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Rancho San MiguelQuality Stallions Highlight This Breeding And Sales Prep OperationRancho San Miguelhas developed into oneof the leading stallionstations in California.Tom and Nancy Clark,who bought the 250-acre ranch in 2000,have overseen a majorinvestment in pastures,equipment and facilities,as well as housingfor the employees. The ranch’s goal is to attract the highestquality stallions and broodmares and provide them withthe very best care possible.The farm is nestled in the coastal foothills northwest ofPaso Robles. Its central location allows the farm to serveclients from both the northern and southern regions of thestate. The farm is blessed by cool evening breezes off thePacific Ocean, located about 25 miles away, and an abundanceof good spring water.Rancho San Miguel is led by its General Manager of over20 years, Clay Murdock. Clay has overseen the successfultransition of the ranch from a small training and lay-upfacility to its current prominence in the breeding industry.The on-site veterinarian, Dr. Joseph (Jake) Lynch, hasbrought the latest in scientific techniques and know-how tothe breeding shed and to the care and maintenances of itshorses. Kasia Tomaszewic, Amanda Poore, Jorge Cruz, andDogie Lujan make up the management team that insuresquality care is provided to all horses on a daily basis.The Rancho San Miguel stallion roster consists of:Marino Marini, Formal Gold and Comic Strip with thepossibility of additional stallions being added for 2009.Marino Marini, an impeccably-bred son of Storm Cat, outof the grade I winner and $1,460,992-earner Halo America,was purchased for $1.8 million as a yearling. Brilliantly fast,he was graded or group-placed on both dirt and turf, in theUnited States and Europe, including the grade I Malibu andPhoenix Stakes. Marino Marini’s first winner and secondrunner, Miguel’s Mascot, broke his maiden and set a trackrecord opening day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in aCalifornia-bred Maiden Special Weight. With his looks,pedigree, proven race record, and his first offspring on thetrack in 2008, MarinoMarini’s future lookspromising as a Californiasire.Formal Gold hasstood at Rancho SanMiguel since 2005. Hewas an outstanding racehorse,defeating championSkip Away in four of©Rancho San Miguel photo their six meetings whileearning over $1.5 million. He ran second in the WhitneyHandicap (grade I), won the grade II Phillip H. IselinHandicap and then captured the grade I WoodwardStakes, while running consecutive Beyer Speed Ratings of126, 124 and 125. A son of Horse of the Year Black TieAffair (Ire), out of Ingoldsby, Formal Gold, has hadanother great year with Semaphore Man increasing hislifetime earnings to $397,110 with wins in the CottonKing Stakes and the grade III Count Fleet Handicap.Transduction Gold continued to put up great competition,coming in second in the grade III Louisville Handicapat Churchill Downs and finishing second in the RoundTable Handicap at Hollywood Park. Transduction Goldhas lifetime earnings of 291,953. In addition, FormalGold’s three-year-old and first Cal-bred Nikki’sgoldensteedbroke his maiden impressively at Santa Anita Parkon Jan. 11, and continued on to win the $100,000 TurfParadise Derby. Nikki’sgoldensteed also made an impressiverun and finished second in the grade III El Camino RealDerby at Bay Meadows. Formal Gold is proving he can sireCal-bred graded stakes runners. We are looking forward tomore of his Cal-bred progeny to hit the track.Comic Strip, a graded stakes winner on both dirt and turf,joined the Rancho San Miguel stallion roster in 2007. ComicStrip is the son of Red Ransom, out of the winning SaratogaSix mare Now That’s Funny. Offspring such as Rollerskates,Comedy Girl, Comic Club, Comoros and Kool Comic havegiven Comic Strip a boost on the 2008 racing charts. ComicStrip continues to provide California with exciting winners.Rancho San Miguel is dedicated to providing quality serviceand stallions to the California breeding industry and welook forward to serving you.70 CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED 2008/2009 FARM SPOTLIGHT • SEPTEMBER 2008 www.ctba.com
Rancho TemescalBreeding And Foaling, Stallion Suances Added To Long ListOf Services Offered By Ideally Located Thoroughbred FarmRancho Temescal,one of California’s premierfarms, has enteredthe full-service arenafor 2008, adding breedingand foaling to itslist of services andbringing on board itsfirst major stallion,Suances (GB), the French champion, who also was a gradedstakes winner in the United States while racing for RanchoTemescal owner Jed Cohen’s Red Baron’s Barn LLC.Located in an area known as the “Hidden Jewel ofVentura County,” Rancho Temescal is tucked away in asecluded valley below Lake Piru and has been operating forsix years on its 6,000-acre spread. The original 100 acresdevoted to Thoroughbreds has now been expanded to 125acres, which still allows almost limitless opportunities for furthergrowth.Tim Cohen, who runs the business operations says,“The focus is to grow and care for racehorses. . .our customersenjoy the benefits of clean air, open space andluxurious, uncrowded, grass pastures. Our purpose is toraise happy and healthy equine athletes. We enjoy anexcellent client base, and are currently expanding toservice increasing demand.”The ranch is located in the town of Piru, about 12miles west of Valencia. That puts it about an hour’sdrive from Santa Anita Park, Hollywood Park and BarrettsEquine Ltd.As well as the additions completed in 2008, the ranchalso caters to mares, weanlings, yearlings, sales preparationand lay-ups. Cohen says, “ Our current aim is tooperate an elite program combining the best in naturalsurroundings, with the highest level of care, training, andsales preparation.” Among the facility’s 90 stalls are amain barn with 23 stalls, two “mare motels” with 24 stalls,20 sand pens that are 20 feet by 40 feet, 17 individual pasturesranging from ahalf-acre to 12 acres, aEuro-Ciser and 70-footround pen.Listed among theranch’s strengths is thewidely respected FarmManager, Ted PearceSr., and a well integratedstaff with racetrack and farm experience.Suances has been standing at Rancho Temescal since2006. His 2007 crop were so impressive, his yearling averageat the Barretts October sale was $16,400. Suances is a statuesqueson of Most Welcome. A group I winner in Francehe was the highweighted three-year-old on the FrenchHandicap at seven to 9 1/2 furlongs. Hubert Guy, one ofthe most respected bloodstock agents, probably summed upSuances best when quoted as saying, “Over the years, Ibrought many fine horses to the United States. Twenty-oneof these horses have won grade I races, including four Breeders’Cup races. In my opinion, Suances was the best horse Iever brought to the United States.” In the U.S., trained byDarrell Vienna, Cohen’s long-time conditioner, he won thegrade II San Francisco Breeders’ Cup Mile Handicap easilydefeating the Tin Man, Decarchy and Sarafan. He literallystrolled to victory in the Dallas Turf Cup Handicap.He ran at ages five and six for Jed Cohen in NorthAmerica and was trained by Darrell Vienna, Cohen’slong-time conditioner.While the ranch is relatively new on the Thoroughbredlandscape, it traces back to 1871, when it was deeded asone of the original Spanish Land Grants. The Cohens areonly the fifth owners of Rancho Temescal, where they alsoproduce a variety of crops on 600 acres of irrigated land.The Cohens invite you to take a short drive to RanchoTemescal. 3700 Piru Canyon Road, Piru, CA 93040. CallTim at (805) 521-0511 to schedule an appointment, oremail him at: tcohen@ranchotemescal.com.www.ctba.com CALIFORNIA THOROUGHBRED 2008/2009 FARM SPOTLIGHT • SEPTEMBER 2008 71
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