DAILY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016 WWW.BLOODHORSE.COM IN TODAY’S EDITION DOMINGUEZ GETS EARLY HALL OF FAME CHANCE 3 SALE SUCCESS FOR 'BIG FISH IN LITTLE POND' 5 TOO BALD TAKES FRITCHIE DOUBLE 6 EXTREME CHOICE NEW BLUE DIAMOND FAVORITE 6 HORSES PER RACE TRENDING UP 7 EQUI-PHOTO RESULTS 8 Burning Roma won stakes races in five seasons and has passed on ENTRIES 9 his durability to his progeny LEADING LISTS 13 BURNING ROMA THROWING DURABLE HORSES By Frank Angst lorida-based Burning Roma is passing his toughness Fas a racehorse onto his racetrack progeny, an annual list ranking the durability of a stallion's produce shows. Among active stallions, Burning Roma ranks best by starts per runner at 23.39 on the 2015 list, one of a number published by Grayson-Jockey Club Re- search Foundation that spotlight commercially viable stallions performing well in soundness and durability categories (see table on page 3). Burning Roma, who stands for $6,000 at Richard Haisfield's Prestige Stallions near Ocala, Fla., ranks second overall to pensioned Catienus. Durability figures for Burning Roma, who won at least one stakes race in each of the five seasons he raced and registered a 13-5-7 record from 36 starts. The grade I-winning son of champion sprinter Rubiano boasts 70% winners from horses of racing age, including five stakes winners led by grade I winner Sheer Drama. "He's 18-years-old but looks like a 10-year-old," Haisfield said. "It's amazing. We're looking for a very, very nice year from him as the sire of Sheer Drama... Besides the toughness, which is good, his conforma- tion is flawless." BH BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE smartphone app PAGE 1 OF 13 Download the FREE smartphone app 2015 Sires by Lifetime Starts per Runner (Statistics provided by Grayson-Jockey Club) Rank Sire Starts/Runner 1 Catienus 23.98 2 Burning Roma 23.39 3 Mutakddim 23.25 4 Not For Love 21.68 5 Quiet American 20.09 6 Langfuhr 20.02 7 Swiss Yodeler 19.72 8 Valid Expectations 19.72 9 Smoke Glacken 19.65 10 Disco Rico 19.64 LATEST HEADLINES FROM BLOODHORSE.COM CALIFORNIA-BRED CHAMPIONS OF 2015 Horse KEENELAND PHOTO of the year finalists are California Chrome, Ramon Dominguez ranks in the top 35 for all-time Gimme Da Lute, and Spanish Queen. wins and earnings among North American jockeys KENTUCKY ADVANCES EQUINE TAX BREAK BILL A bill that would provide a tax break DOMINGUEZ GETS EARLY HALL OF FAME for Kentucky's horse industry advanced Feb. CHANCE 10, when the Kentucky House Agriculture Committee unanimously approved HB 112. By Alastair Bull TEPIN SET FOR SEASON DEBUT IN ENDEAVOUR hree-time Eclipse Award-winning jockey Ramon Looking to launch a campaign that could include TDominguez has been given an early chance another run at the boys at Keeneland in the to be considered for the Hall of Fame after injury Maker's 46 Mile (gr. IT) this spring, trainer Mark forced his premature retirement. Casse has entered Tepin in the Feb. 13 Endeavour Dominguez won the Eclipse Award for out- Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Tampa Bay. standing jockey in 2010, 2011, and 2012 after DISCREETNESS TURNS IN FINAL SOUTHWEST leading all other North American riders in earnings WORK Multiple stakes winner Discreetness in each year. worked an easy half-mile in :50 over a fast track But the native of Caracas, Venezuela retired in Feb. 10 at Oaklawn Park, his final major move for June 2013 following a career-ending injury at Aque- the $500,000 Southwest Stakes (gr. III) coming up duct Racetrack in January of that year. Feb. 15. Normally jockeys need to satisfy a 20-year DUBAI TURF ULTIMATE TARGET FOR EURO North American license requirement to be consid- CHARLINE Team Valor International's Euro ered for the Hall of Fame. If they don't meet the Charline will prep in the United Arab Emirates criterion they usually must wait five calendar years for the $6 million Dubai Turf (UAE-I) rather than in England as initially planned because of the for consideration. availability of jockey Ryan Moore. But Hall of Fame nominating committee chair- man Edward L. Bowen said Dominguez would have HOT CITY GIRL CARRIES LEGACY INTO FRITCHIE become eligible in 2015 but for the injury. Hot City Girl enters the seven-furlong Barbara "This is an appropriate use of the discretion Fritchie off a second-place finish in the Dec. 26 La Brea (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park, which followed given to the executive committee," Bowen said. three consecutive victories by a combined 14 Dominguez had 4,985 career wins, ranking him lengths. 32nd on the all-time list. His career earnings of $191,620,277 have him 17th on the all-time list. BH BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016 PAGE 3 OF 13 smartphone app Download the FREE smartphone app horses it keeps my mares popular." In addition to limitations on how much he can spend for mares and stud fees, Tackett is careful in placing his horses in sales, which is why the Fasig-Tipton winter mixed auction ap- peals to him. "I have sold at Keeneland since the 1960s and I like selling there, but if (mares sold at Fasig-Tip- ton) were in the November sale at Keeneland, they would be run of the mill and not stand out. RON MITCHELL I've always realized I'm a small fish in a small Careful placement of his horses helped Paul Tackett have a pond and if I get in a bigger pond, those bigger successful Fasig-Tipton winter sale fish are going to eat me up. I understand where I belong." SALE SUCCESS FOR 'BIG FISH IN LITTLE Tackett said he had somewhat of an advan- POND' tage over many other consignors because he owns all the horses in his consignment, allowing By Ron Mitchell him the flexibility to set reserves as he goes. ne of the success stories at the two-day "All of these horses belong to me and it's my OFasig-Tipton Kentucky winter mixed sale own money," he said. "I try to sell one horse that concluded Feb. 9 was the consignment at a time. After the first horse sells, I go set the from breeder Paul Tackett, whose five horses reserve on the next one. After I sell that one, I go sold from as many offered totaled $299,000. set the reserve on the next one. Depending on Tackett's median of $67,000 was the highest how I'm doing, I either raise or lower my reserve. for any consignor with at least five sold. His sales To get five sold, I think I'm doing pretty well." BH included Blue Venus, a 6-year-old Giant's Causeway mare bought by Mulholland Springs for $82,000, and Skinner Box, a Freud filly bought by Spendthrift Farm for $80,000. "I had some broodmare prospects that all had some upside to them," Tackett said. "The families were good; they had half sis- ters and brothers by the likes of The Factor and Smart Strike and Paynter, and there was quite a bit going on... I just felt like all those fillies had an upside." Among the successes for Tackett, a small breeder with 11 broodmares on his 85-acre Fair Hill Farm near Georgetown, Ky., have been Alcibiades (gr. I) winner My Conquesta- dory, grade III winner Devine Wind, and Whomsoever Proud, who won seven stakes from 1993-97. RON MITCHELL "I raise them like I'm going to race them, Selling the Freud mare Skinner Box helped Paul Tackett to a $67,000 and I don't handicap these horses when median at the Fasig-Tipton winter sale they're young," he said. "I raise enough good BLOOD-HORSE DAILY Download the FREE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016 PAGE 5 OF 13 smartphone app THROWBACK THURSDAY TOO BALD TAKES FRITCHIE DOUBLE By Tom Hall oo Bald was one very fast filly for Capt. Harry Gug- Tgenheim's Cain Hoy Stable. A Cain Hoy homebred top and bottom, the dark bay was a daughter of Bald Eagle, 1960's champion older horse after winning his second consecutive Washington, D.C., International Stakes. Her dam, Kentucky Oaks winner Hidden Talent, ED EWING was a daughter of Guggenheim's Dark Star, who Too Bald won the Barbara Fritchie twice and went on to become an marred Native Dancer's perfect record by defeating influential broodmare the "Grey Ghost" in the Kentucky Derby. Too Bald won four stakes in the Cain Hoy colors, Her broodmare record is filled with all-caps black including back-to-back editions of the Barbara Frit- type: juvenile champion male Capote (Seattle Slew), chie Handicap, which celebrates its 65th renewal at multiple grade I millionaire Exceller (Vaguely No- Laurel Park this weekend. Her six-length victory in ble), excellent sire Baldski (Nijinsky II), graded win- 1968 equaled the existing stakes record of 1:21 4/5 ner Vaguely Hidden (Vaguely Noble), and American for the seven furlongs. Standard (In Reality). BH In 1969 she topped the Keeneland November sale in foal to Turn-to, selling for $225,000. EXTREME CHOICE NEW BLUE DIAMOND FAVORITE By Tara Madgwick ustralia's first juvenile group I of the season, the ABlue Diamond Stakes (1,200 meters, about six furlongs) at Caulfield is less than 2 1/2 weeks away. Staking a serious claim Feb. 6 was Extreme Choice (Not A Single Doubt), who utterly dominated the 1,000-meter (about five furlongs) Chairman's Stakes (Aus-III).