Volume 6 • Number 47 Official Publication of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association WWWEWEWednesdEEay, DEEKEecemKKber 1LLYLYL8, 2YY013 2014 Stallion Teddy’s Promise Directory Online Rolls In The CTBA’s California Thoroughbred Playa del Rey 2014 Stallion Directory , with Tribal Rule on the cover, is now available and California-bred Teddy’s online here. Promise cruised to a decep - The 220-page hard-copy version, ©Benoit. tively easy win in Sunday’s ranging from Eclipse Award winner $100,000 Playa del Rey Stakes for fillies and mares at Acclamation to World Renowned, Betfair Hollywood Park. can be purchased for $15. Teddy’s Promise is by Salt Lake, out of the Capote mare Braids and Beads, was bred by owners Ted and Judy Nichols and is trained by Ron Ellis. Special Mutuel She has 11 wins in 28 starts, earnings of $882,397 and Tickets was coming off an eighth in the November 2 Breeders’ Cup For Closing Day Filly & Mare Sprint. Teddy’s Promise ran the six furlongs in 1:09.66 and won In commemoration of the closing of Betfair Hollywood by 1 1/4 lengths at odds of 3-5. Park, mutuel tickets purchased on the final day of racing— Sunday, December 22—will have special messages highlighting some of the unforgettable achievments from legendary Hearing On Legalizing Continued on page 4 Online Gaming DRF.com On Hollywood Park On Tuesday, December 10, the House Subcommittee on Once there was a very special racetrack, a bold, proud, brassy Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing entitled sporting palace of lakes, flowers, and an exotic species known “The State of Online Gaming.” The hearing focused on the as the goose girl, conjured up by movie moguls, frequented by Continued on page 2 celebrities, beloved by the masses. It was the place to see or be seen, whether you were a celebrity, a political figure, an indus - After December 31 , the registratioin fee is $750 try titan, horse owner, or racing fan. —continued at www.DRF.com, REMINDER You Can Register Online at www.ctba.com By Mary Simon Dismantling Of Have you registered your yearlings (foals of 2012) as Cal-Bred/Sired yet? Hollywood Park Planned December 31, 2013 Betfair Hollywood Park will be dismantled rapidly after Members of the CTBA $125 Non-Members $150 the final day of racing in trac k histor y on Sunday, December 22. —continued at www.DRF.com, By Steve Andersen Contact Registrar & Incentive Program Manager: Mary Ellen Locke: [email protected] www.ctba.com CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • December 18, 2013 1 Leading Sires In California: January 1 Through December 15, 2013 Leading Sires Leading Sires by Money Won by Number of Races Won Races Races Rank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings Rank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings 1.UnusualHeat...........124 759 110 $4,681,703 1. Tribal Rule . 201 1145 190 $4,597,661 2.TribalRule.............201 1145 190 4,597,661 2. Ministers Wild Cat . .120 904 163 3,383,528 3.Eddington‡.............128 842 122 3,586,036 3. Eddington‡..........128 842 122 3,586,036 4.MinistersWildCat........120 904 163 3,383,528 Kafwain . .121 844 122 2,482,110 5. Benchmark . .117 823 120 2,821,122 5. Benchmark . 117 823 120 2,821,122 6. Kafwain . 121 844 122 2,482,110 6. Unusual Heat . .124 759 110 4,681,703 7. Bertrando† . .104 588 95 2,369,760 Old Topper . 103 700 110 2,005,606 8. Old Topper . 103 700 110 2,005,606 8. Southern Image . .85 644 105 1,908,075 9. Southern Image . 85 644 105 1,908,075 10. Good Journey . 63 455 56 1,759,813 9. Bertrando† . 104 588 95 2,369,760 11. Decarchy . 94 525 59 1,637,256 10. Unbridled Energy# . 93 609 82 1,291,593 12. Tizbud . 50 322 41 1,577,155 11. Swiss Yodeler . 88 615 81 1,200,118 13. Heatseeker (Ire) . 58 329 45 1,437,816 12. In Excess (Ire) . 87 546 80 1,164,553 14. Salt Lake* . 59 398 74 1,354,748 15. Unbridled Energy# . 93 609 82 1,291,593 16. Marino Marini . 85 483 69 1,205,590 17. Swiss Yodeler . .88 615 81 1,200,118 18. In Excess (Ire) . 87 546 80 1,164,553 19. Vronsky . 42 241 41 1,117,385 Leading Sires OfTwo-Year-Olds 20. Lucky Pulpit . 47 291 35 1,065,371 by Money Won 21. Stormin Fever . 73 477 48 1,049,451 22. Rocky Bar . 58 360 74 949,396 Races 23. Cindago* . .32 168 38 819,090 Rank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings 24. Atticus . 44 287 45 787,414 1. Bertrando† . 13 35 3 $502,091 25. Affirmative . 30 187 22 774,344 2. Tribal Rule . 27 78 16 473,103 26. Game Plan . 38 235 37 738,625 3.SquareEddie...........13 42 7 444,895 27. Suances (GB) . 30 186 35 696,438 4. Dixie Chatter . 26 76 15 387,675 28. Terrell . 58 435 42 647,137 5. Swiss Yodeler . 15 54 6 299,838 29. Awesome Gambler . 43 288 22 634,602 6. Kafwain . .13 40 9 271,993 30. Globalize . 31 227 24 590,429 7. Desert Code . 11 39 5 258,021 31. Perfect Mandate* . 35 225 39 553,917 8. Lucky J. H. 9 29 5 253,065 32. Sea of Secrets . 73 465 43 521,964 9. Decarchy . 10 37 7 252,932 33. Cee's Tizzy† . 39 224 33 501,878 10. Time to Get Even . 17 84 6 249,706 34. Popular . 28 226 29 500,308 11. Lucky Pulpit . 12 48 7 244,532 35.PrimeTimber‡............33 280 29 497,720 12. Heatseeker (Ire) . 17 45 9 239,866 The statistics contained in these rankings are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates that a stallion has been pensioned, an asterisk (*)thathehasdied,adot(•)thatheisnowstandingelsewhere,anumbersign(#)thathedidnotstandinCaliforniain2013butisstandinginthestatein2014, a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2014 but will stand in the state in 2015 and in bold that he is a freshman sire. In all cases, a sire will remain in the rankings until the year after his last California foals are two-year- olds. Statistics cover racing in North America (U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico), England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates only. HEARLING ON GAMING Continued from page 1 current status of online gaming, including poker, and the push to Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, legalize it at the state level. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Witnesses at the hearing were by invitation only and included: Pari-mutuel wagering is the only interstate wagering currently John Pappas, Executive Director, Poker Players Alliance; Andrew permitted on the internet but three states have legalized intrastate Abboud, Vice President of Government Relations and online gaming – Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey – to permit Community Development, Las Vegas Sands Corporation; Geoff people physically within their respective borders to participate. Freeman, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Several online gaming bills have been introduced in this Gaming Association; Les Bernal, National Director, Stop Congress, including those to license, regulate and tax the activity. Predatory Gambling, Kurt Eggert, Professor of Law, Dale E. Fowler However, the NTRA Legislative team does not expect any imme- School of Law, Chapman University and; Rachel Volberg, Ph.D., diate action by Congress on this issue.—NTRA 2 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • December 18, 2013 www.ctba.com REMINDER Weekly Update Soviet Problem, King Glorious CLOSING DAY TICKETS Continued from page 1 Noms and PPs $200,000 Soviet Problem Stakes for Golden State Series Eligible performers—both human and equine—during the 75-year Two-Year-Old Fillies, Saturday, December 21. history of the legendary track. Known as the Home of Champions and the Track of the Lakes and Flowers, Hollywood Park has been the playground of $200,000 King Glorious Stakes for Golden State Series Eligible Thoroughbred superstars such as Seabiscuit, winner of the Two-Year-Olds, Sunday, December 22. inaugural Hollywood Gold Cup in 1938, Noor, Citation, Swaps, Round Table, Affirmed, Ferdinand, Ack Ack, Native Diver, Lava Man, Skip Away, Cigar, John Henry and Zenyatta. Many of the game’s greatest jockeys and trainers have added Gig Harbor Retired To Victory Rose to their glowing resumes at Hollywood Park, including numerous Hall of Famers. Dual stakes winner Gig Harbor will begin his initial season at stud in Laffit Pincay Jr. and Bill Shoemaker are the runaway 2014 at Ellen Jackson’s Victory Rose Thoroughbreds near Vacaville, leaders in terms of wins among riders at Hollywood Park, California. He will stand for $1,500 live foal as the property of Daniel having combined for 5,465 victories—568 coming in stakes. O’Neill, who raced him throughout his career. Other Hall of Famers who were once local regulars include Gig Harbor, a five-year-old son of City Zip—Miss Blue Grass, by Sandy Hawley, Chris McCarron, Eddie Delahoussaye, Gary St. Jovite, broke his maiden on his first try at three at Golden Gate Fields, Stevens, John Longden, Kent Desormeaux, Don Pierce and and went on to capture the 2011 Alcatraz Stakes and the 2012 Oakland Milo Valenzuela. Stakes, both in wire-to-wire fashion at the Northern California track. Hall of Fame trainers Charlie Whittingham and Bobby —continued at www.BloodHorse.com, By BloodHorse Staff Frankel combined to win over 1,800 races—371 of them in stakes—at Hollywood Park.