Other Major Stakes Wins AMERMAN RACING STABLE Ack Ack H. (GIII-CD)—Demarcation (2009) Arlington Matron H. (GIII-AP)—Adoration (2004) (John & Jerry Amerman) Aubrey Skirball-Kenis (Hol)—Fencelineneighbor (2003) Ballston Spa BC H. (GII-Sar)—Valor Lady (GIII-1997) Bay Meadows Derby (BM)—Blue Stellar (2001) Residence: Palos Verdes Estates, Beverly Hills H. (GII-Hol)—Happyanunoit (GI-2000) California CERF H. (Dmr)—Simply Because (2005) Clark H. (GII-CD)—Lido Palace (2002) Silks: Royal blue, blue "A" on white Coaching Club American Oaks (GI-Bel)—Spoken Fur (2003) ball on back, white bars on sleeve, El Cajon H. (Dmr)—Adoration (2003) blue cap Elkhorn (GIII-Kee)—Drama Critic (2000) Fleur de Lis H. (GII-CD)—Adoration (2004) Franklin-Simpson (KD)—Demarcation (2006) Gamely BC H. (GI-Hol)—Happyanunoit (2001) Golden Gate BC H. (GIII-GG)—No Slip (2002) Breeders’ Cup Win Hawthorne H. (GII-Hol)—Printemps (2001) Distaff (GI)—Adoration (2003-OT) Hialeah BC H. (Hia)—Valor Lady (1997) Hollywood BC Oaks (GII-Hol)—Adoration (2002) Hollywood Futurity (GI-Hol)—Siphonic (2001) Santa Anita Stakes Wins Lane’s End BC Futurity (GII-Kee)—Siphonic (2001) Ack’s Secret—Society Dream (1998) Matiara (Hol)—Heads Will Roll (2001) Clement L. Hirsch H. (GI-OT)—Mash One (1999, 2000) Matriarch (GI-Hol)—Happyanunoit (1999) Henry P. Russell H. (OT)—Big Sky Chester (1997) Mazarine (WO)—Blue Heart Hidden Light (OT)—Gotdream (2002) Mineshaft H. (GIII-FG)—Demarcation (2011) Hill Rise—Chattahoochee War (2005) Mint Julep (CD)—Valor Lady (1997) La Cañada (GII)—Balance (2007) Mother Goose (GI-Bel)—Spoken Fur (2003) Las Virgenes (GI)—Balance (2006) Navarone (Dmr)—Six Zero (2000) Oak Tree Derby (GII-OT)—No Slip (2002) Palomar BC H. (GII-Dmr)—Happyanunoit (GIII-1999) Paseana H.—Printemps (2003) Senorita (GIII-Hol)—Adoration (2002) San Gorgonio H. (GII)—Fencelineneighbor (2005) Sharp Cat (Hol)—Balance (2006) Santa Anita Oaks (GI-SA)—Balance (2006) Transylvania (GIII-Kee)—Chatahoochee War (2005) Santa Lucia H. (SA)—Printemps (2001); Devine Actress (2010) Vinery First Lady (Kee)—Happyanunoit (1999) Santa Margarita H. (GI)—Adoration (2004); Balance (2007) AMERMAN RACING STABLE West Virginia Governor’s (Mnr)—Demarcation (2010) Grade I Hollywood Futurity on Dec. 15. He missed the following year’s Triple Whitney H. (GI-Sar)—Lido Palace (2001) Crown events with ankle and back injuries before fatally stricken by a heart attack Woodward (GI-Bel)—Lido Palace (2001, 2002) following a comeback triumph at Santa Anita in October of 2002. • Chilean-bred Mash One, owned in partnership with Roberto Palumbo Ossa, reg- Highlights istered back-to-back wins in the Grade I Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship in 1999 and 2000. Mash One made his first and only start of 2000 in defending • Gained Breeders’ Cup victory with second starter on racing’s championship day his Hirsch title. in 2003 when Adoration led throughout at odds of 40-1 to take the Breeders’ • Happyanunoit accounted for three Grade I victories at Hollywood Park in suc- Cup Distaff by 4 1/2 lengths at Santa Anita to pay $83.40. Previous starter cessive years when taking the 1999 Matriarch, 2000 Beverly Hills Handicap and Siphonic finished third in 2001 Juvenile. 2001 Gamely Breeders’ Cup Handicap. The New Zealand-bred was purchased • Adoration added Santa Anita’s Grade I Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap in after being named champion 3-year-old filly in New Zealand during 1998. 2004 while also winning Churchill Downs’ Fleur de Lis Handicap and Arlington Park’s Matron Handicap before retiring at 5 with an ankle injury and earnings of over $2 million from eight wins in 20 starts Personal • Balance provided the stable with its 15th Grade I victory in 2006 when victorious • John was born Jan. 24, 1932, in Newark, N.J. Wife Jerome (Jerry) was born Sept. in the Santa Anita Oaks following a win in the Grade I Las Virgenes Stakes to 11, 1937 in Gadsden, Ala. Daughter, Anne, and son, Garrett. establish herself as the West Coast’s dominant 3-year-old filly. However, she fal- • John was appointed to NTRA’s board of directors in January, 2003. tered as the 8-5 favorite in the Grade I Kentucky Oaks when fading to eleventh. • Now retired, John Amerman is former CEO of Mattel Toys. Amerman joined • Balance bounced back in 2007 at the age of 4 to gain another Grade I when vic- Mattel in 1980 as president, served as chairman and CEO from 1987-97. John’s torious in Santa Anita’s Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap following a win in daughter, Anne, owns Peacefield Farm in Temecula, Calif. the Grade II La Cañada Stakes. The Santa Margarita win elevated her earnings to • John serves on board of Unocal and the Aegis Group; is a trustee of the $900,159 after having been purchased for $260,000 as a yearling at Keeneland in Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, a director for the Thoroughbred 2004. Owners of California, the Winners’ Foundation, and Tranquility Farm. Jerry • In 2001, Chilean-bred Lido Palace strung together back-to-back Grade I wins in serves on the advisory board for Center for Equine Health at the University of the Whitney Handicap at Saratoga and Woodward Stakes at Belmont, defeating California, Davis. Albert the Great and reigning Horse of the Year Tiznow in the process. In his • Appointed to California Horse Racing Board in July of 2006. native Chile, Lido Palace was champion 2-year-old colt and Horse of the Year in 2000. Honored by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association for accomplishments in 2001 when horses earned $2.8 million from 11 stakes victo- ries. Lido Palace became a back-to-back winner of the Woodward in 2002. • After breaking his maiden at Del Mar at first asking Aug. 26, 2001, Siphonic went to Keeneland and took the Grade II Lane’s End Breeders' Futurity by six lengths. After pressing the pace in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and forging a brief lead at the eighth pole before finishing third, Siphonic captured Hollywood Park’s Highlights BURT BACHARACH • First winner: Battle Royal, 1968, purchased for $14,500. • First stakes winner: Crumbs, 1975 El Cajon Stakes at Del Mar. • His Heartlight No. One earned Eclipse Award in 1983 as champion 3-Year- Residence: Santa Monica, California Old Filly. Trained by Pedro Martin, filly was named for the Neil Diamond hit Silks: Light blue, royal blue “Heartlight,” inspired by the movie “E.T.” • Presented an Eclipse Award in 1971 for national television achievement, the first musical notes in circle on back, such award in the category. Also was winner of Turf Publicists of America’s “Big royal blue cap Sport of Turfdom” award that year. • Named TOBA Maryland division’s Breeder of the Year in 1995. • His Soul of the Matter finished a troubled fifth in the 1994 Kentucky Derby and was second to Cigar in the inaugural Dubai World Cup in 1996. Soul of the Matter became the all-time leading West Virginia-bred money earner with over $1.5 million. His victories included Santa Anita’s 1994 San Felipe Stakes and Oak Tree’s 1995 Goodwood Breeders’ Cup Handicap. Purchased to stand at stud in Japan after his retirement in 1996. Santa Anita Stakes Wins • Other stakes winners include Advance Guard, an $11,500 purchase and winner Goodwood BC H. (GII-OT)—Soul of the Matter (GI-1995) of the Cortez and Inglewood handicaps at Hollywood Park and the San Diego Malibu (GI)—Afternoon Deelites (1995) Handicap at Del Mar, Video Kid and No No. San Felipe (GII)—Soul of the Matter (1994); Afternoon Deelites (1995) • After becoming less involved in the sport following his successes of the mid-nine- San Marcos H. (GII)—One Off (2007) ties, registered his first major stakes victory at Santa Anita in a dozen years when One Off captured the 2007 running of the Grade II San Marcos Handicap. Other Major Stakes Wins Bel Air H. (Hol)—Soul of the Matter (GII-1995) Personal Commonwealth BC H. (GII-Kee)—Afternoon Deelites (1995) • Born in Kansas City, Mo. Son of journalist Bert Bacharach, spent early years in Del Mar Oaks (GI-Dmr)—Heartlight No. One (GII-1983) Forest Hills. Hollywood Futurity (GI-Hol)—Afternoon Deelites (1995) • Family: wife, Jane; sons Oliver and Christopher Elton; daughters Lea, Nikki and Hollywood Oaks (GI-Hol)—Heartlight No. One (1983) Raleigh. Ruffian Handicap (GI-Bel)—Heartlight No. One (1983) • Internationally acclaimed singer, composer, producer and conductor. Super Derby (GII-LaD)—Soul of the Matter (GI-1994) • Has won three Academy Awards, two Oscars for Best Song, multiple Grammy Awards, two Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award. BURT BACHARACH • Wrote music scores for films “What’s New Pussycat,” “Casino Royale,” “After the Fox,” “Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid,” “Arthur” and “Night Shift.” • Songs written include “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head,” “Alfie”, “The Look of Love,” “Walk On By” and “What the World Needs Now Is Love.” • Introduced to racing at an early age in New York City at now-defunct Jamaica track by friends of his parents and, later, with friend Eddie Wolpin, who gave him his first song writing contract. • Spent most of his spare time at the beach and the races when he first came west to attend summer school at UCLA. Hollywood Park’s president, Mervyn LeRoy, introduced him to his first trainer, the late Charlie Whittingham. Cougar II H. (Dmr)—Zappa (2008) GARY & CECIL BARBER Del Mar H. (GII-Dmr)—Delta Form (2002) Golden Eagle Farm (Hol)—Throw Me a Curve (2004) Green Flash H. (Dmr)—Fast Parade (2006) Residence: Los Angeles & Sherman Grey Memo (Hol)—Tribal Justice (2009) Landaluce (Hol)—Dawnie Macho (2010) Oaks, California Los Angeles H.