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HonoringtheBest
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THEFLORIDA THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS’
AND OWNERS’ASSOCIATION
WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORSAwesome of Course and Hear No Evil
Bernie Little Distributing, LLC
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President’s Report 6By Fred Brei
Editor’s Welcome 8By Michael Compton
Florida Focus 10Florida News 17, 46
Lightning strikes at Gulfstream Park 20Florida-bred R Heat Lightning rolled to a 7 ¼-length victory
in the Davona Sale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park last month tonotch the second graded stakes victory of her career.
A Parade of Hits at OBS 22For the first time,OBS has consolidated the February and
March selected two-year-old sales and the result is a strongcatalog of quality racing prospects looking to continue the
success of previous sale graduates.
Leading the Way 26Florida-based juvenile consignors again star in 2010
national standings.
2011 Florida-bred Triple Crown nominees 30A total of 32 Florida-bred runners were nominated to the 2011 TripleCrown.All told, 364 horses were made eligible to this year’s classics.
32 Passionate PursuitAmy Tarrant,who owns Ocala-based Hardacre Farm, is enjoyingsuccess as a Thoroughbred owner, breeder and trainer.
38 Leading Florida Sires
42 Florida Thoroughbred Farm Manager’sAnnual stallion showcase, silent auction and cocktail party
47 Editor’s NoteBy Summer Best
48 Florida Horse Council News
49 News Bits
51 Practically SpeakingBy Mark Shuffitt
52 Dynaplint Technology for FoalsBy Denise Steffanus
54 Lame in the MouthBy Saundra TenBroeck, Ph.D.
62 Player’s PageBy Paul Moran
COVER PHOTO: ELEANOR HANCOCKCONTENTS PHOTO: PALMER4 THE FLORIDA HORSE • MARCH 2011
MARCH 2011 •VOL 54/ISSUE 3
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FTBOA OFFICERS ANDBOARD OF DIRECTORS
Fred Brei, PresidentBrent Fernung, First Vice President Phil Matthews, SecondVice President
Sheila DiMare, Secretary Bonnie M. Heath III, Treasurer
DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVEVICE PRESIDENTRichard E. Hancock
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© THE FLORIDA HORSE (ISSN 0090-967X) is publishedmonthly except July by THE FLORIDA HORSE, INC., 801SW 60th Ave., Ocala, Florida 34474, including the annual Sta-tistical Review in February.
Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors anddo not necessarily reflect those of Florida Equine Publicationsor the Florida Thoroughbred Breedersʼ and Ownersʼ Associa-tion. Publication of any material originating herein is expresslyforbidden without first obtaining written permission from THEFLORIDA HORSE©.
Statistics in the publication relating to results of racing inNorth America are compiled from data generated by Daily Rac-ing Form, Equibase, Bloodstock Research Information Serv-ices, and The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc., thecopyright owners of said data. Reproduction is prohibited.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Michael Compton
BUSINESS MANAGER
Patrick Vinzant
MANAGING EDITOR/ADVERTISING MANAGER
Summer Best
ART DIRECTOR
John Filer
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
JoAnn Guidry
WRITER
Nick Fortuna
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Beverly Kalberkamp
CORRESPONDENTS
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PUBLISHERFlorida Equine Publications, Inc.
(A corporation owned by the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association)
Executive Office - 801 SW 60th Avenue • Ocala, Florida 34474
BOARD OF DIRECTORSFred Brei, President/Board ChairmanBrent Fernung, 1st Vice PresidentPhil Matthews, 2nd Vice President
Sheila DiMare, SecretaryBonnie M. Heath III, Treasurer
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Richard E. Hancock
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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THE FLORIDA HORSE • MARCH 2011 5
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By FRED BREI
Over the course of the last eight years we have been
looking at ways to meet our responsibilities under
our bylaws as contained in the original articles of in-
corporation of the FloridaThoroughbredBreeders’andOwn-
ers’Association in addressing the issue of waste disposal.
Article II of the articles of incorporation, entitled “titled
nature and purpose of corporation,” reads as follows: “the
particular purpose and object of this Corporation being the
promotion and close cooperation in promoting the Thor-
oughbred horse breeding industry in Florida and the coun-
try at large, and, to this end, by mutual helpfulness and
cooperation to gain a greater knowledge of the soil analysis
of the state of Florida, and by the same cooperation, gain a
greater scientific knowledge of themost beneficial grasses,
feed, care andwatermost suitable to the successful and prof-
itable breeding of Thoroughbred horses.”
Clearly, part of our responsibility as an association is to
take care of the land and the water that sustains our animals.
From that premise, how do we get rid of mountains of ma-
nure? In 2003 the board of directors determined it had to try
to come up with a cure for the problem of waste disposal.At
that time, the association went into the hiring of engineers,
examining of research and started up what we hoped was a
long-term cure for the problem. Faced with raising money,
the FTBOA, from funds available, put up $250,000,OBSput
up $250,000, Black Kow invested $150,000 and numerous
individuals put up $25,000 each.
I’ve heard complaints over the last couple of years about
individuals that invested in the project. I assure you they
were trying to help our industry and possibly help them-
selves. When you are raising stock funds, there are laws to
abide by, and you have to make sure you are in compliance
and do not violate them.At that time, we were only allowed
to approach high- net- worth individuals or companies.We
were not allowed to advertise to the general membership.
That would have been viewed as soliciting. Thus, I can as-
sure you that original funds raised were not based on fa-
voritism, but based on those individuals who fit the criteria
and asking them for $25,000 each. Members who have any
concerns about not being invited by advertisements or oth-
erwise should understand that how we sought investors was
done solely to stay in compliancewith state and federal laws.
The board of directors has been made aware on numer-
ous occasions over the last five years that I have been on
the board, and I’m sure prior to that, on progress or lack of
progress on the project at any given time. I would also like
to tell you I have spoken to all of the people that invested
$25,000 each, Ocala Equine Power, LLC (OEP) and none
are dissatisfied with their decision to invest in an effort to do
their part on behalf of the industry to resolve the issue. Like
any investors, they only regret the fact that the project did
not work to solve the industry’s waste disposal problem and
that they lost their money. The $1,262,000 raised under
OEP was invested in various attempts at curing the prob-
lem.All attempts failed to achieve the goal.
After several years of exploring options, in 2008 a com-
pany, MaxWest, believed it had a viable technology to once
again hopefully take care of the waste problem. Those pre-
sentations were made at a time when oil prices were even
higher than they are now.There also was much conversation
at the time about tax credits for green fuels and technologies.
The output capability of MaxWest’s gasification process,
combined with the reimbursement for the energy created, as
of this day, isn’t financially feasible.Maybe in the future itwill
be.Who knows?Today it is idle and not going anywhere until
something comes forwardwith improved technology and sup-
port from the State of Florida in green- energy credits.
The association received a grant in 2009 from the State
of Florida pursuant to the Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficient Technologies Grants Program to explore
MaxWest’s technology to see if the technology worked and
if the project was financially feasible. As of this day, there
is more than $1 million in unspent grant money available
should a viable solution surface in the future. In the mean-
time, I can assure you that the FTBOA has statements from
accountants and general counsel that declare that the
FTBOAhas no liability as it relates to any operations to date
in trying to get rid of muck. �
6 THE FLORIDA HORSE • MARCH 2011
president’s report
Fred Brei, President/Board Chairman
SERITA HULT PHOTO
FeasibilityOf Gasification
Fred Brei
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By MICHAEL COMPTON
The annual battle for racing dates in
South Florida has been resolved for
the year.
The Department of Business and Pro-
fessional Regulation Division of Pari-
Mutuel Wagering verified Feb. 28 that
Gulfstream Park has applied for 87 racing
dates that begin on Dec. 3, 2011 and run
through April 8, 2012.
“We’re excited to add December to
Gulfstream’s existing schedule,” said Tim
Ritvo, MI Developments’ vice president
of racing on the east coast. “We know this
will enhance our stakes schedule and the
overall quality of our product. Gulfstream
has a history of developing champion 3-
year-olds who excel in the Triple Crown.
Racing in December will only add to the
excitement of racing at Gulfstream Park.
We also know it is in the best interest of
South Florida racing. We want to thank the
horsemen for their continued support of
our racing product.”
The Division also verified Calder’s fil-
ing. Calder’s dates for the upcoming year
from July 1 through June 30, 2012, include
112 days of racing. The upcoming meet,
which starts in April, will run through
Sept. 30. The Calder Tropical meet begins
Oct. 1, 2011 and runs through Dec. 2, 2011
with 45 performances. The 2012 Calder
meet will beginApril 9, 2012, the day after
Gulfstream concludes its meet.
“Every thoroughbred racetrack in the
country plays a role in contributing to the
greater good of the industry,” said John
Marshall, vice president and general man-
ager of racing. “One role Calder plays is
developing young horses to go on to be
world champions. We will be doing our
very best in 2011 to do even better at what
we already do well which is propelling ju-
venile horses to national and global
stages.”
The filings mean there will not be
head-to-head racing in the coming year.
“Many have asked us about our views
regarding both Calder and Gulfstream
Park running year-round schedules,” Mar-
shall said. “We are of the opinion that such
an outcome at this time would mean
the end of the South Florida racing circuit
and deny local horsemen the chance to
make a living as they currently do. Tracks
running head to head would lead to a com-
promised racing product that would be of
little interest to horseplayers across the
country. While South Florida racing may
one day face this outcome, Calder and
CDI would view that approach as a
tragedy for the tens of thousands of fami-
lies that depend on Florida’s horse racing
industry to make a living.”
Fred Brei, Florida Thoroughbred
Breeders’ and Owners’Association presi-
dent, said of the filings: “We’re glad the
parties reached a consensus and worked
out something reasonable for all the horse-
men involved. The most important thing is
that this issue is settled and we can all
move on and focus on being breeders and
owners.” �
8 THE FLORIDA HORSE • MARCH 2011
editor’s welcome
Michael Compton/JOE DIORIO PHOTO
RaceRelations
“We’re glad the parties reached a consensus andworked out something reasonable for all the horse-men involved. The most important thing is that this
issue is settled and we can all move on and focus onbeing breeders and owners.”—Fred Brei, Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’
and Owners’Association president
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Mucho Macho Man entered the
$300,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair
Grounds Feb. 19 with only one win to his
credit, but the Florida-bred colt had run
well in three consecutive graded events.
The fourth try was the charm for the son
of Macho Uno, who powered his way to a
1½-length victory and stamped his ticket to
the Kentucky Derby (G1) on the first Sat-
urday in May.
Mucho Macho Man, bred by Ocala’s
John D. and Carole A. Rio, had Rajiv
Maragh aboard for the first time in the
Risen Star, but the pair seemed like a natu-
ral fit. Maragh placed Mucho Macho Man
in second place early while Florida-bred
Decisive Moment led the field of 10 3-year-
olds through a quarter-mile in 24.67 sec-
onds and a half-mile in 49.24.
Mucho Macho Man went three-wide
around the far turn and gained a one-length
lead at the top of the long Fair Grounds
stretch. He battled with Santiva, the winner
of the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2)
at Churchill Downs in November, at the
head of the lane before edging away and
finishing the 1 1/16-mile test in 1:43.98.
“My horse cooperated and settled in
well behind the leader, and once he settled,
I expected him to make a big finish, and he
sure did,” said Maragh. “In the post parade
he did everything right that you would ask
from a horse. He settled, but he was pretty
focused, so he was giving me all the right
signals. I had been on him already in the
morning, so I am a little bit familiar with
the horse. I’ve seen him run many times, so
it wasn’t hard to get acquainted with him.”
Kathy Ritvo became Mucho Macho
Man’s trainer last year after her husband,
Tim, accepted a management position at
Gulfstream Park’s parent company, MI De-
velopments. Kathy Ritvo said she believed
in Maragh, who was filling in for Mucho
Macho Man’s regular rider, Eibar Coa, who
was injured in a race at Gulfstream.
“I had a lot of confidence in Rajiv,” she
said. “He’s been on him before with my
husband in Saratoga, when my husband
Salty Wave gave her connections a win
they’ll always remember Feb. 20 at Oak-
lawn Park, where the Florida-bred mare
scored a front-running, 1 ¼-length victory
in the $60,000 Spring Fever Stakes. It was
the first stakes victory for the mare’s owner
and trainer, Jack Frost, and 18-year-old
jockey Ricardo Santana Jr.
Frost had claimed Salty Wave for
$35,000 from H and H Ranch and trainer
Karl Broberg out of a third-place finish in
a race at Remington Park last September.
The 6-year-old daughter of Salty Sea made
her 2011 debut in the Spring Fever and
earned her second stakes victory, having
captured the $55,000 Ravolia Stakes on
Calder’s turf course in September 2008.
Salty Wave, bred by Tampa’s William
A. Myers, has won 13 of her 39 starts for
$296,986. But to Frost, The victory was
easily the biggest of her career.
“She’s got a lot of heart,” he said.
“Like all of them, she’s got some issues
that needed to be addressed, but with all
the weather this year, hoping for a claim-
ing race or optional race to go was just so
iffy, we just decided to point for this. We
knew this was the kind of race where she
could give her best, and the timing
worked out great for us. I claimed her be-
cause of her consistency. Her numbers
were pretty much the same every time,
10 THE FLORIDA HORSE • MARCH 2011
Salty Wave Springs Upset at Oaklawn
Mucho Macho Man Scores in
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Florida-bred Mucho Macho Man winningthe Risen Star by 1 1/2 lengths.
Written by Nick Fortuna
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Teaks North by a Nosein Gulfstream Turf
Heading into the $300,000Gulfstream Park
Turf Handicap (G1) Feb. 5, jockey JoseValdivia
Jr. believed he was on a live underdog in Teaks
North. But after the Florida-bred gelding rallied
to beat Smart Bid by a nose for his first graded
stakes victory, even he was a bit surprised.
“It’s unbelievable,” said Valdivia after scoring
with the 25-1 long shot. “I just think he’s really
coming into his own and is a really good turf
horse. I couldn’t have had a better trip. I just tipped
him off horses, and he finished up really strong.”
Teaks North, a 4-year-old son of Northern
Afleet bred at Brylynn Farm Inc. in Reddick,
made his 2011 debut in the Gulfstream ParkTurf
Handicap. He had a strong 2010 campaign, with
four wins in eight starts, including victories in
the $96,000 Restoration Stakes on the Mon-
mouth Park lawn inAugust and the $60,000 Big
Brown Stakes on the New Jersey venue’s main
track in October.
In making his Gulfstream Park debut, Teaks
North took his game to the next level for trainer
Justin Sallusto.As
the longest shot on
the board in a
field of eight 4-
year-olds and up,
Teaks North ran in
sixth place early in
the 1 1/8-mile af-
fair on a firm turf
course. Florida-
bred Little Mike,
who hadwired the
Fort Lauderdale Stakes (G3) by a nose at Gulf-
stream, once again was on the lead through a
quarter-mile in 23.52 seconds and a half-mile in
47.40.
Teaks North reached the top of the stretch in
sixth place but was full of run, getting up just in
time and stopping the clock in 1:46.39.
“We were between running him in the Sun-
shine MillionsTurf or this race and decided this
race might come up easier, and it looks like we
made the right decision,” Sallusto said.
Teaks North, out of the High Honors mare
Teaksberry Road, has won five of his 12 starts
and earned $364,400 for owner Jules Boutelle.
and that’s what caught my eye.”
Frost owned horses for about seven
years with trainer Stanley Roberts before
becoming a trainer himself several years
ago. The Marianna, Ark.-based agricul-
tural pilot and business owner put in
more than 23,000 hours of agricultural
flying before branching out into selling
planes and parts.
The win improved Salty Wave’s
record on fast dirt tracks to 4-for-10, but
she’s also been solid on turf, going 6-for-
17. She won four consecutive races at
Lone Star Park last year, including three
on grass, all at the $35,000 optional-
claiming level or lower.
Florida-bred Salty Wave (left) givesJack Frost his first stakes win.
Risen Startrained him, and Rajiv’s a professional,
a great rider. And I want to wish Eibar
Coa a speedy recovery. I’m very con-
cerned about him, and I wish him all
the best.”
MuchoMachoMan broke his maiden
with Coa aboard in his third career start,
taking a $50,000 maiden special weight
race at Monmouth Park last September
by four lengths. He concluded his juve-
nile campaign with second-place fin-
ishes behind To Honor and Serve in the
Remsen (G2) and Nashua (G2) stakes at
Aqueduct in November. In his 2011
debut, he was fourth in the Holy Bull
Stakes (G3) at Gulfstream after a trou-
bled trip.
Mucho Macho Man has two wins
from seven starts
and has earned
$310,643 for owners
Reeves Thorough-
bred Racing and
Dream Team One
Racing Stable. He’s
out of the Ponche
mare Ponche de
Leona.
Ritvo said Mucho Macho Man might
make his next start in the $1 million
Louisiana Derby (G2) going 1 1/8 miles
at Fair Grounds on March 26.
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Florida-bred Teaks North
“My horse cooperated and settled in well be-hind the leader, and once he settled, I expectedhim to make a big finish, and he sure did. In thepost parade he did everything right that youwould ask from a horse. He settled, but he waspretty focused, so he was giving me all the rightsignals.”— jockey Rajiv Maragh
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Bridgetown began his 2011 campaign with an exclamation point
Feb. 19 atTampaBayDowns, setting a stakes recordwhile winning the
$75,000Turf Dash by a neck over fellow Florida-bred GreatAttack.
Bridgetown, a homebred for Eugene Melnyk of Winding Oaks
Farm in Ocala, covered the five furlongs on firm turf in 55.28 sec-
onds, besting the stakes record of 55.75 seconds set by Castles in the
Sky in 2009. The 4-year-old son of Speightstown earned his fourth
stakes victory, having taken the Summer Stakes (G3) atWoodbine in
2009 and the $70,000 Latham Stakes at Saratoga and the $104,000
Gilded Time Stakes at Monmouth Park last year.
While breaking from the far-outside No. 10 post, Bridgetown used
his usual front-running style to build a 1 ½-length lead through three
furlongs with Willie Martinez aboard for the first time. He covered
the first quarter-mile 20.93 seconds and the half in 43.32, reaching
the top of the lane with a 1 ½-length lead over Great Attack.
The fast pace almost caught up with Bridgetown, but he had just
enough left to hold off Great Attack in the final strides.
“Man, they toldmehewasquick, buthewasquicker thanquick,”Mar-
tinez said. “He broke out leav-
ing the gate, and he wanted to
go, so I gave him his head, and
we just zipped past some very
fast horses.Was it really 20 and
4? But he relaxed nicely on the
lead into the turn. He was just
cruising getting into the stretch.
I knew they would be coming,
so I had to get after him, and hewas still giving enough for us to be there.”
Bridgetown has five wins and a pair of runner-up efforts from 10
starts and has earned $609,021. Hemade his first nine starts for trainer
Ken McPeek before being transferred to the barn of Todd Pletcher.
Pletcher’s assistant,Michael Dilger, was on hand for the race. “He’s
been training very well, and we’re very happy with the way he went,
running his first time back in a stake,” he said. Dilger said he wasn’t
sure where Bridgetown would make his next start. “That’s something
Todd and Mr. Melnyk will discuss,” he said.
Bridgetown hasmade two appearances in Breeders’Cup races, fin-
ishing fourth in last fall’s Turf Sprint (G2) and second in the 2009 Ju-
venile Turf (G2) after leading most of the way.
Great Attack, a 4-year-old son of Randolph Thoroughbreds stal-
lion Greatness bred by Edward Seltzer and Murray Durst, has four
wins from 10 starts and has earned $159,418. A $37,000 purchase at
OBS as a 2-year-old inApril 2009, the colt is trained byWesleyWard
for owner Houyhnhnm Stable.
GreatAttack closed out his 2010 campaign bywinning allowances
at Keeneland and Churchill Downs. He began his 4-year-old season
with a second-place finish behind Florida-bred Stradivinsky in the
$58,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint last month.
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Bridgetown Wires Tampa’s Turf Dash
“Man, they told me he wasquick, but he was quicker thanquick. He broke out leavingthe gate, and he wanted to go,so I gave him his head, andwe just zipped past some veryfast horses.”—jockeyWillie Martinez
Florida-bred Bridgetown wins theTurf Dash in stakes record time.
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Tackleberry, named for the quirky
firearms aficionado in the “Police Acad-
emy” movie series, has been taking dead
aim at his rivals lately, reeling off six wins
in his last seven starts. The
most recent of those tallies
came Feb. 12, when the
Florida-bred gelding took the
$150,000 Gulfstream Park
Sprint Championship (G2) by
two lengths.
Tackleberry, a 4-year-old
son of Ocala Stud Farm stal-
lion Montbrook, got his
fourth stakes victory for
trainer and owner Luis Olivares. He won
the $125,000 Jack Dudley Sprint Cham-
pionship going six furlongs against
Florida-breds in November and the Fred
Hooper Handicap (G3) at 1 1/8 miles in
December, both at Calder Casino and
Race Course. Those wins followed scores
in a $30,500 allowance and a $25,000 op-
tional claimer earlier in the fall at the
Miami Gardens oval.
On Jan. 8, Tackleberry began his year
with a fourth-place finish behind Soaring
Empire in the Hal’s Hope Stakes (G3) at
Gulfstream Park after bobbling at the start.
He returned Jan. 29 to wire the $500,000
Sunshine Millions Classic by 2 ¼ lengths at
odds of 27-1 at Gulfstream.
In the seven-furlong Gulf-
stream Park Sprint Champi-
onship, Tackleberry avenged his
only recent loss, defeating 4-5 fa-
vorite Soaring Empire, who fin-
ished second, a nose in front of
Caixa Eletronica.
With usual rider Javier Santi-
ago aboard, Tackleberry ran in
second place as Gaucho led the
field of eight 4-year-olds and up through a
quarter-mile in 22.84 seconds and a half-
mile in 45.86. Tackleberry rallied to take the
lead leaving the far turn and reached the
head of the lane with a two-length advan-
tage.
Soaring Empire, who had reared up in
the starting gate prior to the race, unseating
jockey Jose Lezcano, rallied from last place
but couldn’t catch the winner, who stopped
the clock in 1:22.84 on a fast track.
“The one thing that had me scared was
the big cutback in distance,” Santiago said
after the win. “At seven furlongs, you have
to put a little more speed into the race. This
is his moment. He’s just winning at every
distance. A mile and an eighth, seven fur-
longs, six furlongs, it doesn’t matter.”
“He just loves to run,” said Olivares. “He
came bouncing out of his last race ready to
do something the next day. I had to do
something with him or I was afraid he might
hurt himself in his stall.”
Tackleberry, bred by Ocala Stud Farm,
has seven wins and two runner-up finishes
from 11 career starts for $577,225 in earn-
ings. Olivares said the horse likely will run
in the one-mile, $300,000 Gulfstream Park
Handicap (G2) on March 12. The horse is
out of the Concerto mare Box of Joy.
14 THE FLORIDA HORSE • MARCH 2011
Tackleberry is too Tough at Gulfstream
Florida-bredTackleberry
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Pleasant Strike to Stand in OcalaPleasant Strike, a son of Smart Strike
who earned $453,399 at the racetrack, will
begin his stallion career this year atAlfredo
Ronso’s Mighty White Stallion Farm in
Ocala.A stud fee hasn’t been set.
Pleasant Strike earned his biggest vic-
tory as a 3-year-old in the 2007 Arlington
Classic (G3), taking that 1 1/16-mile turf
test by 3 ¾ lengths. Two years later, the turf
specialist won the $50,000DanielVan Clief
Stakes on the Colonial Downs lawn after
finishing second in that race in 2008.
Pleasant Strike, trained byTodd Pletcher,
finished his career with six wins from 33
starts. In addition to his two stakes victories,
he placed in nine other stakes races, includ-
ing second-place finishes in 2009 in Mon-
mouth’s Red Bank Stakes (G3) and The
Meadowlands’ Cliff Hanger Stakes (G3)
and third-place finishes in the 2009 River
City Handicap (G3) at Churchill Downs and
last year’s Miami Mile (G3) at Calder.
“He has a very nice conformation and a
lot ofmuscle,” Ronso said. “He’s very good-
minded, and he was a
nice racehorse. He’s a
nice stallion with a lot of
size and good bone. I
think he will throw very
nice babies.”
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Cool Coal Man, who won the 2008
Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulf-
stream Park on his way to $929,718 in
earnings, will stand at Hartley/De Renzo
Thoroughbreds in Ocala this year for a
$5,000 stud fee. The 6-year-old stallion is
a son of 2003 Horse of theYear Mineshaft,
who earned $2.26 million, and the Ru-
biano mare Coral Sea, who earned
$130,087.
Cool Coal Man finished his career with
10 wins, including five stakes victories,
from 30 starts. He won two of five starts
as a juvenile, then returned in 2008 to cap-
ture the Fountain ofYouth and the $70,000
Spend a Buck Stakes at Monmouth Park.
He also finished third behind Big Brown
in that year’s Haskell Invitational (G1) at
Monmouth.
Racing for owner Robert V. LaPenta and
Hall-of-Fame trainer Nick Zito, Cool Coal
Man earned two more stakes victories at age
4 in 2009, taking the $71,750 Albert the
Great Stakes at Saratoga and the $69,150
Lord of the Night Stakes at Belmont Park.
He also placed in two graded events that year.
Last year, Cool Coal Man won the
$100,000 SkipAway Stakes and placed in two
more graded events. For his career, he earned
14 triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures in races
ranging from 6 ½ furlongs to 1 1/8 miles.
A $200,000 purchase as a yearling at
Keeneland, Cool Coal Man was bred by
W.S. Farish and the E.J. Hudson Jr. Irrev-
ocable Trust. LaPenta offered him at the
2007 Fasig-Tipton Calder sale of selected
2-year-olds in training.
“Mr. LaPenta found himself just too
fond of the horse to let him go,” said Zito.
“By deciding to purchase the horse back
at $850,000, this proved to be a very re-
warding decision by Mr. LaPenta.”
Rebecca Hayden, Hartley/De Renzo
Thoroughbreds’ director of stallions, said,
“Not only is he nearly a millionaire, being
a son of Mineshaft and a grandson of A.P.
Indy, this is a sire line that is proving over
and over to be the sire of sires. As word
has traveled, we have had an immediate re-
sponse to this horse and believe that he
will spark a new Florida breeding mar-
ket. We couldn’t be more pleased to have
him with us.”
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Tampa BayDowns BoostsSome PursesAs a result of an overall handle increase of five percent as well as the most successful
Festival PreviewDay, presented byLambholmSouth, to date,TampaBayDowns announced
last month that there will be a purse increase for the remainder of the racing season.
An average of $5,000 a day will be allotted to all claiming races run for a $12,500
claiming tag or less. This includes maiden, never-won-two, never-won-three and since-a-
date conditions.Wide-open claiming races run for a $5,000 tag will now carry a purse of
$10,500, and wide-open $12,500 claiming races will now boast purses of $16,000 (in-
cluding money from Florida Owners’Awards).
Tampa Bay Downs’ vice president and general manager, Peter Berube, said, “We are
pleased to be able to offer increased purses for our lower-level claiming races. We could
have done a $500-per-race across-the-board increase, but we felt at this time the increase
would be better served in select classes of races.”—Tampa Bay Downs Publicity
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R Heat Lightning proved that lightning can indeed striketwice. The Florida-bred filly romped to a 7 ¼-length victory in
the $250,000 Davona Dale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park on
Feb. 26 to get the second graded stakes win of her career.
R Heat Lightning, a daughter of Trippi and a homebred for
E. Paul Robsham Stables, captured the Spinaway Stakes (G1)
at Saratoga last September after finishing second in Mon-
mouth Park’s $94,000 Colleen Stakes the previous month. The
filly, out of the Gold Fever mare Yellow Heat, concluded her
juvenile campaign with runner-up finishes in the Frizette
Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park in October and the Breeders’
Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Churchill Downs in November.
R Heat Lightning and jockey John Velazquez settled into
fourth place early as Hot Summer led the field of eight 3-year-
old fillies through a quarter-mile in 23.92 seconds and a half-
mile in 46.53. After Florida-bred Pomeroys Pistol briefly took
the lead, R Heat Lightning began to pick it up, surging to a 1
½-length lead at the top of the lane and drawing off under a
strong hand ride.
R Heat Lightning, trained by Todd Pletcher, finished the
one-mile test in 1:36.25. The win helped R Heat Lightning
atone for a fourth-place finish in the Forward Gal Stakes (G2)
at Gulfstream on Jan. 30, the only time she’s finished out of
the exacta. She has three wins and three runner-up finishes
from seven starts for $772,800 in earnings.
“She had a much smoother trip,” Pletcher said. “Last time,
she got bumped pretty hard at the start and never settled down
in the backstretch. She had a clean trip, relaxed and then went
on with it. We’ll naturally consider the Gulfstream Oaks here
(April 2). The main goal is the Kentucky Oaks (May 6). She’s
run well at Churchill.”
“She settled really well,” Velazquez said. “Maybe she
learned something from her last race, when she was a little
rank. We were between horses, and she relaxed, and when I
asked her at the quarter pole, she responded. It was a big dif-
ference from her last race.”
The favored Dancinginherdreams, the winner of the Poca-
hontas Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs in October, finished a
head in front of Pomeroys Pistol.
Pomeroys Pistol, a homebred for trainer Amy Tarrant’s
Hardacre Farm, has won three of her six starts for $213,990.
Flashpoint Wins HutchesonTo Stay Unbeaten
Florida-bred Flashpoint is kind of like a concertgoer whogets to the event about an hour late – he skipped the opening act
but hasn’t missed anything important.
Flashpoint, a son ofVinery stallionPomeroy, didn’t race as a juve-
nile andmadehis career debut Jan. 15 atAqueduct, romping to a 6¼-
length victory in a $41,000 maiden special weight race. He earned a
91Beyer Speed Figure for that six-furlong test on the inner dirt track.
Following that impressive victory, trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. entered
Flashpoint in the $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes (G2) Feb. 26 at Gulf-
streamPark,and thecolt remainedperfect, cruising toa7¼-lengthwin.
“You have to be excited after
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a horse does that,” Dutrow said. “I thought
he’d be in front, but he broke a step slow
and sat off Todd (Pletcher’s) horse, so I’m
happy to know that he can do that.”
In the Hutcheson, Flashpoint ran in sec-
ond place early as Pletcher’s 7-10 favorite,
Travelin Man, carved out fractions of
22.16 seconds for a quarter-mile and 44.53
for a half-mile. With Cornelio Velasquez
aboard, Flashpoint made his move while
going around the turn to reach the top of
the lane with a 1 ½-length lead, and he
drew off down the stretch, stopping the
clock for seven furlongs in 1:22.03.
Flashpoint, bred by Silverleaf Farms
Inc. and owned by Peachtree Stable, was
sent off as the third choice in a field of
nine 3-year-olds. Travelin Man finished
three lengths ahead of Florida-bred Little
Drama.
“The only other horse I was concerned
about was (Travelin Man),” Velasquez
said. “We broke good, had a good trip. I
didn’t want to move too soon because this
horse likes company. In the stretch, I did-
n’t really hit him. He was very good.”
Flashpoint, a $100,000 purchase as a
yearling at Keeneland in September 2009,
has earned $115,200 through two starts.
Dutrow said Flashpoint, out of the Two
Punch mare Two Punch Lil, might be
pointed toward the Triple Crown races,
though shorter races might be more to his
liking.
“We’ll discuss the options, including
the Florida Derby,” Dutrow said. “Person-
ally, I like the seven-eighths to a mile-and-
an-eighth angle, but we’ll see. I would say
his next start will be here.You never know
if they can go long until they do it, but nat-
urally with the (Kentucky) Derby coming
up everybody thinks about it.”
Little Drama, a son of Rising Hill Farm
stallion Burning Roma and a homebred for
Ocala’s Harold Queen, wasmaking his 2011
debut. The winner of the $97,000 Frank
GomezMemorial Stakes at Calder last year
has won two of his six starts for $128,490.
Concorde’s TuneDies at Age 22BY MICHAEL COMPTON
Longtime Ocala Stud Farm stallion
Concorde’sTune died lastmonth at the age of
22. According to Ocala Stud’s J. Michael
O’Farrell Jr., the stallion, who entered stud in
1995, died as a result of complications from
cancerous tumors.
“Hewas oneof those sires that never really
got a big horse, but he consistently sired good
runners,” said O’Farrell. “He sired a good-
looking horse, and he sired runners. His
horses soldwell for the amount ofmoney that
was invested in them, and they ranwell for the
amount of money that was spent on them.”
By Concorde Bound—Parisian Tune, by
Tunerup, Concorde’s Tune sired more than
290 winners and had progeny earnings of
more than $21million.According to statistics
fromThe Florida Horse’s 2011 Stallion Reg-
ister, Concorde’s Tune had average earnings
per runner of more than $61,000 from 13
crops to race, and he sired 24 stakes winners.
Among some of his leading runners are
stakeswinners Sara’s Success,Mr. Silver,Run
KushRun andFormalConcorde, a champion
in the Dominican Republic.
As a racehorse, Concorde’s Tune won 12
of 28 starts and earned $242,585 in a career
that spanned four seasons.Hewon theMend-
ham Stakes at The Meadowlands at age 3 in
1992. That same year, he equaled a track
record of 56 2/5 seconds for five furlongs at
TheMeadowlands.At age 4, he captured the
Thomas Edison Stakes at the New Jersey
track for his second stakes victory.�
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Pedigree,Performance,Conformation
REYDECAFÉKingmambo—Commodit ies ,
by Pr ivate Account
Impeccably bred,Rey de Café is by sire ofchampions Kingmambo,
out of a stellar female familythat includes perennial leading
sire Seeking the Gold.Rey de Café won sprinting androuting on both dirt and turf,suggesting his offspring will
relish today’s synthetic surfaces.
NOMINATED TOFlorida Stallion Stakes
899 S.W. 85th Ave., Ocala, FL 34481(352) 237-3834 Fax: (352) 237-6069
www.doublediamondfarm.com
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Double Diamond’s
Racing Aptitude wins
Appleton Juvenile Turf
at Florida Million!
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Florida-bredR Heat Lightningrolled to a 7 ¼-length victory inthe Davona Sale Stakes (G2) atGulfstream Park last month tonotch the second graded stakesvictory of her career.
A homebred for E. Paul RobshamStables, R Heat Lightning coveredthe one mile distance in 1:36.25.She is a daughter of formerOcala Stud stallion Trippi.
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By JAY FRIEDMAN
TheMarch Sale of Se-
lected Two-Year-
Olds inTraining gets
the Ocala Breeders’ Sales
Company’s juvenile sale sea-
son off and running onTues-
day and Wednesday, March
15-16. There are 490 horses
cataloged, with both sessions
beginning at 11 a.m.
The March Sale Under Tack Show is set for Thurs-
day and Friday, March 10-11, beginning each morn-
ing at 8 a.m. The sale includes the ongoing Gulf
Coast Farm Dispersal, consigned to OBS by Jerry
Bailey Sales Agency. Best known as the breeder of
champion Lookin at Lucky, Gulf Coast was North
America’s fourth leading breeder in 2010.
The OBS Championship Day of racing is slated for
Monday, March 14, the day before the sale.
The sale’s theme, “Hits Keep Coming,” is a reflec-
tion of another year of tremendous racing success by
OBS juvenile sale graduates, culminating in Mark De-
domenico LLC, John Carver, Peter Abruzzo & Jerry
Hollendorfer’s Blind Luck winning the Eclipse Award
as 2010’s champion 3-year-old filly. The fourth OBS
graduate so honored, Blind Luck follows in the foot-
steps of Yanks Music (1996), Xtra Heat (2001) and
Wait a While (2006).
Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, Blind Luck won five
graded stakes in 2010, including victories in the Ala-
bama Stakes (G1), Kentucky Oaks (G1) and Las Vir-
genes Stakes (G1). The daughter of Pollard’s Vision
was consigned to the 2009 OBS April Sale by
Omega Farm, Agent.
For the first time, OBS has consolidated the Febru-
ary and March Selected Two-
Year-Old Sales into one, and the
result is a strong catalog with
even greater depth of quality
racing prospects.
The March Sale carries on a
legacy of achievement, as OBS
selected two-year-old sales have
produced 34 millionaires, win-
ners of 17 Eclipse Awards and
nine Breeders’ Cup races.
Horse of the Year titles for
Florida-bred SkipAway and Fa-
vorite Trick are included, along
with the three Dubai Golden
Shaheen scores for Caller One
(twice) and Saratoga County, as
well as championships for
Florida-breds Lost in the Fog,
Cherokee Run, Gilded Time,
Jewel Princess, Brave Raj, as
well as Fleet Indian.
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Eclipse ChampionBlind Luck
For the first time, OBS has consolidated the February and Marchselected two-year-old sales and the result is a strong catalog of quality
racing prospects looking to continue the success of previous sale graduates.
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The March Sale enjoyed one of its greatest days at
the Breeders’ Cup in 2008, as graduates Forever To-
gether (Filly andMareTurf),Midnight Lute (Sprint) and
Stardom Bound (Juvenile Fillies) all raced to victory.
In 2010, OBS two-year-old sale graduates per-
formed where it counts, winning or placing in 373
stakes races, and winning them at
an average of nearly three per
week. They won 47 graded stakes,
14 of them grade one events, in-
cluding the Alabama, Arkansas
Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, Cash-
Call Futurity, Darley Alcibiades,
Hollywood Starlet, Kentucky
Oaks and Oak Leaf Stakes. The
47 graded stakes wins represent
more graded victories by OBS ju-
venile graduates than all other
North American two-year-old sales combined.
Stars from last year’s March Sale included Ston-
estreet Stables LLC’s Kantharos, now aVinery stallion,
and Ike & DawnThrash’s Sunshine State product Tell a
Kelly. Kantharos, sold by Eddie Woods, Agent, for
$250,000, scored in the BashfordManor Stakes (G3) at
Churchill Downs and then took
the Saratoga Special (G2). Un-
defeated in three races, he
romped by a combined margin
of 28 1/2 lengths before being
retired to stud.
Tell a Kelly jumped from a
maiden win into the Darley
Debutante Stakes (G1) in Au-
gust, then stormed from next to
last to first to win by 4-1/2
lengths. She was consigned by
Southern Chase Farm (Greg and
Karen Dodd), Agent.
In all, 33 OBS two-year-old
graduates won graded stakes in
2010, including Eclipse Award
finalists Majesticperfection,
Rightly So and Florida-bred
Turbulent Descent.
On the Experimental Free
Handicap for two-year-olds,
OBS juvenile sales graduates were rewarded for
their racetrack success, dominating all juvenile
sales. OBS graduates Kantharos and Florida-bred
Comma to the Top are the only colts in the top 10
from a two-year-old sale.
Nine of the top 20 fillies are OBS graduates: Florida-
breds Turbulent Descent, Rigo-
letta, Tell a Kelly, Wickedly
Perfect, Indian Gracey, and De-
lightful Mary, Jordy Y, May Day
Rose and Neversaidiwassweet,
while all other juvenile auctions
combined for just one.
The roster of other major
winners includes Arkansas
Derby winner Florida-bred Line
of David, Tampa Bay Derby win-
ner Odysseus and Humana
Distaff winner Mona de Momma.
The OBS Hit Parade has especially accelerated
since the conversion to its all-weather Safetrack sur-
face in 2008. Since then, Safetrack graduates have
won or placed in 547 stakes races, 142 of them graded
stakes. They’ve accounted for 24 grade one victories
“In 2010, OBS two-year-
old sale graduates per-
formed where it counts,
winning or placing in 373
stakes races, and winning
them at an average of
nearly three per week.”
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including two wins in the Breeders’Cup Juvenile Fil-
lies and wins in the prestigious Spinaway, Champagne
and Ballerina Stakes.
The 2011 March Sale features a strong stallion line
up from the general sire leader board to North Amer-
ica’s most promising young guns.
Giant’s Causeway, Distorted Humor and Malibu
Moon, 1-2-3 on the 2010 Blood-Horse general sire list,
are represented by youngsters in the sale, as are Smart
Strike, Medaglia d’Oro, Street Cry (Ire), Tapit, Indian
Charlie, Candy Ride (Arg), Tiznow, Unbridled’s Song
and More Than Ready.
Proven sires like Speightstown, Elusive Quality, and
Empire Maker, have offspring in March, as well as Mr.
Greeley, Pulpit, StormyAtlantic, Dixie Union,Awesome
Again, Lemon Drop Kid, Harlan’s Holiday, Lion Heart
and Ocala Stud Farm’s Montbrook.
2010’s top four leading first crop sires Congrats,
Bluegrass Cat, Bernardini, andWar Front have offspring
in the sale, alongwith up and coming sires Street Sense,
Afleet Alex, Hard Spun, Corinthian, Any Given Satur-
day, Rockport Harbor,Wildcat Heir and Lawyer Ron.�
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Live racing returns again to Ocala/Marion County whenthe Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company holds its 22nd annual Day ofChampions on Monday, March 14.
A total of $300,000 in purses is up for grabs during the four-raceprogram, restricted to three year olds which have gone through theOBS sales ring. The $50,000 OBS Sprint for fillies kicks off the card at1:00 p.m., followed by the $50,000 OBS Sprint for colts and geldings.Both races are at six furlongs. The day concludes with the colt and fillydivisions of the $100,000 OBS Championship Stakes, both at a mileand a sixteenth.
The races annually attract large crowds eager for the opportunityto see high quality racing close to home. What they’ve seen is twodecades of top-class horses, riders and trainers competing for bigpurse money in a country fair atmosphere.
Tailgaters come early to picnic in the parking areas, and autographseekers mill around the paddock and jock’s room, hoping to meet someof racing’s biggest stars. They’ve been rewarded with appearances byHall of Fame riders Angel Cordero, Pat Day, Earlie Fires, Chris McCar-ron, Mike Smith and Kent Desormeaux, as well as current stars JulienLeparoux and John Velazquez.
Eibar Coa, Edgar Prado and Jorge Chavez share the all-time OBSlead with nine wins apiece, surpassing early leader Pat Day, whoscored seven OBS victories before hanging up his tack.
The father-son duo of Ben Perkins Sr. and Jr. dominated the firstfew years of racing at OBS, training the winners of five races betweenthem, and Cam Gambolati, Dale Romans, Dan Hurtak, Eddie Plesa,Manny Tortora, Frank Gomez, Jorge Romero, Jose Pinchin, Ken Wirth,
Leo Azpurua Jr., MannyAzpurua, Marty Wolfson,Todd Pletcher, Eliott Walden,Billy Badgett and Bill Whitehave all saddled at leasttwo. Kirk Ziadie leads alltrainers with five, followedby Luis Olivares and MarkCasse with four apiece.
Public awareness ofracing at OBS has gone from one extreme to the other. Chris McCar-ron thought he was on his way to a race in Orlando when his agentgave him the riding assignment aboard Glass & Boyce Racing Stable’sDoc of the Day in the 1991 OBS Championship Stakes. Once at OBShowever, he found his way to the finish line first.
The story was different in 1997, when word leaked that trainerMary Eppler was considering using the OBS Championship as the firststop on the Kentucky Derby trail for Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s ChampagneStakes winner Traitor. OBS, deluged with requests from the media forinformation about OBS and its races, grabbed a little bit of the spotlight.Traitor did his part, scoring a narrow victory and the race was shownon tape nationally on ESPN and the NYRA simulcast network. Althoughinjury kept Traitor out of the Derby, the OBS races had arrived.
Other horses, however, used the races at OBS as a springboard tobigger and better things. Arthur Appleton’s Dixieland Gold went on towin graded stakes after besting Hilmer Schmidt’s Golden Bri in the 1995OBS Sprint for fillies. Golden Bri rebounded from that loss and won theprestigious Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) at Belmont, defeatingchampion Serena’s Song.
New Farm’s Meadow Monster developed into a graded stakes win-ner after his victory in the 1994 Sprint. J.J. Balsamo’s Plenty of Light(2000) and Hardacre Farm’s Florida-bred Bold World (2002) wongraded stakes after wins at OBS and Mac Fehsenfeld’s 1995 Sprintwinner and Florida-bred Valid Video defeated future Horse of the YearGhostzapper in Saratoga’s King’s Bishop Stakes (G1).
Wins on the dirt preceded success on the grass for a pair of OBSwinners in 2007. Ol Memorial Stable & C.E. Glasscock’s Buffalo Manbecame a graded stakes winner on turf after winning the ChampionshipStakes and Augustin Stable’s Forever Together scored in the Sprint forfillies before earning more than $2 million in an Eclipse Award-win-ning career on North American turf courses.—Jay Friedman
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By JO ANN GUIDRY
When all the 2010 sales statistics
were tallied up,EddieWoods (at
left) was once again the leading
juvenile consignor in NorthAmerica. It was
the second consecutive year that Woods has
led a parade of Florida-based juvenile con-
signors in the Top 10. To earn the top spot,
Woods sold 82head for a total of $8,662,200.
Woods sold two of the 10 highest-priced
juveniles for 2010, both at the Fasig-Tipton
February Calder sale.The highest priced ju-
venile sold by Woods was a colt by Smart
Strike out of Southern Swing, by Dixieland
Band, who went for $825,000 to Demi
O’Byrne.Also at the FTF sale,Woods sold
Pumatic, a colt by Indian Charlie out of Un-
common Queen, by Seattle Slew for
$675,000 to KatsumiYoshida.
At the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Com-
pany’s March juvenile sale, Woods sold a
colt by Lion Heart out of the Southern
Halo mare Contessa Halo for $250,000 to
Jess Jackson’s Stonestreet Stables. Named
Kantharos, the colt won the Saratoga Spe-
cial Stakes (G2) and Bashford Manor
Stakes (G3). Retired due to an injury, Kan-
tharos will stand the 2011 breeding season
at Vinery Florida in Summerfield.
In addition to graded stakes winner Kan-
tharos, Woods’ sales/training program was
represented by 11 other stakes winners and
24 stakes horses in 2010.The stakeswinners
included graded stakes winners Concord
Point, Grand Rapport, Haynesfield, Jeran-
imo, Line of David, My Jen and Secret
Gypsy.Notably,Haynesfieldwon the Jockey
Club Gold Cup (G1) and Florida-bred Line
of David captured theArkansas Derby (G1).
Here’s a look at several other Ocala-
based 2010 leading juvenile consignors.
NIALL BRENNAN STABLES (bottom left)
Coming in second in the national rank-
ings was Niall Brennan Stables, having sold
62 head for $6,543,700.The operation’s top-
priced sale horse in 2010 was Kalavinka, a
gray/roan filly by Bernardini out of the Un-
bridled mare TapYour Heels and who sold
for $520,000 to Katsumi Yoshida at the
Fasig-Tipton February Calder sale.
Of note in 2010, Niall Brennan Stables
sold eventual Florida-bred Grade 1 stakes
winner Wickedly Perfect. Bred by Y-Lo
Racing Stable, the filly was consigned by
Brennan as agent for her breeder to the
OBS April 2-year-old sale and where she
sold for $70,000 to Dennis O’Neill. Raced
by the partnership of PeterMoehrke, Rafter
JR Ranch and STD Racing Stable,
Wickedly Perfect won the Darley Alcidbi-
ades Stakes (G1) and Sorrento Stakes (G3).
Niall Brennan Stables was also repre-
sented in 2010 by 11 other sales/training
stakes-winning graduates, including
Grade 1 stakes winnerAfleet Express, who
won the Travers Stakes (G1). Other 2010
graded stakes winners included Air Sup-
port, Blue Laser, Just Louise, Mythical
Power and Together Indy.
At this writing in 2011, Brennan is al-
ready represented by sales/training stakes-
winning graduates Mendip and Super
Espresso. Mendip won the Al Maktoum
Challenge (UAE-G3) and Super Espresso
captured the Sky Beauty Stakes.
eadingFlorida-based juvenile
consignors again star in 2010national standings.
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WAVERTREE STABLES (top right)
Ciaran andAmy Dunne’s Wavertree Sta-
bleswas the third-leading juvenile consignor,
selling 60 head for $6,539,000. Wavertree
Stables sold Malibu Star for $575,000, the
10th-highest priced juvenile on the season.
Consigned to the Keeneland April juvenile
sale, the colt by Malibu Moon out ofWhirl-
wind Charlotte, by Real Quiet, sold to Kat-
sumiYoshida.Todate,MalibuStar is unraced.
Wavertree Stables sold the Barretts
March sales topper, getting $475,000 for a
colt by Unbridled’s Song out of the Storm
Catmare King Shooting Star. Subsequently
named Uphill Tigger, the colt sold to Nar-
vick International.
Sales/training graduates representingWa-
vertree Stables in 2010 included Grade 1
stakes winners Devil May Care and E Z’s
Gentleman. Wavertree
was also represented by
multiple stakes winner
Inglorious and Grade 1
stakes-placedTidal Pool.
Devil May Care was
one of the most accom-
plished 3-year-old fil-
lies of the season,
winning a trio of graded
stakes. She won the
Coaching Club Ameri-
can Oaks (G1), Mother Goose Stakes (G1)
andBonnieMiss Stakes (G2).AWest Coast
standout, E Z’s Gentleman captured the
Triple Bend Handicap (G1).
EISAMAN EQUINE SERVICES (right center)
In the fourth spot on the 2010 leading
juvenile consignor national rankings was
Eisaman Equine Services with 64 horses
sold for $5,154,000.
Eisaman Equine Services, owned and
operated by Barry and Shari Eisaman, was
the leading consignor at the OBS March
sale with 15 head sold for $2,537,000.
Eisaman also sold its highest-priced juve-
nile on the year at that sale, getting
$400,000 for a colt by Indian Charlie out of
Teak Totem, by Northern Afleet. The colt
since named Adios Charlie was bought by
Stanley M. Hough, agent for Robert Sahn.
Recent outstanding Eisaman Equine
Services sales/training graduates include
Atomic Rain, Bee Cee Cee, Dances With
Ashley, Don’t Forget Gil, First Passage and
Gozzip Girl.
NICK DE MERIC (bottom right)
Rounding out the top five juvenile con-
signors was Nick de Meric with 64 head
sold for $4,724,500.
De Meric was the
leading consignor at
the OBS February sale
of selected 2-year-olds
in training, selling
eight for $664,000. But
his highest-priced juve-
nile for the year came
at the Fasig-Tipton
Calder sale, selling a
War Front out of Cres-
cent Moon, by Seeking the Gold, colt for
$375,000. Subsequently named Marston
Moor, the colt sold to John Ferguson
Bloodstock.
In 2010, de Meric sales/training gradu-
ates included graded stakes winners
Odysseus and Phola. Odysseus won the
Tampa Bay Derby (G3) while Phola cap-
tured the Churchill Distaff Turf Mile (G2)
and Hillsborough Stakes (G3).�
Waythe
2010 Top 10Leading Juvenile Consignors(By Total Sales)
Consignor Total SalesEddie Woods . . . . . . . . . . .$8,662,200Niall Brennan Stables . . . .$6,543,700Wavertree Stables . . . . . . .$6,539,000Eisaman Equine . . . . . . . .$5,154,000Nick de Meric . . . . . . . . . .$4,724,500Scanlon Training Center . . .$3,220,000All In Sales . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,852,000Hartley/DeRenzo . . . . . . . .$2,776,000Murray Smith . . . . . . . . . .$2,674,000McKathan Bros . . . . . . . . .$2,502,700
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Florida...the Best State for Business
• No personal state income tax.
• No individual capital gains tax.
• Ranked third in the U.S. for numberof horses and size of horse industry.
• National leader in veterinary andequine research.
• Horses are exempt from sales taxwhen purchased from their original breeder.
• Feed and animal health items, along withother specific items, are also exempt.
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A total of 32 Florida-bred runners were nominatedto the 2011 Triple Crown. All told, 364 horseswere made eligible to this year’s classics.
2011 Florida-bredTriple CrownN O M I N E E S
Horse Sire Owner TrainerAdmiral Rocket Successful Appeal Frank Fletcher W.T. Howard
Brilliant Speed Dynaformer Live Oak Plantation Tom Albertrani
Classic Legacy Macho Uno Lanni Famil Trust, et al Bob Baffert
Coil Point Given Pegram and Weitman Bob Baffert
Comma to the Top Bwana Charlie Barber, Birnbaum & Tsujihara Peter Miller(Journeyman Stud)
Decisive Moment With Distinction Just for Fun Stable Juan Arias
(Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds)
Depeche Chat Wildcat Heir Wind River Stables George Arnold
(Journeyman Stud)
Dubber With Distinction Donver Stable Bob Baffert
(Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds)
Economic Summit Malibu Moon Klaravich & Lawrence Richard Violette
Fairview Heights Distorted Humor Melnyk Racing Todd Pletcher
Flashpoint Pomeroy Peachtree Stable Richard Dutrow
(Vinery)
Free Ticket Freefourinternet Bluegrass Equine Robin Parks
Gourmet Dinner Trippi William Terrill Steven Standridge
Grande Shores Black Mambo Jacks or Better Farm Stanley Gold
I’m Steppin’ It Up Congrats Roman Hill Farm Anthony Pecoraro
Leave of Absence Harlan’s Holiday Klaravich & Lawrence Richard Violette
Manicero Mass Media Leo Azpurua Leo Azpurua
(Journeyman Stud)
Master Dunker Imperialism Get Away Farm David Fawkes
(Get Away Farm)
Mister Pippit Tapit Whitehall Stable Seth Benzel
Mucho Macho Man Macho Uno Reeves Thor. Racing & Dream Team Kathy Ritvo
Positive Response Pomeroy Gevertz, Morey, Newman & Pagano Bill Morey
(Vinery)
Racing Aptitude Aptitude Donald Dizney Howard Tesher
Rescind the Trade Put It Back Klaravich & Lawrence Richard Violette
(Bridlewood Farm)
Ribo Bobo Louis Quatorze Rapputi Stables, et al Manuel Azpurua
Rock So Hard Rock Hard Ten BG Stable & Summit Racing Bob Baffert
Sequoia Warrior Smart Strike Donald Dizney Dale Romans
Sovereign Default Northern Afleet Klaravich & Lawrence Richard Violette
Star Harbour Indian Charlie Peter Vegso Bill Mott
The Fed Eased Montbrook Klaravich & Lawrence Richard Violette
(Ocala Stud)
Toby’s Corner Bellamy Road Diane Cotter H. Graham Motion
Turbulent Descent Congrats Blinkers On Racing, et al Mike Puype
World Renowned A.P. Indy Spendthrift Farm John Sadler
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By JOANN GUIDRY
When it comes to her involvement in the
Florida Thoroughbred industry, Amy Tar-
rant considers herself a late bloomer. Make
that a successful late bloomer.
Since buying her first Thoroughbred to race in
2001, Tarrant has been represented in different roles
by such outstanding racehorses as Bold World, Indy
Wind, Kiss the Kid and Pomeroys Pistol. Tarrant
owned stakes winner Bold World; owned and trained
stakes winner Indy Wind and graded stakes winner
Kiss the Kid. And with Florida-bred Pomeroys Pistol,
Tarrant hit the trifecta: She bred, owns and trains the
2011 graded stakes winner.
“Pomeroys Pistol is my first homebred graded stakes
winner,” said Tarrant, 67, and who was 56 years old
when she bought her first Thoroughbred to race. “I’ve
owned and trained some nice racehorses, but winning a
graded stakes with a homebred is very special.”
Pomeroys Pistol, a 3-year-old bay filly by Vinery
Florida stallion Pomeroy out of the unraced Point Given
mare Prettyatthetable, captured the Forward Gal Stakes
(G2) at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 30. The filly won by
three-quarters of a length over Dancinginherdreamswith
Evil Queen third. Winning time for the seven furlongs
was 1:22.89.
Prior to that victory, Pomeroys Pistol finished sec-
ond to Final Mesa in the Old Hat Stakes (G3) at Gulf-
stream Park on Jan. 5.As a two year old, the filly broke
her maiden at Monmouth Park by an impressive six
and three-quarters lengths. Bred and raced in the name
of Tarrant’s Ocala-based Hardacre Farm, Pomeroys
Pistol has career earnings to date of $188,990.
“Pomeroys Pistol was always a nice filly,” said Tar-
rant. “But until you get them to the races, you really
don’t knowwhat they’re going to do. Nowwe’ll see how
she goes on from here.”
Tarrant bought Prettyatthetable, the dam of Pomeroys
Pistol, for $75,000 at the 2004 Keeneland September
yearling sale. Never raced, Prettyathetable is also the
dam of D’cats Meow, who earned $70,630. She had a
2009Wildcat Heir colt, whoTarrant sold for $77,000 at
the 2010OBSAugust yearling sale. Prettyatthetable has
a 2010 IndyWind colt and is in foal for 2011 to that stal-
lion as well.
Tarrant’s journey to the winner’s circle came after
raising five kids and then deciding to rekindle her pas-
sion for horses.
“I was a horse-crazy kid,” saidTarrant, who grew up
in Burlington, Vermont, and still owns a home there.
“Some of my neighbors had horses and I’d ride them
bareback. I just wanted to ride.And then my parents fi-
nally bought me a pony of my own.”
As Tarrant grew up, other things besides horses and
riding became a priority.Thenmarriage and taking care
of her children took precedence; horses disappeared
from her life. But kids have a way of growing up and
when Tarrant’s did, she began thinking of what she
wanted to do with the next stage of her life.
“I decided I wanted horses back inmy life,” saidTar-
rant. “So I began buying former racehorses to retrain
and sell as show horses.”
It was that venture that led Tarrant to Ocala and
Horse Shows In The Sun (HITS). The latter has
Amy Tarrant, who owns Ocala-based Hardacre Farm, is enjoying
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been staged in Ocala for the past 30 years, bringing
in the best in the equine show world. For Tarrant, an-
other door opened.
“I fell in love with Ocala right away,” said Tarrant.
“And since I had been buying former racehorses, I
thought maybe I’d try buying some to race.”
At the 2001 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’sApril
2-year-olds in training sale, Tarrant paid $475,000 for a
Florida-bred filly by Fortunate Prospect out ofWorldly
Bold, by World Appeal. Bred and sold by Farnsworth
Farms,Tarrant named the filly BoldWorld.Then inwhat
seemed like the blink of an eye, Tarrant owned her first
stakes winner and then graded stakes winner.
BoldWorld won the 2001 Susan’s Girl Stakes of the
Florida Stallion Stakes Series at Calder Race Course.
Then she encored that with six more stakes wins at four
different tracks in 2002, including theAzalea Breeders’
Cup Stakes (G3). In 13 lifetime starts, Bold World
posted seven wins, all of them stakes wins, and earned
$376,710.
“Of course, it was wonderful to do so well so quickly
with BoldWorld,” saidTarrant. “But then reality sets in
and you realize it’s not always that easy.”
WhileTarrant didn’t train BoldWorld, she did obtain
a trainer’s license shortly after and has been training her
horses since then. She established her first Hardacre
Farm in Ocala 12 years ago, then five years ago bought
158 acres at the Nelson JonesTraining Center. Hardacre
Farm serves as the base of her breeding and training op-
eration, while she travels the racetrack circuit. In the
winter,Tarrant trains at PalmMeadowsTraining Center
and ships to Gulfstream Park. Come summer, she takes
a string of 20 horses to Monmouth Park.
Tarrant is now also involved in the stallion business.
She stands graded stakes winner Kiss the Kid and stakes
winner IndyWind at Brent and Crystal Fernung’s Ocala-
based Journeyman Stud. Tarrant raced and trained both
IndyWind and Kiss the Kid.
“Even though I have what was the old Hooper
Farm stallion barn on the farm,” said Tarrant. “I just
didn’t think I wanted to stand stallions there. I thought
it was best to stand stallions with people who do that
for a living.”
Tarrant purchased Indy
Wind for $150,000 at the
2003 Keeneland September
yearling sale. By A.P. Indy
out of the Kingmambo
mare Zagora, Indy Wind
won five stakes and was
stakes-placed four times to
earn $392,900. Racing for
four seasons, Indy Wind
won the Alysheba Stakes,
Skip Away Stakes and
twice captured the Frisk
Me Now Stakes. He was
also graded stakes-placed
twice, tallying thirds in the
Philip H. Iselin Breeders’
Cup Handicap (G3) and
Salvator Mile (G3). Indy
Wind entered stud at Jour-
neyman Stud in 2009 and
his first foals are 2011
yearlings.
Purchased by Tarrant for
$270,000 at the 2004
Keeneland September year-
ling sale, Kiss the Kid is a
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“I fell in love with Ocala right away, and since Ihad been buying former racehorses, I thought
maybe I’d try buying some to race.”—AmyTarrant
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multiple graded stakes winner of $820,873. By Lemon
DropKid out of BlackTie Kiss, by Danzig, Kiss the Kid
raced for five seasons, posting four stakes wins and was
stakes-placed 13 times. Kiss the Kid won the Cliff
Hanger Stakes (G3) andAppleton Stakes (G3). He was
graded stakes-placed 10 times, including a third in the
DonnHandicap (G1). Kiss the Kid entered stud in 2011.
With the Hardacre Farm broodmare band currently
numbering 16, Tarrant plans to support both IndyWind
and Kiss the Kid. She currently has six IndyWind off-
spring, some she’ll race and others will be sold.
“I love what I’m doing,” said Tarrant, who has eight
grandchildren. “It’s a bit of a gypsy’s life since I train
my own horses and spend a lot of time at the racetrack.
But I consider myself fortunate that I got a second
chance to pursue my passion.” �
Florida-bredBold World (above)and Kiss The Kid.
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The following list includes currently active, deceased, and pensioned stallions, with racing resultsupdated through February 28, 2011. Statistics provided by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc.
Leading Florida Sires
WILDCAT HEIRMONTBROOK POMEROYNA Stk Gr Leading Leading Yrlg Yrlg 2yo 2yo
Name Sire Name Farm Name Earnings Strtrs Wnrs SW's Wins SW's Earnings Earner Earnings Sold Avg Sold Avg
Montbrook Buckaroo Ocala Stud $626,649 36 9 2 3 2 $626,649 Tackleberry $370,000 5 $13,500 13 $50,461
Wildcat Heir Forest Wildcat Journeyman Stud $484,203 81 20 2 2 0 $486,479 Breathoffreshheir $52,000 19 $28,200 26 $67,642
Pomeroy Boundary Vinery Florida $495,870 29 8 3 3 2 $465,870 Pomeroys Pistol $165,000 21 $18,522.37 36 $24,881
Graeme Hall Dehere Winding Oaks $439,840 67 13 0 0 0 $442,239 Duke of Mischief $100,000 8 $27,625
With Distinction Storm Cat Hartley/De Renzo $409,334 31 10 1 1 0 $409,334 Decisive Moment $156,000 47 $17,434.04 38 $47,873
Chapel Royal Montbrook Signature Stallions $392,288 77 19 0 0 0 $394,372 Dahlgren Chapel $51,600 37 $5,859.46 14 $22,500
Consolidator Storm Cat Journeyman Stud $309,165 63 20 0 0 0 $335,564 Fist of Rage $35,500 38 $5,931.58 18 $33,660
Concerto Chief's Crown Ocala Stud $311,793 39 13 1 1 0 $312,457 Dream Maestro $58,000 2 $6,000 9 $20,888
Leroidesanimaux (BRZ) Candy Stripes Stonewall Farm Ocala $282,091 29 7 1 2 1 $312,192 Always a Princess $180,000 7 $6,882 5 $13,000.
Greatness Mr. Prospector L. W. Randolph $310,889 32 9 1 2 0 $310,889 Wiredfortwotwenty $75,000 3 $3,566.67 9 $22,633.33
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RACE AND (STAKES) RECORDAge Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings2 5 2 1(1) 0 $118,4353 8 2(2) 1(1) 3(3) 430,160
13 4(2) 2(2) 3(3) $548,595
At 2, WON an allowance race at Oak Tree at Santa Anita (1mi., by 4 lengths, defeating Bob and John, Da Stoops,The Five J’s, etc.), amaiden special weight race at Holly-wood Park (5 1/2 fur., by 4 lengths, defeating JitterbugBall, GoldMaker, Metalmon, etc.), 2nd Norfolk S.-G2at Oak Tree at Santa Anita (1 1/16 mi., to Brother Derek,defeating Jealous Profit, Plug Me In, etc.).
At 3,WON San Felipe S.-G2 at Santa Anita Park (1 1/16mi., defeating Point Determined, Bob and John, Racket-eer, etc.), La Jolla H.-G2 at Del Mar (1 1/16 mi., turf,equal top weight of 120 lbs., defeating Porto Santo (FR),Get Funky, Arson Squad, etc.), 2nd Affirmed H.-G3at Hollywood Park (1 1/16 mi., to Point Determined, bya nose, defeating Arson Squad, Cause to Believe, etc.),3rd Santa Anita Derby-G1 at Santa Anita Park (1 1/8mi., to Brother Derek, Point Determined, defeatingSacred Light, etc.), Swaps Breeders’ Cup S.-G2 atHollywood Park (1 1/8 mi., to Arson Squad, Point De-termined, defeating Potential), Oak Tree Derby-G2 atOak Tree at Santa Anita (1 1/8 mi., turf, to Dark Islander(IRE), Obrigado (FR), defeating Icy Ridge (IRE), etc.).
IN THE STUDA. P. WARRIOR entered stud in 2007.
CROP ANALYSIS$ CROP AVG
YR FLS RNRS WNRS SWS EARNINGS PER RNR08 27 16 5 1 181,420 11,33909 39 0 0 0 0
66 16 5 1 181,420 11,339
A. P. WARRIOR HAS SIREDFAISCA (2008 f., dam by High Yield). 2 wins at 2, 2010,
$63,320, Phil D. Shepherd S.Hawk Warrior (2008 c., Roar). Winner in 2 starts at 2, 2010
in Japan.Megalithic (2008 c., Chief’s Crown). Winner at 2, 2010,
$34,870.A. P. Song (2008 f., Songandaprayer). Winner at 2, 2010,
$27,850.Enable (2008 c., Polish Navy). Winner at 2, 2010, $22,954.
MALE LINEA. P. WARRIOR is by A.P. INDY, classic winner of 8
races, $2,979,815, horse of the year, champion 3-year-old colt, Belmont S.-G1, Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1, etc.Leading sire twice, sire of 136 stakes winners, incl.--
BERNARDINI. 6 wins in 8 starts at 3, $3,060,480, cham-pion 3-year-old colt, Preakness S.-G1, Travers S.-G1,Jockey Club Gold Cup-G1, Jim Dandy S.-G2, WithersS.-G3, 2nd Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1. Sire.
MINESHAFT. Winner at 3 in England; placed in 1 start at3 in France, 3rd Prix Daphnis-G3; 9 wins in 11 starts at3 and 4, $2,256,046, in N.A., horse of the year, champi-on older horse, Jockey Club Gold Cup-G1, etc. Sire.
RAGS TO RICHES. 5 wins in 7 starts, $1,342,528, cham-pion 3-year-old filly, Belmont S.-G1, Kentucky Oaks-G1, Santa Anita Oaks-G1, Las Virgenes S.-G1, etc.
MARCHFIELD. 7 wins, 3 to 5, $1,135,401, champion old-er horse twice in Canada, Sky Classic S.-G2, AutumnS.-G2, Dominion Day H.-G3, Breeders’ S.-LR, etc.
EYE OF THE LEOPARD. 4 wins at 3 and 4, 2010, $892,-807, champion 3-year-old colt in Canada, Queen’sPlate-LR, Plate Trial S.-LR, 2nd Valedictory S.-L, etc.
TEMPERA. 3 wins, $670,240, in N.A., champion 2-year-old filly, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies-G1, etc.; placedin U.A.E., 2ndMelbourne Racing Club U.A.E. Oaks, etc.
SERENADING. 6 wins, 3 to 5, $561,599, champion oldermare in Canada, Falls City H.-G2, Maple Leaf S.-L,Belle Mahone S.-L, 2nd Doubledogdare S.-G3, etc,
CATCH THE THRILL. 3 wins to 4, $316,425, champion 2-year-old filly in Canada, Princess Elizabeth S.-LR, etc.
GABRIEL’S HILL. 3 wins to 6, 2010, $272,170, in N.A.,2nd Brooklyn H.-G2, etc.; winner in Ecuador, championimported older horse, Clasico Fundacion de Guayaquil.
FESTIVAL OF LIGHT. 3 wins in 5 starts at 4 in U.A.E.,horse of the year, Jebel Ali Hotel & Resort GodolphinMile-G3; placed at 3, $9,145, in N.A. Sire.
Sun Sprinkles. 5 wins at 4 in Saudi Arabia, champion im-ported older mare; placed at 3 in U.A.E.
GOLDEN MISSILE. 7 wins, $2,194,510, Pimlico SpecialH.-G1, Stephen Foster H.-G2, Widener H.-G3, etc. Sire.
APTITUDE. 5 wins at 3 and 4, $1,845,410, in N.A., JockeyClub Gold Cup-G1, Hollywood Gold Cup-G1, etc. Sire.
LU RAVI. 11 wins, $1,819,781, Molly Pitcher Breeders’Cup H.-G2, Cotillion H.-G2, Delaware H.-G3, etc.
MUSIC NOTE. 7 wins in 12 starts, $1,615,000, CoachingClub American Oaks-G1, Mother Goose S.-G1, etc.
FEMALE LINE1st damWARRIOR QUEEN, by Quiet American. 2 wins at 2 in Ire-
land, hwt. filly at 3 on Irish Hand., 5 - 7 fur., Go andGo Round Tower S., etc.; placed at 2 in England,hwt. filly at 3 on English Hand., 5 - 7 fur., 3rd QueenMary S.-G3. Dam of 5 foals, 3 to race, 2 winners--
A. P. WARRIOR. Subject stallion.Queen of Troy (f. by StormCat).Winner at 2 and 3, 2010
in Ireland.Broodmare SireQUIET AMERICAN, 1986. Sire of 268 dams of 984 foals,
613 rnrs (62%), 434 wnrs (44%), 140 2yo wnrs(14%), 1.98 AEI, 1.50 CI, 51 stakes winners.
2nd damCALL ME FLEET, by Afleet. Unraced. Dam of 5 winners, incl.--
WARRIOR QUEEN (f. by Quiet American). Stakeswinner, above.
TIGER'S ROCK (c. by Giant's Causeway). 4 wins to 4,2010, $130,985, Gallant Fox H., Coyote Lakes S.
Rapid Ransom (f. by Red Ransom). Winner at 3 inIreland, 3rd Robert H. Griffin Debutante S.-G3. Damof Rare Ransom (GB) (f. by Oasis Dream (GB),3rd Ballygallon Stud Debutante S.-G2),RansomedBride (f. by Cape Cross, 2nd Carlingford S.).
3rd damOCEAN'S ANSWER, by Northern Answer. 3 wins at 2,
$58,062, Natalma S., 2nd Ontario Damsel S.-R, etc.Half-sister to NORTHERNETTE ($404,914, cham-pion twice in Canada), STORM BIRD (championin England and Ireland), LET'S GO SOUTH (sire),South Sea Dancer, Stormette. Dam of--
Soundings. 2 wins at 4, $26,005. Dam of PAS DE RE-PONSE (champion 2-year-old filly in Europe, damof SUNDAY DOUBT; SAYING), GREEN TUNE(hwt. in Europe and France), ECOUTE ($181,355, inN.A., dam of Listen Indy, $145,536; granddam ofENTICEMENT (GB); Surfrider, at 2, 2010), DID-YME ($101,450, in N.A.), Ne Coupez Pas (sire).
Tiramisu. Winner in France. Dam of LAC DESSERT.Devil's Oceanette. 4 wins at 3, $79,894. Dam of Miss
Oceanette ($102,277; granddam of DR. ZIC, to4, 2010, $328,199). Granddam of Who's Stayin On(champion imported 3-year-old colt in Jamaica).
Speak Softly to Me. Unraced. Dam of HIGH MAINTEN-ANCE (GB), Charlotte Bronte, Sweet Answer.
BoldnesianBold Reasoning
Reason to EarnSeattle Slew
PokerMy Charmer
Fair CharmerA.P. Indy (1989)
Bold RulerSecretariat
SomethingroyalWeekend Surprise
BuckpasserLassie Dear
Gay MissileA. P. Warrior
Mr. ProspectorFappiano
KillaloeQuiet American
Dr. FagerDemure
Quiet CharmWarrior Queen (1997)
Mr. ProspectorAfleet
Polite LadyCall Me Fleet
Northern AnswerOcean’s Answer
South Ocean
AA.. PP.. WWAARRRRIIOORR 2003 Dark Bay or Brown - Dosage Profile: 7-15-20-0-0; DI: 3.20; CD: +0.69
2011 Fee: $6,000 Due when foal stands and nurses w w w . s t o n e w a l l f a r m o c a l a . c o m
800 SW 85th Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34481Inquiries to Florida: Richard – (352) 895-8910
or Michelle – (352) 895-6512 cell352-620-0907 office • (352)-620-0908 fax
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Florida Thoroughbred Farm Managers Inc.held its annual stallion showcase, silent auction and cocktail party Feb. 5 at theOcala Hilton, with 200 people attending. The association has two fundraisers – the silentauction and advertising in a farm directory – and the revenue allows it to assist horsemenin need and fund its scholarship program. • Jim Scott, who manages Kinsman Farm in Ocala,presented awards at the party.
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1) Cheryl Breitenbecker of Kinsman Farm was named FarmEmployee of the Year. She joined Kinsman Farm in 1988 andis the caretaker of the Steinbrenner familyʼs riding horses andother animals. 2) Brent and Crystal Fernung of JourneymanStud in Ocala accepted the award for Stallion of the Year forWildcat Heir, Floridaʼs leading sire in 2010. 3) Amanda Thomp-son-Gonzalez was named Farm Manager of the Year. She andhusband Gerardo Gonzalez manage Oak Vale Farm in Morris-ton, which is owned by her parents, Richard and Linda Thomp-son. 4) Bobby Jones was presented with the Carry Back Award.Bobby and wife Toni manage Brylynn Farm Inc. in Reddick, ownedby Toniʼs parents, Joe and Phyllis Bryant. The Joneses also ownLynndale Farm in Reddick, an 80-acre operation for raising year-lings and training young horses. 5) Rebecca Hayden accepts theBest Booth Award for Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds in Ocala.
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RACE AND (STAKES) RECORDAAggee SSttaarrttss 11sstt 22nndd 33rrdd EEaarrnniinnggss2 unraced3 3 2 0 0 $52,8004 7 0 1 2 26,790
10 2 1 2 $79,590
At 3, WON an allowance race at Belmont Park (6 1/2 fur.,defeating Amjaad, Bucksweep, Stone Age, etc.), a maid-en special weight race at Belmont Park (6 fur., defeatingGarnered, Pricedale Kid, Pull Over Please, etc.).
IN THE STUDGREATNESS entered stud in 2004.
CROP ANALYSIS$ CROP AVG
YR FLS RNRS WNRS SWS EARNINGS PER RNR05 39 35 31 3 2,351,772 67,19306 39 31 20 1,523,429 49,14307 26 18 13 1 933,352 51,85308 35 19 11 1 314,005 16,52709 14 0 0 0 0
153 103 75 5 5,122,558 49,734
GREATNESS HAS SIREDSPECIAL GREATNESS (2006 c., dam by Fortunate Pros-
pect). Winner at 3 in Dominican Republic, championimported 2-year-old colt, champion 3-year-old colt,Copa Felo Flores, 3rd Copa dia del Trabajo-G3, CopaAsociacion de Cronistas y Comentaristas Hipicos.
AMAZING (2005 f., Awesome Again). 5 wins at 3 and 5,placed at 6, 2011, $412,435, Elmer Heubeck Distaff H.-LR, Sunny Issues S., 2nd Stage Door Betty H.-G3, Sun-shine Millions Distaff S.-LR, Elmer Heubeck Distaff H.-LR, Regal Gal S., Cinnamon Girl S., 3rd Sabin S.-G3.
JENNY’S SO GREAT (2007 f., Lost Soldier). 4 wins at 2and 3, 2010, $362,202, Carotene S.-LR, 2nd OntarioColleen S.-L, Swynford S.-L, Fanfreluche S.-LR, 3rdGlorious Song S.-L.
IMMORTAL EYES (2005 c., Private Terms). 4 wins at 4and 5, 2010, $196,547, Charles Town Invitational DashH.-L, 2nd HBPA Jefferson County Commission H.
WIREDFORTWOTWENTY (2005 c., Birdonthewire). 5wins, 3 to 6, 2011, $189,764, Phoenix Gold Cup H.-L,Budweiser S.
PULGARCITO (2008 c., Storm Cat). 2 wins at 2, 2010,$63,705, Governor’s Cup S.
Red Leader (2006 c., Golden Act). 2 wins at 3, placed at5, 2011, $252,691, 3rd Display S.-L.
Great Attack (2007 c., Storm Cat). 4 wins at 2 and 3,placed at 4, 2011, $159,418, 2nd Turf Dash S.-L, Gulf-stream Park Turf Sprint S.
Good Lord (2007 c., Whadjathink). 3 wins at 2 and 3,placed at 4, 2011, $120,222, 3rd OBS Sophomore S.-LR, Pelican S.
Besitos (2007 f., Riverman). 2 wins at 3, 2010, $48,917,2nd Hatoof S.
Carson the Great (2005 c., Mt. Livermore). 3 wins, $39,-825, 2nd South Mississippi Owners and Breeders S.-R.
Original Runner (2006 c., Din’s Dancer). Winner at 2,$15,583, 3rd Clasico Jose Coll Vidal S.-G1.
Caerus (2006 c., Alydar). Placed to 3 in England; 3 wins at3 and 4, 2010 in Norway; winner at 3, placed at 4, 2010in Sweden, 3rd Tattersalls Nickes Minneslopning.
Silver Lulu (2006 f., Skip Away). Placed at 3 in DominicanRepublic, 3rd Clasico Kalil Hache-G1.
Blizzard Buddy Ben (2005 c., Valid Wager). 5 wins, 2 to 5,2010, $201,687.
Lord of Greatness (2006 c., Whadjathink). 4 wins, 2 to 4,2010, $172,097.
Lady of Greatness (2006 f., Belong to Me). 7 wins, 3 to 5,2011, $148,849.
Softly Spoken (2006 f., Dawn Quixote). 6 wins, $146,370.Grayness (2005 f., Runaway Groom). 8 wins, 2 to 6, 2011,
$141,874.Ring of Greatness (2006 c., Phone Trick). 3 wins at 2 and 3,
placed at 4, 2010, $146,332.The Great Gypsy (2005 c., Devil’s Bag). 6 wins, 3 to 5, 2010,
placed at 6, 2011, $131,830.She’s Yummy (2005 f., Golden Act). 4 wins at 4, $105,216.Masterwork (2005 c., Lord Avie). 4 wins, 3 to 5, 2010,
$102,770.The Great McGee (2006 c., Blair’s Cove). 2 wins at 4, 2010,
$92,523.Cargo Mate (2005 c., Wild Again). 4 wins, 2 to 4, $95,034.How Far Heaven Is (2006 c., Siphon (BRZ)). 3 wins at 3 and
4, 2010, $81,483.Greatbillsoffire (2006 c., Golden Act). 3 wins at 3, placed at
5, 2011, $79,090.Homeroom Angel (2005 f., Saint Ballado). 6 wins, 3 to 5,
2010, $75,667.Little Somethin (2005 f., Temperence Hill). 5 wins at 2 and
3, $73,868.Seed of Faith (2005 f., El Prado (IRE)). 4 wins to 5, $72,424.
MALE LINEGREATNESS is by MR. PROSPECTOR, stakes winner of
7 races, $112,171, Gravesend H., etc. Leading siretwice, sire of 181 stakes winners, 16 champions, incl.--
GULCH. 13 wins, $3,095,521, champion sprinter, Breed-ers’ Cup Sprint-G1, Metropolitan H.-G1 twice, etc. Sire.
FORTY NINER. 11 wins, $2,726,000, champion 2-year-old colt, Travers S.-G1, Champagne S.-G1, etc. Sire.
ALDEBARAN. Winner at 2 in England, 2nd Jersey S.-G3,etc.; 7 wins, 3 to 5, $1,682,926, in N.A., championsprinter, Metropolitan H.-G1, Forego H.-G1, etc. Sire.
DANCETHRUTHEDAWN. 7 wins, $1,609,643, champion3-year-old filly in Canada, Go for Wand H.-G1, etc.
RHYTHM. 6 wins, $1,592,532, champion 2-year-old colt,Breeders’ Cup Juvenile-G1, Travers S.-G1, etc. Sire.
AFLEET. 7 wins to 4, $995,235, horse of the year, champi-on 3-year-old colt in Canada, Jerome H.-G1, etc. Sire.
GOLDEN ATTRACTION. 8 wins in 11 starts to 3, $911,-508, champion 2-year-old filly, Frizette S.-G1, etc.
IT’S IN THE AIR. 16 wins, 2 to 5, $892,339, champion 2-year-old filly, Vanity H.-G1 twice, Ruffian H.-G1, etc
EILLO. 12 wins, $657,670, champion sprinter, Breeders’Cup Sprint-G1, Hialeah Sprint Championship H.-L, etc.
FEMALE LINE1st damHARBOUR CLUB, by Danzig. 6 wins, 3 to 5, $344,426,
Marion H. Van Berg Memorial S.-L-ntr, 2nd Hemp-stead H.-G1, Shuvee H.-G1, etc. Half-sister toSHINKO SPLENDOR, GINGER FOX. Dam of--
HOLZMEISTER (c. by Woodman). 5 wins, $356,468,Hawthorne Juvenile S.-L, Swynford S.-L, HarryHenson S.-L, 2nd Grey Breeders' Cup S.-G3, etc.
Overlord (c. by Nureyev). 3 wins at 2 and 3, $108,595,2nd Bahamas S.-L, 3rd Surfside S.
Galleon of Gold (f. by Gone West). Unraced. Dam ofGAME FACE (f. by Menifee, 8 wins, $799,348, Prin-cess Rooney H.-G1, Honorable Miss H.-G2, etc.).
True Legacy (GB) (f. by A.P. Indy). Unraced. Dam ofVERDANA BOLD (f. by Rahy, $331,297, SeleneS.-G3, Star Shoot S.-L, 2nd Duchess S.-L, etc.).
Broodmare SireDANZIG, 1977. Among the leading broodmare sires 3
times in Canada and N.A.. Sire of 468 dams of 3534foals, 2529 rnrs (72%), 1701 wnrs (48%), 448 2yownrs (13%), 1.64 AEI, 1.49 CI, 191 stakes winners.
PolynesianNative Dancer
GeishaRaise a Native
Case AceRaise You
Lady GloryMr. Prospector (1970)
*NasrullahNashua
SegulaGold Digger
Count FleetSequence
Miss DogwoodGreatness
NearcticNorthern Dancer
NatalmaDanzig
Admiral’s VoyagePas de Nom
*PetitionerHarbour Club (1987)
*RibotGraustark
Flower BowlOver Your Shoulder
Bold RulerOverpowering
High Voltage
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FLORIDANEWS
Effective immediately, FTBOA members are el-
igible for additional purchasing discounts on Toro mow-
ers, Exmark mowers, and Boston tanks, thanks to a new
partnership with Innovative Equine Marketing and its
Equine Savings program.
The new agreement adds to markdowns already
available to members through the NTRA Advantage
Program, where discounts are offered on John Deere,
Office Depot, Equine TravelAdvantage, Hallway Feeds,
Sherwin Williams and the NTRA Rx Discount Card.
“We’re excited to offer our members even more op-
portunities for savings,” said Richard E. Hancock, ex-
ecutive vice president of FTBOA. “This is a program
that will pass benefits on to members as well as raise
money for our charities, specifically the Florida Thor-
oughbred Retirement Farm,
for the care of Florida thor-
oughbreds that come off the
racetrack.”
Steve Anderson, founder of Innovative
Equine Marketing, is a familiar face in the thor-
oughbred industry, having worked as senior director of
sales at NTRA for 10 years before founding Innovative
Equine Marketing.
“We have harnessed the purchasing power for all
breeds and disciplines,” Anderson said. “We have nu-
merous groups including many quarter horse, thor-
oughbred, standardbred and equestrian associations
with many more being aligned.” Our discounts can be
utilized in conjunction with the low rate financing in
your area, and we make it easy for the member – with
the same price for everyone from the largest track to the
smallest equine farm or participant. Quality and pric-
ing must be at the forefront to partner with us.”
For the OBS Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in
Training, held March 15-16, Equine Savings has do-
nated a Toro mower that will be raffled off, with pro-
ceeds to benefit the Florida division of the
Thoroughbred Retirement Farm. A representative from
Equine Savings will be available at the sale to provide
more information.
Anderson is currently negotiating with additional
companies that offer quality and pricing. Visit equine-
savings.com for details.
New BenefitsFor FTBOA Members
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editor’s note
Summer Best/COOKIE SERLETIC PHOTO
t was the first time I’d ever saddled up a serious reining horse.
“When you’re ready to hit the brakes, just say the magic word,”
said my friend, who owned the horse and was helping me with re-
search for a story about the reining industry.
So we got started slowly and did a few simple turnarounds (I was
dizzy in a second and thought I was flying off the earth), loped a few
circles, then gathered up a little speed as we headed towards the end
of the arena. And…
“Whoa.” I barely whispered it.
What happened next was a hard-to-describe, smooth-as-silk mo-
ment that can only be the culmination of top training, athleticism,
genetics and management. That handy sorrel mare tucked her
hindquarters down, slid delicately through soft dirt and came to an
even stop just a few feet from the arena fence.
Exhilarating. Ten minutes later when I could breathe again, you
know what struck me most? The power of that one little four-letter
word. Whoa.
I respect words. A lot. I respect their power to inspire, coax, teach
and to improve, to empower and to bring justice. They remind, com-
fort and cajole, whether written or spoken or implied.When we work
with horses, our words and tone have the power to calm or motivate
them, or to elicit fear.
Thinking about words is a full-time fervor for me, and I’m the nut
who has random notes with barely legible scribbles and phrases stuck
on my computer monitor, on the dash of my vehicle, the kitchen table
and sometimes the bathroom mirror. I’m also guilty of talking often
when I should be listening, and I’m not proud of times I’ve used
words that hurt, whether intentional or out of thoughtlessness.
This month, during a time of beautiful Florida weather and non-
stop horse shows, racing, trail rides, driving events, ropings and at
any equine activity, I hope we’ll all pause and find that magic word
for that very moment.A word that will uplift others and help us grow
together, for good. That’s my plan. I hope you’ll join me.
Summer Best
It’s a privilege to journey with you.
The MagicWord
“Thinking about
words is a full-time
fervor for me, and I’m
the nut who has ran-
dom notes with barely
legible scribbles and
phrases stuck on my
computer monitor, on
the dash of my vehi-
cle, the kitchen table
and sometimes the
bathroom mirror.”
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In early February, the Senate approved
an amendment to the FAA Air Transporta-
tion Modernization and Safety Improve-
ment Act that will repeal the recent 1099
paperwork mandate. The amendment was
offered by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-
MI).
The 1099 paperwork
mandate was a provi-
sion of the health care
bill passed last year that
imposes new tax report-
ing requirements, on
every business in the
U.S., including those in
the horse industry, be-
ginning in 2012.
There were several
attempts to repeal the
1099 requirement last
Congress, which failed.
“We are glad the Senate has taken this
step towards repeal of the new 1099 re-
quirement,” saidAHC president Jay Hickey.
“There is wide agreement that this is a bur-
densome requirement for businesses. How-
ever, during the last Congress disagreement
over details got in the way of repeal. We
hope the overwhelming support of this
amendment is proof that everyone is now on
the same page.”
The Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (“Health Care Bill”) that was
signed into law last year included a provi-
sion broadly-expanding 1099 IRS form re-
porting requirements starting in 2012.
Currently the law requires 1099s to be sent
to any independent contractor that receives
$600 or more from a business in a year. The
new requirement requires 1099s be sent not
only to independent contractors but also to
any individual or corporation from whom a
business purchases a total of $600 or more
in goods or services in any given year. Its
stated purpose is to identify unreported tax-
able income, fraudulent tax deductions, and
increase tax compliance.
This new requirement will greatly in-
crease the administrative burden on all busi-
nesses, particularly small businesses,
including those in the horse industry. For ex-
ample if a horse farm buys $600 worth of
hay and grain from a
particular retailer, or
purchases buckets and
bridles for a total of
$600 from a tack shop,
or an even buys office
supplies of $600 from a
supply store over the
course of the year, or an
individual buys a com-
puter for $700 from a
local store, they are re-
quired to issue each
business a 1099 form
that must be completed
and returned to the IRS.This reportingman-
date places an added burden on each busi-
ness involved. The horse businesses would
have to collect information and tax identifi-
cation numbers for every entity they do
$600 worth of business with and mail them
forms and the business receiving the forms
must complete them.
The Stabenow amendment repeals only
the new reporting requirements. Businesses
would still have to send 1099s to independ-
ent contractors.
The Senate must now approve the FAA
Air Transportation Modernization and
Safety ImprovementAct which will then be
considered by the House. Repeal of the
1099 provision has broad bipartisan support.
But the larger bill may or may not pass both
the Senate and the House.Therefore, repeal
at this juncture is not assured.
Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE), Senator
Max Baucus (D-MT), Congressman Dan
Lungren (R-CA), and Congressmen Steve
Scalise (R-LA), have each introduced stand
alone bills that would also repeal the 1099
provision.
“TheAHCwill continue to work in sup-
port of repealing the new 1099 paperwork
mandate,” Hickey said. “Repealing the 1099
mandate has broad bipartisan support and
we are very optimistic that a fix will be in
place before the new requirement goes into
effect in 2012.”
HORSE COUNCIL NEWS
This week the House of Representatives is ex-
pected to approve a Continuing Resolution (CR) to
fund the government for the remainder of the 2011
fiscal year. This bill contains many cuts to programs
that are important to recreational riders like the Land
and Water Conservation Fund and funding for the
Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the
Bureau of Land Management.
It is hoped that the Senate will take a more meas-
ured approach to spending cuts when it debates the
CR in the coming weeks. Now is the time to contact
your Senators and let them know these programs are
important to you.
Take Action to Protect Important FundingFor Trails and Recreation
1099 Reporting Repeal Amendment Passes
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The American Association of Equine
Practitioners has developed guidelines to
help veterinarians and adoption groups suc-
cessfully transition retired race-
horses to new homes and new
careers. “Transitioning the Retired
Racehorse: Guidelines for Equine
Practitioners, Adoption Organiza-
tions and Horse Owners” provides
an overview of the common physical chal-
lenges affecting some former racehorses
and helps establish expectations for a horse’s
future capabilities.
Developed by the Transitioning Sub-
committee of theAAEPRacingCommittee,
the guidelines grew from a need expressed
by rescue and retirement organiza-
tions at the 2010Welfare andSafety
of the Racehorse Summit. In addi-
tion to criteria for physical assess-
ments, the guidelines include
estimated cost-of-care data from
CANTER, a non-profit organization that
provides retiring Thoroughbred racehorses
with opportunities for new careers.
“TheAAEPispleased toassistand isproud
of themanyveterinariansandadoptiongroups
whoarecommitted tohelpingracehorsesenjoy
new careers,” saidWilliamA. Moyer, DVM,
2011AAEPpresident. “The guide is intended
tobea resource toenhancedecisionmaking in
the best interest of the horse.”
The guidelines are available on the
AAEP website (www.aaep.org). Members
of theAAEP’s Transitioning Subcommittee
are Reynolds Cowles, DVM, chair; JayAd-
dison, DVM; Foster Northrop, DVM;Mary
Scollay, DVM; John Stick, DVM; andCarol
Swandby,VMD.
NEWS BITSFrom Track to New Careers
Florida horsewoman Lynn Palm was re-
centlynamedanAdvisoryDirector forWestern
DressageAssociation ofAmerica.Themission
of theWesternDressageAssociation
of America (WDAA) is to inspire
and enlighten western riders and
theirhorses toahigher levelofhorse-
manship and partnership through the use of
dressage and to create an educational environ-
ment and competitive format within the horse
industryfor thewesterndressagehorseandrider.
Palm is anatural fitwith theWDAAasshe
and her husband and co-instructor, Cyril Pit-
tion-Rossillon, use dressage principles as a
basis for their training and teaching in their
RideWell Clinics for all breeds of horses and
all disciplines. In addition, Palm and Pittion-
Rossillon were delighted to support western
dressage at the World Equestrian Games
through clinics and demonstrationswith other
representatives of theWDAA.
Palm foresees Western Dressage as the
“next best thing for the industry since it is all
about developing willing horses and correct
ethics of horsemanship.”
ABOUT LYNN PALM
Palm’s career highlights include 2007
American Quarter Horse Association
(AQHA) Horsewoman of theYear, a record
four AQHA Superhorse wins, AQHA Fe-
male Equestrian of theYear by theWomen’s
Athletic Association, named one of the top
United States clinicians by Horse & Rider
magazine, over 34 AQHAWorld
and Reserve World Champions,
over 50 bridleless dressage exhi-
bitions at events including theNa-
tional Horse Show, 1989World Cup and the
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and World
Cup. Palm and Cyril Pittion-Rossillon are
co-founders of three horse industry compa-
nies: Palm Partnership Training, Women
LUV Horses, and Alliance Saddlery USA.
Palm is the author of the new release, The
Rider’s Guide to Real Collection. Being the
first female with an equine educational TV
show, Palm’s training show airs on HRTV
Dish 404 Tuesday evenings with additional
airings throughout the week and on demand
at HRTVlive.com.
New Chairman at UF Vet Collegeby Sarah Carey
Paul S. Cooke, Ph.D., has been named
chairman of the University of Florida Col-
lege ofVeterinaryMedicine’s de-
partment of physiological
sciences, following a national
search.
He began his new job Feb. 1.
Formerly, Cooke was a pro-
fessor and held the Billie A.
Field Endowed Chair in Repro-
ductive Biology in the depart-
ment of veterinary biosciences at
the University of Illinois, Urbana/Cham-
paign. He has been on faculty at Illinois
since 1987. Named the Billie A. Field En-
dowed Chair in Reproductive Biology in
2004, Cooke also received the Dr. Gordon
and Mrs. Helen Kruger All-Around Excel-
lenceAward that same year. He received the
Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research
Excellence in 2001 and numer-
ous other acknowledgments for
his research in previous years.
Cooke’s professional inter-
ests include reproductive biol-
ogy, companion animal
contraception and developmen-
tal toxicology.
“This is an exciting time for
the College of Veterinary Med-
icine here at the University of Florida,”
Cooke said. “The opportunity to come to
Gainesville and be a part of this college and
to lead this department into the future is an
exciting one for me.”
Lynn Palm Named to Advisory Board
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The Conservation Trust for Florida,
Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment
of Gov. Buddy MacKay to its advisory
board at the annual meeting of the organi-
zation on Jan. 23 at the Barr
Hammock Preserve, owned by
Alachua County.
Gov. MacKay’s wife, Anne
MacKay, will also join the advi-
sory board. Gov. MacKay, who
grew up near Ocala on a citrus farm, was a
state legislator (serving in the Florida Senate
and the Florida House of Representatives), a
U.S. Representative, and Lt. Governor. Mrs.
MacKay is a former school teacher and an
active board member of the Florida Wild-
flower Foundation. Anne also served on the
state board ofHIPPY:Home Instruction Pro-
gram for PreschoolYoungsters.
The board also appointed forester Ed
Montgomery to the board of directors and
ecologist Bob Simons to the advisory
board. The officers for 2011 are: Kathleen
S. Williams (retired biologist with the
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation
Commission) will serve as president, Mar-
lene Conaway (retired planner, former
Chief of Comprehensive Planning for the
Florida Department of Community Af-
fairs) will serve as vice-president, Michael
Campbell (private forestry consultant and
seedling nursery owner) will serve as treas-
urer, and David Pais (owner of Pais Realty
and Pais Landscapes) will serve as secre-
tary.
Ed Montgomery joined Rayonier, Inc.
in 1979 after graduation from the Univer-
sity of Florida with a B.S. in Forest Re-
sources and Conservation. Ed has held
various positions with Rayonier and is cur-
rently director, real estate sales and mar-
keting for TerraPointe Services. A native
of north Florida, Ed enjoys boating on
Florida’s waterways with his wife Jennifer,
playing folk music and serving on praise
music and prison ministry teams.
Bob Simons is a professional forester
and private consultant who conducts eco-
logical inventories and writes forest man-
agement plans and scientific papers. Bob
has taught courses at Santa Fe
College and the University of
Florida. He is the manager and
part owner of private forest
land in Suwannee and Alachua
Counties. Bob currently serves
on the Florida Silviculture Best Manage-
ment Practices Technical Advisory Com-
mittee, the Suwannee River Water
Management District Land Management
Review Team, Florida Defenders of the
Environment, and the Alachua County
Land Conservation Board.
One of CTF’s core programs is sup-
porting the implementation of the Florida
Greenways System. While in office, Gov.
MacKay supported the formation of the
Florida Greenways System and the Office
of Greenways and Trails (OGT) located
within the Florida Department of Environ-
mental Protection. CTF and OGT co-sub-
mitted the Camp Blanding to Osceola
National Forest Greenway to the Florida
Forever program in 2004 and have been
working together since to protect the
Greenway.
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MacKays Join CTF Board
Because achievements in education are as important as in equitation, the In-
tercollegiate Horse ShowAssociation (IHSA) has launched the IHSA National All-
Academic Award to annually recognize the individual academic achievements of
its participating undergraduate and alumni members.
IHSA members will be named to the All-Academic First Team or All-Academic
Second Team when they have been nominated by their coach, advisor, or designed
representative, and have met the following criteria:
First Team: achieving a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.8 or higher
(based on a 4.0 scale).
Second Team: achieving a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or
higher (based on a 4.0 scale).
A nominee must be a full-time undergraduate student or alumni rider who is a
paid member of the IHSA (and USHJA as per rule 1202 B).
A nominee must have participated in a minimum of two regular season IHSA
horse shows during the academic year (as defined by IHSA rules).
The nomination process will involve a team’s coach, designed college repre-
sentative, or advisor, nominating an eligible student or alumni member using the
All-Academic Award Reporting Form. The student’s cumulative GPA is based on
fall semester grades. The All-Academic Award Reporting Form is to be signed by
a college Registrar, or official documentation must be attached, (colleges and uni-
versities may require student authorization to release academic records).
Nomination forms must be postmarked by April 1, 2011, and mailed to Patte
Zumbrun, Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, Md., 21204.
Questions may be directed to Patte Zumbrun, IHSA Education Committee Chair,
Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Announces NationalAll-Academic Award. Nominations Deadline: April 1.
Academic Awards Offered through IHSA
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Notlong ago, I was in a local barn at feed-
ing time and noticed one of the grooms
mixing feed for the afternoon feeding. He
parked his wheel barrow next to the feed room
door, opened two bags of commercial feed and
poured the contents into the wheelbarrow. Next, he
mixed two bags of steamed crimped oats with the
feed he had just put in the wheel barrow. I asked
himwhy he wasmixing oats with the feed. He said
he wasn’t sure. It’s just what the broodmare man-
ager had told him to do. My curiosity got the best
of me and I asked the manager why she was hav-
ing the crew mix oats with the feed. She said they
mix in oats because that’s the way her Daddy did it.
As I was leaving, I ran into her dad at the front gate
and asked himwhy they were mixing oats with the
feed. He told me they mix oats with the feed be-
cause that’s what they did on the farm heworked on
when he got started.
A few weeks later, I ran into the broodmare
manager’s dad at the OBS yearling sale. He said
our conversation about mixing oats with the feed
had peaked his interest and prompted him to call
his old boss. His old boss told him they used to buy
a pre-mix in bulk and all they had to do wasmix in
oats to complete the ration.
As fate would have it, I saw the broodmare
manager a few weeks later at one of the local
restaurants. She said after talking with his old boss,
her dad realized mixing oats with a commercially
prepared complete feed was not only unnecessary,
but was also thinning out the guaranteed analysis
printed on the feedbag tag.
The point is, be sure to know the reason(s) why
you’re doing something and always seek advice
from reliable sources. What works well in one sit-
uation could actually be detrimental when applied
in another.
The Internet can be a great source of informa-
tion, but be careful. Recently, I typed “horse” into
my web browser and got 331,000,000 results.
“Equine” yielded 18,900,000. From blogs and per-
sonal web pages to detailed articles and profes-
sional-looking multimedia presentations, anyone
with opinion can post on the web.
GO WITH THE PROS
For reliable, nonbiased online information,
check university websites. The University of
Florida has several equine, animal science and pas-
ture management publications. Publications of a
wide variety can be found at “EDIS” Electronic
Data Information System http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu .
Additionally, livestock, horse and pasture man-
agement information can be found on the Cen-
tral Florida Livestock Agent’s Group website
http://cflag.ifas.ufl.edu/. UF Extension Equine vet-
erinarian, Amanda House, DVM, also maintains a
very informativewebsite.OtherUniversity of Florida
sites include weed science, agronomy, Florida
Equine Extension and HorseQuest.
In addition to your local extension service, other
reliable sources of information include experienced
trainers, farriers and veterinarians. The American
Association of Equine Practitioners (www.aaep.org)
is a reputable source, as well
Additionally, many reliable equine publica-
tions like the one you are reading are available
online. To research past articles in The Florida
Horse, Wire to Wire and Horse Capital Digest,
visit www.ftboa.com.
Regardless of the form communication: writ-
ten, spoken, viewed or texted; consider the source,
experience and track record of those from whom
you seek advice. �
PRACTICALLY SPEAKING
by UF/IFASMarion CountyLivestock AgentMark Shuffitt
Reliable Sources
Regardless of the form communication: written, spoken,viewed or texted; consider the source, experience and trackrecord of those from which you seek advice.
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By DENISE STEFFANUS
Splinting and bandaging has histori-
cally been the only way to conserva-
tively treat foals born with contracted
tendons, a condition that causes the legs to
fold up similar to the position assumed by a
horse while lying down. One or more joints
in the forelegs or hind legs may be affected.
On a typical farm, those caring for the foal
help its legs to straighten by applying splints
and bandages that exert tension on the leg to
stretch the foal’s tendons.Tetracycline is often
administered by the farm veterinarian to
soften the tendons and allow them to stretch.
CONVENTIONAL DRAWBACKS
Unfortunately, traditional treatment can in-
hibit the foal’s activity (in some cases, even
preventing the foal from standing).
Make-shift splints fashioned from PVC
pipe or other material often cause skin
sores. Tetracycline may cause serious aller-
gic reactions.
For the past 30 years in human orthope-
dics, a special apparatus developed by Dy-
nasplint Systems of Severna Park, Md., has
been in use to aid patients who have lost
range of motion due to contracted tendons
and ligaments. That technology has been
adapted to treat foals with contracted ten-
dons, and the device now is widely accepted
in the horse industry as an alternative for
conservatively treating contracted tendons in
foals, and in some cases as an alternative to
surgery. Dynasplints also help young horses
overcome valgus (knock-kneed) and varus
(bow-legged) deformities without surgery
and help adult horses during rehabilitation to
recover from tendon and ligament injuries.
THE DYNASPLINT
Dynasplint is a brace comprised of jointed,
stainless-steel tubing that allows the patient
to move its limb in a biomechanically correct
manner. Cuffs fit the Dynasplint to the limb
and are secured byVelcro straps.
Thekeypart of the steel framework is an ad-
justable, spring-loading device that maintains
pressure on the limb to gradually stretch the
contracted tendons.The tension canbe adjusted
from zero to 12, with 12 being the highest set-
ting. For use to correct bow-legged or knock-
kneed horses, the spring loading is on either
side of the splint, and the tension is adjusted ac-
cordingly to draw the limb into correct position.
Piecesof spongepaddingcontoured to fit the
curves of the limb are attached to the inside of
the steel tubes to prevent skin sores. The
sponges, placed where the individual needs
them to promote a comfortable fit, can be re-
placedwith fresh spongesor removedentirely if
they are no longer needed.The splint allows the
horse tomove its joint naturally.When thehorse
is at rest, the splint applies a low-load, prolonged
stretch to the tissues.This encourages use of the
joint, which is better for the horse than a static
splint that holds the joint rigid.
FIELD TRIALS
Charles Haugh III, D.V.M., of EquineVet-
erinaryAssociates in Phoenix, Md., and Dan
Flynn,V.M.D., of Georgetown Equine Hospi-
tal in Charlottesville, Va., were the first vet-
erinarians to workwith Dynasplint to develop
an equine splint. Subsequently, formal trials
were conducted in Maryland, Virginia, Col-
orado, and Texas. But not until Nathan Slo-
vis, D.V.M., an internal medicine specialist at
Hagyard EquineMedical Institute in Lexing-
ton, Ky., began experimenting with the appa-
ratus did it attract the attention of major horse
breeding farms in Kentucky.
At Hagyard, more than 30 successful test
cases in amonth relating to contracted tendons
in foals pleased Slovis enough that he issued a
memorandum to the other Hagyard veterinar-
ians, recommending the use ofDynasplint and
asking them to refer similar cases to him.
Slovis applied Dynasplints to sick foals
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that arrived at the clinic that also had con-
tracted tendons, because the combination of
contracted tendons and physical weakness
made it difficult for them to get up or stand.
“When these foals aren’t able to, or have
difficulty, getting up, it often increases hos-
pital stays and, naturally, the hospital bills,”
Slovis said. “We see more than 450 foals in a
five-month time frame, and 10 percent are
going to have some flexural limb deformities,
be it mild or major.”
CROOKED LEGS
Valgus and varus deformities usually are
addressed early in a foal’s life by one of two
surgical procedures, transphyseal bridging or
the less radical periosteal stripping, that even
out the growth process to straighten the foal’s
legs. Both processes achieve basically the
same results: Transphyseal bridging uses sta-
ples or screws and wires to inhibit the side of
the growth plate that is progressing too
quickly; periosteal stripping encourages the
slower growing side to catch up by releasing
the tension on it created by the periosteum,
the membrane that covers the growth plate.
Besides the inherent risks of surgery and
its cost, most sales companies now require the
consignor to disclose any corrective limb sur-
geries for a horse offered at public auction. So
splinting rather than surgery could deliver
more bucks when the hammer falls.
“If there is a varus-valgus condition we can
fixwith a splint, that’s not something that needs
to be announced at a sale,” said Steve Vargas,
Dynasplint’s veterinary product specialist for
Central Florida. “I think there is a cost benefit
as well. If it’s an issue that you can fix with the
splint, you don’t have the concerns that you do
with surgery.Any time any animal goes under
anesthesia, there’s a concern, and there’s always
risk of infection. We don’t have those issues if
we can correct the condition with a splint.”
In older horses, the device has been suc-
cessful in resolving contractures that result
from injuries. A horse with a bowed tendon
often cannot put its heel down because of the
stricture in the tendon, so it may develop a
way of going on the tiptoe with the knee
slightly bent because of the stricture.
“Tendons have tomaintain tension on them,
like a cable, or they contract,” Vargas said.
“With the use of two different splints, wework
on the fetlock joint for a short period of time
and thenwe go to the knee. In a particular case
we had, an older horse, we worked in conjunc-
tion with a farrier, and the two [splinting and
therapeutic shoeing] worked out quite well.”
Vargas said the benefit the Dynasplint has
over a static splint is that, unlike a static splint
that extends the leg fully andholds it thereunder
force, theDynasplint gradually stretches the ten-
don in a biomechanically correct way and only
to the extent that the horse canwithstand at that
time.As the tendongently stretches, theDynas-
plint tension is gradually increased.
“That’s the way a tendon is intended to be
stretched rather than taking it from one ex-
treme to the other,”Vargas said. “In most pro-
tocols, we have the horse wear the splint from
six to eight hours. Then it’s removed and the
tendon can relax and heal. It usually takes it
another eight to 10 hours to recover, so we
apply the splint every 12 hours. So we get
continual improvement from day to day.”
A Dynasplint also can be helpful during
rehabilitation from other injuries when a limb
needs support while it heals. Ruptured ten-
dons, tears to suspensory ligaments, and in-
juries to the tendons and ligaments in the knee
are the most common uses.
FARM USE
Veterinarians often supervise use of the
Dynasplint, but having a veterinarian involved
is not necessary. Horsemen may contact the
company directly.A Dynasplint representative
then comes to the farm to perform a custom
fitting on the horse and instruct the caretaker
how to apply and use the splint. All cuffs are
labeled to minimize confusion when reapply-
ing them. There is virtually no daily care re-
quired other than
putting on the splints
and taking them off.
The splints are not worn 24 hours a day.
Wear time is case-specific and usually can be
adjusted to the caretaker’s schedule.Use ofDy-
nasplint is by lease and currently costs $450 for
the firstmonth,with the option of extending the
lease up to six months at $250 per month for
the remainder of the lease agreement. Most
cases require less than onemonth’s application.
Dynasplint representatives estimate typi-
cal duration of treatment for contracted ten-
dons, depending on the age of the foal and
severity of the contracture, to be:
� Over at the knee (one to six weeks)
� Upright pasterns (less than a week in
newborns; two weeks in older foals; more
than a month if chronic)
� Deep digital flexural tendon con-
tractures (less than one week)
The sooner the need for a splint is identi-
fied and it is applied, the quicker resultsmay be
achieved. For contracted tendons, ideally aDy-
nasplint should be applied the day the foal is
born because the tissues are very pliable at
birth and much easier to stretch.Young horses
with varus or valgus deformities can benefit
fromDynasplint through their yearling season.
Adult horses with injuries that respond favor-
ably to gentle tension of the tendons or liga-
ments or those that need supportwhile healing
can benefit from a Dynasplint at any age. �
to stretch tendons and ligaments easily and safely.
Historically, contracted tendons in foals weretreated with Tetracycline and splints/bandages.Thanks to technology borrowed from humanorthopedics, a special apparatus has been de-veloped to helped foals recover safely andconservatively, often without surgery.
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Saundra TenBroeck, Ph.D. Extension Horse Specialist
Department of Animal Sciences/University of Florida
Headbobbing is a widely recognized indicator of lameness,
as a horse will lift the head in order to shift weight off a
lame foreleg as it strikes the ground.A horse with a loose
tooth or retained cap may show a similar behavior, raising the head
in rhythm while trotting, in response to pain elicited from a tooth
being jarred. Though most observers would agree that the head-
bobbing horse is lame, fewwould consider that the horse might ac-
tually be lame in the mouth.
RESISTANCE MIGHT BE A PAIN RESPONSE
Similarly, when bitting a horse, excessive head tossing is often
interpreted as the horse being unwilling to accept the bit. Consider,
however, that the time frame when the
horse is shedding baby teeth (deciduous)
and permanent teeth are erupting coin-
cides with the time we are placing a bit in
the horse’s mouth and asking the horse to
submit to pressure. Head tossingmight be
explained as a pain response to bit pressure applied over a small,
sharp tooth just below the surface of the gum.
SIGNIFICANCE OF ERUPTION PATTERNS
It is helpful to understand eruption patterns of consequence to
the young horse going into training. Horses have both temporary
and permanent incisors (six pairs top and bottom, front) and pre-
molars (three on each side top and bottom, cheek). Deciduous in-
cisors erupt around 6 days (centers), 6 weeks (intermediate), and 6
months (corners) and are successively shed around 2 ½, 3 ½, and 4
½ years old, starting with the centers and moving outward to the
e
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Pain in your horse’s mouth can contribute to avariety of training and performance problems.
Before putting a horse intotraining, it is wise to preparethe mouth with some funda-mental dentistry practices.
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corners. Premolars come in by 2 weeks of age and are
replaced front to rear between 2 and 4 years of age.Mo-
lars (three rear cheek teeth on each side, top and bot-
tom) occur only in the permanent form and erupt at 1, 2
and 3 ½ to 4 years of age front to rear.
Baby teeth are pushed out by the erupting permanent
teeth. Somebaby teeth are slow to fall out and are referred
to as retained caps. It is not uncommon to see lumps de-
velop on the lower jaw of 3-year-olds because pressure
from retained premolar caps causes bone remodeling.
When the caps are lost and the permanent tooth breaks
through the gum, the lumps typically go away.A retained
but loose cap can cause signifi-
cant irritation to the surrounding
gum, which can be exaggerated
as the horse is asked to work. In
addition, inflamed gums can lead to secondary sinus in-
flammation that could be mistaken for an infectious res-
piratory disease. Like small children cutting teeth, a young
horse with teeth erupting may simply not feel well.
Another concern is wolf teeth, which are technically
the first premolar. Wolf teeth are typically quite small,
occurring on the upper jaw of some horses and more
rarely on the lower jaw between 6months and 3 years of
age.Wolf teeth can cause a number of problems for the
horse that is beginning to carry a bit.
WHAT TO DO?
Before putting a horse into training, it is wise to pre-
pare the mouth with some fundamental dentistry prac-
tices. If the horse has wolf teeth, they should be
extracted.This is a fairly simple process in young horses,
even if the tooth is still below the gum. After removing
the wolf teeth, a “bit seat” should be created on the front
edge of the first cheek teeth.A bit seat is simply a round-
ing or contouring the edge of the tooth to prevent pinch-
ing of the cheek or tongue by the bit. Retained caps
should be taken off so that the permanent teeth can come
Like small children cutting teeth, a young horse withteeth erupting may simply not feel well.
COUR
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in unimpeded. Because the upper jaw is wider than the
lower jaw, sharp edges often develop on the outer edge
of upper teeth and the inner edge of lower teeth. These
should be filed so that they do not cut the tongue or
cheeks and so the horse can chewmore efficiently. Filing
the teeth is referred to as floating, because the traditional
hand tool used is called a float. Horses that receive den-
tal care early on are much less likely to develop dental
problems likewavemouth later in life.The equine dentist
is much like a skilled farrier who balances a horse’s foot,
allowing for more even weight distribution and wear.
WHO CAN PERFORM DENTAL WORK?
Some confusion exists over who is allowed to per-
form dentistry. Because human dentistry requires a
professional degree, many would assume equine den-
tistry would require the same. Though equine dental
schools do exist, they differ from human dental
schools in that they are trade schools, not professional
schools. Certainly dentistry is taught in the curricu-
lum of veterinary schools, but the broad scope of vet-
erinary training does not afford students time to
perfect the skills necessary to be proficient right out of
school. Most veterinarians who specialize in dentistry
seek additional training in certification programs or
intern with veterinarians who specialize.
Non-veterinarians who perform basic dentistry prac-
tices are called lay den-
tists. Because they are not
licensed veterinarians,
they cannot sedate horses,
use controlled substances
nor diagnose diseases
and/or prescribe antibi-
otics. Some lay dentists
work under the direct su-
pervision of veterinarians and some work as independ-
ent contractors.
In understanding what is legal, it is good to look at
current Florida Statutes. The Veterinary Practices Act
provides some clarity.
474.202 DEFINITIONS
(13) “Veterinary medicine” includes, with respect to
animals, surgery, acupuncture, obstetrics, dentistry,
physical therapy, radiology, theriogenology, and other
branches or specialties of veterinary medicine.
474.203. EXEMPTIONS
(b)A person hired on a part-time or temporary basis,
or as an independent contractor, by an owner to assist
with herd management and animal husbandry tasks for
herd and flock animals, including castration, dehorning,
parasite control, and debeaking, or a person hired on a
part-time or temporary basis, or as an independent con-
tractor, by an owner to provide farriery andmanual hand
floating of teeth on equines.
SERVICES AVAILABLE
Historically, floating of teeth was done exclusively
with hand tools, many of which were fabricated by the
dentist himself. Using hand tools is physically demand-
ing and time consuming. Excellent horsemanship skills,
strength and stamina, as well as being ambidextrous are
hallmarks of the person using hand tools. Most veteri-
narians were happy to have lay dentists perform routine
dental care when hand tools were the only option.Today,
with the advent of power tools, more veterinarians are
working in this specialty field. In order to use power
tools, the horse must be sedated and fitted with a mouth
speculum so the dentist can view the teeth and file with
an electric dremel.
On the positive side, the process is more rapid and
the mouth is easier to view. On the negative side, seda-
tion is required, heat generation from the tool could
damage the pulp of the tooth and over-zealous practi-
tioners could take off more tooth than necessary.
If you live in theMarion/Alachua County area, there
are many options available for dental care. If you hire a
veterinarian, theywill often use power tools. Prices vary,
but in general, you pay for sedation ($25 – $45), the per-
formance float ($85 - $200, which should include a bit
seat), wolf tooth extraction ($15 -$30/tooth) and some-
times a trip charge ($0 - $45).
If you hire a lay dentist as an independent contractor,
he/she will use hand floats with no sedation or specu-
lum.Most charge a standard fee for a performance float,
bit seat and wolf teeth extraction $60 - $90).A $5 - $20
fee may be added for mileage depending on your loca-
tion and the number of horses on your place.
A third option is the lay dentist who works in part-
nership with a veterinarian who can sedate the horse so
that power tools can be used. Some have specialized
trailers, complete with stocks that they haul to venues.
Cost for a performance float is typically around $150.
BOTTOM LINE
For the young horse, performing routine dentistry
prior to the bitting processmay be one of your best train-
ing techniques. Hiring an experienced professional is
crucial. As in so many aspects of the business world,
price and value are not always synonymous. The lowest
price may not be the best value and the highest price
does not assure the best quality.�
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Lame IN THE Mouth
Filing the teeth is referred to as float-ing, because the traditional hand toolused is called a float. Horses that re-ceive dental care early on are much
less likely to develop dental problemslike wave mouth later in life.
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Iheard an allegory recently about a young girl who
was lost in a swamp. Searchers combed the woods
for hours looking for the young girl. They struck off
on their own, wandering far and near without any luck.
After hours of looking for the girl they reconvened and
reevaluated their efforts. After some discussion, a mem-
ber of the group said, “As individuals looking by our-
selves, we will never find her – we must hold hands and
search the swamp again as one.”
The others agreed and all the rescuers held hands,
combing the swamp inch by inch as a group. Some short
hours later, but all too late, they found the lifeless body
of the girl in the swamp.As they carried her away, one of
the searchers said, “If we had only held hands and
worked together sooner.”
We have to work together, and our opportunity is at
hand. We have a window to make the Florida Agricul-
ture Center and Horse ParkAuthority a viable function of
the state and county economy and area culture.
Differences and individualism are not uncommon in
anything. It’s how those differences are managed that is
important. Think of it as a relationship – you and your
partner are surely not exactly the same and agreeable on
every miniscule detail of life. But – a successful rela-
tionship will work through those differences and make
it work. It takes communication, the occasional improv-
isation and of course, compromise. The key to this is
working together for the common good.
What is the common good of the Florida Horse Park?
A haven for equestrians and outdoor enthusiasts of every
sort. From world-class equestrian events and agricultural
interests to RV owners, dog trainers and festival organiz-
ers, we are by design, a host for all of those and more.
The Florida Horse Park, whether directly or indi-
rectly, affects us all! It is not uncommon for a person
who works in the Thoroughbred industry to compete in
team roping or enjoy trail riding or be an avid runner.
Thoroughbreds retired from the racing industry are
often re-homed to individuals who take them on to an-
other competitive show career. The entire horse indus-
try is interconnected. Not a simple end-to-end
connection, but a complicated web of connections that
demand we all work together to keep each other afloat
as a community within horses and without.
Here is my invitation to work together for the com-
mon good and betterment of the area’s equine industry
through the communal thread of the Florida Horse Park.
Be a part of the solution. Support the horse park to
move it forward towards completion. It will serve as a
catalyst for long-term job creation that will aid in im-
proving the economy throughout the state. The horse
park will also serve our community as a facility that of-
fers a competitive and recreational hub in an eco-
friendly atmosphere for residents with all sorts of
interests – not just horses. �
The Florida Horse Park is an opportunity for us all.
Let’s work together now.
Connie Duff Wise
Chairman of the Board
Work For theCommon Good
Your FLORIDA HORSE PARK
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58 THE FLORIDA HORSE • MARCH 2011
By Jamie Cohen and Brian Block
Hello to all!As we get into March, it is that dreaded
tax time again. For land owners, even with an agri-
cultural exemption, property taxes can amount to a
significant burden. Did you know that you have options to
reduce your property taxes by 50 percent, or even 100 per-
cent?And you can continue to use your land, protect it from
development pressure, and potentially write off 50 percent or
even 100 percent of your income taxes for up to 16 years?
Got your attention?
TheConservationTrust for Florida, a private, non-profit or-
ganization, works to protect working, rural Florida lands. Re-
sponsibly-managed agricultural lands provide irreplaceable
“ecosystem services” – clean air, water, and soil. The Conser-
vation Trust for Florida champions the fact that the traditional
and historical uses of these lands hold them together, keeping
themproductive for the landowner and benefiting the commu-
nities around them. These lands are a cornerstone of Florida’s
economy, which provide hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Utilizing the land owner’s own land management con-
sultants, tax and legal advisors, local University of Florida
Institute of Food andAgricultural Sciences extension agents,
the United States Department of Agriculture and other in-
dustry experts as needed, a conservation easement will be
custom tailored alongside a land management plan, espe-
cially suited to your traditional and intended future uses, to
then have flexibility built in, accommodating the changing
times ahead.
Those who own land covered by these conservation ease-
ments still privately own their land, and can sell it or pass it
on to their heirs. The farmer, equestrian, rancher, forester
and hunter can still do what they always have, usually with
minor or even no changes to their current land use practices,
and the public has no increased rights to enter upon these
private, protected lands. Depending on how large the prop-
erty, a few residential rights and all reasonable and custom-
ary agricultural structures can also be reserved and written
into the easement. In every case, development pressure from
the land is permanently eliminated, alleviating the stress it
creates on families, especially as it passes from one genera-
tion to the next, often triggering crushing taxes, sometimes
forcing a premature and ill-timed sale.
Conservation easements are not new, but the way the state
and federal governments treat them surely is new. Until the
end of 2011, donations of conservation easements are re-
warded at substantially increased levels by the Internal Rev-
enue Service. The value of a donated, qualified conservation
easement can be used to write off half of the donor’s adjusted
gross income over a period up to 16 years, up from30 percent,
and over a period of up to six years. Furthermore, if at least
half of the donor’s income comes from bona fide agriculture
(in the year of the recording of the easement), then the donor
can be fully income tax exempt for up to 16 years (or until the
value of the easement is used up, whichever comes first).
More importantly, Florida voters passed a law in 2008
creating a new classification for lands protected with con-
servation easements, including working agricultural lands.
For landowners whomake no profit from their land, or those
who return any profits made back into the land through ap-
proved land management practices, zero property taxes are
due.And, take any income made from these protected lands
and the property taxes will be cut to half the just value (which
is in most cases the “greenbelt assessment”). The level of
property tax exemption is made yearly through the local
county PropertyAppraiser’s office. “Non-conservation” uses
on the land, like a residence, will still be subject to ordinary
assessments and property taxes.
To learn more about these options, contact the Conser-
vationTrust for Florida.Whatever your plans for your farm,
keep up the good management practices! �
FARM MANAGEMENT
DoesWriting OffTaxesGetYourAttention?
You have options to reduce your property taxesby 50 percent, or even 100 percent.
Jamie A. CohenFarm Outreach CoordinatorUF IFAS/Marion County Extension Service352-671-8792 • [email protected]
Jamie Cohen (top)and Brian Block
Brian Block • Executive DirectorConservation Trust for Florida352-466-1178 • [email protected]
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The Ocala Winter Classic, Jan.8-13, at HITS Post Time Farm.PHOTOS AND INTERVIEWS BY LARA SHEPARD
1. John Muldoon is pictured with his friends and his 6-year-old Hanoverian mare,Lola. Muldoon, a Melbourne, Pa., native, is enjoying the warm Florida weather.2. Ashley Hartman is a 13-year-old junior rider from Doylestown, Pa. She is pic-tured with Miles, her 8-year-old Welsh gelding. Ashley’s favorite thing about Ocala isthe sunshine…and she plans to visit Walt Disney World. 3. French saddle makerDevoucoux custom fits every horse and rider for high quality hunter/jumper, dres-sage, and eventing. The company has been serving HITS Ocala for four years.4. Tracy Magness and Tarco Van Ter Moude after a win in the grand prix ring.
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From coast to coast, Florida’s tax-friendly,pro-business environment is poised and
ready to attract new companies and createnew employment opportunities.
“Florida Once Again Nameda Top State for Business…”The Small Business & EntrepreneurshipCouncil ranks Florida’s state tax systemamong the nation’s Top 10 on its“Business Tax Index 2010: Bestto Worst State Tax Systems for Entre-preneurship and Small Business.”
Florida’s recent legislativechanges now allow for improvedracing structures, higher breeders’awards, more lucrative purses atracetracks, and the excitement
of live racing in Ocala/MarionCounty – Horse Capital of the World®.
• No personal state income tax.• No individual capital gains tax.
• Leader in veterinary and equine research.• Horses are exempt from sales tax whenpurchased from their original breeder.
• Feed and animal health items are also tax exempt.• Florida’s greenbelt exemption provides propertytax breaks for Florida horse farms.• No tax on stallion seasons.• Moderate climate allows for year-roundtraining, racing, showing andbusiness opportunities.
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Operators of racetracks grapple withmany of the
same issues they have faced for decades, one
of these the task of drawing neophytes through
the admission gates and keeping the established horse-
player coming back. This is accomplished more readily
in some places than others but the making of a new fan,
and then a new horseplayer is a slow process.
The atmosphere of a racetrack, the social aspect and
the majestic allure of the elegant animals around which
a day at the races revolves is to many seductive. The
learning process, however, is endless and daunting. Con-
fronting a set of past performances is either a life-long
commitment or an exercise in frustration, at times both.
A person is either drawn toward immersion in the unique
mystery posed by every field of horses, or chased to en-
deavors more easily understood.
The digital age, though it has expedited wagering and
opened an array of simulcast options to every player in-
cluding those involved at very high levels, has also
eroded the live audience, which is now robust only at a
handful of seasonal venues – Gulfstream Park and
Tampa Bay Downs in winter, Saratoga and Del Mar in
summer, Keeneland in the spring and autumn. Other-
wise, large live audiences, with the occasional excep-
tion, are limited to the season’s important events – the
Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup. The teenager accom-
panying a father, uncle or older sibling for an afternoon
at the races – the way many life-long fans and players
were first exposed to the experience – is rare nowadays.
So, where do new players come from? And what
about the next generation of owners and breeders?
If one begets the other, the future of racing is indeed
a muddled picture.
The aging of racing’s core audience is not a recent
phenomenon. Those in regular attendance at racetracks
have always come from a population free from the con-
straint of gainful employment. But even this segment of
the audience is now scattered at simulcast facilities or at
home, wagering through advance-deposit platforms and
watching races on television. The evidence is anecdotal,
gathered primarily from social networking sites,message
boards and discussion forums but many young people
with jobs, families and responsibilities are keenly inter-
ested in racing. The extent to which they are involved in
wagering or the depth of their interest in other areas of the
sport is unclear.What is clear is that they are not present
at the nation’s racetracks often or in large numbers.
They are, however, present if not altogether accounted
for, loosely knit and bound only in the Internet. Face-
book embraces more than 100 racing-related pages,
somewith tens of thousands of fans. Dozens of blogs are
published by fans and bettors who are a long way from
Social Security eligibility.Many racing organizations and
publications have effectively reached out to this audience,
taking advantage of the digital zeitgeist. Still, efficient
utilization of the very thing that enables the splintering of
an increasingly mobile audience does not bring people
back to the races in meaningful numbers.
If there is a solution to this quandary it has been elu-
sive. Small-market tracks devote marketing budgets to
promotion of alternative gaming and have begun to treat
racing like the redheaded stepchild. The marketing and
promotion of racing even in large markets have been
generally ineffective. With rare exception, live atten-
dance is at best stagnant.
The sport viewed exclusively on television or via
streaming video lacks the sensory appeal and the social
aspect of live racing – you cannot lament a tough beat or
go out for a beer after the last race with a computer and
a television—but many of those who have become in-
volved during the last two decades know little else.They
point to the advantage of being able to stay at homewith
a menu of race cards – Dubai, Gulfstream, Tampa Bay,
Aqueduct, the Fair Grounds and Santa Anita and, later,
Australia—on a typical winter Saturday afternoon. Past
performances and printable programs are readily avail-
able online as is an array of handicapping products.
For all the 21st Century advantages that have been
adopted by horseplayers scattered all over the landscape,
there is noway a computer will replace a spot on the pad-
dock rail alongside kindred spirits on a sun-kissed after-
noon and even a 50-inch, high-definition flat screen is no
substitute for the view through a pair of 10x50 binoculars.
It really is about being there. �
PLAYER’S PAGE
by Paul Moran
It’sAllAboutBeing There
For all the 21stCentury advantages
that have been
adopted by horse-
players scattered all
over the landscape,
there is no way a
computer will
replace a spot on
the paddock rail
alongside kindred
spirits on a sun-
kissed afternoon.
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