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2005 Eclipse Award WinnersAward WinnerHorse of the Year Saint Liam (Saint Ballado)Older Male Saint LiamOlder Filly/Mare Ashado (Saint Ballado)3yo Colt/Gelding Afleet Alex (Northern Afleet)3yo Filly Smuggler (Unbridled)2yo Colt/Gelding Stevie Wonderboy (Stephen Got Even)2yo Filly Folklore (Tiznow)Male Turf Leroidesanimaux (Brz) (Candy Stripes)Female Turf Intercontinental (GB) (Danehill)Sprinter Lost in the Fog (Lost Soldier)Steeplechaser McDynamo (Dynaformer)Breeder Adena SpringsOwner Michael GillTrainer Todd PletcherJockey John VelazquezApprentice Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson

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2005 JRA AWARDS (Human Awards, p2)

HORSE OF THE YEAR/3-YEAR-OLD COLTDeep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence)

CHAMPION 2-YEAR-OLD COLTFusaichi Richard (Jpn) (Kurofune)

CHAMPION 2-YEAR-OLD FILLYT M Precure (Jpn) (Paradise Creek)

CHAMPION 3-YEAR-OLD FILLYCesario (Jpn) (Special Week {Jpn})

CHAMPION OLDER MALEHeart’s Cry (Jpn) (Sunday Silence)

CHAMPION OLDER FEMALE HORSESweep Tosho (Jpn) (End Sweep)

CHAMPION SPRINTER/MILERHat Trick (Jpn) (Sunday Silence)

CHAMPION DIRT HORSEKane Hekili (Jpn) (Fuji Kiseki {Jpn})

CHAMPION STEEPLECHASE HORSET M Dragon (Jpn) (Admire Vega {Jpn})

SAINT LIAM ECLIPSES “ALEX” Between his exploits on the track and the humaninterest stories that surrounded him off it, Afleet Alex

(Northern Afleet) may haveearned the most ink in 2005.But it was GI Breeders’ CupClassic hero Saint Liam (SaintBallado) who earned the title asthe season’s Horse of the Year.“Indeed, Saint Liam has all thecharacteristics of a great cham-pion,” owner William WarrenJr. said. “He has mental tough-

ness, the ability to rate, endurance, a sound heart and aracing eye. We really truly had so much fun with him.”It was the fourth year in a row that an older horseprevailed over a three-year-old who had captured twolegs of the Triple Crown. The two repeat champs lastnight were steeplechaser McDynamo (Dynaformer) andAshado (Saint Ballado), who became the first distafferin 20 years to win the Eclipse at three and four. Thelast to accomplish the feat was Life’s Magic in 1984-85. The only award that came down to a photo wasthe one for top turf horse, where Leroidesanimaux (Brz)(Candy Stripes) bested Artie Schiller (El Prado {Ire}) byjust three votes, 119-116. Complete voting results, p2

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DEEP IMPACT JAPAN’S HORSE OF THE YEAR Deep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), who last yearbecame the first undefeated Triple Crown winner in

Japan in 21 years, has beennamed the near-unanimous win-ner of the Japan Racing Associ-ation’s 2005 Horse of the Yearaward, with 285 of the 291votes. He was the unanimousselection as champion three-year-old. Hearts Cry (Jpn)(Sunday Silence), who snappedDeep Impact’s unbeaten streak

on Christmas Day in the G1 Arima Kinen S., wasnamed champion older male and was the only otherhorse considered for the year’s biggest award. Cesario(Jpn) (Special Week {Jpn), the striking ebony miss whoshipped to America and won the GI American Oaks,was honored as top three-year-old filly. It was anothersuperlative year for Sunday Silence. The late stallion,who changed the face of the Japanese breeding world,was the sire of three JRA champions, while sons ofSunday Silence were responsible for another three.

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2005 Eclipse Award Voting

Award VotesHorse of the Year Saint Liam (194), Afleet Alex (56)

Older Male Saint Liam (250), Ghostzapper (5),

Rock Hard Ten (3)

Older Filly/Mare Ashado (203), Pleasant Home (49),

Stellar Jayne & Intercontinental (GB) (2)

3yo Colt/Gelding Afleet Alex (253), Flower Alley (6)

3yo Filly Smuggler (177), Indian Vale (24),

Summerly (20)

2yo Colt/Gelding Stevie Wonderboy (230), First

Samurai (25)

2yo Filly Folklore (257), Wild Fit (2), French

Park (1)

Male Turf Leroidesanimaux (Brz) (119), Artie

Schiller (116), Shirocco (Ger) (17)

Female Turf Intercontinental (GB) (245), Cesario

(Jpn) (8), Megahertz (GB) (2)

Sprinter Lost in the Fog (209), Silver Train

(30), Saratoga County (11)

Steeplechaser McDynamo (226), Hirapour (Ire) &

Sur La Tete & Preemptive Strike (2)

Breeder Adena Springs (129), Edward Evans

(53), Live Oak Stud (27)

Owner Michael Gill (75), Melnyk Racing

Stables (64), Live Oak Plantation (42)

Trainer Todd Pletcher (226), Steve

Asmussen (15), Bobby Frankel (5)

Jockey John Velazquez (195), Edgar Prado

(20), Jerry Bailey (19)

Apprentice Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson (185),

Channing Hill (42), Justin Stein (11)

Eclipse Award winners are determined by a ta lly of first-place votes from members of the NTRA/Equibase, DailyRac ing Form and National Turf Writers Association. There were a total of 262 voters.

2005 JRA HUMAN AWARDS

Champion Jockey (races won) Yutaka TakeChampion Jockey (winning avg.) Yutaka TakeChampion Jockey (money earned) Yutaka TakeGrand Prize Jockey (all three titles) Yutaka TakeSteeplechase Jockey Yoshiyuki YokoyamaChampion Trainer (races won) Tsutomu SetoguchiChampion Trainer (winning avg.) Yuji ItoChampion Trainer (races won) Tsutomu SetoguchiChampion Trainer (money earned) Katsuhiko SumiiChampion Trainer (training tech.) Kazuo Fujisawa

PREAKNESS IS NTRA MOMENT OF THE YEARThe May 21 GI Preakness S. that saw Afleet Alex over-come a near-disastrous stumble to win going away, hasbeen voted the National Thoroughbred Racing Associa-tion “Moment of the Year.” Voters were offered achoice of 12 different moments on the NTRA website,but the second leg of the Triple Crown garnered 82percent of the ballot. Finishing a distant second wasGiacomo’s victory in the May 7 GI Kentucky Derby. Theconnections of Afleet Alex were honored during theEclipse Awards ceremony last night in Beverly Hills. TheNTRA “Moment of the Year” was established in 1999,when it went to the tense minutes after the GI BelmontS., involving Charismatic and jockey Chris Antley.

ANDREW CAULFIELDON THE 2005 ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Saint Liam (Nov. 1, 2005)Lost in the Fog (June 14, 2005)

ALAN PORTERON THE 2005 ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Afleet Alex (May 25, 2005) Breeders’ Cup Wrap-Up (Nov. 2, 2005)Leroidesanimaux (Brz) (Mar. 9, 2005)

Saint Liam (Feb. 9, 2005)Smuggler (June 29, 2005)

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STEVIE WONDERBOYChampion 2YO Male

Offered: September 2004, $75,000Consignor: Lane’s End, Agent

ASHADOChampion Older FemaleSold: September 2002, $170,000Purchaser: AbraCadabra Farms

Consignor: Taylor Made Sales Agency

LOST IN THE FOGChampion Sprinter

Sold: November 2002, $13,000Purchaser: Kelli Mitchell

Consignor: Fred Seitz/Brookdale Farm, Agent

McDYNAMOChampion SteeplechaserSold: September 1998, $82,000

Purchaser: Michael MoranConsignor: Mr. & Mrs. William Wofford, Agent

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Saturday, Santa AnitaSUNSHINE MILLIONS CLASSIC, $1,000,000, (R)4yo/up, 9fPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT1 Texcess In Excess (Ire) Desormeaux 1182 Lava Man Slew City Slew Nakatani 1183 B.B. Best Yes It’s True Espinoza 1184 Supervisor Skip Trial T Baze 1185 Wild Buddy Line in the Sand Gryder 1186 Whos Crying Now Concerto Velasquez 1187 Desert Boom Boomerang Gonzalez 1188 Super Strut Lil Tyler Flores 1189 Proud Tower Too Proud Irish Cohen 11810 Buzzards Bay Marco Bay Gomez 11811 Trickey Trevor Demaloot Demashoot R Baze 11812 McCann’s Mojave Memo (Chi) Valdivia Jr 118AE Calkins Road Illinois Storm J Santiago 118AE Always Noble Suave Prospect J Santiago 118 GI Hollywood Gold Cup hero Lava Man makes hisfirst start since finishing 11th in the Nov. 26 G1 JapanCup Dirt. The five-year-old was seventh in this eventlast year when it was run at Gulfstream, but he hasbeen second in three of his four Santa Anita starts.

Saturday, Gulfstream ParkSUNSHINE MILLIONS OCALA BREEDERS’ SALES DISTAFF S., $500,000, (R), 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 1 House of Fortune Free House Valenzuela 122 2 Special Report Notebook Castro 122 3 Snug Harbor Boston Harbor Castellano 120 4 Pitanga Halo’s Image Bejarano 120 5 American Miss Ameri Valay Lezcano 122 6 Secret Corsage Lost Soldier Bailey 122 7 Dream of Summer Siberian Summer Velazquez 122 8 Sweet Lips Kris S. Prado 122 9 Formal Lady Formal Dinner Maragh 122

Saturday, Gulfstream ParkSUNSHINE MILLIONS CLOVERLEAF FARM TURF S.,$500,000, (R), 4yo/up, 1 1/8mTPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 1 Miesque’s Approval Miesque’s Son Castro 122 2 Stormy Roman Future Storm Smith 122 3 Gin and Sin Go for Gin Castellano 122 4 Silver Tree Hennessy Bailey 122 5 Eastern Sand Line in the Sand Prado 120 6 Dream On Dream On Untuttable Levya 120 7 Willow O Wisp Misnomer Valenzuela 120 8 Night Dash Vaudeville DeCarlo 120 9 Captain Squire Flying Chevron Solis 12210 We All Love Aleyna Nines Wild Bejarano 12211 Touched by Madness Sword Dance (Ire) Bridgmohan 12012 Icy Atlantic Stormy Atlantic Lezcano 122AE Be My Buddy Belong to Me Blanc 122

Saturday, Santa AnitaSUNSHINE MILLIONS WARREN’S THOROUGHBREDFILLY AND MARE TURF S., $500,000, (R), 4yo/up,f/m, 1 1/8mTPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY1 Eclipse Winner Event of the Year Nakatani2 Valentine Dancer In Excess (Ire) Court3 Allbow Rainbow Blues (Ire) Hernandez4 Midwife Family Calling R Baze5 First Draft Othello Desormeaux6 Moscow Burning Moscow Ballet Flores7 Tiger Belle Tiger Ridge Santiago8 Dancing General General Meeting Gomez9 Vous Wild Rush Espinoza10 Beneficial Bartok Bartok (Ire) Cohen11 Formal Miss Formal Dinner Velasquez12 Charmsil Silver Charm PedrozaAE Brave Vixen Formal Gold EspinozaAll carry 118 pounds. Defending champ Valentine Dancer returns. On theboard in eight of her 10 outings last season, she looksto rebound off a fifth-place effort in the Oct. 2 GIILady’s Secret BC H. and an 11th-place showing in theNov. 6 Cal Cup Distaff.

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Saturday, Gulfstream ParkSUNSHINE MILLIONS PADUA STABLES SPRINT S.,$300,000, (R), 4yo/up, 6fPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY WT 1 Areyoutalkintome Smokester Velazquez 122 2 Thor’s Echo Swiss Yodeler Bailey 121 3 Nightmare Affair Out of Place Bejarano 122 4 All Hail Stormy Stormy Atlantic Castellano 122 5 Halos Sailing Sain Halo’s Image DeCarlo 121 6 Bordonaro Memo (Chi) Valenzuela 122 7 Mister Fotis Diligence Prado 122 8 Tacirring End Sweep Alvarado 122 9 Santana Strings Wheaton Bridgmohan 12110 Valid Video Valid Wager Lezcano 12211 Bushwacker Outflanker Solis 12112 Red Warrior Benchmark Castro 12213 Smokume Smoke Glacken Uske 122

Saturday, Santa AnitaSUNSHINE MILLIONS FILLY AND MARE SPRINT S.,$300,000, (R), 4yo/up, f/m, 6fPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY1 Allswellthatnswell Perfect Mandate Enriquez2 Hot Storm Stormy Atlantic Flores3 Abounding Truth Proudest Romeo Nakatani4 Etch Pioneering Cohen5 Double D Appeal Successful Appeal Santiago6 Aclevershadeofjade Clever Trick Gryder7 Royally Chosen In Excess (Ire) Court8 Run Rebecca Run Swiss Yodeler T Baze9 Thrilling Victory Event of the Year Pedroza10 Alphabet Kisses Alphabet Soup Gomez11 Leave Me Alone Bold Badgett Desormeaux12 Da Svedonya Lil Tyler Martinez13 Western Hemisphere General Meeting EspinozaAll carry 118 pounds. Alphabet Kisses, winner of the seven-furlong GI LaBrea S. at the end of 2004, tired to be fourth behindSweet Lips in the Sunshine Millions Distaff S. goingnine panels last year. The five-year-old captured the GIIA Gleam H. and the restricted B Thoughtful S. whilesprinting last season, and came back after a four-monthvacation to be third in a Hollywood allowance Dec. 16.

Saturday, Gulfstream ParkSUNSHINE MILLIONS OCALA STUD OAKS, $250,000,(R), 3yo, f, 6fPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY 1 Bully Bones Hesabull Farina 2 Swap Fliparoo Exchange Rate Lakeman 3 Lizzy’s Township Delaware Township Bridgmohan 4 Knights Templar Exploit Castro 5 Running Lass Running Stag Bejarano 6 Bettarun Fast Kelly Kip Valenzuela 7 Peach Flambe Flying Chevron Castellano 8 Fifth Avenue Monarchos Prado 9 A Sea Trippi Trippi Smith10 Lake Alice Mt. Livermore Chapman11 Joint Effort Runaway Groom Guidry12 Home Alona Game Plan Trujillo13 Windy Wild Rush Solis14 Devons Smokin Devon Lane VelazquezAll carry 120 pounds. Sovereign Award winner Knights Templar proved herability as a sprinter with a 1 3/4-length victory in theOntario Debutante S. at Woodbine last August, andearned championship honors with a rousing 13 1/4-length victory in the GIII Mazarine Breeders’ Cup S. inOctober. She makes her first start since finishing sixthin the Oct. 29 GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Saturday, Santa AnitaSUNSHINE MILLIONS DASH S., $250,000, (R), 3yo, 6fPP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY1 Da Stoops Distorted Humor Espinoza2 Dinner Magic Formal Dinner Santiago3 Corazondelcampeon Comic Strip Bisono4 Rattlesnake Joe Concerto Martinez5 Brite Maneuvers High Brite Nakatani6 Plagiarist Souvenir Copy Gomez7 In Summation Put it Back Velasquez8 Changing Weather Storm Boot FloresAll carry 118 pounds.

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Storm Cat

Storm BirdNorthern Dancer

Nearctic Natalma

South Ocean New Providence

Shining Sun

Terlingua Secretariat Bold Ruler

Somethingroyal

Crimson Saint Crimson Satan

Bolero Rose

Shared Interest GISW, 23-10-5-3,

$667,610 8Fls, 2GISW

Pleasant ColonyHis Majesty

*Ribot Flower Bowl

Sun Colony Sunrise Flight

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Surgery 10-1-4-2

10Fls, 2GSW 1SW

Dr. Fager Rough ‘n Tumble

Aspidistra Bold Sequence

11Fls, 1SW Bold Ruler Sequence

FORESTRY, h, 1996

FIRST LADY H.-GIII, $100,000, GPX, 1-21, 3yo/up,f/m, 6f, 1:09 4/5, ft.1--SMOKEY GLACKEN, 117, m, 5, by Forestry

1st Dam: Majesty's Crown, by Magesterial2nd Dam: Queen's Crown, by King Emperor3rd Dam: Turn Capp, by Turn to Reason

($150,000 wlng '01 KEENOV; $150,000 yrl '02 KEESEP). O-Susan & John Moore; B-Jayeff "B" Sta- bles (KY); T-James A Jerkens; J-J Castellano; $60,000. Lifetime Record: 16-8-3-3, $497,660. *1/2 to Smoke Glacken (Two Punch), Ch. Sprinter, GISW, $759,560; and Capote’s Crown (Capote), GSP.Click for the brisnet.com chart, Video, sponsored by TaylorMade or free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree.

In the days when I used to cover the Keeneland JulySale for the Sporting Life, I became a bit cynical aboutthe need to speak to the buyers of the top lots. Theirquotes almost always ran along similar lines, being avariation on the theme of: “We thought he was the nicest individual in the saleand, with a pedigree like that, he only needs to win aGrade I to become a very valuable stallion.” Comments of this sort often proved accurate, withthe list of sale toppers featuring the likes of Nureyev,Royal Academy and A.P. Indy. Also among the sale’sother seven-figure purchases in the 1970s and ’80swere such as Storm Bird, Shareef Dancer, Law Society,Woodman, Gone West and Rahy. When the 1997 sale came around, you can be surethat every major buyer had hip number 185 on theirshort list. Apart from having the handicap of a May 9foaling date, this youngster had virtually everything thatgoes to make a very valuable stallion prospect. For a start, he was a son of Storm Cat, a stallionwhose fee had recently risen to $150,000 on thestrength of three juvenile sires’ championships (andwho was destined to top the general sires’ list in 1999and 2000).

Just as importantly, the youngster was the first foalof Shared Interest, a highly talented Grade I winnerwhose third and fifth dams were those famous maresSequence and Myrtlewood. Sequence’s descendants had often hit the headlinesat Keeneland in July, starting as long ago as 1968,when Sequence’s Fleet Nasrullah colt set record figuresof $280,000. Three years later the sale was topped bythe $220,000 Mr. Prospector, a Raise A Native colt outof Sequence’s very good daughter Gold Digger. GoldDigger followed up with Mr. Prospector’s brother Ele-gant Prince, who raised the record price to $625,000 in1974, and with her Northern Dancer colt Yukon, whoseprice of $1,400,000 was the second-best price of1980. Bold Sequence, a three-parts sister to Gold Digger,ranked as the third dam of the Storm Cat colt in the1997 sale. Even though there was apparently an agree-ment among some of the top buyers not to competeagainst each other, Aaron U. Jones wasn’t one of themand, bidding through Bob Baffert, he outlasted theLukas/Lewis combination to land the prized colt for$1,500,000. That was enough, in a depressed market,to top the sale.

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Jones, a lumber magnate, duly named his purchaseForestry. His $1,500,000 investment promised to yieldsizeable dividends if the colt could win at the top level,but Forestry’s connections had to be patient. Although Storm Cat’s name is almost synonymouswith precocious speed, some of the main elements inthe bottom half of Forestry’s pedigree told a differentstory. Shared Interest was bred to be big, with 16.3-hand Pleasant Colony as sire and 16.2-hand Dr. Fageras broodmare sire. It was no surprise that she improvedwith age. Unraced at two, she won a stakes race atthree before developing into a Grade II winner at four.She became a Grade I winner at five, on her 21st start,when leading throughout to beat Dispute, Turnback theAlarm, You’d Be Surprised and Paseana in the Ruffian H. Bob Baffert said after one of Forestry’s wins, “Whenwe bought him, he was medium-sized and got bigquick. That’s why I didn’t want to push him too early.” Forestry’s height is now given as 16.1½ hands andthis, coupled with his May 9 birthdate, was enough tokeep him off the track until Jan. 2, 1999. Forestry soonrewarded his connections’ patience, with his recordstanding at six wins, a second and a third after eightstarts. He was winning for the fifth successive timewhen he landed the GII Dwyer S. over 1 1/16 miles,with this victory tempting Baffert to try Forestry over 1 1/8 miles in the GI Haskell Invitational. Unfortunately,the extra 110 yards contributed to his undoing andForestry weakened close home into third place, a lengthbehind Menifee, after leading most of the way. Predictably, Forestry dropped down the distancescale in his bid to achieve that all-important Grade Ivictory, and he seized his opportunity in the King’sBishop S., winning well after covering the first half milein :43.59 and six furlongs in 1:07.68. The form of thisseven-furlong test possibly reads better today than itdid in 1999, as Forestry was chased home by Five StarDay, Successful Appeal, Vicar and Doneraile Court,with Yes It’s True bringing up the rear. This effort wasgood enough for Forestry to start favorite for the GIBreeders’ Cup Sprint, but could finish no better thanfourth behind Artax after bobbling at the start.

His year-younger half-sister Cash Run had fared muchbetter earlier on Breeders’ Cup day, winning the Juve-nile Fillies. Cash Run later attracteda bid of $7.1 millionfrom John Magnier when in foal to Storm Cat in 2003. The strength of Forestry’s bloodlines was reflected inthe $50,000 price set on his services when he retiredto Taylor Made Farm. This made him the highest-pricednew sire of 2000, but he has justified this substantialopening price to the extent that his fee was raised to$75,000 in 2005 and now to $100,000. This sharp rise in his fee has been fuelled by thegraded stakes successes of Forest Danger (GI), Diplo-mat Lady (GI), Teton Forest (GII), Forest Grove (GIII),Woodlander (GIII), Congressionalhonor (GIII) andSmokey Glacken, who landed her third Grade III suc-cess when she took Saturday’s GIII First Lady H. Most of these seven help highlight the high quality ofthe mares that Forestry has been covering. Forest Dan-ger is out of a Grade II winner; Diplomat Lady is out ofa triple stakes winner; and Teton Forest’s dam wassecond at Grade I level before producing a Grade IIwinner to Storm Cat. Moving on to Forest Grove, she’sa half-sister to the Grade I-winning Tout Charmant andis out of a Grade III scorer; while Congressionalhonor isa half-brother to none other than Saint Liam. SmokeyGlacken, precocious enough to win three of her fourstarts at two, including the GIII Valley Stream S., is ahalf-sister to the champion sprinter Smoke Glacken. This helps explain how Forestry has an Average Earn-ings Index of 2.02, whereas his mares have a Compara-tive Index of 3.28 with their foals by other stallions. As always care needs taking in interpreting statisticsand this Comparative Index will have been distorted bythe considerable Japanese earnings of a daughter ofKaties, one of Forestry’s first mates. That daughter,Hishi Amazon, earned nearly $7 million. Forestry’s stats was also diluted by the fact that histhird crop--bigger than either of its predecessors--waslargely untried at two in 2005. Only 34 of its 80 namedfoals raced, and his cumulative percentage of juvenilerunners stands at around 34 percent. Compare that toStorm Cat’s figure of 43 percent and it is clear thatForestry’s progeny generally mature less quickly.

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STAKES CLOSINGSTOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25:02-04 $500,000 Donn H.-I, GP, 3yo/up, 9f

(500)02-04 $150,000 Hutcheson-II, GP, 3yo, 7.5f (150)02-04 $150,000 Davona Dale-II, GP, 3yo, f, 8.5f (150)02-04 $150,000 Holy Bull-III, GP, 3yo, 9f (150)02-04 $100,000 Old Hat-III, GP, 3yo, f, 6.5f (100)02-04 $100,000 Suwannee River H.-III, GP, 3yo/up, f/m,

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MOST NTRA-MEMBER TRACKS HIKE JOCK-EYS’ INSURANCE by Tom LaMarracourtesy of www.blood-horse.com Nine racetracks have increased their minimumon-track accident insurance for jockeys to $500,000 or$1 million since a Nov. 17, 2005 Congressional sub-committee hearing at which lawmakers examinedjockey health, welfare, and safety issues.With the nine tracks--most of them members of theNational Thoroughbred Racing Association--havingincreased the minimum coverage, 90% ofNTRA-member racetracks now offer coverage up to$500,000 or $1 million. The increase was recom-mended by an NTRA working group formed in the fallof 2004 to come up with alternatives after a Jockeys'Guild insurance policy was discontinued. NTRA com-missioner D.G. Van Clief Jr. outlined the developmentsin a Jan. 18 letter to U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield of Ken-tucky and U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan. The twoCongressmen are members of the Energy and Com-merce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation,which thus far has held two Washington, D.C., hear-ings on jockey-related issues. Since Nov. 17, the fol-lowing tracks have increased coverage: Charles TownRaces & Slots and Mountaineer Race Track & GamingResort in West Virginia; Blue Ribbon Downs inOklahoma; Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino inLouisiana; Oaklawn Park in Arkansas; Penn NationalRace Course in Pennsylvania; Sam Houston Race Parkin Texas; Tampa Bay Downs in Florida; and Turf Para-dise in Arizona.

Yesterday’s Results:8th-PHA, $21,577, Alw, NW1X, 3yo, a1m70yd, 1:44 1/5, my.GREELEY PROSPECT (c, 3, Mr. Greeley--Georgiana Lake{SP}, by Regal Classic) graduated going six furlongswhen thrown in for a $25,000 tag last October whileunder the tutelage of trainer Graham Motion, and could-n’t reproduce that form next time out when stepped upto allowance company over this track and trip Dec. 19.Given a cool 17-1 chance for his route debut, the darkbay tracked the early pace in third, moved up to take command in deep stretch and drew clear to score by 2 1/2 lengths over Arpleasure (Artax). Lifetime Record:3-2-0-0, $24,600. O-Galena Springs Farm. B-Denali Stud & Delfiner &Partners (KY). T-Sharon Banford.

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H I N D U S T R Y I N F O H

H A M E R I C A N - B R E D W I N N E R S H

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GULFSTREAMFlanders Fields (A.P. Indy), 4f, :50.00, 10/18 Funny Cide (Distorted Humor), 4f, :59.40, 2/22 Smokume (Smoke Glacken), 5f, 1:00.20, 7/22

PALM MEADOWSBarbaro (Dynaformer), 4f, :48.40, 1/20 L'Oiseau d'Argent (Silver Hawk), 4f, :49.00, 6/20 Host (Chi) (Hussonet), 4fT, :48.20, 2/16 Rousing Victory (Victory Gallop), 5fT, :59.80, 1/17

OAKLAWNAlumni Hall (A.P. Indy), 4f, :51.40, 16/39 Greater Good (Intidab), 6f, 1:15.20, 1/7

HOLLYWOOD PARKFusaichi Samurai (Fusaichi Pegasus), 3f, :38.00, 8/15

SANTA ANITASurf Cat (Sir Cat), 5f, :59.20, 1/27 Imperialism (Langfuhr), 6f, 1:14.40, 3/13

Eye of the Tiger Retired: Eye of the Tiger (American Chance--Dial A Trick, byPhone Trick), who has been on the sidelines since lastfall with suspensory problems, has been retired fromracing. Winner of the GIII Affirmed H. during his sopho-more year, the John D. Gunther hombred came backthe following season to finish third in the GI Carter H.before winning the GII Washington Park H. later thatsummer. The six-year-old, who retires with five victo-ries and $535,679 in earnings, will be sent to hisowner’s Glennwood Farm in Kentucky for a short re-covery period while stud plans are finalized.

KEEP Gets Behind Bill to Remove Sales Tax: The Kentucky Equine Education Project yesterdayannounced that it is supporting House Bill 263, whichcalls for the waiver of sales tax on expenses related tothe equine industry such as feed and grooming sup-plies. “This bill addresses an equity issue,” said JimNavolio, executive director of KEEP. “This is an unfairtax that is only levied on horse farmers. If you buy thesame item for another animal you are not charged salestax on the item. Every horse owner across the statewould be positively impacted by the removal of thistax.” KEEP is urging its members, as well as all breedassociations and anyone owning a horse to contacttheir legislators at (800) 372-7181 and voice theirsupport for this legislation.

IN FRANCE:Fast Gate, h, 7, Gate Dancer--Myshiphascomin (MSW), by Premiership. Cagnes-Sur-Mer, 1-23, Cond, 4yo/up, 6 1/2f (AWT). B-Sammy K Massey. *$15,000 yrl ‘00 OBSAUG.

WARD GRANTED FRENCH LICENCE Jonathan Ward has become the first Englishman tobe granted a public trainers’ licence at the Senonnestraining centre in western France. A former assistant toGuy Cherel at Maisons-Laffitte, Ward received hislicence from France-Galop last week and plans to sad-dle his first runner in March. “There are some real bene-fits to having a horse trained in the west of France andI am very pleased to be starting my training careerhere," Ward commented. "The Senonnes training facili-ties are excellent and the region has plenty to offerowners who enjoy visiting France."

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B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O NAMERICA

ALLOWANCE RESULTS:8th-BMX, $38,300, 1-22, NW1X, 4yo/up, 1m (off turf), 1:36 4/5, gd.NOW VICTORY (h, 5, Sharp Victor--Zoelu, byDynaformer) Lifetime Record: 10-3-0-1, $69,080.O-Harris Farms Inc & Antonsen Per. B-Harris Farms Inc(CA). T-Dean Pederson.

9th-PHA, $23,100, NW2X, 4yo/up, a1m70yd, 1:43 3/5, my.SEE MORGAN FIRST (h, 5, Top Account--Alien Strike {MSW, $153,749}, by Strike the Anvil) Lifetime Re-cord: 16-3-4-0, $86,170. O/B-Alien Farm LLC (FL).T-Alfredo Velazquez. *$4,700 2yo 2003 OBSJAN.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:Capotes Cielo, f, 3, Capote--Smart Catch, by Conquis- tador Cielo. PHA, 1-23, 6f, 1:12 2/5. B-Levant Sarikaya (Ky). *$65,000 yrl '04 KEESEP.Bustum, g, 4, Brief Ruckus--Galma, by Hooched. MNR, 1-22, a1m70yd, 1:47 1/5. B-Shade Tree Thorough- breds Inc (Fl).

SO. HEMISPHERE WINNERS BY U.S. SIRES:Miss Toffelees (NZ), f, 2, Black Minnaloushe--Dancing Aurora (Aus), by Danzatore. Hastings (Hawke’s Bay), 1-19, Mdn, 2yo, 6fT. B-Hope Bloodstock Ltd.Swinging Bachelor (Aus), c, 2, Royal Academy-- Campbell Fever (Aus), by Bluebird. Flemington (Melbourne), 1-20, Hcp, 2yo, 5fT. B-Swettenham Stud.Wildcoast (Aus), f, 3, Thunder Gulch--Queensgate (Aus), by Danehill. Flemington (Melbourne), 1-20, Hcp, 3yo, 1m 30ydsT. B-Swettenham Stud & Lindsay Park Stud.

So. Hemi. Winners by U.S. Sires cont.

Walk Alone (Aus), f, 4, Honour and Glory--Rain In Spain (Aus), by Marauding (NZ). Canterbury (Sydney), 1-18, Hcp, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f 55ydsT. B-D W & Mrs V G Storey.Ivoninsky (NZ), g, 4, Stravinsky--Chantenay (GB), by Warning (GB). Hastings (New Zealand), 1-19, Mdn, 3yo/up, 6fT. B-T W Jarvis.Courageous Belle (NZ), m, 6, Rhythm--Night and Day (NZ), by Gold and Ivory. Hastings (Hawkes Bay), 1-19, Hcp, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT. B-Mrs J A Glazebrook & Mrs J M F Gould.

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PAST ECLIPSE AWARD WINNERSTHREE-YEAR-OLD COLT/GELDING

1976 Bold Forbes1977 Seattle Slew1978 Affirmed1979 Spectacular Bid1980 Temperence Hill1981 Pleasant Colony1982 Conquistador Cielo1983 Slew o’Gold1984 Swale1985 Spend A Buck1986 Snow Chief1987 Alysheba1988 Risen Star1989 Sunday Silence1990 Unbridled1991 Hansel1992 A.P. Indy1993 Prairie Bayou1994 Holy Bull1995 Thunder Gulch1996 Skip Away1997 Silver Charm1998 Real Quiet1999 Charismatic2000 Tiznow2001 Point Given2002 War Emblem2003 Funny Cide2004 Smarty Jones

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B R E E D E R S’ E D I T I O NEUROPE

CONDITIONS RESULTS:FRANCE, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, 2.20, 1-23, i22,000,5yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:40.80, gd/sf.BILLY THE KID (IRE) (g, 8, Danehill--Bleu Cerise {GB},by Sadler’s Wells) Lifetime Record: SW-Fr, 42 starts,10 wins, 17 places, i246,200. O-Ecurie de Club Ga-lop; B-Allez France Stables; T-Tony Clout.

ADDITIONAL MAIDEN WINNERS:Eklektos (Fr), c, 3, Bahhare--Baddi Heights (Fr) (SP-Fr), by Shirley Heights (GB). Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, 1-23, Mdn, 3yo, c/g, 1 1/4m (AWT). B-J P Deroubaix. *12,000 wnlg ‘03 DEADEC.Armenian Heritage (GB), f, 3, Bluebird--Blueberry Walk (GB), by Green Desert. Naples, Italy, 1-22, Cond, 3yo, 5fT. B-A Pettinari.

SO. HEMISPHERE WINNERS BY EUROPEAN SIRES:Danleigh (Aus), g, 2, Mujahid--Graceful Lily (Aus), by Dr Grace (NZ). Canterbury (Sydney), 1-18, Mdn, 2yo, c/g, 5 1/2fT. B-K Leonard.Sea Saint (Aus), g, 3, Orpen--Top Saint (Aus), by St Jude (Aus). Gore (New Zealand), 1-21, Gore Guineas-Listed, 3yo, 6f 170ydsT. B-D P Bentata.Joe’s Cook (Aus), g, 4, Cape Cross (Ire)--Starzeel (NZ), by Zabeel (NZ). Hastings (New Zealand), 1-19, Hcp, 3yo/up, 1mT. B-Sir Patrick & Lady Hogan.Undue (Aus), g, 4, Commands (Aus)--Influence (Aus), by Bletchingly (Aus). Flemington (Melbourne), 1-20, Hcp, 3yo/up, 5fT. B-Woodlands Stud.Pentane (NZ), g, 4, Pentire (GB)--Tuff One (NZ), by Prince Raider (NZ). Te Rapa (New Zealand), 1-18, Hcp, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT. B-M G & P A Fraher.Iris In the Glen (Aus), f, 4, Perugino--Glen Iris (Aus), by Marscay (Aus). Flemington (Melbourne), 1-20, Hcp, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT. B-T S & Mrs D M Dennis.Krasky (Aus), g, 4, Xaar (GB)--Winslet (Aus), by Grand Lodge. Flemington (Melbourne), 1-20, Hcp, 4yo/up, 7f 20ydsT. B-A Harcourt.

PAST ECLIPSE AWARD WINNERSTHREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY

1983 Heartlight No. One1984 Life’s Magic1985 Mom’s Command1986 Tiffany Lass1987 Sacahuista1988 Winning Colors1989 Open Mind1990 Go for Wand1991 Dance Smartly1992 Saratoga Dew1993 Hollywood Wildcat1994 Heavenly Prize1995 Serena’s Song1996 Yanks Music1997 Ajina1998 Banshee Breeze1999 Silverbulletday2000 Surfside2001 Xtra Heat2002 Farda Amiga2003 Bird Town2004 Ashado

PAST ECLIPSE AWARD WINNERSTRAINER

1998 Bob Baffert1999 Bob Baffert2000 Bobby Frankel2001 Bobby Frankel2002 Bobby Frankel2003 Bobby Frankel2004 Todd Pletcher

q THAT’S A WRAP qFAIR GROUNDS (at Louisiana Downs) -Bossier City, LAClosed: Sunday, Jan. 22No. of Days: 37Daily Avg. On-Track Handle: $161,252 (-27.2%)Daily Avg. All-Sources Handle: $3,638,102 (-13.1%)Leading Trainer: Steve Asmussen (38 wins)Leading Jockey: Roman Chapa (45 wins)Leading Owner: Heiligbrodt Racing Stable &Maggi Moss (tied with 6 wins)Website: www.fairgroundsracecourse.com

2005 ECLIPSEAWARD EDITION

January 24, 2006

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HORSE OF THE YEARand

CHAMPION OLDER HORSE

SAINT LIAMLane’s End Sales Graduate now standing at Lane’s End

Congratulations to owners Mr. & Mrs. William W arren Jr., breeder Edward Evans,

trainer Richard Dutrow Jr., and to purchaser Mike Ryan

Saint Liam Four Footed Fotos

5yo horse by Saint Ballado$130,000 FTSAUG yrl2005 Record: 6-4-1-0

‘05 Earnings: $3,696,960‘05 Victories: GI Breeders’ Cup

Classic, GI Woodward S., GIStephen Foster H., GI Donn H.

3yo colt by Northern Afleet$75,000 FTMMAY 2yo2005 Record: 6-4-0-1

‘05 Earnings: $2,085,000‘05 Victories: GI Belmont S., GI

Preakness S., GII Arkansas Derby,Mountain Valley S.

SAINT LIAM IN A LANDSLIDE The tale of the tape was close, but the Horse of theYear voting was not. Both Cash Is King LLC’s AfleetAlex (Northern Afleet) and Mr. and Mrs. William K.

Warren Jr.’s Saint Liam (SaintBallado) had six starts andfour victories and finished offthe board just once last year.Each was favored in all butone outing, and stood in thewinner’s circle at three differ-ent tracks. Afleet Alex earned56 Horse of the Year votesafter dominating two-thirds ofthe Triple Crown despite a

near-tragic event in the Preakness. But Saint Liam, withtwo more Grade I wins to his credit and $3,696,960 inearnings, carried the ballot with 194 votes. “It was aforgone conclusion--he had a better year than any otherhorse,” trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. “He did get a couple ofbreaks. There were a couple of good horses that could-n’t finish out their years--if they had, it might have costhim Horse of the Year. But he was a very good horse.”The bay was good enough to come within a head ofbeating eventual Horse of the Year Ghostzapper in the2004 GI Woodward S., but proved even better lastyear, reeling off a quartet of Grade I successes. SaintLiam capped off his Horse of the Year campaign with adecisive one-length score over sophomore Flower Alleyin the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. He made headlines onthe track, but the 2005 Horse of the Year was just oneof the guys at the barn. “What made him special to uswas just being around him,” Dutrow said. “He was asweetheart, but he didn’t want you fooling with him,and he wouldn’t fool with you. He never demandedattention...he wanted to be left alone to do his thing.He did everything nice and quiet and natural.”

Front Page News... Afleet Alex was also the subject of a slew of front-page stories, but it wasn’t just his athletic prowess thatearned him the spotlight. “I think a lot of his popularitywas due to the stories that were associated with him--Alex’s Lemonade stand, the fact that he was the firsthorse for Cash Is King, having an unknown trainer,much like Smarty Jones the year before,” co-ownerChuck Zacney said. “But I think he deserved it. Hedemonstrated that he was a champion in the TripleCrown races. Unfortunately, he was beaten by alongshot in the Derby, but he won the Preakness indramatic fashion and he won the Belmont in over-whelming fashion. In our eyes, he truly was the Horseof the Year.” It was a heady start for the Cash Is Kingpartnership. “We realized how lucky we were from thebeginning,” Zacney remarked. “We felt very blessed.”

THE TALE OF THE TAPEAfleet Alex Saint Liam

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RESULTS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE with Eclipse Winner Number 3!

2005 Horse of The Year SAINT LIAM$130,000 yrlg becomes the 3rd Eclipse Champion bought by Mike Ryan

• Caressing ($180,000 yrlg) - 2000 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly • Fly So Free ($80,000 yrlg) - 1990 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt

Congratulations to owners Mr. & Mrs. William Warren Jr., breeder Edward Evansand trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. for a Championship Racing Season with SAINT LIAM.

Phone: (859) 223-2500 • Mobile (859) 621-8546www.mikeryanbloodstock.com

HORSE OF THE YEARCH. OLDER MALE

SAINT LIAMOwner: Mr & Mrs William K Warren Jr

Breeder: Edward P Evans (Ky)Trainer: Richard E Dutrow Jr

Stephen Foster Winner’s CircleHorsephotos

Saint Ballado

HaloHail to Reason

*Turn-to Nothirdchance

Cosmah Cosmic Bomb Almahmoud

Ballade *Herbager

Vandale (Fr) Flagette (Fr)

Miss Swapsco Cohoes Soaring

Quiet Dance SW & GSP,

23-6-6-1,$224,420

5Fls, 2GSW

Quiet AmericanFappiano

Mr. Prospector Killaloe

Demure Dr. Fager

Quiet Charm

Misty Dancer 3-0-0-0, $0 11Fls, 1SW

Lyphard Northern Dancer

Goofed Flight Dancer

11Fls, 1Ch, 2GSW Misty Flight Courbette

SAINT LIAM, h, 2000

It’s hard to fault a season that included Grade I victo-ries at Gulfstream Park (Donn H., video), Churchill

Downs (Stephen Foster H.,video) and Belmont (Wood-ward S., video) and culmi-nated with a game score inthe GI Breeders’ Cup Classic.In fact, Saint Liam ran onlyone bad race all year, finishingsixth in the GI Santa Anita H.;in his only other loss, the bayjust failed to catch the speed-ball Commentator in the GIWhitney S. at Saratoga. “Heshowed up every time, exceptin California,” trainer Rick

Dutrow Jr. “I don’t know what happened there. Hetrained excellent going into the race, he ran terrible andhe came out of the race very, very good.

“I’m not going to blame the track, even though thatwould be the easy thing to do,” Dutrow added. “I justcan’t say for sure what happened. But every other race,he showed up. He even ran his race at Saratoga--hejust got beat by a freak up there. He didn’t need tocarry his track with him.” Saint Liam retires to Lane’s End Farm in Versailles,Kentucky, where he will stand his first season for a feeof $50,000 live foal.

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CH. 3YO COLT

AFLEET ALEXOwner: Cash is King LLC

Breeder: John Martin Silvertand (Fl)Trainer: Timothy F Ritchey

Preakness Celebration Horsephotos

Northern Afleet

AfleetMr. Prospector

Raise a Native Gold Digger

Polite Lady Venetian JesterFriendly Ways

Nuryette Nureyev

Northern Dancer Special

Stellarette Tentam

Square Angel

Maggy Hawk4-1-1-1, $15,080

4Fls, 1GSW,1SW

HawksterSilver Hawk

RobertoGris Vitesse

Strait Lane Chieftain

Level Sands

Qualique GISW, 11-2-0-4 11Fls, 3Wnrs

*Hawaii Utrillo II Ethane

Dorothy Gaylord 11Fls, 1GSW, 1SW

*SensitivoGaylord's Touch

AFLEET ALEX, c, 2002

It was the moment that will forever define him. AfleetAlex was charging towards victory in the GI PreaknessS. (video)when Scrappy T veered in front of him. Withno time to react, the bay was caught on his rival’s

heels and stumbled so badlythat his nose came to withinan inch of the Pimlico dirt.But the gutsy colt pickedhimself up and went on abouthis business as if nothing hadhappened, collaring ScrappyT at the eighth pole anddrawing away in what wasone of the most impressive

demonstrations of athleticism and sheer will to win everwitnessed. “I think he gave it his all in every race,” co-owner Chuck Zacney said. “He showed true heart anddetermination, especially in the Preakness. His recordspeaks for itself.”

Sadly, the incident may ultimately have put an end toAfleet Alex’s career. He made it to the gate for the GIBelmont S. (video) and romped, but was diagnosedwith a hairline fracture after that race, an injury thatmost likely occurred in the second leg of the Crown.Trainer Tim Ritchey tried to get Afleet Alex ready for afall campaign, but he had not fully recovered from hisinjury, and the decision was made to retire him. He willstand at Gainesway for a fee of $40,000 live foal.

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Champion Two-Year-Old Male

Lane’s End Sales Graduate

STEVIE WONDERBOY by Lane’s End Stallion STEPHEN GOT EVEN

Congratulations to owners The Merv Griffin Ranch Co.,

breeders John Gunther, Tony Holmes and Walter Zent,

and trainer Doug O’Neill.

(859) 873-7300 www.lanesend.com

CH. 2YO COLTSTEVIE WONDERBOY

Owner: The Merv Griffin Ranch CoBreeder: John Gunther, Tony Holmes

& Walter Zent (Ky)Trainer: Doug O’Neill

Merv Griffinmerv.com

Adam Coglianese

Stephen GotEven

A.P. IndySeattle Slew

Bold Reasoning My Charmer

WeekendSurprise

Secretariat Lassie Dear

Immerse Cox’s Ridge

Best TurnOur Martha

Baroness Direct

Blushing Groom (Fr)

Avum

Heat Lightning

13-0-1-3,$18,020

7Fls, 1Ch, 1GSW

Summer SquallStorm Bird

Northern Dancer South Ocean

WeekendSurprise

Secretariat Lassie Dear

Mystical Mood GSW & MGISP 14Fls, 1GSW,

1SW

Roberto Hail to Reason

Bramalea Mystery Mood

15Fls, 3SW Night Invader Moaning Low

STEVIE WONDERBOY, c, 2003

Voters crowned Stevie Wonderboy champion juvenilelast night, providing trainer Doug O’Neill and owner

Merv Griffin their first Eclipse Award.The overwhelming margin of victory--‘Stevie’ received 230 votes to First Sam-urai’s 25--was no surprise given his dy-namic victory over that rival in the GIBreeders’ Cup Juvenile. “That horse, tome, is awesome,” said Griffin after theBreeders’ Cup, then, referencing theKentucky Derby, added, “To Louisvillenow--isn’t that fun? ‘The sun shinesbright on my old Kentucky home.’ I gotit all down.” This year’s Breeders’ Cup

Juvenile was a classic East vs. West showdown. InNew York, First Samurai was a true standout with twoGrade I wins, while ‘Stevie’ was slowly emerging as thedominant force in California. Third as a maiden in theGIII Hollywood Juvenile Championship in July, ‘Stevie’romped by four in a Del Mar maiden in August (video).His stylish five-length tally in the GII Del Mar FuturitySept. 7 (video)--his first stakes victory--set the stage forthe Juvenile.

Off as the second choice on Breeders’ Cup day,‘Stevie,’ under a patient Garrett Gomez ride, ralliedfrom near the back of the pack andsurged past Henny Hughes and fa-vored First Samurai. In a competitivedivision, the stirring win wrapped upchampionship honors. ‘Stevie’ re-cently returned to action in the GIISan Rafael S. Jan. 14. His backerscould hardly be dismayed with hissecond to the talented Brother Derek (video), and henow continues down the Derby trail looking to snap the0-22 run of Juvenile winners in the Run for the Roses.

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CH. OLDER FEMALEASHADO

Owner: Starlight Stables LLC, P Saylor& J Martin

Breeder: Aaron & Marie Jones (Ky)Trainer: Todd Pletcher

Saint Ballado

Halo Hail to Reason

*Turn-To Nothirdchance

Cosmah Cosmic Bomb Almahmoud

Ballade *Herbager

Vandale (Fr)

Flagette (Fr)

Miss Swapsco Cohoes Soaring

Goulash SW & GSP 6Fls, 1G1SW

Mari’s Book Northern Dancer

Neartic Natalma

Mari Her Maribeau Hem and Haw

Wise Bride 1start, 0 wins 9Fls, 1SW

Blushing Groom (Fr) Red God Runaway Bride (GB)

Wising Up, GSW, 8Fls, 1GSW

Smarten Hardly

ASHADO, f, 2001 Ashado proved that she still had some of the fireburning in her belly that had propelled her to a three-year-old championship in 2004, adding the divisionaltitle for older female of 2005. It appeared that thechampion had lost some of her luster when she kickedoff the season with a disappointing fifth-place finish inOaklawn’s GI Apple Blossom H., but she showed glim-mers of her old self with a much-improved second inher first-ever try in Grade III company--the PimlicoBreeders’ Cup Distaff H. She was back in full swing inthe GI Ogden Phipps H. at Belmont (video), thenbumped her game up a notch with an impressive routof her rivals in the Spa’s GI Go For Wand H. (video). Adistant fourth in the GI Personal Ensign S., she returnedto the winner’s circle Oct. 1 in the GI Beldame S.(video), but failed in her attempt to defend her title inthe GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Belmont Park Oct. 29,running third behind longshot winner Pleasant Home.

"She's just the consummate racehorse,” trainer ToddPletcher said. “She's very consistent. She's really aonce-in-a-lifetime horse." Following the Distaff, the fillysold to Sheikh Mohammed for a record $9 million atKeeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale. She will bebred to Storm Cat. “I miss her,” said Pletcher. “But Iam happy she has gone to such a good home and Ithink she will make a wonderful broodmare.”

www.taylormadefarm.com

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CH. 3YO FILLYSMUGGLEROwner: Phipps Stab le

Breeder: Ogden Mills Phipps (Ky)

Trainer: Claude McGaughey III

Unbridled

FappianoMr. Prospector

Raise a Native Gold Digger

Killaloe Dr. Fager

Grand Splendor

Gana Facil *Le Fabuleux

Wild Risk (Fr) Anguar (Fr)

Charedi In Reality

Magic

InsideInformation

Ch. Older MareMGISW, 17-14-1-2,

$1,641,806 7Fls, 1GSW

Private AccountDamascus

Sword Dancer Kerala

NumberedAccount

Buckpasser Intriguing

Pure Profit 5-4-0-1, $55,080 9Fls, 1Ch, 2GSW

1SW

Key to the Mint Graustark Key Bridge

Clear Ceiling 15Fls, 2GSW, 1SW

Bold Ruler Grey Flight

SMUGGLER, f, 2002

Smuggler didn’t get too many chances to shine in2005, but she definitely made the most of the opportu-

nities she had. The regally bred filly,daughter of Eclipse champions Unbri-dled and Inside Information, began theseason with a Belmont allowance vic-tory and quickly moved on to Grade Icompany. After a game runner-up ef-fort to fellow Eclipse finalist RoundPond in the June 4 GI Acorn S.,Smuggler earned a hard-fought victoryin the GI Mother Goose S. (video). Shecapped her campaign with a win overthe third Eclipse candidate, Summerly,in the GI Coaching Club American

Oaks (video). “She is cruise control,” jockey EdgarPrado said after guiding the bay to a decisive victory inthe CCA Oaks. “I know if there is ever a horse coming,she is going to have another gear.” The win impressedShug McGaughey, who also trained Inside Information.“She does it so easy, I’m kind of floored a little bit,”McGaughey said after the Oaks.

Unfortunately for racing fans, Smuggler didn’t get tostrut her stuff again as a sopho-more. A fever knocked the Phippshomebred out of the GI Alabama S.and a recurrence of a lung infectionforced her out of the GI Gazelle S.But the division was rife with badluck. Summerly and Round Pondwere also forced to the sidelineswell before the Breeders’ Cup; Summerly’s final 2006start came in the CCA Oaks, while Round Pond’s soph-omore finale came in the July 16 GII Delaware Oaks. Allthree are expected to return this year, however.

Phipps Horsephotos

Horsephotos

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CH. 2YO FILLYFOLKLORE

Owner: Robert & Beverly Lewis

Breeder: R & B Lewis (Ky)

Trainer: D Wayne Lukas

Tiznow

Cee’s Tizzy Relaunch In Reality

Foggy Note

Tizly Lyphard Tizna (Chi)

Cee’s Song Seattle Song

Seattle Slew Incantation

Lonely Dancer Northern Dancer

Sleep Lonely

Contrive Unraced 3Fls, 1G1SW

Storm Cat Storm Bird

Northern Dancer

South Ocean

Terlingua Secretariat Crimson Satan

Jeano - MGSW 49-10-14-8, $439,203 9Fls, 1SP

Fappiano Mr. Prospector Killaloe

Basie 12Fls, 1GSW

In Reality Stolen Base

FOLKLORE, f, 2003

If ever there was a man who could map out a juvenilefilly championship season, it is D. Wayne Lukas. With

six two-year-old filly champions alreadyunder his belt, the Hall of Fame traineradded Folklore to the elite list in 2005.Slightly short for her debut, the baywas second going five panels atBelmont Park, but appeared to havebenefited from that tightener next timeout when she galloped home an easyfour-length winner.Runner-up to the classyAdieu in the Astoria S.July 3, the Bob andBeverly Lewis home-

bred overcame a rough start to scoreher first graded-stakes victory in the GIIAdirondack S. (video), at the expenseof Adieu, who finished fourth that day.Second to her rival once again in the GII Spinaway S.,the filly would not taste defeat again in 2005.

After giving her trainer his record seventh victory ofBelmont’s GI Matron S. (video), Folklore also provedbest in her first try past a mile, winning the GI Breed-ers’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Belmont Park Oct. 29(video). Folklore was beaten for the first time in nearlyfive months when she finished third behind stablemateDance Daily in the GII Santa Ynez S. Jan. 16, but Lukasremains upbeat about his filly’s future. “She was com-ing off a long layoff on three works and I think she gota little late right there at the end,” he said. “But I’m nottoo concerned. She’ll be back. We’ll build off this.”

Lukas & FolkloreHorsephotos

Bob & Beverly LewisBenoit photo

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CH. TURF MALELEROIDESANIMAUX (BRZ)

Owner: TNT Stud

Breeder: Haras Bage Do Sul (Brz)

Trainer: Robert Frankel

Adam Coglianese

Candy Stripes

Blushing G room (Fr)

Red God *Nasrullah

Spring Run

Runaway Bride(GB)

Wild Risk (Fr)

Aimee (GB)

Bubb le Company (Fr)

Lyphard Northern Dancer

Goofed

Prodice (Fr) Prominer (Ire)

Euridice (Ire)

Dissemble (GB) Unraced 7Fls, 3GSW

Ahonoora (GB)

*Lorenzaccio *Klairon

Phoenissa (GB)

Helen Nichols (GB) Martial (GB)

Quaker Girl (GB)

Kerali (GB) 4-1-0-0 10Fls, 2SW

High Line (GB) High Hat (GB)

Time Call (GB)

Sookera Ch. 2yo Filly-Ire 13 Fls, 2GSW

Roberto

Irule

LEROIDESANIMAUX (BRZ), h, 2000

Adam Coglianese A pair of bar shoes may have slowed him down whensecond behind fellow Eclipse finalist Artie Schiller in theGI Breeders’ Cup Mile at Belmont Park Oct. 29, but thatdidn’t stop voters from crowning him King of the Amer-ican Turf. Leroidesanimaux (Brz) brought a six-race

winning streak into 2005 that in-cluded victories in the 2004 GIIIMorvich H. and the GI Citation H.,and began his championship seasonwith a score in Santa Anita’s GIFrank E. Kilroe Mile H. Mar. 5(video). The handsome chestnutdidn’t make a return to the racesuntil the Aug. 27 GII FourstardaveH. at Saratoga (video), but he was

certainly worth the wait, posting a game wire-to-wirevictory in course-record time over Silver Tree. “Whenhe gets competition, he tries even harder,” trainerBobby Frankel said after the Fourstardave. “Whenhorses come to him, he’ll go on by himself.” The TNTStud colorbearer may have run the best race of hiscareer north of the border in the Sept. 18 GI Atto Mile(video), where he dominated the competition by astakes-record margin of 7 3/4 lengths.

“He’s got to rank up there with the better turf horsesI’ve ever trained, because he never gets beat,” Frankelsaid following the Atto Mile. Hiswinning streak came to end in theBreeders’ Cup Mile, but had hisshare of excuses that day. “It wasthe shoes and the outside postthat got him beat today,” Frankelsaid. “Maybe [John Velazquez]should have put him on the lead,but that’s just second guessing.” Although he was bredin Brazil, “Leroy” is out of a half-sister to the dam offellow Eclipse champ Intercontinental (GB).

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CH. TURF FEMALEINTERCONTINENTAL (GB)

Owner: Juddmonte Farms Inc

Breeder: Juddmonte Farms (GB)

Trainer: Robert J Frankel

Bill Straus photo

Danehill

Danzig Northern Dancer

Nearctic Natalma

Pas de Nom Admiral’s Voyage Petitioner (GB)

Razyana His Majesty

Ribot (GB) Flower Bowl

Spring Adieu Buckpasser Natalma

Hasili (Ire) SW-Fr, 17-4-3-1 $68,186 7Fls, 3Ch, 3G1SW, 2GSW

Kahyasi (Ire) Ile de Bourbon

Nijinsky II Roseliere (Fr)

Kadissya Blushing Groom (Fr)

Kalkeen (Ire)

Kerali (GB) 4-1-0-0, $5,212 10Fls, 2SW

High Line (GB) High Hat (GB) Time Call (GB)

Sookera 13Fls, 2GSW, 1SW

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INTERCONTINENTAL (GB), m, 2000

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Intercontinental earned a coveted Grade I victory inher 2004 finale, but, sportingly kept in training for herfive-year-old campaign, wound up earning an Eclipse

Award for owner/breeder JuddmonteFarms. Her five graded stakes winsin 2005, capped by a victory in theGI Breeders’ Cup F/M Turf, wereequalled only by fellow championLost in the Fog. The bay’s head-strong ways didn’t stop her fromtaking the GIII Jenny Wiley (video),the GIII Royal Heroine (video) and

the GII Palomar (video), but she proved more amenablein her penultimate start, the GII WinStar Galaxy S.(video). “She was more relaxed because she brokesharply,” trainer Bobby Frankel said after that race.“She's a great filly. If she would have run all her raceslike this, she would be undefeated.” Intercontinentalthen stepped onto the world stage, venturing past ninefurlongs for the first time in the 10-furlong Breeders’Cup, and led at every call against a tough field.

Intercontinental follows in the hoofprints of her sisterBanks Hill (GB), who used the samerace as springboard to an Eclipse in2001. They are just the second setof siblings to earn Eclipse honors--Glorious Song was named championolder female in 1980; her brotherDevil’s Bag claimed the juvenile titlein 1983. Now retired, the full toFrench highweight Dansili (GB) and MGSW Cacique (Ire)will be bred to Juddmonte’s Empire Maker (Unbridled).

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Nearctic Natalma

Pas de Nom Admiral’s Voyage

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Lady WinborneSecretariat

Bold Ruler Somethingroyal

Priceless Gem Hail to Reason

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When Lost in the Fog was sent off at 70 cents on thedollar for the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint, it represented thegreatest mutuel value available on the colt in his nine

starts in 2005. Jostled around at thestart on World Thoroughbred Champi-onships day, he’d go on to finish adistant seventh, but the voting publicforgave that effort and made theFlorida-bred the first sophomore towin this particular Eclipse in fouryears. Beautifully managed by North-ern California conditioner GregGilchrist, Lost in the Fog won his firsttwo outs of the year, but connectionsresisted the urge to take a walk on theTriple Crown trail, instead keeping the

dark bay at sprint distances. Possessed of a fluid strideand deceptive speed, he found himself behind just onehorse at any time in his first eight starts of the year.

Lost in the Fog racked up wins in the GIII Swale S.(video) and the GII Carry Back S. (video) in Florida , andthe GIII Bay Shore S. and the GII Riva Ridge Breeders’Cup S. in New York. He also pillaged the most presti-gious sophomore sprint on the calendar, the GI King’sBishop S. (video) at Saratoga, and turned in a tour-de-force for the home crowd in the Bay Meadows SpeedH. He couldn’t keep the streak alive on Breeders’ CupDay, but still merited the Eclipse off a stellar season.

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MCDYNAMO(Dynaformer--Rondonia, by Monteverdi {Ire})

Owner: Michael MoranBreeder: R & N Fox & R Kaster

Trainer: Sanna Hendriks2005 Record: 6-2-3-1, $265,425

CHAMPION BREEDER

ADENA SPRINGS2005 Stats: 2,685-457-383-322,

$11,672,247Top Horses Raced: Ghostzapper,

I’m the Tiger, Spun Sugar.

McDynamo, named the country’s top steeplechaser in2003, lost that title to Hirapour (Ire) in 2004 and wasslow out of the blocks in 2005, but recorded an historictriple in the Breeders’ Cup to secure a second stint asEclipse champion. The eight-year-old veteran began theyear with a third-place finish behind Hirapour in the GI

Royal Chase H. at Keenelandin April. Three straightrunner-up efforts leftMcDynamo an outsider whilelooking for a record thirdstraight Breeders’ Cup Stee-plechase win at rain-soakedFair Hills Races in October.Undaunted, the gelding tookadvantage when likely pace-

setter Preemptive Strike was scratched, rolling along onan early lead in the 2 5/8-mile race over 14 fences.McDynamo sailed clear down the lane and bested ThreeCarat by nine lengths, with defending Eclipse winnerHirapour in third. “McDynamo loves soft turf and I wasworried that if there wasn’t a legitmate pace in the racethat Hirapour would out-kick us,” explainedPennsylvania-based trainer Sanna Hendriks after theBreeders’ Cup win. “If it was going to be the two of us,which it looked like it was on paper, I wanted to makesure [jockey] Jody [Petty] made the most of our gallopand he did that.” McDynamo’s Breeders’ Cup victoryset up a championship clash with Hirapour in the GIColonial Cup in November. The bay gelding set the paceat Camden before holding off his nemesis by 1 1/2lengths to earn his second Eclipse statue.Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree.

Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs Farm earned a sec-ond straight--and third overall--Eclipse Award as Cham-pion Breeder. There were 427 runners bred by AdenaSprings who raced in 2005, making 2,685 starts andwinning 457 races while earning $11,672,247. The operation had Horse of the Year Ghostzapper asits flagship performer in 2004. The brilliant bay madejust one start this past year, but it was a tour de forcein the GI Metropolitan H. (video) at Belmont in May. Hewas forced to retire after that race and will begin hisstud career at Adena Springs in Kentucky for a fee of$200,000. In addition to Ghostzapper, Adena Springsbred I’m the Tiger (Siphon {Brz}), hero of 2005 GI FrankJ. DeFrancis Memorial Dash. Other graded stakes win-ners to hail from Adena Springs were Bear’s Kid (LemonDrop Kid), Leprechaun Kid (Alphabet Soup) and SpunSugar (Awesome Again); there were 18 stakes winnersoverall in 2005. Adena Springs also earned a SovereignAward as Canada’s leading breeder of 2005. Frank Stronach now stands 10 stallions at AdenaSprings in Kentucky, headlined by Awesome Again andEl Prado (Ire), who was represented by a pair of EclipseAward finalists in 2005, Artie Schiller and Borrego. Thegrey son of Sadler’s Wells, who commands a fee of$125,000 this year, consistently ranks among the na-tion’s leading sires. He concluded 2005 at fifth on TheBlood-Horse General Sire List, with 12 individual stakeswinners helping to garner $7,655,509 in earnings. Stronach campaigns a large number of the Adena-bred runners, but also conducts a pair of auctions everyyear, a broodmare sale at Fasig-Tipton in Kentucky inNovember and a two-year-old sale at Ocala in March, topromote his stallions.

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CHAMPION OWNER

MICHAEL GILL2005 Stats: 1870-351-286-264, $6,397,180

Top Horses Raced: City Fire, Forest Music,Lusty Latin, Spring Rush, Thermal Ablasion,

Worldwind Romance.

Umpateedle (left)Adam Coglianese

CHAMPION TRAINER

TODD PLETCHER2005 Stats: 1,034-256-174-135,

$20,807,132. Top Horses: Adieu, Ashado, Flower Alley,

Limehouse, Purge, Isola Piu Bella, CoinSilver, English Channel, Pollard’s Vision.

Flower Alley Horsephotos

In 2004, Michael Gill won 487 races, missing theNorth American record by just seven, and was a finalistfor the Eclipse Award as top owner for the secondstraight year. "I thought if I [set the record], it wouldhave been hard for them not to give it to me," Gill saidin an interview before the 2004 Eclipse winners were

announced. "On paper, it lookslike I should win it, but I haven'tmade a ton of friends in this in-dustry." The controversial ownerdidn’t get the award, but he was-n’t ready to give up. "I'm a com-petitor," he told Daily RacingForm. "I am the toughest son ofa bitch you've ever met in yourlife. If you want to beat me atsomething, you'll have to killme." Gill didn’t have the best ofcampaigns in 2005--you won’t

find the names Sarah’s Prospect, Spring Rush, ThermalAblasion, Umpateedle or Worldwind Romance on thelist of Grade I winners--and he won just 351 races, alight year for the stable that relies heavily on claiminghorses. But he led the standings at the end of the sea-son, and, proving third time is the charm, the votersfinally saw fit to honor him. “I am an underdog, but I am a fierce competitiveunderdog, and I am driven by being an underdog,” Gillsaid. “I would like to think I represent all of the under-dogs in racing. I stood up to the establishment... andthey are, collectively, a formidable foe...but I am heretoday, accepting this award.” Stressing that he will not be a part of the sport muchlonger, he concluded, “I’m going to miss racing, and Ithink racing is going to miss me back.”

It is likely that not even Todd Pletcher could haveimagined that 2005 would surpass the awesome yearhis operation enjoyed the previous season. With earn-ings of $17,511,923 in 2004, the Dallas, Texas nativeraised the bar even higher in 2005, closing out hiscampaign with $20,284,582 in the coffers.

Armed with plenty of horse-power, Pletcher’s pupils ac-counted for 24 percent of theirstarts in 2005, hitting theboard 54 percent of the timewith 565 in-the-money finishesfrom 1034 starts. Also leadingthe way in the race for numberof graded-stakes victories,

Pletcher saddled 38 graded-stakes winners last year,including 10 of them at the Grade I level. Headlining thePletcher barn, Ashado, a three-time Grade I winner in‘05, capped off the season with another divisionalchampionship, this time for champion older mare. Alsocampaigned by Pletcher in 2005 were GI Carter H. heroForest Danger, GI Blue Grass S. winner Bandini andFlower Alley, hero of the GI Travers S.; and graded-stakes winners Maddalena, Proud Accolade, Isola PiuBella (Chi), Pollard's Vision, Coin Silver, Spun Sugar,Limehouse, Capeside Lady, English Channel, Ready'sGal, Adieu and West Virginia. How does it feel to be honored as the championtrainer in North America? "It's always nice to be recognized, especially in anumber of categories,” the 38-year-old horseman said.“We've just been fortunate enough to have a greatyear.”

Congratulations to 2004 & 2005 Eclipse Award WinnersChampion Trainer

TODD PLETCHERand

Champion Jockey

JOHN VELAZQUEZ

from Starlight Stables (Jack & Laurie Wolf),Paul Saylor and family and 2004 & 2005 Champion

ASHADO

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Congratulations Brazilian-Bred

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Our sincerest congratulat ions to

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CHAMPION JOCKEYJOHN VELAZQUEZ2005 Stats: 1142-250-177-146,

$20,793,723Top Horses: Adieu, Ashado, Bandini,

English Channel, Flower Alley,Leroidesanimaux (Brz), Sand Springs

CHAMPIONAPPRENTICE JOCKEYEMMMA-JAYNE WILSON2005 Stats: 1132-182-184-164, $6,327,685*

*courtesy, Brisnet.com

By the time John Velazquez stepped up to the po-dium to accept his first Eclipse Award as top jockey atthe Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel last year, he hadalready gotten off to a fast start at the Gulfstreammeet. As it turns out, Velazquez never slowed down.One of the most fruitful jockey/trainer combos in recentyears, Velazquez and conditioner Todd Pletcher reignedsupreme again in 2005, earning both men back-to-backEclipse Awards last night. “To get here again, you have to ride a lot of goodhorses for a lot of good people,” the 34-year-oldVelazquez said. “It’s no secret that it’s a team effort,with Todd Pletcher and all the guys in the barn, myagent [Hall of Famer Angel Cordero Jr.], and all of thegreat owners. I give my thanks to them.” Based in Florida in the winter and New York the restof the year, Velazquez found the winner’s circle 250times in 2005, winning 21 percent of the 1,142 raceshe rode in. With 177 seconds and 136 thirds, he hit theboard 50 percent of the time. His earnings for the yearwere $20,793,723. In his 2004 Eclipse Award-winningseason, Velazquez rode 335 winners from 1,327mounts for winnings of $22,248,661. Among Velazquez’s top mounts in 2005 was FlowerAlley, an Eclipse finalist in the three-year-old division.Under Velazquez, the chestnut won the GI Travers S.and the GII Jim Dandy S., and ran a gallant second toSaint Liam in the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. Velazquez’sother Grade I winners included Leroidesanimaux (Brz)(Atto Mile), First Samurai (Hopeful S.), Happy Ticket(Ballerina S.), Sand Springs (Diana S.), and sentimentalfavorite Ashado, who paired with Velazquez for a trioof Grade I wins (Beldame S., Go for Wand H., OgdenPhipps H.).

Emma-Jayne Wilson, who led North American ap-prentices in victories and purse earnings, was rewardedfor her dominating season last night, taking the EclipseAward for Champion Apprentice Jockey. The 24-year-old became the first female to capture a Woodbineriding title in its 50-year history when she guided home175 winners from 1,096 starters. Corey Fraser was adistant second with 136 winners. She was also namedOutstanding Apprentice Jockey at last month’s Sover-eign Awards in Canada. “It was a helluva season,” Wilson commented onWoodbine’s closing day. “I have to thank everyone fortheir great support. Let’s do it again next year.” Wilsonbegan taking riding lessons at the age of nine, learningeverything from show-jumping to western pleasure, butdidn’t make it to the racetrack immediately. “My par-ents taught us to keep all options open,” she told DailyRacing Form. “That’s why I didn’t go straight to theracetrack when I was 15. At college, I studied thebusiness side of horses--marketing and management--along with some basic veterinary and care. By the timeI came to the track, it wasn’t to be a hotwalker or anexcercise rider. It was to be a jockey.” Wilson made her racing debut in 2004, riding fourwinners from 31 starters. In her first full year of ridingin 2005, she won 182 races from 1,132 chances.Wilson will spend the winter in Florida, but not as ajockey. She will be exercising the Sam-Son Farm horsesstabled at Palm Meadows and will be able to keep herapprentice status for the beginning of the 2006 seasonat Woodbine. “I want to maintain who I am even withthe success I’ve had,” Wilson continued. “And I listen.Veteran jockeys tell me that if I look good on a horse,people will notice me, even if I’m not going that fast.”