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from ormonde to midnight lute

Breeders’ attitudes toward horses with the congenital throat malady that leads to partial paralysis of the larynx have changed markedly since the 19th century.

In 1889, the Duke of Westminster, the owner and breeder of Ormonde, the great-est English racehorse of the 19th century, sold his champion to Argentina after only two seasons at stud because the horse was “a roarer and a descendant of roarers,” and he did not want to contaminate the English Thoroughbred.

Until the last few decades, American

breeders also tended to avoid horses afflicted with the genetic abnormality that causes laryngeal hemiplegia. For example, 1956 Horse of the Year Swaps’s sire, Khaled, was a roarer, and though Swaps himself did not inherit the malady, his best son, 1963 Kentucky Derby winner Chateaugay, made a distinct noise, and his stud career suffered accordingly.

Sheer genetic dominance, however, allowed Storm Cat to become a leading sire despite sometimes passing along bad throats. Though most breeders prefer to breed to stallions of sound wind, if the horse is good enough, he will usually get plenty of mares.

Dual Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner and 2007 champion sprinter Midnight Lute certainly was good enough, despite

his three throat operations, and he has proven with his first two crops that, like Storm Cat, the possibility that he will pass on his disability might not negatively affect his stud career.

Midnight Lute’s second-crop son Midnight Hawk became his ninth stakes winner on Jan. 11 when winning the Grade 3 Sham Stakes, just two weeks after Midnight Lute’s first-crop son Shakin It Up became his second Grade 1 winner in taking the Malibu Stakes on Dec. 26.

Bred in Kentucky by Tom Evans, Macon Wilmil Equine, and Marjac Farm, Midnight Lute was easily the best son of 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner and champion 3-year-old

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Midnight Hawk wins the Grade 3 Sham Stakes on Jan. 11 to give Midnight Lute his ninth stakes winner in his first two crops.

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male Real Quiet, by Quiet American.Sold for $70,000 to agent Tom McGreevey

in the name of Caldera Racing at the 2004 Keeneland September yearling sale, Midnight Lute failed to find a buyer on a final bid of $290,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. March juvenile sale after work-ing a quarter-mile in 22 seconds.

Sold privately to Michael Pegram and Karl Watson and Weitman Perfor-mances, Midnight Lute won his only start at 2, running six furlongs at Del Mar in 1:10.43 to score easily. He under-went throat surgery following that win, but according to trainer Bob Baffert, the first operation did not hold, and Midnight Lute was operated on again during in the spring of 2006.

He returned after a year’s absence in a six-furlong allowance race at Del Mar in July but failed to catch Sailors Sunset, falling short by a diminishing half-length. He won a seven-furlong allowance at Del Mar a few weeks later, and then shipped to Keeneland and recorded a 4 3/4-length win over eventual multiple graded stakes winner Lewis Michael in the seven-furlong, Grade 3 Perryville Stakes.

Midnight Lute clearly was a pretty good horse, but he couldn’t catch Latent Heat and Spring At Last in the Grade 1 Malibu, and failed by a nose to catch even-tual Grade 1 winner Awesome Gem in the Grade 2 San Fernando to kick off his 4-year-old campaign.

After finishing fourth in the Grade 2 Strub at Santa Anita in February 2007 and in the Grade 2 Commonwealth at Keene-land in April, Midnight Lute underwent a third throat operation before returning to win the Grade 1 Forego at Saratoga. He defeated Benny the Bull by 2 1/4 lengths in a final time of 1:21.06 for seven furlongs, which resulted in a 124 Beyer Figure, tied for the highest ever in a sprint

The 2007 Breeders’ Cup Sprint was run in ridiculously sloppy conditions at speed-favoring Monmouth, but Midnight Lute reveled in that environment, rallying from well off the pace to beat Idiot Proof by 4 3/4 lengths in a highly impressive performance. He ran once more that year but failed to catch Daaher in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile, finishing second.

Midnight Lute’s two Grade 1 sprint wins, though, were enough to guaran-tee him an Eclipse Award as champion sprinter of 2007.

Midnight Lute ran only twice as a 5-year-

old in 2008, failing to rally for the only time in his career behind Lewis Michael in the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien at Del Mar in August before repeating his victory in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita.

Retired to Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexing-ton, Ky., in 2009, Midnight Lute offered breeders an intriguing puzzle. Clearly a racehorse of the highest class, he stands a massive 17 hands but with the balance and athleticism of a much smaller horse. Though he never won beyond seven furlongs, he clearly stayed at least 1 1/16 miles, since he was beaten only a nose in a Grade 2 race at that distance, and his pedi-gree and his trainer both suggested that the only reason he performed best as a sprinter was because his throat problems limited his stamina.

He came by his enormous stature honestly. His sire, Real Quiet, was a tall but narrow horse, and his third dam, Berkut, by Sea-Bird, was a full sister to the gigantic Group 1-caliber Gyr, whom the venerable English annual Timeform regarded as one of the largest horses in its experience. Their broodmare sire, Toulouse Lautrec, also was a gigantic horse who enjoyed some sire success in the 1960s in California.

Berkut produced French Group 1 winner Alydar’s Best, Italian stakes winner Exotic Source, and Midnight Lute’s second dam, Grade 3 La Prevoyante Stakes winner Bolt From the Blue, by Blue Times.

Not surprisingly, given Midnight Lute’s stature, the 111 named foals in his first crop did not set the world afire early at 2, but Midnight Ballet (out of Buzz Song, by Unbridled’s Song) became his first stakes winner at Hollywood Park’s fall meeting in 2012, and five others showed promise by placing in stakes.

When the calendar turned to 2013, Midnight Lute became a very hot prop-erty, as Shakin It Up (Silver Bullet Moon, by Vindication) won the Grade 2 San Vicente, Midnight Lucky (Citiview, by Citidancer) set a track record in the Sunland Park Oaks, and Govenor Charlie (Silverbulletway, by Storm Cat) set a track record in the Grade 3 Sunland Park Derby.

Midnight Lucky proved she was one of the most talented 3-year-old fillies in the country with a smashing victory in the Grade 1 Acorn but has not run since. Shakin It Up returned from a long layoff to win the Grade 1 Malibu before the end of the year.

Two other high-class Midnight Lute

colts emerged when Midnight Aria (Shebandowana, by Mt. Magazine) captured Canada’s Queen’s Plate and Mylute (Stage Stop, by Valid Expecta-tions) ran second in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby and third in the Preakness.

Midnight Hawk is the third stakes winner and first potentially high-class runner from Midnight Lute’s second crop. Bred in Kentucky by Pegram, he is the 10th foal and second stakes winner out of Miss Wineshine, a talented Wolf Power filly Pegram purchased for $220,000 at the 1998 Keeneland September sale.

Miss Wineshine raced five times at 2 in 1999, winning the Silver Spur Stakes at Lone Star, running second to her even-tual champion stablemate Chilukki in the Grade 3 Debutante, second to Regally Appealing in the Grade 2 Adirondack, and third in the Grade 1 Spinaway.

Miss Wineshine’s fifth foal, Mayor Marv, by Distorted Humor, won the Turf Para-dise Derby, but Midnight Hawk is the only graded stakes winner in the first four gener-ations of his pedigree along the female line. He is a complete outcross through the first six generations of his pedigree.

Although Ormonde became almost sterile due to an illness during his second season at stud, the Duke of Westminster’s fears about the horse proved groundless. His first-crop son Orme (out of the immor-tal St. Simon’s full sister Angelica) was England’s champion 2-year-old of 1891, winning the Middle Park and Dewhurst stakes, and added two Eclipse Stakes and a Champion Stakes to his record at 3 and 4.

Orme led England’s sire list in 1899, when his great son Flying Fox won the English Triple Crown, and Orby became his second Epsom Derby winner in 1907. Both established long-lived branches of the Ormonde male line. Flying Fox was the grandsire of the great Teddy, whose line still hangs on in South America through his seventh-generation descen-dants Privately Held and Public Purse, both sons of Private Account.

The great sprinting line descending from Orby’s great-grandson Gold Bridge, however, has died out. Midnight Lute has 29 crosses of Teddy in the first 12 genera-tions of his pedigree.

It is always doubtful, of course, that any stallion will establish a long-lasting male line, but despite his respiratory weakness, Midnight Lute has proven that he is capa-ble of siring horses good enough to give himself that chance.

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Despite enduring three throat operations, Midnight Lute won the Breeders’ Cup Sprint twice and earned $2.69 million.

MIDNIGHT HAWKGray or roan colt Foaled May 14, 2011

Miss Wineshine 97

Real Quiet 95

Candytuft 96

Wolf Power 78

Miss Mississippi 83

Quiet American 86

Really Blue 83

Fappiano 77

Demure 77

Believe It 75

Meadow Blue 75

Deputy Minister 79

Sister Dot 85

Blue Times 71

Berkut 71

Round Table 54

Happy Flirt 58

Casabianca 61

Blue Siren 62

His Majesty 68

Song Sparrow 67

Sunrise Flight 59

Be Grateful 62

Dehere 91

Bolt From the Blue 80

Flirting Around 71

Pandora 70

Cormorant 74

Wonderful Flight 67

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Midnight Lute’s trainer, Bob Baffert, and pedigree suggested that the only reason he he performed best as a sprinter was because his throat problems limited his stamina.


By Patrick Reed

The Keeneland January sale of horses of all ages concluded Jan. 9 with enough posi-tive sentiment to maintain the generally uplifting outlook for 2014 prevalent in the bloodstock industry.

Moreover, it offered an early look at how first-year sires of 2013 are being received by owners and breeders. Among several standouts from that group, it was multiple classic-placed Grade 1 winner Bodemeister who finished the sale with the most distinction.

All five broodmares offered at the Keene-land sale in foal to Bodemeister were bought, totaling $685,000. That total ranked fourth among covering sires who had two or more in-foal mares sell at Keeneland and was $143,000 ahead of The Factor among first-crop covering sires.

Bodemeister’s average of $137,000 ranked second behind To Honor and Serve (who had two in-foal mares sell for an average of $150,000) and just ahead of The Factor’s $135,500 average for four mares.

Bodemeister began his stud career last year at Kenny Troutt’s WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., and, according to The Jockey Club, was bred to 173 mares in 2013, the seventh-most in North America.

The 5-year-old son of Empire Maker stood out among a solid group of first-year sires due to several factors. He has a good female family with several interesting offshoots that gravitate toward European influences. His dam, the Storm Cat mare Untouched Talent, captured the Grade 3 Sorrento Stakes and ran second in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante and the Grade 2 Alcibiades Stakes during an abbreviated racing career.

His second dam, Parade Queen, by A.P. Indy, was a multiple Grade 3 winner and earner of more than $400,000 who inciden-tally is also the dam of the highly regarded 3-year-old Top Billing, by Curlin. Parade Queen’s dam, and Bodemeister’s third dam, is the stakes winner Spanish Parade, by Roberto. His fifth dam is English champion filly Bitty Girl, by Habitat, who produced two European stakes winners and is the third dam of U.S. champion Action This Day.

Untouched Talent sold to John G. Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms for $850,000 after her racing career but was then bought for $1.2 million at the 2007 Keene-land November sale by Virginia’s Audley Farm, where Bodemeister was foaled. Bodemeister fetched $260,000 at the 2010

Keeneland September auction when sold to Ahmed Zayat, and following his emer-gence, Audley Farm reaped dividends when Untouched Talent’s filly Fascinat-ing, by Smart Strike, sold for $1.3 million at the 2012 Keeneland September sale to Sikura and Bruce Lunsford.

Fascinating placed in both the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante and the Grade 1 Chandelier last season. Untouched Talent, meanwhile, was purchased for $5 million at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale by Coolmore Stud representative M.V. Magnier.

In terms of sire line, Bodemeister’s stature when he entered stud arguably was enhanced by Empire Maker’s reloca-tion to Japan. The 2003 Belmont Stakes winner and Kentucky Derby runner-up had been establishing a reputation as a sire of stamina in the United States before his sale in 2010, as several of his daughters in particular showed real aptitude for two-turn races on dirt and synthetic, led by champion Royal Delta but also including Personal Ensign winner Icon Project and a quartet of Spinster Stakes winners, most recently Emollient.

Bodemeister and Grade 1 winner and 2009 Kentucky Derby runner-up Pioneerof the Nile are the best young stallion prospects to extend Empire Maker’s influence, and they join several

sons of Unbridled’s Song at stud as bear-ers of Unbridled’s legacy.

In addition to the obvious pedigree attri-butes, Bodemeister possessed an intan-gible quality during his moment on the national stage in 2012: His professional racing action, coupled with a high cruising speed, suggested that he had the makings of an elite, classic-distance dirt horse.

Though Bodemeister fell short in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness after setting a fast pace in both classics, his 9 1/2-length romp in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby (108 Beyer Speed Figure for finish-ing 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.71) showed that he could dominate in two-turn dirt races. And the colt responded gamely in the Derby (99 Beyer) and the Preakness (109 Beyer) when challenged late by I’ll Have Another.

Bodemeister was retired after the Preak-ness due to a shoulder injury, but those flashes of raw talent still resonate and have helped him get off to a strong start at stud.

Among the broodmares sold in foal to Bodemeister at the Keeneland January sale were Auspiciously, a full sister to Grade 1 Princess Rooney winner Malibu Mint; Dream Dancer, a half-sister to Group 2 U.A.E. Derby winner Daddy Long Legs; Tiz T’was, whose dam is a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Lion Heart; and Tejareb, whose dam is a half-sister to three Canadian champions.

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Five mares in foal to Bodemeister recently sold for $685,000 in total at Keeneland.


By Denise Steffanus

A foal’s feet in the uterus are encased in soft, pliable hooves to protect the mare from being injured when her baby kicks and during its struggle to be born. About an hour after it emerges, the foal stands, and its hooves bear weight for the first time.

Even during the first 48 hours of life, conformation of a foal’s limbs plays a critical role in hoof development. The soft hoof-covering gradually gives way to a harder, more durable hoof that is influenced by the angle of the weight-bearing force.

Most foals have knock-knees and toe out when they first stand, just to keep their balance. So, from the beginning, pressure is placed on the inside quarter of the foal’s hooves. As the foal grows stronger, it becomes more steady on its feet and more active.

As it romps around, the foal shifts the pressure to different points on its feet, and the even distribution creates well-balanced hooves. But this orderly development exists in a perfect world, and few foals are perfect. Most need help from a farrier.

Limb deformitiesSteve Norman is the longtime farrier

for Ashford Stud’s foal crops in Kentucky. For decades, Norman also has been the regular farrier for a long list of stakes winners, including Horse of the Year Wise Dan.

Norman said two types of limb defor-mities affect development of the hoof: angular and flexural. Angular deformi-ties create pressure on the inside or the outside of the hoof. Flexural deformities involve the ability of the foal to place its heel and toe evenly on the ground. A laxity in the tendon exerts more pressure on the heel; a contraction of the tendon exerts more toe pressure.

“With tendon laxity, that foot is not going to get enough pressure to spread out,” Norman said. “It’s going to start to shrivel up and become narrow and elon-gated because all the pressure is on the bulbs of the heel.

“You’ll see collapsing tendons more on the hind end, to where the foals are walk-ing on their pasterns. On the front end,

tendons are more likely to contract so that the foal is walking on its toe versus the heel, and that’s the start of a clubfoot.”

First trim

Norman typically does the foal’s first trim at two to three weeks of age, when the hoof is pointed and soft. He squares off the hoof with one or two well-placed swipes of the rasp.

“Squaring that toe is a very important first move on a foal foot,” he said. “If you don’t do it, the foal is going to break over either on the inside or the outside instead of in the middle of that foot to give it even pressure. Within a month’s time, you’re going to see a drastic distortion of a foot that’s never been trimmed. To say that you can’t remedy it – you probably can, but it might take longer, and it might

cause some other problem. Squaring the toe is a really important move, no doubt.”

The squared toe gives the farrier two points to work with, one on the inside and one on the outside. If, as the foal grows, it has a tendency to toe in, the farrier can rasp off the inside point.

“This leaves a kind of natural exten-sion on the outside of the foot,” Norman said. “What that does is try to make the foal break over to the center or a little bit more on the inside to where it kind of forces that foot out. If the foal toes out, [I will] square the toe and drop that outside point off to where the foal will break over on the outside.”

During the first two months of a foal’s life, the farrier should trim the hooves every two weeks; foals with a significant

eArly hoof cAre for foAlsMost need a farrier’s help to develop well-balanced hooves

ScoTT morriSon, D.V.m.This foal’s clubfoot may stem from tendon contraction that creates toe pressure.

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Glue-on shoes and Equilox enable a farrier to be more aggressive in correcting a foal’s feet.

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During the first two months of a foal’s life, the farrier should trim the hooves every two weeks. Foals with a significant problem might need weekly care.


problem may need to be tended to every week.

Norman said the advent of Equilox and glue-on shoes has made the farrier’s job simpler when dealing with foals. Equilox is a strong resin adhesive that can be used to build up or even reconstruct a hoof wall.

“Before Equilox or glue came around, all we were doing was trimming the foot and living with it,” he said. “Now we can get a little more aggressive, a little more supportive with glue-on shoes at a very young age.”

Farrier and vet, working togetherResolving extreme angular or flex-

ural deformities requires cooperation

between the veterinarian and the farrier. The veterinarian may employ a high-tech Dynasplint to straighten the leg gradu-ally, or he may opt for a surgical solution.

Dr. M. Phyllis Lose, author of the indis-pensable books “Blessed Are the Brood-mares” and “Blessed Are the Foals,” believes she was the first veterinarian to perform an inferior check ligament desmotomy (cutting) to resolve clubfoot-edness caused by a flexural deformity. Her paper, published in 1981, was the first to document the procedure.

“I transected the inferior check liga-ment, just a little bit below the knee,” Lose said. “Within 12 hours, and even shorter than that, the foal would have its foot on the ground, and that would be the end of it. Those foals went on to become show horses or racehorses on the flat or over fences.”

For severe angular deformities, surgeons perform periosteal elevation (loosening the bone membrane), trans-physeal bridging (screws and wires), or a new procedure that employs a single screw in the ankle.

“After surgery, we can keep support-ing the foot or make the foot as natural as possible and let the surgery do the rest,” Norman said. “You’re definitely altering the limb when you do the surgery versus any kind of shoe we put on. But the combi-nation of both can help.”

Norman said a good manager is essen-tial in monitoring how a foal responds to surgery and corrective trimming.

“The manager is looking at the foal every day and seeing the change in foot pattern and how the foal is moving,” he said. “Between the manager, the vet, and the horseshoer, they can decide what’s best for the foal.”

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One of the rarest anomalies seen in newborn foals is the presence of an extra leg. Fewer than a handful of this type of birth defect have been recorded, and only one involving a Thoroughbred foal.

In the 1970s, M. Phyllis Lose, the country’s first female equine veteri-narian, was tending to the foaling mares at Maui Meadow Farm in West Chester, Pa., when one of its top Thor-oughbred mares produced a filly with an extra limb attached to the splint bone of its left foreleg.

Lose recalled, “I said, ‘Uh-oh. What is this hanging on the inside of its little foreleg?’ I radiographed the filly’s leg and found a complete extra

leg. It had a cannon bone, an ankle, a pastern, and a little foot.”

Decades later, Lose still is unsure if the extra leg was a remnant of a resorbed embryo or caused by a genetic flaw.

“I removed the extra limb, and it was forgotten,” she said. “The filly became a nice racehorse, and she was never affected by it. Her dam subsequently produced several foals by the same sire, and I never had another case like this, even with that same bloodline, in my 60 years of practice.”

Lose wrote about this rare event in her books “Blessed Are the Brood-mares” and “Blessed Are the Foals.”

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Fifth leg removed from a foal.

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Ft. LAUderdALe s. [G2]Gulfstream, Jan. 11, $200,000 guaranteed, 4-year-olds and up, 1 1/16 miles turf, 1:42.24, firm. (Course record: 1:38.17.)

SUmmer fronT, 121, b. h. 5, War Front—Rose of Summer, by El Prado (Ire). Owner, Waterford Stable; breeder, Graceville Breeding (Ky.); trainer, Christophe Clement; jockey, Joe Bravo.. ................................................................................ $120,000

Tetradrachm, 117, dk. b. or br. g. 5, Badge of Silver—Igraine, by Cherokee Run. Owner, Wachtel Stable ..................... $40,000

nikki’s Sandcastle, 117, ch. g. 7, Castledale (Ire)—Sandtina, by Sandpit (Brz). Owner, Richard Sherman .............. $20,000

Winning Beyer: 99Margins: 3/4, 2 3/4, 1/2. Odds of winner (favorite): 6-5.Also ran: Slumber (GB) 117 ($10,000), Utley 117 ($6,000), Hierro 117 ($4,000), Howe Great 117, Mucho Mas Macho 117.

rAcing record 1st 2nd 3rd AGE sts (sW) (sP) (sP) EArninGs 2 3 3(2) 0 0 $126,000 3 7 2(2) 1(1) 2(2) 279,800 4 5 2(2) 1(1) 1 178,340 5 1 1(1) 0 0 120,000 ___ ___ ___ ___ _________totals 16 8(7) 2(2) 3(2) $704,140

At 2: 1st Dania Beach S. [L], King Cugat S.

At 3: 1st Hill Prince S. [G3], Duluth S. [L]; 2nd Lexington S. [G3]; 3rd Jamaica H. [G1], Secretariat S. [G1].

At 4: 1st Cliff Hanger S. [G3], Miami Mile H. [G3]; 2nd Citation H. [G2].

At 5: 1st Ft. Lauderdale S. [G2].

SUmmer fronT, b. h. 2009

Northern Dancer 61 Danzig 77 Pas de Nom 68WAr fronT 02 Rubiano 87 Starry Dreamer 94 Lara’s Star 81

Sadler’s Wells 81 El Prado (Ire) 89 Lady Capulet 74roSe of SUmmer 01 Cherokee Colony 85 Cherokee Crossing 91 Sky Meadows 86

When War Front has crossed with El Prado (Ire) mares, it has produced 3 foals of racing age, 2 winners (67%), 1 SW (33%), 1 graded SW (33%), $375,415 average earnings per runner.

Sire: WAr fronT. Raced 3 years, 13 starts, 4 wins. Earned $424,205. Best Beyer: 114. Stands at Claiborne Farm in Ky. for $150,000. Sire of 5 crops, 333 foals, 185 runners (56%), 131 winners (39%), 28 SWs (8%), including Declaration of War, Warning Flag, Departing. Total progeny earnings $20,297,997, $109,719 average per starter. Auction record, 1980 to present—176 yearlings sold, $179,691 average. In 2013, 48 yearlings sold, $363,076 average.

1st dam: rose of Summer. Bred by Hermitage Farm & Walter Freeman (Ky.). Unraced.

05—Rose of Killarney, m., by Proud Citizen. Raced 4 years, 15 starts, 2 wins. Earned $95,556. Best Beyer: 86.

06—LArAgH, m., by Tapit. Raced 2 years, 8 starts, 4 wins. Earned $581,877. Best Beyer: 93. At 2, 1st Hollywood Starlet S. [G1], Jessamine S. [L]; 3rd Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf [L]. At 3, 1st Edgewood S. [L].

07—Molly Malone, m., by Strong Hope. Raced 2 years, 7 starts, no wins. Earned $13,941. Best Beyer: 74.

08—bLUegrASS SUmmer, g., by Purge. Raced 3 years, 13 starts, 4 wins. Earned $117,090. Best Beyer: 79. At 5, 1st Foxbrook Champion Hurdle S.

09—SUmmer fronT (See above). Best Beyer: 99. $475,000 2yo 2011 KEE-APR.

10—Passage East, c., by Tapit. Unraced. 11—Barren12—c., by Bernardini. 13—No report.

sAN PAsQUAL s. [G2]Santa Anita, Jan. 11, $200,000 guaranteed, 4-year-olds and up, 1 1/16 miles, 1:43.17, fast. (Track record: 1:39.58.)

bLUeSKieSnrAinboWS, 118, ch. h. 5, English Channel—Cho Cho San, by Deputy Minister. Owner, Bad Boy Racing and Whiz-way Farms; breeder, Edward P. Evans (Va.); trainer, Jerry Hol-lendorfer; jockey, Martin Pedroza............................ $120,000

majestic Harbor, 118, b. h. 6, Rockport Harbor—Champagne Royale, by French Deputy. Owner, Gallant Stable ..... $40,000

drill, 118, dk. b. or br. h. 5, Lawyer Ron—Cat Dancer, by Storm Cat. Owner, Karl Watson, Michael E. Pegram, and Paul Weit-man ......................................................................... $24,000

Margins: 1 1/4, 2 1/4, no. Odds of winner (favorite): 2-1.Also ran: Majestic City 118 ($12,000), Rousing Sermon 118 ($4,000), Blingo 118 ($250), Spud Spivens 118 ($250).

rAcing record 1st 2nd 3rd AGE sts (sW) (sP) (sP) EArninGs 2 3 1 0 0 $13,900 3 7 2(1) 0 2(1) 213,382 4 12 3(2) 3(1) 1(1) 322,270 5 1 1(1) 0 0 120,000 ___ ___ ___ ___ _________totals 23 7(4) 3(1) 3(2) $669,552

At 3: 1st Swaps S. [G2]; 3rd Santa Anita Derby [G1].

At 4: 1st Native Diver S. [G3], Ralph M. Hinds H. [L]; 2nd Breed-ers’ Cup Marathon [G2]; 3rd Cougar II H. [G3].

At 5: 1st San Pasqual S. [G2].

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bLUeSKieSnrAinboWS, ch. h. 2009

Mr. Prospector 70 Smart Strike 92 Classy ‘n Smart 81engLiSH cHAnneL 02 Theatrical (Ire) 82 Belva 98 Committed 80

Vice Regent 67 Deputy Minister 79 Mint Copy 70cHo cHo SAn 99 Pleasant Colony 78 Dance Colony 87 Dance Review 78

When English Channel has crossed with Deputy Minister mares, it has produced 11 foals of racing age, 4 winners (36%), 1 SW (9%), 1 graded SW (9%), $170,693 average earnings per runner.

Sire: engLiSH cHAnneL. Raced 4 years in North America, United Arab Emirates, 23 starts, 13 wins. Earned $5,319,028. Best Beyer: 111. Stands at Lane’s End in Ky. for $25,000. Sire of 4 crops, 316 foals, 164 runners (52%), 92 winners (29%), 12 SWs (4%), including Strait of Dover, Optimizer, Skyring, The Pizza Man. Total progeny earnings $9,169,420, $55,911 average per starter. Auction record, 1980 to present—138 yearlings sold, $31,065 average. In 2013, 27 yearlings sold, $25,808 average.

1st dam: cho cho San. Bred by Dinwiddie Farm Ltd. Partner-ship (Ky.). Raced 1 year, 1 start, no wins. Earned $4,160. Best Beyer: 66.

04—Eastern Fever, h., by Stormin Fever. Raced 4 years, 35 starts, 1 win. Earned $56,407. Best Beyer: 68. $9,000 yearling 2005 KEE-SEP.

05—No report.06—White Flash, h., by Smoke Glacken. Unraced. $115,000

yearling 2007 KEE-SEP, $9,000 2yo 2008 OBS-MAR.07—Cho Cho Fever, h., by Stormin Fever. Raced 3 years, 7

starts, 1 win. Earned $11,927. $5,000 yearling 2008 KEE-SEP, $70,000 2yo 2009 FTT-TEX.

08—cHo cHo cAT, m., by Tale of the Cat. Raced 3 years, 23 starts, 6 wins. Earned $144,839. Best Beyer: 90. At 5, 1st Tellike S.

09—bLUeSKieSnrAinboWS (See above). Best Beyer: 103. $33,000 yearling 2010 KEE-SEP.

10—Pinkerton, c., by City Zip. Unraced. $140,000 yearling 2011 KEE-SEP.

11—f., by Street Boss. Unraced. 12—Chose the Cat, f., by Parker’s Storm Cat. 13—Barren

HAL’s HoPe s. [G3]Gulfstream, Jan. 11, $100,000 guaranteed, 4-year-olds and up, 1 mile, 1:35.30, fast. (Track record: 1:33.71.)

LeA, 117, ch. h. 5, First Samurai—Greenery, by Galileo (Ire). Owner-breeder, Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (Ky.); trainer, William Mott; jockey, Luis Saez ................... $60,000

Jackson bend, 117, ch. h. 7, Hear No Evil—Sexy Stockings, by Tabasco Cat. Owner, Jacks or Better Farm and Robert LaPenta .. ................................................................................ $20,000

neck ’n neck, 117, dk. b. or br. h. 5, Flower Alley—Bootery, by Storm Boot. Owner, A. Stevens Miles Jr. .................. $10,000

Winning Beyer: 101Margins: 3 1/4, 1/2, nk. Odds of winner: 6-1. Favorite: Csaba, 3-1.

Also ran: Uncaptured 117 ($5,000), Purple Egg 117 ($3,000), Csaba 121 ($2,000), Goodtimehadbyall 117, Simmstown 117, Strike One 117.

rAcing record 1st 2nd 3rd AGE sts (sW) (sP) (sP) EArninGs 3 5 3(1) 1 1(1) $200,728 4 5 1 1(1) 1(1) 148,890 5 1 1(1) 0 0 60,000 ___ ___ ___ ___ _________totals 11 5(2) 2(1) 2(2) $409,618

At 3: 1st Commonwealth Turf S. [G3]; 3rd Hawthorne Derby [G3].

At 4: 2nd Firecracker H. [G2]; 3rd Fourstardave H. [G2].

At 5: 1st Hal’s Hope S. [G3].

LeA, ch. h. 2009

Storm Cat 83 Giant’s Causeway 97 Mariah’s Storm 91firST SAmUrAi 03 Dixieland Band 80 Freddie Frisson 93 Frisson 88

Sadler’s Wells 81 Galileo (Ire) 98 Urban Sea 89greenerY 03 Rousillon 81 High Savannah (GB) 88 Stinging Nettle 81

When First Samurai has crossed with Galileo (Ire) mares, it has produced 1 foal of racing age, 1 winner (100%), 1 SW (100%), 1 graded SW (100%), $409,618 average earnings per runner.

Sire: firST SAmUrAi. Raced 2 years, 8 starts, 5 wins. Earned $915,075. Best Beyer: 107. Stands at Claiborne Farm in Ky. for $15,000. Sire of 5 crops, 314 foals, 208 runners (66%), 135 winners (43%), 16 SWs (5%), including Justin Phillip, Last Gunfighter, Executiveprivilege. Total progeny earnings $13,964,531, $67,137 average per starter. Auction record, 1980 to present—165 yearlings sold, $74,397 average. In 2013, 17 yearlings sold, $45,588 average.

1st dam: greenerY. Bred by Claiborne Farm & Adele B. Dilschneider (Ky.). Raced 2 years, 10 starts, 2 wins. Earned $109,140. Best Beyer: 87. At 4, 2nd Drumtop S. [L], Omnibus S.

09—LeA (See above). Best Beyer: 101. 10—Copse, c., by Indian Charlie. Raced 1 year, 1 start, no wins.

Earned $228. Best Beyer: 55. 11—Sward, f., by Indian Charlie. Unraced. 12—Heath, f., by Pulpit. 13—Barren14—Barren

sHAm s. [G3]Santa Anita, Jan. 11, $100,000 guaranteed, 3-year-olds, 1 mile, 1:36.48, fast. (Track record: 1:33.37.)

midnigHT HAWK, 118, gr. or ro. c. 3, Midnight Lute—Miss Wineshine, by Wolf Power (SAf). Owner, Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings (J. G. Sikura), Kitchen, Pegram, et al.; breeder, Michael E. Pegram (Ky.); trainer, Bob Baffert; jockey, Mike Smith ....................................................................... $60,000

Kristo, 118, b. c. 3, Distorted Humor—Capote’s Crown, by Ca-

pote. Owner, Hronis Racing ..................................... $20,000ontology, 118, ch. c. 3, Tapit—Shytoe Lafeet, by King of Kings

(Ire). Owner, Reddam Racing ................................... $12,000Margins: 1 3/4, 3 1/4, 9 1/2. Odds of winner (favorite): 2-5.Also ran: I’ll Wrap It Up 118 ($6,000).

rAcing record 1st 2nd 3rd AGE sts (sW) (sP) (sP) EArninGs 2 1 1 0 0 $27,000 3 1 1(1) 0 0 60,000 ___ ___ ___ ___ _________totals 2 2(1) 0 0 $87,000

At 3: 1st Sham S. [G3].

midnigHT HAWK, gr. or ro. c. 2011

Quiet American 86 Real Quiet 95 Really Blue 83midnigHT LUTe 03 Dehere 91 Candytuft 96 Bolt From the Blue 80

Flirting Around 71 Wolf Power (Saf) 78 Pandora 70miSS WineSHine 97 Cormorant 74 Miss Mississippi 83 Wonderful Flight 67

When Midnight Lute has crossed with Wolf Power (SAf) mares, it has produced 5 foals of racing age, 2 winners (40%), 1 SW (20%), 1 graded SW (20%), $49,176 average earnings per runner.

Sire: midnigHT LUTe. Raced 4 years, 13 starts, 6 wins. Earned $2,690,600. Best Beyer: 124. Stands at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Ky. for $25,000. Sire of 3 crops, 257 foals, 107 runners (42%), 65 winners (25%), 9 SWs (4%), including Midnight Aria, Govenor Charlie, Shakin It Up. Total progeny earnings $5,460,395, $51,032 average per starter. Auction record, 1980 to present—141 yearlings sold, $60,699 average. In 2013, 34 yearlings sold, $80,441 average.

1st dam: miSS WineSHine. Bred by Robert C. Henderson (Texas). Raced 1 year, 5 starts, 1 win. Earned $189,080. Best Beyer: 92. At 2, 1st Silver Spur S. [L]; 2nd Adirondack S. [G2], Debutante S. [G3]; 3rd Spinaway S. [G1].

02—Quiet Shine, m., by Real Quiet. Raced 1 year, 7 starts, 2 wins. Earned $50,480. Best Beyer: 83. $85,000 yearling 2003 KEE-SEP.

03—Indiana Wine, h., by Thunder Gulch. Unraced. 04—Wineshine, g., by Deputy Minister. Raced 4 years, 34 starts, 6

wins. Earned $57,891. Best Beyer: 86. 05—Vindication People, m., by Vindication. Raced 2 years, 8 starts,

no wins. Earned $6,938. $110,000 yearling 2006 KEE-SEP.06—mAYor mArV, g., by Distorted Humor. Raced 5 years, 22

starts, 5 wins. Earned $151,644. Best Beyer: 95. At 3, won Turf Paradise Derby [L].

07—Miss Wined Up, m., by Roman Ruler. Raced 2 years, 6 starts, no wins. Earned $5,858. Best Beyer: 44.

08—Free Pourin, g., by Roman Ruler. Raced 2 years, 8 starts, 1 win. Earned $25,737. Best Beyer: 75.

09—Salt Tequila Lime, m., by Roman Ruler. Raced 2 years, 5 starts, no wins. Earned $12,280. Best Beyer: 79.

10—Lutes Gift, c., by Midnight Lute. Unraced. 11—midnigHT HAWK (See above). Best Beyer: 84. 12—c., by Midnight Lute. $20,000 yearling 2013 KEE-SEP.13—f., by Successful Appeal.

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