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SPONSORED BY CLASSIC BLOODLINES CLASSIC PERFORMANCE www.AdenaStallions.com Breeding Today WITH EXCLUSIVE BEYER SPEED FIGURE REPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 TOP BEYERS 3-YEAR-OLD MAIDEN BEST BEYERS, MALES/FEMALES, DIRT PAGE 13 3-YEAR-OLD MAIDEN BEST BEYERS, MALES/FEMALES, TURF PAGE 13 OKLAHOMA-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES TOP STORIES Barretts March kicks off juvenile sale season Three colts tie for fastest furlong at Thursday’s under-tack show in advance of Monday’s sale. READ MORE >> Darley buys interest in Cairo Prince Son of Pioneerof the Nile and Derby contender will race in Godolphin colors for McLaughlin. PAGE 14 NEW MEXICO-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES PAGE 14 ARIZONA-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES Wests offer breeder’s incentives for new sires Bonuses of up to $1 million offered for breeders supporting New Year’s Day and Power Broker. READ MORE >> PAGE 15 For Jacobson, the claim is his game WASHINGTON-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES Trainer has become a dominant force in New York racing, setting a record for wins on the circuit in 2013. 2014 LEADING SYNTHETIC SIRES New York-breds in demand at auctions PAGE 15 PAGE 16 2014 LEADING TEXAS GENERAL SIRES PAGE 16 READ MORE >> New York’s higher purses and incentives boost the state’s breeding and sales sectors. READ MORE >> READ MORE >> Sparkman: The regional stallion lottery John Sparkman discusses the New York stallion market and its concentration of Northern Dancer-line sires. READ MORE >> MORE ON DRF.com Drawing Away Stable, David Jacobson make donation to Old Friends READ MORE >> Equine Safety Committee concerned about ‘stacking’ of legal medications READ MORE >> Hovdey: Gotham’s glory days long gone READ MORE >> MACHO UNO www.AdenaStallions.com $25,000 LFSN MUCHO YEARLINGS: $ JUVENILES: PRIVATE ZONE WINS Sold for: Sold for: $$$ S. 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BACK TO TOP STORIES headline1 America’s Turf Authority Since 1894 Barretts March kicks off juvenile sale season Mark Simon editorial director 212-366-7692; msimon@drf.com Patrick Reed managing editor 502-320-3107; preed@drf.com Nicole Russo digital content editor 646-937-3805; nrusso@drf.com Joe Nevills staff writer 989-304-6022; jnevills@drf.com Deanna Bowden copy editor 646-937-3121; dbowden@drf.com Jenine Zimmers creative director Laura Carchedi graphic designer ◆◆◆ Jeff Burch vice president, advertising 212-366-7650; jburch@drf.com Fritz Widaman sales and business development 859-825-8542; fwidaman@drf.com Hal Moss East/Midwest advertising sales rep 859-749-9249; hmoss@drf.com Shigeki Kikkawa Corfu, shown here at the Barretts under-tack show last year, brought the highest price at the 2013 March select sale of 2-year-olds in training when he was purchased by Coolmore interests for $675,000. Jon Lindo West/Canada advertising sales rep 760-845-6232; jlindo@drf.com Mary Luken advertising operations manager 212-366-7634; mluken@drf.com 2343 Alexandria Dr., Suite 305 Lexington, KY 40504 3 By Steve Andersen Average price has risen three consecutive years at the Barretts March select sale of 2-yearolds in training – and may be going higher on Monday. The Barretts sale is the first of the year for the 2-year-old market, and can serve as a barometer for the nation. Last year, Barretts had the year’s first 2-yearold sale and saw a 31 percent increase in average price to $143,459, compared with $109,429 in 2012. Three other select sales – Fasig-Tipton Florida, Ocala Breeders’ March select sale, and Keeneland April – subsequently showed increases in average price last spring. The Barretts March sale had declining average prices of $178,027 in 2008 and $123,245 in 2009, bottoming out at $90,652 in 2010. The average increased to $100,709 in 2011. Monday’s sale, which begins at 2 p.m. Pacific, has a catalog of 140 juveniles. “There is a lot of depth,” said Barretts general manager Kim Lloyd. “With the upswing in the market, we expect an uptick in average, gross, and median.” BARRETTS MARCH SELECT 2-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING SALE WHEN: March 3, 2 p.m. Pacific WHERE: Hinds Pavilion, Fairplex Park, Pomona, Calif. PHONE: (909) 629-3099 EMAIL: info@barretts.com CATALOG: 140 horses, up 2 percent from 138 last year Recent history: The 2013 sale posted overall increases while selling 61 horses for $8,751,000 up 4 percent), an average price of $143,459 (up 31 percent), and a median of $100,000 (up 18 percent). Demi O’Byrne bought a Malibu Moon colt out of Fashion Cat, consigned by Breaking Point Farm, for $675,000 to top the sale. The colt, later named Corfu, won last year’s Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes and was second in the Grade 2 Futurity Stakes. INTERNET: Live streaming at www.barretts.com In 2013, the Barretts March sale saw 61 horses sell for a gross of $8,751,000. The median was $100,000, a gain of 18 percent compared with $85,000 in 2012. In 2013, there were 46 horses withdrawn, and CONTINUED >> BACK TO TOP STORIES 31 horses listed as not sold, or 34 percent of the horses that went through the ring. In 2012, the buyback rate was 36 percent. There were 77 sold that year, and 27 withdrawn. This year’s catalog is slightly larger than the 2013 sale, which offered 138 horses. “I think they will get sold,” Lloyd said. “I think the middle-market horses will be attractive. I’m happy with the group. There are a lot of athletes.” This year’s sale has a tough act to follow. The 2013 sale included Havana, the winner of the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park last October and the runnerup in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita last November. By Dunkirk, Havana was purchased for $575,000 by Demi O’Byrne, and races for Coolmore Studaffiliated Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, and Susan Magnier. The colt is scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut in Saturday’s Grade 2 Swale Stakes at Gulfstream Park. The 2013 sale topper, at $675,000, was Corfu, a Malibu Moon colt who won the Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes last August. Corfu also races for Tabor, Smith, and Magnier. Corfu was sixth in the Spectacular Bid Stakes at Gulfstream Park in January, his most recent start. Corfu and Havana are trained by Todd Pletcher. The leading filly sold at the 2013 March sale was Esmeraldina, who was purchased for $325,000 by Narvick International and sent to Japan. By Harlan’s Holiday, Esmeraldina races for Kazumi Yoshida. She beat maidens in her debut on the Japan Cup program at Tokyo in November, and won the Junior Cup Stakes at Nakayama in January. Esmeraldina is a candidate for the Japanese 1000 Guineas this spring. Corfu, Esmeraldina, and Havana were each purchased as yearlings and pinhooked to the Barretts sale. Corfu was purchased for $185,000 at the 2012 FasigTipton Kentucky July yearling sale, the same sale at which Esmeraldina was bought for $150,000. Havana was bought for $50,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. Several juveniles in Monday’s sale are listed as sold as weanlings or yearlings for $100,000 or more. That group includes Awesome Diamond, a filly by leading international sire Galileo purchased for $250,000 by Patrick Biancone, agent, at the 2013 Keeneland September yearling sale. The filly, cataloged as Hip No. 77 and consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Waver- 4 BARRETTS MARCH SELECT 2-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING SALE RESULTS, 2004-2013 YEAR OFFERED SOLD NOT SOLD AVERAGE MEDIAN GROSS 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 92 121 72 100 81 132 150 139 145 128 61 77 55 69 51 73 88 93 88 79 31 44 17 31 30 59 62 46 57 49 tree Stable, is out of Adoration, by Honor Grades, who earned $2,051,160 in a career highlighted by a win in the 2003 Breeders’ Cup Distaff. Biancone, who has a stable at Santa Anita, declined to state on Wednesday whom he bought the filly for last year. Dunne is also consignor of an Indian Charlie colt (Hip No. 51), who was purchased for $230,000 by Sugar Valley Farm at the 2013 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale. The colt was listed as a buyback for $285,000 at the Keeneland September sale. The Indian Charlie colt is out of Scarlet Love, by Not For Love. Scarlet Love is a half-sister to Scarlet Strike, the winner of the 2013 Grade 3 Providencia Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita. Other well-regarded prospects include a Giant’s Causeway colt (Hip No. 104), who stood out at Barretts’s under-tack show on Thursday. Consigned by Steven Venosa’s SGV Thoroughbreds, agent, the colt was one of three juveniles to breeze a furlong in 9.80 seconds, tying for the fastest workout time of the show, which was moved to Thursday due to a deluge of rain in the Southern California area. The colt was purchased at the FasigTipton Saratoga yearling sale last August for $150,000 by Crupi’s New Castle Farm. He is out of the Mutakddim mare Dixie Dreamer, the winner of listed stakes at River Downs and Calder Race Course, who earned $312,252. Along with the Giant’s Causeway colt, two others breezed an eighth of a mile in 9.80 seconds during Thursday’s under-tack show. One of them is the first foal out of Grade 1 winner Careless Jewel (Hip No. 93). $143,459 109,429 100,709 90,652 123,245 178,027 219,773 154,419 163,188 173,772 $100,000 85,000 70,000 60,000 80,000 110,000 147,500 80,000 95,000 100,000 $8,751,000 8,426,000 5,539,000 6,255,000 6,285,500 12,996,000 19,340,000 14,361,000 14,360,500 13,728,000 The gray or roan Street Cry colt is consigned by Eddie Woods, agent, and is from the family of Grade 1 winners Cacoethes, Fabulous Notion, and Subordination. Careless Jewel has twice sold for seven figures, bringing $1.95 million from Southern Equine Stables at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall selected mixed sale, and then selling in foal to Bodemeister for $1.85 million at the same sale in 2013. Also hitting the mark Thursday was a Malibu Moon colt out of the Distorted Humor mare Rosy Humor (Hip No. 48) and from the family of champion Johannesburg, Group 1 winner Minardi, and Grade 2 winner and Ashford Stud sire Tale of the Cat. Two sons of popular young sire War Front brought six figures as yearlings during last year’s fall sales. The first, selling as Hip No. 44, was purchased for $150,000 at the Keeneland September sale by Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds, who are consigning the colt on Monday. The colt is the first foal out of Remember the Keg, by Tapit. Remember the Keg is out of Remember the Day, the dam of Grade 1 winner C.S. Silk (who earned $780,396), Grade 3 winner Remember Sheikh ($227,495), and stakes winner Memory Tap ($320,260). Another son of War Front (Hip No. 70) was bought for $100,000 at the Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale last year by AEI Investments. The colt was previously listed as a buyback for $145,000 at the Keeneland September yearling sale. Consigned by Dunne, the colt is out of the unraced mare Vision in Blue, by Bluegrass Cat. The third dam of the female family is Airistar, the winner of eight stakes in California from 1994-96. –additional reporting by Joe Nevills BACK TO TOP STORIES headline 2 Darley buys interest in Cairo Prince By DRF Breeding staff Sheik Mohammed al-Maktoum’s Darley operation has purchased a majority interest in multiple graded stakes winner Cairo Prince, considered among the leading candidates for the Kentucky Derby. The Pioneerof the Nile colt, winner of the Grade 2 Holy Bull Stakes on Jan. 25, will remain in the barn of trainer Kiaran McLaughlin and will race in the colors of Godolphin Racing. He will continue to point for the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 29. “We are excited to be involved with such a promising 3-year-old at this time of the year,” Jimmy Bell, president of Darley America, said. “And it is also special that our longtime trainer is handling the horse and we have the opportunity to share this excitement with the colt’s current owners.” The Holy Bull, which Cairo Prince won by 5 3/4 lengths, was the second graded stakes triumph for the colt, who also won the Grade 2 Nashua Stakes last fall. His only loss in four career starts is a runner-up effort to Honor Code in the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes. To date, he has bankrolled $512,000 and earned 14 qualifying points toward the Kentucky Derby, placing him eighth on the current list of contenders. He is currently ranked first on the Derby Watch list produced by Daily Racing Form’s Jay Privman and Mike Watchmaker. Cairo Prince had been campaigned by the Namcook Stables of Terry Murray, Paul Braverman, Harvey A. Clarke, and Craig W. Robertson III, which purchased him for $250,000 at the 2012 Keeneland September yearling sale. “We are very pleased to be aligned and in partnership with one of the preeminent Thoroughbred racing and breeding operations in the world,” Murray said. From the first crop of Pioneerof the Nile, Cairo Prince is out of the multiple stakeswinning Holy Bull mare Holy Bubbette. Holy Bull, the 1994 Horse of the Year, spent his stud career at the Bell family’s Jonabell Farm near Lexington, Ky., a facility that was later purchased by Darley. He was pensioned in 2012. Cairo Prince is a three-quarter-brother to Grade 1-placed winner Nonna Mia. Nonna Mia is by Empire Maker, the sire of Pioneerof the Nile. Headline3 Wests offer breeder’s incentives for new sires By DRF Breeding staff Gary and Mary West, owners of first-year stallions New Year’s Day and Power Broker, will offer incentives potentially totaling $2.5 million to the breeders of milestone winners by their sires. The Wests will offer a $1 million bonus to the breeder of record if the winner of the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile or Juvenile Fillies is sired by either New Year’s Day or Power Broker. If the stallions are represented by winners in both races, the prize 5 will not be split, with each breeder receiving the full $1 million bonus. Additionally, the Wests will offer a $250,000 bonus to the breeders of the first U.S. Grade 1 winners by each sire that was conceived during 2014 breeding season, with no time restriction. If that first Grade 1 win comes in the 2017 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile or Juvenile Fillies, the breeder of record would receive $1.25 million. The Wests themselves are ineligible to win any of the prizes. If they are the breeders of one or both of the first Grade 1 winners, then the bonus will go to the second breeder(s) to win a Grade 1 race with a horse sired by New Year’s Day or Power Broker. To support their new stallions, the Wests have purchased over 40 mares at sales throughout the breeding stock auction season. Both stallions stand at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Ky. New Year’s Day, a 3-year-old son of Street Cry and the winner of the 2013 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, stands for an advertised fee of $12,500. Grade 1 winner Power Broker, a 4-year-old Pulpit colt, stands for $10,000. BACK TO TOP STORIES headline 4 For Jacobson, the claim is his game By David Grening David Jacobson has become a dominant force in New York racing, succeeding primarily at the claiming game with an aggressive style that enabled him to set a record for wins on the circuit in 2013 while drawing criticism from those who feel he sometimes pushes his horses too hard. Seven years into his return to Thoroughbred racing after his license was revoked for alleged neglect of a horse, Jacobson, 59, has vaulted to the top of a circuit once dominated by his controversial father, Howard “Buddy” Jacobson, and his legendary great-uncle, Hall of Fame trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Teamed with Drawing Away Stable, a racing partnership that has approximately 160 members, Jacobson has crafted the top claiming outfit on the New York Racing Association circuit. Of the record 164 races Jacobson won at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga in 2013, 89 were for Drawing Away. Jacobson owns a piece of almost all the Drawing Away horses. Jacobson won 18 races with horses for whom he was listed as the sole owner. Nationally, Jacobson won 188 races in 2013, and his horses earned purses totaling $7,545,503, placing him ninth and 11th in those categories. In 2012, Jacobson claimed 129 horses. In 2013, that number ballooned to 189. Some of the horses Jacobson claims quickly get dropped in class, where they often get claimed by other trainers. Some are raised in class, such as Strapping Groom, whom Jacobson took for $35,000 on May 24 and who three months later won the Grade 1 Forego at Saratoga. Strapping Groom will be heavily favored in Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap at Aqueduct. Discerning which horses to run at what level is “my job,” said Jacobson, who as of Feb. 25 had 75 horses stabled at Aqueduct. He is assisted by former trainer Frank LaBoccetta Sr., who once saddled a Kentucky Derby favorite, Air Forbes Won, in 1982. “I’m a licensed horse trainer. How am I able to decide that I claimed Strapping Groom for $35,000 and won the Forego?” Jacobson said. “That horse has got to be feeling really good unless you want to accuse me that I’m hopping him up with 6 Tod Marks David Jacobson won 164 races at NYRA tracks in 2013, setting a record for a single year on the circuit. something, but that horse has got to be doing really good, and the horse has been tested and retested and [been under] surveillance. “That’s my job, and I’m good at it, and I’m getting better, and it’s just scaring a lot of people,” Jacobson added. “Because if I’m doing this, and I’m doing this the way that I’m saying I’m doing it, there’s a lot of people out there [saying], ‘Can’t beat this guy.’ ” In 2012, Jacobson shared the NYRA trainers’ title with Richard Dutrow Jr., each having won 110 races. In 2013, with Dutrow serving a 10-year ban imposed by state regulators for numerous medication infractions, Jacobson won 164 races, 47 more than Todd Pletcher, who was second. Jacobson’s purse earnings of $7.2 million ranked him third in New York behind Pletcher and Chad Brown. Jacobson started 731 horses, 217 more than Rudy Rodriguez, who ranked second among starters at NYRA tracks in 2013. There are times when Jacobson will run the same horse every few days. In December, when he was chasing the record, Jacobson ran Score Boyera three times in 12 days and Moments Notiz three times in 20 days. Another horse, El Oh El, raced four times in 20 days from Dec. 22 to Jan. 10. Moments Notiz and El Oh El each won twice. Score Boyera had a win and a second. “I can understand how people get angry with me running horses back quickly, but I feel when they run back quickly in certain situations that I decide – it’s not every horse – it’s healthy for the horse,” Jacobson said. Those who criticize Jacobson for running horses back on short rest believe it can lead to horses breaking down. Since he returned to training in July 2007, Jacobson has had six racing-related fatalities from 2,619 starters, according to New York State CONTINUED >> BACK TO TOP STORIES Gaming Commission records, including two within a recent one-week span. One of those was a bit of a fluke, as Coronate dumped his rider while crossing the finish line and suffered injuries running into the harrow yard. One week later, Uncle Smokey broke his left foreleg in a race. Last summer at Saratoga, the popular gelding Saginaw sustained fatal injuries during a race. “Whenever a horse breaks down or is pulled up on the track, even if it’s my competitors’ horses, it’s horrible for the horse, but also it’s not healthy and good for racing,” Jacobson said. “I get angry.” Typically, when someone succeeds like Jacobson, he is often thought to be cheating. Following a four-win afternoon at Belmont Park on May 23, NYRA and the New York Gaming Commission placed round-the-clock security at Jacobson’s barn for several months. “If that will give people confidence that I’m not doing anything wrong, I have no problem with it,” Jacobson said about the security. At the time security was put in place, Jacobson was winning at a 28 percent clip. He finished the meet 27 for 108 (25 percent) and set a record for wins at a Belmont spring-summer meet with 44. At Saratoga, Jacobson won 16 races – twice as many as he had previously at that meet – from 71 starters, including his first Grade 1 win on the flat with Strapping Groom. At Saratoga, Jacobson’s horses were tested for banned substances twice in a one-week span, according to NYRA steward Braulio Baeza Jr. Jacobson received “no warnings of any potential levels of anything,” according to a spokesman with the New York Gaming Commission. Since his return to training, Jacobson has not had a single positive test for a banned race-day substance in New York. He has had three positive tests out of town – one positive each at Penn National (for clenbuterol in 2009), Laurel Park (phenylbutazone in 2009), and Thistledown (clenbuterol in 2010). Regarding the positive at Laurel, which Jacobson said he was told was the secondhighest level in the history of Maryland racing, Jacobson said, “I sent one of my employees there, and he decided that they don’t test for Bute at Laurel. He gave him a whole tube of Bute an hour before the race.” Jacobson’s most egregious violation in New York was claiming a horse from Winning Move Stable, which at the time had a partner who also was a partner in Drawing Away Stable. Because Jacobson trains for Drawing Away, it was a viola- 7 tion, and the stewards voided the claim and fined Jacobson $1,500. Jacobson’s 164 victories broke the record of 159 set by Gary Contessa in 2007. Contessa led all trainers on the circuit in wins from 2006-09, mostly playing the claiming game that Jacobson now dominates. Contessa said Jacobson plays the claiming game “as well as anybody I’ve ever seen do it.” “He’s got the background to be a good horseman,” Contessa added. “I don’t know anything about what kind of horseman he is, but he’s a damn good manager of his business, and his business is Jacobson Stable, and he’s doing it right, and that’s what you got to do when you’re leading trainer. And no matter what, when you’re in that position, you’re going to have tons of detractors telling you what a [jerk] you are, what a butcher you are, what a cheater you are. But I see it, after being [on top], he’s properly running a very well-oiled machine.” When one trainer dominates things as Jacobson does, it can be a deterrent to bettors and other horsemen. Martin Panza, NYRA’s new director of racing operations, said he has no problems with Jacobson but mentioned that changes to the racing program could alter the landscape. “As we make changes to the condition book and create some house rules, I think it’ll level out the playing field a little bit,” Panza said. “But David is a very intelligent trainer. He’s got a lot of financial backing that allows him to play the game, and he understands how to play the game. It’s no different than what Bobby Frankel did 30 years ago.” Son, ‘you’re getting on a plane’ Jacobson grew up in Queens with his older brother, Doug, who helps manage the racing stable. Jacobson was 9 years old when his father, Buddy, in 1963 won the first of what would be five NYRA training titles in a six-year span. “When my father was winning races, I was not involved in the racing at all,” said Jacobson, who added that when he would come to the barn, “I used to play cowboys and Indians and stack the bales of hay and straw, and that would be my fort.” Jacobson’s interest in racing began to grow at a time when his father was out of the sport, owing in part to a suspension he received in Maryland and in part to a fight with NYRA management that severely limited his stall allotment, essentially forcing him out. At age 16, Jacobson worked for his great- uncle, Eugene Jacobs, one of three brothers of David’s grandmother, Florence, who all trained horses. At 18, when Jacobson got in trouble for not attending school, Buddy Jacobson came to him and said, “Listen, get a few things. You’re getting on a plane in an hour.” Buddy Jacobson was sending his son to California to work as a groom for Frankel, who had worked for Buddy before going out on his own in the late 1960s. David Jacobson worked for Frankel for two years before his father summoned him back to New York in 1976 after he was able to get stalls at New York, with the help of prominent businessman and horse owner Jerome Castle. The Jacobsons trained for Castle as well as, for a short time, James Edwards’s Audley Farm. Buddy Jacobson left racing in 1977, and a year later, he would be involved in the killing of a restaurateur, Jack Tupper, for which he was convicted in 1980. David Jacobson took over the stable and had modest success through 1981. In the fall of 1981, Jacobson was accused of mistreatment of the horse Hugable Tom, who had to be euthanized. Jacobson was accused of failing to provide Hugable Tom with adequate food and medical attention, though Jacobson denies to this day that that was the case. “He had a bad knee,” Jacobson said. “He developed laminitis on the other foot, which is common when there’s an injury. The one mistake we made was we should have put him down sooner. But he was a well-known horse, he was a good horse, we were trying to save him.” Jacobson’s license was suspended in 1981 and, on Jan. 26, 1982, his license to train and own racehorses was revoked by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board. No interest in racing Following the revocation of his license, Jacobson got into the real estate business his father had started during the time he was suspended in the early 1970s. Today, Jacobson runs East Village Property Management LLC, which manages seven apartment buildings with approximately 1,200 tenants on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. “I put my money up with a few family members, bought a building similar to what my father did,” Jacobson said. “I worked the building, I co-oped it and bought two more buildings. Just like with horses, I started doing well, got a lot of CONTINUED >> BACK TO TOP STORIES investors, and was able to parlay it into what we have now. . . . I make a very good living from the real estate.” During that time, Jacobson said he had no interest in horse racing. “Never watched it,” he said. “I think I happened to watch a Kentucky Derby once because I was flicking through the channels. I saw the last half of the race. “I was not sour, I was not angry. I was very upset with a handful of people with that whole Hugable Tom thing. Anyone that was on the racetrack who knew me knew I took very good care of my horses. I have always loved and taken care of my horses. I loved the racing game. I loved the business of horse racing.” Michael C. Ricatto owned horses with both Jacobson and his father. In 2006, an aging and ailing Ricatto wanted to get back in the game. He convinced Jacobson to come back as well. In February 2007, Jacobson applied for a trainer’s license but was denied, being granted a non-valid receipt, which allowed him on the grounds but did not allow him to participate in racing. That May, Jacobson applied for and was granted an assistant trainer’s license, and he went to work for Diane Balsamo. According to Jacobson, the state did background checks on him, which included getting character references from several people. Jacobson had become a big supporter of Little League baseball for underprivileged children, helping fund and coach teams in the Bronx. “I was very active coaching the teams, organizing the league, getting the funding for the fields,” Jacobson said. In July 2007, Jacobson was granted his trainer’s license, and on opening day of the 2007 Saratoga meet, he won with the second horse he started, Again and Again, for Ricatto. “The whole idea was to get Mr. Ricatto to the races and enjoy, in the later part of his life, the thing that he loved more than anything in the world, and we did,” Jacobson said. But Jacobson loved being around horses again, and he intended to stay. It was believed that the opening of a casino at Aqueduct was imminent, and purses were going to skyrocket. Of course, that didn’t happen until fall 2011. “That was the part where I thought I could make this a profitable business,” Jacobson said. “That took longer than I thought.” In the winter of 2008, Jacobson met Ed Boden, the managing partner for Drawing 8 Away Stable. Drawing Away puts together racing partnerships whose members pay a one-time administration fee as well as a fee equal to 10 percent of the claiming price of the horse they take. Whatever percentage of a horse that remains, Jacobson takes as owner. Also, Jacobson pays the bills. “We now have a very, very successful business plan that works very good for Drawing Away and very good for me, and we work very well together, and we’re very realistic on where our horses should be placed,” Jacobson said. “Things have gone well,” Boden said. “David and I can deal with each other. We don’t always agree. I defer to him 100 percent. He is, to me, the best trainer in New York. I don’t know anything about horses. I would never say, ‘Why are you dropping this horse? Why aren’t you in this race?’ That’s probably why we get along – he has his area, I have my areas. When we each have problems, we talk about it. We always work things out.” While Jacobson’s main focus is New York, when he has a horse who he feels can no longer compete on this circuit, he is not averse to sending it out of town and running for a low claiming price. In 2013, Jacobson won 11 races from 43 starters at Laurel and 10 races from 40 starters at Suffolk Downs. Jacobson said his goal in doing that is to find a level at which the horse can successfully perform. “I have a reputation of dropping horses down,” Jacobson said. “I don’t look at it that way. I run horses where I think they can win, the best spot where we can win a race. It’s not about dropping down.” A ‘wake-up call’ Jacobson said that when he feels that a horse’s racing days are over, he tries to find him a home. A recent situation demonstrated that things don’t always work out as planned. Jacobson trained the horse Toque, whom he claimed for $25,000 last March. He ran the horse once at Monmouth and once at Suffolk, where the horse was pulled up in a $4,000 claiming race. Jacobson retired the horse, giving him to a woman who had a farm in Massachusetts. That woman wound up giving the horse to someone else, and Toque was later found at an auction house that is closely associated with horse slaughter. Once alerted to the fact, Jacobson assisted in getting the horse from the auction to a farm on Long Island he uses for horses requiring a layoff. Unfortunately, Toque was in bad shape when he arrived and had to be euthanized. The incident created a firestorm on social media, with many directing their anger at Jacobson, though he had done what he felt was proper in that situation. Jacobson was called before the stewards, who exonerated him of any wrongdoing. “I break the record, win the title, and all of a sudden I’m being attacked for these things that I didn’t do,” Jacobson said. “If anything, I went over and above doing the right thing.” The Toque incident led some to wonder what happened to other horses whom Jacobson raced at Suffolk but were not claimed. Pocket Cowboys, a multiple New York-bred stakes winner of more than $500,000, eventually found a home at Bridlewood Farm, in Ocala, Fla., where his sire, Wild Event, once stood. Iron Lou, twice beaten at Suffolk, is back with his breeder, Mrs. Gerald Nielsen, according to Jacobson. “The responsibility to the horse at that time is to find that horse a home, to make that horse as comfortable and happy as I would want to be when I want to retire,” Jacobson said. “And that’s exactly what we try to do and what we’ve done horse after horse.” This week, Jacobson and Drawing Away announced an affiliation with Old Friends, a retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky., where as many as 10 horses could be retired to a paddock that Jacobson and Drawing Away would help finance with a $25,000 donation. Two of Jacobson’s former trainees, Ball Four and Tour of the Cat, are already at Old Friends. “I’m very happy to have this outlet,” said Jacobson, who also will donate $50 per win to Old Friends, a contribution that will be matched by Drawing Away. “I’m very confident, very secure the horses will be well taken care of.” Though he deals mostly with claiming horses, Jacobson’s taste of stakes success has him wanting more. Over the last two years, Jacobson won 21 stakes, and in Strapping Groom, he has one of the fastest sprinters on the East Coast. Jacobson participated in his first Breeders’ Cup last fall with Cease, who finished ninth in the Marathon. Jacobson said he is looking to upgrade his stock with the help of owners like Al Gold, Lawrence Roman, Paul Pompa, and basketball coach Rick Pitino, for whom he trains Cease. “Who doesn’t want to have a horse in the Derby or the Breeders’ Cup and run those kinds of horses?” Jacobson said. “I absolutely do, and I’m going to get those horses.” BACK TO TOP STORIES headline5 New York-breds in demand at auctions Horsephotos/Fasig-Tipton This Speightstown – My Reem filly sold for $300,000 at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred sale at Saratoga last August. By Joe Nevills When the long-awaited opening of Resorts World Casino New York City at Aqueduct became a reality in October 2011, the state’s racing and breeding programs soon benefited from a boost in purses and incentives supported by gaming revenue – and, in turn, the value of a New York-bred horse skyrocketed. Heading into 2014, the demand for Thoroughbreds foaled and sired in the Empire State remains strong, as evidenced by their continued improvement in the auction market. Since 2011, New York-bred yearlings have experienced a higher year-toyear growth in gross sales and average price than the overall North American market. “The availability of legislatively mandated VLT [video lottery terminal] funding resulted in the New York Breed- 9 ing and Development Fund being able to distribute in 2014 approximately twice as much money as it had available to distribute in breeder and stallion awards in 2011,” said Barry Ostrager, president of New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. and owner of Questroyal Stud North in Stillwater. “And with the increased purse structure [the New York Racing Association] has, New York-breds are running for unprecedented amounts of money in restricted company, and the quality of New York-breds has increased to the point where a significant number of New York-breds can run in open company.” Average and median sales figures for New York-bred weanlings and yearlings each rose 20 percent or more during auctions in 2013, while the financials for 2-year-olds have remained consistent since a sharp spike in 2011. Of particular note, the yearlings of 2013 were the first crop foaled after the opening of the casino at Aqueduct, putting them at the forefront of the rush of mares and stallions to the state to take advantage of soonto-be-enriched statebred incentives while construction was under way at the racetrack. Ground was broken on the casino in October 2010, prior to the 2011 breeding season, when those yearlings were conceived. The pool of New York-bred yearlings at auction grew by 47 percent last year, from 364 to 534, while revenue rose 82 percent, from $15,313,800 to $27,924,200. The average sale price rose 24 percent from $42,071 to $52,293, while the median price for a New York-bred yearling of $30,000 was a 20 percent improvement over $25,000 in 2012. All four of those figures were 20-year highs for New York-breds at auction. BACK TO TOP STORIES “I think we just happened to have had two great things coincide with each other, which is, of course, the slot funds finally coming to fruition as well as an economy that has greatly improved from the beginning of the recession,” said Becky Thomas of Sequel Stallions in Hudson, N.Y. “If you look at our stallion farm, where we are now on booking mares versus where we were five years ago, there’s just no comparison, but the market value of all breeding stock has continued to increase.” While the gross and average sale figures for New York-breds still trail the overall North American numbers, the state’s rate of growth exceeds the national trends. The growth in the number of New Yorkbred yearlings sold in 2013 outpaced the overall North American growth by 35 percentage points. The 82 percent increase in gross sales for New York-bred yearlings was 58 points greater last year than the overall market’s growth, while the average price grew 13 percent more than did the whole of North America’s yearling auction market. The driving force behind this spike in popularity can be tied to the state’s breeder incentive programs, which, paired with New York’s recently boosted purses, can make it profitable to raise a New York-bred. According to the NYTB, a New York-foaled and -sired horse who wins a race in the state earns a 30 percent bonus on top of the purse money for his breeder, capped at $40,000 per award. Second- and third-place finishers earn 15 percent. If the runner is foaled in New York but sired by an out-of-state horse, the scale slides down to 15 percent to the winning breeder and 7.5 percent for second and third, capped at $20,000. Owner awards for statebreds who run in open company at New York tracks are 20 percent for first through third place up to $20,000 if the horse was New York-foaled and -sired. If the horse is not New Yorksired, the incentive is 10 percent for finishing in the money, capping at $20,000. Additionally, the state features a stallion owner incentive of 10 percent of purse money earned for a top-three finisher sired by a registered New York stallion, with a $10,000 cap per award. Currently, the base purse for a maiden special weight race at Aqueduct is $60,000 in open company (with bonuses of more than $10,000 for statebreds) and $55,000 for maiden races restricted to New York-breds. At last year’s Saratoga meet, open maiden purses approached six figures. AUCTION RESULTS FOR NEW YORK-BRED YEARLINGS Year Sold % Change Gross % Change Average “The program allows people that purchase those horses to have a much greater chance of not just having fun and winning races and making money, but actually turning a profit,” Thomas said. “If you look at the quality of the horses, New York is stepping up, and it’s stepping up because the competition is getting greater. You see a lot of Kentucky people and Florida people that in the past hadn’t used the New York program looking to capitalize on it. They’re not sending their whole herd of mares, but they’re sending mares to New York to hedge their bets.” While the perks of raising, owning, and selling a New York-bred are as great as they have ever been, Ostrager said it is important for breeders to continue upgrading their broodmare bands and attracting higherquality stallions in order to maintain, and improve upon, the commercial value of the New York-bred going forward. “I’m guardedly optimistic that New Yorkbreds will continue to be an increasingly important factor in NYRA racing in both restricted and open company,” Ostrager said. “Everybody’s interested in financial success in the breeding and racing business, and I think breeding and racing New York-breds is often the best opportunity for profit.” NORTH AMERICAN AUCTION RESULTS, YEARLINGS % % Change Median Change Year Sold % Change Gross % Change Average % Change 2013* 534 47 27,924,200 82 52,293 24 30,000 20 2013 7,161 12 429,835,677 24 60,025 11 2012 364 1 15,313,800 14 42,071 12 25,000 25 2012 6,409 -9 347,416,677 3 54,208 13 2011† 359 -7 13,474,500 35 37,533 45 20,000 67 2011 7,054 -7 337,626,163 12 47,863 20 2010 385 10 $9,956,500 6 $25,861 -4 $12,000 20 2010 7,567 -4 $302,542,657 -4 $39,982 0 AUCTION RESULTS FOR NEW YORK-BRED WEANLINGS Year Sold % Change Gross % Change Average NORTH AMERICAN AUCTION RESULTS, WEANLINGS % % Change Median Change Year Sold % Change Gross % Change Average % Change 2013* 123 1 4,131,600 38 33,590 36 20,000 36 2013 1,163 -4 61,661,781 25 53,020 30 2012 122 94 3,002,700 27 24,612 -34 14,750 -26 2012 1,208 -2 49,175,512 -24 40,708 -22 2011† 63 37 2,363,800 73 37,521 26 20,000 111 2011 1,228 -9 64,418,877 42 52,458 57 2010 46 -35 $1,369,500 2 $29,772 58 $9,500 -5 2010 1,352 4 $45,215,963 -11 $33,444 -14 AUCTION RESULTS FOR NEW YORK-BRED 2-YEAR-OLDS Year Sold % Change Gross % Change Average 2013* 170 -12 8,704,400 -5 51,202 8 25,000 2012 194 -5 9,206,100 -2 47,454 4 25,000 2011† 204 55 9,343,600 84 45,802 19 24,000 2010 132 -21 $5,082,300 -8 $38,502 16 $20,000 AUCTION RESULTS FOR NEW YORK-BRED 2-YEAR-OLDS % % Change Median Change Year Sold % Change Gross 0 2013* 170 -12 8,704,400 -5 51,202 8 25,000 0 4 2012 194 -5 9,206,100 -2 47,454 4 25,000 4 20 2011† 204 55 9,343,600 84 45,802 19 24,000 20 0 2010 132 -21 $5,082,300 -8 $38,502 16 $20,000 0 * 2013 New York-bred auction statistics from New York Thoroughbred Breeders. All others from The Jockey Club New York State Fact Book. † Resorts World Casino New York City opens at Aqueduct in October 2011 10 % Change Average % % Change Median Change Sparkman BACK TO TOP STORIES JOHN SPARKMAN’S PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES The regional stallion lottery Selecting a stallion to stand in a regional market is a much trickier proposition than selecting one for national breeding centers like the Kentucky Bluegrass area or Newmarket, England. As a general rule, stallion rosters of the major Kentucky stallion stations feature each year’s champions and Grade 1 winners with highly fashionable pedigrees. Owners of the most desirable stallion prospects often select among competing stallion farms as much or more than the stallion managers themselves make selections. Stallion farms in regional markets like New York, though, must be more selective and circumspect. The smaller pool of breeders and broodmares means that the stallion must be a good fit in terms of pedigree as well as being a good racehorse. Since the champions and the Grade 1 winners with the most fashionable pedigrees coming off the track are destined for the major farms worldwide, regional markets, New York included, usually attract slightly less-accomplished horses that are often closely related to the best Kentucky stallions and to stallions that have succeeded in the regional market before. Thus it is no surprise that the most consistently successful stallion standing in New York for most of the last decade has been Freud, a younger full brother to three-time leading North American sire Giant’s Causeway. As noted in an accompanying article, Freud once again stood at the top of a New York sire list in 2013 as the leading sire of turf horses. The influence of Freud’s sustained success, as well as the general cachet enjoyed by both his full brother Giant’s Causeway and their sire, Storm Cat, is evident in the accompanying table, which compares the sire lines of horses standing in New York with those standing in Kentucky. The table shows that the percentage of Mr. Prospector-line horses in New York is almost identical to 11 CONTINUED >> Barbara D. Livingston Freud, a full brother to Giant’s Causeway, is a dominant sire in New York. BACK TO TOP STORIES the percentage in Kentucky, while the percentage of Northern Dancer-line horses is 9 percentage points higher in New York. Of course those percentages are based on a small sample size, and can change rapidly as horses move in and out of state from year to year. That difference is mostly due to the proliferation of Storm Cat-line horses in New York, many of them sired by Giant’s Causeway. New York’s leading second-year sire of 2013, Frost Giant, is a Grade 1-winning son of Giant’s Causeway and there are several more promising sons of “the Iron Horse” in the pipeline. As noted in an accompanying article, New York’s overall leading sire of 2013, Bluegrass Cat, is also a son of Storm Cat. It is also notable from the table that New York is somewhat behind the curve on the most powerful nationwide bloodstock trend of the last decade – the dramatic rise of the A.P. Indy male line. Due primarily to the success of Pulpit and his sons, the male line of the 1992 Horse of the Year now accounts for 13.6 percent of the stallions standing in Kentucky, but only 6.8 percent of New York stallions. It is probably pretty safe to predict that this will change over the next decade as New York stallion managers respond to the powerful national trend. It is almost inevitable that a good son of Tapit, one of the world’s hottest sires, will appear in New York over the next few years. If nationwide trends mean anything, New York breeders also can look forward to seeing male-line descendants of the great American-bred Irish stallion Sadler’s Wells standing in the Empire State in the near future. The success of El Prado’s sons Medaglia d’Oro and 2013 leading general sire Kitten’s Joy is all but certain to make some of their sons available to New York breeders in the next decade. Sons or grandsons of Sadler’s Wells’s great son Galileo are also probable targets for New York stallion masters as Sadler’s Wells’s male line expands globally. The cachet of Galileo’s undefeated son Frankel has already expanded to Kentucky through his three-quarter brother (and his pacemaker) Bullet Train, by Sadler’s Wells. Can New York be far behind? As the New York breeding program expands, courtesy in part to Aqueduct casino-fueled purses, the state is likely to attract more and better stallions. Already, global operations like Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum’s Darley have sent beautifully bred Grade 1 winners like Girolamo, by 12 Barbara D. Livingston The late Storm Cat is well represented by sons standing in the Empire State. A.P. Indy, and now Emcee, by Unbridled’s Song, to stand in New York. The presence of Darley stallions, however, will always be at least partially dependent on the needs of the mother ship in Kentucky – witness the transfer of Girolamo to Darley at Jonabell this year. It has been a long time, though, since a New York stallion truly earned his way to Kentucky. Belong to Me, by Danzig, began his stud career in New York, but proved himself good enough to be purchased by Lane’s End and moved to Kentucky to complete his stud career. That transition is much more difficult now than it once was, and it was never easy. The transfer of Alibhai, by Hyperion, from California to Kentucky in the early 1950s began a storied and glorious history of regional sires succeeding beyond all expectations and forcing Kentucky breeders to take notice. The victory of Alibhai’s son Determine in the 1954 Kentucky Derby confirmed that his sire was good enough for the Bluegrass State. Mr. Prospector, who began his stud career in Florida, is perhaps the most famous and most successful sire who proved his worth first in a regional market before moving to Kentucky. Although obviously brilliantly fast and bred well enough to be one of the highest-priced yearlings of his year in 1971, Mr. Prospector perhaps could have stood in Kentucky from the beginning, but his owner, Abraham I. Savin, preferred to stand him at his Aisco Stud near Ocala. The days of private breeders standing homebred champions in regional markets seem to have passed. The last leading American sire to stand anywhere but Kentucky was Tartan SIRE LINES OF HORSES STANDING IN KENTUCKY AND NEW YORK IN 2014 SIRE LINE KY % NY % A.P. Indy 13.6% 6.8% Blushing Groom 1.2% 4.0% Broad Brush 0.4% 2.7% Hail to Reason 4.7% 6.8% In Reality 4.7% 5.4% Mr. Prospector 32.3% 32.4% Northern Dancer 28.8% 37.8% Farms’s Dr. Fager in 1977. The more likely scenario these days is exemplified by the story of Malibu Moon. Bred and raced by B. Wayne Hughes, Malibu Moon broke down soon after winning his second start as a 2-year-old. By A.P. Indy out of French Group 1 winner Macoumba, by Mr. Prospector, he was obviously talented, but as a non-stakes winner, there was no place for him to stand in Kentucky. Maryland’s Country Life Farm took a chance on him, with Hughes retaining a share in the horse. Malibu Moon sired champion juvenile male Declan’s Moon in his second crop, motivating Hughes to move the horse to his Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky. Malibu Moon has since sired 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb, and he finished fourth on the 2013 North American general sire list. Is there a Malibu Moon or a Belong to Me among current New York stallions? With 100-plus-mare books a necessity, competition among Kentucky stallions is more vicious than ever. With purses for New Yorkbreds rising, perhaps there is no reason to go to Kentucky. BACK TO TOP STORIES 3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, MALES, DIRT 3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, FEMALES, DIRT 2/17 THROUGH 2/23 2/17 THROUGH 2/23 BEYER NAME 98 92 88 87 86 86 83 83 82 81 79 78 77 76 74 73 73 71 70 70 70 70 68 65 65 65 SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN. Constitution..................C.........Tapit...............................GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 1 Tonalist.........................C.........Tapit...............................GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 2 Mexikoma.....................C.........Birdstone.......................GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 3 Wicked Strong..............C.........Hard Spun.....................GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 4 Schivarelli.....................C.........Montbrook....................AQU.........21-Feb....... 1M.................. 1 We’re All Set.................C.........With Distinction..........GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 5 Big Guy Ian...................C.........Birdstone.......................GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 6 Solemnly Swear...........C.........Yes It’s True...................GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 7 Sheltowee’s Boy...........G.........Nobiz Like Shobiz.........OP............17-Feb........ 1M.................. 1 Z Lucky.........................C.........Zensational...................OP............17-Feb........ 1M.................. 2 Condo Closing.............C.........Offlee Wild....................OP............22-Feb....... 6F................... 1 Kody With a K...............C.........Stormy Atlantic.............DED.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 1 Rivers Run Deep..........C.........Ready’s Image............OP............22-Feb....... 6F................... 2 Sea of Faces.................C.........Harlan’s Holiday...........GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 8 Bass River Road...........G.........Noonmark.....................AQU.........17-Feb........ 6F................... 1 A Step Ahead................C.........Giant’s Causeway.........OP............17-Feb........ 1M.................. 3 Jet Cat...........................C.........Tactical Cat...................OP............17-Feb........ 1M.................. 4 Legend Forever............G.........Street Boss....................OP............22-Feb....... 6F................... 3 Gun Roar.......................C.........Bernstein.......................OP............17-Feb........ 1M.................. 5 Infinite Bull...................G.........King Bull........................SUN.........22-Feb....... 6F................... 1 Hitchismyname............C.........Incriminate....................DED.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 2 Benny Time...................C.........Benny the Bull...............OP............22-Feb....... 6F................... 4 Sweep E Prado.............G.........Fort Prado.....................HAW........23-Feb....... 5 1/2F............. 5 Sidearm........................C.........Kodiak Kowboy.............AQU.........17-Feb........ 6F................... 2 Matterhorn....................C.........Tapit...............................GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M....... 10 Rhythm Blues...............C.........Tale of the Cat...............GP............22-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 9 3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, MALES, TURF 81 80 80 80 79 77 77 76 70 62 61 61 60 59 13 SEX 85 77 77 76 76 76 76 73 73 73 72 69 68 66 66 66 63 62 59 59 59 58 58 56 53 53 53 53 SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN. Rovenna........................F.........Vronsky.........................SA............17-Feb........ 6 1/2F............. 1 Harlington’s Rose.........F.........Harlington.....................SA............17-Feb........ 6 1/2F............. 2 Sloane Square..............F.........Giant’s Causeway.........CRC.........21-Feb....... 7F................... 1 Steady N Love..............F.........Not For Love.................LRL..........17-Feb........ 1 1/16M......... 1 Cheerful Contender.....F.........Strong Contender.........OP............20-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 1 Redgrass Cat................F.........Bluegrass Cat...............OP............20-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 2 Look Who’s Here..........F.........Shaniko.........................HAW........23-Feb....... 5F................... 1 Winning Vision.............F.........Pollard’s Vision.............TUP..........17-Feb........ 5F................... 1 Saturday Storms..........F.........Any Given Saturday......OP............20-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 3 Offlee Golden...............F.........Offlee Wild....................PRX..........23-Feb....... 6F................... 1 Meinertzhageni............F.........Stormin Fever...............SA............17-Feb........ 6 1/2F............. 3 Mary Rita......................F.........Distorted Humor...........FG............21-Feb....... 1M 70Y.......... 1 She’s Hot Wired...........F.........Cable Boy......................PRX..........23-Feb....... 6F................... 2 Strike Twice..................F.........More Than Ready.........OP............20-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 4 Too Cool.......................F.........Shakespeare.................FG............21-Feb....... 1M 70Y.......... 2 Synapse........................F.........Fairbanks......................FG............21-Feb....... 1M 70Y.......... 3 Pistols Drawn...............F.........First Defence...............HAW........23-Feb....... 5F................... 2 Notte d’Oro...................F.........Medaglia d’Oro.............FG............21-Feb....... 1M 70Y.......... 4 Joanne Elizabeth..........F.........Luftikus.........................CT............20-Feb....... 6 1/2F............. 1 Planking........................F.........Yarrow Brae...................CT............20-Feb....... 6 1/2F............. 2 Bern Legacy..................F.........Bernstein.......................FG............21-Feb....... 1M 70Y.......... 5 Wonderful Lie...............F.........Bedford Falls.................SA............17-Feb........ 6 1/2F............. 4 Doc Galore....................F.........Bring the Heat...............HAW........23-Feb....... 5F................... 3 Fun Elusive...................F.........Elusive Quality..............CRC.........21-Feb....... 7F................... 2 Tapiteao........................F.........Tapit...............................OP............20-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 5 Rum Therapy................F.........Horse Greeley...............OP............20-Feb....... 1 1/16M......... 6 Araksia..........................F.........Langfuhr........................CRC.........21-Feb....... 7F................... 3 Sara’s Angel.................F.........Service Stripe...............PRX..........23-Feb....... 6F................... 3 3-YEAR-OLD ALLOWANCE BEST BEYERS, FEMALES, TURF 2/17 THROUGH 2/23 BEYER NAME BEYER NAME 2/17 THROUGH 2/23 SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN. Divine Oath...................C.........Broken Vow..........................GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F......... 1 Better Bet......................C.........Southern Image...................SA.........21-Feb.............1M......... 1 Lucky Views.................G.........Lucky Pulpit.........................SA.........21-Feb.............1M......... 2 Big Bazinga...................G.........Bluegrass Cat......................GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F......... 2 All Tied Up....................C.........Even the Score.....................GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F......... 3 Awesome Return..........C.........Decarchy..............................SA.........21-Feb.............1M......... 3 Chart Topper.................C.........Leroidesanimaux (BRZ)......GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F......... 4 Texas Ryano.................C.........Curlin....................................SA.........21-Feb.............1M......... 4 School On a Hill...........C.........Student Council...................GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F......... 5 Rockford.......................G.........Rock Hard Ten......................GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F......... 6 Scorched Cat................C.........Tale of the Cat......................GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F......... 7 Charlie the Boss...........C.........Street Boss...........................GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F......... 8 Manaus.........................C.........Stroll.....................................GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F......... 9 Specialnightaction.......G.........Elusive Quality.....................GP.........22-Feb....... 7 1/2F....... 10 BEYER NAME 77 76 76 74 67 63 62 59 58 56 56 55 54 53 SEX SIRE TRACK DATE DIST. FIN. Analog Girl....................F.........Artie Schiller.................GP............23-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 1 Super Sky.....................F.........Sky Mesa......................GP............23-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 2 Who’s in Town..............F.........Speightstown................GP............23-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 3 Danalin..........................F.........Curlin.............................GP............23-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 4 Whispering...................F.........Quiet American.............GP............23-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 5 Discreet Girl..................F.........Discreet Cat..................HOU.........17-Feb........ 1M.................. 1 Fonepferesh (IRE)........F......... Holy Roman Emperor (IRE).HOU.........17-Feb........ 1M.................. 2 Miss Arrangement.......F.........Mr. Greeley....................GP............23-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 6 Melora...........................F.........Pulpit.............................GP............23-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 7 Honor Lisabeth............F.........Magic Cat......................HOU.........17-Feb........ 1M.................. 3 Nevada Deputy.............F.........Pollard’s Vision.............HOU.........17-Feb........ 1M.................. 4 American Girly.............F.........Quiet American.............HOU.........17-Feb........ 1M.................. 5 Queen’s Bling...............F.........Too Much Bling............HOU.........17-Feb........ 1M.................. 6 True Blue Nation...........F.........Bluegrass Cat...............GP............23-Feb....... 7 1/2F............. 8 BACK TO TOP STORIES OKLAHOMA-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES 2/17 THROUGH 2/23 BEYER NAME 89 84 78 73 68 64 63 61 59 59 59 59 59 58 57 57 57 56 55 55 54 Z Rockstar............................5................... G................Rockport Harbor...................AOC..........................OP.................... 23-Feb....................1 1/16M................. D.....................3 Crusin’ Main........................7................... G................Jump Start............................CLM..........................HOU................. 21-Feb....................6F........................... D.....................1 Perfect to Please..................4................... G................Pleasantly Perfect................AOC..........................HOU................. 22-Feb....................1 1/16M................. T......................3 Wayne’sluckynative.............4................... F................Lucky Lionel.........................ALW..........................OP.................... 21-Feb....................6F........................... D.....................2 Uncle Gardner......................5................... G................Cavvy....................................CLM..........................HOU................. 17-Feb.....................1 1/16M................. T......................1 Steel Cut...............................3................... F................Cactus Ridge........................MCL..........................OP.................... 22-Feb....................6F........................... D.....................2 Twindian Charlie..................3................... G................Mr. Nightlinger.....................MSW........................HOU................. 18-Feb....................5 1/2F.................... D.....................3 Truly Truly Truly...................6................... G................Lucky Lionel.........................CLM..........................HOU................. 21-Feb....................6F........................... D.....................4 Kipsword..............................3................... G................Kipling...................................MSW........................HOU................. 18-Feb....................1M.......................... T......................1 The Fame Monstar..............4................... G................Davids Expectation..............MSW........................HOU................. 18-Feb....................5F........................... D.....................3 Lust for Life..........................3................... F................Catienus................................MCL..........................SA..................... 20-Feb....................1M.......................... T......................6 Wicked Vow.........................8................... G................Broken Vow...........................CLM..........................DED.................. 21-Feb....................1 1/16M................. D.....................3 Morning Lily........................3................... F................Thunder Gulch......................MCL..........................OP.................... 22-Feb....................6F........................... D.....................3 Elegant in Silk......................4................... F................Hard Spun.............................STR...........................SA..................... 22-Feb....................6F........................... D.....................6 Wranglin’ Okie.....................5................... G................Cavvy....................................CLM..........................OP.................... 21-Feb....................1 1/16M................. D.....................7 The Grey Saint.....................4................... G................St. Dehere.............................CLM..........................SUN.................. 22-Feb....................5 1/2F.................... D.....................3 Nine Friends.........................5................... G................Friends Lake.........................CLM..........................HOU................. 22-Feb....................1M 70Y.................. D.....................5 Looks Like Gold...................4................... F................Blackjack Rocket..................CLM..........................HOU................. 18-Feb....................1M 70Y.................. D.....................4 Whimiscal Miss...................3................... F................Sasha’s Prospect..................MSW........................HOU................. 17-Feb.....................5F........................... T......................3 Miss Kit Mambo..................4................... F................Kitalpha.................................CLM..........................TAM.................. 23-Feb....................1M.......................... T......................3 Aire of Victory......................6................... M...............Serazzo..................................STR...........................HOU................. 17-Feb.....................1 1/16M................. T......................6 AGE SEX SIRE CLASS TRACK DATE DIST. SURF. FIN. NEW MEXICO-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES 2/17 THROUGH 2/23 BEYER NAME 77 77 70 67 66 65 65 64 62 61 60 60 58 58 58 57 56 55 55 55 54 River Head......................4..........G......... Bay Head King.............. CLM............................................................................................. SUN............18-Feb........... 1M...................D.............1 Proceed..........................3..........C......... Desert God................... STK............. Mine That Bird Derby.............................................. SUN............22-Feb........... 1 1/16M...........D.............1 Infinite Bull.....................3..........G......... King Bull....................... AOC.............................................................................................. SUN............22-Feb........... 6F.....................D.............1 Attempted Date..............5..........G......... Distorted Rumor........... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............23-Feb........... 6 1/2F..............D.............1 Reuben’s Bratt................3..........G......... Reuben.......................... MSW............................................................................................ SUN............22-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............1 Bo Jack...........................4..........G......... Firejack......................... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............18-Feb........... 1M...................D.............2 Desert Jack....................7..........G......... Desert God................... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............21-Feb........... 1M 70Y............D.............1 Rio El Diablo..................4..........G......... Quinton’s Gold.............. CLM............................................................................................. SUN............18-Feb........... 1M...................D.............3 Looker’s Gold R F..........3..........F.......... Quinton’s Gold.............. MSW............................................................................................ SUN............21-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............1 Chrome Boy...................10........G......... Silver Season............... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............21-Feb........... 1M 70Y............D.............2 Mays Or Mantle.............3..........G......... Diabolical.................... AOC.............................................................................................. SUN............22-Feb........... 6F.....................D.............2 Dan the Con Man..........6..........G......... Con Artist...................... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............23-Feb........... 6 1/2F..............D.............2 Bay Time Friends...........4..........G......... Jeffries Bay................... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............21-Feb........... 1M 70Y............D.............3 Zippin Through..............3..........G......... Roll Hennessy Roll..... MSW............................................................................................ SUN............22-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............2 Stormy Pache................5..........G......... Copelan’s Pache.......... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............23-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............1 Miss Bullette..................5..........M......... Roll Hennessy Roll..... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............21-Feb........... 4 1/2F..............D.............6 River Grade Trick...........6..........G......... Disappearing Trick....... CLM............................................................................................. TUP............17-Feb............ 6 1/2F..............D.............3 Gon to Run.....................6..........M......... Bay Head King.............. ALW.............................................................................................. TUP............17-Feb............ 6F.....................D.............3 Star Surprise..................6..........G......... Five Star Day................ CLM............................................................................................. SUN............21-Feb........... 6 1/2F..............D.............4 Oilfield Trash..................4..........G......... So Long Birdie.............. CLM............................................................................................. SUN............22-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............4 Xtra Golden....................3..........F.......... Quinton’s Gold.............. MSW............................................................................................ SUN............21-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............2 14 AGE SEX SIRE CLASS STAKES NAME TRACK DATE DIST. SURF. FIN. BACK TO TOP STORIES ARIZONA-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES 2/17 THROUGH 2/23 BEYER NAME 68 67 67 67 67 66 63 63 63 62 61 59 57 56 56 55 54 52 52 48 48 Artistic Venture..............5..........G......... In Excess (IRE)............. CLM............................................................................................. TUP............18-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............1 Rich’s Boy......................6..........G......... Decarchy....................... ALW.............................................................................................. TUP............18-Feb........... 6F.....................D.............1 Chester’s Due................8..........G......... Big Sky Chester............ CLM............................................................................................. TUP............18-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............2 Lawly’s Goal...................3..........G......... Lucky Pulpit.................. STK............. Turf Paradise Derby................................................ TUP............22-Feb........... 1 1/16M...........D.............2 Frisky Ricky...................8..........G......... Rocky Bar..................... CLM............................................................................................. TUP............23-Feb........... 6F.....................D.............3 Locomotive Breath........4..........G......... California Sage............. CLM............................................................................................. TUP............23-Feb........... 6F.....................D.............4 Saturnino.......................3..........C......... Deputy Wild Cat........... MOC............................................................................................. TUP............18-Feb........... 7 1/2F..............T..............3 Brassy Pete....................6..........G......... Top Hit........................... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............22-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............1 Red Pirate.......................6..........G......... Red Sky’s...................... CLM............................................................................................. TUP............23-Feb........... 6F.....................D.............5 Key Affair........................4..........F.......... Rocky Bar..................... AOC.............................................................................................. FON............23-Feb........... 4F.....................D.............1 Mo Rock.........................4..........G......... Rocky Bar..................... CLM............................................................................................. TUP............18-Feb........... 5F.....................D.............2 G Faikir...........................3..........G......... Top Hit........................... STK............. Turf Paradise Derby................................................ TUP............22-Feb........... 1 1/16M...........D.............4 Cash Receipt..................6..........G......... Deposit Ticket............... CLM............................................................................................. RIL..............23-Feb........... 6F.....................D.............2 Double Fancy.................4..........F.......... Tribal Rule..................... ALW.............................................................................................. TUP............17-Feb............ 5F.....................D.............2 Estancia..........................8..........G......... High Brite...................... CLM............................................................................................. TUP............18-Feb........... 5F.....................D.............3 Currently Krazy..............4..........G......... Bull Krazy..................... CLM............................................................................................. SUN............22-Feb........... 5 1/2F..............D.............5 Idling..............................3..........F.......... El Roblar....................... STK............. Arizona Oaks............................................................ TUP............22-Feb........... 1M...................D.............2 Cavour............................3..........G......... Bertrando...................... MOC............................................................................................. TUP............18-Feb........... 7 1/2F..............T..............1 Phosphor.......................7..........G......... Mr. Light (ARG)............ CLM............................................................................................. PEN............22-Feb........... 6F.....................D.............7 Lazy Daisy May.............3..........F.......... Rocky Bar..................... STK............. Arizona Oaks............................................................ TUP............22-Feb........... 1M...................D.............3 Cozy Bar.........................6..........G......... Salt Lake....................... CLM............................................................................................. FON............22-Feb........... 4F.....................D.............6 AGE SEX SIRE CLASS STAKES NAME TRACK DATE DIST. SURF. WASHINGTON-BRED BEST BEYERS, ALL RACES 2/17 THROUGH 2/23 BEYER NAME 77 68 67 66 66 66 65 60 58 58 54 53 50 49 49 49 48 48 47 46 Indy Racer............................4................... G................Rosberg.................................ALW..........................TUP.................. 22-Feb....................7 1/2F.................... T......................2 Fable Haven.........................5................... G................Stolen Gold...........................STR...........................SA..................... 23-Feb....................6 1/2F.................... T......................5 This One’s for Mat...............4................... G................Matty G..................................CLM..........................GG.................... 21-Feb....................1M.......................... AW..................3 Cu At Sunup.........................5................... M...............Delineator..............................ALW..........................TUP.................. 19-Feb....................7 1/2F.................... T......................1 Sunrise Legacy....................5................... G................Cahill Road...........................CLM..........................GG.................... 21-Feb....................6F........................... AW..................2 Migiwewin............................5................... G................Flying With Eagles...............ALW..........................TUP.................. 22-Feb....................7 1/2F.................... T......................6 Perfect Finish.......................8................... M...............Katowice................................CLM..........................SUN.................. 21-Feb....................4 1/2F.................... D.....................3 Say Say................................4................... F................Private Gold..........................CLM..........................GG.................... 21-Feb....................1M.......................... AW..................6 Making Fire..........................6................... G................Makors Mark........................CLM..........................TUP.................. 17-Feb.....................6 1/2F.................... D.....................1 Winona Louise.....................4................... F................You and I...............................STR...........................GG.................... 17-Feb.....................1M.......................... AW..................2 Among the Stars..................3................... F................Harbor the Gold....................MCL..........................SA..................... 21-Feb....................5 1/2F.................... D.....................1 Tsarina Haven......................3................... F................Harbor the Gold....................MCL..........................GG.................... 22-Feb....................5F........................... AW..................2 Whiskeyonthehouse............4................... R................Houseofroyalhearts..............CLM..........................TUP.................. 18-Feb....................5 1/2F.................... D.....................5 Captain Rodney...................4................... G................Free At Last...........................MCL..........................GG.................... 17-Feb.....................5F........................... AW..................4 Just Have’n Fun...................5................... M...............Matty G..................................CLM..........................TUP.................. 17-Feb.....................5F........................... D.....................6 Dee Storm............................6................... M...............Storm Blast...........................CLM..........................TUP.................. 23-Feb....................6 1/2F.................... D.....................3 Southern Influence..............4................... G................Southern Africa....................CLM..........................TUP.................. 17-Feb.....................6F........................... D.....................3 I Am Revenge.......................4................... F................Stephen Got Even.................CLM..........................TUP.................. 22-Feb....................7 1/2F.................... T......................4 Music and Me......................4................... F................Thunder Gulch......................MCL..........................OP.................... 22-Feb....................6F........................... D.....................4 Sin City City.........................5................... M...............Trail City................................CLM..........................TUP.................. 22-Feb....................7 1/2F.................... T......................5 15 AGE SEX SIRE CLASS TRACK DATE DIST. SURF. FIN. FIN. BACK TO TOP STORIES 2014 LEADING SYNTHETIC SIRES YEAR TO DATE THROUGH 2/26 RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2014 FARM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2014 STUD FEE RNRS WNRS SWNRS SWINS CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS 2014 EARNINGS TOP RUNNER-BEYER Tribal Rule (1996, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm................................ $6,500 .......... 26.......... 13............0............0................Marcelino Springs-$39,280............ $206,813 ........Marcelino Springs-81 Six Votes-81 Solar Tex-81 Bertrando (1989, Skywalker) ......................................................... Pens. 2011............ 21............ 2............1............1................Tamarando-$120,000...................... $206,735 ........Tamarando-91 Harlan’s Holiday (1999, Harlan)........................................................Died 2013............ 13............ 5............3............3................Naughty Holiday-$60,000............... $162,868 ........Zeewat-89 City Zip (1998, Carson City) Lane’s End.............................................$25,000 .......... 13............ 8............1............1................Ruslana-$30,000..............................$128,651 ........Cast in Silver-86 Candy Ride (1999, Ride the Rails) Lane’s End....................................$35,000 .......... 19............ 5............0............0................Candy for Debbie-$27,180.................$119,118 ........Icy Ride-83 Ministers Wild Cat (2000, Deputy Minister) ........................................Private............ 13............ 5............0............0................Curvy Cat-$54,600...........................$112,200 ........Classic Crusader-86 Tommy Town Thoroughbreds Stormin Fever (1994, Storm Cat) Golden Eagle Farm......................... $3,500 .......... 10............ 2............0............0................Hurryhank-$27,040............................. $76,125 ........Kitty Marie-78 Benchmark (1991, Alydar) Ballena Vista Farm..................................... $5,000 .......... 16............ 3............0............0................Luscious Lonna-$18,200...................$67,525 ........Mandala-85 Siberian Summer (1989, Siberian Express)....................................Died 2011............ 12............ 3............0............0................Uncle Dick-$28,236............................$67,276 ........Uncle Dick-81 Decarchy (1997, Distant View) Magali Farms....................................... $3,000 .......... 16............ 2............0............0................French Tart-$20,280...........................$65,755 ........Broadway Nika-75 Tizbud (1999, Cee’s Tizzy) Harris Farms...............................................$1,500 .......... 16............ 4............0............0................Tiz Partners-$31,200......................... $63,925 ........Tiz Partners-77 Kitten’s Joy (2001, El Prado) Ramsey Farm......................................$100,000 .......... 24............ 2............0............0................Puppy Manners-$18,000...................$63,745 ........Puppy Manners-85 Colonel John (2005, Tiznow) WinStar Farm.......................................$17,500 ............ 2............ 1............1............1................Here’s Johnny-$60,000..................... $62,685 ........Here’s Johnny-72 Peppered Cat (2000, Tabasco Cat) Daehling Ranch............................ $2,000 .......... 12............ 2............0............0................Pepper Crown-$31,200..................... $60,095 ........Pepper Crown-86 Elusive Quality (1993, Gone West) Darley..........................................$50,000 ............ 5............ 1............0............0................Enterprising-$44,000........................ $59,550 ........Enterprising-86 Marino Marini (2000, Storm Cat) Rancho San Miguel........................ $2,500 .......... 10............ 3............0............0................Power of Ten-$24,180.........................$59,271 ........Marshal Marini-75 Power of Ten-75 Point Given (1998, Thunder Gulch) Calumet Farm............................ $10,000 ............ 8............ 4............1............1................Point Finish-$34,596......................... $56,626 ........Point Finish-95 Dixie Chatter (2005, Dixie Union) Ballena Vista Farm......................... $5,000 ............ 7............ 4............0............0................Kris Furillo-$13,000........................... $55,430 ........Preacher Roe-65 Kela (1998, Numerous) Stillwater Equine Veterinary Clinic.................Private.............. 6............ 1............0............0................Beast of Bourbon-$43,400.................$54,100 ........Beast of Bourbon-91 Bluegrass Cat (2003, Storm Cat) Rockridge Stud................................$7,500 ............ 8............ 3............0............0................Terrys Tom Cat-$22,200..................... $51,745 ........Weekend Wish-74 2014 LEADING TEXAS GENERAL SIRES YEAR TO DATE THROUGH 2/26 RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2014 FARM 1 2 2014 STUD FEE RNRS WNRS SWNRS SWINS CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS 2014 EARNINGS TOP RUNNER-BEYER My Golden Song (2003, Unbridled’s Song) Valor Farm...................... $4,000 .......... 19............ 7............3............5................Triumph and Song-$90,000.............$247,988 ........Triumph and Song-103 Too Much Bling (2003, Rubiano) Lane’s End Texas............................. $4,000 .......... 37.......... 10............1............1................Scooter’s Choice-$45,000...............$225,616 ........Blings Express-88 Scooter’s Choice-88 3 Valid Expectations (1993, Valid Appeal) . ..................................... Pens. 2013............ 39............ 7............0............0................Valid Message-$21,740................... $166,652 ........Valid Message-82 4 Uncle Abbie (1997, Kingmambo) Key Ranch........................................ $2,000 .......... 19............ 4............2............2................Ibaka-$63,000...................................$162,121 ........Ibaka-87 5 Early Flyer (1998, Gilded Time) Valor Farm.......................................... $3,500 .......... 33............ 6............0............0................Fly the Red Eye-$24,880................... $134,173 ........Fly the Red Eye-84 6 Special Rate (2000, Pulpit) Stoneview Farm........................................ $3,000 .......... 20............ 5............0............0................Special Tree-$20,159..........................$86,137 ........Special Tree-79 7 Captain Countdown (1996, Relaunch) Double S Thoroughbreds......... $500 .......... 20............ 5............1............1................Wampas Kitty-$35,500...................... $77,374 ........Wampas Kitty-82 8 Scrimshaw (2000, Gulch) Double S Thoroughbreds............................$1,500 .......... 18............ 3............0............0................My Boy Gene-$18,980........................$73,408 ........Warshaw-71 9 Silent Picture (2001, Grand Slam) Key to the Hills Farm......................Private.............. 6............ 1............1............2................Quiet Acceleration-$60,000...............$70,257 ........Quiet Acceleration-84 10 Intimidator (2001, Gone West) Asmussen Horse Center.....................$1,500 .......... 26............ 2............0............0................Shawn’s Thief-$15,000...................... $54,001 ........Estrickator-74 16