Pomona, CA (January 16, 2019)-Tall and Sweet, in foal to Danzig Candy, fetched $32,000 as the top selling broodmare at the January Mixed Sale put on by CTBA Sales. The Lemon Drop Kid 2012 broodmare was in foal to first year sire Danzig Candy and she was carrying her second foal, having produced a colt […]
San Miguel, CA (January 10, 2019)-Rancho San Miguel’s multiple grade two winning stallion Danzing Candy had his first foal hit the ground on January 5 at Woodbridge Farm Oakdale, CA. The filly was bred by Premier Thoroughbreds and is out of the stakes-placed producing Monarchos broodmare Ms Glory Be; she was an earner of over […]
San Miguel, CA (November 30, 2018)-Juvenile colt Rickey B, a son of Richard’s Kid, kept his perfect record going by taking an allowance optional claiming event at Del Mar. Rickey B, a winner of four straight, is out of Madoffwiththemoney (by Tribal Rule) and he was bred by Frank Aldrich & Marysue Aldrich and has […]
By Jeremy Balan Albany, CA (November 11, 2018)-With a stalk-and-pounce, half-length victory in the nightcap at Golden Gate Fields November 11, Stewball Stable, Gary Oetman, and Scott Silvestri’s Big Ceas became the first winner for his sire, Northern Causeway. Jockey Juan Hernandez guided the 9-1 Big Ceas to the win in the six-furlong maiden special […]
BY TRACY GANTZ | PHOTOS BY RON MESAROS reprinted from the California Thoroughbred November 2018 Breeding winners is a goal each mare owner can approach differently. No matter what path a breeder prefers to take, Tom Clark and Clay Murdock want to provide the answer at Rancho San Miguel. “We’ve got a number of dedicated […]
Pomona, CA (October 18, 2018)-The Slew’s Tiznow 2017 filly out of Grand Advice was knocked down at $55,000 to Tony Metaxas of Larkspur, CA. The co-high selling filly sold as hip 15 and was from the consignment of Checkmate Thoroughbreds, LLC (Adrian Gonzalez), Agent. The Grand Advice yearling filly is a full sister to El […]
Pomona, CA (October 17, 2018)-After 28 years as the final sale at the Barretts Fairplex complex winded its way through the last few hip numbers of the supplemental catalog, agent David Meah bid $75,000 for California-bred La Nez (Hip 313) to top the sale. La Nez is an 11-year-old stakes-winning daughter of Storm Creek—Iza Bay, […]
Del Mar, CA (August 30, 2018)-Slew’s Tiznow’s three-year-old son Mikes Tiznow captured a Del Mar open maiden special race going wire-to-wire by two and a quarter lengths. Coming off a thirteen month layoff Mikes Tiznow dominated the field of males including progeny from Curlin, Union Rags, Giant’s Causeway, More Than Ready and Speighstown. Mikes Tiznow […]
Albany, CA (March 4, 2018)-Slew’s Tiznow sired Castle picked up his second lifetime win for his owner breeder Eagle Ridge Racing, LLC by taking the Saturday feature race at Golden Gate Fields. Bred in California Castle is a full brother to the 2017 graded stakes winner Zakaroff and to Concise Advice who was a $85,000 […]
December 11, 2017-To help aid backstretch workers affected by the devastating California fires, Climax Stallions is donating a no-guarantee season to California stallion Curlin To Mischief. “As native Californians, and owners of a filly who was lost but has since been found in the fire, we want to help those who weren’t as fortunate in […]