Category: Horses
Kindle Produces Tiznow Colt
HnR Nothaft Horseracing’s Mutliple Stakes Winning and Multiple Graded Stakes placed Mare Kindle produced a colt on January 26th by Tiznow, two time Horse of the Year, known as the Big Horse Sire. Kindle by Indian Charlie out of a Carson City Mare, Carson’s Vanity won two listed stakes and placed five times in graded stakes in a 11 race career that produced 4 wins, 4 places and 1 show. Her best statistical performance produced a triple digit Beyer Number (100) in winning the Cool Air Stakes and probably her most exciting race was getting edged at the wire by two times Breeders’ Cup Champion Mizdirection in the Monrovia Stakes. A versatile sprinter, Kindle won on dirt, synthetic and turf surfaces.
The new colt is healthy, well formed and has great substance. We can’t wait to see him mature as we matched the brilliant speed of Kindle with the world class two turn capability of Tiznow. Kindle is a very muscular mare who fits well with taller, longer Tiznow. Besides the physical compatibility, the pedigree nicks are strong as well. This mating is rated an A by Truenicks, and A++ by Werk’s enicks and a 20/20 match by G1 Goldmine.
http://www.winstarfarm.com/horses/tiznow-2021.html#hh-overview
Living The Life eyes elusive stakes win on dirt
This post is from an article by Steve Andersen from the Daily Racing Form. It should be noted that Living the Life wore modified eye shields in the Great Lady M Stakes that seemed to cure or diminish her reaction to dirt kick back that has bothered her in previous races on dirt traces.
Living The Life eyes elusive stakes win on dirt
Article by Steve Andersen Daily Racing Form
01/18/2016 3:40PM
By Steve Andersen
“Living the Life has had success on synthetic tracks, but is still looking for her first stakes win on dirt.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Living The Life has been outstanding in sprints for fillies and mares on synthetic tracks in the last two years, having won four such stakes in California, England, and Pennsylvania. What’s missing is the same level of success on dirt.
On Saturday at Santa Anita, Living The Life will start in a stakes on dirt for the fourth time in the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes. It will be her first time in a dirt stakes since she finished second in the Grade 2 Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos last July. From trainer Gary Mandella’s perspective, the Grade 2 Santa Monica Stakes for fillies and mares at seven furlongs is an ideal test for the 6-year-old mare.
“It’s a very good distance for her,” Mandella said.
Mandella is realistic, too. Living The Life ran well to finish second to Fantastic Style at Los Alamitos but was 10th in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint here in 2014 and fifth in the Desert Stormer Stakes here last June.
“Her dirt races have been a bit muddling,” he said. “She got sick immediately after the Breeders’ Cup, and I think it started the days before.”
Mandella said he was not discouraged by the loss in the Desert Stormer. Living The Life closed from 10th in a field of 11 to finish 2 1/2 lengths behind the longshot winner, Amaranth.
“She had a lot of trouble and finished strongly,” he said. “That gave us the reason to try again. She ran great at Los Al. She caught a filly that ran big that day.”
Living The Life has won 9 of 28 starts and earned $791,704. Owned by Hank Nothhaft, Living The Life was sixth in the Goldikova Stakes at a mile on turf at Del Mar last November. Prior to that race, she won the Presque Isle Masters on a synthetic track at Presque Isle Downs in Pennsylvania for the second consecutive year.
In the Santa Monica Stakes, Living The Life is part of a projected field of seven led by Sunday Rules, the winner of the Kalookan Queen Stakes on Dec. 30. Other candidates are Ben’s Duchess, Kiss At Midnight, Kyriaki, Prize Exhibit, and Tara’s Tango.
On Monday, Ben’s Duchess worked five furlongs in 1:00.20, while Tara’s Tango went the same distance in 1:00.40.”
Photo Coady Photography LTL Win 2 Master Stakes Joe Bravo up
Living the Life back on the Grass in the Goldikova Stakes Grade 2
Click on the Link to read Bloodhorse Article on Living the Life in the Goldikova Stakes
Living the Life stretches to mile in Goldikova Stakes
Silver Train Makes Gold for Ryans
TDN HEADLINE NEWS Article appeared in TDN on May 20, 2015
The husband-and-wife team of Crystal and Marcus Ryan, which consigns as Mason Springs, celebrated its
biggest sales success to date when selling hip 468, a colt by Silver Train, for $125,000 to the bid of trainer
Gary Contessa.
We work for Darley in the mornings and we ride out for Tim Jones down in Aiken in the pre-training and then we do our
own horses on the farm at home, explained Marcus Ryan. The couple, married for three years now, have pinhooked one
horse a year for the last four years. They were able to purchase the Silver Train colt for $7,500 at last year=s Midlantic
Fall sale on the advice of Chris Welker. We bought him outside the ring and through some friends who put us in the right direction, Ryan explained. I was looking at another horse, but he went for too much money and Crystal told me I had to come
down and look at this horse. She is 100% a great judge of horses.
Crystal Ryan acknowledged she had big hopes leading the colt into the ring Tuesday, but the final We were thinking around $50-60,000, she said. We knew we had something special, but being by Silver Train we weren’t sure what would happen. Asked if this was the couple’s biggest success, Crystal Ryan said, By far. This is all of the rest of them put together.
Crystal Ryan is a Michigan native who had been riding reining horses before transitioning to Thoroughbreds. Marcus Ryan is a transplanted Irishman who had been involved in steeple chasing. The morning we bought our first horse is the day we
got engaged, Marcus Ryan recalled. A friend of ours told me, you know it’s serious when you buy a yearling together, the ring is definitely coming, Crystal Ryan laughed. That just seals it. Marcus proposed to me here in Timonium
West Coast Trainer Moves East Extracted from Horse of the Delaware Valley
Written by Linda Dougherty
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Las Cienegas Stakes Draws 15 nominations including Living the Life
HnR Nothhaft Horseracing Living the Life Set to Makes U.S. turf debut in the Las Cienegas Stakes
Living the Life trained by Gary Mandella is targeted to make her second start of 2015 at Santa Anita on April 11th. This will mark Living the Life’s U.S. turf debut and her first time on the turf since Leicester, 23 Sep 2013 in a 7 furlong affair on the difficult 7 furlong course. She won impressively pulling away from a field of 16 by 6 lengths at the end. Living the Life’s connections moved her to the All-Weather surface her next start and never tried her on the grass again. The Leicester course is often used to prepare horses for the difficult up hill sprint course at Royal Ascot.
41st Running Of
Las Cienegas Stakes
$100,000 Guaranteed
(Grade III)
FOR FILLIES AND MARES FOUR YEARS OLD AND UPWARD By subscription of $100 each to accompany the nomination or by supplementary nomination of $2,000 at
time of entry. $1,500 additional to start with $100,000 guaranteed of which $60,000 to the winner, $20,000 to second, $12,000 to third, $6,000 to fourth and $2,000 to fifth.
123 lbs. Non-winners of a Graded stake since October 11, 2014 allowed 3 lbs. Non-winners of a Graded stake since April 11, 2014, allowed 5 lbs. Total earnings in non
claiming races will be used in determining the preference of horses with equal weights. Starters to be named through the entry box by the closing time of entries. A trophy will
be presented to the winning owner.
ABOUT SIX AND ONE HALF FURLONGS (HILLSIDE TURF COURSE)
TO BE RUN SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2015
Horse Owner Trainer
AMELIATHEAVIATOR b.f.4 Dennis Narlinger Kristin Mulhall
BLINGISMYTHING b.m.5 Class Racing Stable J. Eric Kruljac
DIVINA COMEDIA (FR) gr/ro.f.4 OBS: Marsha Naify J. C. Canani
FANTICOLA dk b/.m.5 Fanticola or Scardino Philip D’ Amato
GO WEST MARIE ch.f.4 Peter Redekop B.C., Ltd Eddie Truman
HEAVENS STAIRWAY b.m.5 AJM Racing, LLC or J B K Stable Martin F. Jones
HOME JOURNEY b.m.5 GGG Stables or Sarno Mike Puype
INDECISE b.m.6 L. Jean Daley Richard Mandella
LIVING THE LIFE (IRE) b.m.5 HnR Nothhaft Horse Racing, LLC Gary Mandella
QIAONA ch.m.5 Curt & Lila Lanning, LLC Ed Moger, Jr.
SAGEBRUSH QUEEN gr/ro.m.5 Konecne or Mattei Jorge Gutierrez
SALSITA dk b/.f.4 Kenji R. Morinaga, Jr. Ricky Agarie
SKY HIGH GAL b.m.5 Hronis Racing, LLC John Sadler
THEATRE STAR b.m.5 Glen Hill Farm Thomas F. Proctor
UNFORGETTABLE U dk b/.f.4 Mojallali Stables, Inc. Carl O’Callaghan
CLOSED THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015 WITH 15 NOMINATIONS*
*PENDING LATE MAIL
RICK HAMMERLE
RACING SECRETARY
TORA YAMAGUCHI
STAKES COORDINATOR
Winter Adjustment
This article was published by the “Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred” Magazine in the March, 2015 Issue.
Northern California transplant Nations zooms off to quick start to new year
BY LINDA DOUGHERTY. PHOTOGRAPHS BY EQUI-PHOTO, INC
Off to a hot start during the frigid month of January was trainer Keith
Nations, who won five times from the first nine horses that he saddled at Parx
Racing.
The 52-year-old Nations came from Northern California in late 2013, moving
cross-country in search of better money and opportunities.
Unfortunately for Nations and his wife, Cheryl, what followed was the worst win-
ter in the Mid-Atlantic region in nearly acentury. The Seattle-based couple was not
accustomed to such extreme amounts of snow and ice, but it didn’t dissuade them
from making the Delaware Valley their new home.
“It was the winter from hell,” Nations said with a laugh. “I said to myself, ‘what
did I do?’ We had a synthetic track at Golden Gate Fields and never missed days
of training, while here I had to learn how to get a horse ready to run despite all the
cancellations. It was tough on my psyche.”
When Nations arrived in Bensalem, Pa.,he had five horses. In 2014, his first full year
at Parx, he won 26 races from 90 starts for a 29-percent strike rate. Thanks to several
old clients and some new ones, Nation’s stable has expanded and he expects to be
conditioning about 60 horses by summer.
One of his top clients from California was Hank Nothhaft, a Pennsylvania native
who lives in the Golden State but is a board member of the Pennsylvania Horse
Breeders Association and owns part of several stallions at Northview PA, as well
as plenty of young homebreds foaled there.
“Hank influenced me to go to Parx, ” Nations said. “A big attraction was the
purses and that Pennsylvania-breds get an extra 40 percent.”
Nations started his career in Washington, saddling his first winner at Emerald Downs
in 2001 before moving on to the Northern California circuit. He stopped training on
his own in 2004, becoming an assistant totrainer Tom Wenzel, who won the 2007
Longacres Mile-G3 with The Great Face.
After resuming his training career in 2009, Nations developed Bailoutthe-
minister, a stakes winner owned by his other major clients, Theresa and Edward
DeNike. Nations’ best year came in 2012, when he won four stakes and popped with
26 wins from 99 starts. Among his top horses that season was Control Seeker,
who won the Bull Dog Handicap at Fresno and the Joseph T. Grace Handicap at Santa
Rosa and finished the season with a second in the All American Stakes-G3 at Golden
Gate Fields.
Despite the trials of winter in the Mid-Atlantic, Nations now believes the move
was the right thing to do. “By far, it was the best move I’ve ever
made,” he said. “There’s a lot of opportunity here, and it’s kind of cool to be able to
travel around to all the different racetracks in the area. The people at Parx have treated
me great, and my wife and I are enjoying ourselves taking in all the historical places
in the region. The stable started out small,but it’s growing and now there are West
Coast people wanting to send horses tome. It was a great decision.”
HnR PABRED Sulis 13 up for sale in OBS March 2 year old in Training Sale Hip 464
HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC bred the PABRED and sold this filly @ the Keeneland Mixed Stock Sale in November 2013 as Hip 509. Sulis was purchased at the November 2012 Mixed Stock sale for HnR by Bloodstock Agent Carl McEntee now with Darby Dan. Sulis was domiciled at Northview PA and Sulis 13 was foaled at Northview. The featured photo is Sulis at Northview 2 months old. Article on Sale http://silvertrainsire.com/hnr-nothhaft-horseracing-pa-bred-filly-captures-highest-priced-honors-day-3-of-keeneland-november-sale/
Video of the November 2013 Sale. http:/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHxGpBr02mc
This filly was pinhooked at the Keeneland September 2014 yearling sale and is now up for sale for the third time. We hope the connections hit a home run and that she gets a chance to race in PA. Photo by Hank Nothhaft
Hip No. 464
Consigned by de Meric Sales, Agent VI
Dark Bay or Brown Filly
Foaled February 11, 2013
By HARLAN’S HOLIDAY (1999). Black-type winner of $3,632,664, Florida Derby [G1] (GP, $600,000), etc. Sire of 9 crops of racing age, 1108 foals, 700 starters, 56 black-type winners, 515 winners of 1398 races and earning $45,822,877, 3 champions, including Shanghai Bobby ($1,857,000, Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile [G1] (SA, $1,080,000), etc.), and of Into Mischief ($597,080, CashCall Futurity [G1] (HOL, $403,000), etc.), Majesticperfection [G1] (5 wins, $310,430), Pretty Girl [G1] (to 3, 2014).
1st dam SULIS, by Maria’s Mon. Winner at 2 and 3, $134,363, in Canada. (Total: $130,- 732). Dam of 1 other registered foal, none of racing age.
2nd dam MEDICINE WOMAN, by Dr. Blum. 7 wins in 12 starts at 4 and 5, $161,427, Brown & Williamson H. [G3], Candy Eclair Breeders’ Cup H. (GP, $38,811), 2nd Queen Breeders’ Cup S. (TP, $10,555), 3rd Thoroughbred Club of America S. [G3]. Dam of 13 foals, 11 to race, 10 winners, including–
INTERN (g. by Dynaformer). 13 wins, 3 to 11, $392,729, Sea O Erin Breed- ers’ Cup Mile H. [L] (AP, $72,780), Mister Gus S. (AP, $25,425), 2nd Lou- isiana H. [L] (FG, $15,000).
LOVE MEDICINE (f. by Mining). 6 wins at 3 and 4, $149,561, West Long Branch S. (MTH, $24,000), 2nd Star Shoot S. [L] (WO, $16,215(CAN)). Dam of 7 foals, 5 to race, all winners, including–
I’M THETIGER (g. by Siphon (BRZ)). 7 wins, 3 to 5, $580,371, in N.A./ U.S., Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash S. [G1] (LRL, $180,000), etc.; placed in 1 start at 5, $15,980, in Canada. (Total: $593,662).
HOT LEAR (f. by Lear Fan). 4 wins in 7 starts to 4, $106,050, Santa Clara H. (BM, $25,230), Bay Meadows Debutante S. (BM, $19,670), Court- ship S. (BM, $19,600), 2nd Fremont H. (BM, $9,000), etc. Dam of–
FLAMING HEART (f. by Touch Gold). 4 wins to 5, $185,914, in N.A./U.S., Strolling Belle S.-R (AQU, $37,350), etc.; winner in 2 starts at 5, $67,- 500, in Canada, Hill ‘n’ Dale S. [L] (WO, $60,000). (Total: $245,961). Dam of LAUGHTRACK (c. by Distorted Humor, Total: $598,014, Vigil S. [G3] (WO, $94,500), etc.), Commissioner (c. by A.P. Indy, 2 wins to 3, 2014, $515,767, 2nd Belmont S. [G1] (BEL, $280,000), etc.).
Dash for Money (f. by General Meeting). Winner at 2, $53,202, 3rd Railbird S. [G3] (HOL, $12,864). Dam of SO LONESOME (g. by Awesome Again, to 3, 2014, $394,067), NO SPIN (g. by Johannesburg, to 5, 2014, $364,813), Ack Naughty (f. by Afleet Alex, at 2, 2014, $56,000).
Love Torch. Unraced. Dam of Reserve Love (f. by Philanthropist, at 2, 2014, Total: $53,021, 3rd South Ocena S-R(WO, $12,500)).
Engagements: Breeders’ Cup
Breeder: HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC
Foaled in Pennsylvania.
Rembering Silver Train
by Henry R. “Hank” Nothhaft
A year ago we received the terrible news that Silver Train had died while traveling to quarantine in Brazil awaiting his return to the U.S. Even though he was accompanied by a veterinarian, when he became ill, he died before reaching a equine hospital.
A Pensive Silver TrainHe exhibited symptoms similar to colic, was treated accordingly and colic was initially given the cause of death. A detailed necropsy discovered that Silver Train died from a virulent, pathogenic Streptococcus pneumonia that attacked his lungs and other organs resulting in his demise.
Silver Train The ArtistSilver Train produced 7 crops in North American consisting of 412 foals. His 354 foals of racing age produced solid statistics. 80% of the foals of racing age started, while 60% are winners. The average winning distance of this group is slightly less than 7 furlongs indicating a propensity to produce dirt sprinters and milers. He also has many repeat winners and stands second in the Mid-Atlantic this year one win behind Rockport Harbor. Perhaps the standout statistic for Silver Train is his outstanding and improving 17 starts per starter.
Silver Train with his MonetWe miss Silver Train, but are fortunate to have six of his off spring in our stable. 5 will be of racing age this year, with a filly coming along in 2016. She is named Silber Zug out of Aloft by Unbridled Song, which is Silver Train in German. Silber Zug is a full sister to Shenango Valley. We have included a number of our favorite photos of The Train.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Silver Train
Sire Old Trieste
Grandsire A.P. Indy
Dam Ridden In The Stars
Damsire Cormorant
Sex Stallion
Foaled February 11, 2002
Country United States
Colour Brown
Breeder Mulholland Farm
Owner Buckram Oak Farm
Trainer Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
Record 17: 6-3-4
Earnings $1,259,345
Major wins
Jerome Handicap (2005)
Tom Fool Handicap (2006)
Metropolitan Handicap (2006)
Breeders’ Cup wins:
Breeders’ Cup Sprint (2005)
Last updated on July 22, 2007
Silver Train (foaled February 11, 2002) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Joe Mulholland and family in Georgetown, Kentucky, he was out of the mare Ridden In The Stars and sired by Old Trieste, a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee A.P. Indy.
Purchased by the Buckram Oak Farm of Mahmoud Fustok, at age two Silver Train raced four times, winning once and finishing second twice. At age three in 2005, he won three times, including the Grade II Jerome Handicap, plus had three third-place finishes. Ridden by Edgar Prado in the most important win of his career, Silver Train overtook a tiring Lost in the Fog in midstretch and held off a fast charging Taste of Paradise to win the 6 Furlong Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Belmont Park.
Sold in 2006 to Four Roses Thoroughbreds, Silver Train won the Grade II Tom Fool Handicap and the Grade I Metropolitan Mile. In October’s Vosburgh Stakes, he ran a disappointing last in a five-horse field. Believing the horse might be out of his element in attempting a second straight win in the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Sprint, trainer Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. opted to run him in November’s Cigar Mile Handicap where he ran third to Discreet Cat. Silver Train was then retired to stand at stud for the 2007 season at the Vinery Kentucky in Lexington. In 2011, Silver Train was purchased by HnR Nothhaft Horseracing LLC and moved to Northview PA. Silver Train was number one in winners among 2nd year sires in 2011.