ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 29, 2020) – Spiced Perfection became the first female to repeat as California-bred Horse of the Year, which was announced at the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner at the Sheraton San Gabriel on Tuesday night.
The complete list of champions:
Champion Sire of California Conceived Foals by Earnings – Square Eddie, property of Reddam Racing LLC.
Champion Sire of California Conceived Foals by Number of Winners – Lucky Pulpit, property of Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams.
Champion Sire of California Conceived Foals by Turf Earnings – Square Eddie, property of Reddam Racing LLC.
Champion Sire of California Conceived Two-Year-Olds by Earnings – Clubhouse Ride, property of Six-S Racing Stable and Craig Lewis.
Champion First-Crop Sire of California Conceived Foals by Earnings – Govenor Charlie, property of Terry Lovingier.
Broodmare of the Year – Perfect Feat, property of Premier Thoroughbreds LLC.
Champion Breeder of California Foaled Thoroughbreds by Earnings – Reddam Racing LLC.
Trainer of the Year – Bill Delia.
Champion Horse of the Year: Spiced Perfection, bred by Premier Thoroughbreds LLC, owned by Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable and Peter Deutsch, trained by Peter Miller.
Champion California-bred Two-Year-Old Male – Tie between El Tigre Terrible and Phantom Boss. El Tigre Terrible, bred by Martin Bach, owned by Slam Dunk Racing and Michael Nentwig, trained by Peter Miller; Phantom Boss, bred by Terry Lovingier, owned by Bada Beng Racing LLC, Tom Beckerle, Terry Lovingier and Amanda Navarro, trained by Jorge Periban.
Champion California-bred Two-Year-Old Female – Cholula Lips, bred by Terry Lovingier, owned by Terry Lovingier and Amanda Navarro, trained by Mike Harrington.
Champion California-bred Three-Year-Old Male – Lieutenant Dan, bred and owned by Nick Alexander, trained by Steven Miyadi.
Champion California-bred Three-Year-Old Female – Mucho Unusual, bred and owned by George Krikorian, trained by Tim Yakteen.
Champion California-bred Older Male – Acclimate, bred by Old English Rancho, Sal Berumen & Patsy Berumen, owned by Timmy Time Racing, the Ellwood Johnston Trust and Ken teVelde, trained by Phil D’Amato.
Champion California-bred Older Female – Spiced Perfection, bred by Premier Thoroughbreds LLC, owned by Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable and Peter Deutsch, trained by Peter Miller.
Champion California-bred Sprinter – Spiced Perfection, bred by Premier Thoroughbreds LLC, owned by Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable and Peter Deutsch, trained by Peter Miller.
Champion California-bred Turf Horse – Acclimate bred by Old English Rancho, Sal Berumen & Patsy Berumen, owned by Timmy Time Racing, the Ellwood Johnston Trust and Ken teVelde, trained by Phil D’Amato.
Also at the dinner, Sherwood Chillingworth and Lucky Pulpit were inducted into the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Hall of Fame.