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©2014 HORSEMAN PUBLISHING CO., LEXINGTON, KY USA • FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION CALL (859) 276-4026 $380,000 Yearling Makes Debut; Golden Receiver Returns There haven’t been too many $380,000-plus yearling colt pacers sold—seven to be exact—but in Race 1 on Saturday night at the Meadowlands, the latest to join the exclusive group will make his long-awaited debut. Well Said Stride, who will line up in post 3 in the first of two $17,500 divisions of the opening round of the William “Buddy” Gilmour Series, was sold as a year- ling at the 2012 Harrisburg Sale for Joseph Kyle Photo Kyle Joseph $380,000 to Emilio and Maria Rosati of Sydney, Australia. Bred by Hanover Shoe Farms, the son of Well Said was named Churchill Hanover when he went through the ring as the highest-priced yearling sold at “He’s not a auction that year. world-beater, Well Said Stride is out of the Hall of but I think Fame mare Cathedra, who has al- he’s still a ready produced standouts Cathedra very useful Dot Com, Cabrini Hanover, Western colt.” Shooter and The Preacher Pan. Well Said Stride started in just three – Mark Harder on baby races last July, race-timed in Well Said Stride 1:55.2 in his best effort. “We went to the Meadowlands for his first qualifier and he was going to pace (1):54 and change and do it nicely and he made a little speed break,” Harder told WHAT’S INSIDE . . . Communications’ Ken Weingartner. “He Horse of the Year announced Sunday—pg. 3 kind of did something to himself behind and he was never the same after that. We tried to get him through it Breeding Banter—pg. 5 and it just didn’t work, so we quit with him and gave Racelines—pg. 9 him the time.” Michael Lisa/Lisa Photo Well Said Stride returned earlier this month and now has a pair of qualifying attempts under his belt, finishing fourth and eighth (race-timed in 1:58.3 and 1:57.2, respectively). will get the drive on Saturday night. “We’ve just sat him in for both his qualifiers and he had good pace in both of them,” said Harder. “He got shuffled out of the first and was stuck behind some horses in the second one.” As for Harder’s expectations this year, he said, “He’s not a world-beater, but I think he’s still a very useful colt. We’ve got him staked to a lot. “Mentally, he’s just playful and not really into it yet. But I think in a few starts, as with any young horse, he’ll hit his best stride.” Continues on page 2 ›››› Golden Receiver HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 2 of 9 February 21, 2014 www.harnessracing.com While Well Said Stride is making his first-ever appearance, the Harder-trained Golden Receiver will be making the WEEKEND FEATURED RACES 147th start of his illustrious career in Race 2, a $30,000 A1/FFA Handicap Pace. The start will be his first of the year. Friday, February 21 All times listed are local. “He’s going to be a year older and I still think older horses 8:50p YR6 F&M Open Pace Trackmaster PPs take a little more to get sharp, but he seems really good and 9:30p YR8 OpenTrot Trackmaster PPs healthy and happy and sound,” said Harder. “We’ll see what Click here to download all Friday PPs happens this year.” Because of a lack of entries that resulted in the cancella- Saturday, February 22 tion of the Presidential Series at the Meadowlands this year, 7:15p M1 Gilmour Pace div. Trackmaster PPs Golden Receiver was denied a chance to become the first 7:34p M2 A1/FFA Pace Trackmaster PPs horse to three-peat in the series for older pacers. 8:50p YR6 Open Pace Trackmaster PPs As a result, the now 9-year-old gelding received an extra 8:51p M6 Gilmour Pace div. Trackmaster PPs week of vacation time before returning to the racing wars, Click here to download all Saturday PPs which he will do on Saturday night when he lines up with driver Corey Callahan in post 5 in the six-horse contest. Visit www.trackmaster.com Golden Receiver embarks on his 2014 campaign off a third and subscribe to download and first in a pair of qualifying events at the Meadowlands full cards from your favorite tracks! earlier this month. They were his first appearances on the racetrack since finishing second in a photo finish to Foiled Again in the $512,000 TVG FFA final on Nov. 30. Included among Golden Receiver’s 58 career wins are a record 21 sub-1:50 victories, including a career-best 1:48 ef- fort in a Presidential Series leg on Jan. 4, 2012, the fastest mile ever paced in January. Owned by Nina Simmonds and Our Horse Cents Stable, Golden Receiver has career earn- ings of $2,092,636.—By Gordon Waterstone

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For details or to reserve space call Lynne Myers at (859) 276-4026 or email [email protected] HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 3 of 9 February 21, 2014 www.harnessracing.com Horse Of The Year Announced Sunday At Dover The U.S. Harness Writers Association annual Dan Patch Awards dinner will be held Sunday night, Feb. 23, at Dover Downs. The cocktail party begins at 6 p.m. and the USHWA awards program starts at 7:30 p.m., and will be simulcast live on video streaming via the U.S. Trotting Association website. Go to www.ustrotting.com to click on the link be- ginning at 7:30 on Sunday night. The night will be capped off by the announcements of Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year. Here is the program of award winners, in order of presentation. AWARD—RECIPIENT Service to Youth (HHYF)—Janet Stevenson Davis Humanitarian—Donna Marshall HTA Driver of the Year—Dave Palone Grand Circuit—Ron Burke & Hervey & Smallsreed—Dave Briggs, Kelly Young, Michael Lisa & Dave Witten Railbird Recognition—Jeff Gural Railbird Recognition—Bee A Magician Amateur Driver of the Year—Steve Oldford USHWAn of the Year—Judy Davis-Wilson I In 2013 our August Sires Stakes finals went Unsung Hero—Sam Landy & Open Space for more than $70,000 in every division, Good Guy—George Ducharme and purse funds are growing annually! President’s Award—Mary Lou Dondarski Broodmares & Breeder—White Birch Farm I Breeders awards were increased for Trainer of the Year—Ron Burke Rising Star—Corey Callahan mare and stallion owners! Driver of the Year—Tim Tetrick I Owner of the Year—Burke Racing & Weaver Bruscemi LLC Newly created sires stakes races for Bergstein Proximity—Joe Thomson Maryland-sired 4 and 5 year olds giving BREAK FOR DINNER your Maryland-sired horse an opportunity Breakthrough—Heather Wilder to earn Sires Stakes money longer! Communicators’ Hall of Fame—John Pawlak Communicators’ Hall of Fame—Carol Cramer I Bonus and overnight racing preferences for Living Hall of Fame—William Weaver Maryland sired horses at all Maryland Living Hall of Fame—David Miller racetracks—adding long term value to 2YO Filly Trotter—Shake It Cerry your Maryland sired horses! 2YO Filly Pacer—Precocious Beauty 2YO Colt Trotter—Father Patrick 2YO Colt Pacer—He’s Watching or Luck Be Withyou Join the excitement... 3YO Filly Pacer—I Luv The Nitelife Breed in Maryland. 3YO Filly Trotter—Bee A Magician 3YO Colt Pacer—Captaintreacherous Visit our website to view the pedigrees of the 3YO Colt Trotter—Royalty For Life or Spider Blue Chip outstanding sires standing in Maryland in 2014. Older Mare Trotter—Maven Older Horse Trotter—Market Share www.MDbreeders.org Older Horse Pacer—Foiled Again Older Mare Pacer—Anndrovette or Rocklamation Contact MSBA President Dan Myer at 410-603-1585 Trotter of the Year— with any questions about breeding in Maryland. Pacer of the Year— We welcome your interest! Horse of the Year—

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Although there are mares Joseph Kyle Photo that conceive early in the breeding season and thus deliver foals in January and early February, the breeding season really doesn’t begin to heat up until after Feb. 15. The past few days have brought announcements of stud books full and closed, as in the case of A Rocknroll Dance, and a few new stal- lions joining the stud ranks, most notably Guccio, who missed winning the 2012 Hambletonian by a mere neck. With the opening of the new Miami Valley track in Ohio earlier in the month and three harness tracks with video lottery terminals (VLTs) now in operation, everyone seems to be asking me how Ohio’s program is going to Magical Affair 3, 2:00.4, a daughter of Glidemaster and the million-dollar winning filly Possess The Magic 3, 1:53.2, gave birth to a colt by Chapter compare with other states when there are four harness Seven at Brittany Farms on Feb. 11. The colt’s bloodlines are an outcross, tracks in the state operating VLTs. with the closest cross a 5x4x5 to Valley Victory. Other Chapter Seven foals As I mentioned in my coverage of the Ohio Harness Horse- thus far include fillies born at Hanover Shoe Farms out of Cool Muscles and By A Nose Hanover. This time last year Chapter Seven was feted as the men’s Association awards banquet a few weeks ago, Ohio 2012 Horse of the Year. The son of Windsong’s Legacy stands at stud at Blue State Racing Commission chairman Robert Schmitz told Chip Farms in New York. folks at the banquet that purses will be significantly better because purses for 2013 were based on “only one cow in Bob is unusual for a racing commission chairman in that he the barn.” Bob’s example was meant to point out that until has more than a casual knowledge of both racing and breed- December 2013, Scioto Downs was the only harness track in ing. He owns a few broodmares, acquiring a couple of more the state with VLTs operating, and thus had only one cow in last fall at Harrisburg, and experienced misfortune earlier this the barn producing any milk, i.e. revenue. year when one of them became ill and died despite the best efforts of veterinarians at The Ohio State University. HarnessRacing Weekend Preview Bob likes to check in on his horses and he showed up at Kathy Parker Heather Kemper Midland Acres in Ohio last week to see the first two mares [email protected] [email protected] bred to Pet Rock, Armbro Wichita and So Wanted. Bob Editor/ General Manager Assistant Production Manager shares ownership of both mares. Armbro Wichita had a Lynne Myers Suzy Hall yearling colt by Dragon Again sold for $62,000 last fall and [email protected] [email protected] Advertising Manager Production & Design So Wanted, a Real Desire half sister to Dancinwiththestarz 3, Gordon Waterstone Stephanie Condron-Hall 1:48.4 ($918,605) is a maiden. [email protected] [email protected] Last year 2,120 mares were bred in Ohio, and Midland’s Associate Editor Editorial Art Director Dr. John Mossbarger expects the number will be at least Jay Hochstetler Vanessa Flannery the same in 2014. [email protected] [email protected] “The bottom line is breeding mares is costly, and I’m Intern Accounting & Circulation not sure we should be breeding many more mares,” said Suzanne Starbuck For mail sent via U.S. Postal Service, either P.O. Box 8480, Lexington, KY 40533, Dr. Mossbarger. [email protected] or 1910 Harrodsburg Rd., Suite 200, Production Manager Lexington, KY 40503. (859) 276-4026 Pet Rock’s book is full and closed at 140 mares. “If it wasn’t for

© Copyright Horseman Publishing Company. Pet Rock, the phone wouldn’t be ringing off the wall,” added Dr. A product of Horseman Publishing Company, publishers of the website Mossbarger. “With that said, half of Pet Rock’s book is from out- www.harnessracing.com and The Horseman And Fair World magazine. of-state mares, since a $6,000 stud fee is a little steep for many This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission. Ohio breeders. Pet Rock and Dejarmbro (who stands at Hickory Lane Farm) have obviously captured everyone’s attention since To sign up for the Weekend Preview please visit they both have full books. There are just so many studs in Ohio. www.harnessracing.com/members_sign_up.php But I think from Feb. 15 to March 15, there will be more mares booked in Ohio than before Feb. 15.”—By Kathy Parker HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 6 of 9 February 21, 2014 www.harnessracing.com

Red Mile Sees Court Ruling As Positive torical racing machines have been vetted. There is a wager- On Thursday the Supreme Court of Kentucky ruled that the ing pool; people are not playing against the house.” Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has the authority to li- Wagering on historical races has been taking place at Ken- cense and regulate the operation of pari-mutuel wagering tucky Downs and Ellis Park and has earned millions for the on historical horse races. In its ruling the Court specifically purse accounts at those tracks, as well as for track opera- rejected an argument by The Family Foundation of Kentucky tors. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has approved that historical horse racing falls outside the “statutorily-cir- more than 18 separate historical racing gaming machines. cumscribed parameter of ‘legitimate horse racing.’” The The Supreme Court also ruled that The Family Foundation court added, “… we find nothing in the statutes to suggest has the right to question the legality of a game approved by that a ‘legitimate’ horse race must be a ‘live horse race.’” the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and should have It was initially reported by media in Kentucky that the been granted pre-trial discovery in a prior lawsuit which Supreme Court’s decision was a defeat for racetracks want- challenged the premise that historical horse racing was ing to implement historical wagering, among them The Red pari-mutuel wagering. Mile. However, The Red Mile’s attorneys, and others, saw While Kentucky Downs and Ellis Park have been operating the ruling as offering a clear decision on the legality of his- historical or “instant” racing machines, the other racetracks in torical racing, said Red Mile president and CEO Joe Costa. the state—The Red Mile, Churchill Downs, Keeneland and Tur- “We have had a meeting with our legal counsel and their fway Park—have waited for the courts to decide on the legality conclusion is that this is a positive ruling,” Costa told har- of historical racing before considering adding the machines. nessracing.com. “The single-most important issue was It’s no secret the owners and management at The Red Mile whether or not wagering on historical races in Kentucky is have been exploring avenues to keep the track alive in legal in a pari-mutuel format, and the court found that it is. today’s competitive gambling environment. We think it’s clear that it is pari-mutuel, and in fact these his- Continues on page 7 ››››

Band’s Gold Chip is positioned to make an impact in Indiana just as he did in Michigan and Illinois where he was the dominant trotting stallion for many years! He is already the sire of the very fast Ants Iner Pants 1:55 $132,675, Spread the Chips 3,1:55 $142,200, ML Brown Sugar 1:55.2 $280,640 and many more stakes winners. His offspring have won over $1.8 million racing in states without slot enhanced purses! Band’s Gold chip is a high percentage sire as well with 92 starters from just 187 foals with average earnings of over $20,000! Few trotting sires have his proven production! By the sire of trotting speed, Pine Chip and out of Royal Band 3,1;56 $223,574, Band’s Gold chip has the pedigree to continue what he has done already in his career and that is sire stakes winners! He is a beautiful black stallion that is 16.1 hands tall and 16.3 long Band Gold Chip stands the 2014 season for a fee of just $1500 and stands at 2702 S 500 E Monroe, IN 46772 260-227-1177 HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 7 of 9 February 21, 2014 www.harnessracing.com

“We’ve been trying very hard to find ways for the institution Guccio Retired To Stud Duty In Indiana to be kept not only alive but improved,” agreed Costa. “I’m The world champion and million-dollar winning trotter Guccio very excited, and optimistic, and our board of directors will 4, 1:51.1f ($1,021,809) has been retired to stud duty at Victory be meeting soon to discuss the opportunities this presents.” Hill Farm, one of the leading farms in Indiana. He will stand for Click here to read the Supreme Court ruling. —By Kathy Parker a fee of $5,000 for the 2014 breeding season and a limited KYSS Makes Change To number of shares in the stallion are available for purchase. Include Resident Mares Trained by Hall of Famer Jimmy Takter, Guccio is a son of Yankee Glide and the $181,000 winner Southern Senorita. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) announced He showed talent early as a 2 year old, taking a mark of Wednesday that, beginning with the 2014 breeding season, 1:55.4 as a freshman and winning the Champlain. He be- horses by resident mares will be eligible for the Kentucky Sires came one of the top contenders of his generation as a 3 year Stakes. The Kentucky Sires Stakes is a culmination of a month- old and missed winning the $1.5 million Hambletonian by a long series of preliminary races, with the biggest money earners getting a chance to compete in one of the richest finals in North mere neck. His 3-year-old record of 1:52.1 was earned via a America. The Kentucky Sire Stakes is funded by the Kentucky victory in a Bluegrass division at The Red Mile and then as a Development Fund (KSDF) and the Kentucky 4 year old in 2013 he trotted to his personal best of 1:51.1f, Standardbred Breeders’ Incentive Fund (KSBIF) which make up establishing a new World Record for 4-year-old trotters. the advisory panel that oversees the nominations process. “Guccio is a very classy and beautiful horse and one of my Beginning with the 2014 breeding season, the offspring of personal favorites,” said Takter. “He was an exceptional indi- any mare who is boarded in Kentucky for 180 consecutive vidual when we purchased him as a yearling and he proved days during the year of conception will be eligible to the to be everything we hoped for and more and we went back Kentucky Sires Stakes program regardless of where the sire and bought his full brother last fall for over $100,000—he is of her offspring stands. a World Champion and a perfect racehorse in every way. It For example, beginning with the breeding season of 2014 was our plan to race in Europe in 2014 had this opportunity and thereafter, if a mare is bred to a stallion standing in for him to enter the stud not developed. Indiana clearly has Pennsylvania, as long as that mare is boarded in Kentucky one of the most attractive regional programs and we do for 180 consecutive days during the year of conception, her plan to breed to Guccio as I believe he has every quality to foal will be eligible to both the Kentucky Sires Stakes pro- become an outstanding trotting sire.” gram and the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes program. For more information about purchasing shares, please Obviously, any foal sired by a stallion standing in Ken- contact Jeff Fought of Cornerstone Stock Farm at (260) 463- tucky for the entire breeding season will also be eligible to 1649 or Bob Boni of Northwood Bloodstock Agency at (201) the Kentucky Sires Stake program. 863-2082. For booking information, contact Victory Hill Farm “The advisory panel recognized the need to grow partici- at (260) 463-2442. pation, and along with the commission’s support, the regu- lation was amended to include resident mares,” said Alan A Rocknroll Dance’s Book Full And Closed Leavitt, chairman of the advisory panel and KHRC member. The 2014 book for first-year stallion A Rocknroll Dance is “It’s an exciting new direction for the program and provides now full and closed, according to Diamond Creek Farm’s an opportunity for our horses to have dual eligibility in mul- Adam Bowden. tiple programs in North America.” A Rocknroll Dance p,2, 1:49.1; 3, 1:48.1f; 4, 1:47.2 The KSBIF was implemented in 2005 to ensure the ($2,429,441), a multiple world champion and winner of the strength and growth of the horse industry in Kentucky. The , stands at Diamond Creek of Pennsylva- fund receives 13 percent of the 6 percent sales tax paid nia for a stud fee of $6,000. when breeding a stallion to a mare in the Commonwealth. “I’d like to thank all who booked to him, from the first one to The KSDF is funded, in part, by a pari-mutuel tax paid by the last one,” Bowden said. “We believed in him as a racehorse racetracks in Kentucky. The KSBIF and the KSDF, along with and we believe in him now as he embarks on his next career. any other money contributed, appropriated or allocated “His book is filled with quality from top to bottom. We’re from all other sources, fund the Kentucky Sires Stakes. The breeding 19 of our own top mares to him, including three Kentucky Sire Stakes is administered by the KHRC. millionaires and two Dan Patch winners,” he added. For more information, including a list of 2013 award win- Included in that group is Diamond Creek’s sparkling 2012 ners and statistics on races awarded, visit http://khrc.ky.gov/ acquisition See You At Peelers p,2, 1:51.3f; 3, 1:49.2f or contact Jamie Eads at (859) 246-2040 or [email protected]. (KHRC) Continues on page 8 ›››› HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 8 of 9 February 21, 2014 www.harnessracing.com

($1,573,260), a world champion and two-time Dan Patch These items and many more are all up for grabs in the award winner. U.S. Harness Writers Association silent and live auction at Other top mares in A Rocknroll Dance’s initial court include the Dan Patch Awards dinner at Dover Downs on Sunday Loyal Opposition, Loving Caroline, Isabella Blue Chip, Tide- night, Feb. 23. waterdragonfly, Blood Diamond and Apple, the latter two But you don’t have to be there to be a winner! You can call from the immediate maternal families of great producers in your bids now for all of the items in the auction. And best Cathedra and Arterra. (Diamond Creek Farm) of all is that all proceeds go directly to the Harness Horse Youth Foundation and USHWA. Top Filly Winky’s Goal Euthanized All you have to do is call any of these numbers for detailed Winky’s Goal 3, 1:54.4 ($844,924), who earned divisional ti- information; (954) 654-3757; (732) 306-6713; (317) 908-0029 tles in 1992 and 1993, died Friday night, Feb. 14, at Kentuck- or (732) 547-9459. You can place your bid order on any or all iana Farms in Georgetown, Ky. The 24-year-old daughter of of the auction items. You will be able to bid via telephone up Armbro Goal-Winky’s Gill developed colic and was eutha- until 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23. nized, said Kentuckiana farm manager Bob Brady. Most of the items can be seen on the internet at “She was in with a group of five retired horses on the farm, http://www.ushwa.org/. and they were all doing well, including her, until she became Here are all the items that are in the live and silent auction: ill,” said Brady. “She looked great and was in great shape.” • Yannick Gingras colors and helmet (personalized by Yannick) Trained by Chuck Sylvester, Winky’s Goal had periods of • Original Mary Lou Dondarski acrylic painting Bee A Magician domination during her 2- and 3-year-old campaigns, includ- • Bill Haughton’s engraved clock trophy as winning trainer ing the as a freshman and the Hambleton- of Nihilator in the Woodrow Wilson Pace ian Oaks the following season. She finished second in the • Original Mary Lou Dondarski painting Captaintreacherous Crown as a sophomore, losing to Expressway Hanover, who • Original Michele Hogan painting “Racing under the Moon” she had beaten in the Kentucky Filly Futurity. • Horse Motive Quilt Throw Bred by Castleton Farm, Winky’s Goal was owned by Alle- • Collectable silver coin with horse engraved vamento La Sbarra, which had bought her as a yearling, at • Large “Colts Frolic” Bronze Statue the time of her passing. At one time she was co-owned by • Bow River Bracelets La Sbarra and Kentuckiana General Partnership. • LV Harkness etched clock As a broodmare Winky’s Goal’s fastest offspring was • Complete bobble head collection (23 items) in showcase Biltmore 4, 1:53f, who took his mark in 2013 for trainer • Breeding to Dream Away (Winbak Farm – Delaware) Ron Burke.—harnessracing.com • Rock N Roll Heaven halter with Breeders Crown Casino Chips (Display case) Illinois Board Turns Down Balmoral Request • Hambletonian whiskey decanter (empty), Bank Barn col- The Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association (IHHA) re- lector’s plate and horseshoe wall hanging ported on its website Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 19, that • Hand-painted Round Barn fruit bowl (13 inches) a request by Balmoral Park to eliminate Wednesday racing was turned down by the Illinois Racing Board (IRB) by a Lebanon Official Accused vote of 9-0 earlier in the day. The IHHA opposed the elimina- Of Embezzling $111,000 tion of Wednesday racing while it continues to negotiate a The Dayton Daily News is reporting that Susan L. Wilson, contract with the Johnson family, which operates Balmoral formerly the vice president of racing and simulcasting at and Maywood racetracks. Lebanon Raceway, has been charged with embezzling IHHA president Dave McCaffrey also reported the IHHA, $111,943 from the Lebanon Trotting Club and the Miami IRB and the racetracks met Tuesday, Feb. 18, to discuss the Valley Trotting Club, which operated the meets at the track. contract stalemate that has precluded any racing thus far in According to the report, Wilson, 48, was indicted on two 2014 at Balmoral or Maywood Park. counts of grand theft and two counts of unauthorized use of property. It is alleged she embezzled the money by writing USHWA’s Silent Auction Items Up For Bids 119 checks made out to horse owners and then cashing Would you like to own Yannick Gingras’s helmet and col- them, including forging her husband’s signature. ors, personally autographed to you? Or perhaps Bill The funds were allegedly embezzled from October 2010 to Haughton’s trainer trophy clock from winning the $2 million December 2012, with the discrepancy discovered midway Woodrow Wilson Pace with Nihilator? Maybe a Mary Lou through 2013 during accounting that was done prior to the Dondarski original painting of the trotter Bee A Magician or sale of Lebanon Raceway to Churchill Downs Inc. and the pacer Captaintreacherous? Delaware North. HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, 9 of 9 February 21, 2014 www.harnessracing.com

Harness Racing Leaders Leading Breeders Compiled by the USTA—through Feb. 18, 2014 (week difference Feb. 12-18). Breeder Starters Winners Wins Earnings Leading North American-Based Money-Winning Horses Hanover Shoe Farms Inc. 431 145 191 $1,453,580 Winbak Farm 370 111 144 974,524 Sts. W P S Earnings Brittany Farms 119 40 54 560,038 Dw’s Ny Yank (5tg) 4400 $64,500 Perretti Farms 143 46 66 463,912 Dancin Yankee (6ph) 5500 59,000 White Birch Farm 58 23 34 287,649 All Stienam (5pg) 5410 52,125 Kentuckiana Farms Gen Par 97 20 25 266,665 Hldontghttoyurdrms (5tg) 4300 48,545 Arlene & Jules Siegel 67 24 30 262,342 Apprentice Hanover (4ph) 3300 46,240 Seelster Farms Inc. 65 27 40 260,802 Texican N (6pg) 7131 45,900 Blue Chip Bloodstock Inc. 78 20 22 231,383 Addison Bay (7pm) 6310 45,710 Walnut Hall Limited 82 18 26 220,357 Ramalama (5pm) 5130 42,900 Perfect World Enterprises 61 21 31 188,377 Zooming (6tg) 5122 40,920 Peter Pan Stables Inc. 44 16 22 175,142 Marquise De Sarah (4pm) 5220 40,376 Frederick Hertrich III 63 18 28 160,559 Lorrie Please (7pm) 5210 39,900 Steve Stewart 50 18 25 159,832 Automatic Slims (8ph) 6510 39,250 Fair Winds Farm Inc. 29 10 17 156,126 Money Twitch A (9pg) 5300 39,150 Sunshine Superman (7pg) 7210 38,775 Leaders Of The Week Nova Artist (7ph) 6202 38,700 Ranked by wins for Feb. 12-17 from results at major North American pari-mutuel tracks. Leading Money-Winning Drivers Drivers Starts W-P-S Sts. W-P-S UDR Earnings (wk. diff) Alfred Carroll ...... 38...... 14-6-4 Ronnie Wrenn Jr...... 50...... 12-8-1 Corey Callahan 488 105-66-74 .341 $956,661 ($146,914) Corey Callahan ...... 62 ...... 11-14-7 Ron Pierce 419 74-83-62 .336 877,394 (110,716) Kevin Cummings ...... 36...... 11-1-3 265 58-40-38 .351 603,045 (113,625) Phillip Hudon ...... 42...... 11-5-5 Jason Bartlett 276 51-36-36 .301 575,170 (53,230) Aaron Merriman ...... 57...... 10-8-13 Brian Sears...... 22...... 10-3-0 George Brennan 307 41-41-33 .244 561,645 (52,530) Ron Pierce...... 51 ...... 10-11-9 Dave Palone 296 73-46-41 .379 541,445 (48,543) Billy Davis Jr...... 52...... 9-4-10 Matt Kakaley 275 31-39-46 .247 482,090 (31,135) Billy Dobson ...... 40 ...... 8-8-7 Jody Jamieson ...... 47 ...... 8-5-4 Mike Wilder 291 55-49-39 .327 481,759 (46,846) Tyler Smith ...... 55 ...... 8-5-9 Aaron Merriman 495 70-72-75 .273 480,658 (57,680) Yannick Gingras 168 45-29-15 .394 467,914 (81,897) Trainers Wins Ron Burke ...... 9 Ross Wolfenden 292 45-48-41 .292 446,923 (87,295) Victor Puddy...... 8 Brett Miller 303 42-44-37 .260 402,905 (48,730) Calvin Hollar ...... 4 Scott Zeron 216 25-33-32 .250 360,804 (56,885) Dario Solares...... 4 Allan Davis 337 30-47-33 .199 358,781 (30,523) Dylan Davis ...... 4 J.D. Perrin...... 4 Jordan Stratton 241 23-26-31 .198 353,550 (42,615) James Kennedy ...... 4 Jeff Brewer ...... 4 Leading Money-Winning Trainers Jim King Jr...... 4 Sts. W-P-S UTR Earnings (wk. diff) Keith Kash Jr...... 4 Ron Burke 356 86-54-47 .370 $1,015,853 ($128,086) Tim Maier...... 4 Virgil Morgan Jr...... 4 Josh Green 68 28-15-4 .554 278,855 (50,770) A. Bobby Glassmeyer...... 3 Corey Johnson 84 20-20-9 .406 262,710 (59,734) Adam Short...... 3 Rene Allard 128 34-13-24 .385 246,822 (35,824) Andrew Harris...... 3 Carmen Auciello 157 18-18-9 .197 235,333 (21,259) Ben Davis...... 3 Ben Paquette ...... 3 Dylan Davis 105 27-13-13 .367 234,655 (30,740) Elpidio Bernardi Jr...... 3 P.J. Fraley 114 14-18-13 .249 221,525 (24,405) Joseph Hundertpfund Jr...... 3 Richard Moreau 155 26-19-16 .270 218,703 (29,065) Josh Green...... 3 Victor Puddy 147 27-25-22 .328 176,137 (46,605) Leigh Raymer...... 3 Les Givens ...... 3 Randy Bendis 96 15-17-14 .303 175,865 (7,486) Mike Brealey ...... 3 Nick Surick 99 18-21-10 .333 159,841 (19,443) Mike Watson...... 3 Wayne Givens 108 13-19-16 .267 158,662 (15,820) Patrick Shepherd...... 3 Rene Allard...... 3 David Duspiva 77 11-14-4 .261 156,385 (8,765) Richard Moreau...... 3 Heidi Rohr 76 17-11-11 .352 156,124 (16,882) Robert Myers ...... 3 Eric Ell 60 9-15-9 .339 147,720 (13,285) Roy Murphy Jr...... 3