Cal Cup

Tizbud Leads Deep Cal Cup Classic Field

ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 13, 2004) – Saturday’s $250,000 California Cup Classic drew a deep field of 10 that includes two previous winners – Tizbud and Calkins Road – as well as graded winner Yougottawanna and multiple stakes winner Excess Summer.

Tizbud won the race last year and hasn’t run since, plagued by shin problems. He is a full brother to horse of the year Tiznow by Cee’s Tizzy, out of the Seattle Song mare Cee’s Song, was bred by Cecilia Straub Rubens and is owned by Cees Stable. Tizbud has two wins in six starts and earnings of $219,266.

Intuit is by Truckee, out of the Ferdinand mare Countess Ferdinand, and was bred by owner Four Quarters Corp. He has three wins, $147,330 in earnings and is looking for his first stakes victory.

Excess Summer is by In Excess, out of the Bold Ruckus mare Summer Ruckus, was bred by Eddie Gregson and E.J. Hand and is owned by Conboy, McClanahan and Wine. The $3,500 Barretts purchase has six wins in 12 starts and $501,461 in earnings. He is coming off a third in the Sept. 15 Governor’s Cup Handicap and has wins in four stakes, most recently last year’s On Trust Handicap.

Yougottawanna is by Candi’s Gold, out of the Midway Circle mare Chapel’s Sister, was bred by Halo Farms and is owned by Peter Redekop. He is coming off a win in the Aug. 28 Governor’s Handicap and has eight wins in 28 starts and $525,224 in earnings. Among his wins are the Grade III Seabiscuit Breeders’ Cup Handicap and the California Cup Juvenile.

Calkins Road won this race in 2002. He is by Illinois Storm, out of the Lost Code mare Little Code and was bred by owners Thomas and Deborah Shapiro. He has five wins in 16 starts and earnings of $488,265 and is coming off a win in the Aug. 7 J.T. Grace Handicap.

Lava Man is by Slew City Slew, out of the Nostalgia’s Star mare Li’l Ms. Leonard, was bred by Arterburn, Kuhlmann and Kuhlmann and is owned by STD Racing Stable and Jason Wood. Claimed for $50,000 in August, he won the Derby Trial at Fairplex Park and was third in the Sept. 25 Pomona Derby. He has four wins and $143,603 in earnings.

Kedington was second in this race last year. He is by Seattle Proud, out of the Smokester mare Helen’s Hope, was bred by John Toffan and Trudy McCaffery and is owned by Kassie Van Doren. He has seven wins and $263,152 in earnings and is coming off a third in an Oct. 2 allowance.

Cozy Guy is by Alphabet Soup, out of the Rambo Dancer mare Lambent, was bred by John Zamora and is owned by Hayes and Higman. He was second in the Pomona Derby and has four wins in 13 starts and $152,820 in earnings.

Commander’s Flag is by Spinning World, out of the Mr. Prospector mare Gay Chiffon, was bred by John and Betty Mabee and is owned by Golden Eagle Farm. He was third in this race last year, is coming off a win in an Aug. 18 optional claimer and has four wins and $228,694 in earnings.

Anziyan Royalty is by Anziyan, out of the Tank’s Prospect mare Shy Solana and was bred by owner Nick Cafarchia. He has five wins in 12 starts and $151,440 in earnings. Most recently he was second in the Phil D. Shepherd handicap Sept. 11.