Volume 7 • Number 3 Thursday, January 23, 2014 Points Offthebench Sunshine Millions/California Cup Wins Eclipse On Saturday, January 25 The first grade I The five stakes races on the Sunshine winner for trainer Millions/California Cup card for Saturday, January 25, Tim Yakteen is now his first Eclipse restricted to horses bred or sired in California. Award winner as Points Offthebench The richest races will be the $250,000 Cal Cup Derby and the received the award as Champion $250,000 Cal Cup Turf Classic Presented by City National Bank, Male Sprinter Saturday, January 18 then the $200,000 Cal Cup Oaks for three-year-old fillies, the in South Florida. $125,000 Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint and the $125,000 Donnie Crevier and Charles ©Benoit Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint. Martin’s Points Offthebench won four straight sprints The celebrated California Cup party will be on the front side this in Southern California in 2013, a stretch capped by year located on the 3rd floor mezzanine between rows L and O with a back-to-back grade I victories in the Bing Crosby beautiful view of the racetrack. The tables of ten (10) ($850.00) will be Handicap at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and set up inside in a decorated area and outdoor seating will be available Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes at Santa to watch the live races. Come and join us for a great day of racing and Anita Park. In both grade I wins, Points Offthebench tickets include parking, admission, program and Santa Anita Park’s defeated Santa Anita Derby (grade I) winner Golden- widely acclaimed, delicious buffet. Individual seats are available for cents, victories further flattered by Goldencents’ win in $85.00. Hours for buffet are 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with coffee and the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (grade I).—continued at desserts served until last race. For more information please call or email http://www.bloodhorse.com, By Frank Angst Cookie Hackworth at [email protected] or (800) 573-2822 Ext. 243. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This article has been republished with permission from www.BloodHorse.com Entries on Page 4 Cal-Bred Champions Announced The California-bred Horse of the Year for 2013 will be announced at the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner, to be held February 10 at the Claremont Dancingtothestars Wins Megahertz Hotel Club & Spa in Berkeley. California-bred Dancingtothestars employed a honest, at keeping the pace honest. I thought he The four finalists for Horse of the perfect tracking trip to take the lead turning for made another good move going down the back- home and win Saturday’s $91,000 Megahertz side when he made sure Fanticola didn’t get a Year, in alphabetical order, are: Halo Dolly, Points Stakes for fillies and mares at Santa Anita Park. chance to catch a breather. She’s a game, gutsy Offthebench, Teddy’s Promise and Tiz Flirtatious. Dancingtothestars is by Magali Farms’ Good filly but I thought his ride won the race for us.” Journey, out of the In Excess (Ire) mare A Lil She has six wins in 20 starts, earnings of The business session of the annual meeting begins at Excess, was bred by owner Ren-Mar Thorough- $400,872 and was coming off a second in a 4 p.m. with a 6 p.m. cocktail reception and a 7 p.m. awards breds, is trained by Doug O’Neill and was ridden December 5 allowance. dinner. For reservations, please contact Christy Chapman at by Mario Gutierrez. Dancingtothestars ran the mile on turf in “I thought she ran a great race,” said O’Neill. “I 1:33.77 and won by three quarters of a length at (626) 445-7800 ext: 247 or email at [email protected]. thought Mario did a good job at keeping everyone odds of 9-2. Continued on page 2 www.ctba.com CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED WEEKLY • January 23, 2014 1 Leadin!g Sires! In! California:! January !1 !Through D! ecember 3!1, 2!013 !"#$%&'()%*"+( !"#$%&'()%*"+( ,-(5>&"-(=>& ,-(./"*#'"(0#*&%&'+(1"*(23&&"* 2#:"+ 45%&%636(78(23&&"*+9 2#&<()%*" 23&&"*+ )@#*@+ =>& 0#*&%&'+ ./"*#'" 2#:"+ 0#*&%&'+; 1. Unusual Heat . .124 786 114 $4,903,019 2#&<()%*" 23&&"*+ =>& 0#*&%&'+ 23&&"* 2.Tribal Rule . .203 1182 199 4,810,599 3.Eddington‡ . .128 875 128 3,698,416 1. Unusual Heat . .124 14 $4,903,019 $39,540 4.Ministers Wild Cat . .121 936 169 3,526,137 2. Square Eddie . 13 7 473,045 36,388 5.Benchmark . .117 851 126 2,893,260 3. Tizbud . .51 42 1,595,921 31,293 6.Kafwain . .121 867 124 2,532,511 4. Good Journey . 63 62 1,865,461 29,610 7. Bertrando† . .105 610 100 2,409,301 5. Ministers Wild Cat . .121 169 3,526,137 29,142 8. Old Topper . 103 721 112 2,047,923 6. Eddington‡ . .128 128 3,698,416 28,894 9. Southern Image . 85 664 105 1,939,568 7. Lucky J. H. .16 15 453,516 28,345 10. Good Journey . 63 476 62 1,865,461 8. Vronsky . 42 43 1,187,797 28,281 11. Decarchy . 95 548 62 1,723,239 9. Lucky Pulpit . 47 38 1,291,116 27,471 12. Tizbud . 51 335 42 1,595,921 10. Cyclotron . 15 17 411,009 27,401 13. Heatseeker (Ire) . 58 341 46 1,481,295 11. Cindago* . 32 39 845,904 26,435 14. Salt Lake* . 59 405 75 1,367,856 12. Heatseeker (Ire) . .58 46 1,481,295 25,540 15. Swiss Yodeler . 89 643 87 1,353,563 16. Lucky Pulpit . 47 304 38 1,291,116 17. Marino Marini . 87 500 74 1,259,385 !"#$%&'()%*"+(AB(CD>EF"#*EA?$+ 18. In Excess (Ire)* . 89 561 83 1,222,913 ,-(./"*#'"(0#*&%&'+(1"*(23&&"* 19. Vronsky . 42 251 43 1,187,797 45%&%636(G(23&&"*+9 20. Stormin Fever . .73 493 50 1,111,118 21. Rocky Bar . 59 384 78 1,002,537 ./"*#'" 22. Cindago* . 32 175 39 845,904 2#:"+ 0#*&%&'+; 23. Atticus . 44 295 49 821,599 2#&<()%*" 23&&"*+ =>& 0#*&"$ 23&&"* 24. Affirmative . 32 198 23 807,234 1. Bertrando† . 13 3 $502,636 $38,664 25. Game Plan . 38 238 37 741,182 2. Square Eddie . .. 13 7 473,045 36,388 26. Suances (GB) . 31 193 36 718,891 3. Lucky Pulpit . 12 8 390,273 32,523 27. Terrel . 58 452 44 661,929 4. Good Journey . 7 3 201,460 28,780 28. Awesome Gambler . 43 300 22 647,778 5. Lucky J. H. 9 5 257,170 28,574 29. Globalize . 31 235 24 645,767 6. Swiss Yodeler . 15 8 424,458 28,297 30. Perfect Mandate* . 36 234 42 586,902 7. Roi Charmant . 5 2 132,714 26,543 31. Prime Timber‡ . .33 282 30 544,170 8. Decarchy . 10 7 257,937 25,794 32. Sea of Secrets . 73 484 43 528,176 9. Southern Image . .. 9 3 228,127 25,347 33. Popular . 28 233 30 507,907 10. Rocky Bar . 10 9 236,686 23,669 34. Cee’s Tizzy† . 39 228 33 505,867 11. Kafwain . 13 9 293,993 22,615 35. Square Eddie . 13 48 7 473,045 12. Desert Code . 12 5 259,446 21,621 The statistics contained in these rankings are compiled by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. (TJCIS). While every effort is made to prevent errors and omissions, California Thoroughbred cannot guarantee their complete and total accuracy. A dagger (†) indicates that a stallion has been pensioned, an asterisk (*) that he has died, a dot (•) that he is now standing elsewhere, a number sign (#) that he did not stand in California in 2013 but is standing in the state in 2014, a double dagger (‡) that he is not standing in California in 2014 but will stand in the state in 2015 and in ,>?$ 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. CTBA CAL-BRED CHAMPIONS Continued from page 1 The other champions that will be presented at the dinner: Champion California-bred Three-Year-Old Female—“Doinghard- Champion Sire of California Conceived Foals by Earnings— timeagain,” bred by owner Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, trained “Unusual Heat,” owned by The Unusual Heat Syndicate. by Jerry Hollendorfer, sired by Ministers Wild Cat. Champion Sire of California Conceived Foals by Turf Earnings— Champion California-bred Three-Year-Old Male—“Ger- “Unusual Heat,” owned by The Unusual Heat Syndicate. vinho,” bred by Barry Abrams and Madeline Auerbach, Champion Sire of California Conceived Two-Year-Olds by owned by Keith Brackpool, trained by Carla Gaines, sired by Earnings - “Tribal Rule,” owned by The Tribal Rule Syndicate. Unusual Heat. Champion Sire of California Conceived Foals by Number of Champion California-bred Older Male—“Points Offthebench,” Winners - “Tribal Rule,” owned by The Tribal Rule Syndicate. bred by Gary Rocks, owned by Donnie Crevier and Charles Champion Freshman Sire of California Conceived Foals by Martin, trained by Tim Yakteen, sired by Benchmark. Earnings - “Square Eddie,” owned by J. Paul Reddam. Champion California-bred Turf Horse—“Tiz Flirtatious,” bred Champion Breeders of California Foaled Thoroughbreds by by owner Pamela Ziebarth, trained by Martin Jones, sired Earnings – Tommy Town Thoroughbreds. by Tizbud.