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By Ty Wyant

Remembering Spence, named after legendary California owner/breeder Spencer Childers, came off an over-

powering trial win to fight for the victory in the Grade 1, $231,650 Los Alamitos Winter Derby on at Los Alamitos.

Starting from the inside post position, Remembering Spence got a quick break from the gate and opened up a one-half length lead in the 400-yard dash. Perrys Affair then mounted his bid and raced to within a nose of the winner to give trainer Arnoldo Pulido a one-two finish in the year’s first Grade 1 derby.

Remembering Spence was timed in :19.587 under jockey Francisco Rubio as the even-money favorite.

Creole Williams was one-half length behind the top-two finishers for third.

Remembering Spence came off a five-month layoff for the Winter Derby trials and has been perfect. The TR Dasher son out of the Childers-bred mare Sables Bono demol-ished his trial competition by one-and-one-half lengths with his time of :19.742 topping the six trials.

Before his layoff, Remembering Spence showed promise with a one-half length win in the Ed Burke Juvenile before being beaten by just a head for third in the $380,000 Gover-nor’s Cup Futurity.

Remembering Spence picked up $97,380 for the Winter Derby score and pushed his earnings to $167,210.

Robert Williams’ homebred runner-up Perrys Affair won his trial by one-half length to win his maiden in his fifth career start. The Mr Jess Perry-sired gelding was the third-fastest qualifier with a :19.949 time.

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Remembering Spence fights for Winter Derby win at Los AlamitosFebruary 17, 2013 • Los Alamitos Race Course • Cypress, CA

February 23, 2013 • Fair Grounds Race Course • New Orleans, LA

Remembering Spence, Francisco Rubio up; at right, Rubio, owner Francisco

Guzman and trainer Arnoldo PulidoPhotos by Scott Martinez

Ive Struck a Nerve shockes Risen Star; Unlimited Budget rules Rachel Alexandra

In a huge upset that brought back memo-ries of last year’s$1 million Louisiana Der-by, Big Chief Racing’s Ive Struck a Nerve

struck gold for his connections and longshot players, as well, when he lit up the tote board with a $272.40 win payoff in Saturday’s Grade

2 Risen Star Stakes on Louisiana Derby Pre-view Day presented by Lamarque Ford at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.

Ridden brilliantly by jockey James Gra-ham, who had been working with him in the mornings recently to school him on some of

the intricacies of racing, Ive Struck a Nerve rallied outside the leaders in the late stages of the Risen Star and got up by a nose in the last jump.

Across the board, the son of Yankee Gentleman, who was purchased for $82,000


last April out of an OBS 2-year-olds in training sale, returned mutuels of $272.40, $110.60 and $42.40.

“In the mornings he is being really ag-gressive in his work patterns with company so today, and in that last race, he was ag-gressive around the first turn,” said winning rider Graham. “Today, once I got him settled, he did everything I asked him to do. He finished off strong, galloped out good and had a great trip.”

In a winner’s circle interview im-mediately after the Risen Star, trainer Keith Desormeaux, the under-the-radar older brother of Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, was asked about his horse’s sudden improvement.

“Every time this horse has gone a distance he’s had some kind of trouble,” Desormeaux said. “(Owner) Matt Bryan and I have talked about it several times. We just wanted a clean trip at a distance and if we got beat 14 lengths again (as he was in a fourth-place finish in Fair Grounds’ Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes in his last start Jan. 19), we’d have quit trying, but we had trouble every trip and James rode him perfectly.”

Following a remark by owner Bryan about the group booking a room in Lou-isville for the upcoming Kentucky Derby, Desormeaux said, “We’ve got a million-dollar race in between. There is no doubt we will try the (100th running of the $1 million) Louisi-ana Derby. Then, who doesn’t want to go to Louisville, right? That’s why we all get in this crazy business.”

Ive Struck a Nerve earned 50 points in the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” points standings (bringing his total to a

series-leading 51) and almost quadrupled his $65,790 previous earnings with his $240,000 winner’s share of the $400,000 Risen Star purse, upping them to $305,790 with his second win in nine career starts. He accomplished the 1 1/16-mile distance of the Risen Star in 1:44.52.

Gary and Mary West’s California invader Code West, conditioned by Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert and beaten by a nose for the win, alternated for the early lead

with splits of 23.92 and 48.34, gained an advantage along the inside in the stretch run, could not withstand the winner late but finished a half-length in front of the late-running Palace Malice, owned by Dogwood Stable and conditioned by five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Todd Pletcher.

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T O P R A C I N G S T O R I E SContinued from pg. 5

Calumet Farm’s Oxbow, the 11 1/2-length winner of the Lecomte, took clear command in the stretch but could not sustain the bid.

Unlimited Budget rulesRachel Alexandra

Repole Stable’s Unlimited Budget swept to the lead entering the stretch under Rosie Napravnik and drew off to win Saturday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Rachel Alexandra Stakes by 3 ¾ lengths. Holt Racing LLS, Wesley Hawley and Robert Orth’s Promise Me More closed from last in the fi eld of 10 to get second, four lengths ahead of Susan Knoll’s Blue Violet in the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-old fi llies.

Unlimited Budget earned 50 points in the “Road to the Kentucky Oaks” points standings and now sits atop that list with 60 points overall.

The winner sat well off fast early fractions of 22.88, 46.40 and 1:12.32 set by Dancingin-thecircle. Into the far turn, Napravnik ad-vanced fi ve-wide and then powered past the rest of the fi eld into the lane.

“She was much the best,” Napravnik said

after her second graded stakes win of the afternoon. “It ended up being a crazy pace up front so we were a little further back but it set up well for her and she just galloped away with it.”

Unlimited Budget stopped the timer in 1:45.38 over a fast main track. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the Florida-bred daughter of Street Sense returned $5, $3.60 and $3 and increased her career earnings to $310,200.

Promise Me More paid $11.80 and $6.40 while earning 20 points toward Kentucky Oaks qualifying.

“Second-best but coming on late,” Promise Me More’s trainer, Wes Hawley, said. “We will take that today. I don’t think we were going to catch that other fi lly but a mile-and-one-eighth is a diff erent story.”

The 1 1/8-mile Grade 2, $400,000 Fair Grounds Oaks will be run on Louisiana Derby Day, March 30. Five of the last eight win-ners of that race have gone on to win the Kentucky Oaks, including last year’s winner, Believe You Can.

Blue Violet paid $6.60 and earned 10 points toward the Kentucky Oaks, while fourth-place fi nisher Every Way got fi ve points.

Unlimited Budget, Rosie Napravnik upPhoto by Hodges Photography

Overcoming a three-race case of “seconditis” at the Crescent City oval, Brereton Jones’s Mark Valeski broke

out of it with a hard-earned one-length win in Saturday’s Grade 2 Mineshaft Handicap on Louisiana Derby Preview Day Presented by Lamarque Ford at Fair Grounds Race Course.

“I think everybody had some anxious moments there, including myself,” said win-ning rider Rosie Napravnik. “We were really boxed in and I knew I was sitting behind a couple of horses that were going to make a run and they just weren’t running fast enough, so I was fi nally able to tip to the outside and, I mean, he just took off and he was much the best today.”

Mark Valeski had won Belmont’s Grade 2 Peter Pan last summer, but was beaten three-quarters of a length in Fair Grounds’ Louisi-ana Handicap Jan. 19 in his fi rst race since that New York score. Last year he was second by a nose in Fair Grounds’ Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes and then beaten a half-length in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby, but had been

training sharply for conditioner Larry Jones in recent weeks. The 4-year-old son of Proud Citizen was well placed early in the Mineshaft, encountered traffi c problems in mid-stretch but proved best once he had clear running room.

Mark Valeski returned mutuels of $3.80, $2.60 and $2.10, accomplished the 1 1/16-mile distance in 1:44.82 and increased his career earnings to $540,952 with his fourth career win in eight lifetime starts.

Tenth Street Stables’ Cool Street fi nished second in the Mineshaft, paying $7.60 and

$3.60 while a neck in front of Magic City Thoroughbred Partners’ Golden Ticket, who returned $2.40.

Mark Valeski, Rosie Napravnik up Photo by Hodges Photography

Mark Valeski, Optimizer, Snuggs and Kisses, Sunbean win undercard stakesFebruary 23, 2013 • Fair Grounds Race Course • New Orleans, LA


Optimizer takes Fair Grounds Handicap over Soft Going

Calumet Farms’ Optimizer won his second graded stakes event of the meet, edging clear to win Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Fair Grounds Handicap by two lengths as the even-money favorite. Chuck and Ella Lou Hagaman’s Bim Bam closed for second in a field that scratched down to five after many trainers elected not to test the “soft” Stall-Wilson Turf Course.

Optimizer had won last month’s Grade 3 Col. E.R. Bradley Handicap over the same course as the first in a three-race graded stakes series that will end with the Grade 2 Mervin H. Muniz Memorial Handicap on Louisiana Derby Day, March 30.

“His performance was as top-shelf as it could possibly have been,” said winning jockey Jon Court. “We were in and out trying to find the best part of the track and, when it came down to it, I did venture down on the inside and I got back to the outside; we were trying to find the firmest spot out there and it’s all pretty soft. But he handled it well enough to save some ground and make that move towards the lead down on the inside and that put us in the winner’s circle.”

Optimizer returned $4, $2.60 and $2.20, increased his career earnings to $626,942 and completed the 1 1/8 miles in 1:56.06.

AJ Suited Racing Stables’ Two Months Rent ran an even third, followed by Willcox Inn and Cavalero.

Snuggs and Kisses upsets Daisy Devine in $75,000 Bayou Handicap

Barrett Bernard’s Snuggs and Kisses

responded gamely when engaged by James Miller’s odds-on favorite Daisy Devine in Sat-urday’s listed $75,000 Bayou Handicap and proved best by a head following a thrilling stretch duel.

In a race taken off the turf and run on the main track at 1 1/16-miles, Daisy Devine was unable to sustain her grass greatness with a 126-pound impost but that should take nothing away from the gameness shown by the winner.

“We weren’t going to run if the race had stayed on the grass,” said winning trainer Tom Amoss. “The whole idea was to run if it came off the grass. Daisy Devine is a great filly. Obviously, she is a great turf filly. So, maybe a little vulnerable today on the dirt and we were able to take advantage of it.”

Ridden by Rosie Napravnik, Snuggs and Kisses returned mutuels of $11.20, $3.60 and $2.20, accomplished the distance in 1:45.38

after early splits of 24.30 and 48.48 and increased her career earnings to $288,020 with her 12th win in 32 career starts.

Daisy Devine paid $2.40 and $2.10 and also went over the $1 million mark in lifetime earnings while finishing three-quarters of a length in front of Shadwell Farm’s Ausus, who returned $2.20 to show.

Sunbean strikes again in Gentilly Stakes

Brittlyn Stable’s Sunbean made it three straight wins over the local oval with a 4 3/4-length tally in Saturday’s $60,000 Gentilly Stakes, a race restricted to sopho-more accredited to Louisiana-breds that was scheduled for the turf but run over the main track at

a mile and 70 yards.After being allowed to settle early, the

bay son of Brahms, who was scratched out of the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes in favor of this event, came outside rivals when set down for the drive and drew off with mild urging by jockey Colby Hernandez.

Backed down to odds-on favoritism by the fans after winning the $105,000 Louisiana Futurity here on New Year’s Eve, the Al Stall Jr. trainee returned mutuels of $3.80, $2.80 and $2.10, toured the distance in 1:42.76 and in-creased his career earnings to $131,769 with his third win in four lifetime starts.

Autumn Hill Farms Racing Stable’s Hope-ful Notion finished second, paying $5.60 and $4 while 5 3/4-lengths in front of Dan Lynch and Merrill Scherer’s Nubin Ridge, who returned $3.20.

Glen Warren and Andrew Leggio Jr.’s Skip the Pinot set early fractions of 23.64 and 46.76 before tiring.

At top left, Optimizer, Jon Court up; top right, Snuggs and Kisses, Rosie Napravnik up; above, Sunbean, Colby Hernandez up

Photos by Hodges Photography


Racing fans pick up a program every time they visit their favorite track. It is an essential tool for finding useful

information on horses entered in the day’s races, their past performances, statistics on jockeys and trainers, even the colors and patterns of the silks chosen by the owner. Looks organized and simple, but whoa, Nelly! Spend a day in the racing office to see how much work goes into getting just one pro-gram ready for print.

I did just that with full support of the wonderful members of the Sam Houston Race Park racing office and witnessed a well-oiled machine with a lot of moving parts.

Eric Johnston, Sam Houston’s vice presi-dent of racing, has served as racing secretary since 1996. He shared the rundown of the personnel on his payroll. He has a racing of-fice staff of 10, consisting of a stakes coordi-nator, program director, three placing judges, a clerk of scales, horse identifier and stall supervisor. Each of them is very involved in the morning entry work. In addition, John-ston oversees a starter and his 13 gate-crew assistants, 10 jockey valets, two jocks room employees, two clockers, a gap attendant for morning works, two outriders, eight test barn technicians and a blacksmith.

Racing office employees come from dif-ferent walks of life, but the majority of them have strong ties to the industry. Some are for-mer jockeys and trainers, and others grew up in racing families. All have solid knowledge of equine terminology and racing lingo and like working in a fast-paced and sometimes frenetic atmosphere.

Advance planning and early preparation

Johnston explains that the entry process starts well in advance of Sam Houston’s 72-hour time frame (some tracks use a 48- or even 24-hour entry process). He constructs a racing program and stakes schedule based on approved purses and stakes events for the meet.

Condition books are created and mailed out listing 12 to 20 races per live day. Trying

to meet the needs of all horsemen is a daunting task. On any given day, re-quests come over the phone or in person, requesting “fillies going short, non-winners of 5-year-olds and up, turf maiden sprint, turf allowance routing” and many more.

Johnston will pay visits to tracks in surrounding states months before the meet begins. With Sam Houston’s enviable winter climate, he has at-tracted horsemen from the northeast, northwest and even Canada.

“We are able to run on both surfaces all meet,” explains Johnston. “Racing on our turf course throughout the winter months is a big plus.”

As the meet approaches, the rac-ing office will review between 1,600 and 1,700 stall applications, which must be narrowed down to the 1,334 stalls available on the backside.

Balancing actIt is hard to fully describe the balancing

act a racing office faces in creating each race card. Horsemen want completive purses, wa-gering fans like full fields, racetrack manage-ment wants cards that will drive handle and maybe debut the next Zenyatta or Curlin.

“You might say that my job involves serv-ing two masters,” states Johnston. “I have an obligation to management to balance purse accounts and drive handle, but it is equally important to please the horsemen. Some days are more difficult than others.”

Never a dull moment on entry day

As entry day approaches, horsemen have done their homework and know which horses are ready to run. Some enter their horses in person, some by phone and others entrust jockey agents to take care of that responsibility.

The racing office staff enters each horse into the InCompass computerized program, which offers a comprehensive menu for se-curing necessary information for each entry.

Horse, jockey and trainer are the easy parts, but listing owners can involve more detail due to corporations, shared partner-ships and leased arrangements. Every owner must be licensed through the state licensing department. In Texas, that falls under the aus-pices of the Texas Racing Commission, which is based in Austin, but operates an on-site office at each racetrack.

Things begin quietly on the morning of entry day. The racing office staff is in place by 8 a.m. with condition books open and computers turned on. Several agents make entries in person, and trainers stop by to check “the board,” which lists the races in the condition book for the applicable race day as well as up to 10 “extra” races, should the originally scheduled events not fill. The entry clerks process each request individually and look for any “flagged” notations on the InCompass screen. Each horse must have an

Above, Eric Johnston, vice president of racing at Sam Houston Race Park, updating the board on race day; below, post position draw

Photos by Jack Coady / Coady Photography

By Martha Claussen

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updated Coggins and Equine Piroplasmo-sis certificate. The horse identifier receives papers on each racehorse with updated registration information and upper lip tattoo, which will be checked in the paddock prior to each race.

Several of the races begin to fill, but others have attracted little interest. An announcement is made to the backside in-forming horsemen of which races are going and which “extras” are looking probable. The goal is to ensure that each race will run with a minimum of seven starters, so the agents and entry clerks begin making calls to see if they can fill the lagging races.

It’s business as usual, but not without the occasional “what-in-the-world?” moment. One of the entry clerks recalls getting a call from a Quarter Horse trainer wanting to enter one of his horses.

I want to run “the one on the far left,” said the trainer. The clerk dutifully looked up that name in the InCompass system and could not find a match. The trainer, possibly multi-tasking when placing the call, was referring to his horse on the left of his shed row.

Sometimes as early as 11:30 a.m., the entries are closed and the post position draw commences. A state steward and a horse-man must be present as the entry slips are drawn, numbers are placed in a shaker and a random draw takes place to determine post position placement. After each race is drawn, the horse name, number and jockey are read out loud, and if a jockey has been named by more than one horseman, a quick final deci-sion will be made.

After all the races are drawn, the entry clerks complete a final review and, within 30 minutes, an overnight of the racing card is produced.

Meticulous detail for program pages

The next step is the production of pro-gram pages, an extremely important process involving detail-oriented scrutiny. The racing office staff will review each race for any discrepancy, which might involve change in blinkers, new owner, updated works or whether the horse was entered for a tag in his or her last race. The entered horses are checked through the test barn and vet lists. In Texas, if a horse bleeds for the first time in a race, it is not eligible to run for 12 days; second bleeder is sidelined for 30 days.

The Texas Racing Commission also has a list of any individual (trainer, jockey or owner) who has does not have a current TXRC license. Of course, every now and then, a horse will get entered in the wrong condi-

tion, so again, if a 3-year-old ends up on a program page proof for older horses, that horse will not make the final program.

Shryl Hop-kins serves as Sam Houston Race Park’s program director, and can rattle off an exhaustive list of details that have to be verified and confirmed.

“We have to check each entry in every race,” said Hopkins. “The days that we don’t catch something are few and far between.”

Long shifts involved due to night racing

Sam Houston Race Park runs Friday and Saturday evenings as well as Sunday and Monday afternoon cards. That can produce some exhausting days for the racing office staff, who report for duty at 8 a.m. on Friday to take entries, take a short break in the afternoon and return for their other roles as placing judges, clerk of scales and paddock judge. They do not leave until the 10th race of the evening card goes official after 11 p.m.

So next time you are at your favorite racetrack and buy a program, take a minute to give thanks to the hard-working members of the racing office. They work quietly behind the scenes, with little credit, to ensure that you are getting the most comprehensive information available.

And, as I can attest, far from an easy job.

Martha Claussen has been prominent in the Texas racing industry since 1997 as a publicist, writer and handicapper.

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Sunland Derby preview:Is this the year Lukas returns?

By Pete Herrera

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — Could it be that D. Wayne Lukas has finally gotten over his “been there” attitude about Sunland

Park and will return to the southern New Mexico track in a big way this month?

Forty-something years ago, Lukas was a regular at Sunland, when he was arguably the best Quarter Horse trainer in the country. In 1970, he won more races than any Quarter Horse conditioner in the country.

He trained 23 world champion Quarter Horses, including Dash For Cash and was the leading trainer nationally in wins again in 1974 and 1975. But by then he had started working with Thoroughbreds.

The change in breeds simply brought Lukas more exposure and even greater success. He would become the first Thor-oughbred trainer to reach the $100 million mark in purse earnings. His triple-crown take includes four wins in the Kentucky Derby, five in The Preakness and four in the Belmont.

The Grade 3 $800,000 Sunland Derby is now one of the races that’s included in the new point system that has been tabbed the “Road to the Kentucky Derby.” The winner of this year’s Sunland Derby, which will be run on March 24, is virtually assured of a spot in the Kentucky Derby.

Now in it’s 11th running, the Sunland Derby has consistently drawn horses from the stables of such iconic trainers as Bob Baffert, Todd Pletcher and Doug O’Neill. Last year’s race was won by Daddy Nose Best from Steve Asmussen’s stable.

But the race has not been a must for the now 77-year-old Lukas — until this year.

“This was the first year that D. Wayne called us to nominate,” said Sunland Direc-tor of Racing Dustin Dix. “Before, he would always say he had worked so hard not to run here and didn’t want to come back. Now, he’s saying that with the point system, he has to look at our race. He’s pretty confident he’s going to run something here.”

That something could be Oxbow or Will Take Charge.

Oxbow won the Grade 3 Lecomte at the Fairgrounds in January by more than 11 lengths and finished fourth in the Grade I Cash Call Futurity at Betfair Hollywood Park in December. The winner of that $750,000 race was Violence, who was one of the early favorites for the Kentucky Derby but now is

out of the derby trail after fracturing a bone in his right front leg.

Will Take Charge won the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn on Jan. 21 at odds of 11-to-1.

Currently the biggest name on the Sunland Derby radar is Goldencents. The Doug O’Neill trained 3-year-old won the Sham Stakes at Santa Anita in January and the Delta Downs Jackpot in November. His impressive resume also includes a runner-up finish to Shanghai Bobby in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont last year.

Shanghai Bobby has emerged as the hot-button horse for derby handicappers heading into the prep races.

“That’s the big name we’ve heard might be coming to the Sunland Derby,” Dix said of Goldencents. “He’s probably the most ac-complished right now of those that we think might be coming. But 3-year-olds are so late developing that something could pop out of the woodwork and be a monster between now and Sunland Derby week.”

The best example of that is Mine That Bird, who ran fourth in the Sunland Derby in 2009, then pulled a shocker win in the Ken-tucky Derby at odds of 50-to-1.

O’Neill has won the race twice, with Ex-cessive Pleasure in the inaugural running in 2003 and with Thor’s Echo in 2005. Back then the race was called the WinStar Derby.

Pletcher and Baffert have plenty of tal-ented 3-year-olds in their barns, and both are expected to enter the Sunland Derby.

Baffert’s Shakin It Up and Super Ninety Nine scored wins last month in the San Vicente (Santa Anita) and Southwest Stakes (Oaklawn), and Dix said some of the horses that ran in the top three in those two races could end up in the Sunland Derby.

Last year’s winner, Daddy Nose Best, came out of the El Camino Real at Golden Gate.

Pletcher’s stable is so deep it’s impos-sible to say right now which horse from his barn could end up at Sunland.

“Pletcher has so many 3-year-olds that we think he’ll bring something,” Dix said. “We just have no idea because he has so many horses.”

The Sunland Derby also could get a couple of entries from Sunland-based train-ers Henry Dominguez and Joel Marr.

Dominguez won the race with Song of Navarone in 2007, when it was still a non-

graded race and just missed last year when Isn’t He Clever led most of the way before getting caught by Daddy Nose Best.

Dominguez this year has nominated Show Me Some Magic, owned by Kirk and Judy Robison, the owners of Isn’t He Clever.

Marr’s potential entry is Dry Summer, who ran fourth in the Sham behind Golden-cents.

There were 208 horses nominated when the first deadline was reached on Feb. 1. The second deadline was March 1. Owners of horses nominated by Feb. 1 will pay a $5,000 fee to run in the derby, and those who missed that deadline can still be nominated but must pay $10,000 to run.

Dix said both the Sunland Derby and Sunland Oaks benefited from the new points system. Sunland is in a group of stakes races that carry a scale of 50-20-10-5 points for the top four finishing horses.

“We think with the new point system, the winner will have enough points to get into the Kentucky Derby,” Dix said. “We’ve read that anywhere from 40 to 50 points should be enough, and the winner gets 50. Some already have 10 or 20 points, so if they run second or third, they might still get in or they might have a chance to run again before the Kentucky Derby.”

Kentucky Derby prep races, which carry more weight in terms of points, include the Florida Derby, UAE Derby, Louisiana Derby, Wood Memorial, Santa Anita Derby, Arkansas Derby and Blue Grass. The winner in each of those races earns 100 points, with the scale dropping to 40 points for second place, 20 for third and 10 for fourth.

The horses with the top 20 point-totals will get into the Kentucky Derby if more than 20 horses are nominated. In recent years, more than 20 horses have consistently been nominated.

Dix said the Sunland Oaks is the only non-graded stakes for fillies in the country where the winner will earn 50 points.

Pete Herrera is a former AP sportswriter and now freelance journal-ist who covered sports and news for 39 years. His credits include four Summer Olympics and coverage of 40 All American Futurities from 1968 to 2008.


By Robert Geller

The International Museum of Art in El Paso has put horseracing front and center this winter with its “Painting and

Prose” exhibit featuring a multitude of works by local artist Larry Nichols.

A city of El Paso employee by day, Larry is an artist by night. Against the backdrop of the Franklin Mountains, the upstairs studio of his stylish residence overlooks the city and has been a cradle of creativity for many years.

His collection of works soon began to reflect his growing passion for the Thorough-bred industry. As equine art began to fill his studio walls, a downstairs gallery was form-ing just as quickly with framed win photos of horses raced in partnership with his British wife, Denise, under the ownership of UKUSA Stables.

Established on the New Mexico racing circuit as successful owners, Larry and Denise have campaigned Thoroughbred racehorses for several years with trainer Erik Mikkelson.

Their pride and joy, Cali Baby, has been the subject of many of Larry’s artistic rendi-tions. The New Mexico-Bred mare was named the “2010 NM Horse of the Year” and amassed earnings of $535,709 with 11 wins, six sec-onds and four thirds from her 30 starts, six of them stakes victories.

Her final race was on Oct. 28, 2012 in the Peppers Pride NM Classic Cup Championship at Zia Park, a stakes she had won previously, in which she finished a game third.

Cali Baby was scheduled to be bred this spring to local stallion Silver Season at the farm of Chris and Tina Hourigan off Highway 28 in Anthony, NM, where the great mare herself was raised. But on the morning of Feb. 18, the stallion took a bad step while exercis-ing, breaking his ankle and had to be put down. Larry and Denise had been up with Chris and Tina until late the night before for the foaling of a sweet little filly by Bachelor Blues from Feather on Wings.

“Wings,” as she is affectionately known, is the mother of 4-year-old Jose Prado, a four-time winner, who was claimed from them last year.

“Life can be so cruel. Last night we were celebrating a new filly, now this. It’s so sad,” commented Denise.

The racing gods remind us of how bit-tersweet this industry can be. It’s back to the drawing board as far as whom Cali Baby will now be bred to.

Active at the claiming box too, UKUSA Stable currently has nine Thoroughbreds in

various phases of training. Their most recent success, Saucy Sorceress scored one day before the official opening of the art show. A prolific winner, the 6-year-old mare landed her eighth victory at her 30th start.

Her win photos already stretch to the ceiling on the wall behind the wet bar where, thanks to Larry and Denise’s good fortune and racing acumen, space is at a premium.

Not only are they invested financially as horse owners, at the start of the year, Larry was voted in as vice chairman of the New Mexico Horsemen’s Association Sunland Committee. Given his professional involve-ment in the massive construction project of a baseball stadium in downtown El Paso and the relocation of City Hall, his field experience as deputy director of the General Services Department of the city of El Paso has already come in handy.

Larry is not shy to make suggestions to enhance the race-day experience and bring fresh eyes to areas of the sport that feel stuck in old routine. His input accelerated recent Turf Club upgrades in food and beverage at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino along with the strict enforcement of a smoking ban in the saddling paddock.

With more delicate issues such as medi-cation regulations and budget-saving mea-sures on the table, Larry looks to the bigger picture and knows when to pick his battles.

In 1966, he was sent to Afghanistan by the United States Peace Corps as school architect, to work for the Afghan Ministry of Education. Two years later, Larry was drafted by the US Army for military service in the Vietnam War.

The initial six months, he served as an Artillery Forward Observer, the next four months as a Firebase Commander and the final two as a Bat-talion Intelligence Of-ficer. Larry has never been afraid to fight for what he believes in. He tempers his enthusiasm with a healthy dose of diplomacy and still finds the time to balance those more cerebral responsibili-ties with his artistic expression.

The 60 pieces hanging at the Inter-national Museum of Art encompass racing

both here and in Great Britain. The central theme of the exhibit is the racehorse, Larry brush-stroking his way through many compel-ling images of the industry that speak directly to him. The 40 equine pieces fall comfortably within a broader spectrum that mirrors his travels abroad and his artistic evolution.

“I love this industry, having involved myself with it over 40 years, and I would like to give back a little bit of what I’ve received from it. I wanted to capture the spirit of horseracing and the different aspects to the competition, from jockeys and trainers to race horses, broodmares and ponies,” he said. “There is just this tremendous exhibit of courage and commitment from horses in a race. We ask them to give us their very best and each one does to their ability. They are such magnificent animals. I’ve always been captivated by them.”

The longer you spend with Larry, the more you learn of his fascination with the artistic process.

Whether it is the music and lyrics of Leonard Cohen or the operatic tones of Israel Kamakawiwo’ole playing in the background of his studio, Larry knows what makes him tick, what opens up his creative channels.

He draws upon inspiration from outside himself and from within to manifest where his vivid imagination takes him.

His splash of color is signature to his style that may, in part, stem from his South-west roots.

Larry tends toward the impressionistic, though abstract symbolism and realism flow just as easily for him. Race fans less familiar with Sunland Park horsemen should still have no trouble spotting the resemblance to Ken-tucky Derby winning trainer Chip Woolley in at least one paddock scene.

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The majority of pieces in the show are acrylic paintings with the categories of watercolors, oil pastels and watercolors with ink each well represented.

Before the opening, Larry felt to add an image of a race-horse to an oil entitled “At the Rail,” deeming the modification a success. Yet when it comes to the thorny question of knowing when to stop, when a work is complete, this piece was more the exception than the rule.

Larry confesses that in the past, his tendency was to go back over the original, touch-ing up the canvas. These days, he prefers not to overdo it and trusts when enough is enough.

The inclusion of his “Remis-sion Series” in the exhibit is of deep personal significance.

In the late summer of 2011, Larry was diagnosed with Stage 4 leukemia. While undergoing chemo-therapy, drip in one hand and ink pen in the other, Larry found solace in horse sketches. The metaphor of the racehorse overcoming daunting odds to achieve victory helped him envision how to go head-to-head with the cancer to get the bet-ter of it just like an opponent in a horserace.

Larry had invited me, some months before the show, to put some prose to a number of the equine themes of his art. Familiar with his body of works from having been over at his studio the previous winter, I had also had a chance to look through his sketches.

The illustrations, produced under the most difficult of circumstances yet with the greatest of ease, become even more brilliant when seen in the context of the healing power they have carried for him. The compassion and expression in his eyes as he thinks back on it, says a lot more than any words possibly could.

Soon after my return to southern New Mexico in mid-December, I set about fulfilling my end of the bargain. The collaboration felt effortless and right. Together we acknowl-edge how multi-faceted this racing world is that has brought us together.

There are eight individual pieces of prose hanging alongside pertinent pieces in the exhibit, including one titled “In Remission,” each with a different spin.

Deane Miller, president of the Inter-national Museum of Art, has been a solid

advocate of the exhibit from the get-go. Having raced horses with her late husband at Ruidoso Downs, Mrs. Miller has had firsthand experience in being on the inside of the rac-ing industry.

“This exhibit takes people into a world they may have never been privy to before. It is especially exciting to see art combined with prose. This is a first for us.”

The museum has four permanent galler-ies that house international collections and represents a slice of architectural history. For-mer residence to Mr. And Mrs. William Ward Turney, the 1908 antebellum style home, de-signed by renowned architect Henry Troost, is a real treasure. The couple lived alone in the house and had its five bedrooms, grand ballroom, palatial parlor and dining room all to themselves and their guests. Mr. Turney died in 1939, and the following year, his wife, Iva, deeded the home to the city of El Paso.

A small group of private collectors leased the building from the city, and it became known as the El Paso International

Museum. It underwent a facelift in 1960 with the addition of a west and east wing to house the Kress Collection of fine art, was renamed the El Paso Museum of Art.

When the public museum relocated in 1998 to downtown El Paso, the Turney home ran the risk of being turned into office buildings. Thanks to a dedicated group of volunteers, the Interna-tional Museum of Art survived, establishing its separate identity and today remains a destination for art lovers in the region.

If the soft opening on Feb. 10 is any indication, the horseracing theme of “A Tribute to the Racehorse - Paintings & Prose,” appears to be generat-

ing interest with six pieces snapped up at the members-only viewing. Fittingly, the final weekend of the show coincides with the running of New Mexico’s flagship race, the Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby.

In 2009, Mine That Bird went on from that race to win the Kentucky Derby. Another notable Sunland Derby runner to capture a Triple Crown race is Ruler on Ice, winner of the 2011 Belmont Stakes. And let’s not forget the fillies. In 2012, Plum Pretty completed the female equivalent, landing the Sunland and Kentucky Oaks double.

Over the last decade, New Mexico horseracing has put itself on the map and now, thanks to artist Larry Nichols, on museum walls, too.

“A Tribute to the Racehorse - Paintings & Prose” exhibit officially comes to a close on March 27, three days after the Sunland Derby.

Robert Geller has been the one and only voice of Emerald Downs since the track’s inception in 1996 and has also been track an-nouncer at the highly successful Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino for over a decade. Prior to moving to the US, he served 6-1/2 years as the English commentator for the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club and learned his craft in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. His articles have appeared inter-nationally in magazines such as Racetrack and Racing World.

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Now trainers calling Sunland about DerbyBy Ray Sanchez

It’s time to start thinking Sunland Park Derby. The crown jewel of the stakes schedule at Sunland

Park Racetrack and Casino is still more than a month away but things are beginning to pop already.

The first deadline for nomina-tion to the $800,000 Sunland Derby, which will be held March 24, was Feb. 1, and more than 200 nomina-tions were received. Many of them were from some of the leading train-ers in the country.

And because Churchill Downs racetrack has instituted a new meth-od of qualifying for the Kentucky Derby in May and has included the Sunland Derby in its new plan, things have shown a turnaround.

“We used to have to call trainers to nominate horses to our Sunland Derby,” Sunland Park director of operations Dustin Dix says, “but now trainers are calling us. That’s because, with the new points system, the winner of our Sunland Derby is all but assured entry into the Kentucky Derby now.”

Here’s how the new system works:Prior to this year, entries to the Kentucky

Derby were selected by earnings in graded stakes races. But Churchill Downs aban-doned that method it had used since 1986 and instead instituted a point system.

The new point system – officially brand-ed as the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” – will feature 36 stakes races overall and

include 17 marquee events for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds that comprise a compact, 10-week run up to the first Saturday in May to be known as the “Kentucky Derby Championship Series.”

The change will be in effect for the 139th running of the $2 million guaran-teed Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (Grade 1) on

Saturday, May 4, 2013.Also, the $1 million Kentucky Oaks, the

Derby’s 3-year-old filly counterpart run on the day before the Derby, Friday, May 3, will adopt a similar point system for selecting its maximum of 14 starters.

The Sunland Park Oaks was chosen for the point system for the Kentucky Oaks, too.

The “Road to the Kentucky Derby” point system was created to help establish a clear, practical and understandable path to the first leg of horseracing’s Triple Crown, as opposed to the approximately 185 graded stakes races worldwide – including 60 open races and another 43 races restricted to fil-lies in North America – that counted toward the Derby selection under the previous eligibility process.

The new “Road to the Kentucky Derby”

series will be divided into two phases, each offering different points to the top four finishers of each race over geographically diverse and historically significant paths.

The first leg, which mostly includes races that feed into the major Kentucky Derby launching pads, includes eight events – the Risen Star (Fair Grounds), Fountain of Youth (Gulfstream Park), Gotham (Aqueduct), Tam-pa Bay Derby (Tampa Bay Downs), San Felipe (Santa Anita), Rebel (Oaklawn Park), Spiral (Turfway Park) and Sunland Derby (Sunland Park) – with a 50-20-10-5 point scale.

The second leg features seven stakes races – the Florida Derby (Gulfstream Park), UAE Derby (Meydan Racecourse), Louisiana Derby (Fair Grounds), Wood Memorial (Aq-ueduct), Santa Anita Derby (Santa Anita), Ar-kansas Derby (Oaklawn Park) and Blue Grass (Keeneland) – that are worth 100-40-20-10.

The final leg is two “Wild Card” events, the Lexington (Keeneland) and The Cliff’s Edge Derby Trial (Churchill Downs), which offer some hope for horses to increase their point totals with a 20-8-4-2 scale.

The top 20 point earners will earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate if more than 20 horses enter the race. At least 20 horses have entered the Derby every year since 2004 and 12 of the last 14 years. Up to 24 horses may enter the race, and four horses can be listed as “also eligible” and would be ranked in order accordingly; they could draw into the field should any horse(s) be scratched in the days leading up to the race.

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FEB 24, 2013Let Texans vote to save horse industryBy Dan Fick

I grew up a horse racing fan in Tucson, Ariz. I went to the races at historic Rillito Park and followed the Triple Crown on television. I attended the University of Arizona Racetrack Industry Program. I worked as a groom in Prescott, Ariz., and then Ruidoso, N.M., in the summers. I even had my racehorse trainer’s license during my senior year at Rillito Park. My

dream was to come to Texas and work in the Racing Department at the American Quarter Horse Association.

My dream came true in De-cember 1980.

I have been involved in Texas horse racing ever since.

Back then, there were county fair horse tracks across the state – from Columbus to Lubbock, Colleyville to Del Rio and Mineral Wells to Goliad. AQHA helped organize the Texas racing circuit and recognized the race results because there was no state racing

commission. On any given weekend, four

or five tracks would be racing in Texas with 15 to 20 races a day.

The purses came from entry fees from the horse owners and sponsorships from local busi-nesses. The thousands of race fans in attendance had friendly wagers among themselves.

This was the horse breeders’ and owners’ only option because the state government had made parimutuel horse racing illegal in 1937, shutting down major horse racetracks in Dallas, Houston and

San Antonio. It may be déjà vu all over again.

After 50 years of trying to legalize parimutuel horse racing in the Texas Legislature, legislation finally passed in 1986. We now have Class 1 racetracks again in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. But, like when a wagon train in an old Western movie is surrounded by outlaws, Texas racetracks are surrounded by states that allow slot machines at their racetracks in order to compete with the casinos in those states – Oklahoma, Louisi-ana and New Mexico.


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Special report by Pete Herrera

In theory, New Mexico could eventually see the opening of a sixth racetrack in the state. In reality, that day seems

farther away than ever and may not ever happen.

Gone is all the hoopla and hopes that surfaced when the state Racing Commis-sion awarded a license for that sixth racino to Canadian investor Michael Moldenhauer more than three years ago.

Moldenhauer had plans to build the $50 million racetrack and casino in Raton, a furlong or two away from the site of the old La Mesa Park. But one thing after another went wrong with the project, and the Rac-ing Commission and Gaming Control Board ultimately revoked Moldenhauer’s gaming and racing licenses.

Predictably, the issue ended up in the courts – and it’s currently in the hands of the State Court of Appeals. That same court several months ago upheld the decision by the Gaming Control Board to revoke Moldenhauer’s license, but the court has yet to rule on whether the Racing Commis-sion also acted properly or, as Moldenhauer contends, violated the investor’s right of due process.

The Racing Commission late last year

filed a motion asking the Court of Appeals to expedite a ruling on the case, but that motion was denied. So for now, it’s a wait-ing game.

”Our case was the 52nd out of 70 that they wanted to hear,” Racing Commission Director Vince Mares said of the Court of Appeals’ docket. “Unfortunately, we don’t know where they’re at. We are basically at the mercy of the court at this time.”

If the Court of Appeals rules in favor of Moldenhauer, he would then be granted a new hearing before the Racing Commission.

”If they (court) do not think that his due process was violated, then we can move forward again,” said Mares. “We would see what direction the commission wants to go.”

The Racing Commission revoked Mold-enhauer’s license in April 2011. Both the Racing Commission and Gaming Control Board, which had previously revoked his gaming license, ruled Moldenhauer had failed to meet the deadlines for opening the casino and racetrack.

The Racing Commission then re-opened the application process for the sixth license. Moldenhauer countered by filing for an injunction in state district court in Colfax County, and that court eventually

referred the case to the Court of Appeals. Much has changed within New Mexico’s

horseracing environment since Molden-hauer’s license was pulled. Specifically, the state’s five operating tracks have seen a decline in attendance, handle and gaming revenues. So it begs the question of whether the state even needs another racetrack.

Mares said it’s a topic on the minds of more than just horse people. He said when he went before the Legislative Finance Committee last year to seek more funding for drug testing, some lawmakers ques-tioned whether “we need a sixth track.”

”I think there are pros and cons be-cause of the handle being down and that’s something this commission is going to have to review,” Mares told SureBet. “They haven’t said either way, but the commission is going to have to look at those points.”

Pete Herrera is a for-mer AP sportswriter and now freelance journalist who covered sports and news for 39 years. His credits include four Summer Olympics and coverage of 40 All American Futurities from 1968 to 2008.

Sixth NM racino no longer a sure thing

These racetracks can now support terrific purses to attract the best horses and horsemen. The racetracks do not charge ad-mission and have great, affordable restaurants and first-class custom-er accommodations. No wonder an estimated 70 percent of their business comes from Texans. Their annual tax revenues to their state governments are in the high hun-dreds of millions of dollars.

For the last 15 years, through eight legislative sessions, the state government has again and again blocked legislation to provide constitutional referendums to let Texans decide if they want to have the chance to play slot machines at their Texas racetracks. Without this chance to vote, which polls said Texans will pass in a landslide, Texas racetracks may very well disappear again. The racetracks, in fact, are already disappearing.

We run 50 percent fewer races and horses than we did just 10 years ago.

Texas is No. 1 in America in numerous categories – job cre-ation, population growth and new business enterprises.

Why shouldn’t the epicenter of the Wild West also be No. 1 in horse racing? Texas started and grew up on the backs of horses, whether carrying a settler or cow-boy or pulling a wagon or plow. Texas always had more horses than any state. Now the race-horse segment of the Texas horse industry has left for much greener pastures in surrounding states, and we may lose our No. 1 status in the American horse industry.

Today, please join me and the Texas horse racing industry in telling the governor, lieutenant governor, state senators and state representatives that you want the

right to vote on allowing slot ma-chines at Texas racetracks this fall.

Dan Fick is Executive Director of Texas HORSE – an unprecedented coali-tion of major horse organizations in Texas located in Granbury. Fick lived in Amarillo for more than 20 years as Executive Director of Racing for the American Quarter Horse Association.

FEB 23, 2013Arcadia, CAMario Pino named winner of George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

Mario Pino, Maryland racing’s all-time leading rider, has been selected by a vote of his fellow jockeys as the 64th winner of the prestigious Santa Anita George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award. The announcement was made Friday morning on HRTV and it is expected that Pino will fly west

to Santa Anita from his Maryland base in mid or late March to ac-cept the award.

Pino outpolled a group of finalists that included Javier Castellano, Perry Compton, David Flores and Rodney Prescott.

Initiated by Santa Anita in 1950, the Woolf Award honors riders whose careers and personal character earn esteem for the indi-vidual and the sport of Thorough-bred horse racing.

Born Sept. 8, 1961, in West Grove, Pennsylvania, Pino won his first race at Maryland’s Bowie Racecourse on Jan. 16, 1979. He became racing’s 10th winningest jockey this past Sept. 18, as he passed Hall of Famer Earlie Fires by notching his 6,471st victory at Presque Isle Downs in Erie, Penn.

Pino garnered national acclaim as the regular rider of top-tier 3-year-old Hard Spun in 2007,


guiding him to a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby and to victories in the Grade I King’s Bishop Stakes at Saratoga and the Grade II Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park. He would go on to ride the Larry Jones trainee to a runner-up finish behind eventual Horse of the Year Curlin in the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Mon-mouth Park.

One of the most highly respected jockeys in America, Pino and his wife, Christina and three daughters reside in Ellicott City, Maryland, where he devotes much of his spare time to coaching youth sports.

Pino’s career has been marked by consistency as he has never won fewer than 141 races in a year. He has topped the 200-win mark 12 times, with his highest win total coming in 2001, when he booted home 297 winners.

The Woolf Award was created to honor and memorialize the legendary jockey George “The Iceman” Woolf, who was regarded as one of the greatest big money riders of his era and who died following a spill on Santa Anita’s Club House turn on Jan. 3, 1946. The Woolf trophy is a replica of the full-size statue of the late jockey which adorns Santa Anita’s Pad-dock Gardens area.

The Woolf Award was won last year by Ramon Dominguez.

Anonymous donor gives $200,000 to help racetrack workers

A donor has anonymously offered $200,000 for the benefit of racetrack workers, according to a press release from the Califor-nia Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Foundation, the organization that received the donation. The check to the foundation was presented after the fourth race at Santa Anita Race Track on Friday.

“It is one of the largest dona-tions we have received,” said Kevin Bolling, the foundation’s executive director, in a released statement.

Trainer John Sadler played a significant role in getting the do-nation, which came from an owner

Sadler had worked with for years.The foundation was founded

in 1983 by trainer Noble Threewitt, whose namesake is carried by the Noble Threewitt Medical Center at Santa Anita. It also operates clinics at Betfair Hollywood Park in Inglewood and two Northern California tracks, Golden Gate Field and Pleasanton, according to the release, which adds that more than 5,000 racetrack workers and their family members in California are beneficiaries of the founda-tion’s work.

For further information, check out www.cthf.info or call (626) 446-0169.

FEB 22, 2013Cypress, CAZia Park Championship added to Champion of Champions format

The $150,000 Zia Park Cham-pionship has been added to the qualifying format for the 2013 $750,000 guaranteed Champion of Champions it was announced earlier this week at Los Alamitos Race Course.

The Zia Park Championship will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23 and it will take the place of the Refrigerator Handicap in this year’s Champion of Champions format Past winners of the Zia Park Championship include 2006 win-ner Desirio, two-time winner Ketel Won and 2012 winner Prospect To The Top, last year’s AQHA cham-pion aged stallion.

The races now offering automatic berths into the 2013 Champion of Champions are: the Los Alamitos Winter Champion-ship, which was recently held on February 17 and won by defending Champion of Champions winner Rylees Boy; The Remington Park Championship (June 1); The Vessels Maturity (July 7); The All American Derby (Sept. 1); The Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap (Sept. 29); The Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship (Oct. 13); The Los Alamitos Super Derby (Nov. 2); The Bank of America Chal-lenge Championship (Nov. 9); and the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials

(Nov. 23). The Champion of Cham-pions will be held at Los Alamitos on Saturday, Dec. 14.

If there is a dead heat for first in any of the nine automatic berth races, there will be a shake to de-termine the Champion of Cham-pions qualifier. In the event that a second berth to the Champion of Champions becomes available, the horse that finished in a dead heat would be offered the berth instead of it reverting to the Z. Wayne Griffin. Regardless of the different possible scenarios, the Z. Wayne Griffin will always have a minimum of one berth to the Champion of Champions.

As in recent years, the Grade 1 $100,000 Go Man Go on Sept. 15 also remains part of the Cham-pion of Champions format. If any horse wins more than one race with an automatic berth to the Champion of Champions, that berth will go to the winner of the Go Man Go (as long as there were no dead-heats for first place in any of the other qualifying races). If the connections of a horse with a starting berth decline their spot in the Champion of Champions, that berth would also revert to the winner of the Go Man Go (again as long as there are no dead heats in any of the other qualifying races). Any other available berths would be decided in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials.

The format to the Z. Wayne Griffin trials remains similar to that of past years. Horses eligible will be those that finish first, second or third in a Grade 1 race, first or second in a Grade 2 race and first in a Grade 3 race. Races for 2-year-olds or races at 870 yards are not considered. A horse not meeting those requirements can enter the Z. Wayne Griffin by paying a $5,000 fee. That $5,000 fee will be put into the purse of the Cham-pion of Champions finals, making up the difference between the added money and the guaranteed $750,000.

Horses receiving an auto-matic berth to the Champion of Champions or qualifying via the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trial will

now be required to pay a $12,500 entry fee. In order to collect purse money a horse must actually start in the Champion of Champions and there will be no also eligible list. The winner of the Champion of Champions will earn $375,000.

The Champion of Champions has been contested at Los Alami-tos every year since 1972 when Mr Jet Moore edged champions Kaweah Bar and Charger Bar. Since then, 26 of its 41 winners have been crowned World Champion by the AQHA. Easy Date, Dash For Cash, Refrigerator, SLM Big Daddy, Tailor Fit and Blues Girl Too are among the World Champions that have won the sport’s most prestigious race for older horses. For complete rules refer to the Los Alamitos Stakes book or call 714-820-2788.

Ruidoso Downs, NMRecord All American Derby heads Ruidoso stakes schedule

This summer’s Grade 1 All American Derby is now projected to reach the $2.8 million mark and set a new record as the all-time richest quarter horse race and continue as the richest race for three-year-olds of any breed in North America.

The Kentucky Derby for thoroughbreds offers a $2 million purse and the other two legs of the Triple Crown, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, offer $1 mil-lion purses. The Hambletonian for 3-year-old trotting standardbreds has a $1 million guaranteed purse in 2013.

The 440-yard All American Derby would also exceed the purse of the Grade 1, $2.6 million All American Futurity, the derby’s two-year-old counterpart. Both 440-yard races are contested over Labor Day weekend with the derby on Sunday, Sept. 1 and the futurity on Monday, Sept. 2.

Ruidoso Downs is the only track in North America with two $2 million-plus races on their an-nual stakes calendar.

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Two of those Grade 1 classic races debut as $1 million races on the stakes lineup this summer: the Rainbow Derby and the Rainbow Futurity. These races comprise the second leg of the futurity/derby series at Ruidoso Downs. The $1 million (est.) Rainbow Derby at 440 yards will be held on July 20 fol-lowed by the $1 million Rainbow Futurity at 400 yards on July 21.

The first leg of the triple crown series, the Grade 1, $800,000 (est.) Ruidoso Derby and the Grade 1, $750,000 Ruidoso Fu-turity, will each have new record purses when they are contested on June 8 and June 9, respectively.

If any horse wins the three Grade 1 futurities at Ruidoso Downs then that horse’s connec-tions earn the $4 million All Ameri-can Triple Crown bonus. The bonus and winner’s share of each race would total more than $6 million.

The only remaining opportu-nity to supplement to these races is at time of entry. The time-of-entry supplemental fee for the All American Futurity and the All American Derby is $50,000. The Rainbow Derby fee is $40,000, the Rainbow Futurity fee $30,000, the Ruidoso Derby fee is $25,000 and the Ruidoso Futurity fee is $20,000.

One of the most exciting days every summer at Ruidoso Downs is the Zia Festival on July 28. The program is filled with 11 stakes races celebrating New Mexico-bred thoroughbreds and quarter horses. Topping the thoroughbred races are the runnings of the $200,000 (est.) Rio Grande Senor Futurity and the $200,000 (est.) Rio Grande Senorita Futurity. The richest quarter horse race will be the Restricted-Grade 1, $350,000 (est.) Zia Futurity.

The Ruidoso Downs sum-mer season begins on Friday, May 24 with the daylong trials to the Grade 1, $750,000 Ruidoso Futu-rity and concludes on Labor Day with the All American Futurity.

Ruidoso Downs racing runs on a Friday through Monday schedule with the addition to two Thursday programs: July 4 and

Aug. 15 (All American Futurity trials). There will be no Monday racing on the Monday following the Thursday programs.

FEB 21, 2013Professional Farriers announces formation of program to assist injured or ill farriers

The American Association of Professional Farriers (AAPF) and Canadian Association of Profes-sional Farriers (CAPF) Farriers Assistance Program is a grass roots program that allows our member-ship the ability to help take care of our own. This is a short-term pro-gram to assist members through tough times that may occur. There are three main functions of this program: networking, helping with work load while down and donations/fundraising. This pro-gram will allow the membership the ability to help fellow members no matter where they are located in a productive way.

The most powerful tool we have is the ability to share informa-tion. With the use of the AAPF/CAPF web site and Facebook pages we will be able to get the word circulated to all members. No matter where you are located this program will be able to do some-thing to help in your time of need.

Our goal is to let everyone in a member’s area know that some-one is in need so that the mem-bership can pull together to lend a helping hand with work load. We recommend that all proceeds from work go to the injured far-rier. This agreement will be left to the parties involved. The Farriers Assistance program will assist as needed.

The AAPF/CAPF Farriers Assis-tance Committee’s first goal is to raise money to fund the program. This will be accomplished in the form of donations, fundraisers and auctions. It may also be possible to collect supplies needed to as-sist in the reimbursement of those used to provide assistance to farri-ers that are helped.

The Farriers Assistance Pro-gram is designed to allow AAPF/

CAPF members to have the peace of mind that they are not alone. It allows the member to take advantage of the entire member-ship - strength in numbers. It is designed to be a hand up not a hand out. We all know that the only thing better than receiving a helping hand when you need one is being able to offer a hand to someone in need. The AAPF/CAPF is open to listening to any ideas members or horse owners may have to make this a better program. Please contact the AAPF at 859-533-1465 or email [email protected].

Hialeah, FLHialeah Park’s Abbey dies in car accident

Hialeah Park is saddened to announce the passing of Director of Racing Sam Abbey. Abbey was killed in an automobile accident Feb. 19 at the age of 65.

Abbey devoted his life to horse racing, with a career span-ning more than 43 years. His ca-reer also included stints at Atlantic City Race Course, Delaware Park, and Fair Grounds. Abbey spent nine years as racing secretary for Thoroughbred meets at Hialeah before its closure in 2001.

Abbey stated upon his return to Hialeah in 2009 for its first Quarter Horse meet that the world’s most beautiful racecourse was “had always been his favorite racetrack.”

The team at Hialeah Park would like to extend its deep-est condolences to Sam’s family. His impact on the track’s success

cannot be overstated, and his memory will live on in the halls of Hialeah Park.

Auburn, WAEmerald Downs announces $1.5 million stakes schedule

A 29-race stakes schedule featuring the 78th running of the $200,000 Longacres Mile (Grade 3), four stakes double-headers and Washington Cup XI has been announced for 2013 at Emerald Downs.

Beginning May 12 with the $50,000 Hastings Handicap for older fillies and mares, and ending closing day, September 29, with a double-header for 2-year-olds of the $75,000 Gottstein Futurity and $50,000 Cahill Road Stakes, a total of $1,545,00 will be offered in stakes purses.

Twenty-seven stakes are scheduled on Sundays includ-ing the $200,000 Longacres Mile (Grade 3), which will be run Sun-day, August 18, as part of a stakes double-header also featuring the $65,000 Emerald Distaff for older fillies and mares.

Annually attracting many of the nation’s top middle-distance horses, the Longacres Mile culminates a tremendous eight-day stretch of racing that features championship races in four categories. Saturday, August 10, features 3-year-old fillies in the $65,000 Washington Oaks at 1-1/8 miles, and Sunday, August 11, 3-year-old colts and geldings line up in the $65,000 Emerald Downs Derby, also at 1-1/8 miles.

In all, August features seven stakes worth an aggregate $535,000 in purses.

Designed to allow all divi-sions a chance for large purses, the stakes schedule features 10 events for older horses, 10 stakes for 3-year-olds, eight stakes for 2-year-olds and one event for Quarter Horses.

“Our goal is to present a balanced stakes schedule, and to gradually stretch horses out to longer distances,” said Director of Racing Bret Anderson. “We aim to

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have horses peaking for the biggest races.”The road to the Longacres Mile begins with

the $50,000 Governor’s Handicap for 3-year-olds and-up at 6-½ furlongs, Sunday, May 19, and continues with the $50,000 Budweiser Handicap at one mile, Sunday, June 16. The $50,000 Mt. Rainier Handicap at 1-1/16 miles, Sunday, July 21, serves as the final local prep for The Mile.

The 2-year-old division has been tweaked and tilted slightly toward the latter half of the season. The $75,000 Gottstein Futurity, the traditional championship event for juveniles, has been lengthened to 1-1/16 miles and is half of a closing day double-header featuring the newly minted $50,000 Cahill Road Stakes for 2-year-olds at six furlongs.

The Gottstein and Cahill Road are the final events of the Northwest Race Series for 2-year-olds, which begins July 28 with the $50,000 Em-erald Express for 2-year-old colts and geldings.

Washington Cup XI-six races exclusively for Washington-breds worth an aggregate $225,000-is scheduled Sunday, Sept. 8, culmi-nating with the $50,000 Muckleshoot Tribal Classic for 3-year-olds and-up at 1-1/16-miles.

The 75-day season, the 18th at Emerald Downs, begins Friday, April 19, with racing of-fered every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Post time is 6:45 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. weekends.

Holiday racing will be held Monday, May 27, Thursday, July 4, and Monday, Sept. 2. There also will be special Wednesday racing on July 3 followed by the popular fireworks spectacular.

FEB 18, 2013Sunland Park, NMSunland Park simulcast betting taking wingsBy Ray Sanchez

Steve Pedigo is smiling again. And officials at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino are glad.

Pedigo is simulcast coordinator at the track and in charge of handling wagering of Sunland’s live races away from the track – and that part of the business was down early this season. Badly down.

At one point betting away from the track was down close to 18 percent compared to last season. Las Vegas and some other out of town outlets had suddenly stopped taking Sunland’s live races for betting.

To say there was a touch of panic in Pedi-go’s eyes would not be far off. But he rolled up his sleeves and kept talking and persuading and maybe even doing a little begging. And it has paid off.

Betting of Sunland races away from the track has not just gotten better the last five weeks but it has taken wings. Las Vegas has resumed taking Sunland’s live races as have

other outlets, including TVG. Today, simulcast wagering is down only seven percent instead of 18 percent and gaining.

“I never gave up,” Pedigo says with an almost audible “whew.”

By the way, Pedigo, a graduate of El Paso Austin High School and University of Texas at El Paso, is a handy guy to have at the track in other ways. He makes selections of races for fans and announces them over the in-house TV network. He also interviews people and introduces them to the public.

If he’s doing it all with a little brighter smile these days, well, it no doubt has some-thing to do with his simulcasting success.

Live horse racing at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino will continue on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays through April 16.

Pedigo and other Sunland officials are gearing up for a newly renamed race on the stakes schedule which is bound to make things even more exciting at the upper race-track. It’s the $130,000 guaranteed Mine That Bird Derby which will be held next Saturday, Feb. 24. Winner of the race, named for the upset winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby, will automatically get a berth in the $800,000 Sun-land Derby which will be held March 24.

Ruidoso Downs, NMRuidoso Downs stall applications due March 18

Stall applications for the upcoming sum-mer racing season at Ruidoso Downs are due on March 18.

Racing begins on Friday, May 24 with the trials to the Grade 1, $750,000 Ruidoso Futurity and concludes on Labor Day with the traditional running of the Grade 1, $2.6 mil-lion All American Futurity, the world’s richest quarter horse race.

Ruidoso Downs racing runs on a Friday through Monday schedule with the addition to two Thursday programs: July 4 and Aug. 15 (All American Futurity trials). There will be no Monday racing on the Monday following the Thursday programs.

For copies of the stall application, go to www.raceruidoso.com/horsemens-links-nom-inations-forms.php. The form at the 2013 stall application link and the form at the 2013 stall terms and conditions link both must be com-pleted and signed. For further information, call Ruidoso Downs at 575-378-4431.

FEB 15, 2013Ruidoso Downs, NMMillion-dollar filly among supplements to three rich Ruidoso derbies

Julianna Hawn Holt’s A Dash Of Sweet Heat, who was purchased for a record $1 mil-lion at the Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale on Nov. 1, has been supplemented to the Grade 1, $2.5 million (est.) All American Derby; Grade 1, $1 million (est.) Rainbow Derby and the Grade 1, $750,000 (est.) Ruidoso Derby this summer at Ruidoso Downs.

On Feb. 1, five 3-year-olds were supplement-


ed to 440-yard All American Derby at a cost of $25,000 each. There were two $20,000 supplements to the 440-yard Rainbow Derby and four $15,000 supplements to the 400-yard Ruidoso Derby.

A Dash Of Sweet Heat is the second-highest quarter horse of racing age to sell at public auc-tion. Champion Queen For Cash sold for $1.1 million back in 1982.

A daughter of Mr Jess Perry and the second-to-last foal out of champion and broodmare of the year Corona Chick, A Dash Of Sweet Heat was bred by Holt and she sold her in the 2011 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale for $650,000. Corona Chick is a member of the Ruidoso Downs RacehorseHall of Fame and is pensioned at Peter and Julianna Hawn Holt’s Cross Triangle Ranch.

A Dash Of Sweet Heat has made one start, a late-running fourth-place finish in her 2012 Ruidoso Futurity trial. She was moved up to third place through a disqualification.

Also supplemented to the All American Derby, which could have a record purse, are Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million winner Matabari, Kindergarten Futurity second-place finisher The Cartel Straw, Kindergarten third-place finisher Mr Ease Cartel and Kinder-garten sixth-place finisher Super Long Straw.

Joining A Dash Of Sweet Heat as supplements to the Rainbow Derby is champion PJ Chick In Black. The 2012 champion two-year-old filly won her first five starts before finishing sixth as the 7-10 favorite in the All American Futurity. The Desiriofilly defeated New Mexico-breds in the New Mexico Spring Futurity and then won the Grade 1 Ruidoso Futurity.

The Ruidoso Derby supple-ments, in addition to A Dash Of Sweet Heat, are recent three-and one-quarter-length maiden win-ner First Prize Moon and the light-ly raced maidens Cartel Syndicate and Sportiness Cartel. Cartel Syndicate was second to First Prize Moon in that recent Sunland Park maiden race. Sportiness Cartel has not started since finishing second

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FEB 12, 2013Texas HORSE legislative stragegy

Texas HORSE believes that $2.5 billion is wagered each year by Texans in the surrounding states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Texas HORSE knows that in the last 10 years, race dates (-41percent), races (-48 percent) and purses (-47 percent) are down dramatically in Texas due to the introduction of slot machines at racetracks in Louisiana (1994), New Mexico (1997) and Oklahoma (2004).

Texas HORSE believes that the $5.2 billion annual economic im-pact of the Texas Horse Industry, as reported in the 2005 American Horse Council Economic Impact Study of the U.S. Horse Industry, which was No. 1 in the United States has declined to less than $3.5 billion in 2012.

Texas HORSE knows that since 2002 in Texas the number of stallions standing, mares bred and foals born for racing Thor-oughbreds, Quarter Horses, Paint Horses and Arabians has declined between 27 and 68 percent depending on the breed, with the most dramatic reductions in the Texas Thoroughbred industry.

Texas HORSE has a legislative strategy that advocates a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to let Texans vote on permitting slot machines at racetracks, and requires legislative approval of the corresponding en-abling statute before implementa-tion of slot machines at racetracks.

Texas HORSE advocated that slot machine revenues be equita-bly distributed as follows:

• Thirty percent state tax• Eleven percent to Texas

Equine Development Fund for purse monies and horse breeding stimulus programs.

• One percent to Performance Horse Development Program for equine events and pro-grams other than racing.

• Fifty-eight percent retained by the racetrack operators.The proposed state tax per-

centage is higher than surround-ing states.

Texas HORSE remains open-minded to other gaming legislative initiatives such as but not limited to casinos, historic racing, simulcast wagering facili-ties, poker and advance deposit wagering as long as the horse industry representatives agree to the distribution of revenues to purses, state-bred incentive programs, the Performance Horse Development Fund and Capital Improvement Accounts; the tax base for all gaming operations are equitable and do not create an unfair level of competition; and that the revenues to the racetracks are sufficient for the racetracks to be economically successful.

Texas HORSE is calling for all Texans to contact Texas Governor Rick Perry, Lieutenant Governor Da-vid Dewhurst and their Texas State Legislators urging the passage of the necessary legislation in 2013 to rescue the Texas Horse Industry.

Austin, TXDan Fick named executive director of Texas HORSE

The Board of Directors of Texas HORSE has hired horse rac-ing industry executive Dan Fick of Granbury, Texas, as executive director effective Jan. 1.

The previous executive direc-tor Val Clark is the new interim executive director of the Texas Quarter Horse Association and will be working closely with Fick to facilitate an efficient transi-tion. During her 3½ year tenure at Texas HORSE since its inception, Clark has successfully positioned and effectively established Texas HORSE as the spokesperson and advocate for the horse industry in Texas, especially before the state government in Austin.

Dan Fick has been an execu-

tive administrator in the horse in-dustry for 30 years, having served as the American Quarter Horse Association Executive Director of Racing from 1984 to 2003; the Ex-ecutive Director for The Thorough-bred Jockey Club from 2003 to 2009; and the Director of Racing at Remington Park in Oklahoma City from 2011 to 2012.

“I look forward to working with all aspects of the horse indus-try to promote the best interests of Texas horsemen and -women, and to substantially improve and expand their opportunities to breed, race, show and enjoy their horses in Texas,” said Fick.

FEB 8, 2013Hobbs, NMZia Park Racetrack & Casino to build 150-room hotel

Penn National Gaming, owner of Zia Park Racetrack & Casino, is pleased to announce that plans are underway for a new 150-room hotel at Zia Park Racetrack & Ca-sino located in Hobbs.

Hotel construction is targeted to begin in the second half of 2013, and will feature 150 rooms with six comfortable suites, busi-ness and meeting space, a fully-equipped exercise and fitness facil-ity, and a hot breakfast venue. The new hotel is budgeted at $26.2 million, and will set the course for Zia Park to become a top destina-tion location in southeastern New Mexico, as well as help meet the need for hotel room availability that has grown consistently as a result of the strong economy

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in the regional marketplace. Guests at this hotel will enjoy the convenience of being only steps away from the racetrack, casino and Zia Park’s restau-rants, as well as within walking distance to other local attrac-tions like the Lea County Event Center, and the Western Heri-tage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame.

“We are very excited to move forward with building this new hotel,” said Rafael Verde, vice president and general manager of Zia Park. “Our new 150-room hotel will give guests an on-site hotel experience, which we haven’t been able to offer before to our racing and casino patrons from regional markets. This is an important step in our plan to provide the area with a complete racing and gaming entertainment experi-ence,” says Verde.

Verde went on to say, “At Zia Park, we are proud to part-ner with the Hobbs and Lea County business community. We are fortunate in this market to have the opportunity to continue our reinvestment in Hobbs, Lea County and New Mexico, and look forward to this latest addition.”

This investment comes on the heels of a successful 2012 at Zia Park. In 2012, Zia Park enjoyed many investments as well as successes as a result of ongoing, positive business growth:• In cooperation with the

New Mexico Racing Com-mission and the Horse-men’s Association, Zia Park invested $150,000 in new track surface improve-ments at the start of the 2012 racing season.

• On-site wagering was 10.4 percent more than 2011.

• Casino revenues are 11.9 percent more than 2011. The increase in casino revenues allows for an increase in racing purses. Casino revenues gener-ated $19.2 million in purse

money in 2012, up from 2011’s $17.1 million.

• In 2012, Zia Park gener-ated $25 million in gaming taxes for the State.

• Zia Park invested $634,000 in the expansion of the Centennial Steakhouse, nearly doubling its size from 44 to 80 seats to serve its racing and casino patrons.

• Zia Park generated $632,000 in taxes locally in 2012 (combined property, gross receipts and comp tax).

Auburn, WAEmerald Downs announces 75-day meet; opening night April 19

Emerald Downs has an-nounced a 75-day live racing season for 2013, beginning Friday, April 19 and closing Sunday, Sept. 29.

The 2013 dates were ap-proved Friday at the Wash-ington Horse Racing Commis-sion’s monthly meeting.

Live racing will be every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with holiday racing on Memo-rial Day, Monday, May 27, Independence Day, Thursday, July 4, and Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3. The annual Fireworks Spectacular follows the races on Wednesday, July 3. Post times are 6:45 p.m. Fridays and 2 p.m. weekends and holidays.

The 78th running of the Longacres Mile (Grade 3), featuring many of the nation’s finest middle-distance horses, is set for Sunday, August 18. The complete stakes schedule will be announced later this month.

The stable area opened last week, allowing horses over 10 weeks to prepare for the 2013 season.

The 2013 meeting marks the 18th season of live racing at Emerald Downs. Established in 1996, Emerald Downs is

considered the gem of rac-ing in the Pacific Northwest. The facility sees over 400,000 visitors a year, and employs 240 people during non-racing season and 460 during live racing months. Thoroughbred racing in the State of Washing-ton boast an economic impact of $253 million each year.

FEB 4, 2013Sunland, NM‘Iron Man’ Ken Tohill tops Sunland in earningsBy Ray Sanchez

Quick! Of all the jockeys who ride regularly at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, who won the most money last year?

Defending champion Miguel Hernandez, you say? Close, but no cigar.

It was Ken Tohill. Yes, that Ken Tohill. The one who domi-nated the jockey standings in New Mexico years ago.

Although he won fewer races than Hernandez in 2012, he rode in 101 more races and overall his mounts earned $3,141,049. Hernandez’s mounts brought in $3,134,839.

From January through December of 2012, Tohill rode in 854 races, finished first 128 times, second 125 times and third 121 times.

Hernandez rode in 753 races, finished first 169 times, second 140 times and third 93 times.

The most amazing fact about that is that Tohill is 50 years of age. He hit that mark last year.

Call him “Iron Man.”He may not win as much

as he used to anymore but he’s still a joy to watch on a horse, especially at a distance. That’s because he doesn’t seem to have lost his sense of pace. He turned in one of the finest performances of the season in the last race on Saturday, Jan. 26, when he brought in a 12 to 1 shot, Pro Tractor, at a mile.

Then he won two more


races on Tuesday, one at a mile and the other at six and a half furlongs.

Tohill finished fourth in the standings at Sunland last season and there he is in the top five again this season. Through last Tuesday he had won 17 races.

“He’s still so good you have to consider putting him in your exactas whenever he rides,” one knowledgeable bet-tor says.

Tohill takes his perfor-mance in stride. “I didn’t know I ranked that high in money earnings last year,” he said humbly. Then he added with a smile, “I did win some big stakes races.”

By the way, Tohill ranked 85th in the country in earnings last year and Hernandez 86th.

FEB 1, 2013Lexington, KY‘Worst Deadbeats’ named by Jockey’s Guild; track operators urged to invest in jockeys

During the Annual As-sembly in Hollywood, Fla., the membership of the Jockeys’ Guild has named its list of Worst Deadbeats. These are the horse racing track opera-tors which are most insensitive to jockey health and safety issues.

“Since 1968, the major-ity of track operators have contributed to the Guild to help pay for needed member benefits,” said Terry Meyocks, National Manager of the Jockeys’ Guild. “However, none of these Deadbeats currently contributes to the Guild for members’ temporary disability benefits, life insurance, AD&D insurance and health care subsidies for qualifying active riders, as well as supplemental assistance for the Guild’s per-manently disabled riders.

“And while these are not the only tracks not contribut-ing to help our jockeys, we are

listing those operators whose inaction is, in our opinion, most egregious,” added Meyocks. “Legislators, regula-tors and the public all need to know that these tracks are shirking their responsibilities.”

Penn National Gaming Inc. (PNGI) leads the list, accord-ing to the Guild. Its race tracks include Hollywood Casino at Charles Town in Charles Town, W.V.; Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Penn.; Beulah Park in Grove City, Ohio; Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M.; and 50 percent ownership of Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, Texas.

“PNGI leads the list because it has the most tracks and in my opinion, has made it clear that it cares about only one thing, casino gaming,” said Meyocks. “Various news reports over the years have documented serious safety is-sues both for riders and horses at PNGI tracks.”

“Most of these Deadbeat track operators have one thing in common,” added Meyocks. “Most have racinos. They know they cannot get a casino license without horse racing. However, we believe that once they get their license, they fo-cus most of their attention on the casinos and downplay rac-ing. This concerns us greatly.”

The Deadbeat list:1. Penn National Gaming

Inc. (Hollywood Casino at Charles Town (WV); Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course (PA), Beulah Park (OH), Sam Houston Race Park (TX) and Zia Park (NM));

2. Harrah’s, (Louisiana Downs (LA); Thistledown (OH); and part interest in Turf-way Park, (KY));

3. Boyd Gaming Corporation (Delta Downs (LA) and Evangeline Downs (LA));

4. MTR Gaming Group (Mountaineer Racetrack (WV) and Presque Isle Downs (PA));

5. New Centaur Gaming, op-erators of Indiana Downs Racing & Casino (IN);

6. Monmouth Park (NJ);7. Los Alamitos Race Course

(CA);8. Ellis Park (KY);9. Ruidoso Downs (NM); 10. Turf Paradise (AZ).

Not all of the Deadbeat track operators have gaming operations. Monmouth Park, in Oceanport, New Jersey, con-tributed for years. However, last year when horsemen took over the track operations, they discontinued contributing. “Stopping the contributions is a sad way to repay jockeys for keeping a quality product at their race track,” added Meyocks.

In addition, only two of the 18 tracks owned by these track operators are accredited by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Safety and Integrity Alliance. The Alliance, made up of a variety of profes-sionals in the racing industry, is committed to the standards and practices developed by the NTRA, and members are encouraged to not only meet, but exceed, the set standards. “The fact that only two of the 18 tracks owned by these Deadbeats are accredited by the Alliance speaks volumes about their level of caring,” added Meyocks.

Guild members also thanked track operators they referred to as The Good Guys. These are the tracks that do contribute to the Guild fund for benefits. The Good Guys list includes large track corpora-tions such as Churchill Downs, Incorporated (Arlington Park, Calder, Churchill Downs and Fair Grounds), NYRA (Aque-duct, Belmont, and Saratoga), and The Stronach Group (Golden Gate, Gulfstream Park, Laurel, Pimlico, Portland Mead-ows, and Santa Anita Park), as well as Arapahoe, Betfair Hollywood Park, California


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Authority of Racing Fairs, Del Mar, Finger Lakes, Fonner Park, Hawthorne, Keeneland, Kentucky Downs, Oaklawn Park, Pomona/Fairplex, Remington Park, Suffolk Downs and Sunland Park. “Racing fans who enjoy racing at these tracks can be assured that they value the health and welfare of jockeys,’’ said Meyocks. “Members of the Guild appreciate the con-tributions made by these tracks.’’

At the annual Jockeys’ Guild Assembly, the Guild’s Board of Directors agreed to once again ask all non-contributing tracks to engage in discussions that can lead to improvements and better conditions for jockeys, as well as a long term plan to support dis-abled riders. “It’s time these track operators commit to invest in the health and welfare of jockeys,” said John Velazquez, Chairman of the Jockeys’ Guild. “Right now, the track operators who won’t con-tribute are avoiding their moral responsibility, while the ones who do contribute are carrying the load. We must have guaranteed funding from the industry to help these men and women jockeys with their basic needs.”

JAN 31, 2013Vinton, LAVeteran jockey Gerard Melancon becomes 65th North American rider to reach 4,000 wins

It was a very special night for jockey Gerard Melancon at Delta Downs as he became the 65th North American rider to reach 4,000 career wins. He reached the milestone in a $4,000 claiming race aboard Doc R U It in the sixth race on the program.

“I’ve had a very blessed career,” said the 45-year-old native of Louisiana. “Reaching 4,000 wins is special to me. All my family and friends came to the track tonight and I thank them for their support over the years.”

Melancon richest win came in 2011 when he rode Saber-cat to victory in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot (Grade 3) for nationally prominent trainer

Steve Asmussen. He also won the $500,000 Super Derby (Grade 2) at Louisiana Downs with Fanasticat in 2004 and the $400,000 Vos-burgh (Grade 1) with Bonapaw in 2002.

Overall, Melancon has ridden in 26,789 races and his mounts have earned over $63 million. He has been the leading rider at Delta Downs twice in 2007-08 and 2008-09. He owns the local record for jockey wins and mount earnings in a single season as he booted home 146 winners and his mounts made over $2.8 million in 2007-08.

Altoona, IA and Shakopee, MNCanterbury, Prairie Meadows partner on state-breds

Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa, and Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota, will extend opportunities to host restricted races for Thoroughbreds foaled in Iowa or Minnesota during this year’s racing season.

This arrangement is benefi-cial to both racing jurisdictions because it will allow Minnesota Thoroughbreds to compete at Prairie Meadows in restricted races written for Iowa Thoroughbreds prior to the start of the Canterbury Park race meet on May 17.

Likewise, when the Prairie Meadows Thoroughbred meet concludes in mid-August, Iowa Thoroughbreds will have an opportunity to run alongside

Minnesota Thoroughbreds in designated race restrictions at Canterbury Park through mid-September.

This program is slated to launch with the return of the 67-day Thoroughbred racing at Prairie Meadows on Friday, April 19.

Derron Heldt, Prairie Mead-ows’ Director of Racing, reports that the two horse tracks are cur-rently planning to host restricted races each week during the time that the other track is not racing thoroughbreds, and three or four categories (conditions) of races are currently being considered.

The Iowa Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association led by Leroy Gessmann proposed the concept to the Minnesota HBPA last summer hoping to offer ad-ditional racing opportunities for horses from both states.

“This is an excellent oppor-tunity for Iowa Thoroughbreds to run in restricted state races beyond mid-August when our season ends at Prairie Meadows,” said Deb Leech, President of the Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association, “and the same holds true for Minnesota-bred horses to run, before Can-terbury opens, in state restricted races here in Iowa. We are thrilled that Canterbury Park and Prairie Meadows were both receptive to this idea and worked with the Iowa and Minnesota HBPAs to make this happen. Purse struc-tures are comparable, so this is an attractive option for our breed-ers and owners. We look forward to a successful first year of these additional races and building on it for the future.”

Canterbury Park’s 69-day racing season begins May 17 and concludes Sept. 14.

“This collaboration presents additional racing opportunities for owners of Iowa and Minneso-ta-breds,” Canterbury Park Presi-dent Randy Sampson said. “With the Canterbury meet now extend-ing into mid-September, we are excited to give the Iowa-bred horses the opportunity to race at

Canterbury after the Prairie Mead-ows race meet concludes.”

JAN 30, 2013Houston, TXSam Houston Race Park makes $10,335 donation to Susan G. Komen For the Cure®

Sam Houston Race Park hosted the $400,000 Houston La-dies Classic on Saturday, January 26. Joyful Victory set a new track record during her magnificent victory in the inaugural running of the stakes for female Thorough-bred race horses. However, the striking 5-year-old mare was not the only winner of the evening; Sam Houston Race Park raised over $10,000 to support the Houston chapter of the Susan G. Komen For the Cure®.

The advertising and promo-tion for the Houston Ladies Classic informed patrons that $1.00 for each paid admission would benefit the charity. Over 7,835 fans enjoyed the entertaining evening of racing and many donned their most creative hats for the “Think Pink” Hat Contest. Patrons had an opportunity to enjoy “Pink Survi-vor” Cocktails, with additional dol-lars benefiting Susan G. Komen For the Cure®. Representatives from the esteemed charity were on hand manning information tables and answering questions on the programs and services available in greater Houston for breast cancer treatment and research.

The end result was a donation of $10,335 for the Houston chap-ter, but even more importantly, the beginning of a long-term association with one of Houston’s most respected charities.

“We were pleased to host an exceptional evening of racing and to welcome so many enthusiastic fans to Sam Houston Race Park,” said Sam Houston Race Park presi-dent, Andréa Young. “It is our hope that we can build on this and continue a productive association with the Houston chapter of the Susan G. Komen For the Cure® for many years to come.”

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FEB 26, 2013Louisiana Downs, Bossier City, LATop Montgomery finishers in Mardi Gras Derby

The top-two finishers in the Billy Montgomery Stakes on Jan. 19 – the Sir Runaway Dash-sired geldings Perrys Runaway and T Boy C – are lined up for a rematch in the $84,404 Mardi Gras Derby after winning the two trials at Louisiana Downs.

In the 350-yard Montgom-ery, Perrys Runaway raced to the neck win, however T Boy C gained fastest-qualifier honors to the Mardi Gras Derby after prevailing in a very tight finish in the second trial. He was timed in :19.552.

Perrys Runaway stopped the timer in :19.691 while winning the first trial as the even-money favorite.

Jose Guzman’s T Boy C was the 3-1 choice in his trial after that close second-place run in the Montgomery. The Miguel Rodri-guez-trained gelding was third in the LQHBA Sale Invitational and fourth in the $1,000,000 LQHBA Futurity after winning his trial to each of those races.

Gerald Libersat’s Perrys Run-away has won every start in the past year, except for a third-place finish in the LQHBA Futurity. After that third-place effort, he won the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile by one-half length and then took the Montgomery.

Perrys Runaway has won six of eight starts and has earned $208,304.

The unofficial list of quali-fiers is T Boy C (:19.552), Lets Jess

Do It (:19.553), Jethro Almighty (:19.557), Perrys Runaway (:19.691), Fance Oak Tree (:19.709), Down-town Corona (:19.865), Fishin With T (:19.889), Jets Quick Fortune (:19.917), Ausmor Brees (:19.952) and Decamagic (:20.013).

FEB 25, 2013Louisiana Downs, Bossier City, LAKerrys Special Crown fastest to Mardi Gras

Ted Abrams Jr.’s Kerrys Special Crown benefitted from a 12 miles-per-hour tail wind in the last of 14 trials to set the fastest-qualifying time as five horses from that heat qualified for the $281,796 Mardi Gras Futurity at Louisiana Downs.

The 300-yard Mardi Gras Futurity for Louisiana-breds will be the year’s first official futurity on March 16.

Kerrys Special Crown started smartly and ran true to get the win over a sloppy track by three quar-ters of a length. The Special Crown Royal son’s time of :15.289 was the top time from 134 trial starters.

The Franks Cavazos-trained Kerrys Special Crown prepared for his first start with a bullet work on Feb. 1.

Third-fastest qualifier Wow What A Prize (:15.397), fourth-fastest qualifier Bradys March Madness (:15.447), seventh-fastest qualifier Lost Look (:15.497) and ninth-fastest qualifier Sandra Sue Blue (:15.518) also qualified out of the wind-aided trial.

Wacky Racing’s Wow What A Prize was three parts of a length behind 5-2 favorite Kerrys Special Crown and it was a neck back to Jesse Rodriguez Jr.’s Bradys March Madness. Necks also separated the next two finishers.

Jockey Eddie Cox will need to make a decision before entries for the finals as he was aboard Kerrys Special Crown and second-fastest qualifier Struttinthedayaway, owned by Lanny Keith and James Lynn.

Struttinthedayaway domi-nated the windless 11th trial when he pulled away to a three-length win in :15.357 after opening up a daylight lead early in the trial. The Struttin To Beduino son is trained by Lanny Keith.

The remaining qualifiers are First Corona Man (:15.470), Yagouti (:15.478), Yo Bean (:15.516) and One Swift Game (:15.543).

FEB 24, 2013Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CARequired Fire upsets Maiden Stakes

Mike Abraham’s homebred Required Fire, sent off at 9-1 odds

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The Maiden Stakes is for three-year-olds who were maidens on December 1and is not a stakes race by AQHA standards.

Required Fire showed her grit by battling near the lead after a troubled start and was able to get the narrow win under Cruz Mendez in :17.428 for 350 yards.

Odds-on favorite and fastest-qualifier Nellie Delaney, a Grade 1 Rainbow Futurity finalist, was in in contention and finished a neck back for third.

Required Fire was winless in two starts at Ruidoso Downs last summer and was fourth in her Rainbow Futurity trial in July before a layoff. She returned for trainer Jose Antonio Flores in a Los Alamitos maiden race on January 12 and won by one-half length. The Walk Thru Fire daughter then responded as the even-money favorite to take her Maiden Stakes trial with the fifth-fastest time of :17.565 for 350 yards.

Cina and John Sperry’s runner-up Revv Me Up was second behind Nellie Delaney in their trial and Revv Me Up raced to the second-fastest qualifying time of :17.449. It was her third-straight second-place finish for trainer Paul Jones.

Revv Me Up had qualified for the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million and the Grade 2 Kindergarten early in her career before a nearly six-month layoff. She was second in a Los Alamitos maiden race upon her return on Dec. 7 and then set the top-qualifying time of :17.326 to the Maiden Stakes.

FEB 17, 2013Sunland Park, NMSandys Jesse speeds home a winner in NMHBA Quarter Horse Stakes

Dismissed at nearly 18-1 odds, Sandys Jesse shocked a field of elite 3-year-olds in the New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Association Stakes at Sunland Park.

Under jockey Tanner Thedford, Sandys Jesse produced a career best effort to win the New Mexico-bred feature at 400 yards by a half-length. The Jesse James, Jr. filly broke on top and quickly took the lead away from the gate and poured on the pressure. She maintained a high cruising speed through the stretch to hold off both One Blazin Kimbo and Es Dove. The Alonzo Orozco trained filly roared through the distance in a fast 19.267 seconds, good for an 89 speed index. The victory was her fourth overall and first stakes win from nine career starts. The quick sophomore earned $51,000 for owner Chin Lee. Sandys Jesse’s career bankroll is nearing the $100,000 mark.

Sandys Jesse paid a healthy $37.40 to win on a $2 ticket.

One Blazin Kimbo, hailing from the red hot barn of Victor Rodriguez-Flores had no excuses and ran second. The strapping son of Chicks a Blazin broke cleanly but lacked the winner’s gate speed. The runner-up surged in the final yards to get second place, a nose in front of the fast closing Es Dove. The Rodriguez-Flores barn had been winning at almost a 60 percent strike rate this season.

Es Dove closed nicely as a 22-1 long shot. Rex Hill finished fourth,

beaten one length. Shue Fly winner Slew by You was never a factor and finished well back in seventh place.

Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CAAgeless Rylees Boy takes Winter Championship

Lorena Velazquez Rodriguez’s eight-year-old Rylees Boy contin-ues to defy the aging process with his win in the Grade 1, $171,300 Los Alamitos Winter Championship at the Southern California track.

Rylees Boy won the Champion Of Champions in December at age seven to become the oldest horse to win that 440-yard classic and he now has the opportunity to defend that title and set a new age record with the Champion Of Champions invitation he took with the Winter Championship win. He is now the oldest horse to take the Winter Championship.

The gelding has been known throughout his distinguished ca-reer as preferring 440 yards and he used his well-known late-charging style to take the 400-yard Winter Championship. Bills Last emerged from the field at the halfway mark and then Rylees Boy quickly ac-celerated to surge past that rival and win by one-half length. It was another one-half length back to third-place finisher Hez Our Secret.

Ramon Sanchez was up for the win in :19.636. Sanchez won the 2011 Winter Championship aboard the Paul Jones-trained Good Reason SA and they went on to take that year’s Champion Of Champions.

Rylees Boy and Bills Last gave trainer Jones a 1-2 finish in the year’s first Grade 1 stakes for older horses and his fifth win from 13

Winter Championship runnings.A son of Heza Motor Scooter,

Rylees Boy has excelled in the Jones barn since arriving last summer. He had won two Grade 1 stakes in his first 37 starts before moving into the Jones barn and he has now won three Grade 1 stakes in his five starts for Jones.

After a very troubled 10th-place finish in last September’s Go Man Go, he rebounded with a one-half length win in the Grade 1, $350,000 Bank Of America Challenge Champi-onship at Prairie Meadows and then returned to Los Alamitos to surge to a head win in the $750,000 Cham-pion Of Champions at 10-1 odds. He then finished third in the first of two Winter Championship trials with the fourth-fastest qualifying time of :19.888.

Rylees Boy has now earned $1,393,862 and did not compete in any Grade 1 races at two or three because he was racing in Arizona. He has 22 wins from 45 starts with 36 top-three finishes.

Paul Blanchard’s runner-up Bills Last will probably stay in training, according to Jones. The four-year-old son of Shazoom was making his third Los Alamitos start after cam-paigning primarily in New Mexico. After qualifying for the All American Futurity at two, he came back last summer at Ruidoso Downs to reach the finals of the All American, Rain-bow and Ruidoso derbies.

FEB 11, 2013Louisiana Downs, Bossier City, LAWorlds On High upsets Magnolia Stakes

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was a nearly 10-1 longshot in the $35,000 Magnolia Stakes, but raced like a favorite to win the 870-yard race on Saturday afternoon at Louisiana Downs.

Also on the card was the Loui-siana Downs Maiden Stakes.

Worlds On High was sent to the lead from the seventh post position in the eight-horse field by jockey Alfonso Lujan and held a daylight lead entering the stretch. Mr Fallen Angel, the 8-5 favorite, found his best stride in the stretch and nearly caught the game Worlds On High, who held on for a head win in :45.944.

The venerable nine-year-old Slinkys Fortune kept his consistent recent record intact with his third-place run. He has been in the top-three finishers in each of his latest five starts, including stakes races in his three most recent starts,

The 7-year-old Worlds On High was making his first stakes appear-ance since last April and competed for a $10,000 claiming tag at 440 yards as recently as November at Evangeline Downs for trainer Vann Haywood. He was a close second in that race and then raced to a pair of second-place finishes in 870-yard allowance races. Those were his only 870-yard starts from 38 outs coming into the Magnolia Stakes.

Kellie Hebert’s runner-up Mr Fallen Angel posted wins in the Au Revior Stakes and an allowance race with a third in the Marathon Stakes in his three starts for trainer Randy Hebert before the Magnolia Stakes.

Abel Flores and Carlos Lo-zano’s favorite Un D Niable found an opportune race to win his maiden when he won the $45,944 Louisiana Downs Maiden Stakes, a supporting feature for 3-, 4- and

5-year-old Louisiana-bred maidensThe three-year-old Un D Niable,

the 5-2 favorite from the Kenny Roberts barn, got a clean start under John Hamilton and had a clear run. He raced to the early lead and then held safe Jet Black Delta by a neck. The finish completed a 1-2 finish by offspring of Jet Black Patriot.

Cosino Winner was a neck behind Jet Black Delta for third.

After finishing off the board in two starts early last year, Un D Ni-able has become competitive since his return from a more than four-month layoff. He was third in his first two starts in his comeback and then second in his Maiden Stakes trial. The gelding has now been favored in three-straight races.

FEB 8, 2013Sunland Park, NMJump Down Azoom tops Maturity trials

Crowson Racing’s Jump Down Azoom topped the three trials to the Grade 2, $95,400 West Texas Maturity when he took the third of three trials with a :19.276 time for the 400 yards.

It was an easy trip for Jump Down Azoom from the outside post position under Esgar Ramirez. The four-year-old gelding quickly went to the lead and then was never seriously challenged while winning by one-half length for trainer Victor Rodriguez Flores.

It was a trial-winning and qualifying double for Crowson, Ramirez and Rodriguez-Flores. They combined to take the second trial with Jess Cuervo, an impres-sive three-quarter length winner in :19.483 as the 7-5 favorite.

Jump Down Azoom went off

at 2-1 odds after showing his readi-ness at Sunland Park with a neck win in a $28,000 allowance race over the track on December 15. That was his Sunland Park debut.

The son of Azoom made his first 12 starts in Texas and had shown some promise in minor stakes.His highest-class competi-tion came in the TQHA Stakes and the Dash For Cash Juvenile.

Second-fastest qualifier Tres Seis Nueve, owned by Valle Guadi-ana Corporation, was second behind Jump Down Azoom in their trial. He raced to a time of :19.345 while never challenging Jump Down Azoom. Racing as the slight favorite, the Tres Seis-sired 4-year-old was a close second in the Sunland Winter Derby and third in the KOFX-FM Handicap in his two previous starts, each at Sunland Park.

The complete list of qualifiers is Jump Down Azoom (:19.276), Tres Seis Nuevo(:19.354), Tf Fea-tured Effort(:19.441), Really A Fan-tasy(:19.474), Jess Cuervo(:19.483), Our First Corona(:19.488), Bugsy B(:19.502), The Redd Zone(:19.562), First Corona Call (:19.580) and Rab-bit Revival(:19.604).

FEB 2, 2013Louisiana Downs, Bossier City, LALa Mos Chingono determined in Party Girl

Oscar Rohne’s La Mos Chingo-no was a very determined winner of the $35,000 Party Girl Stakes for Louisiana-bred distaffers at Louisi-ana Downs when she overcame a terrible start to win the stakes for the second time.

On the undercard, Sparrow

Contender won the $15,000 Swift Stakes for open horses.

La Mos Chingono stumbled at the start and could have lost her racing lane if she had not found her feet and quickly move up with the contenders. The John Hamil-ton-ridden mare went on to win by a neck in :17.701 for the 350 yards.

Time Of Love was second by a neck over Jessalittlecourage in the six-horse field.

La Mos Chingono, a six-year-old daughter of Heza Fast Dash, also won last year’s Party Girl Stakes by a neck. The Kenneth Roberts-trained mare won the Au-dobon Stakes and the Billy Mont-gomery Stakes in back-to-back starts last year before finishing a close second against males in the Louisiana Day Champions Stakes to close out the 2012 season.

Isreal Soliz’s Sparrow Contender won the Swift Stakes by battling with Taylors Toastin Papa and then hold-ing safe Dash For Cache to gain her second stakes win in as many starts at Louisiana Downs this season.

Sparrow Contender started the meet with a neck win in the 250-yard Harrah’s Dash.

Ridden by Martin Rubalcava, Sparrow Contender covered the 350 yards in :17.531 to get the nose victory over Dash For Cache. Taylors Toastin Papa was three quarters of a length behind the top-two finishers for third.

Sparrow Contender also pushed his record to two-for-two at Louisiana Downs with the Swift Stakes victory.

Before posting his two stakes wins at Louisiana Downs, the son of Contend showed his readiness with a 220-yard allowance win at Lone Star Park.

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FEB 24, 2013Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CAAin’t No Other rolls to victory in Sensational Star Stakes

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, fresh off victory in Saturday’s Grade 2 San Carlos Stakes, fitted veteran gelding Ain’t No Other with blinkers for the first time and the result was a three quar-ter length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Sensational Stakes for older horses bred in California at 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course. The 5-year-old son of Old Topper negotiated the course in 1:11.53.

“I worked him in blinkers and he worked really well,” said Hol-lendorfer assistant Dan Ward. “He didn’t try to lug in. He didn’t try to wait on horses, he just went on.”

Off as second choice in the eight-horse field at 9-2, Ain’t No Other sat third early, four lengths behind pacesetting longshot Coach Bob and Victor Espinoza. With fractions of 21.24, 43.05 and 1:05.50, the Sensational Star set up for horses coming from behind.

As the field approached the dirt crossing at the top of the lane, Bejarano split horses and made the lead in mid stretch, and then held off a fast finishing Stars-pangled Heat and Corey Nakatani, who was flying at the rail.

Owned and bred by Tom and Debi Stull’s Tommy Town Thor-oughbreds LLC, Ain’t No Other

paid $11.40, $6.00 and $4.00. With the winner’s share of $60,000, Ain’t No Other increased his earnings to $434,973. His record now stands at 24-8-6-6.

With today’s victory, Bejarano has now won with 10 of 17 mounts for Hollendorfer at the current meet and Hollendorfer, currently third in the trainer standings with 19 wins overall, is a near-perfect four for five with Tommy Town starters.

Starspangled Heat broke slowly from post position five and settled comfortably into last posi-tion, 11 lengths off the lead past the half mile marker. Nakatani cut the corner turning for home and rallied strongly at the rail through the stretch, finishing a nose in front of A Toast to You and Martin Garcia.

Starspangled Heat, off at 5-1, paid $6.00 and $3.80.

A Toast to You, also off at 5-1, finished wide-out, a length in front of pacesetting Coach Bob. A Toast to You paid $4.20 to show.

FEB 23, 2013Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CASahara Sky wins San Carlos from off pace, Talamo guides him to 2nd straight victory

With a blistering early pace to take advantage of, Sahara Sky, with Joe Talamo up, came roar-ing from far off the pace to take Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 San

Carlos Stakes by three quarters of a length, covering seven furlongs in 1:21.28.

As Comma to the Top and Jus-tin Phillip ding-donged through fractions of 22.11, 43.88 and 1:08.09, Talamo was content to lag far back early in the field of eight.

“They had a real hot pace,” said Talamo. “It really set up good for us today. I’ll tell you what, this horse is one of those that only gets better with age…He runs well fresh. It was going so fast up there and they stopped pretty good for us, but my horse was really run-ning the last part.”

As Comma to the Top and Edwin Maldonado opened up a length on Justin Phillip and Mike Smith at the top of the lane, Sa-hara Sky, trained by Jerry Hollen-dorfer, was in high gear four-wide and at the sixteenth pole, there was little doubt he would prevail.

Fresh off victory at 21-1 in the Grade 2 Palos Verdes Stakes going six furlongs on Jan. 19, Sahara Sky proved that win was no fluke and improved his overall mark to an outstanding 14-6-2-4. With the winner’s share of $120,000, his earnings now stand at $356,680.

“This horse is a different horse this year,” said Kim Lloyd, who races as Sweetwater Stable and owns the 5-year-old in partnership with Hollendorfer. “He’s run well all the time, but he would put so much into his races when he was fresh that he didn’t seem to have that same finish in his subsequent races. He’s matured now though and he’s firing back to back. He

might be a pretty good horse.”Runner-up Capital Account,

last past the half mile pole with David Flores, unleashed a big stretch rally and finished a head in front of Comma to the Top. Off at 5-1 Capital Account paid $5.80 and $4.40.

Comma to the Top, who broke from the rail and never got a breather, stayed well but had to settle for third, 2 ¼ lengths in front of Drill and Julien Leparoux. Comma to the Top, off at 6-1, paid $5.00 to show.

Heavy favorite The Lumber Guy, ridden by Garrett Gomez, was dispatched at 9-5 and sat third, five lengths off the pace passing the half mile pole and had no punch through the lane.

“I had a perfect trip,” said Gomez. “He traveled beautifully, but when the running started, the horse never came up underneath me. We’ll have to go back to the drawing board.”

The win in the San Carlos was the first for both Hollendorfer and Talamo.

Turf Paradise, Phoenix, AZPersuasive Paul takes Turf Paradise Derby By Ty Wyant

John Fuller’ Southern Califor-nia shipper Persuasive Paul turned a late charge into his second win in three starts when he scored his first stakes win in the $75,000 Turf Paradise Derby on Saturday afternoon.


Agent Scully raced to an 8-1 upset win in the $35,000 Arizona Oaks two races earlier on the program.

Jockey Joseph Steiner kept Persuasive Paul back in sixth place in the nine-horse field for the first half of the one-mile-and-one sixteenth Turf Paradise Derby. They rallied on the final turn and made the lead in the top of the stretch when he caught Brokered. Persuasive Paul drew away for the three-and-three-quarter-length win as the 23-10 favorite.

Persuasive Paul has been racing around two turns after finishing fourth in his career de-but, a six-furlong Del Mar maiden race. The Doug O’Neil-trained colt found the winner’s circle two starts before the derby when he raced near the pace and then ral-lied to take a maiden race at Santa Anita by a determined head at one mile on the turf.

He then ran in a very strong allowance-optional claiming race at Santa Anita. He finished sixth while the winner, Super Ninety Nine, returned to win the Grade 3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park by 11 lengths to become a top Kentucky Derby prospect. Code West was second in that race and then was second in the Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds to stay on the Kentucky Derby trail.

Persuasive Paul was timed in 1:44.16 for the one-and-one-sixteenth mile.

Tiz Fitting was two-and-one-half lengths behind Brokered for third.

Jim McFadyen’s Agent Scully, a daughter of Johannesburg, out-classed her rivals in the Arizona Oaks with a six-and-three-quarter-length win while making her first Turf Paradise start on the main track. Each of her four prior starts at Turf Paradise came on the grass.

Jockey Nate Smith kept Agent Scully in a striking position in the one-mile test and then drew away in the stretch for her third win in her latest four starts. They were timed in 1:38.95.

Le Factor Wow was second by a neck over Swiss Engagement.

Agent Scully, trained by Roberto Diodoro, could have been claimed out of a maiden-winning effort for $30,000 on January 4. After never being a threat in an allowance race, she came back to go gate-to-wire for the win in a non-winners-of-two allowance race on Jan. 31.

Sunland Park, NMDry Summer gains definitive win in Mine That Bird Derby

Dry Summer relished a slow early pace and rocketed on home to gain a definitive win in the $120,000 Mine That Bird Derby at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday.

Racing as the 6-5 favorite, Dry Summer finished with speed in reserve to win by a comfortable 1 and 1/2 lengths in the key local prep race for the $800,000 Sun-land Derby (Grade 3) to be held on Sunday, March 24. The well bred son of Any Given Saturday ridden by Carlos Madeira stalked off the pedestrian tempo set by Ize In Command down the backstretch.

The tepid pace only made matters easier for Dry Summer when he was asked for run byMa-deira. The athletic three-year-old chestnut swept to the front and took a commanding presence into the stretch run. Rivals Show Some Magic and Stormdriver were running well but could not make a dent on the winner. Dry Summer galloped through the 1 and 1/16 mile distance in a good 1:45.32.

Winning trainer Joel Marr said in the winner’s circle, “I think everything worked out extremely

great. I could not believe how slow they were going on the front end. No one could close with that pace. He was in a good spot throughout. When he came toNew Mexico, he was ready to run. We plan on keeping him happy and running in the Sunland Derby.”

As a two-year-old Dry Sum-mer raced for trainer Jeff Mullins and won the Oak Tree Juvenile Turf atDel Mar last September. The Mine That Bird Derby triumph was his 4th career win from 8 starts. The multiple stakes winner earned $72,000 for owners Sam Britt and Michael House ofGrenville, New Mexico. Joel Marr has trained Dry Summer to two wins atSunland Park since shipping in fromCali-fornia last month. Dry Summer sports career earnings of over $205,000. With his love of the Sun-land surface, Dry Summer should be a major threat for the Sunland Derby (Gr. III) in one month.

The Mine That Bird Derby was nearly a carbon copy of Dry Sum-mer’s allowance win here on Janu-ary 27 when he defeated Storm Driver by 2 lengths followed by Show Some Magic.

Riley Allison Futurity winner Show Some Magic finished a good second under jockey Miguel Her-nandez. The Any Given Saturday colt was within striking range throughout the feature but could not muster enough to threaten Dry Summer. He finished second, a neck better than Stormdriver.

Doug O’Neill’sCalifornia shipper Greeley Awesome was compromised by the slow pace. The stretch runner could not make any impact in the final furlongs

and finished fourth, beaten nearly 5 lengths. Ize In Command would up in fifth place.

FEB 18, 2013Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CAMizdirection makes lead and is resolute in the drive, wins Buena Vista by 2 1/4 lengths

Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Champ Mizdirection, who came off a facile win in the Grade 2 Monrovia Stakes on Jan. 6 and who hadn’t run a mile since win-ning at Del Mar on Aug. 19, 2011, stretched out in style under Mike Smith Monday at Santa Anita, win-ning the Grade 2 $150,000 Buena Vista Stakes by 2 ¼ lengths in gate to wire fashion while running the final quarter mile in a scintillating 23.75—and getting the mile in 1:33.50.

Breaking from post position number two, Mizdirection was bumped sharply after the break, which resulted in the mare grab-bing a quarter on her right front foot, which was visibly bleeding following the race.

Mizdirection, off as the solid 3-5 favorite in a field of eight, had a length and a half advantage on second choice, A Jealous Woman, around the Club House turn and carved out fractions of 23.78, 47.00, 1:10.25 and 1:21.80 while besting In the Stars and Gary Stevens for the win.

“Mike said he kind of got her to settle, and (she) grabbed a pretty good-sized quarter off that

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foot, too, so we’re going to have to go to work on that after the race,” said winning trainer Mike Puype. “It’s a testament to how tough she is. She was training beautiful going into this race…She’s just a pleasure to have. She makes me look good.

Owned by Jim Rome’s Jungle Racing LLC, William Strauss, Danny Grohs, Kevin Nish, Michael Kramek and Boris Beljak, Rome was one of the first to greet Smith and Mizdirection on the track as she returned to the winner’s circle.

Mizdirection, a 5-year-old mare by Mizzen Mast, registered her third consecutive win and her seventh in her last nine tries. With the winner’s share of $90,000, her earnings now total $1,094,621. Her overall record now stands at 14-9-4-1.

Co-owner Strauss, who along with his brother, Jeffrey, owns and operates The Pamplemousse Res-taurant in Solana Beach, extended an open invitation to his eatery.

“Dinner’s on me tonight!! Just tell my brother to blame it on me!!”

Off at 6-1, In the Stars finished 1 ¼ lengths in front of Byrama and paid $4.40 and $3.40.

Byrama, ridden by Victor Espinoza, was off at 16-1 and paid $4.40.

Oaklawn Park, Hotsprings, ARBaffert continues Oaklawn dominance with 4th Southwest win

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert reached into his very

deep 3-year-old pocket and found yet another serious Derby con-tender in Tanma Corporation’s Super Ninety Nine, winner of $300,000 South-west Stakes (Grade 3). The Pulpit colt, who was the trainer’s fourth winner in

the race, earned 10 points for his victory based on Churchill Downs’ new requirements for making the Kentucky Derby field. Baffert also won the race in 2010 with Conveyance and swept both divi-sions last year with Castaway and Secret Circle.

Bet down to even money, Super Ninety Nine did not disap-point under a confident ride by jockey Rafael Bejarano. He went straight to the lead and never looked back setting reasonable fractions of 23 1/5 and 47 2/5 for the first half mile. Turning for home he began to separate him-self from his nine other rivals and drew off to win by 11 ¼ lengths in front of a crowd of 25,854. He completed the 1 1/16 miles in 1:44 4/5 over a track rated sloppy from the heavy rain that hit shortly before post time.

“Rafael (Bejarano) called me before the race and I just told him to let him get away from there and do his thing,” said Baffert, via phone while on vacation in Mexico. “Turning for home, I could see he had plenty of horse. It’s exciting. This is the time of year when these 3-year-olds start get-ting exciting.”

Fear the Kitten, who was off to a slow start, came wide into the stretch and rallied to get second, while proving no match for the winner. Heaven’s Runway, the longest shot on the board at 59-1, also put in a late rally to get third. Channel Isle, Always in a Tiz, Smarty Jones winner Will Take Charge, Big Lute, Brown Almighty, Texas Bling and Officer Alex com-pleted the order of finish.

The Southwest was the third victory in five starts for Super Ninety Nine and he has now earned $266,480. He returned $4.00, $3.80 and $3.00. The exacta returned $66.80 and the trifecta paid $781.60.

The next step in Oaklawn’s series leading to the April 13, $1 million Arkansas Derby is the $600,000 Rebel Stakes (Grade 2) Saturday, March 16. Baffert wouldn’t commit the winner to that race, but did feel confident about a return trip with one of his 3-year-olds.

“We’ll get him back home and see how he does,” said Baffert. “We know he likes the track now. I don’t like to plan ahead and with these young horses, you just never know. We’ll definitely have some-thing for the Rebel (March 16).”

One race before the South-west, one lucky handicapper, play-ing through the Xpressbet ADW, hit the Classix Pick 6 wager and took home $548,553.

FEB 17, 2013Turf Paradise, Phoenix, AZL.A. Weekend takes Phoenix Gold Cup

Rick Wiest’s L.A. Weekend affirmed who was the fastest horse in the $75,000 Phoenix Gold Cup at six furlongs when he set blaz-ing fractions and then held off a belated bid from Absolutely Cool to win his Turf Paradise debut.

Jockey Geovani Franco let L.A. Weekend burst from the gate and they went the first quarter in :21.38 and the one-half mile in :43.66 before stopping the timer at the finish line in 1:08.35.

L.A. Weekend finished one length ahead of Absolutely Cool and it was another four-and-one-half lengths back to third-place finisher Memo To Mya.

From the RobertinoDiodoro barn, L.A. Weekend came to Turf Paradise after a front-running win

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in a $40,000 allowance race at Sunland Park. Before that win he raced on the Southern California circuit and had not won since an allowance win at Fairplex Park back in September.

Karl Krieg’s runner-up Absolutely Cool narrowly won the Caballo Del Sol Stakes at Turf Paradise two starts ago and then was a late-charging third in the Swift Stakes two weeks ago for trainer Valorie Lund.

The Phoenix Gold Cup was supported by a pair of stakes on the turf: the $35,000 Sun City Handicap for fillies and mares and the $35,000 Turf Paradise Handi-cap.

Mike Chambers, John Kitco or Dan Agnew’s EZ Kitty, the odds-on favorite, was able to enjoy an easy lead while setting modest fractions and then had to work in the final few yards to hold safe a rousing challenge from Smarty B to win the Sun City Handicap by a head-bobbing nose.

Street Savy was three-and-three-quarter lengths back in third-place in the seven-horse field.

The Gallyn Mitchell-ridden EZ Kitty covered the one mile in 1:37.73.

EZ Kitty earned her strong fa-voritism after a pair of stakes wins on the main track at Turf Paradise. She won the six-furlong Phoenix Handicap by four-and-one-quarter lengths and then went around two turns to take the Kachina Handi-cap by nearly five lengths at one mile.

Trainer Mike Chambers then put her on the grass and she was third behind Smarty B in the Glen-dale Handicap as the 4-5 choice.

EZ Kitty has a win and a third, each in stakes, from three starts on the grass.

In the one-and-one-sixteenth mile Turf Paradise Handicap, J.C. Racing Stable’s Why Not Be Perfect added a turf stakes win during the meet to his win in the $35,000

Hank Mills Sr. Handicap, his only career victory on the dirt.

Why Not Be Perfect, the 19-10 second choice, settled near the rear of the five-horse field and he joined Major Magic on the lead and the top of the stretch. When jockey Anne Sanguinetti asked Why Not Be Perfect to run the six-year-old responded and drew away to win by five-and-one-quar-ter lengths in 1:42.29.

Goldfire closed for third, three-and-one-half lengths behind Major Magic.

The Jeffrey Metz-trained Why Not Be Perfect had been a turf specialist in Southern California. Before his win in the Mills Stakes, he took a grassy $62,500 optional claiming race in gate-to-wire fash-ion at Betfair Hollywood Park.

FEB 16, 2013Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley, CADice Flavor rallies to win El Camino Real Derby

Dice Flavor, making his stakes debut and his first start on a sur-face other than turf, rallied from eighth in a field of nine to win the Grade 3 $200,000 El Camino Real Derby by 3 3/4 lengths Saturday at Golden Gate Fields.

Ridden by Jose Valdivia, Jr., Dice Flavor charged through an opening in midstretch and went on to win the 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-olds in 1:51.45 on Golden Gate Fields’ synthetic Tapeta rac-ing surface. Dismissed at odds of 9-1, Dice Flavor paid $21.

Nina’s Dragon, a 13-1 shot rid-

den by Julien Couton, took second by three-quarters of a length over 25-1 Counting Days and jockey Dennis Carr. The $1 El Camino Real Derby trifecta paid $1,068.90.

The top three betting choices in the El Camino Real Derby – Manando (the 2-1 favorite), Carving (5-2) and Zeewat (5-2) – finished last, fourth and fifth, respectively.

The El Camino Real Derby is part of the new “Road to the Kentucky Derby,” a 36-race series that awards points to the top four finishers in each race. The top 20 point earners nominated to the Triple Crown will get a spot in the starting gate for the Kentucky Der-by on May 4 at Churchill Downs. Dice Flavor earned 10 points for his victory, Nina’s Dragon earned four points for second, Counting Days two points for third, and Carving one point for fourth.

Dice Flavor is not yet nomi-nated to the Triple Crown but trainer Paddy Gallagher and the horse’s owners, Oda Racing Stables and US Equine, have until March 23 to decide if they want to pay the late nomination fee of $6,000 to make Dice Flavor Triple Crown eligible.

Dice Flavor made $120,000 for his victory in the El Camino Real Derby and impressed Valdivia with his willingness to surge be-tween horses in the stretch.

“He was moving easily all the way,” said Valdivia, who has ridden Dice Flavor in all five of his races. “He made up a lot of ground and made the lead easily. I’ve felt that he had the physical talent, but mentally he’s not all there. But to-

day he impressed me because if he didn’t accelerate right when that hole opened he would have been stuck.”

Gallagher, who is based in Southern California and didn’t make it to Golden Gate Fields because he was running a fe-ver, said he will meet with Dice Flavor’s owners to discuss the

horse’s next start.Dice Flavor is a Kentucky-

bred son of Scat Daddy, who is also the sire of 2012 El Camino Real Derby winner Daddy Nose Best. Purchased as a 2-year-old for $100,000, Dice Flavor has earned $160,500 in five races.

Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs, ARDon’t Tell Sophia extends streak, denies Tiz Miz Sue in Bayakoa

Pippin Stakes winner Don’t Tell Sophia extended her win streak to three with another equally impressive performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes before an on-track crowd of 21,291.

Breaking from the rail under leading rider Robby Albarado, Don’t Tell Sophia was unhurried early and settled into fourth place as Minesave led the field through fractions of 24 and 48 1/5 for the first half mile. The winner began her move entering the far turn and by the time the field had entered the stretch, she was well clear of her four other rivals, draw-ing off to win by 6 ½ lengths in a final time of 1:44. She’s All In made up ground late to get second by three-quarters of a length over the 6-5 favorite Tiz Miz Sue. Minesave and Bahama Bound completed the order of finish.

“She’s a monster right now,” said trainer Phil Sims. “Having a race over the track didn’t hurt. It was a definite advantage. She’s such a big filly. She always just



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kind of falls out of the gate, I just told Robby to not get in trouble in the small field. She really just loves this track. The Azeri (Stakes (Grade 3) March 16) is a definite.”

Don’t Tell Sophia, a 5-year-old Congaree mare who races for her trainer and Jerry Namy, won for the sixth time in 12 starts and has now earned $243,606. She returned $5, $3.20 and $2.10 as the 6-5 second choice.

It was a disappointing day for jockey Calvin Borel and trainer Steve Hobby, who each lost their two respective races on the card. Borel, who was riding for the first time since breaking his wrist in January, remains one win shy of reaching his 5,000th win mile-stone, while Hobby, the trainer of Tiz Miz Sue, is two wins away from 1,000 career victories. Borel has no mounts on Sunday and three Monday. Hobby will saddle one horse in the last race Sunday and two on Monday, including Big Lute in the $300,000 Southwest Stakes (Grade 3).

Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CAGreat Hot at 9-1, steals Santa Maria

In a manner eerily similar to so many other stakes wins covering parts of four decades, comeback-ing Gary Stevens sent longshot Great Hot to the early lead in Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes for older fillies and mares and put on a text-book exhibition on how to ride a frontrunner, guiding the 5-year-old Brazilian-bred mare to a half length victory over even money favorite Book Review while cover-ing 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.08.

Stevens, who first won the Santa Maria in 1988 with the Gary Jones-trained Mausie, won it again in 1996 with Serena’s Song for Bob Baffert, and then won it two years in a row; in 2001 with Lovellon for

Ron McAnally and in 2002 with Favorite Funtime for Baffert.

Breaking from the rail in a field of five, Stevens gunned Great Hot, who was fitted with blinkers for the first time by trainer A.C. Avila, to a length and a half lead going into the Club House turn. Leaving the backside and going to the far turn, eventual third-place finisher Lady of Fifty and Joe Talamo loomed menacingly, draw-ing within a length of the leader, but Stevens, as he’s done so many times before, opened up a length and a half and was never seriously challenged thereafter.

“At the three-eighths pole I let her out a notch and it wasn’t full tilt yet, but it was enough to get their attention,” said Stevens. “When we turned into the stretch, she still had enough to hold the other filly (Book Review) off.”

Great Hot carved out frac-tions of 23.94, 48.19, 1:12.11 and 1:36.42.

“Gary got the breaks,” said Avila. “Nobody wins 5,000 races (actually 4,893) for no reason. I put the blinkers on to give her more focus. He (Stevens) spoke to me yesterday. I said ‘I’m going to do one thing. I’m going to give you a leg up and you are the boss.’…I left it up to Gary, because he knows how to read the Form. I said when the gates open and if somebody gets crazy, let them go. She’s got back class.”

Off as the fourth choice in the wagering, Great Hot paid $20.80, $5.60 and $3.40. With the win-ner’s share of $120,000, Great Hot, owned by her breeder, Coude-laria Jessica, hiked her bankroll

to $537,927. Winless in her last 13 starts, Great Hot’s record now stands at 21-5-3-5.

Dating back to last Saturday’s Grade 2 San Marcos Stakes and Sunday’s Wishing Well, Stevens has now won three consecutive stakes at The Great Race Place.

Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Book Review, a winner of the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes going seven furlongs on Dec. 26, came off a second-place finish in the Grade 2 La Canada at 1 1/16 miles on Jan. 20.

Book Review, trained by Bob Baffert, paid $2.80 and $2.10.

Lady of Fifty, the third choice in the betting at 3-1, prevailed by a half length over Snow Fall and Tyler Baze to be third, and paid $2.80 to show.

Avila indicated that he would point Great Hot to the Grade 1, $300,000 Santa Margarita Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on March 16.

Sunland Park, NMHennesey Smash wins 6th straight in Peppers Pride Handicap

Under a masterful ride from Alfredo Juarez, Jr., Hennesey Smash won her sixth straight race in the $85,000 Peppers Pride Handicap at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. The sensational stakes star by Roll Hennessy Roll led every step of the way in her first attempt at one mile.

Coming off a rousing win against open company in the Bold Ego Handicap, the New Mexico-bred four-year-old filly by Roll Hen-nesey Roll, was at the top of her

game. The only ques-tion was the distance, and Juarez made sure it was a comfortable journey for her going 2 turns. She relaxed very nicely and was never pressured early setting tepid fractions of 24.03 and 47.94 seconds for the first two calls.

By the time Rose’s Desert and Iplaytricks came calling at the

quarter pole, Hennesey Smash had plenty left and turned the distaff feature into a sprint. She dug in de-terminedly throughout the stretch run and defeated favored stable mate Rose’s Desert by one and one-quarter lengths in a smashing performance. The Todd Fincher trained winner clocked the one mile in a sharp 1:37.59. She adds the Peppers Pride title to her glossy resume which includes stakes wins at Ruidoso Downs, Albuquerque and Zia Park.

The latest champion out of the blue chip mare Some Smash earned $30,000 for owner Barbara Coleman. Hennesey Smash has won 7 times from 8 starts with earnings moving past $231,000. A $2 win ticket on the Peppers Pride winner was worth $8.20. Hennesey Smash is a half sister to the New Mexico-bred champion gelding Some Ghost.

Multiple stakes winner Rose’s Desert tried her best for Fincher but could not overhaul her speedy stable mate in deep stretch. The even money favorite was coming off a big 5-length win in the New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap on opening weekend. Rose’s Desert kicked into high gear but had to settle for second place under jockey Casey Lam-bert. Fincher saddled the top two finishers.

Defending champion Iplay-tricks ran a solid race under jockey Ken Tohill. Joel Marr’s charge found her best strides too late and finished third, beaten two and one-half lengths. Devon’s Spirit, Soaring Goddess, Gossip Dome and Desert Avenue rounded out the order of


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finish.Six out of the seven horse

field were sired by Roll Hennessy Roll, Desert God and Premedita-tion all stakes producing stallions from A&A Ranch in Anthony, NM. For more information on these stallions and other award winning stallions call Fred Alexander: Cell: 915-539-2176 - Linda Alexander Cell: 915-539-0040.

FEB 9, 2013Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CASlim Shadey, Stevens go gate to wire in San Marcos Stakes

Like a shot out of a cannon, Slim Shadey and Gary Stevens sprung out of post position 11 and seized command of Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 San Marcos Stakes at Santa Anita and made every pole a winning one, prevail-ing by one length over 7-2 favorite Interaction while getting 1 ¼ miles on turf in 1:59.17, and providing Hall of Famer Stevens with his first stakes win in a comeback that began on Jan. 6.

A front-running winner of last year’s San Marcos, Slim Shadey, trained by Simon Callaghan, came off a disappointing sixth-place run as the 3-2 favorite in the Grade 2 San Gabriel Stakes on Jan. 13—a race in which the 5-year-old English-bred gelding by Val Royal was taken off the pace going 1 1/8 miles on turf.

“He went out, he relaxed, and Gary gave him a nice long rein and that’s the way the horse likes to be ridden,” said Callaghan, 29. “It

was perfect. After the first couple of furlongs, I kind of said to myself, ‘Well, there’re no excuses from here.’ It was an ideal situation and Gary did a great job. He just let him relax and that’s the key to this horse.”

Slim Shadey set fractions of 24.19, 48.20, 1:12.47 and 1:35.80. Off at 5-1, he paid $13.40, $7 and $5.40.

Owned and bred by Phil Cun-ningham, Slim Shadey picked up $90,000 for his efforts in the San Marcos, increasing his earnings to $613,850. His record now stands at 26-5-4-0.

Stevens, who turns 50 on March 6, had two wins and 11 seconds from 33 mounts coming into the San Marcos and was riding “Slim” for the first time.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling thanks to Simon and the whole team over there for giving me the opportunity on this horse. I’ve had a bad case of seconditus. I knew things would turn around and this is a good race to have them turn around in.”

Favored Interaction was taken far off the early pace from his rail post position and rallied strongly under Joe Talamo but never threatened the winner, finishing 2 ¼ lengths in front of 7-1 shot All Squared Away and Gomez.

Interaction paid $5.20 and $3.60.

Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs, ARLongshot Sister Ginger steals the Martha Washington

Sister Ginger rebounded from

a poor performance opening day to win Saturday’s $75,000 Martha Washington Stakes in front-run-ning fashion. In the process, the 3-year-old Student Council filly, trained by Steve Asmussen, earned 10 points towards entry into the May 3 $1 million Kentucky Oaks based on Churchill Downs’ new criteria for making the race.

Overlooked at odds of nearly 20-1, Sister Ginger shot to the lead from post four and was allowed to set leisurely fractions of 23 4/5 and 48 3/5 for the first half mile. The even-money favorite Rose to Gold joined her at the top of the stretch and briefly took the lead, but when jockey Ricardo Santana Jr. asked, the winner responded and drew off through the stretch to win the one-mile race by 2 ¾ lengths in a final time of 1:39 2/5 on a fast track.

Broken Spell overcame a wide trip after racing in last place to finish third, a half-length in front of Dixie Belle Stakes winner American Sugar. Liberty Girl, I Am Miss Brown, Cloudy in Sandiego and Lady Stonewall completed the order of finish.

“It was the perfect trip,” and Santana Jr. “She made the lead fairly easily. When I moved her, I had a lot of horse in my hand. She moved nice. When I was beside the number 9 (Rose to Gold), I bumped with her a little bit and my filly got a little scared, but when I pushed her in the stretch, she went on and won the race.”

Sister Ginger, who races for her breeders Millennium Farms and Little Brother Farm, im-proved her career record to two wins from six starts and has now earned $87,761. She returned

$41.20, $12.40 and $7.20.

FEB 8, 2013Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, LAValentine Eddie wins FG’s Friday stakes race

Howard Alonzo’s Valentine Eddie, allowed to settle behind the pace setter in the early going, took command when that one faltered and drew clear late for a 1 1/4-length victory in Friday’s Fair Grounds feature – the 18th run-ning of the $41,000 South Missis-sippi Owners/Breeders Stakes.

“My horse broke good,” said winning rider Jose Riquelme. “I knew the seven-horse (Deborah Strahan’s Elijah Raine) was the speed so I let him go, but when he started to get tired my horse re-broke and got to running real good after that.”

Valentine Eddie toured the six-furlong distance in 1:12.02, re-turned mutuels of $29.80, $20 and $78.60 and increased his career earnings to $25,200 with his first win in three career starts.

“The race went great,” said owner-trainer Howard (Tucker) Alonzo. “The boy (Riquelme) rode him great. It’s always great when you win.”

William Reed’s Edolie finished second, paying $9 and $9.60, and Pop-A-Top Stable’s Always Broke finished third returning $26.20 while 2 1/4-lengths farther back in the race. Both halves of the 1-5 entry ran out of the money.

Elijah Raine carved out early splits of 21.64 and 45.50 before giving way

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R C I R U L I N G SName: ROBERT ALLEN SLACK Ruling Date: 2/21/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commis-

sion Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-003A Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 2/21/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Re:13-RP-003. Trainer Robert Allen

Slack, having failed to pay the five hundred ($500) dollar fine assessed in order #13-RP-003 is hereby suspended and/or ineligible for li-censing effective 2/21/2013, pending payment of fine. While suspended and/or ineligible for licensing, Mr. Slack shall be denied access to all enclosures of all racetracks, including the pubic areas under the jurisdiction of OHRC.

Name: ROBERT ALLEN SLACK Ruling Date: 2/21/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commis-

sion Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-004A Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 2/21/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Re:13-RP-004. Trainer Robert Allen

Slack, having failed to pay the one thousand ($1000.00) dollar fine assessed in order #13-RP-004 is hereby suspended and/or ineligible for licensing effective 2/21/2013, pending payment of fine. While suspended and/or ineligible for licensing, Mr. Slack shall be de-nied access to all enclosures of all racetracks, including the pubic areas under the jurisdic-tion of OHRC.

Name: Jason D Packer Ruling Date: 2/20/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commis-

sion Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-012 Ruling Type: License Denied, Rescinded, Re-

voked, Suspended, Withdrawn or Exclusion Breed: Not Applicable Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: The Exercise Rider License issued to

Jason Packer is hereby rescinded w/o preju-dice as he has been issued at Ass’t Trainer License effective 2/20/2013.

Name: THOMAS EUGENE BOUTWELL Ruling Date: 2/19/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commis-

sion Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-010 Ruling Type: Failed Trainer’s Test

Breed: Not Applicable Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer applicant Thomas Eugene

Boutwell, having failed to pass the trainer’s test re’q by OHRC, is hereby ineligible to retest for a trainer license for a period of six (6) months, 2/19/13 through 8/19/2013.

Name: AL R WATSON Ruling Date: 2/17/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: LOUISIANA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19959 Ruling Type: Race Office/Track Rule Violation Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Late to the paddock, with his sched-

uled starter,in the fifth race 2/16/13.

Name: MICHAEL S ZINGELMANN Ruling Date: 2/16/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: LOUISIANA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19956 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 500 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Triamcinolone Acetonide reported

at severity level I in post race blood sample taken from Bayou Schoolboy, winner of race 6, January 26, 2013. Trainer declined his right to have the split portion tested and waived his right to a hearing. First violation of an ARCI category IV or V drug within a twelve month period.

Name: FRUCTUOSO M HUITRON Ruling Date: 2/16/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: LOUISIANA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19957 Ruling Type: Failure to Conduct Business in

Proper Manner Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failed to have a current negative

piroplasmosis test result on file for his sched-uled starter, Shezarunninatcha, resulting in a late scratch from race 4, February 12, 2013.

Name: KARL MATTHEW BROBERG Ruling Date: 2/15/2013 Jurisdiction: Texas Racing Commission Facility: SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK Ruling Number: SHRP4677 Ruling Type: Alcohol Violation - Human Breed: Unknown

Division: Unknown Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner-Trainer Karl Broberg having

been duly noticed,waived his right to a formal hearing before the Sam Houston Race Park Board of Stewards on 02/15/2013 and his right to appeal. Mr.Broberg is hereby fined one hun-dred ($100) dollars for having 19 cans of beer at his barn at Sam Houston Race Park,found during a compliance inspection by DPS and TxRC security personel on 02/01/2013. First violation in this category in the past twelve months.

Name: CODY BLAINE MECHE Ruling Date: 2/14/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19951 Ruling Type: Failure to Give Best Effort Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 500 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failed to ride his mount out in the

9th race 2/09/13.

Name: ANTHONY LOUIS NICOMETO Ruling Date: 2/14/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS029 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 2/14/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Groom ANTHONY NICOMETO, hav-

ing failed to appear to answer a complaint alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1874(Disorderly Conduct-assault with a deadly weapon), is suspended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547 (Failure to Appear). During the term of suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Anthony Nicometo are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1528(Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine), Mr. Nicometo is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction.

Name: SAMUEL LEVERETTE BREAUX Ruling Date: 2/14/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19952 Ruling Type: Race Office/Track Rule Violation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failed to have foal certificate on file

resulting in the late scratch of El’s Into It from race 5, February 09, 2013.


Name: VALENTIN ARELLANES Ruling Date: 2/14/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commis-

sion Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-011 Ruling Type: Failed Trainer’s Test Breed: Not Applicable Division: Unknown Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer applicant Valentin Arellanes,

having failed to pass the trainer’s test re’q by OHRC, is hereby ineligible to retest for a trainer license for a period of thirty (30) days, 2/14/13 through 3/15/2013.

Name: MARIO ALBERTO GUTIERREZ Ruling Date: 2/14/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS031 Ruling Type: Failure to Honor Declaration/En-

gagement Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey MARIO GUTIERREZ is fined

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00)* for failure to fulfill his riding engagement in the eighth race at Santa Anita Race Track on February 10, 2013. This constitutes a violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1872 (Failure to Fulfill Jockey Agreement).

Name: OSCAR LOPEZ GARCIA Ruling Date: 2/14/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS030 Ruling Type: Medication Administration Viola-

tion Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 500 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Pursuant to California Horse rac-

ing Board rule #1866(d)(Veterinarian’s List), trainer OSCAR GARCIA is fined FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00)* for violation of California Horse Racing Board rules #1843(a)(d) (Medi-cation, Drugs, and Other Substances) and #1844(c)(2)(Authorized Medication-Flunixin in excess of permitted level-46.1 ng/ml).

Name: LISA K TOLLEY Ruling Date: 2/13/2013 Jurisdiction: Texas Racing Commission Facility: SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK Ruling Number: SHRP4676 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Breed: Unknown Division: Unknown Fine Amount: $ 250 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start:

Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner-Trainer Lisa K Tolley having

been duly noticed, waived her right to a formal hearing before the Sam Houston Race Park Board of Stewards on 2/11/2013 and her right to appeal. Ms Tolley is hereby fined two hun-dred and fifty ($250) dollars for a positive test on her horse “Mag’s Chrome Cat” second place finisher in the fourth race at Sam Houston Race Park on 01/25/2013 for Phenylbutazone at 3.3 ug/ml sample number #SH050482. First violation in this category in the past twelve months.

Name: WILSON BOUDREAUX Ruling Date: 2/13/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 19950 Ruling Type: Failed Trainer’s Test Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Ineligible to retest for ninety days

through 5/08/13.

Name: FREDDIE MARVIN BASS Ruling Date: 2/11/2013 Jurisdiction: Texas Racing Commission Facility: SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK Ruling Number: SHRP4674 Ruling Type: Unknown Breed: Unknown Division: Unknown Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Upon being duly notified, Owner/

Trainer Fred Bass waived hearing and was fined one hundred dollars by the Sam Houston Race Park Board of Stewards for being found in possession of unlabeled Phenylbutazone paste during a compliance search of a tack room assigned to him in the stable area of Sam Houston Race Park on 02/08/13.

Name: CHRISTINE RENEE BYROM Ruling Date: 2/11/2013 Jurisdiction: Texas Racing Commission Facility: SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK Ruling Number: SHRP4675 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Breed: Unknown Division: Unknown Fine Amount: $ 250 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Upon being duly notified, Owner/

Trainer Christine Byrom waived hearing and was fined two hundred fifty dollars by the Sam Houston Race Park Board of Stewards for Phenylbutazone at a level of 2.4 ug/ml in the test sample (SH050520) collected from the horse Billy Jacks, the winner of the first race at Sam Houston Race Park on 01/27/13.

Name: STEVE EDDIE BORUNDA Ruling Date: 2/11/2013

Jurisdiction: Texas Racing Commission Facility: SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK Ruling Number: SHRP4673 Ruling Type: Positive Drug Test Breed: Unknown Division: Unknown Fine Amount: $ 250 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer Steve Borunda was duly

noticed and waived his right to a formal hear-ing before the Sam Houston Race Park Board of Stewards and his right to appeal on 2/11/13. Mr. Borunda is hereby fined two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars because a blood sample taken from his horse, “Ready Love,” that won the 5th race at Sam Houston Race Park on 1/28/13 contained Phenylbutazone at 2.8 ug/ml. Sample# SH050547. First violation in this category in past 12 months.

Name: LUIS VILLAFRANCO Ruling Date: 2/11/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commis-

sion Facility: WILL ROGERS DOWNS Ruling Number: 13-WRD-016 Ruling Type: Trainer Responsibility Breed: Mixed Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 2500 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner/Tr LUIS VILLAFRANCO having

pled “No Contest” and waived his right to a hearing for a horse under his supervision, “CO-RONA OVER ICE”, the 2nd place finisher of the 9th race at Will Rogers Downs on 10/7/2012, testing positive for the drug CLENBUTEROL at a quantative level. Therefore, it is the order of the Stewards that Mr. Villafranco be fined two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500.00). It is further ordered that the horse is disqualified from the 2nd place and shall remain unplaced in the 9th race at WRD on 10/7/2012.

Name: VICTOR MANUEL CARRERO Ruling Date: 2/10/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS028 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regula-

tions Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey Victor Carrero is fined one

hundred dollars for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1680 (Jockeys and Drivers to report-failure to request permission to arrive late to jockey’s room).

Name: DOUGLAS DUANE MIKELSON Ruling Date: 2/10/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL029 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear

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Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 2/10/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner DOUGLAS MIKELSON (DBA

Kings River Cattle Company), having failed to appear before the Board of Stewards at Los Alamitos Race Course on February 9, 2013, to answer a complaint regarding case #13LA0035, alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1876 (A) (Financial Responsibility) is hereby suspended pursuant to California Horse Racing Rule #1547 (Failure to Appear). During the term of suspension all licenses and license privileges of Douglas Mikelson are sus-pended and pursuant to California Horse Rac-ing Board Rule #1528 (Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine) subject is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction.

Name: OSVALDO MACIAS Ruling Date: 2/9/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL028 Ruling Type: Possession of Medication, Inject-

able, Needle, and/or Syringe Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 2/9/2013 Suspension End: 2/4/2014 Ruling Text: Jockey OSVALDO MACIAS is

suspended for one year (365 Days) (February 9, 2013 through February 9, 2014) for viola-tion of California Horse Racing Board Rules #1890 (Possession of Contraband - Syringes with Needles, Electrical Device and Narcotics Paraphernalia), #1489 (h) (Grounds for Denial or Refusal of License) and #1902 (Conduct Detrimental to Horse Racing). During the term of suspension all licences of Osvaldo Macias are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board Rule #1528 (Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine) Osvaldo Macias is denied access to all premises in the jurisdic-tion. In addition, Osvaldo Macias must sign a testing agreement with the California Horse Racing Board.

Name: MARTIN AURELIO PEDROZA Ruling Date: 2/9/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS024 Ruling Type: Failure to Honor Declaration/En-

gagement Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey MARTIN PEDROZA is fined

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00)* for failure to fulfill his riding engagement in the eighth race at Santa Anita Race Track on February 8, 2013. This constitutes a violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1872 (Failure to Fulfill Jockey Agreement).

Name: CHERYL MICHELLE CHARLTON Ruling Date: 2/9/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS025 Ruling Type: Failure to Honor Declaration/En-

gagement Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey CHERYL CHARLTON is fined

TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00)* for failure to fulfill her riding engagement in the fourth race at Santa Anita Race Track on February 8, 2013. This constitutes a violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1872 (Failure to Fulfill Jockey Agreement).

Name: MELODY ANN CONLON Ruling Date: 2/9/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS023 Ruling Type: Medication Administration Viola-

tion Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 300 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer MELODY CONLON is fined

THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00)* for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1845 (Authorized Bleeder Medication-late registration of “Channel of Gold”) in the second race at Santa Anita Park on February 8, 2013.

Name: ANGEL MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ Ruling Date: 2/9/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS027 Ruling Type: Medication Administration Viola-

tion Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 1000 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer ANGEL M. RODRIGUEZ,

who started the horse “Madera Castana”, the fourth place finisher in the fourth race at Santa Anita Park on December 30, 2012, is fined ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000.00)* pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1887 (Trainer to Insure Condition of Horse) for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1843(a)(d)(Medication, Drugs and Other Substances-Flumethasone-2nd offense).

Name: KELLI LINN MARTIN Ruling Date: 2/8/2013 Jurisdiction: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commis-

sion Facility: REMINGTON PARK Ruling Number: 13-RP-009 Ruling Type: License Denied, Rescinded, Re-

voked, Suspended, Withdrawn or Exclusion Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: The Owner/Trainer licenses issued

to KELLI MARTIN are hereby rescinded without prejudice as she has been issued an Assistant Trainer license effective 2/8/2013.

Name: CHARLES EDWARD GERSON Ruling Date: 2/8/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL027 Ruling Type: Reinstatement to Good Standing

in State Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner CHARLES E. GERSON, having

now appeared to address California Horse Rac-ing Board complaint #12LA0309 is restored to Good Standing and Los Alamitos Race Course Ruling #10, dated January 19, 2013, suspend-ing Mr. Gerson for violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1547 (Failure to Appear), is set aside.

Name: KEITH SAMUEL BARNACASTLE Ruling Date: 2/7/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS021 Ruling Type: Reinstatement to Good Standing

in State Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner KEITH BARNACASTLE, having

complied with the provisions of California Horse Racing Board rule #1876 (Financial Responsibility) is restored to good standing. Ruling PRTS #012, issued at Santa Anita Park Autumn Meet on October 20, 2012, is set aside.

Name: RIGOBERTO GONZAL SEVILLA Ruling Date: 2/3/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS019 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 2/3/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Groom RIGOBERTO SEVILLA, having

failed to appear to answer charges alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1489(h)(Grounds for Denial or Refusal of License-engaged in the use of drugs), is sus-pended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547 (Failure to Appear). During

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THOROUGHBRED | 3-1-2013SENSATIONAL STAR S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $100,750, 4 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:11.53 - 2/24/2013 1. Ain’t No Other , b . g. 5, by Old Topper, - Miami Margie, by Shadeed, Bred by: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA) ¾ $60,000 N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC J. Hollendorfer R. Bejarano2. Starspangled Heat , ch . g. 5, by Unusual Heat, - Bel Air Belle, by Runaway Groom, Bred by: Madeline Auerbach, David Abrams & Vincenzo Loverso(CA) no $20,000 N/A M. Auerbach LLC and Loverso, Vincenzo B. Abrams C. Nakatani3. A Toast to You , dk b/. c. 4, by Tribal Rule, - Whitewinesipper, by Apollo, Bred by: Hidden Meadows Farm, LLC (CA) 1 $12,000 N/A Barber, Gary and Cecil P. Miller M. Garcia

STARTER S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $7,500, 4 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:17.75 - 2/24/2013 1. Eleadora , ch . f. 4, by Finality, - Real Vain, by Western Trick, Bred by: Red Rock Farm (BC) 3 $4,511 N/A Hunter, Rick R. Henson R. Hamel 2. Scratchthemoon , b . m. 6, by Benchmark, - Welluna (GER), by =Lagunas (GB), Bred by: Fred Carr & San Gabriel Investments (CA) ½ $1,455 N/A Davis, Franchot W. Whitehouse D. Lopez 3. Gracias , dk b/. m. 5, by Salt Lake, - Malley Girl, by Malek (CHI), Bred by: Nick Alexander (CA) 1¾ $728 N/A Silva, Miguel M. Silva W. Dieguez

ISLAND FASHION S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.68 - 2/24/2013 1. Countess Curlin , ch . f. 3, by Curlin, - Profit Column, by Private Account, Bred by: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, LLC. (KY) 4 $30,000 N/A Stonestreet Stables LLC S. Asmussen L. Contreras 2. Shesatopattraction , b . f. 3, by Old Topper, - Royal Attraction, by Royal Academy, Bred by: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA) ¾ $11,000 N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC H. Dominguez E. Gomez 3. Infinitely , ch . f. 3, by Purim, - Endlessly, by End Sweep, Bred by: Michael Stinson (KY) 1¼ $5,000 N/A Stinson, Michael J. Marr C. Madeira

NODOUBLE BREEDERS’ S., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $60,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.19 - 2/24/2013 1. Humble Smarty , ch . g. 9, by Mutakddim, - Humble Danzig, by Zignew, Bred by: James E. Danaher (AR) 4¼ $36,000 N/A Creigh-ton, Brett J. Donaldson A. Birzer2. Star North , b . g. 5, by Stark Ridge, - Bing Girl, by Kingmambo, Bred by: Dr. K. K. Jayaraman & Dr. V. Devi Jayaraman(AR) 1 $12,000

N/A Jayaraman, Dr. K. K. and Jayaraman, Dr. Vilasini D. J. Martin J. McKee3. Breckenridge , ch . g. 8, by Wagon Limit, - So Moving, by Time for a Change, Bred by: William T. Reed (AR) no $6,000 N/A Moss, Maggi C. Richard T. Thompson

JERSEY VILLAGE S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:44.84 - 2/23/2013 1. Skip a Smile , dk b/. g. 6, by Skip Away, - Strawberry Smile, by Strawberry Road (AUS), Bred by: Rose Mary Chandler (TX) 1 $30,000 92 Chandler, Rose S. Asmussen G. Murphy2. Doctor Romane , ch . c. 4, by Congaree, - Our Leading Lady, by Theatrical (IRE), Bred by: Sonny Ellen (TX) no $10,000 91 Ellen, Sonny J. West J. Collier3. Fly the Red Eye , dk b/. g. 5, by Early Flyer, - Rare and Sixy, by Rare Brick, Bred by: Brent Davidson (TX) ½ $5,500 91 Davidson, Colleen M. Davidson J. Chacaltana

SAN CARLOS S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $200,750, 4 yo’s & up, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:21.28 - 2/23/2013 1. Sahara Sky , dk b/. h. 5, by Pleasant Tap, - Seeking the Sky, by Storm Cat, Bred by: Martin Stables Inc. (FL) ¾ $120,000 N/A Hol-lendorfer, Jerry and Sweetwater Stable J. Hollendorfer J. Talamo2. Capital Account , b . h. 6, by Closing Argument, - Accountess, by Private Account, Bred by: Silverleaf Farms, Inc (KY) hd $40,000 N/A Thoroughbred Legends Racing Stable B. Baffert D. Flores3. Comma to the Top , b . g. 5, by Bwana Charlie, - Maggies Storm, by Stormy Atlantic, Bred by: Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson (FL) 2¼ $24,000 N/A Barber, Gary, Birnbaum, Roger and Tsujihara, Kevin P. Miller E. Maldonado

JOE HERNANDEZ H., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $76,900, 4 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:11.17 - 2/23/2013 1. Unbridled’s Note , b . c. 4, by Unbridled’s Song, - Siberian Fur, by Siberian Express, Bred by: Gulf Coast Farms LLC & Unbridled’s Song Syndicate(KY) no $45,840 N/A McCarty, Mike S. Asmussen C. Nakatani2. Chips All In , b . c. 4, by North Light (IRE), - Maria’s Mirage, by Maria’s Mon, Bred by: Adena Springs (KY) 3¾ $15,280 N/A Everest, Jean, O’Brien, John, Valdez, Danny and Turpin, Michelle J. Mullins T. Baze3. Tale of a Champion , b . h. 5, by Tale of the Cat, - If Angels Sang, by Seattle Slew, Bred by: Judy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel (KY) ½ $9,168 N/A Kretz Racing LLC K. Mulhall J. Talamo

TURF PARADISE DERBY, TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.16 - 2/23/2013 1. Persuasive Paul , dk b/. c. 3, by Olmodavor, - Witch of the Air, by Lure, Bred by: William J. Kearns (FL) 3¾ $44,640 90 Fuller, John D. O’Neill J. Steiner2. Brokered , ch . c. 3, by Eddington, - Gottah Penny, by Stravinsky, Bred by: Willmott Stables (KY) 2½ $14,400 84 West Point Thor-oughbreds C. Dollase S. Stevens3. Tiz Fitting , dk b/. c. 3, by Tiz Wonderful, - Past Due, by Devil His Due, Bred by: Fran Strolich (KY) ¾ $7,200 80 Lenau, Burnie and Moniz, Herb O. Jauregui C. Santiago Reyes

ARIZONA OAKS, TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.95 - 2/23/2013 1. Agent Scully , b . f. 3, by Johannesburg, - Causin a Storm, by Giant’s Causeway, Bred by: Tom Baxter & Elizabeth Baxter (KY) 6¾ $20,832 N/A McFadyen, Jim R. Diodoro N. Smith2. Le Facteur Wow , ch . f. 3, by Finality, - A Regal Reflection, by Regal Remark, Bred by: Kissane Meadows (BC) nk $6,720 N/A Team West Stable R. Henson S. Stevens3. Swiss Engagement , gr/ro. f. 3, by Swiss Yodeler, - Milicia, by Black Tie Affair (IRE), Bred by: H & E Ranch (AZ) 1¼ $3,360 N/A McChesney, Thomas C. and Gillette, Sharon O. Martinez, Jr. G. Franco

RILLITO PARK HOPEFUL S., RILLITO, Value of Race: $7,300, 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:11.20 - 2/23/2013 1. Two Hawks , ch . g. 4, by Lake George, - Sieze Her, by Regal Groom, Bred by: Judi Barber & Don Barber (CA) 10 $4,088 N/A Whiteman, Norma J. Whiteman C. Williams 2. New Mexico Cordy , b . g. 4, by Aeneas, - Lake Linda, by Salt Lake, Bred by: Richard Snyder & Connie Snyder (NM) 4 $1,314 N/A Dewey, Rhonda G. Yerke D. Aguilar 3. Costaplente , dk b/. g. 4, by Benchmark, - Distinctive Wish, by Distinctive Cat, Bred by: Fleming Thoroughbred Farm LLC (AZ) hd $730 N/A Gamez, Alice F. Gamez D. French

MINE THAT BIRD DERBY, SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $120,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.32 - 2/23/2013 1. Dry Summer , ch . r. 3, by Any Given Saturday, - Greenstreet, by Street Cry (IRE), Bred by: Richard Shultz (KY) 1½ $72,000 N/A Britt, Sam and House, Michael J. Marr C. Madeira2. Show Some Magic , ch . c. 3, by Any Given Saturday, - Whirlwind Charlott, by Real Quiet, Bred by: Woodford Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY) nk $26,400 N/A Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez M. Hernandez3. Stormdriver , b . c. 3, by Discreet Cat, - Prom Date, by Take Me

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the term of suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Rigoberto Sevilla are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1528(Jurisdiction of Stewards to Sus-pend or Fine), Mr. Sevilla is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction.

Name: GERALD L GIBBS Ruling Date: 2/3/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS020 Ruling Type: Failure to Meet Financial Obligation Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0

Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 2/3/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner GERALD GIBBS is suspended

for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1876 (Financial Responsibility-Bonnie Acres Farm $877.00 and Horse Transporter Bob Hubbard $3,635.00). During the term of sus-pension, all licenses and license privileges of Gerald Gibbs are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1528(Ju-risdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine), Mr. Gibbs is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction.

Name: BENJAMIN DAVID CECIL

Ruling Date: 2/2/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ANGELES TURF CLUB Ruling Number: LATS018 Ruling Type: Disorderly Conduct Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 100 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Trainer BENJAMIN CECIL is fined

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00)* for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1874(Disorderly Conduct-disobeying outrider).

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Out, Bred by: Tigertail Ranch (LA) 2¾ $12,000 N/A Breen, Mark K. Eikleberry R. Eikleberry

GRASMICK S., FONNER PARK, Value of Race: $10,150, 3 yo’s & up, 4 furlongs, Time: 46.60 - 2/23/2013 1. Song of Humor , b . g. 5, by Songandaprayer, - Plenty of Silver, by Distorted Humor, Bred by: George Isaacs & Marablue Farm LLC (FL) ½ $6,090 N/A Gaede, Milton M. Gaede J. Ranilla2. Tribal Dreams , b . g. 4, by Tribal Rule, - Lulu’s Queen, by Numer-ous, Bred by: Miguel Rubio (CA) ¾ $2,030 N/A Walker, Lori H. Walker J. Olesiak3. Cozy Bar , b . g. 5, by Salt Lake, - Cozy Susie, by Cozzene, Bred by: H & E Ranch (AZ) 2½ $1,218 N/A King, Elmer D. Frederick K. Lopez

DOWNTHEDUSTYROAD BREEDERS’ S., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $58,800, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:13.32 - 2/23/2013 1. All About Allie , b . m. 5, by Storm and a Half, - Be Good Molly, by Proper Reality, Bred by: Roy Gene Sanders (AR) 2¾ $36,000 N/A Sanders Brothers D. Whited M. Berry2. Kathleen , dk b/. f. 4, by Proudest Romeo, - Impetuous Molly, by Idabel, Bred by: Sanders Brothers (AR) 1 $12,000 N/A Horton, Willis D. Whited L. Quinonez3. Hatter Nu Nu , b . m. 5, by Storm and a Half, - Lady Emma, by Mountain Cat, Bred by: Tommy Ives (AR) 1¼ $6,000 N/A Wolfe, Jarett T. Hornsby R. Santana, Jr.

RISEN STAR S., Gr.2, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $400,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.52 - 2/23/2013 1. Ive Struck a Nerve , b . c. 3, by Yankee Gentleman, - Ranaway, by Cryptoclearance, Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) no $240,000 N/A Big Chief Racing, LLC J. Desormeaux J. Graham2. Code West , dk b/. r. 3, by Lemon Drop Kid, - Charitabledonation, by Saint Ballado, Bred by: Edward P. Evans (VA) ½ $80,000 N/A West, Gary and Mary B. Baffert M. Garcia3. Palace Malice , b . c. 3, by Curlin, - Palace Rumor, by Royal An-them, Bred by: W. S. Farish (KY) no $40,000 N/A Dogwood Stable T. Pletcher R. Napravnik

RACHEL ALEXANDRA S., Gr.3, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $200,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.38 - 2/23/2013 1. Unlimited Budget , b . f. 3, by Street Sense, - Unlimited Pleasure, by Valid Appeal, Bred by: Ocala Stud (FL) 3¾ $120,000 N/A Repole Stable T. Pletcher R. Napravnik2. Promise Me More , dk b/. f. 3, by More Than Ready, - Aly’s Vow, by Broken Vow, Bred by: Scott Mallory / Robert Orth (KY) 4 $40,000 N/A Holt Racing LLC, Hawley, Wesley E. and Orth, Robert E. W. Hawley M. Mena3. Blue Violet , ch . f. 3, by Curlin, - Gasia, by Silver Deputy, Bred by: Susan Knoll (KY) 1½ $20,000 N/A Knoll, Susan J. Jones M. Guidry

MINESHAFT H., Gr.3, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $148,500, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.82 - 2/23/2013 Chart Margins Earned Owner Trainer Jockey1. Mark Valeski , b . c. 4, by Proud Citizen, - Pocho’s Dream Girl, by Fortunate Prospect, Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) 1 $90,000 N/A Jones, Brereton J. Jones R. Napravnik2. Cool Street , b . c. 4, by Street Cry (IRE), - Oonagh Maccool (IRE), by Giant’s Causeway, Bred by: Charles H. Wacker (KY) nk $30,000 N/A Tenth Street Stables, LLC and Padovan, Jason B. Flint J. Jacinto3. Golden Ticket , dk b/. c. 4, by Speightstown, - Business Plan, by Deputy Minister, Bred by: WinStar Farm LLC (KY) 1¼ $15,000 N/A Magic City Thoroughbred Partners K. McPeek J. Graham

FAIR GROUNDS H., Gr.3, FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $145,500, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles-T, Time: 1:56.06 - 2/23/2013 1. Optimizer , b . c. 4, by English Channel, - Indy Pick, by A.P. Indy, Bred by: Bluegrass Hall, LLC (KY) 2 $90,000 N/A Calumet Farm D. Lukas J. Court

2. Bim Bam , b . h. 6, by Deputy Wild Cat, - Laurel Light, by Colony Light, Bred by: J D Farms (FL) ¾ $30,000 N/A Hagaman, Chuck and Ella Lou S. Asmussen R. Eramia3. Two Months Rent , dk b/. g. 4, by Purim, - Sharp Tradition, by Sharpen Up (GB), Bred by: McCann & Associates Inc. & David E. Hager II(KY) ¾ $15,000 N/A AJ Suited Racing Stable J. Toner R. Napravnik

BAYOU H., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $72,750, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.38 - 2/23/2013 1. Snuggs and Kisses , ch . m. 6, by Soto, - With a Splash, by Baron O’Dublin, Bred by: Hall Family Trust (KY) hd $45,000 N/A Bernard, L. T. Amoss R. Napravnik2. Daisy Devine , b . m. 5, by Kafwain, - Devil’s Dispute, by Devil’s Bag, Bred by: J. Reiley McDonald (KY) ¾ $15,000 N/A Miller, James A. McKeever J. Graham3. Ausus , ch . f. 4, by Invasor (ARG), - El Raabi, by Fusaichi Pegasus, Bred by: Shadwell Farm, LLC (KY) 10¾ $7,500 N/A Shadwell Farm, LLC D. Peitz S. Bridgmohan

GENTILLY S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $59,400, 3 yo, 1 mile 70 yards, Time: 1:42.76 - 2/23/2013 1. Sunbean , b . c. 3, by Brahms, - X Strawdnair, by Malagra, Bred by: Brittlyn, Inc. (LA) 4¾ $36,000 N/A Brittlyn Stable, Inc. A. Stall, Jr. C. Hernandez2. Hopeful Notion , b . g. 3, by Notional, - Hope For, by Rahy, Bred by: Heumann-Suchke Enterprises LLC. (LA) 5¾ $12,000 N/A Autumn Hill Farms Racing Stables, Inc. W. Hawley M. Mena3. Nubin Ridge , dk b/. g. 3, by Gold Tribute, - So Sorry, by The Prime Minister, Bred by: Neal McFadden & Mary McFadden (LA) 7 $6,000 N/A Lynch, Daniel J. and Scherer, Merrill R. M. Scherer B. Hernandez, Jr.

BUENA VISTA H., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $150,750, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:33.50 - 2/18/2013 1. Mizdirection , gr/ro. m. 5, by Mizzen Mast, - Deceptive, by Clever Trick, Bred by: Joseph J. Perrotta (KY) 2¼ $90,000 104 Jungle Racing LLC, Strauss, W., Grohs, J., Beljak, B., KMN Racing LLC et al. M. Puype M. Smith2. In the Stars (BRZ) , b . m. 5, by Romarin (BRZ), - =Miss Dance, by Dance Bid, Bred by: Beverly Hills Stud (BRZ) 1¼ $30,000 100 Arcangeli, Alessandro R. Mandella G. Stevens3. Byrama (GB) , b . f. 4, by =Byron (GB), - =Aymara (GB), by =Darshaan (GB), Bred by: Ermyn Lodge Stud Limited (GB) ½ $18,000 98 Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners S. Callaghan V. Espinoza

ALBANY S., GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $50,450, 4 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:09.18 - 2/18/2013 1. Gallant Son , dk b/. h. 7, by Malabar Gold, - Explicitly, by Exploit, Bred by: Tony Holmes & Highclere (KY) 1¼ $30,450 109 Randall and Rossi LLC F. Lucarelli J. Couton 2. Moonshine Bay , ch . g. 5, by Kela, - Long For, by Langfuhr, Bred by: Raymond Kolar (KY) ¾ $10,000 106 Hollendorfer, Jerry, Kirsner, Marvin, Morrison, Al and Todaro, George J. Hollendorfer J. Hernandez 3. Shrug , b . h. 5, by Medaglia d’Oro, - Babeinthewoods, by Wood-man, Bred by: Liberation Farm & Stonewall Farm (KY) 1¾ $6,000 104 Swift Thoroughbreds, Inc. C. Gaines D. Carr

SOUTHWEST S., Gr.3, OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $300,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.84 - 2/18/20131. Super Ninety Nine , ch . c. 3, by Pulpit, - Exogenetic, by Un-bridled’s Song, Bred by: Northwest Farms LLC (KY) 11¼ $180,000 104 Tanma Corporation B. Baffert R. Bejarano 2. Fear the Kitten , b . c. 3, by Kitten’s Joy, - Dynarhythm, by Dynaformer, Bred by: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (IL) 2¼ $60,000 87 Irvin, Frank M. Maker R. Napravnik 3. Heaven’s Runway , b . c. 3, by Run Away and Hide, - Heavens Passport, by Awesome Again, Bred by: Dr. K. K. Jayaraman & Dr. V. Devi Jayaraman(KY) 2¼ $30,000 83 Jayaraman, K. K. and Jayara-man, V. Devi J. Martin J. Loveberry

SAN VICENTE S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $150,250, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:22.48 - 2/17/2013 1. Shakin It Up , dk b/. c. 3, by Midnight Lute, - Silver Bullet Moon, by Vindication, Bred by: Michael E. Pegram (KY) 1 $90,000 N/A Cardoza, Dennis A. and Pegram, Michael E. B. Baffert D. Flores2. Treasury Bill , ch . c. 3, by Lemon Drop Kid, - Wow Me Free, by Menifee, Bred by: Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson (KY) ¾ $30,000 N/A West, Gary and Mary R. Ellis J. Talamo3. Caballo Del Cielo , b . c. 3, by Songandaprayer, - Queen Majesty, by Regal Classic, Bred by: Clarkland Farm (KY) ¾ $18,000 N/A Durant, Jerry S. Asmussen C. Nakatani

SPRING FEVER S., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $60,000, 4 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:04.62 - 2/17/2013 1. Seeking Ms Shelley , ch . m. 7, by Cactus Ridge, - Seeking Miss Slew, by Slew o’ Gold, Bred by: Dream Walkin’ Farms, Inc. (OK) ½ $36,000 N/A Dream Walkin Farms, Inc. J. Duhon R. Albarado2. Lulu Wong , b . f. 4, by Badge of Silver, - Lovely Cool, by Indian Charlie, Bred by: Bret C. Jones (KY) ½ $12,000 N/A Moss, Maggi C. Richard T. Thompson3. Lady Diva Ga Ga , gr/ro. f. 4, by Exchange Rate, - Boxer Girl, by Two Punch, Bred by: W. Nelson McMakin (KY) 1½ $6,000 N/A McMakin, Nelson and Dolezal, Fred P. Sims J. Court

TWO ALTAZANO S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:40.04 - 2/16/2013 1. Makeshift , ch . f. 3, by Too Much Bling, - Red Cell, by Geri, Bred by: W. S. Farish (TX) 2½ $45,000 81 Farish, W.S. S. Asmussen R. Chapa2. Tastefullyxcessive , b . f. 3, by Early Flyer, - Hadif Cat, by Hadif, Bred by: Clarence Scharbauer Jr. (TX) 4¼ $15,000 77 Scharbauer, Jr., Clarence W. Calhoun M. Berry3. Platinum Song , gr/ro. f. 3, by My Golden Song, - Rocket Launch, by Relaunch, Bred by: Clarence Scharbauer Jr. (TX) 3¾ $8,250 70 Brown, Scott D. Pish G. Mora

JIM’S ORBIT S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.44 - 2/16/20131. Worldventurer , gr/ro. g. 3, by Wimbledon, - Better Than Most, by Elusive Quality, Bred by: Clarence Scharbauer Jr. (TX) 1 $45,000

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N/A Melcher, Wesley W. Calhoun M. Berry 2. Meme Jo , b . g. 3, by Too Much Bling, - Honey Gold, by Touch Gold, Bred by: Jeanne Bruce (TX) 1¼ $15,000 N/A End Zone Athlet-ics, Inc. K. Broberg G. Murphy 3. Breathethefire , dk b/. c. 3, by Valid Expectations, - Crimson Socks, by Pentelicus, Bred by: Littlebrother Farm LLC (TX) 1¼ $8,250 N/A Littlebrother Farm LLC S. Asmussen G. Mora

EL CAMINO REAL DERBY, Gr.3, GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $200,000, 3 yo, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:51.45 - 2/16/2013 1. Dice Flavor , ch . c. 3, by Scat Daddy, - Afleet Summer, by Afleet, Bred by: Paget Bloodstock, Nearctic Bloodstock & Carhue Investments(KY) 3¾ $120,000 N/A Oda Racing Stablae and US Equine P. Gallagher J. Valdivia, Jr.2. Nina’s Dragon , b . c. 3, by Tizbud, - Just Lookn, by Synastry, Bred by: Dave Currie (CA) ¾ $40,000 N/A Yuhong, Nina Bai and Currie, Dave L. Mason J. Couton3. Counting Days , dk b/. g. 3, by Mingun, - Cuanto Es, by Exbourne, Bred by: Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY) 2¼ $24,000 N/A Swift Thoroughbreds, Inc. C. Gaines D. Carr

SWEET LIFE S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $81,850, 3 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:12.25 - 2/16/2013 1. Judy In Disguise (GB) , b . f. 3, by Elusive City, - =Tomorrow’s World (IRE), by Machiavellian, Bred by: Mrs Hugh Maitland-Jones (GB) ½ $45,810 N/A Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners S. Callaghan R. Bejarano2. Doinghardtimeagain , dk b/. f. 3, by Ministers Wild Cat, - Silver Hawk Lady, by Conquistador Cielo, Bred by: Tommy Town Thor-oughbreds, LLC (CA) 1 $19,770 N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC J. Hollendorfer J. Talamo3. Heir Kitty , b . f. 3, by Wildcat Heir, - Be Silver, by Silver Buck, Bred by: Pedro Gonzalez & Jorge Herrera (FL) 1¼ $9,162 N/A Bernsen, David A. and Makin, Paul P. Miller G. Gomez

SANTA MARIA S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $200,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:43.08 - 2/16/2013 1. Great Hot (BRZ) , dk b/. m. 5, by Orientate, - That’s Hot, by Seek-ing the Gold, Bred by: Coudelaria Jessica (BRZ) ½ $120,000 N/A Coudelaria Jessica, Inc. A. Avila G. Stevens2. Book Review , ch . f. 4, by Giant’s Causeway, - Clever Babe, by Distorted Humor, Bred by: Gary & Mary West Stables, Inc. (KY) 3¾ $40,000 N/A West, Gary and Mary B. Baffert R. Bejarano3. Lady of Fifty , gr/ro. f. 4, by After Market, - K. D.’s Shady Lady, by Maria’s Mon, Bred by: Cloverleaf Farms II, Inc. (KY) ½ $24,000 N/A Hollendorfer, Jerry and Todaro, George J. Hollendorfer J. Talamo

PHOENIX GOLD CUP H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $75,000, 4 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:08.35 - 2/16/2013 1. L. A. Weekend , b . g. 5, by Tribal Rule, - Storybook Fair, by Avenue of Flags, Bred by: Dennis Johnston (CA) 1 $45,105 N/A Wiest, Rick R. Diodoro G. Franco2. Absolutely Cool , ch . g. 6, by Absolute Harmony, - Coup de Fou-dre, by Basket Weave, Bred by: Karl Charles Krieg (WA) 4½ $14,550 N/A Krieg, Karl V. Lund D. Vergara3. Memo to Mya , dk b/. g. 5, by Cobra King, - Memo Bay, by Memo (CHI), Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. James A. Garrett (ID) 2½ $7,275 N/A Garrett, Jim R. Hazel N. Smith

SUN CITY H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:37.73 - 2/16/2013 1. E Z Kitty , dk b/. m. 5, by He’s Tops, - Envision the Cat, by Lost Code, Bred by: Jerry D. Woods & Peggy F. Woods (WA) no $21,266 N/A Chambers, Mike, Xitco, John and Agnew, Dan M. Chambers G. Mitchell2. Smarty B , b . f. 4, by Smarty Jones, - Camas Creek, by Fusaichi Pegasus, Bred by: Bluegrass Farm Partners, S. Smith & Three Chimneys Stallion Fund I, LP(KY) 3¾ $6,860 N/A Santoro, Filippo W., Mathews, William and Fleming, Marvin D. McFarlane V. Baze3. Street Savy , b . f. 4, by Street Sense, - Home Court, by Storm Cat, Bred by: AGS Thoroughbreds LTD. (KY) no $3,430 N/A Garvey, Charles R. Diodoro S. Stevens

TURF PARADISE H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:42.29 - 2/16/2013 1. Why Not Be Perfect , dk b/. h. 6, by Whywhywhy, - Perfect Time, by Matchlite, Bred by: Gerard Ramos (KY) 5¼ $21,700 N/A J. C. Racing Stable J. Metz A. Sanguinetti2. Major Magic , b . g. 4, by Kitten’s Joy, - Celestial Woods, by Forestry, Bred by: Kenneth L. Ramsey & Sarah K. Ramsey (KY) 3½ $7,000 N/A Diodoro, Robertino, Hudy, Simon and TG Racing LLC R. Diodoro J. Carreno3. Goldfire , b . g. 5, by Storm Victory, - Stuarda, by Mining, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. D. H. Pihl (BC) ½ $3,500 N/A Pihl, David and Delaur-lyn B. Heads R. Hamel

SUE SINCLAIR TRAVEL S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $7,600, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:37.55 - 2/16/2013 1. British Columbia , dk b/. g. 8, by E Dubai, - Courtney Lake, by Meadowlake, Bred by: Stacy Leppala & Aron Yagoda (KY) ½ $4,618 N/A Thomas, Michael M. Thomas G. Franco 2. Vision of Roses , dk b/. g. 8, by Catienus, - Heavenly Glory, by Honour and Glory, Bred by: Kenneth L Ramsey & Sarah K Ramsey (KY) ¾ $1,490 N/A Greenwood, Dale D. Greenwood J. Reid 3. A Lasting Peace , b . g. 6, by Where’s the Ring, - Millennium Dawn, by Slew o’ Gold, Bred by: Ernie Ladiges & Wanda Ladiges (ON) 1½ $745 N/A Dunte, June J. Brown R. Hamel

PEPPERS PRIDE H., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:37.59 - 2/16/2013 1. Hennesey Smash , ch . f. 4, by Roll Hennessy Roll, - Some Smash, by Rare Brick, Bred by: Barbara M. Coleman (NM) 1¼ $51,000 N/A Coleman, Barbara T. Fincher A. Juarez, Jr.2. Rose’s Desert , dk b/. m. 5, by Desert God, - Miss Glen Rose, by Peaks and Valleys, Bred by: Joe Peacock (NM) 1¼ $18,700 N/A Peacock, Joe T. Fincher C. Lambert3. Iplaytricks , dk b/. m. 5, by Desert God, - I Like Tricks, by Tricky Fun, Bred by: Joe Allen (NM) 4¼ $8,500 N/A Stinson, Michael J. Marr K. Tohill

SARAH LANE’S OATES S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $58,800, 3 yo, 1 mile 70 yards, Time: 1:45.34 - 2/16/2013 1. Ante Up Annie , dk b/. f. 3, by Majestic Warrior, - Always Annie’s, by Regal Intention, Bred by: Clear Creek Stud LLC (LA) ½ $36,000 N/A Valene Farms D. Stewart B. Hernandez, Jr.2. Mucho Mans Gold , dk b/. f. 3, by Gottcha Gold, - Ponche de Leona, by Ponche, Bred by: Shelley Huber (LA) 4¾ $12,000 N/A Rio, Carole A. and Barton, Margaret W. Calhoun R. Napravnik

3. Dreamglider , ch . f. 3, by Honor Glide, - Nurse Dyna, by Warfield, Bred by: Sandra Duke (LA) 2¾ $6,000 N/A Duke, Sandra S. Duke L. Goncalves

MARDI GRAS H., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $72,750, 4 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.12 - 2/12/2013 1. Good Deed , b . f. 4, by Broken Vow, - Hidden Assets, by Mt. Livermore, Bred by: Bert Klein, Elaine Klein & Richard Klein (KY) 1 $45,000 99 Klein, Richard, Bertram and Elaine S. Margolis S. Bridgmohan2. Beat the Blues , b . m. 6, by Great Pyramid (IRE), - Imtheblues, by Pentelicus, Bred by: Edward Pendray, B. K. Pendray, William F. Murphy & Annabel Murphy(FL) hd $15,000 97 Martin Racing Stable LLC, Morgan, Dan and Deb W. Calhoun M. Mena3. Ire , b . f. 4, by Political Force, - Clash, by Arch, Bred by: Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (KY) 2 $7,500 97 Dilschneider, Adele B. and Claiborne Farm A. Stall, Jr. R. Napravnik

WISHING WELL S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $86,500, 4 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:12.25 - 2/10/2013 1. Purim’s Dancer , dk b/. f. 4, by Purim, - Zip City Dancer, by City Zip, Bred by: Loch Lea Farm, Inc. (KY) 3¼ $48,300 N/A Donnelly, Doug, Johnsen, Corey, Kohn, Lenny and McLean, Gene T. Proctor G. Stevens2. Dancingtothestars , dk b/. m. 5, by Good Journey, - A Lil Excess, by In Excess (IRE), Bred by: Ren-Mar Thoroughbreds Inc (CA) 1¼ $20,600 N/A Ren-Mar Thoroughbreds D. O’Neill E. Maldonado3. Byrama (GB) , b . f. 4, by =Byron (GB), - =Aymara (GB), by =Darshaan (GB), Bred by: Ermyn Lodge Stud Limited (GB) ¾ $9,660 N/A Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners S. Callaghan R. Bejarano

STARTER S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $12,200, 4 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:14.25 - 2/10/2013 1. Espresso Springs , b . g. 6, by Rocky Bar, - Cappuccino Springs, by Afternoon Deelites, Bred by: Robert H. McKee & Mary Ellen McKee (AZ) 6¼ $7,488 N/A Gowdy, Geri and Wise, Rick R. Wise S. Stevens2. Heir Joe , b . h. 6, by Wildcat Heir, - Shear Attitude, by Clever Trick, Bred by: Valerie B Dailey (FL) 1½ $2,416 N/A Seven Arms Stable D. Van Winkle D. Vergara3. Tapadero , ch . g. 7, by Pleasantly Perfect, - Reciclada (CHI), by Rictorious, Bred by: Diamond A Racing Corporation (KY) 1 $1,208 N/A Jensen, Bill J. Toye W. Dieguez

CURRIBOT S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:42.84 - 2/10/2013 1. Red Lead , ch . g. 7, by Red Bullet, - Upside, by Unaccounted For, Bred by: Adena Springs (FL) 1¼ $30,000 N/A Davis, Joey C. Hartman E. Gomez2. Hurricane Lake , dk b/. g. 5, by Friends Lake, - Hurricane Rose, by Distinctive Cat, Bred by: Meritage LLC & Victor Flores (KY) ½ $11,000 N/A Garvey, Charles and TG Racing LLC R. Diodoro A. Juarez, Jr.3. Global Stage , dk b/. g. 6, by Globalize, - Stage a Riot, by Gold Stage, Bred by: Ellen Jackson & Margaret Sherr (CA) 1¼ $5,000 N/A Wolochuk, David and Montoya, Patrick Dale D. Wolochuk K. Tohill

SAN MARCOS S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race:


S T A K E S R E S U LT S$151,750, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/4 miles-T, Time: 1:59.17 - 2/9/2013 1. Slim Shadey (GB) , dk b/. g. 5, by Val Royal (FR), - Vino Veritas, by Chief’s Crown, Bred by: P. M. Cunningham (GB) 1 $90,000 N/A Cunningham, Phil S. Callaghan G. Stevens2. Interaction (ARG) , b . h. 7, by Easing Along, - =Inter Rails (ARG), by Ride the Rails, Bred by: Haras Futuro S. R. L. (ARG) 2¼ $30,000 N/A Pozo de Luna, Inc. R. McAnally J. Talamo3. All Squared Away , dk b/. g. 4, by Bellamy Road, - Squared, by Posse, Bred by: Gracefield Breeders (KY) ¾ $18,000 N/A Brous Stable, Wachtel Stable, Wire To Wire Stable, Inc. et al. P. Miller G. Gomez

CALIFORNIA OAKS, GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $53,550, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:45.40 - 2/9/2013 1. Redressthebalance (IRE) , b . f. 3, by =Ramonti (FR), - Lady Naomi, by Distant View, Bred by: Kevin Walsh (IRE) ½ $30,550 N/A Rutherford Group, Ltd., Meredith, Joel and Pegum, Richard D. O’Neill C. Santiago Reyes 2. Marks Mine , b . f. 3, by Benchmark, - Ermine Fever, by Capote, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams (CA) no $13,000 N/A Wil-liams, Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. S. Specht A. Cedillo 3. Sweet Tess , b . f. 3, by Afleet Alex, - Eye Catching, by Alydar, Bred by: Rutledge Farm (KY) hd $6,000 N/A DeNike, Theresa and Edward K. Nations R. Baze

EL DIARIO S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:17.68 - 2/9/2013 1. Sudden Ghost , b . f. 4, by Ghostzapper, - Too Late Now, by Raj Waki, Bred by: Coteau Grove Farms (KY) ¾ $30,000 N/A Eaton, Donna C. Telford N. Summers 2. Pyrite On My Mind , dk b/. m. 6, by Seattle Fitz (ARG), - Frame of Mind, by Green Dancer, Bred by: Dr. D. W. Frazier (FL) 1¾ $11,000 N/A Butcher, Gary G. Cross K. Tohill 3. Patty’s Pulpit , ch . f. 4, by Lucky Pulpit, - Sky of Diamonds, by Banker’s Gold, Bred by: Bruce Chandler (CA) 5¼ $5,000 N/A Robison, J. Kirk and Judy and Solitaire Stable H. Dominguez A. Medellin

MARTHA WASHINGTON S., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.51 - 2/9/2013 1. Sister Ginger , b . f. 3, by Student Council, - Letters in Silver, by Silver Hawk, Bred by: Millennium Farms & Little Brother Farm (KY) 2¾ $45,000 N/A Millennium Farms and Littlebrother Farm LLC S. Asmussen R. Santana, Jr.2. Rose to Gold , ch . f. 3, by Friends Lake, - Saucy, by Tabasco Cat, Bred by: Joe Mulholland Sr., Joe Mulholland Jr., John Mulholland & Karen Mulholland(KY) 3¼ $15,000 N/A Amaya, Kathleen and Centofanti, Raffaele S. Santoro J. Leyva3. Broken Spell , ch . f. 3, by Broken Vow, - Rich Find, by Exploit, Bred by: Shadowfax Stable (KY) ½ $7,500 N/A Calumet Farm D. Lukas J. Court

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI OWNERS AND BREEDERS S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $41,000, 3 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:12.02 - 2/8/2013 1. Valentine Eddie , b . c. 3, by Valid Expectations, - Lark’s Impres-sion, by Above Normal, Bred by: Millennium Farms at Moon Lake (LA) 1¼ $24,600 N/A Alonzo, Howard H. Alonzo J. Riquelme 2. Edolie , ch . f. 3, by Eddington, - Waverly Bell, by Idabel, Bred by: William T. Reed (KY) 2¼ $8,200 N/A Reed, William W. Calhoun B. Hernandez, Jr. 3. Always Broke , dk b/. g. 3, by Private Vow, - Peachez’n’kreme, by Golden Missile, Bred by: Popatop, LLC (LA) no $4,510 N/A Pop-A-Top LLC T. Amoss R. Napravnik

SAN ANTONIO S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $196,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:47.53 - 2/3/2013 1. Game On Dude , dk b/. g. 6, by Awesome Again, - Worldly Plea-sure, by Devil His Due, Bred by: Adena Springs (KY) 6½ $120,000 118 Diamond Pride LLC, Lanni Family Trust, Mercedes Stable LLC

and Schiappa, B. B. Baffert M. Smith2. Clubhouse Ride , ch . h. 5, by Candy Ride (ARG), - Seeking Results, by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Sidney H. Craig & Jenny Craig (KY) 13¾ $40,000 108 Six-S Racing Stable and Petralia, Nikolas C. Lewis A. Gryder3. Make Music for Me , b . h. 6, by Bernstein, - Miss Cheers, by Carson City, Bred by: Richard Shultz (KY) 2¼ $24,000 88 Johnson, Ellen and Peter O. A. Barba M. Garcia

SUPER BOWL PARTY STARTER H., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $42,250, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:34.20 - 2/3/2013 1. McAllister Boys , b . g. 4, by War Chant, - Miss Cassia (GB), by =Compton Place (GB), Bred by: Don Van Racing Inc. (KY) hd $24,600 100 Altamira Racing Stable, Childers, M., Miller, A. and STD Racing Stable P. Miller G. Gomez 2. Second City , dk b/. g. 4, by Distorted Humor, - Sis City, by Slew City Slew, Bred by: Darley (KY) ¾ $8,200 100 Reddam Racing LLC B. Cecil M. Gutierrez 3. Green Secret , gr/ro. g. 9, by Unbridled’s Song, - Green Lady (IRE), by Green Desert, Bred by: Gainsborough Farm LLC (KY) nk $4,920 99 Breen, Mark J. Cassidy M. Smith

SUPER BOWL PARTY STARTER H., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $42,250, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:33.62 - 2/3/2013 1. Bright Thought , dk b/. c. 4, by Hat Trick (JPN), - Smart Thought, by Smart Strike, Bred by: Postum Farm & Venneri Racing, Inc. (KY) 2¼ $24,600 106 Dye and Venneri Racing, Inc. J. Gutierrez R. Bejarano 2. Tale of a Champion , b . h. 5, by Tale of the Cat, - If Angels Sang, by Seattle Slew, Bred by: Judy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel (KY) ½ $8,200 102 Kretz Racing LLC K. Mulhall G. Stevens 3. Deacon Speakin’ , dk b/. g. 7, by Timber Legend, - Hail the Minister, by Mane Minister, Bred by: Paul A. Hagemann (WA) ¾ $4,920 101 Hagemann, Paul M. Pender G. Gomez

BUCHAREST S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 4 yo’s & up, 5 furlongs-T, Time: 57.33 - 2/2/20131. Solar Charge , b . g. 6, by Authenticate, - Another Sunlit, by Orbit Dancer, Bred by: Carolyn R. Barnett (TX) ¾ $30,000 102 H and H Ranch D. Pish R. Chapa2. Cowgirl N Up , gr/ro. f. 4, by My Golden Song, - Pure Mischief, by Wayne’s Crane, Bred by: Diamond D Ranch (TX) nk $10,000 100 Dodwell, Caroline C. Dodwell L. Taylor3. Ishararuler , b . g. 4, by Ish Ar, - Heavenly Rules, by Moses Tablet, Bred by: P & D Racing (TX) 2¼ $5,500 100 P and D Racing Stable M. Davidson G. Mora

STRUB S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $200,250, 4 yo, 1 1/8 miles, Time: 1:48.97 - 2/2/2013 1. Guilt Trip , b . c. 4, by Pulpit, - Mysterieuse Etoile, by Quiet American, Bred by: Winsong Farm (KY) 1½ $120,000 N/A West, Gary and Mary B. Baffert J. Talamo2. Stephanoatsee , dk b/. r. 4, by A.P. Indy, - Oatsee, by Unbridled, Bred by: My Meadowview LLC (KY) ¾ $40,000 N/A My Mead-owview Farm H. Motion J. Leparoux3. Fed Biz , b . c. 4, by Giant’s Causeway, - Spunoutacontrol, by Wild Again, Bred by: Colts Neck Stables LLC (KY) no $24,000 N/A Kaleem Shah, Inc. B. Baffert M. Smith

ROBERT B. LEWIS S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $196,000, 3 yo, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:42.95 - 2/2/2013 1. Flashback , gr/ro. c. 3, by Tapit, - Rhumb Line, by Mr. Greeley, Bred by: William G. Andrade MD & Michael E. Hernon(KY) 6¼ $120,000 N/A West, Gary and Mary B. Baffert J. Leparoux2. Den’s Legacy , b . c. 3, by Medaglia d’Oro, - Sunshine Song, by War Chant, Bred by: Gaye Swartz (FL) ½ $40,000 N/A Westrock Stables LLC B. Baffert G. Gomez3. He’s Had Enough , gr/ro. c. 3, by Tapit, - Amelia, by Dixieland

Band, Bred by: Alexander Groves Matz, LLC (KY) 5½ $24,000 N/A Reddam Racing LLC D. O’Neill M. Gutierrez

ARCADIA S., Gr.2, SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $152,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:32.73 - 2/2/2013 1. Suggestive Boy (ARG) , b . h. 5, by Easing Along, - Suffrage, by Horse Chestnut (SAF), Bred by: Haras Futuro SRL (ARG) 2½ $90,000 107 Pozo de Luna, Inc. R. McAnally J. Talamo2. Wilkinson , dk b/. h. 5, by Lemon Drop Kid, - Tasha’s Delight, by Afternoon Deelites, Bred by: Gaillardia LLC (KY) ½ $30,000 102 Gaylord, II, Edward J. Mullins M. Pedroza3. Silentio , dk b/. c. 4, by Silent Name (JPN), - Listen A. P., by A.P. Indy, Bred by: Wertheimer et Frere (KY) no $18,000 102 Wert-heimer and Frere G. Mandella R. Bejarano

GLENDALE H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles-T, Time: 1:45.15 - 2/2/2013 1. Smarty B , b . f. 4, by Smarty Jones, - Camas Creek, by Fusaichi Pegasus, Bred by: Bluegrass Farm Partners, S. Smith & Three Chimneys Stallion Fund I, LP(KY) no $21,483 N/A Santoro, Filippo W., Mathews, William and Fleming, Marvin D. McFarlane V. Baze2. Racing for Gold , b . f. 4, by Finality, - Drop of Gold, by Stephano-tis, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Dittloff & K. Dittloff (BC) ¾ $6,930 N/A Hall, Philip P. Hall R. Hamel3. E Z Kitty , dk b/. m. 5, by He’s Tops, - Envision the Cat, by Lost Code, Bred by: Jerry D. Woods & Peggy F. Woods (WA) ¾ $3,465 N/A Chambers, Mike, Xitco, John and Agnew, Dan M. Chambers S. Stevens

ESSEX H., OAKLAWN PARK, Value of Race: $98,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.71 - 2/2/2013 1. Donoharm , b . g. 4, by Lemon Drop Kid, - Tasso Run, by Cherokee Run, Bred by: Double Eagle Ranch (KY) ¾ $60,000 N/A Sanders, Wayne and Hirsch, Larry W. Calhoun M. Berry2. San Pablo , dk b/. h. 5, by Jump Start, - Hunt’s Corner, by Silver Ghost, Bred by: Dan Bearden (KY) ½ $20,000 N/A Burning Sands Stable LLC T. Pletcher C. DeCarlo3. Win Willy , gr/ro. h. 7, by Monarchos, - City Fair, by Carson City, Bred by: Overbrook Farm (KY) 1¼ $10,000 N/A Jer-Mar Stable LLC M. Robertson S. Martinez

LA. BRED PREMIER NIGHT STARLET S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $125,000, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:25.52 - 2/2/2013 1. Guadalupe High , ch . f. 3, by Cuvee, - Fighting Zone, by Wild Zone, Bred by: Janeen Oliver (LA) 6¼ $75,000 N/A Werner, Ronny W., Broth, Rick, Burnett, Helen and Posey, Kenneth R. Werner G. Melancon2. Sittin At the Bar , b . f. 3, by Into Mischief, - Fast Laner, by Mu-takddim, Bred by: Spendthrift Farm LLC (LA) 1 $22,500 N/A Ladner, P. B. Brinkman M. Guidry3. Tensas Harbor , b . f. 3, by Private Vow, - Harbor Princess, by Boston Harbor, Bred by: Curt Leake (LA) 1½ $12,500 N/A Cantrell Family Partnership J. Desormeaux K. Clark

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $74,250, 3 yo, 5 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:04.86 - 2/2/20131. Cor Cor , b . f. 3, by Smoke Glacken, - Babe’s Flair, by Capote, Bred by: A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara Vanlangendonck(FL) 4¼ $45,000 N/A Ballou, Steve and Waldron, Harriet J. Scott R. Napravnik2. Gator Zone , b . f. 3, by Sharp Humor, - May Gator, by Green Alligator, Bred by: Bert Klein, Richard Klein & Elaine Klein (KY) 1½ $15,000 N/A Klein, Richard, Bertram and Elaine S. Margolis S. Bridgmohan3. My Princess Dawn , b . f. 3, by Master Command, - Princess Grand, by Grand Slam, Bred by: Kona Stables (KY) 1½ $7,500 N/A Feel The Thunder Stable and Unter, Scott M. Stidham J. Graham

LA. BRED PREMIER NIGHT GENTLEMEN STARTER S., DELTA


LOS ALAMINTOS MAIDEN S., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $125,000, 3 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.438 - 2/24/2013 1. Required Fire-QH , sor . f. 3, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, - No Tools Required-QH, by Jody O Toole-QH, Bred by: Mike Abraham (NM) no $52,500 106 Abraham, Mike J. Flores C. Mendez2. Revv Me Up-QH , sor . f. 3, by Stel Corona-QH, - Revv It Up-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Paul C Jones & Keilani Farms (CA) nk $21,250 105 Sperry, Cina J. and John C. P. Jones R. Sanchez3. Nellie Delaney-QH , br . f. 3, by Fdd Dynasty-QH, - Fleeting Touch-QH, by Tres Seis-QH, Bred by: J Garvan Kelly/Nancy Yearsley (OK) ¾ $15,000 104 Kelly, J. Garvan and Yearsley, Nancy A. Pulido F. Rubio

LOS ALAMITOS WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP S., Gr.1, LOS ALAMI-TOS, Value of Race: $167,874, 4 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.636 - 2/17/20131. Rylees Boy-QH , b . g. 8, by Heza Motor Scooter-QH, - Pipistrelle-QH, by Rocky Jones-QH, Bred by: Gary D Nesbitt (AZ) ½ $71,946 104 Rodriguez, Lorena P. Jones R. Sanchez2. Bills Last-QH , sor . g. 4, by Shazoom-QH, - Crystalinas-QH, by *Beduino, Bred by: Jerry Windham (TX) ½ $29,121 101 Blanchard, Paul P. Jones C. DeAlba3. Hez Our Secret-QH , gr . c. 4, by First Down Dash-QH, - Secret Separation-QH, by Separatist-QH, Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm Llc (CA) nk $20,556 99 Trotter, Johnny T. Wood R. Ramirez

NMHBA QUARTER HORSE S., SUNLAND PARK, Value of Race: $85,000, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.267 - 2/17/2013 1. Sandys Jesse-QH , sor . f. 3, by Jesse James Jr-QH, - Sandys Fame-QH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: Mj Farms (NM) ½ $51,000 N/A Lee, Chin A. Orozco T. Thedford2. One Blazin Kimbo-QH , sor . g. 3, by Chicks a Blazin-QH, - Kimbo With Class-QH, by Splash Bac-QH, Bred by: Mike Abraham (NM) no

$17,850 N/A Crowson Racing V. Rodriguez-Flores E. Ramirez3. Es Dove-QH , sor . g. 3, by Jesse James Jr-QH, - Smart Alibi Lady-QH, by Zevi, Bred by: Emmitt B Burelsmith (NM) ½ $8,500 N/A Burelsmith, Shirley E. Burelsmith, Jr. L. Gamez

LOS ALAMITOS WINTER DERBY, Gr.1, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $231,650, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.587 - 2/16/2013 1. Remembering Spence-QH , b . g. 3, by Tr Dasher-QH, - Sables Bono-QH, by Bono Jazz-QH, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) no $97,293 N/A Guzman, Francisco A. Pulido F. Rubio2. Perrys Aff air-QH , b . g. 3, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, - First Down Aff air-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm Llc (CA) ½ $39,380 N/A Williams, Robert A. Pulido E. Nicasio3. Creole Williams-QH , sor . g. 3, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - Pic-ture Perfect Tee-QH, by Power Train-QH, Bred by: Raymond R Loup (LA) nk $27,798 N/A Double Bar S Ranch LLC P. Jones C. DeAlba

LOUISIANA DOWNS MAIDEN S., LOUISIANA DOWNS, Value of Race: $45,944, 3, 4, & 5 yo’s, 350 yards, Time: 17.725 - 2/9/2013 1. Un D Niable-QH , ch . g. 3, by Jet Black Patriot-QH, - Real Or Imagined-QH, by Dash for Cash-QH, Bred by: Daniel R Trahan (LA) nk $20,675 N/A Flores, Abel and Lozano, Carlos K. Roberts, Sr. J. Hamilton2. Jet Black Delta-QH , sor . f. 3, by Jet Black Patriot-QH, - Prissys Delta-QH, by Deltas First Dash-QH, Bred by: Debbie A Smith (LA) 1 $7,811 N/A Guedry, Donald W. Simien, Jr. S. Ramirez, Jr.3. Cosino Winner-QH , sor . g. 3, by Cosino-QH, - Winners Never Quit, by Bag, Bred by: Kirt B Chaisson (LA) nk $4,594 N/A Dewitt, Geral A. Arey J. Chavis

MAGNOLIA S., LOUISIANA DOWNS, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 45.944 - 2/9/2013

1. Worlds On High-QH , br . g. 7, by Game Patriot-QH, - Sissyiso-nahigh-QH, by On a High-QH, Bred by: Don L Ming (LA) hd $21,000 N/A Locklear, Kris V. Haywood A. Lujan 2. Mr Fallen Angel-QH , b . g. 4, by Oak Tree Special-QH, - Angels Quick Dash-QH, by Royal Quick Dash-QH, Bred by: Mark Saenz (LA) 1 $7,000 N/A Hebert, Kellie R. Hebert A. Alberto 3. Slinkys Fortune-QH , sor . g. 9, by Dashs Slinky-QH, - Chasing a Fortune-QH, by Six Fortunes-QH, Bred by: Ronald Gilmer (LA) 2¾ $3,850 N/A Padgett, Henry H. Padgett G. Ortiz

SWIFT S., LOUISIANA DOWNS, Value of Race: $15,000, 4 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.531 - 2/2/2013 1. Sparrow Contender-QH , sor . c. 4, by Contend-QH, - Taint Special-QH, by Streakin Six-QH, Bred by: Irma I Trevino (TX) no $9,000 N/A Soliz, Jr., Israel F. Huitron M. Rubalcava2. Dash for Cache-QH , b . c. 4, by Hiclass La Jolla-QH, - Stolis Wild Fling-QH, by Stoli-QH, Bred by: Kay Fleetwood (TX) ¾ $3,000 N/A Garza, Jose J. Vacca D. Alvarez3. Taylors Toastin Papa-QH , sor . h. 6, by Toast to Dash-QH, - Tacha La Jolla-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Taylor Vanbebber (LA) ½ $1,650 N/A Libersat, Gerald K. Broussard D. Watson

PARTY GIRL S., LOUISIANA DOWNS, Value of Race: $35,000, 4 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.701 - 2/2/2013 1. La Mos Chingono-QH , sor . m. 6, by Heza Fast Dash-QH, - Rita Regent-QH, by Gold Regent, Bred by: Robicheaux Ranch Inc (LA) nk $21,000 N/A Rohne, Oscar K. Roberts, Sr. J. Hamilton2. Time of Love-QH , sor . f. 4, by Bigtime Favorite-QH, - Shesa Hot Memory-QH, by Leaving Memories-QH, Bred by: Jorge Meraz (LA) nk $7,000 N/A Meraz, Jorge B. Martinez D. Alvarez3. Jessalittlecourage-QH , sor . f. 4, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, - Faith and Courage-QH, by Stoli-QH, Bred by: J E Jumonville Jr (LA) nk $3,850 N/A Landreneau, Joseph K. Smith J. Chavis

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DOWNS, Value of Race: $70,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:43.53 - 2/2/2013 1. Hit the Road Lee , dk b/. h. 6, by Leestown, - Piano Road, by Fappiano Road, Bred by: Paul Pruett (LA) 8¼ $42,000 N/A Hardy, Christine K. Bourgeois J. Patin, Jr.2. Silent Pipe , dk b/. g. 7, by Kimberlite Pipe, - Silent Witness, by Yukon, Bred by: Brehon Farm (LA) hd $14,000 N/A Scherer, Merrill R. and Lynch, Dan M. Scherer J. Jacinto3. Candiano , gr/ro. g. 7, by Sefapiano, - Grey Gables, by Candy Stripes, Bred by: Adam Jannik (LA) 5 $7,000 N/A Trotter, Greta and Logan A. Stall, Jr. M. Guidry

LA. BRED PREMIER NIGHT BON TEMPS STARTER S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $55,000, 4 yo’s & up, 5 furlongs, Time: 58.03 - 2/2/2013 1. Dolly Bonz , dk b/. m. 6, by Wire Me Collect, - Lady Premier, by Premiership, Bred by: Stan Bond (LA) 1¾ $33,000 N/A Owens, Terry K. Broberg J. Patin, Jr. 2. Patter Flatter , ch . m. 5, by Flatter, - Manners Plus, by Talinum, Bred by: Pete Barta (LA) ¾ $11,000 N/A Strike Price Stable LLC E. Heitzmann R. Eramia

3. Secret Pal , b . f. 4, by Lunarpal, - Full of Secrets, by Montbrook, Bred by: Heiligbrodt Racing Stable (LA) 4 $5,500 N/A Granger, Nathan, Collins, Troy, Thompson, Tommy and St. Martin, Chris A. Landry T. Hebert

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $74,250, 3 yo, 5 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:04.86 - 2/2/20131. Cor Cor , b . f. 3, by Smoke Glacken, - Babe’s Flair, by Capote, Bred by: A. Francis Vanlangendonck & Barbara Vanlangendonck(FL) 4¼ $45,000 N/A Ballou, Steve and Waldron, Harriet J. Scott R. Napravnik2. Gator Zone , b . f. 3, by Sharp Humor, - May Gator, by Green Alligator, Bred by: Bert Klein, Richard Klein & Elaine Klein (KY) 1½ $15,000 N/A Klein, Richard, Bertram and Elaine S. Margolis S. Bridgmohan3. My Princess Dawn , b . f. 3, by Master Command, - Princess Grand, by Grand Slam, Bred by: Kona Stables (KY) 1½ $7,500 N/A Feel The Thunder Stable and Unter, Scott M. Stidham J. Graham

TIFFANY LASS S., FAIR GROUNDS, Value of Race: $94,000, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.68 - 2/2/2013

1. Believe You Can , dk b/. f. 4, by Proud Citizen, - El Fasto, by El Prado (IRE), Bred by: Brereton C. Jones (KY) 10¼ $60,000 N/A Jones, Brereton J. Jones R. Napravnik2. Imposing Grace , dk b/. f. 4, by Empire Maker, - Chao Praya, by Gold Legend, Bred by: Briland Farm & Mr. & Mrs. Robert O. Mitchell(KY) 2¾ $20,000 N/A Coff eepot Stables W. Catalano J. Graham3. Myriad , ch . f. 4, by Ghostzapper, - Christy Love, by Unbridled, Bred by: Centaur Farms, Inc. (KY) ½ $10,000 N/A Scherer, Merrill R. and Lynch, Dan M. Scherer S. Bridgmohan

SWIFT S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, 4 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:02.08 - 2/1/2013 1. Streakin’ Mohican , ch . g. 6, by Songandaprayer, - Teak Totem, by Northern Afl eet, Bred by: Brylynn Farm, Inc. (FL) 1½ $21,266 112 Rosette Racing LLC B. Brashears W. Dieguez2. Atta Boy Roy , b . r. 8, by Tribunal, - Irish Toast, by Synastry, Bred by: Patricia J. Murphy & Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Pabst(WA) 2¾ $6,860 108 R.E.V. Racing V. Lund D. Vergara3. Absolutely Cool , ch . g. 6, by Absolute Harmony, - Coup de Foudre, by Basket Weave, Bred by: Karl Charles Krieg (WA) 2¼ $3,430 102 Krieg, Karl V. Lund G. Franco

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