Decarchy added the 18th name to his growing list of winners Thursday when favored Princess Arjumand moved strongly through the stretch to break her maiden at Hollywood Park.
Second or third in five of her previous six starts, Princess Arjumand went off as the solid favorite in the field of eight at seven furlongs on the synthetic track and, after racing near the back of the pack through the backstretch, made up four lengths in the stretch to move from third to a one-length victory.
It was the seventh start for the 3-year-old filly and gave her a record of a win, a second, and three thirds at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park, good for earnings of $28,080.
She is the 16th winner from Decarchy's first crop. He's had two others from his second crop, now 2-year-olds, one of them in Mexico. They've earned more than $750,000.
Princess Arjumand's victory increased Decarchy's lead among California two-crop sires to $108,082 over second-place Stormy Jack, $482,520 to $374,438 in 2008 earnings. Capsized is third at $154,590.
Bred in California by Milton Allan Policzer, she's owned by her breeder, Neil A. Haymes, and Owners Stable. She's trained by Doug O'Neill and was ridden by Tyler Baze.
Decarchy, last year's champion California freshman sire, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--June 21.
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Decarchy's lead in the California second-crop sire race grew wider Thursday when his 3-year-old son Bala Rapida came from far back to break his maiden with a decisive win at Hollywood Park.
His winner's purse increased to $468,620 the 2008 earnings of Decarchy's runners, well ahead of the $374,438 total of second-place Stormy Jack, who in turn is far ahead of the No. 3 sire, Capsized, with $131,190.
Decarchy, last year's California freshman sire champion, is now the sire of 17 winners and two-year earnings of $757,863. His leading earner is Harlene, winner of the Cal National Snow Chief Stakes, the feature event of Hollywood Park's Gold Rush Days program. He's earned $185,537.
In becoming Decarchy's 17th winner, Bala Rapida lagged early, racing ninth in the 12-horse field in the early going of the 1 1/16-mile race. He moved up to eighth entering the final turn and emerged in fourth place. Then he burst ahead to take the lead in the final sixteenth and wound up ahead by a comfortable 2 3/4 lengths under jockey Michael Baze.
Unraced at 2, Bala Rapida increased his earnings to $18,836 in his sixth start of the year.
Bred in California by Magali Ventures, LLC, he's owned by Jorge T. Landeros and trained by Jorge Gutierrez.
Decarchy is a multiple graded stakes-winning earner of $703,862. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--June 14.
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Decarchy, last year's champion California freshman sire, welcomed the second winner from his second crop Sunday when Start Allover profited from a disqualification to capture a maiden special weight race at Yavapai Downs.
Start Allover, an Arizona-bred, had finished third at Turf Paradise a month earlier in her only other start.
The first winner from Decarchy's second crop was recorded earlier this spring in Mexico.
Start Allover finished well after being forced to steady on the turn but ended 4 1/2 lengths behind the leader. But that leader was disqualified for interfering with Start Allover on the turn and the Decarchy daughter wound up in the winner's circle.
She was bred in Arizona by Ted and Melissa Ford, Bill Garrettson, and John Sinks and is owned by Melissa Ford. Her trainer is Tom Bartol and her rider was Kristina Kenney.
From his first crop, Decarchy now has 14 winners, including stakes winners Harlene ($185,537) and Timehascometoday ($73,998). They've earned more than $740,000.
Decarchy, a multiple graded stakes winner of $703,862, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--June 3.
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De Car Guy became Decarchy's third three-time winner and added to his sire's competitive standing by coming strong in the stretch to win by a head Friday at Hollywood Park. >
His $26,540 winning purse increased Decarchy's lead in the California second-crop sire race to $426,463 to $367,990 over second-place Stormy Jack. Decarchy was the state's leading freshman sire of 2007. >
It was De Car Guy's second win of the year and the third in an eight-race career in which he's earned $64,100 for owner-breeders Mike Burns and Dan Sisemore. The 3-year-old California-bred is trained by Robert Hess, Jr. >
In Friday's six-furlong race, De Car Guy broke last in the field of six and remained there to mid-stretch, where jockey Mike Smith sent him into a powerful late run that took him to victory. >
Six of Decarchy's 15 winners have returned to beat winners, one with four wins, two with three wins, and three with two wins. He's the sire of two stakes winners, Harlene ($185,537), who captured the featured Cal National Snow Chief Stakes at Hollywood Park's Gold Rush Day, and Timehascometoday ($73,998). >
Decarchy, a Grade 1 winner of $703,862, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--June 1.>
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Remaining undefeated with her second career victory, Stroppy scored a stretch-running win Friday at Hollywood Park, enabling Decarchy to extend his narrow lead in California's second-crop sire race.
Her $18,000 purse increased Decarchy's margin over second-place Stormy Jack from $5,999 to $23,999. Decarchy's runners have earned $390,729, Stormy Jack's $366,730.
Decarchy, whose first foals are now 3-year-olds, has combined 2007 and 2008 earnings of $696,020. He was last year's champion California freshman sire.
Stroppy launched her career on January 26 with a half-length win at Santa Anita. In her second start on Friday, she stalked the from-the-gate leader through the stretch, moving in front inside the sixteenth pole and drawing away to win by a length and a quarter after seven furlongs.
Her two victories have yielded earnings of $31,200 for breeder J. Paul Reddam and his owner partners, John Fuller and Lee Kovel. Craig Dollase is the California-bred's trainer; Michael Baze was Friday's winning rider.
Decarchy is the sire of 14 winners, including two stakes winners. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--May 18.
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Decarchy, California's leading freshman sire of 2007, forged into the lead in the 2008 sophomore sire race Thursday when Kiss My Crown won a three-horse stretch duel at Hollywood Park for his fourth career victory.
Before that race, Decarchy had trailed Stormy Jack by just $583 in the second-year competition, but Kiss My Crown's $21,600 purse increased those 2008 earnings to $386,331 to his rival's $365,314.
That lead may be brief, however, depending upon the performance of Stormy Jack's star performer, Bob Black Jack, in Saturday's $2,000,000 Kentucky Derby.
Kiss My Crown prevailed in Thursday's race at 1 1/16 miles by pulling ahead in the final yards of a three-horse battle that began at the start and continued through the entire 1 1/16-mile race.
He wound up just a length in front of the second-place finisher after both overtook the early leader late in the stretch run, booted home by jockey Alex Solis..
The victory was the fourth in only six career starts for Kiss My Crown, whose record now shows four wins and a second for earnings of $78,800.
Bred in California by Magali Ventures, LLC, he's owned by K. K. Sangara and trained by Rafael Becerra.
Decarchy, who stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif., has sired 14 winners and runners with two-year earnings of $672,347.--May 3.
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A steady climb upward paid off with a victory for Da Nicky Saturday at Bay Meadows as he rallied late to become Decarchy's 13th winner.
The 3-year-old, who began his racing career late last year with two thirds followed by a fifth in three starts at Golden Gate Fields, started the new year by improving steadily, starting with a sixth-place finish and moving up with each race after that--fourth, second, and then first on Saturday.
That victory didn't come easily. Da Nicky raced fifth among 11 runners around both turns of the 1 1/16-mile race, finally moving into fourth place at the top of the stretch and, despite being bothered as he passed a tiring rival, pulled away steadily to reach the wire a length and a quarter on top.
With a win, a second, two thirds and a fourth in seven starts, Da Nicky has earned $20,040 for owner-breeder Randy Morris. The California-bred is trained by Ed Moger, Jr., and was ridden to his win by Francisco Duran.
Decarchy, California's leading freshman sire of 2007, is represented by stakes winner Timehascometoday and stakes-placed Harlene. His runners have earned more than $470,000.
The multiple graded stakes-winner of $703,862 stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--April 8.
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California-bred fillies sired by Decarchy are making their mark on East Coast racetracks.
They scored their second victory within a week Thursday when Sultry Katrina breezed to a wire-to-wire win at Aqueduct to become her sire's 12th winner.
Her triumph came six days after another Decarchy daughter, Miss Maisy, had broken her maiden with a 7 1/2-length victory at Gulfstream Park.
Favored Sultry Katrina, a 3-year-old, had little trouble dominating seven rivals in her fourth career start, taking the lead out of the gate in the six-furlong race and staying there to win by four lengths.
After racing unplaced in her debut last September at Belmont Park, she returned to the races at Aqueduct in January, finishing second, beaten by a nose, and was unplaced again in February before Thursday's victory. She's earned $24,629 in those four starts.
Though she's racing far from home, Sultry Katrina hasn't severed her California connections. Bred by K & M Stables, she's owned by Bay Meadows president F. Jack Liebau., Sr.
She's trained by Linda Rice and was ridden to victory by Charles Lopez.
Runners by Decarchy, last year's leading California freshman sire, have earned more than $450,000. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--March 29.
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California-breds haven't been winning in the Sunshine Millions competition, but the nine runners who chased Miss Maisy to the wire Friday at Gulfstream Park might find that hard to believe.
The 3-year-old Cal-bred daughter of Decarchy crushed her adversaries, drawing away to win by 7 1/2-lengths within the short space of the five-furlong race. She broke third and at the first call was second, just a length back of the leader, then took charge and pulled away steadily for her first career victory.
Bettors who made her the second favorite at 2.70-to-1 odds knew what they were doing even though her performance in two previous starts at the Florida track was dismal, unplaced in both while finishing far back. In three starts at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park, she'd placed once.
But Friday's race was entirely different, and she easily became her sire's 10th winner and increased his runners' earnings to $427,483 for little more than a year at the races.
Bred by Wesley A. Ward, Miss Maisy is owned by her breeder in partnership with Maggi Moss and Steve Romano. Ward is also her trainer. Victor Santiago was the jockey in her winning race.
Decarchy, California's champion freshman sire of 2007, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--March 23.
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Two of California's leading freshman sires of 2007 burnished their records Friday by sending out maiden 3-year-old winners in two states.
Decarchy, the state's champion freshman sire last year, chalked up his ninth winner when Fifty Two in a Row led most of the way to break her maiden at Bay Meadows.
Capsized, California's No. 3 freshman sire of 2007, added his eighth winner when Antelope scored easily at Sam Houston Race Park in her first career start.
Decarchy's career progeny earnings now exceed $390,00; Capsized's runners have earned more than $200,000.
Fifty Two in a Row, unplaced in her first two starts, stretched out to one mile for the first time and had little trouble finding the winner's circle in her third effort, taking the lead coming out of the final turn and keeping it to the finish, hitting the wire 1 1/4 lengths in front.
Antelope, beginning her career at a mile and 70 yards, broke second and dogged the leader all the way to midstretch, where she moved ahead and extended her lead to the finish, winding up 4 1/4 lengths in front.
Fifth Two in a Row was bred and is owned by Barbara T. Kolbe and is trained by Robert Hess, Sr. She's a Cal-bred, ridden in Friday's race by Luis Contreras.
Antelope, bred in California by BnD Chase Thoroughbreds, is owned by Tigertail Ranch and trained by Danny Pish. She was ridden Friday by Quincy Hamilton.
Decarchy stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.; Capsized stands at Eagle Oak Ranch, Paso Robles, Calif.--March 16.
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Decarchy, last year's California champion freshman sire, added another three-time winner to his record when Kiss My Crown surged from last to first for a 2 1/4-length victory Sunday at Santa Anita.
The win, Kiss My Crown's third in four career starts, increased the 3-year-old colt's earnings to $47,800.
He broke last in the six-horse field in the seven-furlong event and remained there until he reached the turn for home. Jockey Alex Solis kicked him into gear at that point and he moved up steadily, taking the lead in midstretch and pulling off to win clear.
Decarchy now has eight winners and earners of more than $380,000 from his first crop. He has no starters yet from his second crop, now 2-year-olds.
In addition to two stakes horses, Decarchy has two three-time winners and three others who have won twice.
Kiss My Crown, bred in California by Magali Ventures, LLC, is owned by K. K. Sangara and trained by Rafael Becerra.
Decarchy, a multiple graded stakes winner of $703,862, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--February 27.
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His successful freshman sire year is behind him, but Decarchy is continuing to improve his record.
De Car Guy became the fifth runner by last year's California champion freshman sire to win against winners when he came from behind in the stretch to score a victory Saturday at Santa Anita.
Third by almost two lengths entering the stretch in the seven-furlong race, De Car Guy applied steady pressure to gain the lead in deep stretch and held on to win by a half-length under jockey Mike Smith.
The win was the second in five starts for De Car Guy, who now has earned $34,520.
Bred in California by his owners, Mike Burns and Dan Sisemore, De Car Guy is trained by Robert Hess, Jr.
De Car Guy is one of eight winners sired by Decarchy, one of them a stakes winner. Another, still a maiden, placed in a Santa Anita stake. His runners have earned more than $350,000.
In four seasons on the track, Decarchy earned $703,862 while winning two graded stakes races and placing in four others, including the Grade 1 Eddie Read Handicap at Del Mar. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--February 4.
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Crowned not long ago as California's champion freshman sire of 2007, Decarchy is continuing to take care of business.
Two of his daughters reached the winner's circle at Santa Anita on Saturday, Onefunsonofagun scoring her third career victory and Stroppy capturing her first start.
Decarchy now is represented by eight winners and earners of more than $335,000. His runners include stakes winner Timehascometoday and stakes-placed Harlene.
Stroppy, with a win in her only start, boasts a perfect record and earnings of $13,200. Onefunsonofagun has never been off the board in five starts, with three wins, a second, and a fourth for earnings of $54,440.
Stroppy was bred in California by her owner, J. Paul Reddam, and is trained by Craig Dollase. She was ridden by Michael Baze. Onefunsonofagun was bred in Kentucky by her owner, Justin Kengye, and is trained by Brian Koriner. She was ridden by Joseph Talamo.
Decarchy, a multiple graded stakes winner of $703,862, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--January 29.
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Multiple graded stakes winner Decarchy became California's champion freshman sire of 2007 with an impressive debut in which his runners outearned their rivals by a wide margin.
With seven winners from 17 starters, Decarchy's runners amassed $289,243 in earnings, far more than runner-up Stormy Jack's total of $193,270. He had five winners from eight starters. Capsized, with four winners from 13 starters, was third with $125,921.
Decarchy's seven winners were the most by any first-crop California sire. They were led by stakes winner Timehascometoday, who had earnings of $73,998.
Stormy Jack, second in number of winners, with five, was given a late boost when Bob Black Jack captured the $125,000-added California Breeders' Champion Stakes at Santa Anita on December 26 to end the year with earnings of $131,425.
Capsized got off to an early lead when Maxie's Night Cap won his first three starts at Emerald Downs, but he was soon overtaken by Decarchy.
Decarchy stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez; Stormy Jack at Harris Farms, Coalinga; and Capsized at Eagle Oak Ranch, Paso Robles.--January 3.
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Continuing to widen his lead in the California freshman sire race, Decarchy added his seventh winner Sunday at Hollywood Park when Quisisana captured her first career start.
The majority of Decarchy's winners have broken their maidens in wire-to-wire victories, and Quisisana almost did the same, taking the lead entering the turn in the 6 1/2-furlong race and pulling away to win by a length and a half.
Quisisana broke second, just a head back of the leader, and challenged relentlessly down the backstretch before taking the lead and cruising to victory under jockey David Flores.
With seven winners and $270,283 in earnings, Decarchy has a comfortable lead over his nearest challenger, Capsized, with four winners and $117,741 in earnings. Stormy Jack, with five winners, is his closest rival in that category.
Quisisana was bred in California by Todd Gerbovaz, is owned by Ran Jan Racing, Inc., and is trained by Mike Puype.
Decarchy is a multiple graded stakes winner of $703,862. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--December 12.
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Although jockey David Flores lost his whip in midstretch, Cantina's Rose held on for an allowance victory Sunday at Hollywood Park, completing a weekend double score for freshman sire Decarchy.
Undefeated Kiss My Crown got Decarchy's Hollywood Park weekend off to a flying start Friday with his second win in as many starts and Cantina's Rose finished it with a head victory in Sunday's race.
Cantina's Rose has earned $59,160 with two wins and a third in four career starts. In Sunday's race, she moved steadily from fifth on the backstretch to third in the early stretch and took the lead under left-handed urging by Flores.
But after she took the lead just past midstretch, Flores dropped his whip. She nevertheless continued to race strongly, refusing to give up her lead, and hit the wire a head in front at the end of the 1 1/16-mile route.
Her winning purse increased the earnings of Decarchy's first crop to $250,843, placing him far in front in the race for the 2008 California freshman sire championship. He leads in both total earnings and number of winners, with six.
Cantina's Rose, bred in California by B&B Zietz Stables, Inc., Bruce Henry Zietz, and Beverly Kay Zietz, is owned by B and B Zietz Stables, Inc., and trained by Mike Puype.
Decarchy, a multiple graded stakes-winning son of English champion Distant View, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--December 5.
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Undefeated Kiss My Crown extended Decarchy's lead in the California freshman sire race Friday at Hollywood Park with his second victory in as many starts at the track's winter meeting.
The Doug O'Neill-trained colt staged a late surge in the six-furlong race to gain the lead in the final sixteenth and pull away to win by a length and a half. It was his second victory of the only month of his racing career to date; he broke his maiden in his debut on November 7.
With six winners and earnings of $223,843, Decarchy is well on his way to taking the 2007 California freshman sire title. His progeny earnings are more than double those of second-place Capsized at $111,622.
Kiss My Crown, whose earnings now total $27,000, was bred in California by his owner, Magali Ventures, LLC. He was ridden in Friday's race by Garrett Gomez.
Decarchy, a multiple graded stakes winner of $703,862, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--December 2.
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Sailing home by a clear five lengths for her second win in three starts, Onefunsonofagun sent the earnings of Decarchy's first crop past the $200,000 mark Thursday at Hollywood Park.
Decarchy is surging toward California's 2007 freshman sire championship, almost $100,000 ahead of second-place Capsized. His runners have earned $200,163, giving him a wide lead over Capsized, with $104,926. No other California first-crop sire has reached six figures in progeny earnings.
Onefunsonofagun broke her maiden in her first career start on September 20 at Fairplex Park, then dropped back to a fourth-place finish in her first race against winners a month later at Santa Anita.
But she had no trouble finding her way back to the winner's circle in Thursday's 6 1/2-furlong race, the longest distance she'd attempted after going four and five and a half furlongs in her first two starts.
She raced in third place early in the five-horse field before making her bid on the turn for home. In the stretch she moved into the lead and stretched it to five lengths at the finish under a hand ride by jockey Joe Talamo.
She was bred in Kentucky by her owner, Justin Kengye, and is trained by Brian Koriner.
Decarchy won or placed in seven graded stakes races while earning $703,862. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--November 17.
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Decarchy accelerated his drive toward California's freshman sire championship Saturday at Hollywood Park when De Car Guy won a stretch battle to become the sixth winner from his first crop to reach racing age.
It was his second winner of the week at Hollywood Park.
Decarchy is the state's only freshman sire with six winners, and he has a comfortable lead in total earnings, with $184,723, well ahead of second-place Capsized, with $102,586.
A seventh Decarchy runner, Harlene, is still a maiden but is stakes-placed, having finished third in the $125,000 California Cup Juvenile Stakes.
De Car Guy was returning to action for the first time since finishing unplaced on August 26 at Del Mar in his only other start. He's earned $12,400 in those two starts.
In Saturday's seven-furlong race, De Car Guy stalked the pace while racing fourth in the 10-horse field until jockey Mike Smith took him to the lead at the top of the stretch. He held on to win by a length over a late-finishing rival.
De Car Guy was bred in California by his owners, Mike Burns and Dan Sisemore, and is trained by Robert Hess, Jr.
Decarchy, a son of English champion Distant View out of the stakes-winning dam of four other stakes winners, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--November 12.
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Decarchy pulled farther ahead in the California freshman sire race Wednesday when Kiss My Crown moved strongly in the stretch at Hollywood Park Wednesday to become the fifth winner from the first crop of the multiple graded stakes winner of $703,862.
With progeny earnings of $172,923, Decarchy holds a solid lead over the second-place sire, Capsized, with $102,586. His total of five winners is equalled only by Stormy Jack among the state's first-crop sires.
Making his first start, Kiss My Crown started slowly in the six-furlong event, racing in the middle of the 12-horse field to the turn for home, where he moved up to third and began a challenge that lasted almost to the finish before he overtook the front-runner in the final yards to win by a neck under urging by jockey Garrett Gomez.
Kiss My Crown was bred in California by his owner, Magali Ventures, LLC, and is trained by Doug O'Neill.
Decarchy won two graded stakes and placed in four others, including the Grade 1 Eddie Read Handicap at Del Mar. He stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--November 9.
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Timehascometoday, already one of four winners from Decarchy's first crop to reach the races, became his sire's first stakes winner by prevailing in a stretch-long battle in the $101,992 ATBA Fall Sales Stakes at Turf Paradise.
Timehascometoday took the lead at the start of the six-furlong race, lost it briefly on the turn for home but got back in front and stayed there while under pressure all the way to the win, winning by a head under jockey Tony Matteucci.
The 2-year-old broke his maiden at Turf Paradise in his first start and followed with a second and a third in three starts at Yavapai Downs and Turf Paradise before scoring his first stakes victory, defeating 11 rivals.
His earnings now total $72,398 in five starts.
Timehascometoday is a star of a family enterprise. He was bred in Arizona by his owners, Terry C. and Dara J. Osborne, and is trained by Dara Osborne.
Decarchy, a multiple graded stakes winner of $703,862, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--October 22.
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Cantina's Rose came on strong in the stretch Sunday at Santa Anita to become Decarchy's fourth first-crop winner, but she was the first of the four not to break her maiden in her first career start.
She broke her maiden in her second career start.
Those four winners give Decarchy a tie for first place in number of winners by California freshman sires of 2007 and their earnings of $73,065 place him second in that category.
Cantina's Rose, a California-bred, debuted on August 30 with a third-place finish at Del Mar, missing by just a length and a quarter. Both of her starts have been in maiden special weight races. She's earned $32,160.
In Sunday's race, she lingered in seventh place in the field of 13, swinging four wide into the stretch, but accelerated to the lead halfway down the lane and pulled away to win by 3 1/2 lengths under jockey David Flores.
She's owned by her breeder, B & B Zietz Stables, who bred her in partnership with Beverly Kay and Bruce Henry Zietz. She's trained by Mike Puype.
Decarchy, a multiple graded stakes winner of $703,862, stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--October 2.
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First-crop sire Decarchy recorded his third winner Thursday at Fairplex Park when Onefunsonofagun triumphed in a stern stretch battle in her first career start.
All three of the winners sired by the multiple graded stakes-winner were victorious in their first starts, and all remain undefeated.
Onefunsonofagun raced close to the leaders early in the four-furlong race, gradually moving up and engaging the leader entering the stretch. She continued to exert pressure and got up in the final strides to win by a neck under jockey Joseph Talermo.
She was bred in California by her owner, Justin Kengye, and is trained by Brian Koriner.
Decarchy won the Grade 2 Frank E. Kilroe Handicap at Golden Gate Fields and the Grade 3 Tanforan Handicap at Golden Gate Fields and placed in five other graded stakes races, including the Grade 1 Eddie Read Handicap at Del Mar. He earned $703,863 in 19 starts over five seasons.
Decarchy stands at Magali Farms, Santa Ynez, Calif.--September 22.
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Timehascometoday becomes first winner for Decarchy
Decarchy gained his first winner on Sunday when Timehascometoday made all the pace en route to a half-length win in a $13,000 maiden/optional claiming race at Turf Paradise.
Timehascometoday, who is out of the Gilded Time mare Time to be Bold, won the 41/2-furlong race in :52.84 over a fast track for owners-breeders Terry Osborne and Dara Osborne.
Decarchy, a ten-year-old by Distant View out of 2002 Broodmare of the Year Toussaud, by El Gran Senor, stands for $5,000 at Magali Farms in Santa Ynez, California. He has 57 foals in his first crop.
Decarchy recorded six wins, including two graded stakes victories, from 19 career starts and bankrolled $703,862 in lifetime earnings.
*Decarchy iSD (2/1) TIMEHASCOMETODAY, Dk b. or br. g. 2, Time to Be Bold, by Gilded Time. Turf Paradise, 4/29, 4.5f, fast, :52.84. Won by 1/2. O—Terry C. Osborne & Dara J. Osborne; B—Terry C. Osborne & Dara J. Osborne (Az.); T—Dara J. Osborne. 1-1-0-0, $7,800.
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The average for the California October Yearling Sale crept upward by the slightest of margins Tuesday at the Barretts sale complex at Fairplex Park, but that was almost the only good news in the day's results.
The average of $25,362 for 171 yearlings sold was 0.02 percent higher--just $51--than the $25,311 average for 207 sold at last year's inaugural offering of the sale jointly sponsored by Barretts and the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
But all the other markers were down. The buyback rate soared from 26.9 percent last year to 38.7 percent, the median slipped 5.9 percent, from $17,000 to $16,000, and the gross was 17.2 percent lower, dropping from $5,239,400 to $4,336,900.
The high price of $240,000 paid for a Cape Town filly (#301) was $50,000 less than the $290,00 paid for a High Demand colt last year. This year's sale topper, consigned by Havens Bloodstock Agency, Inc., Agent, was bought by pinhooker John Brocklebank, agent.
This year there was a bright spot. Six yearlings sold for $100,000 or more, one more than the five that reached that level in 2005. Tuesday's other five six-figure sellers were a Yonauska colt (#227) at $150,000, a Decarchy filly (#326) at $140,000, a More Than Ready filly (#37) at $130,000, a Kafwain filly (#313) at $115,000, and a Tribal Rule filly (#101) at $100,000. --October 4.
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A chestnut colt, born on 1/3/05, out of the mare Kitty Galore. Bred by Magali Ventures
