Express Covering the Thoroughbred Industry in Texas and Oklahoma
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FEBRUARY 2013 EXPRESS WWW.SOUTHERNRACEHORSE.COM COVERING THE THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA Fasig-Tipton Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training catalogue now available online Fasig-Tipton Texas has catalogued 131 head for the Wednesday, Henrythenavigator, Holy Bull, Into Mischief, Kitten’s Joy, Pioneer April 3, 2-Year-olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale, to of The Nile, Pure Prize, Spring at Last and Yes Its True. Strong be held at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. The sale begins Southwest based sires are also represented by Half Ours, Private at 12 noon with the 2-year-olds in training, Vow, Salute the Sarge, Too Much Bling and which will be followed by horses of racing Valid Expectations. age. The under-tack show for the sale is at Consignors have reacted favorably to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 1. the flexibility of the new format, allowing Enthusiasm is high for the reopening entries to be included much closer to the of Lone Star Park this year under the man- day of sale. An addendum to the catalogue, agement of new owner Global Gaming. in addition to the main catalogue, will be Consignors and buyers are ready to start available online and in print at the sale. off the spring/summer race season with “The Horses of Racing Age section has the area’s preeminent sale. attracted a lot of interest and should be an “This sale continues to offer buyers excellent venue, especially right before this top pedigrees and excellent performers in exciting race meet,” added Boyce. “The two the Southwest region,” stated Tim Boyce, different categories of horses being offered director of sales. “With many more stakes- complement each other and is intended to bring winning graduates in 2012, the back cover more owners and trainers to the auction.” of the catalogue, where we feature win pictures of our grads, has The catalogue may now be viewed online and will also be become very crowded!” available via the Equineline Sales Catalogue App. The print version The Texas sale continues its history of blue chip sires with Can- of the catalogue is available from all Fasig-Tipton offices and local dy Ride, Curlin, English Channel, Hard Spun, Harlan’s Holiday, racing secretaries. Will Rogers Downs set to open March 4 Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Oklahoma, is set to open for Thoroughbred racing on March 4 with a meet running through May 18. The track will conduct 32 days of live racing with a schedule that includes races on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Wednesday racing will also be offered during the month of April. The track’s stakes schedule includes the $55,000 Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs Classic Distaff Sprint on April 8 and the $55,000 TRAO Classic Sprint on April 9. Both are at six furlongs for Oklahoma-breds, 3-year-olds and up. The meet closes with a stakes doubleheader on May 18 with the The $50,000 Clem McSpadden Memorial Route 66 for $55,000 Cherokee Nation Classic Cup and the $55,000 RPDC 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs is set for April 23 with the $50,000 Classic Distaff. Both are at one-mile and 70-yards for Oklahoma- Wilma Mankiller Memorial for fillies and mares at six furlongs breds. on April 24. Both of those stakes are open. For more information, click here. WWW.SOUTHERNRACEHORSE.COM FEBRUARY EXPRESS • 1 MY PAL CHARLIE Stakes record winner of the SUPER DERBY (G2) Breed in 2013 with If you don’t profit, you don’t pay. NO STUD FEE OWED. Spendthrift Sell at public auction and only pay if you profit. Call to learn how easy and risk-free it is. First yearlings sell for $27,000, $25,000, etc. First two-year-olds race in 2013. MY PAL CHARLIE Indian Charlie - Shahalo, by Halo • $3,000 S&N Inquiries to Mark Toothaker • (888) 816-8787 • Cell: (859) 421-0151 Standing at: Elite Thoroughbreds • Folsom, LA • www.EliteThoroughbreds.com WWW.SOUTHERNRACEHORSE.COM FEBRUARY EXPRESS • 2 Lou Hodges Jr. photo 127511-MyPalCharlie-SouthernRacehorse.indd 1 2/11/13 12:35 PM RACING NEWS Valid Expectations becomes all-time leading Texas sire, closes in on $30 million Valid Expectations, the dominant stallion in Texas over the past decade, recently hit another milestone as he became the Lone Star State’s all-time leading stallion by progeny earnings. The 20-year-old son of Valid Appeal has sired the earners of $29.7 million with a total of 394 winners Lee Ackerley Lee and 43 stakes winners from 12 crops to race. Valid Expectations, who stands at William S. Farish’s Lane’s End Texas near Hempstead, surpassed the late 1983 Kentucky Derby winner and former Texas stallion Sunny’s Halo, who sired the earners of $29.5 million with 20 crops to race. Valid Expectations was the first major stakes winner for trainer Steve Asmussen, and in the colors of Texas-based Ackerley Brothers Farm he compiled a record of 27-12-3-6 with earnings of $596,092 and seven stakes victories, including the Grade 3 Derby Trial at Churchill Downs. He originally retired to stand in Florida for two seasons and then was relocated to Lane’s End Texas by a group comprised primarily of Texans. Some of his top runners include Group 1-winning millionaire Saratoga County, Grade 2 winner The Daddy and Texas Horse of the Year Leaving on My Mind. The March/April issue of Southern Racehorse will feature an in-depth look at Valid Expectations’ career in Texas. Solar Charge shines in Bucharest Stakes A strong of field of accredited Texas-breds took to the Connally Turf Course on February 2 for the $50,000 Bucharest Stakes at five furlongs, and Solar Charge came through with a valiant effort to record the victory. Solar Charge, a 6-year-old son of Authenticate trained by Danny Pish, has run well in stakes at Sam Houston. He captured the 2012 Spirit of MY PAL CHARLIE Texas Stakes and ran a game second in the 2013 edition of the main track sprint on January 19. Stakes record winner of the SUPER DERBY (G2) Last year, he was the runner-up to Great Mills in the Champion Energy Services Stakes, a five- furlong turf sprint, but this was a breakthrough effort. With rider Roman Chapa aboard, Solar Coady Photography Breed in 2013 with If you don’t profit, you don’t pay. Charge tracked Cowgirl N Up, who grabbed the NO STUD FEE OWED. lead early and retained it until the final furlong. Spendthrift Chapa guided the bay gelding to the outside and cleared the leader by 1 ¾ lengths. The final time Sell at public auction of the sprint, over the firm turf course, was :57.33. Solar Charge and only pay if “I just had to get my horse to relax,” said Chapa. of the ownership group. “We love this horse. He ran a beautiful race.” Call to learn how easy and risk-free it is. you profit. “We knew there was a lot of speed in the race, but Danny and I talk- Cowgirl N Up won the $50,000 Yellow Rose Stakes on January 18 for ed and wanted to get him to relax and make one big run in the end. owner and trainer Caroline Dodwell. The 4-year-old filly by Valor Farm That’s what he did.” stallion My Golden Song was a more than capable rival to her six male en- Pish had just two weeks to get his charge primed for the turf follow- trants in the Bucharest and had the lead until the late surge of Solar Charge. First yearlings sell for $27,000, $25,000, etc. First two-year-olds race in 2013. ing his main track Spirit of Texas effort, but Solar Charge made it easy P and D Racing Stable’s Ishararuler ran third for trainer Brent Da- for the top Texas horseman. vidson followed by Master Time, Deliverer, Cashinmywranglers and “We don’t try to confuse him,” stated Pish. “We just let him do his Lucky Raja. Salty Ridge was an early scratch. job and not get in his way. He’s a really nice horse.” The Bucharest Stakes is named for the late Thoroughbred sprinter MY PAL CHARLIE Solar Charge won his 12th race from 34 lifetime starts for his Bucharest, owned by Israel Flores and trained by Amos Laborde, who Indian Charlie - Shahalo, by Halo • $3,000 S&N owners H & H Ranch of Horseshoe Bay, Texas. He earned $30,000 for set track records at Sam Houston for the distance of five and one-half, the victory, sending him over the $300,000 mark in career earnings. six and seven furlongs. His lightning fast six-furlong time of 1:08.88 Inquiries to Mark Toothaker • (888) 816-8787 • Cell: (859) 421-0151 “We’re very proud,” said owner Carolyn Hanek who spoke on behalf was set on May 11, 1994. Standing at: Elite Thoroughbreds • Folsom, LA • www.EliteThoroughbreds.com WWW.SOUTHERNRACEHORSE.COM FEBRUARY EXPRESS • 3 Lou Hodges Jr. photo 127511-MyPalCharlie-SouthernRacehorse.indd 1 2/11/13 12:35 PM 7573LETexas_2013Stallions-SR:7573LETexas_2013Stallions-SR 11/7/12 8:42 AM Page 1 THE LANE’S END TEXAS STALLIONS FOR 2013 VALID EXPECTATIONS Valid Appeal-Mepache Fee: $7,500 Live Foal TOO MUCH BLING Rubiano-Rose Colored Lady Fee: $4,000 Live Foal GRASSHOPPER Dixie Union-Grass Skirt Fee: $3,500 Live Foal SING BABY SING Unbridled’s Song-Roll Over Baby Fee: $2,500 Live Foal TOUCH TONE Pick Up the Phone-Super Seniorita Fee: $1,500 SUPREME CAT Hennessy-Sweet Little Lies Fee: $1,000 Owner - W.