Newsletter ZSoul Intent 1st race at Emerald their word class stallions, of P.1 Turbulent Descent...
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Turbulent Descent Wins the Grade 1 Ballerina Stakes!
Turbulent Descent winning the Ballerina Stakes at Saratoga.
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Steve Zerda
President
Phone: (206) 617-1534
E-mail: [email protected]
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.