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HORSE OF THE YEAR IS CALIFORNIA’S AMBASSADOR
By Steve Andersen
ARCADIA, Calif. – The horse with
the ideal name has become the perfect
ambassador for California Thoroughbred breeding.
When the immensely popular California Chrome was named 2014 Horse of the
Year on Jan. 17, he gave California breeding a much-needed boost in recognition
after several years of declining foal crops
in one of the nation’s most important
racing regions.
As California Chrome nears his first
scheduled start of 2015, in the $500,000
San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita on
Feb. 7, racetrack executives and leading breeders in the state are hoping that
public awareness of the colt will lead to
greater interest in horse racing in general
and a higher investment in owning and
breeding Thoroughbreds.
“You know where he’s from when you
see his name,” said Doug Burge, the executive director of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association. “We’ve been
trying to capitalize on his success all year.
The Horse of the Year title has been an
exclamation point.”
Burge has worked for the CTBA since
the mid-1990s. In recent years, he has
witnessed a decline in foal crops that coincided with the recession. In 2002, California’s foal crop was 3,823, a figure that fell
to 1,998 in 2010 and 1,582 in 2013, according
to statistics compiled by The Jockey Club.
The number of foals rose in 2014 to 1,629.
According to Jockey Club statistics, the
number of mares bred in California rose
from 2,332 in 2013 to 2,472 in 2014. Burge
thinks that further growth is possible in
the 2015 breeding season, thanks in part
to California Chrome.
“From 2006 to the last couple of years,
we were trying to stabilize and keep
things going,” he said. “Now, we’re showing some growth. We have a lot more optimism. This horse has greatly assisted.
“People that were out of the breeding
industry, or on the fence, they see what
happened to him and they believe they can
do it themselves. It’s got people more willing to invest in breeding.”
Burge said that investment has
included California-based owners and
breeders acquiring in-foal mares at
recent sales outside of the state and
making plans to bring the mares to California to foal and to be bred back to stallions in the state in coming months. The
new mares add much-needed livestock to
the state’s broodmare population.
There is a hope that new breeding farms
can be developed. In the last decade, promi-
Emily Shields
Horse of the Year California Chrome is attracting numerous fans just to see him.
nent breeding farms such as River Edge
Farm in Buellton, and Pepper Oaks Farm
in Santa Ynez, have closed. Replacing them
is not easy with suitable land at a premium.
“We saw a big consolidation in the
number of farms in the last several years,”
Burge said. “Those that have remained
are doing well. The training tracks are
full. At the same time, I’ve had several
conversations and meetings with potential new farm owners that are looking at
various places now. I’m hopeful they’ll
commit to something by the middle of this
year, and they can be part of the breeding
industry next year.”
California Chrome, who races for breeders Steve Coburn and Perry Martin, has
won 9 of 16 starts and earned $4,222,650.
Before reaching national prominence
last spring with wins in the Santa Anita
Derby, Kentucky Derby, and Preakness
Stakes, California Chrome ran in four
races in the second half of 2013 and early
2014 that are part of the Golden State
series of stakes administered by the CTBA
and racetracks.
Launched for the 2012 racing season,
the 37-race series, worth more than $5.5
million in 2015, incorporated existing
stakes with new events to provide yearlong opportunities for statebreds throughout the state. The 2015 series begins on
Saturday with five stakes on the California Cup program at Santa Anita. Last
year, California Chrome won the California Cup Derby.
“From there, to go and do what he did,
it really validates the whole Cal-bred
program,” Burge said. “It’s very gratifying.”
California Chrome is by Lucky Pulpit,
who stands at Harris Farms, and was the
state’s leading stallion by progeny earnings in 2014. Lucky Pulpit stood for $2,500
in 2014, a fee hiked to $10,000 for 2015.
Farm officials hope to attract a book of 100
mares this year.
California Chrome was raised at Harris
Farms and was back on the property for
several weeks last summer for a freshening following the Triple Crown. Farm
owner John Harris said raising California
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Chrome at Harris Farms “is an honor.”
“To have him raised on the farm, it
verifies we must know what we’re doing,”
Harris said, laughing. “He’s been such a
Cinderella horse.
“It’s a team effort. Everything has to
come together.”
Harris said the popularity of California
Chrome will resonate with racing fans,
but has benefits much deeper in the game
with breeders.
“I think it gives us more respect on the
national and international scene,” he said.
“California has always been a good place
to raise horses.”
Over the next few months, that could
lead to more activity from mare owners,
though Harris thinks the gains will be
limited.
“I’m not that optimistic that we’ll see
dramatic growth, but I think it will stabilize,” he said.
Owner and breeder Madeline Auerbach is a member of the California Horse
Racing Board and a former member of the
board of directors of the Thoroughbred
Owners of California. Auerbach is the
owner of Unusual Heat, the state’s leading
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and an active stallion this year.
From her perspective, the presence
of California Chrome offers California
racing a rare opportunity to educate the
general public about the nuances of the
game, especially sports fans who may not
be familiar with racing. It is an opportunity that cannot be wasted, she said.
“I’d love to see the tracks do a lot more
promotion,” Auerbach said. “Maybe I’m
not following enough social media, watching enough television, reading enough.
What it boils all down to we’re just still not
very welcoming.
“In my opinion, it’s very intimidating
for people go to the racetrack. I wish we’d
reach out to people and let them come and
learn about our game.”
The track challenged with that assignment at this time of year is Santa Anita.
The presence of California Chrome in the
San Antonio is a race promoter’s dream,
and could be the only opportunity to
see the 4-year-old in the state in coming
months.
Trainer Art Sherman said last weekend
that there is a possibility that California
Chrome will start in the $10 million Dubai
World Cup in the Middle East on March
28. If that occurs, California Chrome will
need time to recover from that trip in the
spring and may not race again until the
summertime, at Santa Anita or Del Mar.
Nate Newby, Santa Anita’s director of
marketing, estimates California Chrome
could draw an additional 5,000 customers
to the track. He said the typical crowd for
a Saturday at Santa Anita is 7,000 to 8,000
people.
“If he could draw 5,000, that gets us to
13,000. Do I think he could add 12,000 to
13,000? That’s a lot to ask.”
There is always the chance the figure
could soar with additional media coverage
approaching the race. Much like Zenyatta
five years ago, California Chrome is a
horse becoming a household name.
Last weekend, Newby said Santa Anita
officials were finalizing its promotional
campaign that will largely focus on advertising through print, radio, and digital
media.
“We’re planning on it being a big day,
and we’re spending money,” he said.
“We’re excited to have a big February
event.”
For promoters of California racing and
breeding, the attention cannot come at a
better time.
COIL
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Versatile Grade 1 Winner at 1 1/8 Miles on the East Coast
and Grade 1 Winner at 6 Furlongs on the West Coast
Winner of the Haskell Invitational S.-G1 over Grade 1
Classic Winners SHACKLEFORD and RULER ON ICE,
plus ASTROLOGY (G3), PANTS ON FIRE (G2),
J J’S LUCKY TRAIN (G3), JOE VANN (G3), etc.
Winner of the Santa Anita Sprint Championship S.-G1
defeating Grade 1 SWs JIMMY CREED, AMAZOMBIE
and CAMP VICTORY, plus CAPITAL ACCOUNT (G2),
RENEESGOTZIP (G2), etc.
Top level Stakes performer – 1-2-3 in 11 of 13 starts earning
$1,064,360, including Cigar Mile H.-G1, Goodwood S.-G1,
Pat O’Brien S.-G2, Swaps S.-G2 and Affirmed H.-G3
Maiden Special Winner at two – second
time out at Hollywood by 31⁄4 lengths
Return 6 furlong allowance winner going
1:09.16 posting a 106 Beyer
O/o half-sister to 6-time G1SW and
Eclipse Champion POSSIBLY PERFECT
($1,377,634)
Third Leading California Sire
by Mares Bred in 2013
2015 FEE: $4,000 LIVE FOAL
(stand & nurse)
Owners: M. Pegram, K. Watson, P. Weitman
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2014 CALIFORNIA STALLION HONORS
LUCKY PULPIT
◗◗ Leading California general sire by earnings
Chestnut Horse
Foaled Feb. 10, 2001 in Kentucky
A.P. Indy 89
Pulpit 94
Preach 89
Cozzene 80
Lucky Soph 92
Lucky Spell 71
Seattle Slew 74
Weekend Surprise 80
Mr. Prospector 70
Narrate 80
Caro 67
Ride the Trails 71
Lucky Mel 54
Incantation 65
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By Nicole Russo
California’s top 10 general sires of 2014
averaged 124 starters each last season.
Lucky Pulpit checked in significantly
below that, with just 73 representatives on
the track in 2014. But when one of those
runners is California Chrome, numbers
don’t matter.
Fueled by the exploits of his dual classicwinning Horse of the Year, who bankrolled
just over $4 million, Lucky Pulpit finished
2014 with $5,149,180 in progeny earnings.
That was enough for the 14-year-old Pulpit
horse, who stands at Harris Farms in
Coalinga, Calif., to edge out the late Tribal
Rule, with $5,047,047 in progeny earnings,
to top the charts.
Lucky Pulpit had 32 winners in 2014, led by
multiple stakes winners California Chrome
and Floating Feather. California Chrome
ripped off six stakes victories, including
Grade 1 triumphs in the Kentucky Derby,
Preakness Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, and
Hollywood Derby. The California-bred colt,
who also finished third in the Breeders’ Cup
Classic, has a career bankroll of $4,222,650.
Running at a considerably lower level,
Floating Feather was also consistent,
winning 5 of 7 starts while not missing the
board during his 6-year-old campaign.
The gelding captured four stakes at Les
Bois Park in Boise, Idaho, taking the Ron
Yanke Memorial Stakes, Les Bois Park
Stakes, Idaho Cup Classic Stakes, and
I.T.A. Willy Fiddle Stakes.
Another of Lucky Pulpit’s standouts
is Rousing Sermon, a stakes winner and
Grade 1-placed as a juvenile in 2011. The
horse went winless in 2014 but did finish
second in a pair of stakes in California,
pushing his career earnings to $756,342.
Lucky Pulpit also was represented last
season by stakes-placed winners Lucky
LEADING CALIFORNIA GENERAL SIRES BY 2014 PROGENY EARNINGS
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2015 FARM
1
2
3
4
5
Lucky Pulpit (2001, Pulpit) Harris Farms
Tribal Rule (1996, Storm Cat)
Bluegrass Cat (2003, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm
Unusual Heat (1990, Nureyev) Harris Farms
Eddington (2001, Unbridled) Ballena Vista Farm
Cotton, Lawly’s Goal, Hey Lucky, and
Pulmarack.
Overall, from his first five crops of racing
age – excluding newly turned juveniles –
Lucky Pulpit is represented by 67 winners
from 100 starters for earnings of $8,739,748
through Jan. 18. His progeny average earnings are a healthy $87,397.
Lucky Pulpit raced as a homebred for
Idaho-based owners Larry and Marianne Williams, who purchased his dam,
the winning Cozzene mare Lucky Soph,
for $200,000 carrying the colt at the 2000
Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Grade 3-placed on turf as a juvenile, Lucky
Pulpit was briefly on the classics trail the
following spring, finishing second in the
Grade 2 Santa Catalina at 1 1/16 miles
before running unplaced in the San Rafael
and the Santa Anita Derby. He returned to
turf that summer and spent the majority of
his remaining racing career on it, including a victory in the 2005 Smile Stakes
going five furlongs at Arlington Park. In
all, he won or placed in seven stakes, bankrolling $209,928.
Lucky Pulpit entered stud at John
Harris’s Harris Farms for the 2007 season,
and his pedigree lent itself well to his second
career. His dam, Lucky Soph, is out of the
multiple Grade 3-winning Lucky Mel mare
Lucky Spell, and Lucky Soph is a half-sister
to Trolley Song, dam of the late Unbridled’s
Song, a multiple Grade 1 winner and very
2015 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
$10,000 Died 2014
6,500 20,000 3,500 73
184
254
128
107
32
112
128
59
66
2014 EARNINGS
$5,149,180
5,047,047
4,943,116
4,164,699
3,210,201
successful sire. Lucky Soph is also the dam
of another useful regional sire, Drewman,
who stands at Breakway Farm in Dillsboro,
Ind., and is represented by runners such as
Grade 3 winner Cigar Man.
Lucky Pulpit got off to a fast start at stud,
being California’s leading freshman sire
of 2010. Following his breakout season in
2014, the stallion’s stud fee for this year is
quadrupling, to $10,000. The horse began
last season at an advertised fee of $2,500,
and was later listed as private as California
Chrome’s star began to rise.
Lucky Pulpit is one of two stallions among
California’s top 10 leading general sires for
Harris Farms, which also stands stalwart
Unusual Heat, fourth on the list after reigning as the state’s leading sire from 2008 to
2013. Unusual Heat, who owns California’s
single-season progeny earnings record, did
finish as the year’s leading turf sire.
Sires standing at Ballena Vista Farm
of Ramona, Calif., dominated the top 10,
with the late Tribal Rule finishing second
by earnings; newcomer Bluegrass Cat,
the state’s leading returning juvenile sire,
third; Eddington fifth; pensioned Benchmark eighth; and the late Bertrando ninth.
Red Outlaw, who won five straight
races, including four stakes, to begin
his season, was the top earner in 2014 for
Tribal Rule, who died in May. Tribal Rule
was also the state’s leading synthetic
surface sire of the year.
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Nearly $11 million in Progeny Earnings and Ten Stakes Winners, including
2014 Grade 2-pl, 3-Time SW AWESOME RETURN ($354,780), backto-back 2014 winner of $250,000 Snow Chief S. and $100,000 Silky
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winner of the $200,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Sprint S.; 2014 SW SUSANS
EXPRESS ($143,390), won $200,000 California Cup Oaks; etc.
Sire of 11% Juvenile Stakes Horse & Ranked Among the Leading California
Juvenile Sires of 2014 with SPW New Karma and back-to-back Del Mar MSW
and Santa Anita Allowance Winner ASHLEY’S SASSY
2015 FEE: $3,000 LIVE FOAL
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RICHARD’S KID
Lemon Drop Kid – Tough Broad, by Broad Brush
MULTIPLE GRADE 1 WINNER of $2,482,295
Versatile Winner from 1 Mile to 11⁄2 Miles • Posting ELEVEN Triple Digit Beyers
Won $1,000,000 Grade 1 Pacific Classic – TWICE, once with 107 Beyer
Won $250,000 Grade 1 Goodwood S. with 106 Beyer
Won $150,000 Grade 2 San Antonio H. with 101 Beyer
Won $100,000 Grade 3 Cougar II H. – once with 100 Beyer
& once with NTR of 11⁄2 Miles in 2:291⁄5
Won Prove It S. with 105 Beyer setting 13⁄8 Miles ETR of 2:162⁄5
The leading son of G1 Belmont Classic Winner & Eclipse Champion
LEMON DROP KID (118 Beyer) and 6-time SW TOUGH BROAD (100 Beyer),
by Leading Sire BROAD BRUSH.
2015 FEE: $3,000 LIVE FOAL
(stand and nurse)
Also Standing: Atticus, Coil,
Roi Charmant and Mr. Broad Blade
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Phone (805) 693-1777 Fax: (805) 693-1644
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: www.magalifarms.com
Santa Ynez, California
Inquiries to Tom Hudson, Magali Farms, 4050 Casey Avenue, Santa Ynez, CA 93460.
Phone (805) 693-1777 Fax: (805) 693-1644 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.magalifarms.com
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2014 CALIFORNIA STALLION HONORS
BLUEGRASS CAT
◗◗ Leading California juvenile sire by earnings
Bay Horse
Foaled Jan. 23, 2003 in Kentucky
Storm Bird 78
Storm Cat 83
Terlingua 76
A.P. Indy 89
She’s a Winner 96
Get Lucky 88
Northern Dancer 61
South Ocean 67
Secretariat 70
Crimson Saint 69
Seattle Slew 74
Weekend Surprise 80
Mr. Prospector 70
Dance Number 79
Rockridge Stud
By Nicole Russo
Bluegrass Cat, already well traveled in
his relatively young stallion career, will
stand his first season in California in 2015
– but comes with a ready-made advertisement for local breeders.
Led by the exploits in 2014 of Story to
Tell, a standout California-based juvenile,
Bluegrass Cat’s 2-year-old progeny statistics place him atop all juvenile sires standing in California for 2015. The 12-yearold Storm Cat horse, set to continue his
career at Ballena Vista Farm in Ramona,
Calif., bankrolled $1,008,039 from juvenile
runners last season, easily outdistancing
Papa Clem with $497,712. Bluegrass Cat’s
group of 63 2-year-old starters included 21
winners, with three stakes winners.
Story to Tell bankrolled $131,100 last
year, winning the W.L. Proctor Memorial Stakes, finishing second in the Santa
Anita Juvenile Stakes, and third in the
Speakeasy Stakes. The colt did not miss
the board in four outings on dirt in 2014,
his only unplaced efforts coming in a pair
of graded stakes on a synthetic surface.
Story to Tell, who is out of the multiple stakes-winning Silver Deputy mare
Haddie Be Good, was a $200,000 purchase
by trainer Dan Hendricks for owner Cecil
Peacock out of the Barretts March sale of
2-year-olds in training.
Bluegrass Cat’s juveniles last year
included Blue Dancer, who won 4 of 5
starts – including three stakes in Canada
– for earnings of $103,089. The group also
included stakes winner Moon River, and
stakes-placed Sandra, Honkeytonk Man,
and Bluegrass Singer.
Bluegrass Cat flashed talent as a
juvenile during his own racing career,
winning the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes and
Grade 3 Nashua Stakes. He was among
LEADING CALIFORNIA JUVENILE SIRES BY 2014 PROGENY EARNINGS
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2015 FARM
1
2
3
4
5
Bluegrass Cat (2003, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm
Papa Clem (2006, Smart Strike) Legacy Ranch
Cindago (2003, Indian Charlie) U S Ranger (2004, Danzig) Rancho San Miguel
Swiss Yodeler (1994, Eastern Echo) Lovacres Ranch
the elite 3-year-olds the following season,
finishing second in both the Kentucky
Derby and Belmont Stakes before winning
the Haskell Invitational and finishing
second in the Travers Stakes. An injury
sustained in the latter forced his retirement, and he concluded his career with a
bankroll of $1,761,280.
Bluegrass Cat, who is from the immediate family of sires such as Not For Love,
Super Saver, and Private Account, began
his stud career at his birthplace, WinStar
Farm in Versailles, Ky., in 2007. He moved
to Vinery’s New York base at Sugar
Maple Farm in Poughquag, N.Y., in a joint
venture with WinStar in 2012, relocated
to Rockridge Stud in Hudson, N.Y., with
the rest of that roster for 2014, and is now
headed to Ballena Vista in California.
Whatever his location, Bluegrass Cat
has consistently been a productive sire of
juveniles on all surfaces, led by representatives such as Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes
winner Kathmanblu and Grade 3 Delta
Downs Jackpot winner Sabercat. He was
the second-leading freshman sire of 2010,
and finished among the top 10 juveniles
sires the following season. He led New
York resident sires in juvenile earnings in
2012 and 2014, and finished second in 2013.
He also led New York resident general
sires for 2013 and 2014.
From his first five crops of racing age –
excluding current juveniles – Bluegrass
2015 STUD FEE
$6,500 5,000 Died 2012
3,000 3,000 RNRS
63
24
8
34
10
WNRS
21
10
2
6
6
2014 EARNINGS
$1,008,039
497,712
450,664
371,880
318,510
Cat is the sire of 277 winners, including
23 stakes winners, from 411 starters, for
earnings of $21,805,595 through Jan. 18.
Papa Clem, a 9-year-old son of Smart
Strike standing at Legacy Ranch in Clements, Calif., was represented by 10 winners
from 24 starters in 2014, led by Mischief
Clem. The colt finished on the board in 4
of 5 starts for earnings of $128,880, including a third in the Golden State Juvenile
Stakes.
Niassa earned $89,720 in 2014 while not
missing the board in four starts, including a third in the Soviet Problem Stakes;
Peradventure and Cardiac were also
stakes-placed.
Papa Clem won 3 of 13 career starts,
including Grade 2 triumphs in the Arkansas Derby and San Fernando Stakes,
for earnings of $1,121,190. The juveniles
of 2014 were his second crop to race; he
finished fifth in California’s freshman
sire standings for 2013.
Third in the juvenile sire standings is
Cindago, who stood at Legacy but died at
age 9 in 2012. The Indian Charlie horse
had just eight 2-year-old starters and two
winners, but one of those was Wake Up
Nick, who won 5 of 7 starts in 2014. The colt
defeated Story to Tell by three-quarters of
a length in the Santa Anita Juvenile. He
also won the I’m Smokin Stakes, Barretts
Juvenile, and Graduation Stakes, and was
second in the Golden State Juvenile.
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$200,000 Fleet Treat S. by 43⁄4 lengths, 2014 NTR at LRC, 51⁄2F in 1:01.95, placed in
2015 Grade 2 Santa Monica S.); 2014 SW MARINO’S WILD CAT ($172,410),
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SLEW’S TIZNOW Tiznow – Hepatica, by Slewpy/ $2,500 LF
• Won on dirt and synthetic, including Del Mar’s El Cajon S. at one mile by 3 lengths
and Hollywood Park’s War Chant S. at 1 1/16 miles in a record 1:40.34.
• Saratoga maiden winner and 2nd in G1 Breeders’ Futurity at two.
• In his final start, posted a 102 Beyer in Hollywood Park’s G2 Californian S.
• First crop yearlings sold for up to 14-times his fee.
California’s #7 Active Sire by Average Earnings Index (AEI)
SOUTHERN IMAGE Halo’s Image – Pleasant Dixie, by Dixieland Band/ $2,500 LF
• Already in 2015: sire of HIP FOUR SIXTYNINE ($196,827), winner of the
Fremont S. by 31⁄2 lengths posting a 98 Beyer.
• First two California-sired crops are off to the races with SW BETTER BET
($261,620), on-the-board to CALIFORNIA CHROME 4-times, winner of the
$200,000 Golden State Juvenile S. besting Grade 1 SW TAMARANDO.
• His first crop, now matured to seven, has average earnings over $76,500 and has
produced 11% $100K+ earners, like Grade 1 SW SOUTHERN SPEED ($2.9
Million); G1-placed CALIBRACHOA ($666,040); etc.
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• Sire of $160,000 1ST CROP BARRETTS SALES TOPPING YEARLING!
• The #1 Freshman Sire outside of Kentucky in 2013, ranked among the Top Ten nationally with a seven yearling average over $53,000.
• First 2YOs sold for up to $105,000, and his first runner BIG SWAG, won first time out
in maiden special company at Santa Anita by 31⁄4 lengths.
• Santa Anita Graded stakes-winning miler by Top California Sire KAFWAIN.
• Won 3 of 5 starts, incl. G3 Sham S. by 6L (107 Beyer) & G3 San Rafael S. at a mile.
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HE BE FIRE N ICE Unusual Heat – Deputy Tombe,
by Deputy Commander/ $2,500 LF
• Stakes Winner & Multiple Grade 2-Placed Miler; 2 3/4 Ragozin
• Photo finish 2nd in Grade 2 City of Hope in 1:31.84 – only .06 off Wise Dan’s
course record.
• By California’s dominant Sire of the Decade UNUSUAL HEAT
• Runs N Wins – No Stud Fee Due until the foal runs & wins!
• There’s more at www.HeBeFireNIce.com
New for 2015
GIANT’ CAUSEWAY’s
Pedigree Powerhouse Son
NORTHERN CAUSEWAY
Giant’s Causeway – Getaway Girl, by Silver Deputy/ $2,500 LF
• Graded Derby-Winning Son of GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (sire of 2014 Eclipse
Award Champion TAKE CHARGE BRANDI).
• Out of a half-sister to Leading Sires CITY ZIP (sire of 2014 Eclipse Award Champions DAYATTHESPA and WORK ALL WEEK) and GHOSTZAPPER (sire of
2014 Eclipse Award Champion JUDY THE BEAUTY).
• Foundation family of Breeders’ Cup Classic & Kentucky Derby Winners!
Ranked Among the Top Three 2015 California Sires
by 2014 Third-Crop Earnings
New to California for 2015
STREET HERO Street Cry – Squall Linda, by Summer Squall/ $3,500 LF
• California’s first opportunity to breed to a son of Champion and
Leading Sire STREET CRY, sire of ZENYATTA.
• Proven sire of Derby-winners, incl. Horse of the Year AZARENKA, filly who
won prestigious G1 Peruvian Derby over colts, and GABRIEL CHARLES
($319,800), commanding winner of the G2 Del Mar Derby as well as the
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint Preview.
New to California for 2015
Co-Leading California Sire
by Percentage Graded Stakes
Winners – Tied with Unusual Heat
U S RANGER Danzig – My Annette, by Red Ransom/ $3,000 LF
• Ranked Among the Top Three California Second-Crop Sire in 2014.
• Graded Stakes Sire in EACH of His First Two Crops: Sire of $250,000
Grade 3 Dixiana Bourbon SW LAWN RANGER ($209,700); $150,000 Grade 3
Arlington-Washington Futurity SW SOLITARY RANGER ($212,333), a winner on dirt,
turf & synthetic; and Australian $150,000 Group 3 SW GET THE NOD ($107,204).
• Champion son of Sire of Sires DANZIG, o/o 3/4-sister to DYNAFORMER & half
to dam of OFFLEE WILD – sire of BAYERN.
Inquiries to Clay Murdock / P.O. Box 741, San Miguel, CA 93451
PH: (805) 467-3847 / FX: (805) 467-3919 / EM: [email protected] / www.ranchosanmiguel.net
AWESOME GAMBLER
TIME TO GET EVEN
Coronado’s Quest—Wedding March,
by Deputy Minister – Fee: $5,000
Stephen Got Even—Tomisue’s Pleasure,
by Seeking the Gold – Fee: $2,000
California’s Leading First-Crop Sire Of 2011 Leading SecondCrop Sire Of 2012 and Leading Third-Crop 2013 • Sire of
GI Winner WILLA B AWESOME who sold for $875,000 at the
2013 Fasig-Tipton November sale
California’s leading Second-Crop Sire by 2014 Stakes Wins
and Co-leader by Stakes Winners • First Crop sire of 96%
Runners/Foals with 14 % Stakes Horses • Sire of Stakes
Winners TIME FOR A MEMORY, TIME TO BE A HERO and
stakes-placed Time for Angie
BUSHWACKER
MERIT MAN
Outflanker—Musical Score,
by Romantic Lead – Fee: $2,000
With Distinction—Precise Strike,
by Precise End – Fee $5,000 LF
Sire of Stakes-Placed Tupelo Cush from his First Crop to race
• Top Four California Second-Crop Sire by 2014 Winners
• 80% Runners – 70% winners
Multiple Stakes Winner, Grade I Stakes Placed • From 9
starts had 4 wins 1 second and 1 third, retired with earnings
of $462,030
TWICE THE APPEAL
EMPIRE WAY
Successful Appeal—Double Boarded,
by Cormorant – Fee: $1,500
Empire Maker—Delta Princess,
by A.P. Indy – Fee: $5,000-LF
G3 Stakes winner of $476,060
First foals will be Two Year-olds of 2015
Grade I Stakes-Placed Winner of
$119,170 • From the strongest female
family in CA, & one of the best in nation
35490 Highway 79
Warner Springs, CA 92086
www.lovacres.com
GRACE UPON GRACE
Rio Verde—Chasing Wind,
by Mining – Fee $2,000
California’s Leading Freshman sire of
2014 • Over 83% of his first runners
have hit the board!
Inquiries to Terry Lovingier
(562) 547-9848 / FAX: (562) 988-0094
E-mail: [email protected]
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2014 CALIFORNIA STALLION HONORS
GRACE UPON GRACE
◗◗ Leading California freshman sire by earnings
Dark Bay or Brown Horse
Foaled Jan. 9, 2007 in California
Nureyev 77
Rio Verde 92
River Rose 76
Mining 84
Chasing Wind 95
Duet 85
Northern Dancer 61
Special 69
Riverman 69
Barbarossa 68
Mr. Prospector 70
I Pass 78
His Majesty 68
Guanajibena 71
Brenda Nellums
By Steve Andersen
It took little for Grace Upon Grace to
lead California’s freshman sires in 2014.
The 8-year-old stallion had six runners
who earned $81,872 in 2014. None were
winners. His most successful foal was
London Legacy, who was winless in four
starts, finished second three times, and
earned $39,400.
It was still good enough for the freshman stallion title.
“He kind of backed into it, didn’t he?”
stallion owner Terry Lovingier said.
Lovingier considered Grace Upon
Grace’s 2-year-olds of 2014 to be a test
crop, and is hopeful the 2015 season can
show the stallion’s ability. Supporting
his argument, a Grace Upon Grace yearling colt was purchased for $50,000 by
trainer Jeff Bonde at the 2014 Northern
California yearling sale.
Grace Upon Grace stands for $2,000 at
Lovingier’s Lovacres Ranch in Warner
Springs, Calif. Grace Upon Grace had
13 named 2-year-olds in 2014. The 2015
2-year-olds will have a greater presence,
Lovingier insists.
“He’s going to do really well,”
Lovingier predicted recently. “I’ve bred
more to him. He’s got some really nice
babies. His best years are still to come.”
Grace Upon Grace’s progeny earnings for 2014 were the lowest in recent
memory for a leading freshman stallion.
In the last decade, the leading freshman
stallion who came closest to Grace Upon
Grace’s figure was Royal Cat, who had
progeny earnings of $121,971 in 2005.
By comparison, Square Eddie led the
2013 freshman list with progeny earnings of $473,045, ranking 10th on the
national list. In 2012, Heatseeker led the
California list with earnings of $415,412,
LEADING CALIFORNIA FRESHMAN SIRES BY 2014 PROGENY EARNINGS
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2015 FARM
1
2
3
4
5
Grace Upon Grace (2007, Rio Verde) Lovacres Ranch
The Pamplemousse (2006, Kafwain) Rancho San Miguel
Elusive Warning (2004, Elusive Quality) Madera Thoroughbreds
Sundarban (2006, A.P. Indy) Milky Way Farm
Many Rivers (2005, Storm Cat) Victory Rose Thoroughbreds
ranking 16th nationally. Grace Upon
Grace was 37th on the national list in
2014.
In 2014, The Pamplemousse finished
second on the California freshman list,
with progeny earnings of $68,906. The
Pamplemousse had six runners, including one winner. He stands for $2,500 at
Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif.
Only four freshman sires in California
sired winners in 2014 – Elusive Warning with three, and Many Rivers, Mesa
Thunder, and The Pamplemousse with
one each.
This was the second time in four
years that Lovacres Ranch had the leading freshman sire in the state. In 2011,
Awesome Gambler led first year-stallions with progeny earnings of $287,862.
Awesome Gambler, who stands for $5,000
at Lovacres this year, ranked 44th on
California’s general sire list in 2014 with
progeny earnings of $461,909.
Grace Upon Grace, by the Nureyev
stallion Rio Verde, won 3 of 12 starts and
earned $162,646 in a two-year career in
2009-10.
After beating maidens in his debut at
Hollywood Park, Grace Upon Grace ran
in five consecutive stakes from June
through September of his 2-year-old
season in 2009. He was second in two
2015 STUD FEE
RNRS
WNRS
2014 EARNINGS
$2,000 2,500 2,500 6
6
7
0
1
3
$81,872
68,906
55,825
2,500 3,000 2
3
0
1
20,925
9,893
stakes during that span, the Willard L.
Proctor Memorial Stakes against open
company at Hollywood Park and the
Graduation Stakes against Californiabreds at Del Mar.
As a 3-year-old, Grace Upon Grace won
twice, an optional claimer at Hollywood
Park on turf and a $40,000 claimer at
Del Mar, both in sprints. Lovingier said
that a bowed tendon compromised Grace
Upon Grace’s racing career.
Grace Upon Grace entered stud in 2011
at an advertised fee of $2,000.
Lovingier bred and raced Grace Upon
Grace, who is out of stakes winner
Chasing Wind, the dam of three stakes
winners. Chasing Wind’s most notable foal is Rgirldoesn’tbluff, a fourtime stakes winner at Calder, and the
runner-up in the Grade 3 First Lady
Handicap at Gulfstream Park in 2008.
Rgirldoesn’tbluff earned $214,270.
“He’s got a fantastic pedigree on the
bottom side,” Lovingier said.
Lovingier said he is ready to lead by
example, investing in better mares for
the stallions at his farm. The expenditure is what is needed to support Grace
Upon Grace.
“I’m raising the quality of the mares
for all my stallions,” he said. “I’m kind of
excited about it.”
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2014 CALIFORNIA STALLION HONORS
UNUSUAL HEAT
◗◗ Leading California turf sire by earnings
Dark Bay or Brown Horse
Foaled Jan. 1, 1990 in Kentucky
Northern Dancer 61
Nureyev 77
Special 69
Glacial 66
Rossard 80
Peas-Blossom 68
Nearctic 54
Natalma 57
Forli 63
Thong 64
Pardal 47
Glacis 58
Midsummer Night 57
Fan Light 56
Barbara D. Livingston
By Joe Nevills
Through all the changes in California
racing over the past 17 years – shuttering tracks, shuffling of racing dates, new
surfaces, and new leadership – one of the
state’s pillars of consistency has been
Unusual Heat.
The 25-year-old son of Nureyev has been
a fixture in the Golden State since entering
stud in 1998, and that enduring success has
helped him become the all-time leading
sire by California-bred earnings.
Unusual Heat reigned as California’s
leading sire by turf earnings for an 11th
straight year in 2014, with 34 winners
from 84 starters on grass and earnings of
$2,864,232. His turf earnings doubled that
of the second-leading sire, the late Tribal
Rule, who finished with $1,416,001 in progeny earnings.
The only drawback of the stallion’s 2014
record, it seems, is that he did not finish
the year as the state’s leading general sire,
ending a run that began in 2008. In his
defense, most years don’t produce a California-sired dual classic winner.
“It was a productive year, definitely
not his best year,” said Harris Auerbach,
managing partner of the stallion’s ownership, M. Auerbach LLC and The Unusual
Heat Syndicate. “Our expectations are
really high, and sometimes you can get
jaded by the success, but he had a real solid
year, especially on the turf.”
Unusual Heat will stand the 2015 breeding season at Harris Farms in Coalinga,
Calif., for a fee of $20,000.
Unusual Heat was represented by 128
Northern Hemisphere runners in 2014,
with 59 horses winning 106 races for a
combined $4,164,699. All five of his stakes
winners came on turf, led by Bettys
Bambino, winner of the Grade 3 Daytona
LEADING CALIFORNIA TURF SIRES BY 2014 PROGENY EARNINGS
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2015 FARM
1
2
3
4
5
Unusual Heat (1990, Nureyev) Harris Farms
Tribal Rule (1996, Storm Cat)
Decarchy (1997, Distant View) Magali Farms
Bluegrass Cat (2003, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm
Heatseeker (2003, Giant’s Causeway) Harris Farms
Stakes at Santa Anita. He also sired
Grade 3-placed stakes winner Lakerville,
stakes winners Boozer, Heat Du Jour, and
Unusual Heatwave, and Grade 2-placed
Starspangled Heat.
Unusual Heat’s ability to sire grass
runners should have been apparent based
on his pedigree and race record. He is by
noted turf sire Nureyev and out of the
Danish-bred Rossard, who was a champion
in Scandinavia before becoming a Grade 1
winner on turf in the United States.
On the track, Unusual Heat was a threetime stakes winner in Ireland on turf
before finishing his career in North America.
Unusual Heat’s leading runners have
included Acclamation, the champion older
male of 2011 and a five-time Grade 1 winner
on turf, as well as Grade 1 turf winners The
Usual Q. T. and Unusual Suspect and maintrack Grade 1 winner Golden Doc A.
As Unusual Heat got into his 20s, Auerbach said that careful management of the
stallion has paid dividends, and the plan
will stay in place going forward, with an
expected book of 35 to 40 mares.
“The first thing is, and credit to
[co-owners] Madeline Auerbach and Barry
Abrams, none of us over-bred him,” Auerbach said. “We just gave him whatever
work he had, and we never tried to shuttle
him or book over 100 mares, but once he
got popular, we just tried to get quality
2015 STUD FEE
$20,000 Died 2014
3,000 6,500 5,000 RNRS
84
74
50
96
35
WNRS
34
21
13
26
11
2014 EARNINGS
$2,864,232
1,416,001
1,182,044
1,006,527
682,058
mares and do what was right by him. Also,
a big credit to his longevity now goes to the
people at Harris Farms, who have really in
the last four or five years done a yeoman’s
job with him.
“He’s 25 years old, so we are being very
cautious,” he continued. “We made an
initial limit of 35 [mares], and we’ll see how
he does. If we can add a few more later in
the year, great, and if we can’t, he doesn’t
owe us anything at this point.”
While Unusual Heat’s position among
California’s top sires doesn’t appear to
changing anytime soon, he will soon face
competition from a platoon of his own sons.
Four of Unusual Heat’s sons will enter
stud in California during the 2015 breeding season. Lakerville will stand beside his
sire at Harris Farms, while Gervinho and
Unusual Heatwave will stand at Tommy
Town Thoroughbreds and He Be Fire N
Ice will debut at Rancho San Miguel. That
quartet will join Acclamation, who began
stud duty at Old English Rancho in 2013.
“It’s sort of been the last piece of the
puzzle with him,” Auerbach said. “In terms
of being a sire of sires, he’s gotten a late
start. There’s now five of them standing in
California and one in Australia. Unusual
Suspect just got started this last season
down there. We already know he’s a pretty
good broodmare sire from the limited
sample, and we think he has a chance to be
a really good sire of sires.”
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BARRETTS KICKS OFF YEAR OF GROWTH, TRANSITION
Benoit & Associates
The sales pavilion for Barretts in Pomona (above) will not be used after February, with all Barretts auctions moving to Del Mar.
By Steve Andersen
A season of transition for the Barretts
sales company in Pomona, Calif., begins
on Monday with a familiar launch – the
January mixed sale that has started the
California auction season for more than
two decades.
Monday’s sale of breeding stock, 2-yearolds, yearlings, and horses of racing
age will be the second-to-last sale at
the Barretts facility on the Los Angeles
county fairgrounds. Following the select
sale of 2-year-olds in training on Feb. 23,
no further sales will be held at that site.
The company will permanently shift its
sales events to Del Mar, beginning with
a 2-year-olds in training sale in May, a
paddock sale of race-ready horses in July,
a select yearling sale in August, and an
open yearling and horses of racing age
sale in October.
In the first months of 2016, the January
mixed sale and select sale of 2-year-olds in
training also will be held at Del Mar.
“We think that will serve the needs of
the industry,” Barretts general manager
Kim Lloyd said.
In its first year of establishing a presence at Del Mar, Barretts will have one of
its busiest sales calendars in some time.
The 2015 calendar has one more sale than
Barretts has conducted in recent years
when a yearling sale was conducted in
October, but the company did not hold a
yearling sale in August.
The California Thoroughbred Breeders
Association holds a yearling sale in Northern California at Pleasanton each August.
The October horses of racing age sale
this year will be new for Barretts. The sale
was proposed for 2014 but implementation
was postponed a year.
The July paddock sale at Del Mar has
become a fixture on the opening weekend
of the race meeting in recent years, but
the yearling sale there will be the first
time that horses of that age have been
sold at that venue by any company since
2004.
Lloyd said the Barretts calendar for 2015
could change in the future, depending on
results and feedback from participants.
“We’ll try to do what we think is best,”
Lloyd said. “We can adjust as we see
different needs. We feel Barretts is an
important part of the game to recruit new
owners and give breeders a chance to do
business.”
Monday’s January mixed sale begins
at 11 a.m. Pacific and has a catalog of 371
horses, which includes a supplemental
catalog of 37 horses.
Last year, the January sale had 224
horses sell for a total of $1,944,900, an
average price of $8,683 and a median price
of $5,350. Those were the highest figures
for number sold since 2011 when 256 were
purchased. The gross was highest since
2010 when 275 horses sold for $2,013,000.
The average and median prices were
highest since 2007 when the sale averaged
$9,539 and had a median of $4,500.
The average reached $7,320 in 2010 but
fell to $5,310 in 2011. The average price has
risen each year since then.
“It’s been a vibrant sale the last few
years,” Lloyd said. “It helps to move horses
along. We have a larger catalog than we’ve
had.”
The 2007 sale was highlighted by the
dispersal of Granja Vista Del Rio Stable.
The most expensive horse in that sale was
the mare Selvatica, who sold for $560,000.
In 2014, a yearling colt by Midnight Lute
and a 2-year-old colt by Majestic Warrior
shared the highest price of $70,000 at the
January mixed sale. The Majestic Warrior
colt, now named Sunset Sparkle, has had
a series of recorded workouts for trainer
Dan Hendricks at Santa Anita since midNovember.
Monday’s sale includes 18 horses owned
by Karen and Mickey Taylor, co-owners
of 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew.
The Taylors are conducting a complete
dispersal, through Rick Taylor’s Special T
Thoroughbreds, that includes the 13-yearold stallion Council Member. There are
seven racing prospects and three yearlings by Council Member that are part of
the dispersal.
New for 2015 Breeding season:
eDaddy Nose Best (KY)f
Scat Daddy – Follow Your Bliss, by Thunder Gulch
Fee: $2,000 LF S&N (Special consideration to proven mares)
Property of Daddy Nose Best Syndicate - Shares Available
THE ONLY SON OF SCAT DADDY TO STAND IN NORTH AMERICA
• Multiple Graded stakes winner of $957,303
• Winner of the G3 - El Camino Real Derby, G3 - Sunland Derby and the
G3 - Colonel E.R. Bradley H.
• Won on both dirt and turf across the U.S.
ecapital Accountf
Closing Argument – Accountess, by Private Account
Fee: $1,500 LF S&N (Special consideration to proven mares)
Property of Capital Account Syndicate - Shares Available
THE ONLY SON OF CLOSING ARGUMENT TO STAND IN CALIFORNIA
• Grade 2 winner retired with earnings of $445,080
• Won the G2 - Pat O’Brien S. at Del Mar, defeating G1 winner COIL
• 2nd in the G1 Santa Anita Championship S. and the G2 San Carlos S.
• From 14 starts was on the board 12 times
• Out of Accountess, daughter of multiple stakes winner COUNT PENNIES
eFIGHTING HUSSAR (CA)f
Rockport Harbor – Lightning Pace, by Regal Classic
Fee: Complimentary
THE ONLY STAKES PERFORMING SON OF ROCKPORT HARBOR TO
STAND IN CALIFORNIA
• Multiple Stakes-Placed Winner of $236,128
• 2nd in the King Glorious S. the Echo Eddie S. and the Snow Chief Stakes
defeating Graded S. winner TIZ A MINISTER
• Out of LIGHTNING PACE, Graded stakes-placed winner of $285,384
A L S O S TA N DI N G
eAFFIRMATIVEf
Unbridled – Tom’s a La Mode, by Alleged
Fee: Complimentary
• Affirmative has progeny earnings of $2.5 Million
• His runners are led by Graded stakes-placed WARRENS VENEDA ($4467,612)
winner of the Paseana Stakes at Santa Anita Park Jan 11, 2015 by 5 ½ lengths,
multiple stakes winner WARREN’S JITTERBUG ($355,994) and stakes places
Warrensmymysterydice ($99,095)
• Average earnings per starter is $43,707
Hector Palma, Consultant or Marcos Menjivar, Manager
3001 W. Esplanade Ave • PO Box 2515 • Hemet, CA 92546
Phone (951) 654-9100 | Fax (951) 654-9119
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2014 LEADING CALIFORNIA GENERAL SIRES
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2015 FARM
2015 STUD FEE
1 Lucky Pulpit (2001, Pulpit) Harris Farms
$10,000 73
32
2
10
California Chrome-$4,007,800
Died 2014
184
112
7
14
Red Outlaw-$321,150
5,047,047 Joy Boy-101
6,500 254
128
5
7
Lieutenant Seany O-$140,672
4,943,116 Percussion-106
20,000 128
59
5
5
Bettys Bambino-$258,036
4,164,699 Lakerville-98
3,500 107
66
3
3
Secret Circle-$552,000
3,210,201 Secret Circle-104
Private
112
62
2
2
Doinghardtimeagain-$147,314
2,376,023 Toledo Eddie-101
3,000 94
46
2
4
Awesome Return-$326,820
2,364,930 Husband’s Folly-91
Pens. 2014
98
56
2
3
Bench Light-$191,650
2,202,029 Magic Mark-100
Died 2014
94
47
6
9
Tamarando-$210,500
2,107,647 Stryker Phd-97
5,000 92
51
2
3
Let Faith Arise-$398,000
1,764,568 Let Faith Arise-100
CHIEF EARNER,
EARNINGS
2014
EARNINGS
TOP RUNNER-BEYER
$1,008,039 Bluegrass Singer-90
2 Tribal Rule (1996, Storm Cat)
3 Bluegrass Cat (2003, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm
4 Unusual Heat (1990, Nureyev) Harris Farms
5 Eddington (2001, Unbridled) Ballena Vista Farm
6 Ministers Wild Cat (2000, Deputy Minister) Tommy Town Thoroughbreds
7 Decarchy (1997, Distant View) Magali Farms
8 Benchmark (1991, Alydar) 9 Bertrando (1989, Skywalker) 10 Kafwain (2000, Cherokee Run) Tommy Town Thoroughbreds
RNRS WNRS SWNRSSWINS
CHIEF EARNER,
EARNINGS
2014
EARNINGS
TOP RUNNER-BEYER
$5,149,180 California Chrome-113
2014 LEADING CALIFORNIA JUVENILE SIRES
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2015 FARM
2015 STUD FEE
1 Bluegrass Cat (2003, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm
RNRS WNRS SWNRSSWINS
$6,500 63
21
3
5
Story to Tell-$131,100
5,000 24
10
0
0
Mischief Clem-$128,880
497,712 Peradventure-75
Died 2012
8
2
1
4
Wake Up Nick-$356,784
450,664 Wake Up Nick-76
4 U S Ranger (2004, Danzig) Rancho San Miguel
3,000 34
6
1
1
Lawn Ranger-$209,700
371,880 Lawn Ranger-76
5 Swiss Yodeler (1994, Eastern Echo) Lovacres Ranch
3,000 10
6
0
0
Grand Yodeler-$115,200
318,510 Swiss Wager-67
10,000 27
8
0
0
Pulmarack-$74,100
308,730 Pulmarack-75
6,500 3
2
1
2
Acceptance-$257,600
265,430 Acceptance-81
8 Ministers Wild Cat (2000, Deputy Minister) Tommy Town Thoroughbreds Private
11
6
1
1
Singing Kitty-$65,188
261,132 Stalk the Wildcat-83
9 Grazen (2006, Benchmark) Tommy Town Thoroughbreds
2,000 14
5
0
0
Tatum’s Gold-$81,900
235,436 Tough Sunday-83
Died 2014
6
4
0
0
Comanche Ruler-$74,850
225,004 Comanche Ruler-64
2014
EARNINGS
TOP RUNNER-BEYER
$81,872 London Legacy-61
2 Papa Clem (2006, Smart Strike) Legacy Ranch
3 Cindago (2003, Indian Charlie) 6 Lucky Pulpit (2001, Pulpit) Harris Farms
7 Vronsky (1999, Danzig) Old English Rancho
10 Tribal Rule (1996, Storm Cat)
2014 LEADING CALIFORNIA FRESHMAN SIRES
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2015 FARM
2015 STUD FEE
1 Grace Upon Grace (2007, Rio Verde) Lovacres Ranch
RNRS WNRS SWNRSSWINS
CHIEF EARNER,
EARNINGS
$2,000 6
0
0
0
London Legacy-$39,400
2 The Pamplemousse (2006, Kafwain) Rancho San Miguel
2,500 6
1
0
0
Big Swag-$33,600
68,906 Big Swag-72
3 Elusive Warning (2004, Elusive Quality) Madera Thoroughbreds
2,500 7
3
1
2
Ain’t Misbehavin-$23,650
55,825 Upbeat Tempo-58
4 Sundarban (2006, A.P. Indy) Milky Way Farm
2,500 2
0
0
0
Howdy-$19,200
20,925 Howdy-68
5 Many Rivers (2005, Storm Cat) Victory Rose Thoroughbreds
3,000 3
1
0
0
Many Routes-$7,553
9,893 Flying Tee-51
CHIEF EARNER,
EARNINGS
2014
EARNINGS
TOP RUNNER-BEYER
$2,864,232 Lakerville-98
2014 LEADING CALIFORNIA TURF SIRES
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2015 FARM
1 Unusual Heat (1990, Nureyev) Harris Farms
2015 STUD FEE
RNRS WNRS SWNRSSWINS
$20,000 84
34
5
5
Boozer-$255,232
Died 2014
74
21
3
5
Tribal Spy-$143,280
1,416,001 Red Outlaw-97
3 Decarchy (1997, Distant View) Magali Farms
3,000 50
13
2
4
Awesome Return-$311,820
1,182,044 Husband’s Folly-91
4 Bluegrass Cat (2003, Storm Cat) Ballena Vista Farm
6,500 96
26
2
2
E B Ryder-$132,400
1,006,527 Michael With Us-91
5 Heatseeker (2003, Giant’s Causeway) Harris Farms
5,000 35
11
4
4
Savvy Hester-$143,006
682,058 Speed Seeker-95
2 Tribal Rule (1996, Storm Cat)
2014 LEADING CALIFORNIA BROODMARE SIRES
RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE) 2015 FARM
RNRS WNRS SWNRSSWINS
CHIEF EARNER,
EARNINGS
2014
EARNINGS
TOP RUNNER-BEYER
1 Bertrando (1989, Skywalker)
254
125
4
4
Midnight Storm-$285,810
$4,354,912 Midnight Storm-95
2 In Excess (1987, Siberian Express)
168
77
6
12
Lexie Lou-$1,119,470
4,316,063 Candy Boy-105
3 Salt Lake (1989, Deputy Minister)
245
130
7
11
Saratoga Heater-$184,287
3,813,518 Sweet Cassiopeia-96
4 General Meeting (1988, Seattle Slew)
170
83
5
7
Condo Commando-$508,600
3,775,056 Condo Commando-96
So Lonesome-96
5 Beau Genius (1985, Bold Ruckus)
126
67
11
16
Anahauc-$153,338
2,624,846 Anahauc-102
MINISTERS WILD CAT
OLD TOPPER
Deputy Minister – Hollywood Wild Cat, by Kris S.
Fee: Private Treaty
Gilded Time – Shy Trick, by Phone Trick
Fee: $2,500 LF
#1 Active California Sire by 2014 Winners
A consistent sire from 11 crops to race OLD TOPPER has
average earnings per year of $1.728 million including six
stakes horses and earnings of $1.3 million in 2014
First five crops to race have earned in excess of $11.1 million,
$2.2 million in 2014 including nine stakes performers.
His runners are led by GII winner
DOINGHARDTIMEAGAIN ($734,054)
His runners are led by AIN’T NO OTHER ($616,750) and multiple
stakes and G3 L.A. Woman Stakes winner TOP KISSER ($407,100)
BOISTEROUS (KY)
Distorted Humor – Emanating, by Cox’s Ridge
Fee: $5,000 LF
GI winning millionaire and only son of DISTORTED HUMOR
to stand on the West Coast
Multiple graded stakes winner of $1,458,792 won or placed
in 15 stakes-14 graded including GI Man O’ War Stakes
By two-time champion DISTORTED HUMOR, sire of
2 champions and 48 graded stakes winners
KAFWAIN
Cherokee Run – Swazi’s Moment, by Moment of Hope
Fee: $5,000 LF
Ranked Among the Top Six California Sires
by Both 2014 Earnings and Mares Bred
Average Earnings Index for two-year-olds=1.40
His runners are led by millionaire GI winner DAISY DEVINE
($1,095,892) and GI Santa Margarita S.
and GII Adoration S. winner LET FAITH ARISE ($488,240)
Also Standing: Gervinho - Grazen - Jeranimo - Unusual Heatwave
UnUsUal Heat - DepUty tombe,
by DepUty CommanDer
The Fastest Son of
Leading Sire
UNUSUAL HEAT
Sons of Unusual Heat
Ragozins
Beyers
He Be Fire N Ice
Unusual Heatwave
Gervinho
Lakerville
2 3/4
3 1/2
4 3/4
5 1/2
104
100
94
98
“I like ‘Fire’ so much I am breeding my two
mares to him this year.”
-Victor Espinoza
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Inquiries to:
Rancho San Miguel
805-467-3847
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