Volume 4 • Number 3 Official publication of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association WEWWEWednesEEday,E E JanKKuary LLY1LLY9, Y2Y011 This Week’s Issue Is Sponsored by The California Thoroughbred BreedeLroesw s ACoronsadso oBacy Riaesotrti, on Invites you to join us for our Coronado, Calif. *Special room rate and available for event attendees Annual Meeting Awards Dinner For Reservations Contact: Christy Chapman Tuesday, February 15, 2011 (626) 445-7800, Ext. 247 [email protected] Zenyatta Pre-Entries Winter Due Today Wonderland Takes Horse Of Wednesday Scheduled as the state’s The Year January 19 first Thoroughbred auction of the new Over Blame Pre-entries to the $1.8 million Sunshine year, the 2011 Barretts January Mixed Millions IX are due today, Wednesday, Sale will take place during a period of The wildly popular January 19. Regular nominations closed on widespread uncertainty for the California mare Zenyatta won the Saturday , Januar y 15 . Thoroughbred industry. final race of her career, The only California-bred submitted as The murky futures of both Hollywood ©Groothedde outpolling Blame when a regular nomination to the January 29 Park and the Oak Tree Racing named Monday night Sunshine Millions is Cayambe, who was Association, the possible sale of Del as the 2010 Horse of the Year after nominated to the $300,000 Sunshine Mar Fairgrounds and the debut of an finishing second for Horse of the Year the Millions Turf and the $200,000 Sunshine unproven dirt racing surface at Santa two previous years. Millions Sprint. Anita Park are all on the forefront. A majority of the crowd of more than 500 Cayambe, bred by Geri Forrester, has 10 Will the recently enacted increase in at the black-tie Eclipse Awards dinner here wins in 39 starts and earnings of $410,776. takeout on exotic wagers improve in a ballroom at the Fontainebleau Miami Three Florida-breds were nominated – California purses as expected? Will Beach Hotel erupted with cheers when Alex Black Hills (Classic), Beat the Blues (Filly angry handicappers make good on their Waldrop, the president and chief executive & Mare Sprint) and Honeymoon Girl promise to boycott the state’s product? officer of the National Thoroughbred (Filly & Mare Turf). How will the new governor, Jerry Racing Association (NTRA), opened the The post position draw will be held Brown, prioritize racing-related issues envelope and announced Zenyatta’s name at Sunday, January 23, and the races will be during the dawn of his administration? the end of a marathon, 2 1/2-hour awards held Saturday, January 29. These questions—along with the con - presentation. A total of 184 early-bird nominations stant worries of a weak econ omy—a re “This is overwhelming,” said Jerry Moss, were submitted for the event for California- just some of the sources of wonder serv - who co-owns Zenyatta with his wife, Ann. breds and Florida-breds—up from 174 last Continued on page 4 Continued on page 6 Continued on page 4 www.ctba.com CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • January 19, 2011 1 Leading Sires In California: January 1 Through December 31, 2010 Leading Sires Leading Sires by Money Won by Average Earnings Per Runner Races (Minimum 10 Runners) Rank Sire Runners Starts Won Earnings Average Races Earnings/ 1. Unusual Heat . 123 856 109 $4,342,128 Rank Sire Runners Won Earnings Runner 2. Stormin Fever . .122 855 107 3,361,145 1. Unusual Heat . .123 109 $4,342,128 $35,302 3. Benchmark . .168 1110 177 2,936,487 2. Affirmative . 10 12 298,472 29,847 4. Salt Lake* . .120 760 124 2,402,845 3. Stormin Fever . 122 107 3,361,145 27,550 5. In Excess (Ire) . 131 746 121 2,213,435 4. Lucky Pulpit . 10 13 275,371 27,537 6. Kafwain# . 141 896 130 2,076,125 5. Cee's Tizzy† . 80 89 1,753,169 21,915 7. Bertrando . .119 704 99 2,057,747 6. Redattore (Brz)• . 64 60 1,397,902 21,842 8. Deputy Commander* . .128 955 120 1,977,715 7. One Man Army . 26 19 565,962 21,768 9. Old Topper . .149 1027 152 1,952,600 8. Siberian Summer . 66 78 1,436,231 21,761 10. Swiss Yodeler . 142 971 134 1,911,863 9. Vronsky . 17 14 361,889 21,288 11. Tribal Rule . 91 544 84 1,870,920 10. Tribal Rule . 91 84 1,870,920 20,560 12. Cee's Tizzy† . 80 476 89 1,753,169 11. Birdonthewire . 21 24 428,550 20,407 13. Sea of Secrets . 114 755 80 1,602,180 12. Salt Lake* . 120 124 2,402,845 20,024 14. Southern Image# . 92 559 79 1,547,316 15. Decarchy . 84 556 82 1,494,082 16. Siberian Summer . 66 463 78 1,436,231 Leading Sires Of Two-Year-Olds 17. High Brite* . 88 626 82 1,411,415 18. Redattore (Brz)• . 64 335 60 1,397,902 by Average Earnings Per Runner 19. Marino Marini . 83 537 84 1,285,236 (Minimum 5 Runners) 20. Skimming• . 85 599 92 1,201,139 Average 21. Atticus . 83 479 55 1,104,061 Races Earnings/ 22. Formal Gold• . 89 543 76 1,011,745 Rank Sire Runners Won Earned Runner 23. Olmodavor‡ . 71 462 65 945,056 1. Lucky Pulpit . 10 13 $275,371 $27,537 24. Freespool . 76 517 65 911,243 2. Perfect Mandate . 7 4 127,963 18,280 25. Ministers Wild Cat . 60 351 49 885,296 3. Benchmark . 24 19 438,241 18,260 26. Lit de Justice . .71 526 62 809,578 4. Doc Gus* . 8 4 142,360 17,795 27. Valid Wager* . 63 441 65 776,015 5. Ministers Wild Cat . 27 15 444,541 16,464 28. Comic Strip . 61 380 55 737,943 6. Singletary . 9 9 145,485 16,165 29. Ten Most Wanted . 72 508 52 732,520 7. Nineeleven . 5 4 78,845 15,769 30. Souvenir Copy• . 54 372 49 661,341 8. Kafwain# . 35 23 524,412 14,983 31. Momentum . 52 371 39 616,991 9. Swiss Yodeler . 29 13 424,489 14,638 32. Roar* . 50 354 51 616,083 10. Good Journey . 11 3 157,151 14,286 33. Gotham City . 43 231 44 585,574 11. Western Fame . 7 8 99,920 14,274 34. Western Fame . 46 299 49 576,255 12. Roar* . 6 5 80,710 13,452 35. One Man Army . 26 169 19 565,962 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 ( *) that he has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere, a number sign (#) that he did not stand in California in 2009 but is standing in the state in 2010, a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2010 but will stand in the state in 2011 and in bold that he is a freshman sire. In all cases, a sire will remai n 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. 2 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • January 19, 2011 www.ctba.com BARRETTS CONTINUED BARRETTS Continued from page 1 a Jet West yearling colt out of the stakes-placed win - ing as a backdrop for the annual sale, which will be ner Poetry Miss, a half-sis ter to the grade I-winning hosted by Barretts Equine Limited at Fairplex on sire Songandaprayer. Monday, Jan. 24. But for buyers who envision Several other noteworthy horses will be led through California’s glass as half-full despite these uncer - the Barretts sales ring later this month. tainties, the single session starting at 10 a.m. in Harris Farms is consigning Lite Stepper, a full sister Pomona will provide ample opportunities to to the Cal-bred grade I winner Greg’s Gold who sells in replenish their bloodstock holdings with its foal to 2007 Eclipse Champion Turf Horse English diverse catalog of 390 listings: 148 broodmares, 97 Channel, while H & E Ranch is offering Your Special two-year-olds, 93 yearlings, 50 horses of racing age Day, a juvenile Kafwain filly from the prolific family of and two stallions. grade I winners Victory Ride and River Flyer. During a dual-session renewal of the auction last The Malibu Valley Farms contingent includes January, 275 horses were reported as sold from the 447 Glamorous Miss, a Northern Afleet half-sister to 2002 offered, resulting in gross sales of $2,013,000 and an California Champion Two-Year-Old Female Humorous average price of $7,320. The median was $3,200, the buy-back rate Lady who is carrying a foal by Southern Image, while the NexStar was 38.5 percent and the sale-topper sold for $65,000. LLC consignment includes the stakes-winning mare Miss Nicolie, Heading the largest delegation among the 27 consignors and the dam of 2009 California Champion Two-Year-Old Female Repo. agents participating this year is Andy Havens, whose five Havens Trotinette, by Unusual Heat, heads the West 12 Ranch con - Bloodstock Agency consignments comprise 107 entries. Among signment as a broodmare from the family of the his offerings are two notable juveniles: a Cindago half-sister to the Cal-bred dual grade II winner Queenie Belle and her 2010 California-bred dual grade I-winning millionaire Evening millionaire daughter, 2010 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (grade I) Jewel and a Comic Strip filly who shares a second dam with the heroine Unrivaled Belle; she sells in foal to Sought After.