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 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)

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MY PAL CHARLIE Indian Charlie - Shahalo, by Halo • $3,000 S&N

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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

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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. S. Farish | Manager - Danny Shifflett | 26685 Mitchell Rd., Hempstead, TX 77445 (979) 826-3366 Cell: (713) 303-8509 Fax: (979) 826-9405 | E-mail: [email protected] Photo: Margaret Kempf www.southernracehorse.com FEBRUARY EXPRESS • 4 7573LETexas_2013Stallions-SR:7573LETexas_2013Stallions-SR 11/7/12 8:42 AM Page 1

THE LANE’S END RACING NEWS

TEXAS STALLIONS Manyriverstocross wins Tomball Stakes Manyriverstocross made the most of her Sam Houston Race Park FOR 2013 on February 9 in the $50,000 Tomball Stakes, as the 4-year-old filly defeated an accomplished field of accredited Texas-bred fillies and mares in the turf race, resulting in the first stakes win of her career. Owned and bred by Robert Morgan Evans and trained by Bart VALID EXPECTATIONS Evans, the daughter of Minister Eric has now won three of her six

Valid Appeal-Mepache career starts. She had captured a turf allowance last October at Rem- Coady Photography Fee: $7,500 Live Foal ington Park and finished fourth in her only other stakes appearance, the Fiesta Mile on December 8 at Retama Park. At Sam Houston, she united with Gerardo Mora, the sec- ond-leading rider at the track, and the jockey was content to stay TOO MUCH BLING close to the early pace set by Sera’s Tunnel. They saved ground on Manyriverstocross 1 Rubiano-Rose Colored Lady the rail and closed with a final kick to win the 1 /16-mile stakes over March. Fee: $4,000 Live Foal a firm Connally turf course. “What a great race,” said Wright, who also gallops the filly for Manyriverstocross was saddled by Jody Wright, who was a jockey Evans. “She’s my baby. We always thought she would be this kind of at Sam Houston and has served as an assistant to Evans since last horse; tonight she did us proud.” GRASSHOPPER Dixie Union-Grass Skirt Skip a Smile rolls in Jersey Village Stakes Jersey Village is a residential community located a few miles west Collier of the 4-year-old colt. “He’s getting better with every race.” Fee: $3,500 Live Foal of Sam Houston Race Park that is recognized as a safe, comfortable Coyote Legend, the 2012 Texas Horse of the Year, returned to the community ideal for families. In the February 23 feature at Sam turf for the first time since finishing second to Skip a Smile in Novem- Houston, the $50,000 Jersey Village Stakes, it was Skip a Smile who ber 2011 at Remington Park. Trained by Bret Calhoun and bred by his SING BABY SING returned to the comfort of the Connally Turf course, notching his owner Clarence Scharbaurer Jr., the 6-year-old son of Gold Legend second stakes of the meet. captured the $100,000 Star of Texas on the main track last month at Unbridled’s Song-Roll Over Baby Skip a Smile was honored as 2011 Texas Horse of the Year for his owner Sam Houston. He was mounting a bid at the top of the stretch under Fee: $2,500 Live Foal and breeder, Rose Mary Chandler. The 6-year- rider Roman Chapa but was cut off and old son of Skip Away had won his last two the rider lodged a claim of foul against the turf stakes, the $50,000 Texas Hall of Fame winner. After a stewards’ review, the order TOUCH TONE at Retama Park and the $50,000 Richard King of finished was not altered. on January 19 at Sam Houston. He is trained Chandler and her husband, Wendell, Pick Up the Phone-Super Seniorita by Steve Asmussen and was ridden by Glen were on hand to accept the trophy as their Fee: $1,500 Murphy, who found an opening on the horse captured his 11th career win and rail and guided the dark bay gelding to a seventh on the turf. one-length victory over a determined Doctor “We are so proud of him; he is an awe- Romane. some individual,” said Chandler. SUPREME CAT “He’s a very special horse,” said Asmus- Chandler gives high praise for Skip a Hennessy-Sweet Little Lies sen by telephone following the stakes. Smile’s dam, Strawberry Smile, who has Fee: $1,000 “Turf is his best surface and Glen handled Skip a Smile produced six foals to date. the rail post well. He had plenty of horse left.” “She is the sweetest horse; she licks everybody and loves her car- Murphy, the leading rider of the 2012 Sam Houston Thoroughbred rots,” said Chandler. meet, concurred. Skip a Smile was sent off as the heavy favorite in the eight-horse “I had a lot of horse under me,” said Murphy. “When he saw day- field and returned $3.40 for the win. Fly the Red Eye ran a game third light, he went for it. He always knows his way to the wire.” for his owner Colleen Davidson, followed by Quiet Acceleration, Sar- Doctor Romane, who was fourth in the Richard King for trainer Jerimiah ah’s Chief, Coyote Legend, Spiderman Ridge and Patty’s Pride. West and owner Sonny Ellen, was a game runner-up at odds of 27-1. Asmussen indicated that Skip a Smile would likely make his next “He relaxed beautifully and ran his tail off,” said jockey Jeremy start at Lone Star Park. Owner - W. S. Farish | Manager - Danny Shifflett | 26685 Mitchell Rd., Hempstead, TX 77445 (979) 826-3366 Cell: (713) 303-8509 Fax: (979) 826-9405 | E-mail: [email protected] Photo: Margaret Kempf www.southernracehorse.com FEBRUARY EXPRESS • 5 Eureka Thoroughbred Farm Proudly standing:

ORATORY Pulpit • Arrested Dreams, by Dehere

The leading sire in Texas with 2012 progeny earnings of more than $1.4 million!

ORATORY, a son of PULPIT, won the Grade 2 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park in stakes-record time. As a stallion, ORATORY already has 13 stakes horses in his first three crops with total progeny earnings of nearly $5 million.

2013 Fee: $3,500/LFG

ANGLIANA Giant’s Causeway • Pratella, by Jade Hunter

A durable and sound son of GIANT’S CAUSEWAY!

ANGLIANA, a listed stakes winner and four-time G2 and G3-placed runner, faced the starter 31 times and hit the board in 18 of those starts while racing until age 8 and earning nearly $400,000. Look for his first 2-year-olds to hit the track in 2013! 2013 Fee: $1,500/LFG

Eureka Thoroughbred Farm Inquiries to Bill Tracy 6476 U.S. Highway 290 E. • Fredericksburg, Texas 78624 Phone: (830) 688-1709 Email: [email protected] Website www.eurekathoroughbreds.com River Oaks Farms STANDING FOUR OF THE TOP STALLIONS IN OKLAHOMA! LATENT HEAT Maria’s Mon • True Flare, by Capote A Grade 1 winner off to a fast start as a stallion! New to Oklahoma for 2013!

LATENT HEAT won the prestigious Malibu Stakes (G1) and San Carlos Handicap (G2) at Santa Anita, both at seven furlongs, and also placed in two other graded races going two turns. From just two crops, he has sired the earners of more than $2 million, including four stakes horses (two graded). 2013 Fee: $3,500/LFG READ THE FOOTNOTES Smoke Glacken • Baydon Belle, by Al Nasr (Fr)

A leading sire in Oklahoma with progeny earnings of nearly $7 million!

READ THE FOOTNOTES, who captured the Remsen Stakes (G2), Stakes (G3) and Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) during his brilliant career, has sired 14 stakes horses, including Grade 1 winner RIGHTLY SO. His average earnings per starter is $44,809! 2013 Fee: $3,500/LFG TIZ WEST Gone West • Tizso, by Cee’s Tizzy A Grade 3 winner from one of the best female families of all-time!

TIZ WEST proved himself as a racehorse with a Grade 3 win at Hollywood Park, and his pedigree is second-to-none. He is a half brother to Haskell Invitational (G1) winner and (G1) runner-up PAYNTER, and his dam is a full sister to Horse of the Year and two-time Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) winner TIZNOW and $2.8-million earner BUDROYALE! 2013 Fee: $2,000/LFG CHITOZ Forest Wildcat • Wichitoz, by Affirmed

A lightning-fast son of FOREST WILDCAT! CHITOZ was fast enough to set a 5 ½-furlong turf course record at Monmouth Park in a stakes and had the stamina to finish second by a neck in the Grade 3 Kentucky Cup Juvenile going 1 1 /16 miles on the main track. His first foals are 2-year-olds of 2013! 2013 Fee: $2,000/LFG River Oaks Farms Inc. 3216 U.S. Hwy. 177 North • Sulphur, Oklahoma 73086 Inquiries to Lori or Francisco Bravo Phone: (940) 367-4380 or (940) 367-4457 • Fax: (580) 622-4411 Email: [email protected] • Website: www.riveroaksthoroughbreds.com

RACING NEWS

Makeshift, Worldventurer capture Texas Stallion Stakes A cool, clear evening at Sam Houston Race Park on February 16 set the stage for an exciting renewal of the $75,000 Jim’s Orbit and the $75,000 Two Altazano divisions of the Texas Stallion Stakes. The stakes races for 3-year-olds are supported by the Texas Thoroughbred

Association (TTA) for progeny of nominated Texas stallions. Coady Photography Six fillies were entered in the Two Altazano, a stakes renamed in 2005 to honor the prolific Texas-bred race mare who won the in- augural Sam Houston Oaks as well as the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks for the late Harold V. Goodman. It was another talented filly by Lane’s End Texas stallion Too Makeshift Much Bling who took top honors in the Two Altazano as Makeshift was victorious for owner William S. Farish. Jockey Roman Chapa sat patiently aboard the chestnut filly until he saw an opening on the rail at the top of the stretch and drew off in commanding fashion.

Makeshift was making just the fourth start of her career and her Coady Photography stakes debut for trainer Steve Asmussen. She completed the one-mile stakes in a final time of 1:40.04 over a fast track. This was the second year in a row that Asmussen, Chapa and Far- ish won the Two Altazano with a filly by Too Much Bling as Color Worldventurer Code was the 2012 winner and also that year’s Texas Champion bit, fresh off a victory in the seven-furlong $50,000 Groovy Stakes 3-Year-Old Filly. Chapa had high praise for this filly’s performance on opening weekend. Cliff Berry had the return call for trainer Bret and her effort in her second start around two turns. Calhoun and tracked the pacesetter Meme Jo, who completed the “It just takes a lot of patience,” said Chapa. “I had to wait and get first quarter in :24.51 and the half-mile in :48.60. Wordventurer ral- the right opening. When I asked her to go, she did it so easily. My lied on the outside and crossed the wire in 1:39.44. filly really relaxed for me.” The son of Valor Farm Wimbledon was bred by Clarence Schar- Danny Shifflett is the farm manager for Lane’s End Texas, where baurer Jr. and runs for Wesley Melcher of Dallas. This victory Too Much Bling has stood since 2010. marked the fourth win from 10 starts for Worldventurer, who topped “His numbers are phenomenal,” said Shifflett about the stallion. $200,000 in career earnings with the Jim’s Orbit score. “This is his ninth stakes winner in three crops and 19th stakes horse.” “He ran a really great race,” said Calhoun. “He been a good horse Tastefullyxcessive, bred and owned by Clarence Scharbaurer Jr. for us as a 2-year-old and is starting his 3-year-old season very well. and trained by Bret Calhoun, ran second under rider Cliff Berry. Cliff does a great job for us and had the horse placed perfectly.” “She ran well for her first time going a mile,” said Berry about the Melcher accepted the Texas Champion 2-Year-Old Colt/ Gelding daughter of Valor Farm stallion Early Flyer. Award at the TTA awards ceremony for Worldventurer and contin- Platinum Song ran third for trainer Danny Pish and rider Gerardo ues to be proud of the striking gray gelding, who he bought for just Mora. The daughter of Valor Farm stallion My Golden Song was $14,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Texas Summer Yearling Sale. honored earlier in the evening as the Texas Champion 2-Year-Old “Bret’s done a great job with him,” commented Melcher. “The Filly. Her owner Scott Brown was on hand to accept the award at the horse has been amazing and has gotten better in every race. I was a annual TTA Meeting and Awards Banquet. little worried when I saw the fractions, but when he got away, I knew Sent off as the second betting choice, Makeshift paid $6.40 for the he had it as he always closes well.” win and added $45,000 to her career bankroll. This was the stakes debut for Meme Jo, a son of Too Much Bling Six colts and geldings went to the starting gate in the $75,000 Jim’s who is trained by Karl Broberg and owned by End Zone Athletics Inc. Orbit division, also at one mile. The stakes honors Jim’s Orbit, a mul- “He ran good and is really starting to figure things out,” Murphy tiple graded stakes champion owned and bred by James E. Cottrell said of runner-up Meme Jo. “He put his heart into it.” whose most notable victory came in the Grade 2 Ohio Derby in 1988. Littlebrother Farm LLC’s Breathethefire, by Valid Expectations, Worldventurer ($3.40) held the experience edge in the Jim’s Or- was third, followed by Absotively, Pop Chart and Ivan Fallunovalot. www.southernracehorse.com FEBRUARY EXPRESS • 8

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BREEDING NEWS

Summer Squall stallion Humming to stand in Texas Humming, a son of (G1) winner and accom- (G1) winner Storm Song out of the Fappiano mare Hum Along. plished sire Summer Squall, has been relocated to stand at Prairie At stud, Humming has sired multiple stakes winner Queansco, Hill Farm in Coolidge, Texas, as property of Millard Lain. an earner of $214,124, and stakes-placed six-figure earners West Al- Humming, who was unplaced in one start, is a full brother to mil- bany ($180,567) and Diginandrun ($168,639). lionaire, champion 2-year-old filly and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies For more information, contact Lain at (281) 793-6500.

Commitment, son of Relaunch, to stand in Texas Commitment, a son of Relaunch who sold for $540,000 at the Keeneland Sep- tember Yearling Sale, has been relocated to RACE TRACK stand in Texas after previously standing in California. He will stand for a $750 fee at INDUSTRY STS Farm in Yantis, Texas, as the property of Charles Spinks. Commitment, who was unraced, is out PROGRAM of the winning and stakes-placed El Gran What Career Track Are You On?TM Senor mare Escrow Agent, who is the dam of several notable runners, including Flor- ida Derby (G1) winner Vicar. She is also the dam of $407,481-earner Weston Field, Grade 3-placed Mama Dean and stakes winner Sheepscot. For more information, contact Spinks at [email protected] or call (713) 823-0857.

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