Trainer Bios - Santa Anita Park

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barry abrams Cougar II H. (Dmr)—Unusual Suspect (2009)
Del Mar Oaks (GI-Dmr)—Famous Digger (1997)
Fleet Treat (Dmr)—Spenditallbaby (2007); Lethal Heat (2008)
Generous Portion (Dmr)—Golden Doc A (2007)
Harry F. Brubaker (Dmr)—Kachamandi (2002)
Birthdate: March 4, 1954
Harry Henson (Hol)—Juliesugardaddy (2005)
Birthplace: Minsk, Russia Hollywood Oaks (GII-Hol)—Lethal Heat (2008)
Wife: Dyan Hollywood Turf Cup (GI-Hol)—Unusual Suspect (2010)
Hollywood Turf Express H. (GIII-Hol)—Unusual Suspect (2007)
Children: Anna Marie and Natalie
Honeymoon BC H. (GII-Hol)—Famous Digger (GIII-1997)
Residence: Arcadia La Jolla H. (GII-Dmr)—Burns (2011)
Melair (Hol)—Bel Air Sizzle (2008); Pretty Unusual (2009)
Real Good Deal (Dmr)—Lethal Heat (2008)
San Clemente H. (GII-Dmr)—Famous Digger (1997)
Silveyville S. (GG)—Unusual Suspect (2008)
Santa Anita Stakes Wins Solana Beach H. (Dmr)—America’s Friend (2008)
Variety Queen (Hol)—Famous Digger (1997)
Anoakia (OT)—Golden Doc A (2007)
California Cup Distaff H. (OT)—Lightmyfirebaby (2008)
Highlights
California Cup Mile H. (OT)—Lennyfromalibu (2003); Unusual Suspect (2007)
Cascapedia H. (OT)—Airistar (1995) • First winner: Cheyenne Gold at 1993 Del Mar meeting.
Crystal Water—Lennyfromalibu (2004); Medzendeekron (2009) • First Grade I win: Famous Digger, a neck winner of 1997 Del Mar Oaks.
El Encino (GII)—Pretty Unusual (2010) • Famous Digger, a $40,000 claim, won five stakes including the Grade I Del Mar
Irish O’Brien—Lightmyfirebaby (2008) Oaks before being sold in January 1998 for seven figures to Fusao Sekiguchi in
La Habra—Conectis (GIII-1998) Florida.
Las Cienegas H. (GIII)—Lightmyfirebaby (2008) • Gained his second Grade I victory in 2008 when Golden Doc A recorded a
Las Virgenes (GI)—Golden Doc A (2008) one-length win in Santa Anita’s $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes in her first start
Santa Paula (GIII)—Lethal Heat (2008) after the trainer and partners sold Golden Doc A for an undisclosed sum to Ron
Valentine Dancer H.—Bel Air Sizzle (2009-dh) McCauley, of Lexington, Ky. “When you have the best horse in the race, you
don’t worry,” Abrams said after the Unusual Heat filly scored as the 8-5 favorite.
Other Major Stakes Wins • Unusual Suspect, at 10-1, provided the trainer with his third Grade I win in
December of 2010 when rallying to capture the $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup
Bay Meadows Derby (BM)—Unusual Suspect (2007)
and exceeding $1 million in earnings while snapping a 16-race losing streak.
B. Thoughtful (Hol)—Spenditallbaby (2008)
barry abrams
• His Lennyfrommalibu set a Santa Anita course record for about 6 1/2 furlongs
on turf, 1:11.13, on Jan. 22, 2004. Lennyfrommalibu the previous year had reg-
istered a $52.20 upset in the 2003 California Cup Mile.
• A shrewd claim was accomplished in 2001 when taking Chilean-bred Misanello
for $25,000 at Oak Tree. Misanello subsequently won two of three races and was
honored as top claimer at the Hollywood Park fall meeting.
• Nearly won the 1994 Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Oak Tree when Fondly
Remembered came within a half-length of defeating Aube Indienne.
• Assistant to Roger Stein when Southern Truce won the 1993 Santa Margarita
Handicap over two-time champion Paseana and Forty Niner Days took the
$400,000 Golden Gate Handicap in 1991.
Personal
• Spent the early part of 2005 undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments
after learning that he had contracted throat cancer.
• Began career in 1972 as stable hand for a family friend’s standardbred barn at
Hollywood Park while attending business and accounting classes at Cal State
University, Los Angeles.
• Served as assistant to then-leading trainer Don Ratchford in 1974 and 1975.
• Went on his own training standardbreds in 1978 at the Meadowlands. One of his
horses, Gutsy, earned nearly $2 million in 1984.
• Returned to Southern California in 1987 to work for Roger Stein.
• Began training Thoroughbreds on his own in 1993.
• Counts Lennyfrommalibu, Bengal Bay, Fondly Remembered and Slew’s Royal
Son among his favorite trainees.
HUmbErTO asCaNIO • Ventura’s triumph transpired the day after Fluke had registered a 9-1 upset and
marked the end of her career after Frankel had asked Juddmonte Farms to delay
a projected retirement following Ventura’s runner-up finish in the Breeders’ Cup
Filly & Mare Sprint. “He knew she was going to win this one,” an emotional
Ascanio said of Frankel following the Matriarch. “They wanted to retire her a
Birthdate: July 12, 1947
winner.”
Birthplace: Guadalajara, Mexico • The local media named Ascanio the Hollywood Park fall meet’s top trainer after
Wife: Maureen he gained another major stakes win with Mast Track in the Grade III Native
Diver Handicap. Before the year was up, he added Santa Anita’s Grade II San
Children: Michael, Matthew, Mark,
Gabriel Handicap, won by Proudinsky, to his list of graded stakes victories.
Bridget, Olga, Humberto • Fluke lifted Ascanio out of a 46-race losing streak when victorious in Santa
Residence: Arcadia Anita’s Grade III Thunder Road Handicap in February of 2011 before return-
ing one month later to capture the Grade I Frank E. Kilroe Mile. Fluke’s second
career Grade I victory was achieved when he fought off favored Caracortado to
win the $300,000 event by a head.
Santa Anita Stakes Win • Spent 35 years as an assistant to Frankel. Operated the esteemed trainer’s West
Coast division while Frankel spent several of his later years in New York and after
Frank E. Kilroe Mile (GI)—Fluke (2011)
Frankel returned home to California to battle his illness.
San Gabriel H. (GII)—Proudinsky (2009)
• Netted his first career training victory with Cachuma on March 28, 1985, at
Santa Anita. Also conditioned Caballo de Oro, a winner of his first three starts in
Other Major Stakes Wins 1987.
Citation H. (GI-Hol)—Fluke (2009)
Matriarch (GI-Hol)—Ventura (2009) Personal
Native Diver H. (GIII-Hol)—Mast Track (2009)
• Left Tijuana, Mexico, in 1969 after being advised by his brother-in-law, Jessie
Thunder Road H. (GIII) —Fluke (2011)
Ortega, that he could earn $245 a month as a groom in Southern California.
Worked for trainers Farrell Jones and Buster Millerick before being hired by
Highlights Frankel in 1973.
• After taking the reins of Bobby Frankel’s stable following the Hall of Fame train- • Was promoted to barn foreman after working for two years as a groom. Obtained
er’s death due to lymphoma on Nov. 16, 2009, the longtime Frankel aide saddled a license to become an assistant trainer in 1976.
a pair of Grade I winners during Hollywood Park’s 2009 fall meeting: Fluke, an • Son Matthew works as Ascanio’s barn foreman. Another son, Michael, is
upset winner of the $300,000 Citation Handicap, and favored Ventura in the employed as an official clocker at Hollywood Park.
$300,000 Matriarch.
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sTEvE asmUssEN Other Major Stakes Wins
Alfred J. Vanderbilt H. (GI-Sar)—Majesticperfection (2010)
Adirondack (GII-Sar)—My Miss Aurelia (2011)
Amsterdam (GII-Sar)—Bwana Charlie (2004); Santana Strings (2009)
Birthdate: November 18, 1965 Aristides (GIII-CD)—Riley Tucker (2010)
Assault (LS)—Skip a Smile (2011)
Birthplace: Gettysburg, S. Dakota
Ballerina (GI-Sar)—Lady Tak (2004)
Wife: Julie Barbaro (Del)—Awesome Bet (2011)
Children: Keith James, Darren Scott Bashford Manor (GII-CD)—Kantharos (2010)
Bay Shore (GIII-Aqu)—J Be K (2008)
and Eric Mark
Cicada (GIII-Aqu)—Heart Ashley (2009)
Residence: Arlington, Texas Cigar Mile H. (GI-Aqu)—Kodiak Kowboy (2009)
Count Fleet (GIII-OP)—Haynesfield (2009)
Cowdin (GIII-Bel)—He’s Got Grit (2005)
Damon Runyon (Aqu)—Haynesfield (2008)
Delta Mile (DeD)—Z Humor (2010)
Triple Crown Wins
Discovery (GIII-Aqu)—Haynesfield (2009)
Preakness (GI-Pim)—Curlin (2007); Rachel Alexandra (2009) Distorted Humor (Sar)—Wine Police (2011)
Dubai World Cup (GI-NAS)—Curlin (2008)
Breeders' Cup Wins Duck Dance (Bel)—Rule by Night (2011)
Classic (GI)—Curlin (2007-Mth) Dwyer (GII-Bel)—Kensei (2009); Dominus (2011)
Juvenile Fillies (GI)—My Miss Aurelia (2011-CD) Edward J. DeBartolo Memorial H. (RP)—Skip a Smile (2011)
El Camino Real Derby (GIII-GG)—Silver Medallion (2011)
Turf Sprint (GII)—Regally Ready (2011-CD)
Fairgrounds H. (GIII-FG)—Expansion (2011)
Fleur de Lis H. (GII-CD)—Rachel Alexandra (2010)
Santa Anita Stakes Win
Frizette (GI-Bel)—My Miss Aurelia (2011)
Eddie Logan—Silver Medallion (2010) Futurity (GII-Bel)—Cuvee (2003); Private Vow (2005)
Joe Hernandez—Regally Ready (2011) Gallant Bloom (GII-Bel)—Lady Tak (2004)
San Simeon H. (GIII)—Regally Ready (2011) Garden State (Mth)—Sabercat (2011)
Sham (GIII)—Tapizar (2011) Gold Cup H. (Hou)—Z Humor (2011)
Governor’s Cup (RP)—Skip a Smile (2011)
Grindstone (FG)—Great Mills (2011)
Groovy (Aqu)—Rule by Night (2010)
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Haskell Invitational H. (GI-Mth)—Rachel Alexandra (2009) Texas Stallion S. (LS)—Miss Lederhosen (2011)
Honorable Miss (GII-Sar)—Forest Music (2005) Tiffany Lass (FG)—Wicked Deed (2011)
Indiana Derby (GII-Hoo)—Wilburn (2011) Twin Spires Turf Sprint (GIII-CD)—Regally Ready (2011)
Iowa Oaks (GIII-PrM)—Hightap (2009) Veteran (Zia)—Sunday Sunrise (2010)
Jim Dandy (GII-Sar)—Kensei (2009) Vosburgh (GI-Bel)—Kodiak Kowboy (2009)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (GI-Bel)—Curlin (2008); Haynesfield (2010) West Virginia Derby (GII-Mnr)—Soul Warrior (2009)
Kentucky Cup Classic (GII-TP)—Zanjero (2008) Wild Rose (PrM)—Remit (2011)
Kentucky Oaks (GI-CD)—Summerly (2005) Woodward (GI-Sar)—Curlin (2008); Rachel Alexandra (2009)
Letellier Memorial (FG)—Fastation (2011) Woody Stephens (GII-Bel)—J Be K (2008); Justin Phillip (2011)
Louisiana Derby (GII-FG)—Pyro (2008)
Mr. Sulu (FG)—Hallway (2010) Highlights
Molly Pitcher (GII-Mth)—Luna Vega (2009)
• First Grade I winner: Dreams Galore, 1999 Mother Goose at Belmont Park.
Mother Goose (GI-Bel)—Dreams Galore (1999); Rachel Alexandra (2009)
• Eclipse Award winner: 2008, 2009
Nearctic (GI-WO)—Regally Ready (2011)
• Eclipse Award winners trained: Curlin, 2007, 2008 Horse of the Year, 2008
Pimlico Special (GI-Pim)—Student Council (2008)
Older Male; Rachel Alexandra, 2009 Horse of the Year, 2009 3-Year-Old Filly;
Quick Call (Sar)—Great Mills (2011)
Kodiak Kowboy, 2009 Sprinter
Razorback H. (GIII-OP)—It Happened Again (2011)
• Milestones:
Red Camellia (FG)—Hisse (2011)
6,000th career winner, Nov. 18, 2011, Basalt at Remington Park;
Ricks Memorial (RP)—Pleasantly Blessed (2011)
5,000th career winner, Sept. 11, 2009, Passion Rules at Woodbine Racecourse;
Riley Allison Futurity (Sun)—City Cool (2011)
4,000th career winner, Feb. 17, 2008, J J’s Bud at Oaklawn Park.
Riva Ridge (GII-Bel)—Posse (2003)
• On his 46th birthday, Nov. 18, 2011, Asmussen became the youngest and only
Salvator Mile (GIII-Mth)—Kensei (2011)
the fifth trainer in North American racing history to reach the 6,000-win mile-
Sands Point (GIII-Bel)—R Clear Victory (2008)
stone when Basalt captured the first race at Remington Park in Oklahoma City.
Sapling (GIII-Mth)—She Digs Me (2011)
The late Dale Baird is the all-time wins leader with 9,445. When Asmussen
Saratoga Special (GII-Sar)—Cuvee (2003); Kodiak Kowboy (2007); Kantharos
reached the 6,000-win plateau, the others were Jack Van Berg at 6,409; King
(2010)
Leatherbury, 6,331, and Jerry Hollendorfer, 6,057. Baird was the previous young-
Schuylerville (GII-Sar)—Jardin (2008); Hot Dixie Chick (2009)
est, 57, when he reached the 6,000 milestone in 1992. As an illustration of the
Select (Mth)—Chipshot (2011)
frequency of his victories, Asmussen’s 6,000th win was achieved just over two
Smarty Jones (Prx)—Wilburn (2011)
years and two months after he had reached 5,000.
Spinaway (GI-Sar)—Hot Dixie Chick (2009)
• Earned his second straight Eclipse Award as the nation’s outstanding trainer in
Stephen Foster (GI-CD)—Curlin (2008)
2009 while breaking his own single-season high with a record 650 wins from
Suburban H. (GII-Bel)—Haynesfield (2010)
2,944 starters and earning $21,876,405 in purses as he trained North America’s
Test (GI-Sar)—Lady Tak (2003)
Horse of the Year for a third successive year.
Texas Mile (GIII-LS)—Thiskyhasnolimit (2011)
• Rachel Alexandra won Horse of the Year esteem in 2009 with a perfect 8-0 season • Scott Blasi: Born Aug. 24, 1973 in Independence, Kansas . . . Decided to leave
that included historic triumphs over 3-year-old males in the Preakness Stakes, Oklahoma State University and join his older brother, Greg, in working for
Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park and against older males in Saratoga’s Asmussen as an exercise rider . . . ”Steve and I clicked right away,” says Blasi, “and
Woodward Stakes. it’s worked out well ever since.” . . . Relinquished role as exercise rider in 2005
• First Eclipse Award came in 2008 as Curlin won a second successive Horse of the to concentrate on supervising daily training, but sill rides stable pony to oversee
Year title and Asmussen realized a personal earnings high of $24,082,524 from duties . . . Blasi was the vast stable’s trainer of record for a six-month period start-
618 winners. His earnings topped all North American trainers in both 2008 and ing July 10, 2006, when Asmussen served a suspension for a medication violation
2009. He has led in victories in 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004 and 2002. . . . During that time, he claimed Golden Hare, who went on to win 14 races in
• After winning the Preakness and the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2007 at Monmouth 2007 and rank as North America’s winningest horse before being claimed away
Park, Curlin returned in 2008 with Grade I triumphs in the Dubai World Cup, in 2008 . . . Saddled Appealing Zophie to victory in Grade I Spinaway Stakes
Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs and Belmont Park’s Jockey Club at Saratoga in 2008 during Asmussen’s absence . . . Has no plans to branch out
Gold Cup. Victory in the latter elevated Curlin’s earnings over the $10 million on his own: “We’ve had such a good thing going and to be around these kind of
plateau, making him the richest American-based horse of all-time. Curlin was horses is not something I want to walk away from any time soon.”
retired to Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky following a fourth-place finish in the
2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Personal
• Rachael Alexandra was turned over to Asmussen following her purchase by his
• Learned the business from his parents, Keith and Marilyn, both trainers. Helped
then main client, Jess Jackson, of Stonestreet Stable, on the heels of a 20-length
his parents walk horses and muck stalls by the time he was 5. Lost part of his
victory in the 2009 Kentucky Oaks. Jackson died in April of 2011.
thumb in a childhood accident while holding a horse though a chain link fence.
• In addition to the total of five Eclipse Awards achieved by Curlin and Rachael
• Took out his jockey’s license at the age of 16 but outgrew the venture after riding
Alexandra, an Asmussen trainee picked up a sixth in 2009 when Kodiak Kowboy
for three years in New Mexico, California and New York. His brother, Cash, was
was named the nation’s top sprinter. Kodiak Kowboy sped to victories in the
a top rider. Cash Asmussen won an Eclipse Award as the nation’s premier appren-
Grade I Vosburgh at Belmont and in Aqueduct’s Grade I Cigar Mile Handicap.
tice in 1979 before becoming a champion jockey in Europe.
• My Miss Aurelia (Juvenile Fillies) and Regally Ready (Turf Sprint) joined Curlin
• The Asmussen family operates El Primero Training Center in Laredo, Texas.
as Breeders’ Cup champions for Asmussen at Churchill Downs in 2011. My Miss
Aurelia’s three-length victory extended her unbeaten record to four starts and
gained an apparent lock on Eclipse Award voting. Regally Ready’s win was his
sixth of the year in nine starts as a 4-year-old.
• As evidence of the diversity of his far-flung racing operation, Asmussen was
the leading trainer in 2010 at Churchill Downs, Oaklawn Park, Fair Grounds
and Monmouth Park (tie). He had divisions in New York, Chicago, Kentucky,
Texas and Louisiana before expanding to Southern California for Santa Anita’s
2009/2010 meet where his runners won four stakes races. The Southern
California operation is handled by Scott Blasi.
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bOb baFFErT Baffle—Macias (2010)
Bolsa Chica—Broadway's Top Gun (1991)
California Breeders’ Champion (Colts)—In Excessive Bull (1996);
General Challenge (1999); Gibson County (2000); Da Stoops (2005);
Birthdate: January 13, 1953 Pirates Deputy (2006)
California Cup Classic H. (OT)—Charmonnier (1991)
Birthplace: Nogales, Arizona
California Cup Distance H. (OT)—Century Park (2009)
Wife: Jill California Cup Juvenile (OT)—Ebonair (1991); Cavonnier (1995);
Children: Taylor, Canyon, Forest, Ex Marks the Cop (1997)
Savannah and Bode California Cup Juvenile Fillies (OT)—Theresa's Pleasure (1990)
California Cup Matron H. (OT)—Fun In Excess (1997)
Residence: Arcadia
California Cup Sprint H. (OT)—Letthebighossroll (1991); Da Stoops (2006)
California Sires (OT)—Ex Marks the Cop (1997)
California Sires (Fillies) (OT)—Inexcessive Speed (1997)
Cascapedia (OT)—Hookedonthefeelin (2000)
Triple Crown Wins Eddie Logan—Macias (2009)
El Conejo H. (GIII)—Gundaghia (1994); High Stakes Player (1997)
Kentucky Derby (GI-CD)—Silver Charm (1997); Real Quiet (1998);
El Encino (GII)—Chilukki (2001); Always a Princess (2011)
War Emblem (2002)
Goodwood H. (GI)—Silver Charm (GII-1998-OT); Game On Dude (2011-SA)
Preakness (GI-Pim)—Silver Charm (1997); Real Quiet (1998); Point Given
Hill Rise—Mountain Rage (2001)
(2001); War Emblem (2002); Lookin At Lucky (2010)
Jack Goodman (OT)—Macias (2009); Secret Circle (2011-SA)
Belmont (GI-Bel)—Point Given (2001)
Joe Hernandez—Sangaree (2010)
Kalookan Queen H.—Western Hemisphere (2006); Mother Ruth (2011)
Breeders' Cup Wins
La Brea (GI)—Arches of Gold (GII-1992); Magical Allure (1998);
Juvenile (GI)—Vindication (2002-AP); Midshipman (2008-OT) Hookedonthefeelin (1999); Pussycat Doll (2005); Indian Blessing (2008)
Juvenile Fillies (GI)—Silverbulletday (1998-CD); Indian Blessing (2007-Mth) La Cañada (GII)—Cat Fighter (2004); Always a Princess (2011)
Juvenile Sprint—Secret Circle (2011-CD) Lady’s Secret (GI-OT)—Magical Allure (GII-1998); Tough Tiz’s Sis (2007)
Sprint (GI)—Thirty Slews (1992-GP); Midnight Lute (2007-Mth; 2008-OT) La Puente—Mountain Rage (2002)
Las Flores H. (GIII)—Behaving Badly (2006); Gilded Gem (2011)
Santa Anita Stakes Wins Las Virgenes (GI)—Composure (2003)
Monrovia H. (GIII)—Resplendency (2004)
Academy Road—Mountain Rage (2002)
Norfolk (GI-OT)—Souvenir Copy (GII-1997); Flame Thrower (GII-2000);
Anoakia (OT)—Princess Belle (2000); Crisis of Spirit (2009)
Kafwain (GII-2002); Roman Ruler (2004); Lookin At Lucky (2009)
Arcadia H.—Commitisize (1999, 2000)
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Oak Leaf (GI-OT)—Vivid Angel (1997); Excellent Meeting (1998); Chilukki Santa Ysabel (GIII)—Atlantic Ocean (2003); Century Park (2009); May Day Rose
(1999); Notable Career (2000); Composure (GII-2002); Diamond Omi (2011)
(GII-2005); Cry and Catch Me (2007) San Vicente (GII)—The Factor (2011)
Palos Verdes H. (GII)—High Stakes Player (1997); Euroears (2011) Sham (GIII)—Wild and Wise (2001); Bob and John (2006)
Pine Tree Lane (OT)—Shameful (2003); Resplendency (2005) Strub (GII)—Silver Charm (1998); General Challenge (2000);
Potrero Grande H. (GII)—Sir Hutch (1994); Ventana (2010) Wooden Phone (2001)
Robert B. Lewis (GII)—General Challenge (1999); Domestic Dispute (2003); Sunshine Millions Dash—Da Stoops (2006)
Pioneerof the Nile (2009) Sunshine Millions Oaks—Atlantic Ocean (2003)
San Antonio H. (GII)—Congaree (2003); Richard's Kid (2010) Thunder Road H.—Senor Swinger (2006)
San Felipe (GII)—Prime Timber (1999); Point Given (2001); Tokyo City Cup (GIII)—Classic Cat (GII-1999); Preachinatthebar (2006)
Preachinatthebar (2004); Pioneerof the Nile (2009) Zany Tactics—Officer (2002)
San Fernando (GII)—Silver Charm (1998); Air Commander (2008); Indian
Firewater (2011) Other Major Stakes Wins
San Miguel—Popular (GIII-2002); Too Much Bling (2006); EZ Warrior (2007)
Acorn (GI-Bel)—Gabby’s Golden Gal (2009)
San Pedro—Courageous Act (2004)
Adirondack (GII-Sar)—More Happy (2007)
San Pasqual H. (GII)—Silver Charm (1998); Wooden Phone (2002);
Adoration (Dmr)—Moon de French (2010)
Congaree (2003)
Beverly J. Lewis (Fpx) – Subsidized (2010)
San Rafael (GII)—Rojo Toro (2003); Conveyance (2010)
Affirmed H. (GIII-Hol)—General Challenge (1989); Point Determined (2006);
San Vicente (GII)—Silver Charm (1997); Exploit (1999); Kafwain (2003);
Coil (2011)
Too Much Bling (2006)
A Gleam H. (GII-Hol)—Irish Gypsy (2011)
Santa Anita Derby (GI)—Cavonnier (1996); Indian Charlie (1998);
Alabama (GI-Sar)—Silverbulletday (1999)
General Challenge (1999); Pioneerof the Nile (2009); Midnight Interlude
Alcibiades (GII-Kee)—Silverbulletday (1998)
(2011)
Alydar (Hol)—Awesome Patriot (2011)
Santa Anita H. (GI)—General Challenge (2000); Misremembered (2010);
Alysheba (GIII-CD)—First Dude (2011)
Game On Dude (2011)
Answer Do (Hol)—Gibson County (2001)
Santa Anita Oaks (GI)—Excellent Meeting (1999); Composure (2003)
Arlington H. (GIII-AP)—Senor Swinger (2004)
Santa Barbara H. (GII)—Caffe Latte (2000)
Ashland (GI-Kee)—Silverbulletday (1999)
Santa Maria H. (GI)—Favorite Funtime (2002)
Azeri (GIII-OP)—Freedom Star (2010)
Santa Monica H. (GI)—Behaving Badly (2006); Pussycat Doll (2007);
Bangles and Beads (Fpx)—Via Veneto (2010)
Gabby's Golden Gal (2010)
Barona Cup (Dmr)—Shake Off (2004)
Santana Mile—Misremembered (2011)
Bay Shore (GIII-Aqu)—Too Much Bling (2006)
Santa Paula (GIII)—Friendly Michelle (2004); No Bull Baby (2005)
Beaumont (Kee)—Victory USA (2004)
Santa Ynez (GII)—Indian Blessing (2008)
Bel Air H. (GII-Hol)—River Keen (1999)