CALIFORNIA Pioneer of the West - cs.bloodhorse.com

WEST COAST Pioneer
of the West
WEST COAST
BY TRACY GANTZ
CALIFORNIA
Trainer Kathy Walsh busts down barriers
IDAHO
K athy Walsh’s training career intertwines so thoroughly with Washington’s
NEVADA Longacres Race Course that many people think she hails from the Pacific
Northwest. Four times the leading trainer at Longacres, Walsh actually grew
OREGON up in Northern California.
Now based in Southern California, where she trains a 25-horse stable that includes
UTAH
2007 Del Mar Futurity (gr. I) and 2008 San Vicente (gr. II) and San Felipe (gr. II) Stakes
WASHINGTON
winner Georgie Boy, Walsh took a circuitous route from the north end of the state to the
WYOMING
south. Not only did she spend much of her career in Washington, she has trained strings
In This Section
at Canterbury Downs (now Can-
  Leading California Sires
by Earnings terbury Park) in Minnesota and

  Leading California Sires at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas.
by 2-Year-Old Winners
“I went to New Orleans in 1967
  Leading California Sires
by Winners with my father,” Walsh said. “I

  Leading California Sires even went with him to Vancou-
by Stakes Winners
ver, Canada, when I was 10 years
  Leading California First-Crop
Sires by Earnings old.”

  Leading California Sires Given that her father, Jim, led
by Stakes Horses
trainers twice at Longacres, it’s
  Leading Washington Sires
by Earnings not surprising Kathy followed his

Advertisers’ Index career path, much to her mother’s

DIAMOND F RANCH . . . . . . . . .6058 chagrin. However, Southern Cal-
GOLDEN EAGLE FARM . . . . . . .6053
HARRIS FARMS ifornia legend Buster Millerick,
www.harrisfarms.com.. . . . . . . .6051
RANCHO SAN MIGUEL who conditioned three-time Hol-
www.ranchosanmiguel.com . . . .6055
RIVER EDGE FARM lywood Gold Cup winner Native
www.riveredgefarminc.com . . . .6057
SPECIAL T THOROUGHBREDS .6054 Diver, was perhaps even more
VESSELS STALLION FARM
www.vesselsstallionfarm.com. . .6059 responsible for Kathy choosing
Y LO RACING STABLES. . . . . . .6061
to become a trainer.
6050
“Buster gave my dad his first

broodmare,” Walsh said. “My

dad grew up in Sonoma, Calif.,

and Buster was from Petaluma,

benOIt & aSSOCIateS PhOtOS right next door.”

Contemporaries, Millerick and

Jim Walsh came of age in the

early part of the 20th century,

when people owned all sorts of

horses instead of those that spe-

Kathy Walsh received early schooling cialized in one sport.
from her father, trainer Jim Walsh (continued on page 6054)

B l o o d H o r s e .c o m

Stakes-Winning Brother to TIZNOW

TIZBUD

Best Young Sire Prospect in California!

Although TIZNOW raced exclusively on dirt before the advent of “All Weather”
tracks, he has proved this year that he can sire Grade I winners on virtually
any surface: dirt, turf and synthetic. His achievements are all the more
remarkable as only one of his five Grade I winners is out of a stakes winner.
A six-length winner of the $250,000 California Cup Classic at 1 1/8 miles
and a Grade II-placed earner of $230,266, TIZBUD has been well-received
in California, covering 61 mares in 2008 and 57 mares in 2007.
TIZBUD’s first California crop will race next year.

2009 Fee: $3,000 Live Foal

by Cee’s Tizzy - Cee’s Song, by Seattle Song

Property of Pamela C. Ziebarth • Stud fee payable at foaling
Nominated to the Breeders’ Cup

27366 W. Oakland Ave. • Coalinga, CA 93210
John C. Harris, President • David E. McGlothlin, Horse Division Manager • Dr. Jeanne Bowers, Resident Veterinarian
Tel: (800) 311-6211 or (559) 884-2859 • Fax: (559) 884-2855 • www.harrisfarms.com • E-Mail: [email protected]

WEST COAST

2008 Leading Sires in California State sire lists updated daily online.
Go to http://breeding.bloodhorse.
com/sirelists.asp

For stallions that stand, will stand, or stood (deceased) in California (exported stallions are excluded), and have runners in North America. Listed below are all available statistics for the Northern Hemisphere through December 3,
2008.As supplied to The Blood-Horse by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc., earnings exclude monies from Japan and Hong Kong. *Foal counts include Southern Hemisphere. Cumulative stakes winners includes all countries.
(A ¶ indicates a sire represented by his first crop to race).

Rank 2009 Stakes Rstrct 2008 Foals Cumulative
Stallion (Foaling Year, Sire), Farm Standing Stud Fee Rnrs/ Wnrs/ SW/ Earnings Stks *A-E *Comp
Wnrs Wns BT SW (Chief Earner, Earnings) *363 Wnrs Index Index
1 UnUsUal Heat (90, Nureyev), Old English Rancho $5,561,424 *495
2 DepUty CommanDer (94, Deputy Minister), Ballena Vista Farm N/A 136/67 10/15 5/10 (Lethal Heat, $426,528) $3,565,476 *404 18 2.14 1.06
3 stormin Fever (94, Storm Cat), Golden Eagle Farm $3,250,927 779 23 1.33 1.73
4 in exCess (IRE) (87, Siberian Express), Vessels Stallion Farm N/A 174/99 4/5 1/4 (Reporting for Duty, $160,000) $3,087,273 792 21 1.26 1.53
5 BertranDo (89, Skywalker), River Edge Farm $3,033,955 *1071 56 1.88 1.49
6 salt lake (89, Deputy Minister), Golden Eagle Farm $7,500 161/79 7/12 4/7 (Stormin Normandy, $301,588) $3,017,953 433 48 1.49 1.67
7 BenCHmark (91, Alydar), River Edge Farm $2,979,193 *286 47 1.47 1.44
8 sea oF seCrets (95, Storm Cat), Ballena Vista Farm N/A 142/64 6/9 1/6 (Exceeding, $239,868) $2,575,854 479 22 1.41 1.24
9 swiss yoDeler (94, Eastern Echo), Harris Farms $2,107,363 464 15 1.05 1.14
10 lorD Carson (92, Carson City) $10,000 156/76 5/6 1/5 (Sierra Sunset, $239,000) $2,101,506 633 19 1.21 1.05
11 Cee’s tizzy (87, Relaunch), Harris Farms $2,053,784 272 25 1.19 1.33
12 olD topper (95, Gilded Time), Tommy Town Thoroughbreds $7,500 155/93 4/5 1/4 (Hombresactlikemens, $184,750) $1,775,564 349 36 1.81 1.18
13 lit De JUstiCe (90, El Gran Senor), Magali Farms $1,767,649 336 11 1.18 0.90
14 Formal GolD (93, Black Tie Affair), Rancho San Miguel $4,000 178/86 5/5 2/5 (Idiot Proof, $460,598) $1,716,115 133 19 1.37 1.22
15 triBal rUle (96, Storm Cat), River Edge Farm $1,713,063 *599 19 1.33 1.56
16 roar (93, Forty Niner), Rancho San Miguel $4,000 160/88 4/4 2/4 (Secret Gypsy, $157,239) $1,656,518 *839 10 1.61 1.10
17 HiGH Brite (84, Best Turn), Harris Farms $1,608,212 126 16 1.58 1.43
18 tHUnDerello (99, Montbrook), Diamond F Ranch $6,000 162/88 0/0 0/0 (Atka, $93,891) $1,601,953 *708 44 1.08 1.22
19 BeaU GeniUs (85, Bold Ruckus), Ballena Vista Farm $1,565,350 313 2 1.13 1.11
20 Game plan (93, Danzig), E. A. Ranches Died, 2005 131/67 7/8 2/7 (You Lift Me Up, $164,998) $1,481,330 457 37 1.25 1.20
21 valiD waGer (92, Valid Appeal) $1,467,043 232 22 0.92 0.86
22 ComiC strip (95, Red Ransom), Rancho San Miguel $7,500 101/46 7/10 2/7 (Cost of Freedom, $328,752) $1,279,656 310 16 1.13 1.29
23 attiCUs (92, Nureyev), Magali Farms 182 7 0.84 1.23
24 Bartok (IRE) (91, Fairy King) $6,000 124/66 3/3 0/3 (Topper Shopper, $126,806) $932,574 *445 10 1.18 1.66
25 memo (CHI) (87, Mocito Guapo), Ridgeley Farm $858,370 181 7 1.17 0.95
26 Free HoUse (94, Smokester) $5,000 96/46 6/7 2/6 (Lit’sgoodlookngray, $166,092) $851,877 22 1.50 1.14
27 DeCarCHy (97, Distant View), Magali Farms $848,778 95 5 1.00 1.63
28 HolD For GolD (95, Red Ransom), Tommy Town Thoroughbreds N/A 91/49 2/4 0/2 (Semaphore Man, $200,600) $833,504 106 2 1.08 1.11
29 western Fame (92, Gone West) $813,590 230 3 1.22 1.21
30 FlyinG Continental (86, Flying Paster) $7,500 64/36 6/11 1/6 (Tribesman, $244,700) $812,120 493 13 1.01 0.83
31 BeHrens (94, Pleasant Colony), Victory Rose Thoroughbreds $765,391 169 23 0.94 1.10
32 siBerian sUmmer (89, Siberian Express) Died, 2008 84/50 1/3 0/1 (Wayzata Bay, $354,897) $741,366 311 0 0.61 1.58
33 riCHly BlenDeD (98, Rizzi) $730,697 91 10 1.11 0.92
34 kelly kip (94, Kipper Kelly), Vinewood Farms $5,000 116/62 3/3 2/3 (Ten Churros, $122,567) $719,208 98 1 0.77 0.86
35 General meetinG (88, Seattle Slew) $712,334 *470 1 1.14 1.04
36 perFeCt manDate (96, Gone West), Old English Rancho $5,000 66/34 2/4 1/2 (Monterey Jazz, $367,000) $711,134 176 33 1.92 1.64
37 mUD roUte (94, Strawberry Road), Special T Thoroughbreds $706,863 210 9 1.13 1.36
38 BirDontHewire (89, Proud Birdie), Madera Thoroughbreds $3,000 106/48 2/3 0/2 (Carrie With a C, $204,712) $704,254 *229 6 0.89 0.98
39 Flame tHrower (98, Saint Ballado), Oak Hill Farm $691,510 130 9 1.26 1.45
40 rio verDe (92, Nureyev), Lovacres Ranch $5,000 79/45 3/3 1/3 (Mistical Plan, $283,440) $598,926 184 0 0.88 1.13
41 mUqtariB (96, Gone West), Victory Rose Thoroughbreds $593,596 *237 3 0.63 0.90
42 siliC (FR) (95, Sillery), Getaway Thoroughbred Farm Died, 2007 140/80 1/1 0/1 (Shes a Lucky Wager, $89,176) $576,245 *116 2 0.57 0.96
43 smokester (88, Never Tabled) $573,089 403 1 0.80 0.93
44 event oF tHe year (95, Seattle Slew), Magali Farms $2,500 80/37 1/2 0/1 (Comoros, $144,680) $557,919 228 12 1.42 1.27
45 lil tyler (83, Halo) $499,618 210 5 1.09 2.02
46 Dixie Dot Com (95, Dixie Brass) $5,000 66/23 1/1 1/1 (Starticus, $216,194) $489,528 105 7 1.18 0.73
47 stormy JaCk (97, Bertrando), Harris Farms $462,464 46 1 0.69 1.14
48 HiGH DemanD (97, Danzig) N/A 55/29 0/0 0/0 (Bartok’s Bling, $92,272) $438,916 64 1 1.33 0.69
49 poteen (94, Irish River), Old English Rancho $432,707 67 1 0.79 1.40
50 olympio (88, Naskra), Victory Rose Thoroughbreds $6,000 65/32 1/1 0/1 (McCann’s Mojave, $152,010) $432,619 *476 2 0.63 0.79
51 GotHam City (98, Saint Ballado), Applebite Farms $426,137 53 30 1.16 1.38
52 nineeleven (93, Phone Trick), Lovacres Ranch Died, 2004 61/33 2/2 0/2 (One On the House, $101,600) $418,561 101 0 1.04 1.11
53 snowBoUnD (95, Meadowlake), Burns Ranch $404,637 264 4 0.68 0.77
54 CraFty C. t. (98, Crafty Prospector), Windfall Farms $5,000 47/23 1/1 1/1 (Harlene, $183,337) $385,597 *51 14 0.41 0.46
55 GloBalize (97, Summer Squall), Victory Rose Thoroughbreds $383,456 71 1 0.89 0.90
56 CapsizeD (96, Summer Squall), Eagle Oak Ranch $5,000 34/20 0/0 0/0 (Mostacolli Mort, $172,860) $369,233 62 1 0.89 0.85
57 lake GeorGe (92, Vice Regent), Warren’s Thoroughbreds $363,730 131 0 0.69 0.86
58 larry tHe leGenD (92, Local Talent), Warren’s Thoroughbreds N/A 61/31 2/2 1/2 (Famous Ruby, $129,600) $332,236 151 5 1.07 1.07
59 iron Cat (95, Storm Cat), Eagle Oak Ranch $329,581 89 1 0.60 1.21
60 FrUition (93, Woodman), Oak Hill Farm Died, 2004 60/22 2/2 0/2 (South Coast, $82,504) $310,066 144 3 1.06 0.90
61 sUGGest (92, Topsider) $309,073 48 2 0.93 0.67
62 twin spires (94, Storm Cat) $5,000 74/32 0/0 0/0 (Juliska, $67,528) $304,696 170 3 1.30 0.81
63 trUCkee (92, Danzig), Oak Hill Farm $264,066 131 2 0.62 0.90
64 Comet sHine (91, Fappiano), Victory Rose Thoroughbreds N/A 76/33 0/0 0/0 (Surf Town, $75,500) $259,997 *279 4 0.74 0.80
65 rHytHm (87, Mr. Prospector) $255,585 *769 3 0.74 1.00
66 BolD BaDGett (85, Damascus) Died, 2006 39/23 1/2 0/1 (Running Rich, $120,490) $253,060 256 11 1.36 1.18
67 tyCHoniC (GB) (90, Last Tycoon) $250,106 113 20 1.58 0.72
68 royal Cat (96, Storm Cat), Old English Rancho $4,000 39/15 0/0 0/0 (Sir Silver Fox, $161,540) $248,230 100 3 0.60 0.58
69 FalstaFF (81, Lyphard) $247,328 412 0 0.59 1.11
70 makaleHa (87, Never Tabled) Died, 2006 51/26 0/0 0/0 (Tap It Light, $92,704) $244,386 114 25 1.13 0.93
$240,068 1 0.60 0.60
$7,500 61/31 1/1 0/1 (Martha’s Mandate, $89,622)

$2,500 51/21 2/5 1/2 (El Sinaloense, $149,138)

$3,500 31/17 1/2 0/1 (It’s a Bird, $146,450)

$5,000 56/29 0/0 0/0 (Southern Flame, $50,182)

N/A 56/22 1/1 0/1 (Got Tobe Rio, $67,760)

$3,500 58/28 0/0 0/0 (Devoted Magic, $43,140)

$3,500 51/18 0/0 0/0 (Missy Biscuit, $80,297)

Died, 2005 54/28 2/2 0/2 (Cheroot, $74,400)

$3,000 53/23 1/1 1/1 (Kalookan Year, $78,812)

Pnsd 17/9 0/0 0/0 (Super Strut, $136,698)

Died, 2007 46/30 1/1 1/1 (Jazz Time Boy, $41,900)

$2,500 21/8 1/1 1/1 (Bob Black Jack, $313,500)

N/A 30/13 1/1 0/1 (Regal Career, $74,310)

$2,500 28/17 2/2 1/2 (Star Nicholas, $116,416)

$5,000 47/20 2/2 0/2 (Kalookan Dancer, $80,424)

N/A 22/12 0/0 0/0 (King City Kitty, $92,320)

N/A 32/18 0/0 0/0 (Turbo Call, $91,360)

N/A 68/33 1/2 1/1 (Bound to Be M V P, $46,323)

$5,000 23/12 0/0 0/0 (Sir Sapphire, $51,524)

$5,000 27/13 0/0 0/0 (Summer Haze, $97,518)

$4,000 30/13 0/0 0/0 (General Dan, $63,060)

$1,000 16/6 1/1 0/1 (Greg’s Gold, $150,000)

$2,500 30/14 0/0 0/0 (Tranquilo, $58,358)

$3,000 34/17 0/0 0/0 (Beaming Babe, $52,560)

Died 19/10 1/3 0/1 (Bonfante, $169,388)

Died 13/10 1/1 0/1 (Indian Chant, $130,148)

N/A 33/15 0/0 0/0 (Takin Issue, $59,626)

$1,500 33/11 0/0 0/0 (Truckee Whisp, $41,380)

$2,500 31/11 0/0 0/0 (Joy’s Comet, $50,060)

Died, 2007 31/12 1/1 0/1 (Major Rhythm, $56,770)

Died, 2002 12/4 1/3 0/1 (Wind Water, $146,000)

N/A 24/14 0/0 0/0 (Irish Ty, $63,640)

$3,500 27/10 0/0 0/0 (Sidepocket Cat, $50,076)

Pnsd 14/8 1/2 0/1 (Bai and Bai, $85,440)

N/A 23/9 0/0 0/0 (Ican’tremember, $72,226)

*A-E and COMPARABLE INDEX: The lifetime Average-Earnings Index indicates how much purse money the progeny of one sire has earned, on the average, in relation to the
average earnings of all runners in the same years; average earnings of all runners in any year is represented by an index of 1.00. The Comparable Index indicates the average
earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire, when these same mares were bred to other sires. Only 32% of all sires have a lifetime AEI higher than their mares
Comparable Index.

6052 THE BLOOD-HORSE   DEcEmBER 13, 2008 B l o o d H o r s e .c o m

Golden Eagle Farm's

2009 Stallion Roster

STORMIN FEVER SALT LAKE

Storm Cat-Pennant Fever, by Seattle Slew Deputy Minister-Take Lady Anne, by Queen City Lad

Graded stakes winner, Grade 1 Stakes winner of
Grade 1-placed earner of $536,218 from 21 starts
$484,664 from 21 starts
The leading sire in California by
2008 Progeny earnings number of stakes winners with 62
over $3.6-million
Lifetime progeny earnings
17 Stakes Horses in 2008 over $50.1-million.

Lifetime Auction Average Lifetime Auction Average
(5 to 10 times his stud fee) (5 to 10 times his stud fee)

• Weanlings $39,376 • Weanlings $37,027
• Yearlings $49,050 • Yearlings $45,728
• 2-Year-Olds $72,855 • 2-Year-Olds $75,583

Fee: $7,500 Fee: $7,500

(LFG, due 10/1 yr bred) (LFG, due 10/1 yr bred)

GOLDEN EAGLE FARM

27236 Highway 78 East • Ramona, California 92065-6703
Toll Free: (877) 34-EAGLE • 760-789-2821 • Fax: 760-788-8377

www.goldeneaglefarm.com

WEST COAST

(continued from page 6050) What he excelled at was keeping a horse’s earning $1,026,500 back when that meant
“Buster’s uncle, Jack Millerick, at one foot in good condition, a talent that aided something.
Millerick when Native Diver came to him
time had the biggest bucking horse string in the 1960s. “He used to speedy cut so bad,” Kathy
in the United States,” Kathy said. “He sup- said. “He’d wear white patches on the in-
plied horses for Madison Square Garden. “Buster would get him to help shoe Na- sides of his back legs. That horse never
He kind of halfway helped raise Buster.” tive Diver because he had foot problems,” trained in a full shoe. He’d race in a full
Kathy said. “Buster felt that my dad was shoe, but he trained in tips, with the back
Jim Walsh had different types of horses the greatest foot specialist there was.” being barefoot.”
too when Kathy arrived in 1940.
For seven years, Native Diver ruled Cali- Kathy soaked up knowledge from her
“We had rodeo stock and stuff like that, fornia, spurning challengers not only with
but that was just fooling around stuff,” she his deadly speed but with his haughty de- 2008 California Sires
said. “We always had the neighbor kids meanor. Cantankerous to the point where By 2-Year-Old Winners
there because that was the only place that he would often refuse to train in the morn-
had horses.” ings, The Diver responded to Millerick’s 2yo 2yo
ministrations, winning 34 stakes and Sire 2yos Rnrs Wnrs
Jim learned all aspects of horsemanship,
having to take care of his horses himself. Old Topper.................................. 84...........33............14
Swiss Yodeler ............................. 64...........26............13
z Benchmark................................. 72...........28............11
Bertrando ................................... 53...........22..............9
Special T’s Stallions 2009 Valid Wager................................ 55...........18..............8
Lord Carson................................ 23...........14..............7
COUNCIL MEMBER Rio Verde.................................... 40...........21..............6
Seattle Slew – Zoe Montana, by Seeking the Gold Cat Dreams................................ 39...........15..............5
N2EF0oWr09 Lit de Justice .............................. 25...........14..............5
Multiple Group 2-placed, multiple stakes winning sprinter in Nineeleven ..................................11.............8..............5
England. On the board in seven U.S. stakes (6 Graded) including Muqtarib ..................................... 57...........17..............5
Momentum................................. 32...........16..............5
the 2008 G1 Metropolitan H. Posted a 104 Beyer winning Flame Thrower ........................... 23...........12..............5
a Saratoga allowance in 1:09. Earned $347,306. Marino Marini ............................. 34...........12..............4
Atticus......................................... 70...........22..............4
By SEATTLE SLEW out of a half-sister to seven stakes horses, including Formal Gold ............................... 35........... 10..............4
Stormin Fever............................. 42...........18..............4
English Hwt. HALF A YEAR. Family of Graded millionaire EVENT OF THE YEAR. Phonetics ....................................14.............4..............4
Sea of Secrets ........................... 24........... 11..............4
Fee: $4,000 Capsized .................................... 26.............7..............4
Decarchy .................................... 41...........16..............4
FREESPOOL In Excess (IRE) .......................... 65...........14..............4
Sought After...................................6.............3..............3
Geiger Counter – Broadtail, by Olden Times Beau Genius .............................. 23.............8..............3
Salt Lake .................................... 32...........16..............3
Top-6 second-crop sire of CA Breds by Earnings and #9 of West Region-breds by Siberian Summer....................... 44...........17..............3
earnings (BRIS) in 2008. Sire of 2007-2008 SW JOE’S CANNON in his first crop Unusual Heat ............................. 62...........14..............3
Deputy Commander .................. 29.............8..............3
and current 2yo Jaguk, winner first out at Fairplex! Fee: $4,000 Mud Route.................................. 27.............5..............3
Snowbound................................ 28.............8..............3
LASERSPORT Spinelessjelly sh........................ 22.............7..............3
Gilded Time – Beamy, by Forty Niner Royal Cat.................................... 40.............7..............3
Richly Blended........................... 27.............6..............3
Undefeated 2YO, by Champion 2YO GILDED TIME, 1st two Jackpot ........................................18............. 6 ..............3
dams by Champion 2YOs FORTY NINER & APALACHEE. GSW winner Crafty C. T................................... 24.............9..............3
Gotham City............................... 23.............6..............3
of 1st three starts by 18+ lengths. 6F in 1:083∕5. Fee: $2,500 Popular ........................................14............. 9 ..............3
Ten Most Wanted ....................... 75...........41..............2
TASKMASTER D’s Bertrando ..............................13.............3..............2
A.P. Indy – Zuri, by Danzig High Brite ................................... 43.............7..............2
Makaleha.......................................6............. 4 ..............2
Gorgeous, well-bred son of Leading Sire A.P. INDY. Half-brother to G1 million- Emerald Jig ...................................5.............4..............2
aire VOODOO DANCER & a $3.1 million yearling. Sire of 2008 SWs SCRUMPY Score Quick...................................7.............3..............2
($188,660, 6 wins in 10 starts in 2008, 1st $60,300 Sam J. Whiting Memorial H.), Roar............................................ 23.............5..............2
Illinois Storm............................... 28.............7..............2
and PEACEFUL TURZIA (1st $50,465 Jim Colman Province S.). Fee: $1,000 Hold for Gold.................................8.............4..............2
Tribal Rule .................................. 34........... 11..............2
AWESOME SPIRIT Freespool ................................... 39........... 10..............2
Awesome Again – Tizsweet, by Cee’s Tizzy Globalize .....................................17.............5..............2
High Demand............................. 21.............7..............2
Winning son of Breeders’ Cup Classic-G1 SW AWESOME AGAIN, Takin It Deep ...............................12.............5..............2
sire of FOUR Breeders’ Cup Day G1 winners. Out of a FULL sister to 2-time Bartok (IRE) ................................16.............6..............2
Rainbow Blues (IRE) ..................16.............4..............2
Breeders’ Cup Classic G1 SW TIZNOW. Fee: $2,500 Redattore (BRZ)......................... 40........... 11..............2

“Our specialty is the care of your Thoroughbred”

RICK TAYLOR, OWNER

6054 THE BLOOD-HORSE   DEcEmBER 13, 2008 B l o o d H o r s e .c o m

Performance is Your Best Value!

McCANN’S MOJAVE MARINO MARINI

Graded Winner of $1.5 Million Leading Freshman Sire

Winner of eight stakes coast to coast on dirt, turf Marino Marini is California’s leading first-crop sire
and synthetic surfaces, McCann’s Mojave won by average earnings per start among stallions with
graded races in California at 6 1/2 furlongs, 1 1/16 at least four starters. His Del Mar track record setter
miles and 1 1/8 miles (NTR). He defeated 16 Grade I Miguel’s Mascot, a November allowance winner at
Hollywood Park, is the top-money winner sired by a
winners and is the only California-bred to win
a $1,000,000 race out of state in 2007. West Coast Freshman sire.
Fee: $5,000 Live Foal
Entering Stud • Fee: $3,000 Live Foal
by Storm Cat-Halo America, by Waquoit
by Memo – Joni U. Bar, by Nordic Prince

FORMAL GOLD SOUGHT AFTER

Graded Stakes Sire 2007-2008 Impressive 2-year-old Stats

Seven crops of racing age have produced graded The sire of 100% winners from 2-year-old starters
winners in three of the past four years, 39 stakes in 2008, Sought After has three 2-year-olds to race
horses (19 stakes winners), 80% winners/starters, this year - all winners with total earnings of $86,880
progeny with earnings of over $14.8 million and a and an average earnings per start of $7,240 - nearly

$55,497 average earnings per runner. 3X their sire’s stud fee.
Fee: $5,000 Live Foal Fee: $2,500 Live Foal
by Seeking the Gold-Smolensk, by Danzig
by Black Tie Affair-Ingoldsby, by Screen King

Also standing COMIC STRIP • Fee: $2,500 Live Foal
Stallions are Breeders’ Cup Eligible • Fees are payable Oct. 1 of year bred.

RANCHO SAN MIGUEL

Inquiries to Clay Murdock, General Manager (805) 467–3847
1741 West 10th Street • P.O. Box 741, San Miguel, CA 93451
Fax: (805) 467–3919 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.ranchosanmiguel.net

WEST COAST

2008 California Sires Walsh, right, has a hug for jockey Michael Baze
By Winners following Georgie Boy’s win in the San Felipe Stakes

Sire Rnrs Wnrs father and Millerick. Every summer she She learned how to run a barn and give
found a way to join her dad at the race- orders well by observing her father. The
Deputy Commander .............................174.............. 99 track. Despite the fact women didn’t be- work ethic Jim developed became in-
Salt Lake .............................................. 155.............. 93 come trainers in the 1960s, she naturally grained in his daughter.
Swiss Yodeler ....................................... 162.............. 88 fell into becoming Jim’s assistant trainer,
Sea of Secrets ..................................... 160.............. 88 getting an assistant’s license in 1962. “Someone who wants to work—there
Benchmark........................................... 178.............. 86 are lots of opportunities in this business,”
Valid Wager.......................................... 140.............. 80 For the most part, being a woman never she said.
Stormin Fever....................................... 161.............. 79 stopped Kathy Walsh, though she does re-
Bertrando ............................................. 156.............. 76 member an odd circumstance when she And work she did, especially after Jim
Unusual Heat ....................................... 136.............. 67 accompanied some of her father’s horses became sick in the years before his death
Lord Carson.......................................... 131.............. 67 from Northern to Southern California. in 1970. Kathy virtually ran the barn,
Old Topper............................................ 124.............. 66 which made the transition easier than it
In Excess (IRE) .................................... 142.............. 64 “In those days, women weren’t even al- would have been for a woman to take over
High Brite ..............................................116.............. 62 lowed to saddle a horse,” she said. “I was a stable back then. Kathy already had es-
Roar........................................................ 84.............. 50 saddling horses in Northern California—it tablished good business relationships with
Formal Gold ........................................... 91.............. 49 was no big issue. But in Southern Califor- Jim’s owners.
Beau Genius .........................................106.............. 48 nia, the stewards said, ‘You’ll have to have
Cee’s Tizzy ............................................101.............. 46 a man saddle the horse.’ I said, ‘Why?’ It “She’s very conscientious, very detail-
Lit de Justice .......................................... 96.............. 46 was just very different.” oriented,” said fellow trainer Chay Knight,
Game Plan............................................. 79.............. 45 whose son, Greg, once galloped horses for
Comic Strip............................................. 80.............. 37 Walsh never received a good answer as Walsh. “Nothing is left undone, and she’s
Tribal Rule .............................................. 64.............. 36 to why she couldn’t saddle the horses. She a good horsewoman.”
Thunderello ............................................ 66.............. 34 simply had to bow to the rules and get a
Siberian Summer....................................76.............. 33 man to saddle for her. It was one of the few Knight’s wife, Mary, regularly consigns
Snowbound............................................ 68.............. 33 times she didn’t speak out about some- horses to California sales, and they for-
Free House............................................. 61.............. 33 thing she felt was unjust. merly managed Dr. Mark Dedomenico’s
Behrens...................................................74.............. 32 Pegasus Thoroughbred Center near Red-
Memo (CHI) ........................................... 65.............. 32 “I’ve never been called quiet,” she said mond, Wash., where Georgie Boy received
Perfect Mandate..................................... 61.............. 31 with her raucous laugh. “I’ve also been his early lessons. Dedomenico is the son of
Western Fame........................................ 61.............. 31 quoted as saying that I don’t take orders the late Paskey Dedomenico, whom Walsh
Dixie Dot Com........................................ 46.............. 30 well.” trained for and who was instrumental in
Flame Thrower ....................................... 56.............. 29
Bartok (IRE) ........................................... 55.............. 29 2008 California First-Crop Sires
Muqtarib ................................................. 58.............. 28 By Earnings
Smokester.............................................. 54.............. 28
Named Stks
2008 California Sires
By Stakes Winners Sire Foals Rnrs Wnrs Wnrs Earnings

Sire Stks Wnrs Stks Wins Momentum.................................................32 .........................16........................ 5........................0 .................$156,040
Ten Most Wanted .......................................75 ........................ 41........................ 2........................0 .................$132,884
Unusual Heat ....................................10.......................15 Marino Marini.............................................34 .........................12........................ 4........................0 ..................$127,619
Stormin Fever..................................... 7.......................12 Cat Dreams................................................39 .........................15........................ 5........................0 ................. $110,439
Cee’s Tizzy ......................................... 7.......................10 Popular.......................................................14 .......................... 9........................ 3........................0 ...................$93,630
Lord Carson........................................ 7.........................8 Suances (GB) ............................................14 .......................... 3........................ 1........................0 ...................$58,980
Tribal Rule .......................................... 6....................... 11 Redattore (BRZ).........................................89 .........................11........................ 2........................1 ...................$52,804
In Excess (IRE) .................................. 6.........................9 Spinelessjelly sh........................................22 .......................... 7........................ 3........................0 ...................$35,410
Lit de Justice ...................................... 6.........................7 Jackpot.......................................................18 .......................... 6........................ 3........................0 ...................$33,155
Bertrando ........................................... 5.........................6 Ancient Art .................................................16 .......................... 7........................ 1........................0 ...................$24,520
Benchmark......................................... 5.........................5 Slew’s Prince................................................5 .......................... 2........................ 1........................0 ...................$21,364
Deputy Commander .......................... 4.........................5
Salt Lake ............................................ 4.........................4
Sea of Secrets ................................... 4.........................4
Game Plan......................................... 3.........................3
High Brite ........................................... 3.........................3
Old Topper.......................................... 3.........................3
Mud Route.......................................... 2.........................5
Formal Gold ....................................... 2.........................4
Thunderello ........................................ 2.........................4
Beau Genius ...................................... 2.........................3
Flying Continental .............................. 2.........................2
Free House......................................... 2.........................2
Olympio.............................................. 2.........................2
Poteen ................................................ 2.........................2
Smokester.......................................... 2.........................2
Taskmaster......................................... 2.........................2
Western Fame.................................... 2.........................2

6056 THE BLOOD-HORSE   DEcEmBER 13, 2008 B l o o d H o r s e .c o m



WEST COAST

Georgie Boy and jockey Rafael Bejarano outrun the field to win the San Vicente Stakes She captured three runnings of the Ta-
coma Handicap, but has a particular fond-
the family’s pasta company, which invent- break in at the racetrack, the logical pro- ness for horses that overcame problems
ed Rice-A-Roni. gression might have been for Kathy to run to win. Those included British Columbia
the farm. Instead, her brother, Edward, Derby winner Auguste and a hard-knock-
On tO WashingtOn took that over. ing horse named Little Joker.

Northern California trainers often used “I wasn’t going to be a farm girl,” she Often, Walsh would replenish her stable
Longacres near Seattle to complete their said. “I had no intention of doing that.” with horses from trainer Allen Jerkens in
circuit. Jim Walsh began taking horses to New York.
the Washington track regularly in 1961, and Her apprenticeship under her father put
two years later he bought a ranch in Eastern her in an excellent position to dominate “He’s a very, very good friend of mine to
Washington. Longacres after his death. Jim led trainers this day,” Walsh said. “When my owners
there in 1967 and 1969, and Kathy followed would say that they wanted a nice horse
Because women found it difficult to in 1972, 1973, 1976, and 1978. for the Longacres Mile or the Longacres
Derby, I’d get on a plane, go back to New
Diamond F Ranch 2009 Roster York, and see Allen.”

Multiple Grade 2-Winning Millionaire Walsh won several races with a Jerk-
ens horse named Whoa Boy, a 1971 son of
DEL MAR SHOW – 2009 Fee $2,500 Handsome Boy—Overton Miss, by Greek
(Theatrical–Prankstress, by Foolish Pleasure) Ship. Racing Whoa Boy at Longacres, Bay
Meadows, and Golden Gate Fields, Walsh
Won Grade 2 Bernard Baruch H. posting a 110 Beyer won the 1974 San Jose Stakes, 1975 San
ELEVEN Triple Digit Beyers/BRISnet ratings up to 116 Francisco Mile, and 1975 Seattle Handicap
with him for Paskey Dedomenico. Whoa
Versatile Dirt & Turf Winner by A.P. INDY Boy also finished third in the 1975 Long-
tacres Mile Handicap (gr. III) and 1976 Se-
INDY– 2009 Fee $2,500 attle Handicap.

(A.P. Indy–Izana, by Theatrical) Branching Out

Champion 2YO / Kentucky Derby-G1-producing family As Walsh bettered her Longacres stable
Family of ROCK HARD TEN and GATO DEL SOL during the 1970s, she began working the
richer Southern California tracks into her
California’s #2 Leading Third Crop Sire year-round circuit. In 1980, however, she
voluntarily derailed her career when she
THUNDERELLO – 2009 Fee $5,000 got married and decided to quit train-

(Montbrook–On the Square, by In Reality) 2008 California Sires
By Stakes Horses
Top 20 National 3rd Crop Sire/Top 20 California overall
Sire of 2008 SWs MONTEREY JAZZ (G2) & THUNDERS DOVE Stks Stks Stks
Sire Horses Wnrs Wins
2008 Graded Stakes Performer
TENGA CAT – 2009 Fee $5,000 Unusual Heat ............................. 24........... 10............15
(Storm Cat – Tenga, by Mr. Prospector) Stormin Fever..............................17.............7............12
In Excess (IRE) ...........................16.............6..............9
On-the-board in 7 of 9 starts incl. Grade 3 San Simeon H. Bertrando ....................................15.............5..............6
Benchmark..................................15............. 5 ..............5
Half to STARTAC LANDALUCE (G1) Cee’s Tizzy ..................................12.............7............10
Deputy Commander ...................12.............4..............5
Dave Ferguson Phone (530) 272-3781 Cell (530) 205-7650 Tribal Rule ...................................11.............6............11
Lit de Justice ...............................11.............6..............7
Salt Lake .....................................11.............4..............4
Lord Carson.................................10.............7..............8
High Brite ......................................9.............3..............3
Old Topper.....................................9.............3..............3
Sea of Secrets ..............................8.............4..............4
Swiss Yodeler ................................8.............0..............0
Beau Genius .................................7.............2..............3
Game Plan....................................6.............3..............3
Olympio .........................................6.............2..............2
Snowbound ...................................6............. 1 ..............2
Comic Strip....................................5.............1..............2
Atticus............................................5............. 1 ..............1
Rio Verde.......................................5.............1..............1
Free House....................................4.............2..............2
Smokester .....................................4............. 2 ..............2
Western Fame...............................4.............2..............2
Roar...............................................4............. 1 ..............3
Birdonthewire ................................4.............1..............2
Decarchy .......................................4.............1..............1
Memo (CHI) ..................................4.............1..............1

6058 THE BLOOD-HORSE   DEcEmBER 13, 2008 B l o o d H o r s e .c o m

TO MEASURE THE STANDARD OF SUCCESS
IN CALIFORNIA...

In Excess

SIBERIAN EXPRESS — KANTANDO, BY SAULIINGO (GB) PROPERTY OF A SYNDICATE

SIRE OF WINNERS OF
MORE THAN $35 MILLION
AND 56 STAKES WINNERS

A 2-time leading sire in California and currently
the No. 4 Sire of 2008 Money Earners!
Fee: Private Treaty

Jackpot

SEEKING THE GOLD — FROLIC, BY COX’S RIDGE PROPERTY OF VESSELS STALLION FARM

CALIFORNIA’S NO. 1 FRESHMAN
SIRE BY % WINNERS/RUNNERS*

Sire of 3 winners from 6 runners, including first-
start winner STEALIN THE JACKPOT who romped
to a 2 1/2 length win in a 5 1/2 furlong test!
No. 4 Freshman Sire by winners! *minimum 3 runners
Fee: $3,500 (special considerations)

Momentum

NUREYEV — IMPRUDENT LOVE, BY FOOLISH PLEASURE

CALIFORNIA’S NO. 1 FRESHMAN
SIRE BY MONEY AND WINNERS

Already has track record setters at Santa Anita
and Golden Gate!
Fee: $5,000

PROPERTY OF A PA RTNERS H IP

...LOOK NO FURTHER THAN VESSELS! CALL TODAY
FOR 2009 BREEDING

INFORMATION

P.O. Box 776, Bonsall, CA 92003 • 760.414.3300 • Fax: 760.414.3304
website: www.vesselsstallionfarm.com • email: [email protected]
Kevin Dickson, farm manager • David Stone, DVM, resident veterinarian

WEST COAST

2008 Leading Sires in Washington State sire lists updated daily online.
Go to http://breeding.bloodhorse.
com/sirelists.asp

For stallions that stand, will stand, or stood (deceased) in Washington (exported stallions are excluded), and have runners in North America. Listed below are all available statistics for the Northern Hemisphere through December
3, 2008. As supplied to The Blood-Horse by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc., earnings exclude monies from Japan and Hong Kong. *Foal counts include Southern Hemisphere. Cumulative stakes winners includes all
countries. (A ¶ indicates a sire represented by his first crop to race).

Stakes Rstrct Cumulative
Rnrs/ Wnrs/ SW/ Stks *A-E *Comp
Wnrs Wns BT SW (Chief Earner, Earnings) Foals Wnrs Index Index
Stallion (Foaling Year, Sire), Farm StandingRank 2009 2008
Stud Fee Earnings *339 10 1.01 1.07
1 matty G (93, Capote), El Dorado Farms anne m. eberhardt 692 42 0.73 0.62
2 slewDleDo (81, Seattle Slew) $4,500 135/69 1/1 0/1 (Matty’s Trail, $94,502) $1,673,039 *417 16 1.25 1.48
3 yoU anD i (91, Kris S.), Woodstead Farm $1,091,572 111 4 0.81 0.85
4 triBUnal (97, Deputy Minister), El Dorado Farms Died, 2006 113/59 4/8 1/4 (Yacht Spotter, $129,030) $1,080,625 *513 28 1.14 1.25
5 CaHill roaD (88, Fappiano), El Dorado Farms 210 9 0.59 0.68
6 He’s tops (93, Seattle Slew), Woodstead Farm $5,000 80/41 1/1 0/1 (Are You Serious, $148,380) $898,695 119 4 0.83 1.10
7 trail City (93, Red Ransom), Allaire Farms $833,776 367 22 0.61 0.81
8 Free at last (89, Wild Again), El Dorado Farms Died, 2008 63/37 2/2 2/2 (Tribal Belle, $138,518) $757,796 317 20 0.69 0.59
9 petersBUrG (86, Danzig) $701,609 357 17 0.86 1.08
10 katowiCe (87, Danzig), Woodstead Farm $4,000 71/36 1/4 0/1 (Wasserman, $245,478) $408,891
$407,681
$3,000 74/33 3/4 1/3 (Reba Is Tops, $95,400) $369,580

Died, 2008 37/22 1/3 0/1 (Dusty Trail, $106,232)

$2,000 72/31 1/1 1/1 (Emancipated, $54,305)

Died, 2006 56/31 0/0 0/0 (Cielo Rojo, $29,866)

$1,250 31/10 2/4 0/2 (Enumclaw Girl, $81,662)

*A-E AND COMPARABLE INDEX: The lifetime Average-Earnings Index indicates how much purse money the progeny of one sire has earned, on the average, in relation to the
average earnings of all runners in the same years; average earnings of all runners in any year is represented by an index of 1.00. The Comparable Index indicates the average
earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire, when these same mares were bred to other sires. Only 32% of all sires have a lifetime AEI higher than their mares
Comparable Index.

ing. The hiatus lasted five years, just a bit Walsh currently trains 25 horses from her tion Stakes at Del Mar. Following a second
shorter than the marriage itself. Southern California base in the Best Pal Stakes (gr. II), he won the
Del Mar Futurity (gr. I). Walsh gave him
When she returned to training, Walsh Washington-bred horse. They brought plenty of time, and he responded early
started a string at the new Canterbury her to California and put her in a $32,000 this year with victories in the San Vicen-
Downs upon the advice of Lou Eilken, claiming race. Kathy told me, ‘That’s the te Stakes and San Felipe Stakes at Santa
Santa Anita’s racing secretary. Santa Anita one you need.’ But she had some foot prob- Anita.
management became involved with the lems, and Kathy recommended we breed
opening of the Minnesota track in 1985, her and give her a better life than racing In the Santa Anita directors’ room after
and Eilken took on the job of Canterbury’s on those feet.” the San Felipe, Schwary and his friends
director of racing. were quite naturally making plans for
Walsh thought highly of the stallion the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum!
“Mr. Eilken talked me into going to the Tribal Rule and suggested Schwary breed Brands (gr. I). Walsh, while ecstatic with
opening of Canterbury,” Walsh said. “It Ippodamia to him. Schwary’s wife, Mar- the win, refused to think that far ahead.
was a very interesting venture with a lot of tha, named the resulting colt Georgie Boy
great people.” for her husband. “We don’t even dare mention the Derby
to her,” said Walsh’s friend, Marietta Gela-
Walsh did so well that she tied with “He is a super, super-intelligent horse, lich, in the days following the San Felipe.
Bernie Flint as the leading trainer at Can- and that really makes an easier game out
terbury in 1988. Her circuit then included of it,” Walsh said. Walsh’s caution served her well when
Santa Anita in the winter and the Midwest Georgie Boy pulled a muscle in his back at
in the summer. Walsh only made her way Georgie Boy was also a little rambunc- the end of March. Walsh and Schwary de-
back to Seattle for the last couple of years tious, which led to his being gelded while cided to give the gelding whatever time he
of Longacres before its closure in 1992. he was at Pegasus. needed, despite the fact it meant no Triple
Crown path.
“In the 10 years I was gone, there was “Maybe we wouldn’t have had as good
a major change,” she said. “At that time, a horse if he hadn’t been gelded,” said “To show you how cautious she is,”
there was a lot of unevenness in the in- Schwary. The owner now has a weanling Schwary said, “when Georgie Boy had a
dustry. Basically, racing has shot itself in full sister to Georgie Boy, and the mare is nuke scan (in early May), she had three
the foot. Right now, a lot of our problems in foal to Street Sense. vets look at it. I appreciate that. She’s up
we’ve created ourselves. We can all be front and tells me exactly how it is. She’s
Monday morning quarterbacks, but we’ve Georgie Boy has never raced on any- hands-on and checks those horses every
got to market our own game.” thing but a synthetic surface thus far, day. She’s a phenomenal trainer.”
breaking his maiden in the 2007 Gradua-
To that end, Walsh supports synthetic Walsh didn’t bring Georgie Boy back to
racing surfaces, though like many trainers the races until Oct. 25. He ran fourth be-
she is concerned that tracks learn to prop- hind another comebacker, Into Mischief,
erly maintain them. Georgie Boy, bred and in the Damascus Stakes on the support-
owned by George Schwary, was foaled at ing card of the Breeders’ Cup second day.
Old English Rancho in Sanger, Calif., but Georgie Boy will likely next race in the
Walsh shipped him to Pegasus Thorough- Malibu Stakes (gr. I) Dec. 26, opening day
bred Center to be broken. One of the rea- of the Santa Anita winter meeting.
sons was that the center has a synthetic
training track. “He doing good, and he’s on schedule
for the Malibu,” Walsh said.
“I have 15 horses up there being broken
for various clients now,” Walsh said. “It’s Meanwhile, Walsh’s other runners in-
a fabulous facility. They have everything clude Eric Jensen’s Solar Miss, who fin-
there.” ished second by a head in the Nov. 15 Au-
drey Skirball-Kenis Stakes at Hollywood
Walsh didn’t just step in when Georgie Park. She, Georgie Boy, and the rest of
Boy became old enough to train. She is re- Walsh’s stable are benefiting not only from
sponsible for his very existence. Walsh’s experience, but from the horse
sense handed down to her by her father
“Kathy had her eye on the mare (Ip- and Buster Millerick. b
podamia),” Schwary said. “She was a

6060 THE BLOOD-HORSE   DEcEmBER 13, 2008 B l o o d H o r s e .c o m