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News from the WTBOA
August 14, 2015
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Calendar
Saturday, August 15, 2015
BARRETTS SELECT YEARLING SALE
Del Mar, CA
(909) 629-3099; info@barretts.com; barretts.com
Sunday, August 16, 2015
LONGACRES MILE (G3)
Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA
(253) 288-7000; emeralddowns.com
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
WTBOA SUMMER YEARLING AND MIXED SALE
(253) 288-7878
maindesk@wtboa.com; wtboa.com
Friday, September 11, 2015
WASHINGTON HORSE RACING COMMISSION MEETING
Auburn City Council Chambers
25 W. Main St., Auburn, WA
(360) 459-6462
Saturday, September 19, 2015
THE PRODIGIOUS FUND THOROUGHBRED SHOWCASE
WTBOA Sales Pavilion
Auburn, WA
The Prodigious Fund, Emerald Downs
(253) 288-7000; emeralddowns.com
Saturday, October 3, 2015
THE PRODIGIOUS FUND THOROUGHBRED AND HALF-THOROUGHBRED HORSE SHOW
Donida Training Center
Auburn, WA
The Prodigious Fund, Emerald Downs
(253) 288-7000; emeralddowns.com
Friday, October 9, 2015
WASHINGTON HORSE RACING COMMISSION MEETING
Auburn City Council Chambers
25 W. Main St., Auburn, WA
(360) 459-6462
Thursday, October 15, 2015
BREEDERS' CUP FOAL NOMINATION DEADLINE
Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31
BREEDERS' CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Keeneland, Lexington, KY
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
BARRETTS FALL YEARLING AND HORSES OF RACING AGE SALE
Del Mar, CA
(909) 629-3099;info@barretts.com; barretts.com
Friday, November 13, 2015
WASHINGTON HORSE RACING COMMISSION MEETING
Auburn City Council Chambers
25 W. Main St., Auburn, WA
(360) 459-6462
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HORSE FOR SALE:
FREE 3YO MATTY G COLT out of Darrledfiredancer. Perfectly sound. Contact 360-584-8359.
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Reminders
WTBOA Summer Yearling & Mixed Sale
Sonoma Valley Wine Country Get Away
Trip for Two
Sells at live auction just prior to Hip 1
at the WTBOA Sale, Tuesday, August 18
Funds raised benefit the Washington Thoroughbred Foundation
WTBOA Sales Incentive Program
Allowance Race
Saturday, August 29, 2015
For eligible two-year-olds; $20,000 purse
Washington Cup XIII
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Note: Some of the conditions have changed,
but each race still pays through 8th place
For more information, contact the WTBOA office
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| Belle Hill
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Belle of the Ball
Aithon Stable LLC's classy filly Belle Hill cemented the three-year-old filly champion title of the meet after adding a five-length score in the $65,000 Washington Oaks to her two previous Emerald stakes tallies. She also gave her trainers, Larry and Sharon Ross their combined sixth triumph in the nine-furlong stakes.
The odds-on choice in the field of seven contesting the August 8 feature, Belle Hill was reserved just off the pace set by early leaders Ethan's Baby and Gary Barber's Suva Harbor (Rockport Harbor-Queen Dido) for the first six furlongs. She advanced four-wide through the second turn and then took the lead inside the quarter pole before drawing off in a time of 1:48.11. Suva Harbor held on for second, three-quarters of a length in front of her stablemate, Paymaster Racing's maiden Rastanova (Dynaformer-So Long Sonoma), who had made her previous start at Churchill Downs.
"I'm just very happy to be on a horse of this caliber," said winning rider Leslie Mawing. "I've been high on her from the beginning."
Kentucky-bred Belle Hill, who was a $250,000 two-year-old purchase for James Perkins and his wife Mary Beth Holt-Perkins of Issaquah, has now won four of her six outings and earned $113,220. One of six 2015 stakes winners for 2002 Hopeful Stakes (G1) winner Sky Mesa, Belle Hill is not only a daughter of Canadian Horse of the Year and multiple champion Sealy Hill, by Point Given, but a half-sister to 2014 Canadian champion female sprinter Hillaby, a graded stakes-winning daughter of Distorted Humor who has earned $282,265.
In another exciting race on the August 8 card, Howard Gibson and Jeff and Teresa Lynd's Coach Royal, by Lemon Drop Kid, became the first five-time winner at the 2015 meet when he narrowly defeated Emerald Racing Club's Charlie Thomas, by Seeking the Dia, by a neck in a mile $25,000 claimer. It was another 7 3/4 lengths back to third place Kiss Sin Goodbye. The final time of 1:36.46 was the second fastest eight furlong recording of the meet.
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| Prime Engine
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2014 Gottstein Futurity winner Prime Engine finally got his "groove" back when the Kentucky-bred colt sped to an easy six-length win in the $68,750 Emerald Downs Derby, its 78th running. With his $35,750 share of the purse in the nine-panel race, the $110,000 Keeneland September sale yearling has now earned $961 over his purchase price for owner Mark Dedomenico LLC in just seven starts with a 3-2-0 record.
The four-to-five choice in the field of eight, Prime Engine and rider Joe Steiner, in the his fourth Emerald stakes win, sat just off the pace set by Howard E. Maggard's Seattle Slew Handicap winner Betrbegone (Parker's Storm Cat-Final Drummer) before moving up to head the field near the quarter and then drawing off for a 1:47.54 win. Randall and Rossi LLC and trainer Frank Lucarelli's Percy Fawcett (Big Brown-School of Deelites) came from last place to finish two lengths further back in third with Coca-Cola Handicap winner Thetrailerguy hitting the board in fourth.
"I was really looking forward to riding this horse," said Steiner. "I finally got the opportunity, and he's wonderful. I was playing the race as it came up. If I had been on the lead easy myself, I would've done that. If he were content sitting off a horse like he did today, that was fine too. He felt spectacular. He has so much talent and class."
The fifth Emerald Downs stakes winner for trainer Michael Puhich, who also oversees Dedomenico's state of the art Pegasus Thoroughbreds Training and Rehabilitation Center in Redmond, Prime Engine is one of 71 stakes winners - which includes four champions led by double classic winner Afleet Alex - sired by Northern Afleet and is the first winner from two named foals for the Unbridled's Song mare Gravy Train's Song, an unraced half-sister to two stakes winners.
Two Washington-bred runners won allowance/$40,000 optional claiming (N) races, both at 6 1/2 furlongs, on the August 9 card. 2-6-10 Stable's three-year-old filly Wickedizaswickedduz, a daughter of Private Gold-Crème (Chi), by Somersham, bred by Richard T. Beal Jr., scored her second win for trainer Larry Ross in the third race. Her yearling half-sister by Council Member is entered in the upcoming WTBOA Summer Sale. Six races later Horseplayers Racing Club 240, Woodway Stable and Warlock Stables' sophomore runner Kaabraaj improved his record to 2-2-0 from four starts when he went gate-to-wire to win by 4 3/4 lengths. The gelded son of Abraaj-Kaaaching, by River Special, was bred by Clemans View Farm and is trained by Jeff Metz.
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Week 17 provided 2014 Washington most improved plater Dare Me Devil with his second win of the season, for which he was named Washington-bred of the week. The seven-year-old gelding, ridden by Joe Steiner, proved a convincing 3 1/4-length winner of a $10,000 claiming race on August 9 for owners Rancho Viejo and Jerry Carmody and trainer Rigoberto Velasquez. Bred by Andria Mengucci, Dare Me Devil was sired by Devil On Ice, a Grade 3-placed, $255,922 earning son of 1983 two-year-old champion Devil's Bag. In addition to Dare Me Devil, his unraced dam She Can Too produced one other winner, Dare Me Devil's full sister Devils Dragonfly. Sired by the stakes-winning Gone West stallion Western Fame, She Can Too is a half-sister tot $171,502 stakes-placed Cyrene. Dare Me Devil improved his record to 14-10-7 from 47 starts and has now earned $145,630.
Trainer of the week honors went to Michael Puhich, whose runner Prime Engine won the Derby, while Suva Harbor and Rastanova ran two-three in the Oaks. Victor Miranda, who works out of the Puhich barn, was named exercise rider of the week.
Francisco Duran was awarded top jockey honors. Vince Gibson was named owner of the week and Ramon Fernandez, who takes care of horses for Chris Stenslie, was lauded top groom.
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WTBOA Sales Graduates in the News
Four-year-old Alyeska, who had gone through the 2012 WTBOA sales ring as part of the Castlegate Farm consignment, won a $30,000 maiden claiming race by 1 1/2 lengths at Del Mar on August 13. The Kentucky-bred daughter of Kodiak Kowboy-Gold Mirage, by Unbridled's Song, races for Washington Racing Hall of Fame trainer Kathy Walsh.
On August 7, Salty Le Mousee, a son of Salt Lake bred in California by Dale Mahlum out of his multiple stakes producer Chasseur Dame, by French Legionaire, added his tenth win, at Les Bois Park, and upped his earnings to $60,180.
2015 stakes-placed Legion of Boom, a three-year-old Washington-bred son of Harbor the Gold-Bahati, by Horse Chestnut (SAf), raced by Mark Dedomenico LLC and North American Thoroughbred Horse Company Inc. and bred by Bar C Racing Stables and Desert Rose Racing LLC, upped his earnings to $30,115 with a win at Hastings Racecourse on August 9.
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2015 Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale
California Thoroughbred Breeders Association held their annual Northern California sale at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton California, on August 11. The sale cataloged 157 yearlings and 19 horses of racing age.
Topping the venue was Hip 171, a colt by Grade 1 winner Idiot Proof out of the Smart Strike mare Reine des Neiges, an $115,725-earning half-sister to national champion three-year-old and three-time California horse of the year Snow Chief. Reine des Neiges has produced three winners, including $355,483 stakes-placed Bright Abyss.
Four yearlings sold in the $40,000 range, including Hip 120, a colt from the final crop of Tribal Rule from the female line of Horse of the Year Lady's Secret. The filly was one of three offerings purchased by Jethorse. The Yakima-based stable also signed for a $20,000 colt by Tribal Rule and a $6,700 colt by Dixie Chatter.
2015 Seattle Handicap winner Deb's Wildcard, a California-bred daughter of Desert Code, but with strong Washington roots, graced the cover of this year's catalog. Her dam, WTBOA sale graduate and $143,770 stakes-placed Deb's Royal Flush, by Demons Begone, stems from the same family as Longacres Mile winner and Washington champion Red Wind. A full sister to Deb's Wildcard sold for $13,000.
Trainer Tim McCanna signed for a $3,500 Heatseeker (Ire) colt out of a winning and producing Woodman mare. Martin Kenney bought a Tannersmyman filly out of a young winning Stormy Atlantic mare for $4,500. Dan McCanna purchased a colt for $2,500 from the first crop of Pacific Classic (G1) winner Acclamation and out of a Theatrical (Ire) mare who has already produced eight winners, including Grade 2-placed $422,262 earner Top This and That. Mark Glatt went to $17,000 for a Decarchy colt out of the winning Bertrando mare Seize the Moment, whose dam, multiple stakes winner Ropersandwranglers, was just inducted into the 2015 Washington Racing Hall of Fame.
Washington horseman Rick Pasko sold a Stormin Fever colt for $25,000. The yearling is a half-brother to $227,820 Grade 3-placed Jack Hes Tops and two other $100,000-plus earners. Both the colt's second and third dams were Washington-bred stakes winners and stakes producers going back to Pasko's timely purchase of the Captain Courageous filly Missa Bet.
Others which sold with a Washington connection include a $23,000 Peppered Cat colt, who stems from the same family was Washington champion Finding More; an $8,000 filly by Brave Cat out of 2005 Washington champion juvenile filly Cinderella Liberty; and a $7,500 Thorn Song colt whose third dam is Washington horse of the year and Grade 1 winner Delicate Vine.
Overall, 117 yearlings sold for $1,349,800 with an $11,537 average and $7,000 median. While the average dipped from the 2014 figure of $12,556, when 84 yearlings changed hands, the median rose from $5,000 to $7,000. The 13 horses of racing age averaged $11,823 with a $5,500 median.
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Microchips to Become Requirement for Registration Starting with Foals of 2017
The Jockey Club's Board of Stewards voted on August 8, 2015, to change certain provisions of the Principal Rules and Requirements of the American Stud Book and, as a result, microchips will become a requirement for registration for foals of 2017 and later.
The microchips will be used in conjunction with official markings to provide an effective means of confirming the identity of Thoroughbreds for the duration of their lives.
Beginning with foals born in 2017, a microchip will be provided with all registration application and genetic sampling kits. In 2016, owners will have the option to request free microchips with registration and genetic sampling kits when they report the birth of a live foal. There will be no increase in registration fees.
Microchips are a compulsory component of Thoroughbred registration in several countries including Great Britain, France, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Germany, Italy and New Zealand.
"Microchips are a fast, safe and effective measure for enhancing the identification of Thoroughbred racehorses and have proven successful in other countries around the world," said Matt Iuliano, executive vice president and executive director, The Jockey Club. "When coupled with official written markings, the use of microchips will improve the efficiency and reliability of the identification process throughout the life of every Thoroughbred."
"We have microchipped Juddmonte's US-bred foals that are bound to race in Europe for years and it is both easy and safe," said Garrett O'Rourke, manager of Juddmonte Farms in Lexington, Kentucky. "The practicality that microchipping can bring to Thoroughbred identification makes it an essential. The possibilities it may open up to better manage our horses is very exciting."
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The Jockey Club Projects Foal Crop of 22,500 in 2016
The Jockey Club is projecting a 2016 North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 22,500, it was announced in mid-August by Matt Iuliano, the organization's executive vice president and executive director.
The projections for the 2014 and 2015 foal crops were both 22,000.
"The projection for the 2016 foal crop is based on reports of mares bred received to date, and we estimate that approximately 80 percent of those reports have been received," Iuliano said.
Additional foal crop information is available in The Jockey Club's Online Fact Book at jockeyclub.com/factbook.asp and in the online state fact books.
According to information contained in the Washington State Factbook, 275 Thoroughbred mares were bred in Washington in 2014, down 54 mares from the previous year. The average 2014 book size of the 28 stallions that covered those mares was 10.6.
Also from the 2015 state factbook, the average earnings per Washington-bred starter rose to $8,888 in 2014, the highest figure in the last 20 years, while the average starts for those 791 starters was 6.1.
The foal crop projection, traditionally announced in mid-August, is computed by using Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received to date for the 2015 breeding season. RMBs are to be filed by August 1 of each breeding season.
Stallion owners who have not returned their RMBs for the 2015 breeding season are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. Interactive RegistrationTM, which enables registered users to perform virtually all registration-related activities over the Internet, is the most efficient means of submitting RMBs and is available at registry.jockeyclub.com.
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STATS and Equibase Form Strategic Partnership to Improve Horseplayers' Experience
STATS LLC, the world's leading sports technology, data and content company, and Equibase Company, the Thoroughbred industry's official database, have entered into a strategic partnership to develop products and services for horseplayers. The announcement was made by STATS' Executive Vice President for Strategic Relationships, Bill Squadron, during his presentation at the 63rd annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing in Saratoga Springs, New York.
"Combining the skill set and sports technology capabilities of STATS with Equibase's data and expertise will be a win-win for both avid horseplayers and new fans to the sport," said Squadron. "The predictive algorithms we have developed for other sports have natural applications that will be leveraged for horse racing. We couldn't be more excited about the possibilities."
STATS has been established as a world leader in sports technology for football, baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer. The partnership with Equibase marks a new arena for STATS to enter and will provide an unprecedented product to Thoroughbred racing enthusiasts.
"Equibase closely monitors how other sports use data to serve their fans, and we have been very impressed with STATS and their suite of offerings, in particular those for Major League Baseball and soccer's Premier League," said Equibase President and Chief Operating Officer Hank Zeitlin. "I am confident our collaboration with STATS will result in a truly innovative product that is unique to anything else currently on the market."
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On the day before Wesley Ward's induction into the Washington Racing Hall of Fame (August 8), Shrinking Violet, a five-year-old daughter of Congaree that he owns and trains, won the $92,530 Daisycutter Stakes, a five-furlong turf sprint at Del Mar, by 4 3/4 lengths. The Kentucky-bred improved her record to 8-1-4 from 19 outings and has earned $44,728.
Nyquist, a colt from the first crop of champion Uncle Mo, took the $200,000 Best Pal Stakes (G2) by 5 1/4 lengths at Del Mar on August 8. He is out of the Forestry mare Seeking Gabrielle, whose second dam is stakes winner Fulbright Scholar, a half-sister to the second dam of Washington champions Stryker Phd and Madame Pele. Running second in the race was Swipe, a son of champion Birdstone and out of the Grand Slam mare Avalanche Lily, who was bred in Washington by Dr. Duane and Susan Hopp. The $55,000 2001 WTBOA Sale RNA is a half-sister to Gottstein Futurity winner Horatio and two other stakes winners. In addition to his placement in the Best Pal, Swipe broke his maiden in the Summer Juvenile Championship Stakes at Los Alamitos and also ran third in the Tremont Stakes at Belmont Park. In his four starts, he has earned $138,330. Avalanche Lily has produced two other winners among her four named foals and has a 2015 colt by Into Mischief. Swipe was bred by Lou Oppenheim, wife of international bloodstock agent and correspondent, as well as former WTBOA Sale pedigree reader, Bill Oppenheim.
Rozamund Barclay's homebred juvenile Swiss Affair improved her record to two wins in three starts after she took a starter/$50,000 optional claiming (N) race by 2 1/2 lengths at Del Mar on August 13, increasing her earnings to $57,480. The California-bred daughter of Swiss Yodeler-Hollywood Affair, by Bertrando, is trained by Mikel Harrington.
Yourdreamsormine, a three-year-old son of Mr. Sekiguchi, won the $150,000 Florida Sire Unbridled Stakes at Gulfstream Park on August 8. His second dam, Kotoshu, is a stakes-producing daughter of former prominent Washington sire Katowice.
Three-year-old Bert Stone, a son of Grindstone bred in Oregon by Jack and Cookie Root took his third win in New York on August 7 when he scored a claiming victory at Saratoga, increasing his earnings to $84,910.
Mrs. McDougal, the three-year-old daughter of Medaglia d'Oro who won the $200,000 Lake George Stakes (G2) at Saratoga on July 24, is a half-sister to recent Washington stallion addition Primal Instinct, a son of Giant's Causeway who entered stud this past spring at Robert Chapman's Tip the Hat Farm in Ellensburg. Primal Instinct and Mrs. McDougal are the first two foals out of three-time stakes winner Distorted Passion, a $294,271 winner by Distorted Humor.
Among the recent Washington-bred winners at the 2015 Tillamook County Fair meet were Donald L. Lawrence's allowance-winning Papa's Angels, a three-year-old daughter of Gibson Thoroughbred Farm's Parker's Storm Cat out of De Sweeper, by Dehere; and Cindy Desimone's three-year-old maiden special weight winner Market's Trickey, a three-year-old gelding by Allaire Farms' Trickey Trevor out of Market's Hope, by Tropic Lightning. Also at Tillamook, Oregon champion Midda's Gold Touch, an eight-year-old gelding by Harbor the Gold, took his 15th lifetime win in the OTBOA Cheesemaker Stakes on August 7, pushing his earnings totals to $110,894.
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