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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.
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ARIZONA-BRED BEST BEYERS,
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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 >>
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For Jacobson, the claim is his game
WASHINGTON-BRED BEST BEYERS,
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Trainer has become a dominant force in New York racing, setting a record
for wins on the circuit in 2013.
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New York-breds in demand at auctions
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New York’s higher purses and incentives boost the state’s breeding and sales sectors.
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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.”
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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.
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“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
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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
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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
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Barbara D. Livingston
Freud, a full brother to Giant’s Causeway, is a dominant sire in New York.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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DATE
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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
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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
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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
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2014 LEADING SYNTHETIC SIRES
YEAR TO DATE THROUGH 2/26
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2014 FARM
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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
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WNRS SWNRS SWINS
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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
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