AMERICAN THEOREM had been training fabulously prior to his first start at Del Mar on 8/31/19 and lived up to those expectations with an impressive score over a much hyped field. Looking every bit like a future Kentucky Derby prospect after his 2nd in the G1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita in October of 2019. The heartache of a shin injury dashed Breeders’ Cup plans as well as Kentucky Derby start in 2020 and pretty much the entire year. 2021 wasn’t much different, but finally he patience of his connections, owner Kretz Racing LLC and his trainer George Papaprodromou was rewarded in 2022 with a a bang up allowance win on Jan 2 to start the year, followed by wins in the Triple Bend G2 and the Bing Crosby G1. Looking forward to his 2024 season with the Breeders Cup at Del Mar his goal.  View more news about American Theorem.

Owner Kretz Racing LLC was all in on this beautiful son of Pioneerof the Nile at the 2021 OBS April 2yr old sale. Turned over to trainer George Papaprodromou, he trained and showed promise during the summer of his 2yr old year at Del Mar on the dirt but a switch to the grass got his maiden win during the Del Mar fall meet, that was then followed up with a placing in the G3 Cecil B. De Mile Stake on the Breeders Cup undercard. It did not take long after that for his first stakes win to come, taking the Listed $100,000 Eddie Logan at Santa Anita to bring in 2022 on Jan 2. A switch back to the dirt in the G3 Robert B. Lewis resulted in a credible 2nd place finish, but a follow up dirt start in the G2 San Felipe indicated he may be better on the turf. A solid 3rd in the California Derby at Golden Gate proved that, followed by a 2nd in the Cinema Stake, a win in the G3 La Jolla Handicap and another win in the G2 Twilight Derby then followed. In 2023 he picked up a 3rd in the Frank E. Kilroe Mile G1. Looking forward to 2024.

Gayle Van Leer did the mating that produced this filly for her breeder Ken D’Oyen. Like many small breeders that need to stretch their budgets, looking for value in the under $10,000 range is a constant. This sire never became hugely popular but he did work well with this mare and the results speak for themselves. This filly sold as a yearling for $40,000 off a $7,500 stud fee which made her breeder very happy. She was subsquently sold for $165,000 as a 2yr old to her current connections. She has now won 4 stakes including the Sorrento Stakes G2 and the Monrovia Stakes G3. She has also placed in the Clement L Hirsch G1, the Great Lady M Stk G2 and the Chillingworth Stk G3. Congratulations to her connections! Keep winning!

RED FLAG made a splash breaking his maiden for owners Tina and Jerry Moss and trainer John Sherrifs in the fall of 2020. He then skipped forward into Kentucky Derby contention with an easy 7 1/4 win in the 7f G3 Bob Hope stakes at Del Mar in his next start. A third as the heavy favorite on 2/27/20 in the listed Pasadena Stakes at Santa Anita, knocked him off the Derby trail. Multiple layoffs followed.   GVLTS purchased his dam Surrender on behalf of Elaine Macpherson. Red Flag’s stakes win now makes Surrender a two time stakes producer for Macpherson. She also produced Surrender Now.  Read a pedigree profile on RED FLAG by the Paulick Report here.

MOOSE MITCHELL is owned and bred by long time GVLTS client R L Stables. “Moose” as he’s known around the barn is quite the handful, but he can sure run and as he matures he’s just getting better. GVLTS purchased his granddam as a yearling in 2007. She only made one start but it was a winning one. She showed us enough talent that it was decided to keep her to try as a broodmare. One of her mates was City Zip and from that mating we got Sunrise Avenue, the dam of MOOSE MITCHELL. Sunrise also showed talent and shortly before her first race she was injured and retired. Breeding is a game of patience and finally it paid off with Moose. Now stakes placed twice, we are looking forward to 2024.

Long time client Larry Samovar retired from the breeding side of the business and wanted a good California bred for some racing fun with his long time trainer Eddie Truman. That result became PROFESSORS’ PRIDE who won first time out and kept going from there in the fall of her 2yr old year also capturing the Soviet Problem Stake at Los Alamatos in December of 2021. She has now moved on from the Samovars who did way beyond expectations and is still earning money for her new connections.

Her connections Kretz Racing LLC and trainer George Papaprodromou brought this beautifully bred daughter of Curlin along slowly. She finally came into her own in her 4yr old year putting back to back placings in the G2 Santa Margarita and the G2 Santa Maria (beaten the smallest of noses) to G1 winner As Time Goes By. Sadly she came out of that huge effort with a career ending injury and was sold at the 2021 November Fasig Tipton Night of the Stars sale for $425,000 as a broodmare prospect. Best of luck to her new owner Mulholland Springs Farm. Hope you raise a champion out of her!

Om had one of his best years at age 7 that included a gallant runner up finish in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint that was run in track record time. His lifetime accomplishments include winning the G2 Del Mar Derby, the (G2) Twilight Derby, and the (G2) Mathis Brothers Mile along with the G3 Thunder Road S. His he has also placed in the in the G1 Breeder’s Cup Turf Sprint (twice), G1 Hollywood Derby, G1 Jaipur Invitational Stk, G2, City of Hope Mile S., G2 Del Mar Mile H, G3 Affirmed Stakes, G3 Arcadia Stake, G3 La Jolla Handicap and the G3 American Handicap. Om was recommended to his original trainer Dan Hendricks by GVLTS. Congratulations to both Dan and Peter Miller who trained him in his last two seasons and owner the Sareen Family Trust. He is currently standing at Stud at Harris Farms in California. His owner was profiled in the CTBA Magazine in April of 2020. Read the story.

PEE WEE REESE, the horse with a famous baseball player’s name, won 4 stakes, 2 graded (the Eddie D (G2) and the American S (G3) as well as placing in two others. His better years were came later in his career, a credit to the patience of his owner and breeder Nick Alexander. Slated for the 2019 Breeders’ Cup, sadly he sustained a career ending injury just weeks prior to the Breeders’ Cup that also ended his life due to laminitis. Nick Alexander bred and raced two stakes winners and 2 other earners of over $100,000 from his dam who was picked out for Nick in 2007.

An easy winner of the 2016 G2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita that win placed him solidly on the Kentucky Derby trail. Sadly for his connections, Derby winning dreams did not play out. After some time off, at 4 he racked up 3 wins including the G2 San Carlos and the G3 Lone Star Park H. Touted as an early choice for the Breeders’ Cup Sprint those dreams were dashed by an injury that brought his career to and end in the summer of his 4yr old year. His dam was purchased at the Keeneland November Breeding stock sale for $50,000 by GVLTS for his breeder Ted Aroney/Halo Farms who raced him in partnership with Jim and Diane Bashor. He began his stallion career at Rancho San Miguel in 2018. Looking forwarding to seeing his progeny race in 2021! Congratulations to all his connections!

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and his partners Rancho San Miguel and George Todaro raced this daughter of champion leading sire Distorted Humor after her purchase in the 2003 Keeneland September sale on the recommendation of GVLTS. A multiple G1 winner, she gave them untold thrills at racing’s highest levels including wins in the G1 Humana Distaff (twice) at Churchill Downs, G2 Molly Pitcher,  G3 Azeri, along with placing in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff, G1 Vanity Invitational H., and the G1 Lady’s Secret.  They later sold her at the 2008 Keeneland November sale for $3,000,000 to Darley Stud. To date she has produced stakes winner LADY MONTDORE (2014 F, by Medaglia d’Oro to 8/2/19, G2 winner of $314,356) and three other winners.

Purchased by GVLTS pregnant to Gemologist off her good looks, pedigree and an unraced half brother in 2016. That half brother developed into G2 stakes winner American Anthem (by Bodemeister, to 5/26/20 earnings of $810,490). Resold in 2017 Fasig Tiption Kentucky November Sale pregnant to Bodemeister, Polite Smile was hammered down for $325,000 to Ashley Farm. Congratulations to clients Linda Madsen and Joy Seifert on a substantial profit after one year and good luck to Ashley Farm in raising top quality foals from her in the future.

A bit slow to come around IRON ROB finally put it all together by winning the listed Baffle Stakes at Santa Anita in 2016.  He also won the San Pedro Stakes for GVLTS client Kretz Racing LLC. Claimed from Kretz Racing LLC and their trainer George Papaprodromou in Oct of 2017. He lived up to the “Iron” in his name in that he raced through age 9 and was still picking up checks.

Win The Space showed potential all along, enough that he was shipped to Oaklawn Park for a try in the G1 Arkansas Derby as a maiden off of two 3rd place finishes. He ran credibly, but he, along with the rest of the field that day, were no match for American Pharoah. Bad luck and missteps seemed to haunt him the rest of his 3 yr old year as well as into 4, however he still pulled off a 2nd in the G1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita and a 3rd in the G1 Awesome Again Stakes also at Santa Anita. Slated for another year of racing at 5, he was retired after a surgery to repair a splint bone fracture went wrong. It was a fun ride for client Kretz Racing LLC and their trainer George Papaprodromou.  From the last crop of the sire of sires stallion Pulpit, he currently is standing at stud at Milky Way Farm in Temecula California.

Off the strength of her impressive first time out maiden win at 2, she went off the favorite in the Landaluce Stake at Santa Anita on 7/2/17 and won by a widening 8 lengths. In and out of training through age 6 she was productive for her connections Rockingham Ranch and trainer Peter Miller. GVLTS purchased her dam Surrender on behalf of Elaine Macpherson. She is now a two time stakes producer for Macpherson also having produced RED FLAG.

A winner of the G2 $200,000 Buena Vista H, at Santa Anita in 2016, she was also 2nd in the G3 Autumn Miss Stake and 3rd in the G2 San Clemente Stake. Purchased for KM Racing Enterprises, she retired in 2016 and was sold at the 2016 Fasig Tipton November sale as a broodmare prospect for $425,000. Congratulations to KM Racing Enterprises and her trainers George Papaprodromou and Richard Baltas.

A big rangy individual, MR. ROARY took a while to come around, after his purchase at the OBS April 2yr old sale, finally earning his maiden win after 9 starts in the Rainbow Stake at Santa Anita in June of his 3yr old year. At 4 he notched the G3 Eddie D Stake in an exciting closing finish. The same year he was also 3rd in the G2 Eddie Read Stake at Del Mar. At 5 he continued to be productive for his original connections Kretz Racing LLC and trainer George Papaprodromou. He changed barns in May of 2018 and made his first start his new connections Owner Tim Rosselli and trainer Jeff Mullins at the 2019 Del Mar Summer meet.

Purchased by GVLTS for Nick Alexander, not only did she turn out to be a good racemare, placing in a stake and out earning her purchase price, she is a multiple stakes producer (SUNDAY RULES, G2 winner of $579,580 and TOUGH SUNDAY, G3 placed stakes winner of $362,228. Read amazing story  SUNDAY DRESS died prematurely in 2016 but already one of her daughters, Suddenly Sunday, has produced a stakes winner with her first foal RUBY BRADLEY (2016 F by Grazen to $202,507). SUNDAY RULES had her first foal in 2019 and another daughter, Tribal Dress has had two winners from her first two foals, all bred and raced to much enjoyment by Nick Alexander.

WOW what a story she has turned out to be! Purchased by Gayle Van Leer at the 1999 Keeneland November Sale as a Racing or Broodmare prospect for her long time client RL Stable, she successfully continued on her racing career parlaying her 4 previous allowance starts into placing in multiple stakes. Not being breeders at the time, RL Stables chose to sell her privately as a broodmare prospect at the end of her racing career. From there she developed into truly a “blue hen” broodmare for Zayat Stables producing E Z WARRIOR winner of the G3 Hollywood Juvenile Championship S. as well as placing in the G1 King’s Bishop (earned $238,468), A Z WARRIOR who won the G1 Frizette Stakes at Belmont Park and placed in the G1 Santa Anita Oaks for earning $286,906, then was sold as a broodmare prospect for $1,250,000 in 2011, JOJO WARRIOR winner of the G2 Summertime Oaks and the G3 Torrey Pines S. (earned $396,231) at Del Mar, and J Z WARRIOR stakes winner of $342,123 who was sold in as a broodmare prospect for $1,125,000.  A dream story of a broodmare hands down!

Yes you read that correctly,102 starts! Originally purchased for the La Canada Stable he changed hands multiple times and but finished off his career back with his original trainer, Jack Carava. Retired at age 10 after a remarkable career, you have got to love these kind of horses! He tried every time and usually picked up a check each start. Third in the 2010 G2 Del Mar Derby, his lifetime earnings would be much higher but not for his constant “seconditis”. He is currently enjoying his time as an OTTB.

The exploits of RUNAWAY DANCER for RL Stable and their trainer Dan Hendricks along with the fact that he was grey and stayed in training to age 9 made him everyone’s favorite including general racing fans. Purchased by Gayle Van Leer and also managed for his connections, he found his place in distance races on the turf. As long as he had his annual time off, this horse was a model of consistency racing from age 3-9. Along the way he won the the G2 Sunset Handicap, G3 Jim Murray Handicap, G3 Carleton F. Burke Handicap,  Escondido Handicap as well as placing in the G2Del Mar Handicap, G3 Jim Murray Handicap, G1 Hollywood Turf Cup, G2 Sunset Breeders’ Cup Handicap and the G3 San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Read Jay Hovdey’s endearing column about RL Stable written after the 2005 Jim Murray Handicap. Runaway Dancer is now enjoying his second career as a much loved OTTB.

FEROCIOUS broke his maiden at Santa Anita very impressively. He came back in the first allowance condition going 7f and dusted an impressive field winning by 2 1/2 lengths then followed that up with a 3rd place finish in the G3 Lazaro Barrera Stake. Sent to the sidelines for an extended period he sadly did not return to his previous form. High hopes were riding on the Kretz Racing LLC and trainer Ron Ellis team. Heart breaking business indeed.

Her dam was purchased by Gayle Van Leer on behalf of Nick Alexander carrying her first foal. It took 4 more foals before she hit gold as a producer with ENOLA GRAY. A six time stakes winner including the G3 Wilshire Stakes, she also placed in the G1 La Brea Stakes. Retired mid-year in 2018 she is expecting her first foal in 2020 by Arrogate.

This filly was an impressive winner of the G1 Test Stake at Saratoga. LEAVE ME ALONE also won the G3 Azalea Breeders Cup S, the Melair S., was 2nd in the G1 Gazelle S., the G1 La Brea Stakes and 3rd in the G1 Santa Monica Handicap. S M Mitchell Ranch LLC’s raced this wonderful filly who was trained by Eric Kruljac. She was sold as a broodmare prospect at the Keeneland November sale for $1m to Summer Wind Farm. For Summer Wind she has produced over $1m in yearling sales and the stakes horse TAP TO IT ($1376,701, 2nd G1 Spinaway S.). LEAVE ME ALONE was sold by Gayle Van Leer at the 2003 Del Mar Yearling sale.

Purchased for KM Racing Enterprises as a 2yr old at the OBS June sale . After a few false starts he finally got on track when moved to the turf placing in the G2 Whittingham, the G3 American Stake, and the Lure Stake. A tough campaigner he raced until age 7.

Raced by owners Halo Farms and Three Sisters Thoroughbreds and trained by John Sadler, this daughter of Candy Ride from his first crop, won the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes, Grade 2 A Gleam Handicap, Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes, Grade 3 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar, and was 2nd in the Grade 2 Santa Ynez Stakes. The foal Jealous Wildcat was carrying at the time Gayle Van Leer purchased her for Halo Farms earned $157,000 and was sold for $100,000. Halo Farms sold Jealous Wildcat at the  Keeneland November sale pregnant to Candy Ride for $175,000 and later sold EVITA ARGENTINA privately to Japan.