Seeking to unite and represent those who are interested in breeding, owning, racing and improving Thoroughbreds in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
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WTBOA Summer Yearling and Mixed Sale
August 26, 2025
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This year’s sale promises to bring top-quality yearlings and mixed horses to buyers and sellers across the region. We encourage you to participate and showcase your horses. The sale offers an excellent opportunity for breeders, owners, and trainers to present their horses to potential buyers seeking the next big star in Washington racing.
🗓️ Key Details:
- Sale Date: August 26, 2025 (tentative)
- Location: WTBOA Pavilion, Auburn, WA
- Paddock Session Entry Deadline: July 24, 2025
🔔 Important Reminders (Updated as of May 21, 2025):
- All agents and owners must be current WTBOA members in order to sell horses in the sale.
- Coggins tests are required for all horses entered in the sale. Tests must be dated after February 13, 2025 to be valid.
The consignor form is essential for entry into the sale. Please submit your forms promptly to ensure your horses are included in this year’s catalog. You can access the form and additional sale details on the Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association (WTBOA) website.
Please complete all sections of the form thoroughly—accurate and complete information ensures a professional catalog presentation.
For questions or assistance, contact us at 253-288-7878 or visit 2025 WTBOA Summer Yearling & Mixed Sale - Washington Thoroughbred Breeders & Owners Association.
Online and Phone bidding available for this sale!!
We look forward to another successful sale season and hope to see you at Emerald Downs!
| | Washington Thoroughbred Foundation Releases 2025 Equine Art Show Prospectus | | |
The Washington Thoroughbred Foundation (WTF) is excited to announce that the prospectus for the 2025 Equine Art Show is now available online. Artists interested in participating can access the detailed guidelines and entry forms on the Equine Art Show's official page.
Event Details:
- Dates: July 18 – 20, 2025
- Location: Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA
Key Deadlines:
- Shipped Art Due: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 (must arrive by this date; no art accepted prior to Monday, July 7)
- Hand-Delivered Art Accepted: Wednesday, July 16, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Emerald Downs track level
- Judging and Preview Party: Thursday, July 17, 2025; judging during the day, followed by a preview party and reception at 6:30 p.m., with awards presentation at 7:45 p.m.
- Public Viewing and Sales: Friday, July 18, 6 – 10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, July 19 – 20, 1:00 – 6:00 p.m.
- Art Pick-Up: Sunday, July 20, 5:30 – 7 p.m.; Monday, July 21, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
For more information and to access the prospectus and entry forms, please visit the Equine Art Show's official page.
| | WTBOA Annual Members Meeting July 26, 2025 | | |
Mark Your Calendar – WTBOA Annual Members Meeting
The WTBOA Annual Members Meeting will be held on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the WTBOA Pavilion at Emerald Downs. There will be an option to join by Teams meeting Link (hybrid)
We’re pleased to welcome Dr. Miranda Gibson as our featured guest. Join fellow members for important updates, lively discussion, and community connection.
More details to follow in upcoming communications. We look forward to seeing you there!
| | WTBOA Library Update: New Digital Resources Now Available! | | |
We’re excited to share that the WTBOA Library has been updated to better serve our members and researchers. You can now access a laptop station in the library offering:
- Broodmare Records at your fingertips
- Digitized editions of all WTBOA-published magazines, past and present
- Convenient links to online horse databases for enhanced pedigree and racing research
Stop by and explore the new tools available to support your breeding, racing, and historical interests!
| | SIP & WAHIP Winners at Emerald Downs | | |
Washington Sales Incentive Program (SIP) Bonus Winners at Emerald Downs
Goin’ South (2022) g., Om--Clever Bird, by Awesome Again (CA). Won: MC$25,000, 5/3. Breeder: Bret Christopherson. Owners: John & Janene Maryanski and Gerald E. & Gail Schneider (Riverbend Farm). Trainer: Blaine D. Wright. $1,000 Sales Incentive Program (SIP) winner.
Kir Royale (2022) f., Atta Boy Roy--Magical Spell, by Include (WA). Won: MSW, 5/3. Breeders: Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Pabst (Blue Ribbon Farm). Owners: Pat Crow, Jill Fabulich, & Debra Pabst. Trainer: Kay Penney Cooper. $2,500 Sales Incentive Program (SIP) winner.
Washington-bred Winners of the Week at Emerald Downs
Week 1 (April 27--May 3) – Kir Royale (2022) f., Atta Boy Roy--Magical Spell, by Include. Breeders: Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Pabst (Blue Ribbon Farm). Owners: Pat Crow, Jill Fabulich, & Debra Pabst. Trainer: Kay Penney Cooper. Won: MSW. WTBOA Sales. Race Record: 1 start, 1 win, $13,110. First foal out of $29,990 SP mare. $2,500 Sales Incentive Program (SIP) winner.
Also: Val Pak Jockey: Kevin Krigger; Las Margaritas Trainer: Tim McCanna; Muckleshoot Casino Owner: Aaron Bresko; Las Margs Cafe Groom: Homar Munoz (Charles Essex barn).
Week 2 (May 10--11) – Chuckanut Bay (2020) g., Abraaj—Zenovit, by Private Gold. Won: C$8,000. Breeders: Nina & Ron Hagen (El Dorado Farms LLC). Owner: Remmah Racing Inc. (Dee Hammer). Trainer: Howard F. Gibson. Won: C$8,000. WTBOA Sales. Race record: SP, 23 starts, 6-3-4, $120,946. Half-brother to $81,090 SP Diamond Willow. Out of 2010 Washington champion 3-year-old filly and $120,948 SW.
Also: Val Pak Jockey: Silvio Amador; Las Margaritas Trainer: Blaine Wright; Muckleshoot Casino Owner: Peter Redekop; Las Margs Cafe Groom: Ismael Fernandez (Blaine Wright barn).
| | Coastal Jazz Wires $75,000 Kendrick Inaugural Stakes | | |
Rockingham Ranch’s Coastal Jazz went gate-to-wire to capture his first stakes victory—and the first stakes win for a Washington-bred runner in 2025—in Sunray Park’s Kendrick Inaugural Stakes on April 19.
Ridden by Luis Valenzuela, the Justin Evans trainee broke on top and was never headed in the 6 1/2-furlong race. Coastal Jazz, the $2.30-to-one race favorite, drew off to win by 3 1/2 lengths over Onwaimo Bustamante-Hernandez’s six-year-old Gun Runner gelding, who finished second. Alfred Alvarado’s seven-year-old Curlin gelding Bender finished another 1 1/4 lengths back in third.
It marked the 14th win in 45 starts for the seven-year-old Coast Guard gelding, who was voted last year’s Washington Most Improved Plater after winning four races, earning $84,011, and placing second in Turf Paradise’s Hank Mills Jr. Overnight Stakes.
Bred by Nina and Ron Hagen at their Enumclaw-based El Dorado Farms, Coastal Jazz is a full brother to the $173,939 stakes-placed filly You Go Girl. Both are out of the Artax mare Jasmine’s Melody, who finished third to Washington champion Enumclaw Girl in Emerald Downs’ 2008 U.S. Bank Stakes and earned $79,889 for owner Frank L. Gaunt. Jasmine’s Melody’s most recently recorded foal is an unnamed three-year-old Barkley colt.
Coastal Jazz was purchased by trainer Blaine Wright for Gold Coast Racing for $28,000 at the 2019 WTBOA Summer Sale. The gelding, who also ran second in an allowance/$40,000 optional claiming race at Turf Paradise on April 30, has now earned $276,704, including $65,250 in 2025.
| | KENDRICK INAUGURAL STAKES | | April 19, Purse: $75,000g ($72,750). Sunray Park. 3-year-olds & up, 123 pounds. Field: 8. 6 1/2 furlongs. Time: 1:17.90. Track fast. 1) COASTAL JAZZ , (2018) g., Coast Guard –Jasmine’s Melody, by Artax (WA). Breeders: Nina & Ron Hagen (El Dorado Farms). Owner: Rockingham Ranch (Gary Hartunian). Trainer: Justin Evans. Jockey: Luis Valenzuela. Winning purse: $45,000. Race record: 45 starts, 14(1)-6(1)-8, $274,954. WTBOA-sold. 2) Ruggs (2019) g., Gun Runner--Brazen Persuasion, by Indian Charlie (FL). Breeder: Bridlewood Farm. Owner: Oneismo Bustamante-Hernandez. Trainer: Raymond G. Valerio. Purse: $15,000. 3) Bender (2018) g,, Curlin-- Bend, by Arch (KY). Breeder: Claiborne Farm. Owner: Alfred Alvarado. Trainer: Martin Valdez-Cabral Jr. Purse: $7,500. Margins: 3 1/2, 1 1/4, 2/4. | | 2025 Oregon Fair Summer Racing Dates | | The dates for the Oregon fair meets have been announced. Eastern Oregen Livestock Show (EOLS), Union, June 6-8; Southern Oregon Horse Racing Association (SOHRA), Grants Pass, June 14-15, 21-22, June 28-29 and July 4-5; Crooked River Roundup, Prineville, July 9-12; and Tillamook, August 6-9. | | Freshman Stallion Raging Tiger Sires First Winner | | |
Oakhurst Thoroughbreds’ first-crop stallion Raging Tiger sired his first winner on April 30 when his two-year-old daughter Diva in Motion won a 4 1/2-furlong maiden/$30,000 optional claiming race by three-quarters of a length in her second start. She had previously finished fourth behind fellow Washington-bred winner Code of Valor in an April 10 Turf Paradise Open Futurity trial.
Raging Tiger is a handsome bay son of European Horse of the Year Giant’s Causeway. A six-time Group 1 winner in England, Ireland, and France who earned over $3 million, Giant’s Causeway is the sire of more than 100 graded/group stakes winners, including 12 international champions among over 260 black-type winners. Among his best sons at stud are champion Shamardal, Now Is the Time, Brody’s Cause, Footstepsinthesand, Carpe Diem, Eskendereya, and Giant Oak.
Raging Tiger was foaled in 2015 and bred by Oregonian Dr. Rodney Orr out of his Emerald Downs stakes winner Shandra Smiles, who passed away in March at age 27.
The daughter of Cahill Road, Shandra Smiles produced three stakes winners among her six winners—all by sons of Storm Cat, as is Raging Tiger. Tops among them is Eclipse Award-winning juvenile filly She’s a Tiger, a daughter of Tale of the Cat who earned $727,657 and is now a graded stakes producer in Japan.
Shandra Smiles also produced top sprinter Smiling Tiger, a three-time Grade 1 winner and $1,480,704 earner by Hold That Tiger, who was a leading sire in California until his death in 2024.
Her third stakes winner, and a full sister to Raging Tiger, is Smiling Causeway, a multiple stakes winner of $300,860.
Raging Tiger, who stands at the Root family’s Oakhurst Thoroughbreds in Newberg, Oregon, has four additional foals in his first crop. He stands for a 2025 breeding fee of $1,000.
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| | WTBOA Sales Graduates in the News | | |
Crystalized Secret (2022), f., Raised a Secret--Gilmore Girl, by Matty G (OR), Won: MC$8,500, TuP, 4/15. Breeder and owner: Dr. Rodney E. Or. Trainer: Howard Gibson. Half-sister to SP Lorelie G and a 2023 Smiling Tiger filly, sister to 2024 filly. Second dam, $63,181 SW Ashbecca, by Sandpit (Brz), a half-sister to $192,248 SW and G2-placed Armonk.
Coastal Jazz (2018), g., Coast Guard—Jasmine’s Melody, by Artax (WA). Won: Kendrick Inaugural S., Sun, 4/19; 2nd Alw/OC$50,000-$40,000, TuP, 4/30. Breeders: Ron & Nina Hagen (El Dorado Farms LLC). Owner: Rockingham Ranch (Gary Hartunian). Trainer: Justin Evans. Record: SW, 14 wins, $276,704. Brother to $173,939 SP You Go Girl. One of 5 starters and winners out of a $79,889 SP half-sister to $177,127 SW Jocker Justice.
Perfect D (2018) g., Dominus—Perfect Pie, by Tale of the Cat (WA). Won: Str Alw (mixed), 6AQ, 5/18 Breeders: Mr. & Mrs. Greg Luce (Luce Ranch). Consignor: Halvorson Bloodstock Services Inc., agent. Record: 3 Thoroughbred wins, $56,694; 11 mixed wins, $121,007; placed in Quarter Horse races, $3,614. Out of $105,849 earner who is also the dam of Silver Eros, a 2023 Cupid colt.
Recycleyourheart (2022) f., Conveyance--Atta Gal Val, by Atta Boy Roy (CA). Won: MC$20,000, SA, 4/20. Breeders: Mr. & Mrs. William T. Griffin (Griffin Place). Owners: Gary Brady, Phillip Lebherz & Andy Mathis (trainer). Half-sister to 2021 Washington champion 2-year-old colt or gelding and $112,875 SW Cobra Jet, a 2023 Straight Fire filly and a 2024 Army Mule colt. Dam is an unraced half-sister to 2012 Washington horse of the year and $181,141 SW Makors Mark, multiple Washington champion and 7-time $406,892 SW Absolutely Perfect and $121,050 SP Love Makor (dam of $2,526 SW It’s Turbo).
Chrome’s Best Copy (2020) f., California Chrome—Seattle Best Copy, by Demon Warlock (CA). Won: C$10,000. EmD, 4/27. Breeders: Warlock Stables (Tim Floyd) and Denise & Perry Martin. Record:5 wins, $64,801. Half-sister to $230,167 earner Pontiffany, Avowed, a 2023 Known Agenda colt and a 2024 Known Agenda filly. Out of $73,720 SW, a half-sister to Washington champions Baja Sur ($259,870) and Cassinette Dancer ($219,164), all progeny of 2018 Washington broodmare of the year Premo Copy, by Supremo.
Bodenheimer (2018) g., Atta Boy Roy—Beautiful Daniele, by A. P. Indy (WA). Won: Alw/C$12,500 (by 5 1/4), TuP, 4/29. Breeder: Larry Romaine. Owners: Kristin Boice & Marylou Holden. Trainer: Valerie Lund. Record: 2020 Washington horse of the year and champion 2-year-old colt or gelding, 2020 and 2023 Washington champion turf horse, 9 wins, $321,891 SW. Half-brother to $276,707 SW King of Speed and $135,611 earner Sturgeon. Out of $153,395 SW, a half-sister to $138,143 SP Robie the Cat.
Thompson (2021) g., First Samurai--Leo’s Krewe, by Flatter (KY). Won: C$6,000, Hst, 5/3. Consigned by Castlegate Farm (Dr. & Mrs. Duane Hopp). Record: 2 wins, $44,081. Brother to $205,655 earner Big Hat Willie and half-brother to a 2024 Tom’s d’Etat colt and a 2025 Cairo Prince filly. Out of $152,633 winning half-sister to $161,282 SP On Probation and Korean SP Morfhis.
West Coast Bull (2022) g., Coast Guard--Marquet Formula, by Marquetry (WA). Won: C$22,500-$25,000, EmD, 5/3. Breeder: Jean M. G. Welch (Tall Cedars Farm LLC). Owner: Gold Coast Racing VI. Trainer: Steve Bullock. Record: 2 wins, $23,340. Brother to $213,593 SP Marqula (California & Hong Kong) and $185,408 earner Asena. One of 6 winners, 3 by Coast Guard, out of an unraced daughter of Washington sprint champion Spite and Malice, by Peterhof.
Goin’ South (2022) g., Om--Clever Bird, by Awesome Again (CA). Won: MC$25,000, EmD, 5/3. Breeder: Bret Christopherson. Owners: John & Janene Maryanski and Gerald E. & Gail Schneider (Riverbend Farm). Trainer: Blaine D. Wright. Earnings: $30,146. Half-brother to 2020 Washington champion 3-year-old filly and $54,862 SW Miss Prospector, 2019 Washington most improved plater and $200,298 SW Brilliant Bird and a 2024 Dynamic Impact colt. $2,500 Sales Incentive Program (SIP) winner.
Kir Royale (2022) f., Atta Boy Roy--Magical Spell, by Include (WA). Won: MSW (by 2 1/4), EmD, 5/3. Breeders: Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Pabst (Blue Ribbon Farm). Owners: Pat Crow, Jill Fabulich, & Debra Pabst. Trainer: Kay Penney Cooper. Record: First start, $13,110. Half-sister to Magical Jewel, a 2023 Hit It a Bomb filly and a 2024 Conveyance colt. First foal out of $29,990 SP mare. Second dam, $130,092 earner Witchy Meeting, by General Meeting, was a half-sister to $428,671 SW and G1-placed Shaggy Mane, $335,321 SP Which Market and $161,850 SP Resident Alien. $2,500 Sales Incentive Program (SIP) winner.
A View From Above (2019) g., Abraaj—Deja Views, by Forest Camp. Won: C$15,000, EmD, 5/10. Breeders: Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Pabst (Blue Ribbon Farm). Owner: William Douglas Stenberg. Trainer: Kay Penney Cooper. Record: SW, 6 wins, $112,030. Half-brother to $234,494 SP Lucky Views, $89,587 SP Time ‘n Time Again, $35,766 SP Finished My P H D and a 2023 Conveyance filly. Out of unraced half-sister to $297,487 SW Time to Honor and $142,372 SW Swingn’ Notes, all offspring of 1997 Washington champion 3-year-old filly and $248,488 SW Timely View, by Just the Time.
Chuckanut Bay (2020) g., Abraaj—Zenovit, by Private Gold (WA). Won: C$8,000, EmD, 5/10. Breeders: Nina & Ron Hagen (El Dorado Farms LLC). Owner: Remmah Racing Inc. (Dee Hammer). Trainer: Howard F. Gibson. Record: SP, 6 wins, $120,046. Half-brother to $81,090 SP Diamond Willow and a 2024 colt by Barkley. Out of 2010 Washington champion 3-year-old filly and $120,948 SW.
Si That Tiger (2022) c., Smiling Tiger—Ros’s Girl, by Rosberg (CA). Won: Alw/OC$30,000 (N) (by 5 1/2), EmD, 5/10. Breeder: Darlyne Kreig (KD Thoroughbreds). Owners: John & Janene Maryanski and Gerald & Gail Schneider (River Bend Stable). Trainer: Blaine D. Wright. Record: SW, 3 wins in 5 starts, $59,150. Half-brother to 2-time Washington horse of the year and $335,972 SW Slew’s Tiz Whiz, Our Hula Girl, a 2023 Sir Prancealot (Ire) filly and a 2024 Clubhouse Ride colt. Dam, the 2024 Washington broodmare of the year, is a winning sister to multiple Washington champion and $183,997 SW Lady Rosberg.
Tougherthantherest (2021) g., Take Charge Indy—Cat Ten, by Greatness (KY). Won: Alw/OC$30,000 (N), EmD, 5/11. Consignor: Castlegate Farm (Dr. Duane & Susan Hopp). Owners: Dale Varbel & Crissy Reimers. Trainer: Blaine D. Wright. Record: SW, 3 wins, $82,284. Half-brother to $497,293 G3 SW That’s Right (SP in 2025) and Boyish, a 2023 Rogueish colt. Out of $80,983 earning half-sister to $137,890, 8-race winner Royal Commish.
Dutton (2018) g., Noosito—Ms Moscow Mattie, by Matty G (WA). 2nd Alw (mixed), LAQ, 5/11. Breeders: Nina & Ron Hagen (El Dorado Farms) and Larry & Miriam Bonwell. Record: Washington champion 2-year-old colt or gelding, SW, 3 Thoroughbred wins, $78,453; SW, 3 mixed wins, $51,772. Half-brother to $75,126 SP Bullet Drill, $40,721 SP Coastal Girl, Crossbone, a 2023 Barkley colt and a 2024 Barkley filly. Out of a winning half-sister to $72,710 SW Irene’s Bonus Baby, $66,379 SW Grace Bay, SP Russian and SP Midnight Symphony.
Company’s Dream (2020) g., Jersey Town—Double Dip, by French Envoy (WA), Won: C$10,000 (by 3 3/4), EmD, 5/17. Breeder: Joseph DiPietro. Owners: Rosales Racing F1 & Kevin Chavarria. Trainer: Jorge Rosales. Record: 2023 Washington champion 3-year-old colt or gelding, SP, 4 wins, $72,308. One of 5 winners out of $121,640 SP mare, a half-sister to $247,225 SP Lasmanamama.
Adios Jojo (2022), g., Smiling Tiger—Lorelie G, by Harbor the Gold (OR). Won: MC$25,000, EmD, 5/18. Breeder: Dr. Rodney E. Orr. Owner: Chad and Josh. Trainer: Howard F. Gibson. First foal out of $21,717 SP mare. Second dam Gilmore Girl, by Matty G, is an unraced half-sister to $318,690 SW Ankeny Hill and $265,195 SP Sequentially.
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Hollywood Impact (2022) g., Dynamic Impact--Cielo Dulce, by Cahill Road (CA). Won: M/OC$30,000 (N), TuP, 4/17. Breeders: Stormy B. Hull (Critter Creek Farm) & Guy Hull. Half-brother to $56,308 SW Sweet Saga, $420,936 earner Wishtheyallcouldbe, $289,325 earner Nine Point Nine and $169,832 earner She’s So Pretty. Out of $80,355-earning half-sister to $82,579 SW Cielator. Second dam, $75,106 SW Cielo Otono, by Conquistador Cielo, was a half-sister to $287,843 SW Miami Slick and $89,678 SP Another Moment.
Kingmeister (2017), g., Bodemeister—Gold d’Oro, by Medaglia d’Oro (KY). Won: Str/OC$12.300 (N), SA, 4/18. Owners: Cindy & Fred Desimone and Gary Smith. Trainer: Bill McLean. Record: 8 wins, $287,843. Out of a G3-placed $232,985 mare who also produced G3 $497,935 SW and G2-placed Strike Power, 3 other winners and a 2023 and 2024 fillies by Charlatan.
The Golden Egg (2020) g., Harbor the Gold—Light My Ducks, by Basket Weave (WA). Won: C$4,000, TuP, 4/19. Breeder, owner and trainer: Charles D. Essex. Record: 5 wins, $51,440. Brother to $106,177 SP Gazing. Out of $161,14 SW, a half-sister to $131,697 SW Northwest Attitude and $107,142 SW Victorius Vye.
Poverty Bay (2019) g., Coast Guard—Hula Lula, by Raise the Bluff (WA). 2nd (by neck) Aw/OC$40,000, TuP, 4/19. Breeder: Dave Breiwick. Owner: Terra Firma Too. Trainer: Joe Toye. Record: 5 wins. $118,693. Second foal and winner for winning dam.
Plane Talk (2017) g., Conveyance—Kitty’s Pearl, by Bellamy Road (KY). 3rd Alw/OC$40,000, TuP, 4/19. Record: SW, 11 wins, $330,987. Son of 2021-23 leading Washington sire. Brother to $242,331 earner Koufax and $123,348 earner Emperorofthedark. Dam’s fourth foal was born in Korea.
Jin Tong (2020) g., Goldencents—Ever Adored, by Forest Wildcat (KY). Won: Alw/OC$40,000 (N), TuP, 4/19. Owners: Wayne Williams & Terra Firma Farm. Trainer: Joe Toye. Record: SP, 4 wins, $153,739. Half-brother to $189,327 earner Cherished. Out of half-sister to $1,790,326 G1 SW and English G3 SW Dangerous Midge and $54,796 SP Silver Traffic. Second dam Adored Slew, by Seattle Slew, was a French G3-placed half-sister to French SW and G3-placed Mais Oui and $144,170 SP Petiteness.
Whatmakessammyrun (2018) g., Wee Miss Artie--Reggae Rose, by Touch Gold (KY). Won: WC$32,000 (N), SA, 4/20. Owner: Seahawk Racing (Mark & Dena Glatt). Trainer; Mark Glatt. Record: SW, G2-placed, 8 wins, $496,370. Half-brother to $516,711 SW Shakhimat, a 2023 Violence colt and a 2024 Liam’s Map filly. Dam earned $142,097 and is a half-sister to $294.422 G2W Celtic New Year.
Kosher Cowboy (2018) g., Conveyance—Hickory Heifer, by Forestry (KY). Won: Alw (by 3), Mnr, 4/20; 3rd Alw, Mnr, 5/18. Record: 26 starts, 11-5-3 $211,429. Son of 2021-23 leading Washington sire. Half-brother to 3 other $100,000-plus earners. Dam is a half-sister to $572,242 G3 SW Insta Erma, $361,859 SW Mord’s Miracle and 3 SP winners.
Lucky Burglar (2021) f., Cat Burglar--Irish Luck, by Lemon Drop Kid (AZ). Won: Ann Ownes Distaff S.-R, TuP, 4/24. Breeders: Harry Keshian, Cheryl Keshian & Paul Girdner. Record: 4 wins in 6 starts, $75,197. Second dam G3-placed $177,406 earner Jungle Tale, by Lion Heart, was a half-sister to $75,015 SW Gospel Gal and SP Twelve Kisses.
Henry the Hank (2021) g., Harbor the Gold--Our Henny Penny, by Henny Hughes (IN). Won: MSW (by 5), InD, 4/29. Breeders: Barbara Eakin & Shelly Nance. Owner: Shelly Nance. Trainer: Jonathan Nance. Brother to $53,986 winner Emily’s Gold. Out of a winning daughter of $39,480 G3-placed Kenza, by Menifee.
Diva in Motion (2023) f., Raging Tiger -- Forty Something, by Slew’s Saga (WA). Won: M/OC$30,000 (N), TuP, 4/30. Breeders: Dr. Jack & Mrs. Root (Oakhurst Thoroughbreds). Owner: Margaret Root. Trainer: Frank Lucarelli. Record: 2nd start, $13,650. Freshman sire’s first winner. Sister to 2024 filly, half-sister to $41,501 SW Secret Saga and SP Forty Caliber. Out of 2011 Oregon champion 2-year-old filly and $24,533 SW, a half-sister to 2009 Oregon champion 3-year-old filly and $116,306 earner Forty Dates, $213,938 SW Cypress Cove, $77,602 SW Promiscuous Lad and $113,318 earner Perfect Sleeper. Second dam Forty Romances, by Forty Niner, Oregon’s 2009 broodmare of the year, was a sister to $309,220 SW and G1-placed Footy and $55,776 SP Forty Love.
Ima Margarita Girl (2022) f., Coast Guard--Perfect Promise, by Abraaj (WA). Won: M/OC$30,000 (N), TuP. 4/30. Breeders: Steve Haahr & John Perry. Owner: Steve Haahr. Trainer: Scott Tubbs. Earnings: $29,920. Full sister to 2024 filly. First foal out of 4-race winner who is one of 8 winners out of 100% producer Crème (Chi), by Somersham, who is also the dam of 2021 Washington champion 3-year-old colt or gelding and $229,633 SW Coastal Kid and $125,800 SW Camano Comet.
Bodi Zafa (2022) g., Good Samaritan—Lightning Dove, by Uncle Mo (KY). 2nd Cinema S., SA, 5/1. Owner: Dr. George Todaro. Record: 2-time SW, 7 starts, 4-2-0, $111,590. Half-brother to a 2023 Improbable filly and a 2024 Authentic colt. Out of $207,039 SW. Second dam $287,710 SW and G2-placed Thunder Doves, by Thunderello, is a half-sister to Argentine G1-placed Preaching and $93,761 SP Free Entry.
Paynt Ya Later (2021) f., Paynter—Impecunious, by Vronsky (WA). Won: Alw/OC$80,000 (N), CD, 5/1 (at $13.89-to-one in field of 12). Breeder: Chad Christensen. Owners: Russell Hulk, Colton Langdon & Nolan Leifer. Trainer: Ed Moger Jr. Race record: 3rd 2024 Kent S. and Seattle S., 8 starts, 4-0-2, $116,410. First foal out of a $126,885-winning sister to $264,444 SP Midnight Special and half-sister to $107,200 SP Resilient. Mare also produced Little to No Money, a 2023 Stanford colt.
Sandy’s Garden (2019) m., Conveyance—Lots of Mine, by Mineshaft (NY). Won: Alw/OC$45,000 (N), BAQ-R, Aqu, 5/2. Record: SP, 6 wins, $226,158. Half-sister to $186,031 winner Miss Mi Mi. One of 7 starters and winners for an unraced half-sister to $306,198 SW and G3-placed Harmony Hall, who foaled a 2023 filly by Shancelot.
Nene Diamond (2020) f., Stanford—Joyce and Me, by Discreet Cat (CA). Won: Alw/OC$50,000-R (N), SA, 5/3. Breeder: Bar C Racing Stables (Neal & Pam Christopherson). Owner: Slugo Racing. Record: 9 starts, 4-1-2, $191,353. Half-sister to $246,891 earner Let’s Rejoyce, Rejoyce in Gold, a 2023 Mo Forza colt and a 2024 Mo Forza filly. Out of $107,508 winning half-sister to $271,985 SW Margie Marie, $202,663 SW Salamera, Puerto Rican SW Vivaldi Girl and $276,240 SP Adore You.
Where You Gonna Go (2021) g., Harbor the Gold--Margaret’s Miracle, by Slewdledo (WA). Won: C$8,500, TuP, 5/3. Breeder: Emily A. Wilmot. Owner: Robert Wilmot. Trainer: Joe Toye. Record: 2 wins, $24,390. One of 4 winners out of daughter of $39,637 SP Just Tickled, by Son of Briartic, a sister to $237,830 SW Great Threads and $292,092 SP Foxy Sneakers and half-sister to $39,637 SW Frisco Freeze, $34,398 SP Foxwood Belle and SP Runnin Riot.
Cantcatchthiscat (2023) g, Cat Burglar--Mahee Moon, by Malibu Moon (WA). 2nd Turf Paradise Open Spring Futurity (by a head), TuP, 5/3. Breeders: Dr. & Mrs. Jack B. Root Jr. (Oakhurst Thoroughbreds). Owner: Margaret “Cookie” Root. Trainer: Frank Lucarelli. Record: SP, 2 starts, 0-2-0, $15,390. Half-brother to a 2024 Raging Tiger colt. Out of unraced half-sister to $53,884 SP Exit Soul. Second dam, Mahee, by Unbridled’s Song, was winning half-sister to $385,498 SW and G1-placed Super Freaky and $182,905 SW and G1-placed Right There.
2025 Washington Racing Hall of Fame trainer inductee Mark Glatt saddled Freedom’s Not Free to take the Cinema Stakes at Santa Anita on May 10. The three-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Omaha Beach took the one-mile turf race by 1 1/4 lengths.
On May 10, the Wesley Ward-trained Whatchatalkinabout won the Grade 3 John A. Nerud Stakes at Belmont At the Big A, The four-year-old New York-bred son of Dialed In has earned $335,328. Three-year-old Gun Runner filly Running Away gave Ward another stakes win after she won the $150,000 Horseshoe Indianapolis Handicap, at the track of the same name, by 4 1/2 lengths on May 14. The filly has won half of her six starts and earned $266,250. Through May 16, 2025, Ward, who has won six Breeders’ Cup events, had 11,014 starters with a 2,371-1,781-1,446 record and $99,475,526 in earnings since he hung up his shingle in 1991.
Slew’s Tiz Whiz (2018), 121, g., Slew’s Tiznow—Ros’s Girl, by Rosberg (WA). Won: Alw/OC$40,000 (N) (by 3), EmD, 5/17. Breeder: Karl Krieg (KD Thoroughbreds). Owner: Slew’s Crew Racing (Roy & Tammy Brewer, Terry & Mary Lou Griffin, Jodee Snyder and Tom & Melissa Wenzel). Trainer: Tom Wenzel. Record: 2022-23 Washington horse of the year, champion handicap horse-thrice, champion sprinter-twice, 10 wins, $335,972. Half-brother to $59,160 SW Si That Tiger, Our Hula Girl, a 2023 Sir Prancealot (Ire) filly and a 2024 Clubhouse Ride colt. Dam, Washington’s 2024 broodmare of the year, is a winning sister to multiple Washington champion and $183,997 SW Lady Rosberg.
Tieton River (2022) f., Conveyance—Windy Point, by Coast Guard (WA). Won: MC$10,000 (by 5 1/2) (claimed), EmD, 5/17. Breeder and owner: Clemans View Farm (Jean Harris & Jeff Harris). Trainer: Jose Navarro. First foal out of 2019 Washington champion 2-year-old filly and $76,650 SW who also produced Dewey Lake, a 2023 gelding by Conveyance and a 2024 Conveyance colt. Second dam, Windy Gold by Private Gold, was $69,318 SP runner.
Seattle (Fr) (2022) c., Siyouni (Fr)—Hourglass (Ire), by Galileo (Ire) (FR). Won: Mdn, Navan (IRELAND), 5/17. Second start. Out of a half-sister to 3 black-type performers including Group 1 winner and top sire Shamardal. His SP second dam, Helsinki, by Machiavellian, was a sister to multiple Group 1 winner and top international sire Street Cry (Ire).
La Fee’s Secret (2021) g., Alternation—La Fee Verte, by Tiznow (IA), Won: MSW, PrM, 5/17. Earnings: $30,329. Second foal and winner out of $96,137 winning half-sister to $2,444,767 G1 SW Secret Oath. Dam also produced Stark, a 2023 colt by Not This Time and a 2024 Epicenter colt.
Red Leader (2022) g., Barkley—Flowers for Teagan, by Flower Alley (WA). Won: MC$10,000 (by 3 3/4), EmD, 5/18. Second start. Breeders: Vince Gibson, Ashley Potts & Gary Lusk. Owners: White Diamond Syndicate & Lusk Racing. Trainer: Vince Gibson. One of two foals and winners out of $55,109 earning sister to $665,510 (19 wins) SW Flowers for Lisa.
Everett Dobson, who will assume chairmanship of The Jockey Club this summer, bred Longacres Mile winner and El Dorado Farms stallion Barkley. Dobson had recently served as the chairman of the American Graded Stakes Committee He is a member of the Breeders’ Cup board, is a Keeneland trustee and was a The Jockey Club steward.
The April 29, 2025, issue of the Thoroughbred Daily News featured an article on Emerald Downs as the track’s 30th season began on Sunday, April 27. Written by J. N. Campbell, the three-page article is titled “Once Part of a Racing Archipelago, Emerald Downs Survives as a Lone Island.”
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The 2025 version of The Blue Book and a link to books from 1998 through 2024 can be found here: ifhaonline.org/default.asp?section=Resources&area=8.
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LaMar Senter Efaw
LaMar S. Efaw, 82, passed away in early 2025. He was one of four children born to Fred S. and Verna (Grosgebauer) Efaw.
LaMar met Marlys Lucille Hoagland in the fourth grade in Astoria, Oregon, and from then on, they were inseparable. They dated at Astoria High School and in college before marrying on August 7, 1965.
LaMar graduated with a B.S. in Interior Architecture from the University of Oregon in 1967. Marlys graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in physical education.
The couple traveled to the East Coast and 13 countries in Europe before settling in Seattle in 1968.
Together they established their interior design firm, LaMar Efaw Interiors, Ltd., in April 1971. LaMar served as president and Marlys as vice president and office manager. An award-winning designer, LaMar and his firm offered commercial, hospitality, and residential interior design and remodeling services.
Each of their homes was unique and welcoming to friends, family, and clients.
LaMar was a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, and his company was considered one of the Top 40 interior design firms in Seattle.
LaMar Efaw Interiors, Ltd. was also a sponsor of exhibits at the Museum of Northwest Art and the San Juan Islands Museum of Art.
Though they chose not to have children, Marlys and LaMar treasured their many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.
The couple also cherished their racehorse, Mr. LaMar, a 1985 winning Washington-bred gelding by Drouilly (Fr), throughout his 30-year life. In addition, they raised and owned several other Thoroughbred racehorses.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Marlys (April 2, 2022), and his brother, Fred G. Efaw. LaMar is survived by his sisters, Fredene Rogers and Karin Efaw; and many nieces and nephews.
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Dr. Duane Fredrick Hopp
Dr. Duane Hopp, 83, passed away on March 25, 2025, after a lengthy illness. He was born on June 20, 1941, at the then newly opened National Naval Medical Center, now known as Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Maryland. His father, Dr. Fredrick Hopp, was an Army MD. His mother, Grace Calkins, was born in Auburn, Washington, while his father hailed from Bridgeport, on the eastern side of the state. After traveling around the world with the military, the Hopp family settled in Yakima.
After graduating from Eisenhower Senior High School, Duane spent one year at Yakima Valley College before transferring to the University of Washington, where he was a member of the nationally ranked rowing team. After graduation, Duane entered the University of Washington School of Medicine and earned his medical degree in 1967. Among those who recommended him was the late Dr. John “Jack” Lein. Both men would later serve on the WHBA/WTBOA Board of Directors.
Duane completed a year-long internship at Philadelphia General Hospital and then joined the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. While in the Army, he completed an orthopedic residency at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado, and served at medical facilities in Wounded Knee, South Dakota; at Children’s Orthopedic in Phoenix; and as Chief of Orthopedics at Fort Dix in New Jersey (now part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, JB MDL).
After retiring from the service, Duane established a private practice in Puyallup and was affiliated with Good Samaritan Hospital for 25 years. It was there, in 1977, that he met his future wife, Susan Gretler, who was working as a radiology technician. They were married on December 8, 1979, by a justice of the peace in Las Vegas. Their son Tim was born in 1980. Tim works for the National Parks Department and is currently stationed at the Grand Canyon in Arizona. He wrote the Washington Racing Hall of Fame story on Chinook Pass for Washington Thoroughbred.
The Hopps purchased the first piece of Graham property that would become their picturesque 70-acre Castlegate Farm shortly after their marriage. They have bred, raised, and pinhooked many outstanding racehorses through the WTBOA Sales.
Duane was well-respected for his keen eye in evaluating weanlings.
Their first pinhook was 1998–2000 Emerald Downs stakes winner Thetruthisoutthere. Others included 2014 Washington champion 2-year-old Trackattacker (bred), 2002 Emerald Downs Horse of the Meet Flying Notes (pinhook), three Gottstein Futurity winners—Horatio (2001, bred), Condotierri (2002, bred), and Race Home (2019, pinhook)—and 2002 Riley Allison Futurity winner Sum Trick (co-bred). Additional stakes winners included Skewing (bred), Sterling Bridge (pinhook), and Tougherthansantherest (2024 Emerald Downs stakes winner, pinhook).
Trackattacker, Horatio, and Flying Notes all set track records at Emerald Downs.
The Hopps also bred 1997 Washington Plater of the Year Briartic Blast, and Washington’s Most Improved Platers Blackcomb Run (2009) and Among the Stars (2015), and sold the 2021 WTBOA sale-topper, Termsofengagement, a Liam’s Map gelding.
Their motto was “For the love of great horses.”
The Hopps have been WTBOA members since 1985, and Duane served on the WTBOA Board of Directors from 1998 through 2022.
He was predeceased by his sister, Elaine. Duane is survived by his wife of 46 years, Susan; and son, Tim.
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Kay Darlene Kasmerski
Kay Kasmerski, 88, passed away on May 12, 2025, at Emerald Care in Yakima. She had been in hospice care for the last couple of months.
She was born on January 14, 1937.
Kay married Len Kasmerski on December 12, 1964, and they were together for 55 years until his death in May 2020.
Len became a successful trainer in Washington and California. Among his best horses were 2016 Washington Racing Hall of Fame inductee Loto Canada, Grade 3 winner Northern Causeway, and eight-time stakes winner Mr. Easy Money.
Kay worked as a waitress and hostess at Yakima Meadows and for the Yakima School District’s hot lunch program. She was also employed as an usher at Emerald Downs during the 1996 through 2010 seasons.
The couple loved horses and especially enjoyed being involved with the mares and foals. They were proud of their broodmare Sendosha, who was voted Washington Broodmare of the Year in 1997.
She was predeceased by her husband, Len; and daughters, Kim and Kari.
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Kathy “Nancy” Walsh
Washington Racing Hall of Fame trainer Kathy Walsh, 85, passed away on May 8, 2025, in Chico, California. She was born Kathleen Walsh on March 18, 1940, in Sonoma, California, one of five children raised by Jim and Nonie Walsh. Her family nickname was “Nancy,” but professionally, she opted to use “Kathy.”
In October 1963, Jim, Ed, and Kathy purchased Green Valley Farm in Mabton, where they stood stallions like Deer Lodge and Space Commander. When their father passed away, Ed chose to remain in the Yakima Valley to run the farm and primarily to breed and train horses, while Kathy took over the stable and began to travel. Ed would go on to become an eight-time leading trainer at Yakima Meadows.
According to Kathy, she didn’t initially intend to become a trainer. After high school, she enrolled in college, but when her father suffered another heart attack, she began working as his licensed assistant in 1962. Upon his death in 1970, she took over his stable and finished third in the Longacres training standings that year. Her cousin Tommy Farrell also assisted her during her early years.
One of her mentors was renowned California trainer Buster Millerick, a close friend of her father’s. Among her early clients was Longacres founder Joe Gottstein. Kathy also trained for recent Washington Hall of Fame owner Paskey DeDomenico, who was a close family friend.
She was a consummate horsewoman and was nicknamed “The Queen” early in her career. Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith once said, “She was a great horsewoman . . . someone you wanted to ride for all the time.”
After finishing second in the Longacres standings in 1971, Kathy earned four training titles (1972–73, 1976, and 1978) at the Renton track. Her father had claimed titles there in 1967 and 1969. She was only the second female trainer—after fellow Hall of Famer Frances Keller—to lead the Longacres standings.
Kathy married Robert N. Hutchinson in 1980 and stepped away from training for a few years. Hutchinson, who passed away in 2000, shared her passion for racing; both he and his father had been partners in Longacres.
On the recommendation of Santa Anita racing secretary Lou Eilken, Kathy went to Canterbury Downs (now Park), where she became the leading trainer in 1988. The Walsh-trained Turbo Launch is in the Minnesota track’s Hall of Fame. As of 2024, she still ranks sixth in track history by win percentage (22.98%) and eighth in top-three placings (52.15%).
Another top performer trained by Walsh was 1986–87 Washington champion Staff Riot, a Grade 3 winner at Ak-Sar-Ben.
Among her many leading Washington runners were 1979 state champion 2-year-old filly Patient Madam, and stakes winners Havadasher, Whoa Boy, Auguste, Tilt the Balance, Weatherlock, Sid Racer, Say Prince, Cascade Katie, Any Time Lady, Nell of the North, No More Lemons, Discover Space, Patient Lou, Malert, Senate Appointee, Lisbio, Happy Olympian, and Little Joker.
She earned the Steve O’Donnell Memorial (now Martin Durkan) Award at Longacres in 1979.
After training in California and the Midwest, she returned to Longacres for its final two seasons and tallied 12 stakes wins, including eight in 1992 with Dr. Pain, Ice in Space, Scorned Timber, and Lordy Nelly.
Back in California, Walsh won 15 graded stakes, including a Grade 1 victory with Nany’s Sweep in 2001. She also won the Grade 1 Del Mar Futurity with Georgie Boy (whose dam was a Washington-bred stakes winner) in 2007. Georgie Boy was named California champion 2-year-old male. Her other graded winners included Devious Boy (GB), Sarah’s Secret, Evening Promise (GB), and Mantles Star (GB).
Hanuman Highway (Ire) ran second by a head to Victory Gallop in the Grade 2 Arkansas Derby and later finished seventh for Budget Stable in the 1998 Kentucky Derby (G1), making Kathy only the eighth woman to saddle a Derby starter.
She was the godmother of trainer and Pegasus Training Center director Mike Puhich, whose father, Nick, first dubbed her “The Queen.”
Her brother Ed once said, “She was awful slow with horses, and by that I mean she wouldn’t run them until they were ready. She was always good at determining where to run a horse.”
From 1950 until her final race on October 3, 2021, she saddled 8,023 runners with a 1,231-1,076-990 record and $19,373,724 in earnings. In her last two years at the track, she had just ten starts, with her final win coming on March 6, 2020, with Elite Motion at Santa Anita.
Hall of Fame rider Gary Stevens recalled, “She called the shots and demanded her owners let her make the vital decisions in the stable.” Zoe Cadman, a former exercise rider and longtime friend, said, “She loved her horses, cussed like a sailor, and tolerated people.” Smith added, “She led a wonderful life. She wouldn’t have traded her life for anybody.”
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Nonie; sister, Bessie; brothers, Willie and Rusty; sister-in-law, Pat; and cousins, Tommy and Shirley Farrell. Kathy is survived by her brother, Ed; and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews.
A race will be run in her honor on June 8 at Santa Anita.
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