WASHINGTON THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS AND OWNERS ASSOCIATION
 
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October 14, 2010 
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2008 WTBOA Sale Graduate Smiling Tiger Wins Grade 1 Ancient Title Stakes
 
Smiling Tiger
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  Smiling Tiger defeated older runners for the second time in Grade 1 company when the three-year-old colt won the $250,000 Ancient Title Stakes (G1), a six-furlong sprint run at Oak Tree at Hollywood Park on October 9. Smiling Tiger, who is trained by Jeff Bonde, earned $150,000 for his efforts for the partnership of Alan Klein and Philip Lebherz. Double Hall of Fame rider Russell Baze was aboard the chestnut colt who improved his record to 5-0-4 from nine starts and has earned $519,864. Final race time was 1:09.37. Smiling Tiger also earned his second 101 BRIS Speed Rating of the year in the Saturday stakes. He had earned his first after winning the Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar in August.

  "This is a nice colt. He ran a gutty and determined race," said Baze. "He's a three-quarter-mile kind of horse and we figured out a little bit more how to handle him in a race."

  Finishing a half-length back in second was four-year-old Supreme Summit, by Cactus Ridge, who out paced the $2.40-to-one favorite, five-year-old E Z's Gentleman, by Yankee Gentleman, by three-quarters of a length.

  Smiling Tiger's latest win earned him a starting berth in the Sentient Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), via the Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" series, to be run at Churchill Downs in early November.

  Bred by Dr. Rodney Orr, Smiling Tiger, a son of Hold That Tiger, is the third foal out of Orr's Shandra Smiles, an Emerald Downs stakes-winning daughter of Cahill Road. Consigned by Orr to the 2008 WTBOA September sale with agent Halvorson Bloodstock Services, Smiling Tiger was purchased by Bonde as agent for $40,000.
Other Washington News 

  Thanks Be to God, a four-year-old Indiana-bred son of El Dorado Farms LLC's Matty G-Trading Rights, won a mile maiden race at Hoosier Park by 6 1/2 lengths on October 6. Matty Gis also the sire of four-year-old Opium Girl, who took a 1,400-meter race at Argentina's San Isidro Racetrack on October 1.

  St. Hilaire Thoroughbreds' Polish Miner is the sire of three-year-old Major Minor (out of Troy's Tramp) who broke his maiden in a seven-furlong test at Parx Racing at Philadelphia Park on October 5.

  Double Shuffle, the four-year-old Florida-bred son of Repent who won the October 11 Harvest Gold Plate Handicap at Northlands Park, is out of Washington-bred stakes winner Late SailingVicky Baze has been aboard the gelding for three stakes wins this year and Double Shuffle has now won eight races and earned $170,125.

  Dream Storm, the three-year-old son of February Storm who won the Gran Premio Provincia de Buenos Aires (G1) at La Plata in Argentina on October 10, is out of the Argentine-bred mare Pretty Dream, a daughter of former Washington stallion Ballindaggin out of Northwest Farms-bred Special Kinda Gal (a half-sister to two stakes winners also bred by Northwest), who was exported to Argentina in utero in 1991. Unraced Special Kinda Gal's first three foals were all WTBOA September sales yearlings.
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The Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association seeks to unite and represent those who are interested in breeding, owning, racing and improving Thoroughbreds in the state of Washing-ton and the Northwest. To generate positive growth, interest and appreciation of Washington Thoroughbreds, the WTBOA is dedicated and committed to education, communication and collaboration, as well as marketing and promoting the nobility, history and benefits of Thoroughbreds.