California Thoroughbred Weekly for Tuesday 4-15-2014
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Volume 7 • Number 15 Official publication of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association WWEWWEednesEEdayEE, ApKKril 1LLY6LLY, 2YY014 Tribal Spy Wins Big Macher Las Cienegas Wins By A Schnoz California-bred Tribal Spy In a thrilling finish, California-bred benefitted from a fast pace to Big Macher, with Tyler Baze aboard, come rolling late and win prevailed by a nose over favored Wild Saturday’s grade III, $100,000 Dude and Rafael Bejarano in Saturday’s ©Benoit Las Cienegas Stakes by a head grade II, $200,000 Potrero Grande Stakes, under Joe Talamo, covering the about 6 1/2 furlongs down Santa covering 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:14.97. Anita Park’s hillside turf course in 1:12.12. Trained by Richard Baltas, who ©Benoit With 7-5 favorite Biorhythm and 5-2 second choice Sky claimed the four-year-old Beau Genius High Gal slugging it out through splits of :21.58, :43.02 and gelding out of his debut nine starts back for $20,000 on 1:05.86, Talamo sat a comfortable third aboard the Adam July 17, Big Macher sat a close third behind fractions of :21.85, Kitchingman-trained daughter of Ballena Vista Farm’s Tribal :44.25 and 1:08.50, wheeled three-wide turning for home, Rule, overhauled the top two inside the furlong pole and held dispatched Cylclometer a sixteenth out and just managed off a fast finishing Llandudno to just prevail.—continued at to withstand the late charge of Wild Dude.—continued at www.santaanita.com, From Santa Anita Publicity www.santaanita.com, From Santa Anita Publicity PUBLISHER’S NOTE: PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Republished with permission from www.santaanita.com Republished with permission from www.santaanita.com Uzziel Here’s the lineup for the five stakes races of the Wires Field In $850,000 California Gold Rush XV, Santa Paula for California-breds and sired, Longshot Uzziel took full to be held for the first time at Santa Anita Park advantage of her early speed and SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2014 coasted to a stunning 42-1 front- ©Benoit end upset in Friday’s $75,000 Santa Paula Stakes for three-year-old fillies, getting 6 1/2 fur- $250,000 Snow Chief Stks., 3-y-o, at 1 1/8 m. (T) (purse paid down to eighth place) $250,000 Melair Stks., 3-y-o f., at 1 1/16 m. (purse paid down to eighth place) longs in 1:17.19 while providing Tyler Baze with his third win $125,000 Tiznow Stks., 4-y-o & up, at 1 m. on the afternoon. $125,000 Spring Fever Stks., f. & m., 4-y-o & up, at 6 f. Trained by Mike Puype and owned by her breeders, James $100,000 Fran’s Valentine Stks., f. & m., 4-y-o & up, at 1 m. (T) and Tammy McKenney, Uzziel, a California-bred daughter of Call Rick Hammerle (Racing Office): (626) 574-6352 or [email protected] Harlington, won by a comfortable 2 1/4 lengths while besting eight rivals and providing the McKenney’s with their first-ever GOLD RUSH NOMINATIONS Continued on page 6 stakes victory. “This is our first-ever stakes win,” said James McKenney. As this list of available nurse mares develops the CTBA will add that —continued at www.santaanita.com, From Santa Anita Publicity Nurse Mare Bulletin information here. If you have a mare that is available as a nurse mare PUBLISHER’S NOTE: or if you are in need of a nurse mare: [email protected] Republished with permission from www.santaanita.com Board www.ctba.com CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • Apirl 16, 2014 1 Leading !Sires !In !California: !January !1 !Through !April !13, !2014 !"#$%&'()%*"+( !"#$%&'()%*"+ ,-(5>&"-(=>& ,-(A3*B(0#*&%&'+ 45%&%636(C8()@#*@+(!%B"@%6"9 2#:"+ 2#&<()%*" 23&&"*+ )@#*@+ =>& 0#*&%&'+ 2#:"+ 1. Tribal Rule . .109 298 61 $1,479,866 2#&<()%*"( 23&&"*+ )@#*@+ =%&&"*+ =>& 0#*&%&'+ 2. Unusual Heat . 80 225 31 1,191,146 1. Unusual Heat............ 53 111 13 14 $740,865 3. Lucky Pulpit . 34 98 16 1,187,006 2. Tribal Rule................. 28 46 5 6 476,835 4. Kafwain . 59 176 27 756,559 3. Decarchy.................... 25 46 5 6 408,747 5. Decarchy . 58 173 26 733,945 4. Good Journey........... 24 60 6 7 374,981 6. Benchmark . 59 181 32 711,726 5. In Excess (Ire)* ............. 7 18 3 4 166,268 7. Bertrando* . .58 164 23 667,607 6. Benchmark ................ 12 22 4 4 166,219 8. Ministers Wild Cat . 67 200 33 640,261 7. Bertrando*.................. 16 30 3 4 155,367 9. Eddington# . 64 183 29 564,548 8. Comic Strip................. 5 7 1 1 148,492 10. Good Journey . 49 137 20 503,721 9. Heatseeker (Ire)...........14 27 5 5 126,860 11. Southern Image . 43 128 18 435,643 10. Tizbud ........................ 13 16 1 2 123,372 12. Heatseeker (Ire) . 35 106 18 375,322 11. Papa Clem.................. 3 7 3 5 109,321 13. Old Topper . 44 133 25 357,012 12. Affirmative................. 12 26 2 2 94,821 14. Vronsky . 25 78 9 350,939 15. Swiss Yodeler . 55 176 24 345,495 16. Stormin Fever . 41 128 20 343,678 17. In Excess (Ire)* . 36 99 19 327,775 !"#$%&'()%*"+( 18. Tizbud . 36 107 16 319,180 19. Marino Marini . 44 129 19 298,575 ,-(./"*#'"(0#*&%&'+(1"*(23&&"* 45%&%636(78(23&&"*+9 20. Dixie Chatter . 20 58 16 251,347 21. Peppered Cat . 16 56 9 231,480 ./"*#'" 2#:"+ 0#*&%&'+; 22. Rocky Bar . 37 146 24 222,990 2#&<()%*" 23&&"*+ =>& 0#*&%&'+ 23&&"* 23. Papa Clem . 16 50 12 220,630 24. Comic Strip . 11 39 4 205,942 1. Lucky Pulpit . 34 16 $1,187,006 $34,912 25. Terrell . 32 114 14 191,584 2. Comic Strip . ... 11 4 205,942 18,722 26. Surf Cat . 16 54 8 189,666 3. Cyclotron . .10 3 153,930 15,393 27. Affirmative . 26 79 5 179,054 4. Unusual Heat . 80 31 1,191,146 14,889 28. Sea of Secrets . 39 115 11 171,196 5. Peppered Cat . 16 9 231,480 14,468 29. Globalize . 20 45 6 164,825 6. Vronsky . 25 9 350,939 14,038 30. Cindago* . .19 59 7 163,070 7. Papa Clem . 16 12 220,630 13,789 31. Cyclotron . 10 27 3 153,930 8. Tribal Rule . .109 61 1,479,866 13,577 32. Square Eddie . 13 36 3 146,837 9. Kafwain . 59 27 756,559 12,823 33. Bedford Falls . 7 26 8 143,284 10. Decarchy . 58 26 733,945 12,654 34. Fullbridled . 5 15 8 138,620 11. Dixie Chatter . .. 20 16 251,347 12,567 35. Atticus . 21 58 4 137,386 12. Benchmark . 59 32 711,726 12,063 The statistics contained in these rankings are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates that a stallion has been pensioned, an asterisk (*) that he has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere, a number sign (#) that he did not stand in California in 2013 but is standing in the state in 2014, a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2014 but will stand in the state in 2015 and in ,>?$ 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. Graded Stakes Double For Ballena Vista California-breds by Ballena Vista Farm sires Tribal Rule and Beau stakes winner from his final crop. Winner of the California Cup Sprint Genius captured both graded stakes at Santa Anita Park on January 25 at Santa Anita in his stakes debut, Big Macher was April 12. In her first graded stakes effort, Tribal Rule’s four-year-old filly defeated just a half-length in the San Carlos (grade II) on March 8. Not Tribal Spy successfully stepped into open stakes company to win the to be denied victory in the $200,750 Potrero Grande (grade II), Big grade III, $100,500 Las Cienegas Stakes on the hillside turf course, Macher charged three wide down the stretch, caught the pace setter becoming the fifth graded winner for her sire who currently leads with sixteenth to go and prevailed by a nose in a thrilling finish. Bred California’s general sire list with earnings of $1.5 million. by Ballena Vista Farm out of the Kris S. mare Insight, Big Macher Retired from stud following the 2009 breeding season, Beau Genius, improved his record to 4-2-2 in 10 starts and increased his earnings to now 29, is back in the headlines as the sire of Big Macher, a multiple $316,428.—Ballena Vista Farm 2 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • Apirl 16, 2014 www.ctba.com Weekly Update Phyllis Lambert Passes At 67 Phyllis Lambert, who passed away from chronic Notjustanother Horse Farm, in Chino, where she spe- obstructive pulmonary disease on March 27, 2014, was a cialized in layups and sales prep. No one was more fixture at California Thoroughbred sales since the late skilled than Phyllis at getting a horse beautifully pre- 1960s. But more than being a “fixture,” she changed the pared for a sale. Additionally, she bred and raised a few way Thoroughbred sales, and hence the industry, horses of her own.