH &SILVER FERN (Apr 25, 2010)
24Aug13 Sar11
08Jun13 Bel9
27Apr13 CD10
23Mar13 TP10
16Feb13 GP9
03Nov12 SA8
29Sep12 SA7
05Sep12 Dmr8
04Aug12 Dmr7
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Aoc 75000nw1/x-N 140-92
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2012:
Life:
Turf:
Course:
Off Dirt:
5
4
9
0
0
1
2
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3
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$288,000
$659,608
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11
9
12
8
9
11
11
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STREET BOSS,
ch, 2004
CAPO BASTONE
ch, c
April 25, 2010
FIGHT TO LOVE,
ch, 1993
Machiavellian, 1987
7s, SW, $355,790
Street Cry, 1998
736 f, 78 SW, 1.93 AEI
12s, SW, $5,150,837
1,205 f, 72 SW, 2.22 AEI Helen Street, 1982
10s, SW, $177,894
13 f, 11 r, 10 w, 2 SW
Ogygian, 1983
10s, SW, $455,520
Blushing Ogygian, 1994 815 f, 24 SW, 1.19 AEI
12s, wnr, $48,300
Fruhlingshochzeit, 1984
6 f, 4 r, 3 w, 1 SW
18s, wnr, $72,812
16 f, 12 r, 9 w
Chieftain, 1961
36s, SW, $405,256
Fit to Fight, 1979
479 f, 43 SW, 2.04 AEI
26s, SW, $1,042,075
834 f, 41 SW, 1.38 AEI Hasty Queen II, 1963
Unraced
16 f, 14 r, 12 w, 6 SW
Secretariat, 1970
21s, SW, $1,316,808
Love Is Love, 1986
653 f, 57 SW, 2.95 AEI
11s, wnr, $41,680
Stephanie Leigh, 1977
1 f, 1 r, 1 w
13s, SW, $123,050
3 f, 3 r, 2 w
Mr. Prospector
Coup de Folie
Troy
Waterway
Damascus
Gonfalon
Blushing Groom
Fruhlingstag
Bold Ruler
Pocahontas
One Count
Queen Hopeful
Bold Ruler
Somethingroyal
Northern Dancer
Quadruple
CAPO BASTONE'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
4
1
0
2(2)
$288,000
at 3
5
2(1)
1(1)
0
$371,608
Lifetime
9
3(1)
1(1)
2(2)
$659,608
Sire: STREET BOSS, ch, 2004. Raced 2 yrs, 13 sts, 7 wins, $831,800. Won Bing Crosby H (gr. I),
Triple Bend Invitational H (gr. I), Los Angeles H (gr. III); 2nd Ancient Title S (gr. I); 3rd Sentient Flight
Group Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I).
1st dam: Fight to Love, ch, 1993. Bred by Stonewall Farm (N.Y.). Raced 4 yrs, 45 sts, 8 wins, $175,871.
3rd Broadway H (R). Dam of 8 named foals, 7 rnrs, 5 wnrs, 1 sw. ($30,000, 1994 keesep yrlg).
2000: Point Clear, ch f, by Elusive Quality. Raced 3 yrs, 7 sts, 2 wins, $74,232. Dam of 6 foals, 3
rnrs, 2 wnrs. Sent to Korea 2011. ($145,000 keesep yrlg).
2004: Tizmeanttobe, dkb/br f, by Tiznow. Raced 2 yrs, 6 sts, 2 wins, $17,585. Dam of 3 foals, 2
rnrs, 2 wnrs. ($37,000 keesep yrlg).
2005: C J's Leelee, gr/ro f, by Mizzen Mast. Raced 2 yrs, 7 sts, 2 wins, $172,463. 2nd Golden
Rod S (gr. II), Regret S (gr. IIIT). ($100,000 keesep yrlg).
2007: Bobby's Gal, ch f, by Consolidator. Raced 1 yr, 10 sts, 0 wins, $12,950. ($140,000 keesep
yrlg; $43,000 easmay 2yo).
2008: Wharton Wizard, ch c, by Lemon Drop Kid. Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 0 wins, $1,916. ($85,000
keesep yrlg).
2009: Cheap Perfume, b f, by Mizzen Mast. Raced 2 yrs, 12 sts, 2 wins, $17,145.
2010: CAPO BASTONE, ch c, by Street Boss. (; $175,000 obsmar 2yo).
At 2: 3rd Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), FrontRunner S (gr. I).
At 3: Won Foxwoods King's Bishop S (gr. I); 2nd Derby Trial S (gr. III).
2011: La Sorella, ch f, by Corinthian. Unraced. ($110,000 obsmar 2yo).
2013: F, by Flatter.
Nicking: STREET BOSS w/FIT TO FIGHT mares: 2 foals, 1 str, 1 wnr (50%), 1 2yo wnr (50%), 1 SW
(50%), 1 GSW (50%)
Broodmare sire: FIT TO FIGHT, b, 1979-2008. Sire of 255 dams of 1,330 foals, 1,032 rnrs (78%),
713 wnrs (54%), 187 2yo wnrs (14%), 1.03 AEI, 1.38 CI; 55 sw.
2nd dam: Love Is Love, dkb/br, 1986-1993. Bred by Stonewall Farm (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 11 sts, 1
win, $41,680.
Breeder
Hargus and Sandra Sexton ... Born: Hargus, Aug. 18, 1920, in Green
Hall, Ky. ... Sandra, March 15, 1948 in Safford, Ariz. … Sandra is the
niece of the legendary California owner-breeder Rex Ellsworth, best
remembered as the owner of 1955 Kentucky Derby winner and 1956
Horse of the Year Swaps. ... Residence: Versailles, Ky.
Starts 1st
2nd
7
1
0
1994
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
3rd
2
Juvenile Fillies
Dirt Mile
Juvenile
Sprint
Dirt Mile
Ladies' Classic
Juvenile
Earnings
$957,000
Morris Code
Corinthian
Silent Valor
Gayego
Gayego
Satanʼs Quick Chick
Capo Bastone
13th
1st
8th
4th
3rd
8th
3rd
Quick facts about Hargus and Sandra Sexton:
• The Sextons return to the 2013 Breedersʼ Cup with 2012 Breedersʼ
Cup Juvenile third-place finisher Capo Bastone, who went on to win
the Kingʼs Bishop Stakes (G1) and place second in the Derby Trial
Stakes (G3) as a 3yo. Going into the Juvenile last year, he finished
third in the Frontrunner Stakes (G1) in only his third start. ... Capo
Bastone, by Street Boss, was bred by the Sextons in partnership with
Tom Bozarth and Silver Fern Farm from the mare Fight to Love, by Fit
to Fight. The mare had already produced multiple graded
stakes-placed C Jʼs Leelee when owned by the Sextons and Bozarth.
The partners sold Capo Bastone at the 2012 OBS March sale for
$175,000 to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners through agent Nick de
Meric, after the colt had RNAʼd at the 2011 Keeneland September sale
for $45,000.
• The Sextonsʼ mare Fight to Love, dam of Capo Bastone, produced a
2011 filly by Corinthian, a stallion they co-bred, but did not foal in
2012. The Fit to Fight mare has produced five winners from seven
starters, two of them graded stakes-placed, and is in foal to Flatter for
2013.
• Satans Quick Chick finished third in the 2011 Beldame Stakes (G1) to
eventual Horse of the Year Havre de Grace on her way to becoming
the Sextonsʼ sixth Breedersʼ Cup starter as breeders. She finished 8th
in the Ladiesʼ Classic.
• Sexton found more Breedersʼ Cup success in recent years with
Corinthian, winner of the inaugural Breedersʼ Cup Dirt Mile in 2007,
who was co-bred with Ben Waldenʼs Gracefield Equine, and Gayego,
bred solely by the Sextons and fourth in the 2009 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint
and third in the 2010 Dirt Mile.
• Corinthianʼs dam, the Easy Goer mare Multiply, died in 2007, the same
year that her son won the Breedersʼ Cup Dirt Mile and the Metropolitan
Handicap (G1). She had already produced Grade 2 winner Desert
Hero. Among the eight or so mares the Sextons own in partnership
with Walden is Be Fruitful, Corinthianʼs full sister, who has produced a
2011 Dynaformer filly and is in foal to U S Ranger for 2013.
• Sexton bred Morris Code, who finished 13th in the 1994 Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile Fillies, went on to become a multiple stakes winning earner of
$745,167.
• Together and in partnership, the Sextons have bred five starters in the
Kentucky Derby: Crypto Star, Desert Hero (Corinthianʼs half-brother),
Ragtime Rebel, Valhol and Gayego.
• Other stakes horses bred by the couple, either individually or in
partnership include I Love Silver, Southern Sandra, Daring Pegasus,
Xtreme Bid, Presumed Innocent, Rock Opera, Silent Valor, Flower
Forest and Package Store.
• The Sextons acquired one of their first broodmares when Walden
purchased the stakes-placed Lady Godolphin, a daughter of Son Ange
in foal to Bobʼs Dusty, for $4,200 at the 1986 Fasig-Tipton November
mixed sale ... On a subsequent breeding to Red Ransom, Lady
Godolphin produced Sri Pekan, who became a multiple G2 winner in
England.
• The Sextons own several properties with a total of about 900 acres in
Kentuckyʼs Bluegrass region and have about 40 broodmares, with
around eight in partnership with Ben Walden Jr. Their farm name is
Oakcrest Farm in Versailles, Ky. They sell most of their maresʼ
offspring as weanlings or yearlings at the Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton
sales in Lexington with Kitty Taylorʼs Warrendale Sales as their
primary consigning agent.
• The Sextons formed a new breed-to-sell partnership with Steven and
Brandi Nicholson … Sexton has described himself as the farmer and
his wife as the horse person of the operation.
• Hargus Sexton became deeply involved in the Thoroughbred industry
in the early 1980s. He was a close associate of Ben Walden Jr. during
the time he developed Vinery in Midway, Ky., and helped arrange the
acquisition of such Vinery stallions as 1991 Horse of the Year and
Breedersʼ Cup Classic winner Black Tie Affair (Ire) … During that time,
Vinery evolved into one of the worldʼs largest and most sought-after
stallion rosters with more than 30 stallions at its peak … Walden sold
Vinery in 1998.
• Hargus Sexton, for years a major Central Kentucky breeder, has had a
long-standing association with the Walden family dating back to Ben
Walden Jr.ʼs grandfather Julien Walden, who was a premier tobacco
farmer in Kentucky … Sexton was a partner with the Waldens in the
tobacco warehouse business and also was involved in the insurance
business.
Owner
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners ... Owner(s): Racing Syndicate under
the leadership of Aron Wellman and Lee Midkiff. ... Location: Del Mar,
Calif. ... Web site: www.eclipsetbpartners.com
Starts 1st
2nd
1
0
0
2011
3rd
1
Earnings
$99,000
Juvenile Fillies Turf Sweet Cat
3rd
Quick facts about Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners:
• Founded in Aug. 2011, the partnership had its first Breedersʼ Cup
starter by that October with Sweet Cat, in the Juvenile Fillies Turf at
Churchill Downs. A 13-to-1 long shot, Sweet Cat raced close to the
lead throughout the one-mile race, but weakened to third, beaten just
two lengths.
• On its own or in partnership, Eclipse was represented in three
Breedersʼ Cup races in 2012. Capo Bastone was third in the Juvenile
for Eclipse; In Lingerie ran ninth in the Filly & Mare Turf for Eclipse and
Gary Barber; and Tara From the Cape finished fourth in the Juvenile
Fillies Turf for Eclipse, Barber and Debmar Stables.
• Capo Bastone opened the 2013 season winning an allowance optional
claimer at Gulfstream Park. Runner-up to stablemate Forty Tales in
the Derby Trial (G3) in April, Capo Bastone rebounded from a
disappointing effort in the Woody Stephens (G2) to win the Kingʼs
Bishop (G1) at Saratoga Race Course in August.
• Eclipse has a promising juvenile in 2013 in Danza, a chestnut son of
Street Boss who broke his maiden in his debut at Belmont Park in July,
and finished third in the Saratoga Special (G2) at Saratoga Race
Course in August.
• The partnershipʼs top horse in 2012 was 3-year-old Empire Maker filly
In Lingerie. Also trained by Pletcher, In Lingerie went unraced at 2, but
had four wins in seven starts as a sophomore, including the Spinster
(G1) at Keeneland, the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at Pimlico, and the
Bourbonette Oaks (G3) at Turfway Park. In Lingerie was also second
in the Alabama (G1) and third in the CCA Oaks (G1), both at Saratoga.
• Eclipse defended its Bourbonette Oaks title in 2013 with Silsita, a
3-year-old Macho Uno filly it campaigns with Tanourin Stable. Off the
board in two subsequent graded stakes attempts, Silsita captured the
My Princess Jess stakes at Saratoga.
• The first horse to carry the Eclipse colors was a 2 year-old colt by the
name of Patrioticandproud, who broke his maiden impressively at
Woodbine Racecourse in Toronto, Canada in Oct. 2011. Perennial
leading Canadian conditioner, Mark Casse, trains Patrioticandproud, a
Proud Citizen colt who broke a seven-race losing streak by winning the
Toronto Cup Stakes on July 14, 2012 at Woodbine.
• Eclipse president Aron Wellman has nearly a decade of experience in
forming high-end racing partnerships. Wellman made his first
significant purchase while he was practicing law in Los Angeles as a
litigator, in Dec. 2002, when he formed a partnership to acquire a 2
year-old maiden filly from Europe named Three Degrees. After winning
a graded stakes and establishing herself as one of the best turf fillies
in the country, it was Three Degrees whom Wellman attributes to the
formation of his initial foray into formal racehorse syndication: LGL
RACING. In slightly more than 3 years, LGL boasted a win percentage
of well over 25 percent and campaigned graded stakes stars such as
Valbenny and Miss Singhsix.
• In Dec. 2007, Wellman was recruited to become vice president of the
Team Valor International syndicate. During his 3-1/2-year tenure with
the company, Team Valor won a total of 200 races, 58 stakes races,
34 of them graded, including nine Grade 1s, the 2010 Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile Turf with Pluck, and the 2011 Kentucky Derby with Animal
Kingdom.
• Eclipse chairman, Lee Midkiff co-founded Express-Close.com, a
mortgage services and title fulfillment company. Having grown that
company from the initial three founders to an organization with over
220 employees, Midkiff eventually sold the business to a leading
Fortune 600 company. He is currently CEO of CIN Legal Data
Services, an information services company specializing in providing
data used in streamlining the creation and filing of Federal Bankruptcy
petitions by consumer bankruptcy attorneys. Midkiff has participated in
racing partnerships as an owner and is now using his technological
and business background to revolutionize the syndicate experience.
• Also on the Eclipse staff is TVGʼs Christina Olivares, who carries the
title of Director of Partners and Media Relations. Kelsey Marshall is the
Partner Relations liaison.
Trainer
Todd A. Pletcher ... Born: June 26, 1967, Dallas, Texas ... Residence:
Garden City, N.Y. ... Family: wife Tracy, children Payton, Kyle and
Hannah ... Education: Graduated from the University of Arizona in 1989
with a bachelorʼs degree in Animal Science. ... Web site:
www.toddpletcherracing.com
Starts 1st
2nd
95
7
10
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
3rd
12
Sprint
Juvenile
Filly & Mare Turf
Sprint
Sprint
Mile
Sprint
Classic
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Turf
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
2005
Earnings
$13,209,650
Rare Rock
Graeme Hall
Pico Teneriffe
More Than Ready
Trippi
Balto Star
Left Bank
Harlanʼs Holiday
Appleby Gardens
Chapel Royal
Ashado
Balto Star
Newfoundland
Ashado
Proud Accolade
9th
12th
12th
5th
9th
12th
5th
9th
5th
3rd
2nd
9th
12th
1st
6th
2006
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Mile
Sprint
Turf
Classic
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Filly & Mare Turf
Filly & Mare Turf
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Turf
Speightstown
Flower Alley
Ashado
Capeside Lady
Adieu
Host (Chi)
Limehouse
Lion Tamer
English Channel
Flower Alley
Lawyer Ron
Fleet Indian
Pool Land
Spun Sugar
Honey Ryder
Quiet Royal
Wait a While
Circular Quay
King of the Roxy
Scat Daddy
Cotton Blossom
Octave
Friendly Island
English Channel
1st
2nd
3rd
6th
7th
7th
6th
3rd
5th
11th
9th
dnf
9th
8th
3rd
9th
4th
2nd
8th
4th
3rd
2nd
2nd
3rd
2007
2008
2009
Turf
Go Deputy
Turf
Icy Atlantic
Classic
Any Given Saturday
Classic
Lawyer Ron
Distaff
Indian Vale
Distaff
Octave
Distaff
Unbridled Belle
Filly & Mare Turf Honey Ryder
Juvenile Turf
The Leopard
Mile
Host (Chi)
Mile
Icy Atlantic
Turf
English Channel
Classic
Fairbanks
Filly & Mare Turf Wait a While
Juvenile
Munnings
Juvenile
Silent Valor
Juvenile Turf
Bittel Road
Dirt Mile
Readyʼs Echo
Filly & Mare Sprint Game Face
Juvenile
Aikenite
Juvenile
Eskendereya
Juvenile Fillies
Devil May Care
Juvenile Fillies Turf Rose Catherine
Juvenile Turf
Interactif
7th
11th
6th
7th
9th
3rd
5th
2nd
7th
5th
9th
1st
10th
3rd
10th
8th
8th
2nd
9th
5th
9th
11th
2nd
3rd
2010
2011
2012
Marathon
Nite Light
Mile
Cowboy Cal
Sprint
Join in the Dance
Classic
Quality Road
Dirt Mile
Aikenite
Juvenile
Stay Thirsty
Juvenile
Uncle Mo
Juvenile Fillies
R Heat Lightning
Juvenile Turf
Allure dʼAmour
Juvenile Turf
More Than Real
Juvenile Turf
Pluck
Ladies' Classic
Life At Ten
Ladies' Classic
Malibu Prayer
Turf Sprint
Rose Catherine
Classic
Stay Thirsty
Classic
Uncle Mo
Filly & Mare Sprint Her Smile
Juvenile Fillies Turf Stopshoppingmaria
Juvenile Fillies Turf Sweet Cat
Juvenile Turf
Finale
Ladies' Classic
Super Espresso
Mile
Sidneyʼs Candy
Sprint
Aikenite
Distaff
Love and Pride
8th
10th
9th
12th
8th
5th
1st
2nd
13th
1st
1st
11th
10th
7th
11th
10th
3rd
2nd
3rd
7th
7th
6th
4th
5th
Filly & Mare Sprint Turbulent Descent
Filly & Mare Turf In Lingerie
Juvenile
Shanghai Bobby
Juvenile Fillies
Dreaming of Julia
Juvenile Fillies
Kauai Kate
Juvenile Fillies Turf Tara from the Cape
Turf
Turbo Compressor
Turf Sprint
Bridgetown
7th
9th
1st
3rd
4th
4th
12th
14th
Malice also won the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) ... Pletcherʼs other Triple
Crown wins came from Rags to Riches in the 2007 Belmont Stakes
and Super Saver in the 2010 Kentucky Derby.
• Pletcherʼs 2013 stable also features 3-year-old filly sensation Princess
of Sylmar, winner of four Grade 1 stakes: the Beldame, Alabama,
Coaching Club American Oaks and Kentucky Oaks ... His other Grade
1 winners in 2013 include Verrazano in the Haskell and Wood
Memorial; Cross Traffic in the Whitney; Capo Bastone in the Kingʼs
Bishop; Graydar in the Donn; and Overanalyze in the Arkansas Derby.
Quick facts about Todd A. Pletcher:
• Pletcher collected the 3,000 win of his career on Feb. 11, 2012 when
Spring Hill Farm won the third race at Gulfstream Park.
• Pletcher added to his impressive Breedersʼ Cup totals in 2012 when
2-year-old champion Shanghai Bobby won the Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile
... It was his seventh Breedersʼ Cup victory ... His best year at the
Breedersʼ Cup came in 2010 when he won three Breedersʼ Cup races:
the Juvenile with eventual champion Uncle Mo, the Juvenile Turf with
Pluck, and the Juvenile Fillies Turf with More Than Real.
• Pletcher has led the nation in earnings seven times, including the last
three years ... He is well on his way to a fourth straight earnings crown
in 2013 ... Pletcher is currently second in all-time earnings with
$253,112,790 through Sept. 30, 2013 ... He trails only his mentor, D.
Wayne Lukas. ...
• Pletcherʼs other Breedersʼ Cup winners are English Channel (2007
Turf), Ashado (2004 Distaff), and Speightstown (2004 Sprint).
• His Breedersʼ Cup totals through 2012 stand at 95 starts, with 7 wins,
10 seconds and 12 thirds and earnings of $13,209,650 ... He ranks
fourth in earnings and fifth in wins.
• Pletcherʼs 2013 campaign was highlighted by his third Triple Crown
victory when Palace Malice captured the Belmont Stakes ... Palace
• His 10 Eclipse Award champions through 2012 are Shanghai Bobby,
Uncle Mo, Rags to Riches, Lawyer Ron, English Channel, Wait a
While, Fleet Indian, Speightstown, Ashado and Left Bank.
• His list of stakes winners in 2012 included Shanghai Bobby, Stay
Thirsty, Awesome Maria, Caixa Eletronica, Calibrachoa, Violence,
Overanalyze, Dreaming of Julia, Kauai Katie, Unlimited Budget, Love
and Pride, Gemologist, Dominus and Turbulent Descent
• In 2011, Pletcher had to withdraw two-year-old champion and early
favorite Uncle Mo with an unknown illness the day before the Kentucky
Derby. The colt was later found to have cholangiohepatitis, a liver
disorder, and was sent to WinStar Farm for several months of
recovery. He returned to run a very game second in the 2011 Kingʼs
Bishop at Saratoga, getting beaten by just a nose by Calebʼs Posse.
He won the Kelso (G2) at Belmont before running 10th in the
Breedersʼ Cup Classic, the final race of his career.
• Despite having to scratch Uncle Mo from the Kentucky Derby, Pletcher
did play a part in that yearʼs race as Uncle Moʼs defection left his
jockey, John Velazquez, available; Velazquez picked up the mount on
Derby winner Animal Kingdom.
• Stay Thirsty stepped up during his stablemateʼs recovery. After a 12th
place finish in the Kentucky Derby, Stay Thirsty finished second in the
Belmont Stakes and won the Jim Dandy (G2) and Travers Stakes
(G1). He also finished third in the Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1).
• 2011 was the second consecutive year in which Pletcher had to
scratch a Kentucky Derby favorite; in 2010, Eskendereya, winner of
the Fountain of Youth (G1), Florida Derby (G1) and Wood Memorial
(G1) was injured the week of the race. Pletcher had won eight different
Kentucky Derby preps with six different horses, and it was Super
Saver who finally got him his elusive first Derby win. The WinStar
Farm color-bearer rebounded from a second-place finish in the
Arkansas Derby (G2) to capture the Kentucky Derby under a patented
rail-skimming ride from jockey Calvin Borel.
• 2010 saw Pletcher win 14 Grade 1 races. In addition to the Kentucky
Derby with Super Saver and Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile and Champagne
with Uncle Mo, his wins included: Life At Ten (Beldame, Ogden
Phipps); Quality Road (Donn, Metropolitan Handicap, Woodward);
Devil May Care (Mother Goose, Coaching Club American Oaks); R
Heat Lightning (Spinaway); Discreetly Mine (Kingʼs Bishop); the Malibu
Prayer (Ruffian); Eskendereya (Wood Memorial).
• Pletcher won Eclipse Awards as Outstanding Trainer in 2010, 2007,
2006, 2005, and 2004 and was the leader in earnings 2010-12 and
2004-07.
• Pletcher had a relatively slow 2009, winning only three Grade 1 races.
Among other ʼ09 highlights were Dunkirkʼs second-place finish in the
Belmont and the transfer of Quality Road to his stable.
• Pletcher started 2008 by collecting his 2,000th career win on January
13 with On the Virg and finished the year as the second-leading
trainer, behind Steve Asmussen, with 208 wins from 1090 starts and
$13,571,546 in earnings. Among his best horses in 2008 were
Fairbanks, Game Face, Cowboy Cal, Unbridled Belle, and Wait a
While.
• Pletcher earned his fourth consecutive Eclipse Award as Outstanding
Trainer in 2007, the third trainer to accomplish that feat, joining Bobby
Frankel (2000-2003) and Laz Barrera (1976-79). He won his third
Breedersʼ Cup race with English Channel in the Turf, trained three
Eclipse Award Champions – Rags to Riches (Three-Year-Old Filly),
English Channel (Turf Horse) and Lawyer Ron (Older Male) – and won
Grade 1 races with six other horses.
• Pletcher won his first Triple Crown race in 2007 when Rags to Riches
became the first filly since Tanya in 1905 to win the Belmont. The
Preakness is the only Triple Crown race Pletcher hasnʼt won.
• In 2007, Pletcher trainee Lawyer Ron broke the track record set by
Pletcherʼs first Eclipse Award winner, Left Bank, when he captured the
Whitney in a final time of 1:46.64. Previously, also in the Whitney, Left
Bank had equaled the Saratoga track record of 1:47 set by Tri Jet in
1974.
• Pletcher shattered his own record from 2006 when he ended the year
with $28,576,097 in earnings. In 2006, his stable earned $26,820,243.
He surpassed D. Wayne Lukasʼ record of 92 stakes victories in a year
on Oct. 15, 2006, when Scat Daddy won the Champagne, and he
finished that year with 100 stakes wins out 416 starters. He also broke
Lukasʼ record of 53 graded stakes victories in a year with 57 victories.
Two of his horses won Eclipse Awards in 2006: Fleet Indian (Older
Female) and Wait a While (Three-Year-Old Filly).
• With 47 individual stakes winners in 2005, Pletcher became the first
trainer to crack $20 million in purse earnings with $20,867,842.
• In 2004, Pletcher won his first two Breedersʼ Cup races with Ashado
(Distaff (now the Ladies Classic)) and Speightstown (Sprint), which
helped him lead the nation in earnings with $17,511,923 and win his
first Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer. Ashado and Speightstown
were both voted the champions of their divisions.
• A perennial leader in New York, Pletcher won five consecutive
Saratoga training titles from 2002-2006. After three consecutive years
in second place, he regained the title in 2010 and won his fourth
straight crown in 2013 ... In 2011, he broke his own record for wins
during the meet with 38 ... A 10-time champion at Saratoga, Pletcher
won his first title at the Spa in 1998 ... He also holds training titles at
Belmont Park, Aqueduct, Gulfstream Park and Keeneland.
• While in college, Pletcher spent his summers working with trainers
Henry Moreno, D. Wayne Lukas and Charlie Whittingham; he went to
work as an assistant for Lukas two weeks after his college graduation.
• After seven years with Lukas, Pletcher opened his own public stable
with seven horses in Dec. 1995 at Hialeah and won his first race in
Feb. 1996 at Gulfstream Park with Majestic Number. Among his early
success stories was Jersey Girl, who won seven consecutive races
before being injured, including three Grade 1 stakes: the Acorn, the
Mother Goose and the Test.
• Pletcher grew up in the racing business, helping his father, Jake (J.J.)
Pletcher, who trained Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses throughout
the Midwest and California. Jake Pletcher continues to work with
Thoroughbreds at a training center in Ocala, Fla.
• Pletcher has reduced his stable in recent years to around 100 horses
and employs four assistant trainers. Tristan Barry works with Pletcher
at Saratoga and Palm Meadows; Michael McCarthy oversees
Pletcherʼs Belmont stable; Ginny DePasquale works at Saratoga and
Palm Meadows and often travels with Pletcher horses; and Anthony
Sciametta works with Pletcher at Monmouth and Gulfstream ... Former
Pletcher assistants who have gone on to train on their own include
George Weaver, Michelle Nihei, Seth Benzel and Michael Dilger.
CARACORTADO
Ch.g.6 Cat Dreams - Mons Venus by Maria's Mon
Bred in California by MIKE MACHOWSKY (May 07, 2007)
27Sep13 SA8
08Jan12 SA8
05Nov11 CD6
27Aug11 Dmr8
23Jul11 Dmr8
02Jul11 Hol6
06May11 CD9
09Apr11 SA7
05Mar11 SA9
29Jan11 SA6
Workout(s):
126
Owner: BLAHUT RACING, LLC, DONKEY ISLAND
RACING, LLC & KAGELE BROTHERS, INC.
ET AL.
Trainer: MICHAEL MACHOWSKY
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CAT DREAMS,
b, 2001
Storm Cat, 1983
8s, SW, $570,610
1,414 f, 180 SW, 2.97 AEI
J J'sdream, 1993
40s, SW, $1,022,217
8 f, 5 r, 2 w
CARACORTADO
ch, g
May 7, 2007
Maria's Mon, 1993
7s, SW, $507,140
942 f, 61 SW, 1.63 AEI
MONS VENUS,
ch, 2001
Bid to the Mint, 1985
2s, unpl
9 f, 6 r, 5 w, 1 SW
Storm Bird, 1978
6s, SW, $162,869
681 f, 63 SW, 2.27 AEI
Terlingua, 1976
17s, SW, $423,896
11 f, 9 r, 6 w, 2 SW
Glitterman, 1985
25s, SW, $473,914
696 f, 33 SW, 1.42 AEI
Thwack, 1987
13s, wnr, $18,295
9 f, 8 r, 8 w, 1 SW
Wavering Monarch, 1979
13s, SW, $466,773
673 f, 41 SW, 1.22 AEI
Carlotta Maria, 1984
2s, pl, $9,680
12 f, 11 r, 7 w, 1 SW
Key to the Mint, 1969
29s, SW, $576,015
626 f, 48 SW, 2.23 AEI
Cautious Bidder, 1969
12s, SW, $132,611
12 f, 10 r, 5 w, 1 SW
Northern Dancer
South Ocean
Secretariat
Crimson Saint
Dewan
Moon Glitter
Fight Over
Royal Ties
Majestic Light
Uncommitted
Caro
Water Malone
Graustark
Key Bridge
Bold Bidder
Volunteer State
CARACORTADO'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
4
4(1)
0
0
$109,200
at 3
6
2(1)
0
2(2)
$217,320
at 4
8
2(2)
2(2)
1(1)
$477,585
at 5
1
1(1)
0
0
$60,000
at 6
1
0
0
0
$6,000
Lifetime
20
9(5)
2(2)
3(3)
$870,105
Sire: Cat Dreams, b, 2001. Raced 1 yr, 1 st, 1 win, $27,320.
Lifetime: 6 crops, 134 foals, 75 rnrs (56%), 43 wnrs (32%), 12 2yo wnrs (9%), 1 sw (1%), 0.96 AEI,
0.90 CI, 32 sale yrlgs, avg $5,506, 0.1 TNA.
In 2013: 28 2yos, 8 2yo rnrs, 4 2yo wnrs.
1st dam: Mons Venus, ch, 2001. Bred by Ormonde Farm (Ont.). Unraced. Dam of 3 named foals, 2
rnrs, 1 wnr, 1 sw. ($45,000, 2002 keesep yrlg; $250,000, 2012 keejan, Harlan's Holiday).
2006: Ch c, by Swiss Yodeler.
2007: CARACORTADO, ch g, by Cat Dreams.
At 2: Won California Breeders' Champion S (R).
At 3: Won Robert B. Lewis S (gr. II); 3rd Malibu S (gr. I), San Felipe S (gr. II).
At 4: Won Del Mar Mile H (gr. IIT), Sunshine Millions Turf S (RT); 2nd Frank E. Kilroe Mile S (gr.
IT), Shoemaker Mile S (gr. IT); 3rd Eddie Read S (gr. IT).
At 5: Won Daytona S (gr. IIIT).
2009: My Southern Diva, ch f, by Southern Image. Raced 1 yr, 2 sts, 0 wins, $700. ($60,000
baroct yrlg).
2010: Dead foal.
2011: Cachin, ch c, by Giant's Causeway. Unraced. Sent to Peru 2012. ($100,000 keesep yrlg).
2012: B c, by Harlan's Holiday. ($130,000 keesep yrlg).
2013: Ch c, by Haynesfield.
Inbreeding: 5SX5SX5D Bold Ruler.
Nicking: CAT DREAMS w/MARIA'S MON mares: 3 foals, 2 strs, 1 wnr (33%), 1 2yo wnr
(33%), 1 SW (33%), 1 GSW (33%)
Broodmare sire: MARIA'S MON, gr/ro, 1993-2007. Sire of 231 dams of 607 foals, 381 rnrs (63%),
2nd dam: Bid to the Mint, b, 1985-2001. Bred by Martin Stone (N.Y.). Raced 1 yr, 2 sts, 0 wins. Dam
of JADED PLEASURE (f, Jade Hunter; $111,825. Won Bay Meadows Lassie S, Tanaka Family Farm
H, T; 2nd Once Over Farm H, RT). Granddam of COUNTERFEIT GOLD.
Breeder/Co-Owner/Trainer
Mike Machowsky ... Born: Sept. 19, 1965, in Cincinnati, Ohio ...
Residence: Monrovia, Calif. ... Family: wife Dana; daughters Eden,
Cameron and Alyssa.
Starts 1st
2nd
1
0
0
2011
Turf Sprint
3rd
0
Earnings
$30,000
Caracortado
5th
Quick facts about Mike Machowsky:
• Machowsky is returning to the Breedersʼ Cup World Championships
for his second appearance with Caracortado, who ran fifth in the 2011
Turf Sprint.
• Caracortado, a six-year-old Cal-bred gelding, made his first start in
September 2013 after a nearly 20 month layoff. The winner of the
2011 Del Mar Mile Handicap (G2) won the Daytona Stakes (G3) in
2012 at Santa Anita, then injured the frog on his right front foot and
was delayed from returning to the races. He finished fourth in his
return in the Eddie D Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita for AJL Productions,
Blahut Racing, and Lo Hi Racing.
• Don and Audrey Blahut, co-owners of Caracortado, are longtime
clients. Machowsky wanted to name the horse Scarface because the
gelding first arrived at Machowskyʼs barn with a healing six-inch cut on
his nose. When The Jockey Club wouldnʼt allow Scarface because of
copyright issues with the movie, Machowsky named him Caracortado,
which is scarface in Spanish.
• Machowsky also owns horses in the name of Lo-Hi Racing, and
explains the name this way – “When you have horses, you want to
buy low and sell high.” He owned part of Caracortadoʼs dam, Mons
Venus, but she never made it to the races. His partners didnʼt want to
breed horses, so he kept her and bred her.
• First stakes winner was Native Boundary, owned by Blahut. First
graded stakes winner was Dancing Rhythm, winner of the 1998
Senorita Stakes (G3) at Hollywood Park. Other major winners include
graded winners Fencelineneighbor, Shuffling Kid and September
Secret plus stakes winners Geronimo, Cahill Connection, Candy
Factory, Sensational Score, Bedlam Bertie and Sandraʼs Rose.
• Won the $900,000 Sunland Derby in 2009 with Kelly Leak. Eventual
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird finished fourth in that race.
• Gained national attention in 2004 when he saddled Southern Image to
win back-to-back million-dollar races, the Santa Anita Handicap (G1)
and the Sunshine Millions Classic. Also saddled Southern Image to
win the Malibu Stakes (G1) on opening day of the 2003-04 Santa Anita
meet and the 2004 Pimlico Special (G1). Southern Image was a big
factor in making 2004 Machowskyʼs best year to date, when his
trainees banked $2,529,347.
• He took out his trainerʼs license in 1989, and saddled his first career
winner, Bidadip, on New Yearʼs Day, 1990, at Santa Anita. He learned
the art through working for trainer Richard Mandella for more than five
years as stable foreman and assistant trainer. Among the horses he
worked with there were stakes winners Phone Trick, Captain Vigors,
Winter Treasure and Paisano Pete. Attended – along with several
other Mandella training alums – that trainerʼs induction into the Hall of
Fame at the National Museum of Racing at Saratoga in 2001.
• Machowsky became interested in horses through his fatherʼs
ownership of Quarter Horses. He followed the career of major stakes
winner Vigors and became interested in Thoroughbreds through that
horseʼs exploits. As a teen, he walked hots and mucked stalls for
trainer Clay Brinson, and spent a summer at Del Mar with Brinson
horses, living in a motor home across the street from the trackʼs stable
gate. He also worked for two years as a groom for trainer Henry
Moreno
Co-Owner
Blahut Racing ... Owner(s): Donald Blahut ... Born: July 7, 1929 in
Emporia, Kan. ... Residence: Newhall, Calif.
Quick facts about Blahut Racing:
• Blahut Racing [Donald Blahut] is returning to the Breedersʼ Cup World
Championships for a second time as co-owner of Caracortado, who
ran fifth in the 2011 Turf Sprint.
• Caracortado, a six-year-old Cal-bred gelding, made his first start in
September after a nearly 20 month layoff. The winner of the 2011 Del
Mar Mile Handicap (G2) won the Daytona Stakes (G3) in 2012 at
Santa Anita, then injured the frog on his right front foot and was
delayed from returning to the races. He finished fourth in his return in
the Eddie D Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita for AJL Productions, Blahut
Racing, and Lo Hi Racing.
• Blahut moved to California from his native Kansas in 1961 while
employed by Didde Graphic Systems. He had traveled far and wide as
a troubleshooter for the companyʼs collating machines, and eventually
went into sales for firm, leaving in 1971 after some 20 years with the
company. Began his own business at that time, Collating House, in
Los Angeles, which specialized in assembling the pages of books,
calendars and other documents. He retired some 20 years ago and his
son, Bradley, runs the company.
• Blahut has been a client of trainer Michael Machowsky since 1991, just
two years after Machowsky began training. His first horse with the
trainer – Native Boundary – was a stakes winner. Heʼs raced alone or
in partnership stakes winners Southern Image, Shuffling Kid, Down the
Canyon, Kelly Leak and the aforementioned Native Boundary.
• Blahut and his wife Shirley enjoying going to the races, and bought a
horse they named Shirls Delight, who was trained by Leonard
Dorfman. While the filly won just one of 20 starts, she paved the way
for more involvement. Their second horse, Mr.Collator [named after
the family business] was much more successful, winning five of seven
starts. Mrs. Blahut didnʼt get to enjoy the exploits of stakes horses that
would follow however, as she passed away in 1995.
• Blahut grew up in Kansas, where his father was a farmer. He enjoyed
the animals, and spent time around horses before leaving the Midwest
to join the Air Force. “I was a jet engine instructor during the Korean
War,” Blahut said. “I taught air crews and mechanics about the
engines from the B47 program, which was the predecessor to the
B52.”
CHIPS ALL IN
B.c.4 North Light (IRE) - Maria's Mirage by Maria's Mon
Bred in Kentucky by ADENA SPRINGS (May 04, 2009)
27Sep13 SA8
22Aug13 Dmr7
24Jul13 Dmr7
20Apr13 SA8
23Feb13 SA5
11Aug12 Dmr8
18Jul12 Dmr6
22Jun12 Bhp7
12May12 GG7
23Mar12 SA7
Workout(s):
126
Owner: JEAN EVEREST, JOHN O'BRIEN, DANNY
VALDEZ , MICHELLE TURPIN & JULIE
CRANDALL
Trainer: JEFF MULLINS
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2«¬ 2¨© Baze T
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22 Sep 13 SA 5F ft 1:03.3h 47/52
2013:
2012:
Life:
Turf:
Course:
Off Dirt:
5
6
16
11
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0
2
1
7
4
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$157,938
$102,875
$410,613
$308,213
$135,280
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ChipsAllIn122¨µ Tones117¶ MidnightCrooner117¡
speed,inside,gamely
8 Sep 13 SA 4F ft :52.3h 29/30
12
7
8
6
7
4
7
6
6
10
NORTH
LIGHT(Ire),
b, 2001
CHIPS ALL IN
b, c
May 4, 2009
MARIA'S
MIRAGE,
gr/ro, 1999
Danzig, 1977
3s, wnr, $32,400
Danehill, 1986
1,074 f, 202 SW, 3.97 AEI
9s, SW, $321,064
2,408 f, 354 SW, 3.54 AEI Razyana, 1981
3s, pl, $2,412
14 f, 11 r, 9 w, 5 SW
Rainbow Quest, 1981
14s, SW, $592,716
Sought Out, 1988
1,066 f, 114 SW, 2.15 AEI
20s, SW, $402,366
Edinburgh, 1974
10 f, 8 r, 5 w, 3 SW
10s, SW, $49,244
9 f, 9 r, 7 w, 3 SW
13s, SW, $466,773
Maria's Mon, 1993
673 f, 41 SW, 1.22 AEI
7s, SW, $507,140
Carlotta Maria, 1984
942 f, 61 SW, 1.63 AEI
2s, pl, $9,680
12 f, 11 r, 7 w, 1 SW
Valid Appeal, 1972
36s, SW, $201,733
Perfect Exchange, 1988 791 f, 88 SW, 2.19 AEI
7s, wnr, $30,260
Ideal Exchange, 1976
15 f, 13 r, 10 w, 3 SW
34s, wnr, $90,275
14 f, 12 r, 11 w, 3 SW
Northern Dancer
Pas de Nom
His Majesty
Spring Adieu
Blushing Groom
I Will Follow
Charlottown
Queen's Castle
Majestic Light
Uncommitted
Caro
Water Malone
In Reality
Desert Trial
Crozier
Exchange Rate
CHIPS ALL IN'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
5
4(2)
1(1)
0
$149,800
at 3
6
1(1)
2(2)
1(1)
$102,875
at 4
5
2(2)
2(1)
0
$157,938
Lifetime
16
7(5)
5(4)
1(1)
$410,613
Sire: NORTH LIGHT, b, 2001. Raced 3 yrs in Eng, Fr, and Ire, 7 sts, 3 wins, $1,989,577. Champion
3 yo colt in Eng. Won Vodafone Epsom Derby (Eng-I), Totesport Dante S (Eng-II); 2nd Budweiser
Irish Derby (Ire-I), Betfair.com Brigadier Gerard S (Eng-III).
In 2013: 1 sw, 28 2yos, 4 2yo rnrs, 7 sale yrlgs, avg $16,138.
1st dam: MARIA'S MIRAGE, gr/ro, 1999. Bred by Molesworth Stable (Fla.). Raced 2 yrs, 12 sts, 5
wins, $191,003. Won Woodside H (T; NCR, BM, 5 furlongs in 0:56.75), Cactus Flower H; 2nd The
Very One S. Dam of 5 named foals, 5 rnrs, 2 wnrs, 1 sw. ($8,500, 2000 keesep yrlg; $35,000,
2001 barmay 2yo; $20,000, 2010 keenov, Macho Uno).
2005: Bloomin' Ghost, gr/ro g, by Awesome Again. Raced 4 yrs, 26 sts, 3 wins, $36,445. ($75,000
adsspr 2yo).
2006: Greek Fire, dkb/br g, by War Chant. Raced 2 yrs, 4 sts, 0 wins, $480. ($10,000 keenov
wnlg; $52,000 wassep yrlg).
2007: Not bred.
2008: Phantom Maria, gr/ro f, by El Prado (Ire). Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 0 wins, $1,560. ($22,000 keesep
yrlg). Died 2011.
2009: CHIPS ALL IN, b c, by North Light (Ire). ($4,500 keesep yrlg).
At 2: Won Gold Rush Futurity, Eddie Logan S (T); 2nd Golden Nugget S.
At 3: Won Pasadena S (T); 2nd Alcatraz S (T), Oceanside S (RT); 3rd La Jolla H (gr. IIT).
At 4: Won Eddie D S (gr. IIIT), San Simeon S (gr. IIIT); 2nd Joe Hernandez H (T).
2010: Not bred.
2011: Chief Knockaway, gr/ro g, by Macho Uno. Raced 1 yr, 2 sts, 0 wins, $9,880.
2012: B f, by Cactus Ridge.
2013: Barren.
Inbreeding: 5SX5D Buckpasser.
Nicking: NORTH LIGHT (IRE) w/MARIA'S MON mares: 4 foals, 4 strs, 3 wnrs (75%), 2 2yo
wnrs (50%), 1 SW (25%), 1 GSW (25%)
Broodmare sire: MARIA'S MON, gr/ro, 1993-2007. Sire of 231 dams of 607 foals, 381 rnrs (63%),
2nd dam: Perfect Exchange, dkb/br, 1988-2012. Bred by Fred W. Hooper (Fla.). Raced 2 yrs, 7 sts, 2
wins, $30,260. Dam of CAUY (f, Maria's Mon; $260,656. Won Miller Lite S, T; 2nd Wooden Star
S, T; producer; dam of Cauy's Humor), JAN'S PERFECT STAR (f, Imperialism; $133,610. Won
Arkansas Breeders' S, R). Granddam of Tigerheat.
Breeder
Stronach Stables/Adena Springs ... Owner(s): Frank Stronach ...
Born: Sept. 6, 1932, in Weiz, Austria ... Residence: Austria. Also has
homes in Canada, Florida, Colorado and Kentucky ... Family: wife,
Frieda; son, Andy, who is heavily involved in the farms and racing
interests and daughter, Belinda, a former member of the Canadian
Parliament, who now serves as President and CEO of Stronachʼs new
company, The Stronach Group. ... Web site: www.adenapringsfarm.com;
www.magna.com
Starts 1st
2nd
32
5
0
1984
1989
1990
1994
1996
1997
1998
3rd
2
Classic
Classic
Classic
Turf
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Turf
Juvenile
Mile
Sprint
Classic
Classic
Classic
Earnings
$8,728,400
Canadian Factor
Mi Selecto
Mi Selecto
Alwuhush
Honky Tonk Tune
King Ruckus
Only Royale (Ire)
Cash Deposit
Helmsman
Friendly Lover
Touch Gold
Awesome Again
Touch Gold
6th
8th
9th
4th
11th
12th
5th
4th
6th
11th
9th
1st
8th
1999
2000
2001
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2012
Distaff
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Filly & Mare Turf
Classic
Filly & Mare Turf
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile
Classic
Classic
Classic
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Mile
Distaff
Ladies' Classic
Classic
Classic
Tap to Music
Wild Rush
Golden Missile
Tap to Music
Perfect Sting
Golden Missile
Collect the Cash
Perfect Sting
Macho Uno
Macho Uno
Macho Uno
Milwaukee Brew
Carson Hollow
Ghostzapper
Sugar Spun
Silent Name (Jpn)
Ginger Punch
Ginger Punch
Einstein (Brz)
Game on Dude
5th
14th
3rd
5th
6th
13th
11th
1st
1st
4th
5th
3rd
13th
1st
8th
6th
1st
6th
11th
7th
Quick facts about Stronach Stables/Adena Springs:
• Adena Springs was represented as breeder in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup
Classic by Game On Dude, a multiple Grade 1 winner who finished
seventh as the favorite. A gelding, he returned in 2013 as a 6-year-old
to register five graded stakes wins from five starts, including the Santa
Anita Handicap (G1), Pacific Classic (G1), and Hollywood Gold Cup
(G1). ... Game on Dude, by Adena Springsʼ Breedersʼ Cup Classic
winner Awesome Again, was consigned by Adena Springs through
Hidden Brook, agent, to the 2008 Keeneland September yearling sale
where he was bought back for $210,000 and later sold privately. ... His
dam, Worldly Pleasure, was sold to Korean interests for $15,000 at the
2009 Keeneland November mixed sale in foal to Macho Uno, a
homebred half-brother to Awesome Again who won the Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile in 2000.
• Also in 2013, Adena Springs bred Judy the Beauty, by homebred
Breedersʼ Cup Classic winner Ghostzapper out of homebred stakes
winner Holy Blitz, who, like Adena Springs homebred champion Macho
Uno, is by Holy Bull. ... Multiple grade 1-placed Judy the Beauty was
sold to owner-trainer Wesley Ward for $20,000 at the 2010 Keeneland
September yearling sale, and despite twice being entered and
withdrawn from subsequent sales by Ward, is a contender for the 2013
Breedersʼ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.
• Adena Springs leads the Breedersʼ Cup money list as top breeder.
• Second leading owner by money won in Breedersʼ Cup history.
• The operation has produced five Breedersʼ Cup winners. Awesome
Again won the Classic in 1998, capping an unbeaten season. He later
sired 2004 Classic winner Ghostzapper and 2007 Distaff winner
Ginger Punch. In 2000, Adena Springs captured two Breedersʼ Cup
events, taking the Juvenile with Macho Uno and the Filly and Mare
Turf with Perfect Sting.
• The farm campaigned homebred Ghostzapper, a son of 1998
Breedersʼ Cup Classic winner Awesome Again, and out of Broodmare
of the Year Baby Zip. Ghostzapper completed an unbeaten season in
2004, winning the Classic in record time at Lone Star Park, to earn
Horse of the Year honors. He was inducted into the National Museum
of Racing Hall of Fame in 2012.
• In addition to Awesome Again and Ghostzapper, the farmʼs other top
runners have included Breedersʼ Cup winners and Eclipse Award
champions Ginger Punch, Macho Uno and Perfect Sting. Bred but
didnʼt race Ghostzapperʼs multiple graded stakes-winning half-brother
City Zip, a Grade 1 winner who finished 7th behind Macho Uno in the
2000 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile and ninth in the 2001 Breedersʼ Cup
Mile.
• The farm has campaigned two classic winners – homebred Red Bullet,
who took the 2000 Preakness Stakes, and Touch Gold, owned in
partnership with Stonerside Stables, who foiled Silver Charmʼs Triple
Crown bid in the 1997 Belmont Stakes.
• Stronach campaigned 1980 Eclipse Award champion older female
Glorious Song in partnership with Nelson Bunker Hunt.
• Eight-time winner of Canadaʼs Sovereign Award as outstanding
breeder (1997-1999, 2005-2008 and 2010) and nine-time winner as
outstanding owner (1993-1995, 1997-1999, 2002-2003 and 2005).
Jess Jackson.
• Stronach has received the Eclipse Award as leading owner four times:
1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008.
• The farm is named for the earliest inhabitants of the Kentucky
property, the Adena Indians.
• In 2005, operation became the first breeder in history to receive the
Eclipse Award and the Sovereign Award for the same year. It did so
again in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
• Stronach races horses under the name Stronach Stable, with the
majority of his horses bred under the name Adena Springs.
• Stronach received the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders
Associationʼs national breeder award for 2004.
• The farm has won the Eclipse Award for outstanding breeder a record
eight times (2000, 2004-2008 and 2010-2011).
• The broodmare band has included three horses named Broodmare of
the Year: Baby Zip (2005), dam of Ghostzapper and Grade 1 winner
City Zip; Primarily (in Canada), and Primal Force (2000), dam of
Macho Uno and Awesome Again.
• Stronach and/or Adena Springs has bred and/or raced more than 225
stakes winners.
• Adena Springs also has breeding farms in Florida and Canada, and
stands stallions at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in New York
with tentative plans to also stand stallions in Maryland.
• Stronach bought his initial property in Kentucky in 1989. In 2005, he
bought more than 2,000 acres of a former cattle farm near Paris, Ky.,
and sold the original Adena Springs acreage near Versailles, Ky., to
• On June 30, 2011, Stronach gained sole control of his racing and
gaming assets by forming a new privately held company called The
Stronach Group. As part of a previously announced reorganization, the
company now runs Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields, Portland
Meadows, Pimlico Race Course, Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, the
account wagering service Xpressbet, Amtote and a share of the racing
TV channel HRTV.
• MEC declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2009 and began
selling off assets including Lone Star Park, Remington Park and
Thistledown racetracks. The remaining racing assets were aquired in a
“stalking horse bid” by MI Developments, another subsidiary of Magna
International.
• He was the founder and chairman of Magna Entertainment Corp.
(MEC), which was the banner under which he originally began owning
and operating racetracks starting in early 2000.
• Stronach has served on numerous corporate, government and
university boards and has provided assistance to a wide range of
charitable and community service organizations.
• In 1957, he formed a tool and die company, Multimatic Investments
Ltd., which expanded into the production of automotive components. In
1969, Multimatic merged with Magna Electronics Corporation Limited,
and subsequently became Magna International Inc. Magna designs,
develops and manufactures automotive systems, assemblies, modules
and components, and engineers and assembles complete vehicle
systems, primarily for sale to original equipment manufacturers of cars
and light trucks in North America, Europe, Asia and South America.
Magna is publically traded on both the New York Stock Exchange
(MGA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (MG.A).
• Stronach was born in Austria and emigrated to Canada in 1954 with a
working background in tool and machine engineering.
Co-Owner
John OʼBrien ... Born: March 23, 1955 in Spokane, Wash. ...
Residence: Salt Lake City, Utah ... Family: Wife Lisa; two daughters,
Erin and Megan.
Quick facts about John O'Brien:
• First time in the Breedersʼ Cup World Championships. Chips All In
ranks as his best horse so far. Says he got hooked on racing about 12
years ago by his friend Danny Valdez.
• He helps his friend bring in new partners and Chips All In has six
co-owners, with Valdez and OʼBrien being the major owners and the
others are minority holders.
• Is a long-time friend and fellow high school athlete with Valdez.
• Works as an individual money manager and handles investments for
clients.
• Two prime owners share partnership with Michelle Turpin, Jean (Chip)
Everest and Dr. Alan and Julie Crandall.
• Turpin is a tax attorney based in Salt Lake City, where she was born
June 16, 1953. Chips All In is her first venture into horse ownership. Of
this, she says, “My golf buddies talked me into buying racehorse with
them and itʼs been one of the most exciting thing Iʼve ever done.”
• Everest, of Salt Lake City, is a financial officer who retired from
EnergySolutions Inc., a global nuclear services firm, in 2009. Holds
business degrees from both Southern Methodist University and the
University of Texas. Wonʼt be at Breedersʼ Cup because heʼll be on a
special project in Nepal with one of his co-owners, Dr. Alan Crandall.
• Ophthalmologist Crandall, of Salt Lake City, is headed for Nepal on a
help mission, something he does on somewhat of a regular basis. Both
he and his wife, Julie, are on staff at the John Moran Eye Center and
are involved in international outreach doing eye care in developing
nations.
Co-Owner
Danny Valdez ... Born: May 27, 1957 in Dragerton, Utah ... Residence:
Salt Lake City ... Family: Wife Pamela; two daughters Christian and
Danielle; two sons Andrew and Matthew.
• Thinks Chips All In ranks as the best horse heʼs been involved with.
Thatʼs saying quite a bit because some years ago he had a filly named
Cover Gal, a very fast runner and multiple stakes winner.
Quick facts about Danny Valdez:
• Valdez and partners usually buy one or two horses each year at sales.
• Heading into the Breedersʼ Cup World Championships with Chips All
In. Heʼs the inspirational leader of a group of six co-owners, most of
whom are relative newbies to the sport.
• Good friend John Brocklebank, a well-known bloodstock agent, helped
him pick out Chips All In.
• Grew up around his grandfatherʼs and got started with Quarter Horses
and turned to Thoroughbreds about 15 years ago.
• He is the sexton and caretaker for Mount Olive Cemetery in Salt Lake
City.
Trainer
Jeff Mullins ... Born: March 27, 1963, in Murray, Utah ... Residence:
Monrovia, Calif. ... Family: daughter Jessica, sons Jeffrey and Justin.
Starts 1st
2nd
5
0
1
2003
2004
2005
2012
3rd
1
Sprint
Sprint
Classic
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Turf
Earnings
$328,600
Captain Squire
My Cousin Matt
Choctaw Nation
Wild Fit
Dry Summer
7th
3rd
6th
2nd
11th
Quick facts about Jeff Mullins:
• After being away from the Breedersʼ Cup World Championships from
2005 until 2012, the trainer is set to tackle the worldʼs best two years in
a row when he saddles Chips All In for the Turf Sprint over one of his
favorite courses, the downhill venue at Santa Anita. The 4-year-old
son of North Light (Ire) has four wins and a second in six starts at
Santa Anita. He has won going from 4-1/2 furlongs to a mile, but
operates best at sprint distances.
• In the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup, Mullinsʼ Dry Summer finished 11th in the
Juvenile Turf. In his other Breedersʼ Cup encounters, Mullins trainees
have posted these results: Captain Squire, seventh in 2003 Sprint; My
Cousin Matt, third in 2004 Sprint; Wild Fit, second in 2005 Juvenile
Fillies, and Choctaw Nation, sixth in 2005 Classic.
• Saddled runners in four consecutive Kentucky Derbys: Lusty Latin
(15th) in 2002, Buddy Gil (6th) in 2003, Castledale (14th) in 2004 and
Buzzards Bay (5th) in 2005. Castledale became a Grade 1 winner on
both dirt and turf after capturing the 2005 Shoemaker Breedersʼ Cup
Mile. Trainer returned to the Kentucky Derby in 2009 with Wood
Memorial Stakes (G1) winner I Want Revenge, who was made the
morning line favorite. Unfortunately, the colt had to be scratched the
morning of the race due to an ankle injury.
• Became the only trainer in the 69-year history of the Santa Anita Derby
to saddle three consecutive winners of the race with Buddy Gil,
Castledale and Buzzards Bay.
• In Feb. 2012, a California Superior Court judge determined that trainer
Jeff Mullinsʼ right to due process was violated by the California Horse
Racing Board and set aside a 70-day suspension for the trainer ... The
case traced back to July 8, 2006, when Mullinsʼ starter Robs Coin
tested positive for mepivacaine at Hollywood Park. That positive test
was followed on Aug. 3, 2008, by an accused total carbon dioxide
violation by Mullinsʼ starter Pathbreaking in a race at Del Mar. Mullins
served a 30-day suspension following the Pathbreaking test. That
suspension was served concurrently with the Robs Coin suspension ...
The 70-day suspension was sought by the California Racing Board
because they believed Mullins had violated the terms of his probation
from the original positive.
• Mullins was banned from racing at New York tracks for six months by
the New York Racing Association for entering the detention barn of his
starter Gato Go Win on April 4, 2009 with a syringe and giving him an
injection that he claimed contained only cough syrup. Because the
medication wasnʼt illegal, and it was a minor infraction, he was fined
$2,500 and suspended seven days, but NYRA felt the blatant defiance
of the rules, followed by Mullins giving contradictory statements as to
why he entered the detention barn with a syringe at all, led them to feel
they needed to make a strong statement regarding the ability of the
public to trust Mullins. .... Later in the day, I Want Revenge won the
Wood Memorial (G1), but his subsequent injury exposed that Mullins
had been injecting the coltʼs joints with corticosteroids, currently a legal
procedure but one that is questionable for its long-term detrimental
effects.
• In Mullinsʼ other graded stakes winners include Carlsbad, Battle of
Hastings, Captain Squire, Mighty Beau, Wild Fit, Summer Wind
Dancer, Boston Common, Brookeʼs Halo, King Robyn, Sweet Win,
Choctaw Nation, Glick, Eastern Sand and Final Fling.
• He scored his 1,000th career win Jan. 28, 2007 at Santa Anita.
• Brought Mighty Beau to Royal Ascot in 2005, where he finished fifth in
the Kingʼs Stand Stakes (G1).
• Began his solo training career at Beulah Park in Ohio and then moved
west to Rillito Downs in Tucson, Ariz., to train for a couple of years
before moving northward to Turf Paradise in Phoenix. Success at Turf
Paradise brought about a move to California where he found new
clients. “We got rolling from there,” Mullins says.
• Started training at 17, taking a string of horses to Les Bois Park in
Boise, Idaho, and conditioning them under his fatherʼs name for a
couple of years before returning to Utah. His first winner was Doctorius
in 1980 ridden by Gary Stevens.
• Mullins has been involved with horses since childhood, galloping
horses when he was 8 years old and riding some races as a teenager
at bush tracks in Utah and Wyoming.
CRISTOFORO COLOMBO
B.c.3 Henrythenavigator - La Traviata by Johannesburg
Bred in Kentucky by LA TRAVIATA SYNDICATE (Mar 09, 2010)
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14Sep13 eCur(IRE) gd p 6f
04May13 eNew(ENG) gf p 1m
13Oct12 eNew(ENG) gs p 6f
12Aug12 eCur(IRE) sf p 6f
30Jun12 eCur(IRE) sf p 6f
19Jun12 eAsc(ENG) gd p 6f
20May12 eNav(IRE) gd p 6f
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2012:
DERRICK SMITH
Life:
Turf:
Course:
Off Dirt:
Trainer: AIDAN P. O'BRIEN
Stk - Waterford Testimonial S. - 54k T-101
Alw 20427
T-109
Stk - Newbridge Renaissance S. G3 - 80k T-108
Stk - QIPCO 2000 Guineas S. G1 - 623k T-107
Stk - Vision.ae Middle Park S. G1 - 241k T-108
Stk - Keeneland Phoenix S. G1 - 234k T-110
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LA TRAVIATA,
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14s, SW, $112,171
Kingmambo, 1990
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
13s, SW, $733,139
894 f, 94 SW, 2.44 AEI Miesque, 1984
16s, SW, $2,070,163
14 f, 10 r, 6 w, 5 SW
Sadler's Wells, 1981
11s, SW, $713,690
Sequoyah, 1998
2,193 f, 329 SW, 3.00 AEI
9s, SW, $150,825
Brigid, 1991
5 f, 4 r, 3 w, 2 SW
5s, wnr, $18,073
11 f, 7 r, 6 w, 3 SW
Hennessy, 1993
9s, SW, $580,400
Johannesburg, 1999
1,346 f, 76 SW, 1.58 AEI
10s, SW, $1,014,585
1,498 f, 61 SW, 1.21 AEI Myth, 1993
16s, wnr, $25,110
9 f, 9 r, 5 w, 1 SW
Unbridled, 1987
24s, SW, $4,489,475
Piedras Negras, 1999
566 f, 49 SW, 2.65 AEI
Unraced
Provisions, 1993
6 f, 5 r, 3 w, 1 SW
25s, SW, $144,945
9 f, 7 r, 7 w, 1 SW
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Nureyev
Pasadoble
Northern Dancer
Fairy Bridge
Irish River
Luv Luvin'
Storm Cat
Island Kitty
Ogygian
Yarn
Fappiano
Gana Facil
Devil's Bag
Atzimba
CRISTOFORO COLOMBO'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2 in Eng, Ire
5
1
1(1)
1(1)
$62,890
at 3 in Eng, Ire
4
1
0
0
$30,850
Lifetime
9
2
1(1)
1(1)
$93,740
Sire: HENRYTHENAVIGATOR, dkb/br, 2005. Raced 2 yrs in Eng, Fr, Ire, and NA, 11 sts, 6 wins,
$2,766,763. Champion 3yo colt in Ire. Won Stanjamesuk.com Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I),
Boylesports Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-I), BGC Sussex S (Eng-I), St. James's Palace S (EngI), Coventry S (Eng-II); 2nd Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), Queen Elizabeth II S (Eng-I), Independent
Waterford Wedgwood Phoenix S (Ire-I); 3rd Galileo E.B.F. Futurity S (Ire-II).
1st dam: LA TRAVIATA, dkb/br, 2004. Bred by John and Marsha Antonelli (Calif.). Raced 1 yr, 4 sts,
3 wins, $129,248. Won Victory Ride S (gr. III), Post Deb S. Dam of 2 named foals, 2 rnrs, 2 wnrs,
1 sw. Sent to Ire 2011. ($75,000, 2004 keenov wnlg; $112,000, 2005 ftkjul yrlg; $1,100,000,
2006 ftffeb 2yo).
2009: CRUSADE, dkb/br c, by Mr. Greeley. Raced 2 yrs in Eng, Ire, and NA, 6 sts, 2 wins, $164,123.
Won Emaar Middle Park S (Eng-I).
2010: Cristoforo Colombo, b c, by Henrythenavigator.
At 2: 2nd Dubai Duty Free Full of Surprises Railway S (Ire-II); 3rd Coventry S (Eng-II).
2011: B f, by Henrythenavigator.
2012: B c, by Henrythenavigator.
2013: B f, by Galileo (Ire).
Inbreeding: 3SX5DX5D Mr. Prospector.
Nicking: HENRYTHENAVIGATOR w/JOHANNESBURG mares: 3 foals, 2 strs, 1 wnr (33%),
0 2yo wnrs (0%), 0 SW (0%).
Broodmare sire: JOHANNESBURG, b, 1999. Sire of 122 dams of 187 foals, 91 rnrs (49%), 50 wnrs
(27%), 22 2yo wnrs (12%), 1.17 AEI, 1.48 CI; 5 sw.
2nd dam: Piedras Negras, b, 1999. Bred by Hermitage Farm (Ky.). Unraced.
Breeder
La Traviata Syndicate
Quick facts about La Traviata Syndicate:
• A business entity formed for the purpose of breeding the graded
stakes-winning mare La Traviata (Johannesburg – Piedras Negras, by
Unbridled). La Traviata was campaigned by Michael Tabor, Mrs.
Susan Magnier, and Derrick Smith, as is her progeny, Cristoforo
Columbo, by Henrythenavigator, who stands at Coolmore in Ireland.
• La Traviataʼs first foal was by Mr. Greeley, Crusade, winner of the
Middle Park Stakes (G1); then Railway Stakes (G1) runner-up
Cristoforo Columbo. She has since produced a 2011 filly by
Henrythenavigator, a 2012 colt by Henrythenavigator, and a 2013 filly
by Galileo.
Co-Owner
John Magnier ... Born: Feb. 10, 1948, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland ...
Residence: Coolmore Stud, Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland, with
other homes in Barbados, Spain and Switzerland ... Family: wife, Susan,
daughter of legendary trainer Vincent OʼBrien; four sons and a daughter,
who is married to trainer David Wachman. Son M.V. Magnier has become
a key figure in buying horses for the stable. ... Web site:
www.coolmore.com
Quick facts about John Magnier:
• The European record for a yearling sold at auction was shattered on
the opening day of Book 1 of the 2013 Tattersalls October Yearling
Sale when the Galileo brother to Oaks runner-up Secret Gesture was
sold to Magnier for 3.6 million guineas (about $6.08 million).
• Declaration Of War is set to represent the Magnier/Coolmore team in
the 2013 Classic, a race targeted ever since “the lads” (as they are
often referred to by trainer Aidan OʼBrien), purchased him in 2012 from
the yard of French trainer Jean-Claude Rouget after two races as a
juvenile in 2011. During a busy seven-race campaign in 2013, the son
of War Frontʼs two Group 1 successes came in the Queen Anne
Stakes at Royal Ascot and the International Stakes at York.
• Having won four of the five English Classics in 2012, the
Magnier/Coolmore team had to settle for just two in 2013. Ruler Of
The World (Ire) progressed from being an unraced three-year-old to
land the Epsom Derby in less than two months and a second English
Classic came courtesy of Leading Light (Ire) (St Leger). Other G1
successes were recorded by St Nicholas Abbey (Ire) (Coronation Cup
and Dubai Sheema Classic), Magician (Ire) (Irish 2000 Guineas) and
War Command (Dewhurst).
• Galileo, Coolmoreʼs four-time champion sire, was responsible for five
of the 12 Epsom Derby runners in 2013 and one of his sons, Ruler Of
The World, duly provided Magnier/Coolmore with a third consecutive
Derby after Pour Moi and Camelot, and record fifth in total. He was
unraced as a juvenile and did not make his debut until April.
• St Nicholas Abbey gave Magnier and his Coolmore partners a race
record third consecutive success in the Coronation Cup (G1) at Epsom
in June 2013. The six-year-old son of Coolmore stallion Montjeu took
his career earnings to just under £5 million with his sixth success at
the highest level. He had started the campaign with victory in the
Dubai Sheema Classic (G1).
• St Nicholas Abbey suffered a career-ending injury when fracturing a
pastern during a piece of work in preparation for the King George VI &
Queen Elizabeth Stakes in July 2013. Recovery has been arduous, but
it is hoped he will be saved for stallion duties.
• Lines Of Battle, who had been beaten in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile Turf by stablemate George Vancouver, gave
Magnier/Coolmore a second successive victory in the UAE Derby (G2)
at Meydan following the victory of Daddy Long Legs in 2012.
• The Magnier/Coolmore-owned George Vancouver, a son of 2008
Breedersʼ Cup Classic runner-up Henrythenavigator, followed up the
2011 triumph of Wrote in the Juvenile Turf in 2012.
• Magnier nearly came full circle when he almost took the first English
Triple Crown since his and Sangsterʼs Nijinsky II in 1970 with Camelot
in 2012. Undefeated, the son of Montjeu blew through the 2000
Guineas and Epsom Derby, and added the Irish Derby on his way to
an unfortunate second-place finish in the St Leger Stakes. Magnier
has always been sporting, and brought Camelot back to run in the Prix
de lʼArc de Triomphe, but he finished seventh, and was later found to
be suffering from life-threatening colic issues. he raced three times in
2013, but suffered defeat as favourite in both the Group 1 Tattersalls
Gold Cup and Prince of Walesʼs Stakes. Having been found lame on
Oct. 14, 2013, it was announced he would be to stand at Coolmore for
the 2014 season. camelot amassed four Group/1 victories and almost
£2 million prize-money in a 10-race career.
• Since Magnier installed Aidan OʼBrien as the master of Ballydoyle, he
has found new ways to top spectacular years with further unthinkable
successes. In addition to Camelotʼs exploits in 2012, the Coolmore
team swept the rest of the classics with Power taking the Irish 2000
Guineas, Homecoming Queen the 1000 Guineas and Was the Epsom
Oaks.
• Magnier sent So You Think (NZ) off to stud duty at his Coolmore
Australia farm in the summer of 2012, but first added the Tattersalls
Gold Cup and the Prince of Walesʼs Stakes to the Choisir coltʼs Group
1 tally. In Magnierʼs world, when one goes away, another comes on,
as he won the Phoenix Stakes (G1) with juvenile Pedro the Great by
his stallion Henrythenavigator.
• One of Magnierʼs top performers in 2011 was the Australian sensation
So You Think (NZ), whom he bought after the Choisir (Aus) colt had
won six Group 1 races in Australia. He went on to win three more
Group 1 races including the Irish Champion Stakes in 2011. Cape
Blanco (Ire) lit up 2011 by winning three Grade 1 races in America
before retiring due to injury: Man oʼWar Stakes, Arlington Million, and
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic.
• Among the top-class performers Magnier has owned or co-owned are
Dylan Thomas, Yeats, Galileo, Henrythenavigator, Oratorio, Imagine,
Montjeu, Hurricane Run, Rock of Gibraltar, etc.
• Most of his horses run in the colors of his wife or those of Michael
Tabor or Derrick Smith. In Ireland, they are mainly trained by Aidan
OʼBrien (no relation to Vincent OʼBrien) and Magnierʼs son-in-law,
David Wachman; in England, they are mainly with John Gosden,
Jeremy Noseda and Sir Michael Stoute; and in America they are
primarily with Todd Pletcher and recently, with Bob Baffert.
• Magnier has built Coolmore up to the extent that he is now managing
partner of the Coolmore Castle Hyde and Associated Stud Farms
Company, which is the worldʼs largest stud operation ... According to
one independent authority, it now accounts for over 43 percent of the
British and Irish stud market ... Irish Component: The Irish section of
the company includes six other studs apart from Coolmore itself.
Magnierʼs brother, David, is manager of the original family property,
Grange Stud.
• Coolmore Ireland stands 20 flat stallions (including Danehill Dancer,
Galileo, Holy Roman Emperor, Peintre Celebre, High Chaparral, and
Rock of Gibraltar) and 11 jumps stallions ... American Component: Its
American arm is based at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky., where a
further 12 stallions stand, including Munnings, Tale of the Cat, Uncle
Mo, Scat Daddy, and Giantʼs Causeway. Henrythenavigator, who
stood at Ashford in 2012, began standing at Coolmore Ireland in 2013.
• Australian Component: During the Southern Hemisphere covering
season Coolmore Australia, which is in New South Wales, is home to
Duke of Marmalade, Dylan Thomas, Lookin At Lucky and seven other
top-class “shuttle” sires (the concept of “shuttling” sires for use in both
Northern and Southern Hemisphere covering seasons was pioneered
by Coolmore) not to mention three stallions who reside in Australia all
year around including Encosta de Lago. ... Coolmore also has sires in
Japan, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina.
• Magnier served in the Irish Senate for a period in the late 1980s and
has been a member of both the Irish racing industryʼs two governing
bodies, the Irish Horseracing Authority (IHA) and the Turf Club. He
was nominated to the IHA in 1994 by order of the Minister for
Agriculture having previously served for many years on its
predecessor, the Racing Board (also by Government appointment).
• Magnier is a partner in the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados, and in the
Mitchells and Butler pub company with fellow investors Michael Tabor
and Derrick Smith.
• Sangster died in 2004, but had long since dropped out of his business
partnership with Magnier. In the mid-1990s, Michael Tabor began
investing in horses with Magnier, and later Derrick Smith. Most horses
are owned in a three-way partnership, but not all. When Vincent
OʼBrien retired, Magnier found other good judges to help pick out
horses at the sales, headed by Demi OʼByrne, Paul Shanahan and
Tim Hyde.
• The partnership grouped a great trainer with a big capital investor and
a breeding expert. They bought American blood, causing a big splash
at the Keeneland sales, and dominated the European classics ...
Initially, Coolmore was forced to sell its American-bred yearling
purchases that went on to achieve great things on the racecourse,
such as The Minstrel and Alleged, to finance further acquisitions. But
in 1982, Be My Guest gave Coolmore its first siresʼ championship and
he has been followed by Caerleon, Danehill, and most importantly of
all, the 14-time champion Sadlerʼs Wells. An era came to an end in
April 2011 when Sadlerʼs Wells died at the ripe old age of 30.
• When Magnierʼs father, Tom, died suddenly in 1966, Magnier was
withdrawn from school at the age of 16 and plunged into management
of the familyʼs Grange Stud, County Cork ... Never afraid to take a risk,
especially in the early days, he pulled off his first big coup in Oct.
1971, buying Green God from David Robinson just two days before he
won the Vernons Sprint Cup. Vincent OʼBrien spotted Magnierʼs talent
and installed him as manager when he bought Coolmore Stud in
partnership with Robert Sangster in 1975.
• The Magnier family was well known in the south of Ireland for standing
high-quality jumping stallions long before John was born. Operating
since the 1850s, the Magnier name has been associated with a whole
sequence of top-class steeplechasing stallions, including Deep Run,
who was champion jumping sire for the 14th successive year in 1993.
• Although he started out as a farmer, albeit a very astute one, Magnier
is reputed to make more money on the stock market now than he does
through his bloodstock interests ... For instance, in conjunction with
another powerful racehorse owner, J.P. McManus, Magnier spent over
£100 million in acquiring a major shareholding in Manchester United
Football Club. In May 2005, some five years later, the pair sold their
stake at an estimated £80 million profit when Malcolm Glazer, of
Tampa Bay Buccaneers fame, bought the club ... The Sunday Times
estimates his Coolmore racing empire to be worth $200 million.
Co-Owner
Michael Tabor ... Born: Oct. 28, 1941 in the East End of London ...
Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco and Barbados ... Family: wife Doreen;
son Ashley is chief executive of the Global Talent Group, a music
publishing, artist management and rights ownership business with a $10
million turnover.
Quick facts about Michael Tabor:
• Tabor will return to the Breedersʼ Cup in 2013 with plenty of
confidence behind Declaration Of War in the Classic, a race targeted
ever since Tabor and Coolmore partners purchased him last summer
from the yard of French trainer Jean-Claude Rouget after two races as
a juvenile in 2011. During a busy seven-race campaign in 2013, the
coltʼs two Group 1 successes came in the Queen Anne Stakes at
Royal Ascot and the International Stakes at York. His trainer, Aidan
OʼBrien, says Declaration Of War reminds him of 2000 Breedersʼ Cup
Classic runner-up Giantʼs Causeway, who was bred by Tabor and was
foaled at Ashford Stud near Lexington before racing in Ireland and
England. Giantʼs Causeway, now standing at Ashford, was champion
sire in 2009 and 2010.
Tabor/Coolmore team had to settle for just two of the five in 2013.
Ruler Of The World (Ire) progressed from being an unraced
three-year-old to land the Epsom Derby in less than two months and a
second English Classic came courtesy of Leading Light (Ire) (St
Leger). Other G1 successes were recorded by St Nicholas Abbey (Ire)
(Coronation Cup and Dubai Sheema Classic) and Magician (Ire) (Irish
2000 Guineas).
• Tabor returned to Dubai to start the season in 2013 with St Nicholas
Abbey, who had won the 2011 Breedersʼ Cup Turf and finished third in
the same race in 2012. Having finished runner-up in the Dubai
Sheema Classic (G1) in 2012, the six-year-old went one better in a
cracking renewal which saw no fewer than six Group/Grade 1 winners
in the field of 11. And Tabor/Coolmore also tasted success for the
second year in succession in the UAE Derby (G2) with Lines Of Battle,
who had failed to fire when equipped with blinkers for the first time in
the Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile Turf.
• His love of American racing is long-held. He won the Kentucky Derby,
Belmont Stakes and Travers Stakes in 1995 with his first equine
superstar, the Wayne Lukas-trained Thunder Gulch, who was then
retired to stud at Ashford in Lexington, Ky. and sired dual classic
winner and Horse of the Year Point Given. Tabor was out of luck in
139th Run For The Roses in 2013 when Lines Of Battle, racing on dirt
for the first time, finished 14th to Orb.
• Tabor purchased an interest in No Nay Never after he landed the
Norfolk Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot for trainer Wesley Ward and the
juvenile son of Scat Daddy kept his undefeated record intact with a
stylish victory in the Prix Morny (G1) at Deauville in Aug. 2013. No Nay
Never was bred in Kentucky by Jayne D. Johnson and David Sparrow,
and is owned by the partnership of Susan Magnier, Tabor, and Derrick
Smith.
• Havana is likely to represent Tabor in the Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile,
having earned $300,000 of his $575,000 purchase price for Tabor,
John Mangier and Derrick Smith, when taking the Foxwoods
Champagne at Belmont Park (G1) on Oct. 5. It was the son of
Dunkirkʼs second start for trainer Todd Pletcher.
• War Command, whom Tabor owns in partnership with Joseph Allen,
Susan Magnier and Derrick Smith, gave his sire War Front a 14th
Group/Grade 1 winner when landing the Dewhurst Stakes at
Newmarket on Oct. 12, 2013.
• Taborʼs association with Pletcher has produced numerous victories in
America. The 2012 Champion Two-Year-Old Male Shanghai Bobby,
who is owned by Tabor in association with Starlight Racing, Mrs. John
Magnier and Derrick Smith, won his first start in six months at Belmont
Park on Sept. 20 in the listed Aljamin Stakes, putting himself in
contention for a place in either the 2013 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint or the
Dirt Mile before it was discovered he had injured a ligament during the
victory. Shanghai Bobby, unbeaten in five starts at two, including the
Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile, was competing in a sprint for the first time
since winning the Hopeful (G1) in 2012. He will stand at Coolmoreʼs
Ashford Stud in Kentucky in 2014.
• Verrazano, owned by the partnership of Letʼs Go Stable, Tabor, Mrs.
John Magnier and Derrick Smith, gave Pletcher his third Haskell
Invitational (G1) at Monmouth Park in July 2013 by 9-3/4 lengths, the
largest winning margin in the raceʼs 46-year history. It was the sixth
success in seven lifetime starts for the three-year-old son of More
Than Ready, who previously landed the Wood Memorial (G1) at
Aqueduct.
• Tabor is looking to land the Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile Turf for the third
year in succession in 2013, following victories with George Vancouver
(2012) and Wrote (2011), both for trainer Aidan OʼBrien.
• In 2012, Classic success came thick and fast for Tabor, and the
Coolmore/Aidan OʼBrien team nearly ran the table. Homecoming
Queen took the 1000 Guineas, Was the Epsom Oaks, Power the Irish
2000 Guineas, and Camelot the English 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby,
Irish Derby, and was finally stopped with a runner-up finish in the St.
Leger Stakes. Camelot is a son of Taborʼs Montjeu.
• In 2012, when he had Camelot in the 2000 Guineas the same day as
Daddy Long Legs in the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs was where
Tabor chose to be, despite the difference in their chances. The then
undefeated Camelot won the Guineas.
• Tabor started the 2012 in Dubai, with his 2011 Breedersʼ Cup Turf
winner St. Nicholas Abbey finishing second in the Dubai Sheema
Classic (G1) and Daddy Long Legs winning the UAE Derby (G2).
• Taborʼs So You Think (NZ) retired to stud duty in Australia in 2012, but
first won two more Group 1 races for him – the Prince of Walesʼs
Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Tattersalls Gold Cup.
• Other top horses of 2011 were Grade 1-winning juvenile Power (GB),
and another Scat Daddy juvenile, Grade 3 winner Finale, trained by
Todd Pletcher. Multiple Group stakes winner Await the Dawn also
boosted the Tabor stable in Europe in 2011.
• Australian import So You Think (NZ) won three Group 1 races in 2011,
Misty For Me (Ire) won the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Tabor was in
partnership on another Irish classic winner in Treasure Beach (GB),
who took the Irish Derby. Taborʼs had two exciting juveniles in 2011,
including the unbeaten filly Maybe (Ire), and the promising Grade 2
winner Daddy Long Legs, by Scat Daddy, whom he raced in
partnership with Jim Scatuorchio. He also partnered with Jim and Fitri
Hay on Cape Blanco (Ire), who came to the United States in 2011 to
win three Grade 1 events: the Manhattan, Arlington Million, and Joe
Hirsch Turf Classic, the former two putting away American champion
Gio Ponti. Cape Blanco suffered an injury in the Turf Classic and
retired to stud at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Ky.
• In 2010, his star performers were both fillies: Lillie Langtry, who won
both the Coronation Stakes and the Matron Stakes, and the
two-year-old Misty For Me, who won the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1)
and the Prix Marcel Boussac (G1).
• In the United States, his biggest moments of 2009 were provided by
Man Of Iron, who won the Breedersʼ Cup Marathon; Munnings, who
won twice in Grade 2 company; and Dunkirk, who went close in the
Belmont Stakes, finishing runner-up to Summer Bird. In Europe he
won the Irish 1,000 Guineas with Again and the Criterium International
with Jan Vermeer.
• Tabor was part of the unstoppable Aidan OʼBrien bandwagon in 2008,
sharing in most of his 23 Group 1 victories. He also teamed up with
trainer David Wachman for three more wins in the highest company
(two with Bushranger, one with Again).
• Rags To Riches followed two Californian Grade 1 triumphs with victory
in the 2007 Kentucky Oaks (G1), before becoming the first member of
her sex in over a century to lift the Belmont Stakes (G1).
• While Tabor still laments not joining Magnier on Holy Roman Emperor,
the sire of his classic-winning filly Homecoming Queen, he and Smith
owned Rags to Riches without Magnier as partner. Generally, though,
all three own horses they race.
• In 2005, Tabor was owner or part-owner of the winners of 10
European Group 1 races, including three of the five British classics.
His best horse was a son of Montjeu, Hurricane Run, who was bought
in June just before his Irish Derby and later notched a stunning
success in the Prix de lʼArc de Triomphe.
• In 2002, High Chaparral won the English and Irish Derbys along with
the Breedersʼ Cup Turf, then repeated in the 2003 Turf in a dead-heat.
Winning the English Derby in Taborʼs colors remains one of his
fondest racing memories.
• The 2001 season saw Taborʼs colors carried to a Breedersʼ Cup
victory by Johannesburg in the Juvenile, while Milan won the St Leger
and was runnerup in the Breedersʼ Cup Turf. In partnership with Susan
Magnier, Tabor became champion owner in Britain for the first time.
• Although not often listed as breeder, preferring the racing game to
breeding, Tabor did breed the sensational Giantʼs Causeway, who was
foaled at Ashford Stud near Lexington before racing in Ireland and
England. Giantʼs Causeway, now standing at Ashford, has been
champion sire in 2009 and 2010, and among the leading sires from
2006-2008, and again in 2011.
• 1999 was a banner year for Tabor with 11 victories at the top level in
Europe, most notably with Montjeu, who won the French and Irish
Derbys and the Prix de lʼArc de Triomphe ... Montjeu continued his
brilliant progress in 2000, winning in Ireland, France and England, but
he was outshone by stablemate Giantʼs Causeway, who won five
consecutive Group 1 races in England and Ireland. Giantʼs Causeway
(owned in partnership with Susan Magnier) will be best remembered
for his gallant runner-up effort in the 2000 Breedersʼ Cup Classic.
• Entrepreneur provided him with his first European classic success in
1997.
• Taborʼs first equine superstar was the Wayne Lukas-trained Thunder
Gulch who won the 1995 Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes and
Travers Stakes, then retired to stud at Ashford in Lexington, Ky. and
sired dual classic winner and Horse of the Year Point Given.
• His principal trainers are Aidan OʼBrien in Ireland, and Todd Pletcher
in America. He also has horses in America with Simon Callaghan; in
England with Jeremy Noseda, Gerard Butler, Michael Bell, Peter
Chapple-Hyam and Henry Cecil; in Ireland with David Wachman; and
in France with John Hammond and Richard Gibson.
• Among the top performers that Tabor has owned or co-owned on
either side of the Atlantic are Alexandrova, George Washington, Hold
That Tiger, Landseer, Left Bank, Lion Heart, Mozart, Oratorio, Scat
Daddy, Sophisticat, So You Think (NZ), Munnings,
Starspangledbanner and Yonaguska ... He is one of only four men to
have won both the Kentucky and Epsom Derbies as an owner.
• It wasnʼt until 1994 that he started increasing his stable and became a
leading buyer at yearling sales throughout Europe and North America,
mainly in partnership with John Magnier and his Coolmore Stud
organization. Their association rapidly became such a force in
European racing that they were able to challenge the dominance of the
Maktoum family.
• Introduced to John Magnier by mutual friend J.P. McManus, a fellow
racing owner and investor, in 1994 when Tabor expressed an interest
in racing in America. Among his first purchases with the help of
Coolmore was then-2-year-old Thunder Gulch, who won the Kentucky
Derby the next year.
• He has since invested heavily in the leisure industry, in 2006 selling
his Next Generation fitness clubs business at a $30 million profit ...
Part owner of the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbardos with John Magnier
and Derrick Smith ... He also has a sizeable stake in the Victor
Chandler internet gaming business and in 2009 bought heavily into the
pub company Mitchell and Butlers, owners of the All Bar One and
Harvester chains, with fellow Coolmore investor Derrick Smith.
• Tabor started out as a ladiesʼ hairdresser, but decided the job was not
for him and he left after two years to become a settling clerk in a
betting shop ... When he reached his mid-20s, he purchased two
betting shops of his own in High Wycombe ... These two shops grew
into a chain of 113 under the Arthur Prince banner. On Sept. 29, 1995,
he sold the entire chain to Coral.
Co-Owner
Derrick Smith ... Born: London, England ... Residence: Barbados ...
Lives in a multimillion dollar mansion next to the Sandy Lane Hotel, of
which he is a part-owner in the company with John Magnier, Michael
Tabor and J.P. McManus ... Owns other properties in Barbados and
Florida. ... Family: wife Gay.
Quick facts about Derrick Smith:
• Smith will return to the Breedersʼ Cup in 2013 with plenty of confidence
behind Declaration Of War in the Classic, a race targeted ever since
Michael Tabor and Coolmore partners purchased him last summer
from the yard of French trainer Jean-Claude Rouget after two races as
a juvenile in 2011. During a busy seven-race campaign in 2013, the
son of War Frontʼs two Group 1 successes came in the Queen Anne
Stakes at Royal Ascot and the International Stakes at York. His trainer,
Aidan OʼBrien, says Declaration Of War reminds him of 2000
Breedersʼ Cup Classic runner-up Giantʼs Causeway, who is now
standing at Ashford and was champion sire in 2009 and 2010.
• Four-time Group/Grade 1 winner Camelot (GB), who went close to
winning an elusive Triple Crown at three, had a truncated 2013
campaign. Last yearʼs 2000 Guineas and Derby winner ran just three
times after recovering from a life-threatening bout of colic but was
turned over in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at 4-11 and then finished fourth
in the Prince of Walesʼs at Royal Ascot in June when favourite. He was
retired in October 2013 to stand at Coolmore for the 2014 season.
Smith/Coolmore team had to settle for just two in 2013. Ruler Of The
World (Ire) progressed from being an unraced three-year-old to land
the Epsom Derby in less than two months and a second English
Classic came courtesy of Leading Light (Ire) (St Leger). Other G1
successes were recorded by St Nicholas Abbey (Ire) (Coronation Cup
and Dubai Sheema Classic), Magician (Ire) (Irish 2000 Guineas) and
War Command (Dewhurst).
• Galileo, Coolmoreʼs four-time champion sire, was responsible for five
of the 12 Epsom Derby runners in 2013 and one of his sons, Ruler Of
The World, duly provided Smith and the current triumvirate of
Coolmore owners (along with John Magnier and Michael Tabor) with a
third consecutive Derby after Pour Moi and Camelot, and record fifth in
total. He was unraced as a juvenile and did not make his debut until
April.
• St Nicholas Abbey gave Smith and his Coolmore partners a race
record third consecutive success in the Coronation Cup (G1) at Epsom
in June 2013. The six-year-old son of Coolmore stallion Montjeu took
his career earnings to just under £5 million with his sixth success at
the highest level. He had started the campaign with victory in the
Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) which saw a brilliant tactical ride from
Joseph OʼBrien, as his mount beat five other G1 scorers, including
Japan Cup winner Gentildonna.
• After the highs came a major low as St Nicholas Abbey suffered a
career-ending injury when fracturing a pastern during a piece of work
in preparation for the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes in
July, and underwent emergency colic surgery soon after. Sadly, the
weight-bearing pin inserted into his cannon bone broke in late August
forcing surgeons to immediately remove it and place his leg in a cast.
However, it is hoped he will make a full recovery for a stud career.
• In 2013, Lines Of Battle, who had been beaten in the 2012 Breedersʼ
Cup Juvenile Turf by stablemate George Vancouver, gave Smith and
his Coolmore partners a second successive victory in the UAE Derby
(G2) at Meydan following the victory of Daddy Long Legs in 2012.
• Smith/Coolmore saw George Vancouver follow up the 2011 triumph of
Wrote in the Juvenile Turf. The son of 2008 Breedersʼ Cup Classic
runner-up Henrythenavigator sadly failed to build on that success in
2013, racing without success three times at the top level in England.
has been a standout even when running up against the great Frankel.
Second to that obstacle twice in 2012, Excelebration nevertheless
gave Smith wins in the Prix Jacques le Marois (G1), Queen Elizabeth
II Stakes (G1), and Gladness Stakes (G3) and will compete in the
2012 Breedersʼ Cup Mile.
• Other 2012 highlights were wins by Was in the Epsom Oaks,
Homecoming Queen in the 1000 Guineas, Power in the Irish 2000
Guineas, and something to look forward to: 2-year-old Pedro the Great
in the Phoenix Stakes (G1).
• The Aidan OʼBrien-trained War Command, whom Smith owns in
partnership with breeder Joe Allen, Susan Magnier and Michael Tabor,
took the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes on Oct. 12, 2013, giving a 14th
Group/Grade 1 success for sire War Front.
• Smith also owns shares in Australian sensation So You Think (NZ)
with regular partners Magnier and Tabor, and in 2011 so did Malaysian
owners Dato Tan and Tunku Yahaya. So You Think carried Smithʼs
silks to victories in three 2011 Group 1 races: Tattersalls Gold Cup,
Eclipse Stakes, and Irish Champion Stakes, while also finishing
second in the Prince of Walesʼs Stakes (G1) and the Champion Stakes
(G1), and fourth in the Prix de lʼArc de Triomphe (G1)
• Camelotʼs 2012 Derby victory marked the 100th Group 1 triumph in
which Smith has been involved. Prior to Camelot, Smithʼs
purple-and-white silks had been carried by four previous Derby
runners-up.
• Part-ownerships in Cape Blanco and Fame And Glory were sold to Jim
and Fitri Hay before Cape Blanco won three U.S. Grade 1 races in
2011 and Fame And Gloryʼs 2011 Ascot Gold Cup triumph in Hayʼs
silks.
• In 2012, So You Think (NZ) found his groove and won the Tattersalls
Gold Cup (G1) and the Prince of Walesʼs Stakes (G1) before going off
to stud in Australia in the summer.
• In 2008, when Coolmore trainer Aidan OʼBrien went on a tear and won
23 Group 1 races that year, he had a share in the winners of 12 of
them, most notably the three-time top level scorer, Halfway To
Heaven.
• Smith and partners bought Excelebration in the summer of 2011 and
left him with trainer Marco Botti, but in OʼBrienʼs hands this year he
• In 2010, Smithʼs purple and white silks were carried to Group 1 wins
by Cape Blanco (Ire), who won the Irish Derby and Irish Champion
Stakes; Fame And Glory, winner of both the Tattersalls Gold Cup and
the Coronation Cup; and Joshua Tree, who landed the Canadian
International.
• Enjoyed a highly successful 2007 in the United States with two horses
owned with Michael Tabor – the Florida Derby (G1) winner, Scat
Daddy (also owned with Jim Scatuorchio), and the remarkable
four-time Grade 1-winner, Rags to Riches, who followed up her
Kentucky Oaks success by becoming only the third filly to beat the
boys in the Belmont Stakes … In Europe, in 2007, his biggest moment
came when Soldier of Fortune took the Irish Derby.
richest race in Barbados; Gamut, the 2004 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud
(G1) and 2005 Princess of Walesʼs Stakes (G1) winner; and Black
Jack Ketchum, who landed the Brit Insurance Novices Hurdle at the
Cheltenham Festival in March 2006.
• First gained prominence as a co-owner with Michael Tabor in such
horses as Lion Heart, Pomeroy, Sense of Style and Chapel Royal,
third in the 2003 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile ... Has since been a partner
in many top horses trained by Aidan OʼBrien in Ireland, such as
George Washington and Alexandrova, as well as G1 Irish Derby and
G1 Prix de lʼArc de Triomphe winner Hurricane Run.
• Celebrated the first Group 1 victory in his own purple and white colors
when Simply Perfect won the Filliesʼ Mile at Ascot in Sept. 2006.
• Smith, along with Tabor and Magnier, took over the pub company
Mitchells and Butlerʼs in 2009, and invested in Britainʼs largest nursing
home operator, Barchester. While he didnʼt enter the British Rich List
until 2000, his investments have grown until he was #23 on the list in
2011, with an estimated fortune of 550 million pounds. His house on
Barbados is the largest on the island, and valued at 30 million pounds,
and is partners with John Magnier, J.P. McManus, and Michael Tabor
in the Sandy Lane Hotel there.
• Wife Gay also is an owner; her major winners: Spectroscope, 2003
winner of the Triumph Hurdle in England; Sharp Impact and Zarad, the
first two home in the 2006 renewal of the Sandy Lane Gold Cup, the
• First successful at the British bookmakers, Ladbrokes, working as onand off-course trading director … Left in 1988 to go into business on
his own and made his fortune in property and currency trading
• Other notable G1 victories have been provided by Excellent Art (St
Jamesʼs Palace Stakes), Simply Perfect (Falmouth Stakes) and
Astronomer Royal (Poule dʼEssai des Poulains).
Trainer
Aidan OʼBrien ... Born: Oct. 16, 1969, Wexford, Ireland ... Residence:
Ballydoyle, Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland ... Family: wife;
Anne-Marie; and children, Joseph (now riding for his father as an
accomplished jockey), Sarah (who represents Ireland in eventing), Ana
and Donnacha Dennis, all of whom ride out at Ballydoyle before school ...
Joseph earned champion apprentice jockey honors in 2010 riding at age
17, and won his first classic, the Two Thousand Guineas with Roderic
OʼConnor, trained by his father, in 2011.
Starts 1st
2nd
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1999
2000
2001
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6
Mile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Classic
Juvenile
Classic
Classic
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Sprint
2003
Earnings
$12,433,520
Second Empire (Ire)
Brahms
Mull of Kintyre
Warrior Queen
Stravinsky
Giantʼs Causeway
Turnberry Isle (Ire)
Black Minnaloushe
Galileo (Ire)
Johannesburg
Sophisticat
Bach (Ire)
Mozart (Ire)
2002
6th
7th
4th
8th
6th
2nd
6th
10th
6th
1st
5th
3rd
11th
2004
2005
2006
Turf
Classic
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Mile
Mile
Turf
Classic
Filly & Mare Turf
Filly & Mare Turf
Turf
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Turf
Classic
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile
Mile
Turf
Classic
Mile
Milan (GB)
Hawk Wing
Hold That Tiger
Tomahawk
Van Nistelrooy
Landseer (GB)
Rock of Gibraltar (Ire)
High Chaparral (Ire)
Hold That Tiger
LʼAncresse (Ire)
Yesterday (Ire)
High Chaparral
Yesterday (Ire)
Scandinavia
Mona Lisa (GB)
Antonius Pius
Powerscourt (GB)
Oratorio (Ire)
Mona Lisa (GB)
Ivan Denisovich (Ire)
Ad Valorem
Ace (Ire)
George Washington (Ire)
Ad Valorem
2nd
7th
3rd
8th
5th
dnf
2nd
1st
5th
2nd
3rd
1st (DH)
5th
8th
11th
2nd
3rd
11th
10th
12th
9th
2nd
6th
13th
2007
2008
2009
2010
Mile
Aussie Rules
Turf
Scorpion (Ire)
Classic
Filly & Mare Turf All My Loving (Ire)
Juvenile Turf
Achill Island (Ire)
Mile
Excellent Art (GB)
Turf
Dylan Thomas (Ire)
Classic
Duke of Marmalade (Ire)
Classic
Henrythenavigator
Filly & Mare Turf Halfway to Heaven
Juvenile Fillies Turf Heart Shaped
Juvenile Turf
Westphalia (Ire)
Mile
US Ranger
Turf
Red Rock Canyon (Ire)
Turf
Soldier of Fortune (Ire)
Classic
Rip Van Winkle (Ire)
Dirt Mile
Master Craftman (Ire)
Juvenile
Alfred Nobel
Juvenile
Beethoven
Juvenile Fillies Turf Lillie Langtry
Juvenile Turf
VIscount Nelson
Marathon
Man of Iron
Juvenile Fillies Turf Together (Ire)
Juvenile Turf
Master of Hounds
8th
5th
dnf
5th
2nd
2nd
5th
9th
2nd
7th
2nd
2nd
5th
6th
4th
10th
4th
10th
6th
8th
8th
1st
5th
6th
2011
2012
Marathon
Bright Horizon (GB)
Mile
Beethoven (Ire)
Classic
So You Think (NZ)
Filly & Mare Turf Misty For Me (Ire)
Juvenile
Crusade
Juvenile
Daddy Long Legs
Juvenile Fillies
Homecoming Queen (Ire)
Juvenile Fillies Turf Up (Ire)
Juvenile Turf
Wrote (Ire)
Marathon
Harrisonʼs Cave
Mile
Zoffany (Ire)
Turf
Await the Dawn
Turf
St. Nicholas Abbey (Ire)
Filly & Mare Turf Up (Ire)
Juvenile Fillies Turf Infanta Branca (Ire)
Juvenile Turf
George Vancouver
Juvenile Turf
Lines of Battle (Ire)
Marathon
Fame and Glory
Mile
Excelebration
Turf
St. Nicholas Abbey (Ire)
Turf
Treasure Beach
Turf Sprint
Starspangledbanner (Aus)
Quick facts about Aidan O'Brien:
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10th
6th
3rd
6th
12th
14th
4th
1st
9th
9th
7th
1st
7th
10th
1st
7th
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3rd
10th
10th
• He has saddled seven Breedersʼ Cup winners – the 2001 Juvenile with
Johannesburg; the 2010 Marathon with Man Of Iron; two renewals of
the Juvenile Turf with Wrote (Ire) (2011) and George Vancouver
(2012); two renewals of the Turf with High Chaparral (Ire) in 2002 and
2003, the latter in a dead-heat with Johar; and the one that probably
means the most to him, the 2011 win in the Turf with St Nicholas
Abbey (Ire) with his son Joseph in the irons. His numerous
second-place finishes include the narrow loss to Tiznow by Giantʼs
Causeway in the 2000 Breedersʼ Cup Classic and Henrythenavigatorʼs
near miss in the same race in 2008.
• Going into the 2013 Breedersʼ Cup, OʼBrien had won eight
Group/Grade 1 races, including the Epsom Derby for a fourth time with
Ruler Of The World (Ire), who progressed from being an unraced
three-year-old to a Classic winner in less than two months. He also
won a second English Classic with Leading Light (Ire) (St Leger).
Other top-class victories included the Juddmonte International
(Declaration of War), Queen Anne (Declaration Of War), Coronation
Cup (St Nicholas Abbey (Ire)), Irish 2000 Guineas (Magician (Ire)),
Dubai Sheema Classic (St Nicholas Abbey (Ire)) and Dewhurst Stakes
(War Command).
• OʼBrien is currently locked in a battle with current champion Richard
Hannon for the British Trainerʼs title, which is decided on total prize
money, rather than number of victories. Despite the relative paucity of
Group/Grade 1 wins this season (in 2012 he notched 15 Group/Grade
1 wins and 20 in 2011), OʼBrien, who last won the crown in 2008, is
seeking his fifth such triumph.
• His victory in the St Leger at Doncaster with 7-2 favourite Leading
Light, his fourth in the Classic, was OʼBrienʼs 217th Group/Grade 1
success.
• Stable star St Nicholas Abbey took his career earnings to just under £5
million with a race record third successive victory in the Group 1
Coronation Cup at Epsom in June. It was his sixth success at the
highest level. But the six-year-old Montjeu colt suffered a
career-ending injury when fracturing a pastern during a piece of work
in preparation for the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes in
July, and underwent emergency colic surgery soon after. Sadly, the
weight-bearing pin inserted into his cannon bone broke in late August
forcing surgeons to immediately remove it and place his leg in a cast.
However, it is hoped he will make a full recovery for a stud career.
• St Nicholas Abbey gave OʼBrien a seventh victory in the Coronation
Cup (G1). His first came with Yeats in 2005. That race was not nearly
as strong as the earlier Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) which saw a
brilliant tactical ride from Joseph OʼBrien, as his mount beat five other
G1 scorers, including Japan Cup winner Gentildonna.
• One of the few Europeans to earn success in the Breedersʼ Cup of
2012, the same team in the same race and secured the same result as
OʼBrien and jockey Ryan Moore combined with George Vancouver to
follow up the 2011 triumph of Wrote in the Juvenile Turf. The son of
2008 Breedersʼ Cup Classic runner-up Henrythenavigator sadly failed
to build on that success in 2013, racing without success three times at
the top level in England.
• Lines Of Battle, who had been beaten in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile Turf by stablemate George Vancouver, gave the yard a
second successive victory in the UAE Derby (G2) at Meydan following
the victory of Daddy Long Legs in 2012.
• In June 2013, Ruler Of The World, a son of four-time champion sire
Galileo, became OʼBrienʼs fourth Epsom Derby winner following
Galileo, High Chaparral and Camelot. He was the first winner of the
Classic to be unraced as a two-year-old since Commander In Chief in
1993. He provided jockey Ryan Moore with a second victory in the
race, following his success on Workforce in 2010.
• Declaration Of War gave OʼBrien a third victory in the Group 1 Queen
Anne Stakes with a scintillating performance at Royal Ascot and a
fourth success in the Group 1 International Stakes at York, earning
immediate quotes of 10-1 for the Breedersʼ Cup Classic. OʼBrien went
as far to say as the four-year-old War Front colt reminded him a lot of
his previous International scorer Giants Causeway, who was touched
off by Tiznow in the 2000 Classic.
• Magician, a son of top-class Coolmore sire Galileo, handed OʼBrien a
record ninth Irish 2000 Guineas victory and the yardʼs sixth in seven
years under Joseph OʼBrien, who was landing his third consecutive
victory in race. Magicianʼs easy victory at odds of 10-3, gave owner
Sue Magnier a record eighth success in the mile Classic at the
Curragh.
• In what was arguably an otherwise frustrating season for OʼBrien,
another Ballydoyle flag-bearer, four-time Group/Grade 1 winner
Camelot (GB), who went close to winning an elusive Triple Crown at
three, had a truncated 2013 campaign. Undefeated until thwarted by
Encke in his bid to become the first horse since 1970 to win the Triple
Crown in the St Leger at the end of his Classic campaign, he survived
a near-death experience after a major bout of colic. Last yearʼs 2000
Guineas and Derby winner ran just three times in 2013 but was turned
over in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at 4-11 and then finished fourth in the
Prince of Walesʼs at Royal Ascot in June when favourite. The decision
to retire him was made on Oct. 14, 2013 and he will stand at Coolmore
for next yearʼs breeding season.
• While some of his older horses had a sub-par year, OʼBrienʼs juveniles
offered plenty of hope for the future. Geoffrey Chaucer, a son of
Montjeu, provided OʼBrien with a 13th victory in the Group 2 Beresford
Stakes at the Curragh, a race won in recent seasons by top-class Sea
The Stars and St Nicholas Abbey. Runner-up and stablemate
Oklahoma City subsequently took the valuable 7 furlong Tattersalls
Millions 2-Year-Old Trophy at Newmarket, while War Command
handed OʼBrien his third Dewhurst Stakes (G1) victory at Newmarket
on Oct. 12, 2013.
• OʼBrienʼs son, Joseph, broke Mick Kinaneʼs 1993 record of 115
winners ridden in an Irish Flat racing season when Marvellous won a
maiden at Navan on Oct. 9, 2013. OʼBrien wasnʼt even born when
Kinane set the record and looks set to earn a second successive
champion jockeys title.
• Returning to the stratospheric heights of earlier years, in 2012
OʼBrienʼs stellar feats included claiming the first four of the five English
Classics with Camelot (2000 Guineas and Derby), Homecoming
Queen (1000 Guineas) and Was (Oaks). Camelot was the flag-bearer,
with OʼBrien saying he was the best he had ever trained – high praise
from the trainer of Galileo, Giantʼs Causeway, Rock of Gibraltar,
Montjeu, etc.
• Camelotʼs quest for the first English Triple Crown since Nijinsky II in
1970, with a victory in the 2012 Irish Derby after winning the first two
legs (2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby), was beaten narrowly by
Encke in the St. Leger by what many thought was a poor ride by
Joseph OʼBrien. The loss also thwarted OʼBrienʼs attempt to be the
first trainer ever to land all five English classics in a single season.
• OʼBrien saddled his seventh Racing Post Trophy (G1) winner in 2012
when Kingsbarns won under his son, Joseph, becoming one of the
early 2012 Epsom Derby favorites, but was forced to miss the 2013
Epsom Classic after he developed a foot infection after tearing off a
shoe in a routine gallop. He made a belated seasonal debut in
September, finishing a distant last of six to The Fugue in the Irish
Champion Stakes (G1).
• Pedro The Great, by Breedersʼ Cup Classic runner-up
Henrythenavigator, provided OʼBrien with a record 12th victory in the
Phoenix Stakes (G1) in 2012. OʼBrien has won this race, which he
uses as a springboard to the following yearʼs classics, seven of the last
10 years.
• OʼBrien took over the training of Excelebration from Marco Botti in
2012 and despite running second to Frankel twice, turned him into a
world-class miler. Excelebration won the Prix du Jacque le Marois (G1)
and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) as well as the Gladness
Stakes (G3) in 2012.
• So You Think (NZ) headed to Australia for stud duty in 2012, but not
before OʼBrien won two more Group 1 races from him – the Prince of
Walesʼs Stakes at Royal Ascot and the Tattersalls Gold Cup. OʼBrien
admitted it took a year and a half to “learn how to train him” and
apologized to Australian fans for “making a mess of it” in 2011 with
overwork.
• Imperial Monarch took the Grand Prix de Paris (G1) to add to OʼBrienʼs
Group 1 haul, and additional Group races were won in 2012 by Daddy
Long Legs, Battle of Marengo, Declaration of War, Magical Dream, Up,
Windsor Palace, and Furnerʼs Green.
• The OʼBriensʼ home at Ballydoyle caught fire in late Sept. 2012, but
everyone got out without being hurt. The roof was seriously damaged
though and the house uninhabitable.
• In 2011, OʼBrienʼs stellar feats included a second consecutive sweep
of the first three places in the Irish Derby, with Treasure Beach,
Seville, and Memphis Tennessee. In 2010, the finishers were Cape
Blanco, Midas Touch, and Jan Vermeer. ... The win was OʼBrienʼs
ninth Irish Derby, and his sixth consecutive victory in the race, won in
previous years by Dylan Thomas, Soldier of Fortune, Frozen Fire,
Fame and Glory, High Chaparral, Galileo, and Desert King.
• OʼBrien won his 8th National Stakes (G1) in 2011 with Power, and also
finished third with G2 winner David Livingston and fourth with Furnerʼs
Green ... Took first two positions in winning his fifth Irish One
Thousand Guineas with Misty For Me, and Together second ... Daddy
Long Legs gave OʼBrien a sweep of the top three in the 2011 Royal
Lodge Stakes (G2), with Tenth Star second, and Wrote third.
• OʼBrien won his 7th Irish Champion Stakes (G1) in 2011 with Aussie
sensation So You Think (NZ), who was purchased by OʼBrienʼs
patrons John Magnier, Michael Tabor, and Derrick Smith while owners
Dato Tan and Tunku Yahaya retain partial ownership. ... OʼBrien also
won the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) and the Mooresbridge Stakes (G3)
with the five-year-old, finished a neck behind Rewilding in the Prince of
Walesʼ Stakes (G1), but fourth in the Prix de lʼArc de Triomphe (G1).
• OʼBrien was the leading trainer at Royal Ascot in 2011 for the first time
since 2007, with four wins, two seconds and a third, including a win by
Fame and Glory in the Ascot Gold Cup (G1).
• Completed a Grade 1 double at Arlington Park in 2011, when he won
the Arlington Million with Cape Blanco (Ire) and the Secretariat Stakes
with Irish Derby (G1) winner Treasure Beach (Ire). Had previously won
the Arlington Million with Powerscourt in 2005, and the Secretariat in
2000 with Ciro. ... Other major North American wins: the Man oʼWar
and Joe Hirsch Turf Classic with Cape Blanco in 2011; Canadian
International in 2010 with Joshua Tree and 2002 with Ballingarry; and
Shadwell Turf Mile in 2007 with Aussie Rules and 2002 with Landseer.
• Brought Master of Hounds to the 2011 Kentucky Derby, where he
finished a well-received fifth, and he returned to the United States in
the Belmont Stakes, where he finished tenth. Previously, OʼBrien
entered Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile winner Johannesburg in the 2002
Kentucky Derby, where he finished eighth behind War Emblem.
• Took special pride in his son Joseph, 18, riding Roderic OʼConnor to
victory in the Irish 2000 Guineas (G1) for Josephʼs first classic win,
and Maybe to victory in the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) for Ballydoyle
in 2011. Joseph added the Racing Post Trophy (G1) in October
aboard Camelot for Aidan as his first UK Group 1 victory.
• Went to Dubai with three entries in 2011 for the first time since a rift
between Coolmore and Sheikh Mohammed shortly after he sent
Powerscourt to a fifth-place finish in the 2005 Sheema Classic (G1).
The Ballydoyle horses finishes: fourth for Cape Blanco in the Dubai
World Cup (G1); second and sixth, respectively, for Master of Hounds
and Alexander Pope in the UAE Derby (G2). Returned to Dubai in
2012 to win the UAE Derby with Daddy Long Legs.
• In 2010, OʼBrien saddled 27 Group winners, 15 of them Group 1
winners with each of the Australian import Starspangledbanner, Irish
Derby winner Cape Blanco, Fame And Glory, Lillie Langtry and Misty
For Me each registering two top level triumphs … In 2009, OʼBrienʼs
best horses, Rip Van Winkle, Mastercraftsman and Fame And Glory,
all fell prey to the awesome Sea The Stars on several occasions.
• Bred Beethoven (Ire), 10th in the 2009 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile, in the
name of his Whisperview Trading Ltd, a partnership with wife
Anne-Marie.
• In 2008, he enjoyed an astonishing season, becoming the first trainer
since 1935 to sweep all five of the Irish classics. He also dominated in
Britain, racking up a total of 23 Group 1 wins around Europe, leaving
him just two short of the world record for a calendar year. Highlights
included a third successive Ascot Gold Cup for Yeats and five Group 1
victories in a row for Duke Of Marmalade. Yeats went on to win his
fourth Ascot Gold Cup in 2009 before retiring.
• His 2001 season was nothing short of sensational, with victories in
seven European classics, he won 22 out of the 78 Group 1 races
contested around Europe in 2001, meaning that he became the first
overseas trainer to win the British trainersʼ title since Vincent OʼBrien in
1977 with 20 victories from 99 runners and almost £3.4 million in prize
money.
• Through Oct. 10, 2013, he has 217 Group 1 wins in seven countries,
and 54 Classic races. Desert King provided him with his first Group 1
winner on the flat, in the 1996 National Stakes, and his first classic
win, in the 2000 Guineas.
• Other Group 1 winners he has trained include Yesterday, Minardi,
Spartacus, Sequoyah, Necklace, Black Sam Bellamy, Shahtoush,
Sophisticat, Mozart, Saratoga Springs, Aristotle, Sunspangled,
Landseer, Orpen, Fasliyev, Second Empire, Ciro, Hold That Tiger,
Brian Boru, Powerscourt, Ad Valorem, Oratorio, King Charlemagne,
Alexandrova and Holy Roman Emperor.
• Aidan was runner-up in his first season at Ballydoyle, but won the Irish
flat title in 1996, the youngest to ever do so. He finished third in 1997
but regained the title in 1998 and has won it every year since. ... Was
the youngest to win the British champion trainer title in 2001, and the
first overseas trainer to hold the British title since Vincent OʼBrien. Has
won the British title three more times: 2002, 2007, and 2008
• Top horses from previous years include Rock of Gibraltar, who won
seven straight Group 1 events in 2002; Galileo, winner of the English
and Irish Derbys in 2001; High Chaparral (Ire), winner of the 2002
English and Irish Derbys; Dylan Thomas, winner of the 2006 Irish
Derby who went on to land five Group 1 races, including the Prix de
lʼArc de Triomphe, the following year; Peeping Fawn; George
Washington; Giantʼs Causeway; Scorpion; Hawk Wing; Johannesburg;
Stravinsky and King of Kings (OʼBrien also bred Rock of Gibraltar in
partnership with his wife and father-in-law)
• Backed by owners John Magnier and Michael Tabor of the Coolmore
Group, he gradually cut back on his jumping string in the mid-1990ʼs
and moved his flat horses to the famous Ballydoyle stables in Cashel,
County Tipperary, former home of the previous great Irish trainer,
Vincent OʼBrien, who is no relation.
• He was champion amateur rider over jumps in the 1993-94 season …
He has dominated Irish racing ever since, becoming champion jumps
trainer for each of the subsequent five seasons and his best jumper,
Istabraq, won the Champion Hurdle in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
• A son of a farmer and small-scale trainer, OʼBrien spent three years as
assistant to Jim Bolger before becoming assistant to his future wife
Anne-Marie, a former model and daughter of trainer Joe Crowley.
Anne-Marie had taken over the license from her father in Jan. 1991
and became the first female champion trainer when landing the jumps
title in 1992-93. She immediately handed the license to Aidan, then
age 23, and he scored his first winner on his first day as a trainer when
Wandering Thoughts won at Tralee.
5 1 1 0
$164,126
2013:
5 1 1 0
$27,035
2012:
20 4 5 0
$227,082
Life:
Turf:
15 3 2 0
$184,202
Trainer: CONOR MURPHY
Dk B/ Br.g.5 Medicean (GB) - Palatial (GB) by Green Desert
Course:
0 0 0 0
$0
Bred in Great Britain by CHEVELEY PARK STUD LTD (Apr 19, 2008)
Off Dirt:
0 0 0 0
$0
passed upper str,tired 6
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117 L
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12May12 eLin(ENG) st o1m
1:35¾^ 4g
Workout(s):
a19 Oct 13 Sky o 4F ft :48.2b 1/4
12 Oct 13 Sky 4F ft :48.1b 1/2
7 Sep 13 Sky o 3F ft :37.1b 1/2
10 Aug 13 Sky 4F ft :48b 1/1
DIMENSION (GB)
126
Owner: RIVERSIDE BLOODSTOCK, LLC
MEDICEAN,
ch, 1997
DIMENSION(GB)
dkb/br, g
April 19, 2008
PALATIAL,
b, 1998
14s, SW, $112,171
Machiavellian, 1987
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
7s, SW, $355,790
736 f, 78 SW, 1.93 AEI Coup de Folie, 1982
7s, SW, $67,570
12 f, 10 r, 7 w, 5 SW
Storm Bird, 1978
6s, SW, $162,869
Mystic Goddess, 1990 681 f, 63 SW, 2.27 AEI
11s, SW, $49,229
Rose Goddess, 1979
11 f, 8 r, 5 w, 1 SW
Unraced
6 f, 5 r, 5 w, 4 SW
Danzig, 1977
3s, wnr, $32,400
Green Desert, 1983
1,074 f, 202 SW, 3.97 AEI
14s, SW, $308,015
1,211 f, 99 SW, 1.55 AEI Foreign Courier, 1979
Unraced
15 f, 14 r, 9 w, 2 SW
Shirley Heights, 1975
11s, SW, $402,418
White Palace, 1992
694 f, 63 SW, 2.04 AEI
4s, wnr, $7,068
Blonde Prospect, 1986
10 f, 9 r, 7 w, 2 SW
5s, unpl, $310
9 f, 9 r, 2 w
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Halo
Raise the Standard
Northern Dancer
South Ocean
Sassafras
Cocarde II
Northern Dancer
Pas de Nom
Sir Ivor
Courtly Dee
Mill Reef
Hardiemma
Mr. Prospector
Bev Bev
DIMENSION (GB)'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2 in Eng
2
0
0
0
$534
at 3 in Eng
8
2
3
0
$35,387
at 4 in Eng, NA
5
1
1
0
$27,035
at 5 in NA
5
1(1)
1(1)
0
$164,126
Lifetime
20
4(1)
5(1)
0
$227,082
Sire: MEDICEAN, ch, 1997. Raced 2 yrs in Eng, 12 sts, 6 wins, $786,456. Won Coral Eurobet Eclipse
S (Eng-I), Juddmonte Lockinge S (Eng-I), Queen Anne S (Eng-II), Celebration Mile (Eng-II); 3rd Juddmonte International S (Eng-I), Champagne Lanson Sussex S (Eng-I), St. James's Palace S (Eng-I).
In 2013: 6 sw, 71 2yos, 33 2yo rnrs, 7 2yo wnrs.
1st dam: Palatial, b, 1998. Bred by Cheveley Park Stud (Eng.). Raced 2 yrs in Eng, 13 sts, 4 wins,
$73,110. Dam of 7 named foals, 6 rnrs, 5 wnrs, 2 sw.
2003: Spice Run, b g, by Zafonic. Raced 4 yrs in Eng, 6 sts, 1 win, $4,558.
2004: Artimino, b g, by Medicean. Raced 6 yrs in Eng and UAE, 24 sts, 2 wins, $72,707.
2005: SPACIOUS, b f, by Nayef. Raced 4 yrs in Eng and Ire,17 sts, 4 wins, $695,671. Champion
older female in Ire. Won Frenchgate First for Fashion May Hill S (Eng-II), Windsor Forest S
(Eng-II); 2nd Stanjamesuk.com One Thousand Guineas (Eng-I), Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus
Matron S (Ire-I), Etihad Airways Falmouth S (Eng-I), Windsor Forest S (Eng-II); 3rd Kingdom
of Bahrain Sun Chariot S (Eng-I), Etihad Airways Falmouth S (Eng-I), Stanjames.com Dahlia S
(Eng-III), Princess Elizabeth S (Eng-III).
2006: Rotunda, b f, by Pivotal. Unraced. Dam of 3 foals, 2 rnrs, 1 wnr.
2007: Tower, b g, by Nayef. Raced 3 yrs in Eng, 38 sts, 2 wins, $14,703.
2008: DIMENSION (GB), dkb/br g, by Medicean.
At 5: Won Play the King S (Can-IIT); 2nd Bold Venture S (Can-III).
2009: Capacious, b f, by Nayef. Raced 1 yr in Eng, 4 sts, 0 wins, $1,093.
2010: Barren.
2011: Barren.
2012: B c, by Raven's Pass.
2013: B c, by Nayef.
Inbreeding: 3SX4D Mr. Prospector; 5SX5SX5D Natalma; 4SX4D Northern Dancer.
Nicking: MEDICEAN (GB) w/GREEN DESERT mares: 34 foals, 28 strs, 17 wnrs (50%), 10
2yo wnrs (29%), 3 SW (9%), 1 GSW (3%)
Broodmare sire: GREEN DESERT, b, 1983. Sire of 441 dams of 2,213 foals, 1,719 rnrs (78%), 998
wnrs (45%), 397 2yo wnrs (18%), 1.10 AEI, 1.41 CI; 109 sw.
2nd dam: White Palace, b, 1992. Bred by Cheveley Park Stud (Eng.). Raced 2 yrs in Eng, 4 sts, 1 win,
$7,068. Dam of PORTAL (f, Hernando (Fr); $80,628. Won E.B.F. Alice Keppel S; 3rd HBLB Lancashire
Oaks, Eng-II, Totepool Middleton S, Eng-III; producer), ICE PALACE (f, Polar Falcon; $73,522. Won
E.B.F. Hoppings S; 2nd Weatherbys Bank Pipalong S; producer).
Relationship
Trainer Type
Conor OʼBrien
Aidan
Murphy ...
... Born:
Born: Oct.
In County
16, 1969,
Cork,Wexford,
Ireland in
Ireland
1983 ... Residence:
Ballydoyle,
Louisville, KYCashel,
... Family:
County
Engaged
Tipperary, Ireland ... Family: wife;
Anne-Marie; and children, Joseph (now riding for his father as an
accomplished
jockey),
Sarah
(who represents Ireland in eventing), Ana
Quick facts about
Conor
Murphy:
and Donnacha Dennis, all of whom ride out at Ballydoyle before school ...
Joseph
earnedcontender
champion Dimension
apprentice jockey
honors
in bred
2010 by
riding
at age
• Turf Sprint
(GB), who
was
Cheveley
17,Park
and Stud
won and
his first
thebefore
Two Thousand
Guineas
with Roderic
ran classic,
in Europe
Murphy bought
him privately
and
OʼConnor,
by his
father,
in 2011.
brought trained
him to the
United
States
last year, won the Play the King
Stakes (G2) at Woodbine before finishing fifth to reigning Horse of the
Breedersʼ
Cup
Record
Year and
2012
Breedersʼ Cup Mile champion Wise Dan in the Ricoh
Starts
1st Mile2nd
3rd regretEarnings
Woodbine
(G1). “I donʼt
running him in that race. I bought
83 him with7 the intention
11
6 a$12,433,520
of being
miler, but heʼs not as effective over a
mile as he is at six-and-a-half or seven furlongs,” he said.
1998
Mile
Second Empire (Ire)
6th
• Murphy grew
up on the family Brahms
farm in Ireland , where his grandfather
1999
Juvenile
7th
and father Juvenile
had horses. “I was Mull
always
around them and got bitten4th
by
of Kintyre
the bug. So Iʼve probably been training horses for 25 years,” said the
Juvenilecame
Filliesto America
Warriorseveral
Queen years ago and worked
8th
30-year-old....He
Sprint
Stravinsky
6tha
under Irish-born trainers Niall OʼCallaghan and David Carroll. “I did
2000
couple of spells
Classic
with both of them
Giantʼs
andCauseway
then moved back overseas.
2ndI
worked forJuvenile
a time in England
for Nicky
who is the
Turnberry
Isle Henderson,
(Ire)
6th
champion jump
trainer,” he said.
“I just
moved back to America 10th
one
2001
Classic
Black
Minnaloushe
Classic
Galileo (Ire)
6th
Juvenile
Johannesburg
1st
Juvenile Fillies
Sophisticat
5th
Mile
Bach (Ire)
3rd
Sprint
Mozart (Ire)
11th
year ago and
own.
Itʼs pretty tough to get clients,
Turfstarted off on my
Milan
(GB)
2nd
which
is
why
I
own
Dimension
by
myself.”...He
is based at the Skylight
2002
Classic
Hawk Wing
7th
Training Center with about a half dozen horses.
Juvenile
Hold That Tiger
3rd
• Dimension Juvenile
has won five times Tomahawk
in 28 starts and all of his victories have
8th
come on the
grass. Despite being
a British bred and having raced
Juvenile
Van Nistelrooy
5th
overseas for
most of his career,
he prefers
his footing firm. “He loves
Mile
Landseer
(GB)
dnf
it. When I ran him in the Play the King, I was worried because it hadnʼt
Rock of Gibraltar
2nd
rained in a Mile
really long time at Woodbine.
Now, (Ire)
the firmer the better,”
Turf
(Ire) at Woodbine that
1st
he said. Dimension
was the High
10-1 Chaparral
upset winner
2003
day....Murphy
Classic
says that the fresher
Hold the
Thathorse
Tigeris, the better he runs5th
so
the firm turfFilly
course
at Santa
and the(Ire)
seven-week layoff should
& Mare
Turf Anita
LʼAncresse
2nd
pose no problems
in the
Turf Sprint.
Filly & Mare
Turf
Yesterday (Ire)
3rd
Turfco-principal of Riverside
High Chaparral
(DH)
• Murphy is the
Bloodstock with Justin1st
Curran
2004
but he owns
Filly
100%
& Mare
of Dimension
Turf Yesterday
by himself.
(Ire) “We each have our own
5th
deals but run
under the Riverside
banner,” he explained.
Juvenile
Scandinavia
8th
Juvenileanticipating
Fillies
Mona
Lisa
(GB) Cup experience.11th
• Murphy is eagerly
his first
Breedersʼ
“To
Mile
Antonius
2nd
have a horse
good enough to run
in it isPius
pretty exciting and I am over
the moon. Iʼm
Turfjust trying to take
Powerscourt
it all in and(GB)
enjoy the experience. 3rd
Iʼm
really looking
forward to it,” heOratorio
said. (Ire)
2005
Classic
11th
Filly & Mare Turf Mona Lisa (GB)
10th
Juvenile
Ivan Denisovich (Ire)
12th
Mile
Ad Valorem
9th
Turf
Ace (Ire)
2nd
2006
Classic
6th
Mile
Ad Valorem
13th
Relationship
Owner Type
RiversideRacing
Bloodstock
... Owner(s):
Conor
Murphy
and Justin
Curran
...
Reddam
... Owner(s):
J. Paul
and Zillah
Reddam
... Born:
July
Born:
Murphy
was Ontario,
born in County
Ireland in 1983
...Beach,
Residence:
28,
1955,
Windsor,
CanadaCork,
... Residence:
Sunset
Calif.
Louisville,
... Family:
Engaged
...
Family:KY
Daughter,
Chanel
... J. Paul has been called by his middle
name since his youth to differentiate him from his father, also John Paul.
Quick facts about Riverside Bloodstock:
Quick facts about Reddam Racing :
• Murphy
owns Eddieʼs
100% offirst
Turffoals
Sprint
Dimension
(GB).
Calif. Square
arecontender
2-year-olds
of 2013 and
include the
Reddamsʼ filly Sprouts, who won the Cinderella Stakes at Betfair
• Hollywood
For more information,
see CTBA
complete
bio for
Murphy.
Park and the
Stakes
atConor
Del Mar.
Versye, another
daughter of Square Eddie, broke her maiden on the same Santa Anita
card in which Bond Holder won the FrontRunner. The Reddams are
supporting Square Eddie by breeding many mares to him, and they
have about 25 2-year-olds by the stallion.
• Reddam Racing, the stable name for Paul and Zillah, won the
FrontRunner Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita with a maiden, Bond Holder,
who had nevertheless showed promise in his four previous starts.
Reddam felt that the Mineshaft coltʼs experience around two turns
would help him in the 1-1/16-mile FrontRunner. Like many of
Reddamʼs runners, Bond Holder came out of a 2-year-old sale, having
been selected by Dennis OʼNeill, trainer Doug OʼNeillʼs brother. Bond
Holder cost $125,000 at the Ocala Breedersʼ Sales Companyʼs March
sale. The colt earned a “Win & Youʼre In” berth to the Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile.
• The Reddams enjoyed a tremendous ride in the spring of 2012, when
their Iʼll Have Another shocked the American racing scene by
capturing the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in two stunning
come-from-behind victories. As so often happens, despair dogged the
owners and the horse when tendinitis developed in one leg and the
colt had to be withdrawn from the Belmont Stakes, thus ending his
quest for racingʼs Triple Crown. Later, Reddam sold Iʼll Have Another
to Japanese interests for stud duty for $10 million.
• Other 2013 graded stakes winners for the Reddams are Quiet Oasis in
the Royal Heroine Mile Stakes (G1) and Wilshire Handicap (G3),
Concave in the Sorrento Stakes (G2), Handsome Mike in the
Commonwealth Stakes (G3), and Reneeʼs Titan in the Santa Ynez
Stakes (G2). Reneeʼs Titan runs in Zillahʼs name. Heʼs Had Enough,
who ran second in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile, finished third in
the 2013 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G2).
• The Reddams are starting to have success with the offspring of their
stallion Square Eddie, who stands at Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall,
• Among his 22 Breedersʼ Cup runners in 29 starts, Reddam has sent
two to the winnerʼs circle: Wilko in the 2004 Juvenile and Red Rocks
(Ire) in the 2006 Turf. Red Rocks returned to the Breedersʼ Cup Turf in
2007, ʼ08 and ʼ09, finishing third, 10th and fifth, respectively in his
other three efforts.
• Wilko and Red Rocks are prime examples of the success that Reddam
has had purchasing horses in Europe and then bringing them to the
United States for the Breedersʼ Cup ... In 2004, he bought 75 percent
of Wilko, an Awesome Again colt, in England shortly before he scored
in the Juvenile at Lone Star Park for trainer Jeremy Noseda ... In 2006,
Irish-bred Red Rocks registered a 10-1 upset in that yearʼs 2006 Turf
126
HANDSOME MIKE
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Scat Daddy - Classic Strike by Smart Strike
Bred in Kentucky by JOHN LIVIAKIS (Apr 02, 2009)
05Oct13 Kee9
25Aug13 Dmr7
27May13 Bel10
04May13 CD9
13Apr13 Kee6
02Mar13 SA10
02Feb13 SA8
12Jan13 SA7
25Nov12 Bhp9
03Nov12 SA12
Workout(s):
ft u 1B¹º :46½¹ 1:10º¶ 1:42^¼ 3g
ft o 7fº» :22º¶ :44¹¹ 1:21¶¸ 3g
ft
1mº¸ :44¾¾ 1:09¸^ 1:34¶½ 3g
sys
7f¹º :22¸¿ :44¾¼ 1:22¹» 4g
ft o 7f¹º :23¸¸ :46¹¶ 1:23¶º 4g
ft
1L»^ :47¶¿ 1:35¸º 2:00¶º 4g
ft
1N½^ :46¸¹ 1:10¿» 1:48¿½ 4
ft
1B½^ :47¸¾ 1:11º¶ 1:42¹º 4
fm p 1L¶¼ :47¿¶ 1:36¾¼ 2:01^½ 3
ft
1L»^ :46»^ 1:34¼¼ 2:00¶¶ 3g
17 Oct 13 SA p 4F fm :48.2hd 5/6
Owner: REDDAM RACING, LLC
Trainer: DOUG F. O'NEILL
Stk - ShdwlTfMG2 - 750k 116-96 7 3¶ 3¶¡ 6» 10¶¸ 10¶º£ Gutierrez M
Stk - POBrienG2 - 250k 115-95 7 5 4¶¢ 4¸ 9¼£ 10½£ Gutierrez M
Stk - MtropltHG1 - 750k 113-95 8 2¶ 2¶ 3¸¡ 7½ 8¶¸¡ Gutierrez M
Stk - CDG2 - 400k 105-94 4 6 5¸¡ 5¸¡ 5¾¡ 4¿¢ Gutierrez M
Stk - CmwlthG3 - 175k 91-107 5 3 1¡ 1«¬ 2¶ 1¶¢ Gutierrez M
Stk - SAHG1 - 750k 113-92 2 2¸¡ 2¹ 4¼¡ 6¶¹ 7¶¾¡ Gutierrez M
Stk - StrubG2 - 200k 123-104 5 2«¬ 1«¬ 2«¬ 2¡ 4¸¢ Gutierrez M
Stk - SnFrnndoG2 - 150k 94-103 6 2¡ 2¶ 3¶¡ 5¹ 5º£ Gutierrez M
Stk - HolDerbyG1 - 250k 142-101 2 2¶ 2¶ 3¶ 11¾£ 10¿¡ Gutierrez M
Stk - BCClasicG1 - 5000k 115-94 7 5¸ 4º¡ 6¿¡ 8¶¹ 9¸^£ Gutierrez M
28 Sep 13 SA 6F ft 1:12.3h 2/26
126 bL 30.50
119 bL 14.50
116 bfL 34.75
120 bL 11.10
118 bL
3.70
117 bL 30.10
123 bL
6.90
123 bL
5.30
122 L
13.20
122 bL 25.10
20 Sep 13 SA 6F ft 1:14.3h 7/14
2013:
2012:
Life:
Turf:
Course:
Off Dirt:
SilverMax126¶¢ WiseDan126¹¡ WillcoxInn126¨µ
8
8
20
4
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
$152,043
$706,000
$908,823
$71,500
$27,000
$21,293
bumped,vied,stopped 10
12
9
9
5
9
6
9
14
12
FedBiz121¶ Goldencents120£ GonnaFlyNow119¶
5wd into str,wkened
SaharaSky120¨© CrossTraffic 117¹¡ FlatOut 120¶¡
prompt 3p,ask 3/8
Delaunay118º PasstheDice118¹¡ Laurie'sRocket118¶£
bumped,awkward 3/4
HandsomeMike118¶¢ Gantry 118¶¡ CandymanE118¶£
off rail,edged clear
GameOnDude 125½£ ClubhouseRide115¨© CalledtoServe118¶¡ steadied early,wkened
GuiltTrip118¶¡ Stephanoatsee118£ FedBiz123¨©
dueled,led,outkicked
FedBiz118«¬ Tritap118¡ GuiltTrip 118¸£
inside trip,weakened
UnbridledCommand122¶¡ Grandeur 122«¬ LuckyChappy122¸¡ stalked btwn,wkened
FortLarned126¡ MuchoMachoMan126¼¡ FlatOut126£
btw,brushed 1/4,wknd
12 Sep 13 SA 5F ft 1:00.2h 5/40
SCAT DADDY,
dkb/br, 2004
HANDSOME MIKE
dkb/br, c
April 2, 2009
CLASSIC
STRIKE,
dkb/br, 2004
Hennessy, 1993
9s, SW, $580,400
Johannesburg, 1999
1,346 f, 76 SW, 1.58 AEI
10s, SW, $1,014,585
1,498 f, 61 SW, 1.21 AEI Myth, 1993
16s, wnr, $25,110
9 f, 9 r, 5 w, 1 SW
14s, SW, $112,171
Love Style, 1999
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
Unraced
Likeable Style, 1990
5 f, 4 r, 3 w, 2 SW
11s, SW, $322,326
6 f, 5 r, 4 w, 1 SW
14s, SW, $112,171
Smart Strike, 1992
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
8s, SW, $337,376
1,163 f, 98 SW, 2.35 AEI Classy 'n Smart, 1981
9s, SW, $303,222
9 f, 5 r, 5 w, 4 SW
Red Ransom, 1987
3s, wnr, $34,400
Classic Hostess, 1997 1,946 f, 114 SW, 1.59 AEI
5s, pl, $8,433
Court Hostess, 1988
2 f, 2 r, 2 w, 1 SW
26s, SW, $464,894
10 f, 8 r, 6 w
Storm Cat
Island Kitty
Ogygian
Yarn
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Nijinsky II
Personable Lady
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Smarten
No Class
Roberto
Arabia
Sovereign Dancer
Connie Knows
HANDSOME MIKE'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
4
1
1(1)
0
$50,780
at 3
8
1(1)
0
1(1)
$706,000
at 4
8
1(1)
0
0
$152,043
Lifetime
20
3(2)
1(1)
1(1)
$908,823
Sire: SCAT DADDY, dkb/br, 2004. Raced 2 yrs, 9 sts, 5 wins, $1,334,300. Won Florida Derby (gr. I),
Champagne S (gr. I), Fountain of Youth S (gr. II), Sanford S (gr. II); 2nd Hopeful S (gr. I); 3rd Holy
Bull S (gr. III).
1st dam: Classic Strike, dkb/br, 2004. Bred by Kilroy Thoroughbred Partnership (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs,
12 sts, 1 win, $47,910. Dam of 3 named foals, 2 rnrs, 1 wnr, 1 sw. ($60,000, 2005 keesep yrlg;
$70,000, 2008 keenov, Scat Daddy).
2009: HANDSOME MIKE, dkb/br c, by Scat Daddy.
At 2: 2nd Generous S (gr. IIIT).
At 3: Won Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II); 3rd El Camino Real Derby (gr. III).
At 4: Won Commonwealth S (gr. III).
2010: Handsome Dennis, dkb/br c, by After Market. Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 0 wins, $7,220.
2011: Classic Sense, dkb/br c, by Street Sense. Unraced. ($195,000 ftkoct yrlg; $300,000 ftfmar
2yo).
2012: B c, by Congrats.
2013: Barren.
Inbreeding: 5SX5D Damascus; 5SX3SX3D Mr. Prospector; 5SX5D Northern Dancer.
Nicking: SCAT DADDY w/SMART STRIKE mares: 2 foals, 2 strs, 2 wnrs (100%), 1 2yo wnr
(50%), 1 SW (50%), 1 GSW (50%)
Broodmare sire: SMART STRIKE, b, 1992. Sire of 230 dams of 607 foals, 423 rnrs (70%), 293 wnrs
(48%), 83 2yo wnrs (14%), 2.20 AEI, 1.46 CI; 43 sw.
2nd dam: Classic Hostess, dkb/br, 1997-2005. Bred by W.S. Kilroy (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 5 sts, 0 wins,
$8,433. Dam of FROM AWAY (f, Gulch; $308,690. Won Irish Sonnet S, NATC Sorority Futurity, R;
2nd Blue Hen S, Susan's Girl Breeders' Cup S; 3rd Go for Wand S, Honey Bee S, Without Feathers
S; producer).
Breeder
John Liviakis ... Born: Aug. 27, 1956 in Sacramento, Calif. ...
Residence: Kentfield, Calif. ... Family: wife, Renee and five children:
Audrey, Caroline, Katherine, Thomas and Michael. ... Education: After
earning an associateʼs degree from American River College he majored
in business and economics at the University of California-Berkeley. ...
Web site: www.liviakis.com
Liviakisʼ father, Mike.
• Liviakisʼ wife, Renee, is the namesake for Reneesgotzip, who won the
Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) by almost eight lengths this year as well as
the C.E.R.F. Stakes, and Reneeʼs Queen, first in the Oak Tree
Juvenile Fillies.
• 2013 contenders Handsome Mike, unplaced in the 2012 Classic, and
Reneesgotzip, third in the 2012 Turf Sprint, are returning to the
Breeders Cup one year after being among the three horses bred by
John Liviakis in his first year at the World Championships. His other
starter was Reneeʼs Queen, unplaced in the Juvenile Fillies. In 2011,
he came close as an owner and breeder with Sorrento Stakes (G3)
winner Mighty Caroline. “She was one of the favorites for the Juvenile
Fillies Turf, but she got hurt before the race and had to be scratched,”
he said. “Now sheʼs one of my broodmares in Kentucky.”
• Other top runners that Liviakis has owned and/or bred include Gentle
Audrey and Captain Kurt. He sold Reneeʼs Titan to Mrs. Paul Reddam
after she chased probable Juvenile Fillies favorite Executiveprivilege in
the Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) this summer. “Gentle Audrey was
fourth in a Grade 1 and I had an offer of $1 million for her from Sheihk
Mohammed (bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai). But she had
chips in her ankle and didnʼt pass the vet test so I kept her. Captain
Kurt was a grade one horse and one of the top horses in New
Zealand, but he got hurt, too.”...Liviakis said that he also owned a
Standardbred, Pretty Katherine, and she was a champion 2-year-old
pacing filly and a world record holder....Gentle Audrey, Mighty Caroline
and Pretty Katherine are named for his three daughters.
• Handsome Mike was sold to J. Paul Reddam after he placed in the
2011 Generous Stakes (G3). He went on to race in Grade 1
competition and won the 2012 Pennsylvania Derby (G2) in an upset
last year. “I was super high on the colt. I could tell when he was just a
kid that heʼs intelligent, has a nice personality, and is light on his feet.
He has no wasted motion and has a beautiful way of going. But Paul
Reddam really wanted him as a prospect for the Cash Call Futurity
and you canʼt keep them all,” he said. “You canʼt sell the ones nobody
wants. I sold him for a lot of money.” Handsome Mike is named for
• Liviakis buys racing prospects at the sales and sells horses, but in
recent years he has gotten more invested in the breeding end of the
business. He has 23 broodmares, including Mighty Caroline and
Gentle Audrey, and nine weanlings plus nine yearlings at Hill ʻnʼ Dale
Farm, Taylor Made Farm and War Horse Farm in Kentucky. “My
philosophy is to sell the ones people really want, keep the ones I like a
lot, and give away the ones people donʼt want,” he said ... Right now
he has only two horses in training with Melody Conlon in Southern
California and Billy Morey at Golden Gate, but nine 2-year-olds are on
Quick facts about John Liviakis:
their way to the races ... His game plan for buying at the sales is, “Iʼm
trying to find the next stars, just like with the stock market, Iʼm looking
for that one – the one nobody else has figured out yet,” he said.
said. “We use an advanced feeding program with the best nutrients
and supplements and itʼs expensive, but you can tell it works because
all of my horses look healthy and look really good,” he said.
• Liviakis, formerly a licensed trainer, fell in love with horses and racing
when as a child his father took him to the races at Cal Expo. “I was
very into sports as a kid and here were all these beautiful
Thoroughbreds competing. The horses are magic on earth and the
greatest of Godʼs creatures. It was a thrill to see how athletic and
magnificent they are.”... He said that he has made a study of equine
sports medicine, genetics, training, nutrition, and all aspects of
breeding. “I am very interested in how to get the healthiest horse,” he
• Liviakis became a stockbroker for E.F. Hutton out of college and soon
was the firmʼs top broker in the United States in under two years of
being licensed. He later worked for Merrill Lynch and independently
before founding his own company, Liviakis Financial Communications
in 1986. He is recognized as a pioneer who redefined financial public
relations by introducing ideas never before conceived. The company is
considered to be the leading financial public relations firm in the world.
Owner
Reddam Racing ... Owner(s): J. Paul and Zillah Reddam ... Born: July
28, 1955, Windsor, Ontario, Canada ... Residence: Sunset Beach, Calif.
... Family: Daughter, Chanel ... J. Paul has been called by his middle
name since his youth to differentiate him from his father, also John Paul.
Quick facts about Reddam Racing :
• Reddam Racing, the stable name for Paul and Zillah, won the
FrontRunner Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita with a maiden, Bond Holder,
who had nevertheless showed promise in his four previous starts.
Reddam felt that the Mineshaft coltʼs experience around two turns
would help him in the 1-1/16-mile FrontRunner. Like many of
Reddamʼs runners, Bond Holder came out of a 2-year-old sale, having
been selected by Dennis OʼNeill, trainer Doug OʼNeillʼs brother. Bond
Holder cost $125,000 at the Ocala Breedersʼ Sales Companyʼs March
sale. The colt earned a “Win & Youʼre In” berth to the Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile.
• Other 2013 graded stakes winners for the Reddams are Quiet Oasis in
the Royal Heroine Mile Stakes (G1) and Wilshire Handicap (G3),
Concave in the Sorrento Stakes (G2), Handsome Mike in the
Commonwealth Stakes (G3), and Reneeʼs Titan in the Santa Ynez
Stakes (G2). Reneeʼs Titan runs in Zillahʼs name. Heʼs Had Enough,
who ran second in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile, finished third in
the 2013 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G2).
• The Reddams are starting to have success with the offspring of their
stallion Square Eddie, who stands at Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall,
Calif. Square Eddieʼs first foals are 2-year-olds of 2013 and include the
Reddamsʼ filly Sprouts, who won the Cinderella Stakes at Betfair
Hollywood Park and the CTBA Stakes at Del Mar. Versye, another
daughter of Square Eddie, broke her maiden on the same Santa Anita
card in which Bond Holder won the FrontRunner. The Reddams are
supporting Square Eddie by breeding many mares to him, and they
have about 25 2-year-olds by the stallion.
• The Reddams enjoyed a tremendous ride in the spring of 2012, when
their Iʼll Have Another shocked the American racing scene by
capturing the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in two stunning
come-from-behind victories. As so often happens, despair dogged the
owners and the horse when tendinitis developed in one leg and the
colt had to be withdrawn from the Belmont Stakes, thus ending his
quest for racingʼs Triple Crown. Later, Reddam sold Iʼll Have Another
to Japanese interests for stud duty for $10 million.
• Among his 22 Breedersʼ Cup runners in 29 starts, Reddam has sent
two to the winnerʼs circle: Wilko in the 2004 Juvenile and Red Rocks
(Ire) in the 2006 Turf. Red Rocks returned to the Breedersʼ Cup Turf in
2007, ʼ08 and ʼ09, finishing third, 10th and fifth, respectively in his
other three efforts.
• Wilko and Red Rocks are prime examples of the success that Reddam
has had purchasing horses in Europe and then bringing them to the
United States for the Breedersʼ Cup ... In 2004, he bought 75 percent
of Wilko, an Awesome Again colt, in England shortly before he scored
in the Juvenile at Lone Star Park for trainer Jeremy Noseda ... In 2006,
Irish-bred Red Rocks registered a 10-1 upset in that yearʼs 2006 Turf
for trainer Brian Meehan. In 2008, Red Rocks, then trained by Mark
Hennig, earned a spot in that yearʼs Turf by scoring an authoritative
win over two-time Horse of the Year Curlin in Belmont Parkʼs the Man
oʼ War Stakes (G1) … Also in 2008, Square Eddie, who ran early in
England, came to the United States to win Keenelandʼs Breeders
Futurity (G1) and finish second to Midshipman in the Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile. In 2009, Square Eddie finished 10th in the Turf Sprint. He
was trained by Doug OʼNeill both years.
• Other Breedersʼ Cup success has come with Ashland Stakes (G1) and
Hollywood Starlet (G1) winner Elloluv, runner-up in the 2003 Breedersʼ
Cup Distaff and Great Hunter, third in the 2006 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile
... Overall, his Breedersʼ Cup starters, individually and in partnerships,
have brought in purse earnings of $4,150,000.
• Other G1 winners are Sharp Lisa, Cash Included, Swept Overboard
and Ptʼs Grey Eagle … Swept Overboard, who won the 2002
Metropolitan Handicap (G1) and the 2001 Ancient Title Handicap (G1),
was a $700,000 dispersal buy from the late Marshall Naifyʼs 505
Farms in 2000. Swept Overboard was a close fourth in the 2001
Breedersʼ Cup Sprint, beaten about a length for the big prize …
Reddamʼs G1-winning juvenile Crowded House, trained in England by
Brian Meehan, started 2009 as the winter book favorite for the Epsom
Derby before he suffered a respiratory infection and was sidelined. ...
Other notable stakes winners include Spring At Last, winner of the
Godolphin Mile (G2), Andujar, Momentum, Zillah the Hun, Notional,
winner of the 2008 Salvator Mile (G3) at Monmouth Park, and Mistical
Plan, winner of the 2008 Princess Rooney (G1) at Calder.
• Has about 60 Thoroughbreds in training, 30 with Doug OʼNeill, 10 with
Ben Cecil, three with Simon Callaghan, 10 homebreds with Ed
Freeman (who also breaks and starts his young horses and rehabs his
layups), and a few on the East Coast with Mark Hennig and a few
more in England with Brian Meehan. Uses Dennis OʼNeill and Jamie
McCalmont as bloodstock agents, with McCalmont also his racing
manager.
• Has pensioned his stallion Momentum. Plans to buy mares in foal to Iʼll
Have Another to foal at Vessels and have California-bred Iʼll Have
Anothers to race.
• Owns 30 broodmares at Vessels Stallion Farm in Southern California
and Kingswood in Kentucky. Also owns Standardbreds that he races
at Windsor Raceway in Canada and Cal Expo in Sacramento.
• In 1995, founded Ditech.com, a mortgage loan company that was the
first to use television and billboard advertising for current rates. Sold
the company to General Motors in 1999. Serves as president of
CashCall, a finance lending company in Fountain Valley, Calif.
• Earned bachelorʼs degree in psychology from the University of
Windsor, masterʼs degree in philosophy from the University of Toronto,
and Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Southern California.
Former philosophy professor at California State University, Los
Angeles.
• Introduced to racing during high school by a friend, Carlo Fisco, who
worked as a Standardbred groom at Windsor Raceway. During the
1980s, put together harness syndicates while at Cal State L.A. and
retains a strong interest in that sport. Claimed first Thoroughbred,
Ocean Warrior, in 1988.
Trainer
Doug F. OʼNeill ... Born: May 24, 1968, Dearborn, Mich. ... Residence:
Santa Monica, Calif. ... Family: wife Linette, children Daniel and Kaylin
Dixie. Credits brother Dennis, his chief assistant, with getting him started
in training. ... Web site: www.dougoneillracing.com
Starts 1st
2nd
25
3
1
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
3rd
1
Mile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile
Juvenile
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
Sprint
Sprint
Filly & Mare Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Dirt Mile
Dirt Mile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Earnings
$3,720,500
Decarchy
Sharp Lisa
Jealous Profit
Stevie Wonderboy
Lava Man
Sharp Lisa
Great Hunter
Areyoutalkintome
Thorʼs Echo
Maryfield
Overextended
Grace Anatomy
Slewʼs Tiznow
Slewʼs Tizzy
Azul Leon
Square Eddie
12th
6th
10th
1st
7th
6th
3rd
13th
1st
1st
7th
7th
10th
11th
9th
2nd
2009
2010
2012
Juvenile Fillies
Turf Sprint
Turf Sprint
Classic
Classic
Juvenile
Sprint
Turf
Black Magic Mama
Square Eddie
Quick Enough
Handsome Mike
Richardʼs Kid
Heʼs Had Enough
Boxeur des Rues
Cogito
8th
10th
10th
9th
5th
2nd
13th
7th
Quick facts about Doug F. O'Neill:
• Has saddled 25 Breedersʼ Cup starters previously, with three winners:
Stevie Wonderboy in the 2005 Juvenile, Thorʼs Echo in the ʼ06 Sprint
and Maryfield in the inaugural Filly & Mare Sprint in ʼ07. All three won
Eclipse Awards in their divisions. Finished second in the Juvenile
twice, with Heʼs Had Enough in 2012 and with Square Eddie in 2008.
• Won back-to-back runnings of the Santa Anita Derby (G1) with
Goldencents in 2013 and Iʼll Have Another in 2012. Goldencents in
2013 also has won the Sham S. (G3) and competed in the Kentucky
Derby and Preakness.
• Was on the wildest ride of his career in the spring of 2012 when he
saddled Iʼll Have Another to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness
Stakes. However, as often happens, despair followed as the 3-year-old
colt suffered tendinitis and was pulled from the Belmont Stakes,
ending his quest for the Triple Crown. Later, owner J. Paul Reddam
sold the dual classic winner to Japanese interests for $10 million.
• During Iʼll Have Anotherʼs Triple Crown season, OʼNeill befriended
Hope Hudson, a 12-year-old from Missouri who is battling a rare
disease, after meeting her on the backstretch of Churchill Downs
Derby week and brought her into the winnerʼs circle for both the Derby
and Preakness. She and her family were at Churchill for her first
up-close look at the Thoroughbreds she loves, thanks to the
Make-A-Wish Foundation. Hope was with OʼNeill at Santa Anita in
2013 to see Goldencentsʼ victory.
• In addition to Goldencents, OʼNeill has saddled 2013 graded stakes
winners Concave (Sorrento S. G2), Reneeʼs Titan (Santa Ynez S. G2),
Handsome Mike (Commonwealth S. G3), and Richardʼs Kid (Cougar II
H (G3). Several of OʼNeillʼs clients purchased Richardʼs Kid in the
middle of 2012, and Richardʼs Kid ran fifth in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup
Classic.
• A perennial leading trainer in Southern California in recent years, he
has won 25 titles on the circuit since 2002, including the
spring/summer Hollywood Park and Del Mar titles in 2010. The
Hollywood Park title was his fifth for the spring/summer meet. In 2007,
he tied with Jeff Mullins, each saddling 26 winners, a record number
for a Hollywood Park spring meet ... Most recently he was leading
trainer at the 2011 Fairplex meet.
• Associated with one of the greatest claim stories in racing history with
Lava Man. Claimed for $50,000 at Del Mar in Aug. 2004, the gelding
was retired in Aug. 2008 with earnings of $5,268,706, more than
$5-million since the claim by S T D Racing and Jason Wood. In 2006,
Lava Man swept Southern Californiaʼs top three races for older horses
– the Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup and Del Marʼs
Pacific Classic – the first time any horse won all three races in the
same year. (Game On Dude became the second horse to accomplish
the feat in 2013.) Lava Manʼs third successive Hollywood Gold Cup in
2007 put him in the record books with the legendary Native Diver as
the only other horse to accomplish the feat. With the Gold Cup win
over Hollywood Parkʼs Cushion Track, Lava Man became the first
horse in history to win a G1 race over three different surfaces ... Lava
Man now serves as a stable pony for OʼNeill, and foreman Sabas
Rivera most often rides him. Lava Man likes to stroll through the
shedrow after his work is done and help himself to the grain bin, as
c a p t u r e d
o n
Y o u T u b e :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GESVqzDQEuM.
• Won his 1,000th North American race when No Means Maybe
captured the Bustles and Bows at Fairplex Park Sept. 13, 2007 …
OʼNeillʼs first stakes win was Tanks Forthemusic in the 1996 CTBA
Marian Stakes at Fairplex Park. OʼNeill is approaching 2,000 wins and
has total purse earnings of more than $86 million, putting him 20th on
the all-time trainer list.
• First major stakes winner was Classy Cara, winner of the 2000
Fantasy Stakes and Honeymoon Handicap … Won his first Grade 1
race when Sky Jack scored in the 2002 Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) ...
Won the 2003 Japan Cup Dirt with 48-1 longshot Fleetstreet Dancer, a
$40,000 claim by OʼNeill in 2002.
• Named California Thoroughbred Breedersʼ Association Trainer of the
Year in 2002 and 2006.
• Other stakes winners trained include Enriched (a half-brother to Lava
Man), Informed, Necessary Evil, Acting Lady, Sharp Lisa, Supah Blitz,
Cobalt Blue, Notional, Great Hunter, Shamdinan, Excessivepleasure
and Super Freaky.
• Considers his operation a team effort, his stable often called Team
OʼNeill. In addition to his brother, Dennis, who is not only his major
assistant but buys most of the horses at sales, Leandro Moro and Jack
Sisterson also are assistant trainers. Other key people in Team OʼNeill
are Steve Rothblum, Sharla Sanders, and Nancy Rodriguez. OʼNeill
has four foremen: Fausto Cepedes, Carlos Pena, Benjamin Perez, and
Sabas Rivera.
• Began working at the track in 1986, right out of high school, and
learned under Jude Feld, Hector Palma and Doug Peterson before
taking out his license in 1994.
5 2 0 0
$154,023
2013:
5 1 0 1
$99,337
2012:
25 9 0 3
$619,514
Life:
Turf:
16 7 0 2
$490,564
Trainer: DARRIN MILLER
B.g.6 Great Notion - Piconeach (NZ) by Spectacular Love
Course:
0 0 0 0
$0
Bred in Maryland by SILVERTON HILL, LLC (Apr 11, 2007)
Off Dirt:
1 0 0 0
$200
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Workout(s):
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HAVELOCK
126
Owner: SILVERTON HILL, LLC
Gone West, 1984
17s, SW, $682,251
Elusive Quality, 1993
1,263 f, 101 SW, 1.81 AEI
20s, SW, $413,284
Touch of Greatness, 1986
GREAT NOTION, 1,647 f, 100 SW, 1.74 AEI
Unraced
b, 2000
14 f, 11 r, 7 w, 2 SW
Dayjur, 1987
11s, SW, $750,770
Evening Primrose, 1994
546 f, 30 SW, 1.14 AEI
Unraced
Water Lily, 1976
10 f, 8 r, 6 w, 1 SW
17s, SW, $116,777
HAVELOCK
14 f, 12 r, 8 w, 1 SW
b, g
Spectacular Bid, 1976
April 11, 2007
30s, SW, $2,781,608
Spectacular Love, 1982
753 f, 44 SW, 1.46 AEI
9s, SW, $179,500
Gallamar, 1967
485 f, 16 SW, 0.83 AEI
6s, wnr, $13,317
9 f, 7 r, 6 w, 3 SW
Exploding Prospect, 1986
PICONEACH(NZ),
26s, SW, $139,085
ch, 1998
Delightful Prospect, 1993 253 f, 9 SW, 1.53 AEI
Unraced
Delightful Dame, 1984
2 f, 2 r, 2 w
Unraced
4 f, 3 r, 2 w
Mr. Prospector
Secrettame
Hero's Honor
Ivory Wand
Danzig
Gold Beauty
Riverman
First Bloom
Bold Bidder
Spectacular
Royal Dorimar
Milly Pi
Miswaki
Seasons Past
Aythorpe
Lady Fair
HAVELOCK'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2010
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3
5
2
0
1
$45,995
at 4
10
4(3)
0
1(1)
$320,159
at 5
5
1(1)
0
1
$99,337
at 6 in Eng, NA
5
2(2)
0
0
$154,023
Lifetime
25
9(6)
0
3(1)
$619,514
Sire: GREAT NOTION, b, 2000. Raced 3 yrs, 12 sts, 3 wins, $194,608. Won Southwest S; 2nd King's
Bishop S (gr. I), Amsterdam S (gr. II), Rebel S, Turfway Prevue S.
In 2013: 3 sw, 20 2yos, 8 2yo rnrs, 3 2yo wnrs, 1 sale yrlg, $7,500.
1st dam: Piconeach (NZ), ch, 1998. Bred by S.P. Gilligan, D.M., and D.E. Kettlewell (NZ). Raced 3
yrs in NA and NZ, 17 sts, 3 wins, $50,911. 3rd Dade Turf Classic S (T). Dam of 3 named foals,
2 rnrs, 2 wnrs, 1 sw.
2007: HAVELOCK, b g, by Great Notion.
At 4: Won Play the King S (Can-IIT), Woodford S (gr. IIIT), Arlington Sprint H (T); 3rd Hanshin
Cup H (gr. III).
At 5: Won Hanshin Cup S (gr. III).
At 6: Won Woodford S Presented by Keeneland Select (gr. IIIT), Shakertown S (gr. IIIT).
2008: Barren.
2009: Towner, ch g, by Badge of Silver. Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 1 win, $16,631.
2010: Slipped.
2011: Henry Eight, b c, by Henrythenavigator. Unraced.
Inbreeding: 4SX5SX5D Mr. Prospector.
Nicking: GREAT NOTION w/SPECTACULAR LOVE mares: 1 foal, 1 str, 1 wnr (100%), 0 2yo
wnrs (0%), 1 SW (100%), 1 GSW (100%)
Broodmare sire: SPECTACULAR LOVE, ch, 1982. Sire of 118 dams of 404 foals, 140 rnrs (35%),
2nd dam: Delightful Prospect, ch, 1993. Unraced.
Breeder/Owner
Silverton Hill Farm ... Owner(s): Bonnie and Tommy Hamilton ... Born:
Feb. 24, 1939 (Tommy)... April 7, 1956 (Bonnie) ... Residence:
Springfield, Ky. ... Family: Tommy has three daughters and two sons ...
Education: Tommy attended Bellarmine University in Louisville, Ky. ...
Bonnie graduated from St. Johnʼs Hospital School of Nursing in
Springfield, Ill. and is an R.N.
2010
Juvenile
Murjan
10th
Quick facts about Silverton Hill Farm :
• Silverton Hill has been represented by four horses in the
BreedersʼCup: Great Notion in the 2003 Sprint, King Ledley in the
2009 Juvenile Tur, Murjan in the 2010 Juvenile, and Havelock in the
2011 Turf Sprint. None hit the board. Theyʼre back in 2013 for another
try with Havelock.
• The six-year-old gelding came from dead last in the Woodford Stakes
(G3) at Keeneland in early Oct. 2013 to score easily by two lengths. It
was his fourth win in five starts at the Lexington track. Miller tried
Havelock overseas this summer, but had no luck in either the Darley
July Cup (G1) or Diamond Jubilee (G1). Havelock won the Shakertown
Stakes (G3) at Keeneland earlier in the season, and took the 2011
edition of the Woodford as well. He now has nine wins and three thirds
from 24 career starts, with earnings of $619,514. Among those wins
was the Play the King Stakes (G2) at Woodbine in 2011 and the
Hanshin Cup Stakes (G3) at Arlington in 2012.
• The Hamiltons have raised Saddlebred show horses for many years
and raised and showed CH Yes Itʼs True, who won the World
Championship in the Three Gaited Division in 1998. They later sold
CH Yes Itʼs True to help get them started in the Thoroughbred
business. They retained Darrin Miller as their private trainer in 2001
after he broke horses for them at Nick de Mericʼs training center in
Ocala, Fla. They bought Silverton Hill Farm in Springfield, about an
hour south of Louisville, in 1970. Silverton Hill Farm now has 2,200
acres consisting of grain, hay fields, and cattle, as well as a
three-quarter mile grass gallop and a seven-eighths mile all weather
course. Adam Burnett runs the farm operations, where layups
recuperate, young horses are started, and about a dozen mares
reside. They breed about eight to ten of the mares a year.
• The Hamiltons purchased their first Thoroughbred, Neon Shadow, in
1999 after the gelding won his first five career starts and finished third
in a G3 race. For the Hamiltons, Neon Shadow earned more than
$400,000, won nine races including stakes at Arlington Park, Fair
Grounds, and Hoosier Park, and raced through the age of 10
• They campaigned a pair of outstanding three year olds in 2007 in
Dominican and Sedgefield. Dominican won the $750,000 Bluegrass
Stakes (G1) at Keeneland that year by a nose over eventual Kentucky
Derby winner Street Sense. Sedgefield finished fifth in the Kentucky
Derby while Dominican finished 11th.
• In April 2011, the Hamiltons sent three-year-old Pathfork, who was
undefeated as a two-year-old, out in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket
in England but he finished seventh in the race that was dominated by
the great Frankel. He is out of Visions of Clarity (Ire), by Sadlerʼs
Wells, a three-quarter sister to champion Spinning World, and was
purchased at the 2009 Keeneland September yearling sale by their
bloodstock advisor, Ben McElroy, for $230,000 from the Laneʼs End
consignment. The son of Distorted Humor had his early school at
Silverton Hill and then was sent to Europe early in 2010 and won the
National Stakes (G1) and the Futurity Stakes (G2), and was expected
to return for a run in the Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile before missing a work
and the plan was derailed.
• With Pathfork having to miss the 2010 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile, the
Hamiltons instead competed in the same race with Murjan, who
finished 10th. By Officer, Murjan was an undefeated colt that Tommy
Hamilton saw in Peru and was determined to purchase. Formerly
trained by Juan Suarez to win the Peru Two Thousand Guineas (G1).
The farm had three juveniles in Ireland in 2010, the other two besides
Pathfork also being stakes winners, Snow Watch, and Longhunter,
both with Kevin Prendergast. Continue to buy horses overseas as well
as in America.
• Other stakes winners for Silverton include Great Notion, the sire of
Havelock, Master Belt (NZ), Camacho (NZ), and Fredericktown.
• Tommy founded Nally & Hamilton Enterprises, Inc., a coal surface
mining company in Eastern Kentucky and Virginia ... He has mined
coal for 30 years and is the President of the company ... Bonnie
worked for 25 years as a registered surgical scrub nurse for a group of
neurosurgeons in Owensboro, Ky. She now works on the farm full-time
... Tommy splits his time between the coal company and the farm, and
they are both hands-on farmers ... Tommy has won many awards with
his bird dogs in field trials … Won champion shooting dog awards in
1997 and 1998 with Ch. Hamiltonʼs Blue Diamond, named after the
Blue Diamond Coal Company, a firm he purchased and turned around.
Trainer
Darrin Miller ... Born: Nov. 9, 1966 in Verona, Mo. ... Residence: La
Grange, Ky. ... Family: wife Janelle and children Katie and Chase ...
Education: Attended Southwest Missouri State University for a year.
Starts 1st
2nd
3
0
0
2003
2009
2010
3rd
0
Sprint
Juvenile Turf
Juvenile
Earnings
$0
Great Notion
King Ledley
Murjan
11th
10th
10th
Quick facts about Darrin Miller:
• Miller has sent out four in the Breedersʼ Cup: Great Notion in the 2003
Sprint, King Ledley in the 2009 Juvenile Turf, Murjan in the 2010
Juvenile, and Havelock in the 2011 Turf Sprint. None hit the board.
Heʼs back this year for another try with Havelock.
• The six-year-old gelding came from dead last in the G3 Woodford
Stakes at Keeneland in early October to score easily by two lengths. It
was his fourth win in five starts at the Lexington track. Miller tried
Havelock overseas this summer, but had no luck in either the G1
Darley July Cup or G1 Diamond Jubilee.
• Havelock won the G3 Shakertown Stakes at Keeneland earlier in the
season, and took the 2011 edition of the Woodford as well. He now
has nine wins and three thirds from 24 career starts, with earnings of
$619,514. Among those wins was the G2 Play the King Stakes at
Woodbine in 2011 and the G3 Hanshin Cup Stakes at Arlington in
2012.
• Miller maintains a stable of about 16-20 horses at his Churchill Downs
base and he has been the primary trainer for Tom and Bonnie
Hamiltonʼs Silverton Hill Farm since 2001. Havelockʼs sire, Great
Notion, became Millerʼs first stakes winner March 1, 2003 when he
captured the Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park. Great Notion
finished 11th in the 2003 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint.
• Miller posted the richest vistory of his career when Dominican won the
$750,000 Bluegrass Stakes (G1) at Keeneland in 2007 by a nose over
eventual Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Street Sense. He had another
outstanding three-year-old that year in Sedgefield, who finished fifth in
the Kentucky Derby while Dominican came home in 11th place. Miller
had purchased both horses at auction for the Hamiltons, and still helps
them decide who to buy, along with agent Ben McElroy.
• A former jockey, he exercises most of the horses he trains. One of his
earliest jobs with Thoroughbreds was working for Nick and Jacqui de
Meric, an Ocala, Fla. couple who specialize in selecting and training
yearlings to resell at public auctions at two-year-old in-training sales.
• He grew up on a cattle ranch and showed Quarter Horses in Western
Pleasure classes, a discipline in which horse and rider are judged on
rider position and horse obedience during a pattern of movements at
the walk, trot, and lope, before he became a Quarter Horse
jockey..While riding at race meets with both Thoroughbred and
Quarter Horse races, Miller got to know people in the Thoroughbred
industry and decided to switch because that business is more
lucrative.
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JERANIMO
B.h.7 Congaree - Jera by Jeblar
Bred in Florida by BRYLYNN FARM, INC. (Apr 20, 2006)
28Sep13 SA10
25Aug13 Dmr9
20Jul13 Dmr8
29Jun13 Bhp3
04May13 CD10
13Jan13 SA8
23Nov12 Bhp9
03Nov12 SA11
26Aug12 Dmr7
30Jun12 Bhp9
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Owner: ROBERT V. LAPENTA AND B.J. WRIGHT
Trainer: MICHAEL PENDER
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Stk - PacifcClG1 - 1000k 111-106 11 9¼¢ 6¸¢ 3º 4¿ 9¶¶¢ Nakatani C S 124
Stk - EdReadG1 - 300k 76-109 4 9¶º 9¶º 7¶¸ 5¹ 1¶¡ Bejarano R 121
Stk - ShoemkrMG1 - 300k 69-105 1 5¿¡ 5¶¸ 5¼¡ 5¼¡ 4¼¢ Bejarano R 124
Stk - TurfClscG1 - 500k 83-95 5 6¶¸ 6¶º 6¶¹ 7¶¶ 7¿¡ Bejarano R 122
Stk - SnGabrlG2 - 150k 85-109 7 7¿ 7¶^ 7¹£ 3¶ 1¸£ Bejarano R 120
Stk - CitatonHG2 - 250k 78-102 5 6º£ 5º 5¹¡ 6¹£ 4º Valdivia, Jr. J 122
Stk - BCMileG1 - 2000k 75-115 4 9¾¡ 9¶^ 9¿¢ 9½¢ 6º¡ Gomez G K 126
Stk - DmrMileHG2 - 200k 97-105 4 5º 5¾¡ 6½ 5½ 3º£ Gomez G K 123
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2012:
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Course:
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9 Sep 13 SA 4F ft :49.3h 19/44
0
2
6
3
0
0
0
1
5
3
0
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$293,964
$297,000
$1,401,364
$1,090,264
$0
$0
came out str,no threat
3wd,4wd,no rally
tight early,rallied
came out str,no rally
failed to improve
3wd into lane,rallied
3wd into str,outkicked
came out str,no threat
came out 1/8,best rest
came out str,rallied
10
12
9
5
7
7
7
9
6
8
CONGAREE,
ch, 1998
Arazi, 1989
14s, SW, $1,212,351
556 f, 13 SW, 0.99 AEI
Mari's Sheba, 1992
14s, wnr, $131,432
7 f, 4 r, 3 w, 2 SW
JERANIMO
b, h
April 20, 2006
Jeblar, 1982
40s, SW, $320,618
474 f, 32 SW, 1.20 AEI
JERA,
dkb/br, 1997
Mavera, 1977
15s, wnr, $17,572
14 f, 11 r, 10 w, 1 SW
Blushing Groom, 1974
10s, SW, $407,153
512 f, 92 SW, 3.96 AEI
Danseur Fabuleux, 1982
13s, pl, $25,139
11 f, 9 r, 8 w, 2 SW
Mari's Book, 1978
17s, wnr, $48,326
402 f, 24 SW, 1.61 AEI
Sheba Little, 1984
6s, wnr, $9,155
8 f, 8 r, 5 w
Alydar, 1975
26s, SW, $957,195
689 f, 77 SW, 5.07 AEI
City Girl, 1971
21s, SW, $105,870
11 f, 8 r, 6 w, 1 SW
Reviewer, 1966
13s, SW, $247,223
173 f, 19 SW, 2.25 AEI
Miz Spock, 1972
4s, wnr, $4,340
3 f, 2 r, 1 w
Red God
Runaway Bride
Northern Dancer
Fabuleux Jane
Northern Dancer
Mari Her
Known Fact
Come Back
Raise a Native
Sweet Tooth
Lucky Debonair
Loving Sister
Bold Ruler
Broadway
Graustark
Fly by Venus
JERANIMO'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3
8
1
3
2(1)
$82,000
at 4
7
4(2)
0
0
$347,400
at 5
9
2(2)
1(1)
2(2)
$381,000
at 6
7
1(1)
2(2)
1(1)
$297,000
at 7
6
2(2)
0
0
$293,964
Lifetime
37
10(7)
6(3)
5(4)
$1,401,364
Sire: CONGAREE, ch, 1998. Raced 5 yrs, 25 sts, 12 wins, $3,267,490. Won Hollywood Gold Cup
(gr. I), Swaps S (gr. I), Carter H (gr. I), Cigar Mile H (gr. I) twice, Wood Memorial S (gr. II), Del Mar
Breeders' Cup H (gr. II), San Antonio H (gr. II), San Pasqual H (gr. II), Lone Star Park H (gr. III); 2nd
Santa Anita H (gr. I), Kentucky Cup Classic H (gr. II); 3rd Preakness S (gr. I), Kentucky Derby (gr. I),
Jim Dandy S (gr. I), San Diego H (gr. II).
In 2013: 4 sw, 22 2yos, 4 2yo rnrs, 1 2yo wnr, 5 sale yrlgs, avg $11,000.
1st dam: JERA, dkb/br, 1997. Bred by Farnswoth Farms (Fla.). Raced 2 yrs, 19 sts, 4 wins, $89,556.
Won Pinellas S (T); 3rd Christiana S (T), Egret S (T). Dam of 7 named foals, 6 rnrs, 4 wnrs, 1 sw.
($8,000, 1999 obsapr 2yo; $150,000, 2011 keenov, Eskendereya).
2002: C, by Gilded Time. Died 2002.
2003: Holy Macanaw, dkb/br f, by Mr. Greeley. Raced 2 yrs, 7 sts, 0 wins, $14,000. Dam of 2
foals, 2 rnrs, 1 wnr.
2004: Tizthen, b f, by Tiznow. Raced 2 yrs, 7 sts, 1 win, $55,118. 2nd Anoakia S. Dam of 3 foals,
2 rnrs, 1 wnr. ($210,000 keesep yrlg).
2006: JERANIMO, b c, by Congaree. ($50,000 obsaug yrlg; $70,000 barmay 2yo).
At 3: 3rd San Felipe S (gr. II).
At 4: Won Strub S (gr. II), San Gabriel S (gr. IIT).
At 5: Won Citation H (gr. IIT), Oak Tree Mile S (gr. IIT); 2nd Eddie Read S (gr. IT); 3rd Frank E.
Kilroe Mile S (gr. IT), Arcadia S (gr. IIT).
At 6: Won Shoemaker Mile S (gr. IT); 2nd San Gabriel S (gr. IIT), San Francisco Mile S (gr. IIIT);
3rd Del Mar Mile H (gr. IIT).
At 7: Won Eddie Read S (gr. IT), San Gabriel S (gr. IIT).
2007: Tiz a Knight, dkb/br g, by Tiznow. Raced 3 yrs, 11 sts, 1 win, $45,500. ($110,000 obsmar
2yo; $300,000 barmay 2yo).
2008: Wealthy Aviator, b g, by Henny Hughes. Raced 3 yrs, 19 sts, 3 wins, $80,735. 3rd Barretts Juvenile S (R).
2009: I Am Iron Woman, b f, by Any Given Saturday. Raced 2 yrs, 6 sts, 0 wins, $14,120. ($45,000
keesep yrlg).
2011: Rhyme Scheme, dkb/br f, by Unbridled's Song. Unraced. ($85,000 keesep yrlg; $270,000
barmar 2yo).
2012: Dkb/br f, by Eskendereya.
2013: B f, by Tapit.
Inbreeding: 5SX5D Nasrullah.
Nicking: CONGAREE w/JEBLAR mares: 2 foals, 1 str, 1 wnr (50%), 0 2yo wnrs (0%), 1 SW
(50%), 1 GSW (50%).
Broodmare sire: JEBLAR, b, 1982-2002. Sire of 125 dams of 503 foals, 366 rnrs (73%), 247 wnrs
(49%), 56 2yo wnrs (11%), 0.99 AEI, 1.30 CI; 15 sw.
2nd dam: Mavera, b, 1977-2001. Bred by Waldemar Farms (Fla.). Raced 2 yrs, 15 sts, 1 win,
$17,572. Dam of Logistical (c, Baldski; $31,910. 3rd Florida Stallion/Affirmed S, R), Jill of All
Trades (f, Codex; $60,938. 2nd Florida Stallion/Desert Vixen S, R; 3rd Gardenia S, New Hope S,
Florida Stallion/Susan's Girl S, R; producer). Granddam of FREDDIE FRISSON, SKY BLUE PINK,
A HUEVO, Vera Belle.
Breeder
BryLynn Farm ... Owner(s): Joseph (J.D.) and Phyllis Bryant ... Born:
Joseph, May 11, 1930, Adkinson County, Ga.; Phyllis, Jan. 19, 1937,
Daytona Beach, Fla. ... Residence: Reddick, Fla. ... Location: Reddick,
Fla. ... Family: daughters Tracy and Toni, son Jason, seven
grandchildren.
Starts 1st
2nd
7
0
0
1992
2005
2009
2010
2011
3rd
0
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile
Dirt Mile
Mile
Sprint
Turf
Earnings
$150,000
Love of Silver
Knights Templar
Aikenite
Aikenite
Jeranimo
Aikenite
Teaks North
10th
6th
5th (DH)
8th
7th
4th
8th
Quick facts about BryLynn Farm:
• Multiple graded stakes winner Jeranimo, who captured the Eddie Read
Handicap (G1) and San Gabriel Handicap (G2) in 2013, is heading
back for his third straight appearance in the Breedersʼ Cup Mile after
finishing seventh in 2011 and sixth in 2012 ... In total, BryLynn has
bred seven starters in the world championships going into the 2013
event with Aikeniteʼs fourth in the 2011 Dirt Mile being their best finish.
Aikenite also ran fifth in the 2009 Juvenile and eighth in the 2010 Dirt
Mile, Kinights Templar finished sixth in the 2005 Juvenile Fillies, and
Love of Silver the 10th place finisher in the 1992 Juvenile Fillies.
• BryLynn Farm had an astonishingly high percentage of runners in the
2011 Breedersʼ Cup, starting three horses out of a broodmare band of
only a dozen. Aikenite ran fourth in the Sprint, Teaks North was eighth
in the Turf and Jeranimo was seventh in the Mile...”Itʼs really, really
amazing,” farm manager Toni Jones, the Bryantsʼ daughter, told The
Blood-Horse at the time. “I am thrilled because of the amount of time
and money they (her parents) they have put into the farm and all of
their efforts. To see them finally get to see this is amazing. The
Breedersʼ Cup is for breeders.”
• June 30, 2012 turned out to be a remarkable day for a small operation
llike BryLynn, with horses bred by the farm winning two graded stakes
races at two different tracks. Jeranimo bested Little Mike and Mr.
Commons in the Shoemaker Mile (G1) at Betfair Hollywood Park while
Circle Unbroken took the Bashford Manor (G3) at Churchill Downs.
“That was the first time that happened to us,” said daughter and farm
manager Toni Jones. “What a great feeling it was. It was one of those
especially lucky days. None of us will ever forget it.”
• Brylynn bred graded stakes winner Circle Unbroken and sold him for
$92,000 at the 2011 Keeneland Select Yearling Sale ... Multiple
graded stakes winner Aikenite sold for $60,000 at the 2008 Ocala
Breedersʼ Sales Co.ʼs August select yearling sale ... Grade 1 winner
Jeranimo sold for $50,000 at the 2007 OBS August yearling sale ...
Millionaire Teaks North won the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (G1)
and the United Nations Stakes (G1) in 2011... Other stakes winners
bred by BryLynn Farm include Knights Templar, Sweet Lips, Saint
Marden, Kazoo, Spangled, Wildcat Annie, Running Debate and Ole
Rebel.
• Graded stakes-placed multiple stakes winner Baldomera, by Doneraile
Court, produced Circle Unbroken as her third foal. She has a 2011 colt
by Zensational, a 2012 colt by Old Fashioned, and is in foal to Yes Itʼs
True.
• Jeranimoʼs dam Jera, in foal to Eskendereya, was among the offerings
at the 2011 Keeneland November breeding stock sale and the
hammer came down at $185,000. Jeranimo was her first stakes
winner. “We thought Jera was doing so well that it was a good time to
sell her,” said Jones....Teaksberry Road, who produced Teakʼs North
as her last foal, died in 2009 but she was a terrific producer for the
farm, with eight winners from nine foals. Teaks North was her second
graded stakes winner.
• Joseph Bryant became involved in the Thoroughbred business as a
partner with his daughter Toni in five mares in 1984 … In 1983, he
bought property in the Reddick area just north of Ocala and
established BryLynn Farm in 1985. The name is a combination of
Bryant and Lynn, Toniʼs middle name...The farm is a commercial
breeding operation that focuses on the select yearling market. The
operation sale-preps its own yearlings ... Toni manages the 100-acre
property ... The broodmare band numbered 35-40 in previous years,
but was streamlined to just 10 mares for 2012. “And weʼre still
down-sizing,” Toni said in October. ... Mr. Bryant entered the weanling
pinhooking market last fall (to resell as yearlings).
• Joseph Bryant is a commercial and residential developer … Previously
a partner in Gorman Company, a wholesale plumbing, pool and well
supply company based in Daytona Beach … Sold the company and
retired in 1995.
Co-Owner
B.J. Wright ... Born: Nov. 7, 1937 in Shelbyville, Ky. ... Residence:
Pasadena, Calif. ... Family: Son, Jay (Robert Jay Wright, Jr.), two
daughters, Cherie Harris and Lesley Wright. Two grandchildren, Bryan
Harris and Althea Catherine Wright.
Quick facts about B.J. Wright:
• Jeranimo, his first Breedersʼ Cup runner, finished seventh in the
Breedersʼ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs in 2011. The following year,
Jeranimo finished sixth in the Breedersʼ Cup Mile at Santa Anita.
• Wrightsʼ runners are all trained by Michael Pender. His top 2013
stakes winner is again Jeranimo, winner of the Eddie Read Stakes
(G1) and the San Gabriel Stakes (G2) for the second time. Last year at
six, Jeranimo won the Shoemaker Mile (G1) a “Win and Youʼre In
Series” race, earning his berth in the Breedersʼ Cup Mile. ... Also in
2013, Wrightʼs Ultimate Eagle finished second in the San Pasqual
Handicap (G2), and Boat Trip finished a nose back in second with a
late burst of speed in the Eddie D. Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita.
• Boat Trip, a 4-year-old son of Harlanʼs Holiday, is owned in partnership
with James Hirschmann III. In 2012 at 3, Boat Trip won three races
from four starts including the one-mile Tsunami Slew Stakes at Betfair
Hollywood Park.
• A significant interest in Jeranimo was purchased in Jan. 2013 by
prominent Thoroughbred owner Robert LaPenta of New York.
According to a statement issued by LaPenta, Jeranimo was purchased
both for racing and as a stallion prospect, and after the Breedersʼ Cup
will be transferred from Michael Pender to Chad Brown to race on the
East Coast in 2014.
• Jeranimo has been Wrightʼs stable star since 2010. His earnings now
top $1.4 million. His first major stakes win was the Strub Stakes (G2)
in 2010 when he was four. He also won the San Gabriel Handicap
(G2) that year. At five, he won the Oak Tree Mile (G2) and the Citation
Handicap (G2). Also in 2011, Jeranimo finished third in the Frank E.
Kilroe Mile (G1) and second in the Eddie Read Handicap (G1). In
2012, the son of Congaree won the Shoemaker Mile (G1), and placed
in the San Gabriel, San Francisco Mile (G3) and third in the Del Mar
Mile Handicap (G2). This year at seven, Jeranimo has won the Eddie
Read Handicap and the San Gabriel Stakes.
• Ultimate Eagle also was a solid campaigner for Wright. In 2011,
Ultimate Eagle won the Oak Tree Derby (G2), followed by the
Hollywood Derby (G1) and was third in the Sir Beaufort Stakes. In
2012, Ultimate Eagle won the Strub Stakes (G2). Then, after finishing
10th in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), 4-year-old Ultimate Eagle had
surgery for bone chips in an ankle. He returned to competition in 2012
to finish second in the Citation Handicap (G2) at Betfair Hollywood
Park. He began his campaign this year with a second in the San
Pasqual Handicap (G2). Then the 5-year-old son of Mizzen Mast was
shipped to Gulfstream Park to compete in the Donn Handicap (G1),
but grabbed a quarter at the start and was pulled up ... Ultimate Eagle
was retired in October and will start his stud career in 2014 at Special
T Thoroughbreds in Temecula, Calif.
• Jeranimo and Ultimate Eagle gave Wright some memorable weekends
in 2011. On Oct. 8, Jeranimo won the Oak Tree Mile (G2) at Santa
Anita. One week later, Ultimate Eagle won the Oak Tree Derby (G2) in
his first stakes outing. Then, on Nov. 26th, Jeranimo won the Citation
(G2) at Hollywood Park and Ultimate Eagle won the Hollywood Derby
(G1) the next day, the first Grade 1 victory for Wright and Pender.
• A $70,000 purchase at the Barrettʼs Two Year Olds in Training Sale in
May 2009, Jeranimo is the first runner to earn $1 million for Wright.
The ticket was signed by Rick Taylor, owner of Special T.
Thoroughbreds where Wright breaks his young horses, trains his
young horses and boards his broodmares. Has a total of 21
Thoroughbreds, including horses in training, young horses, layups and
broodmares. Wrightʼs Thoroughbred interests are part of his Bluegrass
Industries L.L.C. but customarily race under his name.
• Wright enjoys naming his horses. “I like to watch my horses develop
before I name them,” he commented, waiting until he knows enough
about each individual to give an appropriate moniker. Wright observed
that the 2-year-old was a warrior. His original choice was Geronimo,
for the fierce Apache chief. That was turned down by The Jockey Club.
Considering the coltʼs pedigree, by Congaree out of Jera, by Jeblar,
Wright submitted Jeranimo, and the name was accepted.
• Named Ultimate Eagle for close friend, John Paul DeJoria. The name
is derived from the parable “The Eagle and the Oyster” by Multatuli, a
name given to Eduard Dekker, a philosopher. The life of the oyster is
safe and secure, while the life of the eagle is fraught with challenges
but allows the bird to soar to great heights. DeJoria began with
nothing, sold newspaper, built several businesses, and is now a
multi-billionaire.
• Polonius became the first graded stakes winner for Wright and trainer
Mike Pender when he won the Will Rogers Stakes (G3T) at Hollywood
Park in May of 2008. He also won the Pasadena Stakes that year.
Polonius, a Florida-bred son of Broken Vow-Word oʼ Ransom, by Red
Ransom, was a $150,000 purchase at the Barrettʼs sale in March
2007.
• Wright is Board Chairman of LifeSource Water Systems, a water
filtration company in Pasadena which he bought into as a full partner in
1985 shortly after the companyʼs founding. He later bought out his
partner.
• Gives filtered water to his horses. Wright noted that Desert Stormer, a
Storm Cat mare who defeated the boys in the 1995 Breeders Cup
Sprint, was fed LifeSource water from the beginning of her racing
career by her owner, Joanne Nor. The company even developed a
portable system which travelled with the mare when she shipped to
race.
• His belief in the relationship of good water to oneʼs health led him to
designate a portion of his horsesʼ winnings to Nancy Santulloʼs House
of the Children, which provides clean water and sanitation to the
people of the Southeastern Peruvian Amazon. Wright wishes to help
Santullo fund her vision, which is “to create a replicable model of
culturally appropriate WASH (Water Sanitation and Health).”
• Wright serves on the board of House of the Children. Wright says it
costs $400,000 per village to sanitize the water and build a central
latrine. According to Wright, water is sanitized using indigenous
methods, such as filtering through rocks and sand. The water is
purified employing methods which are accessible to those living in
remote Amazon villages. Without clean water, life expectancy for the
villagers is about 40 years. He encourages people to visit the website
and donate, www.houseofthechildren.org.
• During his boyhood in Shelbyville, Ky., Wright was awed at the display
of fervor and reverence as people mourned the death of Man oʼ War in
Nov. 1947. At that point, he determined to race horses someday.
• Wright went to college at Transylvania University in Lexington,
Kentucky. With high test scores but not a diligent student and finding
many distractions, Wright soon dropped out.
• In the 1950ʼs, Wright met John Y. Brown Jr., introduced by mutual
friend Jim Amato, who later served as mayor of Lexington, Ky. Wright
was impressed with Brown who was putting himself through law school
by selling Encyclopedia Britannica sets, earning $35,000 per year at a
time when that was many times the average income per family.
Inspired, Wright went to work for Collier, a competing encyclopedia
publisher. (Brown later headed up Kentucky Fried Chicken and was
governor of Kentucky from 1979-83.)
• Wright found success at Collier Publishing Company, selling
encyclopedias. His position took him to Iowa and then, in 1961, he was
transferred to California as the District Sales Mgr. of Southern
California. In 1969, Wright resigned as vice president of sales of the
Pacific Division in order to pursue other interests.
• Bought his first horse for $1,000 when he was in his 20ʼs, in
partnership with two friends. Won a couple of races. A second runner
was not as successful and Wright left the business, returning in the
1990ʼs. Bought several inexpensive runners with the hope of having
one good one. When that did not work out, began looking for better
horses.
• Coached football for Glenoaks Elementary School in Glendale. There
he coached his son, Jay, and a young Mike Pender, the quarterback
for the Pop Warner team which had an undefeated season.
• After observing Pender for two years, Wright gave him a 3-year-old
colt, Benson Road, to train. Wright was convinced he would never win
a race. After Benson Road broke his maiden, Wright began to
purchase better young prospects for Pender to train.
• Son, Jay, (Robert Jay Wright Jr.) and daughter Cherie and her
husband, Mark Harris, own and manage LifeSource Water Systems,
Inc. Mark is president of LifeSource. Jay is also a professional bass
fisherman and an FLW champion. Daughter Lesley lives in Santa
Cruz.
• Silks are fire engine red and forest green halves.
Co-Owner
Robert V. LaPenta ... Born: Aug. 20, 1945, Yonkers, N.Y. ... Residence:
Westport, Conn. ... Family: wife Laurie Winters and son Robert LaPenta
Jr.
Starts 1st
2nd
6
1
0
2005
2006
2007
2010
2011
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Dirt Mile
Classic
Sprint
3rd
1
Earnings
$1,335,700
Superfly
CP West
War Pass
Cool Coal Man
Ice Box
Jackson Bend
5th
6th
1st
4th
8th
3rd
Quick facts about Robert V. LaPenta:
• LaPenta has owned six Breedersʼ Cup starters and won the 2007
Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile with War Pass. His most recent starters came
in 2011 when Jackson Bend ran third in the Sprint and Ice Box finished
eighth in the Classic at Churchill Downs.
• LaPenta made his Breedersʼ Cup debut at Belmont Park in 2005,
when Superfly was fifth in the Juvenile. His other Breedersʼ Cup
starters came with C P West, who was sixth in the 2006 Juvenile, and
Cool Coal Man, fourth in the 2010 Dirt Mile, both at Churchill Downs.
• After retiring Jackson Bend to stud duty following his last place finish in
the 2012 Forego at Saratoga, LaPenta and co-owner and breeder
Fred Brei brought the multiple Grade 1 winner back to the races in
2013. Third in the Smile Sprint Handicap (G3) as well as the
Housebuster Stakes in Florida, he rallied to finish a strong second in
the Forego (G1).
• In the summer of 2013, LaPenta purchased a 50 percent interest in
Lunarwarfare, who ran third in the Hopeful (G1) at Saratoga Race
Course, from Michael Yates, who also is the trainer. Lunarwarfare is a
juvenile son of War Pass, out of the Silver Ghost mare Lunar Star.
• Earlier in 2013, LaPenta bought into multiple graded stakes winning
millionaire Jeranimo, who is based on the West Coast with trainer Mike
Pender. A 7-year-old son of Congaree, Jeranimo won the Eddie Read
(G1) in July and the San Gabriel (G2) in January, and also won the
Shoemaker Mile (G1) in June 2012.
• LaPentaʼs 2012 graded stakes wins included Jackson Bendʼs victory in
the Carter Handicap (G1), where he defeated Calebʼs Posse and
Shackleford, and Easter Gift in the Smarty Jones Stakes (G3) at Parx
Racing.
• His 2011 stable was headed by Dialed In, who won the Holy Bull
Stakes (G3) and Florida Derby (G1) and was sent off as the betting
favorite in the Kentucky Derby. Dialed In was eighth in the Kentucky
Derby and then fourth in the Preakness. Had Dialed In won the
Preakness he would have netted LaPenta and trainer Nick Zito a $5.5
million bonus from MI Developments, which owns Gulfstream Park and
Pimlico. He also won the Forego (G1) with Jackson Bend.
• In 2010, LaPenta won the Florida Derby (G1) with Ice Box, who then
finished second in the Kentucky Derby but was ninth as the betting
favorite in the Belmont Stakes. Jackson Bend was third in the
Preakness and second in the Wood Memorial (G1), Fountain of Youth
(G2) and Holy Bull (G3).
• War Pass was named the champion 2-year-old of 2007. Winner of the
2007 Champagne Stakes (G1), War Pass failed to regain his
championship form at three. Following a second-place finish in the
Wood Memorial, a fractured sesamoid was detected in his left front leg
that eventually ended his racing career. A $180,000 yearling buy, War
Pass was retired to stud at Laneʼs End in Kentucky with career
earnings of more than $1.5 million. War Pass died in Dec. 2010 of
unknown causes as a necropsy was inconclusive.
• Despite losing what he thought was his best shot for a Triple Crown
victory in War Pass, LaPenta found himself in the winnerʼs circle after
the unheralded Daʼ Tara captured the 2008 Belmont Stakes at 38-1
odds. That same year he won the Fountain of Youth with Cool Coal
Man and finished second in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational with Coal
Play.
• Andromedaʼs Hero was second for LaPenta in the 2005 Belmont
Stakes.
• The Cliffʼs Edge won the Blue Grass Stakes (G1) for LaPenta in 2004
and then was the morning-line favorite for the Kentucky Derby where
he finished fifth. The Cliffʼs Edge, who was second in the 2004
Travers, is now a stallion at Margaux Farm in Kentucky. In 2010,
LaPenta became the sponsor for the Derby Trial at Churchill Downs,
with the race becoming The Cliffʼs Edge Derby Trial in honor of one of
LaPentaʼs best horses.
• Was introduced to racing as a youth by his mother, and first became
an owner in 1998 as a partner with University of Louisville basketball
coach Rick Pitino. He started his own stable in 2001, purchasing eight
yearlings for $895,000 in the name of Whitehorse Stables.
• Active as both a buyer and seller at sales, he purchased a Fusaichi
Pegasus colt (later named Fusaichi Samurai) for $270,000 at the 2003
Saratoga yearling sale and then sold him for $4.5 million at the
Fasig-Tipton Calder sale in Feb. 2004, a record price for a 2-year-old
in training. Also bought a Dixie Union colt for $160,000 as a weanling
and sold him for $1.3 million at the 2004 Keeneland September
yearling sale.
• Also sold many successful horses at 2-year-old in training sales,
including Zavata, Pomeroy, Court Vision and Stay Thirsty, winner of
the 2011 Travers.
• A member of Iona Collegeʼs Board of Trustees, LaPenta donated $7
million toward the construction of the collegeʼs LaPenta Student Union
Building. LaPentaʼs silks are maroon and gold, in honor of his alma
mater.
• He enjoys skiing and golf. LaPenta owns a residence in Deer Valley,
Utah, and is a member of Winged Foot Golf Club in Westchester
County, N.Y. He also golfs frequently in Naples, Fla., during the winter
months.
assets until he sold L-1 Indentity Solutions in July 2011. Formerly,
LaPenta had worked as a vice president of Lockheed Martin
Corporation.
• Founding General Partner of Aston Capital, LLC. LaPenta was
chairman of the board, president and CEO of L-1 Identity Solutions, a
provider of solutions and services that protect personal identities and
• LaPenta earned a B.A. in accounting from Iona College, and later
received a Doctor of Humane Letters Degree, honoris causa, from
Iona in 2000.
Trainer
Michael Pender ... Born: Feb. 14, 1966 in Los Angeles ... Residence:
Arcadia, Calif. ... Family: wife, Andrea; daughter, Megan, and son,
Matthew.
Starts 1st
2nd
2
0
0
2011
2012
Mile
Mile
3rd
0
Earnings
$0
Jeranimo
Jeranimo
7th
6th
Quick facts about Michael Pender:
• Best runners in 2013 are Jeranimo, Ultimate Eagle and Boat Trip.
Pender saddled stable star Jeranimo to win the San Gabriel Stakes
(G2) in January. Then the 7-year-old son of Congaree won the Eddie
Read (G1) in July. Boat Trip was a fast-closing second in the Eddie D.
Stakes (G3) on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita on Sept. 27th.
Earlier in the year, Ultimate Eagle finished second in the San Pasqual
Handicap (G2) in January following a second-place finish in the Nov.
2012 Citation Handicap (G2). He grabbed a quarter in the Donn
Handicap (G1) and was pulled up.
• All three of Penderʼs 2013 stakes winners are owned by B.J. Wright.
Jeranimo is owned in partnership with New York owner Robert
LaPenta, who announced he bought a significant interest in the
7-year-old stallion in late January.
• In 2012, Pender saddled Jeranimo to finish sixth in the Breedersʼ Cup
Mile. Jeranimo earned his 2012 Breedersʼ Cup berth and his first
Grade 1 score with a win in the Shoemaker Mile on grass at Betfair
Hollywood Park. In 2011, Jeranimo became the first horse Pender
saddled for a Breedersʼ Cup event. He finished seventh in the
Breedersʼ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs.
• Pender and Wright bought Jeranimo for $70,000 at the Barretts Equine
Limited May 2008 Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training. Agent Rick
Taylor signed the ticket. Jeranimo was a four-time Grade 2 stakes
winner in 2010, winning the Strub Stakes and San Gabriel Handicap,
to become the best runner Pender had trained to date. In 2011, he
won the Oak Tree Mile and Citation Handicap. He is the first
milllion-dollar earner for Pender and Wright, with $1,401,364 in career
earnings prior to 2013 Breedersʼ Cup.
• Had best year to take in 2012 with stables earnings of $1,254,976. Is
on track to top that this year with earnings at $1,243,942 in early
October.
• Another good runner for Pender and Wright has been Ultimate Eagle.
A $70,000 purchase at the March, Ocala Two-Year-Old in Training
sales in 2010, Ultimate Eagle won the Strub Stakes (G2) in February
at Santa Anita. Racing last year at three, the son of Mizzen Mast won
the Hollywood Derby (G1) and Oak Tree Derby (G2) at Santa Anita.
His earnings total $547,800.
• Ultimate Eagleʼs front-running victory in Grade 1 Hollywood Derby in
Nov. 2011, was the first Grade 1 victory for Pender and Wright. The
day before, Jeranimo won the Citation Handicap (G2), giving Pender
and Wright a weekend stakes double.
• Less than nine months later, Pender and Wright recorded their second
Grade 1 victory when Jeranimo won the Shoemaker Mile at Hollywood
Park. Pender paired with owner B.J. Wright to win the Strub Stakes
(G2) twice in three years, in 2010 with Jeranimo and in 2012 with
Ultimate Eagle.
• Bought Polonius for $150,000 at the 2007 Barretts March sale. Made
his first start in June, winning his maiden outing by six lengths.
Polonius won the Pasadena Stakes in March of his 3-year-old year,
the first stakes win for Pender and Wright. Then in May 2008, Polonius
became the first graded stakes winner for Pender and Wright when he
won the Will Rogers Stakes (G3) on the grass at Hollywood Park.
• Penderʼs main client is B.J. Wright, who years before, had coached his
own son, Jay, and Pender, the quarterback, on a Pop Warner League
football team at Glenoaks Elementary School in Glendale, Calif. Nearly
25 years later, Wright observed Penderʼs first winner, $10,000 claimer
OrangeʼEm, at Santa Anita in 2005. Wright gave Pender an
unpromising 3-year-old colt to train. When the colt, Benson Road, won
his third lifetime start at Hollywood Park, the partnership was forged.
• Recorded his first win as a trainer on Feb. 23, 2005 with OrangeʼEm at
Santa Anita.
• Trainer Michael Pender did not take the standard route to the stable
area. Although introduced to the sport at a young age as a fan by his
mother, Pender earned degrees in psychology – a B.A. from the
University of California at Santa Barbara and an M.A. from Pepperdine
University – and taught high school English and American history at La
Canada Flintridge for 15 years before making the switch to the track in
2004.
• After college, Pender had an internship with Quarter Horse trainer
Bubba Cascio in Texas. Pender long yearned for a career in racing. “I
started shortening my teaching hours and built a horse-racing
syndicate called El Presidio Farms with 40 or 50 people and 15
horses,” Pender said of the transition.
• Penderʼs grandparents came to the United States from the
Netherlands in the early part of the last century. They changed the
Dutch family name from Van Pender to Pender, dropping the “Van.”
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MIZDIRECTION
Gr/ro.m.5 Mizzen Mast - Deceptive by Clever Trick
Bred in Kentucky by JOSEPH J. PERROTTA (Apr 19, 2008)
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gr/ro, 1998
MIZDIRECTION
gr/ro, m
April 19, 2008
DECEPTIVE,
dkb/br, 1999
Caro, 1967
12s, SW, $17,959
Cozzene, 1980
599 f, 78 SW, 3.26 AEI
24s, SW, $978,152
964 f, 93 SW, 2.20 AEI Ride the Trails, 1971
Unraced
8 f, 7 r, 7 w, 4 SW
Graustark, 1963
8s, SW, $75,904
Kinema, 1983
614 f, 52 SW, 2.79 AEI
4s, wnr, $14,450
Mrs. Peterkin, 1965
10 f, 9 r, 7 w, 1 SW
37s, SW, $58,519
12 f, 9 r, 9 w, 3 SW
Icecapade, 1969
32s, SW, $256,468
Clever Trick, 1976
565 f, 73 SW, 2.36 AEI
29s, SW, $419,787
1,068 f, 71 SW, 1.53 AEI Kankakee Miss, 1967
35s, wnr, $34,475
14 f, 12 r, 11 w, 3 SW
13s, SW, $466,773
Subtle Wave, 1993
673 f, 41 SW, 1.22 AEI
19s, SW, $60,740
Limbus, 1985
8 f, 7 r, 5 w
15s, wnr, $22,396
6 f, 3 r, 3 w, 1 SW
Fortino II
Chambord
Prince John
Wildwook
Ribot
Flower Bowl
Tom Fool
Legendra
Nearctic
Shenanigans
Better Bee
Golden Beach
Majestic Light
Uncommitted
Silver Buck
Lien
MIZDIRECTION'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3
7
3(1)
3(2)
1(1)
$195,711
at 4
5
4(4)
1(1)
0
$718,910
at 5
4
3(3)
0
0
$255,000
Lifetime
16
10(8)
4(3)
1(1)
$1,169,621
Sire: MIZZEN MAST, gr/ro, 1998. Raced 3 yrs in Fr and NA, 11 sts, 5 wins, $554,146. Won Malibu S
(gr. I), Strub S (gr. II), Prix de Guiche (Fr-III), Bien Bien S (RT); 2nd Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris
(Fr-I), Prix des Chenes Royal Thalasso Barriere (Fr-III).
1st dam: Deceptive, dkb/br, 1999. Bred by Joseph J. Perrotta (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs, 20 sts, $40,060.
Dam of 5 named foals, 4 rnrs, 4 wnrs, 2 sw.
2005: HURRICANE BERNIE, b f, by Sea of Secrets. Raced 3 yrs, 9 sts, 2 wins, $59,730. Won
Canterbury Park Lassie S; 3rd Mountaineer Juvenile Fillies S. ($27,000 keesep yrlg).
2006: Betty's Champ, b f, by Champali. Raced 3 yrs, 18 sts, 4 wins, $50,947. ($18,000 keesep yrlg).
2007: Deceptive Glory, b f, by Honour and Glory. Raced 1 yr, 4 sts, 1 win, $28,420. ($47,000
keesep yrlg).
2008: MIZDIRECTION, gr/ro f, by Mizzen Mast. ($85,000 keesep yrlg; $50,000 easmay 2yo).
At 3: Won Sandy Blue H (T); 2nd San Clemente H (gr. IIT), Manhattan Beach S (T); 3rd Lexus
Raven Run S (gr. II).
At 4: Won Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT), Monrovia S (gr. IIIT), Las Cienegas H, Clocker's
Corner H (T); 2nd Great Lady M S (T).
At 5: Won Buena Vista S (gr. IIT), Monrovia S (gr. IIT), Las Cienegas S (gr. IIIT).
2011: Hana Ryusei, dkb/br c, by Cowboy Cal. Unraced. Sent to Japan 2013. ($75,000 keesep
yrlg; $410,000 obsmar 2yo).
2012: Foal died.
2013: Gr/ro f, by Mizzen Mast.
Nicking: MIZZEN MAST w/CLEVER TRICK mares: 1 foal, 1 str, 1 wnr (100%), 0 2yo wnrs (0%), 1
SW (100%), 1 GSW (100%)
Broodmare sire: CLEVER TRICK, dkb/br, 1976-2004. Sire of 451 dams of 2,734 foals, 2,027 rnrs
(74%), 1,407 wnrs (51%), 396 2yo wnrs (14%), 1.09 AEI, 1.32 CI; 117 sw.
2nd dam: SUBTLE WAVE, b, 1993. Bred by Joseph J. Perrotta (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs, 19 sts, 4 wins,
$60,740. Won Candy Eclair S (T), Concord S. Dam of The Big Wave (g, E Dubai; $215,588. 3rd
Prairie Meadows Sprint S, Omaha S, Prairie Express S), Madame Diva (f, Mr. Greeley; $64,298.
2nd Ghost and Goblins S; producer).
Breeder
Joseph J. Perrotta ... Residence: Smithfield, R.I. ... Family: Mother,
Shirley, Brother Michael, Sister Tina.
Starts 1st
2nd
1
1
0
3rd
0
• Also bred multiple stakes winner Subtle Wave, who is the second dam
of Mizdirection, stakes-winnert Hurricane Bernie and stakes-placed
Madame Diva.
• Currently has a weanling full sister to Mizdirection and another full
sibling is expected in 2014.
Earnings
$540,000
Quick facts about Joseph J. Perrotta:
• Traveled to Belmont for the Horses of Racing Age Sale in 1988 with
his father. They purchased 3-year-old filly Limbus for $7,000 and they
raced her together at Suffolk Downs and later bred her. Limbus is
Mizdirectionʼs third dam.
• Made a winning debut at the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup as the breeder of
Turf Sprint winner Mizdirection.
• Began handicapping greyhound races and for the last 15 years has
been a full-time horse racing gambler.
• Currently breeds to sell. Last horse he bred and then raced was Surf
Babe in 2010, a winning half-sister to Mizdirectionʼs dam Deceptive.
He sold Mizdirection for $85,000 at the 2009 Keeneland September
Yearling Sale.
• Went to the Community College of Rhode Island for two semesters but
found himself spending more time at the nearby greyhound track than
on his studies.
2012
Turf Sprint
Mizdirection
1st
• Currently breeds 2-3 mares per year under the advice of Allen
Greathouse at Glencrest Farm in Kentucky, where he boards his
mares. Greathouse advised Perrotta on the mating that resulted in
Mizdirection. Perrotta has been involved with Greathouse and
Glencrest Farm since 1991.
• Perrotta grew up exposed to industry through his father, Joseph M.
Perrotta, a trainer at East Coast tracks including Lincoln, Narragansett,
Rockingham Park, and Suffolk Downs. Called it a “natural progression”
for him to become involved in the sport and a way to stay close to his
dad, who passed away in 2011.
Owner
Jungle Racing ... Owner(s): Jim Rome ... Born: Oct. 14, 1964, Tarzana,
Calif. ... Residence: Irvine, Calif. ... Family: Wife Janet, who sits on
board of CARMA (California Retirement Management Account); two
children.
Starts 1st
2nd
1
1
0
2012
Turf Sprint
3rd
0
• Owns 14 horses, either wholly or in partnership ... Best horse is
Breedersʼ Cup Turf Sprint champion, Mizdirection.
Earnings
$540,000
Mizdirection
bet, not a sport, first became involved in the sport in 2007 when he
and his wife bought into Wing Forward, an Argentine-bred horse
brought to America to race. The horse won two of 10 starts in the
United States.
1st
Quick facts about Jungle Racing:
• Sports Talk Radio and TV personality Jim Rome is the principal owner
in Jungle Racing, named for his radio show.
• Other partners include Bill Strauss, Danny Gohs, Borris Beljack and
Kevin Nis.
• Rome, who had often dissed horse racing on his radio show calling it a
• Mizdirection, who is training to defend her Turf Sprint title, will be the
stableʼs second Breedersʼ Cup starter. She was their first stakes
winner when she won the 2011 Sandy Blue Handicap at Del Mar and
was their first graded stakes winner when she won the 2012 Monrovia
Handicap (G3) at Santa Anita ... When Mizdirection won the Sandy
Blue six Hall of Fame trainers presented the trophy – Jack Van Berg,
Ron McAnally, Neil Drysdale, Richard Mandella, Jerry Hollendorfer
and Bob Baffert.
• Keeps one broodmare, Surfer Girl (Brz), at Three Chimneys Farm in
Ky. ... She delivered her first foal in 2012, a filly by Pulpit, and had a
Sky Mesa filly in 2013. She was bred to Big Brown for 2014.
Trainer
Mike Puype ... Born: Aug. 4, 1966 in Phoenix, Ariz. ... Residence:
Arcadia, Calif. ... Family: Single. ... Web site:
www.mikepuyperacing.com
Starts 1st
2nd
4
1
0
1999
2010
2011
2012
3rd
0
Classic
Sprint
Filly & Mare Sprint
Turf Sprint
Earnings
$690,000
Old Trieste
Supreme Summit
Turbulent Descent
Mizdirecction
8th
4th
5th
1st
Quick facts about Mike Puype:
• Earned his first Breedersʼ Cup victory in his fourth try when the filly
Mizdirection pulled a slight upset in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Turf Sprint
against the males at odds of nearly 7-1 ... The daughter of Mizzen
Mast is set to defend her title in 2013 and has once again led the barn
with three stakes wins, including the Monrovia Stakes (G2) and Buena
Vista Stakes (G2).
• Took over the training of 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Marathon winner
Calidoscopio (ARG) after the race and enjoyed stakes success with
the 10-year-old gelding, who pulled another shocker in the 2013
Brooklyn Handicap (G2) before being retired ... Other stakes winners
in 2013 include Del Mar Futurity (G1) winner Alberts Hope, Royal
Heroine Mile Stakes (G2) winner Schiaparelli and Gypsy Robin.
• Made his third appearance in the Breedersʼ Cup World Championships
with Turbulent Descent in the Filly & Mare Sprint in 2011 at Churchill
Downs. The then 3-year-old daughter of Congrats ran fifth after getting
roughed up at the start. She went into the Sprint with three of wins
from five starts for the year (the G1 Test, G1 Santa Anita Oaks and G2
Beaumont), following an undefeated three-race 2-year-old season.
• In 2012, the durable multiple stakes winner added the Desert Stormer
Handicap to her resume for Puype and then was purchased privately
by the Coolmore partnership of John Magnier, Michael Tabor and
Derrick Smith and transferred to trainer Todd Pletcher.
• In 2010, Puypeʼs trainee Supreme Summit finished fourth in the Sprint.
In his only other start in the championships, Old Trieste finished eighth
in the 1999 Classic.
• Old Trieste stands out as the trainerʼs first top horse, winning the
Affirmed Handicap (G3), Swaps Stakes (G2) and Del Mar Breedersʼ
Cup Handicap (G2) as a 3-year-old in 1998 and the Californian Stakes
(G2) as a 4-year-old in ʼ99. In the Californian, the colt ran the 1-1/8
miles in 1:46 2/5, the fastest for the distance since Spectacular Bidʼs
1:45 4/5 in 1980. Additional stakes winners include Gorgeous Goose,
Running Flame, Star of Goshen and Lord Grillo, who upset 1997
Kentucky Derby winner Silver Charm in the ʼ97 Malibu Stakes at Santa
Anita.
• Mikeʼs interest in horse racing was kindled by trips to Turf Paradise
with his grandparents when they came to visit his hometown, Phoenix,
Ariz. It was at this desert track where he would first become a
Thoroughbred owner, and in 1986, at age 20, a trainer.
• After conditioning a small stable in Arizona for five years, he moved to
California to become assistant trainer to legendary West Coast
horseman Walter Greenman. During his time with Greenman, he met
Gary Biszantz, the owner of Cobra Farm in Kentucky and a prime
client of Greenmanʼs. In 1995, Puype became the private trainer for
the Cobra operation, developing stable star Cobra King into a
Kentucky Derby hopeful by virtue of victories in the Balboa (G3) at Del
Mar, the Hollywood Prevue (G3) at Hollywood Park, the Sunny Slope
at Santa Anita and the Holy Bull (G3) at Gulfstream Park.
• Puype opened a public stable in 2002. With over 400 winners, Pupyeʼs
trainees have banked nearly $18 million.
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OBVIOUSLY (IRE) e
B.g.5 Choisir (AUS) - Leala (IRE) by Montjeu (IRE)
Bred in Ireland by MISS DEIDRE COGAN (Apr 29, 2008)
05Oct13 SA4
25Aug13 Dmr5
29Jun13 Bhp3
25May13 Bhp3
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03Nov12 SA11
06Oct12 SA3
26Aug12 Dmr7
02Aug12 Dmr7
01Jul12 Bhp7
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Owner: ANTHONY FANTICOLA & JOSEPH
SCARDINO
Trainer: MIKE R. MITCHELL
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$538,048
$977,361
$956,315
$68,000
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off step slow,gamely
speed,angled in,clear
speed,inside,clear
off bit slow,caught
fought back rail lane
inside,held gamely
speed,inside,just held
rail,strong hand ride
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CHOISIR,
ch, 1999
OBVIOUSLY(Ire)
b, g
April 29, 2008
LEALA,
b, 2002
Danehill, 1986
9s, SW, $321,064
Danehill Dancer, 1993
2,408 f, 354 SW, 3.54 AEI
11s, SW, $343,120
2,203 f, 155 SW, 1.62 AEI Mira Adonde, 1986
1s, unpl
10 f, 9 r, 7 w, 4 SW
Lunchtime, 1970
6s, SW, $42,951
Great Selection, 1990
602 f, 29 SW, 1.84 AEI
4s, wnr
Pensive Mood, 1983
4 f, 4 r, 3 w, 1 SW
20s, wnr
4 f, 4 r, 4 w
Sadler's Wells, 1981
11s, SW, $713,690
Montjeu, 1996
2,193 f, 329 SW, 3.00 AEI
16s, SW, $3,178,177
1,329 f, 126 SW, 2.83 AEI Floripedes, 1985
5s, SW, $95,930
10 f, 6 r, 4 w, 2 SW
Silver Hawk, 1979
8s, SW, $184,099
Silver Bubble, 1993
833 f, 77 SW, 2.22 AEI
Unraced
Strait Lane, 1974
11 f, 8 r, 3 w, 1 SW
Unraced
18 f, 16 r, 12 w, 3 SW
Danzig
Razyana
Sharpen Up
Lettre d'Amour
Silly Season
Great Occasion
Biscay
Staid
Northern Dancer
Fairy Bridge
Top Ville
Toute Cy
Roberto
Gris Vitesse
Chieftain
Level Sands
OBVIOUSLY (IRE)'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3 in Ire
3
2
0
0
$20,313
at 4 in NA
9
4(2)
3(1)
2(2)
$538,048
at 5 in NA
5
3(3)
1(1)
0
$419,000
Lifetime
17
9(5)
4(2)
2(2)
$977,361
Sire: CHOISIR, ch, 1999. Raced 3 yrs in Aus and Eng, 23 sts, 7 wins, $1,260,052. Champion 2yo
colt in Aus, champion older male in Eng. Won Golden Jubilee S (Eng-I), TEAC Lightning S (Aus-I),
King's Stand S (Eng-II), Emirates Classic (Aus-II), Skyline S (Aus-III), Breeders' Plate; 2nd Darley
July Cup (Eng-I), AJC Sires' Produce S (Aus-I), Pago Pago S (Aus-II); 3rd Golden Slipper S (Aus-I),
Carlton Draught Caulfield Guineas (Aus-I), Champagne S (Aus-I), Oakleigh Plate (Aus-I), Stan Fox
S (Aus-II), L'Oreal Paris Plate (Aus-III).
Lifetime: 8 crops, 1,301 foals, 985 rnrs (76%), 585 wnrs (45%), 105 2yo wnrs (8%), 58 sw (4%),
1.44 AEI, 1.31 CI, 747 sale yrlgs, avg $52,665.
In 2013: 8 sw, 58 2yos, 7 2yo rnrs.
1st dam: Leala, b, 2002. Bred by Kilcarn Stud (Ire.). Unraced. Dam of 3 named foals, 3 rnrs, 1 wnr, 1 sw.
2007: Angel Stevens, b f, by Hawk Wing. Raced 1 yr in Ire, 3 sts, 0 wins.
2008: OBVIOUSLY (Ire), b g, by Choisir.
At 4: Won Del Mar Mile H (gr. IIT, NCR, Dmr, 8 furlongs in 1:32.10); Arroyo Seco Mile S (gr. IIT);
2nd Robert K. Kerlan Memorial H (T); 3rd Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT), Cool Frenchy S.
At 5: Won Shoemaker Mile S (gr. IT), Del Mar Mile H (gr. IIT), American H (gr. IIT); 2nd San
Simeon S (gr. IIIT).
2010: Princess Lucy, b f, by Strategic Prince. Raced 2 yrs in Ire, 5 sts, 0 wins, $1,419.
2011: Barren.
2012: B c, by Rock of Gibraltar (Ire).
Inbreeding: 5SX4D Northern Dancer.
Nicking: CHOISIR (Aus) w/MONTJEU (Ire) mares: 4 foals, 4 strs, 3 wnrs (75%), 1 2yo wnr
(25%), 1 SW (25%), 1 GSW (25%).
Broodmare sire: MONTJEU (Ire), b, 1996-2012. Sire of 252 dams of 457 foals, 238 rnrs (52%), 118
2nd dam: Silver Bubble, dkb/br, 1993. Bred by Buckram Oak Farm (Ky.). Unraced. Dam of DEFINATE
SPECTACLE (g, Spectrum; $305,275. Won John Smith's Extra Smooth Handicap Hurdle; 2nd
Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle, Killerk Construction Tipperary Hurdle, Stanleybet
Handicap Hurdle).
RENEESGOTZIP
Ch.f.4 City Zip - No Dress Code by Distorted Humor
Bred in Kentucky by JOHN LIVIAKIS (May 06, 2009)
18Aug13 Dmr4
18Jul13 Dmr7
26Dec12 SA4
01Dec12 Bhp3
03Nov12 SA7
06Oct12 SA8
05Sep12 Dmr3
04May12 Bhp7
31Mar12 SA4
03Mar12 SA9
Workout(s):
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Owner: LANNI FAMILY TRUST
Trainer: PETER MILLER
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CITY ZIP,
ch, 1998
Carson City, 1987
15s, SW, $306,240
1,025 f, 100 SW, 1.82 AEI
Baby Zip, 1991
16s, SW, $60,395
13 f, 11 r, 8 w, 3 SW
RENEESGOTZIP
ch, f
May 6, 2009
Distorted Humor, 1993
23s, SW, $769,964
1,139 f, 118 SW, 2.21 AEI
NO DRESS
CODE,
ch, 2000
Westfold Vale, 1989
20s, SW, $51,872
11 f, 7 r, 6 w
Raise a Native
14s, SW, $112,171
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI Gold Digger
Blushing Promise, 1982
Unraced
1 f, 1 r, 1 w, 1 SW
Blushing Groom
Relaunch, 1976
18s, SW, $278,100
725 f, 89 SW, 2.66 AEI
Thirty Zip, 1983
44s, SW, $585,970
13 f, 13 r, 13 w, 3 SW
Forty Niner, 1985
19s, SW, $2,726,000
920 f, 57 SW, 1.97 AEI
Danzig's Beauty, 1987
8s, SW, $205,806
14 f, 8 r, 6 w, 2 SW
Flying Paster, 1976
27s, SW, $1,127,460
428 f, 48 SW, 2.27 AEI
In Hopes, 1982
11s, wnr, $33,500
6 f, 5 r, 4 w, 2 SW
In Reality
Summertime
Promise
Foggy Note
Tri Jet
Sailaway
Mr. Prospector
File
Danzig
Sweetest Chant
Gummo
Procne
Affirmed
Cascapedia
RENEESGOTZIP'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
1
1
0
0
$27,000
at 3
9
4(3)
3(3)
1(1)
$487,460
at 4
2
2(1)
0
0
$141,000
Lifetime
12
7(4)
3(3)
1(1)
$655,460
Sire: CITY ZIP, ch, 1998. Raced 2 yrs, 23 sts, 9 wins, $818,225. Won Hopeful S (gr. I), Saratoga Special
S (gr. II), Amsterdam S (gr. II), Sanford S (gr. II), Tremont S (gr. III), Jersey Shore Breeders' Cup S
(gr. III), Bergen County S, Hirsch Jacobs S; 2nd Futurity S (gr. I), Hutcheson S (gr. II), Kentucky Cup
Sprint S (gr. II), Kentucky Breeders' Cup S (gr. III); 3rd Fountain of Youth S (gr. I), King's Bishop S
(gr. I), Kelso H (gr. IIT), Flash S.
1st dam: No Dress Code, ch, 2000. Bred by James Brunacini (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 4 sts, 1 win, $17,096.
Dam of 5 named foals, 3 rnrs, 3 wnrs, 1 sw. Sent to Tur 2012. ($205,000, 2000 keenov wnlg;
$60,000, 2005 keenov, Congaree; $50,000, 2006 keenov, Include; $110,000, 2012 keenov,
City Zip).
2006: Whowearsthepants, ch f, by Congaree. Raced 2 yrs, 12 sts, 2 wins, $31,577. ($20,000
keenov wnlg; $9,500 ftnopn yrlg; $10,000 ftkoct yrlg).
2007: Top Dresser, b f, by Forest Camp. Unraced.
2008: Orville Got Even, b g, by Stephen Got Even. Raced 2 yrs, 16 sts, 2 wins, $21,080. ($3,700
keejan yrlg).
2009: RENEESGOTZIP, ch f, by City Zip. ($3,500 ftkoct yrlg; $45,000 obsapr 2yo).
At 3: Won Santa Ynez S (gr. II), Skillful Joy S, C.E.R.F. S (R); 2nd La Brea S (gr. I), Santa Anita
Oaks (gr. I), Las Virgenes S (gr. I); 3rd Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT).
At 4: Won Rancho Bernardo H (gr. III, NTR, Dmr, 61/2 furlongs in 1:14.48).
2011: L. A. Freeway, b c, by Run Away and Hide. Unraced. ($87,000 keesep yrlg).
2012: Ch c, by Run Away and Hide. ($175,000 keesep yrlg).
Inbreeding: 3SX4D Mr. Prospector.
Nicking: CITY ZIP w/DISTORTED HUMOR mares: 3 foals, 2 strs, 2 wnrs (67%), 1 2yo wnr
(33%), 2 SW (67%), 1 GSW (33%)
Broodmare sire: DISTORTED HUMOR, ch, 1993. Sire of 240 dams of 526 foals, 334 rnrs (64%),
2nd dam: WESTFOLD VALE, ch, 1989. Bred by Ridder Thoroughbred Stable (Calif.). Raced 3 yrs, 20
sts, 8 wins, $51,872. Won La Primavera H; 2nd Coquette Breeders' Cup H, Las Donas H. Dam of
Emmaria (f, Hansel; $62,774. 2nd Miss Houston S; 3rd Bayou City S; producer).
Breeder
John Liviakis ... Born: Aug. 27, 1956 in Sacramento, Calif. ...
Residence: Kentfield, Calif. ... Family: wife, Renee and five children:
Audrey, Caroline, Katherine, Thomas and Michael. ... Education: After
earning an associateʼs degree from American River College he majored
in business and economics at the University of California-Berkeley. ...
Web site: www.liviakis.com
Liviakisʼ father, Mike.
• Liviakisʼ wife, Renee, is the namesake for Reneesgotzip, who won the
Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) by almost eight lengths this year as well as
the C.E.R.F. Stakes, and Reneeʼs Queen, first in the Oak Tree
Juvenile Fillies.
• 2013 contenders Handsome Mike, unplaced in the 2012 Classic, and
Reneesgotzip, third in the 2012 Turf Sprint, are returning to the
Breeders Cup one year after being among the three horses bred by
John Liviakis in his first year at the World Championships. His other
starter was Reneeʼs Queen, unplaced in the Juvenile Fillies. In 2011,
he came close as an owner and breeder with Sorrento Stakes (G3)
winner Mighty Caroline. “She was one of the favorites for the Juvenile
Fillies Turf, but she got hurt before the race and had to be scratched,”
he said. “Now sheʼs one of my broodmares in Kentucky.”
• Other top runners that Liviakis has owned and/or bred include Gentle
Audrey and Captain Kurt. He sold Reneeʼs Titan to Mrs. Paul Reddam
after she chased probable Juvenile Fillies favorite Executiveprivilege in
the Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) this summer. “Gentle Audrey was
fourth in a Grade 1 and I had an offer of $1 million for her from Sheihk
Mohammed (bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai). But she had
chips in her ankle and didnʼt pass the vet test so I kept her. Captain
Kurt was a grade one horse and one of the top horses in New
Zealand, but he got hurt, too.”...Liviakis said that he also owned a
Standardbred, Pretty Katherine, and she was a champion 2-year-old
pacing filly and a world record holder....Gentle Audrey, Mighty Caroline
and Pretty Katherine are named for his three daughters.
• Handsome Mike was sold to J. Paul Reddam after he placed in the
2011 Generous Stakes (G3). He went on to race in Grade 1
competition and won the 2012 Pennsylvania Derby (G2) in an upset
last year. “I was super high on the colt. I could tell when he was just a
kid that heʼs intelligent, has a nice personality, and is light on his feet.
He has no wasted motion and has a beautiful way of going. But Paul
Reddam really wanted him as a prospect for the Cash Call Futurity
and you canʼt keep them all,” he said. “You canʼt sell the ones nobody
wants. I sold him for a lot of money.” Handsome Mike is named for
• Liviakis buys racing prospects at the sales and sells horses, but in
recent years he has gotten more invested in the breeding end of the
business. He has 23 broodmares, including Mighty Caroline and
Gentle Audrey, and nine weanlings plus nine yearlings at Hill ʻnʼ Dale
Farm, Taylor Made Farm and War Horse Farm in Kentucky. “My
philosophy is to sell the ones people really want, keep the ones I like a
lot, and give away the ones people donʼt want,” he said ... Right now
he has only two horses in training with Melody Conlon in Southern
California and Billy Morey at Golden Gate, but nine 2-year-olds are on
Quick facts about John Liviakis:
their way to the races ... His game plan for buying at the sales is, “Iʼm
trying to find the next stars, just like with the stock market, Iʼm looking
for that one – the one nobody else has figured out yet,” he said.
said. “We use an advanced feeding program with the best nutrients
and supplements and itʼs expensive, but you can tell it works because
all of my horses look healthy and look really good,” he said.
• Liviakis, formerly a licensed trainer, fell in love with horses and racing
when as a child his father took him to the races at Cal Expo. “I was
very into sports as a kid and here were all these beautiful
Thoroughbreds competing. The horses are magic on earth and the
greatest of Godʼs creatures. It was a thrill to see how athletic and
magnificent they are.”... He said that he has made a study of equine
sports medicine, genetics, training, nutrition, and all aspects of
breeding. “I am very interested in how to get the healthiest horse,” he
• Liviakis became a stockbroker for E.F. Hutton out of college and soon
was the firmʼs top broker in the United States in under two years of
being licensed. He later worked for Merrill Lynch and independently
before founding his own company, Liviakis Financial Communications
in 1986. He is recognized as a pioneer who redefined financial public
relations by introducing ideas never before conceived. The company is
considered to be the leading financial public relations firm in the world.
Owner
Lanni Family Trust ... Family: The Lanni Family Trust consists of
Debbie Lanni and sons Sean and Patrick, the family of founder J.
Terrence Lanni, who passed away at the age of 68 on July 14, 2011, at
his home in Pasadena, Calif., following a long battle with cancer.
Starts 1st
2nd
3
1
1
1999
2000
2011
Sprint
Mile
Classic
3rd
0
Earnings
$1,420,000
Silic (Fr)
Ladies Din
Game On Dude
1st
8th
2nd
Quick facts about Lanni Family Trust:
• Game On Dude has been a stakes-winning sensation this year,
winning all six of his starts in 2013. Game On Dude races in the name
of the Lanni Family Trust in partnership with Mercedes Stable,
Diamond Pride and Bernard Schiappa. The gelding is trained by Bob
Baffert. Game On Dude has topped the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
for a number of weeks this year and is a possible contender for
year-end honors.
• Game On Dude won five straight stakes races this year under Hall of
Fame jockey Mike Smith (listed in chronological order): Native Diver
(G3), San Antonio (G2); Santa Anita Handicap (G1); Charles Town
Classic (G2) and Hollywood Gold Cup (G1). When Smith had riding
duties at Saratoga aboard 2012 Older Female Champion Royal Delta,
jockey Martin Garcia took over and rode the 6-year-old gelding to
victory in the Pacific Classic (G1). Part of the Win and Youʼre In
Challenge Series, the victory earned Game On Dude a berth in this
yearʼs Breedersʼ Cup Classic for a third consecutive year.
• The Lanni Family Trust currently owns six runners, according to
Debbie Lanni, widow of J. Terrence (known as Terri) Lanni. With just
six runners, the Lanni Family Trust is fortunate to own another runner
being prepped for the 2013 Breedersʼ Cup, Reneesgotzip. The
4-year-old filly is wholly owned by the Lanni Family Trust and trained
by Peter Miller. She won the Rancho Bernardo Handicap (G3) during
the Del Mar meet and finished second in the La Brea Stakes (G1) at
Santa Anita. Racing against males, Reneesgotzip was third in the
2012 Breedersʼ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) under Garrett Gomez at Santa
Anita. (The race was won by Mizdirection, the only other filly in the
field.)
• Game On Dudeʼs victories this year in the three major West Coast G1
races for older horses – the Santa Anita Handicap, Hollywood Gold
Cup and Pacific Classic – made him only the second runner ever to
take Californiaʼs handicap triple. The first was Lava Man in 2006.
• Mrs. Lanni awaits the racing debut of Burlister, another of the Lanni
Family Trustʼs six runners. He is a 4-year-old son of Malibu Moon.
“Terri bought him at Keeneland. He is a grey horse. We were watching
the Royal Wedding together in 2011. Their coach was pulled by four
impressive all grey horses. The lead horse was referred to as
ʻBurlister.ʼ So we chose that as his name.”
• The late Terri Lanniʼs interest in racing dated back to his childhood.
Lanniʼs father, Anthony, also bred and raced in California before his
death in 1969. While in graduate school, he was partners with a
brother and his sister in Greenhill Stable, which had claiming horses
with L.J. Brooks and Charles Comiskey.
• Established the Lanni Family Trust to enjoy Thoroughbred racing as a
family and for estate planning purposes. According to Debbie, grown
sons Sean and Patrick are interested in racing as well.
• Prior to the Lanni Family Trust, Lanni co-owned Silic, winner of the
1999 Breedersʼ Cup Mile, and Ladies Din, eighth in the 2000 Breedersʼ
Cup Mile. Lanni and Schiappa owned Ladies Din and both were
among the owners of Silic. Trained by Julio Canani, Ladies Din won
two G1 events, the Shoemaker Breedersʼ Cup Mile and the Eddie
Read Handicap. Among other runners Lanni owned in partnership
prior to establishing the trust were Greek Sun, winner of the 1991
Jersey Derby and Sinister Minister, winner of the 2006 Blue Grass
Stakes. Lanni owned 85 percent of Shining Energy, winner of the 2006
Gamely Breedersʼ Cup Stakes. Bought half interests in stakes-winning
grass horses Porto Santo and Charmo from David Milch at Del Mar.
• Lanni retired as chairman of the board and CEO of MGM Mirage (now
known as MGM Resorts, International), a Las Vegas-based
entertainment, hotel and gaming giant which owns major casino
properties including MGM Grand, Mirage Resorts, Bellagio, Mandalay
Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, Circus Circus, Treasure Island, New York New
York and Boardwalk. Joined MGM Grand Inc., on June 1, 1995.
Named chairman and CEO in May 2000, when he oversaw the
acquisition of Mirage Resorts by MGM Grand Inc. He retired in
November, 2008. Son Sean is an executive with MGM Resorts,
International. His title is Executive Director International Development
and Administration.
• The elder Lanni was COO of Caesars World Inc., starting in 1977.
Prior to that was treasurer of the California-based Republic
Corporation. Served on the Board of Trustees of Santa Clara
University, USCʼs Keck School of Medicine and Marshall School of
Business. Was a member of the Ronald Reagan Presidential
Foundation. Served on the Board of Directors at K.B. Homes. Was
Chairman of the Board of American Gaming Association. Inducted into
the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2000. Recipient of Casino Journalʼs 2001
Lifetime Achievement Award. Was a Director of the Del Mar
Thoroughbred Club for 10 years.
• Last fall, Debbie Lanni accepted the 2012 Sarno Award for Lifetime
Achievement in Casino Design” bestowed posthumously to her
husband, Terri Lanni. Presented annually since 2003, the Sarno
Award for Lifetime Achievement is the highest honor afforded any
individual involved in the design and construction of casino resorts. It
is named for Jay Sarno, the grandfather of casino design, who
envisioned such well-known casino resort properties as Caesars
Palace and Circus Circus in the 1960s.
Trainer
Peter Miller ... Born: Oct. 2, 1966 in Los Angeles ... Residence:
Carlsbad, Calif. ... Family: wife, Lani; son, Jacob, 6 months.
Starts 1st
2nd
4
0
0
2007
2011
2012
3rd
1
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Turf
Turf
Turf Sprint
Earnings
$99,000
Set Play
Majestic City
Kindergarten Kid
Reneesgotzip
11th
13th
6th
3rd
Quick facts about Peter Miller:
• Miller is looking forward taking another run at the Breedersʼ Cup Turf
Sprint with Reneesgotzip, who was third last year. He also finished
sixth in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Turf with Kindergarten Kid, a horse
that joined his barn in the weeks leading up to the Breedersʼ Cup ...
The trainer made his Breedersʼ Cup debut in 2007 when Set Play,
winner of that yearʼs Del Mar Debutante, finished 11th in the Juvenile
Fillies. The Miller-trained Majestic City was 13th in the Juvenile Turf in
2011.
• Miller enjoyed one of his best seasons to day in 2012. He captured the
training title at Del Mar by winning three races on closing day to edge
past Hall of Famer Bob Baffert 21-20. It was his first training title and
came after a 0-31 stretch, leading the trainer to say, “It was becoming
very frustrating. If I had hair I would have been pulling it out. But itʼs
nice to finish strong like that.” ... With just over two months remaining
in 2013, the trainer wasnʼt too far behind of 2012 numbers. Through
Oct. 20, he had won 67 races and his horses had earned $3,226,354.
Last year, his horses won 77 races and earned $3,643,345.
• Hit the national stage in a big way in 2011 when he sent out Comma to
the Top, who had scorched most of his 2-year-old opposition in 2010,
to run in the Kentucky Derby following a narrow second behind Midnite
Interlude in the Santa Anita Derby. Unfortunately, Comma to the Top
finished last in the 19-horse field and exited the race with a leg injury
that put him on the shelf, until that fall ... Still racing at age 5, Comma
to the Top won three stakes in 2013, including the Tom Fool Handicap
(G3) and Los Angeles Handicap (G3) ... The gelding is currently
recovering from a foot injury that will prevent him from starting in the
Breedersʼ Cup.
• Acknowledges that his major focus is on the development of young
horses, beginning with buying horses at sales for 2-year-olds in
training. Generally, he has from 40-50 horses in training at his
Hollywood Park headquarters. He usually buys in the mid-to-lower
money ranges. For example, he was able to buy Set Play for $105,000
and another good 2-year-old stakes winner, Whatever Whenever, for
$100,000.
• While some may consider Miller an overnight sensation, his career as
a trainer of record actually goes back to 1988, the year he saddled his
first winner, Dynashield, at Santa Anita.
• Miller had put in serious apprenticeship work with Hall of Fame trainer
Charlie Whittingham, rubbing horses full time following high school
graduation. During his tenure with Whittingham he was able to be
around such standout racehorses as Kentucky Derby winners Sunday
Silence and Ferdinand, Lord at War, Estrapade, Greinton and Palace
Music. In addition to working with Whittingham, Miller also learned
under Joe Manzi, Mike Mitchell and Hal King.
• Other stakes winners include Fast Parade and Backbackbackgone.
• During his early training days, he was located at San Luis Rey Downs
near San Diego, Calif, where he broke and trained horses, some of
which were his own trainees.
• Went to the races as a youngster with his mother and stepfather. The
latter, Gary Hallman, owned horses and ran under the stable name of
Winning Ways Stable. The young Miller wanted to be a jockey so, at
age 10, spent a year in jockey school at Castaic, Calif. However, his
family was told by a doctor, that he would grow way too big to be a
jockey, so the youngster began thinking about becoming a trainer. He
started by working as a groom during summers while attending high
school. From there, his path took him to Whittingham and the other
major trainers under whom he learned the business.
• Generally, he has from 40-50 horses in training.
10 4 4 1
$246,464
2013:
1 1 0 0
$16,200
2012:
11 5 4 1
$262,664
Life:
Turf:
7 3 2 1
$188,094
Trainer: CRAIG DOLLASE
Dk B/ Br.g.4 Rock Hard Ten - Barbara Orr by Tale of the Cat
Course:
3 1 1 0
$46,650
Bred in California by MERCEDES STABLES LLC (Apr 27, 2009)
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$19,800
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Owner: WEST POINT THOROUGHBREDS, INC.
ROCK HARD
TEN,
dkb/br, 2001
ROCK ME BABY
dkb/br, g
April 27, 2009
BARBARA ORR,
ch, 2000
Roberto, 1969
14s, SW, $332,272
Kris S., 1977
500 f, 85 SW, 3.37 AEI
5s, SW, $53,350
839 f, 93 SW, 2.48 AEI Sharp Queen, 1965
14s, wnr, $11,775
8 f, 7 r, 6 w, 1 SW
14s, SW, $112,171
Tersa, 1986
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
14s, SW, $151,850
Peacefully, 1973
12 f, 11 r, 8 w, 1 SW
12s, SW, $44,895
11 f, 10 r, 4 w, 2 SW
Storm Cat, 1983
8s, SW, $570,610
Tale of the Cat, 1994
1,414 f, 180 SW, 2.97 AEI
9s, SW, $360,900
2,003 f, 97 SW, 1.49 AEI Yarn, 1987
6s, wnr, $19,108
6 f, 5 r, 5 w, 3 SW
Forli, 1963
10s, SW, $156,648
Forli's Slew, 1987
682 f, 60 SW, 2.13 AEI
Unraced
Solar Slew, 1982
13 f, 9 r, 7 w
7s, pl, $5,856
11 f, 7 r, 7 w, 2 SW
Hail to Reason
Bramalea
Princequillo
Bridgework
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Jacinto
Morning Calm
Storm Bird
Terlingua
Mr. Prospector
Narrate
Aristophanes
Trevisa
Seattle Slew
Gold Sun
ROCK ME BABY'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 3
1
1
0
0
$16,200
at 4
10
4
4(2)
1
$246,464
Lifetime
11
5
4(2)
1
$262,664
Sire: ROCK HARD TEN, dkb/br, 2001. Raced 2 yrs, 11 sts, 7 wins, $1,870,380. Won Santa Anita H
(gr. I), Malibu S (gr. I), Goodwood Breeders' Cup H (gr. II), Swaps Breeders' Cup S (gr. II), Strub S
(gr. II); 2nd Preakness S (gr. I); 3rd Santa Anita Derby (gr. I).
1st dam: Barbara Orr, ch, 2000. Bred by Allen E. and Madeleine A. Paulson (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 6 sts,
2 wins, $88,600. 2nd Rancho Bernardo H (gr. III). Dam of 4 named foals, 3 rnrs, 3 wnrs.
2006: Barren.
2007: Rock This Way, dkb/br g, by Rock Hard Ten. Raced 3 yrs, 26 sts, 5 wins, $151,940.
2008: Rock d'Or, b f, by Rock Hard Ten. Raced 2 yrs, 16 sts, 3 wins, $23,209.
2009: Rock Me Baby, dkb/br g, by Rock Hard Ten. ($40,000 baroct yrlg; $210,000 barmar 2yo).
At 4: 2nd California Dreamin' H (RT), Tiznow S (R).
2011: Candy Ore, dkb/br f, by Candy Ride (Arg). Unraced.
2012: B c, by Papa Clem.
2013: C, by Unusual Heat.
Inbreeding: 3SX4D Mr. Prospector.
Nicking: ROCK HARD TEN w/TALE OF THE CAT mares: 4 foals, 4 strs, 4 wnrs (100%), 0
2yo wnrs (0%), 0 SW (0%)
Broodmare sire: TALE OF THE CAT, dkb/br, 1994. Sire of 339 dams of 818 foals, 535 rnrs (65%),
2nd dam: Forli's Slew, b, 1987. Bred by Allen E. Paulson (Ky.). Unraced. Granddam of Sun Spun.
Breeder
Mercedes Stable ... Owner(s): Ernest Moody ... Born: July 25, 1948,
Elizabeth, N.J. ... Residence: Las Vegas, Nev. ... Family: Son, Austin
and daughter, Amber.
Starts 1st
2nd
3
0
1
2005
2011
2012
Turf
Classic
Classic
3rd
0
Earnings
$900,000
Lauraʼs Lucky Boy
Game on Dude
Game on Dude
11th
2nd
7th
Quick facts about Mercedes Stable:
• Moody is back in 2013 for a third shot at the Breedersʼ Cup Classic
with multiple G1 winner Game on Dude, in which he is a partner with
tthe Lanni Family Trust, Bernard Schiappa and baseballʼs Joe Torreʼs
Diamond Pride Stable ... Game on Dude was run down by
Drosselmeyer in the final eighth of a mile in the 2011 Classic, finishing
second, then was off the board in last yearʼs race ... Game On Dude
has won all five of his starts in 2013, earning $2,470,000, dominating
in pretigious events such as the Pacific Classic (G1), Hollywood Gold
Cup (G1), and Santa Anita Handicap (G1).
• Bought a 25 percent interest in Game on Dude in a private purchase
engineered by Schiappa prior to the 2010 Florida Derby. The horse
remained with trainer Michael Mareina through the Florida Derby, but
was moved then to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. He finished fourth
in the 2010 Belmont Stakes.
• Races as Mercedes Stable, LLC, named for his longtime partner,
Mercedes Vila. His only previous Breedersʼ Cup starter, Lauraʼs Lucky
Boy, finished 11th in the 2005 Breedersʼ Cup Turf, won by Shirocco
(Ger). Has approximately 150 Thoroughbreds, including racehorses,
broodmares, yearlings, etc. Schiappa manages Moodyʼs racing
interests. Moody has mares in Kentucky and California. He keeps his
California mares at his Running Luck Ranch, near Fresno. Has most of
his horses in training with Bob Baffert, Tim Yakteen and Julio Canani.
• Became involved in Thoroughbred racing in 2000 when he entered
into an agreement with Madeleine Paulson to lease a 50-percent
interest in horses that were in her name or that she retained in the
estate dispersal of her late husband, Allen Paulson. (Paulson, a
prominent Thoroughbred owner and breeder, died in July 2000. Mrs.
Paulson since has married T. Boone Pickens.) Moody also bought
Brookside West, the Paulsonsʼ 480-acre ranch in Bonsall, Calif., and
renamed it Moody Creek.
• One of the partnership horses, Rock Hard Ten, a Paulson homebred,
gave Moody early success in racing. Rock Hard Ten earned
$1,870,380 racing for Mrs. Paulson and Moodyʼs Mercedes Stable
LLC. His victories at three included the Malibu Stakes (G1) and the
Swaps Breedersʼ Cup Stakes (G2). Rock Hard Ten finished second in
the Preakness Stakes. At four, he won the G1 Santa Anita Handicap,
the Goodwood Breedersʼ Cup Handicap (G2) and the Strub Stakes
(G2). Rock Hard Ten stands at Laneʼs End near Versailles, Ky.
• Previous stakes winners for Mercedes Stable include Seattle Smooth,
who won five stakes races in 2008-2009, including the 2009 G1 Ogden
Phipps at Belmont Park. She won 7 races from 14 starts and was
retired in 2010 with earnings of $1,001,160. Other stakes winners
include Sheʼs a Jewel, Lauraʼs Lucky Boy, Indian Ocean, Twice as
Bad, Storm Wolf, Try To Fly, Spacy Tracy, Bank the Eight, Run It and
stakes winner and track record holder Indian Way.
• Moody is president of VideoPoker.com. He is the inventor of
multi-hand poker and holds patents on numerous video poker
machines. Founded in 1997, the company is strictly involved in
invention and not manufacture. Though his Triple Play poker invention
was initially received coolly by gaming manufacturers, Moody
persevered and International Game Technology (IGT) licensed his
Triple Play Draw Poker. It was introduced in casinos in 1997 and was
a runaway success. Since then, VideoPoker.com has created dozens
of video poker games, playing from three to 100 hands, and sent them
into the marketplace. Moody formerly was a restaurateur, stockbroker
and casino investor.
Owner
West Point Thoroughbreds ... Owner(s): Terry Finley (founder and
president) ... Born: Jan. 3, 1964 ... Residence: Mt. Laurel, N.J. ...
Family: wife Debbie; children Ryan and Erin. ... Education: A graduate
of West Point, Finley is a former Army captain and Airborne Ranger. He
also has an MSBA from Boston University. ... Web site:
www.westpointtb.com
Starts 1st
2nd
13
0
0
2003
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010
2012
3rd
1
Sprint
Distaff
Classic
Dirt Mile
Distaff
Filly & Mare Sprint
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Classic
Turf Sprint
Mile
Turf Sprint
Filly & Mare Sprint
Earnings
$588,125
Ethan Man
Yolanda B. Too
Awesome Gem
High Finance
Learʼs Princess
Dream Rush
Irish Smoke
Awesome Gem
Awesome Gem
El Gato Malo
Awesome Gem
Tropic Storm
Belle of the Hall
10th
12th
3rd
8th
10th
5th
12th
6th
7th
8th
6th
12th
4th
Quick facts about West Point Thoroughbreds:
• West Point Stables horses have made 13 previous starts in the
Breedersʼ Cup; four of them came from Awesome Gem. That horse
got the partnership its best finish when he finished third in the 2007
Classic ... Will be represented in 2013 by Suns Out Guns Out in the
Breedersʼ Cup Marathon ... Other top horses in 2013 have been
Twilight Eclipse, Tiznowforamerica, Awesome Vision and Rock Me
Baby.
• Awesome Gem ran in three other Breedersʼ Cup races: the 2008 Mile
(sixth), the 2009 Classic (seventh), and the 2010 Marathon (sixth).
• Awesome Gem is a West Point Thoroughbreds star; retired in Sept.
2012, he won 11 times from 52 starts. His graded stakes wins include
the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1); San Fernando Breedersʼ Cup (G2);
Hawthorne Gold Cup (G2); Lone Star Park Handicap (G3); Longacres
Mile Handicap (G3); and the Berkeley Handicap (G3).
• Awesome Gem was the sixth Grade 1 winner for the operation,
earning more than $2.2 million and finishing first, second, or third in 17
stakes contests.
• The stable enjoyed a breakout year in 2007, winning five Grade 1
races with four different horses. It was ranked fifth nationally in purse
earnings with $4.5 million and started five horses in the Breedersʼ Cup.
The partnership was fourth in Eclipse Award voting for outstanding
owner and sold Dream Rush for $3.3 million at Fasig-Tipton
Kentuckyʼs November sale.
• West Pointʼs first graded stakes winner was Ethan Man, winner of the
Swale Stakes (G3) in 2002 and the stableʼs first Breedersʼ Cup starter
when 10th in the 2003 Sprint (G1).
• In 2009, the operation won the Stephen Foster for the second time in
three years with Macho Again, who also finished second in both the
Whitney Handicap (G1) and Woodward Stakes (G1), the latter behind
2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra. In 2008, Macho Again won
the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) and was runner-up to Big Brown in the
Preakness (G1).
• A West Point favorite was King Congie, who won the 2011 Tropical
Park Derby. He was named after Congie DeVito, a longtime West
Point employee who passed away at the age of 35 on Feb. 16, 2011.
DeVito suffered from osteogenesis imperfecta, commonly known as
brittle-bone disease, and was born with 25 broken bones.
• West Pointʼs founder, Terry Finley, has been involved in the
Thoroughbred industry for more than 25 years. A graduate of the
United States Military Academy at West Point, he holds degrees in
mechanical engineering and served a three-year tour of duty in the 3rd
Infantry Division, leaving the army with the rank of captain.
• He began working with Thoroughbreds as a teenager and started
racing partnerships in 1991. Since then, West Point has syndicated
nearly 300 horses worth more than $20 million and maintains offices in
California, Kentucky, and New York. It currently manages the portfolios
for nearly 400 investors and a stable of approximately 60 horses at
various stages of training.
• Finley began developing racing partnerships in 1991 after acquiring a
$5,000 claimer from Philadelphia Park named Sunbelt. That gelding
debuted for West Point Thoroughbreds two weeks later and won for a
$6,500 claiming tag in the third race at Philadelphia Park on Aug. 27,
1991. The chart for Sunbeltʼs win for that race lists the owner as
“unknown.”
Trainer
Craig Dollase ... Born: Dec. 8, 1970, Goleta, Calif. ... Residence:
Sierra Madre, Calif. ... Family: wife Nancy and daughters Audrey and
Alyssa.
Starts 1st
2nd
15
1
1
1998
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
3rd
1
Juvenile
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Distaff
Distaff
Sprint
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Mile
Classic
Turf Sprint
Marathon
Turf Sprint
Earnings
$1,634,000
Daring General
Reraise
Swept Overboard
Swept Overboard
Elloluv
Elloluv
Ptʼs Grey Eagle
Dancing Edie
Cash Included
Awesome Gem
Awesome Gem
Awesome Gem
El Gato Malo
Awesome Gem
Tropic Storm
Quick facts about Craig Dollase:
4th
1st
4th
8th
2nd
7th
8th
8th
5th
3rd
6th
7th
8th
7th
12th
• Prior to entering Rock Me Baby in the 2013 Breedersʼ Cup Turf Sprint,
Dollaseʼs most recent runner was Awesome Gem, who made four
straight appearances with his last being a 6th in the 2010 Marathon.
Awesome Gemʼs best showing was a third in the 2007 Classic. He
also was fifth 6th in the 2008 Mile and 7th in the 2009 Classic.
• Trainer remains the youngest to post a Breederʼs Cup victory, turning
the trick in 1998 at age 27 with Reraise in the Sprint. Overall, has had
15 starts, with a win, a second and a third as his top finishes. Finishing
in the money besides Reraise and Awesome Gem was Elloluv, second
in the 2003 Distaff, now the Ladiesʼ Classic.
• Retired after a third-place effort in the 2012 Longacres Mile, Awesome
Gem accummulated a record of 11-15-7 from 51 starts and earnings of
over $2.8 million. His biggest wins were the 2009 and 2010 Hollywood
Gold Cup (G1), 2011 Longacres Mile (G3), 2011 Lone Star Park
Handicap (G3) and 2007 San Fernando Breedersʼ Cup Stakes (G2).
• Early Breedersʼ Cup action came while Dollase worked as assistant to
his father, Wally, and had input in the training of two-time runner-up
Itsallgreektome in the 1990 Mile and 1991 Turf as well as 1996 Distaff
winner Jewel Princess.
• Other major stakes winners: Monterey Jazz, 2008 Strub Stakes (G2)
and Texas Mile (G3); Swept Overboard, 2002 Metropolitan Handicap
(G1); Futural, El Gato Malo, Dancing Edie, Bai and Bai, Ten a Penny,
El Cielo, Major Charmer, Momentum, Reality Road, PTʼs Grey Eagle,
Anziyan Royalty and Saint Afleet.
• Grew up on familyʼs Rancho Rio Vista in Californiaʼs Central Coast
area and began working for his father as a teen-ager. Took out his
trainerʼs license in 1995 and continued to assist his father while
training a few horses of his own. Went on his own completely in 1997.
• One of three Dollase siblings connected with racing. First was older
sister Michelle, who trained for a few years and was married at one
point to jockey Corey Nakatani. Until a year ago, she operated a small
lay-up and training facility in Kentucky, outside of Louisville. Following
Craig is younger sister, Aimee, who assists her father, has a license
on her own and has trained some on her own.
SILVER MAX
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Owner: MARK BACON & DANA WELLS
Trainer: DALE L. ROMANS
B.c.4 Badge of Silver - Kissin Rene by Kissin Kris
Bred in Kentucky by S. C. SNOWDEN, S. LAUFFER & W. LAUFFER (Mar 08, 2009)
05Oct13 Kee9
31Aug13 Sar8
28Jul13 Mth12
29Jun13 Prm8
01Jun13 CD10
04May13 CD10
30Mar13 GP11
06Oct12 Kee9
18Aug12 AP8
21Jul12 Cnl9
Workout(s):
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19 Oct 13 SA 4F ft :46.4h 2/65
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Stk - BBaruchHG2 - 250k 135-113
Stk - OceanprtG3 - 150k 132-120
Stk - CrnhskrHG3 - 300k 98-102
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22 Sep 13 CD 5F ft 1:01.1b 7/50
2013:
2012:
Life:
Turf:
Course:
Off Dirt:
7 4
10 7
22 11
16 9
0 0
3 1
0
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3
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$789,193
$820,875
$1,658,403
$1,106,543
$0
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SilverMax126¶¢ WiseDan126¹¡ WillcoxInn126¨µ
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SilverMax 120¸ ParisVegas116¼¢ Tetradrachm115£
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SilverMax 118»£ HoweGreat118¶£ HudsonSteele116«¬
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PrayerforRelief 117¶£ Taptowne 117»¢ SilverMax 118¶£ steady pace,gave way 6
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clear pace,faded 12
Bayrir121¶¢ FinnegansWake119¶¢ SummerFront123¸
pace inside,gave way 8
SilverMax123¶ LuckyChappy117¡ FinnegansWake117¸£
rated kindly,driving 8
14 Sep 13 CD 4F ft :51.4b 77/80
BADGE OF
SILVER,
dkb/br, 2000
SILVER MAX
b, c
March 8, 2009
KISSIN RENE,
dkb/br, 1997
Deputy Minister, 1979
22s, SW, $696,964
Silver Deputy, 1985
1,141 f, 90 SW, 2.53 AEI
2s, SW, $41,820
1,027 f, 89 SW, 1.88 AEI Silver Valley, 1979
20s, SW, $105,731
11 f, 8 r, 8 w, 2 SW
Silver Hawk, 1979
8s, SW, $184,099
Silveroo, 1992
833 f, 77 SW, 2.22 AEI
11s, wnr, $25,528
Hey Mama, 1977
3 f, 3 r, 3 w, 1 SW
20s, SW, $78,431
14 f, 9 r, 7 w, 1 SW
Kris S., 1977
5s, SW, $53,350
Kissin Kris, 1990
839 f, 93 SW, 2.48 AEI
35s, SW, $1,616,936
498 f, 18 SW, 1.08 AEI Toes Forward, 1976
63s, wnr, $129,084
8 f, 6 r, 5 w, 2 SW
Prince of Ascot, 1967
56s, wnr, $61,576
Monique Rene, 1978
25 f, 1 SW, 1.41 AEI
45s, SW, $456,250
Party Date, 1965
10 f, 8 r, 5 w, 1 SW
69s, wnr, $22,736
7 f, 6 r, 6 w, 3 SW
Vice Regent
Mint Copy
Mr. Prospector
Seven Valleys
Roberto
Gris Vitesse
High Tribute
Pat's Mama
Roberto
Sharp Queen
Your Alibhai
Toe Dancer
Royal Ascot
Bolero's Image
Speedy Frank
Pardon My Speed
SILVER MAX'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
5
0
5
0
$48,335
at 3
10
7(5)
0
0
$820,875
at 4
7
4(4)
0
1(1)
$789,193
Lifetime
22
11(9)
5
1(1)
$1,658,403
Sire: BADGE OF SILVER, dkb/br, 2000. Raced 5 yrs, 16 sts, 7 wins, $1,047,892. Won New Orleans H
(gr. II), San Gabriel H (gr. IIT), Risen Star S (gr. III), Hal's Hope H (gr. III); 2nd Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile
H (gr. I) twice, National Jockey Club H (gr. III); 3rd NetJets Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT).
1st dam: Kissin Rene, dkb/br, 1997. Bred by John Franks (Fla.). Raced 2 yrs, 6 sts, 1 win, $7,500.
Dam of 6 named foals, 6 rnrs, 3 wnrs, 2 sw. ($15,000, 2004 ftkfeb, Gold Alert; $140,000, 2007
keejan, Indian Charlie).
2002: TRUE KISS, dkb/br f, by Is It True. Raced 4 yrs, 21 sts, 4 wins, $115,418. Won MTOBA Joy
S (R). Dam of 3 foals, 2 rnrs, 1 wnr. ($150,000 obsjun 2yo).
2003: Barren.
2004: Our Papa Joe, ch g, by Gold Alert. Raced 2 yrs, 14 sts, 0 wins, $15,040. ($22,000 ftkoct yrlg).
2005: Kissesforcaroline, ch f, by Five Star Day. Raced 3 yrs, 4 sts, 0 wins, $303. ($50,000 ftkfeb
yrlg).
2006: Barren.
2007: Rene's Kisses, b f, by Indian Charlie. Raced 2 yrs, 13 sts, 2 wins, $34,730. ($16,000 keejan
yrlg; $3,000 obsopn 2yo).
2009: SILVER MAX, b c, by Badge of Silver. ($20,000 ftkjul yrlg).
At 3: Won Virginia Derby (gr. IIT), American Turf S (gr. IIT), Transylvania S (gr. IIIT), Oliver S (T,
NCR, InD, 8 furlongs in 1:33.88); Arlington Classic S (T).
At 4: Won Shadwell Turf Mile S (gr. I), Bernard Baruch H (gr. IIT), Oceanport S (gr. IIIT), Opening
Verse S; 3rd Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H (gr. III).
2010: Barren.
2011: Bending, dkb/br c, by Yes It's True. Raced 1 yr, 1 st, 0 wins, $239.
2012: Barren.
2013: F, by Yes It's True.
Inbreeding: 4SX4D Roberto.
Nicking: BADGE OF SILVER w/KISSIN KRIS mares: 2 foals, 2 strs, 2 wnrs (100%), 1 2yo
wnr (50%), 1 SW (50%), 1 GSW (50%).
Broodmare sire: KISSIN KRIS, b, 1990. Sire of 119 dams of 391 foals, 281 rnrs (72%), 179 wnrs
(46%), 52 2yo wnrs (13%), 1.14 AEI, 1.30 CI; 18 sw.
2nd dam: MONIQUE RENE, ch, 1978. Bred by Rutledge Horne (La.). Raced 4 yrs, 45 sts, 29 wins,
$456,250. Won Suthern Accent S, Chou Croute S, Gallorette H, Honeymoon S, Mardi Gras H, Pan
Zareta H twice, Creole State S (R), Diplomat S (R), Southern Maid S (R), Sugarland S (R) twice,
Valencia S (RT), Victoria S (R), Victoria S (RT); 2nd Pippin S, Chou Croute S, Jeanne d'Arc Prep,
Portage S (T), Desoto S (RT); 3rd Suthern-Accent S. Dam of PRINCE OF THE MT. (c, Mt. Livermore;
$396,925. Won Ark-La-Tex H, gr. III, Bob Johnson Memorial S; 2nd Essex H, gr. III, King Cotton S,
Fifth Season Breeders' Cup S, Louisiana Downs Budweiser Breeders' Cup S, Lone Star Park H;
3rd Fifth Season Breeders' Cup S, Bosselman Gus Fonner H, Pelleteri Breeders' Cup H, Wiley Post
H; sire), Mt. Rene (c, Mt. Livermore; $36,700. 3rd Airline S). Granddam of YES IT'S TRUE, KISS A
NATIVE, HONEST DECEIVER, CATCH MY FANCY, True Enough, Notonetoquit.
Co-Breeder
Steve Snowden ... Residence: Lexington, Ky. ... Professional
Background: Finance Executive.
• Breeds to sell and to race; has partnered to race several horses
including current multiple stakes winner Sweet Cassiopeia.
Quick facts about Steve Snowden:
• Watermill, as agent, purchased Kissin Rene for $140,000 2007
Keeneland January Sale. Silver Max, her 2009 foal by Badge of Silver,
is by far her most accomplished progeny to date. She was offered at
the 2012 Keeneland November Breeding Sale, but did not make her
$60,000 reserve.
• Owns and operates Watermill Farm near Lexington, Ky.
• Finance executive who has worked in industries including utilities and
real estate development
Co-Breeder
Seth and Will Lauffer ... Residence: Paintsville, Ky. ... Family: Sethʼs
family: Wife Stacey, two daughters and a son; Willʼs family: Wife Kim, two
sons and a daughter.
Quick facts about Seth and Will Lauffer:
• Brothers; grew up in Paintsville in eastern Kentucky.
• Family owns and operates JML Oil and Gas out of Paintsville.
• Father, Mike, co-owned and co-bred 2011 Preakness winner
Shackleford and purchased half of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel
Alexandra at the end of her 2-year-old year, before selling her after her
Kentucky Oaks victory.
Owner
Mark Bacon and Dana Wells ... Born: Both in 1966 ... Residence:
Bacon: Louisville, Ky., Wells: Phoenix, Ariz.
• Bacon has owned a few horses on his own, but neither Bacon or Wells
keep a large stable.
Quick facts about Mark Bacon and Dana Wells :
• Both are longtime friends of trainer Dale Romans, who went to school
with Bacon.
• A Breedersʼ Cup start in 2013 would be the first for either owner.
• Bacon and Wells met in the old Sports Spectrum simulcast parlor in
Louisville, Ky.
• Silver Max surprised a crowd at Keeneland on a rainy October
Saturday when he upset reigning Horse of the Year Wise Dan in the
Shadwell Turf Mile (G1), which had been switched from the turf to the
Polytrack. Despite the surface change, the Breedersʼ Cup decided to
keep the race a “Win and Youʼre In,” offering Silver Max a quaranteed
spot in the 2013 race.
• The pairʼs best horse is undoubtedly Silver Max, trained by Dale
Romans. A $20,000 yearling, Silver Max is the son of Badge of Silver
out of Kissin Kris mare Kissin Rene and has built an 11-win career
from 22 starts. Among his many graded stakes wins are the Virginia
Derby (G2), the American Turf (G2), and the Bernard Baruch (G2).
• Bacon and Wells both became interested in racing partly as a means
of easing the stress of their professional lives. Bacon has worked out
of his Louisville hometown for Brown-Forman, the liquor distributing
giant, for 24 years, and now travels internationally on an extensive
basis as brand manager for Southern Comfort. Wells, who has
returned to his native Phoenix after years of living elsewhere, including
four years in Louisville in the mid-1990s, is president of CBS Outdoor,
which has more than $2 billion in revenue in selling billboard and other
media display space.
Trainer
Dale Romans ... Born: Aug. 14, 1966, Louisville, Ky. ... Residence:
Louisville, Ky. ... Family: Longtime partner Tammy Fox; although the two
have never legally been married, they have been together nearly 20
years and have two children, daughter Bailey and son Jacob ... Tammy is
a former jockey who exercise many of the Romans horses ... Brother
Bruce Romans co-produced and acted in a movie called “Sweet William,”
loosely based on his familyʼs life at the track ... Scenes for the movie
were shot at Churchill Downs in the summer of 2004 ... Other brother,
Jerry, is an executive in the tobacco industry and owns horses in Daleʼs
care. ... Web site: www.daleromansracing.com
Starts 1st
2nd
17
3
3
2004
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
3rd
0
Classic
Turf
Juvenile
Turf
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Juvenile Turf
Classic
Classic
Dirt Mile
Juvenile
Earnings
$4,890,000
Roses in May
Kittenʼs Joy
Dawn of War
Fri Guy
C.S. Silk
Thorn Song
Tapitsfly
First Dude
Paddy OʼPrado
Shackleford
Dullahan
2nd
2nd
11th
7th
7th
9th
1st
8th
5th
2nd
4th
2012
Mile
Court Vision
Dirt Mile
Shackleford
Juvenile Fillies Turf Moonwalk
Juvenile Turf
Summit County
Turf
Dullahan
Turf
Little Mike
1st
7th
7th
12th
9th
1st
Quick facts about Dale Romans:
• Dale Romans earned his first Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in
2012 following a season that saw him saddle the victors of nine Grade
1 races, including Little Mikeʼs triumph in the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Turf.
…Little Mikeʼs Breedersʼ Cup win was one of 20 graded stakes
victories for Romans in 2012 as he finished fourth in the nation with a
career-best $11,834,249 in earnings.
• Little Mike became Romansʼs third Breedersʼ Cup winner. He earned
his first Breedersʼ Cup victory when Tapitsfly won the 2009 Juvenile
Fillies Turf and won the 2011 Breedersʼ Cup Mile by a nose with 64-1
long shot Court Vision, paying $131.60. … Finished second in the
2011 Dirt Mile with Shackleford and second in both the 2004 Classic
and Turf with Roses In May and Kittenʼs Joy, respectively.
• After a slow start to 2013 that saw his stable win just two graded
stakes through the end of August, Romans rebounded with a big
September in which he tied Steve Asmussen for the meet title at
Churchill Downs. Donegal Racingʼs Cleburne and Smart Cover both
put themselves on a path to the Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile by running 1-2
in the Iroquois Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs while Little Mike earned
his way back to the Breedersʼ Cup for a title defense by winning the
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) at Belmont Park. Romans also has a
possible Breedersʼ Cup Mile contender in multiple graded stakes
winner, Silver Max.
• Little Mikeʼs win in the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic snapped a four-race
losing skid and was his first win since his Breedersʼ Cup victory. The
gelded son of Spanish Steps began his six-year-old campaign in
Dubai, finishing 11th in the Dubai Duty Free (UAE-G1), and ran sixth in
the Arlington Million (G1) in his attempt to capture that race for a
second consecutive year.
• Popular Romans was honored in Dec. 2012 as the winner of the Big
Sport of Turfdom Award which is “bestowed upon a person or group of
people who enhance coverage of Thoroughbred racing through
cooperation with media and Thoroughbred racing publicists.”
• Romans captured the first Triple Crown race of his career in 2011
when his stable star Shackleford was able to hold off Kentucky Derby
winner Animal Kingdom for a half-length victory in the Preakness
Stakes ... His first Classic win came one year after he “hit the board” in
all three Triple Crown races. Paddy OʼPrado finished third in the
Kentucky Derby and then stablemate First Dude finished second in the
Preakness and third in the Belmont Stakes.
• Experienced his breakout year in 2004 thanks in part to Eclipse
Award-winning Kittenʼs Joy, runner-up in the Turf, and Whitney
Handicap (G1) winner Roses in May, runner-up in the Breedersʼ Cup
Classic. They were Romansʼ first Breedersʼ Cup starters ... Roses in
May returned in 2005 to win the Donn Handicap (G1) and Dubai World
Cup (UAE-G1) before being sent to Japan for stud duty. Kittenʼs Joy
also was retired in 2005 after finishing second in the Arlington Million
(G1) and now ranks as a leading sire for owner/breeders Ken and
Sarah Ramsey.
• Kittenʼs Joy also is the sire of the Ramseysʼ multiple Grade 1 winner
Big Blue Kitten, who was second to Little Mike in the Joe Hirsch Turf
Classic and is slated to be among the leading contenders for the
Breedersʼ Cup Turf . “He was the game changer for me in my career,”
Romans said of Kittenʼs Joy. “He did so much for me and he keeps
doing it. We have a breeding right so heʼs the gift who keeps on
giving.”
• Romans has expanded his operation in recent years to include his
Liberty Lane Training Center based in Goshen, Ky. and a 105-acre
nursery near Lexington he acquired. Romans Racing also began
consigning horses at public auction in 2012 with offerings at the
Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale and Keeneland September
yearling sale.
• Won his 1,000th race on June 14, 2006, at Churchill Downs with C F O
Lite ... Has won training titles at Churchill, Keeneland, and Turfway
Park … Key assistants are Baldemar Behena (Churchill Downs and
his private Liberty Lane Training Center, Kentucky), Mary Doser (New
York and Florida), and former jockey Tammy Fox, his partner of more
than 20 years who also serves as the primary exercise rider.
• Grew up on the Churchill Downs backstretch learning his trade from
his father, Jerry Romans, who passed away in 2000 … Credits his
father with having the greatest influence on his career. “The biggest
thing he ever taught me – the racetrack is a small world. Donʼt cheat
anybody if you want to survive.” ... Says he also learned from watching
other trainers at Churchill Downs, particularly Don Winfrey, Greg
Foley, Angel Montana and Bernie Flint. “I watched the people [trainers]
at the gap, watched what theyʼve done right and what theyʼve done
wrong, and taken a little bit of good from all of them,” he said.
• In addition to working for his father, Romans worked for Hall of Fame
trainer Woody Stephens for four months. He took out his first trainerʼs
license at age 18 and saddled his first winner on Feb. 15, 1987 at
Turfway Park with a filly named Miss Mindy, whom he bought for
$1,500. He also scored his first stakes win at Turfway with Morning
Punch in the 1991 Florence Stakes.
• Romansʼ preparations of Sharp Humor for the 2006 Kentucky Derby
was a focal point of the documentary “The First Saturday in May.”
• Has won more than 1,660 races with career earnings of more than
$80.7 million.
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SPRING TO THE SKY
Dk B/ Br.c.4 Langfuhr - Seek to Soar by Seeking the Gold
Bred in Kentucky by PHILLIPS RACING PARTNERSHIP (Apr 04, 2009)
05Oct13 Kee5
26Aug13 Sar1
21Jul13 Sar8
19Jun13 Bel7
17May13 Pim9
27Oct12 Bel9
13Sep12 Bel5
02Sep12 Sar9
22Jul12 Sar2
16Jun12 Bel8
Workout(s):
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fm p 5K»¼ :21¶» :43¶¶ 1:00¾¶ 3g
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Owner: ANTHONY P. MCCARTHY
Trainer: BRUCE R. BROWN
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$47,000
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StrongImpact119£ TightendTouchdown 124¡ Varsity121¶¢
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Ben'sCat120¶ SpringtotheSky118¡ Bridgetown118¶¢
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SpringtotheSky117¡ SumoftheParts 119¶£ Artest122£
in 2p,up late,hand urg
UnbridledCommand 117¡ Skyring121¶ LuckyChappy119¨µ
bmp brk,carried in3/16
SummerFront122¸ Lockout 118¨µ SpringtotheSky118¡
rated,prompted,outkick
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Northern Dancer, 1961
18s, SW, $580,647
Danzig, 1977
636 f, 147 SW, 5.10 AEI
3s, wnr, $32,400
1,074 f, 202 SW, 3.97 AEI Pas de Nom, 1968
LANGFUHR,
42s, SW, $121,741
b, 1992
11 f, 8 r, 4 w
Briartic, 1968
63s, SW, $208,315
Sweet Briar Too, 1986
516 f, 22 SW, 1.35 AEI
9s, SW, $194,913
Prima Babu Gum, 1980
7 f, 6 r, 5 w, 3 SW
11s, pl, $2,932
SPRING TO THE SKY
12 f, 10 r, 9 w, 2 SW
dkb/br, c
April 4, 2009
14s, SW, $112,171
Seeking the Gold, 1985
1,178 f, 181 SW, 3.98 AEI
15s, SW, $2,307,000
Con Game, 1974
935 f, 92 SW, 2.29 AEI
12s, wnr, $24,080
10 f, 10 r, 6 w, 3 SW
Kris S., 1977
SEEK TO SOAR,
5s, SW, $53,350
ch, 2002
Soaring Softly, 1995
839 f, 93 SW, 2.48 AEI
16s, SW, $1,270,433
Wings of Grace, 1978
8 f, 7 r, 5 w, 1 SW
20s, SW, $121,157
16 f, 11 r, 8 w, 2 SW
Nearctic
Natalma
Admiral's Voyage
Petitioner
Nearctic
Sweet Lady Briar
Gummo
Princess Babu
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Buckpasser
Broadway
Roberto
Sharp Queen
Key to the Mint
Far Beyond
SPRING TO THE SKY'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
2
1
0
0
$32,600
at 3
6
1(1)
1
1(1)
$78,250
at 4
5
1
2(1)
1(1)
$101,300
Lifetime
13
3(1)
3(1)
2(2)
$212,150
Sire: LANGFUHR, b, 1992. Raced 3 yrs, 23 sts, 9 wins, $698,574. Champion sprinter in Can. Won
Metropolitan H (gr. I), Vosburgh S (gr. I), Carter H (gr. I), Forego H (gr. II); 2nd Vigil H, Plate Trial S (R).
Lifetime: 13 crops, 1,506 foals, 1,215 rnrs (81%), 896 wnrs (60%), 170 2yo wnrs (11%), 76 sw (5%),
1.49 AEI, 1.41 CI, 497 sale yrlgs, avg $38,542, 0.8 TNA.
1st dam: Seek to Soar, ch, 2002. Bred by Phillips Racing Partnership (Ky.). Raced 2 yrs, 8 sts, 2 wins,
$43,116. Dam of 4 named foals, 4 rnrs, 2 wnrs, 1 sw.
2008: Bella Dama, ch f, by Suave. Raced 3 yrs, 8 sts, 0 wins, $16,443. ($60,000 easmay 2yo).
2009: SPRING TO THE SKY, dkb/br c, by Langfuhr. ($55,000 ftsaug yrlg).
At 3: Won Groovy S (T); 3rd Duluth S (T).
At 4: 2nd Jim McKay Turf Sprint S (T); 3rd Woodford S Presented by Keeneland Select (gr. IIIT).
2010: Ennobled Friend, b c, by Malibu Moon. Raced 1 yr in Eng, 2 sts, 0 wins, $1,482. ($140,000
ftsaug yrlg; $725,000 ftfmar 2yo).
2011: Mr Know It All, b g, by Any Given Saturday. Raced 1 yr, 4 sts, 1 win, $28,180. 2nd Canadian
Juvenile S; 3rd Birdcatcher S. ($95,000 keesep yrlg).
2012: Slipped.
2013: B c, by Tale of Ekati.
Inbreeding: 5SX5D Native Dancer.
Nicking: LANGFUHR w/SEEKING THE GOLD mares: 15 foals, 12 strs, 9 wnrs (60%), 3 2yo
wnrs (20%), 1 SW (7%), 0 GSW (0%)
Broodmare sire: SEEKING THE GOLD, b, 1985. Sire of 426 dams of 2,074 foals, 1,609 rnrs (78%),
1,135 wnrs (55%), 329 2yo wnrs (16%), 1.81 AEI, 1.53 CI; 135 sw.
2nd dam: SOARING SOFTLY, ch, 1995. Bred by Galbreath/Phillips Racing Partnership (Ky.). Raced 3
yrs, 16 sts, 9 wins, $1,270,433. Champion turf female. Won Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (gr.
IT), Flower Bowl Invitational H (gr. IT), New York H (gr. IIT), Sheepshead Bay H (gr. IIT), Vineland H
(T). Dam of MUCH REJOICING (f, Distorted Humor; $160,500. Won Glia S, T; 2nd Serena's Cat S,
T, Caress S, T; 3rd Manatee S), Shine Softly (f, Aldebaran; $90,489. 2nd Sam Houston Distaff S).
Breeder
Phillips Racing Partnership ... Owner(s): John W. Phillips, managing
partner ... Born: June 9, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio ... Residence:
Lexington, Ky. ... Family: wife, Beth; sons Bo and Jack; daughter Ellie ...
Education: Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University in Nashville; Bachelor
of Arts from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. ... Web site:
www.darbydan.com
Starts 1st
2nd
11
2
2
1984
1985
3rd
2
Earnings
$2,947,920
Juvenile
Script Ohio (Daniel Galbreath)
4th
Classic
Proud Truth (Darby Dan)
1st
Juvenile Fillies
Steal a Kiss (Daniel Galbreath)
3rd
1988
Turf
Sunshine Forever (Darby Dan)
2nd
1989
Turf
Sunshine Forever (Darby Dan)
14th
1996
Mile
Memories of Silver (Phillips Racing
Partnership)5th
1999
Filly & Mare Turf Soaring Softly (Phillips Racing
Partnership)1st
2004
Filly & Mare Turf Wonder Again (Phillips Racing
Partnership)3rd
2005
Filly & Mare Turf Wonder Again (in partnership)
4th
2010
Juvenile Fillies Turf Winter Memories (Phillips Racing
Partnership)2nd
2012
Dirt Mile
Partnership)7th
Shackleford (Phillips Racing
Quick facts about Phillips Racing Partnership:
• Shackleford, second in the 2011 Breedersʼ Cup Dirt Mile and unplaced
in 2012, launched his stallion career at the Phillips familyʼs Darby Dan
Farm in Lexington, Ky. in 2013. Winter Memories, who was born on
the historic property, joined the farmʼs broodmare band and is
expecting her first foal by Street Cry (Ire) in 2014. Winter Memories
represents four generations of breeding connected to Phillips and his
family.
• The Phillips Racing Partnership enjoyed one of their best seasons in
2012 with Shackleford, who they co-owned with Bill Cubbedge and
Michael Lauffer and with the recently retired Winter Memories.
Highlights include Shacklefordʼs score in the Metropolitan Handicap
(G1) and Winter Memoriesʼ victory in the Diana Handicap (G1) at
Saratoga Race Course, a race her dam won in 1998.
• Won the inaugural Breedersʼ Cup Filly & Mare Turf in 1999 with
Soaring Softly, named champion turf female that year ... Other top
horses include top Japanese sire Brianʼs Time, Wonder Again and
Memories of Silver.
• In addition to Roberto, who is buried on the property, Darby Dan has
been home to such influential stallions as Graustark, His Majesty,
Chateaugay and Proud Truth ... The current stallion roster includes
Sun King, Magna Graduate, Ambassador, Tale of Ekati, American Lion
and Run Away and Hide.
• Phillips acquired Darby Dan in 1992 and now oversees the farmʼs
business aspects. He has been responsible for the transition from a
private family breeding/racing farm into a growing commercial
operation. The farm breeds, boards, buys, and sells Thoroughbreds for
clients and family members.
• Phillipsʼ uncle, Daniel Galbreath, was a member of The Jockey Club,
and director of Churchill Downs and Keeneland who died in 1995. he
took over as owner in 1988, but even before that Dan Galbreath would
be listed as owner and his father, John Galbreath, as breeder on
Darby Dan horses. Darby Dan won the 1963 Kentucky Derby with
champion Chateaugay and the 1967 Derby with Proud Clarion; the
1974 Preakness and Belmont with Little Current; the 1972 Epsom
Derby with Roberto; and raced champions Tempest Queen (3-year-old
filly of 1978) and Sunshine Forever (turf horse of 1989).
• Phillipsʼ grandfather John W. Galbreath was a property developer and
owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team from 1945-1985, an era
that included legendary player Roberto Clemente. One of Galbreathʼs
best racehorses, Roberto, was named after Clemente and his name is
prominent in countless Thoroughbred pedigrees.
• The Phillips Racing Partnership of John W. Phillips and his sisters
Dianne Albrecht, Debbie Bower, and Cindy Close is part of one of
Thoroughbred racingʼs most storied families. Their grandfather John
W. Galbreath founded Darby Dan Farm just outside Columbus, Ohio,
in 1935 and expanded to Lexington, Ky. in 1946 with the purchase of
618 acres of a renowned farm responsible for four Kentucky Derby
winners. Darby Dan, complete with its historic barns and buildings,
remains in operation but the Columbus division is no longer used for
Thoroughbreds.
• Phillips is an attorney who serves on several racing-related boards.
Trainer
Bruce R. Brown ... Born: Jan. 29, 1976, on Andrews Air Force Base
outside Washington, D.C.
clients. We pretty much stay in New York to race, so we have a lot of
New York-bred and New York clients.”
... Residence: Floral Park, NY ... Family: Wife Jennie; son Nicholas
Robert
• Started out in the business working summers while in high school for
his brother Steve, who trains in Pennsylvania. “Iʼve never done
anything, but horses,” he said. “I always wanted to do what big brother
did.” Right out of high school, Brown went to work for veteran New
Jersey trainer John Forbes, and among the horses he rubbed was G2
Kingʼs Bishop winner and now leading sire Tale of the Cat. He later
went to work handling a string in New York for Tim Hills for several
years before opening his own stable in 2008. “I learned a lot from John
Forbes. Heʼs like a second father to me,” said Brown. “Monmouth and
the Meadowlands were just the greatest time. I was just 18, and I
remember when we first shipped to the Meadowlands, I called my
Mom and told her I was in New York City. You can see the Empire
State Building from there – I didnʼt realize the river was in between –
but I didnʼt know much then, Iʼd spent most of my life in small town
Maryland!”
Starts 1st
2nd
1
0
0
2011
Turf Sprint
3rd
0
Earnings
$0
Compliance Officer
11th
Quick facts about Bruce R. Brown:
• Brown made his Breedersʼ Cup debut in the 2011 TVG Mile with
Compliance Officer, whom he claimed for a mere $25,000. The Officer
gelding was riding a five-race win streak into the Breedersʼ Cup Mile,
including three stakes - the West Point at Saratoga, and the Ashley T.
Cole and Bluegrass Cat Mohawk Stakes, both at Belmont. He finished
11th in the Breedersʼ Cup after being forced wide.
• Brown has posted some healthy numbers since starting out in 2008,
with his horses earning over $11 million and steadily climbing every
year. Heʼs been at $2.5 million from a small number of starters twice in
the last few years. “Iʼve been very lucky,” he said. “My father-in-law,
William Terril, had a string of horses and supported me from the
beginning, which was very helpful. And weʼve had good luck right from
the beginning and it just kind of snow-balled. Iʼm blessed to have good
• .“When you claim a horse, youʼre just hoping that you donʼt lose
money and that you get a horse you can have some fun with,” he said
of Compliance Officer prior to the 2011 Mile. Since then, the gelding
won a stake at the Fairgrounds and placed in several others, including
a second place finish in the Poker Stakes (G3) in 2012.
• Breedersʼ Cup Turf Sprint runner Spring to the Sky, a four-year-old son
of Langfuhr, was third in his most recent out, the G3 Woodford Stakes
going five and a half furlongs on the turf at Keeneland. He was also
second in the Jim McKay Turf Sprint at Pimlico this year, and won the
Groovy Stakes at Belmont in 2012.
TIGHTEND TOUCHDOWN
Ch.g.4 Pure Precision - Starry Mark by Marquetry
Bred in Florida by CHAD STEWART & LAURIE STEWART (Feb 11, 2009)
02Sep13 Prx10
21Jul13 Sar8
05Jul13 Prx7
01Jun13 Pen2
16May13 Bel1
30Mar13 Aqu6
10Mar13 Aqu7
27Jan13 Aqu4
27Dec12 Aqu3
27Oct12 Bel10
Workout(s):
126
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3 4 1
$287,000
5 1 0
$137,439
9 5 1
$431,545
3 3 0
$265,455
0 0 0
$0
1 0 0
$22,306
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Owner: MR. AMORE STABLE
Trainer: JASON SERVIS
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2013:
2012:
Life:
Turf:
Course:
Off Dirt:
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PURE PRECISION,
b, 1999
TIGHTEND
TOUCHDOWN
ch, g
February 11,
2009
STARRY MARK,
gr/ro, 1999
Montbrook, 1990
8s, SW, $373,728
817 f, 48 SW, 1.56 AEI
Al's Helen, 1983
32s, SW, $220,281
9 f, 9 r, 8 w, 3 SW
Marquetry, 1987
36s, SW, $2,857,886
892 f, 35 SW, 1.12 AEI
With the Stars, 1993
12s, wnr, $12,749
9 f, 8 r, 7 w
Buckaroo, 1975
18s, SW, $138,604
523 f, 29 SW, 2.06 AEI
Secret Papers, 1982
5s, wnr, $13,200
6 f, 6 r, 6 w, 2 SW
Distinctive, 1966
30s, SW, $211,881
418 f, 20 SW, 1.56 AEI
Brilliant Melody, 1979
Unraced
14 f, 9 r, 7 w, 2 SW
Conquistador Cielo, 1979
13s, SW, $474,328
895 f, 72 SW, 2.03 AEI
Regent's Walk, 1981
22s, wnr, $75,771
13 f, 11 r, 8 w, 2 SW
With Approval, 1986
23s, SW, $2,863,540
899 f, 53 SW, 1.31 AEI
Star Reputation, 1985
8s, wnr, $53,524
9 f, 9 r, 9 w, 1 SW
Buckpasser
Stepping High
Jet Diplomacy
Attache Case
Never Bend
Precious Lady
Cornish Prince
Pavlova
Mr. Prospector
K D Princess
Vice Regent
Lover's Walk
Caro
Passing Mood
Star Spangled
Iva Reputation
TIGHTEND TOUCHDOWN'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
2
1
0
0
$7,106
at 3
11
5
1
0
$137,439
at 4
8
3(1)
4(3)
1
$287,000
Lifetime
21
9(1)
5(3)
1
$431,545
Sire: PURE PRECISION, b, 1999. Raced 2 yrs, 8 sts, 4 wins, $186,550. Won Sapling S (gr. III), Tyro
S; 2nd Criterium S.
In 2013: 1 sw, 13 2yos, 1 2yo rnr, 1 2yo wnr.
1st dam: Starry Mark, gr/ro, 1999. Bred by David Caldwell (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs, 29 sts, 4 wins, $37,413.
Dam of 3 named foals, 3 rnrs, 3 wnrs, 1 sw.
2006: Sweetasnails, ch f, by Put It Back. Raced 5 yrs, 62 sts, 6 wins, $76,985. ($25,000 obsapr 2yo).
2007: Lift Off, ch g, by Put It Back. Raced 3 yrs, 30 sts, 3 wins, $31,864.
2009: TIGHTEND TOUCHDOWN, ch g, by Pure Precision.
At 4: Won Pennsylvania Governor's Cup H (T); 2nd Turf Monster H (gr. IIIT), Parx Dash H (gr.
IIIT), Fiddlers Patriot S (T).
Inbreeding: 4SX5D Buckpasser; 4SX5D Never Bend.
Nicking: PURE PRECISION w/MARQUETRY mares: 5 foals, 5 strs, 4 wnrs (80%), 2 2yo wnrs
(40%), 1 SW (20%), 0 GSW (0%)
Broodmare sire: MARQUETRY, ch, 1987-2013. Sire of 253 dams of 874 foals, 599 rnrs (69%), 411
2nd dam: With the Stars, gr/ro, 1993. Bred by Kinghaven Farms (Ont.). Raced 2 yrs, 12 sts, 1 win,
$12,749.
Owner
Mr. Amore Stable ... Owner(s): Ron Lombardi ... Born: July 3, 1957 in
Newark N.J. ... Residence: Winter Park, Fla. ... Family: Wife, Geri;
Daughters, Gabi and twins Nikki and Chrissy ... Education: Graduated
from the University of West Virginia.
Quick facts about Mr. Amore Stable:
• Lombardi is targeting his first Breedersʼ Cup start with Tightend
Touchdown, a candidate for the Breedersʼ Cup Turf Sprint ... Lombardi
and trainer Jason Servis originally claimed Tightend Touchdown on
Aug. 10, 2012 for $35,000... They lost him for $30,000 on Dec. 27,
2012 to trainer Linda Rice, but then re-claimed him for $35,000 in the
geldingʼs next start on Jan. 27, 2013... “I was upset when we lost him,
so when he returned in a claimer I told Jason to claim him back,”
Lombardi says. “Heʼs a big, good-looking horse who always gives you
his all.”
• Tightend Touchdownʼs 2013 resume contains a win in the listed
Pennsylvania Governorʼs Cup and runner-up finishes in the Turf
Monster Handicap (G3) and Parx Dash Handicap (G3) and the
ungraded Fiddlers Patriot at Saratoga.
• Mr. Amore Stable has approximately 42 horses in training and eight
broodmares and young horses at farms in New York, Pennsylvania
and Florida ... His 2013 stable also includes stakes runners Ju Ju
Eyeballs, who won the Crank It Up and Just Smashing at Monmouth;
Ribo Bobo, winner of the Icecapade at Monmouth; and Exclusive
Strike, who was third in the Man oʼWar (G1) at Belmont Park ... All
three were acquired via claims.
• Lombardi also owned 2008 Violet Stakes (G3) winner American
Border.
• Lombardi started his stable in 2008 and is enjoying his best year with
42 wins in 2013 and earnings of more than $1.5 million ... His previous
best was 2012 when he won 39 races and earned $1,263,380.
• Lombardiʼ named his stable in honor of his first horse, Mr. Amore ...
Owned in a partnership, Mr. Amore never raced as he was put down
after suffering injuries in a 2006 training accident.
• In past years, Lombardi played golf in his free time, but now focuses
much of his attention on his racing operation ... “I used to play a litle
golf,” Lombardi says, “but I put that aside for racing. I spend about two
hours a day looking over past performances for horses to claim.”
• Owns SportsCare, a chain of physical therapy and sports medicine
franchises with approximately 50 outlets in New York, New Jersey and
Florida ... SportsCare is the official physical therapy provider of the
NBAʼs Brooklyn Nets.
• Lombardi was introduced to racing as a youth when his family spent
their summers in Long Branch, N.J., and they would attend the races
at nearby Monmouth Park on weekends ... Lombardiʼs father owned a
horse named Mackieʼs Pall, who won three races in 1949.
Trainer
Jason Servis ... Born: April 2, 1957 in Charles Town, W.Va. ...
Residence: Jupiter, Fla. ... Family: Wife, Natalie; Sons: Evan and
Garrett.
• In 2009, Servis captured his fourth Meadowlands training title in fve
years.
Quick facts about Jason Servis:
• Servisʼ other stakes winners include A.P. Andie, who won the 2003
Correction Handicap at 52-1 odds, Tempest Fugit and American
Border.
• Servis has Tightend Touchdown on course to be his first Breedersʼ
Cup starter ... Claimed and then re-claimed by Servis for Mr. Amore
Stable, Tightend Touchdown won the 2013 Pennsylvania Governorʼs
Cup Handicap and was second in the Turf Monster Handicap (G3) and
Parx Dash.
• Servisʼ father, Joe, was a state steward at Charles Town and also
worked as a director of the Jockeysʼ Guild ... His brother, John, also is
a trainer ... John Servis is best-known for training 2004 Kentucky
Derby and Preakness winner Smarty Jones.
• He has 60 horses in training at Belmont Park and Monmouth ...
Included in his stable are stakes winners Ribo Bobo and JuJu Eyeballs
as well as Exclusive Strike, who was third in the Man oʼWar (G1) ... All
three were acquired via claim for Mr. Amore Stable.
• Servis had a career-best 80 winners in 2012, but has 79 in 2013
through Oct. 18 ... His earnings of $2,975,865 through Oct. 18, 2013
marks the second time he has eclipsed $2 million in earnings. He had
$2,430,067 in 2012.
• Servis was raised in a family with deep roots in racing and started his
career as a jockey in 1975 ... A year later, he became an excerise rider
and then spent 10 years working for trainer Peter Fortay before
opening his own stable in 2001 ... His first winner was Hattab Be You
on March 13, 2002 ... His first primary owner was Dennis Drazen, who
still has horses with Servis.
• Jason is on the board of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemenʼs
Association.
5 1 0 0
$33,114
2013:
5 3 1 0
$95,050
2012:
10 4 1 0
$128,164
Life:
Turf:
1 0 0 0
$600
Trainer: D. WAYNE LUKAS
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TOUR GUIDE
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Owner: CALUMET FARM
BROKEN VOW,
b, 1997
Unbridled, 1987
24s, SW, $4,489,475
566 f, 49 SW, 2.65 AEI
Wedding Vow, 1988
6s, wnr, $22,650
8 f, 7 r, 6 w, 2 SW
TOUR GUIDE
b, c
March 16, 2010
Came Home, 1999
12s, SW, $1,835,940
502 f, 17 SW, 1.03 AEI
HOMEFOR
THEHOLIDAYS,
ch, 2004
Meteor Cap, 1994
6s, SW, $51,875
9 f, 9 r, 8 w
Fappiano, 1977
17s, SW, $370,213
410 f, 48 SW, 4.40 AEI
Gana Facil, 1981
19s, wnr, $85,100
7 f, 6 r, 5 w, 2 SW
Nijinsky II, 1967
13s, SW, $667,220
851 f, 155 SW, 4.71 AEI
Wedding Picture, 1981
14s, SW, $152,997
11 f, 10 r, 9 w, 4 SW
Gone West, 1984
17s, SW, $682,251
1,263 f, 101 SW, 1.81 AEI
Nice Assay, 1988
24s, SW, $409,620
8 f, 7 r, 5 w, 2 SW
Capote, 1984
10s, SW, $714,470
824 f, 62 SW, 1.59 AEI
Meteor Ally, 1988
4s, wnr, $11,580
6 f, 6 r, 3 w, 1 SW
Mr. Prospector
Killaloe
Le Fabuleux
Charedi
Northern Dancer
Flaming Page
Blushing Groom
Strike a Pose
Mr. Prospector
Secrettame
Clever Trick
In Full View
Seattle Slew
Too Bald
Alydar
Northern Meteor
TOUR GUIDE'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
5
3(1)
1
0
$95,050
at 3
5
1(1)
0
0
$33,114
Lifetime
10
4(2)
1
0
$128,164
Sire: BROKEN VOW, b, 1997. Raced 2 yrs, 14 sts, 9 wins, $725,296. Won Philip H. Iselin H (gr. II), Ben
Ali S (gr. III), R. R. M. Carpenter Jr. Memorial S, Sir Barton S, Skip Away S; 2nd Meadowlands Cup
H (gr. II), Fayette S (gr. III); 3rd Gulfstream Park H (gr. I), Massachusetts H (gr. II).
1st dam: Homefortheholidays, ch, 2004. Bred by Gainesway Thoroughbreds (Ky.). Raced 3 yrs, 7
sts, 1 win, $44,610. Dam of 2 named foals, 2 rnrs, 2 wnrs, 1 sw. ($170,000, 2005 keesep yrlg).
2009: Miss Samantha J., ch f, by Van Nistelrooy. Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 1 win, $11,261.
2010: TOUR GUIDE, b c, by Broken Vow.
At 2: Won Sugar Bowl S.
At 3: Won Allen's Landing S.
2011: Dkb/br f, by Tale of the Cat.
2012: B f, by Tiz Wonderful.
2013: B c, by Harlan's Holiday.
Inbreeding: 4SX4D Mr. Prospector; 4SX5D Northern Dancer; 5SX5DX5D Raise a Native.
Nicking: BROKEN VOW w/CAME HOME mares: 1 foal, 1 str, 1 wnr (100%), 1 2yo wnr
(100%), 1 SW (100%), 0 GSW (0%)
Broodmare sire: CAME HOME, dkb/br, 1999. Sire of 51 dams of 77 foals, 47 rnrs (61%), 30 wnrs
(39%), 11 2yo wnrs (14%), 0.93 AEI, 1.48 CI; 3 sw.
2nd dam: METEOR CAP, dkb/br, 1994. Bred by T.M. Evans (Ky.). Raced 1 yr, 6 sts, 3 wins, $51,875.
Won Marshua S.
Breeder
Gary and Mary West ... Born: Both were born in 1946. ... Residence:
Calif. ... Web site: www.westhealth.org
Quick facts about Gary and Mary West:
• The Wests have started five runners in Breedersʼ Cup races. Dollar Bill
was the first Breedersʼ Cup starter for the Gary and Mary West
Stables, Inc., finishing unplaced in the 2000 Juvenile and finishing
sixth in the 2002 Breedersʼ Cup Classic. In 2009, Aspire finished 12th
in the Juvenile. In 2012 they entered two runners in the Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile. Power Broker finished fifth, and Title Contender was eighth.
• In 2013, their 4-year-old homebred filly Book Review won the A Gleam
(G2) at Betfair Hollywood Park, a Breedersʼ Cup Challenge Race,
earning a berth in the Breedersʼ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint. In late Dec.
2012, she won the La Brea Stakes (G1) on opening day at Santa
Anita. The daughter of Giantʼs Causeway finished second in the
Ballerina (G1) at Saratoga, and second in two Grade 2 tests, the Santa
Maria and the La Canada.
• The Westsʼ Guilt Trip won the 2013 Strub Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita.
The 4-year-old son of Pulpit also finished third in two Grade 2 events,
the San Fernando Stakes and the Mervyn Leroy.
• The Wests campaigned a number of good 3-year-old colts in 2013:
Flashback, Power Broker, Cameo Appearance, Code West, Treasury
Bill and Title Contender. Flashback won the Robert B. Lewis Stakes
(G2) and was second in both the San Felipe Stakes (G2) then the
Santa Anita Derby (G1) before being sidelined. A full brother to Grade
1 winner Zazu, the son of Tapit has been working in preparation for a
return to the races.
• Power Broker won the Indiana Derby (G2) on Oct. 5 and was second
in the Haskell Invitational (G1). He won the Easy Goer at Belmont.
Earlier this year he was being pointed for the Kentucky Derby until he
finished fifth in the Santa Anita Derby (G1). Code West has raced at
five tracks this year, winning the Matt Winn Stakes (G3) at Churchill
Downs and finishing second in the Risen Star Stakes at the Fair
Grounds. Title Contender won the Ohio Derby (G3).
• Three-year-old Cameo Appearance has placed in three stakes in
2013, earning a second in the Oklahoma Derby (G3) and finishing third
in the Super Derby (G2) at Louisiana Downs and Straight Line Stakes.
Treasury Bill finished second in the San Vicente (G2) and third in the
Came Home Stakes.
• Also in 2013, five year-old homebred Pass the Dice placed in the
Churchill Downs Stakes (G2). Five-year-old Corporate Jungle was
second in the Swoonʼs Son Stakes.
• The Wests are developing a powerhouse racing stable. The stable had
its best year to date in 2012 when they won 55 races and more than
$3.2 in purses to rank 12th among all owners in North America. Gary
and Mary West Stables, Inc., already has topped $3.2 million in
earnings for the year and currently (prior to the Breedersʼ Cup) ranks
sixth among leading owners.
• The Wests claimed their first horse in 1980 for $13,500. His name was
Joe Blow. They recall he won 23 races for them. They retired him in
Valley, Neb., when his career ended. He lived to be 31.
Private Vow, an unnamed yearling colt by Lydgate and an unnamed
2013 filly by Lemon Drop Kid, a full sister to Pass the Dice.
• The Westsʼ racing manager and bloodstock advisor is O.J. “Ben”
Glass, Jr., who trained Rockamundo. Glass also won five stakes for
the Wests with Callide Valley in 1992-93.
• Last year at two, Power Broker broke his maiden winning the
Chandelier Stakes (formerly Oak Leaf Stakes) (G1), earning a berth in
the 2012 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile. In 2012 at 4, Casino Host won two
Grade 2 races, the Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap at Fair
Grounds and the Del Mar Handicap and finished third in the Eddie
Read (G1).
• They have more than 100 horses, including about 25 broodmares.
Their racehorses are with conditioners Bob Baffert, Wayne Catalano,
Tom Proctor, Chad Brown, Cody Autrey and W. Bret Calhoun. Their
broodmares are at Dell Ridge Farm in Lexington, Ky.
• Homebred Book Review is out of the Distorted Humor mare, Clever
Babe, now nine years old. Four-year-old Book Review, by Giantʼs
Causeway, is her first foal. Clever Babe has two other reported foals, a
2-year-old filly by Giantʼs Causeway named Trendy Chic and an
unnamed yearling colt by Pulpit. She was bred back to Giantʼs
Causeway. Clever Babe was purchased for $100,000 at the
Keeneland September yearling sale by the Westʼs racing manger, Ben
Glass as agent.
• Homebred Pass the Dice, an earner of nearly $250,000, is out of the
Tale of the Cat mare Sophieʼs Cat. She was purchased in 2005 for
$90,000, by Glass as agent at the Keeneland November Breeding
stock sale. Pass the Dice, a 5-year-old son of Lemon Drop Kid, is one
of six reported foals from the 13-year-old mare and the highest earner
to date. Others include 4-year-old New Media by Mass Media. Sold as
a 2-year-old, he is a winner of four races and $110,215 racing in
Korea. Sophieʼs Catʼs other foals are 3-year-old Shanghai Princess by
• The Westʼs first big thrill in racing was starting Rockamundo in the
Kentucky Derby in 1993. Rockamundo had won the Arkansas Derby
(G2) that year at odds of 108-1. The 23-year-old son of champion Key
to the Mint died in January of 2013 from complications of colic. Then
owned by the Wests in partnership with Jim Plemmons, he stood at
Old Frankfort Stud near Frankfort, Ky.
• In 2001, Dollar Bill was the Westʼs second Kentucky Derby contender
and also raced in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. His earnings
topped $1 million. Their Wood Memorial (G1) winner Buddha was the
morning-line favorite for the Derby in 2002, but was scratched the day
before the race after stepping on a stone which badly bruised his foot.
He then was retired. Their most recent Derby contender was High
Limit in 2005. He was injured during the race. Other top horses have
been Mongoose, Mass Media and Sweet Lips.
• West became a racing fan when he was 19 after moving to Omaha,
Neb., where Ak-Sar-Ben, then one of the nationʼs leading tracks, was
located. Mrs. West owned a horse while in high school and remembers
always enjoying racing. They met in Omaha. When the couple first
married, they were racegoers at Ak-Sar-Ben and dreamed of someday
owning a racehorse.
Family Investments, a sizeable private hedge fund located in Chicago.
• Gary began his career in hospital administration. He went on to build
one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. Along
with wife, Mary, West has founded numerous companies over the past
four decades – beginning with WATS Telemarketing in 1978 and
followed by West corporation. West Corporation, founded in 1986, is
one of the largest customer relationship management companies in
the world with a diversified portfolio of companies under its umbrella.
When the Wests sold West Corporation in 2006, it was an international
conglomerate with more than 35,000 employees, $3.5 billion in annual
sales and clients in banking, retail and technology.
• The Gary and Mary West Foundation was established following the
sale of West Corporation. The foundation has four areas of focus:
lowering the cost of health care; supporting senior wellness initiatives;
supporting at risk youth employment training; and supporting training
programs for service dogs that help seniors and veterans. They are
the lead sponsors of the Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center
opened in San Diego, Calif., in April 2010. The West Health Institute is
an extension of their philanthropy. Through the institute, Mr. West is
committed to changing the way health care is delivered in the United
States and around the world. To date it has provided approximately
$151 million in funding to non-profits primarily located in San Diego,
Calif., and Omaha, Neb.
• West and his wife have started and now lead a range of enterprises
based in Southern California and the Midwest, included West
Development and West Partners, a private equity firm, and West
• The Wests made their home in Rancho Santa Fe in 2008. Locally in
Southern California, they own West Steak and Seafood, Bistro West,
West inn Hotel & Suites and West Mart, all in Carlsbad.
Owner
Calumet Farm ... Owner(s): Calumet Investment Group ... Location:
Lexington, Ky., abutting Keeneland Race Course. ... Web site:
www.calumetfarm.com
Quick facts about Calumet Farm:
• With businessman Brad Kelley assuming control of the farm a year
earlier, Calumet had a return to classic prominence in 2013 when its
colt Oxbow captured the Preakness Stakes, a win that gave Hall of
Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas his record 14th career victory in a Triple
Crown race. Oxbowʼs win was the eighth Preakness triumph for
Calumet and the operationʼs first since 1968, which also was its last
prior classic win. “To put Calumet, who we all know that name, back
on the front pages of the racing publications is very special,” Lukas
said after the Preakness. “Iʼm so happy for him just to have the
opportunity to represent him.”
• Oxbow went on to finish second in the Belmont Stakes, but emerged
from his fourth-place finish in the Haskell Invitational (G1) with a
season-ending ankle injury. It has not yet been determined if Oxbow
will return to the races as a 4-year-old.
• On May 3, 2012, it was announced that historic 800-acre Calumet
Farm had been sold to the Calumet Investment Trust and the
purchase price was just under $36 million. At that time it also was
announced that Brad Kelley would lease Calumet Farm from the trust.
All of the horses from Kelleyʼs 300-acre Georgetown, Ky. based
Hurricane Hall property and his 200-acre Lexington, Ky.-based
Bluegrass Hall have been relocated to Calumet Farm. In February
2013, it was announced that Kelley would race as Calumet Farm
rather than Bluegrass Hall. Kelley, however, continues to race in black
and gold colored silks of Bluegrass Hall.
• Calumet was most recently represented in the Breedersʼ Cup as the
breeder of millionaire Switch, who is out of the graded stakes winning
homebred Antoniette. The Quiet American mare, sold for $150,000 as
a yearling, won or placed in 15 graded stakes races. She finished
second in the Breedersʼ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint in both 2010 and
2011.
• Under Kelley, Calumet also revitalized its breeding program. The farm
stood five stallions in 2013 including 2010 Melbourne Cup (Aus-G1)
winner Americain. Included in Kelleyʼs broodmare band is Grade 1
winner Runup the Colors, purchased for $60,000 at the 2011
Keeneland November mixed sale. The A.P. Indy mare is the dam of
graded stakes winner Revolutionary, who finished third in the 2013
Kentucky Derby.
• Kelley is a former stockholder in Churchill Downs Inc. and also owned
Kentucky Downs, located in his former hometown of Franklin, which
sits on the border with Tennessee. Self-made man, who founded
Commonwealth Tobacco, producer of discounted cigarettes in 1990 ...
Sold company in 2001 for $1 billion ... Invested in and owns 1.2 million
acres of land in Texas, Florida and New Mexico, which makes him one
of the 10 largest landowners in America.
• Warren Wright Sr. used his financial genius to develop his familyʼs
Calumet Baking Powder company, which was sold to General Foods
in the late 1920s for $40 million. Wright applied that same business
acumen to Calumet Farm, which he inherited in 1931 from his father,
William Monroe Wright, converting Calumet from a prominent
Standardbred farm to a legendary Thoroughbred racing and breeding
operation.
• Wright guided Calumet through its “golden age,” from 1940 until his
death in late 1950 by making several key decisions, which included the
1936 purchase of Bull Lea, who finished eighth in the 1938 Kentucky
Derby but became the foundation sire of Calumetʼs breeding
operation, and the hiring in 1939 of eventual Hall of Fame trainers Ben
A. Jones and his son, H.A. (Jimmy) Jones, who together built Calumet
into a racing dynasty.
• Upon Wrightʼs death his widow, Lucille Parker Wright, assumed control
of Calumet and continued with her second husband, Rear Admiral
Gene Markey, to build upon its legacy until her death in 1982.
• From 1932-1982, Calumet won two Triple Crowns (Whirlaway, 1941;
Citation, 1948) and seven Kentucky Derbys (Whirlaway, 1941;
Pensive, 1944; Citation, 1948; Ponder, 1949; Hill Gail,1952; Iron
Liege, 1957; Tim Tam, 1958; and Forward Pass, 1968 upon the
disqualification of Dancerʼs Image).
• Calumet bred and raced 11 horses enshrined in the Racing Hall of
Fame (Alydar, Armed, Bewitch, Citation, Coaltown, Davona Dale, Real
Delight, Twilight Tear, Two Lea, Tim Tam and Whirlaway) and four
named Horse of the Year (Whirlaway, 1941 and ʼ42; Twilight Tear,
1944, first filly voted Horse of the Year; Armed, 1947; and Citation,
1948).
• Calumet was the leading money-winning owner 12 times and was the
first owner to earn more than $1 million in purse money in a single
season (1947).
• Following Lucille Markeyʼs death in 1982, Calumet passed to her
daughter, Bertha Wright, who hired her son-in-law, J.T. Lundy, to run
the farm. During this time, Calumet bred and raced (in partnership with
Jurgen Arnemann) Criminal Type (by Alydar), voted Horse of the Year
and champion older male in 1990.
• The farm also bred 1991 Kentucky Derby winner Strike the Gold,
which it sold as a 2-year-old.
• In 1990, Alydar died in a suspicious stall accident and Calumetʼs
fortunes began to unravel because of questionable business practices.
Lundy eventually served a 4-1/2-year prison sentence for bank fraud,
conspiracy and bribery convictions and was ordered to pay restitution
on more than $20 million in defaulted loans.
• Calumet was sold at a bankruptcy auction in 1992 to Henryk de
Kwiatkowski for $17 million. de Kwiatkowski, a native of Poland, made
his fortune buying and selling used airplanes, then entered racing in
the mid-1970s. Prior to acquiring the Calumet name, he bred and
raced under the Kennelot Stables banner.
• He campaigned Horse of the Year Conquistador Cielo, champion filly
De la Rose, Belmont Stakes winner Danzig Connection and stakes
winners Sabin and Stephanʼs Odyssey. He also raced the Northern
Dancer horse Danzig, who was unbeaten in three starts and became a
world-class sire while standing at Claiborne Farm.
homebred for Calumet but was sold as part of the farmʼs dispersal. In
2011, Elmhurst returned to Kentucky to reside at Jeanne Mirabitoʼs
Our Mims Retirement Haven near Paris. The gelding had been living
at Rocking Horse Ranch in California. Mirabito cared for Our Mims in
her final years; the mare died in 2003 and was buried at Calumet.
• As owner, Calumet campaigned Breedersʼ Cup starters Lea Lucinda
and Lech. Calumet bred 1997 Breedersʼ Cup Sprint winner Elmhurst,
as well as nine other horses who have competed in the Breedersʼ Cup
(Ad Valorem, Agnes World, Catrail, Lea Lucinda, Librettist, Stella
Madrid, Strike the Gold, Switch and Wildly Special, who was bred in
partnership).
• de Kwiatkowski died in March 2003, with oversight and operation of
the historic farm passing to a trust with his children as the
beneficiaries. Taking the most active roles of his seven children were
son Stephan and daughter Arianne.
• Elmhurstʼs second dam was champion Our Mims, who raced as a
• For more information, also see the bio for Bluegrass Hall.
Trainer
D. Wayne Lukas ... Born: Sept 2, 1935, Antigo, Wis. Given name is
Darrell. ... Residence: Louisville, Ky. ... Family: son, Jeff. ... Education:
Earned a masterʼs degree in education at the University of Wisconsin,
where he worked as an assistant basketball coach for two years ...
Became a teacher and head basketball coach in high school for nine
years, including a seven-year stint in LaCrosse, Wis. ... During summers,
trained and raced horses in South Dakota before turning to training full
time.
Starts 1st
2nd
156
19
21
1984
1985
3rd
15
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Earnings
$20,320,520
Lifeʼs Magic
Lucky Lucky Lucky
Tankʼs Prospect
Fiesta Lady
Tiltalating
Alabama Nana (Ire)
Ladyʼs Secret
Lifeʼs Magic
Ketoh
Louisiana Slew
Arewehavingfunyet
Family Style
Twilight Ridge
1986
1987
2nd
6th
2nd
7th
8th
4th
2nd
1st
9th
11th
8th
2nd
1st
Sprint
Sprint
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Sprint
Sprint
Mt. Livermore
Pancho Villa
Ladyʼs Secret
Twilight Ridge
Capote
Pledge Card
Anything For Love
Sacahuista
Pine Tree Lane
Clabber Girl
North Sider
Sacahuista
Sharp Cat
Contempt
Success Express
Tejano
Blue Jean Baby
Classic Crown
Dream Team
Lost Kitty
Over All
High Brite
On the Line
Pine Tree Lane
3rd
5th
1st
6th
1st
10th
10th
4th
2nd
2nd
6th
1st
2nd
10th
1st
3rd
11th
6th
3rd
10th
7th
5th
10th
11th
1988
1989
1990
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Sprint
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Sprint
Distaff
Slew City Slew
Classic Crown
Winning Colors
Is It True
Darby Shuffle
Lea Lucinda
One of a Klein
Open Mind
Some Romance
Steinlen (GB)
Gulch
High Brite
Slew City Slew
Highest Glory
Open Mind
Winning Colors
Wonders Delight
Grand Canyon
Special Happening
Stella Madrid
Voodoo Lily
Steinlen (GB)
On the Line
Luthierʼs Launch
dnf
5th
2nd
1st
2nd
3rd
11th
1st
6th
2nd
1st
12th
6th
5th
3rd
9th
10th
2nd
4th
3rd
11th
1st
dnf
5th
1991
1992
1993
1994
Juvenile
Mile
Sprint
Sprint
Turf
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Mile
Sprint
Sprint
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Fire in Ice
Steinlen (GB)
Carson City
Senor Speedy
Shy Tom
Twilight Agenda
Grand Girlfriend
Train Robbery
Big Sur
Dance Floor
Star of Cozzene
Deposit Ticket
Media Plan
Twilight Agenda
Lite Light
Mountain Cat
Salt Lake
Tabasco Cat
Stellar Cat
Tabasco Cat
Timber Country
Cat Appeal
Flanders
Lilly Capote
10th
4th
10th
9th
10th
2nd
6th
12th
11th
6th
3rd
10th
5th
9th
6th
5th
13th
3rd
5th
2nd
1st
dnf
1st
5th
1995
1996
1997
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Sprint
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Sprint
Turf
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Serenaʼs Song
Chimes Band
Harlan
Serenaʼs Song
Editorʼs Note
Hennessy
Honour and Glory
Cara Rafaela
Golden Attraction
Tipically Irish
Editorʼs Note
Serenaʼs Song
Boston Harbor
Gold Tribute
Cheyenne City
City Band
Sharp Cat
Honour and Glory
Lord Carson
Marlin
Sharp Cat
Double Honor
Grand Slam
Time Limit
2nd
5th
4th
5th
3rd
2nd
4th
2nd
3rd
6th
12th
2nd
1st
6th
8th
10th
9th
3rd
4th
13th
2nd
6th
dnf
7th
1998
1999
2000
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Mile
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Sprint
Classic
Filly & Mare Turf
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Distaff
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Bay Harbor
Love Lock
Fantastic Fellow
Trafalger
Cat Thief
Mountain Range
Tactical Cat
Time Bandit
Yes Itʼs True
Unbridled Delight
Grand Slam
Partnerʼs Hero
Cat Thief
Natalie Too
High Yield
Millencolin
Cash Run
Surfside
Cat Thief
Spain
Surfside
Scorpion
Yonaguska
Cash Deal
14th
9th
8th
8th
3rd
9th
8th
13th
11th
8th
2nd
8th
1st
12th
3rd
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1st
3rd
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2nd
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2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2008
2010
2011
2012
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Distaff
Juvenile
Sprint
Sprint
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Classic
Distaff
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Turf
Dirt Mile
Sprint
Juvenile
Sprint
Juvenile Fillies
Sprint
Turf
Orientate
Spain
Jump Start
Day Trader
Orientate
Race for Glory
Be Gentle
Renaissance Lady
Azeri
Stellar Jayne
Consolidator
Ex Caelis
Folklore
Pegasus Wind
Be Smart
Ninth Client
Mine That Bird
Hamazing Destiny
Optimizer
Hamazing Destiny
Broken Spell
Hamazing Destiny
Optimizer
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Quick facts about D. Wayne Lukas:
• D. Wayne Lukas expects to bring six horses to the Breedersʼ Cup in
2013: Will Take Charge (Classic); Strong Mandate (Juvenile); Fast
Bullet (Sprint); Skyring (Turf); All Cash (Juvenile Turf); and Tour Guide
(Turf Sprint). Two already have Grade 1 wins this year: Travers
winner Will Take Charge and Hopeful Stakes winner Strong Mandate.
With Grade 2 wins this year are Fast Bullet (True North Handicap) and
Skyring (Dixie Stakes). All Cash, a maiden after four starts, was fourth
last out in the Bourbon Stakes (G3). Tour Guide owns two ungraded
stakes wins.
• Lukas has the most Breedersʼ Cup wins of any trainer in history with
19, more than double the count of the next nearest trainer, Bill Mott
with 9. Lukasʼs Breedersʼ Cup earnings stand at $20,320,520, also the
most of any trainer by more than $4 million. Since the first Breedersʼ
Cup in 1984, Lukas has saddled 156 runners, also more than any
other trainer, and has had at least one entry in a Breedersʼ Cup race
every year except 2007 and 2009. His first Breedersʼ Cup win came in
the 1985 Distaff with Lifeʼs Magic. His most recent was Hightailʼs
victory in the 2012 Juvenile Sprint. He trained one Classic winner, Cat
Thief in 1999, and has been most successful with youngsters, saddling
five winners in both the Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies. He also trained
four Distaff winners, including Ladyʼs Secret, who won in 1986 and
was that yearʼs Horse of the Year.
• In summary, Lukasʼs Breedersʼ Cup winners are Capote (1986),
Success Express (1987), Is It True (1988), Timber Country (1994) and
Boston Harbor (1996) in the Juvenile; Twilight Ridge (1985), Open
Mind (1988), Flanders (1994), Cash Run (1999) and Folklore (2005) in
the Juvenile Fillies; Lifeʼs Magic (1985), Ladyʼs Secret (1986),
Sacahuista (1987) and Spain (2000) in the Distaff; Gulch (1998) and
Orientate (2002) in the Sprint; Cat Thief in the 1999 Classic; Steinlen
in the 1989 Mile; and Hightail in the 2012 Juvenile Sprint.
• Lukas is part of Breedersʼ Cup history as an owner as well. He
partnered with Overbrook Farm to campaign Grand Canyon, second in
the 1989 Juvenile, and with Overbrook Farm and Sugar Maple Farm to
run Big Sur, off the board in the 1991 Juvenile.
• Lukasʼs major clients have included the late San Diego Chargers
owner Eugene Klein; Overbrook Farm; Beverly Lewis and her late
husband, Robert; Michael Tabor; David Reynolds; Rob Mitchell; Tom
Van Meter; Susan Magnier; and those with Lukasʼs Breedersʼ Cup
contenders this year, Robert Baker and William Mack (Strong
Mandate); Willis Horton (Will Take Charge); Ahmed Zayat of Zayat
Stables (Fast Bullet); and Brad Kelly of Calumet Farm (Tour Guide, All
Cash, and Skyring).
• Lukasʼs skill with horses began early. Raised on a 10-acre farm
outside Antigo, Wis., the second of three children, he raced his pony at
the Antigo County Fairgrounds. Even before he was in high school he
began developing his skills in evaluating and buying horses. With his
friend Clyde Rice, later a successful horseman himself and father of
trainer Linda Rice, Lukas bought mustangs headed to slaughter, broke
and trained them, and resold them at auction. He began his career
training Quarter Horses and rose to the top, averaging more than $1
million in purse earnings annually and turning out 23 Quarter Horse
champions.
• Lukas turned to training Thoroughbreds full-time in 1978. The first
horse to put him in the national Thoroughbred spotlight was Terlingua,
a daughter of Secretariat, one of 1978ʼs top juvenile fillies, and
eventually the dam of super stallion Storm Cat. Terlingua gave Lukas
his first stakes win, the Nursery Stakes in June 1978 at Hollywood
Park. Less than a month later he earned his first graded win, the G2
American Handicap with Effervescing, also at Hollywood. In 1980
Lukasʼs career leapt forward when Hall of Fame trainer John Nerud
sent him 3-year-old Codex to train for Tartan Farm. Codex not only
gave Lukas his first G1 win, the 1980 Santa Anita Derby, but also his
first win in a Triple Crown series, that yearʼs Preakness Stakes.
• Codexʼs 1980 Preakness Stakes victory was the first of Lukasʼs record
14 wins in Triple Crown races. Appropriately enough, it was another
Preakness winner, Oxbox in 2013, who moved Lukas out of a tie with
Hall of Fame trainer James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons as the
winningest trainer on the Triple Crown trail. Lukas has won the
Kentucky Derby four times, the Preakness six times, and the Belmont
four times. Among his Kentucky Derby winners is Winning Colors, one
of just three fillies to win the Run for the Roses. In one dominant
stretch he won six straight Triple Crown races, starting with Tabasco
Catʼs victories in the 1994 Preakness and Belmont; continuing with a
sweep of the 1995 Triple Crown series with two different horses,
Thunder Gulch in the Kentucky Derby and Belmont and Timber
Country in the Preakness; and ending with Grindstoneʼs victory in the
1996 Kentucky Derby. The streak ended when Nick Zito won the 1996
Preakness with Louis Quatorze, but Lukas was right back in the
winnerʼs circle that year with Belmont winner Editorʼs Note.
• Lukas has won the Eclipse Award as outstanding trainer four times
(1985, 1986, 1987, and 1994) and was inducted into the Hall of Fame
in 1999. He became North Americaʼs all-time leading trainer by
earnings in 1988 and was the first trainer to top the $100 million and
$200 million marks in career earnings. As of Oct. 19, 2013, Lukas
leads all trainers with $265,488,401 in purse earnings. He has 4,681
wins and 7,410 placings from 27,525 starters, a 44 percent
in-the-money performance. Lukas has trained 24 champions,
including three named Horse of the Year: Ladyʼs Secret (1986),
Criminal Type (1990) and Charismatic (1999).
• In addition to his success at the races, Lukas is known for mentoring
assistants who also have gone on to successful, sometimes stellar,
training careers: Todd Pletcher, Kiaran McLaughlin, Dallas Stewart,
Mark Hennig, Randy Bradshaw, Mike Maker, George Weaver, Bobby
Barnett, Gerald Butler, and Mike Marlow. His current and long-time
assistant is Sebastian Nicholl.
• In July 2013, Governor Steven Beshear appointed Lukas to the
Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, succeeding Michael Pitino.
UNBRIDLED'S NOTE
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Owner: MIKE MCCARTY
Trainer: STEVEN M. ASMUSSEN
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UNBRIDLED'S
SONG,
gr/ro, 1993
Unbridled, 1987
24s, SW, $4,489,475
566 f, 49 SW, 2.65 AEI
Trolley Song, 1983
7s, wnr, $25,914
12 f, 9 r, 5 w, 1 SW
UNBRIDLED'S NOTE
b, c
March 23, 2009
Siberian Express, 1981
11s, SW, $159,587
308 f, 12 SW, 1.22 AEI
SIBERIAN FUR,
gr/ro, 1994
Siksika, 1979
11s, wnr, $13,070
8 f, 7 r, 6 w
Fappiano, 1977
17s, SW, $370,213
410 f, 48 SW, 4.40 AEI
Gana Facil, 1981
19s, wnr, $85,100
7 f, 6 r, 5 w, 2 SW
Caro, 1967
12s, SW, $17,959
599 f, 78 SW, 3.26 AEI
Lucky Spell, 1971
69s, SW, $253,655
14 f, 12 r, 8 w, 3 SW
Caro, 1967
12s, SW, $17,959
599 f, 78 SW, 3.26 AEI
Indian Call, 1966
3s, unpl, $100
9 f, 6 r, 5 w, 3 SW
Quack, 1969
23s, SW, $514,400
510 f, 30 SW, 1.49 AEI
Salmon Lake, 1965
5s, wnr, $3,600
14 f, 13 r, 11 w, 2 SW
Mr. Prospector
Killaloe
Le Fabuleux
Charedi
Fortino II
Chambord
Lucky Mel
Incantation
Fortino II
Chambord
Warfare
La Morlaye
T. V. Lark
Quillon
Tom Fool
Kootenai
UNBRIDLED'S NOTE'S RACE AND (STAKES) RECORD
Year
2011
2012
2013
Age
Sts
1st
2nd
3rd
Earned
at 2
1
1
0
0
$27,600
at 3
8
2(1)
1(1)
3(3)
$384,141
at 4
4
1(1)
1(1)
1(1)
$92,276
Lifetime
13
4(2)
2(2)
4(4)
$504,017
Sire: UNBRIDLED'S SONG, gr/ro, 1993-2013. Raced 3 yrs, 12 sts, 5 wins, $1,311,800. Won Breeders'
Cup Juvenile (gr. I), Florida Derby (gr. I), Wood Memorial S (gr. II), Olympic H; 2nd Fountain of Youth
S (gr. II), Peter Pan S (gr. II), Hutcheson S (gr. II).
Lifetime: 14 crops, 1,394 foals, 1,047 rnrs (75%), 724 wnrs (52%), 135 2yo wnrs (10%), 102 sw
(7%), 2.05 AEI, 2.38 CI, 708 sale yrlgs, avg $293,403, 5.6 TNA.
1st dam: Siberian Fur, gr/ro, 1994. Bred by Peter and Joanna Rabusin (Fla.). Raced 1 yr, 2 sts, 1
win, $20,400. Dam of 13 named foals, 8 rnrs, 3 wnrs, 2 sw. ($14,000, 1997 obsoct, Unreal Zeal;
$20,000, 2000 obswin, Notebook; $325,000, 2003 keenov, Notebook; $10,000, 2011 keejan,
Dunkirk).
1998: Real Fur, dkb/br f, by Unreal Zeal. Raced 2 yrs, 8 sts, 0 wins, $5,180. ($5,500 obswin yrlg;
$32,000 obsapr 2yo).
1999: Frostee Fur, b f, by Pentelicus. Unraced. ($7,500 obsoct wnlg).
2000: SPOKEN FUR, gr/ro f, by Notebook. Raced 2 yrs, 12 sts, 5 wins, $675,880. Won Mother
Goose S (gr. I), Coaching Club American Oaks (gr. I); 3rd Alabama S (gr. I), Gazelle H (gr. I). Dam
of 6 foals, 4 rnrs, 3 wnrs. Sent to Japan 2010.
2001: Brrneedfur, gr/ro f, by Mecke. Raced 1 yr, 2 sts, 0 wins, $460. Dam of 5 foals, 1 rnr, 1 wnr.
2002: The Fur Flew, dkb/br f, by Slew City Slew. Unraced. Dam of 3 foals, 3 rnrs, 2 wnrs, including
Throws It Down ($29,340). Sent to Tha 2008.
2003: Kolinsky, b f, by Forest Gazelle. Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 0 wins, $4,245. Dam of 2 foals, 2 rnrs, 1
wnr. ($60,000 keenov wnlg).
2004: Spoken Softly, gr/ro f, by Notebook. Raced 1 yr, 6 sts, 1 win, $20,590. Dam of 2 foals, 1
rnr, 1 wnr.
2005: Graciously Soft, gr/ro f, by Vindication. Unraced. Dam of 2 foals, 2 rnrs, 2 wnrs, including
My Name Is Michael ($99,830). ($220,000 ftsaug yrlg).
2007: Sensational Carina, b f, by Broken Vow. Unraced. Sent to Arg 2009. ($50,000 keesep yrlg).
2008: Roma Mia, gr/ro f, by Bluegrass Cat. Raced 1 yr in It, 1 st, 0 wins. ($50,000 obsapr 2yo).
2009: UNBRIDLED'S NOTE, b c, by Unbridled's Song. ($150,000 keejan yrlg; $140,000 obsmar
2yo).
At 3: Won Eddie D S (gr. IIIT); 2nd Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT); 3rd Foxwoods King's Bishop
S (gr. I), Malibu S (gr. I), Amsterdam S (gr. II).
At 4: Won Joe Hernandez H (T); 2nd Potrero Grande S (gr. II); 3rd Eddie D S (gr. IIIT).
2010: Flagrant Foul, gr/ro f, by Tiznow. Raced 1 yr, 3 sts, 0 wins, $2,740. ($24,000 keenov wnlg).
2012: Brier Hill Girl, b f, by Dark Kestrel.
Inbreeding: 3SX3D Caro.
Nicking: UNBRIDLED'S SONG w/SIBERIAN EXPRESS mares: 4 foals, 3 strs, 1 wnr (25%),
1 2yo wnr (25%), 1 SW (25%), 1 GSW (25%)
Broodmare sire: SIBERIAN EXPRESS, gr, 1981-1996. Sire of 98 dams of 450 foals, 312 rnrs (69%),
2nd dam: Siksika, b, 1979. Bred by Barbara Hunter (Ky.). Raced 1 yr, 11 sts, 1 win, $13,070.
Breeder
Gulf Coast Farms ... Owner(s): Lance Robinson and Jerry Bailey ...
Born: Robinson, Dec. 16, 1955; Bailey, Sept. 16, 1943 ... Residence:
Bailey and his wife, Leslie, live in Ocala, Fla Robinson and his wife,
Marla, live on a 100-acre Quarter Horse Ranch in Spanish Fork, Utah. ...
Family: Robinsons have a married daughter, Brooke Stephens, and a
son, Clint, who is a professional cowboy specializing in calf-roping. ...
Bailey: wife, Leslie, children Jodie and Jim. ... Education: Robinson is a
graduate of Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho) and
Weber State University with a degree in pre-veterinary science. Bailey
has a degree in veterinary medicine from the University of Minnesota.
Starts 1st
2nd
7
0
2
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
3rd
0
Juvenile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Turf
Juvenile
Classic
Turf Sprint
Turf Sprint
Turf Sprint
Earnings
$840,000
Salute the Sarge
Be Smart
Grand Adventure
Lookin At Lucky
Lookin At Lucky
Grand Adventure
Grand Adventure
Unbridledʼs Note
Quick facts about Gulf Coast Farms:
9th
12th
10th
2nd
4th
10th
10th
2nd
• Gulf Coast sold only their select juveniles at the 2011 March OBS
2-year-olds in training sale, and among them was 2012 Breedersʼ Cup
Turf Sprint runner-up Unbridledʼs Note, going for $140,000 to Mike
McCarty. The partnership purchased the Unbridledʼs Song colt, a
half-brother to multiple Grade 1 winner and $1.65 million broodmare
Spoken Fur, for $150,000 at the 2010 Keeneland January mixed sale
from Taylor Made Sales. ... Unbridledʼs Note finished third in both the
2012 Amsterdam Stakes (G2) and Kingʼs Bishop (G1), then was tried
on turf for the first time and won the 2012 Eddie D Stakes (G3).
• In 2013, Unbridledʼs Note won the listed Joe Hernandez Stakes,
finished second in the Potrero Grande Stakes (G2), and third in the
Eddie D. Stakes (G3) before making another attempt in the 2013
Breedersʼ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita.
• Gulf Coast sold Siberian Fur, dam of Unbridledʼs Note not in foal for
$10,000 at the 2011 Keeneland January mixed sale through Taylor
Made to Beechwood Racing Stable. ... Siberian Fur foaled a filly
named Brier Hill Girl by Dark Kestrel in Jan. 2012, was bred to
Munnings with no record of a 2013 foal, and was then bred to
Shackleford for 2014.
• Gulf Coast bred Grand Adventure, who finished 10th in the 2008
Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile, 9th in the 2010 Turf Sprint, and 10th in the
2011 Turf Sprint, then sold him as a yearling for $75,000 at the 2007
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July yearling sale with Taylor Made Sales
Agency acting as agent … Purchased Val Marie (dam of Grand
Adventure) in 2004 for $335,000 and sold her at the 2010 Keeneland
November sale for $260,000.
• The Gulf Coast partnership was a key player at major Thoroughbred
sales before much of their bloodstock was sold in 2010. Bailey and
Robinson participated at the highest level of breeding, buying, selling,
and racing.
in the 2012 Peter Pan Stakes (G2) … In 2013, the gelding won the
Kellyʼs Landing Stakes ... Gulf Coast Farms purchased What a Knight
(dam of Right to Vote) for $225,000 in 2005 and sold her for $16,000
at the 2011 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
• Notable successes include Lookin At Lucky … Under their Jerry Bailey
Sales Agency banner, Lookin At Lucky was sold for $475,000 at the
2009 Keeneland two-year-olds in training sale and went on to be
named Eclipse Award champion two-year-old male after finishing
second in that yearʼs Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile. … Lookin at Lucky won
the 2010 Preakness Stakes and the Haskell Invitational (G1) the
following year and was again champion as three-year-old male. He
stands at Ashford Stud.
• The recession hit Bailey and Robinsonʼs operation hard. Gulf Coast
would lease its mares, totaling 100 at one point, to clients who would
breed them and then own the foal, with Gulf Coast the breeder of
record. Among these still racing at top levels in 2013 was Grade 2
winner Something Extra, produced from Our Mariah, by Mt. Livermore.
... “Mare leasing programs are just not a viable option in this
economy,” Bailey said in 2011. In Jan. 2011, following the breeding
stock dispersal, Fifth Third Bank of Kentucky sued Gulf Coast Farms
for $15 million on unpaid loans.
• Purchased Henny Hughes for $180,000 at the 2004 Fasig-Tipton
Kentucky July yearling sale. After the colt failed to meet his reserve at
the 2005 Barretts March sale, Henny Hughes began his career racing
for Gulf Coast and partner Martin L. Cherry; the colt was sold to Darley
after he won the Tremont by 15 lengths. He went on to finish second in
the 2005 Breedersʼ Cup Juvenile ... After beginning his stud career at
Darley, leading 2yo sire of 2012 Henny Hughes stood at Walmac for
2013. Among his successful progeny were 2012 Breedersʼ Cup
Juvenile Fillies winner Beholder.
• Graded stakes performer Right to Vote was bred by Gulf Coast Farms
and sold under the Jerry Bailey Sales Agency banner for $20,000 at
the Ocala Breeders Sales Co.ʼs March two-year-olds in training sale in
2011. As a juvenile of 2011, Right to Vote finished third in the
Champagne (G1) behind Union Rags and Alpha, then finished second
• In Aug. 2011, Community Bank & Trust of Florida took control of the
414-acre farm in Reddick, Florida. Bailey wanted to continue to train
horses.
• Of the liquidation of nearly 100 of their horses at the 2010 Keeneland
November breeding stock sale, Keenelandʼs director of sales Geoffrey
Russell said at the time “Lance Robinson and Jerry Bailey are
well-regarded horsemen who have a great eye for finding young mares
and developing them into proven producers. This is a rare and
wonderful opportunity for our buyers.”
• Robinson, who has known Bailey since the early 1980s, then joined
Bailey and Ellenberg, creating Gulf Coast. Ellenberg no longer is a
partner in the venture.
• After returning to Florida, Bailey and fellow Minnesota native Ken
Ellenberg formed a successful pinhooking venture as Jerry Bailey
Sales Agency. Among his successful purchases were dual classic
winner Thunder Gulch, which he raced for his first four races before
selling him to Michael Tabor, and juvenile stakes winner Henny
Hughes. Other successful pinhooks include Grade 1 winners Deputy
Commander, Honour and Glory and Yes Itʼs True.
• Bailey, who also has a rodeo background, was a racetrack veterinarian
in Florida for seven years, then became the attending veterinarian and
manager at E.K. Gaylordʼs Lazy E Ranch in Oklahoma.
• Robinson grew up on a dairy farm and cattle ranch in Ogden, Utah,
and has spent his entire life working with horses. He was a
professional rodeo cowboy for about 15 years and five times qualified
for the National Finals Rodeo as a steer wrestler. His son, Clint, is
currently a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association.
He learned about Kentucky and Thoroughbred racing while on a
Mormon mission in 1977.
Owner
Mike McCarty ... Born: Sept. 6, 1947 in Austin, Texas ... Residence:
Austin, Texas ... Family: wife Debbie; two daughters and 5
grandchildren.
Starts 1st
2nd
2
0
0
2005
2008
Juvenile
Turf Sprint
3rd
1
Earnings
$119,500
Private Vow
Storm Treasure
14th
3rd
Quick facts about Mike McCarty:
• Mike McCarty has been represented by three starters in the Breedersʼ
Cup with Unbridledʼs Noteʼs second in the 2012 Turf Sprint being his
best finish. Previously, Storm Treasure was third in the 2008 Turf
Sprint and Private Vow was 14th in the 2005 Juvenile after his rein
broke.
• Unbridledʼs Note is poised for a second shot at the Turf Sprint and
Southern Blessing is being pointed toward the Juvenile in 2013.
• Before his home state of Texas legalized pari-mutuel horse racing in
the modern era, McCarty enjoyed going to the races several times a
year at Evangeline Downs in Louisiana. In 2000, his employees gave
him a Christmas gift of a trip to Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. during the
April race meeting and two-year-olds in training sale. At the time,
McCarty had never heard of Keeneland and knew nothing about
Thoroughbred auctions.
• In advance of his 2000 trip to Keeneland, McCarty conferred with his
friend Roger Beasley, a prominent central Texas car dealer who has
raced Thoroughbreds. (NOTE: Roger Beasley is NOT Rogers [with an
“s”] Beasley, Keeneland Vice President of Racing). Beasley
recommended that McCarty locate trainer Steve Asmussen at
Keeneland if he was interested in getting into the Thoroughbred
business. “I knew absolutely nothing about the horse sales and had
never heard of Steve Asmussen,” McCarty said. “I thought horses cost
about five or six hundred dollars.”
• Before McCarty hired Asmussen, the trainer cautioned that he prefers
owners that do not interfere with the training procedures. McCarty
replied that as long as Asmussen did not tell him how to run his
construction business, he would not tell him how to train. The pair has
enjoyed considerable success at various tracks with McCartyʼs band of
about a dozen runners.
• McCarty purchased his first horse, Wild Rocket, for $265,000 at the
2000 Keeneland April two-year-olds in training sale on his first visit to
an auction. When the colt won his career debut three months later at
Lone Star Park in Texas, McCarty said he was hooked on racing.
• McCartyʼs best runners include stakes winners Private Vow and Storm
Treasure, both starters in the 2006 Kentucky Derby. Private Vow
earned $491,392 while winning four of 12 starts. Storm Treasure
closed his 40-race career for McCarty with six wins and $710,344.
• McCarty buys most of his horses at two-year-old auctions but
occasionally purchases yearlings. In 2013, he bought two yearlings at
Fasig-Tiptonʼs August sale in Saratoga Springs and another two at the
Keeneland September yearling sale. Purchased Unbridledʼs Note for
$140,000 at the 2011 Ocala Breedersʼ Sales Co. March two-year-olds
in training sale. Unbridledʼs Note was the runner-up in the 2012
Breedersʼ Cup Turf Sprint. Purchased Southern Blessing for $230,000
at the 2013 Ocala Breedersʼ Sales Co. March two-year-olds in training
sale.
• Primary business: McCarty Corporation that handles major
construction projects at United States military bases. The company
has no website because McCarty said he has no need to advertise.
Trainer
Steve Asmussen ... Born: Nov. 18, 1965, Gettysburg, S.D. ...
Residence: Arlington, Texas ... Family: wife, Julie; sons, Keith James,
Darren Scott and Eric Mark.
Starts 1st
2nd
29
4
4
2003
2004
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010
3rd
2
Earnings
$6,877,180
Distaff
Lady Tak
Juvenile
Cuvee
Sprint
Posse
Sprint
Bwana Charlie
Sprint
Cuvee
Juvenile
Private Vow
Classic
Curlin
Juvenile
Kodiak Kowboy
Juvenile
Pyro
Classic
Curlin
Classic
Student Council
Dirt Mile
Pyro
Turf Sprint
Storm Treasure
Juvenile Fillies Turf Jungle Tale
Classic
Haynesfield
Dirt Mile
Thiskyhasnolimit
Sprint
Riley Tucker
2011
2012
7th
12th
4th
4th
13th
14th
1st
3rd
2nd
4th
11th
6th
3rd
5th
11th
7th
9th
Dirt Mile
Dirt Mile
Juvenile Fillies
Juvenile Turf
Turf Sprint
Dirt Mile
Filly & Mare Sprint
Ladies' Classic
Sprint
Turf Sprint
Turf Sprint
Tapizar
Wilburn
My Miss Aurelia
Daddy Nose Best
Regally Ready
Tapizar
Dust and Diamonds
My Miss Aurelia
Justin Phillip
Great Mills
Unbridledʼs Note
5th
7th
1st
6th
1st
1st
2nd
2nd
5th
4th
2nd
Quick facts about Steve Asmussen:
• Steve Asmussen expects to send three runners to the 2013 Breedersʼ
Cup. Bound for the Juvenile Fillies is Untapable, undefeated in two
starts including the Pocahontas Stakes (G2), a Breedersʼ Cup
Challenge “Win and Youʼre In” race. Returning to the Breedersʼ Cup is
Justin Phillip, expected for the Sprint after finishing fifth in that race in
2012. Since that result he earned his first Grade 1 victory, the 2013
Vanderbilt Handicap, and came within a neck of winning another, the
Vosburgh Invitational. Also returning is Unbridledʼs Note, intended
again for the Turf Sprint after finishing second in that race in 2012.
• Asmussen has saddled 29 Breedersʼ Cup starters and to date has four
wins in four different races: the 2012 Dirt Mile with Tapizar; the 2011
Turf Sprint with Regally Ready; the 2011 Juvenile Fillies with My Miss
Aurelia; and the 2007 Classic with Curlin.
• Asmussen first entered the Breedersʼ Cup picture in 2003, saddling
Posse in the Sprint, Cuvee in the Juvenile, and Lady Tak in the Distaff;
Posse finished best, coming home fourth. After an also-ran finish with
Private Vow in the 2005 Juvenile and no entries in 2006, Asmussen
had a breakthrough Breedersʼ Cup in 2007. In addition to Curlinʼs
Classic victory, Pyro and Kodiak Kowboy finished second and third,
respectively, in the Juvenile. In 2008, Curlin returned to the Classic but
could not repeat, finishing fourth, while Storm Treasure came home
third in the Turf Sprint. Asmussenʼs lone entry in 2009, Jungle Tale,
was fifth in the Juvenile Fillies Turf, and he was off the board with
three starters in 2010. In 2011, he was back in the winnerʼs circle with
My Miss Aurelia (Juvenile Fillies) and Regally Ready (Turf Sprint);
three others were off the board, although Tapizar counted his first
Breedersʼ Cup earnings with a fifth in the Dirt Mile. In 2012, all six of
Asmussenʼs Breedersʼ Cup entries brought home checks: Tapizarʼs
win in the Dirt Mile; seconds by My Miss Aurelia in the Ladiesʼ Classic
(now Distaff), Dust and Diamonds in the Filly and Mare Sprint, and
Unbridledʼs Note in the Turf Sprint; a fourth by Great Mills in the Turf
Sprint; and Justin Phillipʼs fifth in the Sprint.
• Asmussenʼs Breedersʼ Cup stars have been well rewarded on Eclipse
Awards night. Curlin was twice named Horse of the Year, for 2007 and
2008, and Kodiak Kowboy, returned to Asmussen for his final two
starts after a stint with Larry Jones, was named top sprinter for 2009.
My Miss Aurelia, undefeated in four starts as a 2-year-old, took home
the Eclipse Award as 2011ʼs top juvenile female.
• In addition to Asmussenʼs Breedersʼ Cup hopefuls, other stable
standouts in 2013 have been 4-year-old Cluster of Stars, undefeated
in seven starts including two Grade 2 stakes; multiple graded stakes
winner Master Rick; and Grade 3 winners Brazen Persuasion and
Mico Margarita.
• Asmussen was North Americaʼs leading trainer by wins in 2002, 2004,
2005, and 2007 through 2011. He won the Eclipse Award as
outstanding trainer in 2008, when he set the record for number of wins
in a year with 622, and won the award again in 2009 when he broke
his own record with 650 wins. He also was the first trainer in history to
win 500 races in one year, scoring 555 in 2004, crushing the record of
476 held by Jack Van Berg since 1976. Asmussen set a North
American record on Feb. 7, 2004, when he won 10 races in one day,
including three stakes, from 16 starters at five tracks.
• Through Oct. 19, 2013, Asmussen has 6,588 career wins, second
among all North American trainers only to Dale Baird, whose win total
stood at 9,445 when he was killed in an auto accident in 2007.
Asmussen also has 5,264 seconds and 4,437 thirds among his 31,204
starters, a 52 percent top-three performance. His purse earnings stand
at more than $210 million, fifth among all trainers lifetime. Saddling
Basalt at Remington Park, Asmussen earned his 6,000th win on Nov.
18, 2011, the fifth trainer to reach that milestone. He holds multiple
training titles including at Ellis Park, Fair Grounds, Keeneland, Lone
Star Park, Monmouth, Oaklawn Park, Remington Park, Retama Park,
Sunland Park, and Churchill Downs.
• Asmussen currently has about 100 horses in training, divided among
New York, Kentucky, and Oklahoma operations. His assistants are
Scott Blasi, Darren Fleming, and Toby Sheets.
• Among Asmussenʼs major clients are Winchell Thoroughbreds, who
owns Untapable; Zayat Stables, who owns Justin Phillip; and Mike
McCarty, who owns Unbridledʼs Note. The trainerʼs operation suffered
a blow in 2011 with the death of leading client Jess Jackson of
Stonestreet Stable. Jacksonʼs wife, Barbara Banke, continues to run
the stable. Two horses that Asmussen trained for Jackson left
near-indelible marks on racingʼs history books, earning three straight
Horse of the Year Eclipse awards between them: Curlin in 2007 and
2008 and Rachel Alexandra in 2009.
• Rachel Alexandra was purchased by Jackson and Harold McCormick
after her 20-length win in the 2009 Kentucky Oaks. The filly was
undefeated in eight starts as a 3-year-old, including historic wins over
males in the 2009 Preakness Stakes and Haskell Invitational and over
older males in the 2009 Woodward Stakes. Retired in 2010, she was
bred to Curlin and delivered her first foal in January 2012. The foal
was named Jessʼs Dream following a naming contest that drew more
than 6,500 submissions.
• Asmussen trained Curlin from his second start after Midnight Cry
Stables sold majority interest in the colt to Stonestreet and partners
George Bolton and Padua Stables; Stonestreet eventually owned the
horse outright. Curlin won the Preakness Stakes and Breedersʼ Cup
Classic in 2007 and followed with wins in the Dubai World Cup,
Stephen Foster Handicap, and Jockey Club Gold Cup in 2008. The
Gold Cup win pushed his career earnings over the $10 million mark
and past Cigar as the top American earner in history. After finishing
fourth in the 2008 Breedersʼ Cup Classic, Curlin was retired to stand at
Laneʼs End Farm.
• Asmussen learned the racing business from his parents, Keith and
Marilyn Asmussen, who breed, own, and train. He was helping to walk
hots and mucking stalls by the age of five. In a childhood accident, he
lost part of one thumb while holding a horse through a chain link fence.
Asmussen took out his jockeyʼs license at age 16 and rode for three
years in California, New Mexico, and New York before difficulty
maintaining weight forced him to abandon race riding. His brother,
Cash, now also a trainer, was the Eclipse Award top apprentice jockey
in 1979 before becoming a champion rider in Europe. The Asmussen
family operates Asmussen Horse Center, a breeding and sales
operation, and El Primero Training Center, both in Laredo, Texas.
• Asmussen began training Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses in New
Mexico in 1986 and won his first Thoroughbred stakes in 1987, the
Bessemer Stakes with Scout Command at Birmingham Race Course.
His first graded win, the G3 Derby Trial in 1996, came with Valid
Expectations, his first major contender and winner of seven stakes
from 1995 through 1997. His first G1 win came in 1999 with Mother
Goose Stakes winner Dreams Galore.

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