NOTES FROM DAY TWO OF LOS AL SALE

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Corona Cartel Colt Is $140,000 High Seller On Los Al Day 2



The Los Alamitos Equine Sale resumes on Sunday with its final session.
The sale will commence at 9:30 a.m.
CYPRESS, CA— OCTOBER 7, 2007—John Andreini and Benny Rosset purchased the Corona Cartel colt Balboa Bay for $140,000 to make him the high seller on day two of the Los Alamitos Equine Sale.

Consigned by Lazy E Ranch Inc, Agent for Deer Creek Holding Co., Balboa Bay (Hip #267) is the first foal out of the First Down Dash mare Strawberry Dash, who ran fourth for David and Susan Mackie in the Southern California Derby and fifth in the Los Alamitos Derby. A full sister to two-time champion Stoli and 2005 All American Juvenile Stakes winner Rousing Encore, Strawberry Dash won four races in her racing career for earnings of $68,850.

"Balboa Bay is a great looking colt and I knew his dam well," said Danny Cardoza, the ranch manager at Andreini's ranch and Los Alamitos' all-time leading Quarter Horse jockey in wins. "Strawberry Dash broke my ribs when I was breaking her as a 2-year-old. She was a talented runner but she some bad racing luck; otherwise she would have made a lot more money. We believe she has great potential as a broodmare and you can't go wrong when you have Corona Cartel as the sire."

Moonlight Corona, a half sister to champion Your First Moon and Grade 1 El Primero Del Ano Derby winner Not A Full Moon, was the day's second highest seller at $105,000. Ed Allred purchased the daughter of Corona Cartel out of Moon Arisen. Consigned by Vessels Stallion Farm LLC, Moonlight Corona is also a half sister to Los Alamitos Million and Rainbow futurity finalist Sunset Dash. Meanwhile, Your First Moon earned over $750,000 while winning the Los Alamitos Million Futurity and Governor's Cup Futurity. She was named champion 2-year-old and champion 2-year-old filly in 2001. Not A Full Moon has banked $231,777 in his racing career, which includes the El Primero victory. He finished second in the Governor's Cup Derby and third in both the PCQHRA Breeders and Golden State derbies.

"Everything out of Moon Arisen runs," said Fred Scane, the stallion manager of Allred's Rolling A Ranch. "The bloodlines on Moonlight Corona are extremely impressive and we're looking forward to her racing career. She'll be an outstanding addition to the Rolling A Ranch's broodmare band as well."


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Andreini was involved in several of the big money buys on day two of the sale. Andreini also purchased Tara Tiara (Hip #117) for $85,000 and Jess Racy Eyes (Hip #96) for $75,000. Tara Tiara was day's fifth highest seller, while Jess Racy Eyes was the seventh highest seller.

"Tara Tiara is an outstanding individual," Andreini said. "She looks classy and she's very pretty."

"Her dam is the Thoroughbred mare Natural Vallentine, who produced All American Futurity runner-up Flys R Droppin by Strawfly Special," Cardoza added.

First Down Dash sired Tara Tiara, who is also a half sister to stakes winner Unbreak My Heart and Grade 2 derby finalist Royal Domain. Jess Racy Eyes is a filly by Mr Jess Perry out of the Mr Eye Opener mare Miss Racy Eyes, a winner of the Speedhorse Gold & Silver Cup Futurity and a Remington Park derby finalist.

"We purchased Jess Racy Eyes because she's from the same family as Runaway Vike, who we own," Cardoza explained. "Runaway Vike is the dam of (Los Alamitos Winter Championship winner) Volcom. This whole family is outstanding."

Andreini's strong presence as a buyer was one of the many pleasant surprises at Los Alamitos Equine Sale. "John has been selling a lot of babies over the years as part of the Schvaneveldt/Andreini Sale," Cardoza said. "He's decided that he wanted a few more horses to run next year, plus he really wants to support the Los Alamitos racing program and those million dollar futurities."


Notes From Day Two Of Equine Sale
Jose Flores signed for two high selling Corona Cartel yearlings on day two. Flores purchased the colt Significant Corona (Hip #232) for $95,000, and the filly Neon Cartel (Hip #121) for $80,000. They were the third and sixth highest sellers on Saturday.

"The breeding on these horses is what attracted me to them," Flores said. "With Corona Cartel you know you're going to get some fast, fast horses. You have to try to go with the best whenever possible."

Significant Corona is out of the champion 3-year-old filly and champion aged mare Significant Speed, who won the Rainbow and Dash For Cash derbies plus the Refrigerator Handicap. Significant Corona is a half brother to 2004 La Primera Del Ano Derby winner So Significant. Out of the mare Neo Classic, Neon Cartel is a half sister to Remington Park Championship and Heritage Place Derby winner Deposit Cash.


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Larry Johnston was one of the most active new buyers of the Los Alamitos Equine Sale, as he purchased 11 head of horses for a combined $239,200. Johnston was extremely active early on, as he purchased the first two horses that entered the sale ring with the filly Madam Corona (Hip #71) going for $19,000 and the filly In The Jungle (Hip #72) going for $9,500. Johnston then purchased the mares Blustery (Hip #81) for $25,000, Mystical Rainbow (Hip #166) for $37,000, Little Rebas Stoli (Hip #180) for $25,000, and Picture My Dream (Hip #194) for $16,000. He purchased the following yearling fillies: Madam Separate (Hip #82) for $30,000; Ima Fancy Cartel (Hip #92) for $11,500; Check My Okole (Hip #97) for $5,700; Miss Mitey Hot (Hip #101) for $20,000; and Quick Check Out (Hip #162) for $15,000. Johnston also bought a foal in utero (Hip #101) by Feature Mr Jess and out of the Light On Cash mare LS Honey Brown for $13,500. LS Honey Brown is the dam of Los Alamitos' 300-yard track record holder Runnin Ramped.

Johnston owns a farm located near Houston, Texas. "We don't have a single Quarter Horse in the farm just yet," Johnston said. "We're just getting started. I had Quarter Horses many years ago but I've not owned one in over 20 years. Steve Williams is my son-in-law and he's won some big races in New Mexico and he remains involved in the sport. I've been working overseas and I recently retired from the oil business. I've been looking forward to becoming involved in Quarter Horses once again. I plan to race my Quarter Horses all over the country next year and eventually raising horses at my farm."


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Whats So Exciting (Hip #245), whose second dam is Barbs Bounce, the mother of Grade 1 Ruidoso Horse Sale Futurity winner First Down Bounce, was the day two's fourth highest seller at $85,000. JJH Quarter Horses purchased the First Down Dash filly.

Jose Santos, who won the PCQHRA Breeders Derby with Frankie Shoots, paid $70,000 for the Splash Bac colt Bac To Bac. He is a full brother to champion crop out Paint Horse Tiene Mucho Blanco and a half brother to stakes winner Just Wanna Be Me and Devons Signature, who ran third in the All American Futurity.

Muller Racing LLC, who campaigned 2005 Champion of Champions winner Ocean Runaway, bought Nosecretwhosefirst (Hip #207) for $70,000. The First Down Dash colt is out of a half sister to All American Futurity winner No Secrets Here.

David Brownell purchased the filly Shinning First Love (Hip #116) for $68,000... Dutch Masters III purchased five horses for $136,000, headed by the Mr Jess Perry filly Shine On You for $65,000. Shine On You is a half sister to All American Futurity winner Ausual Suspects.

Salvador Onate purchased the filly Perridosa for $60,000. A half sister to distance champion Heros Call and stakes winner Ravaged, Perridosa is from the female family of two-time World Champion and eight-time AQHA Champion Charger Bar and Go Man Go Handicap winner Blushing By. Onate purchased a total of six horses for $143,000.

Kevin W. Allred purchased the mare Hawk Three (Hip #128), a half sister to champions Hawkish and Hawkinson, for $50,000.

In other sale happenings, Lazy E Ranch Agent for Foothill Farms repurchased Mr Morning Snow (Hip #105) for $155,000. The Mr Jess Perry colt is out of the multiple Grade 1 winner Morning Snow.


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John Andreini said that he is planning to breed the outstanding broodmare Dinastia Toll Brz to Corona Cartel and Mr Jess Perry in 2008. "We'll probably breed her to Check Him Out as well," Andreini said. "We purchased (Dinastia Toll Brz) two years ago and we're so excited to have her at the ranch. We believe she is following on the steps of the great broodmare Corona Chick."

Dinastia Toll Brz is the dam of the millionaire champion FDD Dynasty, who in his last start defeated aged horses in the Go Man Go Handicap. A multiple Grade 1 stakes winner at Los Alamitos, Dinastia Toll Brz has a Fishers Dash weanling filly by her side, plus two First Down Dash embryos.

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