TOBA Membership Update - August 2020
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Amanda Casey, Michael Gatsas,Susan Lalumiere and Matthew Gatsas celebrate Vekoma's win in the 2019 Toyota Blue Grass.
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Despite a challenging year, Mike Gatsas and son Matt have stayed in the winner's circle. A highlight for the New Hampshire-based duo has been two grade 1 wins from four-year-old Vekoma, whom they co-own with Randy Hill's R.A. Hill Stable.
Mike Gatsas met Hill at Saratoga. "Henceforth, we started buying some horses together and we've had some tremendous luck," Gatsas noted. "We had Our Country run in the Breeders' Cup last year, two-year-old on the turf [Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Presented by Coolmore America (G1T)], and we had Vekoma and we have [four-time stakes winner] Funny Guy that's really proven to be probably a very, very nice horse that we're looking to the future to run in a big race. So, with all that going, it seems like a pretty good partnership."
At two, Vekoma captured the Nashua Stakes (G3). At three, the Candy Ride colt won the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2). "The race at Keeneland, the Blue Grass, we were all there, Randy was there, his family, my family," Mike recalled. "And we just-we were over the top because we were present." Vekoma finished off the board in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1). Mike added, "It was a dream. You want to run in the Derby, but now that I've run in the Derby, I want to win the Derby next time I go."


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JULY GRADED STAKES RACES (July 25- August 15)
Congratulations to all TOBA member connections

 Horse: Volatile
Owner:Three Chimneys Farm
Breeder: Hill 'n' Dale
Trainer: Steven M. Asmussen

Horse: Starship Jubilee
Owner: Blue Heaven Farm

Eddie Read Stakes (Gr. 2) - 7/26/20
Horse: United
Owner: LNJ Foxwoods
Trainer: Richard Mandella 

Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (Gr. 1) - 8/2/2020
Horse: Fighting Mad
Owner & Breeder: Gary & Mary West
Trainer: Bob Baffert

Bing Crosby Stakes (Gr. 1) - 8/1/2020
Horse: Collusion Illusion
Owner: Rodney Orr
Breeder: Donald R. Dizney

Monmouth Oaks (Gr. 3) - 8/1/2020
Horse: Hopeful Growth
Owner: St. Elias Stable (Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Viola)

Personal Ensign Stakes (Gr. 1) - 8/1/2020
Horse: Vexatious
Owner: Calumet Farm

Whitney Stakes (Gr. 1) - 8/1/2020
Horse: Improbable
Owner: WinStar Farm LLC, CHC Inc. and SF Racing LLC
Breeder: G. Watts Humphrey Jr.

H. Allen Jerkens S. Presented by Runhappy (Gr. 1) - 8/1/2020
Horse: Echo Town
Trainer: Steven M. Asmussen
Breeder: William J. Betz

Bowling Green Stakes (Gr. 2) - 8/1/2020
Horse: Cross Border
Breeder: Bruce D. Gibbs

Summer Colony Stakes (Listed) 8/5/2020
Horse: Nonna Madeline
Owner: Teresa Viola Racing Stables and St. Elias Stable
Breeder: WinStar Farm, LLC

Waya Stakes (Gr.3) - 8/8/20
Horse: My Sister Nat
Owner Peter Brant

Runhappy Travers Stakes (Gr. 1) - 8/8/2020
Horse: Tiz the Law
Owner: Sackatoga Stable
Trainer Barclay Tagg

Oceanport Stakes (Listed) - 8/9/2020
Horse: Sacred Life
Owner: Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables LLC & Bethlehem Stables

Alydar Stakes (Listed) - 8/9/2020
Horse: Spinoff
Owner: Alain Wertheimer 

Adirondack Stakes (Gr.2) - 8/12/20
Horse: Thoughtfully 
Owner: Heider Family Stables LLC 
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Breeder: Gainesway Thoroughbreds LTD

Runhappy Ellis Park Derby (Listed) - 8/13/20
Horse: Art Collector
Owner/Breeder: Bruce Lunsford 

Alabama Stakes (Gr. 1) - 8/15/2020
Horse: Swiss Skydiver
Owner: Peter Callahan
Trainer: Kenny McPeek
Breeder WinStar Farms

Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes (Black Type) - 8/15/20
Horse: Domestic Spending
Owner: Klaravich Stables, Inc.

Dance Smartly S.(Gr .2) - 8/15/20
Horse: Theodora B.
Owner: Augustin Stables
Trainer: Michael Dickinson
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