ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 23, 2013) – Win machine Halo Dolly, stakes performer Tiz Flirtatious and defending champ Chokecherymary are among the entries in Saturday’s contentious $100,000 Valentine’s Dancer Stakes for California-bred fillies and mares on the Sunshine Millions card at Santa Anita.
Halo Dolly is by Popular, out of the Comic Strip mare Spanish Halo, was bred by Rod and Lorraine Rodriguez, is owned by Hoefflin or O’Farrell or Schneider et al and trained by Jerry Hollendorfer. She has 14 wins in 25 starts, earnings of $675,896 and is coming off a fourth in the Dec. 30 Robert J. Frankel.
Tiz Flirtatious is by Tizbud, out of the Victory Gallop mare Masquerade Belle, was bred by owner Pamela Ziebarth and trained by Martin Jones. She has four wins in seven starts, earnings of $274,800 and is coming off a second in the Dec. 30 Robert J. Frankel.
Defending champion Chokecherymary is by Capsized, out of the Gilded Time mare Sassy Rhythm, was bred by BnD Thoroughbreds, is owned by Steve & Sue Woskow and trained by Gary Mandella. She has four wins in 11 starts, earnings of $220,838 and is coming off a fifth in a Dec. 30 optional claimer.
Best Present Ever is by Unusual Heat, out of the Beau Genius mare Centerofattention, was bred by owners Dennis and Norine Grenier and is trained by J. Eric Kruljac. She has three wins in 10 starts, earnings of $205,800 and is making her first start since an eighth in the Oct. 27 Autumn Miss Stakes.
Dancingtothestars is by Good Journey, out of the In Excess mare A Lil Excess, was bred by owner Ren-Mar Thoroughbreds and trained by Doug O’Neill. She has four wins in nine starts, earnings of $182,456 and is coming off a Dec. 30 optional claiming win.
Miss Becca is by Marino Marini, out of the In Excess mare Excessiveability, was bred by Dennis Connor and Wade Jacobsen, is owned by Rockingham Ranch, Connor and Jacobsen and is trained by Peter Miller. She has five wins in 12 starts, earnings of $166,710 and is coming off a second in a Dec. 28 allowance.
Secret Cove is by Tribal Rule, out of the Cee’s Tizzy mare Tizdream, was bred by Pam & Marty Wygod, is owned by David Bernsen and trained by Peter Miller. The $17,000 Barretts purchase has five wins in 22 starts, earnings of $185,700 and is coming off a fifth in a Jan. 4 optional claimer. She was third in this race last year.
Toomanytomatoes is by Downtown Seattle, out of the French Deputy mare Toomanytomorrows, was bred by Harris Farms and Harold Chuhlantseff, is owned by Westside Rentals.com or W.C. Racing and is trained by Doug O’Neill. She has three wins in eight starts, earnings of $101,160 and is coming off a fourth when claimed for $50,000 Jan. 10.