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Volume 1, Issue 6, October 2011 Newsletter

Visit Z Thoroughbred Racing LLC at zthoroughbredracing.com Turbulent Descent Preparing for Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Sprint

Turbulent Descent is on track Thursday, Oct 13th. Her next Breeder’s Cup World Champion- for entry in the Breeder’s Cup work is scheduled for Oct 20th ships World Championships on No- with one more prior to shipping vember 4th at Churchill Downs.  15 races - $25.5 Million purses to Louisville on Oct 31st. She is pointing toward the  European horses ship to compete $1,000,000 Filly and Mare Possible Entries for the Sprint Sprint to be run at 7 furlongs.  BC races generally decide yearly The Filly and Mare Sprint is for Champions Video of TD Workout female horses 3 year-old and up and will be the first time that  2011 BC at Churchill Downs, TD has been preparing at Holly- TD has faced older horses. The Louisville, KY wood Park where she was race is at 7 furlongs which is  Ladies Classic and BC Classic are moved to at the end of the Del ideal for TD as she is undefeat- Turbulent Descent shown winning the signature races Mar meet in September. Holly- ed at the distance in 3 tries. Hollywood Starlet (G1) in December 2010 wood Park is her home stable Churchill Downs has a dirt sur- as a 2 year-old.  Coverage on ESPN and ABC on where her trainer, Mike Puype, face similar to Santa Anita and November 4th and 5th Winning the F&M Sprint is working her on a 6 day sched- Saratoga where TD has record- would cement the 2011  Link to Breeder’s Cup Schedule ule, most recently at 7 furlongs ed Grade 1 wins. Eclipse award for TD as the (subject to change) with a 1:23 3/5 move last champion female sprinter. Turbulent Descent Shipping to Louisville on October 31st

Air transportation for horses is nied by someone from their not only possible, it is common. stable. In many cases, the In the U.S., H. E. “Tex” Sutton is trainer flies with the horse. credited with revolutionizing the Pricing depends on the route, horse transportation industry by fuel costs, and stall size. The shipping horses via plane. H. E. cost to fly a horse from Lexing- Sutton Forwarding Co. has never ton to Ontario, California, lo- purchased its own planes, find- cated near Los Angeles, was ing it more economical to lease about $5,000. them rather than have to hire full-time pilots and mechanics. While H. E. Sutton Forwarding does make the occasional Tex Sutton’s B727 customized for horse Initially, Sutton leased L-100 transport, sets up to offload Turbulent De- flight to Canada, most horses Top stakes horses ship by air to compete scent to a van at Albany, New York. Electra four-engine prop planes fly within the continental U.S. in major races in North America. and later switched to 727 jet aircraft. In 2010, the company During the winter months, the Inside this issue: Sutton’s planes also fly in and upgraded to a Boeing 727-200 majority of flights are between out of Ocala, Florida to sup- with high-performance engines. Kentucky, Florida, and Califor- port the horse sales in that Turbulent Descent and BC Sprint P.1 nia, although Hot Springs, region. Sutton has five professional Arkansas, and Louisiana are Air Shipping P.1 grooms on the plane at all times also frequent destinations. In Each horse handles the stress to water, hang hay nets, and the summer, flights tend to of air travel differently. Race- watch horses, but there are 14 concentrate on the Northeast, horses get more "keyed up" Harbor Wind Winner’s Circle P.2 seats available for trainers, as well as Baltimore, Chicago, than show horses, especially grooms, and assistants. Race- Kentucky, and California. those that have never flown About Z Thoroughbred Racing LLC P.3 horses are typically accompa- before.

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Harbor Wind Winning the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owner’s Association Sales Allowance Race

Harbor Wind Winner’s Circle and race photographs!

Harbor Wind has been vanned to a farm in Stockton, CA to rest for his 3 year-old cam- paign. He was gelded in October at the farm and will commence jogging on a ma- chine at the farm in November. He will be pointed races at either Golden Gate or Santa Anita in early 2012.

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ZTR LLC Adds Perfect Soul Yearling to Stable Follow Z Thoroughbred Racing on YouTube!!

Z Thoroughbred Racing has ac- quired an unnamed yearling colt by Z Thoroughbred Racing LLC has a YouTube Channel Perfect Soul out of the mare Dan- where you can follow the exploits of the ZTR stable of ish Wildcat. He is currently at horses as they prepare and compete in races at Emer- Jones Farm in Renton, WA where ald Downs. he will be broken. See Harbor Wind’s latest workouts and races. The colt’s sire is Perfect Soul who was the Champion Turf Male in Canada in 2003 and has earnings Perfect Soul yearling out of Danish of $1,528,000 and holds the Wildcat course record at of ZThoroughbredRacing Channel 1:33 2/5 in the G1 Keeneland Turf Mile in 2003.

The colt’s dam is Danish Wildcat out of the champion mare Holly- wood Wildcat. Hollywood Wildcat is a winner of three Grade 1 races with earnings of $1,432,000 who won the Breeder’s Cup Distaff in 1993 and was named American Champion 3 year-old Filly in that year. She is the dam of successful stallions - millionaire War Chant and Minister’s Wildcat.

Watch the thrilling stretch run of the 1993 Breeder’s Cup World Championship Distaff.

Z Thoroughbred Racing LLC was founded by Steve Zerda in 2010 to bring the opportunity for thoroughbred ownership to more Z racing fans in the Pacific Northwest and Arizona. Steve is for- merly a successful airline executive whose interest in Z Thoroughbred Racing LLC began back in 1978 when he calculated Beyer figures by hand for

2716 Williams Ave N races at Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, and Del Mar. A follow- Renton, WA 98056 er of horses of that era such as Vigors, John Henry, and Flying Steve Zerda Paster, Steve has studied pedigree analysis and conformation to President Phone: (206) 617-1534 enable the acquisition of quality stock for racing. Along with his E-mail: [email protected] company based in Renton, Washington, Steve owns a portion of the 3 year-old filly Turbulent Descent based at Hollywood Park, Invest in Winning! winner in 2010 of the Moccasin Stakes, the Grade I Hollywood Starlet , and an Eclipse Award finalist for 2010. In 2011, TD won the (GI) at Saratoga, the Santa Anita Oaks (GI) and the Beaumont Stakes (GII) at Keeneland and was 2nd We’re on the web! in the Las Virgenes (GI) and Acorn (GI). She is 6-2-0 in 8 zthoroughbredracing.com starts and has lifetime earnings of $828,350.