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Thoroughbred breeders and owners are drawn toOcala/Marion County Florida’s year-round moderate

climate, mineral-rich water and soil, outstandingfacilities and strong support industries.

Why wouldn’t they be? Florida provides anexceptional agriculture and business climate for

breeding, training and racing Thoroughbreds.

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10 FLORIDA FOCUS

21 FTBOA NEWS DIGESTBy Carlos E.Medina

24 FTBOA BOARD OF DIRECTORS CANDIDATES BIOS

30 FOCUS ON QUALITYWilliam Schettine’s Signature Stallions serves as the centerpieceof his multifaceted Thoroughbred operation. By Jo Ann Guidry

40 ACTION JACKSONFlorida-breds Jackson Bend and Rosebud’s Ridge take secondlegs of the Florida Stallion Stakes series at Calder.By Nick Fortuna

42WINNING GAMBLESJames and Ginny Gamble enjoysuccess with latest homebred stakeswinner Gator Brew. By Jo Ann Guidry

44WHAT’S BEST FOROUR INDUSTRY?Transcript from The Jockey Club RoundTable Conference on the topic of drugs.

52 FLORIDA CATTLE RANCINGA museum exhibit is traveling aroundthe state and country honoringFlorida’s rich ranching culture.

56 TO STITCH OR NOT TO STITCHSutures and staples are a necessarytreatment for some wounds, depending onseverity, type of wound and timing.By Orlaith Cleary and Amanda House

60 SLUETHING HORSE CRIMESFlorida International University’s DNA laboratoryto join forces with law enforcement.By Denise Steffanus

64 PRACTICALLY SPEAKING:HOW NOT TO PULL A HORSESHOEBy Mark Shuffitt

66 YOUR FLORIDA HORSE PARK:MAKING STRIDES By Connie Duff Wise

67 HORSE COUNCIL NEWS

69 FTBOA CHASE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

71 FLORIDA’S LEADING SIRES

74 PLAYER’S PAGE By Paul Moran

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Thoroughbred industry leaders worked tirelessly with state leg-

islators during the last legislative session to hammer out guide-

lines for Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe to follow

in constructing a gaming compact that would benefit all parties—the

state, the pari-mutuel industry and the tribe.

When news brokeAug. 31 that Gov. Crist and the Seminoles agreed

to a compact that strayed from the guidelines established in May, the

Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’Association released a

statement declaring that the “compact leaves much to be desired.”

All of us involved in Florida’s Thoroughbred industry now must

wait even longer than originally anticipated to learn whether or not or

when the pari-mutuel legislation passed earlier this year can be im-

plemented and to what degree. Components of that legislation in-

clude: reducing tax rate from 50 percent to 35 percent on

slot-machine revenue; a not-for-profit Thoroughbred permit for

Ocala/Marion County; a breeders’ flexibility bill, allowing for mod-

ification of incentive awards and expanded card room legislation.

“Weworked closelywith the legislature last

spring to develop the parameters of a compact

that would be acceptable to us and to others in

the pari-mutuel industry,” said Richard Han-

cock, executive vice president of the FTBOA.

“The governor and the Seminole Tribe have

chosen not to follow those legislative directives

and instead have executed a compact that is amuch larger expansion of

gaming than the legislature wanted. The compact also closes down the

possibility of anymeaningful expansion of gaming in any other area of

the state, including the Ocala/Marion County area.”

A few key provisions of the compact include:� All seven Seminole casinos, three of which are outside of Dade

and Broward counties, get slots and blackjack;

� A minimum annual payment to the state of $150 million;

�The tribe can stopmaking payments to the state if anyClass III game

is authorized anywhere outside of Dade and Broward counties;

�The tribe can reduce payments to the state if any additional gam-

ing is granted to the facilities in Dade and Broward and the tribe’s

net win at its Broward and Dade facilities drops;

�The only additional gaming outside of Dade and Broward that is

allowed is a combined total of 300 historic-racing terminals and

electronic bingo machines at any pari-mutuel licensed facility as

of April 1, 2009.

While anOctober legislative special session seemsunlikely as of press

time in mid-September (see story on page 19), issues concerning the

compact could be heard at a special session in November or during

the next regular session.

“In short, the governor has granted the SeminoleTribe a monopoly

on gaming in this state,” Hancock said. “This new compact could put

Tampa Bay Downs out of business and certainly could prevent Ocala

from ever opening a Thoroughbred track.We intend to let the legisla-

ture know that this compact is a bad deal for Thoroughbred breeders,

trainers and owners, and is not a good deal for the state either.”

The FTBOA and industry leaders now set their sights on mak-

ing progress in Tallahassee on possibly getting the pari-mutuel leg-

islation passed by itself, separate from the gaming compact.

“The gaming issues are hotly contested in the Florida legislature and

there are literally hundreds of lobbyists representing a wide variety of

gaming interests,”Hancock said. “The legislature linked the compactwith

thepari-mutuel legislation so that neither theSeminoleTribeofFloridanor

the pari-mutuel industry could get their needs

met and then lobbyaggressively todefeat every-

thingelse relating togaming.TheSeminoleTribe

would not be able to negotiate a compact and

then defeat any or all pari-mutuel changes that

would help their competitors.At the same time,

the pari-mutuel industry couldn’t get their legis-

lation approved and then lobby to defeat the compact, thus depriving the

state of a much needed recurring revenue source for education.

“While this balancing of interest is understandable, it would be un-

fortunate if theThoroughbred breeding industry had to wait until 2010

to implement the pari-mutuel industry changes that will help us sur-

vive in this tough economic environment. We will continue to edu-

cate legislators on the importance of addressing the needs of the

Thoroughbred breeders in this state sooner rather than later.”

While our industry continues grappling with issues that are cer-

tain to make long-lasting impacts on how we all conduct business in

the future, the cyclical nature of the Thoroughbred industry suggests

that a recovery is ahead of us.�

For the latest news concerning Florida’s Thoroughbred industrybetween issues of The Florida Horse,visit www.ftboa.com to stay abreast of all the headlines

Enjoy the October issue.

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editor’s welcome

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Let’s MakeADeal

While our industry continues grappling

with issues that are certain to make long-

lasting impacts on how we all conduct

business in the future, the cyclical nature

of the Thoroughbred industry suggests

that a recovery is ahead of us.

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editor’s note

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Juan Ponce de Leon is known for a lot of

things: Sailing with Christopher Columbus,

discovering and namingFlorida, searching for

the Fountain of Youth, becoming the first governor

of Puerto Rico, fighting as a soldier and sailor.

He was also our first equine importer. In

1521, Ponce de Leon brought the original horses

to the continental U.S. – or what would become

the U.S. – when he shipped in 50 Andalusians,

along with cattle and other domestic animals,

onto Florida shores.

It’s easy to forget how much our state has

grown and evolved in the 488 years since those

settlement days. In this issue of The Florida

Horse, I hope you’ll take a moment to read

“Florida Cattle Ranching – Five Centuries ofTra-

dition,” an overview of a new 2,400-square foot

museum exhibit that’s on display at the Tampa

BayHistory Center.Your whole family will enjoy

this cowboy-approved, meticulous documentation

of Florida cattle families and their past, present

and future influences on our economy, environ-

ment and heritage.

Without horses, though, Florida ranching

would be a different story, or maybe not a story at

all. It’s difficult to imagine those early Floridians

trying to round up cattle, tromping through pal-

mettos and creek beds – on foot.And even today,

while some cattlemen useATVs or aircraft to pen

up and treat their stock, you’d be hard pressed to

find a sizeable outfit that doesn’t need and use

horses in some fashion. Our Florida Commis-

sioner ofAgriculture, Charles Bronson, is just one

rancher who knows that well.

If Florida’s history points toward our horses,

then surely our present and future do, too.Today’s

equine industry runs the gamut from racing to

ranching, showing to recreation, breeding to vet-

erinary and professional services, entertainment

to transportation. At last month’s 10th Annual

Florida Equine Institute and Allied Trade Show,

hundreds of horsemen and women from across

the state traveled to Ocala for a day of in-depth,

educational seminars. This month, whether you

attend the FTBOAAnnual Meeting or the Inter-

national Laminitis Symposium, or any other

major industry event, you’ll see our state pulling

together to solve problems and continually im-

prove the health of our horses and our industry.

And tomorrow? Call me hyberbolic, but pos-

sibilities are endless.The public will always grav-

itate to the magical, magnetic, magnificent

qualities intrinsic to every horse.

Recession or no recession.�

We are all Florida, all the time.

It’s our privilege to journey with you.

Sincerely,

Transportation, entertainment,recreation…vocation.

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BY CARLOS E. MEDINA

Black Mambo, who stands at Bridle-

wood Farm in Ocala, was represented by Big

Push with his win in the GildedTime Stakes

at Monmouth Park on Sunday. Meanwhile,

El Suri became Martin Stables South stal-

lion Spanish Steps’ first stakes winner in

Sunday’s Clasico Jose Coll Vidal Stakes at

Camarero Race Track in Puerto Rico

Big Push, bred by Rustlewood Farm in

Reddick, won the 5½-furlong Gilded Time

by a neck in a gate-to-wire performance

over fellow Florida-bred Ju Jitsu Jax. It

was a fitting win for Big Push as the 3-

year-old gelding had crossed the wire first

in the Dean Kutz Stakes at Canterbury

Park in July, but was disqualified

for interference and officially

placed in second.

“We are absolutely delighted,”

said Bill Murphy, who raced Black

Mambo and still owns the sire as a

part of a syndicate. “The only

thing missing on his resume was

having a stakes winner, and now

we’ve got it.”

Big Push sold for $45,000 at the

April 2008 Ocala Breeders’

Sales auction and is owned byMajestic Farms

LLC and DeBill Racing LLC. Out of the

Allen’s Prospect mare Listentothebells, the

gelding has won four of his 12 starts for

$162,684 under trainer Steve Klesaris.

Black Mambo entered stud in 2005 and

his first crop of foals are 3-year-olds.A son of

Kingmambo, Black Mambo sold for $1.1

million as a yearling at the September 2000

Keeneland auction. He stood for a $4,000

stud fee in 2009.

“There is a lot of speed in the Black

Mambo’s. I tell you, I think I made a mistake

with him when I raced him,” Murphy said.

“His trainer, Frank Gomez, thought he would

be a good sprinter. But I liked horses that went

a bit of distance.When he finally ran a sprint

race he was stakes placed, but it was a bit too

late. I didn’t listen.”


Black Mambo, Spanish Steps Get

By CARLOS E. MEDINA

A Florida-bredMedaglia d’Oro filly sold

for $1.3 million to top the third day of the

KeenelandSeptember yearling sale lastmonth.

Hip No. 570 was bred by Gilbert Camp-

bell at his Stonehedge Farm South in

Williston and is out of the stakes-placed

mare Beaties for Real. She’s

also a half-sister to graded

stakes winners Friel’s for Real

and Ryan’s for Real.

Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak

Plantation bought the filly after a

spirited round of bidding.

“I tell you, she was looked at,

vetted and scoped numerous, nu-

merous, numerous times,” said

Larry King, Stonehedge’s farm manager.

“Shewas prettymuch the talk of the sale.You

couldn’t go anywhere without people saying

something about her. She was a class act.All

the major players looked at her, and she was

on their list somewhere.”

Live Oak Plantation is the racing division

ofWeber’s LiveOak Stud inOcala.The filly’s

sale to the operation also delighted King.

“That’s a great operation. We are glad

they bought her,” he said. “She will get a

great chance of being a great race filly and

mare as well as a broodmare. You couldn’t

ask for a better place to send her.”

The filly was consigned by Francis and

Barbara Vanlangendonck’s Summerfield

Sales, which is based in Morriston. The filly

was their first million-dollar sale. Medaglia

d’Oro fillies have been particularly popular

as of late thanks to Rachel Alexandra, who

beat males in three Grade 1 races this year,

including in the Preakness (G1).

Live Oak bought another Florida-bred

Medaglia d’Oro filly for $275,000 at theAu-

gust OBS selected sale of yearlings. That

filly was bred by Rick McDonald and

Deirdre M. Wulff. She is out of the Phone

Trick mare Lolabell.�

Florida-bred Medaglia d’Oro FillySells for $1.3 Million at Keeneland

Florida stallions Black Mambo and Spanish Steps notched their firststakes winners over the Labor Day weekend.

A Florida-bred Medaglia dʼOrofilly (Hip No. 570, above) bredby Gilbert and Marilyn Camp-bell (left), sold for $1.3 million totop the third day of theKeeneland September yearlingsale Sept. 16.

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First Stakes WinnersThe Jockey Club last month reported that

3,439 stallions covered 56,901 mares in North

America during 2008, according to statistics com-

piled through Sept. 9.Thesematings have resulted

in 31,727 live foals of 2009 being reported toThe

Jockey Club on Live Foal Reports.

Florida had 3,593 foals in 2008 and has 2,892

registered foals this year.

As in past years, The Jockey Club estimates

that the reporting of live foals, at this point in time,

is approximately 90 percent complete. The re-

porting of live foals of 2009 is down 8.2% from

last year at this time when The Jockey Club had

received reports for 34,561 live foals of 2008.

“As we announced last month, the North

American registered foal crop projection for 2009

has been revised downward to 34,000 and the live

foal returns to date reflect that,” saidMatt Iuliano,

The Jockey Club’s vice president of registration

services. “Although breeding activity has

been in decline for several years, the rate

of decline accelerated in both the 2008

and 2009 breeding seasons sowewill see

fewer live foals born next year as well.”

The 2009 registered foal crop projection

of 34,000 takes into account that not all live foals

become registered. In addition to the 31,727 live

foals of 2009 reported through Sept. 9, The

Jockey Club had also received 6,755 No Foal Re-

ports for the 2009 foaling season.

The number of stallions declined 5.5 percent

from the 3,638 reported for 2007 at this time last

year, while the number of mares bred decreased

7.1 percent from the 61,262 reported for 2007.

The 2008 breeding statistics are available al-

phabetically by stallion name through the Publi-

cations and Resources link on The Jockey Club

homepage at jockeyclub.com.

Iuliano emphasized that the breeding statistics

are not a measurement of the live foals born in

each state or province, but rather a count of

state/province-sired live foals, regardless of where

the foals were born. He also stressed that the sta-

tistics should not be taken to represent the fertil-

ity record of any one stallion. �

He finished second in

the 6½-furlong Reappeal

Stakes at Calder Race

Course as a 5-year-old.

“He’s been knocking

at the door for his first

stakes winner for a while

and we are happy to see

it,” said Jeff Schwietert,

stallion manager at Bri-

dlewood. “He’s had sev-

eral stakes-placed horses.

His babies look a lot like

him. They have good

bodywith strong hindquarters and they look

fast. Most have shown they have ability.”

Also on Sunday, El Suri, a juvenile colt

bred by Martin Stables South in Reddick,

won the Jose Coll Vidal, a Grade 1 race in

Puerto Rico to give his sire, Spanish Steps,

his first stakes winner.

The 2-year-old, sent off as the heavy 1-5

favorite, won the race by 1¼ lengths in a

contest which saw the colt surrender the

lead late, only to come back in the stretch

and take the victory.

Starting from the

outside post in the six-

furlong race, El Suri

broke fast and set the

pace through a half-

mile. In the stretch,

Frontier Tour, who was

coupled with El Suri,

took the lead as the

Florida-bred colt fell

back to third. But El

Suri came on again, re-

took the lead and started

to draw away when he

crossed the wire.

Out of the Summer

Squall mare Victoria’s Wedding, it was El

Suri’s third lifetime start and his second

win for trainer Jose Velez. Owned by Es-

tablo Villa Real, the colt was sold as a

yearling in the August 2008 OBS

auction for $8,500. He has earned al-

most $40,000.

Spanish Steps is an unraced son of

Unbridled and entered stud in 2005. He is

a full brother to multiple Grade 1 winner

Unbridled’s Song and stood for a $10,000

stud fee in 2009. �

The Jockey ClubReleases BreedingStatistics

Spanish Steps

Black Mambo


By NICK FORTUNA

If the Futurity is any indication of the future, than D’Funnybone

will be laughing all the way to the bank for years to come.

At Belmont Park on Sept. 19 the Florida-bred colt romped to his

second straight graded stakes win, capturing the

$250,000 Futurity Stakes (G2) by 4¾ lengths. The

son of D’wildcat, a stallion standing at Vinery in

Summerfield, came through as the short-money fa-

vorite to win for the third time in four career starts.

D’ Funnybone’s victory was reminiscent of his

10½-length score in the Saratoga Special (G2) at

Saratoga Race Course, when he sat just off the pace

before taking command around the turn and pulling away from the field.

With Hall-of-Fame jockey Edgar Prado aboard for the third straight

race, D’Funnybone rallied three wide to take the leadmidway around

the turn and drew off under a vigorous hand ride, stopping the clock

for seven furlongs in 1:22.40.

“He ran the way we expected,” Prado said. “He was training great

in the morning. He broke super, and I rode with a lot of confidence

today. I know what he’s capable of, so I let the other two horses go

and sat and waited. I was looking for him to see a target, and he was

very comfortable there.

D’ Funnybone, bred by Ocala’s Harold J. Plumley, increased his

bankroll to $278,200.The colt broke his maiden by 7 ¼ lengths in his

career debut at Calder Race Course inMay, then ran second to Florida-

bred Jackson Bend in the $98,500 Frank Gomez Memorial Stakes in

Miami. D’ Funnybone had a lead late in that July

11 race before coming up a half-length short.

Following the FrankGomez, D’Funnybonewas

purchased by Paul Pompa Jr. and transferred from

the barn of Joseph Calascibetta to Rick Dutrow Jr.

Dutrow said after the race that D’ Funnybone

might conclude his juvenile campaign with a start

in the $400,000 Champagne Stakes (G1), a one-

mile test for 2-year-olds at Belmont on Oct. 10. He said the Breeders’

Cup in November at Santa Anita Park is a possibility but added that

he isn’t a fan of California’s synthetic racing surfaces.�


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Soldier’s Dancer Strikes Againin President’s CupBy NICK FORTUNA

When Soldier’s Dancer runs in the PTHA President’s Cup,

he’s clearly the race’s commander in chief.

The Florida-bred gelding won the $250,000 race at Philadelphia

Park Sept. 19 for the second consecutive year, using his signature

come-from-behind style to draw off for a three-length victory. Bred

by Franks Farm, the striking gray horse has won 11 of his 31 starts

for $1.41 million.

Soldier’s Dancer, the 4-5 favorite, raced in fourth place for most

of the nine-furlong race on a firm turf course, just one length behind

the pacesetter, R J’s Brigade, who set slow fractions of 26.63 sec-

onds for the first quarter-

mile and 53.46 seconds for

a half-mile. With Calder

Race Course’s leading

jockey,Manoel Cruz, in the

irons, Soldier’s Dancer

went four wide to find run-

ning room at the top of the

lane and was too much for his five rivals, finishing in a time of

1:54.89. Florida-bredVanquisher finished second.

HermanHeinlein, a resident of Plantation in South Florida, owns

Soldier’s Dancer.�

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By CARLOS E. MEDINA

Maimonides started his racing career

with a blowout win to break his maiden in

2007. Injuries, however, shortened his career,

and in September it was announced that the

son ofVindication will retire to stud atVinery

in Summerfield.

The colt out of the Silver Deputymare Sil-

very Swanwas so highly regarded as a yearling

that he fetched $4.6 million at the Keeneland

September auction in 2006. Bought by Zayat

Stables, the colt delivered on his promise in his

first start. He won a 5½-furlong race by 11½

lengths in 2007.He took the lead from the start

and drew off down the stretch for the impres-

sive win at Saratoga Race Course.

Trained by Bob Baffert, the colt’s second

start was in the Hopeful Stakes (G1). After

leading early, he finished third. It was later

discovered he had bucked shins.

Though the 4-year-old was not able to

show his best on the racetrack,Ahmed Zayat,

who ownsMaimonides, feels he is a top stal-

lion prospect.

“This horse has perfect conformation and

impeccable pedigree and a world of raw tal-

ent,” Zayat said. “He is a horse with unful-

filled potential, but I hope that he will be

able to prove himself in the breeding shed

like his (half) siblings El Corredor and

Roman Ruler. He is the best horse I have

ever owned. Period.”

Maimonides is no stranger to Vinery, as he

spent some timeat the farmseveralmonths ago.

“We would see him every morning. He

was a really fine-looking horse,” said Declan

Doyle, stallion administrator at the Summer-

field operation. “We are really happy to have

him. Everyone points to the notion that

Florida breeders like speed, and he’s got

plenty of that. The fact that he raced as an

early 2-year-old will also be attractive.”

The horse currently is in Kentucky, where

he and Pioneerof the Nile – another Zayat

horse set to stand stud at Vinery in Kentucky

–were showcased during the Keeneland Sep-

tember yearling sale last month.

Vinery General Manager Tom Ludt also

believes Maimonides’ top pedigree will ap-

peal to breeders.

“Maimonides is very good-looking and

obviously had a ton of speed,” Ludt said. “You

couple that with the fact that he’s from the

Seattle Slew line with two successful sires

under his first dam, and as you can imagine,

we’re quite excited about him.”

A stud fee for the 2010 breeding season

was not announced.�

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By NICK FORTUNA

Florida-bred Yesbyjimminy has been

retired from racing and will join the roster

at Bridlewood Farm as a stallion for the

2010 breeding season. A stud fee for the 5-

year-old son of Yes It’s True will be an-

nounced at a later date.

Yesbyjimminy, bred and raced by Trilogy

Stables, a partnership led by Ocala’s Marion

Montanari, is the second-richest horse ever

sired byYes It’s True with $586,940 in earn-

ings. Only Florida-bred B. B. Best, with

$760,195 in winnings, has earned more for

the former Sunshine State stallion.

“We are excited about Yesbyjimminy

joining our stallion roster,” said George G.

Isaacs, Bridlewood’s general manager. “With

the success ofYes It’s True and Pentelicus as

his foundation, along with his brilliant and

very consistent race record, we feel he is a

perfect fit for the Florida market. He is also

a much-needed outcross for the Florida mare

population.”

A seven-time stakes winner for trainer

Eddie Plesa Jr.,Yesbyjimminywas among the

top sprinters at Calder Race Course over the

past few years.As a juvenile in 2006, he won

his first three races, including the five-furlong

Fasig-Tipton Turf Dash. Yesbyjimminy won

four of his six starts as a 2-year-old, including

a five-length score in the Criterium Stakes.

Yesbyjimminy won the Eillo Stakes at

Calder as a sophomore in 2007, and he had

the finest season of his career the following

year. He won six consecutive races in Miami

last year, including the Major Moran Stakes,

the Whippleton Stakes, the Jack Dudley

Sprint Handicap and theKennyNoe Jr. Hand-

icap (G3).Yesbyjimminy earned a 109 Beyer

Speed Figure in the Kenny Noe, one point

below his career-best mark.

Yesbyjimminy finished

his career with 11 victories in

25 starts, with eight addi-

tional finishes in the money.

He won races from 4½ to

seven furlongs. Hemade five

starts this year, including a

second-place finish behind

Florida-bred Hypocrite in the

Sunshine State Stakes at

Gulfstream Park in March.

Yesbyjimminy is out of

the Pentelicus mare Sisters

Creek.

During the 2009 breeding season, Bridle-

wood had a son ofYes It’sTrue standing at the

farm, but Proud Accolade had to be eutha-

nized in June because of a severe neurologi-

cal condition. Proud Accolade, who won the

Champagne Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park as

a 2-year-old in 2004, stood for a $4,000 stud

fee in 2009. His first crop of foals turned 2

this year.

Yes It’s True was a 10-time stakes winner,

including the Frank J. De Francis Memorial

Dash Stakes (G1) at Laurel Park in 1999.�

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So ‘Macho’—With a gallant charge from theback of the pack, Macho Again camewithin a head of doing what few racingfans thought was possible—beatingRachel Alexandra. The superstar filly cap-tured the $750,000 Woodward Stakes(G1) at Saratoga Sept. 6—winning by thesmallest margin of her career—but notbefore Macho Again displayed his heart.

Rachel Alexandra, who has captured theimaginations of racing’s most devoted aswell as the general public, became thefirst female to win the Woodward in therace’s 56-year history. The daughter ofMedaglia d’Oro extended her winningstreak to nine races while taking on oldermale horses for the first time.

Macho Again, bred by Milan Kosanovichat Broken Back Farm in Ocala, was seek-ing his second Grade 1 victory, havingcaptured the Stephen Foster Handicap(G1) at Churchill Downs in June. He isowned by West Point Thoroughbreds,and has won six of his 20 starts for$1.78 million.

“I knew it was going to be a great race,”said Macho Again’s trainer, Dallas Stew-art. “I knew he was ready. I’m neverhappy to be second, but it turns out likethat. A couple more jumps, we mighthave got her, but she’s great. That’shorse racing.”—Nick Fortuna

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—Even in DefeatFlorida-bred Macho Again

pushes Rachel Alexandrato the limit in Woodward

Stakes at Saratoga

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� Thursday, October 8thJockey Club SeminarHilton-Ocala 11:30 A.M.RSVP by 12:00 P.M. Monday, Oct. 5thTo Betsy Whiteaker at 352-629-2160

� Friday, October 9thFTC Golf ClassicGolden Hills Golf & Turf Club8:00 A.M./1:00 P.M. tee offs.For more information contactBetsy Whiteaker at 352-629-2160

� Saturday, October 10thFTBOA Annual Membership MeetingGolden Hills Golf & Turf Club 10:00 A.M.

� Monday, October 12—Tuesday, October 13thOBS Fall Mixed SaleFor more information contact OBS at 352-237-2154

The FTBOA Annual Membership Cocktail Partyhas been rescheduled to Sunday, March 14th, 2010.

Look for more information andinvitations in February 2010.

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By CARLOS E. MEDINA

WhileGov. Charlie Crist was hoping for

a special legislative session in Octo-

ber to discuss the gaming compact he

recently signed with the Seminole Tribe of

Florida, Senate President Jeff Atwater made it

clear Sept. 10 he had other ideas.

“This issue involves a series of complex con-

versations with a variety of interests and impacts

throughout our state,”Atwater said in a statement.

“There are policy decisions to be considered that

are not well served by undue haste. If, or when,

the Senate takes up this issue, it will be in a man-

ner that allows for sufficient time to debate the

facts and the merits of such policy.”

The compact signed byCrist and the Seminoles

deviates from the one passed by the Florida Legis-

lature in the spring. Among other things, it now

would allow for blackjack at all

seven of the Seminole-owned

casinos in Florida and would

severely restrict the types of

gaming that could be offered at

pari-mutuel facilities across the

state. The compact would call

for a minimum $150 million

payment per year from the

Seminoles to the state.

The Florida Thoroughbred

Breeders’andOwners’Associ-

ation released its own statement on the compact

after it was signedAug. 31.

“It is clear that the compact does very little to ad-

vance the interests of Florida’sThoroughbredbreed-

ers and owners,” said Richard Hancock, executive

vice president of the Florida Thoroughbred Breed-

ers’ and Owners’Association. “We worked closely

with the Legislature last spring to develop the pa-

rameters of a compactwhichwould be acceptable to

us and toothers in thepari-mutuel industry.Thegov-

ernor and theSeminoleTribe have chosennot to fol-

low those legislative directives and instead executed

a compactwhich is amuch larger expansionof gam-

ing in this state than the Legislature wanted. The

compact also closes down the possibility of any

meaningful expansion of gaming in any other area

of the state, including theOcala/MarionCounty area.

“We’re hopeful for a special session in No-

vember,” Hancock added, “and are now propos-

ing that the pari-mutuel legislation be passed by

itself and not tied to the gaming compact.”

Currently tied to the compact is the issue of a

reduced tax rate from 50 percent to 35 percent

on slot-machine revenue in Broward andMiami-

Dade counties. The decrease would mean more

money for breeders’ awards

and purses at Calder Race

Course and Gulfstream Park.

The bill also gives

Ocala/Marion County the op-

portunity to hold live Thor-

oughbred racing. Another

issue of importance to the

Thoroughbred industry is the

breeders’ flexibility provision

in the compact. The provision

would allow for modification

of awards by agreement rather than a change in

legislation. In addition, pari-mutuels with card

rooms will be able to offer no-limit poker and ex-

pand hours of operation. All issues were cham-

pioned by the FTBOA, and were announced last

October as part of FTBOA’s economic stimulus

package for Florida’s Thoroughbred industry. �

October Special Session onGaming Compact Unlikely

Gilbert G. CampbellPresident

Fred BreiFirst Vice President

J. Michael O’FarrellSecondVice President

Mark RobertsSecretary

Diane ParksTreasurer

DIRECTORSDonald Dizney

Barry W. EisamanMichael Mulligan

Peter VegsoSheila DiMare

Bonnie M. Heath IIIGeorge G. Isaacs

Jessica SteinbrennerCharlotte C. Weber

Richard E. HancockEXECUTIVEVICE PRESIDENT

FloridaThoroughbredBreeders’ and

Owners’Association

801 SW 60th Ave.Ocala, Florida 34474

Phone: (352) 629-2160Fax: (352) 629-3603

visit us at www.ftboa.come-mail: [email protected]

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Passed BenefitsEnabling Slot Machine Legislation (2005) Mandated that Thoroughbred license holders have signed contracts with the state’s breeders

and horsemen’s group to pay Breeders’ Awards and Purses before a permit for slots is issued.

Amendment 4 (2004) Gave the citizens of Miami-Dade and Broward County the opportunity to decide on approvingslot machine installation at existing pari-mutuel facilities.

Florida-bred Stakes Program Sunshine Millions, Florida Million Day, Florida Cup Day ($15 million)

Promotional Funding (1998-99) Budget established for promotion of Florida’s horse industry.

Deregulation of racing dates in July 2001 (1998) The double tax penalty for a permit holder who operates in more than one tax period will sun-set in July 2001.

Sales Medication Reporting Policy (1998) Clarification of the medication reporting policy for Thoroughbred sales.

Elimination of tax on free admission (1998) Tracks no longer required to charge tax on free admission days.

Elimination of 10 p.m. curfew on simulcasting Thoroughbred tracks are allowed to carry full-card simulcasts of Thoroughbred racingof Thoroughbred races (1998) after 10 p.m.

Shuttle stallions (1998) Florida-based stallions ship to Southern Hemisphere countries for breeding purposes remaineligible for stallion owners’ awards, if returned to Florida for the North American breeding season.

Florida Owners’ Awards (1998) 1998 Sunset Provision removed

Tax reduction (1996) Provides that one-half of on-track tax reduction goes towards purses. Tax on simulcasting isreduced from 3.3 percent to 2.4 percent ($2.5 million) to sunset in 1998.

Cardrooms (1996) Allows Thoroughbred tracks the option of operating a cardroom during their live meet or simul-casting after 7 p.m. In the event a Thoroughbred track operates a cardroom, 50 percent of thenet proceeds go to horsemen—47 percent to purses and 3 percent to Breeders’ Awards.

Breeders’ Cup Meet (1996) Allows for the return of the Breeders’ Cup to Florida.

Full-card Simulcasting (1996) Has the potential of increasing purses ($5.5 million) and Breeders’ Awards ($1.1 million).

Private Property Rights Act of Florida (1995) Requires fair compensation for the taking of private property.

Changes in workers’ Compensation laws (1993) Savings of over $6 million annually to breeding and training farms.

OBS granted ITW under a non-wagering State-of the-art OBS sports teletheater constructed (1995).permit (1992)

Changes permitting full-card simulcasting if live Full-card simulcasting experiment conducted at Calder Race Course (1995).races are preserved and purses enhanced (1992)

Breeders now share in a percentage of the Increased Breeders’ Awards by over $600,000 annually.income of Interstate simulcasting (1991)

Changing the source of income for Breeders’ Breeders and Stallion Owners’ Awards are now paid on a timely basis, along withAwards from breaks and escheats to a percentage the 7 percent increase.

of the handle (1991)

Florida Statutes now identify the Thoroughbred Preserved Green Belt Exemption.industry as an Agricultural industry (1990-95)

Intertrack Wagering (1990) $10 million annual increase in purses; $1.2 million increase in Breeders’and Stallion Owners’ Awards.

The Family Bill (1988) Increased attendance.

Sunday Racing (1987) Increased handle over 17 percent, resulting in additional purses of $8.5 million.

Recent (2009) legislation (pending compact) includes approval of a non-profit Thoroughbred permit forOcala/Marion County, a lower tax rate on slots revenue from 50 to 35 percent, passage of a Breeders’ Flexibilitybill and card room legislation that will allow card rooms to offer no-limit poker and expand hours of operationto 18 hours a day on weekdays and 24 hours on weekends.

Following is a list of some of the industry’s major legislative accomplishments.

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� JOE BARBAZON(PleasantAcres Farm)

A native of Louisiana,

and a second generation

horseman, Joe has been

working and doing business

in Marion County since

1970. After visiting some of

the beautiful farms in Ocala,

Joe knew this was where he

wanted to be. After 10 years

at Grosse Pointe Stud Farm,

Joe worked at IrishAcres Farm where he met his wife,

Helen. They were married in 1983. Both with a pas-

sion for horses, they started Pleasant Acres Farm lo-

cated on Shady Road with 10 acres of land and a

couple of broodmares. Pleasant Acres Farm grew to

100 acres of horses. In 2001 it was time to relocate.

The search brought them to north Marion County and

into Morriston where they purchased a 300-acre farm

that is now the current location of PleasantAcres Farm.

Joe and Helen have two sons, Ryan and Travis.

Ryan manages ForeverSpring Farm in Kentucky, and

Travis attends BlessedTrinity School in Ocala. Feeling

the need for a fun family restaurant and having a love

for sports, the largest sports restaurant in the area was

opened in June of 2006. Just west of I-75 on Highway

27 in Ocala, you will find a building, which was once

an Eckerd Drugstore, where Joe and family created

Barbazon’s Sports Bar and Grill.

Pleasant Acres now has five barns, 25 paddocks

and offers boarding, foaling, layups and sales prep.

The farm boards approximately 150 horses owned by

various clients. Joe and Helen own 40 horses of their

own consisting of broodmares, weanlings and year-

lings. They have raised many stakes winners, in-

cluding Presious Passion, the 2008 Florida Turf

Champion and they are the recipients of the 2008

FTBOA Needles Award. To date this year, the Bar-

bazons are the breeders of three stakes winners.

They registered 12 Florida-breds in 2007 and four in

2008.

�DEANDERENZO(Hartley-DeRenzoThoroughbreds)

Dean De Renzo founded Hartley/De Renzo Thor-

oughbredswith partnerRandyHartley in 1992. The com-

pany began as a pinhooking operation and has evolved

into a full service, breeding, training and sales facility.

Located on 65 acres just west of Ocala, Hartley/De

RenzoThoroughbreds is one of the largest breeding and

stallion operations in the state

of Florida, standing 10 stal-

lions in the 2009 breeding

season, including Belgravia,

City Place, Full Mandate,

Omega Code, Pavarotti, Roar

of the Tiger, Simon Pure, The

Green Monkey, Werblin and

With Distinction.

Hartley/De Renzo has


There are five (5) Director vacancies to be filled in 2009 for theelection of FTBOA Directors. Pursuant to Article XIII, Section 1 of

the FTBOA Bylaws, President, Mr. Gilbert G. Campbell, appointed aNominating Committee to receive nominations from the membershipand Board of Directors and recommend eight (8) nominees for con-

sideration by the Board during its meeting on June 12, 2009.

After a review of the Committee’s report, the Board recommendeda slate of eight (8) candidates. FTBOA Bylaws also provide for the

nomination of candidates by member petitions, two (2) petitionswere filed. As a result, ten (10) candidates were named for the five

(5) Director vacancies: 1) Joe Barbazon, 2) Dean De Renzo,3) Brent Fernung, 4)Wynn Jolley, 5) Phil Matthews,

6) Gary Mesnick, 7) Curtis Mikkelsen, 8) Michael Mulligan,9) Gordon Reiss and 10) Jessica Steinbrenner.

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Board of Directors Candidates Biographiesbeen one of the most successful pinhooking oper-

ations over the past 15 years, while their training

operation has developed and trained Grade 1 win-

ners and classic contenders. Hartley/De Renzo

participates as a consignor in the two-year-olds in

training sales and established a world-record for

selling the $16-million juvenile, The Green Mon-

key, at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of se-

lected two-year-olds in training.

De Renzo is one of the founders of the National

Association of Two-Year-Old Consignors (NATC)

and is a past board member of the Florida Thorough-

bred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association. He regis-

tered six Florida-breds in 2007 and eight in 2008.

�BRENT FERNUNG(Journeyman Bloodstock)Brent Fernung has been

involved in the Florida

Thoroughbred industry for

some 30 years. He and his

wife, Crystal, own and op-

erate Journeyman Stud in

northern Marion County.

Journeyman Stud is the

home of Wildcat Heir, cur-

rently the leading first year stallion in North Amer-

ica for 2009, as well as other stallions Bwana

Charlie, Circular Quay, Cowtown Cat, Exclusive

Quality, Gaff, Indy Wind, Mass Media, Saint And-

dan, Sweet Return and Teuflesberg.

Fernung began his career working for Lasater

Farm during that farm’s heyday in the late 1970s.

When Lasater Farm closed in 1984, Fernung’s next

position was on the same property as the farm

manager for Franks Farm/Southland Division. In

1989, the Fernungs’ established Journeyman

Bloodstock Services. Fernung took on the addi-

tional responsibility as the general manager of

Cloverleaf Farm from 2000 until that farm closed

in 2007.

Fernung purchased Eileen’s Moment, the dam of

Lil E. Tee just months before that horse won the

1992 Kentucky Derby. In 2001, Fernung, as agent

for Cloverleaf Farm, purchased the mare I’ll Get

Along. I’ll Get Along’s weanling of that year was

Smarty Jones, winner of the Kentucky Derby and

Preakness Stakes in 2004. In November of 2004,

Fernung, as agent, sold I’ll Get Along for $5 mil-

lion in public auction, the highest-priced broodmare

to sell in the world that year. Several days after sell-

ing I’ll Get Along, Fernung, again as agent for

Cloverleaf, purchased the mare, Apasionata Sonata,

carrying grade 2 stakes winner, Bsharpsonata,

Florida-bred 3-year-old filly champion of 2008.

Apasionata Sonata’s 2 year old of 2009 is the highly

regarded graded stakes-winning colt Backtalk, also

a Florida-bred.

Fernung is a past member of the board of directors

of the Ocala Breeders’Sales Company and was named

the 2004 Florida Farm Manager of the Year. He reg-

istered 28 Florida-breds in 2007 and 14 in 2008.

�T.WYNN JOLLEY(Mar-Wynn Farm)Wynn Jolley is a third generation horseman that

has owned, trained and bred horses successfully for

more than 40 years. A few of the horses Wynn bred

include multiple graded stakes winners Wooden

Phone and Wynn Dot Comma in addition to stakes

winner and graded stakes placed Cash’s Girl. Wynn

established Mar-Wynn Farm in Ocala in 1980. He has

served as vice-president of

the Florida Horsemen’s

Benevolent and Protective

Association and is currently

a member of the board of

the Mountaineer Horse-

men’s Benevolent and Pro-

tective Association. Wynn

registered 13 Florida-breds

in 2007 and 10 in 2008.

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� PHILIPM.MATTHEWS,D.V.M.Dr. Phil Matthews has been a practicing equine vet-

erinarian in Marion County for nearly 30 years. He

came to Ocala in 1981 as an associate veterinarian at

Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital and became a

partner in that practice in 1984. His veterinary affili-

ations include theAmericanVeterinary MedicalAsso-

ciation (AVMA) and the American Association of

Equine Practitioners (AAEP). He has served on sev-

eral committees for theAAEP and is a past member of

the board of directors. Dr. Matthews has been a

speaker and instructor at various veterinary venues

around the country and internationally.

Dr. Matthews has also been involved in the Thor-

oughbred industry in several other capacities. He

bought his firstThoroughbred in 1983. As a farm owner

and breeder, he has had the good fortune of raising sev-

eral stakes winners and has been involved in all facets of

the industry including sales and racing. He registered

four Florida-breds in 2007 and two in 2008.

�GARYMESNICKGary Mesnick has been involved with race horses

for over 33 years. He owns and operates Thorough-

stock, Inc., an Ocala-based bloodstock Agency.

Among the graded stakes winners Thoroughstock has

had in sales include Prismatical, Fara’s Team, Prospec-

tor’s Gamble, Talakeno and most recently Cirac.

Thoroughstock is one of a limited number of

agencies to sell a horse for a million dollars on two

occasions at Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company. Thor-

oughstock sells horses in Kentucky, Maryland, Cal-

ifornia and NewYork.

Gary also owns, in partnership with Norman Dell-

heim, The Summit Farm, a full-service breeding and

training operation. The Summit Farm has bred and

raised a number of stakes winners, including All Hail

Stormy, Midnight Miss, Lite the Fuse and Canadian

Champion Judith’s Wild Rush. In addition, Mesnick

has managed or been the assistant manager of farms

in Kentucky and New Jersey. He was also closely in-

volved with Gary and Steven Wolfson’s Happy Valley

Farm and assisted them with syndication and market-

ing of stallions Buckaroo, Crafty Prospector, Silver

Buck, Island Whirl, American Standard, Commemo-

rate and Garthorn.

Gary’s education includes a Bachelor’s degree

from Colorado State University in Animal Nutrition

and a Master’s degree from the University of Florida

in Agricultural Management. Gary has served on

the Board of Directors of the Florida Thoroughbred

Farm Managers. Gary and his wife, Cassandra, have

three children, Jessica, Joshua and Justin. Gary reg-

istered three Florida-breds in 2007 and two in 2008.

�CURTISMIKKELSEN(Flintridge Farm)

CurtisMikkelsen is retired from a career in sales and

finance in the data processing industry. He is married to

Patricia Horth and they have a daughter inAtlanta who

is a sales executive with Charles Schwab and a son in

Raleigh who is a software sales director with Red Hat.

In 1989, Mikkelsen and his wife established

Flintridge Farm in Brookeville, Maryland. They ini-

tially bought and sold (Pinhooked) Thoroughbreds.

Soon thereafter they formed a small broodmare band

and began breeding Thoroughbreds. In 1996 they

bred Texas Gal, by Sky Classic, a three-year-old

champion in Turkey.

In 1997, they moved Flintridge Farm to Ocala,

Florida and built a new 78-acre breeding facility.

Their first 1997 Florida-

bred was the GSW, and five

time stake winner Madame

Pietra, who traveled from

California to Florida to win

the Sunshine Millions Filly

and Mare Sprint at Gulf-

stream Park.

Mikkelsen andHorth con-

tinue to breed, sell and race

Florida-breds. In 2008, they had asmany as eight horses

in training at Calder. Currently, they have seven brood-

mares, including Madame Pietra’s dam and half-sister

and Kip Deville’s half-sister. They currently have three

racehorses stabled at Calder, including Grade 2 stakes-

placed Private Betty. They registered three Florida-breds

in 2007 and five in 2008.

� MICHAELMULLIGAN(Leprechaun RacingManagement)

Michael Mulligan, owner of Leprechaun Racing

Management, Inc., was born near Prospect Park in

Brooklyn and grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona. His Irish

descent (his Grandfather was an Irish immigrant) per-

haps is what gave him a deep-rooted love of the horse

and the drive which led him to the racetrack, farm life

and, now, a highly successful pinhooking operation.

It has taken years for Mulligan and his wife, Britt, to

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arrive at their present station

in life, one that is full of

hard work and constant de-

mands, but contains many

enjoyable rewards.

Mulligan had riding

horses while growing up in

Arizona, where his father

worked in the newspaper

business. He attended Arizona State University and

began working for Hertz Rental Car Company,

later following a member of management to

Budget. He also spent time walking hots on the

Arizona fair circuit.

Transferred to Jacksonville, Florida, he purchased

a small horse farm outside of town, but remained in

the rental car business. He always knew he would

leave and enter the horse business full time. With a

couple of mares, an occasional pinhook and a few in-

expensive horses racing at Tampa Bay Downs, Mulli-

gan moved to Ocala in 1994. There he met Britt

Wadsworth, who sold him a horse. As fate would have

it, the horse won with Britt as trainer. Soon the two

became a couple and were married.

Michael and Britt own and operate Leprechaun Farm

and Training Center, a 200-acre full-service facility.

They are involved in all aspects of theThoroughbred in-

dustry and specialize in two-year-old sales preparation

and presentation. Michael is very involvedwith the Na-

tional Association of Two-Year-Old Consignors, cur-

rently president and heading both the advertising and

futurity committees. Leprechaun registered nine Florida-

breds in 2007 and 13 in 2008.

� GORDON REISSGordon Reiss, president of Gordon Reiss Insurance

LLC, first moved to Ocala in 1985 after graduating

from the University of South Florida. He opened Reiss

and Associates Advertising, an Addy-award winning

full-service equine advertising agency.

In 1988 Gordon became

general manager forWarner-

ton Farm, quickly acquiring

Meadowlake and Stalwart

for stallion duties. Mead-

owlake became a leading

first-year juvenile sire with

Eclipse Award champion

Meadow Star ($1,445,740)

from his first crop.

In 1998, Reiss opened Gordon Reiss Insurance

LLC, offering a full range of farm property, liability and

mortality coverages. Leading companies represented

include Travelers, Great American and XL Insurance.

During the past year, Reiss supported Florida

Thoroughbred horsemen by actively lobbying for

legislative support of the Florida Gaming Pari-

Mutuel Bill. He sent a 1052 signature petition list to

House Speaker Larry Cretul and 22 House Repre-

sentatives asking for a reduction in slot taxes and ex-

panded gaming. Gordon did not register any

Florida-breds in 2007 or 2008.

� JESSICA STEINBRENNER(Kinsman Farm)Jessica Steinbrenner was born in Cleveland, Ohio

and raised in Tampa, Florida, where she currently re-

sides with her husband, Felix, and her four children.

Jessica is a graduate of Sweet Briar College, where

she earned her degree in Sociology. While at Sweet

Briar, she also studied creative writing and has writ-

ten and published children’s books. In addition, Jes-

sica was a member of Sweet Briar’s

Varsity Equestrian Team. She is a Gen-

eral Partner of the New York Yankees.

She is a strong supporter of the Florida

Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation,

the Thoroughbred Retirement Founda-

tion and the University Of Florida Col-

lege of Veterinary Medicine.

Presently, Jessica owns and operates

Bach Stables and serves as the General

Manager of Kinsman Farm. The 750-acre farm in

Ocala is home to about 40 broodmares and currently

has about 30 horses in the stable’s racing operation.

Kinsman Hope, winner of the 1972 Remsen Stakes,

was among the farm’s first Thoroughbreds. Kins-

man Farm won the Alabama Stakes in 2005 with

Sweet Symphony and the 2000 Ballerina Handicap

with Dream Supreme, seven years after her dam,

Spinning Round, won the same race. Dream

Supreme’s third foal is Majestic Warrior, 2007

Hopeful Stakes winner and current stallion at Ash-

ford Stud Farm. Kinsman has had six horses run in

the Kentucky Derby (Steve’s Friend, Eternal Prince,

Diligence, Concerto, Blue Burner and 2005 favorite

Bellamy Road). Diligence and Concerto both re-

tired to stud at Ocala farms. Kinsman registered

five Florida-breds in 2007 and four in 2008. In

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company’s various businesses include building gas

pipelines and commercial real estate development. In

the summer of 1998, Schettine took that fateful heli-

copter ride to check out a north-south gas pipeline route

toTarpon Springs, Florida.Always fascinated by horses,

and particularly Thoroughbred racehorses, Schettine

was intrigued by his view from above of Ocala’s many

horse farms.

“I didn’t grow up around horses, but for some un-

known reason, I’ve always loved horses,” said Schettine.

“And I’ve always thought the Thoroughbred is a spec-

tacular athlete. I thought that one day I’d like to own a

farm and some racehorses.”

Prompted by the helicopter ride, Schettine decided

that the time was right to pursue his dream. In true en-

trepreneurial spirit, he began to educate himself about

theThoroughbred industry.As part of that self-imposed

curriculum, the firstThoroughbred public auction he at-

tended was the 1998 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s

October fall mixed sale and followed that with a visit to

the KeenelandNovember breeding stock sale.And that’s

where hisThoroughbred business education accelerated

from observer to owner.

The Keeneland sale included the Fares Dispersal and

even a still-learning student like Schettine knew a good

Thoroughbred business deal when he saw one. Some of

the well-bred broodmares were too tempting for Schet-

tine to pass up, so he didn’t. Among his purchases was

the Rubianomare Felicita in foal to Dehere for $42,000.

Schettine then sold the resulting 1999 Dehere filly,

through Bluewater Sales, agent, for $175,000 at the

2000 Fasig-Tipton July yearling sale.

The filly, bred and sold by Schettine, was named

Take Charge Lady. Raced by Select Stables and trained

byKennyMcPeek,Take Charge Ladywon eight graded

stakes, was graded-stakes placed seven times and earned

$2,480,377.Among her graded stakes victories were the

2002 Ashland Stakes (G1) and 2002-2003 Spinster

Stakes (G1).At the 2004KeenelandNovember breeding

stock sale,Take Charge Lady sold in foal to Seeking the

Gold for $4.2 million.

EXPANDING INVOLVEMENT

By the time Take Charge Lady was sold as a brood-

mare, Schettine’s involvement in the Thoroughbred in-

dustry had grown to include stallions, broodmares, a

racing stable and a stallion station. He had scored racing

success, being represented by graded stakes winner

Bachelor Blues and stakes winners PrinceAlphie,Wage

a Penny and So Much More. In 2003, Schettine estab-

lished Signature Stallions just outside Ocala in nearby


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Buy a Florida-bredto take advantage

of these opportunities.

Reddick. The first stallions he stood included Florida-

bred graded stakes winners StraightMan andTexas Glit-

ter, as well as stakes winner Unbridled Time.

“I always wanted to be involved in all aspects of the

Thoroughbred industry. We breed, stand stallions, sell

and race” said Schettine. “Diversification is good be-

cause success fluctuates from aspect to another in every

business. Therefore, if you’re involved at every level,

then the good times in one balance out the bad times in

the other.”

Signature Stallions is a stallion station in the purest

sense of the term. At only 10 acres, there is no brood-

mare or training division. Schettine leases a portion of

Good Chance Farm to board his Florida-based brood-

mares with his young horses being broken and trained

by Nick and Jaqui de Meric.

In addition to original members Straight Man and

Unbridled Time, the Signature Stallion roster currently

includes Bachelor Blues, Chapel Royal, Irish Road,

Shakespeare andWestern Pride. Bill Bazzell has served

as the Signature farm manager for the past three years.

“Mr. Schettine is very committed to the Florida

breeding industry,” said Bazzell, who came to Signature

Stallions after a seven-year stint at WinStar Farm. “His

goal is to stand the best stallions we can for the Florida

breeders.We felt like we already had a strong roster and

adding stallions like Chapel Royal and Shakespeare only

strengthened it even more.”

Schettine purchased Florida-bred multiple graded

stakes winner Chapel Royal in late October 2008. The

son of leading Florida sire Montbrook was relocated

from Kentucky-based Ashford Stud to Signature Stal-

lions for the 2009 breeding season. Bred and sold by

Ocala Stud, Chapel Royal was the $1.2million sales top-

per at the 2003 OBS Calder February selected 2-year-

olds in training sale. Chapel Royal won the Sanford

Stakes (G2) and Flash Stakes (G3), was second in the

Hopeful Stakes (G1) and Champagne Stakes (G1), and

finished third in the Breeders’Cup Juvenile (G1). Out of

the winning Cutlass mare Cut Class Leanne, Chapel

Royal retired with lifetime earnings of $495,571.

Chapel Royal was ranked as the sixth-leading 2008

freshman sire in North America with progeny earnings

of $1,111,801. He was the leading North American

freshman sire by number of winners with 37. To date in

2009, Chapel Royal is represented by Florida-bred

graded stakes winner Advice, stakes winners Cape

Royale and Coronation Day, as well as by seven stakes-

placed runners.

“The response to Chapel Royal coming to stand in

Ocala has been great,” said Bazzell. “He had a book of

115 mares in 2009 and we’re looking forward to the

2010 season.”

After standing the past two seasons at Lexington-

basedHill ‘n’Dale Farms, multiple Grade 1 stakes win-

ner Shakespeare will stand his first season at Signature


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Stallions in 2010. By Theatrical (Ire) out of Grade 1-

winner and stakes producer Lady Shirl, byThat’s a Nice,

Shakespeare raced for and is still owned by his breeder

Dell Ridge Farm and Schettine. Shakespeare won four

stakes in eight starts, including the Joe HirschTurf Clas-

sic Invitational (G1) and Belmont Breeders’Cup Hand-

icap (G2) in 2005, as well as the 2007 Woodbine Mile

Stakes (G1). Racing exclusively on the turf, Shakespeare

won $711,540. His first crop are foals of 2009.

“The Shakespeare babies that I’ve seen are out-

standing,” said Bazzell. “And now with the new syn-

thetic surfaces, there is new interest in stallions who

were excellent turf runners. Turf horses seem to do well

on the synthetic surfaces, so we think it’s good timing to

bring Shakespeare here to Florida.”

STALWART STALLIONS

Florida-bred graded stakes winner StraightManwas

the first stallion purchased by Schettine, standing his

first year at stud in 2001 at what was then DunHill Stud.

When Schettine bought DunHill Stud at the end of 2002,

he renamed it Signature Stallions. By Saint Ballado out

of Brilliant Melody, by Cornish Prince, Straight Man

won the 2000WinnercommHandicap (G2). Hewas also

second in theMalibu Stakes (G1) and third in the Derby

Trial Stakes (G3) on his way to earning $333,304.

Straight Man is the sire of 10 stakes winners to date,

including Florida-bred graded stakes winner Get Funky.

Get Funky, an earner of $639,705, won the 2006 Del

Mar Derby (G2) and 2007 Morvich Handicap (G3). In

2009, Straight Man is represented by stakes winners

Brenda’s Slew and Dee’s Rose.

“I’ve loved Straight Man from the moment I bought

him,” said Schettine. “He’s been a good consistent top

ten Florida sire every year and he’s a great value for

Florida breeders.”

The other remaining member of the original Signa-

ture Stallions is Unbridled Time, a stakes-winning and

graded stakes-placed son of Unbridled’s Song out of the

multiple stakes-producing Halo mare Haveaheavenly-

time. Unbridled Time is the sire of stakes winner Un-

bridledAmbiance and seven stakes-placed runners.

Western Pride and Irish Road are 2009 freshman

sires with their first foals being juveniles. Florida-bred

multiple graded stakes-winning millionaire Western

Pride is by Way West (FR) out of the Proud Birdie

mare Strongerthanpride. Western Pride won the Ohio

Derby (G2), San Fernando Breeders’Cup Stakes (G2),

Calder Derby (G3) and San Bernardino Handicap (G3).

He was also graded stakes-placed three times, includ-

ing the SantaAnita Handicap (G1) and Pimlico Special

Handicap (G1). Western Pride retired with a career

bankroll of $1,289,929.

Irish Road, an earner of $128,910, is by Unbridled’s

Shakespeare to Stand at Signature Stallions

By NICK FORTUNA

In “Twelfth Night,” William Shakespeare famously wrote, “Be not afraid of greatness.Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust

upon ‘em.” Four centuries later, a stallion named Shakespeare whoachieved greatness as a turf specialist is trying to give Florida breedersfoals that are born great.

Shakespeare, a Grade 1 winner who earned $1.29 million at theracetrack, will stand at William Schettine’s Signature Stallions in Red-

dick for the upcoming breeding season. Shakespeare began his studcareer in 2008 at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Ky., and stood this yearfor a $10,000 stud fee.

Signature Stallions farm manager Bill Bazzell said the horse willstand for $10,000 during the upcoming breeding season, but breederscan take advantage of the farm’s multiple-mare discount program.

“He was just a phenomenal racehorse,” Bazzell said. “He’s agreat-looking horse, and with his first foals, I’ve not seen anything notto like about them. Every one of them seems exceptional, and wehave six of them.We’re really happy to have him.”

Shakespeare made his racing debut at age 3 in 2004 and won both

Grade 1 winner earned $1.29 million before retiring

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Song out of the multiple stakes-winning Known Fact

mare Twin Propeller. She is the granddam of Florida-

bred graded stakes- winning millionaire SmoothAir.

Rounding out the Signature Stallions roster is Bach-

elor Blues, a graded stakes winner bred and raced by

Schettine. By Smoke Glacken out of the El Prado (Ire)

mare Wedding Day Blues, Bachelor Blues won the

Summer Stakes (G2). He was also stakes-placed three

times, including a second in the Toronto Cup Handi-

cap (G3) on his way to earning $353,019. Bachelor

Blues’ first foals are yearlings of 2009.

GOTTA HAVE BABIES

Schettine’s currentbroodmarebandnumbers30with the

majority boarded on leased property atGoodChanceFarm

inOcala andatDellRidgeFarmnearLexington,Kentucky.

of his starts that year, including the $67,000 Caltech Stakes atGulfstream Park, a race that covered nine furlongs on turf.

The following year, he captured the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic In-vitational Stakes (G1), going 1½ miles on grass at Belmont Parkand defeating 2007 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner English Channel.He also won the Belmont Breeders’ Cup Handicap (G2) at nine fur-longs on turf.

Shakespeare sat out his 5-year-old season with a tendon in-jury but came back to win the Woodbine Mile Stakes (G1) on turfat age 6, defeating 2007 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Kip Deville.That would be his final start, however, as his injured tendon con-tinued to give him problems. Shakespeare finished his career withseven wins in eight starts for Frank Justice’s Dell Ridge Farm.

Shakespeare is the eighth-richest horse ever sired by The-atrical, who won the Breeders’ Cup Turf in 1987 and finished hiscareer with $2.94 million in earnings. Theatrical won an Eclipse Award in 1987 as the top older male turf horse. Shakespeareis out of the That’s a Nice mare Lady Shirl.

“North America really doesn’t have a lot of respect for turf sires, but the turf pedigrees have really proven themselves onthe synthetics too, so people have to look at it that way too,” Bazzell said. “He’s got everything that people should be lookingfor in a sire. His race record and his looks speak for themselves.” �

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“Right nowwe have a relatively young broodmare band,”

said Schettine. “But I think it’s a good one. I like breeding

nice babies and having them go on to do well at the race-

track.That’s the proving ground for your breeding program.”

Included in Schettine’s broodmare band are So Much

More and LakeAlice, two stakes winners raced by him. In

addition, he also owns the unraced RedRansommare Com-

fort a Belle, the dam of stakes winners LakeAlice and Pla-

tel, as well as stakes-placedVicar‘s Daughter.

Also bredbySchettine, SoMuchMore is byChimesBand

out of the Slew o’Gold mare List O’Gold. Schettine bought

ListO’Gold at that aforementioned

1998 Fares Dispersal, paying

$15,000 for her while she was car-

rying So Much More. For Schet-

tine, So Much More won the

Treasure Chest Stakes and was

stakes-placed 10 times. SoMuchMore was third in the Gar-

deniaHandicap (G3),TurfwayBreeders’CupStakes (G3) and

First LadyHandicap (G3), retiringwith earnings of $381,516.

So Much More’s 2007 Western Pride filly was sold by

Signature Sales, agent, for $100,000 to EddieWoods, agent,

at the 2008 OBSAugust yearling sale. So Much More has

a 2008 Unbridled Time colt and is in foal to Shakespeare.

Bought privately and raced by Schettine, LakeAlice won

the J J’sDreamStakeswhile finishing second in theStonerside

Beaumont Stakes (G2) and third in the Sunshine Millions

Ocala Stud Oaks. The 2003 Mt. Livermore mare banked

$173,799. LakeAlice has a 2008UnbridledTime colt, a 2009

Shakespeare colt and is in foal to Shakespeare. Comfort a

Belle, the damof LakeAlice, has a 2007 StraightMan filly, a

2009 Shakespeare colt and is in foal to Shakespeare.

While Schettine enjoys the breeding aspect of theThor-

oughbred business, he also enjoys the racing end of it too.

“We offer everything we breed at public auction,” said

Schettine. “If it doesn’t sell, we race it. I also buy horses to

race too. That way we keep the racing stable active and

bring in new blood for our breeding program.”

Schettine’s 20-horse racing stable is spread out among

trainers BarclayTagg, Gregory Sacco, Patrick Biancone and

KiaranMcLaughlin. Schettine owns some horses solely and

others in various partnerships.

At the 2009 OBS April juvenile sale, Schettine paid

$60,000 for a colt by Victory Gallop out of the Relaunch

mare Rayelle. The colt was consigned by Harris Training

Center, agent. Named Piscitelli, the colt was third to Dixie

Band in the Arlington-Washington Futurity (G3) on Sep-

tember 5 in but his third lifetime start. Trained by Sacco,

Piscitelli has to date earned $46,570.

Schettine races two-time graded stakes-placed juve-

nile Zip Quik in partnership with Flying Zee Stable, Kona

Stable and Michael Imperio. Zip Quik was second to

Florida-bred D’Funnybone in the Saratoga Special (G2)

and second to Necessary Evil in the Hollywood Juvenile

Championship Stakes (G3). Trained by Biancone, the colt

was also third to Classical Slew in theWillard L. Proctor

Memorial Stakes and has to date earned $86,222. Con-

signed by All In Sales, agent, Zip Quik was a $320,000

purchase by Biancone, agent, at the 2009 OBSMarch ju-

venile sale.

Despite not having yet made a start, a juvenile filly

named Elarose may be Schettine’s sentimental favorite for

two reasons. By Storm Cat, Elarose is out of Take Charge

Lady. Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent, at the 2008

Keeneland September yearling sale, Schettine purchased

the filly for $800,000 through Northshore Bloodstock,

agent. She is currently in training with Barclay Tagg.

“Not only is Elarose out of Take Charge Lady, but I

named her after my mother,” said Schettine. “I have high

hopes for Elarose as a racehorse and a future broodmare.

She definitely has the quality breeding and potential. And

remember, quality is what it’s all about.”�

“We offer everything we breed at public auction. If it doesn’t sell, werace it. I also buy horses to race too. That way we keep the racing stable

active and bring in new blood for our breeding program.”—William Schettine

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By NICK FORTUNA

Though he’s only 2 years old, Jackson Bend has

already gotten a lesson in bearing the weight of

high expectations. Hewas sent off as the favorite

for the third time in his five-race career on Aug. 29 at

Calder Race Course, and once again, he delivered, win-

ning the $150,000Affirmed Stakes by 1½ lengths.

Jackson Bend has now won the first two legs of the

open division of the Florida Stallion Stakes series, and

with a victory in the final leg, he would become the sec-

ond Florida-bred colt in as many years to sweep the se-

ries. Big Drama, bred and owned by Ocala’s Harold

Queen, won all three legs last year.

In the fillies’ division of the FSS, there will not be a

sweep this year. Florida-bred Rosebud’s Ridge pulled of

a shocker in the $150,000 Susan’s Girl, holding on for a

neck-length victory over the favored Sweetlalabye, who

had won the opening leg of the series.

In the Affirmed, Jackson Bend and jockey Jeffrey

Sanchez employed their usual strategy of running just

off the pace before taking command down the stretch.

He ran most of the seven-furlong race in third place be-

hind the pacesetting Mr. Green, then rallied three-wide

around the turn to engage the leader.

Jackson Bend edged away from the field in the final

half-furlong, stopping the clock in 1:25.19 for his fourth

consecutive victory.

“This horse is such a good horse to ride, not just be-

cause he wins, but because he gives you whatever you

need every time,” Sanchez said. “He breaks well enough

and shows you he has some speed, if that’s what you

want him to do, or he just lets you put him in a stalking

position or farther back, if necessary.When you ask him

to go on, he explodes and then does what he has to to get

the job done. I feel good about the way hewill run going

more distance.”

Jackson Bend was bred by Fred Brei at Jacks or Bet-

ter Farm, and the Reddick horseman still owns the colt.

He also bred the horse’s freshman sire, Hear No Evil,

who stands at Rising Hill Farm in Ocala.

Since finishing second in his career debut at Calder

in May, Jackson Bend is unbeaten in four starts, win-

ning those races by a combined margin of five lengths.

Last month, he won the $98,500 Frank GomezMe-

morial Stakes by half a length over Florida-bred D’

Funnybone, who went on to dominate the Saratoga

Special (G2). And on Aug. 8, Jackson Bend captured

the first leg of the FSS, the $100,000 Dr. Fager division,

by three-quarters of a length over Mr. Green. Jackson

Bend has earned $237,820.

“He’ll give you a cardiac attack sometimes theway he

makes that bigmove up to the leader but then just inches

away like he knowswhere the finish line is,” trainer Stan-


ction JAFlorida-bred Rosebudʼs

Ridge upset Sweetlalabye in the Susanʼs Girl division

of the Florida Stallion Stakes series.

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ley Gold said. “You always have to be concerned when a

horse gets loose on the lead. In today’s race, wewere con-

cerned aboutMr. Green in front, but you just have to rely

on your rider to decide where to be.”

JacksonBend’s first two stakes races each covered six

furlongs, and hewent one furlong farther in theAffirmed.

After the race, Gold said the colt likely won’t run again

until the final leg of the FSS, the $400,000 In Reality di-

vision, which covers 11⁄16 miles at Calder on Oct. 17.

The order of finish in theAffirmed was the same as

in the Dr. Fager.

Mr. Green, bred by Frank Perkins, is a son of the late

BridlewoodFarm stallionProudAccolade andwas sold to

Farnsworth Stables and Kramer Stables for $17,000 at

OBS last August. Bim Bam, bred and owned by J D

Farms, is a sonof formerFlorida stallionDeputyWildCat.

In the Susan’s Girl, Rosebud’s Ridge led a field of

seven Florida-bred, juvenile fillies from gate to wire and

had just enough left to hold off Sweetlalabye in the des-

perate final yards. With Cecilio Penalba aboard, Rose-

bud’s Ridge set quick fractions of 22.78 seconds for the

first quarter-mile and 45.88 seconds for a half-mile and

entered the top of the stretchwith a 3½-length advantage.

Sweetlalabye and jockey Manoel Cruz used their

come-from-behind style to set up a hard-fought stretch

duel. She rallied from fifth place early, lugged in along

the rail and just missed as the winner finished the seven-

furlong race in 1:26.53.

“I wasn’t exactly planning on being on the lead, but

she was so sharp early on that I was actually fighting

with her at first and decided to just let her run the way

she wanted to,” Penalba said. “This filly is still learning

how to run a race, and today was probably the best les-

son she could get, win or lose. She gained something

out of it.

“Shewas tired at the end, of course, sowhen I got to the

top of the stretch, I knew she only had a little bit left, so I

let her use it instead of letting it getwasted ifwegot caught

halfway through the stretch. Fortunately, we hung on.”

Rosebud’s Ridge, a daughter of Tiger Ridge, broke

her maiden in her fourth try Aug. 8. Bred by Herman

Wilensky and owned byAngel Quiroz, the filly has fin-

ished in the money in all five of her starts for $125,860.

Sweetlalabye, who won the $100,000 Desert Vixen

division of the FSS by three-quarters of a length, was

bred and is owned by Jacqueline Tortora and Richard

andToniAncona.The daughter of Ocala Stud Farm stal-

lion Sweetsouthernsaint has two wins in four starts.

Winsockie, bred by Ocala’s Marion Montanari, is a

daughter of Trippi and has hit the board in both of her

starts.

The fillies’ division of the FSS concludes Oct. 17

with the $400,000 My Dear Girl, which covers 11⁄16

miles. �

Florida-bred Jackson Bendearned his fourth consecu-tive victory in the Affirmeddivision of the Florida Stal-lion Stakes.

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By JO ANN GUIDRY

James and Ginny Gamble got so excited

watching homebred Gator Brew win

Calder Race Course’s Lindsay Frolic

Stakes on August 29, they think they might

have woken up a few grizzly bears.

TheGambles, who established their Ocala-

based Oak Springs Farm in 1991, spend the

summers at their home near Kalispell, Mon-

tana.And that is definitely grizzly bear coun-

try. Not able to be at Calder for Gator Brew’s

race, the Gambles watched it inMontana on a

racing channel via satellite.

“Wewere cheeringGator

Brew on every stride of the

race,” said James Gamble, a

retired head, neck and throat

surgeon. “We were really

yelling there at the end since

it was so close and she won

by just a nose. I’m pretty

sure we probably woke up a

few grizzly bears.”

The excitement was

well justified, considering it was but the sec-

ond lifetime start for Gator Brew. By Mil-

waukee Brew out of the stakes-winning Out

of Place mare Doc’s Doll, the 2-year-old filly

broke her maiden and notched her first

stakes win with the Lindsay Frolic Stakes

tally. Two weeks prior, she had finished third

to Big City Diva in a maiden special weight

race. Trained by BillWhite, Gator Brew has

to date banked $62,200.

Gator Brew’s stakes win was particularly

gratifying for the Gambles, who also raced

her dam Doc’s Doll and consider the Out of

Place mare a member of the family.

“We bought Doc’s Doll as a yearling

and raced her,” said Gamble. “She was a

stakes winner for us and now she’s already

produced a stakes winner. She’s a part of our

family and she’ll always have a homewith us.”

Doc’s Doll was also quite a bargain. Gam-

ble bought her for a mere $1,700 at the 2001

Keeneland October fall mixed sale. She was

then entered in the 2002Ocala Breeders’Sales

Company’s June juvenile sale, but was listed

as an ‘out.’And the Gambles ended up racing

her themselves. Pardon the pun, but that def-

initely proved to be a winning gamble.

In three seasons of racing, Doc’s Doll

earned $207,985 on six wins, three seconds

and two thirds. She won the 2004 Florida

Breeders’ Distaff Stakes, equaling the Ocala

Training Center’s track record of 1:44.20 for

a mile and one-sixteenths. Doc’s Doll also

posted a second in the 2002 JosephA. Gimma

Stakes at Belmont Park.

Doc’s Doll’s first foal was Samantha G, a

2006 Macho Uno filly the Gambles named

after their now deceased pet dog. To date,

Samantha G has earned $25,389 andwith her

half-sister Gator Brew comprise the Gambles’

two-horse racing stable trained byWhite.

In 2008, Doc’s Doll produced an Ex-

change Rate filly namedGinnyG and she has

a 2009 Montbrook filly. The latter was a late

May foal so the Gambles passed on breeding

Doc’s Doll back.

“We don’t like to breed mares late in the

season,” said Gamble. “We’re older now and

it’s easier to manage a smaller operation.”

The Gambles, who have been married for

53 years and in theThoroughbred business for

30 years, grew up in small Kentucky towns

about sevenmiles apart from each other.They

would later meet while both were attending

the University of Louisville. Prior to moving

to Florida, theGambles hadThoroughbred op-

erations in Indiana and Kentucky. In 1991,

they bought their 75-acre Oak Springs Farm

in Ocala and moved there when James Gam-

ble retired from his medical practice in 1993.

Breeding to sell and race over the years,

the Gambles have gradually scaled down their

operation. Besides Doc’s Doll, the Gambles

currently have only two other broodmares in

Doc’s Honey and Lucky

Lady Lucy. And like Doc’s

Doll, they too have proven

to be prudent purchases.

The Gambles bought

Doc’s Honey for $6,000 at

the 2000 OBS August

yearling sale. They raced

the Lite the Fuse out of

Honolulu Honey, by

*Hawaii, mare and she

went on to earn $118,576.

Doc’s Honey has a 2008 Milwaukee Brew

filly named Honey Brew, a 2009 Indian

Ocean filly and is in foal to Roar of theTiger.

At the 2003 OBSOctober fall mixed sale,

the Gambles bought Lucky Lady Lucy for

$4,000. The Salt Lake mare was in foal to

Florida-bred graded stakes winner Prime

Timber.TheGambles sold the resultant Prime

Timber filly for $30,000 to Clyde Rice at the

2005 OBSAugust yearling sale. In the name

of his Indian Prairie Ranch, agent, Rice sold

the filly for $160,000 at the 2006 OBSApril

juvenile sale to Hal J. Earnhardt. Named

Prime Catch, the filly was third in the 2008

SunshineMillions Filly &Mare Sprint on her

way to career earnings of $120,316.

Blacktype-producer Lucky Lady Lucy has

a 2008 colt by GraemeHall namedTazG and

a 2009 Full Mandate filly. Lucky Lady Lucy

is not in foal for 2010.�

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In lateAugust, the Jockey Club hosted the

57th Annual Round Table Conference on

Matters Pertaining to Racing in Saratoga

Springs, NewYork.Topics included tattoo I.D.

services, theThoroughbred Retirement Foun-

dation, Racing Surfaces and the NTRA Safety

and IntegrityAlliance. But perhaps the liveli-

est talks related to medication and its use in

the industry. Below is a transcript of an ad-

dress given by Dr. Scott Palmer, chairman of

the American Association of Equine Practi-

tioner’s Racing Committee. Palmer’s remarks

about the use of Salix juxtaposed with com-

ments made by keynote speaker Louis Ro-

manet, chairman of the International

Federation of Horseracing Authorities.

Dr. Scott Palmer:UNIFORMITY, A PRESCRIPTIONFOR REFORM

“The American Association of Equine

Practitioners was founded 55 years ago by 11

racetrack veterinarians. The AAEP’s horse

racing origins provide a unique understand-

ing of the health and welfare needs of the

racehorse. The AAEP has grown to nearly

10,000 veterinarians and veterinary students

in 58 countries around the world. Our mem-

bers work with all equine breeds and disci-

plines, and this diversity helps the AAEP

provide resources and leadership for the ben-

efit of the entire equine industry.

As an organization, our mission is simple:

to protect the health and welfare of the horse

and to further the professional development

of veterinarians around the world.

Last December theAAEP released a white

paper to provide a veterinary viewpoint to the

Thoroughbred racing industry to address a

wide rangeof issues that have become the focus

of national attention in the wake of a series of

high-profile injuries on the world stage of rac-

ing. This white paper focused on four areas of

importance: societal issues that affect racing,

the business model of racing, the veterinarian-

trainer-owner relationship, and medication.

The problems of racing inAmerica are far

reaching and involve many factors beyond

medication. However, there can be no ques-

tion that we do have a medication problem.

And transparency in the area of the veterinar-

ian-trainer-owner relationship is of particular

importance as we go forward.

On the subject of Salix, or furosemide:Most racehorses experience some degree

of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhag-

ing when they train and race at high speeds.

Scientific studies, as you heard earlier, have

conclusively proven that Salix is effective in

reducing the severity and prevalence of exer-

cise induced pulmonary hemorrhage in rac-

ing horses.Therefore, if you are going to race

a horse that experiences exercise induced pul-

monary hemorrhage, it is in the best interest

of the health and the welfare of that horse to

treat with Salix. OurAAEPwhite paper takes

a clear stand that nomedication should be ad-

ministered on race day except for Salix.

On the subject of non-steroidal anti-in-flammatory medication:

As you heard earlier, regulatory veterinari-

ans have expressed concern that the adminis-

tration of NSAIDs, or non-steroidal

anti-inflammatory medications, within 24

hours of their pre-race examinationsmay com-

promise their ability to properly evaluate those

horses for soundness.We recognize that a qual-

ity pre-race examination is one of our best tools

for helping to prevent catastrophic injury. If

testing of horses at the time of these examina-

tions reveals therapeutic levels of the drugs,

then we may need to move the administration

of NSAIDs back to minimize that effect.

However, in terms of medication’s impact

upon the sport of racing, these two issues pale

in comparison with the fact that our current

medication policy is broken and is undermining

the very credibility of our sport. Our medica-

tion policy should accomplish the following:

First and foremost, it should protect the health

andwelfare of the horse. Secondly, it should en-

sure a level playing field and promote the in-

tegrity of racing. It should be uniform and it

should inspire the trust of the public. Finally, it


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should operate efficiently and in accordance

with the principles of due process.

Instead, our current medication policy,

howeverwell-meaning, is compromised by its

lack of uniform policy and financial support in

multiple racing jurisdictions. It is amockery of

discipline and security. It is undermining the

integrity of the sport and the public perception

that racing authorities either have their heads

in the sand or think that this problem is not sig-

nificant enough tomake ameaningful change.

Change is often a very uncomfortable expe-

rience.Andresistance tochange isusually rooted

in a perception that change equals loss, either in

terms of power or money. In order to overcome

resistance to change, effective leadersmust pro-

vide a vision for the future that inspires us to

make change, or the level of dissatisfactionwith

the status quo must reach a threshold to force

change. In either or both cases, there needs to be

a reasonable plan or “first steps” provided in

order to show theway to the future.

Right now we have a unique opportunity.

We are faced with a choice.We can choose to

support the status quo.And how is that work-

ing out for us? Or we can choose to create a

medication policy that actually works to in-

spire confidence and integrity in our sport.

We have all heard the cynics. They say that

nothing will change. They say that uniformity

of medication rules and a meaningful penalty

structure that will stop the cheating will never

happen. Individual racing jurisdictions pick and

choose what model rules they want to enforce

while regulators in some jurisdictions rush to

claim the “high ground” and enact their own

vision ofmedication reform.The cynics saywe

will never get it right. I respectfully disagree.

Consider the following first steps:TheAmericanAssociation of Equine Prac-

titioner’s white paper onThoroughbred racing

has challenged the status quo by enthusiasti-

cally endorsing the uniform adoption ofARCI

model rules formedication and a uniform, sig-

nificant penalty structure that erases the con-

cept that positive tests are simply a cost of

doing business.TheAAEP is now reviewing a

“best practice” document for racetrack practi-

tioners that sets a clear standard for medica-

tion practice at American racetracks. It

supports veterinarians who are making good

decisions on the backstretch for thewelfare of

the horse and the benefit of our sport. Veteri-

narians have taken a clear and unequivocal

stance on the side of medication reform.

In spite of our best efforts, we, as an in-

dustry, have failed to accomplish the goal of

uniform medication policy among our 38

racing jurisdictions. The Racing Medication

and Testing Consortium has accomplished a

great deal in moving us toward uniformmed-

ication policy since its inception in 2001.The

recent anabolic steroid policy is a success

that we should all celebrate. However, all pol-

itics is local and we need to work at the state

level in order to make this goal a reality.

Short of federal legislation, the best chance

that we have to achieve a uniformmedication

policy in the United States is for our industry

to get behind the adoption of an interstate

racing compact.

The Jockey Club and the Association of

Racing Commissioners International have

both endorsed creation of an interstate com-

pact for racing. An interstate compact is a

compact between states. It provides an op-

portunity to create uniform rules and stan-

dards, as well as a unified voice and

authority. States will retain their sovereignty

over all issues outside the contract. An inter-

state racing compact will encourage cooper-

ative behavior without the cost or the

bureaucracy of federal intervention.

The time for extended diplomacy is over.

The sport that we love is dying andwe cannot

afford protracted delay. To the extent that

medication reform can help save our indus-

try, we must act now with deliberate speed

and conviction. The Jockey Club, supported

by owners, breeders, trainers and veterinari-

ans, has the ability to encourage horsemen in

all racing jurisdictions in the United States to

work toward state adoption of a racing com-

pact that will include uniform ARCI model

rules and penalties. Participation in an inter-

state compact is a voluntary act by individual

states. It will require each state racing com-

mission to cede some authority to the inter-

state compact, but they will retain the ability

to regulate the sport in their own jurisdiction.

This is a very small price to pay for the ben-

efits of a national uniformmedication policy.

I realize that there are a number of details

to be worked out to make this goal a reality.

There will be thorns among the rose bushes.

But I ask you again, how is the status quo

working out for us? Hasn’t the level of dis-

satisfaction become great enough to inspire

decisive action?What more will it take to get

us to take responsibility and be accountable

for this needed reform?

This is our moment. Now is our opportu-

nity to choose to make landmark reform of

our medication policy. The American Asso-

ciation of Equine Practitioners is here to help

the Thoroughbred racing industry accom-

plish meaningful medication reform.We can

provide the science.We can provide the pro-

fessional leadership. The vision is clear: to-

gether we can create a medication policy that

will help to lead our beloved industry into a

bright new era. Here is the first step: as a

united industry we must use the political

tools at our disposal to create an interstate

compact that will include a powerful uniform

medication policy in the United States. Suc-

cess is a choice. Ladies and gentlemen, what

would you like to do?”

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Excerpt from Louis Romanet’sKeynote AddressTHE NEED FOR INTERNATIONALHARMONIZATION

“Why do we need international harmoni-

sation of medication control? We need it be-

cause it will provide, first, a level playing field

across international boundaries—border-free

racing as we say. A positive test in one coun-

try must be a positive test in another country.

It will also provide an improvement in

consistency of policies and public confidence

in horseracing; and it will provide harmoni-

sation of detection sensitivity and drug clas-

sification, thus any violations will be much

more difficult to defend.

International harmonization

will also reduce inadvertent viola-

tions, and facilitate the globaliza-

tion of horseracing; and it will

minimize bad publicity and em-

barrassment resulting from med-

ication violations at international races. I had to

deal with the announcement to the JRA that

Deep Impact was positive because of a med-

ication not properly administered to himby the

Japanese vet prior to the race. It is a difficult

time for an executive; but it will also increase

confidence in commingling, and theBreeders’

Cup example for us is very important.

Where are we now? We have an interna-

tional agreement, anArticle Six on laboratory

services that specifies that the aim of signa-

tory countries is that their laboratories should

be accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, according to

the requirements and guides set out in the

ILAC G7 document, accreditation is funda-

mental as it was already said this morning.

These labsmust also take part in inter-lab-

oratory comparisons, like we do it between

England, France and Ireland. One year, we

have an administration program done by the

Irish vet and then it was blind testing from the

other labs. By the end, the English lab found

two substances, the Irish lab found two sub-

stances, and we found three. Then we came

back to the Irish vet whomade the admission.

He said, “It’s impossible, I only gave two.”

We asked him to check and we found out

that just before doing his administration pro-

gram he’s been feeding a horse with some

drugs and he had not been cleaning his hands.

So we were quite proud of having caught him

at the end of the exercise. But this is very im-

portant andwe do also some blind-testingwith

Hong Kong and with other countries and we

would like to do itwith you asmuch aswe can.

So,wewere delighted to learn that, on June

18, 2009, the Racing Medication and Testing

Consortium board of directors decided to go

to the right direction and approved new na-

tional laboratory standards for testing, the im-

plementation of a laboratory accreditation

program and new independent EquineQuality

Assurance Program.These are the basic guide-

lines for implementing top-quality testing,

which is absolutely needed for international

harmonization and to

implement efficient

drug control policies.

What is changing

in this world? For

many years, the ma-

jority of countries

have adopted a zero

tolerance approach

for all drugs...excluding threshold value sub-

stanceswhich have been agreed internationally.

What is changing?We have a fundamental

change because over the past 30 years or so ad-

vances in technology have resulted in over a one

million fold increase in drug screening sensitiv-

ity...So the increasing sensitivity of analytical

techniquesallowsmoreandmoreprohibitedsub-

stances to be detected at very low levels; but this

sensitivity is absolutely necessary for the detec-

tion of potent drugs with no place in racing.We

go deeper and wider to find new drugs but for

some therapeutic substances this increase in the

sensitivity of analytical techniques allows for the

control of exposure not associated to any effect...

So what is the new philosophy? The new

philosophy is that a zero tolerance approach

for regulatory control for therapeutic sub-

stances is becoming a fading illusion — my

father would have been very surprised to hear

that declaration— and so the goal for the fu-

ture integrity of racing is to develop ‘screen-

ing limits’ for therapeutic substances.

The goal for the future integrity of racing is

to develop ‘screening limits’ for therapeutic

substances, based upon a rigorous analysis of

their pharmacological and pharmacokinetic

properties.These screening limitswill then pro-

vide the guide for international harmonization.

Using this approach the nine member na-

tions of the EHSLC have harmonized on the

control of 14 therapeutic substances through

the limitation of the sensitivity of screening

procedures and the racing industry has been

advised of detection times for these sub-

stances to allow veterinarians to apply good

veterinary practice in their use.

Of course, you are the problem therebecause the use of diuretics such asLasix in North America falsify all thosescreening limits and, because of their di-tution effect, it imposes to declare anylevel of medication found and so tomaintain zero tolerance. So getting ridof Lasix is a condition for implementingthe new system.Through the IFHAAdvisory Council, ef-

forts are underway, to extend the harmoniza-

tion on a wider international basis...

In April 2009, the Advisory Council

moved its annual meeting to Lexington to dis-

cuss this initiative for International Harmo-

nization and to foster collaboration with the

U.S.A. and important persons were there —

Scot Waterman, Dan Fick and Denis Egan,

the chairman of the EHSLC, were invited

guests...

Also in July...the IFHAandAdvisoryCoun-

cil in conjunction with the EHSLC organised

an international meeting in Newmarket to dis-

cuss: “Threats, challenges andopportunitieswe

face in policy, testing and subsequently admin-

istration relating to doping andmedication con-

trol.” So we are progressing.

A successful outcome to these negotia-

tions will be harmonization for the control of

specific therapeutic substances by a signifi-


“Medication is the most importantissue for the image of the Thoroughbred

industry around the world.”

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cant number of the major racing authorities

throughout the world, including: Australia,

France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong,

Ireland, Italy, Japan, OSAF, Scandinavia,

SouthernAfrica and, hopefully, U.S.A.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS?

1. The IFHA Advisory Council on Pro-hibited Substances and Practices will propose

International Screening Limits (ISLs) for es-

sential medications based on current lab prac-

tices, knowledge of pharmacokinetics and

drug effects, and risk considerations, like wel-

fare of the horse and image of racing.

2. Individual authorities will review theseISLs and associated research data and sign on

as signatories to specific ISLs on the list. The

ISLswill provide the guide for harmonization.

3.Administration trialswill be sharedamongsignatories to establish unified detection times

for the normal use of a range of therapeutics.

4. The Advisory Council will update andfine tune the list periodically, based on new

research findings.

But, as it was said earlier today, this will

obviously induce a necessary review of your

policies on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory

and corticosteroids which at present do make

raceday inspections quite useless as they are

performed under pain-killer drugs.

The extensive studies performed within

the EHSLC have demonstrated that harmon-

isation across international boundaries in this

area is possible and already effective. We

need to grasp the opportunity to build on this

very sound foundation and expand this initia-

tive on a wider international front.

I am well known around the world for

telling people very frankly what are my feel-

ings on important racing matters.

So after discussing the technical aspects,

it is time for me to give youwith great respect

my personal views on the medication situa-

tion in NorthAmerica.

Every year,when I receiveThe JockeyClub

Fact Book, I immediately look at the diagram

of average annual starts per runner and I find

out that the decline is still going further down.

In 48 years, between 1960 and 2008,

the figure has been going down...by more

than 45%, from 11.31 to 6.2.

I know well that some experts will give

you additional explanations, like the concen-

tration of horses in big stables or others, but I

am absolutely convinced that the number one

factor is medication.

I have just one question for you.When do

you intend to stop that deflation?

Let’s look at the figures of the number of

races in NorthAmerica for 2008. Here are the

global number of races – 55,000; the number

of graded (stakes) – a little less than 1%;

number of non-graded black type – about 3%;

so it (total amount of black type races) is a

total of about 4 (percent).

We all know that, without medication, it

would be quite an impossible task to fill

55,000 races in U.S.A. and Canada, run

mainly on dirt tracks with an average field of

more than 8 runners.

In 2008, there were 2,182 black type races

in NorthAmerica, including 505 graded races

representing less than 1% of the total number

of races.

TheTOBA/AmericanGradedStakesCom-

mittee has adopted a drug testing protocol and

makes races ineligible for grading ifRCImodel

rules onmedication and safety are not adopted.

What IFHA is hoping is that you would

start from there by continuing to progres-

sively tighten up yourmedication rules, firstly

for graded races and then for all other black

type races, which are together representing

the 4% of your races that select the breed.

Evidently, as outlinedbefore, the use ofLasix

should ultimately be banned in these races.

I have a dream, as chairman of the Interna-

tional Federation (ofHorseracingAuthorities)…

My dream is that by the end of my next

term, which starts in October 2009 and fin-

ishes in October 2012, medication will be

prohibited in all graded and black type races

run in North and SouthAmerica.

YES, YOU CAN DO ITIF YOU WANT TO DO IT!

...During the last three months, two great

events were celebrated:

The first happened 65years agowhen thou-

sands of youngAmericans gave their life for the

freedomofEurope, and the celebration inNor-

mandy, where I live now, was very emotional.

The second one happened 40 years ago

when twoAmericans walked on the moon...

These are twomarvelous symbols of what

the American people can achieve when they

have decided to do it.

Compared to such achievements, themed-

ication issue may look insignificant, but,

make no mistake, it is the most important

issue for the image of the Thoroughbred in-

dustry around the world.

You have already started the process very

courageously with the impressive achieve-

ments of the Thoroughbred Safety Commit-

tee and the Racing Medication and Testing

Consortium.

I want especially to acknowledge the sig-

nificant changes in policies in your country

since 2008 with the new RCI model rule on

anabolic steroids and I have just read that the

board of directors of the Breeders’ Cup has

been expanding its drug ban policy for the

2009 races.

But how can we still recognize as world

champions horseswho run undermedication?

What sport todaywould accept that situation?

So to conclude, I would like to acknowl-

edge that you have done more in the last 12

months than during the previous 25 years.

So, if all the persons attending the Round

Table Conference today come out of this

room with the will to prohibit medication in

all graded and black type races by the time of

the 2012 Breeders’Cup, I am absolutely con-

vinced that your leadership will transform it

into reality.

Youmay eventually achieve it quicker and

avoid the very negative media perception you

are facing now.

The International Federation (of Horserac-

ing Authorities) will always be available to

help you if you need it and when you want it

and I would like to wish you good luck for the

future of the American Thoroughbred indus-

try which will be bright if you all together go

in the right direction with a strong determi-

nation, which appeared to me today by lis-

tening to all the presentations.�


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HALO STEVEN (2003 c., Twining). 6 wins in 11 starts to3, 2006, $337,819, British Columbia Derby-G3, etc.

MIA’S REFLECTION (2003 f., Rexson’s Hope). 5 wins to3, 2006, $228,547, Brave Raj Breeders’ Cup S.-L, etc.

SOUTHERN CAL (2001 c., Caltech). 7 wins in 14 starts at3 and 4, $201,290, Calder Turf Sprint H.-L, The Vid S.,3rd Miami Mile Breeders’ Cup H.-G3.

DUTCHIE (2000 f., Morning Bob). 8 wins, 3 to 5, placed at6, 2006, $190,875, Kissapotamus S., etc.

HAL’S IMAGE (2002 c., Rexson’s Hope). 3 wins at 2 and3, $178,791, Unbridled S.-L, American Dreamer S., etc.

HALOS SAILING SAIN (2002 c., Rubiano). 4 wins at 3and 4, 2006, $176,070, Formal Gold S., etc.

PRETTY IMAGE (2004 f., Lost Code). 6 wins at 2, 2006,$126,700, Clasico Eduardo Cautino Insua-G1, etc.

IOWA’S IMAGE (1999 f., Pass the Line). 4 wins to 5,$116,690, Anka Germania S., 2nd Aspidistra H.-L, etc.

HOW’S YOUR HALO (2003 c., Little Current). 4 wins to3, 2006, $101,550, Eillo S., 2nd Carterista H.-L, etc.

TIME TO DIVORCE (2002 f., Storm Bird). 4 wins, 2 to 4,2006, $97,838, La Fiesta H., 2nd Princess H., etc.

LIBBY’S HALO (1999 f., War). 3 wins, $96,940, Polly’s JetS., 2nd Julie Snellings S., 3rd Candy Eclair S.

Halo’s Tiger (1999 c., Northern Prospect). 11 wins, 3 to 7,2006, $377,728, 2nd Chuck Taliaferro Memorial S.

Cooperation (2001 c., Tri Jet). 3 wins to 5, 2006, $266,081,2nd Jack Daniel’s Hollywood Prevue S.-G3, etc.

Poppy’s Image (2000 c., Marfa). 6 wins, 2 to 6, 2006,$197,125, 2nd Princeton S., 3rd Restoration S.

Tricky Image (1999 c., Pleasant Colony). 12 wins, 3 to 7,2006, $135,843, 3rd Topsider S.

Pitanga (2002 f., Relaunch). 3 wins at 3, placed at 4, 2006,$125,340, 2nd Mia’s Hope S.-R, etc.

Bob’s Image (1999 c., Darn That Alarm). Winner at 2 and3, $114,435, 2nd Risen Star S.-G3.

How About It (1999 f., Saratoga Six). 5 wins at 2 and 4,$112,365, 3rd Vivace S.

Cope With an Image (1999 c., Copelan). 5 wins, 2 to 5,$109,010, 2nd Southwest S.-L.

Halo Jamerica (2002 f., Goldwater). 6 wins, 2 to 4, 2006,$91,705, 3rd Lindsay Frolic S.

Charming Image (2003 c., Katowice). 4 wins at 2 and 3,2006, $77,185, 3rd Dover S.-L.

Send Me an Angel (2003 f., Shadeed). Winner at 2 and3, 2006, $59,595, 2nd Gene’s Big Sky S.

MALE LINEHALO’S IMAGE is by HALO, stakes winner of 9 races, 2

to 5, $259,553, United Nations H.-G1, Tidal H.-G2, etc.Leading sire twice, sire of 63 stakes winners, incl.--

SUNDAY SILENCE. 9 wins in 14 starts to 4, $4,968,554,horse of the year, champion 3-year-old colt, KentuckyDerby-G1, etc. Leading sire 11 times in Japan.

SUNNY’S HALO. 9 wins to 3, $1,247,791, champion 2-year-old in Canada, Kentucky Derby-G1, etc. Sire.

GLORIOUS SONG. 17 wins in 34 starts, 2 to 5,$1,004,534, horse of the year, champion older maretwice in Canada, champion older mare in U.S., SpinsterS.-G1, Santa Margarita Invitational H.-G1, etc. Set ntr.

DEVIL’S BAG. 8 wins in 9 starts at 2 and 3, $445,860,champion 2-year-old colt, Champagne S.-G1, etc. Sire.

TILT MY HALO. 7 wins in 10 starts, $402,943, champion3-year-old filly in Canada, Canadian Oaks-LR, etc.

RAINBOW CONNECTION. 7 wins, $382,126, champion2- and 3-year-old filly in Canada, Demoiselle S.-G2, etc.

TOP HALO. 9 wins in Mexico, horse of the year, championimported 3-year-old filly, champion handicap mare,Clasico Malintzin-G1, Handicap Presidencial-G1, etc.

FEMALE LINE1st damSUGAR'S IMAGE, by Valid Appeal. 18 wins, 2 to 6,

$381,093, First Lady H., Poinciana H., MiamiBeach S., Candy Eclair S., Miss Tropical H., GoodNeighbor S., Lady in Waiting H., 2nd Vagrancy H.-G3, etc. Sister to SUGAR'S APPEAL ($33,825),Half-sister to Sugar Too ($53,406). Dam of--

HALO'S IMAGE. Subject stallion.Sugar Is Gold (f. by Slew o' Gold). Winner at 3, $5,770.

Dam of SHOT OF GOLD (c. by Jolie's Halo, 21wins, $515,033, Rushaway S.-L, Coca-Cola SprintH., Minnesota HBPA Classic H., etc., sire).

I Love Sugar (f. by Skip Trial). Placed at 3. Dam ofGran's Halo (c. by Jolie's Halo, 4 wins, $92,575,2nd Cradle of Jockeys Invitational S., sire).Granddam of R LOYAL MAN (c. by More ThanReady, to 3, 2006, $148,713, Pasco S.-L, InauguralS., 2nd Bashford Manor S.-G3, Eillo S., etc.).

Broodmare SireVALID APPEAL, 1972. Sire of 331 dams of 1793 foals,

1362 rnrs (76%), 1069 wnrs (60%), 366 2yo wnrs(20%), 1.61 AEI, 1.51 CI, 109 stakes winners.

*Royal Charger*Turn-to

*Source SucreeHail to Reason

Blue SwordsNothirdchance

Galla ColorsHalo (1969)

*Pharamond IICosmic Bomb

Banish FearCosmah

*MahmoudAlmahmoud

ArbitratorHalo’s Image

IntentionallyIn Reality

My Dear GirlValid Appeal

Moslem ChiefDesert Trial

Scotch VerdictSugar’s Image (1981)

*My BabuCrozier

Miss OlympiaSugar Del

My RequestBest Answer

Old Bess

HHAALLOO’’SS IIMMAAGGEE 1991 Dark Bay or Brown - Height 16.1 - Dosage Profile: 17-4-19-0-0; DI: 3.21; CD: +0.95

BRIDLEWOOD FARMInquiries to: George G. Isaacs

8318 N.W. 90th Terrace, Ocala, Florida 34482(352) 622-5319/FAX (352) 622-2069

e-mail: [email protected] website: www.bridlewoodfarm.com

2007 Fee: $7,500Live Foal

Payable when foal stands and nurses

Property of:Arthur I. Appleton and Happy Alter

Racing Stable

Nominated to:Florida Thoroughbred Charities S.,Florida Stallion S., Breeders’ Cup

TWO-PAGE FORMATVisit www.ftboa.com

Entry deadline is October 15, 2009

STALLION WRITE-UP

Write up of stallionʼs accomplishments onthe racetrack and at stud

FIVE-CROSS PEDIGREE

FOUR-CROSS PEDIGREE

SIRE FAMILY

Abbreviated race record and performance atstude of the sire of the advertised stallion

FEMALE FAMILY

A specially edited catalog-style pedigree ofthe female family of the advertised stallion

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Long before the rise of Mickey

Mouse, or the prominence of the

Kennedy Space Center, or the pop-

ularization of any other well-known Florida

icon, cattle ranching has been a mainstay

and a steady force in the Sunshine State.

Thanks to Spanish explorers who imported

horses and cattle in the 16th century, ranch-

ing in NorthAmerican began on Florida soil

before any other state. The culture flour-

ished among Spaniards, Seminoles, Crack-

ers, and other Floridians.

Today, the largest cattle ranch in the U.S.

is located in Florida – spanning more than

300,000 acres across three southern coun-

ties, and the state’s cattle industry is among

the top 15 in the nation. Ranching is an es-

sential economic activity that preserves

many aspects of the natural landscape, pro-

tects water resources, and maintains areas

used by wildlife or for recreation. Yet few

know about Florida’s unique ranching tradi-

tions, which have been adapted to the sub-

tropical climate and influenced our

distinctive history.

A new exhibit created by the Florida

Folklife program in the Department of State,

Florida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries of

Tradition, tells the story of one of Florida’s

oldest and most important industries.

The exhibit traces cattle ranching from its

early beginnings in Colonial Florida through

present-day cattle ranching. Some of the top-

ics included in the exhibit are Colonial

Florida, Seminole cattle ranching, Cracker


A meticulously researchedand designed, 2,400-squarefoot museum exhibit is trav-

eling around the state andcountry, honoring Florida’s

rich ranching culture.

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(above) This full-sized cracker cow looks real –because it is. Taxidermists preserved the entire

animal for the museum exhibit. (above right)Photographs of Florida cowboys line the walls of

the traveling exhibit. From top to bottom: A)(John Kral photo) B) Alto “Bud” Adams, Jr., is thepatriarch of the Adams Ranch, which has proper-ties in St. Lucie, Osceola, and Okeechobee Coun-

ties. He is known for establishing the Brafordbreed by crossing Brahman and Hereford cattle.(Photo by Carlton Ward, Jr.) C) Jose Carlos Mar-tinez is a cowboy, rodeo champ and horse traineroriginally from Pinar del Rio, Cuba. In Florida, he

has worked for ranches in southwest Miami-Dade County. (Bob Stone Photo)

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cowboys, cow dogs, auctions, oral tradi-

tions, rodeos, and material culture. The

exhibit includes artifacts, archival pho-

tos, artwork by cowboy artists, cowboy

poetry, audio and video components,

and images by guest photographers Jon

Kral, Bob Montanaro, Jimmy Peters,

and CarltonWard, Jr.

“It’s been quite a project,” said Bob

Stone, outreach coordinator for the

Florida Folklife program, co-curator of

the exhibit, and longtime folklorist. “It’s

large in size and very educational. Kids

are excited when they come in and see

the whole, stuffed Cracker cow. They

wanted to pet it so much that, if we let

them, itwouldn’t have any hair left on it.”

The Florida Folklife Program in the

Department of State, with the assistance

of grants from the National Endowment

for the Arts, has documented cattle

ranching traditions throughout Florida

over the past two years. In partnership

with Florida Cultural Resources, Inc.,

additional funding from the Florida Hu-

manities Council, Florida Division of

Cultural Affairs, Florida Cattlemen’s

Foundation, Florida Cattlemen’s Asso-

ciation, the Florida Cracker Cattle As-

sociation, Susan and Pete Clemons,

Lalla Rook Tomkins, Iris Wall, the Na-

tional Endowment for theArts, and oth-

ers made the exhibit and related

programming possible.

“We are very happy that the Florida

Folklife Program has had the opportu-

nity toworkwith theMuseumof Florida

History and a number of other presti-

gious organizations to create this attrac-

tive and educational exhibit for the

citizens of Florida to enjoy,” said Florida

Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning.

The exhibit opened at Tallahassee’s

Museum of Florida History in March

and extended throughAug. 9, 2009, be-

fore relocating to the Tampa Bay His-

tory Center Sept. 19-Dec. 19. �

For more information,

visit www.tampabayhistorycenter.org.

Five Centuries of Tradition

Traveling ExhibitFlorida Cattle Ranching: Five Centuries of Tradition

• Sept. 19, 2009-Dec. 19, 2009 - Tampa Bay History Center (Tampa)• Jan. 18, 2010- July 24, 2010 - Western Folklife Center, Elko, NV,

(on display during the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering)• Sept. 3, 2010-Jan. 23, 2011 - Historical Museum of Southern Florida (Miami)• Feb. 2011 - May, 2011 - Florida Museum of Natural History (UF, Gainesville)

(Exact dates to be determined)

When cowboysget away fromthe ranch, theyʼrestill cowboys.Here, a JimPetersʼ photo ofa cowboy andbronc at a rodeo.

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1) Bob Simon of Lakeland Nutrition Group, SylviaBeauchamp of UF Animal Sciences, Jodi Crawley ofLakeland Nutrition Group, and Adam Burnsed ofAlltech 2) Sarabeth and Randy Barthle of BarthleBros. Ranch 3) Angie Bryant of Seminole Feed, andJim Loebig of Red Sunset Farm 4) Florida EquinePublications 5) Jamie Cohen, Marion County FarmOutreach Coordinator, advises horse owners 6)Amanda Morgan and Karrah Dumais of the UFBlock & Bridle Club 7) Susie Martin helps cus-tomers in the trade show. 8) Rachel Van Alstyneand Bill Sellers of Farm Credit of Florida

Scenes from the 10th annual

Florida Equine Instituteand Allied Trade Show Sept. 17 Ocala, Florida

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9) Grace Tirado and Jan Massaro of Peterson & Smith Equine Hospital 10) Speaker Dr. Ray Kaplan,Louisiana State University 11) Linda Morehouse and Tom Pratt of Fort Dodge speak with trade showattendees 12) Christa Moody and Angie Bryant of Seminole Feed 13) Brenda McDuffee ofThe Sanctuary 14) Kip Boule of Intervet answers questions from horse owners 15) Sparr Building andFarm Supplyʼs Amy Hayward and Susie Martin 16) Representatives from Stirrups N Strides TherapeuticRiding Center 17) Speaker Dr. Jay Ferrell, University of Florida 18) Steven Mould gave outdoordemonstrations of the Equi-Vac pasture vacuum 19) Randy Barthle visits with representatives of theFlorida Carriage Museum & Resort.

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To StitchNot toStitch

Orlaith Cleary, MVB andAmanda M. House,

DVM, DACVIM, University of Florida

College ofVeterinary Medicine

Horses are more susceptible to lacerations

and wounds than many other animals. This

is due partly to aspects of their disposition,

interactions with their comrades and hazards in their

environment. With ap-

propriate observation

and management, many

wounds can be prevented or managed successfully

with minimal cost and maximum cosmesis.

PROBLEM PREVENTION

Small actions undertaken by responsible owners

can prevent a lot of accidents andminimize injury to

horses. If possible, locate pastures on flat or gently

sloping land. Fill in any holes or deep tracks in the

field that might appear secondary to flooding or nat-

ural drainage after rainfall.Walk your fence line fre-

quently (daily if possible) and look for broken

boards, loose nails, loose metal or wooden objects in

the grass or at the edge of the field and any wear and

tear to the water supply. Observe horses that are pas-

tured together especially at feeding time or around

the water supply. It may be necessary to separate a

subordinate horse that is sustaining bites or kicks by

a more dominant individual.

Keep any path to the barn free of machinery or

farm equipment. Culverts and gaps under siding on

barns should be secured. The shed rows of the barn

and the wash rack should be kept clear with secure

or

Sutures or staples are a necessary treatment for somewounds, depending on severity, type of wound and timing.


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footing, and horses should be well trained to these

areas.A naïve horse should be handled frequently and

gradually exposed to large objects or other animals

such as unfamiliar horses, cattle, goats, dogs and cats.

Check and secure stalls (especially the stall door) and

provide appropriate comfortable bedding.Always use

safety knots and easy release clasps for attachment to

the halter. When a horse is familiar with their sur-

roundings and other animals in the area, they are less

likely to feel the urge to bolt. If hazardous objects or

stimuli are removed from the environment; injury will

be less frequent.

PREPARE FOR THE WORST

When accidents occur, call your veterinarian as

soon as possible and describe the wound or laceration.

It is important to keep the horse in a clean, quiet and

secure area until the veterinarian arrives. Leave the

wound open if it is not actively bleeding or if it is an

old wound, so as not to push contamination further

into the tissues before it can be examined. Remove

gross contamination (soil/discharge) if the horse is co-

operative. Do not apply strong antiseptic soaps to open

wounds. These wounds should be lavaged with a very

dilute betadine or chlorhexidine solution and gently

handled, if at all. Apply a compressive bandage if the

wound is actively bleeding.

TYPES OF WOUNDSAs a general guideline, simple, lacerations of the

head, neck, thorax, abdomen and upper limbs (above

the hocks and carpi) will heal very well, leading to a

good cosmetic result (with or without sutures in some

cases). Lacerations below the carpus or hock need to

be managed very carefully and can be predisposed to

development of exuberant granulation tissue (proud

flesh) if not properly managed.

Puncture wounds- Puncture wounds are not al-ways immediately apparent. The horse will commonly

present with swollen inflamed tissue around the site

(cellulitis). Systemic anti-inflammatories, antibiotics,

cold hosing and wrapping are basic treatments for mild

cases. These wounds are generally not sutured. Infec-

tion with an anerobic or resistant bacteria can compli-

cate treatment and can be very serious, if not

life-threatening in some cases. Any deep puncture

wound to the foot or tissue above tendons, joints or any

other synovial structure can be very involved and dif-

ficult to manage. It is very important to have a veteri-

narian assess these wounds; aggressive surgical

treatment might be required.

Partial skin thickness lacerations or ropeburns- These are the most amenable to simple treat-

ments. Clipping the hair and cleaning the wound thor-


Things to Consider� Location of wound

� Size and depth of wound – i.e. puncture wound, partial thickness, open laceration?

� How long has the wound been present?

� How contaminated is the wound?

� What vital structures lie close to the wound (tendons, bone, muscle, joint, tendonsheath, bursa, eye, sinuses)? Any deep wounds or lacerations around a tendon,joint, thorax abdomen or the eye should be evaluated immediately.

� Is the wound deep enough to involve any vital structure?

� Is the tissue distant from the wound swollen?

� What color and consistency is the fluid coming from the wound- blood or clear fluid?

� Is there an odor from the wound?

� How is the horse behaving? Is the horse in obvious distress or demonstrating lame-ness, colic, neurological, or respiratory signs?

� When did the horse last receive a tetanus toxoid vaccination? In general, horses thathave not had a tetanus toxoid vaccination in the past 6 months should be boostered.

Equine Lacerationsand Wound Care

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4-year-old filly ran intoa guide wire; injury

involved frontal sinus,eye, multiple fractures

involving temporo-mandibular joint.

A) Day two, after re-moval of all fracture

fragments and left eye.Skin was sutured anda drain was placed.B) 5 ½ months later


oughly, as well as applying antiseptic ointment and a

bandage (if applicable) are usually successful treat-

ments. Call a veterinarian immediately if the wound is

not healing appropriately or if proud flesh (granulation

tissue) is protruding above the skin edges.

Full thickness lacerations- These

are usually successfully treated within the

first 6-8 hours with skin sutures as long as

no other structures are involved and there is

minimal trauma and contamination. If

longer than 6-8 hours has passed, the

wound may need to be debrided to create fresh edges

for successful suturing. Full thickness wounds associ-

ated with severe swelling of the limb may be sutured

later when the infection resolves (delayed primary clo-

sure) or not at all (second intention healing). Full thick-

ness lacerations that are already sealed with healthy

granulation tissue may not

be sutured. Very deep lac-

erations may have to be

sutured in several layers.

Degloving wounds-These usually occur on the

limbs and involve peeling

of a large flap of skin from

the underlying tissue. The

blood supply to the flap of

skin is not always intact. After cleaning the wound thor-

oughly, it is still a good idea to suture the flap of skin back

to the parent tissue.The edge of the sutured tissue may pull

apart or die later but in the meantime the skin will act as a

band aid for the tissue below. There may also be a lot of

tension on the sutures of these repairs. Immobilizing the

area with use of special tension sutures and bandaging (+/-

splinting) can help with this. In some cases, bone exposed

in the wound might die (from a sequestrum) and such a

piece of bone might have to be removed.

Heel bulb lacerations- These can be easy to treat

if the skin is not fully penetrated. If a full thickness lacer-

ation is present healing may be delayed due to increased

movement of tissue in that region unless appropriate

measures are taken, including cast application.

TO SUTURE OR NOT TO SUTURE?

Your veterinarian is instrumental in the decision

making on whether or not to suture a wound and will

pick the suture size and pattern based on the charac-

teristics of the laceration. Generally, partial thickness

lacerations or burns do not need to be sutured. Punc-

ture wounds or wounds in-

flicted by animal bites are

not sutured. Some older

lacerations are not sutured,

and are left to heal by

themselves if not in-

fected. All full thickness lacerations found within

6-8 hours can be sutured after thorough cleaning

and evaluation of the wound as long as the skin

edges can be apposed without excessive ten-

sion and the wound is healthy and clean. After

the 6-8 hour “golden period,” your veterinar-

ian may need to debride the wound before

suturing it closed.

If there is trauma or loss of blood sup-

ply to the skin margins, sutures may not be

beneficial in holding the wound closed and

may cause more damage to the tissue. Be

aware that some sutured lacerations may

dehisce (open) after several days.This is not

a harmful event; it just means that alterna-

tive approaches will need to be taken to man-

age the wound.

TYPES OF SUTURE

Staples are sometimes used for simple, clean lacera-

tions to hold the skin edges together. They can be easy

to place but are difficult to remove and can leave a more

noticeable scar than suture material alone.


4-month-old filly with lacer-ation over cranial thorax,involving muscle.A) Day one: At presentation– after cleaning the woundB) Day one: Suture anddrain placementC) Day 25: Healed

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The best type of suture to use for the skin is a

colored, absorbable or non-absorbable monofila-

ment suture. The advantage of absorbable suture is

that it will disappear eventually if a suture is

missed during removal. The use of colored suture

minimizes the risk of leaving a suture in the skin

later. The number of sutures placed in a laceration

closure depends on the size and depth of the lac-

eration. In some cases the laceration is not fully

sutured to allow for drainage later. Drains are also

placed temporarily in some wounds that are deep

or where there is tissue loss below the skin.

HEALING. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE?

Healing of a sutured skin laceration that is clean

with sharp, healthy edges should be within two

weeks, although some more severe lac-

erations/wounds may take longer

(weeks to months) based on certain

characteristics or if they heal by second

intention. Sutures can be removed be-

tween 10-14 days after placement, de-

pending on how the wound is healing.

Absorbable suture placed below the

skin and not through the skin does not

have to be removed. Some complicated wounds are

debrided and sutured repeatedly to achieve the best

cosmetic result. Suture removal from these wounds

will vary slightly from the above depending on the

condition that is being managed.

YOUR VETERINARIAN’S ROLE

Your veterinarian will be able to adequately

restrain the horse, and then clean and suture

the laceration. You will be informed as to

how deep the laceration is and if any other

structures are potentially involved (i.e.

joint, bone, tendon, tendon sheath, bursa,

thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity). Your

veterinarian may be able to retrieve a for-

eign body from the wound or be able to

inform you, through use of radiography

or ultrasound in the field, that a foreign

body is present or if underlying structures

are involved.Anti-inflammatory drugs, an-

tibiotics and bandage material may be dis-

pensed if needed. Your veterinarian will also

be able to supervise the healing process and ad-

vise you during this time. He or she can recognize

when it is time to refer and inform you when your

horse will be able to return to work following

healing.

WHEN DO I NEEDAN EQUINE HOSPITAL?

Ideally, your veterinarian will be re-

sponsible for making this decision. However, in the

case that you can’t locate a veterinarian, the horse

should be referred to a hospital if the laceration fits

any of the criteria below.

Reasons for referral to a hospitalinclude the following:

� Joint, tendon sheath, bone, abdomen, thorax,sinus or eye involvement

� A laceration that is severely contaminated andrequires extensive debridement under generalanesthesia

� A deep laceration that requires complex closureand aftercare

� Cellulitis (swelling) that cannot be managed oris not responding to treatment in the field.

� Heel bulb lacerations that require suturing anda foot cast.

� Presence of a foreign body (wood or metal)that cannot be recovered from the wound

� Chronic non healing wounds that keep draining

� Bad disposition (i.e. hind limb laceration of afractious horse that is a danger to personnel)

�Any signs that the horse is affected systemically,such as fever (temperature >100.5 F), abnormallyhigh heart rate, colic, respiratory difficulty, abnor-mal mental status, pain, lameness, infection �


Equine Lacerationsand Wound Care

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4-year-old filly with lacera-tion of left front with com-

plete transaction ofsuperficial digital flexor ten-

don and some trauma to thedeep digital flexor tendon.

A) Day one: At presentationB) Day one: After debride-

ment and placement of ten-sion sutures

C) 5 months later



By DENISE STEFFANUS

Until recently, crime investigation units and

their supporting laboratories have had the

ability to analyze and identify DNA from

human victims only. So crimes against animals had to

be solved the old-fashioned way—with plenty of leg

work and countless hours of phone time. Now, a new

field of forensics that focuses on animals is making

law enforcement’s job easier.

Crimes against animals are as cowardly as those

against children, especially when they are perpetrated

against animals that have been taught to trust humans.

Most horses outweigh a human by 800 pounds of un-

fathomable muscle power. Yet, their gentle nature

makes them as vulnerable as children.

Since January, at least 17 horses in South Florida

have been killed and butchered, presumably by fiends

who sneaked into pastures and barns.

South Florida law enforcement has a new ally in

solving these crimes, as well as in recovering stolen or

lost horses—the Forensic DNA Profiling Facility at

Florida International University inMiami. DeeMills,

Ph.D., is the director of the facility and a horse owner.

“My horses are DNA typed,”Mills said. “So if my

horse were to come upmissing, and they found either

a carcass or blood on somebody’s pants or on a tool of

some sort or in a truck, if they could get a DNA type

off it, and if we already have the DNA type on our

Florida International University’sDNA laboratory to join

forces with law enforcement.

EquineCare

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file, then we would be able to make a match.

“In the case of a stolen horse,” she contin-

ued, “we can make a match and get the horse

back to the owner. In a forensic case, if we

match a particular horse to an evidence sam-

ple, then that gives the police department an

investigative lead that they can then follow,

and it helps them in their investigation and

possibly can lead to an arrest.”

Mills hasbeenworking in concertwithCapt.

ScottAndress, head of the Miami-Dade Police

Department’sAgriculturalPatrol, tohammerout

an agreement that will allow law enforcement

to take advantage of FIU’s DNA laboratory.

“We’re currently working on procedures

and protocols and a memorandum of under-

standing between theMiami-Dade Police De-

partment and FIU,” Andress said. “We

envision that once all that has been finalized,

the FIU Forensic DNA Profiling Facility,

under the direction of Dr.Mills, will be a very

valuable asset to us.”

DNA EVIDENCE

Most people are familiar with the CSI:

Crime Scene Investigation television fran-

chise, along with other series that feature

forensic investigation. Several times a week,

viewers watch scientists gather DNA evi-

dence, identify and type it, and then use that

information to nab the bad guy or exonerate

the innocent.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation started

using forensic DNA typing in casework in

1988. In the subsequent 20 years, this rapidly

progressing science has been the greatest in-

novation since fingerprinting, and some in the

justice system believe it is the gold standard—

with a 99.5-percent accuracy—for solving

crimes and missing persons cases.

The new veterinary forensics field uses the

same type of biological science and sources to

provide DNA information that can help law

enforcement in solving animal cases, Mills

said. Examples of types of biological evi-

dence that can be DNA typed are: blood,

semen, saliva, urine, hair, teeth, bone, and tis-

sue. As in human cases, evidence is gathered

under strict protocol by investigators and

processed by accredited technicians to assure

its integrity so it will hold up in a court of law.

“If wewere to submit samples fromwhat-

ever location and they are sufficient samples,

hadn’t been degraded, and are something that

they can work with, [FIU’s facility] can do a

DNA comparison on that,” Andress said. He

explained how this would work in a typical

horse-theft case.

“When we’re putting together a case that

involves the grand theft of a horse, andwe get

subsequent information, say, that a horse [has

been spotted] matching the description of one

that may have been taken in a theft,” he said,

“and the owner of the horse has already had

that animal DNA typed and cataloged at a

DNA testing service, we can then go ahead

and verify the ownership of that horse by

doing DNA comparisons. In our discussion

with Dr. Mills, we’re attempting to work this

out so that the FIU Forensic DNA Profiling

Facility would be the location where we

would have that done.”


EquineCare



SLAUGHTER CRIMES

Other forms of identification, such as microchipping and hoof

branding, are useless in linking perpetrators to the current crimes. But

these criminals are in for a big surprise because investigators have

DNA typed and logged the most recent equine victims.

“If any meat does come up—say, if we go in and raid an illegal

slaughter farm and we do find meat there, or … they find horsemeat

in a person’s home, they’ll test the meat and see if they can link it to

any of the slaughters,” said Richard Cuoto, lead investigator of these

crimes for the South Florida Society for Prevention of Cruelty toAn-

imals. Cuoto sits on the organization’s board of directors. “There are

a lot of stolen horses around here,” he added. “Unfortunately, most of

them are entering the black market horsemeat trade.”

LOOSE HORSES

Andress added that solving crime is not the only purpose of DNA

typing. He said that many horses gomissing every year when they es-

cape their enclosures and are found roaming miles from their homes.

In Florida’s volatile hurricane season, loose horses are a primary con-

cern, especially because the human residents often are forced to evacu-

ate and leave their horses behind for days of hand-wringing anxiety,

hoping the enclosure where they left them has remained secure and the

horses will be there when they return home. In the future, DNA typing

could help match up loose horses with their owners after a storm.

DNA DATABASE

Mills, Andress, and Cuoto encourage all horsemen to have their

horses DNA typed and cataloged into a database.The Forensics DNA

Profiling Facility is building an extensive, nonhuman database that it

hopes will become a centralized source for Florida law enforcement.

FIU’s DNA typing service is $35, which is comparable to what most

breed registries charge for the service. All horses DNA typed by FIU

will be entered into its database.

If the horse already has been DNA typed by its respective registry,

owners can contact that registry and request that it provide DNA infor-

mation toMills,whowill then include it in theFIUdatabase at no charge.

“If you do have your horse DNA typed, you should be putting signs

up at the stable, in English and in Spanish, saying that the horses on

these premises have beenDNA typed, andDNA can be used in a court

of law and criminal investigations,” Mills said. “Most people realize

that DNA is a powerful investigative tool, and one that can lead to

conviction.Anything that might give [criminals] pause andmake them

not come into your barn or your stable may be worth it.”

On September 16, Miami-Dade police arrested aMexican citizen,

18-year-old Luis Miguel Cordero, after he allegedly enlisted help to

slaughter two horses and offered the horsemeat he expected to obtain

for sale to a third party. The persons he approached contacted the

Miami-Dade police and agreed to wear a wire and go along with the

plan. Cordero was apprehended before he could perpetrate the crime.

He was found with ropes, a plastic garbage bag, a butcher knife, and

other tools in his possession.

Police officials do not know if this was an isolated incident or if

others are involved, so they urge horsemen to remain vigilant in safe-

guarding their horses.

Anyonewho has information about these crimes should call Crime

Stoppers at (305) 471-8477. �

For further information:Forensic DNA Profiling Facility

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

Dee Mills, Ph.D., Director

Phone: (305) 348-7410 • E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.ifri.fiu.edu/FDPF

How to Obtain a DNA Hair SampleEquineCareThe simplest way to gather a DNA sample for typing is to

pull a hair sample with the root bulb attached.To obtain a hair sample, use a clean mane comb to isolate

a pencil-diameter sample of hairs (approximately 50) from themane at the base of the neck. Grasp the mane close to theneck and pull quickly so the roots are included in the sample.The hair sample must include the hair roots because the ge-netic material for testing is located in the bulb.

For best results, obtain a sample while the mane is com-pletely dry.—Denise Steffanus



Recently, while at a rodeo one of the com-

petitors asked me if I had any tools he

could borrow to pull a shoe. Seems his

horse had thrown a front shoe during his first

event.The other front shoe was loose, but still had

four clinched nails holding it on. There was no

way that shoe was going to last the night.

I told him I’d be glad to help and we could look

in my trailer and see what I might have that we

could use. His next event was approaching fast and

he was anxious to get the shoe off so he could warm

up his horse and get ready. As soon as I found that

old rusty rasp, my friend took off to go to work on

his horse and I

looked for more

tools. What I

found in the trailer

was a flat-bladed screw-

driver and a pair of fence tool pli-

ers. My plan was to straighten out

(break) the clinches and use the fencing

tool as a make-shift shoe puller.

By the time I found my friend, he had man-

aged to rasp off the remaining clinches and was

feverishly working to pull off the shoe with a

small pair of wire pliers. Sometimes when

clinches are rasped off (especially using an old,

rusty rasp) a small hook is still holding just under

the hoof wall making the shoe more difficult to

pull particularly with improper tools.

Time was really getting short now as the rodeo

announcer had just called the contestants for the

next event.

The fence pliers weren’t much better than the

wire pliers but they did provide some leverage

and allowed me to grab two of the nails by the

head and pull them out. With only two nails left

holding the shoe, there was enough slack that I

could get under the shoe and pry it off.

Myfriendmadehisevent.Hegottothearenajust

as the announcerwas calling his name.

On my way home that night, I thought

about what I needed to put in my trailer so

I couldpull a shoequickly andefficiently.

I needed to buy the following:Shoeing hammerClinch cutterCreased nail pullerRasp

The next time the need arises

either at home or on the road, I’ll

be ready.

1. First, use the clinch cutter

and hammer to “break” the clinches.

2. Next, use the creased nail

puller. Work the nail from heel to toe,

as more of the shank is exposed, re-grab

the nail close to the shoe and pull again.

3. Finally, use the rasp to smooth out any

rough edges. �

PRACTICALLY SPEAKING

Marion Countylivestock agent

Mark Shuffitt

HowNot toPull a Horseshoe

As soon as I found that old rusty rasp,

my friend took off to go to work on his

horse and I looked for more tools.

What I found in the trailer was a

flat-bladed screwdriver and a

pair of fence tool pliers.

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INTERNATIONALLAMINITIS CONFERENCE

5th biennial conference scheduledforWest Palm Beach.

The International Laminitis Confer-

ence will be held on Nov. 6-8, 2009, at the

Palm Beach County Convention Center in

West Palm Beach, Fla. Founded in 2001 by

John and Marianne Castle, and Dr. James

Orsini, DVM, DACVS, this year’s confer-

ence brings together the world’s top veteri-

narians, farriers, and research doctors in a

learning environment that furthers the fight

against laminitis.

Orsini is the Director

of the ILC and the

Laminitis Institute at

PennVet. He is anAsso-

ciate Professor of Sur-

gery in the School of

Veterinary Medicine at

the University of Pennsylvania and has been

a leader in laminitis research.

The ILC program is geared for equine

veterinarians, farriers, owners, managers,

trainers, breeders, and horse enthusiasts.The

format includes scientific and practical

tracks with topical sessions followed by

small group workshops providing informa-

tion that attendees can incorporate into their

daily routines on returning home after the

conference.

“Pasture management is a topic that will

also be covered this year during the work-

shops,” Orsini said. “Not just what the horse

eats or what season they eat the different

grasses, but also the time of day, and where

in the world they graze, makes a difference

in how the metabolites of the grasses’ car-

bohydrates leads to laminitis.”

The ILC is especially pleased that the

AmericanAssociation of Equine Practitioners

will be hosting a research workshop directly

following this year’s conference. The best sci-

entists will be on hand to present cutting-edge

research and identify newareas that need to be

investigated to complete the laminitis puzzle.

To register for the ILC, visit www.laminitis-

conference.com.—ByRebeccaWalton

HORSE STORIES WANTED

The Tampa, Fla., au-

thor of the “BelovedHorses

series”, Sharon Miner, is

searching formore horses to

include in her fourth book

of the series.The themewill

be “horses in second careers” and will fea-

ture both famous and lesser-known horses.

“So many wonderful horses have lived

two lives,” Miner said. “Some start their

younger years on the racetrack and later train

as showhorses.Or showhorses become ther-

apy mounts, cutting horses retire to trail rid-

ing and school horses end up as family pets.

College equestrian programs and police

mounted troops are always seeking and re-

ceiving horses who retired from a previous

life. I’d love to share with horse lovers young

and old stories about those special horses.”

Miner’s horse books are illustrated collec-

tionsof true short storiesdescribing theunique

bondsbetweenhorsesand their riders.The third

book of the series, “Beloved Sport Horses”,

features a variety of equine athletes, including

Belladonna ridden byKatie Prudent.

Minerwill bemeeting horse ownerswhile

on her equestrian book tour, beginning Sept.

19 in Tampa. She will be stopping at inde-

pendent book stores and tack shops along the

way in Georgia, South Carolina, North Car-

olina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania,

Delaware, New Jersey and Connecticut. To

submit a horse for consideration, contact her

at [email protected] with a brief de-

scription of the horse and its skills.

FLORIDA YOUTH HOLDSNATIONAL OFFICE

NewsomeHighSchool junior JustinMar-

cello recently cut a path into politics when he

ran for – and won – a national campaign for

Secretary/Treasurer of

the NationalYouth Cut-

ting Horse Association.

Marcello, who lives in

Lithia, Fla., is an avid

competitor on the cut-

ting horse circuit, cur-

rently ranked second in the NCHA Senior

Youthworld standings.He is the sonofFlorida

Horse Park Executive Director C.J.Marcello.

BACK TO FLORIDA FOR HEATHER BLITZ

Renowned trainer to run new opera-tion in Loxahatchee, Fla., this winter.

InternationalGrandPrix dressage rider

and trainer Heather Blitz will be relocating

from Esbjerg, Denmark, this December,

moving her training base

to a new location in Loxa-

hatchee.The popular rider

has been based in Europe

for the past three years

and is returning stateside

to a new facility where she will operate a

training business alongside her riding career.

She will be based nearWhite Fences.

CAPITAL BOUND

FloridianAlissa Kinsey gears upfor the 51st annualWashingtonInternational Horse Show.

Alissa Kinsey of Ft. Myers is headed to

the Washington International Horse Show

with her Hanoverian

mare, Grisset, after

heading up the list of

Adult Amateur

Jumper riders on the

WIHS rankings.

Kinsey rode Grisset to both the 2008 and

2009 Winter Equestrian Festival Adult

Jumper Circuit Championship titles and this

year wasAdult Jumper Champion at Devon.

The 51st WIHS takes place Oct. 20-25 at

Verizon Center inWashington, D.C.

“We’ve gotten top placements at two of

the most prestigious outdoor horse shows in

the nation, nowwewill tackle the best indoor

show,” said Kinsey, who has a total of 8238

points ahead of Kenzie Donovan and Max,

RiverHills,Wis. (5073). Other Floridians on

theAdultAmateur Jumper standings include

Meghan Abbott with Undercover, of Palm

Beach Gardens, and Tracy Scheriff riding

Picon, of Wellington. Keep track of Kinsey

and theWIHS at www.wihs.org.�

INSIDE TRACK

Dr. James Orsini

Justin Marcello

Heather Blitz

Alissa Kinsey

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There have been a number of exciting

events held at the Florida Horse

Park over the past month. On Sept.

19, the “Polo Beach Girls” rode along with

roping, Cowboy Mounted Shooting, and

Silent Auction and Fashion Show, with pro-

ceeds benefiting the America’s VetDogs-

Veteran’s K-9 Corp. The Stride Dressage

show and the Cross Country Schooling

were also great successes.

Upcoming this month are a number of

exciting events:

The Florida Polo Club kicks off its 2009

Fall Season in October.Theywill offer a wide

variety of on-site entertainment for supporters

and spectators in addition to the exciting

games. Activities may include live musical

performances, arts and craft expositions, fine

food and wine tasting opportunities and chil-

dren’s activities. They are planning a match

just about each Saturday starting at 4 p.m.

Oct. 3-Dec. 5. Check the Florida Horse Park

Web Site: www.FLHorsePark.com for com-

plete up-to-date details.

The Ocala Western Riders have sched-

uled an Obstacle Challenge and Fall Trail

Ride and Costume Contest during the

month of October. Again, please check the

Florida Horse Park Web site for details.

The inaugural Marion County Cricket

for a Cause Match and Car Show will be

held Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Oct. 24 at the

Florida Horse Park. This event will benefit

the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Alliance for

Education and Support, Inc. Come out

enjoy a great time and support a wonderful

cause.

The Florida Greenways and Trails proj-

ect to construct an equestrian underpass for

Hwy 475 (east border of the horse park) and

Hwy 475A (west border of the horse park)

is moving forward. This planned construc-

tion has temporarily closed our north en-

trance on Hwy 475 and will re-route traffic

from Hwy 475 onto the park property dur-

ing construction; the Hwy 475A entrance

will close completely, however, the tempo-

rary routing of traffic will be west of Hwy

475A. Once completed you will be able to

ride, run or bicycle under these two high-

ways to continue on the Greenway Trails.

As always, we invite you to become a

part of the Florida Horse Park.Visit our new

office and see our site plan, explore the

Greenway with Cactus Jack or hop on the

web and check out our upcoming events.

This isYOUR Florida Horse Park!

Happy trails,Connie Duff Wise

Chairman of the Board

www.flhorsepark.com

Making StridesYour FLORIDA HORSE PARK

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Tourism Promotion BillPasses SenateThe American Horse Council is

pleased the U.S. Senate passed last

month the Travel Promotion Act of 2009

(S.1023) introduced by Senator Byron

Dorgan (D-ND). This bill could benefit

tourism involving the horse industry.

“Equine tourism is a growing and diverse

segment of the horse industry. Because it

encompasses many parts of the industry in-

cluding recreation, showing and racing its

continued growth is beneficial to the entire

horse industry,” Said AHC President Jay

Hickey. “If equine tourism in the U.S. is to

expand, it is important that we promote it

abroad as well as at home. We believe this

bill has the potential to increase the number

of international visitors to the U.S. who par-

ticipate in equestrian events and activities,

either as participants or spectators.”

The purpose of the bill is to market the

U.S. as a tourist destination to people around

the world. It would create a non-profit Cor-

poration for Travel Promotion, which would

be responsible for correcting misperceptions

regarding U.S entry policies, and providing

useful information to foreign tourists and oth-

ers interested in traveling to theUnited States.

Notably, the bill requires the Corporation

for Travel Promotion to “identify opportu-

nities and strategies to promote tourism to

rural and urban areas equally.” A travel pro-

motion fund requiring non-federal matching

funds would also be established.

The bill would additionally authorize the

creation of an Office of Travel Promotion in

the Department of Commerce. This office

would support and encourage the develop-

ment of programs to increase the

number of international visitors

to the United States. Also it

would collect data on the num-

ber of international visitors to

each State and support State, re-

gional, and private sector initia-

tives to promote travel to and

within the United States.

“Whether it’s a packing trip

in the west, one of the outstanding horse

shows throughout the country or one of our

exciting races, this bill has the potential to

help let those abroad know what the U.S.

horse industry has to offer,” said Ben Pen-

dergrass, AHC Legislative Director.

“The House of Representatives passed

similar legislation last year so we hope they

will approve this bill quickly,” said Hickey.

Florida Horse CouncilSupports Horse Welfare StudyIn September, members of the U.S. Con-

gress convened a Conference Committee to

work out differences in the House and Sen-

ate versions of theAgriculture, Rural Devel-

opment, Food andDrugAdministration, and

RelatedAgenciesAppropriationsAct, 2010.

This Conference Committee will determine

whether theGovernmentAccountability Of-

fice (GAO) will study the status of horse

welfare as it relates to the closing of horse

slaughter plants in the United States. The

American Horse Council and the Florida

HorseCouncil support such a study.On Sept.

1, the Florida Horse Council wrote letters to

Florida CongressmanAllen Boyd to ask for

his support of the study. Boyd is a conferee

on the House Conference Committee.

� BackgroundOnAugust 4, 2009, the Senate passed its

version of the Agriculture, Rural Develop-

ment, Food and Drug Administration, and

RelatedAgenciesAppropriationsAct, 2010

(H.R.2997). This bill will provide funding

for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for

fiscal year 2010.

The SenateAppropriations

Committee Report (No.111-

39) accompanying this legisla-

tion directs the GAO to study

the status of horsewelfare as it

relates to the closing of horse

slaughter facilities in the

United States.

The House passed its ver-

sion of the USDA appropria-

tionsbill on July9, 2009. There is noprovision

in the House package seeking a GAO study.

TheHouse and Senate nowhave to recon-

cile the differences between the two versions

of the bill through a conference committee

that includes representatives of both theHouse

and Senate. That committee is expected to

begin meeting shortly after Labor Day to de-

cide, among other things, if the GAO study

will be part of the final appropriations bill.

HORSE COUNCIL NEWS

GAO StudyThe GAO is an independent federal

agency that Congress often turns to for re-

ports and analysis of important issues. GAO

evaluates federal programs and policies; and

provides analyses, recommendations, and

other data to help Congress make informed

oversight, policy, and funding decisions.

The AHC supports this GAO study.

Currently, there is little hard data on this

issue. Such a study could provide valuable

information to the horse industry as it deals

with the unwanted horse issue.

The Senate legislation directs the GAO

to study the following issues:

How the horse industry has responded

to the closure of U.S. horse slaughter facil-

ities in terms of both the numbers of horse

sales, exports, adoptions, or abandon-

ments; the implications these changes have

had on farm income and trade; the extent to

which horses in the United States are

slaughtered for any purpose; any impacts

to State and local governments and animal

protection organizations; how the Depart-

ment oversees the transport of horses des-

tined for slaughter in foreign countries,

particularly Canada andMexico; the man-

ner in which the Department coordinates

with the Department of the Interior and

State governments to assist them in identi-

fying, holding and transporting unwanted

horses for foreign export; and general con-

clusions regarding the welfare of horses as

a result of a ban on horse slaughter for

human consumption.

The GAO report is to be issued

March 1, 2010.

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Following are the “FTBOA Chase to the Championship ” Point Standings through Sept. 17, 2009.

Year-end divisional champions will be determined using the “FTBOAChase to the Championship” point system, a ranking that awards pointsfor success in stakes races.The “FTBOA Chase to the Championship” allocates points for stakes

wins in graded races, open-company stakes and Florida’s signature rac-ing days, with the number of points awarded based upon the classifi-cation of the race. International stakes race status is governed by theInternational Cataloguing Standards Committee. The first three finishersin all Group/Graded and listed races appearing in Part I of the Interna-tional Cataloguing Standards and International Statistics Book printed byThe Jockey Club receive “black-type” designation.The Florida-bred with the most points in each division on December

31 is deemed champion of that division. Horse of the Year, Broodmareof the Year and Breeder of the Year will be voted on by the FTBOA Boardof Directors and announced at the FTBOA’s annual awards dinner.In the case of a year-end tie in points in any division, earnings will be

used to decide the tiebreaker.Points are assigned as follows:

� World Thoroughbred ChampionshipBreeders’ Cup Race:Win: 20 pointsPlace: 15 pointsShow: 10 points

� Grade 1 Stakes Race:Win: 15 pointsPlace: 10 pointsShow: 5 points

� Grade 2 Stakes Race:Win: 5 pointsPlace: 3 pointsShow: 2 points

� Grade 3 Stakes Race:Win: 3 pointsPlace: 2 pointsShow: 1 point

� Sunshine Millions(equivalent to a Grade 2 Stakes Race):Win: 5 pointsPlace: 3 pointsShow: 2 points

� Other Florida-bredSignature Race Days(equivalent to a Grade 3 Stakes Race):(The Florida Million, Florida Cup,Florida Stallion Stakes Series):Win: 3 pointsPlace: 2 pointsShow: 1 point

� Open-Company Stakes($50,000+Purse) Points for WIN ONLY:Win: 2 points

� Selection Criteria for Florida-bred champions

Two-Year-Old Colt/GeldingHorse (Sire) Breeder Owner TrainerBacktalk (Smarty Jones) - 8 Clover Leaf Farms II, Inc. Gold Mark Farm LLC Thomas M.AmossJackson Bend (Hear No Evil) - 8 Jacks or Better Farm, Inc. Jacks or Better Farm, Inc. Stanley I. GoldAikenite (Yes It’s True) - 5 Brylynn Farm, Inc. Dogwood Stable Todd A. PletcherD’ Funnybone (D’wildcat) - 5 Harold J. Plumley Paul P. Pompa Jr. Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.Mr. Green (Proud Accolade) - 4 Frank Perkins Farnsworth Stables, LLC and Kramer Stables, LLC Martin D.Wolfson

Two-Year-Old FillyJealous Again (Trippi) - 7 Harold J. Plumley Robert Abrams, Ron Brewer, Mitch Dutko &Wesley A.Ward Wesley A.WardSweetlalabye (Sweetsouthernsaint) - 5 Jacqueline Tortora & Toni & Richard Ancona Jacqueline Tortora & Toni & Richard Ancona Emanuel TortoraWorstcasescenario (Forbidden Apple) - 5 Arthur I. Appleton Klaravich Stables, Inc. Richard A. Violette, Jr.Aegean (Northern Afleet) - 3 Vegso Racing Stable Steven Michael Bell Wesley A.WardRosebud’s Ridge (Tiger Ridge) - 3 HermanWilensky Angel Quiroz HermanWilensky

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Montbrook Buckaroo Ocala Stud $2,851,376 137 65 6 9 0 $2,852,035 Big Drama $358,500 13 $19,246 18 $36,650

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D’WILDCATWILDCAT HEIR PROUD ACCOLADENA Stk Gr Leading Leading Yrlg Yrlg 2yo 2yo

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In a lifetime spent at the races, the unmistakable

sound that builds to deafening crescendo in recog-

nition of the truly great horse echoes infrequently,

as rare as greatness itself.

The roar lives in NewYork and until the afternoon of

Sept. 5, 2009 had rested in dormancy since June 10, 1978,

when unleashed in salute to the Florida-bredAffirmed as

he fought off Alydar in the final drama of the last Triple

Crown. It is a noise the description of which is beyond

language, something enveloping that must be heard and

one that until it erupted in the fading light of the final Sat-

urday of the annual summer idyll at Saratoga Springs, was

reserved for the 3-year-old capable of winning theTriple

Crown. The timing could not possibly have been better;

salve to many wounds applied generously by the awe-

somely talented 3-year-old filly embroiled in a historic

battle in the last furlong of theWoodward Stakes.

At the risk of un-

derstatement, this is

as dire a period for

the business of racing

as it is for any entre-

preneurial enterprise

buffeted by the ill

winds of recession.

Economies ebb

and flow and with

them the markets

that contribute for

better or worse to the

whole. Fortunes rise and fall. Bubbles inflate and burst.

Racing’s recent fortune hasmirrored economic strife that

grips much of the planet. More than a year after the de-

mise of the real-estate market, unprecedented govern-

ment bailouts of wayward financial institutions and

automobile manufacturers deemed too big to fail, the ex-

posure of Bernard Madoff along with an assortment of

less accomplished thieves and the dizzying decline of eq-

uity markets worldwide we are told that the worst is over,

that the recovery will be slow and painful. Economic

collapse ripples wide and spares no enterprise.

Then, on a summer’s day in upstate NewYork there

came a reminder – and not a subtle one – that takes us to

the reason that people do this.

A filly who had won the Kentucky Oaks, Preakness,

Mother Goose Stakes and Haskell Invitational while

making the distinct impression that she is one of those

whose name will endure the ages was bearing down on

the wire at Saratoga. She had dismissed all but two older

males, both Grade 1 winners with talent and substance,

who were in determined pursuit. On the way to this his-

toric stage, she had not been truly tested but her rider,

Calvin Borel, had drawn the whip, imploring her to fight

on and she responded with unmistakable courage. The

crowd at the Spa on its feet and ancient wooden building

quivered beneath a deafening roar that seemed almost to

provide RachelAlexandra with a second wind.

Bullsbay, theWhitney Stakes winner who was first to

run at her in the stretch, was unable to sustain the rally

and faded as the filly ran on. Almost immediately,

Florida-bredMachoAgain, winner of the Stephen Foster

Handicap, mounted a final run that threatened the filly’s

bid to make history in a prestigious race that had never

been won by a female of any age. With the roar in full

throat and soaring into the ether, his rally fell a neck short.

“I never thought I had her,” jockey RobbyAlbarado said.

“No matter what they throw at her, she’ll beat them.”

It seemed as though the hallowed ground over which

she raced shook beneath the noise, a sound never before

heard by the oldest of summer residents at the Spa.

The roar that enveloped Saratoga in the final yards of

theWoodward subsided slowly, followed the filly beyond

the wire, through the gallop out and awaited her return to

the winner’s enclosure. Her arrival inspired another wave

of sound in her honor that melted into an appreciative

applause. An electric buzz followed the crowd into the

streets that night and will be with each of those who bore

witness to thisWoodward for life.

They had seen RachelAlexandra look the “Graveyard

of Champions” in the eye and run away. Breeders, train-

ers, owners, riders, grooms, hotwalkers, bettors and the

most casual of observers took the same thing away from

Saratoga that day. They had seen something they would

never forget and nomatter the state of the economy of the

industry, wewere reminded exactly whywe do this:Mo-

ments like this, rare, sweet and eternal.�

PLAYER’S PAGE

by Paul Moran

Observers hadseen something

they would neverforget and no

matter the state ofthe economy ofthe industry, wewere reminded

exactly why we dothis: Momentslike this, rare,

sweet and eternal.

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