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   Michael Pollowitz's Seventyprcentcocoa, a daughter of El Dorado Farms LLC's Private Gold out of the Slewdledo mare She'skickinupdust, took the Diamond Lake Handicap by a head over Suanne Hallman's I Thought So, by Eddington, with Jerry Weaver's Strike Em' Out, by Posse, finishing another one length back in third place. Trained by G. Khalsa and ridden by Marcelo Cardoso, it marked Seventyprcentcocoa's seventh win. The six-year-old mare, who was bred in Washington by John and Janene Maryanski, has earned $94,277.

    The Frog Lake Handicap was taken by Sam Stephenson's six-year-old California-bred gelding Spot of Salt, who finished three-quarters of a length better than Rancho Viejo and Pam Tumminello's Memphis Mobster, by Memo (Chi). Les Lynd's Washington-bred Grinder Sparksaglo, by Grindstone, was another 1 1/2 lengths back in the number three spot. It was the 15th win for Spot of Salt, a gelded son of Salt Lake-Heart of Joy, by Lypheor (GB), who is trained by Dru Hall and was ridden by Jose Zunino. He has current earnings of $84,333.

   Giant's Shadow, a three-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Giant's Causeway out of 1994 WTBOA sale graduate and stakes winner St. Helens Shadow, added win number three on October 7 when she took a mile and 70 yard turf allowance/$25,000 optional claiming (N) race at Parx Racing by 1 1/4 lengths. She has earned $84,475 in seven starts.

  Corky's Luck, a three-year-old gelding by Lucky Acres' Kentucky Lucky-Jazzabet, by Jazzing Around, bred in Washington by Steve and Sally Meredith, finished second in a mile allowance/$35,000 optional claiming (N) race at Northlands Park on October 10. He has a record of 2-3-0 from six starts and earnings of $25,054.

   Seven-year-old Tiz I Is improved his record to 10-17-16 from 78 starts when the gelded son of Cee's Tizzy-Princess Ti (Brz), by Sunny's Halo, who was bred in Washington by Al and Sandee Kirkwood, won a 1 3/16-mile starter handicap by 7 3/4 lengths at Lethbridge on October 5.

Two-year-old first-time starter George W, an Oregon-bred gelding by Harbor the Gold-Brookie Girl, by Proud Citizen, bred by Bar C Racing Stables Inc., went gate-to-wire to win a 5 1/2-furlong $20,000 maiden claiming race by 4 1/2 lengths at Northlands Park on October 11. The new winner races for Riversedge Racing Stables Ltd and is trained by Tim Rycoff.

   In her second start, Iwannabeadivatoo won a five-furlong maiden special weight race at Portland Meadows on October 12 to become Preachinatthebar's seventh two-year-old winner - from the eight starters in his first Washington crop. Owned by Luke Lindsey and trained by Roddina Barrett, the filly out of Fast Rio, by Rio, was bred by Robert F. Pulse who stands her sire at his Pulse Ranches.

Art McFadden's three-year-old Oregon Stater won a five-furlong allowance race at Portland Meadows by nearly two lengths on October 19. The Kentucky-bred son of Officer-Feng Shui, by French Deputy, who is trained by Jim Fergason and was ridden by Jorge Rosales, has a record of 2-2-3 from eight starts and earnings of $19,145.

  2014 Queen's Plate winner Lexie Lou defeated nine other sophomore fillies to take the $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes (G3), a mile turf race run at Santa Anita Park on October 25, by 1 1/4 lengths in her first career start out of Canada. The daughter of Sligo Bay (Ire)-Oneexcessivenite, by In Excess (Ire), who is a granddaughter of two-time Washington champion, Grade 2 stakes winner and WTBOA sales horse Favored One (a daughter of Son of Briartic bred by 2014 Washington Racing Hall of Fame inductees Bill and Barbara Nelson), was earning her sixth stakes win and seventh victory overall in 15 starts. The filly, who races for Gary Barber, has earned $1,369,714. 

   The $265,367 stakes winner became the 100th stakes winner sired by European Horse of the Year and three-time leading US-based sire Giant's Causeway when he won the Richmond Derby Trial Handicap at Hastings Racecourse in August 2011. Now up to 155 stakes winners and the earners of over $126-million (including $10.2-million in 2014) in his first 11 crops, Giant's Causeway is one of 181 stakes winners sired by champion sire and sire of sires Storm Cat. Known as "The Iron Horse" after winning five consecutive Group 1 events as a three-year-old, Giant's Causeway currently ranks third on the North American leading sire list. His 2014 stud fee was $85,000.

   After winning the 1 1/16-mile Richmond Derby Trial in gate-to-wire fashion, Northern Causeway came back to win the $200,000 British Columbia Derby (G3) in an exciting finish over Jebrica in the nine-panel race. In addition to Washington champion and Grade 2-placed Jebrica, Northern Causeway's beaten Derby foes included future Grade 3 and 11-time stakes winner Commander, Washington champion Couldabenthewhisky and future 2013 Longacres Mile (G3) winner Herbie D.

  Throughout his career, which also included a third in the Grade 3 BC Premier's Handicap, Northern Causeway - a $150,000 Keeneland September yearling - was trained by Len Kasmerski.

  Northern Causeway's female line is equally illustrious. He is one of five winners out of the winning Silver Deputy mare Getaway Girl, a half-sister to Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, who set a new track record in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), earned over $3.4-million and is a top sire; Grade 1 stakes winner and highly ranked sire City Zip; and Grade 3 winner City Wolf. Northern Causeway's second dam, Baby Zip, a half-sister to stakes winner Lucette and Turkish champion Win River Win, was named 2005 broodmare of the year.

   Two Washington buyers were noted. Rozamund Barclay paid $30,000 for a colt by English Channel, the first foal out of a $43,690 winning full sister to $544,838 stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Mensa Heat; and $10,000 for a Swiss Yodeler filly out of a full sister to $599,195 stakes winner Beyond Brilliant and half-sister to Grade 2 stakes winner Coin Silver. Halvorson Bloodstock Services LLC bid $15,000 for a Stormin Fever filly and $6,000 for a Thorn Song filly, the first foal of a $60,890 winning half-sister to $134,440 stakes winner Treadmill.

   Five other yearlings with connections to the Pacific Northwest were sold. Topping them was the $30,000 offered for the Dixie Chatter colt out of Kent Handicap second Miss Ballard - a half-sister to Washington champions No Giveaway and Youcan'ttakeme. Marion Kem Christensen sold a Dixie Chatter-Match Ball colt for $26,000. A The Pamplemousse filly, the first foal out of a $40,730 winning Slewdledo half-sister to $309,030 stakes winner Gadget Queen; and a filly by second crop sire Forest Command out of Emerald Downs staked-placed Nite Moon, a daughter of Tough Knight who is already the dam of $231,770 stakes winner and Grade 2-placd Sagebrush Queen, both sold for $22,000. $112,839 Hastings Racecourse stakes winner Kriskeri, a daughter of Rehaan, had her Rocky Bar filly bring $20,000.

  Fasig-Tipton cataloged 1,236 yearlings for their October 20-21, 2014, sale at their Lexington hub. Of those, after 180 outs and 219 RNAs, 837 sold for a $30,006,200 gross. The average rose 5.1 percent from 2013's $34,117 to $35,850 and the median was $18,500, up 8.8 percent from last year's $17,000.

Topping the sale were a Tapit filly out of Sage Cat, by Tabasco Cat, which brought $410,000 and a Street Cry (Ire) colt out of Never Is a Promise, by Capote, which sold for $400,000.

   Among those selling with a Washington connection, Grousemont Farm's Bernardini colt, the first foal out of $342,125 stakes winner J Z Warrior - a half-sister to three other stakes winners, including Frizette Stakes [G1] winner A Z Warrior, by Bernardini - brought the highest bid, $160,000.

   Others noted included a Temple City filly out of a producing daughter of $231,226 Washington-bred stakes winner and WTBOA sale graduate Deputy Sue, which sold for $70,000; a Uncle Mo filly whose third dam was Washington-bred stakes winner and stakes producer Cielo Otono, which brought $60,000; a Candy Ride (Arg) filly, the first foal out of Grade 2 stakes winner Irish Gypsy, whose dam Rayelle is a stakes-winning daughter of 2014 Washington Racing Hall of Fame inductee and Grade 1 winner Delicate Vine, sold for $37,000; and a Mineshaft filly out of three-time graded stakes-placed Melissa Jo, a stakes-producing half-sister to Washington champions No Giveaway and Youcan'ttakeme, which brought $25,000. Also selling were a Wilburn colt whose fourth dam was Washington champion Firesweeper; a General Quarters colt whose dam is a half-sister to stakes winner and Washington stakes producer She's a Shaker; a Tale of Ekati filly from the immediate family of Washington sire Nationhood; and a Paddy O'Prado filly, whose winning-dam is out of Washington-bred stakes winner and Grade 1 stakes producer Cappucino Bay.

   Washington native and successful California trainer Mark Glatt purchased a Speightstown filly out of stakes-placed Pull Dancer for $70,000; and a Artie Schiller filly, a half-sister to $262,002 stakes winner Morner, for $42,000. The latter filly's dam, Morning Time, is a half-sister to two Grade 3 winners, two-stakes-placed runners and Warna Corna, who was a multiple stakes producer for Rick and Debbie Pabst' Blue Ribbon Farm.

  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates purchased Rancho Paseana, a 228-acre Thoroughbred farm and training center, from Jenny Craig for $18-million in mid-September. The property, which is located just north of San Diego, includes a six-furlong training track, olive orchard and five barns. Rancho Paseana was closed in 2013. From reports, Gates intends to keep the property as an equestrian facility for hunters and jumpers. His daughter Jennifer competes in that sport. 

  The Jockey Club released Report of Mares Bred (RMB) statistics for the 2014 breeding season. Based on RMBs received through October 13, 2014, The Jockey Club reports that 1,547 stallions covered 34,540 mares in North America during 2014.

   The annual statistics represent approximately 92 percent of the mares that eventually will be reported as bred in 2014. According to historical trends, The Jockey Club expects to receive RMBs representing an additional 2,000 to 3,000 mares bred during the 2014 breeding season.

   The number of stallions declined 8.9 percent from the 1,698 reported at this time in 2013, and the number of mares bred increased 1.1 percent from the 34,174 reported at this time last year.

   The number of stallions covering 100 or more mares increased from 88 in 2013 to 97 in 2014. These stallions accounted for a greater percentage of the total mares reported bred this year - 36.4 percent of all mares bred in 2014 versus 34 percent of all mares bred in 2013 as reported at this time last year. RMB statistics for all reported stallions in 2014 are available through the Fact Book section of The Jockey Club's website at www.jockeyclub.com.

   Further book size analysis shows an 8.3 percent increase in the number of mares bred to stallions with a book size of 100 or more in 2014 when compared to 2013 as reported at this time last year; a 12.9 percent increase in mares bred to stallions with a book size between 75 and 99; a 4.8 percent decrease in mares bred to stallions with a book size between 50 and 74; a 1.2 percent increase in mares bred to stallions with a book size between 25 and 49; and a 9.2 percent decrease in mares bred to stallions with a book size fewer than 25.

   Kitten's Joy led all stallions with 204 mares bred in 2014. Rounding out the top five were Into Mischief, 203; Scat Daddy, 202; Midnight Lute, 186; and Violence, 181.

   Kentucky traditionally leads North America in Thoroughbred breeding activity. During 2014, Kentucky's 233 reported stallions covered 16,826 mares, or 48.7 percent of all of the mares reported bred in North America. The number of mares bred to Kentucky stallions increased 7.2 percent compared with the 15,695 reported at this time last year.

   Of the top 10 states and provinces by number of mares reported bred in 2012, Kentucky, Florida, and California, New York, and Maryland stallions covered more mares in 2014 than in 2013, as reported at this time last year. The top 10 states in 2014, ranked by number of mares reported bred in 2014 through October 13, are: Kentucky (16,826, up 2.2 percent), Florida (2,910, up two percent), California (2,472, up six percent), New York (1,614, up 3.5 percent), Louisiana (1,609, down 12.2 percent), New Mexico (871, down 10.3 percent), Pennsylvania (809, down 10.3 percent), Maryland (751, up 16.1 percent), Texas (735, down 15 percent).

Note: Each incident in which a mare was bred to more than one stallion and appeared on multiple RMBs is counted separately. As such, mares bred totals listed in the table above may differ slightly from counts of distinct mares bred.

Pacific Northwest Breakdown

   Statistics for the greater Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia) show that 118 stallions covered 888 mares in 2013 which have so far resulted in 418 2014 live foal reports being submitted to The Jockey Club. The breakdown is as follows:

State/Province              # Stallions        # Mares Bred   Live Foals        %Live Foals

WASHINGTON                37                    331                 134                  40.48%

BRITISH COLUMBIA       27                    266                 151                  56.77%

OREGON                         16                    167                  92                   55.09%

IDAHO                              21                    79                    24                   30.38%

MONTANA                       17                     45                   17                   37.38%

  In 2014, 74 Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia stallions have been reported to The Jockey Club as having covered 729 mares.

State/Province              # Stallions        # Mares Bred

WASHINGTON                23                    267     

BRITISH COLUMBIA       22                    247

OREGON                         12                    126     

IDAHO                              10                     73      

MONTANA                         7                      16

  On October 5, the Wesley Ward-trained two-year-old Luck of the Kitten, by Kitten's Joy, won the $100,000 Zuma Beach Stakes at Santa Anita. He has two wins and two seconds in four starts for his breeders/owners Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey.

   On October 4, Ward-trained three-year-old No Nay Never, a French Group 1 winner in 2013, added his fourth win in five starts after he took the Woodford Stakes Presented by Keeneland Select (G3). The son of Scat Daddy has earned $498,819.

   Two-year-old Quatre Cat, a stakes-winning daughter of El Dorado Farms LLC's second-year sire Abraaj, ran third in the Fantasy Stakes on October 13, upping her race earnings total to $60,583.

Ambleside Park, the daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus who won the Fantasy, is the fourth stakes winner produced by multiple stakes winner Capilano, a daughter of Demons Begone. The mare's $301,132 stakes-winning daughter Madeira Park, by Langfuhr, had finished second in the Ballerina Stakes (Can-G3) on the same card.

   Dr. George Todaro, Mark Dedomenico LLC and partners' three-year-old Sam's Sister, by Brother Derek, made it three for three after winning a seven-furlong allowance/$62,500 optional claiming (N) race on October 13 at Santa Anita, boosting her earnings to $128,656.

Todaro and Hollendorfer's stakes-placed Happybirthdaybaby earned win number nine (in 17 starts) in an allowance/$62,500 optional claiming (N) race at Golden Gate on October 19 and upped the four-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Successful Appeal's earnings to $192,990.

   Dave Mowat's four-year-old filly Heaven's Touch took a 6 1/2-furlong $50,000 claiming race by 4 1/2 lengths at Keeneland on October 19. It was the second win in three starts for the Florida-bred daughter of Montbrook-Biblionic, by Notebook. The Wesley Ward-trained filly has earned $46,475.

   On October 18, Group 3 stakes winner Tropics, a six-year-old gelded son of Speightstown out of Washington broodmare of the year Taj Aire, by Taj Alriydah, joined a field of 14 other sprinters for the £207,856 QIPCP British Champions Sprint Stakes (G2) at Ascot and finished second, 1 1/4 lengths behind winner Gordon Lord Byron in the six-furlong race. Bred by Doris Konecny and Susan and Allen Branch, Tropics improved his record to 7-5-1 from 22 starts and has earned approximately $562,881 US.

   On October 18, Ben's Cat finished second by a half-length to four-year-old Talk Show Man in the $126,250 Maryland Million Turf Stakes, a mile race for statebred runners held during Maryland Million Day at Laurel Park. Ben's Cat had run second in the 2013 edition of the stakes, in the first year the race was lengthened to eight furlongs. In its previous three incarnations as the Maryland Turf Sprint Handicap, Ben's Cat had won the 2010-12 versions. The eight-year-old gelded son of Gibson Thoroughbred Farm's 2014 leading Washington sire Parker's Storm Cat has a record of 27-6-4 from 44 starts and earnings of $2,200,990.

   Al and Sandee Kirkwood's four-year-old gelding Boozer, a California-bred son of Unusual Heat-Kitty and Boo trained by Mark Glatt, earned his first stakes victory in the $100,000 California
Flag Handicap at Santa Anita on October 18 and improved his record to 5-2-2 from 12 starts and earnings to $292,672. The Kirkwoods' two-year-old colt Red Button, a Kentucky-bred son of Distorted Humor, had run second in the $100,000 Zuma Beach Stakes at Santa Anita on October 5.

Northwest Farms LLC's unbeaten Emerald Downs star Stopshoppingdebbie ran fifth, in the 100-plus degree heat, in the L.A. Woman Stakes (G3) run at Santa Anita on October 4. Top Kisser won the 6 1/2-furlong stakes.

Stormy Liberal, a two-year-old full brother to El Dorado Farms LLC's Grade 1-placed Coast Guard - whose first foals will reach the races in 2015 - went gate-to-wire to win an about 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race over Santa Anita's downhill turf course by one length on October 10. Both winners are sons of Stormy Atlantic out of the multiple stakes-producing Royal Academy mare Vassar.

   Two-time Washington champion Absolutely Cool finished third in the $35,000 Bienvenidos Stakes at Turf Paradise on October 18 in his first start since running third in the Governor's Handicap at Emerald Downs last May. The seven-year-old gelding by Absolute Harmony-Coup de Foudre, by Basket Weave, who was bred and is raced by Karl Krieg and trained by Valorie Lund, has a record of 7-8-8 from 29 starts and has earned $216,348. Among his stakes wins are victories in the 2014 Phoenix Gold Cup and 2013 Bienvenidos.

   On October 18, Hall of Fame rider Gary Stevens worked his first horses since his July 25 knee replacement surgery.

   Horseplayers Racing Club LLC's Diamonds and Oil, a three-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Suave took a mile $15,000 claiming race by 4 1/4 lengths at Retama Park on September 26.

   On October 18, Horseplayers Racing Club's stakes-placed three-year-old filly Glamoride returned to the winner's circle when she won a mile allowance at Delta Downs. The Louisiana-bred daughter of Ide has a record of 3-5-4 from 17 starts and earnings of $134,285.

Harker, the two-year-old son of Rockport Harbor who won a maiden special weight race at Penn National on October 3, is out of Ms. C D Player, a Washington-bred daughter of Boca Rio who has already produced stakes winners Officer Alex and Officer Ipod.

   Two-time Washington top claimer Chukchi Sunrise, in her first start since April 2013, won a 5 1/2-furlong $16,000 claiming race at Golden Gate Fields in gate-to-wire fashion on October. Bred by Seawind Stables LLC, the eight-year-old daughter of Russellthemussell-Kalowana Sunrise, by Aloha Prospector, has now earned $215,374 from 40 starts with a 13-7-6 record.