BIRDIE TOLD ME

RACE RECORD:    16 STARTS   1-3-2     $28,107

Birdie Told Me is an Illinois-bred mare. She’s by graded stakes winner Eavesdropper, by Kingmambo and a half-brother to former leading sire AP Indy. She’s out of $156,635 stakes winner Dixie Bird, by Dixieland Brass. The first dam is a half-sister to $557,107 stakes winner Homing Pigeon. This is the immediate family of grade I stakes winning millionaire Western Playboy and $850,141 graded stakes winner Bungalow.

Birdie has foaled several good horses, including stakes winner Raintree Starlet and $150,000 winner Boom Box.  She’s got a big, strong looking two-year-old hopefully racing this year.

She’ll be visiting stakes winner Vertiformer this breeding season. He’s a half-brother to Breeder’’s Cup Classic-placed Declaration of War, a Breeder’s Cup winning sire.

blue mocha (3 YO Filly)

(southern california based)

RACE RECORD:   1 STARTS  0-0-0  $360

This long-striding Kentucky-bred filly is by European Highweight Air Force Blue, a graded stakes winning sire with earners over $10m with his fourth crop at stud. The filly is out of a Medaglia d’Oro mares from a family loaded with graded stakes horses. She’s in the barn of Scott Tubbs.

Blue Mocha ran an encouraging fifth in her career debut, rushing up to make the lead in the opening furlong, battling around the turn and tiring late in her first try at Turf Paradise. She should improve in her second start.

Unfortunately, Blue Mocha suffered an ankle injury and will require several months out of training.

CHARMINGSIDE

(Texas-bred)

RACE RECORD:   4 STARTS  0-0-0  $4,492

Charmingside is a Texas-bred two-year-old filly by Stonesider out of a Silver Charm mare. Stonesider, a son of Giant’s Causeway, won his only race and has produced some good runners as a sire. The filly is out of mare that has produced winners of over $300,000. She’s in Danny Pish’s barn.

Charming was an improved third in her last start, rallying around the turn and down the lane to be beaten just two lengths at the wire.

CODE RIBBON

RACE RECORD:   21 STARTS  4-5-5  $160,834

Code Ribbon is a California-bred daughter of Desert Code out of a Grand Reward mare. The filly is twice-stakes placed and a half-sister to a Longacres Mile runner-up. She’s in Jeff Metz’ barn.

The filly came running late to finish fourth, beaten less than 3 lengths in her last race at Golden Gate and was claimed away.

FLY WICKED EAGLE

RACE RECORD:   5 STARTS  1-0-2  $15,540

Fly Wicked Eagle is a Cal-bred son of Ultimate Eagle. He’s on the northern California circuit with trainer Ed Moger.

FWE was outrun in his first start off the claim for us at Golden Gate while stepping up in class, trying turf and stretching out. He should go better next time with a more familiar setting.

GLAMORIDE

RACE RECORD:   31  STARTS  6-5-6     $202,260

This Louisiana-bred filly is by grade III winner Ide, sire of 14 stakes winners and earners over $21 million. The filly is the first foal out of a Forestry mare who is a half-sister to a $335,557 stakes winner and another grade III stakes-placed winner. This is the immediate family of grade I winner Home At Last, who banked $972,914.  Glamoride was retired after her last race, finishing a brilliant career as a stakes-placed winner of over $200,000. 

Glam’s first foal was an Allowance winner, Halfglamorous. Her second foal is winner Glamorous Star, She has a 2 YO Bernardini colt and foaled a Cupid colt this season. She’s in foal to Custom for Carlos now.

GLOBAL NATION

RACE RECORD:   17 STARTS  2-3-4  $51,316

This flashy youngster is by grade I winning, $6.1 million dollar winner Gio Ponti out of a black-type, quality female family.   As a sire, Gio Ponti has already produced a Breeder’s Cup and Champion.  He’s in Kate Demasi’s barn and currently located in Pennsylvania.

Global was retired after his last race. He had a lot of ability in his career, but was unlucky in not finding turf races suffering heat stroke and flipping at the gate over the years.

Halfglamorous

(LOUISIANA-BRED)

RACE RECORD:   19 STARTS  4-4-2  $117,386

This filly is by Half Ours, arguably the best sire in Louisiana.  She’s the first foal out of our multiple stakes-placed mare of over $200,000.  She’s in the barn of Justin Jeansonne.

Halfglam was last in her final race at Fair Grounds and has been retired. Her heart just wasn’t in it any longer. She won an Allowance race for us at the peak of her career. She should make a nice broodmare for someone.

HARD BUT SMART (cal-based)

RACE RECORD:   3 STARTS  0-0-0  $1,500

Hard But Smart has one of the stronger pedigrees in the stable. She’s by Hard Spun out of a Smart Strike mare. Hard Spun was a grade I winning multi-millionaire on the track. At stud, he’s sired five grade I winners and earners over $117m. The filly is out of an Aqueduct Maiden Special winning Smart Strike mare. The second dam is a $190k stakes placed daughter of Bernardini. The third dam produced five stakes horses, including Florida Derby winner and sire Vicar. She’s in the Jeff Metz barn on the SoCal racing circuit.

Hard But Smart didn’t live up to high expectations on the race track and was sold as a broodmare prospect.

HUSH HUSH

RACE RECORD:   7 STARTS  0-2-0  $6,646

Hush Hush is a homebred Kentucky-bred daughter of Straight Line out of our Eavesdropper mare. She’s in the barn of trainer Brian Williamson on the Kentucky circuit.

In her first race off the layoff, Hush was fifth in a dull effort at Turfway Park, showing no early speed and not enough down the lane to threaten.

KNOCKOUT KICK

RACE RECORD:   9 STARTS  3-1-0   $76,450

This well-balanced colt is by the classic winner of $3m Shackleford, now a quality sire in Kentucky and standing for $20,000.  The colt is out of an Allowance winning Two Punch mare of $161,220 who has already produced two good runners.  He’s in the barn of Kate Demasi on the Pennsylvania circuit. 

Knockout battled for the early lead, fought with the leader into the stretch and tired down the lane to be last of five at Penn National.

LIFE’S EMOTION

RACE RECORD:   15 STARTS  2-7-3  $28,300

Life’s Emotion is a Cal-bred daughter of Street Life out of a Birdonthewire mare. She’s got good, tactical speed and is in the barn of Jeff Metz.

The consistent filly just missed again, finishing second and beaten just a half-length by a late flyer in her race at Emerald. Unfortunately, she was claimed away from us.

Mamacallmeboo

RACE RECORD:   10 STARTS  3-2-1   $30,975

This colt is by one of Washington’s top sires Abraaj, from the speedy Carson City bloodline, out of our Holy Bull mare.  The colt is a full-brother to multiple winner Abraa Jabraa, a speedy and talented filly.  He’s in the barn of Tim McCanna.

     Boo romped by four lengths, going wire-to-wire, in his last race at Emerald and was claimed away.

MO CONNELLY

RACE RECORD:   23 STARTS  5-2-3  $75,300

Mo Connelly is a California-bred daughter or Mineshaft out of a Bodemeister mare. She’s in the barn of Jeff Metz now..

After back-to-back wins, Mo was third as the beaten favorite in her last start at Emerald and was claimed away from us

MISSJEANLOUISE

RACE RECORD:   27 STARTS  8-9-3  $365,951

Missjeanlouise is a broodmare that will foal out in Washington next year. On the race track, the talented filly was a multiple stakes winner earning over $365,000. She’s by Horse of the Year Victory Gallop, a sire of four Champions and 76 stakes-winners with career progeny earnings of nearly $50m.

Louise foaled a big Stay Thirsty baby in April, California’s top sire. She’s now in foal to Raging Tiger.

MONGOLIAN MEMORY

RACE RECORD:   21 STARTS  4-1-0  $102,542

Mongolian Memory is by European Champion and top quality sire Noble Mission out of an Eavesdropper mare. Noble Mission is a full-brother to legendary race horse and sire Frankel. Noble Mission has many graded stakes winners in his young career, including Code of Honor. Mongolian, winner of the Startac stakes as a 3 YO, is in the barn of Scott Tubbs.

Mongolian was 6th, beaten two lengths, against tough Starter Allowance company at Turf Paradise last time out, closing ground but unable to improve position late.

zoelithic (cal-based 2 YO)

RACE RECORD:   0 STARTS  0-0-0  $0

This filly is by $2.3m earner Neolithic out of a Street Cry mare. This is from the family of grade I winner La Gueriere. The filly zipped a furlong in :10 1/5 at the OBS sale. She’s in the barn of Jeff Metz in southern California.

The quick filly will be at the farm recovering from the hard training in preparation for the OBS sale.

OH BABY OH BABY

RACE RECORD:   24 STARTS  9-3-1    $254,652

Oh Baby Oh Baby is a Louisiana-bred daughter of Orientate out of a Forty Niner mare.  She was a modest $12,500 claim and went on to win a couple stakes for us before we retired her for our breeding program.

OBOB’s first foal was a modest runner. Her second foal is a California Chrome 3YO unraced filly we sold as a yearling. Thirsty Baby, by Stay Thirsty, is her 2 YO and he’ll return to training later this summer. She foaled a Mr Big filly this season and is in foal now to Smiling Tiger.

pURPLE NIGHT

RACE RECORD:   13 STARTS  2-3-2  $24,000

Purple Night is a California-bred daughter of grade I stakes winner and quality sire Competitive Edge out of a nice Slewdledo mare with a solid Washington stakes family. She’s in the barn of Jeff Metz.

In her second start off the claim for us, Purple went wire-to-wire in a sharp win at Emerald. She’s in good form and we hope to keep it going.

SHE SAID MY WAY

(Washington-bred)

RACE RECORD:   5 STARTS  0-3-0  $7,360

She Said My Way is a Washington-bred daughter of Lutes Gift out of a Harbor the Gold mare. She’s in the barn of trainer Jeff Metz.

In the only start we had her for, She Said ran second at Emerald and was claimed away.

STAR GUITAR YEARLING FILLY

(Louisiana-bred)

RACE RECORD:   0 STARTS  0-0-0  $0

This LA-bred yearling filly is by Star Guitar, four-time LA Champion and how a three-time LA Champion sire. The filly is out of our $201k stakes-placed mare Glamoride. Her first foal is an Allowance over over $90,000 as a three-year-old. This is the second foal out of the dam, who foaled a Bernardini colt this season.

She’ll be in the barn of Danny Pish when she’s ready for racing next year.

STOP THE MADNESS

RACE RECORD:   7 STARTS  7-0-1  $8,940

The filly is by Collected, who was a $2.9m grade I stakes-winner and runner-up in the Breeder’s Cup Classic.  He stands for $15,000 in Kentucky and we look forward to seeing his first foals race.  The filly is out of an unraced Tiznow mare.  Tiznow was Horse of the Year and a $6m winner at the races.  He’s been a top quality sire with over 80 stakes winners and earners of more than $93m.   

This is the mare’s first foal and she’s from a high-end family.  The dam is a half-sister to graded stakes-winner of $871k Unzip Me and two other winners of $150k+.  The third dam in this family is $905k graded stakes winner Soviet Problem, who was second against the boys in a Breeder’s Cup Sprint in her heyday, missing by a head to Cherokee Run. 

STM broke her maiden last time out at Evangeline, rallying off the pace and drawing clear in the final 100 yards.

TAM TRICKY

(Washington, no Cal based)

RACE RECORD:   8 STARTS  1-2-4  $26,880

Tam Tricky is a Cal-bred filly by graded stakes winner Tamaradno out of a Lit de Justice mare from a productive family. The ultra-consistent filly with good, tactical speed is in the barn of trainer Jeff Metz.

In her first start off the claim for us, Tam sat just off the pace, made an outside bid on the turn for home and hung down the lane to be fifth.

thirsty baby

(california-BASED)

RACE RECORD:    STARTS  3 1-1-0  $9,985

This Cal-bred colt is by Stay Thirsty out of a stakes-winning Orientate mare. Stay Thirsty was a grade I winner of $1.9m on the race track. He was California’s top sire again last year and ranked 52nd nationally. He stands for $15,000 stud fee and his yearlings averaged $31k at sale last year. The colt is out of our $254k stakes winning mare Oh Baby Oh Baby, by Orientate.

Thirsty broke his maiden in his third career start, a four-length victory at Golden Gate. Unfortunately, he was claimed away from us.

Winning Time

(Pennsylvania-BASED YO colt)

RACE RECORD:   8 STARTS  3-2-3  $253,620

This PA-bred yearling is by stakes winner Winchill out of a productive Fusaichi Pegasus mare. The colt is a full-brother to a winner of 5 of 9 with other $155k in earnings. The colt is trained by Kate Demasi.

Winning Time ran second in a tough Allowance Optional sprint at Parx, leading the field into the stretch and just not able to stick with the winner down the lane.