ftboa.com • Thursday • October 18, 2018 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION Bulmahn, de Meric, Fuller- FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION Vargas join FTBOA Board or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or Fernung returns as president email: [email protected] OCALA, FLA.— T. Paul Bulmahn, Nick de Meric, both of Ocala, Fla.; and Laurine Fuller- Vargas of Morriston, Fla., have been named to the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association board of directors while Richard Kent of Ocala remains on the board for his second term. After a one-year absence as a voting member on the board due In This Issue: to term limits, past president George Russell of Reddick, Fla., also returns as an officio director, as announced at the FTBOA annual meeting last Thursday. Each of them will Warrior’s Club Breezes Half-Mile Bullet serve three-year terms that will run through 2021. in Prep for BC Sprint Leaving the board because of term limits outlined in the FTBOA by-laws were Fred Florida Racing Laboratory Fully See FTBOA BOARD on page 3 Accredited by RMTC Turf Racing Rooted in Woodbine’s Future Breeders’ Cup Announces 2018 Race Order, Wagering Menu First Dude Answers Opportunity’s Knock With a Grade 2 Winner Accelerate Heads Record 221 Breeders’ Cup Pre-Entries Brent Fernung/FILE PHOTO T. Paul Bulmahn/FILE PHOTO Nick de Meric/FILE PHOTO Laurine Fuller-Vargas/ FILE PHOTO Mena Set to Return to Riding Thursday Ocala Stud sets 2019 Chase to the Championship Florida Stallion Progeny List stallion roster and fees Florida Breeders’ List PRESS RELEASE_______________________________________________________ Wire to Wire Business Place Ocala Stud has set its 2019 stallion roster and fees, led by Girvin who will stand his first season at stud for $7,500 S&N. Uncaptured, Florida’s leading first-crop sire and a leader nationally, and The Big Beast who has first yearlings of 2018, will both stand for Featured Advertisers $6,000 S&N. Ocala Stud Girvin, a leading 3-year-old of his crop, captured the 2017 Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) and scored back-to-back stakes victories in the Risen Star Stakes (G2) and the Double Diamond Louisiana Derby (G2), prior to starting in the Kentucky Derby (G1) as the top point earn- Florida Department of Agriculture er on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. A 4-year-old son of Tale of Ekati, Girvin is pro- FTBOA duced from the Malibu Moon mare Catch the Moon and is a half-brother to Iroquois Woodford Thoroughbreds Stakes (G3) winner Cocked and Loaded. He retires with a record of 10-4-3-0, having bankrolled $1,624,392. Seminole Feed Uncaptured, a six-time stakes-winning millionaire and Canadian champion 2-year- Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply old, is represented in his first crop by Catherinethegreat, a 4 ¼-length winner of the Journeyman Stud Schuylerville Stakes (G3) at Saratoga and Capture Your Dream, decisive winner of the See OCALA STUD on page 3 Sparr Farm Supply Back to Top Page 3 FTBOA Board Continued from COVER Brei of Reddick and Joe O’Farrell III of Ocala. Both were com- mended for their strong commitment and service to the Association and industry. Brent Fernung was also re-elected as the president of the Association at the board meeting that followed. He said he was grateful to return as president and welcomed the three new board members. “I am very happy and honored to be re-elected president,” Fernung said. “We are also proud to welcome to the board Mr. Bulmahn, Mr. de Meric, and Ms. Fuller-Vargas and welcome back Mr. Kent and Mr. Russell. “While the FTBOA has had many significant accomplishments in recent years, such as increasing breeder and stallion awards to all-time high levels, we will be looking for the leadership skills, forethought and other assets from all board members in order to meet the challenges that face our Florida thoroughbred industry on a legislative basis as well at the tracks and on the farm.” The board also named the executive committee for 2018-19 with Fernung as president while Phil Matthews, DVM was named first vice president and Greg Wheeler was named second vice president. George Russell will serve as treasurer and George Isaacs as secretary. Fernung and his wife, Crystal, own and operate Journeyman Stud, which was home to the late Wildcat Heir, Florida’s leading sire. Journeyman Stud now stands Exclusive Quality, Fury Kapcori, Gentlemen’s Bet, Khozan, Songandaprayer and Winslow Homer. Fernung began his career at Lasater Farm during its hey- See FTBOA BOARD on page 5 Ocala Stud Continued from COVER FTBOA Florida Sire Desert Vixen Stakes. King’s Bishop Stakes (G1) winner The Big Beast, a son of Yes It’s True, has first year- lings this year and his first 2-year-olds hit the track in 2019. Joining Girvin as a new addition to the 13-stallion roster for the upcoming breeding season is Ami’s Flatter who will stand for $3,500 S&N. The son of Flatter won the 2016 Commonwealth Stakes (G2) at Keeneland and is out of the Victory Gallop mare Galloping Ami, Broodmare of the Year in Canada in 2016. For more information, please contact David or Joe O’Farrell at 352-237-2171 or visit OcalaStud.com. Ocala Stud’s 2019 roster and fees: Stallion Stands and Nurses Fee Adios Charlie $3,000 Ami’s Flatter-NEW $3,500 Awesome of Course $4,000 Fort Loudon $2,500 Girvin-NEW $7,500 Greenpointcrusader $5,000 In Summation $2,500 Jess’s Dream $5,000 Noble Bird $5,000 Prospective $3,000 Rainbow Heir $3,500 The Big Beast $6,000 Uncaptured $6,000 Back to Top FIRST DUDE BAHAMIAN SQUALL by Stephen Got Even–Run Sarah Run by Smart Strike by Gone West–Midway Squall by Storm Bird G1 Winner • G3 Winner G2 Winner • G1 Placed Second in TWO G1's • Third in FOUR G1's Won or Placed in 11 Graded or Stakes Races Defeated Morning Line, Super Saver, 15 Triple Digit Speed Ratings Game On Dude, Twirling Candy Defeated: Jackson Bend, Justin Phillip, #1 2018 Fourth-Crop Dirt Sire Cajun Breeze, Fort Loudon #2 2018 Fourth-Crop Sire by BTW By Gone West out of Multiple Graded Stakes 2018 12 Stakes Winners Producing Storm Bird Mare Donald R.Dizney https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-Dude/130049330338431 Standing: First Dude & Bahamian Squall • Contact Roger Brand, Jimmy Alexander or Melissa Anthony for stallion inquiries 899 S.W. 85th Ave., Ocala, FL 34481 • (352) 237-3834 Fax: (352) 237-6069 • visit-www.doublediamondfarm.com FIRST DUDE: BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO / BAHAMIAN SQUALL: COADY PHOTO / BAHAMIAN SQUALL: COADY PHOTO ASSOCIATES & DUDE: BENOIT FIRST Back to Top Page 5 FTBOA Board Continued from page 3 day in the late 1970s and was there through the legendary trainer Tommy Smith. Later 1984. Fernung also served as farm manag- he became interested by North American er at Franks Farm/Southland Division and racing and sales, and in the early 1980s was the general manager at Cloverleaf. The worked for Clay Camp, Lee Eaton and Fernungs established Journeyman Fred Seitz before settling in Ocala by way Bloodstock in 1989. Fernung also serves of Louisiana, where he met his future wife, on the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company Jaqui. board and is currently chairman of the He and Jaqui rode for a number of FTBOA governance committee. farms in the Ocala area before marrying in An entrepreneur in various industries, 1983. Nick and Jaqui had their first 2-year- Paul Bulmahn grew up with a love of hors- old consignment that year and the fledg- es. He opened GoldMark Farm in Ocala in ling business quickly grew into a major 2- 2006, a 2,600 acre commercial thorough- year-old training operation. Their gradu- EXCLUSIVE QUALITY bred training center with a three-quarter ates include You and I, Chaposa Springs, mile track, barns designed to stay cool, an Smokin’ Frolic, Wallenda, Forty One Elusive Quality / First Glimmer, equine saltwater spa, and Equivibe vibra- Carats, Ask The Moon, Capo Bastone, by Glitterman tion plates. His homebred, Soutache, won Currency Swap, Materiality, Annals of two legs of the 2017 Florida Sire Stakes Time, War Story, Practical Joke, and FURY KAPCORI and top graduates of breaking, training, Separationofpowers. and rehabilitation include Cross Traffic, Nick has also served on the board of Tiznow / Gin Running, Mylute, Shackleford, Dullahan, Karlovy OBS since 2001. by Go For Gin Vary, Pluck, Gypsey’s Warning, Mr. In 1992 they bought Eclipse Training Sidney, Backtalk, Elusive Lady, Timber Center adjacent to their Manuden Farm, Reserve, It’s Tea Time, Silver Max, and now an accredited facility totaling 240 GENTLEMEN’S BET Private Zone. acres. Both their kids, Ali, now a member Half Ours / Lady of Sun, At GoldMark Farm, Bulmahn created a of the Rice clan, and Tris, who with his Triple Crown Museum with memorabilia wife Valery, have become crucial partners by Gentlemen (ARG) from each of the 13 winners. He pioneered in the operation. the invention of a biomass reactor to turn Fuller-Vargas has devoted her entire life KHOZAN horse manure into energy and is working to to thoroughbreds and the racing industry. make the process useful for large and small She’s a third generation horsemen and as a Distorted Humor / Delta horse farms alike. He supports many child, spent every moment possible in the Princess, by A.P. Indy equine causes and community events, barn or at the racetrack. She learned every- including hosting the Ocala Symphony at thing from picking feet, walking hots and the farm and a Florida Horse Park rolling bandages to rehabbing injured hors- SONGANDAPRAYER fundraiser featuring Kate Chenery Tweedy.