Good News
Holly Rincon spends most of the year at her
Haras Luisiana USA near Ocala, Fla.
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ALABAMA
BY ESTHER MARR
A
n aerial snapshot of Holly
Rincon’s Haras Luisiana farm
in Venezuela reveals a striking landscape of endless fields
alongside several jagged, jade colored
mountains—a much different picture
than North American Thoroughbred
operations. And though it seems a
perfect paradise to raise young horses,
Rincon has been criticized for her approach to breeding, and especially for
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GEORGIA
MISSISSIPPI
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bringing her stock from Venezuela to
race in North America. But based on
her winning results, it seems people
should instead be asking the New York
native for tips.
LOUISE E. REINAGEL
Success follows
Holly Rincon north
from Venezuela
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Rincon, who has already proven herself
successful in Venezuela, is now stating her
case in the U.S. with Remarkable News,
who was sent to North America as a 2-yearold.
The son of Rincon’s farm stallion Chayim
out of Unreachable, by Alhajras, has now
won nine of 16 outings, including this year’s
Firecracker Handicap and Dixie Stakes
(both gr. IIT), which helped stamp his ticket to the Oct. 27 NetJets Breeders’ Cup Mile
(gr. IT), where he finished seventh.
The Angel Penna Jr.-trained Remarkable
News also won last year’s Fourstardave
Handicap (gr. IIT) at Saratoga and the Connaught Cup Stakes (Can-IIIT) at Woodbine,
and was a runner-up in two other graded
stakes, including the Shadwell Turf Mile
(gr. IT).
Rincon, 67, currently resides on a smaller
45-acre farm near Ocala, Fla., called Haras
Luisiana USA, where she keeps four broodmares, a few cows, and a Quarter Horse.
She moved from Venezuela to the U.S. seven
years ago with the idea of starting to race
some of her horses outside Venezuela.
Rincon explained that Haras Luisiana
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where he ran third in the Tropical Park
Handicap in his first U.S. start. He was
later sold and became a stakes winner.
“There was a man in New York interested in buying him for $75,000,” Rincon
remembered. “For us, that was a lot of
money. So our first horse paid for our
house. Isn’t that amazing?”
At that time, Rincon said there was very
little breeding in Venezuela. “Most of the
horses were brought from Chile or Argentina,” she explained. “(Owning our first
horse) was so much fun that my husband
decided to buy one on his own.
“(Luis) bought another son of Pusilanime named Tropic Prince, who was a
2-year-old. He ran really well, and he paid
for our furniture.”
Rincon said the process of buying and
selling horses went on for years. She and
her husband began purchasing horses at
the Ocala sales and racing them on the
Florida circuit, including the multiple
Homebred Remarkable News winning the
stakes-winning filly Ana T., who was
Firecracker Handicap at Churchill Downs;
named after Luis’ mother.
right, trainer Angel Penna Jr.
“We raced mostly in Florida because
is a combination of family names. One of
that was the closest to Venezuela,” she
Rincon’s five children is involved with the
said. “But we also had horses in Venezufinances of the farm in Venezuela, while
ela.”
the rest have other professions, with three
When the couple started their initial
based in the U.S.
breeding operation, they sent their mares
Rincon will always remember a story
to prominent Venezuelan stud farms to be
her mother told her about how excited she
bred, but had bad luck, losing a lot of their
was as a baby when a police horse stuck
stock to sickness and accidents.
its head in her carriage as she was being
So they eventually decided to buy their
wheeled down Fifth Avenue in New York
own land. “We looked around and found
City.
this farm—a man had been trying to sell it
“I think that’s how it all started,” Rincon
for 15 years,” said Rincon. “The land was
said with a laugh. “That’s how I fell in love
gorgeous, but the farm was falling apart.
with horses.”
It was much bigger than we thought we
A few years later, Rincon moved to Conwould buy. But I just loved the piece of
necticut with her family and took some
land so much that I said, ‘I’ll fix it.’ ”
riding lessons as a young girl. While atAfter the Rincons bought the farm in
tending Trinity College, she met a Ven1997, their trainer brought them an older
ezuelan man named Luis Rincon, whom
Chilean-bred sire named Brother Three, to
she eventually married and moved with
whom they began breeding all the mares
to South America, where he
on their farm, most of which
founded a construction and
were owned by relatives and
2007 Florida Second-Crop Sires
moving company in 1962.
trainers.
By Earnings
“My husband was allergic
Unfortunately, the Rincons
Named
Stks
to horses, so I gave up riding,”
didn’t have much luck with that
Sire
Foals
Rnrs
Wnrs Wnrs
Earnings
said Rincon of Luis, who died
approach either.
Three Wonders..............................130 ............ 86 ........ 46 ........ 1 ......... $1,479,206
13 years ago.
After being given some helpGraeme Hall ..................................116 ............ 67 ........ 37 ........ 0 ......... $1,415,086
Rincon said her husband
ful advice by a family friend
Snow Ridge ..................................109 ............ 64 ........ 37 ........ 1 ......... $1,117,392
had no interest in entering the
and Kentucky veterinarian Dr.
Outofthebox ..................................141 ............ 83 ........ 31 ........ 1 ......... $1,024,392
industry until 1967, when an acGordon Layton on the correct
Unbridled Time .............................101 ............ 59 ........ 33 ........ 0 ............ $753,414
counting error left him with an
way to plan matings and sucTexas Glitter .................................107 ............ 55 ........ 29 ........ 0 ............ $750,944
extra $15,000 at the end of the
cessfully run their operation,
Red Bullet .......................................95 ............ 47 ........ 14 ........ 0 ............ $701,726
year and his partner talked him
Rincon began studying every
Max’s Pal ........................................85 ............ 48 ........ 25 ........ 1 ............ $677,036
into buying a racehorse.
pedigree book she could get her
French Envoy ..................................62 ............ 44 ........ 20 ........ 1 ............ $570,740
On the recommendation of
hands on.
Honor Glide .....................................84 ............ 47 ........ 17 ........ 0 ............ $518,965
a Chilean trainer, the two men
Based on what she had
Mongoose .......................................50 ............ 31 ........ 14 ........ 0 ............ $372,808
decided to purchase a 5-year-old
studied, Rincon told Layton
Parents’ Reward .............................20 ............ 13 .......... 6 ........ 2 ............ $324,469
Argentine-bred horse named
she wanted to acquire a son of
Invisible Ink ....................................40 ............ 24 .......... 9 ........ 1 ............ $316,834
Tropic King (by Pusilanime),
Northern Dancer as a sire. The
Forbidden Apple..............................52 ............ 25 ........ 10 ........ 0 ............ $293,131
a stakes-placed winner in Arveterinarian said it would be
Gibson County ................................31 ............ 20 ........ 12 ........ 0 ............ $276,744
gentina and Venezuela. Rincon,
difficult, but he would do the
Monsieur Cat ..................................33 ............ 20 ........ 10 ........ 0 ............ $219,523
her husband, and his partner
best he could to help find her
Fappie’s Notebook ..........................40 ............ 16 .......... 6 ........ 0 ............ $191,299
brought the horse to the U.S.,
one.
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Contract requests: (352) 591-4699
3900 NW 165th St., Reddick, FL 32686
(former location of Marablue stallions)
Eddie Martin, Owner
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Also Standing: Conscience Clear, El Nino,
Sarava, The Daddy
Layton was able to locate a
Northern Dancer colt in England named Alhajras, who
was from one of the stallion’s
last crops, out of Call Me Goddess, by Prince John. Owned
by Shadwell, which bought
him as a Keeneland July yearling for $1.6 million, Alhajras
suffered a hock injury and his
racing career was cut short.
However, he was still suitable
for breeding.
Rincon and her husband purchased Alhajras and brought
him to the farm, after which they
went to the Keeneland November
sale to obtain some mares. “They
all came from foundation families,” said Rincon. “We had some
very good racemares. I loved
Northern Dancer, and I loved all
the crosses that I started.”
After a few years, Rincon
came up with her own breeding
philosophy.
“I decided to inbreed to Natalma,” she said. “That’s been
my theme.”
Rincon’s first sire to help her
accomplish her goals was California-based Chayim (Woodman—You’re My Lady, by Roberto), whose third dam is Natalma. The stakes-placed horse
has the same granddam, Spring
Adieu, as Danehill, the international leading sire of 344 stakes
winners.
Though people were initially
confused by the grass pedigree
of Chayim since there is no grass
racing in Venezuela, Rincon
said she had much success with
the stallion, who, according to
her, has sired 31% stakes winners and two Venezuelan Triple
Crown winners.
Rincon, who likes to “do her
own thing” with breeding, said
she couldn’t compete with the
commercial North American
sires, which is a major reason why she has
kept the majority of her operation overseas.
“People think I’m crazy for (raising)
horses (in Venezuela),” she said. “But what
was I going to do? I wanted to race my own
horses—I didn’t want to buy someone
else’s. People in Venezuela said Venezuelan horses could never compete (in the
U.S.). And I kept saying, ‘Why not?’
“I’ve been so successful,” continued
Rincon. “People buy my horses because
they know they all have a good chance because of my crosses. I’m dedicated to my
crosses.”
Rincon has also developed her own
foundation mares and has retained many
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Rincon established her 45-acre
Florida farm when she moved from
Venezuela seven years ago
of their daughters as broodmares. Lately,
she has been breeding several of her Alhajras mares to Chayim.
“(Venezuelans) aren’t people that can
buy $1-million mares or $10-million sires,”
said Rincon. “We work exclusively on
bloodlines and with crosses and nicks.
People can have hope that (the industry)
is not only about those with billions of dollars that can buy anything they wish, but
we too can be in the game.”
Rincon once considered bringing Chayim and several more mares to North America to breed, but she feared there would be
a lack of interest in the stallion, since most
of his offspring have raced exclusively in
South America.
“You know how it is (in the U.S.)…you
have to have the latest sire that’s in style at
the moment, and the moment you’re not
successful—people don’t believe you,” she
said. “But I have proven myself. In Venezuela, people really respect my work because we win a lot.”
Rincon said she is planning on bringing
Remarkable News’ juvenile full brother,
Spectacular News, along with two other
Chayim yearlings, to the U.S. as soon as
possible to begin racing. They will initially
be kept and trained at Frances Robinson’s
Winter Quarter South near Ocala.
Rincon listed the year-round 75-degree
weather coupled with the high quality of
the soil and water as other major reasons
for continuing to raise her horses in Venezuela.
“We have the perfect weather,” she
said. “(The farm) is up in the mountains—
around 600 to 800 meters up, and it’s all
agricultural. Being against those mountains, we have this wonderful water. It’s
very pure.” She added that the rich minerals in the soil have caused her horses to
develop strong bones.
While Rincon is in the U.S., she entrusts
her veterinarian and farm manager, Jose
Miguel Illesca, with the care of her horses.
Rincon also employs 16 other workers who
assist Illesca with the operation.
“He takes care of the farm as if I were
there,” Rincon said of Illesca. “We talk all
the time. I go down (to Venezuela) for a
couple weeks about every three months.”
Rincon’s farm in Venezuela measures
500 hectares (about 1,250 acres).
“It’s like a little valley in the mountains,”
said Rincon. “There are about 70 hectares
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El Nino
Graded stakes-placed Storm Cat from a family of champions
1st dam
BAY
Y HARBOR, by Forty Niner. 2 wins in 4 starts at 2, $52,901. Dam of 7 registered
foals, 6 of racing age, including a 2-year-old of 2007, 5 to race, 3 winners-El Nino (c. by Storm Cat). Stakes-placed winner, see record.
Mach Speed (g. by A.P. Indy). 8 wins, 2 to 6, 2007, $284,981.
Puget Sound (c. by Capote). Winner at 2 and 4, $101,232.
Crosswater (f. by Storm Cat). Placed in 1 start at 2, 2007, $5,200.
2nd
d dam
HARBOR
RBOR SPRINGS, by Vice Regent. 7 wins in 11 starts at 3 and 4, $123,038,
Wishing Well S. [L] (TP,
P $27,966), 2nd Holiday Inaugural S. [L] (TP,
$10,000). Dam of 4 other winners, including-BOSTON HARBOR (c. by Capote). 6 wins in 8 starts at 2, $1,934,605,
champion 2-year-old
Breeders'
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colt, Br
eeders' Cup Juvenile [G1], Breeders' Futurity [G2],
[G3], Ellis
[G2] Bashford Manor S.
S [G3],
[G3] Kentucky Cup Juvenile S.
S [G3]
Park Juvenile S. [L] (ELP, $62,500), 2nd Sanford S. [G3]. Sire.
3rd dam
TINNITUS, by Restless Wind. Placed at 3. Sister to Resting Wind ($20,054),
half-sister to MAYHEDO ($92,330, Del Mar Derby, etc., sire). Dam of-GROOVY. 12 wins to 4, $1,346,956, champion sprinter, Vosburgh S. [G1],
Forego H. [G2] twice, Tom Fool S. [G2] twice, True North H. [G2]-ntr, etc.
HARBOR SPRINGS. Stakes winner, above.
Kentucky Jazz. 3 wins at 2 and 3, $124,700, 3rd Silver Screen H. [G3], etc.
Dancitus. 4 wins to 4, $94,065, 3rd Senorita S. (LAD, $3,300). Dam of-Miss Maggie. 4 wins, $107,410, 2nd Toes Knows S.-R (LRL, $7,805), etc.
Commander Dusty. 7 wins, 4 to 6, $82,577, 3rd Crossroads H. (RP, $4,419).
Cookie. Winner at 3, $20,400. Dam of SKY SOLDIER (4 wins, $95,400).
My Dancing Lady. Winner. Granddam of Time Banshee ($62,360), etc.
Kissie. Unraced. Dam of KOREA (in Argentina), Slate Run (4 wins, $92,637, 3rd Ack Ack H. [G3] (CD, $16,530)), Count the Kisses ($83,273).
RACE RECORD: At 2, once 2nd; at 3, three wins, 3 times 2nd (Forestry H.
(CD, $14,140), Awad S. (AP, $8,325)), once 3rd (Amsterdam S. [G2]
(SAR, $15,000)). Earned $153,849.
El Nino is out of a half-sister to Champion
Two-Year-Old BOSTON HARBOR-G1, a record
juvenile winner of $1,928,605 and sire of 19
SWs including a Grade I millionaire. His stakes
winning second dam is a half-sister to Champion
Sprinter GROOVY-G1.
Quality Speed & Pedigree
El Nino
STORM CAT – BAY HARBOR, by FORTY NINER
2008 Fee: $5,000, live foal S&N
Considerations for multiple breedings
Graded stakes placed over 6 1/2 furlongs at
Saratoga, El Nino also won at 6 1/2 furlongs in
1:15.74, just .26 off the fastest 6 1/2 f. time at
Churchill in 2006.
MARTIN STABLES SOUTH
Contract requests: (352) 591-4699
3900 NW 165th St., Reddick, FL 32686
(former location of Marablue stallions)
Eddie Martin, Owner
www.martinstables.com
Also Standing: Conscience Clear, Sarava,
Spanish Steps, The Daddy
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horses privately in Venezuela, she races
the other half with her partner of 14 years,
Waldo Ordonez, under the name Stud
Lalo.
“We’ve won three Triple Crowns together,” said Rincon, referring to Front Stage,
Blazing Free, and Magnificently, who is
now a sire at her farm. And we’ve never
lost a dime.”
Front Stage won the 2000 filly Triple
Crown in Venezuela en route to being
named that year’s champion 3-year-old
filly there, while Blazing Free, who was
undefeated in 16 straight races, conquered
the country’s traditional Triple Crown in
2005. Named Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old, Blazing Free is still racing
in his native country.
Before he became a sire, Magnificently
won the 2002 Venezuelan Triple Crown
and was also earned Horse of the Year and
champion 3-year-old titles. Both Blazing
Free and Magnificently are by Chayim.
Rincon stands the stallions Animation
(A.P. Indy—Dream Scheme, by Danzig)
and National News (by Chayim) in addition to Magnificently and Chayim, and
recently bought another stallion prospect
named Sorolla. An Irish-bred son of Danehill. Sorolla will keep in step with Rincon’s
breeding philosophies and will soon be
shipped back to Venezuela.
It wasn’t difficult for Rincon to name the
horse that had stood out to her the most
over the years.
“My favorite horse is Remarkable
News,” she said in a matter-of-fact tone. “I
like his personality. He has that look…you
know when they look over at you and you
can just tell they’re going to be something
special.
“When Francis (Robinson) saw him, she
said, ‘This is the horse,’ ” Rincon added.
“(Pedigree expert) Rommy Faversham
told me (Remarkable News) is a genetic
treasure. He asked me if I bred the horse
on purpose or whether it was a fluke.”
As a foal, Rincon described Remarkable
News as “always wanting to be in charge.
He’s just a horse that looks like he’s on a
mission, and his mission is to beat everybody else. When you look at him while he’s
racing, he has that look in his eye. He has a
grand heart, and he’ll try his darndest.”
Rincon said Remarkable News almost
had to be sent back to Venezuela when
Penna discovered he had a chip in his
knee early in his training.
“(Penna) told me to operate and rest him
for six months,” remembered Rincon. “So
everything started late, and I was discouraged.”
Remarkable News easily broke his
maiden on his second try in the fall of his
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(173 acres) that are flat, and the rest of it is
all mountains.”
“These are the best conditions for a farm
manager,” said Illesca, who has worked
for Rincon the last 15 years. “We’re able to
breed a very high-level quality of horses.
Holly feels hopeful about our (breeding)
abilities at this time, and we’re proving
them to be true.
“I feel very supported by Holly,” Illesca
continued. “She has given me everything I
need to raise good horses.”
Though it’s very different bringing up
horses in a tropical culture, Illesca said
he and Rincon work together to create the
best possible conditions for their horses.
Rincon makes sure her horses are fed
oats and alfalfa imported from Chile
and refrains from giving them any type
of drugs or stimulants to enhance their
growth.
Both Rincon and Illesca agreed that
monitoring the weight of their horses was
one of the most important aspects of being
able to compete with the quality of North
American horses.
“We weigh our horses every week,” she
said. “For us, that’s very, very important.
We used to weigh them monthly, but we
want a gradual growth pattern. That’s our
main theory on the farm.”
While Rincon sells about half of her
Four broodmares are kept at the farm, as well as a few cows and a Quarter Horse
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2007 Leading Sires in Florida
Rank
For stallions that stand, will stand, or stood (deceased) in Florida (exported stallions are excluded), and have runners in North America. As supplied to The Blood-Horse by The Jockey Club Information Systems, this includes monies
earned in NA, Eng and Ire through October 28, 2007; France through October 26, 2007; Germany through October 10, 2007; Italy through July 28, 2007, and the United Arab Emirates through October 21, 2007. Stakes winners
includes all countries; some foreign foals may be included in the foal count. (A ¶ indicates a sire represented by his first crop to race).
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TRIPPI (97, End Sweep), Ocala Stud Farm
MONTBROOK (90, Buckaroo), Ocala Stud Farm
NOTEBOOK (85, Well Decorated)
DOUBLE HONOR (95, Gone West), Get Away Farm
CONCERTO (94, Chief’s Crown), Ocala Stud Farm
HALO’S IMAGE (91, Halo), Bridlewood Farm
PUT IT BACK (98, Honour and Glory), Bridlewood Farm
SWEETSOUTHERNSAINT (95, Saint Ballado), Ocala Stud Farm
STRAIGHT MAN (96, Saint Ballado), Signature Stallions
TOUR D’OR (82, Medaille d’Or)
WEST ACRE (95, Forty Niner), Stonehedge Farm South
CONCORDE’S TUNE (89, Concorde Bound), Ocala Stud Farm
THREE WONDERS (97, Storm Cat), Hidden Point Farm
GRAEME HALL (97, Dehere), Winding Oaks Farm
PENTELICUS (84, Fappiano)
MECKE (92, Maudlin), Ocala Stud Farm
SNUCK IN (97, Montbrook), Cloverleaf Farms II
ADCAT (95, Storm Cat), Farnsworth Farms
FORTUNATE PROSPECT (81, Northern Prospect)
FORMAL DINNER (88, Well Decorated), Hidden Point Farm
DELAWARE TOWNSHIP (96, Notebook), Padua Stables
SNOW RIDGE (98, Tabasco Cat), Padua Stables
UNTUTTABLE (96, Unbridled), Stonehedge Farm South
PROUD AND TRUE (94, Mr. Prospector), Double Diamond Farm
COLONY LIGHT (89, Pleasant Colony), Rising Hill Farm
OUTOFTHEBOX (98, Montbrook), Ocala Stud Farm
WISED UP (95, Dixieland Band), Rising Hill Farm
¶ MACHO UNO (98, Holy Bull), Adena Springs South
WEKIVA SPRINGS (91, Runaway Groom), Double Diamond Farm
TACTICAL ADVANTAGE (90, Forty Niner)
B L’S APPEAL (97, Valid Appeal), Randolph Thoroughbreds
CIMARRON SECRET (91, Tejano), Cimarron Farm
SWORD DANCE (IRE) (84, Nijinsky II)
UNBRIDLED TIME (98, Unbridled’s Song), Signature Stallions
TEXAS GLITTER (96, Glitterman), Signature Stallions
RED BULLET (97, Unbridled), Adena Springs South
MAX’S PAL (97, Marquetry), Lambholm South
MASTER BILL (93, Forty Niner), Eclipse Farm
¶ D’WILDCAT (98, Forest Wildcat), Vinery Stud
FRENCH ENVOY (96, Deputy Minister), Stonehedge Farm South
DILIGENCE (93, Miswaki), Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds
SKIP TRIAL (82, Bailjumper), Bridlewood Farm
HONOR GLIDE (94, Honor Grades), Bridlewood Farm
SAFELY’S MARK (94, Danzig), Rising Hill Farm
ISLAND WHIRL (78, Pago Pago)
¶ REPENT (99, Louis Quatorze), Journeyman Stud
STAR OF VALOR (93, Phone Trick)
WEEKEND CRUISE (97, A.P. Indy), Ups and Downs
WIND WHIPPER (96, Storm Cat), The Nursery Farm
NOACTOR (89, Theatrical)
MONGOOSE (98, Broad Brush), Journeyman Stud
MISTER JOLIE (90, Valid Appeal)
THE SILVER MOVE (94, Silver Buck)
STACK (82, Nijinsky II)
MARCO BAY (90, Copelan), Sugar Oaks Farm
MIGRATING MOON (90, Silver Buck), Ups and Downs
CYBERSPACE (94, Forty Niner)
PARENTS’ REWARD (98, Mr. Prospector), Lou-Roe Farm
INVISIBLE INK (98, Thunder Gulch), Rising Hill Farm
THE NAME’S JIMMY (89, Encino), Signature Stallions
LEXICON (95, Conquistador Cielo), Candow Farm
¶ SLIGO BAY (IRE) (98, Sadler’s Wells), Adena Springs South
FORBIDDEN APPLE (95, Pleasant Colony), Bridlewood Farm
JEBLAR (82, Alydar)
¶ FULL MANDATE (99, A.P. Indy), Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds
GIBSON COUNTY (97, In Excess), Cloverleaf Farms II
¶ TRUST N LUCK (00, Montbrook), Vinery Stud
¶ DREWMAN (98, Unbridled), Ocala Stud Farm
¶ MILWAUKEE BREW (97, Wild Again), Adena Springs South
DARN THAT ALARM (81, Jig Time)
$10,000
$15,000
Died, 2003
$3,500
$7,500
$7,500
$5,000
$3,500
$6,000
Died, 2005
$5,000
$3,500
$7,500
$7,500
Died, 2002
$3,500
$5,000
N/A
Pnsd
$5,000
$6,500
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
N/A
$7,500
$2,500
$12,500
$2,500
Died, 2002
$2,500
$2,500
Pnsd
$5,000
$4,000
$15,000
$2,500
$2,000
$6,500
$5,000
$3,500
N/A
$4,000
$5,000
Pnsd
$5,000
Died, 2003
$2,000
$500
N/A
$2,500
Died, 2003
N/A
Pnsd
$3,000
$1,500
N/A
$1,500
$3,500
$1,500
$3,500
$7,500
$5,000
Died, 2002
$5,000
$3,500
$5,000
$2,500
$10,000
Died, 2003
Rnrs/
Wnrs
131/76
156/81
100/59
126/69
116/69
139/67
77/53
86/45
120/53
92/47
64/35
97/48
86/46
67/37
66/38
78/37
87/43
74/43
70/48
90/43
67/33
64/37
53/28
64/25
81/30
83/31
39/16
24/12
68/29
51/26
41/26
40/20
63/25
59/33
55/29
47/14
48/25
44/23
22/6
44/20
47/19
49/25
47/17
17/13
25/17
30/10
21/14
46/14
48/17
38/22
31/14
31/15
21/14
39/13
13/7
31/15
25/13
13/6
24/9
24/11
44/14
24/8
25/10
26/11
35/8
20/12
22/6
26/7
32/10
19/9
Stakes Rstrct
Wnrs/ SW/
Wns BT SW (Chief Earner, Earnings)
5/9
3/3
4/4
4/7
3/6
3/3
5/11
2/2
1/1
3/3
3/3
2/2
1/1
0/0
1/2
2/4
0/0
1/3
1/1
0/0
3/5
1/1
3/3
1/5
2/3
1/1
1/3
2/4
0/0
1/1
1/1
1/3
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
1/2
2/2
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
1/1
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
1/1
0/0
0/0
2/4
1/1
1/1
1/1
1/1
0/0
1/1
1/1
0/0
1/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/5
2/3
2/4
2/4
0/3
0/3
0/5
0/2
0/1
0/3
0/3
0/2
1/1
0/0
0/1
0/2
0/0
0/1
0/1
0/0
0/3
1/1
0/3
0/1
0/2
1/1
0/1
1/2
0/0
0/1
0/1
0/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
1/1
0/1
1/2
0/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/1
1/1
0/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0/1
0/1
0/0
0/0
2/2
0/1
0/1
1/1
0/1
0/0
1/1
0/1
0/0
0/1
0/0
0/0
0/0
(Miss Macy Sue, $546,217)
(Phantom Income, $153,200)
(Diamond Stripes, $535,461)
(Double Action, $186,335)
(Finallymadeit, $230,450)
(Hal’s My Hope, $125,250)
(Smokey Stover, $471,000)
(Sweetnorthernsaint, $228,875)
(Get Funky, $181,932)
(Take D’ Tour, $395,000)
(Forty Acres, $126,960)
(Tune of the Spirit, $95,160)
(Calico Bay, $325,300)
(Graeme Six, $136,261)
(Mach Ride, $434,250)
(Mecke Daugther, $165,738)
(Sneaky Girl, $63,565)
(Cat Can Do, $125,170)
(Fortunate Trail, $101,030)
(Coli Bear, $147,405)
(Electrify, $117,870)
(Snow Way, $76,895)
(Unplugged, $171,580)
(True Metropolitan, $348,838)
(Batavia Light, $149,330)
(Gold and Blue Box, $83,277)
(Wise Answer, $441,800)
(Wicked Style, $445,000)
(Minnamana, $90,480)
(Precisely That, $106,070)
(Appealing Runner, $69,490)
(Lookinforthesecret, $177,280)
(Touched by Madness, $117,045)
(Notice Me Now, $103,380)
(Magic Texan, $77,335)
(Blue Bullet, $74,650)
(Max’s Gal, $81,340)
(Bill Place, $157,952)
(Authenicat, $190,216)
(Subtle Aly, $91,028)
(Johnny My Boy, $65,210)
(Jacknows, $77,208)
(So Much Ease, $64,430)
(Weigelia, $104,380)
(Foreverness, $72,082)
(Atoned, $96,757)
(El Bandido Rojo, $53,375)
(Sister Sissy, $48,380)
(Luis’s Especial, $98,549)
(Baycation, $45,760)
(Mongoose Gold, $93,749)
(Mister Supremo, $132,650)
(Kris Silver, $56,785)
(She’s Stacked, $50,872)
(Buzzards Bay, $200,400)
(Lunar Rendezvous, $64,735)
(Devil in Space, $77,440)
(Mini Mom, $120,502)
(Fearless Eagle, $105,230)
(Jimmy’s Boy, $82,300)
(Minister’s Appeal, $53,778)
(Wind in My Wings, $133,308)
(Forbidden Bear, $52,327)
(Calisthenic, $73,260)
(Thoroughly, $58,725)
(American County, $78,255)
(Wonderful Luck, $98,846)
(Cigar Man, $89,700)
(Ginger Brew, $37,271)
(Alarming Anytime, $92,850)
2007
Earnings
$3,891,600
$2,866,358
$2,707,482
$2,610,926
$2,577,742
$2,524,666
$2,386,448
$1,859,148
$1,770,120
$1,666,159
$1,662,528
$1,602,064
$1,479,206
$1,415,086
$1,390,929
$1,324,978
$1,184,797
$1,183,256
$1,182,776
$1,151,302
$1,129,974
$1,117,392
$1,075,317
$1,039,820
$1,035,322
$1,024,392
$948,618
$885,862
$842,068
$818,167
$785,244
$779,556
$755,491
$753,414
$750,944
$701,726
$677,036
$661,508
$624,464
$570,740
$552,355
$543,534
$518,965
$403,584
$402,981
$395,627
$392,585
$389,602
$381,318
$375,185
$372,808
$370,401
$359,552
$359,540
$355,462
$350,814
$343,095
$324,469
$316,834
$313,484
$308,604
$306,879
$293,131
$291,316
$286,420
$276,744
$274,536
$268,092
$263,058
$260,451
Cumulative
Stks *A-E *Comp
Foals Wnrs Index Index
227
577
616
337
248
*395
*168
185
249
498
198
324
130
116
607
260
164
*157
738
*503
126
109
109
163
328
141
91
64
335
*475
70
93
*555
101
107
95
85
159
39
62
164
*431
84
38
*497
68
43
93
119
215
50
201
52
*309
76
160
104
20
40
176
85
74
52
473
88
31
62
46
82
*383
9
35
49
14
18
15
7
7
3
27
5
18
2
2
22
12
1
3
30
21
4
2
6
4
11
1
2
2
14
16
1
2
24
1
0
1
2
5
2
2
7
28
1
1
27
1
0
0
0
9
0
8
0
9
2
3
1
2
1
5
1
1
0
32
1
1
1
0
0
13
1.85
1.57
1.76
1.27
1.66
1.43
1.78
1.46
1.01
1.35
1.45
1.31
1.07
1.40
1.14
1.32
0.89
0.79
1.48
1.15
1.32
1.08
1.28
1.12
1.12
0.68
1.11
2.43
0.91
1.20
1.08
0.91
1.34
0.67
0.72
0.95
0.90
1.00
1.67
0.88
1.06
2.08
0.72
1.67
1.34
0.86
1.12
0.59
0.48
0.90
0.68
1.09
0.70
0.96
1.73
1.13
0.72
1.46
0.85
0.83
0.47
0.82
0.53
1.21
0.55
0.93
0.80
0.69
0.58
1.32
1.66
1.64
1.47
1.39
1.33
1.40
1.45
1.04
1.24
1.24
1.28
1.10
1.20
1.65
1.58
1.44
1.00
0.89
1.59
1.14
1.31
1.39
1.50
0.98
1.17
1.57
0.88
1.59
1.36
1.37
1.36
1.02
1.39
0.98
1.03
2.09
1.06
1.17
1.59
0.98
1.26
1.65
1.22
0.96
1.34
1.24
1.45
0.82
0.91
1.22
1.15
1.21
0.77
0.68
0.77
0.86
0.88
0.61
1.20
0.95
1.05
2.15
1.06
1.59
1.09
1.07
1.19
1.44
1.55
1.41
*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.
B l o o d H o r s e N O W.c o m
THE BLOOD-HORSE
NOVEMBER 3, 2007
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3-year-old season, however, and won four
of his next five starts, which included his
first black-type score in the Connaught.
The 5-year-old chestnut horse entered the
Breeders’ Cup off a fourth in the Woodbine
Mile (gr. IT) at Woodbine.
“I’m hoping this horse will be a sire
someday,” said Rincon.
When asked about her favorite aspect
of the industry, Rincon had two answers.
“I love getting up early in the morning at
the farm and seeing the horses running
around the (property),” said Rincon. “I
like to see them when they’re free.
“I also love to do my pedigree crosses,”
she added. “I breed each one to be a stallion or a broodmare. I try to get horses that
will be fast, but also go the distance. I always call it my chocolate cake recipe.
“I look at (all breeding) like a recipe—
you need certain ingredients. I’ve bought
sires just to have a certain ingredient that I
want in my horses. I’ve had sons of Fappiano, and a son of Seattle Slew, Zajal (out of
Rainbow Connection). I gave him my best
mares, and he didn’t have one horse that
wasn’t a stakes winner. I’ve really concentrated on having the best bloodlines that I
can find.”
Rincon explained that breeding is much
different in Venezuela in that most people
breed their mares to their own stallions.
“(Venezuelans) pick out sires for their
sire pedigrees—not because they’ve won
$2 million,” said Rincon, adding that she
had paid more at U.S. auctions for most of
her broodmares than she had for her stallions.
“People (in the United States) don’t have
a choice (with breeding),” said Rincon.
Here, everything is driven by economics,
but I don’t have to be driven by that. I have
credibility (in Venezuela). Whatever I’m
doing seems to be working.”
Rincon’s primary goal right now is to
continue bringing promising horses she
has raised in Venezuela to race in the U.S.
“I want to make a name for my horses
so maybe people up here might believe
me,” said Rincon. “I think if I had another
couple of successful horses, people might
believe me like they do in Venezuela.”
In the words of Illesca, who is convinced
that he and Rincon will soon have a horse
in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), “If you don’t
have targets like this one, you don’t have
much hope.” b
Southeast REGIONAL NEWS
TONY BARNARD, TRAINED AT TARTAN, DEAD
Tony Barnard, a former trainer at Tartan Farms, died Oct. 1
in Ocala, Fla., of congestive heart failure. He was 77.
A native of South Africa, Barnard started with Tartan near
Ocala in the mid-1960s at the time the farm was owned by
founder William L. McKnight and when the horses were
trained at the track by future Hall of Famer John Nerud.
Among the horses under Barnard’s tutelege at Tartan were
grade I Breeders’ Cup winners and champions Cozzene
(1985 Mile on turf), Smile (1986 Sprint), and Unbridled (1990
Classic). The last-named also won that year’s Kentucky Derby
(gr. I).
In 2001, Barnard was presented the Carry Back Award for
distinguished achievement by the Florida Thoroughbred
Farm Managers.
Barnard’s survivors include sons Graham and Malcolm.
ALABAMA STALLION AUCTION
The Alabama Thoroughbred Breeders Racing Association
will hold a stallion auction fund-raising event online at www.
thoroughlybred.com in January 2008. This event is to raise
money toward the Alabama Stallion Stakes Series.
There will be two races—one for 3-year-old fillies and one for
3-year-old colts and geldings. Each race will be for a purse of
$50,000 or greater. The first races will be run in 2011 and each
year thereafter. There will be additional races added as fundraisers and other donations are made over the years. All races,
times, and locations will be decided at a future date.
The Stallion Stakes Series will be open for all stallions registed by The Jockey Club to participate. Stallions standing outside
Alabama can participate by donation of a stallion season. Stallions that are residents of Alabama are eligible upon payment
by their owners of a $250 nomination fee. Once the season
is donated, or the stallion is nominated, all of that stallion’s
progeny will be eligible for that year’s resulting foal crop. Additional fees must be paid for each foal from the approved stallion. The foal nominations will be $50 for the weanling year,
$100 for the yearling year, $200 for the 2-year-old year, and a
$300 entry fee to complete the foal’s eligibility requirement for
the stakes series.
All stallion season donations are tax deductible under the
nonprofit donation status of the ATBRA.
STRONG SHOWING BY FLORIDA FIRST-CROP SIRES
Macho Uno hasn’t missed a beat from his championship
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racing days as a 2-year-old to his stallion days now. The 2000
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) winner continues to lead Florida’s freshmen sires list by progeny earnings and is among the
nation’s leaders.
Macho Uno’s runners have achieved national exposure.
Wicked Style captured the Lane’s End Breeders’ Futurity (gr.
I) at Keeneland and the Arlington-Washington Futurity (gr. III)
at Arlington Park for Ashbrook Farm. At Evangeline Downs
for owner A. Philip Henderson, Swifty Victress won the John
Franks Memorial Sales Stakes and D.S. Shine Young Memorial
Futurity. At Woodbine, Cool Gator sports a runner-up effort in
the Grey Breeders’ Cup Stakes (Can-III) and a track-record effort for a mile and 70 yards for Hillsbrook Farms.
Retired with $1.8 million in earnings, Macho Uno (Holy
Bull—Primal Force, by Blushing Groom) stands at Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs South near Williston.
D’wildcat is another who has gotten off to a fine start with
his 2-year-olds and ranks second on the Florida freshmen
list. His fillies registered an impressive one-two-three showing in the Victorian Queen Stakes at Woodbine. Authenicat,
owned by Vinery Stables and Fog City Stables, won the stakes
over Briar Hill Farm’s D’wild Lady, with Shyman Farm’s Lady
d’Wildcat finishing third.
A grade I winner, D’wildcat also is the sire of stakes winner
The Golden Noodle and stakes-placed Lady’s First Cat. The
Golden Noodle won the Landaluce Stakes at Hollywood Park
for owner Bill Feeley, and Lady’s First Cat placed in the Bull
Page Stakes at Woodbine for John and Jessica Pastorek.
D’wildcat (Forest Wildcat—D’Enough, by D’Accord), who
began his stallion career at Windfields Farm near Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, now stands at Vinery, owned by Dr. Tom Simon,
near Summerfield.
Repent, a millionaire and third on the Florida freshmen
sire list by progeny earnings, is represented by stakes winner
Atoned, plus stakes-placed Check It Twice and Queen Jock.
Racing for Dogwood Stable, Atoned won the Continental Mile
Stakes at Monmouth and was twice stakes-placed at Delaware
Park.
Check It Twice ran third in the In Reality division of the Florida Stallion Series for Cloverleaf Farm II, and Queen Jock placed
in the Silken Glider Lanwades and Staffordstown Studs Stakes
in Ireland for Thistle Bloodstock.
Repent (Louis Quatorze—Baby Grace, by Cipayo) stood in
2007 at Cloverleaf Farms II near Reddick, but has been moved
to Vinery for the 2008 breeding season.
By David Schmitz
B l o o d H o r s e N O W.c o m
‘Punch’
A three-time grade one winner in 2007, Ginger Punch looks to
follow in the footsteps of fellow Sunshine State products that have
parlayed a Breeders’ Cup victory to an Eclipse Award at season’s end.
For more information on breeding and racing in the state of Florida,
contact the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’Association
at (352) 629-2160.
FLORIDA THOROUGHBRED
BREEDERS’ AND OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION
801 SW 60th Ave. • Ocala, FL 34474
352-629-2160 • Fax: 352-629-3603
www.ftboa.com • [email protected]
FLORIDA DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE
AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Charles H. Bronson, Commissioner
850-488-4366 • Fax 850-922-0374
e-mail: [email protected]
407 S. Calhoun • 412 Mayo Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399
EQUI-PHOTO
Frank Stronach’s homebred Ginger Punch became the
20th Florida-bred Breeders’ Cup winner Oct. 27.
She displayed great heart and determination in winning the
Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) over a sloppy track at Monmouth Park.