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Make It Anywhere Tops Day One of Los Alamitos Equine Sale



LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA—October 6, 2007—Ramiro Villarreal Tostado and his son, Ramiro Villarreal, purchased the stallion Make It Anywhere (Hip #70) for $230,000 on Friday afternoon, making the son of First Down Dash and out of the Broomare of the Year and Dam of Distinction Seperate Ways the high seller on opening day of the 2007 Los Alamitos Equine Sale.
The first day of the sale consisted strictly of the Francisco Gonsalez's dispersal featuring Hip #1 through 70. The sale will resume on today (Saturday, October 6) at 9:30 a.m. with Hip #71 through #351. Hip #352 through 631 will enter the sale ring on Sunday (October 7) also beginning at 9:30 a.m.

The Villarreals reside in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon in Mexico. They have campaigned several horses over the years in the United States, including Conner Can, a stakes winner at both Delta Downs and Remington Park of more than $130,000. They've also raced horses at Los Alamitos, including the allowance winning five-year-old mare A Rare Cartel and the 2-year-old winners Corona Roque and Sweet Separation.

"My father is planning to move to San Antonio and he wants to own a horse ranch there," said Villarreal. "We feel that Make It Anywhere is an excellent investment and we're looking forward to marketing this horse in the years to come. Heath Taylor trains our horses in Texas and when I discussed this horse with him he said that Make It Anywhere has great potential as a stallion. The thing that we loved about him is that he has an outstanding production percentage and his racing record and bloodlines are first class."

The Villarreals have not decided where Make It Anywhere will stand in 2008. "We're going to look at different options and make a decision from there. We are very excited to own an outstanding horse like Make It Anywhere," Villarreal concluded.

Jorge Haddad of Seguin, Texas purchased the broodmare Callin Baton Rouge (Hip #6) for $200,000 to make her the second high seller on the day. The 14-year-old Callin Baton Rouge is a half sister to champions Tres Seis and Dean Miracle and Broodmare of the Year Fortune Of Delight, who is the dam of champion and All American Futurity winner A Delightful Dasher and champion Hes My Dasher. Callin Baton Rouge is the dam of the stakes placed horse New Chaos.

"Callin Baton Rouge has tons of class and will make a fine addition to my broodmare band," said the owner of Haddad Ranch, formerly Moehrig Ranch. "Mr. Allen Moehrig operated the ranch for 30 years and I've owned it for the past three years. Mr. Moehrig raised Special Effort, Dashin Is Easy, Eyesa Special and many more great horses at this ranch. I'm hoping that I can continue on that great tradition. Right now I have the stallions Moon Shake, Newarco, Lil Bit Cuervo and Ihavepromises Tokeep. We do a lot of embryo transfers at the ranch and we have over 300 mares a year."

Jaime Gomez signed the ticket for $150,000 on the stakes winning broodmare Velvet Meter (Hip #33) to make her the third highest seller. Velvet Meter is the dam Velvetins, who is racing in the Grade 1 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity on Saturday. She's also the dam of three-time winner Dont Meet Me Im Gone. Velvet Meter's family includes stakes winners Firstdown Touchdown and Fighter On Fire. Haddad purchased the Streakin La Jolla weanling filly Likelittlelili (Hip #38) for $60,000. Out of the Ronas Ryon mare Terra Cotta Red, Likelittlelili is a full sister to Like Frankie And Me, a winner of $435,414 and a runner-up in the 2005 Champion of Champions and 2004 Golden State Futurity. Like Frankie And Me also finished third in the '05 All American Derby.


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Gonsalez was thrilled with the figures following the completion of the dispersal sale. "What I love is that the sale was extremely well run," he said. "I'm very happy with how smooth things went. I'd like to thank Dr. Ed Allred, Vessels Stallion Farm and the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association for assisting in conducting this dispersal. I'm not retiring forever; I'm just taking some time off to concentrate on another business venture. You'll see me in Quarter Horse racing once again."


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Abigail Kawanakoa purchased Breeders Futurity qualifier Velvetins for $200,000. The Make It Anywhere filly will start from the rail in Saturday's Grade 1 final. Jaime Gomez will saddle her.


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