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.
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
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
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.
He 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 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.
We 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.
Kindle winning the Cool Air Stakes at Hollywood Park
Kindle, a blazingly fast, chestnut mare, by Indian Charlie out of Carson City mare Carson’s Vanity has retired from racing to become a broodmare prospect domiciled at Darby Dan in Kentucky. Kindle was purchased as a yearling at the Keeneland September sale, 2009, for $50,000 by HnR Nothhaft Horseracing, Trained by Gary Mandella, Kindle went on to hit the board in all six stakes attempts, winning the Cool Air Stakes and the Bangles and Beads Stakes. She placed 2nd twice in the Grade 2 Monrovia Stakes, 2rd in the Grade 3 Ken Maddy Stakes and 3rd in the Grade 2 Santa Monica Stakes. Reflecting on Kindle’s career, owner Hank Nothhaft stated, “Kindle was brilliantly fast, extremely exciting to watch as she always ran from the front giving her all in every race. I am thrilled to add this athletic filly to my broodmare band.” She will be bred to two time Horse of the Year and Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner Tiznow in 2015.” Her speed resulted in top five Beyer Speed numbers for turf fillies in 2012 and 2013. Unraced as a two year old and plagued by minor injuries throughout her career, Kindle started 11 times 3 to 6, winning 4, placing 4 times and showing once while winning $243,000. Displaying her versatility, she won races on all-weather, dirt and turf surfaces.
Originally Published in the July 2014 Issue of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Times
Around the Oval PARX
Henry “Hank” Nothhaft calls California home, but has been expanding his racing
and breeding interests in the Keystone State the last several years.
Not only has Nothhaft invested in several stallions that stand in Pennsylvania,
he’s supported them with a well-bred broodmare band. His first homebreds race
this year.
Nothhaft, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a former officer
in the Marine Corps with a background in telecommunications and networking companies, was recently appointed to a four-
year term on the board of the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association.
Nothhaft maintains a string at Parx with trainer Keith Nations, and recently
one of his runners, Ignite, found the winner’s circle. The daughter of Jump Start
rallied from off the pace in a $34,200 allowance against state-breds at 1 mile May
6. Ignite was bred by Barlar and is out of the Distorted Humor mare Perverse.
“This winter was very tough on my Pennsylvania racing plans,” Nothhaft said.
“In order to supplement my stable until my pipeline of Pennsylvania-breds starts
providing most of the racing stock, I have been actively seeking well-bred fillies for
the stable that make sense in the context of races available primarily at Parx.”
Nothhaft said Ignite was noticed by Nations when she debuted at Laurel Park
in October 2013, and they put her on their “maybe” list.
After she was entered next in a maiden claiming race at Penn National (which she
won), Nothhaft approached his blood stock agent Carl McEntee and asked him
to look at her pedigree and give his opinion. Since Ignite was foaled and raised at
Northview PA in Peach Bottom, McEntee was familiar with her and was in favor of
Nothhaft acquiring her.
After finding out the owner of Ignite was a friend, Nothhaft said he didn’t want
to drop a claim slip, and had McEntee approach her connections to purchase her
privately.
“Given her pedigree, we expected her to get better as she got older, and we believed
she would go long, even though she broke her maiden in a sprint,” Nothhaft said.
“Under Keith’s training she has continued to get better and better and is starting to
mature. The fact that she is Pennsylvania-bred is a major plus as far as I am concerned.”
Nothhaft has a pair of homebred 2-year-olds by Smarty Jones training atSylmar Farm in Christiana, Pa., who may
race this year
Smarty’s Legend, a filly out of Randie’s Legend, by Benchmark; and
Dash, a filly out of Aloft, by Unbridled’s Song.
Nothhaft has five homebred yearlings by Silver Train, who will be broken at
Sylmar before joining Nations at Parx. Named Thepennsylvaniakid, Silver Trophy,
Chincoteague, Move and Shenango Valley, Nothhaft said that are all athletic looking
and he has high hopes for their success.
Ogermeister was dominant in the first two year old MSW at Belmont 2013
Silver Train Colt Leads U.S. Invaders in Windsor Castle Stakes
From a historical perspective, Ascot Racecourse, founded in 1711, has offered almost continuous racing for over 300 years and 164 years of racing before the first Kentucky Derby. The race program has evolved over time, especially since 1945 and the end of World War II. Ascot is inextricably tied to the British Royal Family, which adds to the tradition and attractiveness of the summer meet known as Royal Ascot. It is easily one, if not, the most famous and popular race meeting in Europe. Think Saratoga compressed into one week with a classy, tradition that attracts 300,000 guests.
Given the distance and stress of international travel and the general dominance of European horses on turf surfaces, Royal Ascot has not been a hot bed of success for American horseman. In 2009, Wesley Ward overcame these barriers. Ward made an instant impact at the royal meeting in 2009 with two wins courtesy of Jealous Again in the Queen Mary Stakes and Strike The Tiger in the Windsor Castle plus a second place with sprinter Cannonball in the Golden Jubilee Stakes. He became the first American trainer to win a stakes race at Royal Ascot.
Since then Ward has not been able to duplicate this success and did not participate in 2012. He is back this year with three two year olds hoping to rekindle the magic of 2009. The trio of two-year-olds, arrived in Britain on Thursday, June 13th, headed by Queen Mary Stakes entry Sweet Emma Rose, who won on her debut before fading after showing early speed against colts when fourth in the Rollicking Stakes at Pimlico.
Ogermeister, a six-length winner of his only race at Belmont Park who goes for the Windsor Castle Stakes, and Keeneland winner No Nay Never, a possible for either the Coventry Stakes or the Norfolk Stakes, joins her.
All three will be ridden by leading US jockey Joel Rosario.
Ogermeister is owned by Wesley Ward who is widely known for his ability to win with juveniles, to the point that his 2-year-old entries are routinely bet down based on this proclivity alone. The colt was bred by Mrs. Gerald Nielsen and is out of NY bred, To the Good Times, a non-winner in two career races, by Polish Numbers. Ogermeister is also a NY bred and was purchased by Ward for $40,000 at the Fasig Tipton August 2012, NY Yearling Select Sale. After his maiden win with Rosario up, Ogermeister has been training at Keeneland on the turf course before heading over to Ascot. According to Ward, though Ogermeister’s breeding is a dirt pedigree, he has taken to the turf. Anyone following Silver Train’ knows that he is producing a wide range of successful sprinters dirt or turf.
The breeding nick services are somewhat uninspired by the cross which features Northern Dancer inbreeding 5m x 4m cross. Werk Enicks rates the Silver Train-To the Good Times as a C. True Nicks rates it a D. Relay Bill is the only stakes winner noted on this cross.
Ogermeister will be entering the Windsor Castle Stakes, a listed stakes named after the London Residence for the Queen and one of the U.K.’s most popular tourist attractions. This historic race started more than 20 years before the U.S. Civil War having started as a 1 mile turf race in 1839. Over the years the race morphed to a 5 furlong sprint for 2 year olds only and is a real speed test. It is the final race of the first day of Ascot, Tuesday June 18th.
This is a race that favorites have a hard time winning. Over the last 10 outings the favorite has prevailed twice leading to many big payouts including Flashman’s Papers win against 24 other runners at 100 to 1 in 2008. Wesley Ward’s win in 2009 with Strike the Tiger was a punter’s delight at 33 to 1. The field for this year’s race isn’t settled yet, but the pre race nominations stand at 28 entrants. The morning line favorite is Anticipated who has won twice at 5 furlongs. He is listed at 5.2 to 1. Ogermeister who is in the 16th PP is the 2nd favorite at 7.6 to 1.
I will post updated information on the outcome of this race.
A Pensive Silver Train
Silver Train The Artist
Silver Train with his Monet
