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26 The Game, February 2009
CtHS-BC elects new board
British Columbia lost four stallions from the deep end of its collective gene pool in 2008. Leading sires Vying Victor and Regal Intention have left a huge gap in the stallion ranks in the province as has the good stallion Alfaari and the promising Mazel Trick. Since 1991 these stallions have sired a total of 62 stakes winners from a combined 43 crops.
Canada’s Thoroughbred Racing Newspaper
Rosberg (A. P. Indy out of Bosra Sham by Woodman) Perhaps
the most interesting of the three new sires is Rosberg. By leading
sire A. P. Indy out of the exceptional English mare Bosra Sham he offers perhaps the best breeding package to stand in BC. His dam Bosra Sham was a two time champion mare in England and is by leading broodmare sire Woodman. A well travelled race horse
railbird
a look at racing in British Columbia By Jim Reynolds
By Jim Reynolds
The British Columbia division of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society elected a new board of directors in December. Former vice-president Leif Nordahl replaces out-going President Dixie Jacobson who resigned to devote time to her many other interests. A long time horseman, CTHS member and former director of the HBPA Mr. Nordahl brings experience and a devotion to Thoroughbred breeding and racing to the position.
Vying Victor (Flying Paster – Elegant Victress by Sir Ivor) Leading sire in 2008 Vying Victor was all-time leading active juvenile stallion and leader by money won at the time of his death.
Grade I winner posted consecutive GI Paci c Classic Stakes at Del Mar beating Tiznow in 2000. A proven stallion in California, where he stood at Cardiff Farms, he has sired in his short career earners of two and a half million dollars and 10 stakes horses including Grade I winner
Suzanne Anderson moves into the vice-president position vacated by Nordahl and several new members have been added to the board including trainer Dave Forester, breeder/ trainer Robert White and Deborah Holmes. Returning members of the board include co-vice-president Ralph Jesiak, breeders Jim Alendal, Shane Gumprich, Doug Hoggard, and Scott Ksionzyk, who joins the team with Nordahl and Anderson as a national director.
Regal Intention (Vice Regent out of Tiffany Tam by Tentam) Queen’s
Plate and BC Derby winner
Regal Intention left his
Johnny Eves, who won the GI Malibu Stakes in December.
adena Springs, Sixth year leading
North american Breeder
mark on British Columbia breeding with 29 stakes winners of over $13.5 million dollars.
Adena Springs captured their sixth consecutive leading individual breeders title in North America in 2008.
Alfaari (Danzig - Life’s Magic by Cox’s Ridge)
A consistent sire with progeny earnings of over $5.2 million he sired British Columbia sprint champion Rampaging Alf and 2007 winner of the $100,000 Jack Diamond Futurity Desert Alf.
According to statistics by The Jockey Club Information Systems Inc (TJCIS) Adena bred the winners of 603 races from 3,671 starts with $19,217,703 in earnings in 2008. The runner up was Stonerside Stable, with 98 winners from 518 starts and earnings of $7,433,027.
Forest Grove
Rosberg - Feeling Good
Adena Springs was also the leading breeder which includes partnerships with 604 wins from 3,679 starts and $19,247,705 in earnings. Stonerside Stable was runner up once again in this category with 130 winners from 711 starts and earnings of $8,521,912.
Mazel Trick (Phone Trick out of Mazatleca by Ramahorn) With nine stakes winners in six crops he
was a horse with speed on the racetrack and a sire of promise who unfortunately died with only two BC crops.
his career started in California (winning a maiden special weight at 6f) and became a stakes winner in Dubai before emigrating to British Columbia. Racing for under the Swift Thoroughbred silks he defeated True Metropolitan, Spaghetti Mouse and BC Derby winner Krazy Koffee in last year’s Grade III Premiers.
The complete lists of the top 200 breeders of 2008 are accessible through http://www.equineline.com.
News in review
Keeneland January Sale Down Signi cantly
A steep decline in total sales, average price, and median at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale, is being blamed on the global nancial crisis and a struggling auction market.
The six-day sale concluded January 17 will a decline of 53.4% in total sales, the average price was down 48% and the median dropped 24% over last year’s totals.
Keeneland reported 1,338 horses from 1,712 offered as sold for $32,824,000, a steep decline from the 2008 sale in which 1,493 horses sold for $70,446,000 (lowest receipts since 2003).
For the rst time since 2004, the Keeneland January sale closed without a single horse selling for seven gures with 2002 Horse of the Year Azeri failing to meet her reserve on a nal bid of $4.4-million.
On a local note: Naohiro Hosoda, representing Nobuo Tsunoda, went to $300,000 for six-year-old Vicar mare Vestrey Lady to top the Tuesday, January 13 session.
The Grade 3 winner, out of Episode, by Kris S., is carrying her rst foal, by Broken Vow. Vestrey Lady was consigned by Bernard McCormack’s Cara Bloodstock, agent.
OVERALL SUMMARY
2009 - 2008
No. offered 1,712 (-12.9%) - 1,965
No. sold 1,338 (-10.4%) - 1,493
Pct. not sold 21.8% - 24.0%
Gross $32,824,000 (-53.4%) - $70,446,000 Average $24,532 (-48.0%) - $47,184 Median $9,500 (-44.1%) - $17,000
These stallions offered strong bloodlines and lling their stalls will be dif cult. But there are three promising additions to the herd this spring each bringing great pedigree and much promise for BC breeders. Two of these stand at Canmor Farms in Aldergrove.
Interesting additions
to the stallion ranks. Whether they will ll the shoes or stalls of Vying Victor, Regal Intention or even Alfaari time and a
Forest Grove (Forestry
out of Charm a Gendarme
by Batonnier). The rst
we’ll look at is Forest
Grove. Out of a stakes producing mare this grand looking chestnut is a half brother to multiple
GI winning lly Tout Charmant. He won four races as a three year old at distances from six furlongs to a mile and one sixteenth and at four won the six furlong Grade III Los Angeles Times Handicap. He entered service at Airdrie Stud in Kentucky in 2007 and his rst crops are yearlings this season.
Skimming (Nureyev out of Skimble, by Lyphard) Another promising sire Skimming is by the great Nureyev. This Bobby Frankel trained
and how they can match their mares to the best crosses and niches possible. With the loss of four reliable stallions it seems a little harder to do
but these have been replaced with equally strong breeding stock offering great bloodline choices and hope for the game.
Skimming
Jim Reynolds Photos
few good mares will tell. But the possibilities and the promise that is so much a part of horseracing are there. At this time of year breeder’s consider long and hard about the stud fees they spend
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