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Volume 3 • Number 19 Official publication of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association WEEEKLYEKLY WWWEEKLYWednesdaednesEday,yEKLY, April May 16, 12 ,2008 2010 This Week’s Issue Is Sponsored by W I. Owner(s) of a registered California-bred maiden shall be paid a $20,000 owner’s bonus for winning a maiden special weight race in Southern California, and a $10,000 owner’s bonus for winning a maiden special weight race in the North. *Paid directly to the owner within 30 days after the win. II. Significant eligibility changes for California-breds. Cal-Bred Caracortado Prepares For Preakness The Cat Dreams gelding reeled off five straight wins to begin his career, including a win on dirt in his career debut and a clear win in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes ( grade II) on February 13 at Santa Anita. Caracortado finished third in the San Felipe Stakes Caracortado and First Dude, two (grade II) on March 13 and f ourt h in the Santa Anita three-year-olds slated to make their Derby ( grade I) on April 3 in his two most recent starts. classic debuts on May 15 in the “I’m pretty confident in the way he’s going,” said Preakness Stakes (grade I), breezed ©Benoit Machowsky, who has not been to Pimlico Race Course on Saturday in preparation for the Caracortado since Southern Image won the 2004 Pimlico Special second jewel of the Triple Crown. Handicap grade I . “I think he’s going to bring his Caracortado covered seven furlongs under regular rider Paul ‘A-plus’ game to the race, the way he’s training right now. I’m Atkinson in 1:24.60 handily, which ranked first of two timed moves excited about the opportunity.” on Saturday on the synthetic Pro-Ride surface at Santa Anita Park. click here to get the whole story “He looked great,” trainer Mike Machowsky said. “He got a http://thoroughbredtimes.com/racing- good blow out of it and it tightened him up. He looked good news/2010/May/08/Caracortado-First-D... back at the barn.” —by Mike Curry, Thoroughbred Times TODAY NTRA Advantage Has 114 Percent Gain in First Quarter The National Thoroughbred Racing Association May 12 The second quarter is off to an even better start, with announced that its NTRA Advantage group purchasing program John Deere's April 2010 sales topping $13 million—a 157 percent recorded first-quarter sales of $16,197,000 this year, a 114% increase over last April’s sales of $5.1 Million. increase over first-quarter sales of $7,5 44,0 00 in 2009. Leading “Our industry has stepped up this year to support the compa - the way during the year’s first three months were sales of John nies that support Thoroughbred racing,” said Terry McElfresh, Deere equipment, which were up 124 percent for the quarter. Continued on next page www.ctba.com CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • May 12, 2010 1 NTRA Advantage Has 114% Gain in First Quarter Continued Continued from page 1 NTRA Advantage delivers cost savings—through local senior vice president of NTRA Advantage, in a release. “Buyers dealers—on products and services from such vendors as John are particularly taking advantage of a special 0 percent/60-month Deere, UPS, Sherwin-Williams, Toshiba and Office Depot. financing offer from John Deere that makes it much easier for Value-added services are also available through NTRA many to buy farm equipment. Bolstered by continued strong sales Advantage, including employee training in equipment operations of John Deere equipment and the recent addition of American and usage surveys that help buyers develop a long-term buying Stalls to our roster of NTRA Advantage providers, we think the strategy based on equipment needs and the timing of their second quarter of 2010 will bring gains even more robust than purchases. To date, NTRA members have saved more than those realized over the first three months.” $90 million through the program. —www.bloodhorse.com 2010 Barretts May Sale Of Two-Year-Olds In Training War Front Colt Tops Barretts Sale A War Front colt sold for ago, and the horse thrived. Jerry called me two days before the $250,000 topped the May 10 sale and said, ‘I’ve got one that belongs with the other horses Barretts sale of two-year-olds in you’ve got’.” training, which saw stable num - The youngster developed quickly and worked an eighth-mile in :10 bers when compared with the same auction one year ago. in the pre-sale preview. With a leaner catalog, the sales company reported virtually the “He looks like he might be more than just a sprinter,” Bolton said. same average and median as in 2009—the $36,000 average was “He’s sound and we can go on with him.” just 1.88 percent under last year while the $20,500 median repre - Bolton plans to put the War Front colt in training with Bob Baffert sented an increase of 2.5 percent. The buyback rate declined to in Southern California. 23.89 percent. A total of 86 horses sold this year for a gross of John Stephens also brought a consignment from Florida on $3,096,000. In 2009, 123 juveniles grossed $4,511,000. The sale behalf of himself, wife Jill, and partners Brandon and Diannah was conducted at the Hines Pavilion in Pomona, California. Perry. Selling in the name of Stephens Thoroughbreds LLC, agent “That’s the second sale in a row where we’ve had a good clear - for Vision Sales, they consigned the top-priced filly in a daughter ance rate,” said Kim Lloyd, Barretts vice president of sales, referring of Dixie Union —Successfully Sweet, by Successful Appeal , for to the Barretts’ March sale, which had a buyback rate of 31 percent . $210,000. Stephens also sold a filly by Tiznow— Bill Baker, vice president and controller of Barretts, noted that Lit’l Rose, by Mr. Prospector, for $200,000. because of the expense to ship across country, fewer consignors Trainer Melody Conlon successfully bid on the Dixie Union filly for came to the May sale from Florida. John Liviakis of Marin county in Northern California. The filly, who “But the people who did come did well,” Baker said. previewed an eighth in :10, will go straight to Conlon’s Hollywood Park Jerry Bailey, who sold the sale topper, was pleased with how his barn. group sold. “She’s really classy,” said Conlon. “They didn’t push her to work, “I think the two-year-old sales are stronger than any other type of and she worked really easily.” sale right now,” said Bailey. “The closer you get a horse to the races, Trainer Carl O’Callahan bought the $200,000 Tiznow filly for the more people are willing to pay. The May sale has actually been Dr. Patrick Sheehy’s Sheehy LLC. It is the same partnership that more consistent for me in the last few years than the March sale.” bought Kinsale King at the 2007 May sale. Kinsale King won this George Bolton, a partner with Jess Jackson in Horse of the Year year’s Dubai Golden Shaheen (UAE-group) Curlin, bought the sale topper, a son of the Miswaki mare “We have a few dollars left over from Dubai,” O’Callahan Greyciousness. joked, and added, “This sale has been good to Dr. Sheehy. He “Jerry Bailey broke all my two-year-olds this year,” said wanted a nice filly, and we think we got something special.” Bolton, who lives in San Francisco. “He got this horse a month —by Tracy Gantz, www.bloodhorse.com 2 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • May 12, 2010 www.ctba.com Leading Sires In California: January 1 Through May 9, 2010 Leading Sires Leading Sires by Money Won byNumberofWinners Races Races Rank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings Rank Sire Runners Winners Won Earnings 1. Unusual Heat . 85 329 46 $1,572,989 1. Benchmark . .108 45 54 $864,816 2. Stormin Fever . 76 264 30 940,645 2. Old Topper . 93 36 48 564,151 3. Benchmark . 108 363 54 864,816 3. Unusual Heat . .. 85 34 46 1,572,989 4. Tribal Rule . 46 149 30 745,089 In Excess (Ire) . 78 34 45 718,160 5. Bertrando . 72 244 35 734,688 5. Salt Lake . 76 29 41 681,502 6. In Excess (Ire) . 78 254 45 718,160 6. Swiss Yodeler . 98 28 37 546,249 7. Salt Lake . 76 236 41 681,502 7. Deputy Commander* . 91 27 34 537,943 8. Decarchy . 49 198 32 662,602 8. Bertrando . .72 26 35 734,688 9. Redattore (Brz)• . 34 99 15 626,446 9. Siberian Summer . 49 25 33 497,182 10. Old Topper . 93 311 48 564,151 10. Stormin Fever . 76 23 30 940,645 11. Swiss Yodeler . 98 306 37 546,249 Skimming• . 57 23 40 506,949 Kafwain# . 65 23 29 433,360 12. Deputy Commander* . .91 290 34 537,943 13. Skimming• . 57 197 40 506,949 14. Siberian Summer . 49 153 33 497,182 Leading Sires Of Two-Year-Olds 15. Sea of Secrets . 77 264 25 484,216 16. Southern Image# . 48 149 27 474,442 byNumberofWinners Races 17. Cee's Tizzy . 53 160 27 468,833 Rank Sire Runners Winners Won Earnings 18. Marino Marini . .54 174 25 456,487 19. Kafwain# . 65 214 29 433,360 1. Swiss Yodeler . 13 2 2 $77,434 20. High Brite . 56 204 26 432,361 Doc Gus* . .3 2 2 41,800 21. Lit de Justice . 56 193 19 364,815 3.