Volume 3 • Number 26 Official publication of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association WWEWWEEKLYedneEsEdaEEKLYyE, JuKKne 30LL, 2YY010 This Week’s Issue Is Sponsored by Unusual Heat To Stand At Harris Farms Top California stallion Unusual Heat has their dedication and hard work that been relocated to Harris Farms and will stand contributed to the success of Unusual Heat there for the 2011 breeding season. and his progeny. At the same time, I look Unusual Heat moves to Harris Farms after forward to our new partnership with John 12 highly successful breeding seasons at Old Harris, Dave McGlothlin and the entire English Rancho in Sanger, California. Unusual team at Harris Farms.” Heat set the all time California record for Harris Farms will not only be the new progeny earnings in 2008 with over $5.8 home of Unusual Heat, but also of the million, was again the California earnings California-based breeding and broodmare champion for 2009 and is currently the leading operation for both Madeline Auerbach and sire in California in 2010 as well as the third long time partner-trainer Barry Abrams. leading turf sire in North America. Unusual Heat Notable broodmares of the partners moving Unusual Heat is the sire of 27 stakes to Harris Farms include stakes producers winners and 15 other stakes-placed runners, including Lethal Leta, Bel Air Belle, Little Hottie, Style of the Year and True seven graded stakes winners (three grade I winners), one Melody. group I stakes winner and seven additional graded stakes-placed Harris Farms is a California institution in Thoroughbred runners. Current standout runners include grade I winners breeding, racing and stallion operations. Chairman John Harris heads The Usual Q.T., Acclamation and grade II winner Pretty this family run operation based in Coalinga, California and located Unusual. throughout in the heart of California’s central valley with several “I am delighted to announce that Unusual Heat will stand locations. Harris Farms is best known for being the birthplace and at Harris Farms for the 2011 Breeding Season and hopefully for original home of two-time Breeders’ Cup Classic champion Tiznow. the remainder of his breeding career,” said Madeline Auerbach. In addition to Unusual Heat, Harris Farms’ stallion roster “I wish to thank Buddy Johnston and all of the people at Old includes Cee’s Tizzy (sire of two Eclipse Award winners), High English Rancho for a tremendous 12-year run. I appreciate all of Brite, Swiss Yodeler and eight others. For more information about the Unusual Heat contact Harris Auerbach at [email protected] or go to www.unusualheat.com . For more information about Harris Farms contact [email protected] or go to www.harrisfarms.com . www.ctba.com CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • June 30, 2010 1 Leading Sires In California: January 1 Through June 27, 2010 Leading Sires Leading Sires by Money Won by Average Earnings Per Start Races (Minimum 50 Starts) Rank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings Average Earnings/ 1. Unusual Heat . 91 427 64 $2,270,622 Rank Sire Runners Starts Earnings Start 2. Stormin Fever . 95 403 45 1,395,846 1. Unusual Heat ................. 91 427 $2,270,622 $5,318 3. Benchmark . 134 539 87 1,334,587 2. Redattore (Brz)• ............. 40 143 747,213 5,225 4. Salt Lake . 91 389 67 1,164,508 3. Tribal Rule ........................58 219 949,360 4,335 5. Bertrando . .86 351 55 1,105,442 4. One Man Army ................ 23 99 394,579 3,986 6. In Excess (Ire) . 93 364 67 1,099,665 5. Stormin Fever................. 95 403 1,395,846 3,464 7. Tribal Rule . 58 219 39 949,360 6. Popular............................ 14 50 164,606 3,292 8. Old Topper . 113 470 76 906,172 7. Southern Image#............ 57 234 764,222 3,266 9. Decarchy . 60 285 48 893,185 8. Siberian Summer .............58 227 719,405 3,169 10. Swiss Yodeler . 111 448 62 845,316 9. Bertrando ...................... 86 351 1,105,442 3,149 11. Sea of Secrets . 92 398 42 832,981 10. Decarchy ....................... 60 285 893,185 3,134 12. Deputy Commander* . .111 449 53 829,762 11. In Excess (Ire)................ 93 364 1,099,665 3,021 13. Southern Image# . 57 234 41 764,222 12. Salt Lake ....................... 91 389 1,164,508 2,994 14. Redattore (Brz)• . 40 143 23 747,213 15. Siberian Summer . 58 227 43 719,405 16. Kafwain# . 80 344 50 716,570 17. Skimming• . 71 283 54 708,809 Leading Sires Of Two-Year-Olds 18. Cee's Tizzy . 61 235 42 673,826 by Average Earnings Per Runner 19. Marino Marini . 62 244 35 576,709 (Minimum 2 Runners) 20. High Brite . 67 288 36 575,440 21. Atticus . 61 198 26 547,487 Average 22. Formal Gold• . 68 264 37 524,888 Races Earnings/ Rank Sire Runners Won Earned Runner 23. Lit de Justice . 63 281 30 480,928 24. Valid Wager* . 48 229 35 466,478 1. Ministers Wild Cat . 2 1 $64,208 $32,104 25. Freespool . 50 234 29 420,897 2. Perfect Mandate . 2 2 38,480 19,240 26. Comic Strip . 44 196 33 418,536 3. Doc Gus* . 3 2 42,200 14,067 27. One Man Army . 23 99 13 394,579 4. Nineeleven . .4 2 41,805 10,451 28. Ten Most Wanted . 57 253 25 341,390 5. IronCat .............2 1 19,815 9,908 29. Souvenir Copy• . 43 188 23 326,578 6. Swiss Yodeler . 15 3 141,809 9,454 30. Rio Verde . .46 173 25 320,497 7. Benchmark . 10 6 89,903 8,990 31. Ministers Wild Cat . 28 131 20 319,839 8. In Excess (Ire) . 2 1 17,500 8,750 32. Muqtarib† . 39 158 30 298,817 9. Tizbud . 3 1 26,110 8,703 33. Flame Thrower . 28 103 13 295,880 10. Salt Lake . 5 2 43,372 8,674 34. Roar* . 41 184 26 292,657 11. Sea of Secrets . 7 1 58,295 8,328 35. Game Plan . 39 167 27 275,832 12. Tribal Rule . 13 4 108,042 8,311 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(#)thathedidnotstandinCaliforniain2008butisstandinginthestatein2009,a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2009 but will stand in the state in 2010 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. 2 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • June 30, 2010 www.ctba.com 4 Weekly Update My Summer Slew Takes The Robert Kerlan Memorial Handicap California-bred My Summer Slew won his first stakes Slewpy mare My Bouquet, was bred by owner Nick in the $80,450 Robert Kerlan Memorial Handicap at Cafarchia and trained by Craig Dollase. Hollywood Park on Sunday, June 27, defeating a field that The Barretts graduate has five wins in 13 starts, included a game pacesetter in the Cal-bred filly Unzip Me. earnings of $196,292 and was coming off a third in the My Summer Slew is by Siberian Summer, out of the ©Benoit June 5 Los Angeles Handicap. My Summer Slew Triple For Harris Farms Horses bred by Harris Farms won With Respect, a four-year-old filly three of the seven Thoroughbred races by Redattore (Arg) out of the Lear Fan on the Opening Day, mare With Some Luck, Wednesday, June 23 at the won the fourth race for the Alameda County Fair in breeder/owner. Pleasanton, California. And Lucky High, a ©Vassar Tiz Afire, a nine-year-old three-year-old filly by High ©Vassar Tiz Afire Cee’s Tizzy gelding out of Brite—and a half sister to Lucky HIgh the Mr. Leader mare Burning Desire, won the second ©Vassar With Respect out of the Lear Fan mare With Some race for owners Begley, Begley, Burke, et.al. With Respect Luck—won the sixth race for the breeder/owner. Oak Tree Eyes Del Mar Meet In 2011 The Oak Tree Racing Association (OTRA) will seek to run Siegel said before the OTRA board verbally agreed to its meet at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club (DMTC) in 2011, remain at Santa Anita Park. OTRA board member John Barr said Wednesday, June 23, The sequence of events that led to OTRA likely racing the day after Santa Anita Park owner Frank Stronach said at Santa Anita Park this year surprised Barr. he won’t offer OTRA a lease after this year. “I didn’t think it would turn out the way it did,” said Barr, On the June 22, California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) an owner and breeder from Orange County who has been meeting, OTRA and Magna International Developments, on the OTRA board since 1997. “It helps Santa Anita the parent company of Santa Anita Park, reached a verbal employees as well. This was something the racing board agreement to run the 2010 meeting at Santa Anita Park. wanted us to do it.” Stronach said at the meeting that he no longer wants Barr said OTRA had been close to an agreement to OTRA as a tenant, stating that such an arrangement is no race at Hollywood Park this year if discussions with Santa longer financially viable.