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Turbulent Descent Wins the Grade 1 Ballerina Stakes!

Turbulent Descent winning the Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga.

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Invest in Winning!

Steve Zerda

President

Phone: (206) 617-1534

E-mail: steve.zerda@zthoroughbredracing.com

Z Thoroughbred Racing LLC

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Z Thoroughbred Racing LLC was founded by Steve Zerda in

2010 to bring the opportunity for thoroughbred ownership to more

racing fans in the Pacific Northwest and Arizona. Steve is for-

merly a successful airline executive whose interest in horse racing

began back in 1978 when he calculated Beyer figures by hand for

races at Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, and Del Mar. Steve has

studied pedigree analysis and conformation to enable the acquisition

of quality stock for racing. Along with his company based in Ren-

ton, Washington, Steve previously owned a portion of the multiple

Grade I winning filly Turbulent Descent based at Hollywood

Park, winner as a 2 year-old in 2010 of the Grade I Hollywood

Starlet , and an Eclipse Award finalist for 2010. At 3, TD

won the Test Stakes (GI) at Saratoga, the Santa Anita Oaks

(GI) and the Beaumont Stakes (GII) at Keeneland and was 2nd

in the Las Virgenes (GI) and Acorn (GI) and finished 5th in the

Breeder’s Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. She was 7-2-0 in 11 starts

and had lifetime earnings of $901,350 prior to being sold to Cool-

more in July of 2012.

Soul Intent, a 2 year-old bay colt

by Perfect Soul (IRE), out of

Danish Wildcat, has been in

training at Emerald Downs un-

der Frank Lucarelli’s tutelage

since May 1st. His first start is

scheduled to be on Labor Day,

September 3rd, at Emerald

Downs at 6 furlongs in a Maid-

en Special Weight event.

Z Thoroughbred Racing LLC, a

company founded in 2010 and

based in Renton, Washington,

is offering partnership opportu-

nities for ownership of juvenile

thoroughbreds racing at Golden

Gate Fields and Emerald

Downs. As an owner, you will

be able to visit the backstretch,

attend horse workouts, and

have special privileges for the

Turf Club and saddling paddock

on race day .

Z Thoroughbred Racing LLC is

offering partnerships in 5%

increments or multiples thereof

in Soul Intent through Sept 1st.

This is your last opportunity to

own a part of this well-bred colt.

For more information visit the

website at zthoroughbredrac-

ing.com or contact Steve Zerda,

President, Z Thoroughbred Rac-

ing LLC at (206) 617-1534 or by

email at: steve.zerda

@zthoroughbredracing.com

Soul Intent is First Time Starter on Labor Day, Sept 3rd

Turbulent Descent Wins Ballerina Under Coolmore Silks! Turbulent Descent, the 4 year-

old filly previously owned by a

partnership that included Z

Thoroughbred Racing’s founder

Steve Zerda, won the Grade 1

Ballerina Stakes on Friday and

stamped her ticket to the Breed-

er’s Cup Filly and Mare Sprint by

capturing the “Win and You’re

In” race.

No longer ridden by David Flo-

res, nor trained by Mike Puype,

TD won under Hall of Fame jock-

ey John Valazquez by 1 and 1/4

lengths over Nicole H. and Der-

win’s Star and completed the

rare feat of winning a Grade 1

race at ages 2, 3, and 4 and

becoming racing’s latest million-

aire with career earnings of

$1,201,000.

Turbulent Descent was pur-

chased by the international

breeding and racing operation -

Coolmore, that has divisions in

Ireland, Australia, and Kentucky.

She was transferred to leading

East-coast trainer Todd Pletcher

in July and shipped to Saratoga

where she prepared for the

Grade 1 Ballerina.

The $1,000,000 2012 Breeders

Cup Filly and Mare Sprint is Fri-

day, November 2nd at Santa

Anita Park in Southern California.

Turbulent Descent is looking to

atone for her 5th place finish in

the 2011 running of that race

where she was bumped hard at

the start and steadied strongly

mid-race.

Probable competitors for that

race include the 2011 BC F&M

Sprint winner and Champion

Female Sprinter - Musical Ro-

mance as well as speedster

Groupie Doll and stretch running

multiple Grade 1 winner Switch.

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Turbulent Descent winning the Grade 1

Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga on August

24th, 2012 for new owners Coolmore.

Soul Intent Pedigree

Sire - Perfect Soul (IRE)

Grand Sire - Sadler’s Wells

Dam - Danish Wildcat

2nd Dam - 1993 Breeder’s Cup

Distaff winner and Champion

mare, Hollywood Wildcat

Broodmare Sire - Danehill

True Nicks rating - A

Sadler’s Wells / Danehill cross

Link to Catalog Page

Inside this issue:

Soul Intent 1st race at Emerald P.1

Turbulent Descent Wins Ballerina

Stakes at Saratoga

P.1

Ballerina Stakes Photographs P.2

2013 Offering Preview P.2

Soul Intent, 2yo colt available for syndi-

cation until Sept 1st is shown in training

at Emerald Downs.

Turbulent Descent was purchased from

Blinker’s On Racing and partners on July 1st

by international racing and breeding opera-

Coolmore will likely breed the

stellar filly in 2013 with one of

their word class stallions, of

which the leading candidate is

Galileo (IRE) the sire of unde-

feated and top ranked thor-

oughbred in the world -

Frankel.

Get a preview of Z Thorough-

bred Racing’s 2013 Offering

with this new video of the un-

named yearling colt.

http://youtu.be/9l_86XUkW7k

Mizzen Mast is the sire of this

colt and nearly half of Mizzen

Mast’s Lifetime Stakes Per-

formers are Graded Stakes

Performers. He is the sire of

Stakes Winners on dirt, turf

and synthetic surfaces in 5

different countries: US, Cana-

da, France, Italy and Japan.

First five crops have earned

over $17.8 Million, with 15%

stakes horses, over 75% win-

ners from starters and runners

averaging over $61,000.

Of active North American Sires

ranked by Average Earning

Index (AEI), Mizzen Mast ranks

2013 Offering is a Colt by Mizzen Mast - Preview Video

This Mizzen Mast colt will be of-

fered for partnerships by Z Thor-

oughbred Racing LLC in 2013.

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second by number of Graded

Stakes Winners amongst his sire

crop and among the top four by

number of Stakes Winners.

Ranked by % Stakes Winners to

Runners in 2010, Mizzen Mast

ranked ahead of: A.P. Indy,

Smart Strike, Tapit, Awesome

Again, Dynaformer, Distorted

Humor, Unbridled’s Song,

Tiznow, Malibu Moon,

Speightstown, etc.

His leading runners include:

Midships (G1); Track Record

setter Mast Track (G1,

$928,835); Grade 1-placed /

Graded Stakes Winner and Mil-

lionaire Tropical Light; Grade 1-

placed / MGSW Jibboom (G2);

MGSW Madeo (G2); etc.

2011 leading runners include:

Grade 2 Oak Tree Derby Winner

Ultimate Eagle; Graded Per-

formers / Stakes Winners

Mizdirection, Sheer Beauty

and Salary Drive.

In 2011, Mizzen Mast’s year-

lings sold for $164,000,

$140,000, $135,000, etc.

Mizzen Mast had a higher

2011 juvenile sales average

than Elusive Quality, Mont-

jeu, Candy Ride, Lemon Drop

Kid, More Than Ready, Corin-

thian, etc.

Mizzen Mast is by Cozzene

(G1) out of the Graustark

mare, Kinema. Cozzene is

stakes winner of 10 races,

$978,152, champion turf

male, Breeders’ Cup Mile (gr.

IT), Longfellow H (gr. IIT),

etc., and sire of more than

85 stakes winners.