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Volume 6 • Number 45 Official Publication of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association WWEWEWednesdEEay, NEEKEovemKKber 1LLYLYL3, 2YY013 Five Cal-Breds In Cal-Bred Pair Sell Well During Oakland Stakes Thursday Session Of Multiple stakes winner Ain’t No The Keeneland November Other is the leading earner among five California-breds entered in Saturday’s $50,000 Oakland Stakes Breeding Stock Sale at Golden Gate Fields. A pair of California-breds were six-figure purchases at Ourwestcoastghost is by Muqtarib, out of the In Excess (Ire) Thursday’s session of the Keeneland November Breeding mare Xpress Xcess, was bred by owners Ron and Lillian Lang Stock Sale. and D. Wayne Baker and is trained by Baker. He has four wins Starlight Magic, a four-year-old filly by Rancho San in nine starts, earnings of $135,212 and is coming off a fourth in Miguel’s Marino Marini, out of the General Meeting mare an October 20 allowance. Star’s Millennium, was consigned by Greenfield Farm, agent Ain’t No Other is by Tommy Town Thoroughbreds’ Old and purchased by Woodford Thoroughbreds for $130,000. The Topper, out of the Shadeed mare Miami Margie, was bred by broodmare prospect won the Robert H. Walter California Cup owner Tommy Town Thoroughbreds and is trained by Jerry Juvenile Fillies, Fleet Treat Stakes and $334,900. Hollendorfer. He has nine wins in 30 starts, earnings of Smooth Performer, an eight-year-old mare by Ballena Vista $540,465 and is coming off a second in the October 19 Farm’s Benchmark, out of the Bertrando mare Smooth Player, California Flag. He was third in this race last year. was consigned by Lane’s End, agent for Pam and Marty Coach Bob is by Bertrando, out of the Yankee Gentleman Wygod and purchased by Windways Farm for $120,000. The mare Gentleman’s Hope, was bred by Pam and Marty Wygod, is stakes winner of $247,900 is in foal to City Zip. owned by Tom Gerstel, Reina Gonzalez, Keith Hembree, Jean Hembree, et al. He has four wins in 27 starts, earnings of $172,748 and is coming off a sixth in an October 20 allowance. Mel’s Game is by E.A. Ranches’ Game Plan, out of the Malek Unusual Heat’s Stud Fee Set (Chi) mare Melinda Rose, was bred by owner Nick Alexander Unusual Heat, the five-time leading sire in California and is trained by Mike Mitchell. He has three wins in seven (2008-2012) and six-time leading sire of California-breds (2008- starts, earnings of $133,016 and is making his first start since a 2013), will again stand in 2014 at Harris Farms in Coalinga, June 8 optional claimer. California, for $20,000 to approved mares only. Starboardlights is by Helmsman, out of the Allen’s Prospect In 2013, Unusual Heat was represented by eight stakes mare Allitup, was bred by Leland Garner, is owned by Stewball Stable and Kristin Finkel and is trained by Valerie Rhoden. He Continued on page 6 has four wins in 24 starts, earnings of $208,339 and is coming off a second in the August 10 Jess Jackson Owners’ Handicap. Square Eddie’s Fee Set At $7,500 Cat’s Cradle Handicap $100,000 Owner J. Paul Reddam has announced that leading California freshman sire Square Eddie will continue his career Cat’s Cradle Handicap $100,000 on November 17th. at stud at Vessels Stallion Farm in 2014 at a fee of $7,500 stands and nurses. Continued on page 6 www.ctba.com CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • November 13, 2013 1 Leading Sires In California: January 1 Through November 10, 2013 Leading Sires Leading Sires by Money Won by Median Earnings Per Runner Races (Minimum 10 Runners) Rank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings Median Races Earnings/ 1. Tribal Rule . 194 1033 171 $4,254,131 RankSire Runners Won Earnings Runner 2. Unusual Heat . .118 685 101 4,253,325 1. Square Eddie................. 10 6 $340,915 $18,123 3.Eddington‡............127 770 115 3,438,699 2. Anziyan Royalty............... 13 13 270,558 17,060 4. Ministers Wild Cat . 118 826 149 3,126,247 3. Southern Image.............. 83 94 1,756,435 14,071 5. Benchmark . 110 745 105 2,544,554 4. Unusual Heat................. 118 101 4,253,325 13,720 6. Kafwain . 117 784 112 2,327,715 5. Heatseeker (Ire) .............. 53 39 1,290,495 13,574 7. Bertrando† . 102 529 87 2,007,656 6. Iron Cat............................ 20 26 295,131 13,523 8. Old Topper . 100 647 99 1,877,778 7. Lucky Pulpit.................... 42 32 913,282 13,154 9. Southern Image . 83 591 94 1,756,435 8. Atticus ............................. 42 39 731,138 12,558 10. Good Journey . 61 406 52 1,581,607 9. Good Journey.................. 61 52 1,581,607 12,450 11. Tizbud . 49 294 37 1,483,132 10. Cyclotron ......................... 15 16 371,532 12,250 12. Decarchy . 87 469 52 1,437,499 13. Heatseeker (Ire) . 53 289 39 1,290,495 14. Salt Lake* . 59 371 69 1,251,800 15. Unbridled Energy# . 89 545 76 1,169,839 Leading Sires Of Two-Year-Olds 16. In Excess (Ire)* . 85 505 76 1,109,174 byNumberofWinners 17. Swiss Yodeler . 87 559 76 1,093,479 Races 18. Marino Marini . 81 427 56 1,033,333 Rank Sire Runners Winners Won Earnings 19. Vronsky . 39 212 36 1,019,301 20. Lucky Pulpit . 42 262 32 913,282 1. Tribal Rule . 22 9 13 $407,527 21. Stormin Fever . .70 421 41 893,495 2. Dixie Chatter . 25 6 9 282,919 22. Cindago* . 30 154 33 781,217 Time to Get Even . 16 6 6 224,301 23. Rocky Bar . 55 307 59 746,030 Bushwacker . 17 6 6 206,254 24. Atticus . 42 254 39 731,138 Eddington‡..........14 6 6 125,675 25. Game Plan . 37 214 35 715,292 McCann’s Mojave* . .11 6 6 104,508 26. Suances (GB) . 29 168 32 652,318 7. Papa Clem . 16 5 6 168,199 27. Affirmative . 28 165 19 634,198 Unusual Heat . .. 17 5 5 162,535 28. Awesome Gambler . 41 261 21 589,859 9. Square Eddie . 10 4 6 340,915 29. Terrell . 58 392 36 577,412 Swiss Yodeler . .15 4 5 277,318 30. Globalize . 31 209 22 545,618 Kafwain . 10 4 5 199,018 31. Perfect Mandate* . 35 205 37 533,820 Lucky Pulpit . 10 4 5 196,223 32. Cee’s Tizzy† . 39 215 33 481,728 Decarchy . 8 4 4 171,377 33. Popular . 28 212 28 466,805 Heatseeker (Ire) . 12 4 6 147,280 34. Sea of Secrets . 71 418 36 446,786 Unbridled Energy# . .11 4 5 98,041 35. Lucky J. H. 14 68 12 418,973 Idiot Proof . 7 4 6 42,705 The statistics contained in these rankings are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates that a stallion has been pensioned, an asterisk (*)thathehasdied,adot(•)thatheisnowstandingelsewhere,anumbersign(#)thathedidnotstandinCaliforniain2012butisstandinginthestatein2013, a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2013 but will stand in the state in 2014 and in bold that he is a freshman sire. In all cases, a sire will remain in the rankings until the year after his last California foals are two-year- olds. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates only. Mark Your Calendars — December 2nd Is The Day Of BTF’s Open House , 12-3p.m. Presentation of our 2014 Stallions and Sale Horses. Walking tours of the farm. Food. Music. To RSVP, Call Marci de la Torre @ 951-719-5111 or e-mail Marci @ [email protected] 30500 S. State Street, Hemet, CA 92543 Hope to see you here! 2 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • November 13, 2013 www.ctba.com California Thoroughbred Breeders Association STALLION SEASON TELEPHONE AUCTION ACCLAMATION PAPA CLEM ATTICUS PRIME TIMBER AWESOME GAMBLER QUINDICI MAN BUSHWACKER ROCKY BAR CALIMONCO ROI CHARMANT CHAMP PEGASUS SIERRA SUNSET CHATTAHOOCHEE WAR SLEW’S TIZNOW COIL SMILING TIGER COUNCIL MEMBER SOUTHERN IMAGE CYCLOTRON SQUARE EDDIE DECARCHY STORM WOLF DEL MAR SHOW SUANCES (GB) DESERT CODE SURF CAT DIXIE CHATTER SWAY AWAY ELUSIVE WARNING SWISS YODELER EMPIRE WAY TANNERSMYMAN GOOD JOURNEY TENGA CAT HEATSEEKER (IRE) THE PAMPLEMOUSSE HIDDEN BLESSING THORN SONG KAFWAIN TIME TO GET EVEN LIGHTNIN N THUNDER TIZBUD LONE STAR SPECIAL TWICE THE APPEAL LUCKY J. H. UH OH BANGO LUCKY PULPIT ULTIMATE EAGLE MARINO MARINI UNDER CAUTION MINISTERS WILD CAT VRONSKY MISTY’SGOLDENTOUCH WORLD RENOWNED OLD TOPPER more to come ... To be held Tuesday, December 3, 2013 from 6:00 –8:00 p.m. Seasons will be sold with no guarantee. Proceeds from the auction benefit the CTBA's Political Action Committee Fund, which works in support of legislation to favorably impact California Breeders. For More Information Please Contact Christy Chapman at CTBA (626) 445-7800 x247 or [email protected] SEASONS DONATED BY THE FOLLOWING FARMS FOR THE DECEMBER 3, 2013 STALLION SEASON AUCTION BALLENA VISTA FARM magali Farms Calimonco (Storm Cat – Sweet Life, by Kris S.) Atticus (Nureyev – Athyka, by Secretariat) Dixie Chatter (Dixie Union – Mini Chat, by Deputy Minister) Coil (Point Given – Eversmile, by Theatrical (Ire)) Decarchy (Distant View – Toussaud, by El Gran Senor) BRAZEAU THOROUGHBREDS Good Journey (Nureyev – Chimes of Freedom, by Private Account) Roi Charmant (Evansville Slew – Cantina, by Seattle Dancer) World Renowned (A.P.