Florida-Bred Breeders' Cup Winners
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CoverForm.2018.qxp_Layout 1 2/26/18 2:39 PM Page 1 CoverForm.2018.qxp_Layout 1 2/26/18 2:39 PM Page 2 2017 FLORIDA-BRED CHAMPIONS FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY CALEDONIA ROAD WORLD APPROVAL Horse of the Year 2-Year-Old Filly Older Male/Turf Horse/Male Sprinter ECLIPSE SPORTWIRE PHOTO COGLIANESE PHOTO FIRENZE FIRE FAYPIEN 2-Year-Old Colt/Gelding 3-Year-Old Filly/Female Sprinter BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO SUSIE RASHER PHOTO THREE RULES STARSHIP JUBILEE 3-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Older Female/Female Turf Horse MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO KENNY MARTIN PHOTO 2 • 2017 Review & Update FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 12:55 PM Page 3 Promote the Florida Equine Industry by sharing our success! I Ocala/Marion County is Horse Capital of the World® because we have more horses and ponies than any other county inthe United States. I Total economic impact of the equine industry in the county is $2.62 billion. I Equines attribute to $1.6 billion of the county’s GDP total of $8.7 billion. I Most recent Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup contenders have had their early training in Central Florida. I OBS consistently brings in over $140 million in revenue annually from the sale of Thoroughbreds, buyers from 48 states and 19 countries. I Wire to Wire Daily Racing Digest is published in Marion County to promote the thoroughbred industry – the only printed daily of any breeding region in the world. I The racing industry creates over 12,000 in-state jobs with a payroll of over $400 million in wages and benefits annually. I Over 20,000 thoroughbreds are engaged in racing in Florida and 15,000 thoroughbreds from across the country are trained here annually. I Florida consistently ranks number two as a breeding region in the U.S. for thoroughbreds. I Marion County is one of the top five breeding regions in the world. FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED FLORIDA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION AND CONSUMER SERVICES Lonny T. Powell, CEO and Executive Vice President Adam H. Putnam, Commissioner 801 SW 60th Ave.• Ocala, FL 34474 407 S. Calhoun • 416 Mayo Building, 352-629-2160 Tallahassee, FL 32399 Since 1945, the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association (FTBOA) represents Thoroughbred breeders and owners who breed, raise, train, sell and race horses born in the state of Florida with the mission of promoting the Florida thoroughbred worldwide. FTBOA coined the moniker Ocala/Marion County Horse Capital of the World to promote the economy of the entire equine industry, the industries that serve equine and the community that benefits from the robust industry. FTBOA supported the creation of Horse Fever and the Florida Horse Park, among many other community initiatives. FTBOA was recognized by the business and leadership communities with the 2015 CEP Non-profit of The Year for best practices, programs, services, promotion and advocacy. FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 11:02 AM Page 4 2-YEAR-OLD FILLY ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE PHOTO ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE CALEDONIA ROAD 2015 bay filly by Quality Road – Come a Callin, by Dixie Union Breeder: Vegso Racing Stable (Peter Vegso) Owners: Zoom and Fish Racing Stable Inc., Charlie Spiring & Newtown Anner Stud Trainer: Ralph Nicks 2017 Race Record/Earnings 3-2-1-0/$1,229,800 2017 Blacktype Stakes Record 1st – Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) 2nd – Frizette Stakes (G1) 4 • 2017 Review & Update FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 11:02 AM Page 5 2-YEAR-OLD COLT/GELDING ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE PHOTO ECLIPSE SPORTSWIRE SUSIE RASHER PHOTO FIRENZE FIRE 2015 bay colt by Poseidon's Warrior – My Every Wish, by Langfuhr Breeder/Owner: Mr Amore Stables (Ron Lombardi) Trainer: Jason Servis 2017 Race Record/Earnings 5-3-0-0/$449,100 2017 Blacktype Stakes Record 1st – Champagne Stakes (G1) 1st – Sanford Stakes (G3) 2017 Review & Update • 5 FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 11:02 AM Page 6 3-YEAR-OLD FILLY/FEMALE SPRINTER BENOIT & ASSOCIATES PHOTO ASSOCIATES & BENOIT FAYPIEN 2014 bay filly by Ghostzapper – Mighty Eros, by Freud Breeder: Off The Hook LLC (Carlos Morales & Joe Appelbaum) Owner: Baoma Corporation (Charles & Susan Chu) Trainer: Bob Baffert 2017 Race Record/Earnings 7-3-2-1/$320,275 2017 Blacktype Stakes Record 1st – Summertime Oaks (G2) 1st – Angels Flight Stakes 2nd – Test Stakes (G1) 2nd – Beverly J. Lewis Stakes 6 • 2017 Review & Update FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 11:02 AM Page 7 3-YEAR-OLD COLT/GELDING KENNY MARTIN PHOTO MARTIN KENNY THREE RULES 2014 bay colt by Gone Astray – Joy Rules, by Full Mandate Breeders/Owners: Shade Tree Thoroughbreds Inc., Roy Geoff & Tom Fitzgerald Trainer: Jose Pinchin 2017 Race Record/Earnings 6-1-2-2/$263,520 2017 Blacktype Stakes Record 1st – Carry Back Stakes (G3) 2nd – Swale Stakes (G2) 2nd – FTBOA Marion County Florida Sire Stakes 3rd – XPressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) 3rd – Chick Lang Stakes 2017 Review & Update • 7 FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 11:02 AM Page 8 OLDER FEMALE/FEMALE TURF HORSE MICHAEL BURN PHOTO MICHAEL STARSHIP JUBILEE 2013 bay filly by Indy Wind – Perfectly Wild, by Forest Wildcat Breeder: William Sorren Owners: Kevin Attard & Soli Mehta Trainer: Kevin Attard 2017 Race Record/Earnings 10-6-1-2/$262,311 2017 Blacktype Stakes Record 1st – Nassau Stakes (G2) 1st – Dance Smartly Stakes (G2) 3rd – Canadian Stakes (G2) 8 • 2017 Review & Update FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 11:02 AM Page 9 OLDER MALE/TURF HORSE/MALE SPRINTER MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO MICHAEL WORLD APPROVAL 2012 gray/roan gelding by Northern Afleet – Win Approval, by With Approval Breeder: Live Oak Stud (Charlotte Weber) Owner: Live Oak Plantation (Charlotte Weber) Trainer: Mark E. Casse 2017 Race Record/Earnings 6-5-0-0/$2,043,600 2017 Blacktype Stakes Record 1st – Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) 1st – Fourstardave Handicap (G1) 1st – Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1) 1st – Dixie Stakes (G2) 1st – Turf Classic Stakes 2017 Review & Update • 9 FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 11:02 AM Page 10 2017 LEADING FLORIDA FRESHMAN SIRE SERITA HULT PHOTO HULT SERITA POSEIDON’S WARRIOR 2008 bay horse by Speightstown – Poised to Pounce, by Smarten Poseidon’s Warrior was the 2017 leading winner, first graded stakes winner and first Florida freshman sire by progeny earnings with a Grade 1 stakes winner. total of $598,466. He was represented by 30 run- Bred and raced by Ron Lombardi's Mr. Amore ners, six winners and one graded-stakes winner. Stable, Firenze Fire is out of the Langfuhr mare Poseidon's Warrior's leading earner was My Every Wish. Trained by Jason Servis, Firenze Florida-bred, Grade 1 stakes winner Firenze Fire, Fire was named the 2017 Florida-bred champion who banked $449,100 on the season. The pre- 2-year-old colt. cocious colt broke his maiden at first asking by By Speightstown out of the Smarten mare three and a half lengths on June 18 at Mon- Poised to Pounce, Poseidon's Warrior is a Grade mouth Park. In his very next start, he became a 1 stakes winner of $701,147. He captured the graded stakes winner in capturing the Sanford 2012 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1), as well Stakes (G3) by a length on July 22 at Saratoga. as three other stakes. Poseidon's Warrior was After a fourth place finish in the Hopeful also stakes placed five times, including a third Stakes (G1), Firenze Fire bounced back to win in the 2012 Vosburgh Invitational Stakes (G1). the Champagne Stakes (G1) by half a length on Poseidon's Warrior entered stud in 2014 and Oct. 7 at Belmont Park. In quick succession, stands as property of a syndicate at Morriston- Firenze Fire became Poseidon's Warrior's first based Pleasant Acres Stallions. 10 • 2017 Review & Update FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 11:02 AM Page 11 2017 LEADING FLORIDA JUVENILE SIRE SERITA HULT PHOTO HULT SERITA GONE ASTRAY 2003 bay horse by Dixie Union – Illicit, by Mr. Prospector Gone Astray was the 2017 leading Florida ju- bred stakes winner Go Astray, who won the venile sire by progeny earnings with a total of Desert Vixen Stakes (FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes) $719,657. He was represented by six juvenile on Aug. 5 at Gulfstream Park. Bred by Ramiro winners, including two Florida-bred juvenile Rosas Medina, Go Astray was third in the Susan's stakes winners. Girl Stakes (FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes). She Gone Astray's leading juvenile earner was earned $135,470. Starship Bonita, who collected $389,100 on two By Dixie Union out of the Mr. Prospector mare wins and two seconds in five starts. She won the Ilicit, multiple graded stakes winner Gone Astray Susan's Girl Stakes (FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes) earned $1,125,162. He won the Pennsylvania on Sept. 2 at Gulfstream Park. The Mr. and Mrs. Derby (G2), Ohio Derby (G2) and Salvator Mile William Rainbow homebred encored that with a (G3). He was also graded stakes placed three victory in the My Dear Girl Stakes (FTBOA Florida times, including thirds in the Withers Stakes (G3) Sire Stakes) on Sept. 30 at Gulfstream Park. and Discovery Handicap (G3). Gone Astray, who She was also second in the Juvenile Fillies entered stud in 2012, was also the 2016 leading Sprint Stakes at Gulftream Park West. Florida juvenile sire. He stands as property of a Gone Astray was also represented by Florida- syndicate at Ocala-based Northwest Stud. 2017 Review & Update • 11 FTBOA_AwardsProgram.2018_REDO.qxp_Layout 1 2/27/18 11:02 AM Page 12 2017 FLORIDA STALLION OF THE YEAR SERITA HULT PHOTO HULT SERITA FIRST DUDE 2007 bay horse by Stephen Got Even – Run Sarah Run, by Smart Strike First Dude was named the 2017 Florida The 4-year-old filly scored a trio of stakes Stallion of the Year.